From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/43846 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: defining (new) macros with optional arguments Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:26:19 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221042503 2432 80.91.229.12 (10 Sep 2008 10:28:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:28:23 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Sep 10 12:29:16 2008 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 1KdMwk-00006N-6R for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:29:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BB231FEB5; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:28:12 +0200 (CEST) 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 12511-04-7; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:27:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561FE1FBD0; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:27:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3324D1FB64 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:27:16 +0200 (CEST) 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 12511-04-6 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:26:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mailout07.t-online.de (mailout07.t-online.de [194.25.134.83]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AB691FBD0 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:26:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from fwd04.aul.t-online.de by mailout07.sul.t-online.de with smtp id 1KdMuB-0001YW-00; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:26:35 +0200 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (VyvDVcZSQh8YPrD-MMqQ8-HLA6GapEWElkN-5jQ-gN009NdXNMi7dRO1gdXnZGNZeQ@[87.178.78.1]) by fwd04.aul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1KdMtv-1QlUpc0; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:26:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.926) X-ID: VyvDVcZSQh8YPrD-MMqQ8-HLA6GapEWElkN-5jQ-gN009NdXNMi7dRO1gdXnZGNZeQ@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: cfebb480-c832-4c78-856f-136997a3e250 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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:43846 Archived-At: On Sep 10, 2008, at 11:54 AM, Goebel, Juergen wrote: > Hi, > > Does something like \newcommand exist in ConTeXt? > My questions aims especially at the optional argument > with a predefined value. So, how do I realize > > \newcommand{\test}[2][A]{foo} > > with ConTeXt. In the fine manual I found an index entry > \definecommand, but in the 'rest' of the manual it was > never mentioned (print and screen version alike)! > > Regards, > > Juergen > No, we never define any commands... Err, in fact yes, sometimes we do. You want to read http://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros , especially http://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros/Handling_Arguments HTH Thomas ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________