Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Sorry, messed up something. New version followws:
>
> \newbox\chemlowbox
> \def\chemlow#1%
>    {\setbox\chemlowbox\hbox{{\switchtobodyfont[small]#1}}}
>
> \def\chemhigh#1%
>    {\ifvoid\chemlowbox \high{{\switchtobodyfont[small]#1}}%
>     \else \lohi[left]{\box\chemlowbox}{{\switchtobodyfont[small]#1}}\fi }
>
> \def\finishchem{\ifvoid\chemlowbox \else \low{\box\chemlowbox}\fi}
>
> \unexpanded\def\molecule%
>    {\bgroup
>     \catcode`\_=\active \uccode`\~=`\_ \uppercase{\let~\chemlow}%
>     \catcode`\^=\active \uccode`\~=`\^ \uppercase{\let~\chemhigh}%
>     \dostepwiserecurse {65}{90}{1}
>        {\catcode \recurselevel = \active
>         \uccode`\~=\recurselevel
>         \uppercase{\edef~{\noexpand\finishchem 
> \rawcharacter{\recurselevel}}}}%
>     \catcode`\-=\active \uccode`\~=`\- \uppercase{\def~{--}}%
>     \domolecule }%
>
> \def\domolecule#1{#1\finishchem\egroup}
>
> \starttext
> {\bf A test \variant[Caps] in small caps}
>
> \molecule{HSO_4^{-}}
> \molecule{H_2SO_4}
>
> {\bfa A story about \molecule{SF_6}}
> {\scx A story about \molecule{sf_6}}
> {\bsb A story about \molecule{SF_6}}
>
>   
i didt follow this thread, so i may be wrong, but doesn't the ppchtex 
(see manuals) module does that kind of stuff?

Hans


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