From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/48291 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: die if a module is missing Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:31:02 +0100 Message-ID: <49BA27D6.8010308@wxs.nl> References: <87mybqesxv.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> <87iqmeepil.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> <49BA1B92.4020903@wxs.nl> <87y6v9dbty.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1236936743 3075 80.91.229.12 (13 Mar 2009 09:32:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:32:23 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Mar 13 10:33:38 2009 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 lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Li3lQ-00070m-OU for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:33:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F378D1FB29; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:31:48 +0100 (CET) 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 28654-05; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:31:14 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC561FB1F; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:31:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9444D1FB1F for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:31:12 +0100 (CET) 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 31204-02 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:31:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-til.mf.surf.net (filter2-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.218]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568FB1FADF for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:31:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by filter2-til.mf.surf.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n2D9V1wS006601 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:31:01 +0100 Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.9e) with ESMTP id 19091-1840426 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:31:01 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) In-Reply-To: <87y6v9dbty.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> X-Originating-IP: 10.100.1.100 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=83.247.100.17; country=NL; region=16; city=Dronten; latitude=52.5333; longitude=5.7167; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.5333,5.7167&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 193020060 - 26242986a9cf X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.218 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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:48291 Archived-At: John Devereux wrote: > I really don't want to create work if you think it is not > worthwhile. But - as a non-texpert - I do think it is a problem. > > It is compounded by: > > - Many command options are not documented, so one experiments a lot so .. help us with that -) > - Excess whitespace not only invalidates options, it does so > silently. The combination is *very* unexpected, and I don't think it > is that well known. At any rate I used context for 5 years without > realising something pretty fundamental! (Is it even mentioned in the > manual?) > > Anyway, the option then has no effect, so one tries a few more... well, it has to do with what one wants to set up with an option: a=b,c=d,e= f,g = h key=value with no space in between; spaces in between will be part of the key or value of course i could be more liberal but it involves a bit more parsing; keep in mind that we had this key/value system right from the start (long ago) and then speed was more an issue than on todays machines 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________