Re: \showreferences

On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 10:37 (+0200), Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:

> On 3/30/2026 2:13 AM, Jim wrote:
>> Hi all,

>> I tried putting
>>          \showreferences
>> in a document which has lots of internal references (and a number of
>> external ones), but I see no difference in the new PDF (although the PDF
>> internals changed a bit, there were no visible differences according to the
>> "diffpdf" program).

>> I see nothing in the .log file, the terminal output, or even the .tuc file.

>> In .../tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/strc-ref.mklx I see
>>          \permanent\protected\def\showreferences{\enabletrackers[nodes.references.show,nodes.destinations.show]}
>> so I don't get the feeling I needed to give it some optional arguments.

>> I tried it in the preamble.  I tried it in the body of the document.
>> There is no \showreferences wiki page.  Back in 2015 there were 3 messages
>> about this in the mailing list, with someone claiming it did what he
>> wanted.  So I tried 'context --luatex' to see if MkIV would give me
>> something... but apparently nothing.

>> So... can someone tell me how to make \showreferences do something visible?
>> (Or maybe if it is doing something, where I can see this?)

> probably got lost when we went to mkxl ... i'll send you a patch to test
> (few lines added)

Hi Hans,

I replaced the file with the one you sent, compiled the document, and saw
nothing.

I hadn't updated ConTeXt since your last update, so I tried doing that, and
then I compiled the document, and again, saw nothing.

Is there something else I need to put in my document to make
\showreferences work?  I'd hate to have you poring over the code if this is
merely a PEBKAC issue on my part.  :-)

                                Jim
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