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[77.191.163.32]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 46sm2735515eea.3.2013.03.20.06.39.14 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:39:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5BD5774E-29BF-4620-88DF-202671B4EE87@uva.nl> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1503) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=74.125.83.49; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0VJdNDgAJ - 8d2c47b93704 - 20130320 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.220 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:81245 Archived-At: Am 20.03.2013 um 14:26 schrieb H. van der Meer : > There is a nasty problem when defining the \date. > = > First approach: > *** > macro:->\date = > \def\thedate{\date}\writestatus{***}{\meaning\thedate} > Alas, I get lateron a luatex error on \date: > ! LuaTeX error [string "\directlua "]:1: invalid escape sequence near '\d= '. > = > Second approach, use \edef to get an expanded value. > \edef\thedate{\date}\writestatus{***}{\meaning\thedate} > *** > macro:->\date = > Alas, the date is still the unexpanded macro and not something like 20 ma= rch 2013. > = > How to? All commands with optional argument aren=92t expandable and \date *has* two= optional argument. To get now the date in the output you can either use the expandable \rawdat= e[] command (the brackets are necessary) or you use \ctxcommand{currentdate= (,)} (language can also be "false"). 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