Hello, I'm working on a project to set up exams, basing the work on Aditya's asignment class that was published in Practex in 2006. I have a problem getting title information printed correctly. This is a cut-down version: \setupcolors [state=start] \definecolor [colorone] [r=0.625,g=0,b=0] %dark red \definecolor [colortwo] [b=0.625,g=0,r=0] %dark blue \def\exam[#1] {\getrawparameters [Exam] [ title= course=, date=, start=, stop=, #1] \title{\Examtitle}} \definefont [BigFontOne] [RegularSlanted sa 2.5] \definefont [BigFontTwo] [Regular sa 1.5] \setuphead[title] [ style=\BigFontOne, command=\examtitle, before={}, after={\blank[big] \bgroup \colortwo Date: \expanded{\date[Examdate]} \hfill Start: \expanded{Examstart} Stop: \expanded{Examstop} \egroup\blank}, ] %D This macro does the actual typesetting of the title \def\examtitle#1#2% {\framed[ width=broad, frame=off, align=middle, foregroundcolor=colortwo, % I want a shadow around the title frame background=shadow] {#2\\{Examcourse}}} \exam[ title=Mid-term 2010, course=ES2917, date={d=17,m=2,y=2010}, start={9:00 am}, stop={11:00 am} ] I'm processing this with Mark II. The problems are that (1) The literal 'Examcourse' is typeset; (2) Today's date is typset, not the one entered in the interface; (3) The start and stop times are typeset as literals 'Examstart' & 'Examstop' Thanks for any help, Roger %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: t %%% End:
Am 22.02.2010 um 15:25 schrieb Roger Mason:
Hello,
I'm working on a project to set up exams, basing the work on Aditya's asignment class that was published in Practex in 2006.
I have a problem getting title information printed correctly. This is a cut-down version:
[…]
I'm processing this with Mark II. The problems are that
(1) The literal 'Examcourse' is typeset; (2) Today's date is typset, not the one entered in the interface; (3) The start and stop times are typeset as literals 'Examstart' & 'Examstop'
You forgot the backslash in front of your values. It’s also bad style to misuse the \title command for your document title because \title is only the unnumbered version of \chapter, nothing else. Another way to create your document title is the following code: \setupcolors [state=start] \definecolor [colorone] [r=0.625,g=0,b=0] %dark red \definecolor [colortwo] [b=0.625,g=0,r=0] %dark blue \startsetups examtitle \startframedtext [ width=broad, frame=off, align=middle, foregroundcolor=colortwo, background=shadow, ] {\definedfont[RegularSlanted sa 2.5]\getvariable{exam}{title}} \blank \getvariable{exam}{course} \stopframedtext \blank[big] \startcolor[colortwo] \doifelsevariable{exam}{date}{\expanded{\date[\getvariable{exam}{date}]}}{\currentdate} \hfill Start: \getvariable{exam}{start} \space Stop: \getvariable{exam}{stop} \stopcolor \blank \stopsetups \setvariables[exam][set={\setups[examtitle]}] \starttext \setvariables [exam] [ title=Mid-term 2010, course=ES2917, date={d=17,m=2,y=2010}, start={9:00 am}, stop={11:00 am}] \stoptext Wolfgang
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 22.02.2010 um 15:25 schrieb Roger Mason:
Hello,
I'm working on a project to set up exams, basing the work on Aditya's asignment class that was published in Practex in 2006.
I have a problem getting title information printed correctly. This is a cut-down version:
[…]
I'm processing this with Mark II. The problems are that
(1) The literal 'Examcourse' is typeset; (2) Today's date is typset, not the one entered in the interface; (3) The start and stop times are typeset as literals 'Examstart' & 'Examstop'
You forgot the backslash in front of your values.
It’s also bad style to misuse the \title command for your document title because \title is only the unnumbered version of \chapter, nothing else.
OK. That style was my first real project with ConTeXt, so it some non-canonical setups. These days I use: \definehead[assignment][...] \setuphead[assignment][...] \startassignment[...] ... \stopassignment which gives a much better control over the exported xhtml file.
Another way to create your document title is the following code:
\setupcolors [state=start]
\definecolor [colorone] [r=0.625,g=0,b=0] %dark red \definecolor [colortwo] [b=0.625,g=0,r=0] %dark blue
\startsetups examtitle [...] \stopsetups
\setvariables[exam][set={\setups[examtitle]}]
\starttext
\setvariables [exam] [ title=Mid-term 2010, course=ES2917, date={d=17,m=2,y=2010}, start={9:00 am}, stop={11:00 am}]
\stoptext
Nice, I didn't realize that set key could be used this way. If one is also interested in a usable XML export, then some \starttag..\stoptag must be added to the setups. Aditya
Am 10.09.2011 um 18:20 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
If one is also interested in a usable XML export, then some \starttag..\stoptag must be added to the setups.
How about this: http://d.pr/o7Xz Wolfgang
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 10.09.2011 um 18:20 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
If one is also interested in a usable XML export, then some \starttag..\stoptag must be added to the setups.
How about this: http://d.pr/o7Xz
Thanks, that is very nice. Can you make the alignment and the \blanks configurable, perhaps using spacebefore and spaceafter? Is there an easy way to add multiple authors. Sometimes you need to add authors and their affiliation and I don't know what is a good key-value driven way to add them. Thanks, Aditya
Am 11.09.2011 um 16:49 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 10.09.2011 um 18:20 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
If one is also interested in a usable XML export, then some \starttag..\stoptag must be added to the setups.
How about this: http://d.pr/o7Xz
Thanks, that is very nice.
Can you make the alignment and the \blanks configurable, perhaps using spacebefore and space after?
I can but when you need customization write your own style.
Is there an easy way to add multiple authors. Sometimes you need to add authors and their affiliation and I don't know what is a good key-value driven way to add them.
The ConTeXt way would be “author={Author One,Author Two,…}” but with MkIV you can use Lua to provide a alternative key-val-interface: \startplacetitle title = "…", author = { "First author", "Second author", "…", } , date = "\\curentdate" \stopplacetitle Wolfgang
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 11.09.2011 um 16:49 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 10.09.2011 um 18:20 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
If one is also interested in a usable XML export, then some \starttag..\stoptag must be added to the setups.
How about this: http://d.pr/o7Xz
Thanks, that is very nice.
Can you make the alignment and the \blanks configurable, perhaps using spacebefore and space after?
I can but when you need customization write your own style.
OK. Do you plan to release this on contextgarden? This will simplify the title page setup of the simple-slides module. I think that others might find it useful as well. If you don't want to go through the hassle, I can maintain it.
Is there an easy way to add multiple authors. Sometimes you need to add authors and their affiliation and I don't know what is a good key-value driven way to add them.
The ConTeXt way would be “author={Author One,Author Two,…}” but with MkIV you can use Lua to provide a alternative key-val-interface:
\startplacetitle title = "…", author = { "First author", "Second author", "…", } , date = "\\curentdate" \stopplacetitle
Sorry, I should have explained in more detail. Suppose I want to indicate that there are two authors, "first author" and "second author". First author is at "institute 1" and second author is at institute 2. I want authors and institutes to be set in different styles. There are a couple of ways of setting this up: \setuptitle [ authors={ {name={First author}, institute={insitute 1}}, {name={Second author}, institute={insitute 2}} }, ... ] or \setuptitle [author1] [name={First author}, insititute={institute 1}] \setuptitle [author2] [name={Second author}, institute={institute 2}] \setuptitle [authors={author1, author2}] or \setuptitle [authors={First author, second author}, institutes={institute 1, institute 2}] To me, none of these look satisfatory, so I am wondering if there is a better solution. Thanks, Aditya
Am 12.09.2011 um 01:20 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 11.09.2011 um 16:49 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 10.09.2011 um 18:20 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
If one is also interested in a usable XML export, then some \starttag..\stoptag must be added to the setups.
How about this: http://d.pr/o7Xz
Thanks, that is very nice.
Can you make the alignment and the \blanks configurable, perhaps using spacebefore and space after?
I can but when you need customization write your own style.
OK. Do you plan to release this on contextgarden? This will simplify the title page setup of the simple-slides module. I think that others might find it useful as well. If you don't want to go through the hassle, I can maintain it.
I can put the module on the garden but not yet, until then you can find the recent version here: https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/title
Is there an easy way to add multiple authors. Sometimes you need to add authors and their affiliation and I don't know what is a good key-value driven way to add them.
The ConTeXt way would be “author={Author One,Author Two,…}” but with MkIV you can use Lua to provide a alternative key-val-interface:
\startplacetitle title = "…", author = { "First author", "Second author", "…", } , date = "\\curentdate" \stopplacetitle
Sorry, I should have explained in more detail. Suppose I want to indicate that there are two authors, "first author" and "second author". First author is at "institute 1" and second author is at institute 2. I want authors and institutes to be set in different styles. There are a couple of ways of setting this up:
[…]
To me, none of these look satisfatory, so I am wondering if there is a better solution.
I can see what you mean and this is why a suggested a Lua input: author = { [1] = { name = "…", institute = "…" }, [2] = { name = "…", institute = "…" }, … } Wolfgang
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