* Passing variables on invocation- and reading them in ConTEXt [not found] <404B9D75-2334-4B9A-B2F2-74F42CBB15BD@pobox.com> @ 2012-09-10 10:53 ` Ian Lawrence 2012-09-10 11:12 ` Marco Patzer 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Ian Lawrence @ 2012-09-10 10:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context A feeble request from me, again. I'd like to pass variables into context on invocation, just as you can do with setting modes So context --arguments="number=8", "time=full-time" --mode=trial test.tex And have the values of the variables show up in the body of the text, so: ---- \starttext Hello world % This is \getvariables{arguments}{number} it. % this does not work - what do I need here to write out the next line? This is 8. % This is \getvariables{arguments}{time} it. % Nor does this - what do I need here to write out the next line? This is full-time. \stoptext ---- As ever, I've trawled the manuals and wiki and archive emails (which is where the construct --arguments="number=8" came from.) Thanks in anticipation Ian ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Passing variables on invocation- and reading them in ConTEXt 2012-09-10 10:53 ` Passing variables on invocation- and reading them in ConTEXt Ian Lawrence @ 2012-09-10 11:12 ` Marco Patzer 2012-09-10 11:31 ` Peter Münster 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Marco Patzer @ 2012-09-10 11:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context On 2012-09-10 Ian Lawrence <physics.rooted@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Ian, > I'd like to pass variables into context on invocation, just as you can do with setting modes > > So > > context --arguments="number=8", "time=full-time" --mode=trial test.tex context --number=8 --time=full-time test.tex > \starttext > > Hello world > > % This is \getvariables{arguments}{number} it. % this does not work - what do I need here to write out the next line? > > This is 8. > > % This is \getvariables{arguments}{time} it. % Nor does this - what do I need here to write out the next line? > > This is full-time. > > \stoptext \starttext This is \doifdocumentargument{number}{\getdocumentargument{number}} it. This is \doifdocumentargument{time}{\getdocumentargument{time}} it. \stoptext Marco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Passing variables on invocation- and reading them in ConTEXt 2012-09-10 11:12 ` Marco Patzer @ 2012-09-10 11:31 ` Peter Münster 2012-09-10 12:00 ` Marco Patzer 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Peter Münster @ 2012-09-10 11:31 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Mon, Sep 10 2012, Marco Patzer wrote: > context --number=8 --time=full-time test.tex Then you have to be sure, that --number and --time will never be special parameters for context. Alternatives: "--MarcoPatzerNumber=8 --MarcoPatzerTime=full-time" Or: % context --arguments=number=8,time=full-time test.tex \starttext This is \env{number}. This is \env{time}. \stoptext -- Peter ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Passing variables on invocation- and reading them in ConTEXt 2012-09-10 11:31 ` Peter Münster @ 2012-09-10 12:00 ` Marco Patzer 2012-09-10 13:02 ` Sietse Brouwer 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Marco Patzer @ 2012-09-10 12:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context 2012-09-10: Peter Münster <pmlists@free.fr> > Then you have to be sure, that --number and --time will never be special > parameters for context. Indeed. > Alternatives: > > "--MarcoPatzerNumber=8 --MarcoPatzerTime=full-time" > > Or: > > % context --arguments=number=8,time=full-time test.tex This seems the better alternative, since that's what the option was made for. Marco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Passing variables on invocation- and reading them in ConTEXt 2012-09-10 12:00 ` Marco Patzer @ 2012-09-10 13:02 ` Sietse Brouwer 2012-09-10 20:50 ` Ian Lawrence 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Sietse Brouwer @ 2012-09-10 13:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Documented at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/getdocumentargument, in the category Command/Internals. --Sietse On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Marco Patzer <homerow@lavabit.com> wrote: > 2012-09-10: Peter Münster <pmlists@free.fr> > >> Then you have to be sure, that --number and --time will never be special >> parameters for context. > > Indeed. > >> Alternatives: >> >> "--MarcoPatzerNumber=8 --MarcoPatzerTime=full-time" >> >> Or: >> >> % context --arguments=number=8,time=full-time test.tex > > This seems the better alternative, since that's what the option was > made for. > > > Marco > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Passing variables on invocation- and reading them in ConTEXt 2012-09-10 13:02 ` Sietse Brouwer @ 2012-09-10 20:50 ` Ian Lawrence 2012-09-11 8:31 ` Sietse Brouwer 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Ian Lawrence @ 2012-09-10 20:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Thanks to all. After about 30 mins exploring, it all came together. I'll try to add something to the wiki....the link below is fine if you know it's there, and that this is what you want. But the search function ("arguments" and variants thereof did not find it for me). The best match for what I was sure would be there, is \env{}. I still have no idea how it's (semantically) related to --arguments...unless its all Dutch... Kind regards Ian On 10 Sep 2012, at 14:02, Sietse Brouwer <sbbrouwer@gmail.com> wrote: > Documented at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/getdocumentargument, > in the category Command/Internals. > --Sietse > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Marco Patzer <homerow@lavabit.com> wrote: >> 2012-09-10: Peter Münster <pmlists@free.fr> >> >>> Then you have to be sure, that --number and --time will never be special >>> parameters for context. >> >> Indeed. >> >>> Alternatives: >>> >>> "--MarcoPatzerNumber=8 --MarcoPatzerTime=full-time" >>> >>> Or: >>> >>> % context --arguments=number=8,time=full-time test.tex >> >> This seems the better alternative, since that's what the option was >> made for. >> >> >> Marco >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! >> >> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net >> archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Passing variables on invocation- and reading them in ConTEXt 2012-09-10 20:50 ` Ian Lawrence @ 2012-09-11 8:31 ` Sietse Brouwer 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Sietse Brouwer @ 2012-09-11 8:31 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Ian Lawrence <physics.rooted@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll try to add something to the wiki....the link below is fine if you know it's there, and that this is what you want. But the search function ("arguments" and variants thereof did not find it for me). Probably in part because the word 'argument' is also used for arguments passed to ConTeXt commands, and not just for arguments passed to the context script on compilation. I've created a "were you looking for...?" page at [[Command-line arguments]] --- that seems to me the most obvious search term, so that page is now the first result for that search. If there are any other synonyms you used when searching that, you think, should point at [[Command-line arguments]]: redirects are obvious improvements. On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Ian Lawrence <physics.rooted@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks to all. After about 30 mins exploring, it all came together. > > I'll try to add something to the wiki....the link below is fine if you know it's there, and that this is what you want. But the search function ("arguments" and variants thereof did not find it for me). > > The best match for what I was sure would be there, is \env{}. I still have no idea how it's (semantically) related to --arguments...unless its all Dutch... > > Kind regards > > Ian > > On 10 Sep 2012, at 14:02, Sietse Brouwer <sbbrouwer@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Documented at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/getdocumentargument, >> in the category Command/Internals. >> --Sietse >> >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Marco Patzer <homerow@lavabit.com> wrote: >>> 2012-09-10: Peter Münster <pmlists@free.fr> >>> >>>> Then you have to be sure, that --number and --time will never be special >>>> parameters for context. >>> >>> Indeed. >>> >>>> Alternatives: >>>> >>>> "--MarcoPatzerNumber=8 --MarcoPatzerTime=full-time" >>>> >>>> Or: >>>> >>>> % context --arguments=number=8,time=full-time test.tex >>> >>> This seems the better alternative, since that's what the option was >>> made for. >>> >>> >>> Marco >>> >>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! >>> >>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >>> webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net >>> archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >>> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! >> >> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net >> archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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