On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Wolfgang, > > > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > >> > >>> Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Why not, I have nothing against a few predefined title pages layouts. > >>> > >>> Somewhat related: it would be nice if there was some common code for > >>> titles (books as well as articles). > >>> > >>> [snip] > >>> > >>> Anyway, the maps module contains all the code to do everything. And > >>> the same is true for the TUG module. And for quite a few others I have > >>> laying around. Lots of duplicate code all over, so a common framework > >>> would be great. I've been meaning to write one for a long time, but > >>> somehow I never quite get around to actually doing it. > >>> > >>> Just saying this to let you know that I would really welcome a module > >>> with commands like \setuptitle, \definetitle, and \placetitle. > >> > >> I agree with that. It will be really nice to have a module that does a few > >> "simple" titles (alternate=(a|b|c), etc.) For one of my personal modules, > >> I was following something along the lines of the maps module. But I find > >> Wolfgang's solution on the wiki to be more ConTeXtish than what all other > >> modules use. > > > > Hi Aditya, > > > > could you use a few lines what do you expect from a > > placetitle/placetitlepage > > command or a titlepage environment. > > Some of the things that I use \placetitle for: > > * Writing academic papers. Currenly, I have a macro that I use like this: > > \article > [title ={...}, > author={...}, > publication={...},% This just goes to pdf subtitle > date={...}, > bottom={...}, %text placed at page bottom, > %usually current revision number > thanks={...}, %placed on the footer of the first page > ] > > \startabstract > ... > \stopabstract > > \startkeywords > .... > \stopkeywords > > The abstract environment places a head ("Abstract") followed by its > content. The formatting depends on whether it is a journal article, or a > conference article. > > keyword also places a head followed by its content. > > Currently, what I have is that \article places all its contents, and so do > abstract and keyword. So, I do not have to store anything. > > * TUGBoat articles: This uses a style file originally by Hans, which I > have modified considerably, but still uses the same interface. > > This uses > > \setvariables > [tugboat] > [title={...}, > author={...}, > address={...}, > email={...}, > year={...}, > volume={..}, > number={...}, > page={...}] > > The title and the author go to the document title. The address and email > go at the end of the article. The year, volume, number, and page go to the > header and footer of the article. > > The rest of the article is somethng like > > \starttext > \startArticle > > \startAbstract > .... > \stopAbstract > ... > > \stopArticle > \stoptext > > This structure is the reason I think something like \setuptitle (or > \setupdocumenttitle) is needed. > > * Practex journal, which uses > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modules/Pracjourn > > * My Ways which use > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modules/MyWay > > * and finally Maps which use > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modules/Maps > > -------------------- > > Notice that almost all of them so similar things, but in slightly > different manner. What I wish for is a common interface, and I really like > your idea of \setuptitle. In fact, I think that something like that should > be part of the core.
I module should be enogh for the start, makes it easier to test without the need to create a new relase or replace one of the core files and to generate a new format file. > The module does not need to take care of all the formatting requirements: > just provide the interface. For a particular publications, the module for > that publication can modify the \placetitle command to do what they want. > With this, the user documentation can just say that use > > \setuptitle[title=...,author=..., date=....] %and maybe setups={...} > > So, we will have a consistent user inteferface for all documents. > > > What should we do with the abstract, did it depend on the document title ... > > In general, the formatting of the abstract will depend on the kind of the > document. Just need something like > > \definetitlesubstructure% or something more appropriate > [abstract] > [headtext={Abstract}, > headstyle=bold, > headcolor=blue, > headalign=middle, > inbetween=\blank,%between the head and the body > style=small, %for the contents > color=black, %for the contents > ] I would replace headetext with \setuphead[abstract] and the format for the table of content (is this what do you mean with "for the content") with \setuplist but should abstract use a own command to place the title \definehead[abstract] or can we use one of the predefined ones (title -- new page or subject -- if you need a abstract in different languages on one page). > This should define a command that captures its contents, and provides a > command \placetitlesubstructure[abstract]. > > Similarly, we can define > > \definetitlesubstructure > [keywords] > [....] > > Then, \placetitlesubstructure[abstract] and > \placetitlesubstracutre[keywords] and go in the after={...} key of > \setuptitle. Can't the abstract just placed after the text has been set with \start/\stopabstract. > As I said before, the module just needs to collect the information, and > provide one or two simple styles. Once the information is collected, it is > easy to use other keys (e.g. thanks key in my first case) and let the user > define a setups that take of how to handle those keys. Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________