From: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>,
Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz>
Subject: Re: Disproportion in initializing user counters
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 15:49:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <baff0b83-b964-887c-6b55-ce7f71174357@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F5673DB-D866-4B1E-A152-DB16E85AAB46@gyza.cz>
On 7/15/2018 12:33 PM, Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote:
> Hello ConTeXist.
>
> I encountered a disproportion in initializing user counters. Why
> initialization at the beginning of the source text does not work and
> what is the mechanism of how the user counters work.
>
> Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar
>
> Here is a sample example:
>
> \definecounter[mycounter]
>
> \def\getmycounter{\incrementcounter[mycounter]\getnumber[mycounter]}
>
> \startbuffer[groups]
>
> \startxrow
>
> \startxcell \getmycounter\stopxcell
>
> \startxcell Content of column\stopxcell
>
> \stopxrow
>
> \stopbuffer
>
> \starttext
>
> %\setcounter[mycounter][0] % initializing at this point not working (the
> counter is 10 more than it should be). WHY?
>
> \startxtable
>
> \startxrow
>
> \startxcell Column 1\stopxcell
>
> \startxcell Column 2\stopxcell
>
> \stopxrow
>
> \setcounter[mycounter][0] % initializing at this point works fine
>
> \dorecurse{5}{\getbuffer[groups]}
>
> \stopxtable
>
> \stoptext
tables take multiple passes so you need to decrement when still
trialtypesetting
\iftrialtypesetting .. \fi
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-15 13:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-15 10:33 Jaroslav Hajtmar
2018-07-15 13:49 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2018-07-15 14:47 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2018-07-15 17:20 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2018-07-15 17:34 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2018-07-15 17:54 ` Rik
2018-07-15 18:10 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2018-07-15 23:18 ` Jaroslav Hajtmar
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