May 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Circumflex with FreeSerif and FreeSans
by Robert-André Mauchin 20 May '09

20 May '09

Hi When I use the FreeSerif and FreeSans fonts, I notice strange overlappping with words containing vowels with circumflex, such as â, ê, î, ô, û and Â, Ê, Î, Ö, Ü. I made a test case to show you, I hope attachments are allowed here. Thanks. nb: No problem with FreeMono, but I suspect monospaced fonts can't have such problem. nb: There is no such problem when I use the Xetex engine. Versions: This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.1-2009050920 (Web2C 7.5.7) \write18 enabled. ConTeXt ver: 2009.05.14 16:44 MKIV fmt: 2009.5.18 int: english/english

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comment support in pdf
by Bill Long 20 May '09

20 May '09

Any way to make a pdf file support comment?

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Label alignment in descriptions
by Tim Wraight 20 May '09

20 May '09

Hello, I can't get the 'align' parameter to have any effect on label text in definitions. Here is a simple test case: \setuplayout[backspace=40mm] \definedescription [test] [location=inleft, width=25mm, align=left, margin=standard] \starttext \test{Hello} World! \par \test{Misaligned} Labels \stoptext Changing the value of 'align' to 'middle' or 'right' does nothing. I'm using ConTeXt ver: 2009.04.28 08:46 MKIV fmt: 2009.5.9 int: english/ english, and LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.0-2009042219 luatex.web >= v2344 Any help much appreciated, and congratulations to all those who have helped make ConTeXt such an excellent tool. Tim Wraight

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Error with some italic fonts: Parsing CFF DICT failed
by Robert-André Mauchin 20 May '09

20 May '09

Hi, So I finally understand how to use my system fonts with Context (the --reload thing was not working), in order to use URW fonts, especially Nimbus Roman ones (I know there are TexGyre versions but that's not the point). * Here is my code : % engine=luatex \starttypescript [serif] [nimbus] [name] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [n021003l] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [n021004l] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [n021023l] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [n021024l] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[basic][rm][serif][nimbus] \setupbodyfont[basic,12pt] \starttext blah blah blah \stoptext * When I compile this with Context, I get the following error : !LuaTeX error (file /usr/local/tex/texmf/fonts/data/default/Type1/n021023l.pfb): Parsing CFF DICT failed. (error=-3) ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! MTXrun | fatal error, return code: 70 It happens with other italic URW fonts, such as Palladio. * Googling a bit the error message, I found a similar error message but with Xetex (http://www.tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2008-March/009000.html ): >> OK, I think I have figured out what's wrong. The italic version >> of the font has an empty StemSnapV array in its PS Private data, >> and this stumbles xdvipdfmx which assumes every operator should >> be preceded by some operands. Particularly I think this is a bug >> in xdvipdfmx: although the specification doesn't say explicitly >> that dictionary keys with no value are allowed, other tools >> (e. g. TTX or FontForge) seem to have no problems with this >> situation. >> >> So my opinion is that the CFF_ERROR_STACK_UNDERFLOW error should >> not be triggered at the line 305 of cff_dict.c, if stack_top is 0. > > Thanks for your analysis of the issue. You are right, it is unclear > from the CFF spec whether an operator like StemSnapV should be > allowed with no operands; it doesn't really make any sense, but on > the other hand it should be harmless. * So I searched in the luatex code to find the culprit, source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/font/writecff.c, where you might include a similar hack as in xdvipdfmx (http://scripts.sil.org/svn-view/xdvipdfmx/TRUNK/src/cff_dict.c?view=markup ) Thanks

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Beta 2009.05.20 00:02, \footnote and \section
by Otared Kavian 19 May '09

19 May '09

On 20 mai 09, at 00:13, Hans Hagen wrote: > Hi, > > I uploaded a beta. Not that many fixes (if someone can collect > structure related bugs ...), only a few. > […] > Hans > Hi Hans, I noticed that a small issue is still there with \scetion \footnote with mkiv, ConTeXt ver: 2009.05.20 00:02 MKIV fmt: 2009.5.20 int: english/ english The text of the \footnote used in the title of a \section does not show up at the bottom of the page: here is a minimal test: %%% begin example \starttext \section{Testing a section\footnote{Actually for testing footnotes in the title of a section\dots}} \startitemize \item test\footnote{This is a silly remark\dots} \item test\footnote{This is a silly remark, inside an item\dots} \stopitemize test\footnote{This is another silly remark but outside items\dots} \stoptext %%%% end example The other issues with \fotnote are now solved, as far as I can say with my bug-testing… Best regards: OK

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compiling module documentation
by Henning Hraban Ramm 19 May '09

19 May '09

What's the current way to compile a module's documentation with the latest beta MkIV? Neither texexec --luatex --module t-lilypond.tex nor context --module t-lilypond.tex works. Seems like "context" ignores "--module" completely, while "texexec" utters: sh: /Users/hraban/texmf/tex/texmf-context/ctxtools: No such file or directory sh: line 1: --document: command not found 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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Re: [NTG-context] header at page bottom example
by Jos van Gisbergen 19 May '09

19 May '09

Hi, Here's an example of a ConTeXt file where a header occurs at page bottom. The subsection named "Perl snippet" occurs at the bottom of page 2, followed by framed text on page 3. It would be much nicer if the header would be written on page 3. Note: I extracted this example from a real-life text; for some reason the frames in the example are drawn wrongly, but this is beside the point. Run the example with texexec --pdf test.tex These are the outputs of pdfetex --version and texexec --version on my system (Fedora Core 6): texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2009.1.26 mes: english pdfeTeX 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) kpathsea version 3.5.4 Thanks in advance, Jos ________________________________ From: "ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl" <ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 2:55:18 PM Subject: ntg-context Digest, Vol 59, Issue 99 Send ntg-context mailing list submissions to ntg-context(a)ntg.nl To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl You can reach the person managing the list at ntg-context-owner(a)ntg.nl When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ntg-context digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: how to prevent header at page bottom (Wolfgang Schuster) 2. Re: interlinespace (Thomas A. Schmitz) 3. Re: formula-style alignment (afsmith) 4. Re: columns(ets) and itemize[columns] (Alan BRASLAU) 5. Re: replacing words by underlines (Alan Stone) 6. Re: Fresh install & t-letter module (Markus Hubig) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:12:00 +0200 From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] how to prevent header at page bottom To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Message-ID: <47526EFC-131B-4AD0-A804-D5C98155F4D6(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Am 18.05.2009 um 12:07 schrieb Jos van Gisbergen: > Hi Aditya, > > Your solution works for normal text following the header. > But if I have a framed text with a background, which also > has a "before={\testpage[3]}" (\definetextbackground[FramedText][ > ...,before={\testpage[3]},...]) and the section starts with such a > framed > text, it can still go wrong. And I guess it can also go wrong if a > section > starts with a figure. Is there some way to specify that if less than a > certain number of items (lines of text, frames, figures etc.) fit on > the > remainder of the current page, the next page should be taken? Send a example. Wolfgang ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:45:27 +0200 From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] interlinespace To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Message-ID: <4115FF75-AA44-4355-AB30-1532B7FA1D60(a)uni-bonn.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On May 18, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > {\switchtobodyfont[10pt] > \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \input tufte \par } *palmforehead* Thanks, Taco and Wolfgang! Painful... All best Thomas ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 03:53:15 -0700 From: afsmith <adventurecomplete(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] formula-style alignment To: ntg-context <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Message-ID: <5df5befa0905180353t7e3036b6s7092d1c6d5d6ef19(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks Wolfgang. That works... Now how about inside a definition or subject header? Here is an example. \localhsize in this case seems to resolve to a width of 0, making the contained text break as often as it can... \defineframed[lrframe][ width=\localhsize, align=normal, rulethickness=1pt] \setuplayout[header=0pt,footer=0pt] \definedescription[topdesc][ inbetween={\blank[none]}, headstyle={\bf}, style={\tf\rm}, location=top, width=broad] \define[3]\CHRONDESC {\starttopdesc {\dontleavehmode\lrframe{#1\hfill#2}} \startnarrower[left]{#3}\stopnarrower \stoptopdesc} \definehead[mysubject][subject] \setuphead[mysubject][style={\bf}] \define[3]\CHRONSUB {\mysubject{\dontleavehmode\lrframe{#1\hfill#2}} \startnarrower[left]{#3}\stopnarrower} \showframe[text] \starttext \startnarrower[left] \dontleavehmode\lrframe[width=broad] {leftleftleft \hfill right rightrightright} \stopnarrower \crlf \startnarrower[left] \dontleavehmode\lrframe[width=\localhsize] {leftleftleftleft\hfill right rightrightright} \stopnarrower \crlf \CHRONDESC {This happened from June 08 to June 09} {06/08--06/09} {\CHRONDESC {This happened from June 08 to December 08} {06/08--12/08} {\input tufte } \CHRONDESC {This happened from January 09 to June 09} {01/09--06/09} {\input zapf }} \CHRONDESC {This happened from June 09 to July 09} {06/09-07/09} {\input knuth } \crlf \CHRONSUB {This happened from June 08 to June 09} {06/08--06/09} {\CHRONSUB {This happened from June 08 to December 08} {06/08--12/08} {\input tufte } \CHRONSUB {This happened from January 09 to June 09} {01/09--06/09} {\input zapf }} \crlf \stoptext > Am 17.05.2009 um 21:23 schrieb afsmith: > > > Hey again, ntg-context. > > > > I would like to align one piece of a line to the left, and another > > piece of the same line to the right, sort of like numbered math > > equations, except not math. > > Additionally I would like to do this inside a narrowed block > > \starttext > > \input knuth > > \startnarrower > > \input knuth > > \dontleavehmode\framed[width=\localhsize,align=normal]{left\hfill right} > > \stopnarrower > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 13:08:19 +0200 From: Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau(a)cea.fr> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] columns(ets) and itemize[columns] To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Message-ID: <200905181308.19704.alan.braslau(a)cea.fr> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Monday 18 May 2009 08:45:16 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 17.05.2009 um 23:31 schrieb Alan BRASLAU: > > Two questions, first: > > What is the real difference between columns and columnset? > > I am a bit confused* about their coexistence. Is this purposeful or > > necessary > > (or is it simply historical)? Is \startcolumns simply an unnamed, > > "default" > > columnset? > > columns and columnset are two different mechanism two produce a document > with text and two or more columns. the columns mechanism is the older > one > with limited control about the placement of figures but allows you to > mix > one column and multicolumns text on a page. columnsets are a new version > of the column mechanism with more control about the placement of figures > and other features like spanned columns etc. (look at the manual for > more) > and is better suited for magazine like layouts (Vit Zyka posted a few > nice > examples a few years ago). Great! This is somewhat what I suspected (columns mechanism is the older one). Is there good reason to keep both mechanisms? That is, does the startcolumns mechanism have advantages? Can't one mix one column and multicolumns text on a page using columnsets? > > (*and the wiki page needs to be clarified...) > > the wiki is from users for users, feel free to correct the articles Of course, as soon as I feel that I understand the subject. > > Second question, maybe a bug? > > \startitemize[columns] does not interact well: > > I suspect that it could or should use paragraphs internally rather > > than > > columns so as to work within a column(set). > > that's a limitation in tex, when you use the 'columns' key for itemize > the items are typeset with a \startcolumns / \stopcolumns before and > after the environment and you can nest columns /columnset environments > (a tex limitation) but in normal one column text this is not the case > and you can use multicolumn items in most cases but you can > > \startcolumns > \startsimplecolumns > \startitemize > \item one > \item two > ... > \stopitemize > \stopsimplecolumns > \stopcolumns page-mul.tex ... %D Undocumented and still under development. \def\startsimplecolumns ... May I suggest that \startitemize[columns] internally use such a mechanism, perhaps when under a columns or columnset environment. Of course, this may be a bit tricky according to the following remark: > (in a few cases streamlayer are necessary, e.g. within framedtext) Indeed! Inside framed text I used paragraphs to manually typset into columns; now I get to learn about streamlayers... Alan ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:28:14 +0200 From: Alan Stone <software.list.1es9s(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] replacing words by underlines To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Message-ID: <4a1154a8.07a5660a.6a16.50ae(a)mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At Saturday 24/01/2009 21:07, you wrote: >Am 24.01.2009 um 19:00 schrieb Alan Stone: > >>Hi, >> >>In the underneath example, how do you get each word replaced by an >>underline ? >> >>Or, if not possible, underlined word groups with correct underline >>breaks for multi-line phrases. > >\def\doUnderlineD#1% > {\bgroup > \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% > \underbar{\hskip\wd\scratchbox}\space > \egroup} > >\def\UnderlineD#1% > {\processseparatedlist[#1][ ]\doUnderlineD\removeunwantedspaces} > >Wolfgang Ahoi, A finishing touch question... How do you cut off underbar parts which exceed \textwidth ? \showframe \setuplayout[width=7cm] \def\doUnderlineD#1% {\bgroup \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% \underbar{\hskip\wd\scratchbox}\space \egroup} \def\UnderlineD#1% {\processseparatedlist[#1][ ]\doUnderlineD\removeunwantedspaces} \starttext \UnderlineD{aaaaaaaaaaaa bbbb cccccccccc ddddddddddddd eeeeeeeee vvvvvvvvvv wwwwwww xxxxxxxxxxxxx yyyyyyyyyyy zzzzzzz} \stoptext Thanks in advance. Alan ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:55:07 +0200 From: Markus Hubig <mhubig(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Fresh install & t-letter module To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Message-ID: <1a3190fd0905180555u171571fbrdd352d9322bfe187(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Thank you! I've replaced the "default.nli" in my context tree with the file you send me. Now "texexec letter.tex" and "texexec --xtx letter.tex" works, but "texexec --lua letter.tex" fails with: -------------8<----schnipp----- ConTeXt ver: 2009.05.14 16:44 MKIV fmt: 2009.5.18 int: english/english system : letter.top loaded (letter.top) fonts : preloading latin modern fonts bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active system : module letter loaded (letter.tex system : module letter (line 2) already loaded systems : begin file letter at line 2 ! Undefined control sequence. l.3 \startletter -------------8<----schnapp----- - Markus On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Fixed version is only (don't know how long it takes till you get it with > the minimals), > for the moment use the attached file. Sorry for the crash (which was my > fault) but > a few features I use in my module depend on the ConTeXt version (especially > when > you use MkIV). > > Wolfgang > -- -------------------"it's like this"------ even samurai have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk

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MP newbie question
by Alan Stone 19 May '09

19 May '09

Hi, How do you make this work ? --- mpframed.tex --- %\def\myFrameAlternative{line} %\def\myFrameAlternative{dashes} \def\myFrameAlternative{dots} \startuniqueMPgraphic{name} path p ; p := unitsquare xscaled \overlaywidth yscaled \overlayheight ; show (\myFrameAlternative) ; if \myFrameAlternative = dashes : % if (\myFrameAlternative) = dashes : draw p dashed evenly scaled 2 ; % elseif (\myFrameAlternative) = dots : elseif \myFrameAlternative = dots : draw p dashed withdots scaled 2 ; else : draw p ; fi ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[myGraphic][\uniqueMPgraphic{name}] \starttext \framed[% offset=5mm, background=myGraphic, frame=off] {mp framed} \stoptext --- context.cmd mpframed -- Alan

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Column break in start\stop columns
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 May '09

18 May '09

Hello all, How to force column break in start\stop columns? Best, Vyatcheslav

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pandoc tables
by Mohamed Bana 18 May '09

18 May '09

attached is the output of pandoc -w context -o test.tex test.pdc texexec test.tex i'm wondering if context has support for this built in. here's the link; http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html#tables. could someone try compiling with luatex, i get a single horizontal line and nothing else. Creator: ConTeXt - 2009.05.12 22:35 Producer: LuaTeX-0.40.1 many thanks, Mohamed Right Left Center Default ------- ------ ---------- ------- 12 12 12 12 123 123 123 123 1 1 1 1 Table: Demonstration of simple table syntax.

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