November 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

file-contents module
by Peter Münster 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

Hello, It would be nice, if this module could be integrated in the distribution: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Filecontents Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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missing metafun graphics in mkii
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Hello, Does anyone else experience problems using metafun graphics in mkii? Did I miss some runwhatevertrue switch somewhere? Are the stubs in minimals incompatible in some way? At least live.contextgarden.net seems to suffer as well. Minimal example: \startMPcode draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopMPcode If I run the code with some older ConTeXt then the code starts working again with a recent ConTeXt, but recent ConTeXt doesn't generate the jobname-mpgraph.1 file at all. Once compiling the document with an older version, the file is generated and it starts working again. But this behaviour breaks my module :( Thanks, Mojca

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Math Alignment - start equation at left margin
by Curiouslearn 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hi, Can someone please help with the alignment of the equation so that it starts at left. I tried flushleft and other options (such as without \NC \NR, with align=left etc.). None of them result in the equation starting at the left margin. The equation is either placed in the middle or is aligned to the right. I want it to start at the left. Thanks. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \starttext \startformula\startalign[align={left}] \NC\text{\bf Example: } \frac{d(4x^{2})}{dx} = 4 \frac{dx^{2}}{dx} = 4 (2x) = 8x.\NC{ }\NR \stopalign\stopformula \stoptext

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Metapost label - Truncating digits after decimal point
by Curiouslearn 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hi, Is it possible to truncate the digits after decimal point in Metapost when using textext()? Please see the minimal example below which produces 1.84375. Can I just keep the first digit and have it produce 1.8 ? Thanks. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{Figure} u := 1cm; pickup pencircle scaled 2pt; % default pen thickness %TheFunction vardef f(expr x) = (10/x)-x*((0.5)**x) enddef; %Labels label.lft(textext(decimal f(5)),(0,f(5)) scaled u); \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{Figure} \stoptext

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sectionsegments for reference
by Wolfgang Schuster 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Hi Hans, there is a nice example in strc-ref.mkiv for the use of sectionsegments in references but the feature is still missing, can it be added. % \starttext % \definestructureconversionset[default][Character,number,Romannumerals,Character][number] % \definestructureseparatorset [default][.,.,--][.] % \setupstructurehead[subsection][sectionstopper=),sectionsegments=4:4] % \setupreferencing[sectionsegments=3:4] % \section {One} \subsection[sec:test]{Two} See \in[sec:test] % \stoptext TIA, Wolfgang

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problem with texmf-local on Vista
by Christopher G D Tipper 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Hi, I am a user of Context from the old days, and usually don't need much help installing the software. However, I am needing to use Contextminimals for the first time, as Miktex 2.8 has dropped Context support. My problem is that I have a lot of my own setups and personal fonts and Contextminimals seems to have some problem dealing with local setups. I am using MkII by the way but these problems seem to exist in MkIV also. I have a font, Univers, installed to texmf-local with texfont and Context claims it cannot find the font definitions. running texexec I get the following: !pdfTeX error: pdftex.exe (file 8r-raw-punr8a): Font 8r-raw-punr8a at 432 not found ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! TeXExec | runtime: 10.311 ConTeXt Full finished at Sun Nov 29 21:58:36 Then from command prompt, I type: C:\Users\Christopher>kpsewhich 8r-raw-punr8a.tfm c:/context/texmf-local/fonts/tfm/adobe/univers/8r-raw-punr8a.tfm I know this is not strictly relevant to MkII, but for comparison: C:\Users\Christopher>luatools --expand-path TEXMFLOCAL c:/context/texmf-local Also C:\Users\Christopher>texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.1 - 1997-2009 - PRAGMA ADE/POD C:\Users\Christopher>context --version MTXrun | main context file: c:/context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.te x MTXrun | current version: 2009.10.27 16:35 How do I get Context to recognise the local setup? Christopher

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Help watned for numbered descriptions
by Otared Kavian 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Hi all, I need help for the following situation: in a maths paper I would like to have Definitions, Lemmas, Theorems, etc, numbered in a sequential way in each section if any, the numbers being set before the header, and also to be able to refer to them through cross references. For instance, when there is indeed at least a section, in section 1, I would like to have something like 1.1 Definition. Here is the text of the definition in slanted style. … some text… 1.2 Lemma. Here is the text of the lemma in slanted style. …some text… 1.3 Theorem. Here is the text of the theorem in slanted style. …some text… 1.4 Corollary. Here is the text of the corollary in slanted style. And if there is no section at all: 1. Definition. Here is the text of the definition in slanted style. … some text… 2. Lemma. Here is the text of the lemma in slanted style. …some text… 3. Theorem. Here is the text of the theorem in slanted style. …some text… 4. Corollary. Here is the text of the corollary in slanted style. One way would be to define 4 descriptions or enumerations with \definedescription or \defineenumeration but then I don't know how to have numbers incremented in a sequential way in all these descriptions. Another issue with this approach would be that then if one wants to have for example a Conjecture or a Guess, one has to define a new description or enumeration. Has anyone run into such a situation? The example below shows what I need to do (but actually I wasn't able to add the section number as a prefix to the number…). Best regards: OK %%%% begin \newcounter\Lemmacount \setcounter\Lemmacount1 \def\Lemmanumber% {\global\increment\Lemmacount {\bf \Lemmacount.~}} \def\startLemma#1% {\blank \Lemmanumber~{\bf #1.} \start\sl} \def\stopLemma% {\blank \stop} \starttext Some text before the numbered descriptions start. \startLemma{Definition} This is the first numbered definition; it's short. \stopLemma Here some more text\dots and then a lemma: \startLemma{Lemma} This is another numbered definition. It's long enough to wrap around onto more than one line, so as to show that these can be numbered and contain as well blank lines and formulas \startformula a^2 + b^2 = c^2 \stopformula And some comment after the formula. \stopLemma And here is the remainder of the text\dots \stoptext %%%% end

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Re: [NTG-context] new beta
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

Hi, I just updated to the latest beta on Windows XP 32bit. mtxrun.exe is broken, saying "cannot be run in DOS mode". So, the context doesn't launch. regards, Vaytcheslav

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place figure without \placefigure
by R. Bastian 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hello, in a german text I have to place two figures and a table. If I use \placefigure they are well centered - but with french captions: Table or Figure. I dont need the captions. Without \placefigure, the figures are not centered. Is there a way ? Thanks, -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org

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Problem with hanging punctuation - a bug?
by Tomas Bures 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Dear all, I've noticed some strange behavior of hanging punctuation (protrusion). The hyphens in hyphenated words are sometimes protruded and sometimes not. I wasn't able to find out the rule, but I managed to reduce the problem to having just one paragraph that repeats several times in the document. You may notice that the last two paragraphs do not have the hyphens protruded. In my original document, I'm using Minion Pro, however, I was able to reproduce this strange behavior with Pagella as well. I'm attaching PDF showing this behavior. The contex source file is below. Please, does anyone know how to fix this strange behavior? I would like to keep the protrusion as it makes the whole document better aligned. Thank you very much. Best regards, Tomas \mainlanguage[cs] \definefontfeature[ssp-default][default][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \starttypescript[serif][pagella] \definefontsynonym[Pagella-Regular] [file:texgyrepagella-regular] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[serif][pagella] \definefontsynonym[Serif] [Pagella-Regular] [features=ssp-default] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[ssp][rm][serif][pagella][default] \setupbodyfont[ssp,12pt] \setupalign[hanging,hz] \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \setuplayout[grid=yes] \setupindenting[small,yes] \showgrid \starttext Sankránti je jeden z~nejdůležitějších svátků. Pro lidstvo je svátkem prakticky každý den. Lidé si však ve své nevědomosti vyhradili jako svátky jen několik dnů a~ostatní jsou dny obyčejné. Mnozí slaví tento den, aniž by opravdu znali jeho význam. V~této části světa dnes lidé uctívají krávy a~býky. Býci jsou vybraně zkrášleni množstvím ozdob a~látek a~voděni po ulicích. Nazývají je gangiréddulu (posvátní býci). A~nejen to, býky a~krávy symbolicky oddávají. Osoba, která ozdobeného býka vede se nazývá gangiréddudásu. Sankránti je jeden z~nejdůležitějších svátků. Pro lidstvo je svátkem prakticky každý den. Lidé si však ve své nevědomosti vyhradili jako svátky jen několik dnů a~ostatní jsou dny obyčejné. Mnozí slaví tento den, aniž by opravdu znali jeho význam. V~této části světa dnes lidé uctívají krávy a~býky. Býci jsou vybraně zkrášleni množstvím ozdob a~látek a~voděni po ulicích. Nazývají je gangiréddulu (posvátní býci). A~nejen to, býky a~krávy symbolicky oddávají. Osoba, která ozdobeného býka vede se nazývá gangiréddudásu. Sankránti je jeden z~nejdůležitějších svátků. Pro lidstvo je svátkem prakticky každý den. Lidé si však ve své nevědomosti vyhradili jako svátky jen několik dnů a~ostatní jsou dny obyčejné. Mnozí slaví tento den, aniž by opravdu znali jeho význam. V~této části světa dnes lidé uctívají krávy a~býky. Býci jsou vybraně zkrášleni množstvím ozdob a~látek a~voděni po ulicích. Nazývají je gangiréddulu (posvátní býci). A~nejen to, býky a~krávy symbolicky oddávají. Osoba, která ozdobeného býka vede se nazývá gangiréddudásu. Sankránti je jeden z~nejdůležitějších svátků. Pro lidstvo je svátkem prakticky každý den. Lidé si však ve své nevědomosti vyhradili jako svátky jen několik dnů a~ostatní jsou dny obyčejné. Mnozí slaví tento den, aniž by opravdu znali jeho význam. V~této části světa dnes lidé uctívají krávy a~býky. Býci jsou vybraně zkrášleni množstvím ozdob a~látek a~voděni po ulicích. Nazývají je gangiréddulu (posvátní býci). A~nejen to, býky a~krávy symbolicky oddávají. Osoba, která ozdobeného býka vede se nazývá gangiréddudásu. Sankránti je jeden z~nejdůležitějších svátků. Pro lidstvo je svátkem prakticky každý den. Lidé si však ve své nevědomosti vyhradili jako svátky jen několik dnů a~ostatní jsou dny obyčejné. Mnozí slaví tento den, aniž by opravdu znali jeho význam. V~této části světa dnes lidé uctívají krávy a~býky. Býci jsou vybraně zkrášleni množstvím ozdob a~látek a~voděni po ulicích. Nazývají je gangiréddulu (posvátní býci). A~nejen to, býky a~krávy symbolicky oddávají. Osoba, která ozdobeného býka vede se nazývá gangiréddudásu. \stoptext

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