July 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

compound titles, lists and headers
by Henning Hraban Ramm 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

Dear list, my publisher forces me to set different things as titles, in headers and table of contents. In some cases \nolist and \nomarking aren't enough. here are my actual definitions: ---- \def\Untertitel#1{\blank[3pt]{\ss\bf #1}\blank} % ok \def\Titel#1#2{{\nohyphens\chapter{#1}\Untertitel{#2}}} % ok \def\KomplexTitel#1#2#3{{\writetolist[chapter]{#3}\nohyphens\title{#1}\U ntertitel{#2}}} ---- with ---- \start \setupheadertexts[][manual entry][part][] % normally defined as [][chapter][part][] \KomplexTitel{Main chapter title}{chapter subtitle}{toc entry} Much text \stop % of other headertext ---- Real life example: \start \setupheadertexts [][Vorwort][][] \KomplexTitel{Die neutrale Schweiz und das globale Dorf}% {Vorwort von Prof.|~|Dr.|~|Heinrich Ott}% {Vorwort Prof.|~|Dr.|~|Heinrich Ott:\\Die neutrale Schweiz und das globale Dorf} ... Now there stay two issues: 1. I'd like to get a four-parameter command that can set the header text also. 2. I must get a line feed into the toc, but neither \\ nor \crlf works. Please help! Thanks. Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- www.fiee.net/texnique/ www.ramm.ch/context/

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startappendices creates an extra empty page
by Rob van Swol 10 Jul '04

10 Jul '04

Hi, When is use \startappendices \stopappendices to create appendices, I get an extra empty page. Is there a way to solve this? If I put another chapter after the \stopappendices statement, then there is no empty page. See the following test: \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \chapter[]{Chapter} This a chapter \section[]{Section} This a section \startappendices \chapter[]{Appendix} This the appendix \stopappendices % \chapter[]{extra} % This extra \stoptext Any suggestions? Regards, Rob -- _____________________________________________________________ Rob W. van Swol National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Tel. +31 527 248252 P.O. Box 153 Fax +31 527 248210 8300 AD Emmeloord E-Mail vanswol(a)nlr.nl The Netherlands http://www.neonet.nl/

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m-bib sorting, etc.
by Bruce D'Arcus 26 May '04

26 May '04

Another question on m-bib: Is it possible to get the bib list alphabetized? Or is the only way this can work if the bib file itself is so, and I use the bbl sort option? Also, I am getting some weird vertical spacing in the list (like extra blank space between a couple of entries). Is there any suggested workaround for this? Bruce

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differences of table modes
by Henning Hraban Ramm 31 Jan '04

31 Jan '04

Ahoi! I just reviewed my german ConTeXt tutorial and tried to tell the truth about all the table modes. Please correct me if I'm wrong: * tabulate - can break over several pages - [start|stop]tabulate[head|tail] should define a repeated head/tail, but it doesn't work - documented in the manual (cont-en[i|p]) * table - cannot break - based on Wichura's TaBlE (others not) - can be used as float (others not?) - documentation commercial at pctex.com (39 $), partly docs in "ConTeXt - an excursion" (m[s|p]-cb-en) * tables - same as table, but can break over several pages - [start|stop]table[head|tail] works - nowhere documented? * TABLE - didn't try page breaks yet; should it work? - [b|e]TABLE works; should [start|stop]TABLE also? - docs: up-to-date 8 (no link on HP!), enattab * new table mode? I remember Hans wrote about a new enhanced table mode, but can't find the mail. Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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Typo in d-en-all.tex
by John Culleton 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

I uncovered an ancient typo. Here is a text fragment from the above document: \ShowSample {001} {A simple document} \ShowSample {002} {Setting up the page} \ShowSample {003} {Using the margin} \ShowSample {004} {Adaptive headers and footers} \ShowSample {004} {Some bookmarks} The 004 file is called twice, and the 005 file is omitted. Sounds like a case for 007 :-) John Culleton

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open doc action / for john
by Hans Hagen 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Hi Jonh C wants to know how to open a doc in specific modes: \setupinteraction[openaction={firstpage,FitHeight},state=start] % or FitWidth \starttext \input tufte \stoptext ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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ConTeXt project structure?
by Gerben Wierda 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

It is probably my lack of brain cells, but I do not understand chapter 2 of the ConTeXt manual at all. Suppose I have a manual-like document and I want to produce different PDF-files out of it: 1. The book 2. The book in another layout 3. The book in screen format with navigation 4. A simple presentation with bullet points, one or more pages per chapter As I understand it I will need 4 environments: .../foo/bookenv.tex .../foo/book2env.tex .../foo/bookscreenenv.tex .../foo/presentation.tex and I can put each chapter in a component file, i.e. chapter1.tex, chapter2.tex etc. .../foo/chapter1.tex .../foo/chapter2.tex But here my understanding stops. - Should I create a project file for each of the 4 modes above? And put these in different subdirectories as in: .../foo/book/book.tex .../foo/book2/book2.tex etc.? Or do I use multiple environments in one project and I can get 4 PDF's as a result? Or are these multiple products (I would guess this, but how then to set it up)? Should my chapter files contain \startcomponent \stopcomponent and does that mean they are independently compilable? I have been reading and re-reading this, but the relation between project, environment, component and product keeps escaping me. Is there a good example somewhere?

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\underbar not allowing line-breaking
by Duncan Hothersall 21 Aug '03

21 Aug '03

A quick question: \underbar is demonstrated in the manual as allowing lines to break normally (page 204). In my texts line breaks won't happen in an underlined phrase, meaning that they stick out into the right hand margin. Is this a known problem, or does it work for other people? Thanks Duncan dh(a)capdm.com

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This is something Hans will love ...
by Giuseppe Bilotta 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Hey Hans, this was just announced on comp.text.tex: > Name of contribution: PerlTeX > Name and email: Scott Pakin <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/perltex > Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex) and > LaTeX2e style file (perlmacros) that, together, give > the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of > Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes > indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX > thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's > programmability. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- So ... when are we going to have the same feature in ConTeXt? After all, we already need a wrapper script (texexec) to run it, right? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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beginner's hazzles with backgrounds and definitions.
by Matthias Weber 03 Aug '03

03 Aug '03

Hi, I am new to context, migrating from latex for the purpose of writing an online book. I would like to set up a few definitions in the environment file that would replace latex's \begin{definition} ... \end{definition} environments. I realize that this can be done conveniently with \defineenumeration, but I want of course a few more features in it then in latex's setup. For example, I'd like to have the definition typeset in some color against some background. I tried the following in the environment file: \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground [defbackground] [backgroundcolor=blue, backgroundoffset=.25cm, offset=.25cm, frame=off, location=paragraph, color=green] \defineenumeration [definition] [text=Definition, location=left, before={\starttextbackground[defbackground]}, after={\stoptextbackground}, letter=it] Then, in the text, when I use \startdefinition This is my definition. \stopdefinition the text comes out green all right, but the blue background is smeared all over two pages. I have tried a few modifications to no avail, so I fear I am doing it all wrong. Curiously, when I typeset the above th first time, I only get the green text (no blue), and the mess shows only up when typesetting the second time. Any help? Thanks, Matthias

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