From: Willi Egger via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Willi Egger <context@boede.nl>
Subject: Re: How to use a variable in a macro agrument
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 11:55:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <28D60989-690F-43EC-928A-6228A40DDE35@boede.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211218015236.13330@sachi>
May be \useexternalfigure is your friend instead of your \define[]\logofile{}, which allows you to give a symbolic name of the logo-file. This symbolic name you can use then in the setlayer construct.
Willi
> On 18 Dec 2021, at 10:52, skyhorse--- via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
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> I have a need to use a logo graphics file several times in a document.
> I somethings need to update to a newer graphics file.
> I only want to make one change to the original variable value definition.
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> I've tried using \define.. but it's not working for me.
> Here is my MWE:
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> %%%%%%%%
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> \define[]\logofile{an_image_file.png} % Here defining the variable with the filename to use.
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> \definelayer[stillimage]
> \setlayer[stillimage]{\externalfigure[\logofile]} % Here trying to use the \logofile macro.
> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=stillimage]
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> \starttext
> \input knuth
> \stoptext
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> What's the accepted way to do this or are macro arguments not allowable?
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> Thanks
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2021-12-18 9:52 skyhorse--- via ntg-context
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2021-12-18 11:42 ` Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
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