From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/81904 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Meer, H. van der" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: halign broken Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:55:48 +0000 Message-ID: <83C96EE8-3446-4EF9-93C2-C399280C5622@uva.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0555705556==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366289756 22614 80.91.229.3 (18 Apr 2013 12:55:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:55:56 +0000 (UTC) To: NTG ConTeXt Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Apr 18 14:55:57 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1USoNY-00007k-13 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:55:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DE88101EA; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:55:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 77RLi4Nq2RKk; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:55:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9862E101E6; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:55:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0314D101E6 for ; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:55:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id qK6pHo43iPDG for ; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:55:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DAC2101E4 for ; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:55:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from HUB01.uva.nl (hub01.uva.nl [146.50.108.230]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r3ICtmxu018615 for ; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:55:48 +0200 Original-Received: from MBX02.uva.nl ([169.254.2.121]) by HUB01.uva.nl ([2002:9232:6737::9232:6737]) with mapi id 14.02.0342.003; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:55:48 +0200 Thread-Topic: halign broken Thread-Index: AQHOPDQM5s/P2pLq5kGBzuVxQW7HEA== Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [82.95.102.36] X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=146.50.108.230; country=NL; region=07; city=Amsterdam; latitude=52.3500; longitude=4.9167; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.3500,4.9167&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0QJpoTMDv - a758fdc20790 - 20130418 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:81904 Archived-At: --===============0555705556== Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_83C96EE834464EF993C2C399280C5622uvanl_" --_000_83C96EE834464EF993C2C399280C5622uvanl_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There seems something very much amiss with \halign in later ConTeXt version= s. This typesets fine in PlainTeX and is an example taken from a textbook. \tabskip=3D1em\halign{% \hfil\it#\hfil&\hfil#\hfil&#&\hfil#\crA&B&C&D\cr} Also in contextversion 2012.05.30 (from a TeXlive distribution). But it fails at least in ConTeXt ver: 2013.03.20 10:34 MKIV and in ConTeXt ver: 2013.04.16 12:08 MKIV beta with the following error ! Only one # is allowed per tab. system > tex > error on line 5 in file fixedwidth.tex: Only one # = is allowed per tab ... 1 \starttext 2 contextversion=3D\contextversion\par 3 \tabskip=3D1em 4 \halign{% 5 >> \hfil\it#\hfil&\hfil#\hfil&#&\hfil#\cr 6 A&B&C&D\cr} 7 \stoptext l.5 \hfil\it#\hfil&\hfil# \hfil&#&\hfil#\cr Why? How primitive it may be, I would like to use \halign now and then. Hans van der Meer --_000_83C96EE834464EF993C2C399280C5622uvanl_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <178810D1405AF54F8C72DB0E871A0CF8@uva.nl> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There seems something very much amiss with \halign in later ConTeXt version= s.

This typesets fine in PlainTeX and is an example taken from a textbook= .

  \tabskip= =3D1em\halign{%
  \hfil\it#\= hfil&\hfil#\hfil&#&\hfil#\crA&B&C&D\cr}

Also in contextversion 2012.05.30 (from = a TeXlive distribution).

But it fails at least in ConTeXt  ver: 2013.03.= 20 10:34 MKIV
and in ConTeXt  ver: 2013.04.= 16 12:08 MKIV beta
with the following error

! Only o= ne # is allowed per tab.
system&n= bsp;         > tex > error on line 5 in file fixe= dwidth.tex: Only one # is allowed per tab ...

 1 =     \starttext
 2 =     contextversion=3D\contextversion\par
 3 =     \tabskip=3D1em
 4 =     \halign{%
 5 = >>  \hfil\it#\hfil&\hfil#\hfil&#&\hfil#\cr
 6 =     A&B&C&D\cr}
 7 =     \stoptext
l.5 \hfi= l\it#\hfil&\hfil#
 &n= bsp;                     = \hfil&#&\hfil#\cr

Why? How primitive it may be, I would li= ke to use \halign now and then.

Hans van der Meer



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