Re: Can modes be used for content control?

[Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

> Am 17.11.2021 um 16:08 schrieb ⁨Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد⁩ <⁨Idris.Hamid@colostate.edu⁩>:
> 
>> That looks to me like flawed logic – why should content for the unabridged version appear within the abridged version?
> 
> TeX comments will illustrate:
> 
> ==============
> This text goes into the abridged version.
> 
> % This text will appear in the unabridged version.
> 
> And this text goes into the abridged version.
> 
> % And this text goes into the unabridged version.
> 
> And this additional text goes into the abridged version.
> 
> % And this additional text goes into the unabridged version.
> ==============
> 
> An abridged run will ignore the commented text, and an unabridged run will include it.

Ok, it it’s about such small snippets, consider \doifmode{mode1,mode2}{Conditional text}.

I don’t think you would get shorter markup with nesting.

More possibilities see https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modes

> Consider variant texts:
> 
> =======
> Here is some text that
>   contains % mode=variantone
>   includes % mode=varianttwo
>   is comprised of % mode=variantthree
> some variants.
> 
> Here is some more text that
>   features % mode=variantone
>   exhibits % mode=varianttwo
>   illustrates % mode=variantthree
> some variants.
> =======
> 
> This example is to be processed to produce exactly three distinct results. So, e.g., "contains" and "features" belong to variantone. Etc. So like XML.

How about:

Here is some text that
\startmodeset
[variantone]     {contains}
[varianttwo]     {includes}
[variantthree]	 {is comprised of}
[default]        {doesn’t contain}
\stopmodeset
some variants.


>> It might be a bit annoying, but you could end the previous mode before starting the next.
> Assuming that I'm not misunderstanding you: For a book-length project, that would be beyond annoying.

Well, it looks like you’ll need a lot of markup anyway.

HTH
Hraban

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