typesetting a url from variabless

typesetting a url from variabless

[Aditya Mahajan]

Hi,
  What is the best way of typesetting a url from a variable. For 
example, if I have

\setvariables[test][website=http://www.xyz.com/~abc/first_index.html]

how can I print the url. I tried

\starttext
\goto{\getvariable{test}{website}}[URL(\getvariable{test}{website})]
\stoptext

but this does not seem to work. Any suggestions?

Aditya

Re: typesetting a url from variabless

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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2006/10/24, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>:
>
> Hi,
> What is the best way of typesetting a url from a variable. For
> example, if I have
>
> \setvariables[test][website=http://www.xyz.com/~abc/first_index.html]
>
> how can I print the url. I tried
>
> \starttext
> \goto{\getvariable{test}{website}}[URL(\getvariable{test}{website})]
> \stoptext
>
> but this does not seem to work. Any suggestions?
>
> Aditya


Hi Aditya,

you should look into the log-file and will see it is a problem with the
tilde
in the url.

The following example works fine, tested on the garden with live ConTeXt.

\setvariables[garden][website=http://www.contextgarden.net]

\starttext
  \goto{\getvariable{garden}{website}}[URL(\getvariable{garden}{website})]
\stoptext



Wolfgang

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Re: typesetting a url from variabless

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

> 2006/10/24, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> What is the best way of typesetting a url from a variable. For
>> example, if I have
>> 
>> \setvariables[test][website=http://www.xyz.com/~abc/first_index.html]
>> 
>> how can I print the url. I tried
>> 
>> \starttext
>> \goto{\getvariable{test}{website}}[URL(\getvariable{test}{website})]
>> \stoptext
>> 
>> but this does not seem to work. Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Aditya
>
>
> Hi Aditya,
>
> you should look into the log-file and will see it is a problem with the
> tilde
> in the url.

I know that the tilde is causing problems, but I do not know how to 
prevent that.


> The following example works fine, tested on the garden with live ConTeXt.

Yes, but in my project, I need to pass the complete website address 
:-)

Aditya


> \setvariables[garden][website=http://www.contextgarden.net]
>
> \starttext
> \goto{\getvariable{garden}{website}}[URL(\getvariable{garden}{website})]
> \stoptext
>
>
>
> Wolfgang
>

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http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

Re: typesetting a url from variabless

[Sanjoy Mahajan]

> I know that the tilde is causing problems, but I do not know how to
> prevent that.

Maybe make the tilde's catcode unactive in a \bgroup \egroup around
the url typesetting?  Though if it were that easy, I'm sure the
problem would be fixed long ago...

-Sanjoy

`Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.'
         --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.

Re: typesetting a url from variabless

[Hans Hagen]

Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>
>   
>> 2006/10/24, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>> What is the best way of typesetting a url from a variable. For
>>> example, if I have
>>>
>>> \setvariables[test][website=http://www.xyz.com/~abc/first_index.html]
>>>
>>> how can I print the url. I tried
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>> \goto{\getvariable{test}{website}}[URL(\getvariable{test}{website})]
>>> \stoptext
>>>
>>> but this does not seem to work. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Aditya
>>>       
>> Hi Aditya,
>>
>> you should look into the log-file and will see it is a problem with the
>> tilde
>> in the url.
>>     
>
> I know that the tilde is causing problems, but I do not know how to 
> prevent that.
>
>   

\expanded{\setvariables[test][website=http://www.xyz.com/\string~abc/first_index.html]}

>   
>
>> \starttext
>> \goto{\getvariable{garden}{website}}[URL(\getvariable{garden}{website})]
>> \stoptext
>>     

\expanded{\goto{\getvariable{garden}{website}}[URL(\getvariable{garden}{website})]}

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