> > Dear all,
> >
> > is the following possible?
> >
> > List of figures
> > 1.1 Figure caption . . . . . . 2
> >
> > <page break>
> > *imagine figure here
> > Figure 1.1: Figure caption is a lot longer than it appears in the list of
> > figures.
> >
> > I'd like to shorten the captions in the list of figures that I produce
> > using \placelist[figure] (preferably cut off clean, no ellipsis or the
> > like). I know about \nomarking{} but it seems to apply only to
> > chapter, section etc. titles.
>
> This is indeed possible, using \select; see
> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20060501.171706.24b88466.en.h
> tml .
>
> Example usage:
>
> \defineselector[caption][max=2,n=2]
> \starttext
> \setupselector[caption][n=1]
> \completelistoffigures
> \setupselector[caption][n=2]
> \placefigure[][]
> {\select{caption}
> {A short caption}
> {A rather longer caption which will appear below the figure itself}}
> {This is the content of the actual figure} \stoptext
>
> Pont
The possibilities of Context continue to amaze me...
Thank you very much, Pont!
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