January 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] Dropped caps, \startlines\stoplines, and indentation question
by Adrian Drury 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Radhelorn wrote: > > Adrian Drury wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm having trouble using dropped caps within \startlines\stoplines. > > I'm trying to typeset some poetry and I'm using > > \setuplines[space=yes]. I'd like to use dropped caps and have the > > indented lines be additionally indented by any space at the beginning > > of the lines. > > > > See the following example - the first part shows roughly the result I > > want (but with manual formatting/spacing), the second part shows the > > result of \DroppedCaps inside \startlines\stoplines, and the third > > part uses the lettrine module. The lettrine module comes close, but > > Nindent doesn't seem to affect the indented lines within > > \startlines\stoplines. > > > > \usemodule[lettrine] > > \def\MyDroppedCaps% > > { \DroppedCaps > > {} {Serif} {2\baselineskip} {2pt} {1\baselineskip} {2} > > } > > \setuplines[space=yes] > > > > \starttext > > \MyDroppedCaps S{\sc umer} is icumen in,\crlf > > \hbox to .6em{}Lhude sing cuccu!\crlf > > Groweth sed, and bloweth med,\crlf > > \hbox to .6em{}And springth the wude nu---\crlf > > \hbox to 3.3em{}Sing cuccu! > > > > \startlines > > \MyDroppedCaps S{\sc umer} is icumen in, > > Lhude sing cuccu! > > Groweth sed, and bloweth med, > > And springth the wude nu--- > > Sing cuccu! > > \stoplines > > > > \startlines > > \lettrine{S}{umer} is icumen in, > > Lhude sing cuccu! > > Groweth sed, and bloweth med, > > And springth the wude nu--- > > Sing cuccu! > > \stoplines > > \stoptext > > > > Any suggestions for how to do this? I'm a beginning ConTeXt user, so > > if there's a better/different way to do this, I'd be happy to hear it! > > > > Also, I read the list in digest form. For the benefit of people using > > threaded mail readers, is there a better way to reply to individual > > messages than replying to the digest message and editing the Subject > > line appropriately? > > > > Thanks very much, > > Adrian Drury > > _______________________________________________ > > ntg-context mailing list > > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > > > > > Try > > \startlines > \vbox{\lettrine{S}{umer} is icumen in,\crlf Lhude sing cuccu!} > Groweth sed, and bloweth med, > And springth the wude nu--- > Sing cuccu! > \stoplines > > -- > Radhelorn < radhelorn(a)mail.ru> > Thank you very much for your suggestion - it does most of what I want to do. I have a follow-up question if anybody would like to provide more help! Because lines in \startlines\stoplines with \setuplines[space=yes] can be indented by space characters, I want to set Nindent for the dropped cap to (N * <width of space character>), so lines can be indented by the exact same amount they would be with spaces in \startlines\stoplines. Is there a way to calculate the width of some number of characters (or a string of characters) to use as a dimension parameter? For example, a macro that returns the width in points of 5 space characters in the current font? I figured hardcoding the width of a space as a percentage of an em might work, but would probably not be consistent across fonts. Is that true, or is it really that simple? I'd also be happy with a way to preserve spaces in the text inside the vbox (and ignore any Nindent dimension calculation), because then I could just add the appropriate number of spaces for indentation after the \crlf, like this: \vbox{\lettrine{S}{umer} is icumen in,\crlf <2 spaces>Lhude sing cuccu!}, as I do in \startlines\stoplines. Thanks very much, Adrian Drury

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Lettrine and \startnarrower question
by Adrian Drury 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Hello, Using \lettrine (version 2005.08.29) inside \startnarrower\stopnarrower gives results I didn't expect - see the example below. Part of the text seems to be shifted right by an additional left-indent amount. Is this correct and/or expected behavior? If it is, is there a workaround to shift it back? \usemodule[lettrine] \starttext \input knuth \startnarrower \lettrine{T}{est} \input knuth \stopnarrower \stoptext Thanks, Adrian Drury

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figure library problem
by David Arnold 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

All, My source (section5figs.tex) compiles and produces section5figs- mpgraph.14 without error message. But when I try to compile junk.xml with: texexec --pdf --use=fig-make --mode=letter junk.xml I get this error: (./junk.xml) ! Too many }'s. \processXMLfilegrouped ...ifmmode \else \par \fi } l.343 \processXMLfilegrouped{\jobfilename.xml} ? I checked that section5figs-mpgraph.14 compile with mptopdf. This is the first time I've experienced any difficulty with the figure library. Any ideas or suggestions?

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Underfull \hbox and align=middle
by Peter Münster 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Hello, this seems a bit strange to me: \setupalign[middle] \starttext bla bla bla % here: underfull \hbox bla bla bla bla bla bla bla % here not... \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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placefigure & headers topframe interactions
by Renaud AUBIN 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Hi all, I use in my document: \setupbackgrounds[header][text][bottomframe=on] \setupbackgrounds[footer][text][topframe=on] in order to obtain black rules. Since I don't want the topframe on in the chapter's first pages, I use in setuphead the option header=high... It works if I have only text in my document, but when I use \placefigure[here][fig:afigref]{A dummy label}{\externalfigure[dummy]} to include METAFUN or pdf graphics, I obtain a black rule (topframe) on top of the first page of the next chapter... Seems very strange... I tried to solve the problem but, unfortunately, without success ! Any idea ?

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\hbox and figures
by andrea valle 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Hi to all, I guess it's something obvious but... I was taking a look at the nice cows on p.298 cont-eni: I cannot understand why in compiling this code "test" is always one line down and never on the same line, just on quarter's side. Quarter is a small figure, and I tested with other small figures, both in pdf and png. \starttext \hbox {\externalfigure[quarter]} test \stoptext Many thanks! -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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Chapters, setupbackgrounds[header] issue & indenting issue
by Renaud AUBIN 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Hi all, I have made a small document in order to show you issues I have to face with. 1. At page 3, why do I have bottomframe=on in the header althought I use high option ? It's ok at page 1 and 4. 2. At page 4, it works only because the previous chapter is on one page ! Don't see why with my present ConTeXt skills. 3. Concerning indenting, the first paragraph of each section isn't indented, why and how to modify ? I have seen that the order of options matters but I don't understand how work "next" and "first" options because when I use it, I don't obtain indentation at all. What I'm doing wrong ??? It drives me crazy since these features are prerequisites for my PhD style ! Renaud

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ConTeXt IRC ?
by Renaud AUBIN 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hi all, Is there a context-related irc channel ? Renaud

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how to embed a postscript Times
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hi, I have to typeset a document in postscript Times Roman. I guess I have to use \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] But is this enough to make sure that my Times is really embedded and not "overwritten" by the standard printer Times when the PDF is printed? (I don't feel comfortable when using these standard fonts, that everybody has but none are the same ...) Steffen

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Typesetting chemical reaction equations
by Ville Voipio 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

I would need to typeset some rather simple reaction equations. I do not need the structural capabilities of PPCHTeX, just something simpler. The thing I am writing has something to do with physical chemistry, so I need mathematical equations, as well. Of course, the natural way to do this: \placeformula \startformula \rm NH_3(g) + H^+(aq.) + Cl^-(aq.) \rightarrow NH_4^+(aq.) + Cl^-(aq.) \stopformula This gives rather pleasant-looking results. However, is this the right (i.e. kosher) way of doing things, or do I run into trouble at some later point with this? What are you chemists using? And how do I switch off the equation numbering for the chemical reactions (I'd like to have the mathematical formulae still numbered)? TIA, - Ville

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