From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Place an annotation before it is defined
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:59:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50EB455C.5030006@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130107214957.GX11551@homerow>
On 1/7/2013 10:49 PM, Marco Patzer wrote:
> On 2013–01–07 Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>> buffers (or blocks)
>
> Buffers apparently can't be used before the content is defined, but
> it works for blocks (I never used them). Test:
>
> \defineblock [bar]
>
> \starttext
>
> buf: \getbuffer[foo]
> BBBBBBBBBBB
>
> \startbuffer[foo]
> buf: AAAAAAAAAAA
> \stopbuffer
>
> \useblocks [bar]
> DDDDDDDDDDD
>
> \beginbar
> block: CCCCCCCCCCC
> \endbar
>
> \stoptext
>
> Is there a reason why the blocks favour begin/end instead of
> start/stop? Looks weird somehow.
(1) nicer symmetry checks (matching begin/end start/stop)
(2) more visible in complex docs
(3) it was first needed for \beginquestion \startquestion ...
\stopquestion \endquestion
etc
Hans
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-07 21:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-07 21:20 Marco Patzer
2013-01-07 21:25 ` Hans Hagen
2013-01-07 21:49 ` Marco Patzer
2013-01-07 21:57 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2013-01-07 22:20 ` Jaroslav Hajtmar
2013-01-07 22:25 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2013-01-07 22:28 ` Marco Patzer
2013-01-07 21:59 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2013-01-07 21:34 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2013-01-07 21:56 ` Marco Patzer
2013-01-07 22:01 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2013-01-07 22:20 ` Marco Patzer
2013-01-10 21:21 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2013-01-11 8:45 ` Marco Patzer
2013-01-11 16:08 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2013-01-11 17:06 ` Marco Patzer
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