buffers and mathml

buffers and mathml

[jimarin]

Hi all,

I hope not to be posing a silly question.

I am trying something like:

usemodule[mathml]
\starttext

\def\open
{<}

\def\close
{>}

\startbuffer
\open math display="block"\close
\open apply\close \open sin/\close \open apply\close \open plus/\close
\open cn\close 2 \open /cn\close \open ci\close a \open /ci\close
\open /apply\close \open /apply\close
\open /math\close
\stopbuffer

\processXMLbuffer

\stoptext

But this does not pass to \processXMLbuffer the result of substituting
commands \open and \close...

how could this be achieved...?

I know that I could have used myself the < and >'s instead of the ugly open
and close but that is not my requirement.

I tried defining a command

\def\Wea
{
\open math display="block"\close
\open apply\close \open sin/\close \open apply\close \open plus/\close
\open cn\close 2 \open /cn\close \open ci\close a \open /ci\close
\open /apply\close \open /apply\close
\open /math\close
}

and then...

\startbuffer
\Wea
\stopbuffer

but that is plain wrong...



thanks

jima
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Re: buffers and mathml

[Taco Hoekwater]

> I tried defining a command
> 
> [...]
> 
> but that is plain wrong...

You are quite close. This works:

   \edef\Wea { .. }

(note the \edef)

and then:

   \expandafter
   \startbuffer
   \Wea
   \stopbuffer

The added \expandafter expands \Wea before \startbuffer comes into
play. I am puzzled as to why you want this weird input syntax.


Taco