Re: Table of contents customization

["Wolfgang Schuster" <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Noé Cuneo <noe.cuneo@laposte.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been using ConTeXT for quite a while now, and I am trying to
> build my own customized environnment.
>
> I have some trouble customizing my content table. I tried everything I
> could, including reading the manual twice over, and I still can't
> figure out why none of my ideas will work!
>
> In fact, my configuration looks like this:
>
> \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c]
> \setuplist[chapter][width=7mm,style=bold]
> \setuplist[section][width=10mm,margin=10mm]
> \setuplist[subsection]
> [width=13mm,style=slanted,pagestyle=normal,margin=21mm]
>
> What I would like is the number to be separated from the page name by
> a ".", which would give something like:
>
> 1.     Chapter name................. 32
>
> I tried \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c,
> separator={.}], but it doesn't work. Although 'separator' is
> documented as the separator between the number and the pagename, it
> appears to be the separator between the number and subnumbers, like,
> with separator={ppp}:
>
> 1     MyChapter ............
> 1ppp1 Mysection..........
>
> Which is not quite what I expect!
>
> So i tried setting something like
>
> \def\mycommand#1{#1.}
> \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c,
> numbercommand={\mycommand}]
>
> Which works, except for the fact that when there is no number (like in
> my frontmatter), the "." is shown anyway... So I naturally tried:
>
> \def\mycommand#1{\doifnotempty{#1}{#1.}}
>
> Which doesn't work! I still get something like
>
> .      Preamble
> 1.   ChapterOne
> 1.1 Section
>
> So even if no number is given, the doifnotempty block still is executed!
>
> I tried a lot of combinations, like
>
> \def\mycommand#1{\doifdefined{#1}{#1.}} or
> \def\mycommand#1{\doifnot{#1}{}{#1.}}
>
> But none of these will compile...
>
> So at this point, I don't see any solution, which is why I really
> would appreciate any suggestion!
>
> Thank you very much!

\setuplist
  [chapter,section,subsection]
  [stopper={.}]

Greetings
Wolfgang
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