November 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

EnglishRule and Lua / Simplefonts module
by Charles Doherty 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Dear Hans and Wolfgang, I have started experimenting with the Lua engine through TeXShop. I use \EnglishRule in a Newsletter to separate major items. When I use it in the attached file it works as always when I use the ConteXt engine (TL2009) and in my minimals installation it works fine using MinimalsConTeXt engine and MinimalsXeConTeXt engine. When I switch to using the simplefonts module in MinimalsLua engine the \EnglishRule does not behave properly. Also the text switches to italic. I have attached a small file and if you comment out the lines and switch between the engines you can see what I mean. Thanks for any help, Best wishes, Charlie

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setuptex files broken in the latest release 2009-11-24
by Otared Kavian 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Hi all, maybe more particularly Mojca, I noticed that in the latest release of the minimals (ConTeXt version 2009.11.24 10:13) something is broken: neither mkii nor mkiv work (actually this happened also with the release of Friday November 20, then it was solved with November 23 release and again it appeared today…). I could solve the problem by replacing the setuptex files coming with the latest release by those of ConTeXt version 2009.11.13 12:45: now I can typeset my files even with Math-Times and mkiv… (Working on a macBook Pro and Mac OS X 10.6.2). Has anyone else noticed this problem? Thanks in advance: OK

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Problems with wide floating tables in context mkIV
by Massimiliano Lambertini 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Hello, all Maybe this problem has been already addressed before, but I didn't find anything about it in contextgarden and ML archives. So, here you are. I have a document laid out in two columns, and some wide tables laid out using Natural Tables syntax. These tables are then placed on the document this way: \placetable[top][table-1020]{Intersystem Travel Times}{\getbuffer[tablebuffer-id]} When I compile my files using XeTeX engine, the table is placed at the top of the page, spanning two columns. When I use the LuaTeX engine, the table is placed in the middle of a column and cut off by its page margin or overwritten by the neighbouring column text. I define column sections by using the \startcolumns...\stopcolumns directives. Do I have to switch to columnsets? A sample of the problem I depicted here can be found at: http://www.lambertini.org/testfloats.zip . The zip file contains two pdf (one compiled with XeTeX, another with LuaTeX) and the TeX source. Thanks in advance for your responses, Massimiliano Lambertini

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bib module problem with mkiv
by Chen Shen 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi all, I was trying the following bib example on MkIV beta 2009.11.20 and luatex beta-0.44.0-2009103007. There isn't an apparent error message, but neither the bib reference or the publication list appears in the pdf. Observations: 1. In MkII, it works well. 2. In MkIV, if you use the [criterium=all] option, both bib ref and pub list show properly. Other criterium, e.g. [criterium=section] doesn't work. thanks a lot. regards, shenchen ========= test.tex =========== \usemodule[bib,bibltx] \setupbibtex[database=xampl] \starttext \cite[a] . \completepublications %\completepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext ============================ ========= xampl.bib =========== @Book{a, editor = {John D. Barnsford and Ann L. Brown and Rodney R. Cocking}, title = {{How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school}}, publisher = {National Academy Press}, year = {2000}, address = {Washington, DC} } ============================

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Re: [NTG-context] local footnote (Tables) problem
by Bowen Alan C. 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Please excuse my persistence. The following is a minimal file illustrating a problem that I am having with a multipage table with local footnotes. Setting split=yes or split=repeat in \setuptables produces obviously unsatisfactory results. What I need is a multipage table that has good page divisions and puts the table's label on the last page only. I have been unable to find documentation that would help with this yet. I am using MK2 in today’s Context in the Context Minimals. Alan \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} \start \setuptables [bodyfont=9pt, width=\textwidth, rulethickness=0.03em, distance=big, split=repeat] \placetable [split,top,nonumber] [tab:Table03] {Table 3} {\startlocalfootnotes[conversion=character,bodyfont=9pt] \placelegend {\startframedtext[frame=off,offset=none,width=fit] \starttablehead \HL[3] \NC \REF[c]{Column A} \NC \REF[c]{Column B} \NC\SR \HL \stoptablehead \starttable[|p(11.5pc)|p(11.5pc)|] \NC \REF[c]{1[4].341||345 [= F21.82||86]} \NC\REF[c]{6.29.3||4} \NC\SR \NC Text A\note[a] \NC Text B\note[b] \NC\SR \NC \input knuth \NC \NC\AR \NC \NC \input knuth \NC\AR \NC \input knuth \NC \NC\AR \stoptable \stopframedtext} {\footnotetext[a]{A local footnote.} \footnotetext[b]{Another local footnote.} \hskip2pc\mbox{\placelocalfootnotes}} \stoplocalfootnotes} \stop \stoptext

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Heros Condensed
by Wolfgang Murth 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi all, I need a condensed font and Heros Condensed came into my mind. But I haven't any clue how to use that font. How can I use that font with mkiv? Thanks for your help Wolfgang Murth

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Heros condensed and Font switching
by Wolfgang Murth 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi Wolfgang, Hi all, My last post regarding Heros Condensed leads me to another unsolved mystery. I'm working on converting my lecture papers from latex to ConTeXt, where I also use a condended font, but only for Excel formulas and not as main body font . For example > { > \changefont{cmss}{sbc}{n}\small% > \begin{tabbing}% > \hspace{1cm}\=\$E\$9:\$E\$13 <=\$D\$9:\$D\$13\\ > \> {\$F\$18:\$H\$18 >=0}\\ > \end{tabbing} > }% My question is how I can change a font only for a particular text. Not only normal->condensed, even change the complete font like using Zapf for a special markup in a Helvetica/Heros text. Thanks for you help. Wolfgang Murth

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Re: [NTG-context] Notepad++ calltips
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

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Fields and JS Calculations
by jeroen muskee 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

I want to calculate the pressure of a hydrostatic fluid column with p(psi)=0.052*density(lb/gal)*depth(ft) I have created a form with fields to enter the input, but I need somehow to pass the information entered to the JS calculation to display the result. How can you pass an entered field value to JS caluclation and show the result into another field. Thanks Jeroen \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \definefield[textdensity] [line] [linedensity] [] [] \definefield[textdepth] [line] [linedepth] [] [] \definefield[textpressure] [line] [linepressure] [] [] \setupfield [linedensity] [label,frame,horizontal] [frame=off] [height=18pt,width=15em,align=middle,frame=off] [height=18pt,width=20em,align=right,style=\tfx,,frame=on] \setupfield [linedepth] [label,frame,horizontal] [frame=off] [height=18pt,width=15em,align=middle,frame=off] [height=18pt,width=20em,align=right,style=\tfx,,frame=on] \setupfield [linepressure] [label,frame,horizontal] [frame=off] [height=18pt,width=15em,align=middle,frame=off] [height=18pt,width=20em,align=right,style=\tfx,,frame=on] \startJScode{presscalc} pressure=0.052*density*depth; \stopJScode Calculate the hydrostatic pressure in psi with p = 0.05194 x density x depth \blank \field[textdensity][Please enter Density (lb/gal):] \blank \field[textdepth][Please enter Depth (ft):] \blank \goto{Calculate Pressure}[JS(presscalc)] \blank \field[textpressure][Hydrostatic Pressure (psi):] \stoptext _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/so…

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hz off?
by Steffen Wolfrum 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi, I am running the current stable MkIV (ConTeXt ver: 2009.10.27 16:35 MKIV) but can't get hz/hanging with the old method (see below). Do we have some other way today? Steffen ------- \showframe \definefontfeature[default][default][mode=node,expansion=quality] \usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[palatino] \setupalign[hz,hanging] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext

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