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From: Hans van der Meer <hansm@science.uva.nl>
Subject: Re: eating up &
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:48:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <99C45FB1-6762-4613-9FA0-20AB4962B228@science.uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44B6ACBC.5000508@wxs.nl>


On Jul 13, 2006, at 22:27, Hans Hagen wrote:

> Hans van der Meer wrote:
>> I want to do something with & in tables (making it an active column
>> separator).
>> Now I have a macro with two arguments for parameters in Context  
>> style:
>>
>> \def\starttablex{\dodoubleargument\dostarttablex}
>> \def\dostarttablex[#1][#2]{%
>>
>> Now for input:�\starttable[][] & ... all is well,
>> but for input: \starttable[]� �& ... the ampersand appears to  
>> be eaten
>> up by the double argument expansion.

> starttable or starttablex

Sorry, but I am missing your point here.
Does your answer imply that I cannot work with a [][]-parameterlist?
That would be problematic because I am using your getparameters-thing  
extensively.
Or do you mean something else that will stop the parameter gathering  
at the & ?

>
> btw, messing around with & is dangerous in tex

I know, I know, ...

Hans van der Meer



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  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-13 20:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-13 19:54 Hans van der Meer
2006-07-13 20:27 ` Hans Hagen
2006-07-13 20:48   ` Hans van der Meer [this message]
2006-07-14  7:18     ` Hans Hagen
2006-07-14 13:12       ` Hans van der Meer
2006-07-14 13:57         ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-07-14 16:31           ` Hans van der Meer
2006-07-14 13:59         ` Hans Hagen
2006-07-14 10:56 ` Peter Rolf
2006-07-14 14:18 ` Mojca Miklavec
2006-07-14 16:25   ` Hans van der Meer

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