[NTG-context] Re: chronological TOC

[Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>]

Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 27.01.2024 um 10:05:
> Am 26.01.24 um 23:46 schrieb jbf:
>> I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction for a separate 
>> TOC which needs to be in chronological order at the back of the book 
>> (i.e. not in page number order, although I need the page numbers to 
>> show up in the TOC. There is the normal TOC at the front of the book, 
>> according to chapter titles.
>>
>> I have succeeded in defining a separate TOC to place at the back, but 
>> have not succeeded in the chronological order! Here is what I have done:
>>
>> \definelist[chron][criterium=all,alternative=c]
>>
>> At the back of the book:
>>
>> \placelist[chron][criterium=all]
>>
>> Then at an appropriate point after each \startchapter I have placed 
>> (as an example):
>>
>> \writetolist[chron]{}{{\bf 29 April 2017,} Speech, Panama City}
>>
>> This gives me my list, but in page number order. How do I get the date 
>> (e.g. 29 April 2017) to be the ordering factor in the list. I assume 
>> it will be something to do with criterium, but am clueless at the 
>> moment on how to indicate this.
> 
> I don’t know if it works this way (the wizards will know a way), but for 
> special needs I’m (ab)using indexes:
> just add something like \index[2017-04-29]{Speech, Panama City} to your 
> chapter command and setup the index at will.

Lists have a sort option but this is no use here because you can't use 
the title to have a chronological sorted list.

\starttext

\placelist[section][order=title]

\section{Hans}

\section{Peter}

\section{Anton}

\stoptext

Using the register mechanism as you suggest seems to be the best option 
in this case.

Wolfgang
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