* [OT] ASCII text output @ 2010-02-16 15:49 Roger Mason 2010-02-16 20:25 ` Aditya Mahajan 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Roger Mason @ 2010-02-16 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context Hello, I need to convert an exam written in ConTeXt to an ascii text file like the following: NewQuestion,MC, Title,Which is gem, QuestionText,Which one of the following is regarded as a gem? Points,1, Difficulty,1, Image,, Option,0,Feldspar,, Option,100,Ruby,, Option,0,Sodium chloride,, Option,0,Quartz,, Hint,,,, Feedback,,,, Before I go to the trouble of creating a parser to read the ConTeXt input and write the desired output I'm wondering if this can be done with ConTeXt itself. Sorry if this is way OT. Thanks, Roger ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [OT] ASCII text output 2010-02-16 15:49 [OT] ASCII text output Roger Mason @ 2010-02-16 20:25 ` Aditya Mahajan 2010-02-16 22:20 ` Roger Mason 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2010-02-16 20:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Roger Mason wrote: > Hello, > > I need to convert an exam written in ConTeXt to an ascii text file like > the following: > > NewQuestion,MC, > Title,Which is gem, > QuestionText,Which one of the following is regarded as a gem? > Points,1, > Difficulty,1, > Image,, > Option,0,Feldspar,, > Option,100,Ruby,, > Option,0,Sodium chloride,, > Option,0,Quartz,, > Hint,,,, > Feedback,,,, > > Before I go to the trouble of creating a parser to read the ConTeXt > input and write the desired output I'm wondering if this can be done > with ConTeXt itself. Can you show a small example of the corresponding tex source? 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [OT] ASCII text output 2010-02-16 20:25 ` Aditya Mahajan @ 2010-02-16 22:20 ` Roger Mason 2010-02-17 19:27 ` Aditya Mahajan 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Roger Mason @ 2010-02-16 22:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Hello Aditya, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> writes: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Roger Mason wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I need to convert an exam written in ConTeXt to an ascii text file like >> the following: >> >> >> Before I go to the trouble of creating a parser to read the ConTeXt >> input and write the desired output I'm wondering if this can be done >> with ConTeXt itself. > > Can you show a small example of the corresponding tex source? \def\mcquestionnumber{14} \mcquestionheader A ruby is a gem of corundum coloured by\crlf {$A$}: Rutile\crlf{$B$}: Calcium (Ca)\crlf{$C$}: Chromium (Cr)\crlf{$D$}: Iron (Fe) and Titanium (Ti)\crlf \mcquestionfooter And the desired output is... NewQuestion,MC, Title,Ruby coloured by, QuestionText,A ruby is a gem of corundum coloured by Points,1, Difficulty,1, Image,, Option,0,Rutile,, Option,0,Calcium (Ca),, Option,100,Chromium (Cr),, Option,0,Iron (Fe) and Titanium (Ti),, Hint,,,, Feedback,,,, Maybe a regexp would do, followed by a bit of hand editing, but if there is a way of doing this in ConTeXt that would be very convenient. Thanks, Roger ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [OT] ASCII text output 2010-02-16 22:20 ` Roger Mason @ 2010-02-17 19:27 ` Aditya Mahajan 2010-02-18 13:49 ` Roger Mason 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2010-02-17 19:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Hi Roger, On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Roger Mason wrote: > Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> writes: > >> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Roger Mason wrote: >> >>> I need to convert an exam written in ConTeXt to an ascii text file like >>> the following: >>> >>> >>> Before I go to the trouble of creating a parser to read the ConTeXt >>> input and write the desired output I'm wondering if this can be done >>> with ConTeXt itself. >> >> Can you show a small example of the corresponding tex source? > > \def\mcquestionnumber{14} > > > \mcquestionheader A ruby is a gem of corundum coloured by\crlf > {$A$}: Rutile\crlf{$B$}: Calcium (Ca)\crlf{$C$}: Chromium (Cr)\crlf{$D$}: Iron (Fe) and Titanium (Ti)\crlf > > \mcquestionfooter If you are willing to add more markup, then TeX can do the parsing for you. \startquestion[title={Ruby coloured by}, points=1, difficulty=1] A ruby is a gem of corundum colored \startoptions \option Rutile \option Calcium \correctoption Chrumium \option Iron and Titanium \stopoptions \starthint .... \stophint \startfeedback ... \stopfeedback \stopquestion You can create a mode for ascii output that redefines all the environments to *typeset* the correct output, which you can then convert to text using pdftotext. Another option is to write everything in XML (it is almost the same ...) <question title="...", points=...., difficulty=...> <text> A ruby .. </text> <options> <option> ... </option> <option> ... </option> <option correct="yes"> ... </option> <option> ... </option> </option> <hint> .... </hint> <feedback> ... </feedback> </question> With a few setup commands, ConTeXt can directly typeset an xml file. Parsing the xml file to generate ascii text can be done using your favourite programming language (or using ConTeXt by typesetting the desired output and using pdftotext). > And the desired output is... > > NewQuestion,MC, > Title,Ruby coloured by, > QuestionText,A ruby is a gem of corundum coloured by > Points,1, > Difficulty,1, > Image,, > Option,0,Rutile,, > Option,0,Calcium (Ca),, > Option,100,Chromium (Cr),, > Option,0,Iron (Fe) and Titanium (Ti),, > Hint,,,, > Feedback,,,, > > Maybe a regexp would do, followed by a bit of hand editing, but if there > is a way of doing this in ConTeXt that would be very convenient. If this is something that you need to do only a few types, anything quick and dirty will suffice. But for the long run it makes sense to have a more detailed markup and then you do not need to worry about the correctness of the conversion. 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [OT] ASCII text output 2010-02-17 19:27 ` Aditya Mahajan @ 2010-02-18 13:49 ` Roger Mason 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Roger Mason @ 2010-02-18 13:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Hello Aditya, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> writes: > If you are willing to add more markup, then TeX can do the parsing for > you. > > \startquestion[title={Ruby coloured by}, points=1, difficulty=1] > A ruby is a gem of corundum colored > \startoptions > \option Rutile > \option Calcium > \correctoption Chrumium > \option Iron and Titanium > \stopoptions > \starthint > .... > \stophint > \startfeedback > ... > \stopfeedback > \stopquestion > > You can create a mode for ascii output that redefines all the > environments to *typeset* the correct output, which you can then > convert to text using pdftotext. > > Another option is to write everything in XML (it is almost the same ...) > <question title="...", points=...., difficulty=...> > <text> A ruby .. </text> > <options> > <option> ... </option> > <option> ... </option> > <option correct="yes"> ... </option> > <option> ... </option> > </option> > <hint> > .... > </hint> > <feedback> > ... > </feedback> > </question> > > With a few setup commands, ConTeXt can directly typeset an xml > file. Parsing the xml file to generate ascii text can be done using > your favourite programming language (or using ConTeXt by typesetting > the desired output and using pdftotext). > Thank you very much. I will work on this over the next week and decide which method I like best. I really appreciate you taking the time to help. Best wishes, Roger ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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