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On Sunday 19 January 2003 00:06, Lazycode wrote:
> Greetings!
>
>   Is it possible to have parts of the ConTeXt file
> processed conditionally? I'm hoping to be able to do
> something like:
>
> (in ConTeXt file)
>
> Question: What is the derivative of $e^{sqrt{x}}$\\
> \some-command-start
> Answer: $\frac{d}{dx} e^{sqrt{x}} ... $
> \some-command-end
>
> So that, in the command line, if I run
>
> "texexec --pdf quiz01.tex"  then it will NOT include
> the answer section, but if I run
> "texexec --pdf quiz01.tex -some-other-command"
> it WILL also include the answer section.
>
> I'm confident this can be done through an if or if-defined
> construct. However, I could not find such commands/macros
> in the ConTeXt manuals (both the beginners and the detailed
> manual).
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --tk
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In context there is a mode command that handles conditional text.=20
See page 19 of the manual.

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