Re: \definehead with some extra's

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Gilbert van den Dobbelsteen wrote:
> 
> I have a nice problem:
> ...
> Ok, that works, but it has an expected side effect: The heads don't show up
> in the contents. After studying several things I found out that #2 contains
> the commands for putting things in the .tui file. So I want to execute the
> commands to create the correct entries in the .tui file, but I do not want
> to typeset anything at all. Can I do something like:
> 
>   \writetolist[MYMONTH][blahblah]
> 
> Or do I need to hand-code the stuff, something like this:
> 
> \definelist[MYLIST]
> 
>   \def\MYMONTH#1{%
>     \writetolist[MYLIST][#1]}
> 
> (Sorry about the syntax, it is probably not correct CONTeXt, and the
> arguments are probably not in the correct order).

This feature is already built in for quite some years:

\definelist[MyMonth]

\writetolist     [MyMonth]{a}{b}  % two entries 
\writebetweenlist[MyMonth]{a}     % one entry, e.g. \blank or \page

\placelist[MyMonth]               % or [MyMonth,MyDay,..]

You can set up lists (assign commands to handle the entries). Lists obey
the section numbering mechanism, so you can ask for local ones.
Actually, this is how tables of contents etc are produced. 

Lots of surprises still waiting for you ...

Hans

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