[NTG-context] TeX-MP interaction in mkii and mkiv

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I cannot understand why mkii and mkiv give different output in the attached 
> example modified from Thomas's presentation module. The output of MKII is 
> correct. In MKIV, the first picture (Left) is not correct, and I cannot 
> understand why is this the case.
>
> I am using the latest minimals and the latest svn luatex.

MKIV is very strict about the spaces. I had

Left  := \sometxt[taspresent:sometxt:left] {\folio} ysized 6cm;
Right := \sometxt[taspresent:sometxt:right]{\folio} ysized 6cm;

(notice the space before \folio in Left). MKIV does not like that. If I 
remove the space, everything is fine.

Aditya