Re: Using variables and macros for styling of section title and line in table of contents

[James Withers <james.o.withers@gmail.com>]

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Thanks so much for such a quick reply Wolfgang

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On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 at 20:38, Wolfgang Schuster <
wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> James Withers schrieb am 22.07.2020 um 21:20:
> > Dear list
> >
> > I have a document with section headings which include a title, date and
> > reference spread over two lines with different font style and
> > justification, plus a slightly different text for the table of contents.
> >
> > So that I can alter the styling of the section headings without having
> > to recode each \startsection command, I have used variables and a macro
> > command for the style.
> >
> > This works for section 'title' and 'marking', but not for the 'list'
> > attribute.
>
> The title argument works only because it is placed in the text but it
> won't work when you try to show the argument in the ToC like the list
> argument.
>
> > The minimal working example below shows what I'm trying to do.
> >
> > Best wishes and many thanks in advance.
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> \define\mytitle{\getvariable{myvar}{title}\crlf{\tfx\getvariable{myvar}{date}\hfill\getvariable{myvar}{ref}}}
> > \define\mylist{\getvariable{myvar}{list}---{\bf
> \getvariable{myvar}{date}}}
>
> In this case you have to use \defineexpandable to create your commands
> and enable expansion for sections.
>
> \defineexpandable\mytitle{...}
> \defineexpandable\mylist {...}
>
> \setuphead[section][expansion=yes]
>
> Wolfgang
>

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