Am 22.04.2013 um 01:13 schrieb Jan Heinen <jahei...@gmx.de>:

> In a book I produced with ConTeXt last year, I did a lot of calculation to be 
> able to change the layout dynamicaly.
> 
> With the actual version of ConTeXt I can't compile the book. I have tried a 
> lot of things today ... without success.
> I hope my minimal-example helps you to understand, what I want to do - and 
> what I am doing wrong:
> 
> 
> \starttext
> \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}]
> 
> \defineexpandable\ColumnA    {30mm}
> \defineexpandable\ColumnB    {40mm}
> \defineexpandable\ColumnABi    {\dimexpr(\ColumnA + \ColumnB)}
> \defineexpandable\ColumnABii   {\ctxlua{context(\ColumnA + \ColumnB)}}
> \newdimen\ColumnABiii \ColumnABiii = \dimexpr(\ColumnA + \ColumnB)

\definemeasure[ColumnA][30mm]
\definemeasure[ColumnB][40mm]
\definemeasure[ColumnBi][\the\dimexpr(\measure{ColumnA}+\measure{ColumnB})]

> A  \ColumnA% ok
> 
> B  \ColumnB% ok
> 
> % I sadly get only errors when I delete the comments:
> %ColumnABi: \ColumnABi


A \measure{ColumnA}

B \measure{ColumnB}

C \measure{ColumnBi}

Wolfgang
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