On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Hans van der Meer wrote:
>
>> The ConTeXt manual tells me on page 237:
>>
>> You can define your own buffer with:
>> \definebuffer[...]
>> ... name
>> After this command /getbuffer and \typebuffer are available where
>> buffer is the name of the buffer.
>>
>> I do:
>> \definebuffer[left]
>> \startbuffer[left]
>> left\crlf
>> \stopbuffer
>> \typeleft
>> and it gives me the error:
>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>> \typeleft ->\dodotypebuffer
>> [left][def-3]
>> l.92 \typeleft
>>
>> then I try:
>> \typebuffer[left]
>>
>> this gives a typeset message [file examdoc-def-2.tmp does not exist]
>> (file examdoc.tex being the containing tex file)
>>
>> when I try
>> \getbuffer[left] or \getleft
>> nothing at all seems to happen?
>>
>> Why doesn't it work according to the manual?
>> Or do I misunderstand the manual completely?
>
> If you just want to "tag" buffers, you do not need to define new ones.
> You can simply do
>
> \startbuffer[test]
> Hello world
> \stopbuffer
>
> \typebuffer[test]
>
> \getbuffer[test]
>
>
> Defining new buffers is useful if you do not want to call buffers by
> some other name. This does not allow you to "tag" the buffers. There
> is also a bug in core-buf.tex due to which \type<buffer> did not work.
>
> \unprotect
> \def\dodefinebuffer[#1][#2]%
> {\iffirstargument % else problems
> \doglobal\increment\nofdefinedbuffers
> \letvalue{\??bu#1\c!number}\nofdefinedbuffers
> \letvalue{\??bu#1\c!paragraph}\v!no
> \setevalue{\e!start#1}%
>
> {\noexpand\dostartbuffer[#1][def-\nofdefinedbuffers][\e!start#1][\e!stop#1]}%
> \setevalue{\e!get#1}%
> {\noexpand\dodoprocessTEXbuffer[#1][def-\nofdefinedbuffers]}%
> \setevalue{\e!type#1}%
> {\noexpand\dotypebuffer[#1][def-\nofdefinedbuffers]}%
> % TYPO: was
> % {\noexpand\dodotypebuffer[#1][def-\nofdefinedbuffers]}%
> \getparameters[\??bu#1][#2]%
> \fi}
> \protect
Hans, was this fixed. There is a typo in core-buf.tex and it is still
present in latest "updateable" version (2006.08.02).
Aditya
>
> \definebuffer[Example]
>
> \startExample
> Hello again
> \stopExample
>
> \typeExample %The above fix is needed for this.
>
> \getExample
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