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From: Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: "Rudd, Kevin" <kevin@lps.umd.edu>
Subject: Re: problem embedding TABLE macros within wrapper macros "to reduce repetitive complexity")
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 22:31:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <688f211c-58a6-e014-d95c-a1a840d9cafd@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9CED6A26-735B-4122-A3E9-34F67589B3D1@lps.umd.edu>


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Rudd, Kevin schrieb am 08.09.2020 um 19:50:
> I have a number of slides using \...framedtext blocks to break the 
> slides into panes within a TABLE environment (TMI: not in MWE; merely 
> my justification for writing the wrapper macros). When the TABLE 
> macros are invoked explicitly it all works fine and produces a 
> suitable single-cell table with "quux blech baz bar foo" framed; when 
> embedded in macros (whether defined by \def, \unexpanded\def, \define) 
> then it fails with the error "The file ended when scanning an 
> argument. => fatal error: return code: 256. A previous question on the 
> topic seemed to indicate that TABLE was suitable, so I figure that 
> something subtle is wrong as I've invoked the embedded TABLE macros. 
> Any suggestions?

While most natural tables command can be embedded within other command 
the cells have to see the end command.

I guess this shouldn't be a problem for your case because something 
simpler can be used to create your desired layout but you have to 
provide more information:

1. Are there blocks side by side or do you stack them only vertically?

2. Do you need a frame around each block?

3. Are (small) gaps between the blocks allowed?

Wolfgang


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  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-08 20:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-08 17:50 Rudd, Kevin
2020-09-08 20:31 ` Wolfgang Schuster [this message]
2020-09-08 22:30   ` Rudd, Kevin
2020-09-09  5:57     ` Wolfgang Schuster
2020-09-09 13:02       ` Rudd, Kevin
2020-09-09 15:32         ` Rudd, Kevin
2020-09-10 13:17           ` Wolfgang Schuster

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