From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/19122 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Peter_M=FCnster?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: special macro problem again... Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:07:23 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <4239D6BF.8060706@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1111090058 15949 80.91.229.2 (17 Mar 2005 20:07:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:07:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Mar 17 21:07:38 2005 Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DC1H6-0007wL-DB for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:07:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B96391292F; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:08:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 11313-03; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:08:49 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77ADA128FF; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:08:49 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5304128FF for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:08:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 11342-06 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:08:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from postfix3-2.free.fr (postfix3-2.free.fr [213.228.0.169]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 148C8128FC for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:08:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from gaston.free.fr (rennes-1-62-147-99-52.dial.proxad.net [62.147.99.52]) by postfix3-2.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59CB6C0F0 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:08:25 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by gaston.free.fr (Postfix, from userid 500) id 47DD113C049; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:07:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaston.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8FD3148082 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:07:23 +0100 (CET) X-X-Sender: peter@gaston.free.fr Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <4239D6BF.8060706@elvenkind.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-MailScanner-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-MailScanner-To: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:19122 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:19122 On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > This particular problem can be solved thus: > > \unexpanded\def\MyNumber#1#2#3{% > \doifmode{aaa}{#1}\doifmode{bbb}{#2}\doifmode{ccc}{#3}} Thank you very much! > However, the TeXbook does explain the basic underlying problem, > and since the LaTeX Companion is not very helpful to ConTeXt > users , it is absolutely *the* book to buy. Yes, you're right, and probably I'll buy it one day. My real problem is, that on the one hand I'm interested in ConTeXt and TeX, but on the other hand my job has nothing to do with it, so I cannot spend much time looking deeper insight these programs. Documentation is good, but experience too! Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/