From: Andrea De Michele <andrea.demichele@gmail.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: macro expansion inside a block
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:59:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k2mf5pey.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56B8895E.6000805@wxs.nl>
Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> writes:
> On 2/5/2016 5:13 PM, Andrea De Michele wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I want to expand a macro inside a block when the block is written and not when it is used.
>> Here a simple example:
>>
>> \defineblock[myblock]
>> \hideblocks[myblock]
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \define\mynumber{1}
>> Some text: mynumber is :\mynumber
>> \beginmyblock
>> This is mynumber inside the first myblock, I want 1 and I obtain: \mynumber
>> \endmyblock
>>
>> \define\mynumber{2}
>> Some text: mynumber now is :\mynumber
>> \beginmyblock
>> This is mynumber inside the second myblock, I want 2 and I obtain: \mynumber
>> \endmyblock
>>
>> \useblocks[myblock]
>> \stoptext
>>
>> This produce:
>>
>> Some text: mynumber is :1
>> Some text: mynumber now is :2
>> This is mynumber inside the first myblock, I want 1 and I obtain: 2
>> This is mynumber inside the second myblock, I want 2 and I obtain: 2
>>
>> instead I want:
>>
>> Some text: mynumber is :1
>> Some text: mynumber now is :2
>> This is mynumber inside the first myblock, I want 1 and I obtain: 1
>> This is mynumber inside the second myblock, I want 2 and I obtain: 2
>>
>> It is possible in some way?
>
> no (at least not in a trivial way)
:(
anyway, thank you.
--
Andrea De Michele
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2016-02-05 16:13 Andrea De Michele
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