On Sep 3, 2008, at 9:48 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > It appears that the problem is my definition > > \def\ {|~|} > > Though this definition works in a simple test file, it apparently > conflicts with something in my environment file and produces the error > message reported previously. So, is there a “safer” way to define > \<space> as {|~|}? > > Alan
Since you seem to be using Greek in your file: both | and ~ are made inactive in the Greek environment, so if you use '\ ' within Greek stuff, you're running into trouble. I don't see a solution within mkii if you want the nonbreakable space. Thomas ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________