[NTG-context] Re: Combine \setupdelimitedtext with an author (define custom variable?)

6 Jun 2024


      On 6/6/2024 12:30 PM, Gerion Entrup wrote:
...
Hi,
I like to achieve something that looks like this:
```
\definedelimitedtext[extract][blockquote]
\setupdelimitedtext
   [extract]
   [leftmargin=1.5pc,
    style={\italic},
    before={\setupindenting[next]},
    after={\blank[1ex] \hrule \blank[1ex] \startalignment[flushright] \tfx\italic{René Descartes} \stopalignment}]
\starttext
\startextract
     Cogito ergo sum.
\stopextract
\stoptext
```
So it should setup a quotation and mentions the author.
However, here the author is hardcoded within the blockquote. I would like it to use like this:
```
\definedelimitedtext[extract][blockquote]
\setupdelimitedtext
   [extract]
   [leftmargin=1.5pc,
    style={\italic},
    before={\setupindenting[next]},
    after={\blank[1ex] \hrule \blank[1ex] \startalignment[flushright] \tfx\italic{\getcustomvariable{author}} \stopalignment}]
\starttext
\startextract[author=René Descartes]
     Cogito ergo sum.
\stopextract
\stoptext
```
Is there an easy way to achieve that?
I tried with \structureuservariable (like possible in \startchapter) but it does not work.
not all constructs hav ethese user variables (yet)

i'll add an option for arguments tostart/stop so that you can do

\starttext

\definedelimitedtext
   [dextract]
   [blockquote]
   [leftmargin=1.5pc,
    style=italic,
    before=\setupindenting[next],
    after=\setups{extract:whatever}]

\definestartstop
   [extract]
   [arguments=yes,
    before=\setups{extract:start},
    after=\setups{extract:stop}]

\startsetups extract:start
     \startdextract
\stopsetups

\startsetups extract:stop
     \startstopparameter{author}
     \stopdextract
     \blank[1ex,samepage]
     \hrule
     \blank[1ex,samepage]
     \dontleavehmode
     \wordright{\itx\startstopparameter{author}}
\stopsetups

\starttext

\startextract[author=René Descartes]
     Cogito ergo sum.
\stopextract

\stoptext

but first i want Wolfgang to check the patch,

Hans

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