July 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Hitting 'e' for error in Scite?
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hans et all, How do I set up scite that comes with context so that when I hit 'e' in the console window, I am taken to the line of the error in Scite?

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spell checking in scite
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hans et al, How do I set up spell checking in the Scite that comes with my context distribution?

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Index design
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

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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Re: [NTG-context] XY and papersize
by Matt Claus 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

To summarize, Taco kindly solved this problem after exchanging some messages with me off list - thank you Taco. The key is, when using a papersize other than the A4 default with XY, it is necessary to first explicitly set the appropriate papersize. This enables the XY calculations to expand properly. For example: \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setuppapersize [XY][letter] \setuppaper[nx=3,ny=10,dx=2mm,dy=0mm,topspace=5mm,backspace=5mm] \setuplayout [location=middle] \setuparranging [XY] \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{30}{test} \stoptext This is a very handy way to generate a centered layout for labels of any size. The spacing between the labels is easily controlled with dx and dy. Thanks for the help solving this, Matt

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Re: [NTG-context] modes with Scite
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hans, I thought Shift+F8, paramters, would have something to do with adding options at the command line, but it did not work with --mode=short. ---- Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > dwarnold45(a)cox.net wrote: > > All, > > > > I am using the Scite editor provided by one of the Context dristributions. > > > > Is there a way to include modes with one of the various compiling commands? > > > no, but you can > > (1) temporary put \enablemode[...] at the to of the file > (2) use a separate file where you set the mode, and load the file > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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sorting list
by Hans van der Meer 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Some things I do not understand about sorting: This is the example: \def\sortprocess#1{{\bf #1}} \definesorting[city][cities][\callupcities] \setupsorting[city][criterium=all,command=\sortprocess] \city{Londen} \city{Berlijn} \city{New York} \city{Parijs} \city{Amstelveen} \placelistofcities \callupcities question 1. The manual states (p.163) "When we add a command in the third argument during the definition of the sorted list we may recall sorted list with this command." However \callupcities gives me this error: Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \callupcities was complete. <to be read again> \par question 2. The command \sortprocess does work, the items are in bold. But they now are typeset next to one another instead of each one on a line by itself, as occurs without command=\sortprocess on the setup. Hans van der Meer

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setuphead and command
by Hubertus Schmidt 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hi all, I'm stuck. I try to something like this: \def\CommandHeader#1#2#3{ {\framed[frame=off,bottomframe=on, topframe=on,align=right,width=\textwidth] {\tbox{\hskip14pt\indent{\type{#2}}\index{#2}\hskip3cm{\it #3} }} } \definehead[Command][subject] \setuphead[Command][command=\CommandHeader] \starttext \Command{{def}{Define Variable}} \Command{{tsolve}{solve differential equation}} \stoptext It's supposed to look like ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ def Define Variable ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ whereas "def" should be indexed and "Define Variable" should be indented... The document is supposed to become a program manual and I wanted it to look like this one: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/fullrefman.pdf How would you do the alphabetic sorting of the commands? Manually like the solution above or with something like "definesorting"? Is there a good way doing this? Thanks a lot Hubertus

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XY and papersize
by Claus, Matt - eSpeed 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hello - I recently discovered Context so let me first of all say a big thank you to Hans for creating such an amazing piece of software and making it available. Now, the question - this works exactly as I expect: \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \setuppapersize [XY][A4] \setuppaper[nx=3,ny=10,dx=0mm,dy=0mm,topspace=5mm,backspace=5mm] \setuplayout [location=middle] \setuparranging [XY] \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{15}{test \recurselevel \page} \stoptext However, when I change A4 to letter the output seems to introduce some "dy". I experimented with some other paper sizes including defining my own and see inconsistent results. Can anyone point out what I'm doing incorrectly? Thank you very much for any assistance, Matt \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \setuppapersize [XY][letter] \setuppaper[nx=3,ny=10,dx=0mm,dy=0mm,topspace=5mm,backspace=5mm] \setuplayout [location=middle] \setuparranging [XY] \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{15}{test \recurselevel \page} \stoptext CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail, including its contents and attachments, if any, are confidential. If you are not the named recipient please notify the sender and immediately delete it. You may not disseminate, distribute, or forward this e-mail message or disclose its contents to anybody else. Copyright and any other intellectual property rights in its contents are the sole property of eSpeed, Inc. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Although we routinely screen for viruses, addressees should check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. We make no representation or warranty as to the absence of viruses in this e-mail or any attachments. Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our customers and business, we may monitor and read e-mails sent to and from our server(s). For further important information, please see http://www.espeed.com/full-disclaimer.html

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Margin Kerning Problem
by Helin Gai 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hi, I used the following code to set up margin kerning: \setupfontsynonym[cmr10][handling=hz] \setupfontsynonym[Serif][handling=hz] \usetypescript[cmr] \setupbodyfont[cmr,10pt] \setupalign[hz,hanging] Can someone please tell me what is going wrong? Thanks!! Colin

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Setting to help with overflow in Metapost
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

All, This code is causing an overflow. Isn't there a setting that will allow bigger numbers? I am not looking for more code and/or rescaling code, but a setting that I know is there that will allow larger numbers. %mode=short \startcomponent section1exercises \project book \product chapter5/chapter5 \usemodule[newmat] \usemodule[math=ext] \usemodule[fig-base] \usefigurebase[figures/figlibSection1] \setupheadnumber[chapter][6] \setupheadnumber[section][1] \def\qor{\quad\text{or}\quad} \def\qqor{\qquad\text{or}\qquad} \def\qand{\quad\text{and}\quad} \def\qqand{\qquad\text{and}\qquad} \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[gridlines][s=0.7] \startMPinclusions color mygridcolor; mygridcolor=\MPcolor{gridlines}; color gridlines; gridlines:=\MPcolor{gridlines}; def vtick(expr pos)= draw ((0,-3)--(0,3)) shifted pos; enddef; def htick(expr pos)= draw ((-3,0)--(3,0)) shifted pos; enddef; def opendot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt shifted pos withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaled 4pt shifted pos withcolor red; enddef; def filleddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt shifted pos withcolor red; draw fullcircle scaled 4pt shifted pos withcolor red; enddef; \stopMPinclusions \startuseMPgraphic{55_grid} for k=-5u step 1u until 5u: draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines; draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines; endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{55_xy_axes} drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); label.rt(btex $\tfx x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx 5$ etex, (5u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); label.top (btex $\tfx y$ etex, (0,5u)); label.lft(btex $\tfx 5$ etex, (0,5u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{1010_grid} for k=-10u step 1u until 10u: draw (k,-10u)--(k,10u) withcolor gridlines; draw (-10u,k)--(10u,k) withcolor gridlines; endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{1010_xy_axes} drawdblarrow (-10u,0)--(10u,0); label.rt(btex $\tfx x$ etex, (10u,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx 10$ etex, (10u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-10u)--(0,10u); label.top (btex $\tfx y$ etex, (0,10u)); label.lft(btex $\tfx 10$ etex, (0,10u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{1010_xy_axes_ti} drawdblarrow (-10u,0)--(10u,0); label.rt(btex $\tfx x$ etex, (10u,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx 10$ etex, (10u,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx -10$ etex, (-10u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-10u)--(0,10u); label.top (btex $\tfx y$ etex, (0,10u)); label.lft(btex $\tfx 10$ etex, (0,10u)); label.lft(btex $\tfx -10$ etex, (0,-10u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{05_grid} for k=0 step 1u until 5u: draw (k,0)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines; draw (0,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines; endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{05_xy_axes} drawarrow (0,0)--(5u,0); label.rt(btex $\tfx x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx 5$ etex, (5u,0)); drawarrow (0,0)--(0,5u); label.top (btex $\tfx y$ etex, (0,5u)); label.lft(btex $\tfx 5$ etex, (0,5u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \startquestions % Exercise #29 \beginquestion \startquestion[ex:secqu.29] $p(x)=-x^6-4x^5+27x^4+78x^3+4x^2+376x-480$ \stopquestion \endquestion \beginlonganswer \startanswer %\startlinecorrection[blank] %\midaligned{\externalfigure[q25v][width=0.4\textwidth]} %\midaligned{\externalfigure[q25][width=0.4\textwidth]} %\stoplinecorrection \stopanswer \endlonganswer \beginshortanswer \startanswer Note that the leading term $-x^6$ (dashed) has the same end-behavior as the polynomial $p$. \startbuffer %initialize scale and draw axes numeric u; 20ux=2in; 10000uy=2in; drawdblarrow (-10ux,0)--(10ux,0); label.rt(btex $\tfx x$ etex, (10ux,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx -10$ etex, (-10ux,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx 10$ etex, (10ux,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-5000uy)--(0,5000uy); label.top(btex $\tfx y$ etex, (0,5000uy)); label.lft(btex $\tfx -5000$ etex, (0,-5000uy)); label.lft(btex $\tfx 15$ etex, (0,5000uy)); %leading term vardef lead(expr x)= -1*x*x*x*x*x*x enddef; %polynomial vardef p(expr x)= -1*x**6-4*x**5+27*x**4+78*x**3+4*x**2+376*x-480 enddef; %path p_lead path p_lead; p_lead:=(-4.1352,lead(-4.1352)); for x=-4.1352 step .1 until 4.1252: p_lead:=p_lead--(x,lead(x)); endfor; p_lead:=p_lead--(4.1252,lead(4.1252)); p_lead:=p_lead xyscaled(ux,uy); draw p_lead dashed evenly withcolor red; %path p_p path p_p; p_p:=(-6.5009,p(-6.5009)); for x=-6.5009 step .1 until 5.3356 : p_p:=p_p--(x,p(x)); endfor; p_p:=p_p--( 5.3356 ,p(5.3356)); p_p:=p_p xyscaled(ux,uy); drawdblarrow p_p withcolor blue; label.rt(btex $\tfx p(x)=-x^6-4x^5+27x^4+78x^3+4x^2+376x-480$ etex, (5.3356 ,p(5.3356 )) xyscaled(ux,uy)); \stopbuffer \startlinecorrection[blank] \midaligned{\processMPbuffer} \stoplinecorrection \stopanswer \endshortanswer % Exercise #30 \beginquestion \startquestion[ex:secqu.30] $p(x)=2x^4-3x^3+x-10$ \stopquestion \endquestion \beginlonganswer[-] \startanswer \stopanswer \endlonganswer \beginshortanswer[-] \startanswer \stopanswer \endshortanswer \stopquestions \placeanswers\kern0pt \stopcomponent

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