Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote:

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

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

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

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

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

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

2007/4/1, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky :

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?

It did not fail, you forget only the braces. \def\comm {\groupedcommand{\hspace[medium]\tt}{\hspace[medium]}} To get more control over the spacing define your own \hspace: \definehspace[commspace][medium] \def\comm {\groupedcommand{\hspace[commspace]\tt}{\hspace[commspace]}} Wolfgang

(I had another version

\def\comm#1{\hspace[medium]{\tt#1}\hspace[medium]}

it worked.)

Vystcheslav