From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/420 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: syntax Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 12:14:07 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <37413D6F.AEDDC68D@wxs.nl> References: <14142.48095.1988.765986@bitmuis.thuis.nl> <3740913B.99C62109@wxs.nl> <14145.9920.830000.746584@PC377> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035391280 23891 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 16:41:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:41:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Siep.Kroonenberg@wkap.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:420 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:420 Siep Kroonenberg wrote: > > TeX ignores spaces atthe beginningof the line, so the comment becomes > > one space, and the context argument handler takes care of such > spaces. > > Glad to learn this. Some non-reproducible mysterious behaviour must > probably be ascribed to other causes. I spent a lot of time making things as robust as possible within the concept of tex. Some of the things I encountered are described in the syst-* files. The biggest problem (unsolvable) is the error messages. There is no way to hook error recovery in tex. High on the NTS agenda. > > Especially the logical blank's can enforce consistency. > > > > Hans > > Ah! More indirection! But I see where I would want to use this. The nice thing about indirection is that you can change it halfway without redefining all kind of things. There is also indirection in references. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------