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Mk IV setup, \showcharacters
by Peter Park Nelson 16 Oct '09

16 Oct '09

Hello, I'm a LaTeX user trying to move to ConTeXt Mk IV. I'm having trouble configuring my system on OS X. As a complete ConTeXt novice I'm not sure how to debug this, but I really want to get Mk IV working for some upcoming journal and book projects. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I understand that the current MacTeX/TeXLive 2009 testing versions have a broken Mk IV due to an old Luatex, so I installed MacTeX 2009 for testing and then upgraded Luatex to version 0.43 using the Contextgarden instructions for "Running Mark IV", regenerating the Context formats etc. using: "luatools --generate" "context --make --all" "context --make cont-en" (is this necessary if I do --make --all?) So far I can run a minimal test document and get pdf output, but I can't use \showaccents, \showcharacters, etc. -- I get an "undefined control sequence" error, The console output is below. I see the last line is referring to a .mkii file, I suspect that's the problem but I don't know how to get it to .mkiv... If this can be fixed, next I will work on getting TeXShop to use Mk IV; now it insists on using Mk II. Need an edited .engine file? Thanks, PPN =================== $> context A.tex MTXrun | run 1: luatex --fmt="/var/folders/rd/rdpCEg1tG0uleSzic5iCKU++-+M/-Tmp-/luatex-cache/context/29c0a8bed1516d0348dc432432d89dcc/formats/cont-en" --lua="/var/folders/rd/rdpCEg1tG0uleSzic5iCKU++-+M/-Tmp-/luatex-cache/context/29c0a8bed1516d0348dc432432d89dcc/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend=pdf "./A.tex" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.43.0-2009081911 \write18 enabled. (A.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.08.19 17:10 MKIV fmt: 2009.10.15 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv)) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-config/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-tmf.mkiv)) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv)) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv))) system : A.top loaded (A.top) fonts : preloading latin modern fonts bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active systems : begin file A at line 42 (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/font-run.mkii) ! Undefined control sequence. l.47 \showcharacters -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nelson(a)gmail.com

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virtual fonts in luatex?
by Thomas A. Schmitz 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Hi all, I'm running into a problem, but maybe not all hope is lost. For my Greek stuff, I will sometimes need a "dotbelowcomb" accent. Only very few fonts have that, but no problem, in mkiv, I can simply take that from a follback font: \definefontfallback [GreekFallback] [name:texgyretermesregular] [0x0323] [force=no,check=no] Now I would like to remap the exclam character to this dotbelowcom. Again, no problem: with a fea file, I can write a sub rule sub exclam by dotbelowcomb but I can't combine both approaches: if the font doesn't have the character, I get an error about "invalid glyph index." In good old pdftex, it was possible to define a virtual font for such occasions, and I seem to remember that there's something similar in mkiv, but I'm unsure how it can be done. Any pointers? Thanks, and all best Thomas

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Cambria integral operator
by Sebastian Sturm 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Hi all, I have been playing around a bit with the new ConTeXt Minimals and especially Cambria Math. I couldn't figure out, however, why the integral operator always comes out at about half the size of \sum or \prod. I couldn't find any relevant threads on the mailing list, but surely this is not the way it's supposed to be? Is there some list on the web showing what parts of math have been implemented, what still needs to be done (and, where someone with limited TeX knowledge could provide some assistance)? Best regards, Sebastian Attachments: minimal example (tex + pdf)

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Color in footer
by Antoine Cailliau 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Dear all, I'm trying to change the color of the footer text. I typed: \def\footerstyle#1{\startcolor[red]#1\stopcolor} \setupfooter[style=\footerstyle] But I receive an error that I can't interpret. ! Argument of \footerstyle has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \doifdefinedelse #1->\edef \p!defined {#1} \ifcsname \detokenize \@EA {\p!def... \doconvertfont #1->\doifdefinedelse {\@letter@ #1} {\doifelsenothing {#1}\go... \doattributes ... \csname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4}\dostopattributes \dosingletexts ...atetexts {#1#2#5}{#6{}{}{}}}}}}} \egroup ... l.61 \stoptext ? X Does anyone knows what's wrong ? Thanks in advance, Antoine C.

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Mathdesign
by Andreas Noack Jensen 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Hi ConTeXters I have just started my migration from LaTeX towards ConTeXt. So first of all thank you for the contributions. Four whole days and a lot of evenings have been invested in my migration project so far but now things also begin to move. But I really miss one thing from LaTeX. Mathdesign with URW Garamond is in my opinion the prettiest solution at all. So far I have managed to import the text font by the guidance from the wiki, but there doesn¹t seem be any implementation/translation of the mathpart. I know that the TeX world font-handling is developing and I have used XeTeX for non-math work for a while. Some of the work, I understand, includes OpenType Math and therefore it might be reactionary to wish for a translation, but has anyone thought about one anyway? Best Andreas Noack Jensen Ph.d.-stipendiat Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universistet

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interstrutline spacing
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Dear gang, I am trying to create a grid background based on strut depth, so each line of text lies right in between the top and bottom of the respective strut. I borrowed some code from the wiki, and need help to solve the following [and I'm no metapost guru...]: 1. Line 31, 2nd line of pdf: How can I keep \framed[align={r2l,middle}] and get the interstrutline to still span the textwidth. In other words, every strutline should be of textwidth, regardless of alignment 2. Compare pages 2 and 3: page 2 has extra space at the top, perhaps a skipped line. How can I suppress that so that the first line always starts at the top of the textblock? 3. On page 3: How can I control the continuation of the strutlines past the final textline? What if, eg, I wanted to fill the rest of the page with strutlines? 4. How can I change the width and color of the strutline itself? 5. I use \setuplayout[grid=on], but I'm not sure that guarantees a grid ... \start-\stoplinecorrection seems to give a different result. [\showgrid seems broken so I can't directly compare]. Any tips to guarantee a grid? 6. Is there a way to pass the interstrutline background to \framed [so I don't have to type \start-\stopinterstrutline etc]? This kind of gridded background is very common in eg, the Arabic-script tradition, although it has many pedagogical and other uses as well. A general strutline mechanism might make a good addition to the distribution, or at least a nice module... Any help or tips to improve this background will be greatly appreciated! 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

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Context templates for day planners/Franklins
by Russell Urquhart 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Hi, Are there any templates for a day planner/Frankin type of format. I know that it would be possible, but just wanted to check first! Thanks for any info! Russ

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Figure referencing problems
by Wolfgang Miurth 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Hi, I have troubles with referencing images. At first \in does not show a figure number but \at shows the correct page of the figure. In the archives I found a post from Wolfgang Schuster [1] with a sample that worked for him. I tried this, but there is no figure number visible in my document. %========================== \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{circle} draw fullcircle scaled 1cm; \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure [] [fig:ref] {Text} {\useMPgraphic{circle}} \in{figure}[fig:ref] \stoptext %========================== How can I fix that? Further \about{figure}[fig:ref] brings an error "Use of \about doesn't match its definition.". I used the syntax from the manual on page 205. How can I use the caption of a figure in an reference? My last question is how I can remove the color of links to references in a document. I am using MkIV 2009.08.30 12:25. Thanks for your help Wolfgang Murth [1] http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2007/025653.html

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vspacing[disable]
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Hi! I try to glue title to the next paragraph, using the brand new vspacing command. But whatever I do, I get biggg space. \starttext \title{Lab work 2} \vspacing[disable] {\bfa The title of the lab} \stoptext Regards, Vyatcheslav

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about \starttextrule{Title}
by Dalyoung 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Dear Hans, I compiled following code using LuaTeX and the "title" is not appeared in the top hairline while it is appeared when I compile it using ConTeXt. \starttext \starttextrule{Title} \input knuth \stoptextrule \stoptext I am using minimal under OSX and LuaTeX: this is luatex, version beta-0.43.0-2009081911 Would you please check it? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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