We use “[...]” in quotations to indicate departures from the written text.

In the latest beta, “[...]” is a problem in block quotations and [] does not appear in the output.

\setupdelimitedtext
        [blockquote]
        [before={\blank[small,fixed]},
  after={\blank[small,fixed]}]
 
\starttext
[t]he quotation goes as follows:
\startblockquote
[t]he science of astrology was developed in, most probably,
\stopblockquote
\input ward
\stoptext

“[...]” is OK in the body text and “[]” appears in the output. 

But, in the block quotation, “[…]” gets the error message:


tex error       > tex error on line 14 in file /Users/bowen1/Desktop/TestTeX/test.tex: ! Missing number, treated as zero


tex error       > tex error on line 9 in file /Users/bowen1/Desktop/TestTeX/test.tex: ! Missing number, treated as zero


<to be read again> 

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\spac_narrower_method_analyze ...c_narrower_mid #1

                                                  \relax \fi 

\syst_helpers_repeat_with_command ..._again [#1]#5

                                                  \else \syst_helpers_repeat...

\17>>1 ..._process_comma_list_with_parameters {#1}

                                                  \syst_helpers_do_process_c...

\syst_helpers_do_process_comma_list ...rgument #1,

                                                  ]\relax \global \advance \...

\spac_narrower_start_apply ...narrower_initialize 

                                                  \advance \leftskip \dimexp...

...

l.9 [t]

     he science of astrology was developed in, most probably,


 1     \setupdelimitedtext

 2             [blockquote]

 3             [before={\blank[small,fixed]},

 4       after={\blank[small,fixed]}]

 5      

 6     \starttext

 7     [t]he quotation goes as follows:

 8     \startblockquote

 9 >>  [t]he science of astrology was developed in, most probably,

10     \stopblockquote

11     \input ward

12     \stoptext



Alan