Hi Mikael,

Yes, that fixes it, thanks. 
Is there some general guidance on when to use \text and when \mathrm in math 
mode?

Matthias 

> On Dec 24, 2025, at 2:23 AM, Mikael Sundqvist <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I'm not by computer so cannot test, but you are not expected to use \text 
> like that. Either do
> 
> ^{\tan} if it is the function tan (but I don't understand why one would do 
> that)
> 
> or
> 
> ^{\mathrm {tan}}
> 
> if tan is just some abbreviation for tangent or so.
> 
> Does that work for you?
> 
> (In general, use \mtext instead of \text in math mode if you really need some 
> text in math.)
> 
> /Mikael 
> 
> Den ons 24 dec. 2025 03:05Matthias Weber <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> skrev:
>>  Dear all, 
>> 
>> The combination of tagging and \startalign and \text leads to a compilation 
>> error.
>> 
>> Minimal example:
>> 
>> \setupbackend[format=pdf/ua-2]
>> \setuptagging
>>  [state=start,
>>   preset=basic,
>>   level=2,
>>   option=interaction,
>> ]
>> 
>> \starttext 
>> 
>> \startformula
>> \startalign
>> \NC X^{\text{tan}} \NC = 0\NR
>> \stopalign
>> \stopformula
>> 
>> \stoptext
>> 
>> results in the attached error log.
>> 
>> 
>> Commenting out the preamble or removing the alignment ot removing the 
>> \text{tan} compiles fine.
>> 
>> 
>> Any  workaround/fix will be much appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks, as always.
>> 
>> Matthias
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> tex error       > tex error on line 1 in file ./Untitled.tex: 
>> 
>> lua error:
>> 
>>         registered function call [262]: 
>> ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lxml-mms.lmt:857: attempt to 
>> index a nil value (local 'a2')
>> stack traceback:
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lxml-mms.lmt:857: in 
>> upvalue 'expandone'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lxml-mms.lmt:631: in 
>> upvalue 'expandfenced'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lxml-mms.lmt:769: in 
>> upvalue 'expandone'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lxml-mms.lmt:775: in 
>> upvalue 'expandone'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lxml-mms.lmt:1097: in 
>> upvalue 'expand'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lxml-mms.lmt:1044: in 
>> upvalue 'expandone'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lxml-mms.lmt:1113: in 
>> upvalue 'tomeaning'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lxml-mms.lmt:1193: in 
>> field 'verbose'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/math-tag.lmt:1168: in 
>> field 'gettextblob'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-tag.lmt:1193: in 
>> local 'action'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-tag.lmt:1553: in 
>> upvalue 'makeelement'
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-tag.lmt:2131: in 
>> upvalue 'structures_tags_handler'
>>         [string "local tonut  = nodes.tonut..."]:25: in function <[string 
>> "local tonut  = nodes.tonut..."]:12>
>>         (...tail calls...)
>>         ...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/node-shp.lmt:38: in 
>> function <...-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/node-shp.lmt:37>
>>         (...tail calls...)      
>> 
>>  1 >>  
>>  2     \setupbackend[format=pdf/ua-2]
>>  3     \setuptagging
>>  4      [state=start,
>>  5       preset=basic,
>>  6       level=2,
>>  7       option=interaction,
>>  8     ]
>>  9     
>> 10     \starttext 
>> 11     
>> mtx-context     | fatal error: return code: 1
>> 
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