March 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

\big strikes
by Mojca Miklavec 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hello Hans, The following minimal example stopped working recently (in "current" ConTeXt it still compiles fine). \startformula \bigm|_a \stopformula systems: begin file paren at line 1 ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> $ \@@dobig ...o #1\bodyfontsize {}\right .\n@space $ }} \@mt@defaultbigm #1->\puremathcomm {rel}{\big {#1} } l.3 \bigm| _a. ? Mojca

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more stretch
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Thank everybody for indispensible help, esp. Wolfgang. I owe yuo a beer :) My project should be completed today, so it is probably one of the last questions. I have set up \setupalign[stretch], after which my document looks far more justified (no ragged right text edge). However, in some difficult situations I still get the problem, as shown on attached shot. Moreover, TeX compains about a lot of overfull hboxes. How to instruct TeX to relax and allow more spacing between words (or more stretching?) Best, Vyatcheslav

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updating ConTeXt (MacTeX)
by Robert Blackstone 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Thank you, Mojca and Aditya, for your comments and advice. It will take me, being no virtuoso with Terminal, a while to figure out what exactly I have to do. It is in my script that I will again run into problems and then I will beg you to help me out again. Thank you, Hraban, for suggesting an easy way out: Use ConTeXt-Minimals, but also there I manage to run into problems, mainly with files and scripts that I can see in the finder but that are not found in Terminal, not even from their parent directory. Robert Blackstone

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request for testing linux binaries
by Mojca Miklavec 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hello, I would like to ask someone on any (ancient or not) linux distribution to test if the pdftex binary for linux works OK, just to let me know if I may continue using that machine to compile binaries for minimals. (I did not update luatex, metapost or xetex, so only pdftex binary should be affected.) OS X 10.4 issues will hopefully be resolved soon. (I need a few iterations to figure out which compiler switches are needed to make the binaries work on Tiger. I'll worry about Snow Leopard when first user starts complaining.) Mojca

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recurse bug?
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Dear gang, The following, using the latest beta, moves the last recurse to the next page: \setuplayout [lines=12] \starttext \pardir TRT \dorecurse{12}{This is a recursive line. \crlf} \stoptext so we get only 11 lines on page 1. Is this a bug? 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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Colors
by Lutz Haseloff 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hi all, with the latest ConTeXt ver: 2009.03.29 13:28 MKIV and LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.37.0-2009032922 I can't get colored text: \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \starttext {\red red} {\green this is typeset in green} {\middlemagenta this is typeset in dark middlemagenta} \stoptext Greetings Lutz

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Re: [NTG-context] Making sure figures are placed within articles
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Thank you, Mike. Your advice is a bomb! I've only added \blank: before={\placefloats\blank} Regards, Vyatcheslav > I had that problem as well. You can use the command \placefloats to > force any floats that exist to be placed immediately. So to force the > floats to be placed within the section or subsection that they are > defined, I use the command: > > \setuphead[section] > [before={\placefloats}] > \setuphead[subsection] > [before={\placefloats}] > > Mike > >

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Alternating left and right margins
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Hello How to setup the layout where each even page has right and left margins swapped (for booklet-like printing) E.g. if I have 1 cm right margin and 2cm left, second, forth and so on pages should have 2 cm right margin and 1cm left. My current layout is \setuppapersize [A5][A5] \setuplayout[topspace=1.5cm, header=0cm, footer=0.7cm, bottomspace=0.7cm, height=fit, leftmargin=1.5cm, rightmargin=1.5cm, backspace=1.5cm, width=fit] \showframe Best, Vyatcheslav

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Cannot turn big letters to small
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Hello, I have heads typed in capital letters, but I want first letters of each word to be capitalized and the rest small. For example, I have \faculty{ФАКУЛЬТЕТ АЕРОКОСМІЧНИХ СИСТЕМ УПРАВЛІННЯ} but actually I need the result that would be produced by \faculty{Факультет Аерокосмічних Систем Управління } I have played a lot with \Word, \Words, \Cap, etc, but they don't work. Current \word command turns all letters to small, but this is not acceptable. \definehead[faculty][chapter] \setuphead [faculty][ incrementnumber=list, page=yes, number=no, align=right, style={\switchtobodyfont[impact]\bfb\word}] Best, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Cannot turn big letters to small
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

> > > I have heads typed in capital letters, but I want first letters of each > > word to be capitalized and the rest small. > > > > For example, I have > > > > \faculty{BIG HEAD} > > > > but actually I need the result that would be produced by > > > > \faculty{Big Head} > > > > > > I have played a lot with \Word, \Words, \Cap, etc, but they don't work. > > Current \word command turns all letters to small, but this is not > > acceptable. > > > > \definehead[faculty][chapter] > > \setuphead [faculty][ > > incrementnumber=list, page=yes, number=no, align=right, > > style={\switchtobodyfont[impact]\bfb\word}] > > > mkii or mkiv? > Sure, mkiv. This is the only engine I use :) Vyatcheslav

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