November 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Feature request: linespacing in (foot)notes
by Wolfgang Schuster 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, I try to change the linedistance in my footnotes but this is a pain with the current interface, I slightly modified the \setnotebodyfont macro and hope this could also be done in core-not. \def\setnotebodyfont {\let\setnotebodyfont\relax \restoreglobalbodyfont \switchtobodyfont[\noteparameter\c!bodyfont]% \setuptolerance[\noteparameter\c!tolerance]% \setupalign[\noteparameter\c!align]% \noteparameter\c!commands} % <- new I used this setup in my document: \startsetups footnote:interlinespace \setupinterlinespace[line=11pt] \stopsetups \setupnote [footnote] [bodyfont=9pt, commands=\directsetup{footnote:interlinespace}] Regards, Wolfgang

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How to produce two side-by-side boxes
by Yi Zhang 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, How can I produce two side-by-side boxes, one flushed to the left and the other to the right? Thanks, -- Yi

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debugging
by Alan STONE 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, What's the way to get a list of all definition assigned values in a compile job ? Ex: \def\myFirstParameter{one} \def\mySecondParameter{two} ... -> in log file (or other file), something like: myFirstParameter=one myFirstParameter=two ... I tried \tracingmacros=1 but that's not what I'm looking for. -- Best, Alan * TeX engine = LuaTeX * ConTeXt minimals ver: 2008.56.06 19:11 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.10 int: english/english * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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define command
by Alan STONE 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, For example \define\somemacro[3]{...} gets invoked with \somemacro{#1}{#2}{#3} How do you get rid of those repeating pesky curly brackets and invoke a user defined macro with \somemacro{#1,#2,#3} instead ? :O) -- Best, Alan * TeX engine = LuaTeX * ConTeXt minimals ver: 2008.56.06 19:11 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.10 int: english/english * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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no en dash with otf fonts
by Yi Zhang 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, I'm using some otf fonts but '--' does not produce the en dash. How can I get over this problem? Thanks, -- Yi

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ansi codes
by Alan Stone 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

How do you typeset font characters by their ansi code number, ex. Alt+33 (21h) ? -- Best, Alan Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (Desktop) * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int: english/english (ConTeXt minimals installation) * texexec --lua foo

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Kerning
by Bart C. Wise 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

I am trying to change the spacing of a chapter title head. I found the "\kern" command; however, I could not get that to work over a string of text. Then I found the following code: \def\dolist{\afterassignment\dodolist\let\next= } \def\dodolist{\ifx\next\endlist \let\next\relax \else \\\let\next\dolist \fi \next} \def\endlist{\endlist} \def\track#1\by#2{\def\\{\next\kern#2}% \leavevmode \hbox{\expandafter\dolist#1\endlist}} Then I tried: def\MyChapterCommand#1#2{ \framed[align=center,frame=off,width=\textwidth]{ \vbox{ \track{This is a Test} \by{.2em} \track #2 \by{.2em} } } \setuphead[chapter][ command=\MyChapterCommand } The output from the \track{This is a Test} \by{.2em} works. However, the second track command (\track #2 \by{0.2em}) fails. I spent many hours last night trying to change the kerning. What I want is something like: \kern{TEXT}{KERNING AMOUNT}. What's available, or how do I fix the track command above. By the way,I'm running mkii. Thanks, Bart

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\definefont problem with latest beta (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi. First of all: mkii format generation still fails here because of [context.mkii] \loadmkiifile{core-swd} I added the mkii suffix here to make it run. ---- Back to the subject. When using mkiv there is a problem in finding the map files of my fonts. Instead of the expanded value of \defaultencoding (here texnansi, set in cont-sys.tex) the prefix 'default' is used here. [..] fonts : using map file: default-microsoft-arial luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-arial.map): cannot open font map file fonts : using map file: default-microsoft-sansserif luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-sansserif.map): cannot open font map file fonts : using map file: default-microsoft-trebuchet luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-trebuchet.map): cannot open font map file fonts : using map file: default-microsoft-tahoma luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-tahoma.map): cannot open font map file ---- Mkii works fine with these fonts (TTF). I made a small test file, but I'm not sure if the font is choosen wisely (T1). Anyhow, it shows the way how I use the upper named fonts in my macros. Regards, Peter \usetypescriptfile[type-cow] \usetypescript[all][cow][default] \usetypescript[cow][default] \definefont [TestFont] [Cows at 40pt] \starttext {\TestFont Just a test.} \stoptext

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Breaking footnotes across pages
by Wolfgang Schuster 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, I have in a document a very long footnote and want it to break over two pages, what do I have to do to change the default behaviour? Regards, Wolfgang

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Place externalfigure in middle position
by mattia schirosa 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

I looking in documentation for a long time, but i didn't find a command to set a image in middle area without using the \placefigure command. Anyone can help me? \starttext \startstandardmakeup \sc \startalignment[middle] Politecnico di Torino \crlf Tesi di laurea specialistica \vfill \setupheads[alternative=middle] \title{Un modello per la generazione dinamica \crlf di paesaggi sonori} \blank[line] Ingegneria del cinema e dei mezzi di comunicazione \blank[line] \vfill % \useexternalfigure[some logo][logopolito][width=5cm] % \placeexternalfigure{'}{\externalfigure[some logo]} % whit this i can put the figure in the middle, but i don't want text {\externalfigure[D:/Documenti/ProgettoTesi/MaterialeTeorico/Immagini/logopolito][width=5cm]} \vfill Autore: Mattia Schirosa \blank[line] I Relatore: Masoero Marco Carlo \crlf II Relatore: Andrea Valle \crlf Torino, 28$/$12$/$2008 \stopalignment \page \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext Best regards Mattia Unisciti alla community di Io fotografo e video, il nuovo corso di fotografia di Gazzetta dello sport: http://www.flickr.com/groups/iofotografoevideo

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