Re: [dev-context] \startsection ...\stopsection alias for \section?

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:45:21 -0600 "Idris Samawi Hamid" wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for the wonderful guidance! See below:

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:34:59 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Just add:

\setvalue{\e!start#1}##1[##2]% {\getparameters[\??se\??se#1][\c!ref=,\c!title=,##2]% \getvalue{#1}[\getvalue{\??se\??se#1\c!ref}]{\getvalue{\??se\?? se#1\c!title}}}% \setvalue{\e!stop#1}{\relax}

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\startsetion[ref=...,title=...] ... \stopsection

for Tacos version.

I did a \unprotect-\protect macro with just the \dododefinehead macro.

============= \starttext

\startchapter[ref=,title=Chapter]{Test}

text

\stopchapter

\stoptext =============

which gives the error

============= ! Parameters must be numbered consecutively. <to be read again> ## l.133 \setvalue{\e!start#1}## 1[##2]%

Hi Idris, you have to make the change in core-sec.tex, id is not possible to redefine them within a local file, because the section commands are when you make the format files.

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or add:

\setvalue{\e!start#1}{\getvalue{#1}}% \setvalue{\e!stop#1}{\relax}

for Patricks version.

\startsection[reference]{title} ... \stopsection

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\def\startfootnote[#1]#2% {\getparameters[Footnote][#1]\footnote\bgroup#2} \def\stopfootnote{\egroup{}} =====================

\def\startfootnote[#1]#2\stopfootnote {\footnote[#1]{#2}}

Wow, I did not know that you could define two commands with one \def (TeXBook, p. 219)

Not realy two commands, only a delimiter that tells TeX to read everything from \startfoonote till \stopfootnote, you can use it also as prevent eating the following space, e.g., \def\TEX/{\TEX} Text \TEX/ text \bye

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We need something in core-not that creates start/stop commands for everything defined with \definenote. It is not as easy as extending the section commands.

In the above definition the square brackets [] are mandatory even if the argument is empty, viz

\startfootnote[] text \stopfootnote

Is there a way to make it optional, as with \footnote itself?

I will send you a patched core-sec and core-not offlist, because they are to big for the list.

Thank you again, Wolfgang!

Best Idris

Wolfgang