Hello,

interesting trick; however, it doesn't work when used inside a macro:

----
\definebuffer[Hidden]

\def\WWW{
   \startHidden
     DDD
   \stopHidden
}

\starttext
   AAA

   \startHidden
     BBB
   \stopHidden

   \WWW
\stoptext
----

Any idea?

TIA.

Best regards,

Lukas


On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:42:27 +0100, Sietse Brouwer <sbbrouwer@gmail.com> wrote:

>> is it possible to define a start-stop command to hide text within?
>>
>> Something like:
>>
>> \definestartstop[Hidden][before=\starthiding,after=\stophiding]
>
> Just define any buffer, and don't call \getbuffer[mybuffer]. Buffers
> are not typeset, by default, until you get them. The below is
> shamelessly adapted from Hans's \starthiding (which already exists):
>
> \definebuffer[Hidden]
> % uncomment the below to turn this into a non-hiding buffer.
> % \setupbuffer[Hidden][after={\getbuffer[Hidden]}]
>
> jjjj
>
> \startHidden
> asdf asdf
> \stopHidden
>
> Cheers,
> Sietse


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