September 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

first steps with \dosingleempty
by Goebel, Juergen 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Hi, Regarding the following example I've got two questions. (1) Why don't I ever see the argument #2 in the output? (2) What do I have to do to suppress the unwanted space after the end of the output of this macro (as can be seen in the result before the following comma)? Regards, Juergen \def\Geb{\dosingleempty\doMyGeb} \def\doMyGeb[#1]#2#3{, x % \iffirstargument% Aha \else \ifsecondargument% #2 \else% ... %C% \fi \fi \ifthirdargument% #3% \else% ...% \fi} \starttext \Geb{Ulm}{11. 9. 2008} % should deliver x Ulm 11. 9. 2008 \Geb[Ulm]{Ulm}{11. 9. 2008} % should deliver x Aha Ulm 11. 9. 2008 \Geb{}{11. 9. 2008} % should deliver x ... 11. 9. 2008 \Geb{Ulm}{} % should deliver x Ulm ... \Geb{}{} % should deliver x ... \stoptext

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use of the \cite command (bib-module)
by Martin Hoher 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Hello, concerning the bib-module and the \cite command I've got two questions: (1) The output in the text of the document should look like this: Goldstein (2003:95). The name of the author should be located on the outside of the brackets. Goldstein refers to the name of the author, 2003 is the year of publication and 95 is the relevant page number. My approach until now: \cite[extras={:95}][G:2003] It generates the following output: (Goldstein 2003:95) (2) The output in the text should look like this: (vgl. Goldstein 2003:95) My intention is to place the expression "vgl." in front of the authorname and inside of the brackets. If someone has an idea to solve this little problem, it will be great to here from you soon. Greetings Martin

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 51, Issue 40
by Goebel, Juergen 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > ??? I have no idea what you want to say here. ACK. Accustomed to LaTeX this handling had the feeling of TeX, but of course it isn't. Nevertheless I'm afraid I'm going to have a hard time to learn this. The next problem(s) are already in the pipeline. Juergen

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Strange behaviour with tikz
by Eric DÉTREZ 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Hello again I don't understand a strange thing. Patterns in tikz become black in some case. Here is a minimal example : *************************************** \usemodule[tikz] \usetikzlibrary[patterns] \starttext blabla \chapter {blabla} \starttikzpicture \draw [pattern=north west lines](0,0) rectangle +(1,2); \stoptikzpicture \stoptext ************************************* Without any text before the chapter or without the chapter command I see the patterns. With these commands I just see a black rectangle. Can I get my patterns back ?

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project too large??
by Steffen Wolfrum 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

Hi, I have a quite large project: over 700 pages, 2500 footnotes, some tables, figures etc. Everything works well when typeset in two parts. But when I typeset the entire project as one, I get this error: > EbeneSechs : C.III.7.b Wirksamkeit trotz mündlicher und konkludenter Abtr etungsverbote ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [hash size=60000]. \doifpredefinedreferenceelse ...erence \endcsname \dummypredefinedreference ... \docheckinnerreference ...predefinedreferenceelse {\global \referencefoundfa... \dodoifreferencefoundelse ...ocheckinnerreference \ifreferencefound \else \c... \doifreferencefoundelse ...else \primaryreference \ifreferencefound #2\else ... \gotobox ...2]} {\hbox {\unknownreference {#2}#1}} \referenceinfo {<} {#2}\egr... <argument> ...}[\s!fnt :t:\internalfootreference ] \footnotereferencefrom ... l.2095 \startfootnote[2273] ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Transcript written on DH_X.log. TeXExec | runtime: 108.802642 < Someone can tell me please what exactly I could/should increase? Thanks, Steffen

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\setuphead question
by Alan Stone 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

How do you obtain the same result as \setuphead[chapter][header=option(,footer=option)] ( option = none empty high nomarking ) in a document where [header/footer][left/rightedge]="not empty" on chapter pages i.e. only [header/footer][text]=option for chapter pages and others ( left/right edge ) are not modified ? -- Best, Alan * using ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.18 14:00 MKIV fmt: 2008.8.22 int: english/english (on Windows XP)

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 51, Issue 39
by Goebel, Juergen 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > No, we never define any commands... Err, in fact yes, > sometimes we do. > You want to read http://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros , > especially > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros/Handling_Arguments > > HTH Yes, it does. Although I must admit, that this 'handling' might be an advantage of LaTeX. I never wanted to learn TeX, but maybe now I have to (at least to some extent). And sorry for the changing subject, I'll change to the non-digest mode. Jürgen

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 51, Issue 39
by Goebel, Juergen 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Commands_with_optional_arguments > > And we have also \define and \redefine but you can't use > optional arguments with them. That's a good starting point, thanks for the link. My first attempts are running, although faulty. Perhaps I'll be back here for further help. Thanks, Juergen

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Protrude quotation marks
by Wolfgang Schuster 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

Hi Hans, can you add quotation marks (guillemets too) to the punctuation table in font-ext.lua I have also two antries I want in the pure table, they are IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA U+3001 IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP U+3002 Wolfgang

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defining (new) macros with optional arguments
by Goebel, Juergen 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

Hi, Does something like \newcommand exist in ConTeXt? My questions aims especially at the optional argument with a predefined value. So, how do I realize \newcommand{\test}[2][A]{foo} with ConTeXt. In the fine manual I found an index entry \definecommand, but in the 'rest' of the manual it was never mentioned (print and screen version alike)! Regards, Juergen

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