Generating a list of items

Generating a list of items

[David]

Hi all

I'm teaching some classes and want to make a template for lesson 
planning. One of the things that I'd like to be able to include, if it 
works easily, is an automatically-created list of the materials I need 
to remember to bring. I expect this means I would define something like 
\Materials , and then while typing the main text of my plan be able to 
type \Materials{Photographs} or \Materials{Sound Recording} and then 
have ConTeXt generate

"Materials: 1. Photographs  2. Sound Recording"

near the top of the page.

I've tried \placeregister, but it seems to insist on printing page 
numbers and alphabetical headings. I just want a numbered list of 
items. Can I tweak the \register commands to do this, or perhaps is 
there something else I should try?

Thanks
David
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Generating a list of items

[David]

Hi all

I'm teaching some classes this summer, and want to make myself a 
template for lesson planning. One of the things that I'd like to be 
able to include, if it works easily, is an automatically-created list 
of the materials I need to remember to bring. My intention is that I 
will only have to type the name of my materials once, while composing 
the plan itself, and have ConTeXt extract all the names and place them 
in a list in the same document.

I expect this means I would define something like \Materials , and then 
while typing the main text of my plan be able to type 
\Materials{Photographs} or \Materials{Sound Recording} and then have 
ConTeXt generate a list of all the items like this ...

"Materials: 1. Photographs 2. Sound Recording"

... near the top of the page.

I've tried using \placeregister, but it seems to insist on printing a 
page number for each item and alphabetical headings as in an index. I 
would like to get a simple, numbered list of items. Can I tweak the 
\register commands to do this, or perhaps is there something else I 
should try?

Thanks David
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Re: Generating a list of items

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008, David wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I'm teaching some classes this summer, and want to make myself a
> template for lesson planning. One of the things that I'd like to be
> able to include, if it works easily, is an automatically-created list
> of the materials I need to remember to bring. My intention is that I
> will only have to type the name of my materials once, while composing
> the plan itself, and have ConTeXt extract all the names and place them
> in a list in the same document.
>
> I expect this means I would define something like \Materials , and then
> while typing the main text of my plan be able to type
> \Materials{Photographs} or \Materials{Sound Recording} and then have
> ConTeXt generate a list of all the items like this ...
>
> "Materials: 1. Photographs 2. Sound Recording"
>
> ... near the top of the page.
>
> I've tried using \placeregister, but it seems to insist on printing a
> page number for each item and alphabetical headings as in an index. I
> would like to get a simple, numbered list of items. Can I tweak the
> \register commands to do this, or perhaps is there something else I
> should try?

Have you looked at lists (like table of contents, list of figures etc.). I 
think that the main manual explains how to create new lists.

Aditya
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Re: Generating a list of items

[David]

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:27:00 -0400 (EDT), Aditya Mahajan wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008, David wrote:
> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> I'm teaching some classes this summer, and want to make myself a
>> template for lesson planning. One of the things that I'd like to be
>> able to include, if it works easily, is an automatically-created list
>> of the materials I need to remember to bring. My intention is that I
>> will only have to type the name of my materials once, while composing
>> the plan itself, and have ConTeXt extract all the names and place them
>> in a list in the same document.
>> 
>> I expect this means I would define something like \Materials , and then
>> while typing the main text of my plan be able to type
>> \Materials{Photographs} or \Materials{Sound Recording} and then have
>> ConTeXt generate a list of all the items like this ...
>> 
>> "Materials: 1. Photographs 2. Sound Recording"
>> 
>> ... near the top of the page.
>> 
>> I've tried using \placeregister, but it seems to insist on printing a
>> page number for each item and alphabetical headings as in an index. I
>> would like to get a simple, numbered list of items. Can I tweak the
>> \register commands to do this, or perhaps is there something else I
>> should try?
> 
> Have you looked at lists (like table of contents, list of figures etc.). I 
> think that the main manual explains how to create new lists.


I thought I had looked there, but I was wrong. A list similar to a 
table of contents seems like exactly what I need. I'll reply to this 
thread if I encounter any problems with it.

Thank you Aditya.

David
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