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.
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