\everystarttext in components
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Hi! I've got an issue with my documents after updating context (to 2018.11.18 14:07). I believe it has something to do with \everystarttext. But I'm still digging. Question: Is it intended behaviour that \everystarttext doesn't work in components? MWE: \startcomponent * \appendtoks Foobar \to\everystarttext \startdocument\null\stopdocument \stopcomponent If the first and last line is commented out, it prints “Foobar”, when compiled as a component it doesn't. Marco
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On 11/27/2018 5:59 PM, Marco Patzer wrote:
Hi!
I've got an issue with my documents after updating context (to 2018.11.18 14:07). I believe it has something to do with \everystarttext. But I'm still digging.
Question: Is it intended behaviour that \everystarttext doesn't work in components?
MWE:
\startcomponent * \appendtoks Foobar \to\everystarttext \startdocument\null\stopdocument \stopcomponent
If the first and last line is commented out, it prints “Foobar”, when compiled as a component it doesn't. it kicks in when context things a text starts (so earler in this case) ... it's not a godo idea to use that hook to add content
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:21:45 +0100
Hans Hagen
MWE:
\startcomponent * \appendtoks Foobar \to\everystarttext \startdocument\null\stopdocument \stopcomponent
If the first and last line is commented out, it prints “Foobar”, when compiled as a component it doesn't. it kicks in when context things a text starts (so earler in this case)
Has that changed over the course of the last year or always been that way?
... it's not a godo idea to use that hook to add content
I'm not adding content, it was just for the MWE. I'll post another thread about what I intend to achieve. Marco
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Marco Patzer schrieb am 27.11.18 um 18:34:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:21:45 +0100 Hans Hagen
wrote: MWE:
\startcomponent * \appendtoks Foobar \to\everystarttext \startdocument\null\stopdocument \stopcomponent
If the first and last line is commented out, it prints “Foobar”, when compiled as a component it doesn't. it kicks in when context things a text starts (so earler in this case) Has that changed over the course of the last year or always been that way?
This was always the case.
... it's not a godo idea to use that hook to add content I'm not adding content, it was just for the MWE. I'll post another thread about what I intend to achieve.
When you use \startdocument you can use \startsetups [document:start] ... \stopsetups to insert code at the begin of the document. Wolfgang
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:42:51 +0100
Wolfgang Schuster
Has that changed over the course of the last year or always been that way?
This was always the case.
OK, I'm wondering why I set it up that way back then. I'm sure I tested it. But I don't remember.
... it's not a godo idea to use that hook to add content I'm not adding content, it was just for the MWE. I'll post another thread about what I intend to achieve.
When you use \startdocument you can use
\startsetups [document:start] ... \stopsetups
to insert code at the begin of the document.
I tried that, to no avail. I posted my actual issue including MWE as a new thread. Thanks for the quick response Hans and Wolfgang. Marco
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Marco Patzer schrieb am 27.11.18 um 21:40:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:42:51 +0100 Wolfgang Schuster
wrote: Has that changed over the course of the last year or always been that way? This was always the case. OK, I'm wondering why I set it up that way back then. I'm sure I tested it. But I don't remember.
When you load the environment before \startcomponent etc. you add your command to the token register before it is flushed but when you load the environment after \startcomponent etc. the register is flushed before you add them. This doesn’t mean you should use \everystarttext in your document (or in a module) because this stuff shouldn’t depend on the order in which environments are loaded. Wolfgang
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On 11/27/2018 9:40 PM, Marco Patzer wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:42:51 +0100 Wolfgang Schuster
wrote: Has that changed over the course of the last year or always been that way?
This was always the case.
OK, I'm wondering why I set it up that way back then. I'm sure I tested it. But I don't remember. with nested files (components etc) you can end up with
\starttext \starttext \starttext and it's the outer one that counts, so appending after that one is seen, won't help you 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:12:45 +0100
Hans Hagen
On 11/27/2018 9:40 PM, Marco Patzer wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:42:51 +0100 Wolfgang Schuster
wrote: Has that changed over the course of the last year or always been that way?
This was always the case.
OK, I'm wondering why I set it up that way back then. I'm sure I tested it. But I don't remember. with nested files (components etc) you can end up with
\starttext \starttext \starttext
and it's the outer one that counts, so appending after that one is seen, won't help you
I (falsely) assumed it gets triggered on *every* \starttext, not just the outer one. Marco
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