[NTG-context] getting characters

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hi Hans,

I do not think it is available already, but it is very
simple to patch the \getfirstcharacter macro:

   \def\dogetfirstcharacter#1#2\\%
     {\def\firstcharacter{#1}\def\remainingcharacters{#2}}

(I like 'remaining' better than 'last')

Cheers, taco