From: Kate F <kate@elide.org>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Preventing double title pages for nested content
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 23:33:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAA36g0WsYrgfzZbbCXCEKW2H8Wyf9Bh9w6AezWR+89JQ1KbyPQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C3ED483-2216-4522-9546-6FDDEE92FB43@gmail.com>
On 21 May 2015 at 23:06, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Am 21.05.2015 um 23:44 schrieb Kate F <kate@elide.org>:
>>
>> On 21 May 2015 at 22:09, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Am 21.05.2015 um 14:33 schrieb Kate F <kate@elide.org>:
>>>
>>> On 21 May 2015 at 09:06, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 21.05.2015 um 00:36 schrieb Kate F <kate@elide.org>:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> There's been a misunderstanding here.
>>>
>>> You're showing a structure which is a two-deep hierarchy (Libraries
>>> containing Manpages). That's not what the structure in my example is,
>>> and you're showing something which I think is different to what I'm
>>> asking for. (Or I just can't see how to apply the technique you're
>>> illustrating)
>>>
>>>
>>> You have to add just another level to my example, nothing more.
>>>
>>> The structure for my example is Volumes which contain either Libraries
>>> *or* Manpages, and a Library contains Manpages. I'll draw out the tree
>>> from my example again:
>>> (this is the same as in my first email for this thread, but I'm
>>> repeating it here for clarity)
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>> \placecontent[list={Volume,Library,Manpage}]
>>>
>>> \startVolume[title=Section 1: Programs]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=progxyz(1)] \input lorem
>>> \stopManpage}
>>> \stopVolume
>>>
>>> \startVolume[title=Section 2: Syscalls]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=syscallxyz(1)] \input lorem
>>> \stopManpage}
>>> \stopVolume
>>>
>>> \startVolume[title=Section 3: Libraries]
>>> \startLibrary[title=libjpeg]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=jpegapi_a(3)] \input
>>> lorem \stopManpage}
>>> \stopLibrary
>>> \startLibrary[title=libpng]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=pngapi_a(3)] \input
>>> lorem \stopManpage}
>>> \stopLibrary
>>> \startLibrary[title=libbmp]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=bmpapi_a(3)] \input
>>> lorem \stopManpage}
>>> \stopLibrary
>>> \stopVolume
>>>
>>> \startVolume[title=Section 4: Drivers]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=drvxyz(1)] \input lorem
>>> \stopManpage}
>>> \stopVolume
>>>
>>> \startVolume[title=Section 7mk: Makefiles]
>>> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=xyz.mk(1)] \input lorem
>>> \stopManpage}
>>> \stopVolume
>>> \stoptext
>>>
>>> Please look at Volume 3; you can see it contains some Libraries
>>> (libjpeg, libpng, libbmp). The other Volumes do not contain Libraries;
>>> they just contain Manpages directly. So the ToC is:
>>>
>>> Volume 1: "Programs" <-- I want a title page for this
>>> ... manpages for (1)
>>> Volume 2: "Syscalls" <-- I want a title page for this
>>> ... manpages for (2)
>>> Volume 3: "Libraries" <-- no title page for this!! Because this
>>> Volume contains Libraries
>>> Library "libjpeg" <-- I want a title page for this
>>> ... manpages for (3) libjpeg
>>> Library "libpng" <-- I want a title page for this
>>> ... manpages for (3) libpng
>>> Library "libbmp" <-- I want a title page for this
>>> ... manpages for (3) libbmp
>>> Volume 4: "Drivers" <-- I want a title page for this
>>> ... manpages for (4)
>>> Volume 7: "Makefiles" <-- I want a title page for this
>>> ... manpages for (7)
>>>
>>> As I said in my original email, this grouping into libraries only
>>> applies to Volume 3.
>>>
>>> The effect I'm trying to achieve is to have a single title page before
>>> each set of manpages. So I want a title page for "Programs",
>>> "Syscalls", "libjpeg", "libpng", "libbmp", "Drivers", and "Makefiles".
>>> But I do not want a title page for Volume 3 itself, "Libraries"
>>> because that would be immediately followed by the title page for
>>> libjpeg, and my aim is to avoid having two consecutive title pages. I
>>> have indicated these with arrows above.
>>>
>>> I hope that's clear. Sorry for repeating myself…
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry for resending nearly the same example for another time but it still
>>> does what you asked for.
>>>
>>>
>>> But it doesn't...
>>>
>>> You have a page for Volume 3 (which is made blank due to your
>>> \ifnum\structurelistsize=0):
>>>
>>>
>>> You’re wrong, the test for \structurelistsize has nothing to do with the
>>> empty page.
>>>
>>> Volume 3: "Libraries" <-- no title page for this!!
>>>
>>>
>>> Instead, I'm trying to find how to not have this produce a page (or
>>> some other way to achieve the same effect).
>>>
>>> And you have no title pages for these:
>>>
>>> Volume contains Libraries
>>> Library "libjpeg" <-- I want a title page for this
>>> ... manpages for (3) libjpeg
>>> Library "libpng" <-- I want a title page for this
>>> ... manpages for (3) libpng
>>> Library "libbmp" <-- I want a title page for this
>>>
>>>
>>> These weren’t needed for the example
>>
>> They were the whole point of what I was asking for help with.
>
>
> \definehead [Volume] [part]
> \definehead [Library] [chapter]
> \definehead [Manpage] [section]
>
> \setuphead
> [Volume]
> [placehead=empty,
> after=\directsetup{libraryentries}]
>
> \setuphead
> [Library]
> [ page=,
> placehead=empty,
> before=\directsetup{Library:before},
> after=\directsetup{Library:after}]
>
> \startsetups[Library:before]
> \ifconditional\libraryentries
> \page
> \else
> \settrue\libraryentries
> \fi
> \stopsetups
>
> \startsetups[Library:after]
> \startframed[frame=off,width=\textwidth,height=\dimexpr\textheight-\strutdp\relax,align={middle,lohi}]
> \placeheadtext[Library]
> \stopframed
> \page
> \stopsetups
>
> \newconditional\libraryentries \settrue\libraryentries
>
> \startsetups[libraryentries]
> \determinelistcharacteristics[Library]
> \ifnum\structurelistsize=0
> \startframed[frame=off,width=\textwidth,height=\dimexpr\textheight-\strutdp\relax,align={middle,lohi}]
> \placeheadtext[Volume]
> \stopframed
> \else
> \setfalse\libraryentries
> \fi
> \stopsetups
>
> %\showframe[text][text]
>
> \starttext
>
> \placelist[Volume,Library,Manpage]
>
> \startVolume[title=Section 1: Programs]
> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=progxyz(1)] \input lorem \stopManpage}
> \stopVolume
>
> \startVolume[title=Section 2: Syscalls]
> \dorecurse{3}
> {\startManpage[title=syscallxyz(1)]
> \input lorem
> \stopManpage}
> \stopVolume
>
> \startVolume[title=Section 3: Libraries]
> \startLibrary[title=libjpeg]
> \dorecurse{3}
> {\startManpage[title=jpegapi_a(3)]
> \input lorem
> \stopManpage}
> \stopLibrary
> \startLibrary[title=libpng]
> \dorecurse{3}
> {\startManpage[title=pngapi_a(3)]
> \input lorem
> \stopManpage}
> \stopLibrary
> \startLibrary[title=libbmp]
> \dorecurse{3}
> {\startManpage[title=bmpapi_a(3)]
> \input lorem
> \stopManpage}
> \stopLibrary
> \stopVolume
>
> \startVolume[title=Section 4: Drivers]
> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=drvxyz(1)] \input lorem \stopManpage}
> \stopVolume
>
> \startVolume[title=Section 7mk: Makefiles]
> \dorecurse{3}{\startManpage[title=xyz.mk(1)] \input lorem \stopManpage}
> \stopVolume
>
> \stoptext
>
> Wolfgang
Yes! That's exactly what I was trying to achieve. Thank you.
Your code there is full of things I didn't know about, or didn't think
to use, but having just added some things to see what's going on, I
think I understand how it works. It's a very different implementation
than I had imagined!
--
Kate
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-19 22:34 Kate F
2015-05-19 22:51 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2015-05-19 23:26 ` Kate F
2015-05-20 21:19 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2015-05-20 22:36 ` Kate F
2015-05-21 8:06 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2015-05-21 12:33 ` Kate F
2015-05-21 21:09 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2015-05-21 21:44 ` Kate F
2015-05-21 22:06 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2015-05-21 22:33 ` Kate F [this message]
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