[NTG-context] Re: Better option for a macro with lots of arguments

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 8/23/2023 4:12 AM, Andres Conrado Montoya wrote:
> I have been using the following macro to add a bunch of sections to the
> start of chapters in a book, it works but I think is kind of weak:
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> 
> \define[7]\metadatos{
>    \startsection[title={Resumen}] #1 \stopsection
>    \startsection[title={Palabras clave}] #2 \stopsection
>    \start
>    \language[en]
>    \startsection[title={Abstract}] #3  \stopsection
>    \startsection[title={Keywords}] #4 \stopsection
>    \stop
>    \startsection[title={¿Cómo citar este capítulo? / How to cite this book?}]
>      \startsubsection[title={Apa}] #5 \stopsubsection
>      \startsubsection[title={Chicago}] #6 \stopsubsection
>      \startsubsection[title={MLA}] #7 \stopsubsection
>     \stopsection
> }
> 
> \starttext
> % Then I call the macro like this:
> \metadatos{spanish abstract \input knuth}{some, comma, separated, keywords,
> in, spanish}{english abstract \input knuth}{same, comma, separated,
> keywords, in, english}{Apa citation style for this article}{Chicago
> citation style for this article}{MLA citation style for this article}
> \stoptext
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> 
> I've been exploring different ways to do it better, but with not much luck,
> I was thinking something based in key=value assignments? setups? datasets?
> Not really sure, but If you know a better solution or point me in the
> direction of something I can use to replace that macro, it would be greatly
> appreciated.
\startsetups [document:start]
    \doifdocumentvariable {englishabstract} {
      \startsection[title={Resumen}]
        \documentvariable{englishabstract}
      \stopsection
    }
    \doifdocumentvariable {spanisabstract} {
      \startsection[title={Palabras clave}]
        \documentvariable{spanishabstract}
      \stopsection
    }
    ...
\stopsetups

\startbuffer english
    ...
\stopbuffer

\startbuffer spanish
    ...
\stopbuffer


\startsetups [document:stop]
    ...
\stopsetups

	
\startdocument
   [spanisabstract={\getbuffer[spanish]},
    ....]

...

\stopdocument

untested, just keyed in


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