if i omit the line with the \externalfigure it does work is that cow.pdf missing?
> On 9 Oct 2017, at 18:11, Rik Kabel <cont...@rik.users.panix.com> wrote: > > Consider the following almost-minimal example: > > \setuptagging [state=start] > \setuppapersize [A6] > \setupexternalfigures[location=default] > \definemakeup [cover4][page=left,doublesided=no] > \definelayer [isbn][width=\pagewidth,height=\pageheight] > \define \Title {A Primer on Omphaloskepsis} > \startsetups [placeisbn] > \setlayer [isbn][preset=rightbottom,hoffset=5mm,voffset=5mm] > {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=3cm]} > \stopsetups > \starttext > \setupbackgrounds [page][setups=placeisbn,background=isbn] > \startmakeup [cover4] > \scale [width=\textwidth] {\red \Title} > \stopmakeup > \stoptext > For me (Win64, current standalone beta), compilation halts with: > > lua error > lua error on line 4 in file C://Users/rik/Desktop/xxx.tex: > > ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/back-exp.lua:823: attempt to > index local 'spec' (a nil value) > stack traceback: > ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/back-exp.lua:823: in > function <...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/conte > xt/base/mkiv/back-exp.lua:818> > (It always points to line 4 of the file, no matter the file.) When the halt > is answered with a CR, the processing runs to completion with no apparent > errors. > When the first line is removed, or the state set to stop, compilation > completes normally. > > When the content of the setup (the two-line \setlayer) is moved out of the > setup, compilation completes normally (without regard to tagging). > > (I use a setup here because, in the real work on which this is based, there > are other items in the layer that cannot be properly handled until after > \starttext processing. > > -- > Rik > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________
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