From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/14726 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: numexpr in etex / bug ? Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:04:54 +0100 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20040214160212.03436c88@localhost> References: <6.0.1.1.2.20040212212012.01f5eb20@server-1> <745817953.20040214125937@iol.it> 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 1076771251 28418 80.91.224.253 (14 Feb 2004 15:07:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:07:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Sat Feb 14 16:07:23 2004 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 1As1O7-0003lJ-00 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:07:23 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F95110B49; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:05:41 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from mail.solcon.nl (mail.solcon.nl [212.45.33.11]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F9E10B46 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:04:12 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from server-1.pragma-net.nl (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by mail.solcon.nl (8.12.10/SQL-8.12.10-1/8.12.5) with ESMTP id i1EF5ikW009404 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:05:44 +0100 Original-Received: by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id F37DD2F37A; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:05:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from laptop-3.wxs.nl (unknown [10.100.1.1]) by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E315D17B1A for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:05:45 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender: hagen-mail@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <745817953.20040214125937@iol.it> Original-References: <6.0.1.1.2.20040212212012.01f5eb20@server-1> <745817953.20040214125937@iol.it> X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira Milter 1.0.6; VAE 6.23.0.4; VDF 6.23.0.68 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:14726 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:14726 At 12:59 14/02/2004, you wrote: >Observe that this is congruent with the TeX way of scanning for >assignments. not entirely since the space is not seen as a delimiter \count0=123 4 \count0=\numexpr(123) 4 >So always put a \relax after an expression :) yes, but i'm occasionally surpised when a \relax is pushed back in the list (and for instance acrobat does not like "/Whatever 12\relax" >What other problems are you having? Keep in mind the limited >precision TeX works with. Many ... we can get depressed on that at the dante meeting ... but then get cheered up by a few new nice things that tex can do with pdf (more later) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------