Aparently all spaces after @etex get reduced to one only. I'd expect that to happen inside @btex and @etex
\starttext \starttyping[escape=@] 1 137 26 25 > 1 69 32 2 @btex@bgroup@red@bf 137 @egroup@etex 26 25 > 1 69 32 3 @btex@bgroup@red@bf 137 @egroup@etex 26 25 > 1 69 32 4 137 26 25 > 1 69 32 5 @btex@bgroup@red@bf 137 @egroup@etex 26 25 > 1 69 32 \stoptyping \stoptext ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________