November 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

upright sans math
by Henning Hraban Ramm 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Ahoi! I need to typeset some formulae in upright Helvetica (TeX Gyre Heros, URW Nimbus or similar). Is this already pre-made in the ConTeXt distribution? I couldn't find it. Greetlings, Hraban

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Problem with nested \quotation and \quote
by Thomas A. Schmitz 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hi all, the attached test file shows a problem with nested \quotation and \quote commands: ConTeXt breaks the line after the first closing quote. There shouldn't be a line break there. Thanks! Thomas \definepapersize[test][width=7cm,height=3cm] \setuppapersize[test][test] \mainlanguage[en] \starttext \quotation{He said, \quote{this demonstrates the problem with nested quotes.}} \stoptext

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Success Story - II
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hello Happy to report that Luatex made my life easier once again. :) I've made another test papers for my students, with varying problems, and it was possible only due to Lua emedded code. Examples: Perform logical AND, OR and XOR under the following pair of hexadecimal numbers: \startluacode n = math.random(10,255) m = math.random(10,255) tex.print(string.format("%X, %X", n, m)) \stopluacode Encode your Name and Surname as a \startluacode a = {'null-terminated', 'dollar-terminated', 'Pascal'} tex.print( string.format('%s string.', a[math.random(1,3)]) ); \stopluacode Lucky, the discussion about Lua reference started in the list today, because I need more knowledge of Lua to make even more flexible assignments. Best regards, Vyatcheslav

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ConTeXt Package for Notepad++ v. 4.5
by Idris Samawi Hamid 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Dear cabal, I have uploaded an updated version of the ConTeXt-support package for Notepad++ (Npp): http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image:Npp_ConTeXt.zip For details, see the Readme as well as http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070813.050137.7a5796f0.en.html There are lots of small improvements. One nice feature is that from any text selection (such as a control sequence) you may do a ConTeXt Wiki search from the RUN menu or ALT-F2. In addition there is Google and Wikipedia search. Also, I have included the wonderful Explorer plugin. Most of the Scite ConTeXt commands are included (same shortcuts), in both RUN and script versions (for the console F6). Npp is one of the most powerful and useful text editors around. For windows users (you can also use it under wine) wanting a more modern interface with loads of included features (see especially the TextFX menu), it deserves a close look. I hope that someone will wikify this under the Text-Editor page. Enjoy! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Re: [NTG-context] New build problems
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Hello Hans, Is some additional info needed from me to fix this issue? -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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project structure and dissertations
by Jesse Alama 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

I'm unsure about an aspect of The ConTeXt Way and its application to my current situation: typesetting a dissertation, namely: how can I take advantage of project sttructure? It seems natural to regard the dissertation as a project and the chapters as products (which sounds strange to my mind, in this case). But then I have no idea what would correspond to components; it seems like excessive, unnecessary structuring to regard sections of chapters as components. And if sections aren't components, I don't know what they would be. Earlier messages on this mailing list suggest that projects aren't supposed to be compiled; only components and products are supposed to be compiled. This suggests that the whole dissertation not be a project; clearly I would want to compile the whole dissertation. Another approach would be to skip projects and stick with just products and components. In this case, the whole dissertation would be a product (which sounds right to me), and chapters would be components. But then, if I follow that route, how would the logical structure interact with the "typographical structure" (what is called "meta-structure" in the ConTeXt manual)? I want to say something like \startfrontmatter \chapter{Preface} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Introduction} \stopbodymatter \startappendices \chapter{Complex Proof that was Skipped} \stopappendices \startbackmatter \chapter{Colofon} \stopbackmatter in dissertation.tex, to indicate the typographical/meta structure. But then where would the \component commands go? Would it look something like this: \startproductproduct dissertation \startfrontmatter \chapter{Preface} \component{Preface} \stopbodymatter ... or would I somehow be able to refer to the whole text of the preface and do something like \startproduct dissertation \component preface \chapter{Preface} \getbuffer{buf:preface} \startfrontmatter ... with the whole text of the preface in a buffer? I would appreciate any advice! Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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LuaTeX/MKIV on OS X 10.5 Leopard
by David Wooten 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Greetings all, I'm curious whether anyone using MKIV on a Mac has upgraded to 10.5? Any problems after doing so? Regards, David

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[OT] STIX Fonts Released for Beta Test
by luigi scarso 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

After some delay, http://www.stixfonts.org/ -- luigi

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JUstificarion of \inleft
by John Culleton 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

The Context command \inleft is almost comparable to a similar facility in Framemaker with this exception: Framemaker left justifies multiple lines in this situation (called a sidehead) whereas \inleft right justifies them. I know I can force indiviual lines into place by enclosing them in \leftline or whatever but I am hoping there is a more general solution. -- John Culleton Want to know what I really think? http://apps.wexfordpress.net/blog/ And my must-read (free) short list: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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updating mswincontext
by Joel C. Salomon 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

What is the best way of keeping a mswincontext installation up-to-date? Do I need to download beta releases of the luatex binary and newer versions of the ConTeXt distribution from <http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm>, or is there an automatic updater? On a related note, where should I unzip the cont-xxx.zip packages I'd like to use on my system? In texmf-local, or texmf-extra, or where? --Joel

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