[NTG-context] \blank with dimen (mkiv)

26 Oct 2009

      Hi,

donno if this is a bug or a feature. If I use \blank with a dimen 
register, I get

[..]
context/base/type-otf.tex 
(r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv))
bodyfont        : 12pt rm is loaded
language        : language en is active
systems         : begin file test at line 4
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again>
                   F
<argument> F
            OO
\addaskedblankskip ...nce \blankskip #1\dimexpr #2
                                                  \relax
l.10 }

\dovspacingyes ...ument #1\else \s!default \fi ")}
                                                  \fi
l.6 \blank[force,\FOO]

?

Here is a minimal example:

%-----------------
\newdimen\FOO
\FOO5cm\relax

\starttext

\blank[force,\FOO]

\stoptext
%-----------------

Using \blank[force,\the\FOO] does work. No such problems in mkii.

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Greetings,  Peter

[NTG-context] \blank with dimen (mkiv)

Peter Rolf