[NTG-context] Re: using command line arguments

[Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>]

Am 28.10.24 um 13:01 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:
> On 28.10.24 12:18, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>> Hi, I’m trying to use a command line argument in parameter names – 
>> color name in the example below, variable namespace in my actual project.
>> I guess I need more expansion, but where?
>> Or what’s the problem here?
> 
> Perhaps my approach is too simplistic, but if I had to do something like 
> that, I would use modes:
> 
> \startmode [fiee]
>    \definecolor [OEM] [c=1]
>    \def{OEM}{fiee}
> \stopmode
> 
> and for the fallback, use
> 
> \startnotallmodes [...]
> 
> then you can call from the command line with --mode=fiee and write
> 
> \color[OEM]{Company: \OEM}
> 
> But maybe your needs are more complex...

Yes, I have several arguments that I don’t want to mix into modes.

In the end, I’ll need to process some files with Lua, but for the 
prototype I’m defining groups of variables and would like to use one of 
the parameters as variable namespace. I just tried to keep the example 
simple.

Hraban
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