Hi Julian, you’re right, the example didn’t do what you wanted, and it didn’t intend to. Using \getmarking you can get a section title (or another “mark”), you can’t combine it with the variable commands, and you don’t need it for your case. https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/getmarking isn’t really helpful since there’s no example with section titles, but it shows you can also get previous or next “marks”. BTW, I can’t remember when you need \structurevariable vs. \namedstructurevariable... Hraban Am 19.03.22 um 03:16 schrieb jbf via ntg-context:
I might need a little more help just to understand how best to adapt this to my situation:
One thing is clear: I was attempting to use a 'list' variable, and I can see why that was an error, since it is headertexts, not TOC that I want to influence.
But let me simplify my situation:
You seem to suggest initially that I could use \structureuservariable (or \structurevariable) instead, especially since I already have a variable to call on, e.g \startchapter[title={My title}][author={A. uthor}]. But in the example you then gave, you made no use of either of these.
My current setting is:
\setupheadertexts [{\hfill\getmarking[chapter]\hfill}][] [{\hfill\documentvariable{metadata:title}\hfill}][]
which gives me the book title centred on verso pages, and the chapter title centred on recto pages. All I want to do is to have the chapter contributors' name for each chapter instead of the chapter title.
So why can't I create a setups along the lines of:
\startsetups[contributor] \getmarking[\structureuservariable{author}] \stopsetups
Then just swap 'chapter' in \setupheadertexts, with 'contributor'? I tried it but it doesn't work. I thought it would be logical. Clearly I'm wrong but don't appreciate why.
Julian
On 18/3/22 18:52, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:
The *list* variables work only in lists.
There’s also \structurevariable and \structureuservariable.
Make sure you use setups for the header, otherwise the variable gets expanded only once at the beginning.
Like in:
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setupheadertexts[] % empty \setupheadertexts[\setups{text right}][][][\setups{text left}]
\startsetups[text right] \rlap{\pagenumber} \hfill \getmarking[chapter] \hfill \llap{Un Nom} \stopsetups
\startsetups[text left] \rlap{Una Person} \hfill \getmarking[section] \hfill \llap{\pagenumber} \stopsetups
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