Hi Tommaso, \startttyping is a generated command (\definetyping[typing]) and to show the command with \showdefinition you have to use     \showdefinition [starttyping:instance:typing] or \showdefinition [starttyping:instance:argument:typing] A complete list with all arguments can be found in setup-mapping-en.pdf. The output of \definition is wrong because there is a wrong check for the number of arguments for the command (because you can pass a list of commands). The \showdefinition command needs also a small change because when you use a instance (e.g. \showdefinition [starttyping:instance:typing]) the caption shows the passed argument (e.g. Definition 1 \starttyping:instance:typing) and not the correct command (e.g. Definition 1 \starttyping). Wolfgang Tommaso Gordini schrieb am 25.11.18 um 09:03:

Hi Wolfgang,

thank you very much for your code, which works very well. I still have a few doubts about one thing: is it possible that the commands you suggested to me do not work with all ConTeXt commands?

For example, if I write

\usemodule [setups]

\starttext

\showdefinition [starttyping]

\stoptext

I get in the PDF

missing: starttyping

It's correct?

The second question concerns the \definition command. As you can see in the attached PDF, a «and 1» appears below the definition. It's correct?

Thank you in advance

Il giorno sab 24 nov 2018 alle ore 12:29 Wolfgang Schuster mailto:wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> ha scritto:

Tommaso Gordini schrieb am 24.11.18 um 11:45: > Hello, list. > > In my ConTeXt guide, I need to show the syntax of ConTeXt commands. > > Below I paste a MWE showing the different possible commands, but I do > not know if there are others. > I see, however, that the result is different depending on the command > used. > > Do you have any advice to give to me? Which of the commands in the > code should I use in a guide? Or better: do they have to be used > according to needs? > > Are there other commands of this kind?

\usemodule[setups]

\starttext

When you describe a command, e.g. \type{\startdescription{\cmdbasicsetup[...]} ... \stopdescription}:

\startbuffer [basicsetup] \cmdbasicsetup [startxtable] \stopbuffer

\typebuffer [basicsetup] \getbuffer  [basicsetup]

When you show the syntax of a command without the options:

\startbuffer [shortsetup] \cmdshortsetup [startxtable] \stopbuffer

\typebuffer [shortsetup] \getbuffer  [shortsetup]

When you show the syntax of a command with the options:

\startbuffer [fullsetup] \cmdfullsetup [startxtable] \stopbuffer

\typebuffer [fullsetup] \getbuffer  [fullsetup]

When you want to show the name of a command (similar to \tex{type}):

\startbuffer [internal] \cmdinternal {startxtable} \stopbuffer

\typebuffer [internal] \getbuffer  [internal]

When you want to show the syntax of a command as a float:

\startbuffer [showdefinition] \showdefinition [startxtable] \stopbuffer

\typebuffer [showdefinition] \getbuffer  [showdefinition]

When you want to refer to the definition:

\startbuffer [definition] \definition [startxtable] %\definition [startxtable,startembeddedxtable] \stopbuffer

\typebuffer [definition] \getbuffer  [definition]

\page

When you have a generated command (e.g. \tex {placefigure}):

\startbuffer [instance] \cmdbasicsetupinstance {placefloat} {figure} \cmdshortsetupinstance {placefloat} {figure} \cmdfullsetupinstance  {placefloat} {figure} \stopbuffer

\typebuffer [instance] \getbuffer  [instance]

\stoptext

Wolfgang