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* defining bug not setting up blank spaces
@ 2017-02-13 20:16 Pablo Rodriguez
  2017-02-14 12:13 ` Hans Hagen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Pablo Rodriguez @ 2017-02-13 20:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Dear list,

I have the following sample:

    \defineblank[ab][none]
    \starttext
    \defineblank[ab][big]
    a
    \blank[ab]
    b
    \stoptext

Am I missing something or is there a reason to force the new definition
(instead of the setup) of already defined blank spaces?

I mean, if this isn’t a bug, I don’t see the gain in this behavior.

Many thanks for your help,

Pablo
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* Re: defining bug not setting up blank spaces
  2017-02-13 20:16 defining bug not setting up blank spaces Pablo Rodriguez
@ 2017-02-14 12:13 ` Hans Hagen
  2017-02-14 16:27   ` Pablo Rodriguez
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Hans Hagen @ 2017-02-14 12:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ntg-context

On 2/13/2017 9:16 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I have the following sample:
>
>     \defineblank[ab][none]
>     \starttext
>     \defineblank[ab][big]
>     a
>     \blank[ab]
>     b
>     \stoptext
>
> Am I missing something or is there a reason to force the new definition
> (instead of the setup) of already defined blank spaces?
>
> I mean, if this isn’t a bug, I don’t see the gain in this behavior.

?


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* Re: defining bug not setting up blank spaces
  2017-02-14 12:13 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2017-02-14 16:27   ` Pablo Rodriguez
  2017-02-14 17:41     ` Hans Hagen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Pablo Rodriguez @ 2017-02-14 16:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: mailing list for ConTeXt users

On 02/14/2017 01:13 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
> On 2/13/2017 9:16 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
>> Dear list,
>>
>> I have the following sample:
>>
>>     \defineblank[ab][none]
>>     \starttext
>>     \defineblank[ab][big]
>>     a
>>     \blank[ab]
>>     b
>>     \stoptext
>>
>> Am I missing something or is there a reason to force the new definition
>> (instead of the setup) of already defined blank spaces?
>>
>> I mean, if this isn’t a bug, I don’t see the gain in this behavior.
> 
> ?

Hans,

I don’t understand why \setupblank[ab][big] doesn’t work (with a
previous \defineblank[ab]).

I mean, for most elements \setupelement is possible after \defineelement.

What is different with \setupblank?

Many thanks for your help,

Pablo
-- 
http://www.ousia.tk
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* Re: defining bug not setting up blank spaces
  2017-02-14 16:27   ` Pablo Rodriguez
@ 2017-02-14 17:41     ` Hans Hagen
  2017-02-14 18:17       ` Pablo Rodriguez
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Hans Hagen @ 2017-02-14 17:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ntg-context

On 2/14/2017 5:27 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
> On 02/14/2017 01:13 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>> On 2/13/2017 9:16 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
>>> Dear list,
>>>
>>> I have the following sample:
>>>
>>>     \defineblank[ab][none]
>>>     \starttext
>>>     \defineblank[ab][big]
>>>     a
>>>     \blank[ab]
>>>     b
>>>     \stoptext
>>>
>>> Am I missing something or is there a reason to force the new definition
>>> (instead of the setup) of already defined blank spaces?
>>>
>>> I mean, if this isn’t a bug, I don’t see the gain in this behavior.
>>
>> ?
>
> Hans,
>
> I don’t understand why \setupblank[ab][big] doesn’t work (with a
> previous \defineblank[ab]).
>
> I mean, for most elements \setupelement is possible after \defineelement.
>
> What is different with \setupblank?

Well, you cannot

\definecolor[red][r=1]

\setupcolor[red][r=.5]

either. Adapting a blank this way would also be inefficient because then 
we need to keep carry around more state info and all these relatively 
basic core macro are tuned for efficiency

Hans


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* Re: defining bug not setting up blank spaces
  2017-02-14 17:41     ` Hans Hagen
@ 2017-02-14 18:17       ` Pablo Rodriguez
  2017-02-14 19:34         ` Hans Hagen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Pablo Rodriguez @ 2017-02-14 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: mailing list for ConTeXt users

On 02/14/2017 06:41 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>> [...]
>> I don’t understand why \setupblank[ab][big] doesn’t work (with a
>> previous \defineblank[ab]).
>>
>> I mean, for most elements \setupelement is possible after \defineelement.
>>
>> What is different with \setupblank?
> 
> Well, you cannot
> 
> \definecolor[red][r=1]
> 
> \setupcolor[red][r=.5]
> 
> either. Adapting a blank this way would also be inefficient because then 
> we need to keep carry around more state info and all these relatively 
> basic core macro are tuned for efficiency

Many thanks for your reply, Hans.

Is there anything wrong in defining the same blank again?

I need to add special blanks in templates. In some documents, those
blanks will be bigger than in other ones. Is there anything wrong in
redefining in the second documents the blanks I previously defined in
the template?

Many thanks for your help,

Pablo
-- 
http://www.ousia.tk
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* Re: defining bug not setting up blank spaces
  2017-02-14 18:17       ` Pablo Rodriguez
@ 2017-02-14 19:34         ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2017-02-14 19:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ntg-context

On 2/14/2017 7:17 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
> On 02/14/2017 06:41 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> I don’t understand why \setupblank[ab][big] doesn’t work (with a
>>> previous \defineblank[ab]).
>>>
>>> I mean, for most elements \setupelement is possible after \defineelement.
>>>
>>> What is different with \setupblank?
>>
>> Well, you cannot
>>
>> \definecolor[red][r=1]
>>
>> \setupcolor[red][r=.5]
>>
>> either. Adapting a blank this way would also be inefficient because then
>> we need to keep carry around more state info and all these relatively
>> basic core macro are tuned for efficiency
>
> Many thanks for your reply, Hans.
>
> Is there anything wrong in defining the same blank again?

not that know of

> I need to add special blanks in templates. In some documents, those
> blanks will be bigger than in other ones. Is there anything wrong in
> redefining in the second documents the blanks I previously defined in
> the template?
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
> Pablo
>


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