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John Culleton wrote:
> Has anyone tried the plain TeX solution:
>
> \def\raggedright{\rightskip=0pt plus 2em
>  \spaceskip=.3333em \xspaceskip=.5em\relax}
>
>  ??

I doubt it, because (a) the plain method of adding 2 ems worth of shrinkable
space fails in a lot of circumstances, and given that ConTeXt has some
complexity behind it you can never be sure exactly what circumstance you're
in, and (b) the above produces left-aligned, not right-aligned text.

:)

Duncan
dh@capdm.com