November 2002 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

fontswitch
by Hans van der Meer 15 Nov '02

15 Nov '02

I think font-ini.tex(?) has a small error in it (working with the 23-okt beta). When switching to {\xi } something different from {\xii}, {\x} etc. happens; xi doesn't seem to work. I have looked into font-ini.tex but could not find the source of the problem. Hans van der Meer

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macros and buffers
by Matthew Huggett 15 Nov '02

15 Nov '02

Hi: Recently, I had some data I wanted set using tabulate but in 7 individual buffers. I wanted to use a macro to both create the buffers and do the \starttabulate...\stoptabulate stuff. I found that my macro could create the .tmp file for each buffer but that the files were all empty. Why would this happen, and is there a way to make this work? example: \define[5]\MyBuffers{ \startbuffer[#1] \starttabulate[|l|l|] \NC #2 \NC #3 \NR \NC #4 \NC #5 \stoptabulate \stopbuffer } Best Wishes, Matthew Huggett

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\setuplist[]
by Willi Egger 15 Nov '02

15 Nov '02

Hi everybody, Preparing a document with a adapted header and TOC layout I encountered the following problem: \setuphead[section][prefix=Gedicht] generates the following error: pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (format=cont-en 2002.10.20) ConTeXt ver: 2002.10.2 fmt: 2002.10.20 int: english mes: english ... section : 1 Spaanse versie ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \localkopprefix \setupreferenceprefix [#1]->\edef \@@rfprefix {#1 }\ifx \@@rfprefix \empty \l... \dodododosomekop ...renceprefix [\localkopprefix ] \fi \dosomebreak \nobreak ... l.22 \section{Spaanse versie} Using \def\Gedichthead%... and \setuphead[section][command=\Gedichthead] works fine. What is wrong with using the prefix operator? In the document also the TOC should be adapted: \setuplist[section][left=Ged.~,right=] There is no error on this statement. However the prefix of the line with 'Ged.' does not show. May be that I miss something in this approach? Please find attached a minimal test file. Cheers Willi

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colorful listings
by Johannes Hüsing 15 Nov '02

15 Nov '02

Greetings, unfortunately I cannot assign personal color palettes to my program listings. The following document, after processing, shows a colorful palet, then, unexpectedly, a B+W listing, then another colorful palet, and a colorful listing. What is wrong in the assignment of an own palet here? Best Johannes -----8-<----- \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor [espresso] [r=.4, b=.1, g=.2] \definecolor [cacao] [r=.6, b=.2, g=.4] \definecolor [aulait] [r=.8, b=.4, g=.6] \definecolor [muckefuck] [r=.95, b=.65, g=.8] \definepalet [mokka] [ prettyone=espresso, prettytwo=cacao, prettythree=aulait, prettyfour=muckefuck] \starttext \showpalet[mokka] \setuptyping[PL][palet=mokka] \startPL #!/usr/bin/perl -w print "Hello, World!\n"; \stopPL \showpalet[colorpretty] \setuptyping[PL][palet=colorpretty] \startPL #!/usr/bin/perl -w print "Hello, Hasselt!\n"; \stopPL \stoptext ----->-8----- -- Johannes Hüsing There is something fascinating about science. One gets hannes(a)ruhrau.de such wholesale returns of conjecture from such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain

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Fun with \setuphead
by Idris S Hamid 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

Dear coterie, I have defined another section: \definehead [SubNote][subsection] \setuphead [SubNote][style=bold, number=no] Now I want to do a certain operation on the argument of \subnote whenever it appears in the TOC. The argument should appear in the main text as expected: \SubNote{My Note} but it should appear as {\operation My Note} in the TOC. Put another way, I want to change/operate upon the lemma that's passed to the TOC. Is there a way I can wrap all this up in the \setuphead command? If not, what's the workaround? (For the curious: My main text (including headings) is fully accented. I have a command, "\onovocalize" which strips away all the accents. I want all my TOC entries to be\onovocalize'ed without affecting the rest of the text and need to setup my heads to reflect this.) Best wishes Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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tables within tabulate
by Hans van der Meer 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

Anybody knows why is seems impossible to put a table into a tabulate? this works: \starttabulate[|p|p|]\NC TEXT \NC TEXT \NC\NR\stoptabulate but NOT this: \starttabulate[|p|p|]\NC \starttable[|c|c|] \HL \VL Y \VL P \VL \SR \HL \stoptable \NC TEXT \NC\NR\stoptabulate Hans van der Meer

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About itemize
by Idris S Hamid 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

Dear posse, The itemize environment has a strange feature/bug: --------------- \startitemize \item Here is some text \stopitemize % Here is some text that SHOULD NOT be indented --------------- produces the same indentation as ---------------- \startitemize \item Here is some text \stopitemize Here is some text that SHOULD be indented ---------------- and even more puzzling: ---------------- \startitemize \item Here is some text\par \stopitemize\par Here is some text that should REALLY be indented ---------------- Could someone please explain how I can get text skipping a line after the itemize environment to automatically indent without a manual \indent every time? Sorry if I'm clueless here:-) Thnx in advance Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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quote environment
by Idris S Hamid 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

Dear crew, (Please forgive all the (perhaps) clueless questions: I've had to spend the last few months focusing on _content_ in my research as opposed to _form_ so I've gotten quite rusty:->) I have defined a quote environment as follows: \startnarrower[2*left,2*right]\noindent Some quoted text \stopnarrower I would like to define a more sophisticated \startquote \stopquote with the following features: 1. Assuming the quote is within a paragraph and is preceded and succeeded by text belonging to that same paragraph, the skips preceding and succeeding text should be the same as in the default itemize environment. Assuming itemize uses \medskip (how do I find out for sure (aside from digging into the code)?), I need the quote environment to do something like; ------------------------------------ Here is some preceding text \medskip % \startnarrower[2*left,2*right]\noindent Some quoted text \stopnarrower \medskip % Here is some succeeding text. ---------------------------------------- 2. Assuming the quote is within a paragraph and is preceded and succeeded by text belonging to that same paragraph, the succeeding text should NOT be indented. viz. ---------------------------------------- Here is some preceding text % \startquote Some quoted text \stopquote % Here is some succeeding text that should NOT be indented ----------------------------------------- 3. Assuming the quote is at the _end_ of a paragraph, I need the quote environment to do something like; -------------------------------------- Here is some preceding text \medskip % \startnarrower[2*left,2*right]\noindent Some quoted text \stopnarrower \medskip Here is some succeeding text that SHOULD be indented. -------------------------------------- Note also that the first par in a quote environment should not be indented: -------------------------------------- Here is some preceding text % \startquote Some quoted text that should NOT be indented Some quoted text that SHOULD be indented. \stopquote % -------------------------------------- Your help is greatly appreciated! Best wishes Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\switchtobodyfont[cmr] in Gamma
by Idris S Hamid 13 Nov '02

13 Nov '02

Dear team, I sent a similar question before but got no response. Hopefully I'll get better luck this time;-> In Gamma (and perhaps in regular ConTeXt as well but I have no other fonts to test there) \setupbodyfont[cmr] does not seem to work/behaves strangely: -------------cm-test.tex-------------- \input m-gamma.tex \input type-omg.tex \setupbodyfont[cmr,14pt] %\setupbodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] This is a test \switchtobodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] %\switchtobodyfont[cmr,14pt] This is a test \switchtobodyfont[cmr, 14pt] %\switchtobodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] This is a test \stoptext --------------------------- Results: First line in cmr14, second line in omlgc14.4 (OK so far) Third line in omlgc14 (This is wrong!) Now lets switch things: ------------------------------- \input m-gamma.tex \input type-omg.tex %\setupbodyfont[cmr,14pt] \setupbodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] This is a test %\switchtobodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] \switchtobodyfont[cmr,14pt] This is a test %\switchtobodyfont[cmr, 14pt] \switchtobodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] This is a test \stoptext ------------------------------- Results: First line in omlgc14.4 (OK so far) Second line in omlgc14 (instead of cmr14) Third line in omlgc14.4 (OK) As u can see, \switchtobodyfont[cmr] does not seem to work. Am I doing something wrong or is something else afoot? Note that I have not called any ocp lists so it's not an ocp interference. Thanks in advance! Best wishes Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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special heading
by Idris S Hamid 12 Nov '02

12 Nov '02

Dear gang, I'm having trouble with a special heading. I have written a treatise where everything is numbered in sections, subsections, etc. I need an introductory section-like command, say, \definehead [introduction][section] where 1. "Introduction" is marked in the table of contents without a number, and 2. absolutely nothing is marked in the main text; 3. the first section is still marked as `1' in the main text and the TOC. Another possibility I'm considering: 1. "Introduction" is marked in the table of contents without a number, and 2. "Introduction" is marked centered in the main text without a number; 3. the first section is still marked as `1' in the main text and the TOC. Thnx in advance Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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