From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/37832 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: "Semi-verbatim" - preserve whitespace - don't escape characters Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 09:44:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <115224fb0712080124h24b2a37h64ed38a14e7b5245@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197125188 16091 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2007 14:46:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 14:46:28 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Dec 08 15:46:38 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J10wt-0001TK-Ue for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:46:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D3711FC51; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:46:18 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 32386-02-2; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:45:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F38481FC44; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:45:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 122BE1FC44 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:45:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 31663-04-3 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:45:00 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C8261FC3E for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:44:56 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: FROM adi-laptop.local (c-68-40-40-75.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [68.40.40.75]) BY hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 475AADE5.1349B.23224 ; 8 Dec 2007 09:44:53 -0500 X-X-Sender: adityam@adi-laptop In-Reply-To: <115224fb0712080124h24b2a37h64ed38a14e7b5245@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:37832 Archived-At: On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > 2007/12/7, dexterclarke@safe-mail.net : >> Hi. >> >> I'm working on a document processor that has multiple backends >> for different output formats (XHTML, nroff, plain text, ConTeXt). >> >> The processor uses s-expression syntax with commands such as: >> >> (para "this is a paragraph") >> >> The various backends then convert this statement in their own >> way (using

tags in XHTML, for example). >> >> There is one command that allows rendering of external files >> based on whatever backend is selected: >> >> (render "file") >> >> The XHTML backend includes "file", escaping all 'illegal' characters >> such as <, >, & etc. The ConTeXt backend reads the file and also >> escapes characters, placing their TeX equivalent in the output - >> $\}$, $\backslash$ etc. Both backends place the contents of "file" >> directly in the output, they don't, for example, use the >> tags in XHTML, or any ConTeXt file inclusion directives. This is >> desirable for many reasons that are out of scope for this post... >> >> The problem I am having is that one may do this: >> >> (para-verbatim (render "file")) >> >> The para-verbatim tag is meant to preserve whitespace in the output. >> >> For example, this becomes: >> >> 
contents of file
>> >> in the XHTML output. Unfortunately, I've hit a wall when it comes >> to the ConTeXt equivalent: The ConTeXt backend reads >> in "file" and prints it to the output, escaping all reserved TeX >> characters, as mentioned earlier, but unfortunately there doesn't >> seem to be the equivalent of: >> >> \preservewhitespace >> contents of file >> \stoppreservingwhitespace >> >> "\starttyping" is too heavy handed in that it also escapes characters >> rather than just preserving whitespace (they've already been escaped >> by my document processor, as mentioned earlier). What I need is a >> directive that says "preserve whitespace" but does not escape reserved >> TeX characters. >> >> Does any such thing exist in ConTeXt? Unfortunately, I'm inexperienced >> with TeX so I don't know how feasible this is. \setuplines[space=yes] followed by > \startlines > verbatin text > \stoplines Note that everything between start-stop lines is normal tex code. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________