Re: [NTG-context] [OT] ASCII text output

18 Feb 2010

      Hello Aditya,

Aditya Mahajan  writes:
...
If you are willing to add more markup, then TeX can do the parsing for
you.
\startquestion[title={Ruby coloured by}, points=1, difficulty=1]
  A ruby is a gem of corundum colored
  \startoptions
    \option Rutile
    \option Calcium
    \correctoption Chrumium
    \option Iron and Titanium
  \stopoptions
  \starthint
    ....
  \stophint
  \startfeedback
   ...
  \stopfeedback
\stopquestion
You can create a mode for ascii output that redefines all the
environments to *typeset* the correct output, which you can then
convert to text using pdftotext.
Another option is to write everything in XML (it is almost the same ...)

  <text> A ruby .. </text>
  <options>
    <option> ... </option>
    <option> ... </option>
    <option correct="yes"> ... </option>
    <option> ... </option>
  </option>
  <hint>
   ....
  </hint>
  <feedback>
   ...
  </feedback>
</question>
With a few setup commands, ConTeXt can directly typeset an xml
file. Parsing the xml file to generate ascii text can be done using
your favourite programming language (or using ConTeXt by typesetting
the desired output and using pdftotext).
Thank you very much.  I will work on this over the next week and decide
which method I like best.

I really appreciate you taking the time to help.

Best wishes,
Roger

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] ASCII text output

Roger Mason