July 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

indented footnotes
by Steffen Wolfrum 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hi, I want my footnotes (bottom page) to be indented first line. So I tried this \setupfootnotes[indentnext=yes,numbercommand=\hskip1em\high] \setupfootnotedefinition[indentnext=yes,distance=0.5em,location=serried] But "\hskip1em" is now the distance to the right corner of the footnote's number. So the space before "999" is smaller than "1". But what is the syntax if the indent should be like in plain paragraphs: always the same? Steffen

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a new MyWay: really simple way to create tables
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hello, There's a new tiny piece of documentation about how to create simple tables in a simple way using comma/space/tab-separated values. For example, you can copy-paste some data from Excell and use it directly without having to add all those \NC or \eTD\bTD inbetween. You can also use '&' as a separator and imitate LaTeX way of creating tables. Comments & feedback wellcome. Mojca Just as a warning: There are two bugs left: utf-8 handling (if you don't need TeX commands in the data, you can circumvent that by using quotechar=whatever) and the last cell in the row may not be empty (you can probably put a \strut there if necessary). (Two other bugs were fixed in Taco's version, but I didn't check if it is already part of the new distribution or not.)

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How to place figures & captions to some non-standard places?
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hello, Is it possible to do the following with ConTeXt? 1. Figure is \textwidth wide, the caption is placed in the margin right or left to the figure (depending on left/right page) 2. Figure is less than \textwidth wide, it's placed on the inner side of "text", caption is on the outer side (top/middle or bottom-aligned, depending on user specification) 3. Figure is wider than textwidth, it's centered on "text+margin", caption below the figure (taking the same width as the figure itself) 4. figure and caption are both in the margin (outer or inner side of margin, depending on user request), caption takes all the available width of the margin 5. almost the same feature as \startfiguretext, except that the figure extends to the outer part of the margin, while texts floats around the figure (still only max. \texwidth wide). (It does not need to be automatic, just that it could be specified for a single figure where to place it and where to place the caption.) Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] [off-list, urgent] Index design
by Hans Hagen 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Hi Hans, > > sorry for contacting you off-list. But the publishing-house I am > working for at the moment needs to know the answer to my "Index > design" question today. > > They have a series of books with a given index (register of keywords) > designed as described below. > This design was set in the past with 3B2, and now is the question: is > it also possible to set it (in this strange way) with ConTeXt? > > > Please see my description below (hope gets it's clear): > > Is it possible, in an index, not to have single letters as separators > (here "a", "w") in a dedicated line, but instead only the first letter of > the first entry with "a" or "w" set bold? > > See this minimal example: > > \setupoutput[pdftex] > > \starttext > \chapter{First Chapter} > Some text...\index{word} > > \section {First Section} > Some text...\index{word} > Some text...\index{another entry} > Some text...\index{ansi} > Some text...\index{another entry} > > \page[yes] > \completeindex > > \stoptext > > > > Here I would like to have only the first letter of the index entries > "another" and "word" in the index to be set bold. since tex is programmable, things like this are doable; of course the question is "what tweaks are needed"; anyhow, it should not be a show-stopper 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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scaling reusableMPgraphic & some ConTeXt programming
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hello, the answers to these three questions are most probably one-liners, but I don't know which ones ;) 1. How can I scale (an already defined) reusableMPgraphic? Simplified example of what I currently (want to) have: % how should I change this definition? \def\usemygraphic[#1][#2]{\reuseMPgraphic{#1}} \usemygraphic[name][width=.7\textwidth] 2. I have several graphics defined as \startGNUPLOTgraphic[1][name] draw fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor .625red; \stopGNUPLOTgraphic \startGNUPLOTgraphic[2][name] draw fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor .625green; \stopGNUPLOTgraphic \startGNUPLOTgraphic[3][name] draw fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor .625blue; \stopGNUPLOTgraphic \startGNUPLOTgraphic[1][othername] fill fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor .625red; \stopGNUPLOTgraphic \startGNUPLOTgraphic[2][othername] fill fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor .625green; \stopGNUPLOTgraphic and a pretty stupid definition: \long\def\startGNUPLOTgraphic {\dodoubleargument\dostartGNUPLOTgraphic} \long\def\dostartGNUPLOTgraphic[#1][#2]#3\stopGNUPLOTgraphic % [number][name] {% add to counter to note the nuber of the graphic % define a new counter for the first time when you use it \doif{#1}{1}{\doglobal\newcounter\abc}% counter name has to depend on #2 \doglobal\increment\abc % assigning the value #1 to it would also be OK \startreusableMPgraphic{gpg:#2:#1}#3\stopreusableMPgraphic} How can I give a better name than \abc to the counter (the name should depend on #2 in order to be unique)? 3. I would like to change \usemygraphic, so that \usemygraphic[othername] or \usemygraphic[othername][height=5cm] would resolve to \dorecurse{2}{\useMPgraphic{gpg:othername:\recurselevel}} and \usemygraphic[name][n={1,3},width=8cm] (syntax might be different if necessary) to \reuseMPgraphic{gpg:name:1} \reuseMPgraphic{gpg:name:3} (with proper scaling if possible). How should I start? Thank you a lot for any hints, Mojca Miklavec

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U3D (embedded 3D objects)
by Matthias Weber 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hello, is there support for .u3d files in ConTeXt available or planned? This would take advantage of Acrobat 7 support for these 3D data files. There is a LaTeX package (http:// www.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/movie15/) that does that, and it even works on my Mac. Thanks, Matthias

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setupnarrower with em or quad
by Steffen Wolfrum 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hi, I need a \setupnarrower with quad or em distance. But both... \setupnarrower[left=\quad and \setupnarrower[left=\em ... don't work. Someone knows the right syntax? Thank you, Steffen

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ConTeXt and cmyk
by Renaud AUBIN 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Hi all, I have reproduced a logo http://www.uvsq.fr/guide/charte/index.html (see attachment for the resulting metapost code). What's the best method to define colors according to this web page ? My understanding is: - for printing, the use of \setupcolors[cmyk=yes,mpcmyk=no,conversion=no] is the best, - for display rendering, the use of \setupcolors[cmyk=yes,mpcmyk=yes,conversion=yes] is the best. Am I right ? Renaud

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Index design
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

[apologies for re-posting but the ntg-server seemed to be down?] Hi, in a index is it possible not to have bold letters as separators ("a", "w") in a dedicated line, but instead only the first letter of the first entry with "a" or "w" bold? See this minimal example: \starttext \chapter{First Chapter} Some text...\index{word} \section {First Section} Some text...\index{word} Some text...\index{another word} Some text...\index{another word} \page[yes] \completeindex \stoptext Here I would like to have only the first letter of the index entries "another" and later "word" in the index to be set bold. (Hope you understand what I mean...) Thanks, Steffen

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Context 2006.07.24 released
by Taco Hoekwater 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '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 2006.07.24 This is a bugfix release that fixes a number of small problems. As usual, there is an html page with detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2006.07.24 Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater

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