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scite does not build output
by Wolfgang Zillig 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Hi, I have some problems with scite: it generates no output but generates this error message: >texmfstart texexec.pl --pdf test.tex >Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden. (-> this means that the system cannot find the file) If I start this in comand promt I get a long message (see at the end of this mail). The script is complaining about "unknown file type: texmfscripts" but an output is generated. Why is it not working from scite? Some more information on my system: I´m using miktex (complete) with an update from yesterday. perl: C:\temp\cont>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.4 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread ruby: C:\temp\cont>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.4 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread thanks for your help Wolfgang Zillig here output of cmd: C:\temp\cont>texmfstart texexec.pl --pdf test.tex unknown file type: texmfscripts TeXExec 5.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 unknown file type: texmfscripts executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) output format initialized to DVI entering extended mode (test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2004.10.28 fmt: 2004.12.1 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 1021] system (E-TEX) : [line 1076] ) system : cont-old loaded (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (C:\texmf\tex\context\user\cont-sys.rme fonts : [berry] [ec] [] (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-syn.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-enc.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-siz.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-map.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-spe.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-exa.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->default:default->1->2:2 uk->default:default->2-> :2 de->texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2 2 fr->ec:ec->6->2:2 es->default:default->7->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 t->ec:ec->9->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->10->2:2 nl->ec:ec->11->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : test.top loaded (./test.top specials : loading definition file tpd (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> system (E-TEX) : [line 2255] \ifcsname <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) fonts : using map file: texnansi-public-lm.map fonts : using map file: original-public-csr.map fonts : using map file: original-public-plr.map fonts : using map file: original-public-lm.map fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler.map fonts : using map file: original-ams-cmr.map fonts : using map file: texnansi-base.map fonts : using map file: qx-base.map fonts : using map file: 8r-base.map fonts : using map file: ec-base.map fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm.map fonts : using map file: original-base.map systems : begin file test at line 1 [1.1{original-empty.map}{texnansi-public-lm.map}{original-public-csr.map}{orig nal-public-plr.map}{original-public-lm.map}{original-ams-euler.map}{original-a s-cmr.map}{texnansi-base.map}{qx-base.map}{8r-base.map}{ec-base.map}{ec-public lm.map}{original-base.map}] systems : end file test at line 3 system : cont-err loaded (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-err.tex > User file 'cont-sys.tex' not found, 'cont-sys.rme' has been used instead. < ) )<C:\texmf\fonts\type1\bluesky\cm\cmr12.pfb> Output written on test.pdf (1 page, 4814 bytes). Transcript written on test.log. return code : 0 run time : 0 seconds sorting and checking : running texutil TeXUtil 9.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 action : processing commands, lists and registers option : sorting IJ under Y option : converting high ASCII values input file : test.tui output file : test.tuo passed commands : 10 remapped keys : 0 register entries : 0 -> 0 entries 0 references synonym entries : 0 -> 0 entries embedded files : 1 total run time : 2 seconds

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Re: [NTG-context] Table question
by Peter Rolf 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Hello Thomas, Thomas A.Schmitz wrote: > OK, I'm answering my own question from October: by shamelessly copying > and adapting code from enattab, I managed to get double lines in > tables, and I'm almost there. I guess real texnicians would call it a > dirty hack, but it does what I want. Could anybody test this code: it works here :) > > \starttext > > .... > > \bTABLE[width=.25\textwidth,frame=off] \bTR \bTD > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c11,frame=off]{A} \bTABLE[width=.25\textwidth, frame=off, offset=overlay] ... ^^^ > \eTD \bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c12,frame=off]{B} > \eTD \bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c13,frame=off]{C} > \eTD \bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c14,frame=off]{D} > \eTD \eTR > \bTR \bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c21,frame=off]{E} > \eTD \bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c22,frame=off]{F} > \eTD \bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c21,frame=off]{G} > \eTD \bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c24,frame=off]{H} > \eTD \eTR > \bTR\bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c21,frame=off]{I} > \eTD \bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c22,frame=off]{K} > \eTD \bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c21,frame=off]{L} > \eTD \bTD[align=middle] > \framed[width=.25\textwidth,height=4.5ex,background=c24,frame=off]{M} > \eTD \eTR > \eTABLE > > \stoptext > > As you can see, the only problem is that there is a small gap between > the rows in the table. Is there a way how this gap can be closed? > Just add "offset=overlay" to your TABLE setup. Greetings, Peter

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Tables ..
by Dirar BOUGATEF 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Hi, I would like to use multipage tables. I had a look on the wiki and there are 2 ways of doing that. What is the advantage of using \startlinetable ? One of these seems to be that we can repeat columns .. Is Context going keep going with \startlinetable or not ? (As no doc exists and its developpement seems to be not finished yet) ? Thanks. Dirar.

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Wrong text alignment within Context.
by Dirar BOUGATEF 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Hi, Am trying to control my text in order to appear right aligned. This is how my text looks like after being typeset by context: >From King's Officer to Consul, had he been born a year earlier, a certain Napo- leone Buonaparte (1769-1821) would not have been French, since his native isle of Corsica was only annexed by France in 1768. Like all poor but gifted no- bles, he attended a military academy, becoming an officer at sixteen. The French Revolution and wars favoured his swift promotion. by age 24 he was a general, and swept from victory to victory in Italy and Egypt, after a bold coup d'état he was proclaimed consul. I don't understand why the last paragraph is typeset like this. There are several paragraphs before which are typeset correctly. What can i do to control this ? Many thanks. Dirar. PS. As the text depends on some font i have, i can't provide an example that could illustrate more than this (Typesetting changes according to font u use ..).

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\setuptolerance
by Richard Gabriel 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Hello all, could somebody explain me the usage of the \setuptolerance command and its particular parameters? I've found several forms of this command, but no explanation of them at all... The main ConTeXt manual (cont-eni.pdf, pages 87-88) only mentions that it is used [horizontal,verystrict] and [vertical,strict] by default... Should I issue two \setuptolerance commands to setup up horizontal and vertical tolerance? On contextgarden.net I've found one example using the following form: \setuptolerance [{horizontal, verytolerant},{vertical, verystrict}] ...tried this, but it produces "Overfull \hbox" at almost every third line... :-( Currently I use the setup: \setuptolerance[verytolerant,stretch] which gives quite good results, but I don't know what it exactly does (I googled it somewhere)... Thanks for help. Richard

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LaTeX2ConTeXt.tex can't compiled
by VnPenguin 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Hi, I'm trying to compile http://www.berenddeboer.net/tex/LaTeX2ConTeXt.tex in my FC3 box (tetex 2.0.2). But it does not work: $ texexec --interface=en --pdf --environment=screen --mode=screen LaTeX2ConTeXt ... (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-euler.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-adobe-utopia.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-bit-charter.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-public-antp.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-public-antt.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-bookman.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-courier.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-helvetica.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-palatino.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-times.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-zapfchan.map pdftex : needs map file: original-youngryu-px.map pdftex : needs map file: original-youngryu-tx.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-bh-lucida.map ) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex)) ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=utmr8t at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.3 \setupbodyfont[ber,pos] ? I have tried with pdfetex 1.10b & 1.20b. But the same error was found. Anyone could tell me how to fix this please. Thank you in advance, PS: I have already file screen.tex in current directory when compiling.

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Re: [XeTeX] Re: Is context working in XeTeX?
by Adam Lindsay 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dalyoung said this at Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:04:24 +0900: Hi, Dalyoung. I'm cc'ing to the ConTeXt list, because I don't see why a context.fmt file (or its equivalent) would be created. >Thank you for your reply. The command >sudo texexec --xtx --make --alone en creates a format >file-context.xfmt. I was fairly certain cont-en.xfmt would have been created, and not context.xfmt. Anyone in ConTeXt land know why? >However, I still don't have an output. > >I tested a short file, after a long line of display, it stoped. >But there is no pdf output. Okay, that log looks like texexec didn't find the cont-en format, and it tried making one. Most likely my patches to texexec didn't cover this error condition (and I'll look at revising it), but really, you should be creating a cont-en file with that command listed above. Anyone else have a clue? In the meantime, what does this return?: sudo texexec --xtx --make --alone cont-en adam >This is the last few lines of log. > >********************************************** >ConTeXt ver: 2004.11.23 fmt: 2004.12.2 int: english mes: english > > ) ) >(\end occurred when \unless\ifcsname on line 568 was incomplete) >Beginning to dump on file cont-en.fmt > (format=cont-en 2004.12.2) >35162 strings of total length 558625 >426688 memory locations dumped; current usage is 190&425628 >32984 multiletter control sequences >\font\nullfont=nullfont >0 words of font info for 0 preloaded fonts >102 hyphenation exceptions >Hyphenation trie of length 42714 has 1727 ops out of 35111 > 265 for language 11 > 265 for language 10 > 35 for language 9 > 35 for language 8 > 76 for language 7 > 88 for language 6 > 88 for language 5 > 235 for language 4 > 235 for language 3 > 224 for language 2 > 181 for language 1 >No pages of output. >Transcript written on cont-en.log. >fmtutil: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt installed. >/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/mktexupd: >/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/ls-R unwritable. >(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) > > return code : 256 > run time : 8 seconds > > total run time : 9 seconds >********************************************** -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Fwd: OTF in Context and miktex fails
by Adam Lindsay 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dr. Schmidt, I hope you don't mind that I'm forwarding your email to the ConTeXt discussion/help list. I believe you're running into a (common) MikTeX configuration issue here, which is something I can't help with directly. MikTeXers? How do you increase the font memory? best regards, adam ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Subject: OTF in Context and miktex fails Date Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2004 16:20 From: Matthias C. Schmidt <matthias.c.schmidt(a)t-online.de> To: atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Hi Adam T. Lindsay, excuse that I'm send You a mail direct but I cant't find You in my newsgroup. In a hopefull nightly hour I tried out Your "open Type in ConTEXt"-manual. The installation passed without problems (I think. Miktex 2.4 and Winedt 5.4 Build: 20040513 on windowsXP with up-to-date context and fontforge(former pfaedit)) but if I try to use the fonts in context it says to me that the tex capacity is exceeded. Does You know the failure in this work? I attache the log-file hoping that's ok and not too big . . . Many thanks, Matthias minimal example: \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \mainlanguage[de] \enableregime[windows] \setupoutput[pdftex] \usetypescriptfile[type-atc] \loadmapfile[texnansi-adobe-warnockpro.map] \loadmapfile[texnansiOSFSC-adobe-warnockpro.map] \usetypescript[Warn] \switchtobodyfont[Warn,10pt] \starttext Zuweilen erstrahlt an den Horizonten des Geistes ein neues Gestirn, das die Augen aller Rastlosen trifft, Verkündung und Sturmsignal einer Weltwende wie einst den Königen aus dem Morgenlande. \stoptext log-file: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (preloaded format=cont-en 2004.11.22) 23 NOV 2004 15:51 entering extended mode **test3.tex (test3.tex ConTeXt ver: 2004.11.06 fmt: 2004.11.22 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 1026] system (E-TEX) : [line 1081] ) system : cont-old loaded (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (F:\texmf\tex\context\user\cont-sys.rme fonts : [berry] [ec] [] (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-syn.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-enc.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-siz.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-map.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-spe.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-exa.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->default:default->1->2:2 uk->default:default->2->2 :2 de->texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2: 2 fr->ec:ec->6->2:2 es->default:default->7->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 i t->ec:ec->9->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->10->2:2 nl->ec:ec->11->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : test3.top loaded (./test3.top) specials : loading definition file tpd (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> system (E-TEX) : [line 2255] \ifcsname <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded fonts : [Warn] [] [] (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-syn.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-enc.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-siz.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-map.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-spe.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-exa.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-akb.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\third\./type-atc.tex (F:\texmf\tex\context\third\math-atc.tex) fonts : [serif] [WarnockProSiz] [texnansi] (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-syn.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-enc.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-siz.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-map.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-spe.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-exa.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-akb.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\third\./type-atc.tex (F:\texmf\tex\context\third\math-atc.tex)) fonts : [serif] [Opticals] [size] (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-syn.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-enc.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-siz.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-map.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-spe.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-exa.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-akb.tex) (F:\texmf\tex\context\third\./type-atc.tex bodyfont : bodyfont 6.5pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 6.5pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 10.4pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 10.4pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 7.8pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 7.8pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 15.5pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 15.5pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 13pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 12.5pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 12.5pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 10.8pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 10.8pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 21.5pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 21.5pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 18pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 11.1pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 11.1pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 12.8pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 12.8pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 9.6pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 9.6pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 19.1pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 19.1pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 16pt is defined (can better be done global) ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [hash size=35000]. \setvalue ...xpandafter \def \csname #1\endcsname \@@expanded ->\unexpanded \setvalue {7ptrmbfc} {\xxdododefinefont {1}{7pt}{7p... \dododododefinebodyfont ...}{\the \scratchtoks }}} \else \global \letbeundefi... \next4 #1,->\dodododefinebodyfont {rm}{7pt}{#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> ..., bfc=SerifBoldText sa \magfactor 3, bfd=SerifBoldSubhead sa \... \doprocesscommalist ...aitem \gobbleoneargument #1 ,]\relax \global \advance ... ... l.542 \definebodyfont If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 2844 strings out of 65373 37424 string characters out of 717846 491487 words of memory out of 1120698 35000 multiletter control sequences out of 35000 10284 words of font info for 34 fonts, out of 500000 for 1000 102 hyphenation exceptions out of 607 57i,2n,80p,312b,75s stack positions out of 1500i,500n,5000p,200000b,32768s 0 PDF objects out of 300000 0 named destinations out of 300000 1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 65536 No pages of output. -- Dr. Matthias C. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IWE - Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik *Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Niebuhrstr. 51 · 53 113 Bonn tel (02 28) 73-19 24 fax (02 28) 73-19 50 ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Phonetic Symbols
by Bernd Militzer 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Hi all, are there phonetic symbols to use in ConTeXt? like tipa for LaTeX thanks for help Bernd

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Wrapping \type{}
by Nikolai Weibull 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

In my BNF module I use " as an active character that begins and ends terminals in the grammar: <regex>: <branch> ; <branch>, "\|", <regex>. Now, the above doesn't quite work as written, as \ is still active (and so is, in fact | as we're really inside a \starttabulate. What I would like for the "" pair to do is work as a wrapper for \type{}, so that everything in-between is passed on to \type{}. Is there a way of getting them to do that? This is my current definition: \gdef"% {\ifBNFoutsidestring% \global\BNFoutsidestringfalse% \begingroup% \BNFunsetcatcodes% \catcode`\"\@@active% \@@bnfterminalstart% \else% \@@bnfterminalstop% \endgroup% \global\BNFoutsidestringtrue% \fi} I figured something like \long\gdef"#1"% {\type{#1}} might work, but it didn't. It chokes on "." where . is also an activated character for terminating a production in the grammar. Any suggestions on how to go about this? I mean, the obvious solution is simply to write <regex>: <branch> ; <branch>, "\type{\|}", <regex>. instead, but I would like to keep the input as clean as possible. nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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