October 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

mnmls under windows
by Philipp Gesang 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi all, I just discovered that the windows pcs in the library have certain adobe stuff installed that comes with a neat collection of adobe fonts. So I thought I’d want to use them in context and prepared a minimals for windows on a usb stick using wine. I haven’t used windows in ages so I’d like to ask some questions before I actually start testing. 1. Why is there an mtxrun.exe binary in addition to the lua script? 2. How large will texmf-cache grow when all the fonts from an indesign installation are indexed (it’s a small stick and context resides next to a linux on it)? 3. Anything I should be aware of where windows context behaves differently from linux? Thanks for your time and expertise, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Multiple bibliographies (reminder)
by Florian Wobbe 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi Taco, hi Philipp, I need to place two different publication lists in different locations inside the same document. This has been asked before in April and there was the following suggestion: \chapter{one} \placepublications[database=first] \chapter{two} \placepublications[database=second] Is something like this implemented already? If not I'd kindly ask you, Philipp, to help me with your lua-sed-shell-magic. Thanks! Best wishes, Florian

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structuresectionstarterset ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi, as definestructureconversionset is such a convenient command, could we also have the accompanying structuresectionstarterset and structuresectionstopperset? \definestructureconversionset [default] [ ,Characters,Romannumerals,Numbers,characters,charcharacters] [numbers] \definestructuresectionstarterset [default] [ , , , , ,{(}] [{.}] \definestructuresectionstopperset [default] [ ,{.},{.},{)},{)},{)}] [{.}] Best wishes, Steffen

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structure sanity checks
by Alan BRASLAU 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Using \startchapter\stopchapter or \startitem\stopitem could present some logical advantage over the use of \chapter or \item, for example. However, it would be useful to have some sort of sanity check giving warnings at least if the \start\stop symmetry is violated. As a minimal example, the following simple case of one logical error leads to an undesired result. Of course, you get what you asked, but some sort of warning could be useful. Or, rather, is the general philosophy to silently pass over such errors so as not to load down the log in the face of such user errors? Indeed, under ConTeXt, unknown or incorrect arguments are simply ignored. (in other cases, for example forgetting \stoptext, ConTeXt protests vocally) Alan \starttext \startitemize [n] \startitem first \startitem \startitem second \stopitem \stopitemize \stoptext

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section kills break ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi, Is this a known issue? Without chapter the linebreak "\\" works. With a section header before it fails. Steffen ------- \starttext %\chapter{test} % <- un-/comment \starttabulate[|p|p|] \NC test\\test \NC text \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] page breaks in cells?
by Wolfgang Schuster 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Am 13.10.2010 um 23:41 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: >>> Which kind table supports page breaks in cells? >> >> tabulate > > but there we (still) don't have vertical lines, right? yes, tabulate has no vertical lines but anch-pgr.mkix shows a few ways to make framed cells, e.g. here is a slightly modified example from the source \starttext \definepositionframed[y][frame=off,leftframe=on,rightframe=on,frameoffset=1ex] \starttabulate[|p|p|] \XC[a:y] \input knuth \NC \input tufte \NC\NR \XC[b:y] \input knuth \NC \input tufte \NC\NR \XC[c:y] \input knuth \NC \input tufte \NC\NR \XC[d:y] \input knuth \NC \input tufte \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stoptext Wolfgang

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Custom enumeration
by Bela Mulder 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Dear ConTeXters, A newbie question: I am trying to set up a custom enumeration for exercises in a syllabus. The numbering of these exercises should reflect both part and chapter information, but \defineenumeration does not allow me to write my own custom command for this (unlike \setuphead). Am I missing something, or is there another solution? Thanks in advance for any help. -- Bela Mulder Group Leader Theory of Biomolecular matter FOM Institute AMOLF Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS Tel: + 31 20 7547100 FAX: + 31 20 7547290 web: http://www.amolf.nl/research/theory_of_biomolecular_matter/

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How to center a MP graphics generated by Lua?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hello, I'm trying to center a MP graphics generated by Lua. Although the inline Ctx code is (or seems to be) the same as generated by Lua, I cannot understand why the red line is drawn on the left and not centered. So how to make the Lua->MP graphics centered? My code: --- \showframe \starttext \startalignment[center] AAA\externalfigure[cow][width=4cm]BBB % OK, centered aaa\startMPcode draw (0,0)--(1in,0)\stopMPcode bbb % OK, centered \stopalignment \startalignment[center] \startluacode context.startMPcode() context("draw (0,0)--(1in,0) withrgbcolor (1,0,0)") % Red line LEFT? context.stopMPcode() \stopluacode \stopalignment \startalignment[center] TTT\startMPcode draw (0,0)--(1in,0)\stopMPcode UUU % OK, centered \stopalignment \stoptext --- Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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page breaks in cells?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi, Which kind table supports page breaks in cells? I have a simple, but long table: only two columns, but sometimes very long text in a cell... Thanks, Steffen

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Temporary landscape
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Hello, I need to typeset contents of a wide file. This works: --- \starttext \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4,landscape] \typefile[Dim]{Cha-MMax-iDL.txt} \page % RESTORE ORIGINAL PAGE SETTINGS AAA \stoptext --- And I'd like to find out how to restore previous page settings. I guess I could call something like "\setuppapersize[A4][A4]" at the place of "RESTORE ORIGINAL PAGE SETTINGS", but I'd rather something independent (now I'd have to suppose that previous page is of A4 format). I'm thinking about like enclosing the \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4,landscape] \typefile[Dim]{../../Statics/Dim/Res/Cha-MMax-iDL.txt} into an environment or something. Maybe something like \setupenvironment[MyEnv][...] in the preamble and later \startenvironment[MyEnv] \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4,landscape] \typefile[Dim]{../../Statics/Dim/Res/Cha-MMax-iDL.txt} \stopenvironment Is there something like that? (Wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/startenvironment is a bit empty.) Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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