On Sat, 05 Aug 2017 14:08:28 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد  
<Idris.Hamid@colostate.edu> wrote:

> [Sent this a couple of days ago, maybe will get some takers this time -)]
>
> Dear syndicate,
>
> Not sure if there is a canonical way to do numbered paragraphs. In the
> following, I use subsections to mimic numbered paragraphs:
>
> =======section-intext.tex=======
> \setuphead[section][style=\bfa,after={\blank[big]},before={\blank[big,medium]},color=walayahblue]
> \setuphead[subsection][style=\bf,after={\blank[big]},before={\blank[big,medium]},color=walayahgreen,alternative=text,distance=0.28em]
> \setuphead[subsubsection][style=\tf,after={\blank[big]},before={\blank[big,medium]},color=walayahred,alternative=text,distance=0.28em]
>
> \starttext
> \startsection[title=Section 1]
> \startsubsection
> \input ward
> \stopsubsection
>
> \startsubsection[title=Paragraph 2]
> \input ward
> \stopsubsection
>
> \startsubsection
> \startparagraph
> \input ward
> \stopparagraph
> \stopsubsection
> \stopsection
> \stoptext
> ==============
>
> See attached output.
>
> In paragraphs 1 and 2, there is too much distance between the subsection
> number (subsection number + title in paragraph 2) and between the text.
> The distance parameter is not appropriate here, it is the distance  
> *after*
> the section head that needs adjustment (even if the text portion of the
> head (i.e., the section title) is empty).
>
> Question 1: How do we fix the post-head distance?

The parameter insidesection= helps:

============================
\setupwhitespace[big]

\def\SPACE#1{#1\hskip2em\hbox{}}
\setuphead[section]
    [style=\bf,
     after={\blank[big]},
     before={\blank[big,medium]},
     color=walayahgreen,
     alternative=text,
     insidesection=\hskip-1.2em]
     % textcommand=\SPACE]
\setuphead[subsection]
    [style=\bf,
     after={\blank[big]},
     before={\blank[big,medium]},
     color=walayahgreen,
     alternative=text,
     insidesection=\hskip-1.2em]
\setuphead[subsubsection]
    [style=\bf,
     after={\blank[big]},
     before={\blank[big,medium]},
     color=walayahgreen,
     alternative=text,
     insidesection=\hskip-1.2em]

\define[1]\PARHEAD {{\bf{#1}}}

\starttext
\starttitle[title=Section 1]
\startsection[title=Paragraph 1]
\input ward
\stopsection

\startsection
\PARHEAD{Paragraph 2.} \input ward

\startparagraph
\input ward
\stopparagraph

\startsubsection
\input ward
\startsubsubsection
\input ward
\stopsubsubsection
\stopsubsection
\stopsection

\startsection
\input ward
\startsubsubsection
\input ward
\stopsubsubsection
\stopsection
\stoptitle
\stoptext
============================

Paragraph 1 shows that we cannot use the normal title= mechanism and  
maintain consistent spacing.

Paragraph 2 does not use the \start|stopparagraph mechanism, but the  
succeeding non-numbered paragraph does.

CHALLENGES:

1. See the following:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wckt0zm0zfpx721/numbered-paragraphs-indent.pdf?dl=0

The first numbered paragraph is not indented, but the second onward is.  
How can we automate this?

2. See attached. Consider the following snippet:

\startsection
\input ward
\startsubsubsection
\input ward
\stopsubsubsection
\stopsection

The paragraph number comes out as 3, but the subsubparagraph as 1. What we  
want is

3 <par>
3.01 <par>

The '0' indicates that there is no subsection. Here is an example:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gy3e93x7jqt6ivx/numbered-paragraphs-indent-01.pdf?dl=0

How can we automate this?

Thanks in advance for any guidance and pointers.

Best wishes
Idris

> Paragraph three shows that one apparently cannot mix this sectioning
> approach with the \start-stopparagraph mechanism.
>
> Question 2: Is there a way to mix \start-stopparagraph with the above
> subsection approach to par numbering?
>
> I suppose that as long as I maintain exactly one paragraph per  
> subsection,
> then structured output  (xml etc.) should look ok.
>
> Question 3: Is there a wiser way to handle this kind of par numbering in
> mkiv?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Idris
-- 
Idris Samawi Hamid, Professor
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80512