Re: Can modes be used for content control?

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 11/17/2021 12:25 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد via 
ntg-context wrote:
> Dear gang,
> 
> For creating/authoring content in ConTeXt: Can modes or the like be used 
> for content control? For example, someone wants to write at least two 
> versions of a book managed from a single file. So, e.g., we may have
> 
> a) abridged content
> b) unabridged content - includes a)
> c) abridged content + translation
> d) unabridged content + translation
> [:]
> 
> One can author and organize this in XML - pre-ConteXt - but perhaps one 
> prefers to write in ConTeXt (take advantage of shortcuts etc.). So maybe
> 
> \defineparagraphs[unabridged]
> \defineparagraphs[abridged]
> \defineparagraphs[translation]
> 
> Then one authors the complete work in a single project, but you can 
> produce a variety of versions, depending on the mode chosen:
> 
> \definemode[unabridged]
> etc.
> 
> Can one do this in context? If so, does anyone have some working example 
> of how to do it? Might even be worth a MyWay if not too unwieldy.. Thank 
> you in advance!
see tests files in blocks path of test suite ... one of the oldest 
mechanisms in context (as we needed it for on source multiple output in 
educational documents)

Hans

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