From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/14061 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Patrick Gundlach Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Problems with superscripts and macros Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:33:28 +0100 Organization: chaos Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: References: <49DF6D41-1905-11D8-AA95-000393B6680C@sonnemans.net> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069080634 2600 80.91.224.253 (17 Nov 2003 14:50:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:50:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Mon Nov 17 15:50:31 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ALkhz-0003Kk-00 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:50:31 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCCB710B24; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:50:27 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.189]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91C1010AFC for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:33:34 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from [212.227.126.206] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng6.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1ALkRa-0007dY-00 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:33:34 +0100 Original-Received: from [62.72.92.115] (helo=levana) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1ALkRZ-0006Em-00 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:33:33 +0100 Original-Received: from [192.168.1.2] (helo=schnee.local.) by levana with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ALkRX-0000J3-00 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:33:31 +0100 Original-Received: from schnee.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by schnee.local. (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAHEXTeT028789 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:33:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (from pg@localhost) by schnee.local (8.12.9/8.12.2/Submit) id hAHEXSrU028788; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:33:28 +0100 (CET) X-Authentication-Warning: schnee.local: pg set sender to patrick@gundla.ch using -f Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Lieblings-Musik: the_capricorns In-Reply-To: <49DF6D41-1905-11D8-AA95-000393B6680C@sonnemans.net> (Frank's message of "Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:52:31 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (darwin) Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:14061 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:14061 Hello Frank, it took me a while to find the error, because it is really hidden: > However if I put the same sequence in a macro > > \def\celcius{$^\circ$C} > -20\celsius\ Dewpoint > -20\celsius Dewpoint > > What is going on, you defined \celcius but used \celsius (s/c). \celsius is a predefined macro in ConTeXt. Use \celsius{-20} Dewpoint in your case. The macro \celsius is smart about math mode: see the difference in \celsius{-20} Dewpoint \par $\celsius{-20}$ Dewpoint \par \celsius{$-20$} Dewpoint > and more importantly how to solve it. drop your macro or use it ;-) Patrick -- You are your own rainbow!