September 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

German language settings
by Thomas Floeren 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

Hi, anybody at any time should add the appropriate settings for German to the lang-ger.tex file: \unprotect \setuplabeltext [\s!de] [\v!page=Seite~] \setuplabeltext [\s!de] [\v!atpage=auf Seite~] \setuplabeltext [\s!de] [\v!hencefore=oben] \setuplabeltext [\s!de] [\v!hereafter=unten] \protect \setuplanguage [de] [lefthyphenmin=2,righthyphenmin=3] \setuphyphenmark[sign=normal] This is no major problem, but it is inconvenient to have to add the settings each and any time when you make a new document, or to have a corrrection file in your texmf-local (not the proper way). The lefthyphenmin=2 may be subject to discuss, but in real life this is the way we separate words. I know that it was considered ugly by some people/insitutions, but I think these considerations are rather obsolete. Set it to 3 if your doc has >90 letters/line in general. But this shouldn't be the default setting. Think of all the prefixed verbs 'ergreifen', 'erstatten' etc. It *may* lead to *some* unwanted separations, but this should be handled by the hyphenation patterns. Best wishes Thomas

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mkiv vs. mkii
by Taco Hoekwater 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

Hi all, A few days ago I started a wiki page about the intentional and/or unavoidable differences between MKIV and MKII. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/MkIV_Differences The page is not intended for actual bugs, but: if you know of any 'disturbing' differences please add them to that page, then Hans and I can investigate whether the difference is intentional or a bug. Best wishes, Taco

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Numbering of "sub"-header
by Flavien Lambert 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

Dear all, I am using Mark IV from the minimals. I have a problem concerning the numbering fo my "sub-header". I defined exercices in the following way : % Titres \setuphead[subject][textstyle={\bfc},align=left,after=\hairline] % Commandes \def\exnu#1{% \framed[width=1.5em,corner=06,background=color,backgroundcolor=myGray,foreground=color,foregroundcolor=white]{#1}% } \definehead[exercice][subsection] \setuphead[exercice][textstyle={\bf},numberstyle={},numbercommand=\exnu] A few months ago, when using Mark II, the numbering of exercice was continuous even if new sujects were introduced. But now, the numbering is reinitialized when I put a subject. Can I go back to the previous behaviour ? Sincerely, -- Flavien. ---------------------------- "Quantum objects are completely crazy but, at least, they are all crazy in the same way." R.P. Feynman.

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old sidebar example
by Piotr Kopszak 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Hello list, Is the a way to make the following example posted here: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20060321.134723.3a8e8ff3.en.html work with recent mkIV as it used to before? \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors[state=start] \frenchspacing \tolerance = 1000 \setuplayout[width=4in] \setupfloat [intermezzo] [ leftmargindistance=-.8in, rightmargindistance=-.8in, default={outer,high}] \setupcaption[intermezzo][location=none] \defineframedtext [myohmy] [width=6cm,bodyfont=small, frame=off, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=6pt,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.8] %\showframe \setupmarginblocks[ style=small, width=5cm, before=\startmyohmy, after={\relax,\stopmyohmy}, align=middle, ] \long\def\sidebar#1{\placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy #1 \relax\stopmyohmy}} \starttext \input ward \placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy\input dawkins \relax\stopmyohmy} \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth \par} \page[yes] \input ward \placeintermezzo{}{\input dawkins\relax} \page[yes] \input ward FOO \sidebar{% \input dawkins Additional text. } \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth \par} \stoptext Many thanks in advance Piotr -- http://okle.pl

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Bugs in defineenumeration
by B. Vogel 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hi all, The example below shows: lemma 1 (lemma"title ) Problems: - the word "lemma" is repeated before the title : (lemma"title - spaces after the title: "title" ) Example: %MTXrun | current version: 2009.09.23 10:07 %linux-32, current beta \defineenumeration[lemma][title=yes] \starttext \startlemma{"title"} \stoplemma \stoptext Kind regards, Bernard

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Another small caps problem with some fonts (and old-style figures)
by Mika Ritola 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hello again, I just discovered another weird problem with small caps when using some fonts, e.g. Adobe Jenson Pro or Adobe Garamond Pro. When old-style figures are enabled, the code below generates "GEOff" instead of "GEOFF". Another ligature bug, it seems -- which is strange because I don't see why old-style figures should affect ligatures at all (not that I know anything about these things), and also because the second line should disable ligatures in small caps altogether. \usemodule[simplefonts] \definefontfeature[smallcaps][smallcaps][liga=no] \setfontfeature{oldstyle} \setmainfont[Adobe Jenson Pro] \starttext {\sc Geoff} \stoptext I'm using the latest beta from yesterday. Again, I'd appreciate a workaround for this, apart from disabling old-style figures. Thanks, Mika P.S. Thanks to everyone who's replied to my bibliography questions. I'll get back to it as soon as I've had time to try out the suggestions.

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Re: [NTG-context] metaobj and luatex 0.42.0
by Matt Claus 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hi Matthijs, Thank you for your two follow ups to my original question. Both of the techniques you suggested also work for me, so I'm able to continue now. Cheers, Matt

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textcolor (mkii)
by Peter Rolf 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hi, while struggling with my colortest for overprinting I run into this curious test case. Mkiv is running fine, but mkii gives no color (block 1 is black instead of blue) or the color is 'shifted' one line into the next textcolor block (block 3 and 4: 'Blue text.' is black and 'Black text.' is blue). Example attached. Best wishes, Peter \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \unprotect \ifnum\contextmarkmode=4 \def\@@currentcolorname{undefined} \fi \starttextcolor[blue] Blue text.\par \stoptextcolor \starttextcolor[black] Black text.\par \stoptextcolor \starttextcolor[blue] Blue text.\par \type{\currentcolorname: }\currentcolorname\par \type{\@@currentcolorname: }\@@currentcolorname\par \type{\@@themaintextcolor: }\@@themaintextcolor\par \stoptextcolor \starttextcolor[black] Black text.\par \type{\currentcolorname: }\currentcolorname\par \type{\@@currentcolorname: }\@@currentcolorname\par \type{\@@themaintextcolor: }\@@themaintextcolor\par \stoptextcolor \protect \stoptext

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Using MetaPost to create fonts
by Alain Delmotte 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hi! I have the impression that I did see that MetaPost can be used to create full fonts and not only pictures. (In fact to keep the potential of METAFONT, but extending it to OpenType /PostScript/TrueType (??) fonts.) I even think there was mention about Perl in this respect. Did I dream or not (yes I start to dream about ConTeXt and MetaPost !!!). Could you point me to the right direction and provide links and/or email address of the persons who are involved? Thanks, -- Alain

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themaintextcolor (mkii)
by Peter Rolf 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hi Hans, can you also define 'themaintextcolor' for mkii? Otherwise my log file has dozends of identical warnings color : themaintextcolor is not defined Best wishes, Peter

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