Re: TikZ in buffers: My struggle with \definestartstop

[Gavin <gavinpublic@comcast.net>]

Thanks Hans!

That works great. I understand it all and it is working in my book, so even better. I did not know you could \typsetbuffer[a,b,c]. I will be using that again.

In case anyone finds this in the future, trying to solve a similar issue, my final version is below, including my \marginTikZ command.

Gavin


\setuppapersize[letter]

\setuplayout[
  backspace=90pt, % Horizontal layout
  leftmargin=36pt, % 1/2 in
  leftmargindistance=9pt, % 3/8 in
  width=306pt, % 4 1/4 in
  rightmargindistance=27pt, % 3/8 in
  rightmargin=144pt,  % 2 in
]

\startbuffer[starttikz]
   \usemodule[tikz]% Lots of setup can go here!
   \startTEXpage
   \starttikzpicture
\stopbuffer

\startbuffer[stoptikz]
   \stoptikzpicture
   \stopTEXpage
\stopbuffer

\define[2]\marginTikZ{
  \startplacefigure[location=margin, reference=fig:#1, title={#2}]
    \typesetbuffer[starttikz,#1,stoptikz]
  \stopplacefigure
}

\starttext

\startbuffer[BlueCircle]
 \draw[thick,blue] (0,0) circle (2cm)node{Ti{\it k}Z!};
\stopbuffer

\marginTikZ{BlueCircle}{Ti{\it k}Z drew this blue circle\dots slowly.}

\startbuffer[RedCircle]
 \draw[thick,red] (0,0) circle (2cm)node{Ti{\it k}Z!};
\stopbuffer

\marginTikZ{RedCircle}{Ti{\it k}Z drew this red circle\dots slowly.}

Take a look at the blue circle in \in{figure}[fig:BlueCircle] and the red circle in \in{figure}[fig:RedCircle]

\stoptext

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