Re: Can modes be used for content control?

["Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد via ntg-context" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:51:03 -0700, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context  
<ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:

>> TeX comments will illustrate:
>>
>> ==============
>> This text goes into the abridged version.
>>
>> % This text will appear in the unabridged version.
>>
>> And this text goes into the abridged version.
>>
>> % And this text goes into the unabridged version.
>>
>> And this additional text goes into the abridged version.
>>
>> % And this additional text goes into the unabridged version.
>> ==============
>>
>> An abridged run will ignore the commented text, and an unabridged run  
>> will include it.
>
> Ok, it it’s about such small snippets, consider  
> \doifmode{mode1,mode2}{Conditional text}.
>
> I don’t think you would get shorter markup with nesting.
>
> More possibilities see  
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.contextgarden.net%2FModes&amp;data=04%7C01%7CIdris.Hamid%40ColoState.EDU%7C14c5b723751a4eb2bb9308d9a9e42f31%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637727619814441586%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=tljjceauaTpF%2FYlSHYhna05nmXP5ppCsMVHDj0VNBWk%3D&amp;reserved=0

Started there before starting this thread, but the focus appears to be  
global and the one and only working example near the end is pretty trivial  
-)

But armed with the answers received here, will look at it again for ideas.

>> Consider variant texts:
>>
>> =======
>> Here is some text that
>>   contains % mode=variantone
>>   includes % mode=varianttwo
>>   is comprised of % mode=variantthree
>> some variants.
>>
>> Here is some more text that
>>   features % mode=variantone
>>   exhibits % mode=varianttwo
>>   illustrates % mode=variantthree
>> some variants.
>> =======
>>
>> This example is to be processed to produce exactly three distinct  
>> results. So, e.g., "contains" and "features" belong to variantone. Etc.  
>> So like XML.
>
> How about:
>
> Here is some text that
> \startmodeset
> [variantone]     {contains}
> [varianttwo]     {includes}
> [variantthree]	 {is comprised of}
> [default]        {doesn’t contain}
> \stopmodeset
> some variants.

Very nice, many thanks! Will experiment with this method as well,  
comparing and contrasting with blocks and Aditya's modes method.

>>> It might be a bit annoying, but you could end the previous mode before  
>>> starting the next.
>> Assuming that I'm not misunderstanding you: For a book-length project,  
>> that would be beyond annoying.
>
> Well, it looks like you’ll need a lot of markup anyway.

Indeed. And that's ok, as long as the structure is simple enough.. Occam's  
razor!

Best wishes
-- 
Idris Samawi Hamid, Professor
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80512
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