Table of contents customization
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Hi all, I've been using ConTeXT for quite a while now, and I am trying to build my own customized environnment. I have some trouble customizing my content table. I tried everything I could, including reading the manual twice over, and I still can't figure out why none of my ideas will work! In fact, my configuration looks like this: \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c] \setuplist[chapter][width=7mm,style=bold] \setuplist[section][width=10mm,margin=10mm] \setuplist[subsection] [width=13mm,style=slanted,pagestyle=normal,margin=21mm] What I would like is the number to be separated from the page name by a ".", which would give something like: 1. Chapter name................. 32 I tried \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c, separator={.}], but it doesn't work. Although 'separator' is documented as the separator between the number and the pagename, it appears to be the separator between the number and subnumbers, like, with separator={ppp}: 1 MyChapter ............ 1ppp1 Mysection.......... Which is not quite what I expect! So i tried setting something like \def\mycommand#1{#1.} \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c, numbercommand={\mycommand}] Which works, except for the fact that when there is no number (like in my frontmatter), the "." is shown anyway... So I naturally tried: \def\mycommand#1{\doifnotempty{#1}{#1.}} Which doesn't work! I still get something like . Preamble 1. ChapterOne 1.1 Section So even if no number is given, the doifnotempty block still is executed! I tried a lot of combinations, like \def\mycommand#1{\doifdefined{#1}{#1.}} or \def\mycommand#1{\doifnot{#1}{}{#1.}} But none of these will compile... So at this point, I don't see any solution, which is why I really would appreciate any suggestion! Thank you very much!
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Noé Cuneo
Hi all,
I've been using ConTeXT for quite a while now, and I am trying to build my own customized environnment.
I have some trouble customizing my content table. I tried everything I could, including reading the manual twice over, and I still can't figure out why none of my ideas will work!
In fact, my configuration looks like this:
\setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c] \setuplist[chapter][width=7mm,style=bold] \setuplist[section][width=10mm,margin=10mm] \setuplist[subsection] [width=13mm,style=slanted,pagestyle=normal,margin=21mm]
What I would like is the number to be separated from the page name by a ".", which would give something like:
1. Chapter name................. 32
I tried \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c, separator={.}], but it doesn't work. Although 'separator' is documented as the separator between the number and the pagename, it appears to be the separator between the number and subnumbers, like, with separator={ppp}:
1 MyChapter ............ 1ppp1 Mysection..........
Which is not quite what I expect!
So i tried setting something like
\def\mycommand#1{#1.} \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c, numbercommand={\mycommand}]
Which works, except for the fact that when there is no number (like in my frontmatter), the "." is shown anyway... So I naturally tried:
\def\mycommand#1{\doifnotempty{#1}{#1.}}
Which doesn't work! I still get something like
. Preamble 1. ChapterOne 1.1 Section
So even if no number is given, the doifnotempty block still is executed!
I tried a lot of combinations, like
\def\mycommand#1{\doifdefined{#1}{#1.}} or \def\mycommand#1{\doifnot{#1}{}{#1.}}
But none of these will compile...
So at this point, I don't see any solution, which is why I really would appreciate any suggestion!
Thank you very much!
\setuplist [chapter,section,subsection] [stopper={.}] Greetings Wolfgang
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Hi Wolfgang! Thanks a lot for your answer! However, I have no idea why, but I still get: . Preamble 1. ChapterOne 1.1. Section With the stopper being displayed even when there is no number! And I am 100% sure this doesn't come from somewhere else, because if I set stoper={ppp}, I get ppp Preamble 1ppp ChapterOne 1.1ppp Section So clearly this stopper is called even when it should not... Here is the exact code I used (according to your suggestion): \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c] \setuplist[chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection][stopper={ppp}] \setuplist[section][width=7mm,style=bold] \setuplist[subsection][width=10mm,margin=10mm] \setuplist[subsubsection] [width=13mm,style=slanted,pagestyle=normal,margin=21mm] Any idea? Thank you very much!
\setuplist [chapter,section,subsection] [stopper={.}]
Greetings Wolfgang
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Thanks a lot for your answer!
However, I have no idea why, but I still get:
. Preamble 1. ChapterOne 1.1. Section
Seems ConTeXt is not testing if there is there is no number, you could modify your first solution. \setuplist [chapter,section,...] [numbercommand=\DotAfterNumber] \def\DotAfterNumber#1{\doiftext{#1}{#1.}} Wolfgang
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Am 2008-04-29 um 13:27 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
\setuplist [chapter,section,...] [numbercommand=\DotAfterNumber]
\def\DotAfterNumber#1{\doiftext{#1}{#1.}}
Just wikified that: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Table_of_Contents Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)
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Henning Hraban Ramm
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Noé Cuneo
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Wolfgang Schuster