June 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

unicode / utf
by Hans Hagen 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

Hi, I uploaded a new beta archive with under context/extras a file showunic.tex. The resulting pdf can be fetched from the website (manuals -> fonts -> ...) When playing with this i could not get the hebrew vector working. I think that we need (a volunteer) to make (us) some kind of hebrew/arab encoding and fall back font (probably virtual) with all glyphs (no ligs needed for arab, just individual shapes). Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Tolerance etc.
by John R. Culleton 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Now and then, particularly with narrow pages, a paragraph just doesn't come out right and a line sticks into the right margin. In plain I always fiddled with \tolerance, \pretolerance and occasionally used \looseness to fix things up. Should I continue to use these primitives or is there a more Contextish way to handle these situations? BTW I am using both optical alignment and the hz business. Not sure that the latter is working. -- John Culleton

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Re: [NTG-context] Two further MathML queries
by Duncan Hothersall 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Thanks a million Hans. I guess my only issue now is displaying spaces within text inside what I used to have as <mtext>, but that can be done explicitly with <mspace> elements for the time being. Thanks for taking the time to understand and solve. Duncan

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RE: [NTG-context] unicode / utf
by Idris Samawi Hamid 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Hi Hans, I've been dealing with getting Unicode Arabic working for the Arabic project so I'll be glad to help with the Arabic part. I have some fresh ideas for a new standard in this regard also... Best Idris >===== Original Message From Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> ===== >I think that >we need (a volunteer) to make (us) some kind of hebrew/arab encoding and fall >back font (probably virtual) with all glyphs (no ligs needed for arab, just >individual shapes). ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Two further MathML queries
by Duncan Hothersall 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Apologies for all the MathML queries. Here are two more, embedded in one test file which will run on live.contextgarden.net: -- \usemodule[mathml] \setupwhitespace[medium] \starttext \TeX{} maths aligns $x$ well.\par MathML aligns \startXMLdata<imath><math><mi>x</mi></math></imath>\stopXMLdata squashed to the right.\par Also:\par \TeX{} display maths makes text go smaller for fractions inside fractions: $${{\rm Q}\over{\rm P}}\over{\rm R}$$ I'd like the same to happen for MathML: \startXMLdata <formula><math><mfrac><mrow> <mfrac><mrow><mtext>Q</mtext></mrow><mrow><mtext>P</mtext></mrow></mfrac></mrow> <mrow><mtext>R</mtext></mrow></mfrac></math></formula>\stopXMLdata \stoptext -- In summary: #1 Inline MathML has a wide space before, and no space after. #2 Display MathML doesn't reduce font size for <mtext> content such as fractions within fractions. I have done a fair bit of source- and archive-surfing on both these but no luck. Many thanks for any help. Duncan

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New context release
by Taco Hoekwater 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Hi all, I wanted to let you know that Hans has uploaded a new version last night. This is a bug fix release, and you are advised to upgrade your system as soon as possible. Release notes are on the wiki, as usual: http://contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Greetings, Taco

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setuphead
by Wolfgang Zillig 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Hello all, I think the solution is quite simple but I don't know how to do it. I want to start a new page with each section, so I tried: \setuphead[section][style=\bfb,tolerance=verytolerant,page=yes] but this does not work. What is is page=yes for? Thanks Wolfgang

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formatting verse
by Gary A. Tucker 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

I've looked on the wiki and in the manuals for an equivalent to LaTeX's \begin{verse} environment. I found a macro in a file on the wiki, but the definition of it seems to be obsolete. What I'm working on is converting a wedding service set using LaTeX and the booklet package over to ConTeX and its built-in Imposition features. -Gary Tucker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Gary A. Tucker Associate Professor, Computer Science & Mathematics Averett University 420 West Main St., Danville, VA 24541 434/791-5709

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cross-reference query (\note)
by Alan Bowen 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

\note[xx] produces the footnote number of a note named “xx” as a superscript. What I need is a reference of the form [see 4na above] say, where a is the footnote number. So how can I get/print this footnote number as regular (unsuperscripted) text? Again, thanks for any help or pointers. Alan

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Page numbers
by David Waller 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

I am trying to produce a document with roman numerals in the front section, but normal numbers in the main body. I am able to switch from one type to the other, but I would like to reset the page number to 1 in the main body, but I am unable to find a way to do this. I have looked at the manuals but can find no clue. Thanks for any help Dave

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