Re: Is it possible to have a PDF table of contents list? [corrected]

[Mark Summerfield]

Hi Uwe,

On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 02:32:40 +0300
Valery Ushakov <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 21:08:17 +0000, Mark wrote:
[snip]
> This should be solvable with lout cross-references and some
> indirection.  There's probably a relevant example already in the
> standard packages.  If not, this old mail might provide some relevant
> inspiration on creative use of @Tagged
> 
>   http://www.stderr.spb.ru/~uwe/lout/essays/1402.dictionary.txt
> 
> (the same mail in official archives)
> 
>   http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lout-users/1999-11/msg00021.html
> 
> 
> Sorry, I no longer have enough lout cached in my head to come up with
> an answer expromptu.

I'm now using these:

def @Toc left count right x {
    {
        @BackEnd @Case {
            PostScript @Yield
            {   # lout provides ] ?
                "[ /Title ("x") /Count "-count" /OUT pdfmark "
            }   ### I now negate the count so the start unexpanded
            else @Yield @Null
            }
    } @Graphic { }
}

def @SubToc right x {
    {
        @BackEnd @Case {
            PostScript @Yield
            {   # lout provides ] ?
                "[ /Title ("x") /OUT pdfmark "
            }
            else @Yield @Null
            }
    } @Graphic { }
}

Used like this:

    @Lecture
        @Title{Test Session}
    @Begin
    2 @Toc{Test Session} ### Forgot to include the count!
    @BeginOverheads
    @Overhead
        @Title{Slide 1}
    @Begin
    @SubToc{Slide 1}
    ...

Here's the Python program I use to check the counts:


#!/usr/bin/env python3
import glob
import pathlib
import re
def main():
    for filename in glob.iglob('*.lout'):
        check(filename)
def check(filename):
    with open(filename, 'rt', encoding='latin1') as file:
        text = file.read()
    match = re.search(r'(?P<count>\d+)address@hidden', text)
    if match is not None:
        expected = int(match.group('count'))
        count = text.count('@SubToc')
        if expected != count:
            print(f'{pathlib.Path(__file__).name}: {filename} {count}')
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
# If using < 3.6 change the print to:
#            print(pathlib.Path(__file__).name,  filename, count)

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