Re: extra space after variant

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> 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.

i simplified the code till it worked -)

variants are Adam's speciality so he should provide the solution for the 
precize definition -)

Hans