[NTG-context] [BUG] \filler doesn't work anymore

[NTG-context] [BUG] \filler doesn't work anymore

[Romain Diss via ntg-context]

Hi,

It seems that the \filler command doesn't produce a filler anymore. I
don't know if the last update is guilty or a previous one.

% MWE:
\definefiller[dots][right=\hskip\zeropoint]
\definefiller[radots][left=\dontleavehmode,right=\hskip\zeropoint]
\starttext
text \filler[dots]
\filler[radots]
\stoptext
% end MWE

This only renders 'text'.

All the best.

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[NTG-context] Re: [BUG] \filler doesn't work anymore

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 24.09.25 um 13:29 schrieb Romain Diss via ntg-context:
> It seems that the \filler command doesn't produce a filler anymore.
Oh, another command I never heard about.

I made a reference page: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/filler
Maybe you’d like to fill it out a bit…

Hraban
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[NTG-context] Re: [BUG] \filler doesn't work anymore

[Romain Diss via ntg-context]

Hi,

Le 24/09/2025, Henning Hraban Ramm a écrit
> Am 24.09.25 um 13:29 schrieb Romain Diss via ntg-context:
> > It seems that the \filler command doesn't produce a filler anymore.
> Oh, another command I never heard about.
I heard about the command in this example:
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Document_structure_and_headlines/Table_of_contents#Alternating_filler_dots

> I made a reference page: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/filler
> Maybe you’d like to fill it out a bit…
I don't know more than the examples commented in the source code (spac-flr.mkxl).

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[NTG-context] Re: [BUG] \filler doesn't work anymore

[Jim]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 16:44 (+0200), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

> Am 24.09.25 um 13:29 schrieb Romain Diss via ntg-context:
>> It seems that the \filler command doesn't produce a filler anymore.
> Oh, another command I never heard about.

I hadn't heard about it either.  (But that is vastly less surprising for me
than for you.)

> I made a reference page: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/filler
> Maybe you’d like to fill it out a bit…

Neither of the examples in the wiki show me the outputs that I get when I
run those.  When I read down the wiki further, I see Hans' comment about
the wiki's February LMTX installation.  To minimize confusion, it would be
nice if the wiki's installation would be up to date.  Is that a
(a) huge;
(b) big; or
(c) small
job?

                                Jim
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[NTG-context] Re: [BUG] \filler doesn't work anymore

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context]

On 9/24/2025 1:29 PM, Romain Diss via ntg-context wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It seems that the \filler command doesn't produce a filler anymore. I
> don't know if the last update is guilty or a previous one.
> 
> % MWE:
> \definefiller[dots][right=\hskip\zeropoint]
> \definefiller[radots][left=\dontleavehmode,right=\hskip\zeropoint]
> \starttext
> text \filler[dots]
> \filler[radots]
> \stoptext
> % end MWE
> 
> This only renders 'text'.

You need something to fill up to:

\definefiller[dots]  [right=\hskip\zeropoint\strut]
\definefiller[radots][left=\dontleavehmode,right=\hskip\zeropoint\strut]
\starttext
text \filler[dots]
\filler[radots]
\stoptext

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[NTG-context] Re: [BUG] \filler doesn't work anymore

[Romain Diss via ntg-context]

Hi,

Le 24/09/2025, Hans Hagen via ntg-context a écrit
> On 9/24/2025 1:29 PM, Romain Diss via ntg-context wrote:
> > It seems that the \filler command doesn't produce a filler anymore. I
> > don't know if the last update is guilty or a previous one.
> You need something to fill up to:
> \definefiller[dots]  [right=\hskip\zeropoint\strut]
> \definefiller[radots][left=\dontleavehmode,right=\hskip\zeropoint\strut]
> \starttext
> text \filler[dots]
> \filler[radots]
> \stoptext
Thank you, this works well.
It worked some times ago without the \strut (maybe it was added by
default?).

Thanks again.

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[NTG-context] Re: [BUG] \filler doesn't work anymore

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 24.09.25 um 17:08 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
> On 9/24/2025 1:29 PM, Romain Diss via ntg-context wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> It seems that the \filler command doesn't produce a filler anymore. I
>> don't know if the last update is guilty or a previous one.
>>
>> % MWE:
>> \definefiller[dots][right=\hskip\zeropoint]
>> \definefiller[radots][left=\dontleavehmode,right=\hskip\zeropoint]
>> \starttext
>> text \filler[dots]
>> \filler[radots]
>> \stoptext
>> % end MWE
>>
>> This only renders 'text'.
> 
> You need something to fill up to:
> 
> \definefiller[dots]  [right=\hskip\zeropoint\strut]
> \definefiller[radots][left=\dontleavehmode,right=\hskip\zeropoint\strut]
> \starttext
> text \filler[dots]
> \filler[radots]
> \stoptext

This example doesn’t work with the old LMTX version of the wiki 
(2025-02-19):
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/filler

… but it does e.g. on COW. Apparently something changed.
The example from the source works on the wiki:

\definefiller[test-a][alternative=stretch]
\definefiller[test-b][alternative=symbol,symbol=!]
\definefiller[test-c][alternative=rule,height=.1ex,leftmargin=.5em,rightmargin=.25em]

text\filler[test-a]text \par
text\filler[test-b]text \par
text\filler[test-c]text \par
text\checkedfiller{}text \par

Hraban

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