> Am 20.05.2015 um 01:26 schrieb Kate F <k...@elide.org>:
>
> On 19 May 2015 at 23:51, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 20.05.2015 um 00:34 schrieb Kate F <k...@elide.org>:
>>>
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> I'm collating some UNIX-like manpages into a PDF.
>>> I'm structuring the content like so:
>>>
>>> \setupcolors[state=start]
>>>
>>> \definehead[Volume] [part] % red colour: man(1) section
>>> \definehead[Library][part] % blue colour: library within section 3
>>> \definehead[Manpage][chapter]
>>>
>>> \setuphead[Volume,Library,Manpage][page=yes,number=no,placehead=yes]
>>> \setuphead[Volume][color=red]
>>> \setuphead[Library][color=blue]
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>> \placecontent[list={Volume,Library,Manpage}]
>>>
>>> \startVolume[title=Section 1: Programs]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=progxyz(1)] \input lorem
>>> \stopManpage}
>>> \stopVolume
>>>
>>> \startVolume[title=Section 2: Syscalls]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=syscallxyz(1)] \input lorem
>>> \stopManpage}
>>> \stopVolume
>>>
>>> \startVolume[title=Section 3: Libraries]
>>> \startLibrary[title=libjpeg]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=jpegapi_a(3)] \input
>>> lorem \stopManpage}
>>> \stopLibrary
>>> \startLibrary[title=libpng]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=pngapi_a(3)] \input
>>> lorem \stopManpage}
>>> \stopLibrary
>>> \startLibrary[title=libbmp]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=bmpapi_a(3)] \input
>>> lorem \stopManpage}
>>> \stopLibrary
>>> \stopVolume
>>>
>>> \startVolume[title=Section 4: Drivers]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=drvxyz(1)] \input lorem
>>> \stopManpage}
>>> \stopVolume
>>>
>>> \startVolume[title=Section 7mk: Makefiles]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=xyz.mk(1)] \input lorem
>>> \stopManpage}
>>> \stopVolume
>>> \stoptext
>>>
>>> There I have grouped Volume 3 manpages into libraries. This grouping only
>>> applies to Volume 3.
>>>
>>> I'd like a single "title" page for each Volume (which I show in red),
>>> except for section 3, where I'd like a title page for each Library
>>> (which I show in blue). So the pagination should look like:
>>>
>>> toc S1 ... S2 ... libjpeg ... libpng ... libbmp ... S4 ...
>>>
>>> Where S* there is a red title page, S3 is absent, and lib* are blue title
>>> pages.
>>> I'm trying to work out how best to do this.
>>>
>>> Would you recommend I hide Volume 3's title page?
>>> I think that must be the simplest way, but I don't know how to do it
>>> using a setup.
>>>
>>> My data is coming from XML, and I'd like to avoid having a special
>>> \startVolume for Volume 3, if I can. Although perhaps that could help.
>>>
>>> Are there any other ways which might be more sensible?
>>>
>>> I wondered about using \setuphead[something][continue=yes] to fold the
>>> first blue title pages onto the red title pages, but even if I can do that,
>>> I think it would make things more difficult for getting the text right on
>>> those pages.
>>
>> Change your manpage headings to \chapter and test at the begin of each
>> new volume for the number of chapters (you can use the list mechanism
>> for this) in each volume.
>>
>> %\setuphead[part][placehead=yes,after=\directsetup{chapterentries}]
>> \setuphead[part][placehead=empty,after=\directsetup{chapterentries}]
>>
>> \startsetups[chapterentries]
>> \determinelistcharacteristics[chapter]
>> \ifcase\structurelistsize
>> No chapter in this part.
>> \or
>> One chapter in this part.
>> \else
>> Two or more chapters in this part.
>> \fi
>> \stopsetups
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \dorecurse{4}
>> {\startpart[title=Part #1]
>> \dorecurse{\ifcase#1\or 0\or 3\else 1\fi}
>> {\startchapter[title=Chapter ##1]
>> \stopchapter}
>> \stoppart}
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>> Wolfgang
>
> Very interesting!
>
> I don't want to use \chapter because I'm dealing with several types of
> document, and so I'm trying to keep different things separate, so that
> I don't confuse myself with all the setups. But I just converted your
> example to use \definehead[Manpage] instead, and that seems to have
> the same effect for \determinelistcharacteristics[Manpage].
>
> Maybe I'm being unimaginative, but I don't see how you're suggesting I
> use this technique to achieve the effect I'm after. Did you mean to
> count Libraries rather than Manpages? Even then I'm not sure how to
> apply the idea. (Especially as your example doesn't have the same
> structure as mine.)
>
> Sorry if my original description was unclear.
It doesn’t matter which name you use for the sections.
\definehead [Library] [part]
\definehead [Manpage] [chapter]
\setuphead
[Library]
[placehead=empty,
before={\startmakeup[standard][align=middle,style=\ssd]},
after={\directsetup{chapterentries}\stopmakeup}]
\startsetups[chapterentries]
\determinelistcharacteristics[Manpage]
\ifcase\structurelistsize
No manpages for this libary.
\or
One manpage for this Library
\else
Two or more manpages for this library.
\fi
\stopsetups
\starttext
\startLibrary[title=First Library]
\startManpage[title=Manpage 1]
\stopManpage
\stopLibrary
\startLibrary[title=First Library]
\stopLibrary
\startLibrary[title=First Library]
\startManpage[title=Manpage 1]
\stopManpage
\startManpage[title=Manpage 2]
\stopManpage
\startManpage[title=Manpage 3]
\stopManpage
\stopLibrary
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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