We use “[...]” in quotations to indicate departures from the written text.

In the latest beta, “[...]” is a problem in block quotations and [] does
not appear in the output.

\setupdelimitedtext
        [blockquote]
        [before={\blank[small,fixed]},
  after={\blank[small,fixed]}]

\starttext
[t]he quotation goes as follows:
\startblockquote
[t]he science of astrology was developed in, most probably,
\stopblockquote
\input ward
\stoptext

“[...]” is OK in the body text and “[]” appears in the output.

But, in the block quotation, “[…]” gets the error message:


tex error       > tex error on line 14 in file
/Users/bowen1/Desktop/TestTeX/test.tex: ! Missing number, treated as zero


tex error       > tex error on line 9 in file
/Users/bowen1/Desktop/TestTeX/test.tex: ! Missing number, treated as zero


<to be read again>

t

\spac_narrower_method_analyze ...c_narrower_mid #1

                                                  \relax \fi

\syst_helpers_repeat_with_command ..._again [#1]#5

                                                  \else
\syst_helpers_repeat...

\17>>1 ..._process_comma_list_with_parameters {#1}


\syst_helpers_do_process_c...

\syst_helpers_do_process_comma_list ...rgument #1,

                                                  ]\relax \global \advance
\...

\spac_narrower_start_apply ...narrower_initialize

                                                  \advance \leftskip
\dimexp...

...

l.9 [t]

     he science of astrology was developed in, most probably,


 1     \setupdelimitedtext

 2             [blockquote]

 3             [before={\blank[small,fixed]},

 4       after={\blank[small,fixed]}]

 5

 6     \starttext

 7     [t]he quotation goes as follows:

 8     \startblockquote

 9 >>  [t]he science of astrology was developed in, most probably,

10     \stopblockquote

11     \input ward

12     \stoptext


Alan