From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/53074 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: vardef with @# not working within context Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:04:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20090921115602.GT8930@katherina.student.utwente.nl> <4AB782D5.6090609@wxs.nl> <4AB7BB03.5050603@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253556296 2992 80.91.229.12 (21 Sep 2009 18:04:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:04:56 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Sep 21 20:04:48 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MpnFo-0004Mb-6s for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:04:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFEADC9B41; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:04:46 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id Z03zO981g09q; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:04:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70AF7C9B07; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:04:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD98C9B07 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:04:41 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id AQ2n2FmIyYLs for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:04:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hellskitchen.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.82]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DABD9C9B03 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:04:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: FROM dhcp128036205229.central.yale.edu (dhcp128036205229.central.yale.edu [128.36.205.229]) By hellskitchen.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4AB7C035.8C26E.22009 ; Authuser adityam; 21 Sep 2009 14:04:37 EDT In-Reply-To: <4AB7BB03.5050603@wxs.nl> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:53074 Archived-At: On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Hans Hagen wrote: > Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Hans Hagen wrote: >> >>> how about adding >>> >>> let @## = @# ; >>> >>> to mp-tool.mp (you need to remake the context format in mkiv or the >>> metafun format in mkii) >>> >>> seems to work >> >> Works in mkiv, but in mkii I get an error with >> >> \starttext >> \startMPcode >> vardef foo = draw (0mm,0mm)--(10mm,10mm); enddef; >> foo; >> >> vardef xy@# = (@#,@#) enddef ; >> draw xy0mm -- xy10mm; >> \stopMPcode >> \stoptext >> >> ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \@MPG@@@. >> > > hm, weird. did you remake the metafun format? I did. Just to verify, I created an mp file beginfig(1) ; vardef xy@## = (@##,@##) enddef ; draw xy0mm -- xy10mm; endfig; end; and ran mpost -progname=metafun test.mp which gives me the correct output, so @## is defined. I am using 2009.09.18. I'll try later with the latest beta. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________