Re: Questions about \start-ing things with \environment and \project

Am 25.03.26 um 21:17 schrieb Jim:
> Using LMTX, if instead of \starttext and \stoptext, I have either
>    (a) \startcomponent[aaa] Hello \stopcomponent
> or
>    (b) \startproduct[aaa] Hello \stopproduct
> then running context on such a file gives me a PDF with "Hello" in it.
> 
> Contrariwise, if I use
>    (c) \startproject[aaa] Hello \startproject
> I get a PDF with a page number, but no "Hello".

That’s expected. The project is not meant to be typeset.


> AIUI, when LMTX sees \starttext it does some initialization,
> as well as signalling that actual textual content follows.
> 
> Q1: Do \startcomponent and \startproduct do the same initialization
>      as \starttext, so that I will see the same output, or will things be
>      different in some situations?

It should be the same.

> Q2: Is it "accidental" that \startcomponent and \startproduct work for me
>      right now, or is it part of ConTeXt's design that they work like this?

You should be able to typeset a single component, but (in my older 
experience, not recently checked) you must include the \environment, and 
it can matter if your components are in subdirectories (paths of 
environment, images etc.).


> Q3: When one uses \startproduct, does it matter if any \environment
>      commands go before or after?  That is, are both of these equally valid,
>      or is one The Right Way and one The Wrong Way?
>      (a)
>          \environment myenv
>          \startproduct mydoc
>          ...
>      (b)
>          \startproduct mydoc
>          \environment myenv
>          ...

> Q4: When one uses \startproduct, does it matter if any \project
>      commands go before or after?  That is, are both of these equally valid,
>      or is one The Right Way and one The Wrong Way?
>      (a)
>          \project myproject
>          \startproduct mydoc
>          ...
>      (b)
>          \startproduct mydoc
>          \project myproject
>          ...

Not sure. I have \environment, \project etc. after \startcomponent / 
\startproduct


> Q5: In addition to \starttext, \startTEXpage, \startcomponent and
>      \startproduct, are there any other \start<something> commands which
>      signify the start of the text to be typeset?

e.g. \startdocument or any other “documents” that are defined with 
\definedocument
also \startMPpage

Hraban



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