\startuserdata ... \stopuserdata

Summary

The environment \startuserdata ... \stopuserdata is used for user-defined environments with arguments

Settings

\startuserdata[...][...=...,...] ... \stopuserdata
[...]	name
key	value

Description

The userdata environments provide a optional argument which let you pass your own values to the content of the environment.

It is possible to define a rendering setup by use of the \defineuserdataalternative command. Within that rendering setup, the actual userdata content is saved as a buffer and can be retrieved using \getinlineuserdata.

Examples

Simple use

\defineuserdata
  [epigraph]

\startuserdata [epigraph] [author={Sean B. Carrol}]
    The fraction of fossil olfactory receptor genes is significantly higher in
    all species with full color vision. This suggests that the evolution of
    trichromatic vision --- which allows these primates to detect food, mates,
    and danger with visual cues --- has reduced their reliance on the sense of
    smell. \qquad \userdataparameter{author}
\stopuserdata

Using a rendering setup

\defineuserdataalternative [epigraph] [renderingsetup=userdata:epigraph]

\startsetups [userdata:epigraph]
    \startframedtext [location=right,frame=off,align={flushleft,broad},style=\tfx,offset=.25ex,width=.5\textwidth]
        \begstrut\getinlineuserdata\endstrut
        \hairline
        \wordright{\userdataparameter{author}}
    \stopframedtext
\stopsetups

\defineuserdata
  [epigraph]
  [alternative=epigraph]

\startuserdata [epigraph] [author={Sean B. Carrol}]
    The fraction of fossil olfactory receptor genes is significantly higher in
    all species with full color vision. This suggests that the evolution of
    trichromatic vision --- which allows these primates to detect food, mates,
    and danger with visual cues --- has reduced their reliance on the sense of
    smell.
\stopuserdata

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