Thanks, Hans! That does work nicely.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote:

> On 2/22/2017 6:21 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
>
>> Here is the file that I have been working with:
>>
>> \installlanguage[packed][en]
>> \setuplanguage[packed][spacing=packed]
>> \startsetups[tightspace]
>>   \spaceskip 0.5\interwordspace plus .5\interwordstretch minus
>> \interwordshrink
>> \stopsetups
>>
>> \def\dostartbibitem[#1]{\startBibItem[title={#1},reference={#1}]}
>> \def\startbibitem{\dosingleempty\dostartbibitem}
>> \def\stopbibitem{\stopBibItem}
>>
>> \definedescription[BibItem][
>> width=broad,
>> margin=1.5pc,
>> indenting={no},
>> indentnext=no,
>> alternative=hanging,
>> hang=1,
>> headcommand=\gobbleoneargument,
>> align=right,
>> before={\directsetup{tightspace}\bgroup\language[packed]},
>> after={\egroup},
>> ]
>>
>> \definereferenceformat [cite]  [type=title,left={},right={}]
>> \definereferenceformat [bibpage]   [type=page]
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \startbibitem[A, B, and C]\stopbibitem % TEST by commenting these
>> %\startbibitem[A{,} B{,} and C]\stopbibitem% lines out
>>
>> \startbibitem[ABC]\stopbibitem
>> \startbibitem[A]\stopbibitem
>> \startbibitem[B]\stopbibitem
>> \startbibitem[C]\stopbibitem
>>
>> * \cite[A, B, and C] \qquad{\red output should  be: A{,} B{,} and C}
>>
>> **\cite[ABC] \qquad{\red output should be: ABC}
>>
>> ***\cite[A], \cite[B], \cite[C]  \qquad{\red output should be: A, B, C}
>>
>> ****\cite[A]\cite[B]\cite[C] \qquad{\red output should be: ABC}
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>
> references can be a comma separated list, so
>
> A, B, and C
>
> is actually three tags:  "A" "B" "and C"
>
> so, you run into parsing problems, so how to deal with:
>
> [A, B, and C]
>
> maybe:
>
> [{A, B, and C}]
>
> alas, in comma separated list the first level of {} is removed but we can
> cheat:
>
> [{{A, B, and C}}]
>
> works with \cite [{{A, B, and C}}]
>
> Hans
>
>
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