Hello Aditya,
Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> writes:
> If you are willing to add more markup, then TeX can do the parsing for
> you.
>
> \startquestion[title={Ruby coloured by}, points=1, difficulty=1]
> A ruby is a gem of corundum colored
> \startoptions
> \option Rutile
> \option Calcium
> \correctoption Chrumium
> \option Iron and Titanium
> \stopoptions
> \starthint
> ....
> \stophint
> \startfeedback
> ...
> \stopfeedback
> \stopquestion
>
> You can create a mode for ascii output that redefines all the
> environments to *typeset* the correct output, which you can then
> convert to text using pdftotext.
>
> Another option is to write everything in XML (it is almost the same ...)
> <question title="...", points=...., difficulty=...>
> <text> A ruby .. </text>
> <options>
> <option> ... </option>
> <option> ... </option>
> <option correct="yes"> ... </option>
> <option> ... </option>
> </option>
> <hint>
> ....
> </hint>
> <feedback>
> ...
> </feedback>
> </question>
>
> With a few setup commands, ConTeXt can directly typeset an xml
> file. Parsing the xml file to generate ascii text can be done using
> your favourite programming language (or using ConTeXt by typesetting
> the desired output and using pdftotext).
>
Thank you very much. I will work on this over the next week and decide
which method I like best.
I really appreciate you taking the time to help.
Best wishes,
Roger
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