Command/setupregister
\setupregister
Syntax
\setupregister[...][...][...,...=...,...] | |
[...] | singular |
[...] | name |
n | number |
balance | yes no |
align | yes no |
style | normal bold slanted boldslanted type cap small... command |
pagestyle | normal bold slanted boldslanted type cap small... command |
textstyle | normal bold slanted boldslanted type cap small... command |
indicator | yes no |
coupling | yes no |
sectionnumber | yes no |
criterium | section local all |
distance | dimension |
symbol | 1 2 ... n a ... none |
interaction | pagenumber text |
expansion | yes no command |
referencing | on off |
location | left middle right |
maxwidth | dimension |
unknownreference | empty none |
alternative | a b A B |
prefix | both first none |
pagecommand | command |
textcommand | command |
compress | yes no |
method | default before after first last |
pageleft | command |
pageright | command |
Description
The options are as follows:
Option | Description |
---|---|
n | number of columns |
balance | balance columns? |
align | balance related (it’s difficult; try which combination suits you) |
style | overall style (no effect, at least in MkIV) |
pagestyle | style of page number |
textstyle | style of index word |
indicator | create letter sections? |
coupling | special feature for screen documents (no effect in MkIV?) |
(section)number | print part/... numbers? |
criterium | for part/chapter/section registers |
distance | between text and pagenumber |
symbol | for pagenumber (a=a,b,c; n=1,2,3; 1=dots; 2=blocks) |
interaction | which part should be clickable? |
expansion | When the entry is a command, it is expanded before writing to the register |
referencing | create references for letter sections (like "index:a")? |
textcommand | custom command for index word |
pagecommand | custom command for page number |
location | ? |
compress | collapse page numbers |
maxwidth | Set the maximum length for the text of the index entry in the registerlist (the command uses \limitatetext to do this) |
unknownreference | insert a horizontal space before and after the reference in the text if you use interactive mode to move from one entry in the text to next or previous one and there is no previous or next reference. |
alternative | ? |
method | sets up the sorter used for \placeregister |
pageleft | custom command before the first page number |
pageright | custom command after the last page number |
Some options don’t seem to have any effect, at least in MkIV.
Example
Here is an example for MkII:
\defineregister[nickname][nicknames] \setupregister [nickname] [partnumber=no,alternative=A,criterium=all,n=3,balance=yes,pagestyle=normal] \setupregister [nickname][foto][pagestyle=bold] \starttext Text about Mamut\nickname{Mamut}. \placefigure[] {Kuba\nickname[foto::]{Kuba} on the photo.} {\externalfigure[kuba][width=0.2\textwidth]} \page And text about Kuba\nickname{Kuba}. \completenickname \stoptext
yields
I found it safer to put \register command after punctuation e.g.: Mamut.\nickname{Mamut} [P.K.]
For the MkIV version of setting the pagestyle, and more, see the material on \defineprocessor that is on this page.
pageleft and pageright
They were introduced in ConTeXt MkIV version 1.02 (2018.05.12 00:07).
You can use them, for example, to move the page numbers to the right, with:
\setupregister[index][pageleft=\wordright\bgroup,pageright=\egroup]
See this thread on the mailing list.
See also
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