December 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

strange HLs in tabulate
by Henning Hraban Ramm 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Hello, trying this: \starttext \starttabulate \dorecurse{200}{\NC Eins \recurselevel \NC Zwei \NC Drei \NC\NR\HL} \stoptabulate \stoptext I get double HLs, and their distance is growing per page. In my actual document, double lines start on the second or third page. Very strange... Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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subpagenumber starts at 2
by Michael Green 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

subpagenumber starts at 2 instead of 1. Perhaps I missed a new way to do this. Thanks! mjg This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.47.0-2009121823 ConTeXt ver: 2009.12.18 11:12 MKIV fmt: 2009.12.21 int: english/ english \setupheadertexts[\subpagenumber\ -- \nofsubpages] \setupsubpagenumber[way=bytext,state=start] \def\MakeThreePages{This is the first of three subpages.\page This is the second of three subpages.\page This is the third of three subpages.\page \resetsubpagenumber} \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\MakeThreePages} \stoptext

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Using pgf graphics in context
by Jos van Gisbergen 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Hi, I would like to use pgf graphics in my context documents. How do I go about it -- I googled for the answer, but can't really find anything useful. Thanks in advance, Jos

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Chinese numeral conversion
by Yanrui Li 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Hi Hans, I modified the part of Chinese numeral conversion in core-con.lua script. The attachment is the patch. After many tests as the following I think the patch is right even though it looks dirty. %%%% \definefont[song][name:adobesongstdlight]\song \starttext \startluacode local function test (cs) j = 1 for i = 1, 9 do tex.print (j .. ': ' .. '\\chinesenumerals{' .. j .. '}\\par') j = j * 10 + 1 end tex.print ('\\blank') end test ('\\chinesenumerals') test ('\\chinesecapnumerals') test ('\\chineseallnumerals') \stopluacode This is test for chinese zero: \startluacode j = 1 for i = 1, 9 do tex.print (j .. ': ' .. '\\chinesenumerals{' .. j .. '}\\par') if i % 2 == 0 then j = j * 10 else j = j * 10 + 1 end end \stopluacode \stoptext The pdf in attachments is output result. -- Best regards, Li Yanrui

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mtxrun script broken in the latest beta
by Yanrui Li 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Hi, Under linux x86: $ context --version MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' After I replaced the current one with the previous one, it can work again. -- Best regards, Li Yanrui

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bigger then "big"
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hi, Can I setup something bigger then "big"? \setupinterlinespace[big] I'd like to have more spacing. How to achieve this? Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Using ConTeXt for a thesis?
by Manuel P. 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hi everyone! This is my first post here. I've a limited (but sufficient) experience with LaTeX (I've written several work-related documents with it) and now I have to write my undergraduate thesis (the deadline is mid-january 2010). I've been fairy impressed by a book typesetted with ConTeXt, so I used it for some documents and liked the idea and the configurability. The possibility of having a unique and personalized look-and-feel for every document is very appealing to me, and I have already began to assemble a style for the thesis. However, I've a very limited experience with it and I wonder: is ConTeXt the right choice in my circumstances? Can it be used without a degree in typography? I can't write half thesis and then stumble on some obscure (to me) typesetting problem, things have to be smooth and I need to concentrate on content (but I still find desiderable a good unique look). When I have a problem I try my best to resolve it by myself, but given the limited time I can't learn and investigate everything, so if I'll write my thesis in ConTeXt in some (desperate) cases I'll need your help. What do you think? Thank you all! PS: I live in Italy, sorry for my probably imperfect english!

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lower case "a" incompatible with hanging
by Michael Green 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

On Dec 21, 2009, at 3:00 AM, Lutz Haseloff wrote: > 2009/12/19 Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> > >> Hi, >> >> This was a bug in luatex: the function that copies the font >> information from the base font to the expanded font did not >> copy the last glyph at all. [snip] >> >> Lutz Haseloff wrote: >> >>> Hi Michael, >>> >>> Your file works here without problems with the same ConTeXt and >>> LuaTeX, Version beta-0.47.0-2009121623. >>> >> >> That's weird, did you use Michaels font? >> >> > I don't think so: > > My OctavianMTStd.otf: > Version 2.040;PS 002.000;honconv 1.0.51;makeotf.lib 2.0.18671 > > > Greetings Lutz > They're different. Mine is: Version 1.047;PS 001.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.6.5960 mjg

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lower case "a" incompatible with hanging
by Michael Green 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

I have a font oddity to report: if I use \setupalign [hanging,hz], the lower case letter "a" disappears in a particular font. This doesn't happen with other fonts and the missing letter comes back if I remove \setupalign [hanging,hz]. If this is a bug that you would like to investigate, I would be happy to send the font privately. Michael This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.46.0-2009112820 ConTeXt ver: 2009.12.15 23:38 MKIV fmt: 2009.12.16 int: english/ english

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Re: [NTG-context] bigger then "big"
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Dec '09

20 Dec '09

Thank you, Luigi, for excellent snippet! ) > \unprotect > > %%big 1.5 > > %%medium 1.25 > > %%small 1.0 > > %% > > %%bbig 1.75 > > \def\v!bbig{bbig} > > \long\def\OneandSevthirdofthreearguments #1#2#3{1.75} > > \letvalue{\@av@\v!bbig }\OneandSevthirdofthreearguments > > %%Big 2.0 > > \def\v!Big{Big} > > \long\def\Twothirdofthreearguments #1#2#3{2.0} > > \letvalue{\@av@\v!Big }\Twothirdofthreearguments > > \protect > Regards, Vyatcheslav

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