Command/definecounter

Creates a new numeric counter.

Example

The following partial example adds a picture at the end of each chapter:

\definecounter[EventCount][

 way=bytext,
 prefix=no

]

\startTEXpage

 \incrementcounter[EventCount]
 \externalfigure[{\rawcountervalue[EventCount]}][
   height=\paperheight,
   orientation=90,
 ]

\stopTEXpage

The pictures are numbered sequentially, starting at 1.

See Also

• \incrementcounter - Increase the counter value
• \decrementcounter - Decrease the counter value
• \rawcounter - Retrieve the unformatted value
• \rawcountervalue - Retrieve the unformatted value
• \convertedcounter - Retrieve the formatted value

Source Code

View the source for more details:

http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/strc-num.mkiv