Hi Adam,
no, I hadn't tried that -
even tough I had skimmed over that part way back, it now escaped me.

\long\def\iconblock[#1]#2{%
\ignorespaces
\startembeddedxtable[icbtable]
\startxrow
\startxcell[width=17mm]
\externalfigure[img/#1.svg][height=15mm,width=15mm]
\stopxcell
\startxcell #2 \stopxcell
\stopxrow
\stopembeddedxtable
\removeunwantedspaces
}
that did the job.

Thanks a lot Adam!
Cheers, W


Am 18.05.21 um 20:17 schrieb Adam Reviczky:
Hi Werner,

Did you try startembeddedxtable ?

See Section 5 in the manual (https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf).

Adam

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 6:38 PM Werner Hennrich <wehe@gmx.at> wrote:

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to create an xtable from within a \def (or within a \setups)
but always run into "runaway error: end of file encountered"
whenever the xtable-commands are in there.

\definextable[icbtable]
\setupxtable[icbtable]
[frame=off,
top=\vskip7mm]
\long\def\iconblock[#1]#2{%
\ignorespaces
\startxtable[icbtable]
\startxrow
\startxcell[width=17mm]
\externalfigure[img/#1.svg][height=15mm,width=15mm]
\stopxcell
\startxcell #2 \stopxcell
\stopxrow
\stopxtable
\removeunwantedspaces
}

Is this simply not possible or am I doing something wrong there?

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Thank you,
Werner

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