Hello List. I've been trying to typeset a somewhat complex list of authors for several articles and a book. My proof of concept seems to work fine, however, I know I am doing weird things that I think could probably be done in a better way. I'm using datasets and a recursion, kind of hacky but I can't find a better way of handling it. Specifically I would like to know: 1. Is there a way of getting the length of a filled dataset? (how many entries it contains) 2. Is it OK to use \startuserdata \stopuserdata without its inlineuserdata? Is there an alternative that does not require inlineuserdata? %%%%%%%%%% MWE: \setupinteraction[state=start] \define[2]\imghref{\bgroup\goto{#1}[url(#2)]\egroup} \defineexternalfigure[logo][height=1em] \definedataset[autores] \setdataset[autores][ nombre={Angie Natalia Farfán Acevedo}, cvlac={ https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?... }, orcid={https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0765-4241}, gscholar={ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GpYTTU0AAAAJ&hl=es&authuser=1}, ] \setdataset[autores][ nombre={Ivon Andrea Rodríguez Román} cvlac={ https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?... } orcid={https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1183-6829} gscholar={https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iz8SQNcAAAAJ&hl=es} ] \setdataset[autores][ nombre={Angie Caterin Garzón González} cvlac={ https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?... } orcid={https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0990-6902} gscholar={ https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=es&user=5WqcOeEAAAAJ } ] \setdataset[autores][ nombre={Heidy Paola Veira Tenorio} cvlac={ https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?... } orcid={https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4076-7317} gscholar={ https://scholar.google.es/citations?view_op=new_profile&hl=es&authuser=1} ] \setdataset[autores][ nombre={Yerly Lorena Diaz Aldana} cvlac={ https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?... } orcid={https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1720-4057} gscholar={ https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=es&user=0obyCwkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AOV7GLPWRTK-xooHNe0iQ3uubfcSbG__GY_Guy35FdaqDJA3OfLLtp01-E1kzjxUhltlsfj494MaoQFkk9U9hCFYSipoR8aX0Vu2E6sV } ] \defineuserdataalternative[idautor][renderingsetup=userdata:idautor] \startsetups[userdata:idautor] \dontleavehmode \imghref {\externalfigure[cvlac.pdf][logo]} {\userdataparameter{cvlac}} \quad \imghref {\externalfigure[orcid.pdf][logo]} {\userdataparameter{orcid}} \quad \imghref {\externalfigure[gscholar.pdf][logo]} {\userdataparameter{gscholar}} \quad \userdataparameter{author}\par \stopsetups \defineuserdata[idautor][alternative=idautor] \startdocument % I have to manually set the length of the dataset in the loop and use recurselevel... % Maybe there is a way to use the length of the "autores" dataset? and use indexes? \dorecurse{5}{ \startuserdata[idautor][ author={\datasetvariable{autores}{\recurselevel}{nombre}}, cvlac={\datasetvariable{autores}{\recurselevel}{cvlac}}, orcid={\datasetvariable{autores}{\recurselevel}{orcid}}, gscholar={\datasetvariable{autores}{\recurselevel}{gscholar}}, ]\stopuserdata % My "inlineuserdata" is empty... no idea if this is OK... } \stopdocument %%%%%%%%%% END MWE Thank you in advance. -- Andrés Conrado Montoya Andi Kú andresconrado@gmail.com http://sesentaycuatro.com http://messier87.com http://chiquitico.org ---------------------------------------- Los fines no justifican los medios, porque la medida verdadera de nuestro carácter está dada por los medios que estamos dispuestos a utilizar, no por los fines que proclamamos. ---------------------------------------- “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’” — Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell