2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>

> Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in the PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.

Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to put comments in your document you can use “%%”.

Does not work on my side. Both percentage signs and the text after it are displayed in my document.

Does this work?

\asciimode

\starttext

% this is visible %% and this is not

\stoptext

When you can read the text after “%%” you need a newer context.

I can read it, but I doubt it that I need a newer ConTeXt. I just this morning executed:
    first-setup.bat --context=current --extras=al

It can not be much newer I would think.

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