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.
\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}} \expanded{\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