We use “[...]” in quotations to indicate departures from the written text. In the latest beta, “[...]” is a problem in block quotations and [] does not appear in the output. \setupdelimitedtext [blockquote] [before={\blank[small,fixed]}, after={\blank[small,fixed]}] \starttext [t]he quotation goes as follows: \startblockquote [t]he science of astrology was developed in, most probably, \stopblockquote \input ward \stoptext “[...]” is OK in the body text and “[]” appears in the output. But, in the block quotation, “[…]” gets the error message: tex error > tex error on line 14 in file /Users/bowen1/Desktop/TestTeX/test.tex: ! Missing number, treated as zero tex error > tex error on line 9 in file /Users/bowen1/Desktop/TestTeX/test.tex: ! Missing number, treated as zero <to be read again> t \spac_narrower_method_analyze ...c_narrower_mid #1 \relax \fi \syst_helpers_repeat_with_command ..._again [#1]#5 \else \syst_helpers_repeat... \17>>1 ..._process_comma_list_with_parameters {#1} \syst_helpers_do_process_c... \syst_helpers_do_process_comma_list ...rgument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... \spac_narrower_start_apply ...narrower_initialize \advance \leftskip \dimexp... ... l.9 [t] he science of astrology was developed in, most probably, 1 \setupdelimitedtext 2 [blockquote] 3 [before={\blank[small,fixed]}, 4 after={\blank[small,fixed]}] 5 6 \starttext 7 [t]he quotation goes as follows: 8 \startblockquote 9 >> [t]he science of astrology was developed in, most probably, 10 \stopblockquote 11 \input ward 12 \stoptext Alan