From: "Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد via ntg-context" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: "Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد" <Idris.Hamid@colostate.edu>
Subject: Re: Can modes be used for content control?
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:45:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.1c0o5e2nejo439@desktop-mt1m160> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0f128b22-be46-2d59-f6f1-9133b5c10182@xs4all.nl>
On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:54:52 -0700, Hans Hagen via ntg-context
<ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
>> Blocks are a better mechanism, but I still prefer modes here because I
>> find the \beginblock ... \endblock syntax to be a bit awkward in a
>> context document.
> it also depends on usage ... you can have blocks and delay them or reuse
> them or call them up later etc .. so you can code answers with questions
> and then call them up in an appendix
Many thanks. Will do some comparison-and-contrast tests for research
writing with both methods. The pedagogical use of blocks will certainly
come in handy at some point.
Best wishes
--
Idris Samawi Hamid, Professor
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80512
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2021-11-16 23:25 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد via ntg-context
2021-11-17 0:23 ` Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
2021-11-17 3:06 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد via ntg-context
2021-11-17 11:32 ` Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
2021-11-17 15:08 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد via ntg-context
2021-11-17 15:51 ` Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
2021-11-17 19:52 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد via ntg-context
2021-11-17 15:57 ` Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context
2021-11-17 17:56 ` Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
2021-11-17 18:54 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2021-11-17 19:45 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد via ntg-context [this message]
2021-11-17 19:36 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد via ntg-context
2021-11-17 7:59 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
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