[NTG-context] Re: using an end of line as parameter

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

On 2/20/2024 12:26 PM, madiazm.eoicc@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks Hans,
> I supposed that lua would be more suitable, but unfortunately I still did not learn it (I hope in summer I have time to read the manual)
> 
> The problem arises from the fact that for each line i will perform a different action and for \def\foo I need four arguments so that I can correctly format the lines. How can i get the result of string.splitlines (s) separated into four arguments to pass to the macro? then \foo would be \def\foo#1SEPARATOR#2SEPARATOR#3SEPARATOR#4
> 
> I now use:
> 
> 
> \starttext
> %now I use the dirty trick of writing an ñ at the end of line so that the macro detects each argument; but for each question I have to manually add it, which is tedious; therefore I look for a solution to detect lines automatically
> 
> %the definition
> \def\tareaAbc #1ñ#2ñ#3ñ#4ñ{\item #1
>      \startitemgroup[lista1a]
>      \item #2
>      \item #3
>      \item #4
>      \stopitemgroup}
> 
> %in the document
> /startitemgropu[lista1a]           %I manually open the first level of the list so the first argument -the question- gets numbered
> 
> \tareaAbc In den Büchereien gibt es auch …ñ       %the question; an item of first level
> … Kuchen.ñ       %option a gets a new list of second level opened and argument 2 is the first item
> … Theater.ñ       %option b another item
> … Workshops.ñ      %option c last item and closes the second level list
> 
> %some more macros with more questions and options
> 
> /stopitemgroup     %I manually close the first level list
You have to provide more details about these lines. For instance, do you 
want to split on spaces?

Hans

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