2011/3/5 Wolfgang Schuster

\setvariables and \getvariables sounds like the most general solution

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in that case.

For example, you could put the various \setvariables statements in various separate files and load a specific one from the context command line with --environment=...

I tried it and it works. Only one thing: when the variables are not set (forgot the environment parameter, file not correctly set, ...) I would like to set default values. How would I do that?

%\enablemode[variables]

\startmode[variables] \setvariables [test] [one=One, two=Two] \stopmode

\starttext \doifelsevariable{test}{one}{1: \getvariable{test}{one}}{??}\par \doifelsevariable{test}{two}{2: \getvariable{test}{two}}{??} \stoptext

Works. I use: \doifelsevariable{personalise}{completeName}{}{ \setvariables[personalise][ completeName=Cecil Westerhof, . . . ] } -- Cecil Westerhof