Dear Hans,

Example 1 below causes TeX to hang and I have to abort the TeX run whereas Example 2 works when I omit \startlines / \stoplines and use \crlf. I have included the console readout for Example 1 below. I can get by with Example 2 but I thought I should let you know.

Thanks again,

Charlie Doherty

\starttext

Example 1

And here is the sentence before

\startnarrower[2*left,2*right]

\startlines

A Somonour was ther with us in that place,

That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face,

For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe.

As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe,

With scalled browes blake and piled berd.

Of his visage children were aferd.%

\footnote{Burgess, A., \slanted{The Riverside Chaucer}, p.\ 33 (623--628). From this point on, any further references to \slanted{The Canterbury Tales}, will be made from this edition and line numbers only will be provided.}

\stoplines

\stopnarrower

And here is the one after

Example 2

And here is the sentence before

\startnarrower[2*left,2*right]

A Somonour was ther with us in that place, \crlf

That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, \crlf

For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe. \crlf

As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe, \crlf

With scalled browes blake and piled berd. \crlf

Of his visage children were aferd.%

\stopnarrower

And here is the one after

\stoptext

TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005

executable : pdfetex

format : cont-en

inputfile : linetest

output : pdftex

interface : en

current mode : none

TeX run : 1

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)

(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx)

entering extended mode

(./linetest.tex

ConTeXt ver: 2005.06.27 fmt: 2005.7.14 int: english mes: english

language : language en is active

system : cont-new loaded

(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex

systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex!

color : palette rollover is available

)

system : cont-old loaded

(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex

loading : Context Old Macros

)

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(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex

loading : Context File Synonyms

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bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded

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>13->2:2 cz->il2:il2->14->2:2 cz->ec:ec->15->2:2 sk->il2:il2->16->2:2 sk->ec:ec

->17->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:2 pl->ec:ec->19->2:2 loaded

specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded

system : linetest.top loaded

(./linetest.top

specials : loading definition file tpd

(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex

specials : loading definition file fdf

(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex)

specials : fdf loaded

)

specials : fdf,tpd loaded

) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo)

(./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo)

(./linetest.tuo)

Process aborted

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Charles Doherty,

Early Irish History,

School of History,

John Henry Newman Building,

University College Dublin,

Belfield,

Dublin 4

Tel: +353 1 716 8381