Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > \doifsomething{#1} > {\tmpblockstartedtrue > %\immediate\write\tmpblocks{\string#1}}% > \immediate\write\tmpblocks{#1}}%
i have no problem with the \long but changing the \string ... it's there for a reason so i need to look into it > \convertargument#1\to\ascii > %\doifsomething{#1} > \doifsomething\ascii > {\tmpblockstartedtrue > %\immediate\write\tmpblocks{\string#1}}% > %\immediate\write\tmpblocks{#1}}% > \immediate\write\tmpblocks{\ascii}}% this may introduce spaces after \cs and therefore renders buffers useless for verbatim usage > because I won't force users of my letter module to put a \relax > after \startletter only because they use MkII. did you try \definebuffer[letter] Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________