[NTG-context] List of abbreviations

[NTG-context] List of abbreviations

[Jeroen]

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At the beginning of a report I would like to have a page with an
abbreviation listing with for example

HTML    hypertext mark-up language
CSS      cascade style sheets
etc

The distancing where the long explanation starts should be the same at lets
say 30mm from the margin and in case it jumps to a next line, it also
should continue at 30mm from the margin and not back at the margin. What
would be the best way to achieve this?

Thanks
Jeroen

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[NTG-context] Re: List of abbreviations

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 09.05.2025 um 19:06 schrieb Jeroen:
> At the beginning of a report I would like to have a page with an 
> abbreviation listing with for example
> 
> HTML    hypertext mark-up language
> CSS      cascade style sheets
> etc
> 
> The distancing where the long explanation starts should be the same at 
> lets say 30mm from the margin and in case it jumps to a next line, it 
> also should continue at 30mm from the margin and not back at the margin. 
> What would be the best way to achieve this?

https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definesynonyms

Wolfgang

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[NTG-context] Re: List of abbreviations

[Bruce Horrocks]

> On 9 May 2025, at 18:21, Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Am 09.05.2025 um 19:06 schrieb Jeroen:
>> At the beginning of a report I would like to have a page with an abbreviation listing with for example
>> HTML    hypertext mark-up language
>> CSS      cascade style sheets
>> etc
>> The distancing where the long explanation starts should be the same at lets say 30mm from the margin and in case it jumps to a next line, it also should continue at 30mm from the margin and not back at the margin. What would be the best way to achieve this?
> 
> https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definesynonyms

There is also \definetabulate - see page 42 of the ma-cb-en.pdf manual.

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Bruce Horrocks
Hampshire, UK

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[NTG-context] Re: List of abbreviations

[Jeroen]

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Thanks, I never knew about the tabulate. I was also looking for a mechanism
for end of chapter questions. I worked out the below. How can I remove the
vertical whitespace before and after the questions?

\definetabulate
  [quest][|l|p|]


\starttext

\startquest
\NC 1. \NC question 1 \NC\NR
\NC 2. \NC question 2 \NC\NR
\stopquest

\stoptext

  [quest][|l|p|]

  [quest][|l|p|]


Op za 10 mei 2025 om 00:08 schreef Bruce Horrocks <ntg@scorecrow.com>:

>
>
> > On 9 May 2025, at 18:21, Wolfgang Schuster <
> wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Am 09.05.2025 um 19:06 schrieb Jeroen:
> >> At the beginning of a report I would like to have a page with an
> abbreviation listing with for example
> >> HTML    hypertext mark-up language
> >> CSS      cascade style sheets
> >> etc
> >> The distancing where the long explanation starts should be the same at
> lets say 30mm from the margin and in case it jumps to a next line, it also
> should continue at 30mm from the margin and not back at the margin. What
> would be the best way to achieve this?
> >
> > https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definesynonyms
>
> There is also \definetabulate - see page 42 of the ma-cb-en.pdf manual.
>
> —
> Bruce Horrocks
> Hampshire, UK
>
>
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[NTG-context] Re: List of abbreviations

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 10.05.2025 um 09:56 schrieb Jeroen:
> Thanks, I never knew about the tabulate. I was also looking for a 
> mechanism for end of chapter questions. I worked out the below. How can 
> I remove the vertical whitespace before and after the questions?
> 
> \definetabulate
>    [quest][|l|p|]
> 
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \startquest
> \NC 1. \NC question 1 \NC\NR
> \NC 2. \NC question 2 \NC\NR
> \stopquest
> 
> \stoptext

Tabulate add by default \blank before and after an table, to remove the 
line add the following after \definetabulate.

\setuptabulate [quest] [before=,after=]

Wolfgang

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