On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 19:50 (+0200), Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Am 17.04.2026 um 19:24 schrieb Jim via ntg-context:
>> If you don't mind a follow-on question:
>> Supposing, for the moment, that in a certain "paragraphs" situation I will
>> never ever want to use
>> \\
>> to start a new paragraph; do you foresee me having problems down the line
>> if I insert
>> \let\\=\crlf
>> as follows:
> There are no problems for the paragraph environment because you have
> better ways to go to a new column.
I was a bit more worried about some other side effect of changing the
definition of \\ (where, for example, this side effect only shows up when I
do some other particular but-as-yet-unknown-to-me thing).
>> \defineparagraphs[paras]
>> [n=2, rule=on, distance=0.7cm]
>> \startparagraphs[paras]
>> \typebuffer[lim]
>> \nextparas
>> \let\\=\crlf
>> \switchtobodyfont[small]
>> \getbuffer[lim]
>> \stopparagraphs
>> Incidentally(?), I first tried
>> before={\let\\=\crlf}
>> in the second [] group of the \defineparagraphs command, but that had no
>> observable effect.
> The argument of before is applied before \\ is redefined to change columns,
I was wondering if that was the issue, thanks for explaining that.
> what you can use as hook is the inner key (but this apply the change to each
> column).
> %%%% begin example
> \defineparagraphs
> [Example]
> %\setupparagraphs
> % [Example]
> % [inner=\let\\\crlf]
> \startsetups[Example]
> \aliased\let\\\crlf
> \stopsetups
> \setupparagraphs
> [Example]
> [inner=\texsetup{Example}]
> \starttext
> \startExample
> line 1\crlf
> line 2
> \nextExample
> line 3\\
> line 4
> \stopExample
> %\startparagraphs[Example]
> % \startparagraphscell
> % line 1\crlf
> % line 2
> % \stopparagraphscell
> % \startparagraphscell
> % line 3\crlf
> % line 4
> % \stopparagraphscell
> %\stopparagraphs
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example
Thanks very much for the example (and the pointer to \startsetups).
The wiki page for startsetups is very sparse. If you are OK with me doing
so, I would add your example to the \startsetups wiki page so that it isn't
almost completely bare.
Jim
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