Dear gang, Midsentences in the ConTeXt sense are quite common. Consider the following: ======= \setuplanguage[en] [leftsentence={{} \endash\nobreakspace}, rightsentence={{} \endash\nobreakspace}, leftsubsentence={{} \textbar\nobreakspace}, rightsubsentence={{} \textbar\nobreakspace}, midsentence={{} \endash\nobreakspace}] \starttext This is a sentence|<|this is a subsentence|>|that includes a subsentence. \blank This is a sentence|<|this is a subsentence|<|this is a nested subsentence|>|that includes a nested subsentence|>|that includes a subsentence. \blank This is a sentence that ends in a midsentence\midsentence Here is the midsentence. \stoptext ======= A primary subsentence or nested subsentence is marked off by |<| and |>| respectively. Is there an analogous symbol for a midsentence, which requires a mark only at its beginning? If not, how can I make a private one? For example: This is a sentence that ends in a midsentence|<>|Here is the midsentence. How can I properly define |<>| to be an alias for \midsentence, in a way consistent with the rest of the subsentence mechanism? Note: Could only find one reference to midsentence in the sources: lang-ini.mkiv, line 354 If this is not already supported, would like to propose that |<>| be added to ConTeXt as an alias for \midsentence. BTW: It may appear that one can just use |<| to mark a midsentence, but then the next subsentence in the document will be treated as a nested subsentence. Thank you in advance! Best wishes Idris -- Idris Samawi Hamid, Professor Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80512