Thanks again, Rik,
this works like a charm, with one exception: No matter what I try, the
marginrule appears always in the left margin.
Is there a way to change this?
Matthias
On May 18, 2014, at 11:42 PM, Rik <r...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> I have been playing with this a bit. I think that the following does what you
> want as far as setting up the margin text and description. I am no help on
> the mp stuff that you will need for curly or other-dotted rules.
>
> As you probably saw, neither \setupmargindata nor \setupmarginframed are in
> the wiki. The list archive has some hints, but the source code, if you ignore
> a couple of misleading comments, suggested what I got to work.
>
> The problem you will run into with the description as you want to use it
> comes when you have multiple paragraphs. Without a start/stop mechanism,
> there is no way to mark the paragraphs to include within the scope of the
> line. As long as you are willing to enclose multiple paragraphs in braces
> (and provide a null description as I do here) you will be fine, but at that
> point you may as well use the start/stop.
>
> There is still a problem with the margin rule extending through the blank
> line that results from the implied \par at the end of the description block
> (and any explicit \par). It looks ugly and isn't matched by the behavior of
> the rule in the start/stop text. Perhaps someone else can find a way around
> it.
>
> Some of this is probably unnecessary for what you want; for example, instead
> of using optional arguments you may prefer to hardcode the choice of rule #
> and color. If you want to always use the same color with the same rule #, you
> can simplify in other ways.
>
> I did use MKVI syntax, simply because I have been trying to use it
> consistently in all my current work. It should be easily translated back to
> earlier syntax.
>
> % macros=mkvi
> \setupmarginrules[rulethickness=2pt,alternative=1]
>
> \setupmargindata [left]
> [location=left,
> style=\bfxx]
> \setupmarginframed[left]
> [frame=on,
> framecolor=darkgray,
> corner=round,
> offset=3pt,
> width=2cm,
> align=middle]
>
> \starttexdefinition startMtext
> \bgroup
> \dotripleempty\dostartMtext
> \stoptexdefinition
> \starttexdefinition dostartMtext [#RULE][#COLOR][#ORDER]
> \doifemptyelse{#RULE}
> {\def\Rule{2}}% default rule
> {\def\Rule{#RULE}}
> \doifemptyelse{#COLOR}
> {\def\Color{green}}% default color
> {\def\Color{#COLOR}}
> \ifthirdargument
> \inleft{Read\\this\\#ORDER}
> \fi
> \setupmarginrule[\Rule][rulecolor=\Color]
> \startmarginrule[\Rule]
> \stoptexdefinition
> \starttexdefinition stopMtext
> \stopmarginrule
> \egroup
> \stoptexdefinition
>
> \definedescription[greenline]
> [before={\setupmarginrules[rulecolor=green,
> alternative=0,
> rulethickness=0.5pt]
> \indenting[no]
> \startmarginrule[2]},
> after={\stopmarginrule}]
>
> \starttext
>
> \startMtext [1][][first]
> \input knuth
> \stopMtext
>
> \startMtext [2][green][second]
> \input tufte
> \stopMtext
>
> \blank
>
> \startMtext [3][blue][third]
> \input tufte
> \stopMtext
>
> \startMtext [4][black][fourth]
> \input knuth
> \stopMtext
>
> \input knuth
> Just a few lines of text before the marked text.
> \startMtext[][red]
> \input tufte
> \stopMtext
> And a few lines of text after the marked text.
> \input knuth
>
> \blank
>
> \greenline \input knuth
>
> \blank
>
> \greenline{} {Some text and tufte: \input tufte
>
> Some more text.}
>
> \input tufte
>
> \startMtext [][magenta][last]
> \input tufte
> \stopMtext
>
> \stoptext
>
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