September 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

RE: [NTG-context] ConTeXt & Fonts
by Idris Samawi Hamid 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

>===== Original Message From Peter Rolf <indiego(a)gmx.net> ===== >http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts This link is missing from that page; it contains step-by-step instructions for installing expert fonts, from preinstallation to writing typescripts: http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/expertfonts.pdf But for basic system fonts Hans MyWay on installing Verdana should suffice. See also http://wiki.contextgarden.net/URW_Garamond (mostly by yours truly; I never knew till today that that how-to made it into the garden->) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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ConTeXt & Fonts
by Richard Gabriel 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hello Hans and others, excuse me such a stupid question, but: It there any clear (step by step) description how to add a new font into context? I've already done many googling and "try&fails" but the success was minimal. The typescript definitions in type-enc.tex and type-pre.tex are almost a mystery for me... I hope that there at least a little bit of description on adding fonts... Thanks in advance... -Richard

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Some Footnote Questions (from the Wiki)
by Brooks Moses 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

I've been updating the Footnotes page on the Wiki, and have a few questions as a result: 1.) Footnotes in footnotes in footnotes. Are these possible? When I do something like \footnote{A note\footnote{With a note\footnote{With a third footnote.}.}.}, only the first two notes are included in the footnote block, though the number for the third footnote is generated. 2.) Footnotes as marginals. There was text on the Wiki saying that it's possible to typeset footnotes as marginals, but I can't find any references to this in the ConTeXt manual. Am I missing something? I know it's possible to do marginal notes, but those don't get footnote numbers, and so aren't the same thing.... 3.) Footnotes placed without line breaks. If one does a number of short footnotes, they get set like so: 1. One 2. Two 3. Three 4. Four Is it possible to have them set without line breaks, like this? If so, how? 1. One 2. Two 3. Three 4. Four 4.) Footnote alignment. Currently, footnotes are set so that the left end of the text of the footnote is aligned with the left edge of the text, and the footnote number hangs out into the margin. Is it possible to change this? (For instance, suppose I would like the number aligned to the text-edge, and then a fixed-width space, and then the text?) 5.) In LaTeX, there's a means to place a footnote (and generate a number and reference for the footnote) without typesetting the number in the text, in order to handle cases where the "real" footnote mechanism breaks down. Is it possible to do this in ConTeXt? 6. When I reference a footnote's number using \note[ref], I get the number typeset as a superscript. This looks a little odd to me in sentences such as "See footnote \note[ref] on the previous page" -- it would look better if the number (or symbol) were typeset in the normal font. Is there another way to reference it so as to do that? 7. What does the "location=high" in \setupfootnotes do? Thanks! - Brooks

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\limitatefirstline (or slave to the wiki)
by Peter Rolf 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hi all, I've tested the latest version of \limitatefirstline and it still doesn't work as expected. This is really a complex story (problem). - the clip mechanism cuts off the lowest part of some special chars (clipping graphics is easy, but I don't understand what happens here) - text is sometimes cropped at word boundaries (example 110pt), instead of beeing clipped The example file is appended and I use the latest beta. There is no timeline, so fixing is not that urgent. And yes, I've cancelled my hollidays and will live for the wiki only from now on :) wiki, wiki, wiki,.... Greetings, Peter % interface=en output=pdftex % Time-stamp: <Freitag, 09 September 2005 11:40:17; crop.tex> % \setupcolors[state=start] \unprotect \def\limitatefirstline#1#2#3% {\hbox\bgroup\strut \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% \ifdim\wd\scratchbox>#2\relax \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#3}% \hsize#2\relax \advance\hsize-\wd\scratchbox \setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\forgetall\veryraggedright#1}% \setbox\scratchbox\vsplit\scratchbox to \lineheight \vbox {\unvbox\scratchbox \global\setbox\plusone\lastbox \global\setbox\plusone\hbox{\unhbox\plusone}% \hbox to #2 {\ifx\clip\undefined \box\plusone \else\ifdim\wd\plusone>\hsize \clip[\c!width=\hsize,\c!height=\lineheight,\c!voffset=-4pt]{\box\plusone}% \else \box\plusone \fi\fi \removeunwantedspaces\hss#3}}% \else #1% \fi \egroup} \protect \def\CropSymbol{\red...}% \starttext % blue for the limitatetext case \setupframed[offset=overlay, framecolor=lightgray] \framed[width=8ex,height=\struttotal,background=color,backgroundcolor=black]{\white 8ex} \framed{\limitatefirstline{\underbar{WqTextdummy}}{8ex}{\CropSymbol}} \framed{\limitatetext{\blue\underbar{WqTextdummy}}{8ex}{\CropSymbol}} \blank \framed[width=120pt,height=\struttotal,background=color,backgroundcolor=black]{\white 120 pt} \framed{\limitatefirstline{\textbar \_\textcircumflex\texttilde \%\$\#\textbraceleft \textbraceright \textpm \copyright \registered \pi \textdegree <>\&}{120pt}{\CropSymbol}} \framed{\limitatetext{\blue\textbar \_\textcircumflex\texttilde \%\$\#\textbraceleft \textbraceright \textpm \copyright \registered \pi \textdegree <>\&}{120pt}{\CropSymbol}} \blank \framed[width=110pt,height=\struttotal,background=color,backgroundcolor=black]{\white 110 pt} \framed{\limitatefirstline{\textbar \_\textcircumflex\texttilde \%\$\#\textbraceleft \textbraceright \textpm \copyright \registered \pi \textdegree <>\&}{110pt}{\CropSymbol}} \framed{\limitatefirstline{This text is definitely too long to fit this frame.}{110pt}{\CropSymbol}} \framed{\limitatetext{\blue This text is definitely too long to fit this frame.}{110pt}{\CropSymbol}} \blank \framed[width=100pt,height=\struttotal,background=color,backgroundcolor=black]{\white 100 pt} \framed{\limitatefirstline{\textbar \_\textcircumflex\texttilde \%\$\#\textbraceleft \textbraceright \textpm \copyright \registered\space \pi \textdegree <>\&}{100pt}{\CropSymbol}} \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: "" %%% End:

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No parindent?
by Giuseppe Bilotta 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Even thought I have \setupindenting[medium,nex] in the preamble of my document, no paragraph is indented C:\Documents and Settings\Giuseppe Bilotta>texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 unknown file type: texmfscripts texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (preloaded format=cont-en 2005.9.10) 11 SEP 2005 18:27 context : ver: 2005.08.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.08.31 fmt: 2005.9.10 mes: english What's up? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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RE: [NTG-context] No parindent?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hi Giuseppe, This is a known bug-) Try declaring indentation twice, \setupindenting[medium,next] \setupindenting[medium,next] It worked 4 me-) Best Idris >===== Original Message From mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> ===== >Even thought I have > >\setupindenting[medium,nex] > >in the preamble of my document, no paragraph is indented > >C:\Documents and Settings\Giuseppe Bilotta>texexec --version > > TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > >unknown file type: texmfscripts > texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 > tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (preloaded format=cont-en 2005.9.10) 11 SEP 2005 18:27 > context : ver: 2005.08.31 > cont-en : ver: 2005.08.31 fmt: 2005.9.10 mes: english > > >What's up? > >-- >Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta > >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Using newly defined sections
by Elliot Clifton 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Hi, I'm a ConTeXt newbie. I've read the read the chapter of the manual on sectioning. I understand that it is possible to create a new type of section using \definesection and setup section but how do I insert an instance of my new section into my documents? With predefined sections I can use commands such as \section, \chapter, etc.. The reason I want to define and use a new section is so that I may use it as a substitute for LaTeX's \author. I'm publishing an academic journal for which I need to be able to include author's' names in the header and in the TOC. Defining a new section seemed to be the obvious solution, but I don't know how to put it into practice. If create a new section how do I put it to use in my documents? Any suggestions? Elliot

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Start of application within a context document
by Stephen A. Tjemkes 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Hi, If you excuse my ignorance, but I am looking for a simple example how to launch an executable (a tcl/tk script in my case) from within a pdf document prepared by context. During a presentation i would like to show some graphics which are generated through the execution of a tcl/tk script. One could close the pdf file and open the tcl/tk script, but it would be nice if one could symbolically link the script within the pdf file. Because I prepare the pdf file using context, I searched the context manuals, but didnot find a solution to this problem. Therefore if somebody has solved this already and is willing to share his/her experience I would be grateful Thanks Stephen

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cropping with \limitatefirstline
by Peter Rolf 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Sorry to bother you Hans, but the macro is not working as expected... I can see the cropped text (\underbar + special symbols) and there is an hyphen symbol in the text only example. I've added the example code I used for tests with \limitatetext and \doboundtext. Peter % interface=en output=pdftex % Time-stamp: <Mittwoch, 07 September 2005 16:25:40; crop.tex> % \setupcolors[state=start] \def\limitatefirstline#1#2#3% {\hbox\bgroup\strut \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% \ifdim\wd\scratchbox>#2\relax \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#3}% \hsize#2\relax \advance\hsize-\wd\scratchbox \setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\forgetall#1}% \setbox\scratchbox\vsplit\scratchbox to \lineheight \vbox{\unvbox\scratchbox}% #3% \else #1% \fi \egroup} \def\CropSymbol{\red...}% \starttext \setupframed[offset=overlay, height=\struttotal, framecolor=lightgray] \framed[width=8ex,background=color,backgroundcolor=black]{\white 8ex} \framed{\limitatefirstline{\underbar{Text dummy}}{8ex}{\CropSymbol}} \framed{\limitatetext{\underbar{Text dummy}}{8ex}{\CropSymbol}} \blank \framed[width=120pt,background=color,backgroundcolor=black]{\white 120 pt} \framed{\limitatefirstline{\textbar \_\textcircumflex\texttilde \%\$\#\textbraceleft \textbraceright \textpm \copyright \registered \pi \textdegree <>\&}{120pt}{\CropSymbol}} \blank \framed[width=110pt,background=color,backgroundcolor=black]{\white 110 pt} \framed{\limitatefirstline{\textbar \_\textcircumflex\texttilde \%\$\#\textbraceleft \textbraceright \textpm \copyright \registered \pi \textdegree <>\&}{110pt}{\CropSymbol}} \framed{\limitatefirstline{This text is definitely too long to fit this frame.}{110pt}{\CropSymbol}} \blank \framed[width=100pt,background=color,backgroundcolor=black]{\white 100 pt} \framed{\limitatefirstline{\textbar \_\textcircumflex\texttilde \%\$\#\textbraceleft \textbraceright \textpm \copyright \registered\space \pi \textdegree <>\&}{100pt}{\CropSymbol}} \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: "" %%% End:

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Re: [dev-context] Re: [NTG-context] new beta
by Mojca Miklavec 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

> \definecharacter numbersign \companionsymbol{35} But please leave a possibility for something like \companionsymbol[1]{35} \companionsymbol[3]{49} ... (Not the exact syntax, only the principle, which should not set the limits to 256 again.) Otherwise we're at the beginning again once the number of "companionsymbols" exceeds 256. Mojca

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