Should command `\setnumber' print number in text?

Should command `\setnumber' print number in text?

[Vladimir Lomov]

Hello,
I faced with following behavior of `\setnumber' command, consider the
example:

<example file="ex1.tex">
\setupbodyfont[computer-modern-unicode,12pt]

\definenumber[course]
\setnumber[course]{3}

\starttext
Hello.
\stoptext
</example>

Processing by context (ConTeXt  ver: 2012.04.26 22:27 MKIV  fmt:
2012.4.28  int: english/english) I get PDF with number 3 typeset on line
above Hello.

Is it expected behavior? If yes, how can I increase/set value for
"number"-command (counter) then?

P.S. I tried with commented `\setupbodyfont', all is ok. Is it mean that
command is deprecated?

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WBR, Vladimir Lomov

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Re: Should command `\setnumber' print number in text?

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 29.04.2012 um 08:13 schrieb Vladimir Lomov:

> Hello,
> I faced with following behavior of `\setnumber' command, consider the
> example:
> 
> <example file="ex1.tex">
> \setupbodyfont[computer-modern-unicode,12pt]
> 
> \definenumber[course]
> \setnumber[course]{3}
> 
> \starttext
> Hello.
> \stoptext
> </example>
> 
> Processing by context (ConTeXt  ver: 2012.04.26 22:27 MKIV  fmt:
> 2012.4.28  int: english/english) I get PDF with number 3 typeset on line
> above Hello.
> 
> Is it expected behavior? If yes, how can I increase/set value for
> "number"-command (counter) then?
> 
> P.S. I tried with commented `\setupbodyfont', all is ok. Is it mean that
> command is deprecated?

There was a change in the \setupnumber command for MkIV and you need now brackets for both arguments, e.g. \setupnumber[course][3].

Wolfgang

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Re: Should command `\setnumber' print number in text?

[Vladimir Lomov]

Hello Wolfgang,

** Wolfgang Schuster [2012-04-29 09:16:38 +0200]:


> Am 29.04.2012 um 08:13 schrieb Vladimir Lomov:

>> Hello,
>> I faced with following behavior of `\setnumber' command, consider the
>> example:

>> <example file="ex1.tex">
>> \setupbodyfont[computer-modern-unicode,12pt]

>> \definenumber[course]
>> \setnumber[course]{3}

>> \starttext
>> Hello.
>> \stoptext
>> </example>

>> Processing by context (ConTeXt  ver: 2012.04.26 22:27 MKIV  fmt:
>> 2012.4.28  int: english/english) I get PDF with number 3 typeset on line
>> above Hello.

>> Is it expected behavior? If yes, how can I increase/set value for
>> "number"-command (counter) then?

>> P.S. I tried with commented `\setupbodyfont', all is ok. Is it mean that
>> command is deprecated?

> There was a change in the \setupnumber command for MkIV and you need now brackets for both arguments, e.g. \setupnumber[course][3].

> Wolfgang
Thank you Wolfgang, `\setupnumber' works.

Just to clarify question (before update wiki): is `\setnumber' command
obsolete and `\setupnumber' should be used instead?

I'm also reading "dev-context", some time ago there were discussion about
`\definestructure...', in message `<4F737D98.5040600@wxs.nl>' Hans shown
several `\let' commands, from that I thought that `\setnumber' is ok to
use with `[]{}'.

---
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Re: Should command `\setnumber' print number in text?

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 29.04.2012 um 14:23 schrieb Vladimir Lomov:

> Just to clarify question (before update wiki): is `\setnumber' command
> obsolete and `\setupnumber' should be used instead?

Both commands have a different purpose, with \setupnumber you can
change the conversion of the counter (romannumerals, characters etc.),
add a prefix (chapter, section … number) and let the counter be reset
with each new sectionblock or heading.

With \setnumber you can set the counter to a certain value but to fit
the command in the normal syntax there was a change a while back.

In MkII you set the number in braces

  \setnumber[…]{<number>}

but for MkIV you use brackets to set the number

  \setnumber[…][<number>]

> I'm also reading "dev-context", some time ago there were discussion about
> `\definestructure...', in message `<4F737D98.5040600@wxs.nl>' Hans shown
> several `\let' commands, from that I thought that `\setnumber' is ok to
> use with `[]{}'.

In MkIV the real names for the counter mechanism are

- \definecounter
- \setupcounter
- \incrementcounter
- \convertedcounter
- …

but for backward compatibility (the names are mentioned in manuals) the old
names from MkII are synonyms with the same syntax.

Wolfgang
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