> Wolfgang, > > Thanks for the suggestion. However, I'm using ConTeXt to typeset arbitrary > XML input from users (and therefore arbitrary image filenames). While your > idea works for the two examples that I gave, it doesn't work if the curly > braces aren't balanced in the filename (e.g., "flower{1.jpg"). Is there any > general character escaping mechanism for macro arguments? > > Cheers, > Mike
If you use xml as input format you could save the file name in a temporary macro and use this macro now in the \externalfigure command. You already gave a example for this. Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________