* margin in TocEntry definition
@ 2021-03-11 2:20 jbf
2021-03-11 22:04 ` Bruce Horrocks
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From: jbf @ 2021-03-11 2:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi list,
I have:
\define[1]\SectionTocEntry{%
#1\crlf% title
\doifnot{\structurelistuservariable{author}}{}{\structurelistuservariable{author}}%
}
which successfully gives me a ToC with:
Chapter title
Author name
But I want the author name indented by .5cm and do not know how to use
'margin' in the above definition, or some other way of getting the
indentation. I have tried various versions of 'margin' before the
\doifnot part of the definition, but to no avail.
Hopefully I can achieve:
Chapter title
Author name
Julian
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread* Re: margin in TocEntry definition 2021-03-11 2:20 margin in TocEntry definition jbf @ 2021-03-11 22:04 ` Bruce Horrocks 2021-03-11 22:22 ` jbf 2021-03-12 0:03 ` jbf 0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Bruce Horrocks @ 2021-03-11 22:04 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context > On 11 Mar 2021, at 02:20, jbf <roma83537@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi list, > > I have: > > \define[1]\SectionTocEntry{% > #1\crlf% title > \doifnot{\structurelistuservariable{author}}{}{\structurelistuservariable{author}}% > } > > which successfully gives me a ToC with: > > Chapter title > Author name > > But I want the author name indented by .5cm and do not know how to use 'margin' in the above definition, or some other way of getting the indentation. I have tried various versions of 'margin' before the \doifnot part of the definition, but to no avail. There is a very similar previous question that might be what you are looking for. <https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg97548.html> Try that but use 'flushleft' instead of 'middle'. — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: margin in TocEntry definition 2021-03-11 22:04 ` Bruce Horrocks @ 2021-03-11 22:22 ` jbf 2021-03-12 0:51 ` Bruce Horrocks 2021-03-12 5:19 ` Wolfgang Schuster 2021-03-12 0:03 ` jbf 1 sibling, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: jbf @ 2021-03-11 22:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Bruce Horrocks; +Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users Thanks for trying, Bruce. That earlier question you refer to was for a similar situation and the answer resolved that one at the time (it was my question even then!) but not the precise one I am facing now. The problem, you see, is that \startalignment only offers a few key words like flushleft, middle etc. and not what I need this time, which is a precise indentation feature like .5cm. I suppose my real problem is not being sufficiently au fait with how definitions work. I just can't seem to get a definition that gives me a result like Chapter title author ..................................... page number the \startalignment approach with flushleft would not give me the indentation obviously, and middle does not work for what I need, and either of them also pushes the page number line down onto the next line, which I don't want. I tried \skip .5cm, so: \define[1]\SectionTocEntry{% #1\crlf% title \hskip .5cm\doifnot{\structurelistuservariable{author}}{}{\structurelistuservariable{author}}% } But the \hskip is ignored at the beginning of a line. I wonder if there is something else I can substitute it for? Julian On 12/3/21 9:04 am, Bruce Horrocks wrote: >> On 11 Mar 2021, at 02:20, jbf <roma83537@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi list, >> >> I have: >> >> \define[1]\SectionTocEntry{% >> #1\crlf% title >> \doifnot{\structurelistuservariable{author}}{}{\structurelistuservariable{author}}% >> } >> >> which successfully gives me a ToC with: >> >> Chapter title >> Author name >> >> But I want the author name indented by .5cm and do not know how to use 'margin' in the above definition, or some other way of getting the indentation. I have tried various versions of 'margin' before the \doifnot part of the definition, but to no avail. > There is a very similar previous question that might be what you are looking for. > <https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg97548.html> > > Try that but use 'flushleft' instead of 'middle'. > > — > Bruce Horrocks > Hampshire, UK > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: margin in TocEntry definition 2021-03-11 22:22 ` jbf @ 2021-03-12 0:51 ` Bruce Horrocks 2021-03-12 7:16 ` jbf 2021-03-12 5:19 ` Wolfgang Schuster 1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Bruce Horrocks @ 2021-03-12 0:51 UTC (permalink / raw) To: jbf; +Cc: ntg-context > On 11 Mar 2021, at 22:22, jbf <roma83537@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for trying, Bruce. That earlier question you refer to was for a similar situation and the answer resolved that one at the time (it was my question even then!) but not the precise one I am facing now. > > The problem, you see, is that \startalignment only offers a few key words like flushleft, middle etc. and not what I need this time, which is a precise indentation feature like .5cm. I suppose my real problem is not being sufficiently au fait with how definitions work. I just can't seem to get a definition that gives me a result like > > Chapter title > author ..................................... page number > > the \startalignment approach with flushleft would not give me the indentation obviously, and middle does not work for what I need, and either of them also pushes the page number line down onto the next line, which I don't want. I tried \skip .5cm, so: > > \define[1]\SectionTocEntry{% > #1\crlf% title > \hskip .5cm\doifnot{\structurelistuservariable{author}}{}{\structurelistuservariable{author}}% > } > > But the \hskip is ignored at the beginning of a line. I wonder if there is something else I can substitute it for? D'oh! Sorry - completely forgot about the indent. Best I can come up with at the moment is this - but I'm not sure how to get leading dots. \starttext \define[3]\SectionToCEntry{ #2\crlf \leftaligned \bgroup \hskip 0.5cm \structurelistuservariable{author} \rightaligned \bgroup #3 \egroup \egroup } \setuplist [chapter] [alternative=command, command=\SectionToCEntry, after=\endgraf] \completecontent \startchapter [title={This is my chapter title}] [author={Dummy Name}] \input Tufte \stopchapter \stoptext — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: margin in TocEntry definition 2021-03-12 0:51 ` Bruce Horrocks @ 2021-03-12 7:16 ` jbf 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: jbf @ 2021-03-12 7:16 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Bruce Horrocks; +Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users It works, though I'm happy also to have Wolfgang's very simple version! I'm learning a lot! I'm a great believer in Occam's Razor - the law of parsimony, so the simpler version is the way to go, and my earlier use of a TeX hack (\-\) can be put to rest! Thanks Bruce and thanks Wolfgang. Julian On 12/3/21 11:51 am, Bruce Horrocks wrote: > >> On 11 Mar 2021, at 22:22, jbf <roma83537@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks for trying, Bruce. That earlier question you refer to was for a similar situation and the answer resolved that one at the time (it was my question even then!) but not the precise one I am facing now. >> >> The problem, you see, is that \startalignment only offers a few key words like flushleft, middle etc. and not what I need this time, which is a precise indentation feature like .5cm. I suppose my real problem is not being sufficiently au fait with how definitions work. I just can't seem to get a definition that gives me a result like >> >> Chapter title >> author ..................................... page number >> >> the \startalignment approach with flushleft would not give me the indentation obviously, and middle does not work for what I need, and either of them also pushes the page number line down onto the next line, which I don't want. I tried \skip .5cm, so: >> >> \define[1]\SectionTocEntry{% >> #1\crlf% title >> \hskip .5cm\doifnot{\structurelistuservariable{author}}{}{\structurelistuservariable{author}}% >> } >> >> But the \hskip is ignored at the beginning of a line. I wonder if there is something else I can substitute it for? > D'oh! Sorry - completely forgot about the indent. > > Best I can come up with at the moment is this - but I'm not sure how to get leading dots. > > \starttext > > \define[3]\SectionToCEntry{ > #2\crlf > \leftaligned > \bgroup > \hskip 0.5cm > \structurelistuservariable{author} > \rightaligned > \bgroup > #3 > \egroup > \egroup > } > > \setuplist > [chapter] > [alternative=command, > command=\SectionToCEntry, > after=\endgraf] > > \completecontent > > \startchapter > [title={This is my chapter title}] > [author={Dummy Name}] > \input Tufte > \stopchapter > > \stoptext > > — > Bruce Horrocks > Hampshire, UK > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: margin in TocEntry definition 2021-03-11 22:22 ` jbf 2021-03-12 0:51 ` Bruce Horrocks @ 2021-03-12 5:19 ` Wolfgang Schuster 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2021-03-12 5:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users jbf schrieb am 11.03.2021 um 23:22: > Thanks for trying, Bruce. That earlier question you refer to was for a > similar situation and the answer resolved that one at the time (it was > my question even then!) but not the precise one I am facing now. > > The problem, you see, is that \startalignment only offers a few key > words like flushleft, middle etc. and not what I need this time, which > is a precise indentation feature like .5cm. I suppose my real problem is > not being sufficiently au fait with how definitions work. I just can't > seem to get a definition that gives me a result like > > Chapter title > author ..................................... page number > > the \startalignment approach with flushleft would not give me the > indentation obviously, and middle does not work for what I need, and > either of them also pushes the page number line down onto the next line, > which I don't want. I tried \skip .5cm, so: > > \define[1]\SectionTocEntry{% > #1\crlf% title > \hskip > .5cm\doifnot{\structurelistuservariable{author}}{}{\structurelistuservariable{author}}% > } > > But the \hskip is ignored at the beginning of a line. I wonder if there > is something else I can substitute it for? Use \par after the first line (and add \relax after \hskip). \define[1]}SectionTocEntry {#1\par \hskip.5cm\relax\doifnot{...}{...}} Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: margin in TocEntry definition 2021-03-11 22:04 ` Bruce Horrocks 2021-03-11 22:22 ` jbf @ 2021-03-12 0:03 ` jbf 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: jbf @ 2021-03-12 0:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Bruce Horrocks; +Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users Re: indented line in TocEntry definition: I have come up with what is probably an inelegant solution (using \-\ so that \hskip is recognised at the beginning of a line), but it works! Maybe someone could suggest how to make it more elegant, but for the moment, it's all I need! \define[1]\SectionTocEntry{% #1\crlf% title \-\ \hskip .5cm\doifnot{\structurelistuservariable{author}}{}{\structurelistuservariable{author}}% } Julian On 12/3/21 9:04 am, Bruce Horrocks wrote: >> On 11 Mar 2021, at 02:20, jbf <roma83537@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi list, >> >> I have: >> >> \define[1]\SectionTocEntry{% >> #1\crlf% title >> \doifnot{\structurelistuservariable{author}}{}{\structurelistuservariable{author}}% >> } >> >> which successfully gives me a ToC with: >> >> Chapter title >> Author name >> >> But I want the author name indented by .5cm and do not know how to use 'margin' in the above definition, or some other way of getting the indentation. I have tried various versions of 'margin' before the \doifnot part of the definition, but to no avail. > There is a very similar previous question that might be what you are looking for. > <https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg97548.html> > > Try that but use 'flushleft' instead of 'middle'. > > — > Bruce Horrocks > Hampshire, UK > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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