* [NTG-context] simplify side by side Poems
@ 2024-05-23 12:13 seyal.zavira
2024-05-23 12:32 ` [NTG-context] " Wolfgang Schuster
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From: seyal.zavira @ 2024-05-23 12:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Hi all,
i want to use tables for constructing poems structure
this snippet of code works well:
\startsetups tablepoem
\setupTABLE[column][each][width=5cm]
\stopsetups
\starttext
\bTABLE[setups=tablepoem]
\bTR \bTD One one ons ksl \eTD \bTD two gfjgfd oski kwo \eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD One wer s dft tgf \eTD \bTD two gfkdsjg dfs we \eTD \eTR
\eTABLE
\stoptext
but when i use this code for simplifying of changing cells I get an error:
\startsetups tablepoem
\setupTABLE[column][each][width=5cm]
\stopsetups
\def\Poemstart{\bTABLE[setups=tablepoem] \bTR \bTD}
\def\Mesra{\eTD \bTD}
\def\nextBeyt{\eTD\eTR\bTR\bTD}
\def\Poemstop{\eTD\eTR\eTABLE}
\starttext
\Poemstart
One one ons ksl \Mesra two gfjgfd oski kwo \nextBeyt
One wer s dft tgf \Mesra two gfkdsjg dfs we
\Poemstop
\stoptext
what is the problem?
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* [NTG-context] Re: simplify side by side Poems
2024-05-23 12:13 [NTG-context] simplify side by side Poems seyal.zavira
@ 2024-05-23 12:32 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2024-05-23 16:59 ` seyal.zavira
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2024-05-23 12:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users, seyal.zavira
seyal.zavira@gmail.com schrieb am 23.05.2024 um 14:13:
> Hi all,
>
> i want to use tables for constructing poems structure
> this snippet of code works well:
>
> \startsetups tablepoem
> \setupTABLE[column][each][width=5cm]
> \stopsetups
> \starttext
> \bTABLE[setups=tablepoem]
> \bTR \bTD One one ons ksl \eTD \bTD two gfjgfd oski kwo \eTD \eTR
> \bTR \bTD One wer s dft tgf \eTD \bTD two gfkdsjg dfs we \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
> \stoptext
>
> but when i use this code for simplifying of changing cells I get an error:
>
> \startsetups tablepoem
> \setupTABLE[column][each][width=5cm]
> \stopsetups
>
> \def\Poemstart{\bTABLE[setups=tablepoem] \bTR \bTD}
> \def\Mesra{\eTD \bTD}
> \def\nextBeyt{\eTD\eTR\bTR\bTD}
> \def\Poemstop{\eTD\eTR\eTABLE}
>
> \starttext
> \Poemstart
> One one ons ksl \Mesra two gfjgfd oski kwo \nextBeyt
> One wer s dft tgf \Mesra two gfkdsjg dfs we
> \Poemstop
> \stoptext
>
> what is the problem?
The table environment collects the content of the table cell-wise which
means when TeX sees a \bTD in the input it reads the following text
until it finds the corresponding \eTD. When you put the \eTD in the
definition of another command the scanner will never find the end of a
cell and you either run out of memory or reach the end of the file etc.
Below are a few alternative solutions to simplify the input, one of them
is an alternative version of input (\startTABLE) for natural tables
which uses the same commands to separate columns as tabulate does.
%%%% begin example
\starttext
\startTABLE[width=5cm]
\NC One one ons ksl \NC two gfjgfd oski kwo \NC\NR
\NC One wer s dft tgf \NC two gfkdsjg dfs we \NC\NR
\stopTABLE
\starttabulate[|*{2}{k{0}lw(5cm)|}]
\NC One one ons ksl \NC two gfjgfd oski kwo \NC\NR
\NC One wer s dft tgf \NC two gfkdsjg dfs we \NC\NR
\stoptabulate
\defineparagraphs[poem][n=2,width=5cm]
\setupparagraphs[poem][each][width=5cm,distance=0pt]
\startpoem
\startlines
One one ons ksl
One wer s dft tgf
\stoplines
\nextpoem
\startlines
two gfjgfd oski kwo
two gfkdsjg dfs we
\stoplines
\stoppoem
\stoptext
%%%% end example
Wolfgang
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* [NTG-context] Re: simplify side by side Poems
2024-05-23 12:32 ` [NTG-context] " Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2024-05-23 16:59 ` seyal.zavira
2024-05-23 20:44 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: seyal.zavira @ 2024-05-23 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Thanks so much
but what should a person do if he wants to define an equivalent of \eTD?
for example it can be useful for RTL language
such as:
\def\پسل{\eTD}
and as you said this code will not work.
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* [NTG-context] Re: simplify side by side Poems
2024-05-23 16:59 ` seyal.zavira
@ 2024-05-23 20:44 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2024-05-25 6:40 ` seyal.zavira
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2024-05-23 20:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users, seyal.zavira
seyal.zavira@gmail.com schrieb am 23.05.2024 um 18:59:
> Thanks so much
>
> but what should a person do if he wants to define an equivalent of \eTD?
> for example it can be useful for RTL language
> such as:
> \def\پسل{\eTD}
> and as you said this code will not work.
You can create your own replacement for the \bTD ... \eTD pair define a
command which is delimited by another command. To do this you have to
first create a new command like always as \def\... which takes a single
argument and at the end after the argument you another command is used
as delimiter for the argument.
The argument of your new delimited command is then passed to the normal
commands for the table cell.
%%%% begin example
\starttext
\protected\def\StartTableCell#1\StopTableCell
{\bTD#1\eTD}
% New method to create delimited arguments with #L and #R in Luametatex
%
% \protected\def\StartTableCell#L\StartTableCell#R\StopTableCell#1%
% {\bTD#1\eTD}
\bTABLE
\bTR
\StartTableCell row 1 column 1 \StopTableCell
\StartTableCell row 1 column 2 \StopTableCell
\eTR
\bTR
\StartTableCell row 2 column 1 \StopTableCell
\StartTableCell row 2 column 2 \StopTableCell
\eTR
\eTABLE
\stoptext
%%% end example
Wolfgang
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* [NTG-context] Re: simplify side by side Poems
2024-05-23 20:44 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2024-05-25 6:40 ` seyal.zavira
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From: seyal.zavira @ 2024-05-25 6:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Thanks so much
i also could define poem structure like this:
Using table method:
\protected\def\PoemStart#1\PoemStop
{\bTABLE[setups=tablepoem]#1\eTABLE}
\protected\def\Beyt#1
{\bTR #1 \eTR}
\protected\def\Misra#1
{\bTD #1 \eTD}
\starttext
\PoemStart
\Beyt{\Misra{the first sentence} \Misra{the second sentence}}
\Beyt{\Misra{the third sentence} \Misra{the fourth sentence}}
\PoemStop
\stoptext
also it can be done with itemize(easier but less flexible):
\defineitemgroup[Mypoem]
\setupitemgroup[Mypoem][horizontal,two]
\protected\def\PoemStart#1\PoemStop
{\startitemgroup[Mypoem]#1\stopitemgroup}
\protected\def\Misra#1
{\startitem#1\stopitem}
\starttext
\PoemStart
\Misra{the first sentence} \Misra{the second sentence}
\Misra{the third sentence} \Misra{the fourth sentence}
\PoemStop
\stoptext
there is also another method by using buffers and lua code (part of the answer to my question on the stack site).
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