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Add hints on bracket usage; c&p from the list: https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg87937.html
* [[Console Mode]]: Using ConTeXt on keyboard input directly, rather than loading a <tt>.tex</tt> file.
= Use of brackets =
One must '''not''' confuse with the LaTeX convention where "mandatory"
arguments are contained in curly braces and brackets indicate
"optional" arguments.
Curly braces not only give grouping but generally
are used for objects to be typeset, as for \in{Figure}{a} [fig:ref].
For new users, it is worth repeating here that arguments within braces
can be either a comma-separated list of words OR a comma-separated
list of keyword=value pairs, BUT NOT A MIXTURE OF BOTH. Generally, a
keyword=value exists for all words, for example \cite[authoryear][ref]
and \cite[alternative=authoryear,reference=ref]
values can be grouped using curly braces, as in
\cite[alternative=authoryear,lefttext={{see },}][ref1,ref2] where the
lefttext is associated with the first cite reference (and none with the
second). This can be tricky but is in fact rather straight-forward.
= Using variables =
