On 4/23/2020 15:01, Benjamin Buchmuller wrote:

Sorry, I have just realized that the problem might not be \WORD{} actually, so this one hyphenates:

\define[2]\mycommand{ \startxrow \startxcell o#1 \stopxcell \startxcell \tt\WORD #2 \stopxcell \stopxrow }

Whereas these ones don’t:

\define[2]\mycommand{ \startxrow \startxcell o#1 \stopxcell \startxcell \tt\WORD #2-3' \stopxcell \stopxrow }

\define[2]\mycommand{ \startxrow \startxcell o#1 \stopxcell \startxcell 5'-\tt\WORD #2 \stopxcell \stopxrow }

Assuming that this has to do with the presence of “-“ which will be the preferred breakpoint. So, I guess the questions boils down to how to define the second argument of

\definebreakpoint[mybreaks][][nright=12,nleft=12,type=1]

in this case or how to “deactivate” the default \setbreakpoints[compound]?

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On 23 Apr 2020, at 20:46, Benjamin Buchmuller wrote:

Hi again,

I am reading a CSV file into ConTeXt which contains long DNA sequences (>> 40 characters) to place in xtables. So far, this works fine. However, I need to uppercase the entries and need to \tt them. When I do this inside \WORD however, they don’t hyphenate any more.

I’m using:

\defineseparatedlist [mylist] [ separator={,}, quotechar={"}, command=\mycommand ]

\define[2]\mycommand{ \startxrow \startxcell o#1 \stopxcell \startxcell 5’-{\tt\WORD{#2}}-3' \stopxcell \stopxrow }

Since I don’t have access to each entry, I cant place hyphenation marks directly. Is there a way to tell ConTeXt to hyphenate after say, 12 characters?

Thanks for your help.

Benjamin

The following works for me: \define[2]\mycommanda{     \startxrow     \startxcell o#1 \stopxcell     \startxcell \tt\WORD #2 \stopxcell     \stopxrow     } \define[2]\mycommandb{     \startxrow     \startxcell o#1 \stopxcell     \startxcell \tt\WORD #2-3' \stopxcell     \stopxrow     } \define[2]\mycommandc{     \startxrow     \startxcell o#1 \stopxcell     \startxcell 5'-\tt\WORD #2 \stopxcell     \stopxrow     } \definebreakpoint[mybreaks][][nright=12,nleft=12,type=1] \setbreakpoints[mybreaks] \starttext \setupxtable[width=5cm] \startxtablex \mycommanda{A}{lsfkgjfkgshgkhigewhgajkdkfkalhfdklahfkhaakfakfh} \mycommandb{B}{lsfkgjfkgshgkhigewhgajkdkfkalhfdklahfkhaakfakfh} \mycommandc{C}{lsfkgjfkgshgkhigewhgajkdkfkalhfdklahfkhaakfakfh} \stopxtable \stoptext Producing: Indeed, it produces the same when nleft and nright are both set to 1 or 12 or 100, but not when setbreakpoints is removed. If you are trying to do something else, please provide an MWE.