On 12/5/22 13:13, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
On 12/4/2022 11:30 PM, Joel via ntg-context wrote:
I can use this code to display page 5 from a PDF: [...] \externalfigure[filename.pdf][section=17A]
prototype attached (first process crap, then load)
Hi Hans,
it would be great to have something like:
\loadsection [1] [2] [3]
1 FILE 2 REFERENCE 3 inherits from \setupexternalfigure
Just in case it may be relevant to the discussion.
On 12/5/2022 5:39 PM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote: that is not flexible ... we're talking about a rather special application, so what I can add is a simple helper that returns the first and last page of a section \dostepwiserecurse {\firstsectionpage[crap][chapter:3]} {\lastsectionpage[crap][chapter:3]} {1} { \startpagemakeup \externalfigure[crap.pdf][page=#1] \stoppagemakeup } \dostepwiserecurse {\firstsectionpage[crap][chapter:5]} {\lastsectionpage[crap][chapter:5]} {1} { \dontleavehmode \externalfigure[crap.pdf][page=#1,width=3cm,frame=on]% \space\allowbreak } keep in mind that it is also a biut fragile as one never know where the last one ends Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------