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Block quotes with multiple paragraphs
by Tom Benjey 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

I am away from home and don't have my reference books handy, so need to as a simple question: When block quotes include multiple paragraphs are these paragraphs separate by \medskip or \smallskip? Thanks, Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey Football player w C small

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Split Table Footnotes Problem
by Tad Ashlock 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

Hi All, If a split table includes a footnote then the footnote is constrained to the same width as the first column of the table, not the page width. Example (also attached as tadtest5.tex): ============================================================ \automigrateinserts % or else footnotes don't show up at all \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} \placetable[split]{Table Caption}% { \bTABLE[split=repeat]% \bTR\bTD table cell with footnote\footnote{This footnote is constrained to the width of the first table column.} \eTD \dorecurse{3}{\bTD table cell \eTD}\eTR \dorecurse{10}{\bTR\dorecurse{4}{\bTD table cell \eTD}\eTR} \bTR\bTD table cell footnote 2\footnote{This is another footnote that is constrained to the width of the first table column.} \eTD \dorecurse{3}{\bTD table cell \eTD}\eTR \eTABLE} \stoptext ============================================================ Does this have something to do with the \automigrateinserts command or is there something I'm not doing right? Thanks, Tad

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footnote conversion
by Aditya Mahajan 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

Hi, What is the MkIV equivalent for \setupfootnotes[conversion=set 1]? Aditya

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\setupinterlinespace[] does work
by views63 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

Hi all, In single file the "\setupinterlinespace[big]" don't work when it placed in front of the "\starttext". The example: \setupinterlinespace[big] \starttext \input Knuth \stoptext -- Best Regards

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End of document marker
by Jean-Philippe Rey 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

Hello everybody, I have a type of document needing an end marker (a final line stating the end of the document). I use a framed paragraph to build this marker, however, if the document contains floats, I have some difficulties being sure that this marker will always be located at the very end of the document (i.e. after all floats). Is there a command to flush all floats? Or do you suggest another way to build an end marker? Thanks for your help, -- Jean-Philippe Rey Professeur - École Centrale Paris jean-philippe.rey(a)ecp.fr 92295 Châtenay-Malabry Cedex - France

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table, middle
by R. Bastian 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

Hello, I wish to align horizontally a table at the middle of \textwidth. without "Table xx.y". All the examples I found were left aligned. My environment: Debian/Gnome Context mkii Snow : 11cm, Temperature : 3.2 Celsius Please, what is the trick ? -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org

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Unexpected Consequence of Turning Off Subsubsection Numbering
by Tad Ashlock 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

Hi All, If I setup the table caption numbering to be 'bychapter' and then turn off the numbering of subsubsections, any table within a subsubsection won't have the chapter number as part of the table number. Example (also attached as tadtest4.tex): ============================================================ \setupcaption[table][way=bychapter] \setuphead[subsubsection][number=no] \starttext \chapter{Chapter Name} \placetable[split]{First Table}% {\bTABLE\bTR\bTD table row \eTD\eTR\eTABLE} \section{Section Name} \placetable[split]{Second Table}% {\bTABLE\bTR\bTD table row \eTD\eTR\eTABLE} \subsection{Subsection Name} \placetable[split]{Third Table}% {\bTABLE\bTR\bTD table row \eTD\eTR\eTABLE} \subsubsection{Subsubsection Name} \placetable[split]{Fourth Table}% {\bTABLE\bTR\bTD table row \eTD\eTR\eTABLE} \stoptext ============================================================ The example above has "Table 4" instead of "Table 1.4". Is this unintentional behavior, or am I doing it wrong? Thanks, Tad

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Split Table Numbering
by Tad Ashlock 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

Hi All, How do I go about getting split tables to be numbered as, for example, 1.3a and 1.3b, instead of 1.3 and 1.4? I'm using "bychapter" numbering. Example (also attached as tadtest3.tex): ============================================================ \setupcaption[table][way=bychapter] \starttext \chapter{Chapter Name} \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} \placetable[split]{Table Caption}% { \bTABLE[split=repeat]% \bTABLEhead \bTR\bTH Table Header \eTH\eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \dorecurse{10}{\bTR\bTD table row \eTD\eTR} \eTABLEbody \eTABLE} \stoptext ============================================================ The problem with the current numbering scheme is that it doesn't indicate that a single, split table is different than two separate tables. Another problem is that the tables end up getting numbered differently for different output formats (e.g. print vs. screen). So for instance, you can't refer to "table 4.7" in an e-mail, because you might be looking at the presentation version of the document, but others might be looking at the printed version. Thanks, Tad

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New Section Causes the Previous Page to Break Differently
by Tad Ashlock 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

Hi All, I can create a document with text that ends at the bottom of a page. Like so (also attached as tadtest2a.tex): ============================================================ \showframe \starttext \section{section 1} \input bryson\par\blank \input davis\par\blank \input linden\par\blank \input weisman\par \input linden This should be a the top of page 2. \stoptext ============================================================ (I hope the vertical spacing works out the same on your machine as it does on mine. I'm using the latest minimals, 2010.01.25 11:09.) But if I happen to start a new section after that text, then part of the last paragraph from the first page gets pushed to the second page, leaving the text on page 1 short. Here is an example (also attached as tadtest2b.tex): ============================================================ \showframe \starttext \section{section 1} \input bryson\par\blank \input davis\par\blank \input linden\par\blank \input weisman\par \input linden \section{section 2} This should be the first sentence of page 2, but it's not. \stoptext ============================================================ This also happens for itemized lists. First the full page version (also attached as tadtest2c.tex): ============================================================ \showframe \starttext \section{section 1} \startitemize[n] \item \input bryson \item \input davis \item \input dawkins \item \input weisman \stopitemize This should be a the top of page 2. \stoptext ============================================================ Now the "spill-over" version (also attached as tadtest2d.tex): ============================================================ \showframe \starttext \section{section 1} \startitemize[n] \item \input bryson \item \input davis \item \input dawkins \item \input weisman \stopitemize \section{section 2} This should be the first sentence of page 2, but it's not. \stoptext ============================================================ If this is the expected behavior, is there any way to disable it? Thanks, Tad

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Problem With an Enumeration After a Forced Float
by Tad Ashlock 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

Hi All, Here's a corner case for you: place a figure with the 'force' option, followed by an enumeration with a background. Like this (also attached as tadtest1.tex): ============================================================ \defineenumeration[enum][before={\startbackground},after={\stopbackground}] \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} \placefigure[force]{Moooooo}{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=.7\textwidth]} \startenum The contents of a test enumeration. \stopenum \stoptext ============================================================ The enumeration will start at the top of the next page (after the figure) even though there's plenty of room below the figure on the same page. If you take the background away from the enumeration (delete the 'before' and 'after' options), OR take the 'force' option off the \placefigure command, then the problem goes away. I suspect that this isn't the expected behavior. :-) Thanks, Tad

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