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<cd:description>Print only the ''block''s with ''tag'', but process them all. This is important when [[Command/defineenumeration|enumerations]] are in play, because items that are not processed don't increment the counter. If no tags are specified, all the ''block''s are printed.  
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<cd:description>Print only the ''block''s with ''tag'', but process them all. This is important when [[Command/defineenumeration|enumerations]] are in play, because items that are not processed don't increment the counter. If no tags are specified, all the ''block''s are printed.
  
 
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<cd:commandref name="defineblock">to define a new kind of block.</cd:commandref>
 
<cd:commandref name="defineblock">to define a new kind of block.</cd:commandref>
 
<cd:commandref name="setupblock">to set up block style.</cd:commandref>
 
<cd:commandref name="setupblock">to set up block style.</cd:commandref>
<cd:commandref name="keepblocks">to start displaying blocks where they are defined.</cd:commandref></cd:seealso>
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<cd:commandref name="keepblocks">to start displaying blocks where they are defined.</cd:commandref>
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<cd:commandref name="hideblocks">to stop displaying blocks where they are defined.</cd:commandref>
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<cd:commandref name="useblocks">to display blocks.</cd:commandref>
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<cd:commandref name="selectblocks">to display only blocks mentioned in the current section.</cd:commandref></cd:seealso>
 
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Revision as of 15:15, 18 November 2021


\processblocks

Summary

The command \processblocks is used to process blocks

Settings

\processblocks[...,...][...,...][...=...,...]
[...,...]name
[...,...]name
criteriumtext section

Description

Print only the blocks with tag, but process them all. This is important when enumerations are in play, because items that are not processed don't increment the counter. If no tags are specified, all the blocks are printed.


Examples

Example 1

\starttext
\defineblock[question]
\defineenumeration[Q][text=Q]

\subject{These are the questions}

\beginquestion[first]
\Q This should be number 1
\endquestion

\beginquestion[last]
\Q This should be number 2
\endquestion

\subject{Useblocks only processes the blocks you ask for}

(Reset the \type{question} counter)
\resetQ

\useblocks[question][last]

\subject{Processblocks prints the blocks you ask for, but processes them all}

(Reset the \type{question} counter.)
\resetQ

\processblocks[question][last]

\stoptext

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Notes

See also

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