From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/6294 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: \stretched{foo \bar} problems with expansion of \bar Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:53:47 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20011210095053.038ce290@server-1> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035396825 9193 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:13:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:13:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tobias Burnus , ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Taco Hoekwater In-Reply-To: <3C0FF1BD.D9B20408@quicknet.nl> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:6294 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:6294 At 11:31 PM 12/6/2001 +0100, Taco Hoekwater wrote: >Tobias Burnus wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > First I'd like to thank Taco for the calculation work, it works > > like a charm :-) > >You're welcome :) > > > I have: > > \def\Semester{Wintersemester 2001/2002} > > \stretcheduppercase{VORLESUNGSKRITIK ZUM \Semester} > > \bye > >\expanded{\stretcheduppercase{VORLESUNGSKRITIK ZUM \Semester}} this is indeed the way to go; for those unfamiliar with the \expanded macro (not a primitive): the first thing encountered is *not* expanded, which is what one often wants, like in \expanded{\somekindofcommand{the stuff to be expanded} it even works well in cases like: \expanded{\somecommand[first not yet expanded arg]}[second already expanded arg] which is more unreadable but faster than \expanded{\somecommand[....][...]} i something should not be expanded inside \expanded, precede it by \noexpand (except for the first token) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------