ConTeXt: Can I exclude entries from a placelist table of contents?

Question

I want the structure of my book and the table of contents to be:

Introduction chapter
Part the first
First chapter
Second chapter
Part the second
and so on

I also want a so-called horizontal table of contents, with several sections on one line. I found code to do this here: How to adjust the position of entries in the table of contents in ConTeXt?. In my MWE I’ve removed the code to have several sections on one line.

If I use \completecontent to place the table of contents it works, but I can’t then have several sections on one line.

My MWE doesn’t display Introduction chapter in the table of contents. I understand why.

If I remove the % from the line %\part{I don't want this in the table of contents or in the book} then I see Introduction chapter in the table of contents but I also see I don't want this in the table of contents or in the book. Again I can see why.

Is there a way to get what I want ? That will let me use the code to have several sections on one line.

\setuplist [part] \setuplist [chapter]
\startsetups toc:chapter
    \placelist[chapter]
\stopsetups
\starttext
\placelist [part] [criterium=text,after=\setups{toc:chapter}]
%\part{I don't want this in the table of contents or in the book}
\chapter{Introduction chapter}
\part{Part the first}
\chapter{First chapter}
\chapter{Second chapter}
\part{Part the second}
\stoptext

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '22 at 05:36

It is not completely clear to me what you are looking for. But to avoid one part from the table of contents, one can for example define a new head as a copy of part and make sure it does not end up there.

Regarding several titles on one line, there is alternative=d when you do \setuplist.

You can play with the following example.

\setuphead[part][
    placehead=yes,
    number=no,
]
\definehead[mypart][part][
    number=no,
]
\setuphead[chapter][
    sectionsegments={chapter:section},
]
\setuphead[section][
    sectionsegments={chapter:section},
]
\setuplist[part][
    style={\bfa},
]
\setuplist[chapter][
    style={\bf},
]
\setuplist[chapter,section][
    headnumber=no,
]
\setuplist[section][
    alternative=d,
]
\setupcombinedlist[content][list={part,chapter,section}]
\starttext
\completecontent
\mypart[title={I don't want this in the table of contents or in the book}]
\chapter[title={Introduction chapter}]
\dorecurse{10}{
    \section[title=Section name]
    \samplefile{douglas}
}
\part[title={Part the first}]
\chapter[title={First chapter}]
\dorecurse{5}{
    \section[title=Section name]
    \samplefile{douglas}
}
\chapter[title={Second chapter}]
\dorecurse{8}{
    \section[title=Section name]
    \samplefile{douglas}
}
\part[title={Part the second}]
\stoptext

That was kind of you to add those lines where I could customise the table of contents. I’ve done that and now it looks just how I want. Thank you again. — Stanley, Dec 09 '22 at 21:20

ConTeXt: Can I exclude entries from a placelist table of contents?

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