Re: [NTG-context] modes questions

17 Sep 2008

      Alan Stone wrote:
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Hans Hagen  wrote:
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Alan Stone wrote:
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Hi,
(1) --mode=modelist
(1.1) Is there a limit to the number of modes in modelist ?
no, just what the console and memory permit
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(1.2) Is there a way to call the modelist and submit it to conditional
testing within ConTeXt ? For example, to lookup (true/false) the
presence of modes containing/starting with (an) alphannumeric
string(s) ?
\doifmodeelse{somemode} { } { } etc etc etc
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(2) --modefile=file
(2.1) What's the syntax of a modefile ?
this concerns examodes stuff that we use for process control at pragma
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(2.2) How does ConTeXt handle a modefile ? Are the modes parsed into a
modelist ( re: question 1.2 ) ?
best use ctx files instead, like in
== somefile.ctx ===
<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
ctx:job
    ctx:preprocess/
    ctx:flags
        ctx:flagtexengine=luatex
        ctx:flaginterface=en

    ctx:process
        ctx:resources
            ctx:modeproofing
            ctx:environmentsomestyle.tex

    ctx:postprocess/

texexec .... --ctx=somefile
As I'm not familiar with XML, neither using ConTeXt with XML...
What if I want to pass a list of modes: mode1, mode2, mode3, .... ?
just add more

ctx:modeanothermode
ctx:modeandanotherone

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