Re: [NTG-context] Typing efficiency

4 Sep 2020

      Hi,

Sounds like a job for the blocks mechanism more so than buffers:

\defineblock[entext]
\defineblock[nltext]

\defineselector [language] [max=2,n=1]
\startmode[en]
    \setupselector[language][n=1]
    \keepblocks[entext]
\stopmode
\startmode[nl]
    \setupselector[language][n=2]
    \keepblocks[nltext]
\stopmode

\starttext

\startsection[title=\select{language}{English title}{Dutch title}]

\beginentext
    This is English text.
\endentext
\beginnltext
    This is Dutch text.
\endnltext

\stopsection

\stoptext

Best wishes,
Taco
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On 4 Sep 2020, at 14:02, Jan Willem Flamma  wrote:
Dear list member,
Following up from:
https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg94719.html
The below MWE works but how can I avoid having to type
    \startmode[en]
        \getbuffer[en]
    \stopmode
    \startmode[nl]
        \getbuffer[nl]
    \stopmode
after every block of text?
I tried to define a new start/stop pair as follows:
\definestartstop[Bufen][
    before={\startmode[en]
        \startbuffer[en]},
    after={\stopbuffer
        \getbuffer[en]
        \stopmode}]
but that fails.
No doubt a clever solution exists that minimizes the typing.
Kind regards,
Jan Willem
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\setupinteraction[state=start]
%\enablemode[nl]
\enablemode[en]
\defineselector [language] [max=2,n=1]
\startmode[en]
    \setupselector[language][n=1]
\stopmode
\startmode[nl]
    \setupselector[language][n=2]
\stopmode
\starttext
\startsection[title=\select{language}{English title}{Dutch title}]
\startbuffer[en]
        This is English text.
        \stopmode
    \stopbuffer
    \startbuffer[nl]
        This is Dutch text.
    \stopbuffer
\startmode[en]
        \getbuffer[en]
    \stopmode
    \startmode[nl]
        \getbuffer[nl]
    \stopmode
\stopsection
\stoptext
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