Re: the closing bracket (structuring syntax)

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in XML and alike there is a concept of dedicated start/stop in  
> formatting:
>
> <begin heading> ... <end heading >
> <begin footnote> ... <end footnote >
> <begin italic> ... <end italic>
>
> But in ConTeXt/TeX we have always the same closing syntax "}". That  
> makes reading the code not easier.
>
> Is there a workaround to define the closing more precisely (like the  
> examples above),
> so that finding a "}" in a ConTeXt source lets me distinguish what  
> it's about?
>
> But in such a way that the file still can be processed as a regular  
> ConTeXt file?
>   
its' no problem to define most commands as start/stop, however keep in 
mind that some start/stop constructs (like tables) pick up pieces in 
order to store them

so, if some commands need start/stop variants ... just make me a list 
and we'll see what we can do about it

Hans


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