Thanks Fabrice and Aditya!
With three completely different approaches, I learned three times more than I
was expecting. This has been a great help. I will probably use the framedtext
method, but I learned something from each.
Gavin
> On Jan 11, 2022, at 4:44 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2022, Gavin via ntg-context wrote:
>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> I am making problem sets for a physics class. Solutions use the style
>> defined in the example below, and only appear if the “solution” mode is
>> enabled. I am struggling to get a vertical space for the solution which is
>> the same whether or not the solution is printed. Different problems require
>> different amounts of space, so this should be an argument or key-value.
>
> This is how I would do it: piggyback on framedtext. Note that framedtext
> doesn't break across pages. So, if you have long answers, a different
> mechanism is needed.
>
> \definemode[solution][no]
>
> \doifmodeelse{solution}
> {\defineframedtext[solution][empty=no]}
> {\defineframedtext[solution][empty=yes]}
>
> % Doesn't work. Why?
> %
> \expanded{\defineframedtext[solution][empty=\doifmodeelse{solution}{no}{yes}]}
>
> \setupframedtext
> [solution]
> [
> spacebefore=medium,
> spaceafter=medium,
> width=broad,
> foregroundstyle=\rm\it,
> loffset=2em,
> roffset=2em,
> indentnext=no,
> ]
>
>
> \starttext
>
> Sample question. Always show answer.
>
> \startsolution[height=1in, empty=no]
> Alotta wood!
> \stopsolution
>
>
> How much wood?
>
> \startsolution[height=1in]
> Alotta wood!
> \stopsolution
>
> You don't need to specify the height:
>
> \startsolution
> \input ward
> \stopsolution
>
> No more questions.
> \stoptext
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