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From: "Rudd, Kevin" <kevin@lps.umd.edu>
To: "ntg-context@ntg.nl" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: "Rudd, Kevin" <kevin@lps.umd.edu>
Subject: problem embedding TABLE macros within wrapper macros "to reduce repetitive complexity")
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 17:50:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9CED6A26-735B-4122-A3E9-34F67589B3D1@lps.umd.edu> (raw)


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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?

Many thanks,
 ---K

MWE: this code fails if the \...PaneSlide block is uncommented, succeeds if commented out.

\define\startPaneSlide{\bTABLE}
\define\startPaneRow{bTR\bTD}
\define\stopPaneRow{\eTD\eTR}
\define\stopPaneSlide{\eTABLE}

\starttext
    \bTABLE
        \bTR\bTD
            quux blech baz bar foo
        \eTD\eTR
    \eTABLE

    \startPaneSlide
        \startPaneRow
            foo bar baz blech quux
        \stopPaneRow
    \stopPaneSlide
\stoptext

Kevin W. Rudd, Ph.D.
CAPT, USN (Ret)

Computer Architecture & Computer Engineering
Advanced Computing Systems (ACS) Research Program
Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS)

443-654-7878
kevin@lps.umd.edu<mailto:kevin@lps.umd.edu>

Visiting Research Professor
United States Naval Academy

rudd@usna.edu<mailto:rudd@usna.edu>



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             reply	other threads:[~2020-09-08 17:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-08 17:50 Rudd, Kevin [this message]
2020-09-08 20:31 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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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