� wrote:
Hello to all,
I have a problem: I want to add a kind of glossary on a book. It will
be, in fact, an explanation of acronyms ('NATO: North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation' for instance).
But... I'd want it on every page, only for the acronyms used on the
current page (and alphabetically sorted if possible)...
I tried using layers (with or without tying them to backgrounds),
blocks (\begin... \end...), buffers, list of synonyms, etc. but I had
problems with one of the requirements or another. :-)
My first idea was to use blocks for each page :
\beginABREV[1]
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
\endABREV
\beginABREV[1]
BLOB: Binary Large Object
\endABREV
and to use them with \useblocks[ABREV][\pagenumber] in the footer. To
be sure to give the right page number to \beginABREV, I tried to
define a label and use it, something like (from memory, I don't have
my code near to me):
\reference[abbrev\ABREVcount]% Put a label
\beginABREV[{\ref[r][abbrev\ABREVcount]}]% and use the label to get
the current page on subsequent runs.
but I went on a nightmare of expansion problems... Plus it didn't
eliminate duplicates nor sort the acronyms. But it would have been a
start... :-)
Can someone point me to the right direction?
well, instead of making some complex new mechanism, why not misuse notes
....
% output=pdf
\definenote
[glossary]
[way=bypage,
location={page,high},
factor=0,
width=\leftmarginwidth,
scope=page,
conversion=empty, % no number
rule=,
before=,
after=]
\setuplayout
[width=middle,
height=middle,
backspace=5cm,
margin=4cm,
margindistance=.25cm,
cutspace=2cm]
\setuptexttexts
[margin]
[\setups{glossary}]
[]
\startsetups glossary
\vbox to \textheight {
\placenotes[glossary]
\vfill
}
\stopsetups
\setupnotedefinition
[glossary]
[location=left,
width=fit,
distance=.5em,
align={right,tolerant,stretch},
headstyle=bold,
hang=1]
% ok, we will plug in some code (will go into the kernel)
\unprotect
\def\ownnotesymbol#1% #1 gets number passed
{\executeifdefined{\??vn::\currentnote}\empty}
\def\setnotesymbol[#1]#2#3%
{\prewordbreak % prevent lookback
\gdef\lastnotenumber{#2}%
\setgvalue{\??vn::#1}{#3}
\dolastnotesymbol}
\def\ownnote[#1]#2#3#4%
{\setnotesymbol[#1]{#2}{#3}%
\setnotetext [#1]{#4}}
\protect
% here we hook the code into the footnote handler
\defineconversion
[ownnote]
[\ownnotesymbol]
\setupnote
[glossary]
[conversion=ownnote,
textcommand=,
textstyle=,
numbercommand=]
\showframe
\starttext
\dorecurse{10}
{\dorecurse{5}
{I'm \ownnote[glossary]{whowing}{whow}{whatever needs to be
glossed:~\recurselevel} a bit.
\input tufte \relax}}
\stoptext
if there is interest i can add the glossary defs (maybe using a
different name) to the kernel.
I'm a bit puzzled why the notes don't split well ... maybe taco has an
idea (he knows ttp -)
concerning abbreviations ... maybe some day i'll add a feature like this
to it
Hans
Hans
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