Command/somenamedheadnumber

\somenamedheadnumber

Summary

Use \somenamedheadnumber to access a section number (expandable).

Settings

\somenamedheadnumber{...}{...}
{...}	section
{...}	previous current next first last

Option	Explanation
name of the section level e.g. “chapter”

Examples

chapter color

\usemodule[visual]

\startsetups[MyChapterSetup]
\definecolor[MyChapterColor][h={\the\numexpr 360*\somenamedheadnumber{chapter}{current}/\somenamedheadnumber{chapter}{last}\relax},s=1,v=.75]
\definecolor[fakerulecolor][MyChapterColor] % for \fakewords
\setuphead[chapter][color=MyChapterColor]
\stopsetups

\unexpanded\def\MyChapter#1{
  \setup{MyChapterSetup}
  \color[MyChapterColor]{#1}
}

\setuphead[chapter][page=no,textcommand=\MyChapter]

\starttext

\dorecurse{5}{
\chapter{\fakewords{1}{5}}
\fakewords{10}{20}
}

\stoptext

See also

• strc-sec.mkiv
• \someheadnumber (not expandable)

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