From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/30596 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: new beta Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:58:31 +0200 Message-ID: <44F5FBF7.6060403@wxs.nl> References: <44F3F394.2060003@wxs.nl> <44F40F3B.6000100@gmx.net> <44F42267.5040607@wxs.nl> <44F43916.5060203@gmx.net> <44F4AB4F.6020003@wxs.nl> <44F4D17C.6070507@gmx.net> <44F545A1.9050100@wxs.nl> <44F565A7.3010809@gmx.net> <44F57932.2000001@wxs.nl> <44F5ACF7.4030702@gmx.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156971572 15528 80.91.229.2 (30 Aug 2006 20:59:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:59:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Aug 30 22:59:29 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GIX9M-0005vT-Jj for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:59:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 063381FD5E; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:59:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24237-05; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:58:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE5561FDF6; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:58:45 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5CBB1FDF6 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:58:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 22964-07 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:58:33 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 7CDE61FD5E for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:58:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.104] (unverified [10.100.1.104]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.7b8) with ESMTP id 4264 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:58:32 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <44F5ACF7.4030702@gmx.net> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:30596 Archived-At: Peter Rolf wrote: > Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Peter Rolf wrote: >> >>> The document is a multi-layer (context, not pdf layer) mp-graphic with >>> nested structures. So I have many boxes that are placed at specific >>> positions (using \setlayer). Some content is collected in a buffer and >>> then placed in a framed vbox (also by \setlayer). So this is not a >>> simple story (at least not for me). >>> >>> I'll minimize the components of the xml source and then try to build the >>> structure of the macros by hand. No fun, but still better than living >>> without new context features. I'll start with this ASAP. >>> >>> >> ok, thanks. could become part of the test suite then >> >> > Found it, but there will be no new part of the test suite. The problem > is a simple register conflict. Do you use \dimen0 in your new overlay > optimizations? :D > > I use \dimen0 for the automatic width calculation. The macro is grouped > and I thought it is quite safe to do so. But the new beta showed me that > I was wrong. If I remember it right (long ago) there were problems using > \scratchdimen als parameter for \framed, so I changed the register. Can > you please tell me what register I should avoid? > one can never be sure of the scratch dimensions (in this case i can see if i can avoid it); so either define your own, or use grouping > I hope you have not wasted too much time in that. > something \dimen0=10pt \contextcommand the\dimen0 is ok when the command groups, \dimen0=10pt \contextcommand {... the\dimen0 ...} is dangerous when the command uses the dimen \dimen0=10pt \expanded{\contextcommand {... the\dimen0 ...}} is ok Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------