templates

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Hi All,

Sometimes keying in macros can be annoying. For this reason, sometimes
macro packages use | to shorten things, like |word| for verbatim in
macros related to programming source code or manuals. In itself such
macros are not that expressive, but they at least save typing keys. 

Currently in ConTeXt the || is used for compound words and other things
that concern hyphenation (like in this|(|one) where the '(' is to be
taken into account in the break).

The next release will introduce templates, that also use the |. Think
of: 

\definetemplate [b] [style=bold]
\definetemplate [t] [style=type]
\definetemplate [w] [command=\Word]
\definetemplate [c] [style=cap]
\definetemplate [u] [style=type,command=\hyphenatedurl]

something |t:monospaced| and something |b:bold| and
something |w:capitalized| or really |c:cap| but, you||see
the compound words and whatever goes|:|between
and|::|between or|*|between and should hyphenated still
works ok and even colons |t:like here:| come out ok, just
like the next rather fuzzy |u:http://www.pragma-ade.nl|

Maybe it makes sense to predefine some templates, like t (type), e
(emphasys) and b (bold). Maybe even m (math) makes sense. Any ideas are
welcome.  

Furthermore, in a few weeks I will upload context up-to-date 1999-003,
which shows how to do flow charts. (Maybe 1999-004 will  concern math).  
Hans

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