Command/definelistalternative

\definelistalternative

Syntax

\definelistalternative[...][...][...=...,...]
[...]	name
[...]	name
...=...,...	inherits from \setuplistalternative

\definelistalternative[...][...,...=...,...]
[...]	list name
renderingsetup	setup

Description

The renderingsetup points to a custom defined setup name. This setup is executed once per list entry. Within this setup the following control sequences are defined to print the list contents or react to particular events.

\currentlistentrylocation	the location number is a sequential number for the list entry
\namedstructureheadlocation{structureelementtype}	location number of the current active chapter/section/other structure element.
\currentlistentrynumber	location number of the current list entry
\currentlistentrytitle	the argument of the title key of the structure element corresponding to the current list entry
\currentlistentrypagenumber	the page number of the structure element corresponding to the current list entry

Example

The following example prints a table of contents on every page and highlights the current chapter name.

\setupfootertexts
  [\setups{footlist}]

\startsetups [footlist]
  \framed[align=normal, frame=off]
    {\placelist [chapter] [alternative=footlist, criterium=all]}
\stopsetups

\definelistalternative
  [footlist]
  [renderingsetup=list:footlist]

\startsetups [list:footlist]
\starttabulate
    \NC location                \EQ \currentlistentrylocation       \NC\NC\NR
    \NC headlocation\{chapter\} \EQ \namedstructureheadlocation{chapter} \NC\NC\NR
    \NC entrynumber             \EQ \currentlistentrynumber         \NC\NC\NR
    \NC title                   \EQ \currentlistentrytitle          \NC
        \doifelse\currentlistentrylocation{\structureheadlocation{chapter}}
            {{\bfb\currentlistentrytitle}}
            {     \currentlistentrytitle}\NC\NR
    \NC page                    \EQ \currentlistentrypagenumber     \NC\NC\NR
    \HL
\stoptabulate
\stopsetups

\starttext
  \startchapter [title=alpha] \stopchapter
  \startchapter [title=beta]  \stopchapter
  \startchapter [title=gamma] \stopchapter
\stoptext

This is the resulting table from the second page, i.e. in chapter Beta:

See also

• \setuplist
• \setuplistalternative
• \setupcombinedlist
• Table of Contents

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