From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/62670 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: \ReadFile in MkII vs MkIV Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:09:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: 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: dough.gmane.org 1287262968 21973 80.91.229.12 (16 Oct 2010 21:02:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:02:48 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Oct 16 23:02:46 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P7Dtu-0001dv-GK for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:02:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B8F5CA755; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:02:45 +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 rYQgGQ8O13Q9; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:02:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3DECCA752; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:02:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6066CA752 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:02:41 +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 SevtuFVfh4DU for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:02:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter5-ams.mf.surf.net (filter5-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.73]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65C82CA751 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:02:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by filter5-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id o9GL2bOc014611 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:02:38 +0200 Original-Received: FROM adi-netbook (bas3-montreal02-1096681052.dsl.bell.ca [65.94.6.92]) By hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4CBA12EB.F13C4.4526 ; Authuser adityam; 16 Oct 2010 17:02:36 EDT User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=141.211.14.81; country=US; region=MI; city=Ann Arbor; postalcode=48109; latitude=42.2923; longitude=-83.7145; metrocode=505; areacode=734; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.2923,-83.7145&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0BDjx2BjS - 1c0b9c743563 - 20101016 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.73 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:62670 Archived-At: Hi, In MkII, I can say \ReadFile{/tmp/filename} to read a file in /tmp directory. However, in MkIV, that fails because ReadFile is defined as \unexpanded\def\ReadFile #1{\doreadfile{any} {.}{#1}\donothing\donothing} so it explicitly searches in the . (current) directory. Bug or feature? 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________