On page 17, the ConTeXt manual mentions the commands \startfrontmatter - \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter - \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter - \stopbackmatter What's the precise use and benefit of these commands, other a cleaner project structure ? Alan
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Alan Stone
On page 17, the ConTeXt manual mentions the commands
\startfrontmatter - \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter - \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter - \stopbackmatter
What's the precise use and benefit of these commands, other a cleaner project structure ?
Alan
You could use it to use different numbering methods for each parts. You could also use them to use roman numbering in the frontmatter and normal arabic numbers for the rest of the document and of this can be done in the environment file without hacking in the document itself (search for bodyfontenvironment in the mail archive). \starttext \startfrontmatter \chapter{Introduction} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Knuth} \chapter{Zapf} \stopbodymatter \startappendices \chapter{Tables} \chapter{Figures} \stopappendices \startbackmatter \chapter{Imprint} \stopbackmatter \stoptext Regards, Wolfgang
itself (search for bodyfontenvironment in the mail archive).
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On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Alan Stone
itself (search for bodyfontenvironment in the mail archive).
The most, though still scarce information is available at http://texshow.contextgarden.net
Sorry, I meat \setupsectionblock and \startsectionblockenvironment. Regards, Wolfgang
"Alan Stone"
On page 17, the ConTeXt manual mentions the commands
\startfrontmatter - \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter - \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter - \stopbackmatter
What's the precise use and benefit of these commands, other a cleaner project structure ?
I used them because it lets me use \setupsection and \setupsectionblock to customise the appearance of each part, in the setup area (rather than in the document). http://texshow.contextgarden.net/command/detail/298 http://texshow.contextgarden.net/command/detail/296 -- John Devereux
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