On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > 2007/12/7, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi. >> >> I'm working on a document processor that has multiple backends >> for different output formats (XHTML, nroff, plain text, ConTeXt). >> >> The processor uses s-expression syntax with commands such as: >> >> (para "this is a paragraph") >> >> The various backends then convert this statement in their own >> way (using <p></p> tags in XHTML, for example). >> >> There is one command that allows rendering of external files >> based on whatever backend is selected: >> >> (render "file") >> >> The XHTML backend includes "file", escaping all 'illegal' characters >> such as <, >, & etc. The ConTeXt backend reads the file and also >> escapes characters, placing their TeX equivalent in the output - >> $\}$, $\backslash$ etc. Both backends place the contents of "file" >> directly in the output, they don't, for example, use the <object> >> tags in XHTML, or any ConTeXt file inclusion directives. This is >> desirable for many reasons that are out of scope for this post... >> >> The problem I am having is that one may do this: >> >> (para-verbatim (render "file")) >> >> The para-verbatim tag is meant to preserve whitespace in the output. >> >> For example, this becomes: >> >> <pre>contents of file</pre> >> >> in the XHTML output. Unfortunately, I've hit a wall when it comes >> to the ConTeXt equivalent: The ConTeXt backend reads >> in "file" and prints it to the output, escaping all reserved TeX >> characters, as mentioned earlier, but unfortunately there doesn't >> seem to be the equivalent of: >> >> \preservewhitespace >> contents of file >> \stoppreservingwhitespace >> >> "\starttyping" is too heavy handed in that it also escapes characters >> rather than just preserving whitespace (they've already been escaped >> by my document processor, as mentioned earlier). What I need is a >> directive that says "preserve whitespace" but does not escape reserved >> TeX characters. >> >> Does any such thing exist in ConTeXt? Unfortunately, I'm inexperienced >> with TeX so I don't know how feasible this is.
\setuplines[space=yes] followed by > \startlines > verbatin text > \stoplines Note that everything between start-stop lines is normal tex code. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
