Hi Hans, in verbatim mode a reset for breakpoints is missing. \setbreakpoints[compound] %\appendtoks %  \resetbreakpoints %\to \everyinitializeverbatim \starttext \starttyping xxx(aaaa) \stoptyping \stoptext buff-ver.mkiv|mkxl (line 38ff): \appendtoks     \the\everyresettypesetting     \resetfontfeature     \resetcharacterspacing +   \resetbreakpoints \to \everyinitializeverbatim Wolfgang