* Active character sequences @ 2000-11-24 21:18 Giuseppe Bilotta 2000-11-24 23:04 ` Johannes H?sing ` (3 more replies) 0 siblings, 4 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Giuseppe Bilotta @ 2000-11-24 21:18 UTC (permalink / raw) Hello, these are a few things I would like to obtain with ConTeXt now: 1) I would like to have << and >> as synonyms for |<| and |>|; 2) I would like to be able to define in and easy way similar commands, to give similar meanings to [[ and ]] (giving hollow opening and closing brackets, which I have already assigned to appropriate cs's); 3) At the same time, I would like to use [ ... ] pairs as described in the cont-new.tex module (\defineshortcuts, which only works with < ... > pairs); is there a way to implement 2) without conflicting with 3)? Or to implement 1) without conflicting with \defineshortcuts? Giuseppe Bilotta ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Active character sequences 2000-11-24 21:18 Active character sequences Giuseppe Bilotta @ 2000-11-24 23:04 ` Johannes H?sing 2000-11-26 10:55 ` Giuseppe Bilotta [not found] ` <3A1FB8BE.303@ortec.nl> ` (2 subsequent siblings) 3 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Johannes H?sing @ 2000-11-24 23:04 UTC (permalink / raw) On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 10:18:34PM +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > Hello, these are a few things I would like to obtain with ConTeXt now: > > 1) I would like to have << and >> as synonyms for |<| and |>|; > > 2) I would like to be able to define in and easy way similar commands, to > give similar meanings to [[ and ]] (giving hollow opening and closing > brackets, which I have already assigned to appropriate cs's); > Both of these would clash with the notation in Noweb, which is a very common Literate Programming tool. -- Johannes Hüsing <hannes@ruhrau.de> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Active character sequences 2000-11-24 23:04 ` Johannes H?sing @ 2000-11-26 10:55 ` Giuseppe Bilotta 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Giuseppe Bilotta @ 2000-11-26 10:55 UTC (permalink / raw) Johannes Hüsing wrote > > Hello, these are a few things I would like to obtain with ConTeXt now: > > > > 1) I would like to have << and >> as synonyms for |<| and |>|; > > > > 2) I would like to be able to define in and easy way similar commands, to > > give similar meanings to [[ and ]] (giving hollow opening and closing > > brackets, which I have already assigned to appropriate cs's); > > > > Both of these would clash with the notation in Noweb, which is a very > common Literate Programming tool. > Granted (even if I don't use Noweb, and only use, seldom, (C)WEB; what is Noweb? References, anyone?). But what if I wanted to use them anyway? Giuseppe Bilotta ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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* Re: Active character sequences [not found] ` <3A1FB8BE.303@ortec.nl> @ 2000-11-26 10:53 ` Giuseppe Bilotta 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Giuseppe Bilotta @ 2000-11-26 10:53 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: ConTeXt > > Hello, these are a few things I would like to obtain with ConTeXt now: > > > > 1) I would like to have << and >> as synonyms for |<| and |>|; > > > By head (no docs currently here) it is > \setuplanguage > [leftquotation=$<<$, > rightquotation=$>>$] > Well, that's not exactly what I meant. I don't want $<<$ and $>>$ to be used by |<| and |>|, I want to write << and >> instead of |<| and |>| (like in LaTeX). Giuseppe Bilotta ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Active character sequences 2000-11-24 21:18 Active character sequences Giuseppe Bilotta 2000-11-24 23:04 ` Johannes H?sing [not found] ` <3A1FB8BE.303@ortec.nl> @ 2000-11-26 20:28 ` Hans Hagen 2000-11-27 23:28 ` Giuseppe Bilotta 3 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Hans Hagen @ 2000-11-26 20:28 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: ConTeXt At 10:18 PM 11/24/00 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: >Hello, these are a few things I would like to obtain with ConTeXt now: > >1) I would like to have << and >> as synonyms for |<| and |>|; This is a bad idea, since < [ ( are used for special purposes. Making < active an active character is not a problem, but it may clash with other functionality. >2) I would like to be able to define in and easy way similar commands, to >give similar meanings to [[ and ]] (giving hollow opening and closing >brackets, which I have already assigned to appropriate cs's); That would brake all [parameters] since from then on "[ the active char" would be different from "[ the other char' (in tex characters can have 16 different states!). Partial hacks are possible but never 100% safe. If your font would have a << as a ligature, it would be ok. >3) At the same time, I would like to use [ ... ] pairs as described in the >cont-new.tex module (\defineshortcuts, which only works with < ... > pairs); eh, core-new.tex i suppose, unless you have an old version >is there a way to implement 2) without conflicting with 3)? Or to implement >1) without conflicting with \defineshortcuts? For the same reasons, as under (2) we can not use [] here, unless under a specific regime, like: \startshortcuts no setup commands, only [short] cuts \stopshortcuts but i see more dangers than benefits. Anyhow, to prove the concept: \unprotect \def\defineshortcut% {\dotripleargument\dodefineshortcut} \def\dodefineshortcut[#1][#2][#3]% {\ifthirdargument \doifelsenothing{#1} {\dododefineshortcut[<>][#2][#3]} {\dododefineshortcut[#1][#2][#3]}% \else\ifsecondargument \dododefineshortcut[<>][#1][#2]% \else \dododefineshortcut[<>][][#1]% \fi\fi} \def\dododefineshortcut[#1#2][#3][#4]% #1 is the trigger, #2 the delimiter {\doifundefined{\??te\??te\string#2}{\letvalue{\??te\??te\string#2}=#1}% \defineactivecharacter #1 {\@EA\doshortcut\string#2} % \getparameters [\??te\string#2#3] [\c!commandos=,\c!commando=,\c!letter=,\c!kleur=,#4]} \def\doshortcut#1% {\ifmmode \getvalue{\??te\??te#1}% \else \bgroup \catcode`#1=\@@other \def\dodoshortcut##1#1% {\def\shorttag{\??te#1}% \def\shortcut{##1}% \dododoshortcut##1:\end}% \@EA\dodoshortcut \fi} \def\dododoshortcut#1:#2\end {\doifelsenothing{#2} {\doifundefinedelse{\shorttag\c!commandos} {\shortcut} {\@EA\dodododoshortcut\@EA\shorttag\@EA:\shortcut:\end}} {\doifundefinedelse{\shorttag#1\c!commandos} {\shortcut} {\dodododoshortcut\shorttag#1:#2\end}}% \egroup} \def\dodododoshortcut#1:#2:\end {\getvalue{#1\c!commandos}% \doattributes{#1}\c!letter\c!kleur{\getvalue{#1\c!commando}{#2}}} \defineshortcut [<>] [i] [letter=\it] \defineshortcut [()] [b] [letter=\bf] \defineshortcut [++] [s] [letter=\sl] \defineshortcut [//] [u] [letter=\underbars] \defineshortcut [--] [a] [letter=\overstrike] it seems <i:to work> well it seems (b:to work) well it seems +s:to work+ well it seems /u:to work/ well it seems -a:to work- well But i must admit that i never used it so far, just playing a bit around -) Beware, this kind of trickery can spoil utility file loading in certain cases [catcode clashing]. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Active character sequences 2000-11-24 21:18 Active character sequences Giuseppe Bilotta ` (2 preceding siblings ...) 2000-11-26 20:28 ` Hans Hagen @ 2000-11-27 23:28 ` Giuseppe Bilotta 3 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Giuseppe Bilotta @ 2000-11-27 23:28 UTC (permalink / raw) Ok, the game is not worth the candle. I will keep the suggestions in mind, anyway, in case they might turn useful (especially the local-usableness in specific contexts). Thank you all. Giuseppe Bilotta ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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