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Peter Rolf wrote:
Hi all,
I need to pass a short text as parameter to a defintion. My problem is, that the significant spaces are removed in this process. Hmm.....no clue.
% interface=en output=pdftex \starttext
\def\TextWithSpaces#1{\framed{\obeyspaces#1}}%
% output is ok \framed{\obeyspaces{A gap from here to here!}} % no big gap between 'here' and 'to' \TextWithSpaces{A gap from here to here!}
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\def \TextWithSpaces {\framed\bgroup\obeyspaces\doTextWithSpaces} \def\doTextWithSpaces #1{#1\egroup} just postpone argument loading Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------