Hello Taco, Thanks, I came up with the following \def\comm#1{{\tt#1}\,} \starttext The \comm{rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers. \stoptext I quite satisfied with it, but maybe there is better way to typeset programming keywords? Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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The following look ugly because of anaemic spacing before and after typed text.

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\starttext The {\tt rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers. \stoptext

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How to fix it?

If you want the spaces larger than normal interword spaces, you could consider tagging your calls using a special macro to do the typesetting. Perhaps like this:

\def\function#1{ #1 } \starttext The \function{rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers. \stoptext

Hello Wolfgang, Thanks. \def\comm{\thinspace\groupedcommand\tt\thinspace} works quite well. From a newbie standpoint, I wonder why replacing \thinspace with \hspace[medium] fails? (I had another version \def\comm#1{\hspace[medium]{\tt#1}\hspace[medium]} it worked.) Vystcheslav

On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:40:50 +0300 Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote:

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Hello Taco,

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Thanks, I came up with the following

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\def\comm#1{{\tt#1}\,}

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\starttext The \comm{rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers. \stoptext

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I quite satisfied with it, but maybe there is better way to typeset programming keywords?

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Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

There is a better way to define such a command in ConTeXt.

\def\comm {\groupedcommand\tt\thinspace}

\starttext

The \comm{rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers.

The {\comm rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers.

\stoptext

Wolfgang

-- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky