July 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

How ConTeXt manages section's label at the bottom of a page ?
by Renaud AUBIN 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi all, Considering this piece of code: \section{A title of section} Here we have some texts.... resulting to the following theoretical situation before correction: at the bottom of the page 1: A title of section at the top of the page 2: Here we have some texts.... Is ConTeXt smart enough to apply this kind of correction during processing: page 1: whatever before \section call page 2: A title of section Here we have some texts.... Apparently, Taco told me on #context that this is the case... But in fact, I have this kind on problem with a \subsubsection call. If it is implemented, can we fine-tune the behaviour of the correction. For example, Considering a section label followed by only two lines of text, can we push this label+text to the newt page ? Cheers, Renaud

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Losing our hang
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, why do we lose our hang in the second question? \defineenumeration [question] [text=,] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=fit, distance=1em, hang=100, margin=0pt, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \setupcolumns[page=no] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \placeformula[-] \startformula f(x)=x^2 \stopformula An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stopcolumns \stoptext

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sample={99}
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, Was I surprised to find that my numbering went to multiples of 2 when I added the option sample={99}. Is this a bug? \defineenumeration [question] [text=,] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=fit, distance=1em, hang=2, sample={99}, margin=0pt, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \setupcolumns[page=no] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startcolumns[n=2] \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stopcolumns \stoptext

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Chapter/section text inmargin
by Jason Knight 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

I'm attempting to do some formatting similar to Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic Style and am getting a bit stymied, where section titles are in the margin right next to the text. Here's what I've got so far in ConTeXt (and it gets me close): \setupheads[sectionnumber=no] \setuphead[chapter][textcommand=\inmargin,style=\tfa,before=\nowhitespace,after=\nowhitespace] \setuphead[section][textcommand=\inmargin,style=\tfa,before=\nowhitespace,after=\nowhitespace] \setuphead[subsection][textcommand=\inmargin,style=\scx,before=\nowhitespace,after=\nowhitespace] This places the chapter/section/subsection titles in the margin alright, but it is still above the text it refers to. How do I get it alongside? Thanks for your help! Jason Knight -- Jason Knight Systems-Analyst-at-large "They fix 'em, I break 'em. Thus, analysis."

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Nailed references with our strategy
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, thought we had a good strategy for defining our own counter, but we don't have references now. Any ideas? \newcounter\NonFigCounter \define\UpdateNonFigCtr{\doglobal\increment\NonFigCounter} \setuplabeltext[example=Example \NonFigCounter.] \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headcolor=green, headstyle=bold, text=\labeltext{example}, stopper=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, after=\blank\UpdateNonFigCtr, way=bysection, number=no] \starttext \startexample[exmpl:one] blah, blah, blah \stopexample In \in{Example}[exmpl:one], we see that, ... \stoptext

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!?!? -what's up?
by andrea valle 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi. I can't find a more clever subject. Sorry. I typeset two days a LaTex file for academic research using TeXShop. Now, two days later without using again ConTeXT, it seems I'm not able to use it anymore. No output at all. No pdf. So, I updated via Gerben's i-installer to ConTeXt stable and I have this, which is what I obtained before updating plus the last warning line. I tried with many files and that's the same. This is the minimal one \starttext test \stoptext It gives the following TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : testpdftex output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./testpdftex.tex return code : 11 run time : 4 seconds total run time : 6 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead I guess it's a question of TeXShop preferences, but I really don't know. Many, many thanks in advance Best -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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Linux upgrade
by John R. Culleton 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

I have been working with two versions of TeX, neither one of which is new enough to accomodate all the latest Context bells and whistles. I tried downloading context.zip and installing it on my standard /usr/share/texmf tree. No joy. I get messages telling me to use the texmfstart command instead. This is as I recall a Windows thingie. So next I tried linux binaries only. Still no joy. Let me start all over. Assuming a working TeX installation (either tetex or texlive 2005) what incantation must I perform to upgrade to the latest stable Context and what specific zip file should I use? It appears that Context is set up primarily for Windows but I use Slackware Linux 10.2. -- John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf

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conversion and formulas
by Aditya Mahajan 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi, I have a presentation in which only a few numbered formulas so I wanted to number them as (*) (**) etc. The only way I could get that to work was \setupnumber[formula][conversion=set 1] The natural \setupformulas[conversion=set 1] does not work Why isn't conversion inherited from \setupformulas? Can this be added to core-mat.tex? \definenumber % \definelabel [\v!formula] [\c!text=\v!formula, \c!way=\@@fmway, \c!blockway=\@@fmblockway, \c!location=\v!intext, \c!conversion=\@@fmconversion] %%% New Aditya

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Left justify numbers on left margin edge
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, Why is it I cannot get my numbers to abut up against the left margin edge? They are always a few points indented. \setuplabeltext[question=] \defineenumeration [question] [text=\labeltext{question}] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=broad, hang=1, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \starttext \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stoptext

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What to do with math-ext.tex
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, I have a file in my document directory called math-ext.tex. Isn't this part of the core now? Can I get rid of it? It starts out like this: %D \module %D [ file=math-ext, %D version=2006.01.14, %D title=\CONTEXT\ Math Macros, %D subtitle=Extra Macros, %D author={Hans Hagen \& Taco Hoekwater}, %D date=\currentdate, %D copyright=\PRAGMA] %C %C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for %C details. %M \ifx\startalign\undefined \input math-ext.tex \fi % some simple math constructs (based on user requests) % % preliminary \unprotect % adapted stuff % we need to make this plain code a bit more 'readable' \def\openup {\afterassignment\dopenup\scratchdimen=} \def\dopenup {\advance\lineskip \scratchdimen \advance\baselineskip \scratchdimen \advance\lineskiplimit\scratchdimen} \def\jot{.25\bodyfontsize} % plain tex: 3 pt (todo: better name) \newif\ifdt@p \def\displ@y % \presetdisplayspacing or so {\global\dt@ptrue \openup\jot \mathsurround\zeropoint \everycr{\noalign{% \ifdt@p \global\dt@pfalse \ifdim\prevdepth>-\thousandpoint \vskip-\lineskiplimit \vskip\normallineskiplimit \fi \else

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