Re: Re[2]: [NTG-context] Frames (collection of)

On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:04:10 +0200 Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

Friday, October 18, 2002 Jens-Uwe Morawski wrote:

JUM> On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:06:12 +0200 JUM> Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

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Hello,

I'm working on an extension of tooltips (see attached file) whose primary goal is for use "instead of" footnotes in interactive documents.

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Suggestions for improvements are more than welcome

JUM> I really would like to see this feature as part of the core: JUM> \setupfootnotes[...,location=tooltip,...]

JUM> This way one can use the normal \footnote command for a print JUM> and interactive version of a document.

There are at least three things that need to be done to add this to the core in a fully ConTeXtish way:

(1) add frame classes

if you mean something like \defineframed[<name>] \setupframed[<name>][...] \<name>{..text..} then i think this on the wish list of many ConteXt users. Commands that currently support framed-parameters could then support a parameter framedclass=<name>

(2) add tooltip classes

in the other mail-thread we agree that for tooltips the whole word should be an active area. IMO, this is not the best solution. If we can use tooltips for footnotes or bib-entries in the future, those elements will show a mark/symbol in the text, but for normal tooltips the problem is that nothing shows the reader of the document that there is a tooltip available. I think it is not a common practice to read a document and scan constantly the words with the pointing device. Thus, there should be also for normal tooltips a symbol or something else that indicates the tooltip. Best, Jens