From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/67160 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Macro for acronyms Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:37:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1300509478 1445 80.91.229.12 (19 Mar 2011 04:37:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 04:37:58 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Mar 19 05:37:54 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0nvC-0004PP-LZ for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:37:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82C20CAB0C; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:37:45 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id B63I27nhMFhA; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:37:45 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD133CAAF6; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:37:42 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A341CAAF6 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:37:41 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id gTrHz0t3zww9 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:37:39 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-til.mf.surf.net (filter2-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.218]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D8A1CAAD7 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:37:39 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.12.86]) by filter2-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p2J4bfOi028587 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:37:43 +0100 Original-Received: FROM adi-netbook (bas3-montreal02-1096682363.dsl.bell.ca [65.94.11.123]) By tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4D843314.4AEB3.17009 ; Authuser adityam; 19 Mar 2011 00:37:40 EDT In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=141.211.12.86; country=US; region=MI; city=Ann Arbor; postalcode=48109; latitude=42.2923; longitude=-83.7145; metrocode=505; areacode=734; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.2923,-83.7145&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0bEkQBFj3 - a53d2d6f0a51 - 20110319 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.218 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:67160 Archived-At: On Sat, 19 Mar 2011, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > 2011/3/19 Aditya Mahajan > >> On Sat, 19 Mar 2011, Cecil Westerhof wrote: >> >> At the moment I have I my document: >>> {\switchtobodyfont[1.25em]\bf M}ust >>> >>> {\switchtobodyfont[1.25em]\bf S}hould >>> >>> {\switchtobodyfont[1.25em]\bf C}ould >>> >>> {\switchtobodyfont[1.25em]\bf N}ot now >>> >>> But I like to have a macro for this, so I could just do: >>> \Acronym{Must Should Could Not~now} >>> >>> Is more readable and when I want a change (for example another color for >>> the >>> first letter), this is much easier to implement. How should I implement >>> such >>> a macro? >>> >> >> >> Use recursion! >> >> \definestartstop >> [FancyFirstLetter] >> [style={\switchtobodyfont[big]\bf}, >> color=red] >> >> \def\FancyUppercase#1% >> {\dostartFancyUppercase#1\dostopFancyUppercase} >> >> \def\dostartFancyUppercase#1#2\dostopFancyUppercase >> {\FancyFirstLetter{#1}#2} >> >> >> \def\Acronym#1% >> {\dostartAcronym#1 \dostopAcronym} >> >> \def\dostartAcronym#1 #2\dostopAcronym >> {\doifsomething{#1} >> {\FancyUppercase{#1} %space >> \dostartAcronym#2 \dostopAcronym}} > > > Almost. dostartAcronym needs a blanco line to put the words under > each-other: Better to use an explicit \blank (A blank space is equal to \par, and can give funny results when you change indenting) > \def\dostartAcronym#1 #2\dostopAcronym > {\doifsomething{#1} > {\FancyUppercase{#1} %space . \blank% addied this > \dostartAcronym#2 \dostopAcronym}} > 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________