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

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

[James Withers]

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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 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}}}

\starttext

\completecontent

\setvariables[myvar][
title={What I would like},
date={2020},
ref={Reference No 1},
list={Variation on title},
]

\startsection[title=\mytitle,list={Variation on title---{\bf 2020}}]

Contents line to look like this:

\mylist

\stopsection


\setvariables[myvar][
title={What I get},
date={2021},
ref={Reference No 2},
list={Something for the contents},
]

\startsection[title=\mytitle,list=\mylist]

Contents line to look like this:

\mylist

\stopsection
\stoptext

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

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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

[James Withers]

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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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