From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/37830 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Wolfgang Schuster" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: "Semi-verbatim" - preserve whitespace - don't escape characters Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:24:33 +0100 Message-ID: <115224fb0712080124h24b2a37h64ed38a14e7b5245@mail.gmail.com> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197106270 1255 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2007 09:31:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 09:31:10 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Dec 08 10:31:20 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J0w1n-00069w-7G for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:31:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E570F1FAF5; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:30:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 15920-04; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:30:45 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AF031FA63; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:26:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09D6C1FAF4 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:25:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 14473-01-4 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:24:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBF351FA63 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:24:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id q2so1127937uge for ; Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:24:34 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.67.19.9 with SMTP id w9mr3765481ugi.1197105873876; Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:24:33 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.67.122.17 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 01:24:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:37830 Archived-At: 2007/12/7, dexterclarke@safe-mail.net : > 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

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 > 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: > > 
contents of file
> > 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. \startlines verbatin text \stoplines Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________