Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
And what would be the opposite?
For example \startquote ... \stopquote
to something like {\MyQuote ... }
AFAIK, there is no easy way to do this.
One can use \aftergroup trickery.
\def\MyQuote{\symbol[leftquote]\aftergroup\endMyQuote}
\def\endMyQuote{\symbol[rightquote]}
\starttext
{\MyQuote This is a test}
\mainlanguage[fr]
{\MyQuote This is a test}
\stoptext
Aditya
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Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)
Am 13.08.2006 um 15:29 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum:
And what would be the opposite?
For example \startquote ... \stopquote
to something like {MyQuote ... }
Steffen
\def\MyQuote#1{\startquote#1\stopquote}
\MyQuote{something to be quoted}
... should work OK, right?
Steffen
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Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)
And what would be the opposite?
For example \startquote ... \stopquote
to something like {\MyQuote ... }
AFAIK, there is no easy way to do this.
Aditya
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Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)
Am 10.08.2006 um 22:47 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
You can always define your own startstop.
\definestartstop[italic][before={\bgroup \it},after={\egroup}]
and then do
\startitalic
This is italic
\stopitalic
When a command takes an optional agrument, you can do use something
like
this
\def\startfootnote%
{\unskip\dosingleempty\dostartfootnote}
\def\dostartfootnote[#1]#2\stopfootnote%
{\footnote[#1]{#2}}
And what would be the opposite?
For example \startquote ... \stopquote
to something like {MyQuote ... }
Steffen
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Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, in XML and alike there is a concept of dedicated start/stop in formatting: begin heading ... end heading begin footnote ... end footnote begin italic ... end italic But in ConTeXt/TeX we have always the same closing syntax }. That makes reading the code not easier. Is there a workaround to define the closing more precisely (like the examples above), so that finding a } in a ConTeXt source lets me distinguish what it's about? But in such a way that the file still can be processed as a regular ConTeXt file? its' no problem to define most commands as start/stop, however keep in mind that some start/stop constructs (like tables) pick up pieces in order to store them so, if some commands need start/stop variants ... just make me a list and we'll see what we can do about it Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Hi,
in XML and alike there is a concept of dedicated start/stop in
formatting:
begin heading ... end heading
begin footnote ... end footnote
begin italic ... end italic
But in ConTeXt/TeX we have always the same closing syntax }. That
makes reading the code not easier.
You can always define your own startstop.
\definestartstop[italic][before={\bgroup \it},after={\egroup}]
and then do
\startitalic
This is italic
\stopitalic
When a command takes an optional agrument, you can do use something like
this
\def\startfootnote%
{\unskip\dosingleempty\dostartfootnote}
\def\dostartfootnote[#1]#2\stopfootnote%
{\footnote[#1]{#2}}
You can make such definitions of all your frequently used environments
(or, if you prefer, write in XML and let ConTeXt handle XML).
Is there a workaround to define the closing more precisely (like the
examples above),
so that finding a } in a ConTeXt source lets me distinguish what
it's about?
There are \bgroup...\egroup which is same as {...} for all practical
purposes.
Aditya
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Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)
Thank you. \footnote \index \chapter\section ... \it \bf \sc \mr \cap \language[...] That would be quite a good start. Steffen Am 10.08.2006 um 22:44 schrieb Hans Hagen: Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, in XML and alike there is a concept of dedicated start/stop in formatting: begin heading ... end heading begin footnote ... end footnote begin italic ... end italic But in ConTeXt/TeX we have always the same closing syntax }. That makes reading the code not easier. Is there a workaround to define the closing more precisely (like the examples above), so that finding a } in a ConTeXt source lets me distinguish what it's about? But in such a way that the file still can be processed as a regular ConTeXt file? its' no problem to define most commands as start/stop, however keep in mind that some start/stop constructs (like tables) pick up pieces in order to store them so, if some commands need start/stop variants ... just make me a list and we'll see what we can do about it Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
