On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mikael P. Sundqvist > 6. November 2016 um 12:51 > Dear list, and in particular Hans, > > I asked the same question on stackexchange before today > (http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/337738/52406), and got the answer that > what I want to do might not be possible. > > In my large document I have exercises (typeset with \startexercise > \stopexercise, defined as an enumeration). Is it possible to use modes > (or any other trick) to be able to compile the same file and get only > the exercises. For example, > > context file.tex > > should give the full document, while > > context --mode=exercises file.tex > > should give only all the exercises (or just everything "in one mode")? > > You can put each exercise in a block and ask Hans to add a \saveblocks > commands > which writes the content of all exercise blocks to a external file (like > \savebuffer lets > you save the content of a buffer in a external file). > > > \defineblock[exercise] > \keepblocks [exercise] > > \defineenumeration[exercise][text=Exercise] > > %\doifmode{exercises}{\saveblocks[exercise][exercises.tex]} > > \starttext > > \beginexercise > \startexercise > This is the first exercise. > \stopexercise > \endexercise > > \beginexercise > \startexercise > This is the second exercise. > \stopexercise > \endexercise > > \stoptext > > > The content of this saved file can then be read by another file > to get a document which contains only the exercises. > > > \defineenumeration[exercise][text=Exercise] > > \starttext > > \doiffileelse{exercise} > {\input{exercises}} > {{\tttf Exercise file doesn’t exist.}} > > \stoptext > > > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for the answer, I think that would be nice to have. Hans, do you mind adding such a feature? Or do you have any other idea on the problem as is? /Mikael ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
