October 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Persian interface
by Mehdi Omidali 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi everyone, I want to be able to use persian interface in context. So I tried to create two files cont-pe.xml and cont-pe.tex for this purpose. Now my questions are: 1- Am I supposed to just create these two files and then run context --make cont-pe. 2- Can context accept these two files in UTF-8 encoding. Thanks

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. There are changes in the cached font data but this should not affect runs (apart from some fonts being recached). The memory footprint of fonts is slightly smaller, in otf we now handle multiple unicode -> one glyph situations. As part of redoing structure related code i rewrote the moveable block code which will be part of the major update later this year. It's not yet 100% functional compatible but faster and more flexible. I'm wondering, are there mkiv users out there who use the block features? 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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no hyphenation over right page break?
by Jelle Huisman 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi all, In my project I \input a number of text files into a double-column layout. One of the layout requests is: "no hyphenation over right page breaks allowed". I can't think of a way to do this, but I would be happy if someone knew a way to prevent hyphenation of the last word of the last line in the second column on odd pages. (Yes, I can fix it later, but I want to prevent it.) (Still on MkII) Thanks, Jelle

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TeXshop
by Willi Egger 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi all, is there anybody who has TeXshop running with the COnTeXt minimals? I tried to make a new engine which looks up to now as stated her under. however I get an error message: MtxRun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' My interpretation is, that underway the path to the lua scripts is 'forgotten' Kind regards Willi #!/bin/bash #PATH="$PATH: /Applications/lua/tex" #. /Applications/lua/tex/setuptex "/Applications/lua/tex" export PATH=``$PATH:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Applications/lua/ tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/'' export TEXROOT=/Applications/lua/tex export TEXMFPROJECT=$TEXROOT/texmf-project export TEXMFLOCAL=$TEXROOT/texmf-local export TEXMFVAR=$TMP/texmf-var export VARTEXMF=$TEXMFVAR export TEXMFOS=$TEXROOT/texmf-osx-intel/bin export TEXMFCONTEXT=$TEXROOT/texmf-context export TEXMFCACHE=$TEXROOT/texmf-cache export TEXFORMATS=$TEXMFOS/web2c/$engine export TEXMFFONTS=$TEXROOT/texmf-fonts export CTXMINIMAL=yes export MPMEMS=$TEXMFOS/web2c/$engine export HOMETEXMF=/nonexist export RUBYLIB=``$RUBYLIB:$TEXMFCONTEXT/scripts/context/ruby``'' export LUATEXDIR=$TEXMFCONTEXT/scripts/context/lua export TEXMFCNF=``$TEXROOT/texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'' export TEXMFMAIN=$TEXROOT/texmf export TEXMF={$TEXMFPROJECT,$TEXMFFONTS,$TEXMFLOCAL,$TEXMFOS, $TEXMFCONTEXT,$TEXMFMAIN} export TEXMFDBS={$TEXMFPROJECT,$TEXMFFONTS,$TEXMFLOCAL,$TEXMFOS, $TEXMFCONTEXT,$TEXMFMAIN} unset CTXDEVTXPATH CTXDEVMPPATH CTXDEVMFPATH unset CTXDEVPLPATH CTXDEVRBPATH CTXDEVPYPATH CTXDEVJVPATH unset TEXINPUTS MPINPUTS MFINPUTS context ''$1''

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Can I use \startbuffer in other command?
by Ruini Xue 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

I have two questions: 1. How to define a start-stop command to accept options? I want to define a start-stop command which can accept options (as \startitemize [packed]), however the \definestartstop does not support this. I found a solution in the list: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg- context/2007/025969.html Unfortunately, when I use \startbuffer in it, context prints "*" in the terminal and waits for input. So it comes to the second question 2. Can \startbuffer be used in other commands? My code is as following: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \def\startabstract{% \dosingleempty\dostartabstract} \long\def\dostartabstract[#1]#2\stopabstract{% \startbuffer[#1] #2\stopbuffer} \let\stopabstract\relax \startabstract [long] a long abstract \stopabstract \startabstract [short] a short abstract \stopabstract %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- ruini

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Strange behaviour with colors and figures
by Flavien Lambert 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Dear all, as expressed by the title, I have a very strange behaviour between colors and figures. Here is the example : \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[gris][r=0.310,g=0.333,b=0.341] \starttext \placefigure{}{\externalfigure[myfigure]} \color[gris]{\tfd Some text} \stoptext If myfigure is a PDF file, everything is ok with MKII, MKIV and XeTeX. If myfigure is a PNG file with transparency, then the "gris" color is ok with MKII but not with MKIV and XeTeX if the resulting document is read with Adobe Reader on Linux (when read with evince, colors are ok !!!!!). In the latter case, the "gris" color is very dark close to black and the green of myfigure becomes flashy... Quite puzzling ! -- Flavien. ---------------------------- "Quantum objects are completely crazy but, at least, they are all crazy in the same way." R.P. Feynman.

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What should I learn?
by Maurício 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hi, I would like to ask you some advice on what should I learn. Context was the first typography program I used. Then I tried Tex and a little bit of latex. Context is where I get the best results, but what I really would like is something that allows me to do things in my own way, not something that's always great for reasons I don't understand. (Of course, the first documents I would type would not be that good, but I'll learn with time.) I thought Tex could be that, but it's not. I can't use it to create something to fit my (worst) taste instead of Knuth's (better) taste without doing a lot more work than I'm able to do. I also like to write programs (I use a really nice language named Haskell). Do you thing I could get what I want if I write or translate typography functions to that language, and then write programs to generate documents? Where could I find or where could I learn about such functions? Thanks, Maurício

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\setuphead and horizontal rules
by Andrew Ho 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hi, Let me prefix this first my saying that I'm new to ConTeXT, so apologies if there is an obvious solution to what I'm trying to do or I'm approaching it in the wrong way. I'm trying to style chapter headings so that they are right justified, with a line before them *on the same line*. In other words, the page should look like this, where vertical bars represent the edges of the text width: |------------------------------- 1.1 Some chapter --| Can anyone give me pointers on how to do this? I've trawled the wiki and the internet at large, but an inability to precisely word this leaves it difficult to find any previous example of this. Many thanks, Andrew

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Problem with mkiv and MPgraphic
by Otared Kavian 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hi, The following doesn't show the "swelled rule" defined below in mkiv, while on mkii it is fine? So my question is: is there a new way to define MPgraphic in mkiv? Best regards: OK %% defining swelled ruel, or English rule... \setupMPvariables[SwelledRule][height=2pt,breadth=.667\localhsize] \startuniqueMPgraphic{SwelledRule}{height,breadth} x1 = 0; x2 = x6 = .333x4; x3 = x5 = .667x4; x4 = \MPvar{breadth}; y1 = y4 = \MPvar{height}/2; y2 = y3 = \MPvar{height}; y5 = y6 = 0; fill z1--z2--z3--z4--z5--z6--cycle; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \def\SwelledRule{\blank% \setlocalhsize\midaligned{\reuseMPgraphic{SwelledRule}}\blank} %% end swelled rule \starttext This file has been typeset on \currentdate{} at \currenttime, with \doifmodeelse{mkiv} {mkiv, LuaTeX revision \luatexrevision, (LuaTeX date stamp \luatexdatestamp),} {mkii, using the command: \type{texexec basic-test.tex}}, ConTeXt version \contextversion. % LuaTeX version \luatexversion, Below should be a swelled rule: it appears with mkii, but not in mkiv \dots \SwelledRule \stoptext

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mkiv: Bug in Right to Left numerals?
by Otared Kavian 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hi Hans, Taco, Idriss and the mkiv team, Since I have been unable to use mkiv until very recently I am not aware whether the following bug has been addressed or not (Luigi Scarso taught me how to install and use mkiv on Mac OS, last Sunday…). Below is a minimal file which shows that the numerals in Right-to-Left text are reversed, while they shouldn't. XeTeX and XeConTeXt behave correctly in this respect. If the bug is known, pardon me for the noise… Best regards: OK %% begin file bug-RL-numerals.tex \starttext \definefontfeature [testPersian] [analyze=yes, mode=node, language=dflt, script=arab, aalt=yes, init=yes, medi=yes, fina=yes, isol=yes, liga=yes, mset=yes] \font\FaarsiA=arabtype*testPersian at 36pt \startbuffer[faarsi] این متن در سال ۲۰۰۸ مسیحی نوشته شده است. \stopbuffer \pardir TLT \textdir TLT This file has been typeset on \currentdate{} at \currenttime, mkiv, ConTeXt version \contextversion, % LuaTeX version \luatexversion, LuaTeX revision \luatexrevision, (LuaTeX date stamp \luatexdatestamp). \blank[6*big] The number input as « 2008 » in Persian is written in the output as « 8002 » in the following Persian text: \blank[6*big] \pardir TRT \textdir TRT \FaarsiA \getbuffer[faarsi] \blank[6*big] \stoptext %% end file bug-RL-numerals.tex

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