March 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

footnotes in margin
by Alex Lubberts 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Hi, Does anybody know if it is possible to place footnotes in the margin? If so, how? TIA, Alex Lubberts

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Context 2006.03.20 released
by Taco Hoekwater 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Hello all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip The current release has version 2006.03.20 10:19. A very short list of changes is given below. As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes New major features since 2006.02.15: * Thanks to changes in the ruby kpathsea library implementation, texmfstart-driven scripts should be a bit faster. * Sidefloats next to section titles are now possible * A few extra options for \startlinenumbering * New options for \useexternalfigure: xscale and yscale Bug fixes since 2006.02.15: * A set of smaller and bigger bugs in the two-column routines * the mptopdf macros were broken outside of context proper (mptopdf, latex) * some smaller things Happy TeXing, Taco

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fakewords
by David Arnold 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

All, What does \fakewords{100}{200} do? What's the 100 represent? What's the 200 represent?

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MathML test suite feedback
by nico 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hello, I've compiled with ConTeXt a large excerpt from the MathML 2.0 Test Suite (http://www.w3.org/Math/testsuite) and I encountered the following problems (test cases attached): - Percentage in tag attributes are not correctly handled (seem to be seen as tex comments) and make context crashes. - mfenced with empty separators doesn't work. - Using different brackets in <mo> doesn't work. - I don't know if it's a local install problem, but some fonts are not found when using UTF encoding. This said, only 6% (41/657) of the tests fails, which is an excellent rate. BTW, if someone is interested in the big context file containing all the tests, just tell me. I can also send the perl script used to generate this doc. Regards, BG

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sources of the manaul
by stappers＠stappers.nl 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 05:17:46PM -0500, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, frantisek holop wrote: > > > > i think i have read something about this issue, but i don't remember > > where or when :) > > You can check out the manual sources from the svn respository > svn://ctx.pragma-ade.nl/manuals Is there a "read-only account" available? When doing a check out, how much data will be transferred? (So I can estimate the download time (or reconsider doing it ;- )) > If you prefer to browse them online they are available at > http://context.aanhet.net/svn/ Or is that the "read-only account"? (Is `svn checkout http://context.aanhet.net/svn/ context-manual` the way to go ? ) Cheers Geert Stappers

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Question and Answer blocks -- by section
by David Arnold 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

All, Almost what I want. But I just want to unhide the blocks for the section at the end of each section. What is the best strategy here. Should I just make a set of blocks with different names for each section? %output=pdf \starttext \setupindenting[medium,yes] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupcolors[state=start] \defineenumeration[question] \setupenumerations [question] [location=inleft, text={\color[blue]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}, way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \defineenumeration[answer] \setupenumerations [answer] [location=inleft, text={\color[blue]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}, way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \defineblock[question,answer] \hideblocks[answer] \chapter{First Chapter} \dorecurse{1}{\input tufte\par} \section{First Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer] \stopcolumns \section{Second Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer] \stopcolumns \section{Third Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer] \stopcolumns \stoptext

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Question and answers
by David Arnold 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

All, I have: \defineenumeration[questions][location=serried,text=\blank] \setupenumerations[questions][before={\unnumberedsubsection{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2]},after=\stopcolumns,number=no] \defineenumeration[answers][location=serried,text=\blank] \setupenumerations[answers][before={\unnumberedsubsection{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2]},after=\stopcolumns,number=no] \def\placeanswers{\startanswers\doifmodeelse{short}{\selectblocks [shortanswer][criterium=section]}{\selectblocks[longanswer] [criterium=section]}\stopanswers} \defineenumeration[question][location=inleft,text={\color[heavygreen] \bgroup}] \setupenumerations[question][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[subquestion][location=hanging,text={\color [heavygreen]\bgroup},conversion=characters] \setupenumerations[subquestion][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[answer][location=inleft,text={\color[heavygreen] \bgroup}] \setupenumerations[answer][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[subanswer][location=hanging,text={\color [heavygreen]\bgroup},conversion=characters] \setupenumerations[subanswer][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineblock[question,shortanswer,longanswer] \hideblocks[shortanswer,longanswer] I put a \placeanswers at the end of each section, but the numbering is contiguous across sections. For example, section 1 might end with exercise #15, then section 2 begins with exercise #16. How can I reset the numbers to start with #1 in section 2?

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Q about mathml || tex-native?
by Alexander Lazic 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hi, i plan to write a math-booklet and have a question about the math-modules in contex. What is the preferd way to deal with math in contex? MathML (xml-way) or \*formula (tex-way, from my point of view) I'am plan the outputs to pdfs. There are some complex (integrals, complex numbers, ...), formulas and electionical circuits figures. I'am not sure what is the 'best' way ;-) Please can you tell me your thoughts and opinions ;-) Thanks && regards Alex

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Figure libraries
by Willi Egger 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hi Hans, It seems that the figurelibrary mechanism is (still, previous post on 19-9-2005) broken. TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.5) ---> context : ver: 2005.11.30 (This is the latest version downloaded on 19-03-2006) cont-en : ver: 2005.11.30 fmt: 2006.3.19 mes: english (The texexec --version reveals that the versionnumber in context has not been adjusted since the version 2005-11-30) Referencing by "label" the picture is not found. Referencing by page the wrong page is found. Referencing the last picture in the file: a fatal error occurs, that the page does not exits. Please refer to the attached example files. Could you please take a look at this matter? Kind regards Willi % Testfile selecting pictures from a figure-library % CONTEXt file % filename: testfig.tex % Willi Egger % 18-09-2005 \setupoutput[pdftex] \mainlanguage[de] \usemodule[fig-base] \usefigurebase[test-lib] \starttext \placefigure [here] [fig:ord1898] {Ordonnanzeisen 1898 $\rightarrow$ referenced by \quotation{label}} {\externalfigure[ord1898][width=0.45\makeupwidth]} \placefigure [here] [fig:hinterhufwinkel2] {Ordonnanzeisen 1898 $\rightarrow$ referenced by page } {\externalfigure[test-lib][page=3,width=0.45\makeupwidth]} % \placefigure % [here] % [fig:u-flaeche-trab] % {Unterst\"utzungsfl\"ache im Trab $\rightarrow$ referenced by \quotation{label}} % {\externalfigure[u-flaeche-trab][width=0.45\makeupwidth]} % \placefigure % [here] % [fig:schmieden2] % {Unterst\"utzungsfl\"ache im Trab $\rightarrow$ referenced by page} % {\externalfigure[test-lib][page=8,width=0.45\makeupwidth]} \stoptext

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\resetquestion
by David Arnold 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

All, How come \resetquestion in this source does not work as advertised in the manual? I also tried \setquestion{0} to no avail. %output=pdf \starttext \setupindenting[medium,yes] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupcolors[state=start] \defineenumeration[question] \setupenumerations [question] [location=inleft, text={\color[blue]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}] \chapter{First Chapter} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{First Section} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumns \section{Second Section} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \resetquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumns \section{Third Section} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumns \stoptext

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