March 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Quote before chapter?
by Gerben Wierda 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

I would like to have a right-aligned quote before the chapter header. I use the following snippet in my environment file: ================================== \newcommand{\chquote}[1]{\startalignment% \startnarrower[4*left] {#1} \stopnarrower\stopalignment} ================================== But if I use that *before* the \chapter command it is *followed* and not *preceded* by a page break. So my question is: how do I program this in ConTeXt? Thanks, G

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What happens here?
by Gerben Wierda 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

I am running a file and one line has a really ugly large overfull box. The run says: > chapter : - Foo ``Foo Bar Bar''? > > Overfull \hbox (13.79181pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 22--27 > \*12ptrmtf* present some views on de-vel-op-ments, which --- strange > enough, > [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ > original-empty > .map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ > original-base > .map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec- > public-lm. > map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec- > base.map}{/ > usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original- > ams-base.ma > p}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ > original-public- > lm.map}] (Never mind texmf.local, I have installed the latest beta ConTeXt there) G

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newbie question about fonts
by Ciro A. Soto 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

Okay, this business of fonts/files/names/encoding/etc is really difficult to understand for me. I have a simple question. How do I list all fonts I have available to use in ConTeXt in the machine/system I have? Is there a file where I can see the names of all these fonts? And is there a template file or a command to display the entire set of characters once I know the name of fonts? FYI, I use ConTeXt with Linux Fedora Core 3. I appreciate your help Ciro

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xecontext/bibtex issue ?
by Mark Smith 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

I suppose that, as usual, I am missing something obvious or simple. However, AFAICS it hasn't been discussed recently and isn't mentioned on the XeTeX wiki pages, so... What is the procedure for invoking bibtex as part of a "XeConTeXt" process ? I can't get this to work. If I run: texexec --xtx myInputFile first, then texexec stops after generating the xdv. This *always* happens with any input file containing citations, but *never* for input files w/o citations. (I'm assuming that texexec expects bibtex processing before generating a pdf since the xdv is full of unknown refs ? ) The problem is that bibtex "can't read" the .aux file that is generated by xextex. (This is a general case for all of my test files, all of which run fine as vanilla LaTeX and ConTeXt variants (haven't tried XeLaTeX, but don't need it anyway).) I can't run bibtex on my input file first obviously. Do I need to do something (seemingly crazy) like this: 1. "context" 2. bibtex 3. [modify input file preamble] 4. "xecontext" Or maybe there is a custom bibtex command for such situations ? ? wtia, mark.

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Endnotes (together with footnotes)?
by Gerben Wierda 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

I have a document that has to have both footnotes and endnotes. How do i do that in ConTeXt? G

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Re: [NTG-context] fundamental problem with headings
by Steffen Wolfrum 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

Adam Lindsay <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:33:13 +0100: > > >In fact, this is something I would like to have also for other > >purposes (for example to use a second set of oldstyle figures): > >defining my own *myserif* or *mysans* that could be used then in a > >typescriptfile the same way as sans, serif and mono are used there. > > > >But up to now I didn't manage it. > > > >Somebody did and would like to share his/her knowledge? > > Okay, thanks for clarifying. > > You might like to take a look at the typescripts in the OpenType.zip file > at <http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/>. I defined full myserif/mysans > families (I called them romancaps and capsans) to stand next to the serif > and sans families (same font, different features). There are also a > couple convenience macros in there to help switch between the two. > > Is that the sort of thing you're looking for? There's nothing inherently > SmallCaps (or OpenType) about the fundamental typescripts--that's just > the first testing ground I found. I had a look at your file but I think my point is different: You still use only the predefined serif, sans etc. \usetypescript[serif]... \usetypescript[sans]... \usetypescript[math]... but I would like to use also \usetypescript[myserif]... and the corresponding \myrm (next to \tt and \ss). I don't know Hans' texnical term for serif, sans, mono, math etc. is (as used above). Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] fundamental problem with headings
by Steffen Wolfrum 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

Adam Lindsay <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum said this at Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:11:41 +0100: > > >But if the heading should be set in general in a bold face what do I > >use instead of \rm so that italic parts of he heading will be typeset > >in bold-italic (and \sc parts to bold-smallcaps)? > >I guess something (next to serif, sans, mono, ...) like serifbold > >(\brm?) should be defined in my typescript? > > I'm a bit confused why you're not using \em in this situation, as it > adapts to both bold and roman contexts. If you dislike that it defaults > to slanted, then there's: > > \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] > {\bf Hello \em World} Hello \em World > > > But if you want to follow the path of defining your own, adaptive > switches, then you could look at these goodies already defined in font-ini: > > %D \macros > %D {emphbf,emphit,emphsl,emphtf} > %D > %D The next emphasis alternatives are for \THANH. They adapt > %D their style as good as possible. > > \def\emphbf{\groupedcommand{\bf\def\emphit{\bi}\def\emphsl{\bs}}{}} > \def\emphit{\groupedcommand{\it\def\emphbf{\bi}\def\emphsl{\sl}}{}} > \def\emphsl{\groupedcommand{\sl\def\emphbf{\bs}\def\emphit{\it}}{}} > \def\emphtf{\groupedcommand{\tf\def\e > mphbf{\bf}\def\emphit{\it}\def\emphsl{\sl}} > {}} Right. I can use \em. But my workflow of using ConTeXt is typesetting already finished books (.doc-files). And so I would like to change the "text" as little as possible and instead use an suitable set of typescript and setup environment. That's why I thought I'd need a mysans (or \myrm) defined in the typescript to be used in Taco's full-blown bodyfont switch as described above: \def\SectionStyle{% \switchtobodyfont[myrm,20pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=30pt] } In fact, this is something I would like to have also for other purposes (for example to use a second set of oldstyle figures): defining my own *myserif* or *mysans* that could be used then in a typescriptfile the same way as sans, serif and mono are used there. But up to now I didn't manage it. Somebody did and would like to share his/her knowledge? Thank you, Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: TeX run : 8
by Steffen Wolfrum 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

Hi Peter, Peter Münster <pmlists(a)free.fr> wrote: > On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Patrick Gundlach wrote: > > > > for those, who don't want to update: > > > export PERL_HASH_SEED=0 > > > in $HOME/.profile works very nicely. > > > > is this reliable? > > It seems to me. At least on Linux: since a long time I've been used to get > always 8 runs with my procuct-files, and now I get only 1 or 2 runs. > > Cheers, Peter I just saw that you also fought with the "unknown reference []" while using the ffr encoding (nine months ago). I read and tried all the solutions that Hans and you found out up to now. But as soon as I set \enablemode[activecolon] \usemodule[tryout] in my local cont-sys.tex I am back to 8 runs again (either with Patrick's patch or with your line in .profile). Do you experience the same (or did I use the wrong .profile here on Mac)? This would mean that, when using ffr, we either have to ignore all this unknown reference outputs or fall back to 8 runs :o( Or does someone already has a solution covering both bugs? Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] fundamental problem with headings
by Steffen Wolfrum 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

> Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Each kind of "emphasizing" - like \it \bf \cap \sc etc. - > > lets the respective phrase fall back to the documents > > bodyfont (see example below). > > > > How can I avoid this bug? > > not a bug, this is the expected behaviour of \definefont. > > > Do I use wrong code? > > Yes. \definefont defines a single font (hence it's name). > > What you actually need is a full-blown bodyfont switch: > > \def\SectionStyle{% > \switchtobodyfont[rm,20pt] > \setupinterlinespace[line=30pt] > } > > Greetings, Taco OK, so my example changes to \starttext \def\Textit{\groupedcommand\it\/} % \definefont[SectionFont][SerifBold at 20pt] % \def\SectionStyle{\SectionFont\setupinterlinespace[line=30pt]} \def\SectionStyle{% \switchtobodyfont[rm,20pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=30pt] } \setuphead[section] [alternative=paragraph,style=\SectionStyle] text \section{heading \Textit{italic} heading} text \stoptext But if the heading should be set in general in a bold face what do I use instead of \rm so that italic parts of he heading will be typeset in bold-italic (and \sc parts to bold-smallcaps)? I guess something (next to serif, sans, mono, ...) like serifbold (\brm?) should be defined in my typescript? Thank you, Steffen

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cutspace and backspace
by Paul Tremblay 10 Mar '05

10 Mar '05

What does cutspace actually do? I have the following layout: \definelayout[chapThree][ cutspace=20mm, % the space on the right hand side of the page leftmargin=35mm, % the space for margin notes backspace=50mm, % the space in the left hand side of the page rightmargin=25mm, % the space for right margin notes width=fit, ] I thought that cutspace would create a non-writeable area on the right hand side of a page. But the above layout uses the backspace value of 50mm and seems to ignore the cutspace value. It also seems that I was wrong about the fucntion of backspace. Backspace is actually the area from the edge of the page to the body text. So it equals the the margin area plus the edge of the page. Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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