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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/context/manuals/allkind/mkiv-publications.tex | 66 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/context/manuals/allkind/publications-en.xml | 64 |
2 files changed, 119 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/context/manuals/allkind/mkiv-publications.tex b/doc/context/manuals/allkind/mkiv-publications.tex index 8c3dc63c1..3d9572138 100644 --- a/doc/context/manuals/allkind/mkiv-publications.tex +++ b/doc/context/manuals/allkind/mkiv-publications.tex @@ -454,10 +454,11 @@ inherited. \startchapter[title=Renderings] -A list of publications can be rendered at any place in the document. A -database can be much larger than needed for a document. The same is true for -the fields that make up an entry. Here is the list of fields that are currently -handled, but of course there can be additional ones: +A list of publications can be rendered at any place in the document. A database +can be much larger than needed for a document. The same is true for the fields +that make up an entry. Here is the list of fields that are currently handled, but +of course there can be additional ones: + \startalignment[flushleft,verytolerant,nothyphenated] \startluacode @@ -522,10 +523,10 @@ A dataset can have all kind of entries: \stopalignment Each has its own rendering variant. To keep things simple we have their settings -separated. However, these settings are shared for all rendering alternatives. In practice -this is seldom a problem in a publication as only one rendering alternative will -be active. If this be not sufficient, you can always group local settings in a setup -and hook that into the specific rendering. +separated. However, these settings are shared for all rendering alternatives. In +practice this is seldom a problem in a publication as only one rendering +alternative will be active. If this be not sufficient, you can always group local +settings in a setup and hook that into the specific rendering. \showsetup[setupbtxlistvariant] %showrootvalues[btxlistvariant] @@ -599,9 +600,9 @@ You can improve readability by using setups, for instance: } \stoptyping -Keep in mind that normally you don't need to mess with definitions like this because -standard rendering styles are provided. These styles use a few helpers that inject symbols -but also take care of leading and trailing spaces: +Keep in mind that normally you don't need to mess with definitions like this +because standard rendering styles are provided. These styles use a few helpers +that inject symbols but also take care of leading and trailing spaces: \starttabulate[|||] \NC \type {\btxspace } \NC before \btxspace after \NC \NR @@ -647,6 +648,49 @@ You can use a (configurable) default or pass directives: Valid directives are \NC \type{normalshort} \NC K, the Frog, jr \NC \NR \stoptabulate +The list itself is not a list in the sense of a regular \CONTEXT\ structure related +list. We do use the list mechanism to keep track of used entries but that is mostly +because we can then reuse filtering mechanisms. The actual rendering of a reference +and entry runs on top of so called constructions (other examples of constructions are +descriptions, enumerations and notes). + +\showsetup[setupbtxlist] + +You need to be aware what command is used to achieve the desired result. For instance, +in order to put parentheses around a number reference you say: + +\starttyping +\setupbtxlistvariant + [num] + [left=(, + right=)] +\stoptyping + +If you want automated width calculations, the following does the trick: + +\starttyping +\setupbtxrendering + [standard] + [width=auto] +\stoptyping + +but if you want to control it yourself you say something: + +\starttyping +\setupbtxrendering + [width=none] + +\setupbtxlist + [standard] + [width=3cm, + distance=\emwidth, + color=red, + headcolor=blue, + headalign=flushright] +\stoptyping + +In most cases the defaults will work out fine. + \stopchapter \startchapter[title=Citations] diff --git a/doc/context/manuals/allkind/publications-en.xml b/doc/context/manuals/allkind/publications-en.xml index 79b31453a..6b6e8c86b 100644 --- a/doc/context/manuals/allkind/publications-en.xml +++ b/doc/context/manuals/allkind/publications-en.xml @@ -298,4 +298,68 @@ </cd:arguments> </cd:command> + <!-- list entries --> + + + <cd:command name="setupbtxlist" file="publ-ini.mkiv" category="publications" hash="btxlist"> + <cd:sequence> + <cd:string value="setupbtxlist"/> + </cd:sequence> + <cd:arguments> + <cd:assignments n="1"> + <cd:parameter name="alternative"> + <cd:constant type="cd:text"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="style"> + <cd:constant type="cd:text"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="color"> + <cd:constant type="cd:text"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="headstyle"> + <cd:constant type="cd:text"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="headcolor"> + <cd:constant type="cd:text"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="width"> + <cd:constant type="cd:dimension"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="distance"> + <cd:constant type="cd:dimension"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="hang"> + <cd:constant type="cd:number"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="align"> + <cd:resolve name="align"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="headalign"> + <cd:resolve name="symalign"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="margin"> + <cd:constant type="cd:yes"/> + <cd:constant type="cd:no"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="before"> + <cd:constant type="cd:command" default="\blank"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="inbetween"> + <cd:constant type="cd:command"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="after"> + <cd:constant type="cd:command" default="\blank"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="display"> + <cd:constant type="cd:yes"/> + <cd:constant type="cd:no"/> + </cd:parameter> + <cd:parameter name="command"> + <cd:constant type="cd:command"/> + </cd:parameter> + </cd:assignments> + </cd:arguments> + </cd:command> + + </cd:interface> |