From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/13004 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: parameter mechanism Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:54:49 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.1.20030827185345.02963948@server-1> References: <3F4CB2F0.2020705@arcor.de> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1062004025 2742 80.91.224.253 (27 Aug 2003 17:07:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:07:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Wed Aug 27 19:07:01 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19s3l6-0003eD-00 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:07:00 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CA0010B1B; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:06:58 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from mail.solcon.net (mail.solcon.net [212.45.33.5]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7635C10B7D for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:55:37 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from server-1.pragma-net.nl (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by mail.solcon.net (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id h7RGtSo26950 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:55:28 +0200 Original-Received: by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 26AB31A4BB; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:55:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from laptop-3.wxs.nl (unknown [10.100.1.191]) by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1CD81A515 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:55:27 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender: hagen-mail@server-1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <3F4CB2F0.2020705@arcor.de> Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:13004 At 15:32 27/08/2003 +0200, you wrote: >Hello all, > >I have problems to understand the command (parameter) mechanism of context. >My experiments with \getparameters didn't work, so I used \xdescgetparameters >from Giuseppe Bilotta (t-xdesc.tex). >In my eyes they look the same, but \xdescgetparameters works with my sample >code, \getparameters don't. Mhhh.... > >% t-xdesc.tex >\def\xdescsetvalue#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname#1#2\endcsname} >\def\xdescgetparameters{\dogetparameters\xdescsetvalue} > >% syst-gen.tex >\def\dosetvalue#1#2% #3 > {\@EA\def\csname#1#2\endcsname} % {#3}} >\def\getparameters {\dogetparameters\dosetvalue} > >This leads me to my two questions: >What must I change, to make my test example run with \getparameters? > >Where is the error in my \docommand? All parameters but [height] work and >the tracing output at this parameter (\OTRSETshowstatus) says nothing to me. for that purpose there is: \setvariables[namespace][key=value,...] along with the nicely expandable \getvariable{namespace}{key} that's the one i use in styles. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------