From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41981 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: context manuals sources Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:53:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <326847810806290341q959fd10jc87a3383c12232d0@mail.gmail.com> <4867695D.6080000@elvenkind.com> <326847810806290409x2f5b984eu80a8b6b76b8f937e@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214754741 17390 80.91.229.12 (29 Jun 2008 15:52:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:52:21 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Jun 29 17:53:06 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KCzD6-00043q-Qz for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:53:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D8FE1FCBD; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:52:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 31985-02-4; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:51:28 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45B591FC09; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:51:28 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDB841FB38 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:51:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 30990-01-7 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:50:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C07B1FC1A for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:50:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: FROM adi-laptop.local (c-68-40-40-75.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [68.40.40.75]) BY hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4867AF58.34D45.9371 ; 29 Jun 2008 11:50:48 -0400 In-Reply-To: <326847810806290409x2f5b984eu80a8b6b76b8f937e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (DEB 882 2007-12-20) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:41981 Archived-At: On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Alan Stone wrote: > Euuuh, other than constant and variable... See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros/Scratch_Variables > LHS, RHS and enumeration are like klingon to me. :O) > > Are these terms important to understand the code ? While reading code you can simply ignore them. You can also ignore them while writing code (at least initially). The advantage of these \v! \c! thingies is that it makes it easier to catch typos and write a multi-lingual interface. Aditya > Alan > > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: >> Alan Stone wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to figure out the meaning and use >>> of the c! and v! prefixes in commands in, for >>> example, the layo-xx.tex source files at >>> http://context.aanhet.net/svn/manuals/context/ >>> aka... >> >> c is a constant (LHS), v is a variable (RHS enumeration). >> >> Best wishes, >> Taco > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________