From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/48295 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Devereux Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: die if a module is missing Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:35:40 +0000 Message-ID: <87tz5xd81v.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> References: <87mybqesxv.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> <87iqmeepil.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> <49BA1B92.4020903@wxs.nl> <87y6v9dbty.fsf@cordelia.devereux.me.uk> <49BA27D6.8010308@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1236940581 14633 80.91.229.12 (13 Mar 2009 10:36:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:36:21 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Mar 13 11:37:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Li4lk-0003nc-JC for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:37:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C655A1FB71; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:36:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18005-01-3; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:35:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A73C1FB49; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:35:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06C691FB49 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:35:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 05398-06-3 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:35:42 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-nij.mf.surf.net (filter2-nij.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.153]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E4E91FB38 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:35:42 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from cordelia.devereux.me.uk (devereux.me.uk [217.169.15.178]) by filter2-nij.mf.surf.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n2DAZf5X004854 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:35:41 +0100 Original-Received: from [217.169.15.178] (helo=cordelia.devereux.me.uk ident=jd) by cordelia.devereux.me.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Li4jt-0005et-9p for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:35:41 +0000 In-Reply-To: <49BA27D6.8010308@wxs.nl> (Hans Hagen's message of "Fri\, 13 Mar 2009 10\:31\:02 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=217.169.15.178; country=GB; region=L6; city=Much Wenlock; latitude=52.6000; longitude=-2.5500; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.6000,-2.5500&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 193062554 - b033c6b21d59 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.153 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:48295 Archived-At: Hans Hagen writes: > John Devereux wrote: > >> I really don't want to create work if you think it is not >> worthwhile. But - as a non-texpert - I do think it is a problem. >> >> It is compounded by: >> >> - Many command options are not documented, so one experiments a lot > > so .. help us with that -) I thought you might say that :) I am hesitant to spread my ignorance, but I try to help where I think I can. >> - Excess whitespace not only invalidates options, it does so >> silently. The combination is *very* unexpected, and I don't think it >> is that well known. At any rate I used context for 5 years without >> realising something pretty fundamental! (Is it even mentioned in the >> manual?) >> >> Anyway, the option then has no effect, so one tries a few more... > > well, it has to do with what one wants to set up with an option: > > a=b,c=d,e= f,g = h > > key=value with no space in between; spaces in between will be part of > the key or value > > of course i could be more liberal but it involves a bit more parsing; > keep in mind that we had this key/value system right from the start > (long ago) and then speed was more an issue than on todays machines Understood. I *did* in fact use Context productively for the 5 years, so maybe it is not such a big deal. -- John Devereux ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________