[NTG-context] How to display the pages of a particular section in another PDF?

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 04.12.22 um 23:30 schrieb Joel via ntg-context:
> I can use this code to display page 5 from a PDF:
> 
> \externalfigure[filename.pdf][page=5]
> 
> I am making a teacher's guide for a workbook (workbook.pdf). I need to 
> be able to display on the page all pages of a particular section.
> 
> The teacher's guide uses the same section titles as the workbook, e.g.:
> 
> 17-A: Title
> 17-B: Title
> 
> In other words, there is 1:1 pairing of section titles in the teacher's 
> guide and the workbook.
> 
> Is there any way to tell ConTeXt to display all of the pages for a 
> particular section?
> 
> \externalfigure[filename.pdf][section=17A]

Use a loop in Lua or TeX:

https://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros/Loops_and_Recursion

\dostepwiserecurse {5} {17} {1} 
{\externalfigure[filename.pdf][page=\recurselevel]}

or

\startluacode

for s=5, 17 do
   context.externalfigure({"filename.pdf"},{page=s})
end

\stopluacode

(untested)

Hraban