[NTG-context] Re: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/blank

[Jim <zlists+context@jdvb.ca>]

On Tue, Jun  4, 2024 at 21:50 (+0200), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

> Jim schrieb am 04.06.2024 um 21:29:
>> On Tue, Jun  4, 2024 at 20:31 (+0200), Taco Hoekwater wrote:

>>>> On 4 Jun 2024, at 20:16, Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> Jim schrieb am 04.06.2024 um 19:48:

>>>> > I did not realize the wiki software did that.  On reflection I suppose that
>>>> > is useful in many (most?) cases.  But I'd argue that it is not always a good
>>>> > thing, such as in this case.  (If nothing else, it might mislead a n00b
>>>> > into thinking that you should get output for text preceding \starttext.)

>>> Here is the documentation for the <context> tag extension:

>>> https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Help:Context

>> Hi Taco,

>> thanks very much for the link.  But, ummm, what it says there seems to
>> contradict what Wolfgang told me in the other response to my message.

>> [[ I see Wolfgang edited the \blank wiki page to move the text in question
>> to after \starttext, but I'm sure if you don't believe what I say in the
>> next paragraph, you can grab the previous version. ]]

>> Specifically, the example in the (previous) \blank wiki page does, indeed,
>> have a \starttext and \stoptext.  So, according to the page you mention
>> above, another \starttext and \stoptext should *not* be added.  And yet the
>> (previous) \blank page example does print the text (as well as the bullets)
>> before the \starttext.  Is there a discrepancy between what
>> .../Help:Context says and what actually happens?

> When you take a look at the settings which are applied here you can see
> \setupbodyfont[8pt] which is the reason why the text appears, compare

> %%%% begin example
> Before \tex{starttext}

> \starttext
> After \tex{starttext}.
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example

> with

> %%%% begin example
> \setupbodyfont[12pt]

> Before \tex{starttext}

> \starttext
> After \tex{starttext}.
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example

> The second example loads a font before the text appear in the document which
> is the reason why you can see it.

Thanks Wolfgang,

all is now becoming clear.  :-)

                                Jim

P.S. Well, "all" about this, I still have lots of questions about other things.
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