On 2014-04-04 17:22, Rik Kabel wrote:
> On 2014-04-04 17:17, Rik Kabel wrote:
>> The following example fails to compile, complaining "Missing { inserted."
>>
>> It compiles cleanly  if one or more of the three marked lines are 
>> removed.
>>
>> This is the case with TL2013 and with recent standalone beta 
>> versions. I do not know if it ever worked.
>>
>>     \setuplayout [grid=yes]%                            line one
>>     \definetextbackground[TB][
>>                      topoffset=.25em,bottomoffset=.25em,% line two
>>                      location=paragraph,%                 line three
>>                     ]
>>     \starttext
>>     \startTB
>>       prisca iuvent alios ego me nunc denique natum gratulor: haec
>>       aetas moribus apta meis.
>>     \stopTB
>>     \stoptext
>>
>> -- 
>> Rik
>>
>
> Sorry for the noise. It needs alternative= instead of location= in the 
> textbackground definition.
>
> Where can we find the command description?
Perhaps I retracted too quickly. The background is not placed with 
alternative=paragraph. It looks like all I did using that was to remove 
one of the three problem lines.

To be clear, this is an issue with MKIV.

-- 
Rik