[NTG-context] Re: High level user macro (howto?)

Bonjour Maurice,

One thing is missing in context (or not documented in reference manual?) is a standard and easy way to build arbitrary parametrised high level macros.

what about: \def\myCommand{\dosingleempty\doMyCommand} \def\doMyCommand[#1]{% \getparameters[XYZ][#1]% define your own ``namespace'' \getvalue{XYZtexti} } \starttext \startlines Hello \myCommand \setvalue{XYZtexti}{World} Hello \myCommand Hello \myCommand[texti=Maurice] \stoplines \stoptext Patrick -- texshow-web: http://members.ping.de:8061 ConTeXt wiki: http://members.ping.de:8062