[dev-context] Buffers again

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 15.01.2012 um 15:31 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:

> Hi Hans,
> 
> in the new beta buffers are fixed but one \endgroup is on the wrong position.
> 
> In the following macros \endgroup has to be before \buff_stop{#4}.
> 
> \def\buff_start_indeed#1#2#3#4% \donothing needed !
>  {\normalexpanded{\buff_pickup{#2}{#3}{#4}{}{\buff_stop{#4}\endgroup}}} % (3 & 4 & 5 & 6)
> 
> A cleaner solution would be to remove \endgroup above and put it back into \buff_stop.
> 
> \def\buff_start_indeed#1#2#3#4%
>  {\normalexpanded{\buff_pickup{#2}{#3}{#4}{}{\buff_stop{#4}}}}
> 
> \unexpanded\def\buff_stop#1%
>  {\endgroup
>   \getvalue{#1}}

Can you also add a direct version of \getbuffer, e.g.

   \let\getbufferdirect\buff_get_stored_indeed % Would be \getbufferdata a better name?

or

  \def\getbufferdirect[#1]{\buff_get_stored_indeed{#1}}

Wolfgang