From: "Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد" <Idris.Hamid@colostate.edu>
To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Numbered, counted snippets in running text
Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 20:43:07 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.zjakh5yyejo439@desktop-mt1m160> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c35b3c06-757c-0653-edf1-268340e35e8d@gmail.com>
On Sat, 19 May 2018 16:47:34 -0600, Henri Menke <henrimenke@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 05/20/2018 09:34 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
>> Dear gang,
>>
>> Just put together a macro that appears to do what's desired. However, is
>> there a cleaner, more ConTeXt-like way to do this?
>>
>> =======
>> \newcount \MQT
>> \MQT=1
>> \define[1]\NUM{%
>> \framed[offset=overlay,frame=off,background=color,backgroundcolor=green]
>> {\starttabulate[|c|]
>> \NC \mbox{\the\MQT} \NR
>> \NC #1 \NR
>> \stoptabulate}%
>> \advance\MQT by 1
>> \hbox{}}
>>
>> \startTEXpage
>> \dorecurse{5}{Unnumbered Text \NUM{Numbered Text} }
>> \stopTEXpage
>> =======
>
> This feels more like “the ConTeXt way” to me.
>
> \defineframed
> [MQTframed]
> [offset=overlay,
> frame=off,
> background=color,
> backgroundcolor=green,
> align=middle]
>
> \definecounter[MQT]
> \setcounter[MQT][1]
>
> \define[1]\NUM
> {%
> \startframed[MQTframed]
> \convertedcounter[MQT]\par
> #1%
> \stopframed
> \incrementcounter[MQT]%
> }
>
> \startTEXpage
> \dorecurse{5}{Unnumbered Text \NUM{Numbered Text}\par}
> \stopTEXpage
>
>>
>> See attached. Thanks in advance for any suggestions for improvement.
Many thanks, Henri; this is a big help!
Best wishes
Idris
--
Idris Samawi Hamid, Professor
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80512
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-19 21:34 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2018-05-19 22:47 ` Henri Menke
2018-05-20 2:43 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد [this message]
2018-05-20 14:02 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2018-05-20 22:04 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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