Re: TeX markup in \setupinteraction for PDF metadata fields

[Kate F <kate@elide.org>]

On 17 January 2016 at 17:00, Wolfgang Schuster
<schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kate F
> 17. Januar 2016 um 17:56
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to have TeX markup executed in the text fields for
> \setupinteraction?
> I would like to do something like:
>
> \definemarking[xyz]
> \marking[xyz]{Hello}
> \setupinteraction[state=start]
> \setupinteraction[title={\getmarking[xyz][current]}]
> \setupinteraction[author={\getmarking[xyz][current]}]
> \starttext
> xyz=\getmarking[xyz][current]
> \stoptext
>
> But my generated PDF has literally "\getmarking[xyz][current]}" for
> the title and author.
>
> Are you sure you want to use marks to store text because the mechanism
> works only in headers and footers.

I don't know, actually. In this case these are values which remain
constant throughout the document. So all I'm after here is a mechanism
for storing variables by name. Is there something more appropriate to
use for those kind of variables?

I didn't know markings only exist in headers and footers! Thanks.

-- 
Kate
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