Hi. Another one of my sort of weird questions. I have a file with { in it's file name and context doesn't seem to enjoy it much: % mkdir {test} % cd {test} % mkdir output % touch a.tex && ed a.tex 0 0a \starttext Hello \stoptext . wq 27 % texexec --runpath=output a.tex TeXExec 4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 changing to path : output executable : pdfetex format : cont-en source path : /home/pcp/scratch/cont-test/{test} dummy file : a.run inputfile : a output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) \write18 enabled. (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./a.run{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2004.6.16 fmt: 2004.6.18 int: english mes: english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 578] system (E-TEX) : [line 633] ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 3:2-uk-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 7:2-it-2 8:2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : a.top loaded (./a.top ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode. \p!doifinstringelse ...tringelse \@EA ##\@EA 1#1## 2##3\war {\unless \if ##2@... \rawdodoifinsetelse ...ingelse \@@@instring {,#1,} \@EA \firstoftwoarguments ... \addtocommalist #1#2->\rawdoifinsetelse {#1}#2 \resetglobal {\dodoglobal \ede... \next1 #1,->\docommando {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... l.3 \usepath[/home/pcp/scratch/cont-test/{test}] ? Is this an impossibility in TeX? nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}