1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tex/context/base/mult-aux.lua b/tex/context/base/mult-aux.lua
index bdc626d4c..353b5e69c 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mult-aux.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mult-aux.lua
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function namespaces.define(namespace,settings)
         if trace_namespaces then
             report_namespaces("namespace %a for %a uses parent %a",namespace,name,parent)
         end
-        if not find(parent,"\\") then
+        if not find(parent,"\\",1,true) then
             parent = "\\" .. prefix .. parent
             -- todo: check if defined
         end
@@ -154,3 +154,15 @@ function namespaces.list()
     local keys = { "type", "name", "comment", "version", "parent", "definition", "setup", "style" }
     utilities.formatters.list(data,"namespace",keys)
 end
+
+
+interfaces.implement {
+    name      = "definenamespace",
+    arguments = { "string", "string" },
+    actions   = namespaces.define
+}
+
+interfaces.implement {
+    name      = "listnamespaces",
+    actions   = namespaces.list
+}