Generate Authorlist from Head Content
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An example on how to generate a sorted list of all authors contributed to a conference proceeding.
<texcode> \setuphead
[title] [page=no,command=,]
\setuphead
[chapter] [command=\MyChapCMD]
\setuplist
[chapter] [criterium=all,alternative=command,command=\MyChapListCMD]
\definesorting[author][authors] \setupsorting [author][criterium=all,expansion=yes]
\define[2]\MyChapCMD
{#1\enspace #2 {\doifsomething {\structureuservariable{author}} {\author [\structureuservariable{name}] % -> sorted by "name"-variable {\bTABLE[width=broad] \bTR \bTD \structureuservariable{author} \eTD \bTD \structureuservariable{city} \eTD \bTD \structureuservariable{date} \eTD \bTD \structureuservariable{email} \eTD \bTD \structureuservariable{note} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE\nointerlineskip}% \tfxx (\structureuservariable{author}, \structureuservariable{city})}}}
\define[3]\MyChapListCMD
{#1 #2 (\structurelistuservariable{author})\hfill #3\blank}
\starttext \showframe[text]
\starttitle[title=Contents]
\placelist[chapter]
\stoptitle
\starttitle[title=List of Authors in Alphabetical Order]
\placelistofauthors
\stoptitle
\startchapter
[title=Text by Ward] [name=ward, author=Peter D. Ward, city=Washington, email=ward@sample.com]
\input ward
\stopchapter
\startchapter
[title=Text by Zapf] [name=zapf, author=Hermann Zapf, city=Nürnberg, date=8. November 1918, email=zapf@sample.de]
\input zapf
\stopchapter
\startchapter
[title=Text by Bryson] [name=bryson, author=Bill Bryson, city=Norfolk, date={December 8, 1951}, note=best-selling American author]
\input Bryson
\stopchapter
\startchapter
[title=Text by Tufte] [name=tufte, author=Edward R. Tufte, city=Kansas City, date=1942, note=has criticized the way Microsoft PowerPoint is typically used]
\input tufte
\stopchapter
\stoptext
</techcode>