November 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Page Background
by Wolfgang Murth 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Hi all, I have problems to put two banners on each page of a document except the first page. I tried the following that was shown perfetly, but only on one page. What am I doing wrong or is there a better way to show a banner on the top and on the bottom of a page? Thanks for your help Wolfgang Murth \useexternalfigure[headpict][images/hintergrund_kopf.png] \useexternalfigure[footpict][images/hintergrund_fuss.png] \definelayer[imgtopbot] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, x=0cm, y=0cm, frame=off ] \setlayerframed[imgtopbot][voffset=0.5cm,frame=off] {\externalfigure[headpict]} \setlayerframed[imgtopbot][voffset=26.5cm,frame=off] {\externalfigure[footpict]} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=imgtopbot,state=repeat]

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Error with \inline[…]
by Andreas Harder 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Hello Hans. With the current beta referencing lines is broken again. It used to work yesterday. Here is a test file and the error message: \starttext \startlinenumbering \input tufte \someline[lin:b] \startline[lin:a] \input tufte \stopline[lin:a] \stoplinenumbering \inline[lin:b] \stoptext ! LuaTeX error no string to print stack traceback: [C]: in function 'texsprint' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-ref.lua:840: in function 'get_current_prefixspec' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \currentreferencecontent ...ixspec("\v!default ")} )} <argument> ...freference \currentreferencecontent \the \rightreferencetoks \... \doifelsenothing #1->\edef \!!stringa {#1 }\ifx \!!stringa \empty \expandafte... <argument> ...ghtreferencetoks \rightofreference } \dosymbolreference \dowant... \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \dodoinatreferenceindeed ...eference {#1}{#2}[#4]} \endgroup ... l.9 \inline[lin:b] Thanks in advance! Andreas

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Metapost and mkiv
by Otared Kavian 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Hi all, The following minimal example used to work with mkiv (until last May, I would guess…) but now it doesn't work with the latest ConTeXt version 2009.09.21 17:39 Can any one tell me please what am I doing wrong? Best regards: OK %% begin \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startbuffer[axes-1] numeric u ; u := .5cm ; path xox ; xox := (-u,0)--(8u,0) ; path yoy ; yoy := (0,-u)--(0,7u) ; draw xox withcolor blue ; draw yoy withcolor blue ; \stopbuffer This MetaPost graphic is \doifmodeelse{mkiv}{not shown with mkiv} {shown with mkii}: \placefigure[middle][-]{}{\processMPbuffer[axes-1]} {} \stoptext %% end

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Bib-Module and ibid / ibidem
by Marcel Nohl 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Hello, are there any plans for the bib-module to support ibid. citation, or is someone actually working on it at the moment? If not, is someone using a workaround for this? Thanks in advance, Marcel

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wrapping urls
by Mohamed Bana 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Hello guys, I'm having problems with wrapping of URLs. It seems whatever I do the URLs overflow into the margin, this is especially noticeable when I use two columns on a single page. In case it helps, I have the following setup (ignore the commented lines); \setupinterlinespace[small,auto] \setuptolerance[verytolerant, stretch] ... %\setupalign[nothyphenated] \setupalign[hyphenated] %\setupurl[space=yes,style=\ss,urlalternative=] %none both before after \setupurl[style=normal] ... \from[author-website] %this overflows. Is it possible to how someone force wrapping, even if the text looks awful? Creator: ConTeXt - 2008.05.21 15:21 Producer: xdvipdfmx (0.7.3) CreationDate: Fri Nov 6 16:25:08 2009 ModDate: Fri Nov 6 00:00:00 2009 Tagged: no Pages: 2 Encrypted: no Page size: 595.28 x 841.89 pts (A4) File size: 37624 bytes Optimized: no PDF version: 1.5 Thanks, —Mohamed

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Verbatim HTML Code
by Wolfgang Murth 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Hi all, I want to put a HTML Listing in my document that I keep in an external File. In Latex i do \lstinputlisting{listings/order_add.html} In the Wiki I didn't find a solution. How can I do this in ConText? Thanks for your help Wolfgang Murth

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Module s-pre-19 doesn't work anymore
by berend＠pobox.com 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Hi People, I'm quite font of s-pre-19 and derivatives, however this fails on my current system. Sample file: ================================================== \usemodule [pre-19] \starttext \Topic{Test} test. \stoptext ================================================== Error message: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \endcsname \@@amvbox ... -\pagebackgroundvoffset +\endcsname \c!topoffset \relax \box \... <argument> ...ght\c!left }\interactionmenu [right] \getvalue {\??am right\c!r... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 \next2 #1,->\docommand {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.12 \stoptext Hopefully someone has a pointer? It works if I disable the menu, i.e. if in \setupinteraction I have menu=off, it's fine. I'm on Ubuntu 8.10. Some more TeXExec | runtime: 303.108203 $ texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD $ tex --version TeX 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.6) kpathsea version 3.5.6 -- Cheers, Berend de Boer

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page break before box
by Jörg Hagmann 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Sometimes I get page breaks before a box as follows (didn't manage to write a minimal example): Some text on the page (even one line only) <page break, leaving most of the page empty> A small box (much smaller than the empty space on the preceding page) \page[no] and \dontleavehmode don't do anything. Example for a box: \definestartstop[Point][before={\setupbackground[background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray, frame=on,framecolor=red,topoffset=0.25cm,bottomoffset=0.25cm,leftoffset=0.5cm,rightoffset=0.5cm, before={\blank[big]}]\startbackground},after=\stopbackground] Something simple, surely? Jörg

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where to place \index
by Oliver Buerschaper 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Hi there, Reading the wiki I saw that \index{keyword}keyword should be used rather than keyword\index{keyword}. How should I proceed for names? For example \defineregister[person][people] Albert \person{Einstein, Albert}Einstein vs. \index{Einstein, Albert}Albert Einstein What happens in either case? Oliver

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Tracking macro expansion
by Oliver Buerschaper 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Dear all, how can I check whether a macro I defined is actually expanded into what I intended? For example, if I define \define[2]\Test{#2, {\it #1}} is there a (Lua?) function like check(\Test{Hello}{world}, string) that would return true for string = "world, {\it Hello}" and false otherwise? If the macro is a bit more complicated than this I usually get caught by a mistake rather quickly ... so a quick check would be very handy for me. Many thanks for your help, Oliver

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