[NTG-context] Problem with \stoptabulate

[jbf]

Not sure if this helps, Bruce, but there is \definestartstop

Julian

On 21/3/23 10:34, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context wrote:
> I have a technical manual style document that requires a lot of examples to be included.
>
> They can easily be typeset with a table so I thought I would save myself some typing by defining macros for the various bits of a tabulate table. Thus I have:
>
> \def\startMyExample{\starttabulate[|r|c|l|p|]}
> \def\stopMyExample{\stoptabulate}
> \def\MyExampleItem#1#2#3{\NC #1 \NC \rightarrow \NC #2 \NC #3 \NC\NR}
>
> \starttext
> Here are some examples...
>
> \startMyExample
>    \MyExampleItem{before}{after}{change before into after}
>    \MyExampleItem{straw}{gold}{Rumpelstiltskin}
> \stopMyExample
> %\stoptabulate
>
> \stoptext
>
> The problem is that \stopMyExample doesn't work - the \stoptabulate isn't recognised and I get an end of file reached error. If use a straight \stoptabulate then it works as expected. That's fine but it would be nice, from an aesthetic point of view, to have start & stop 'paired' commands in the source.
>
> Presumably some sort of deep ConTeXt fu is going on - can anyone explain it please?
>
> Regards,
> —
> Bruce Horrocks
> Hampshire, UK
>
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