In plain pdftex I can define a string thus: \def\booktitle{My Book Title} and then reuse it later as \rightline{\bf\booktitle} But in Context when I use \rightaligned{\bf\booktitle} it errors on the tag \booktitle I tried \the\booktitle but that didn't work either. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.scribd.com/doc/24676863/ http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
John Culleton wrote:
In plain pdftex I can define a string thus: \def\booktitle{My Book Title}
and then reuse it later as \rightline{\bf\booktitle} But in Context when I use \rightaligned{\bf\booktitle}
it errors on the tag \booktitle
This definitely should work, so you should post a minimal example (are you defining \booktitle inside a group?)
I tried \the\booktitle but that didn't work either.
This should not work. Best wishes, Taco
On Wednesday 12 May 2010 10:52:03 Taco Hoekwater wrote:
John Culleton wrote:
In plain pdftex I can define a string thus: \def\booktitle{My Book Title}
and then reuse it later as \rightline{\bf\booktitle} But in Context when I use \rightaligned{\bf\booktitle}
it errors on the tag \booktitle
This definitely should work, so you should post a minimal example (are you defining \booktitle inside a group?)
I tried \the\booktitle but that didn't work either.
This should not work.
Best wishes, Taco
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When I put together an example in a single file it works. In my more extended example the fonts are defined in fonts.tex, the value of the string is defined in macros.tex and the usage is defined in half.tex. There is a \startstandardmakeup \stopstandardmakeup. Here is my master file: ----------------------------------%Example book.tex file for novel. \input macros.tex \input fonts.tex \starttext \startfrontmatter \startstandardmakeup \input half.tex \input title.tex \input copy.tex %\input ded.tex %\input ack.tex %\input content.tex \stopstandardmakeup \stopfrontmatter \startbodytext \input body.tex \stopbodytext \startbackmatter \stopbackmatter \stoptext --------------------------------- Since I can't come up with a brief example of the problem I will start commenting things out, moving things from file to file and see what happens. This feature is a nice to have and not a got to have. I can always just retype the title wherever it occurs. But it is a head scratcher. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.scribd.com/doc/24676863/ http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:46 PM, John Culleton
In plain pdftex I can define a string thus: \def\booktitle{My Book Title}
and then reuse it later as \rightline{\bf\booktitle} But in Context when I use \rightaligned{\bf\booktitle}
it errors on the tag \booktitle
I tried \the\booktitle but that didn't work either. no problem here with last current
\def\booktitle{My Book Title} \showframe \starttext then reuse it later as \rightline{\bf\booktitle} But in Context when I use \rightaligned{\bf\booktitle} \stoptext -- luigi
On 12 mai 2010, at 16:52, luigi scarso wrote:
no problem here with last current
\def\booktitle{My Book Title} \showframe \starttext then reuse it later as \rightline{\bf\booktitle} But in Context when I use \rightaligned{\bf\booktitle} \stoptext
Hi Luigi, Are you sure? If I compile exactly the lines above, I don't get the intended righ aligned title: it seems that one needs a blank line before \rightalign, that is: \def\booktitle{My Book Title} \showframe \starttext then reuse it later as \rightline{\bf\booktitle} But in Context when I use \rightaligned{\bf\booktitle} \stoptext Best regards: OK
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On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Otared Kavian
On 12 mai 2010, at 16:52, luigi scarso wrote:
no problem here with last current
\def\booktitle{My Book Title} \showframe \starttext then reuse it later as \rightline{\bf\booktitle} But in Context when I use \rightaligned{\bf\booktitle} \stoptext
Hi Luigi, Are you sure? If I compile exactly the lines above, I don't get the intended righ aligned title: it seems that one needs a blank line before \rightalign, that is: \def\booktitle{My Book Title} \showframe \starttext then reuse it later as \rightline{\bf\booktitle} But in Context when I use \rightaligned{\bf\booktitle} \stoptext Best regards: OK
Yes, can be. I meant "no errors" not "it looks ok" -- luigi
Am 12.05.10 16:46, schrieb John Culleton:
In plain pdftex I can define a string thus: \def\booktitle{My Book Title}
and then reuse it later as \rightline{\bf\booktitle} But in Context when I use \rightaligned{\bf\booktitle}
it errors on the tag \booktitle
I tried \the\booktitle but that didn't work either.
I suggest to use ConTeXt’s \setvariables \setvariables[book][title=My Book Title] \starttext \rightaligned{\bf\getvariable{book}{title}} \stoptext Wolfgang
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