Hi Adam, no, I hadn't tried that - even tough I had skimmed over that part way back, it now escaped me. \long\def\iconblock[#1]#2{% \ignorespaces *\startembeddedxtable[icbtable]* \startxrow \startxcell[width=17mm] \externalfigure[img/#1.svg][height=15mm,width=15mm] \stopxcell \startxcell #2 \stopxcell \stopxrow *\stopembeddedxtable* \removeunwantedspaces } that did the job. Thanks a lot Adam! Cheers, W Am 18.05.21 um 20:17 schrieb Adam Reviczky:

Hi Werner,

Did you try startembeddedxtable ?

See Section 5 in the manual (https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf).

Adam

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 6:38 PM Werner Hennrich mailto:wehe@gmx.at> wrote:

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to create an xtable from within a \def (or within a \setups) but always run into "runaway error: end of file encountered" whenever the xtable-commands are in there.

\definextable[icbtable] \setupxtable[icbtable] [frame=off, top=\vskip7mm] \long\def\iconblock[#1]#2{% \ignorespaces \startxtable[icbtable] \startxrow \startxcell[width=17mm] \externalfigure[img/#1.svg][height=15mm,width=15mm] \stopxcell \startxcell #2 \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \removeunwantedspaces }

Is this simply not possible or am I doing something wrong there?

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Thank you, Werner

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