Re: extra space after variant

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Hans Hagen wrote:
> Hans van der Meer wrote:
> 
>> When I code:
>>      abc {\variant[xyz] pqr}
>> I find extra space typeset between "abc" and "pqr".
>>
>> This extra space is absent when I code
>>       abc {\variant[xyz]pqr}
>> Thus the space in the source between ] and pqr makes a difference in  
>> the result.
>>
>> Clearly visible in:
>> abc {\variant[xyz] pqr} abc {\variant[xyz]pqr}\crlf
>> abc {\Var[xyz]pqr} abc {\Var[xyz] pqr}\crlf
>>
>> I would think that this should not happen.
>>
>> The whitespace goes away by inserting an \ignorespaces in the variant- 
>> definition.
>> \def\variant[#1]% slow
>>   {\dosetscaledfont
>>    \expanded{\definedfont
>>      [\truefontname{\fontstringA\fontstylesuffix\fontvariant 
>> \fontstringA{#1}}
>>         at \scaledfont]}\ignorespaces}
>>
>>
>> Still using version 2005-11-14, forget this if already corrected in  
>> the latest version of the 30th.
> 
> 
> before we do that ... do others agree (taco, adam ...)?

I can't get the example to compile. Whatever I do, context insists
on creating SerifRegular.tfm through mktextfm (sigh). I'm too lazy
to figure out what is going on right now, so can someone create a
full minimal example, please? I'd like to check this with all
tracing on, because it hints are a problem deeper down somewhere.

Cheers,
Taco