November 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

luatex-fonts-merged.lua can not work
by Li Yanrui (李延瑞) 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hi Hans, It seems like the char-def.lua code is not merged into luatex-fonts-merged.lua. It causes: ! LuaTeX error ...-context/tex/generic/context/luatex-fonts-merged.lua:5690: attempt to index global 'characters' (a nil value) -- Best regards, Li Yanrui (李延瑞)

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Spanning in \start/stop-table?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hello, just to confirm - - is it possible to span several columns (rows) in tables created by \starttable ... \stoptable? I cannot find such an example, so I guess it's not possible. - I mean something like what is done by \bTD[nc = 3] ... \eTD in \bTABLE ... \eTABLE. Best regards, 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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[OT] Flash on IPhone and IPad
by luigi scarso 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/02/technology/skyfire/index.htm -- luigi

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Searching for ConTeXt made easier
by Matija Šuklje 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hullo, I'm not trying to advertise[1] anything, but since ConTeXt is a very generic name and not easy to search for on Google or other search engines, I decided to share my solution. Blekko is a new web search engine, which lets you set slashtags to limit your search. So I've made a slashtag to limit searching only on ConTeXt-related sites. E.g. http://blekko.com/ws/termes+/silverhook/context (= typing "termes /silverhook/context" in the search field) would search for the term "termes" on those sites only. The current list of sites that the slashtag "/silverhook/context" searches is available on: http://blekko.com/ws/+/view+/silverhook/context I hope it's of help to anyone. Cheers, Matija -.-.- [1] and have no affiliation whatsoever with Blekko other then I started using its search. -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 www: http://matija.suklje.name xmpp: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org

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Difference between \skip and \unskip
by Matija Šuklje 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hullo, can someone tell me what's the difference between \skip and \unskip and when to use them? I've already checked the wiki and the references, but cannot find a definition of either. Here's a use case that's giving me headaches for quite some time: In my bibliography I often have items that are missing one or two fields (e.g. legal texts with or without amendments etc.) and I have to tell ConTeXt to skip those. From trial and error I learnt that: * \skip leaves me with the punctuation and styling around the skipped field (e.g. a trailing ", ." or "( )") * \unskip seems to do what I want, but generates the following error every time 'context' reaches an '\unskip' entry: --8<------------------ l.1 ...al , št. \localissue /\localvolume \skip , \localspremembe . \currentnotedescriptiontext ...ptionnumberentry )} \handlenoteitself ... \currentnotedescriptiontext \endstrut \dostopstoreddes... \handlenoteinsert ...s }\handlenoteitself {#1}{#2} \egroup \the \everyafterno... \@@notemakedescription ...note \currentnotenumber \fi \fi \endgroup \fi \fi ... ... l.82 ...e Konvencija MOD št. 173\zakon[][MOD_173] (ter Priporočilo št. 18... ? help A number should have been here; I inserted `0'. (If you can't figure out why I needed to see a number, look up `weird error' in the index to The TeXbook.) ------------------>8-- The example code: --8<------------------ \def\zakon[#1][#2]% {\doifdefinedelse{zakonkratko:#2} {\zakonkratko[#1][#2]} {\bgroup \nocite[#2]% \getcitedata[title][#2] to \localtitle \getcitedata[kratko][#2] to \localkratko \getcitedata[journal][#2] to \localjournal \getcitedata[issue][#2] to \localissue \getcitedata[volume][#2] to \localvolume \getcitedata[spremembe][#2] to \localspremembe \footnote{\localtitle\ (\localkratko), \localjournal, št. \localissue/\localvolume\skip, \localspremembe.}% \egroup} \setvalue{zakonkratko:#2}{done} } \def\zakonkratko[#1][#2]% {\bgroup \nocite[#2]% \getcitedata[kratko][#2] to \localkratko \footnote{\skip#1 \localkratko.}% \egroup} \startpublication[k=MESL, t=zakon, y=1996 ] \title{Evropska socialna listina (spremenjena)} \kratko{MESL} \engtitle{European Social Charter (revised)} \organization{Svet Evrope} \journal{Ur. l. RS-MP} \volume{1999} \issue{7} \pubyear{1999}\month{04}\day{10} \yearfiled{1999}\monthfiled{04}\dayfiled{11} \biburl{http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlmpid=199920} \stoppublication ------------------>8-- -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 www: http://matija.suklje.name xmpp: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org

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"Key" words translations
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hello, is there a file which defines translation of some words? E.g. when I use \mainlanguage[cz], ConTeXts gets to know to write "Kapitola" instead of "Chapter" etc. It would be nice if ctx knew also: "Table of Contents" = "Obsah" "Reference" = "Literatura" "Index" = "Rejstřík" I believe these word may be changed during \setup<...> routines (I did not do that yet), but it would be nice to have defaults translated... 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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Wiki: Searching for »Mac« gives no result.
by Paul Menzel 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Dear ConTeXt folks, as the subject says, searching for »Mac« does not find any results [1]. Searching for for example »linux« works though. Am I missing something? Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1&ns1=1&…

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Re: [NTG-context] How to put mark in right margin even for equation [SOLVED]
by Vladimir Lomov 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hi. 2010/10/29 Vladimir Lomov <lomov.vl(a)gmail.com>: > Hi. > > Please consider the attached example. > > I want to put a mark (how many points will give the answer on a > question) on right margin. I define command '\pointsMark' to do that > but it fails if I put it inside > \start/stopformula. Could someone give advice how to put such mark on > right margin even for equation? > I tried to find a bit more information about margins but context manual don't provide details (I'll try later with sources). I also tried to see how to use 'plain' TeX commands for marginal material (I looked to "TeX by Topic") but didn't find appropriate section. Meanwhile I clarify for myself what I need from margins: I want to put a text on right margin (like in previous example) but want the text to be aligned to right (all text in right margin should have the same right edge). EDT: I found solution for this: <code> \setupimnargin[right][align=left] %%% Ok, I thought that align=left it to align to the left edge. </code> > I tried to find a bit more information about margins but context manual don't provide details "Look the source, Luke" :D Now the only question is how to put text on right margin within \start/stopformula. But this is matter of taste. P.S. The solution for the problem is much simpler than I use in LaTeX (tricks with lengths). --- WBR, Vladimir Lomov

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XML ConTeXt
by Daniel Grycman 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hello list, I'm working with XML in ConTeXt. Now I want parse a XML-File with the following structure, which is an export from a database. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <personal> <person> <Name></Name> <Vorname></Vorname> <Titel></Titel> <Bezeichnung></Bezeichnung> <Mail></Mail> <Raum></Raum> <Telefon></Telefon> </person> I'm using this ConTeXt script. \setuppapersize [A4,landscape][A4,landscape] \usemodule [simplefonts] \setmainfont[rubscalatz] \setsansfont[rubflama] \startxmlsetups xml:personen:base % associate setups with elements \xmlsetsetup{personen}{personal|person}{xml:personen:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregisterdocumentsetup{personen}{xml:personen:base} \startxmlsetups xml:personen:personal \title{Personalverzeichnis} \placelist[chapter] \page \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:personen:personal:person % associate setups with elements \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {/Name} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessfile{personen}{personen.xml}{} \stoptext The generated PDF-file only consists of one page with the chapter "Personalverzeichnis". Can anybody tell me, where the mistake is? Daniel

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Bug in mkiv with Times?
by Otared Kavian 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hi all, With the latest release (ConTeXt ver: 2010.11.01 12:14 MKIV), in mkiv the following gives a wrong size for \sum and the integral sign \int, and the bounds of the integral are wrongly placed: %%%% begin bug-times.tex \usetypescript[times] \setupbodyfont[times,12pt] \starttext The expansion of $u\in L^2(0,\pi)$ in the base $(\varphi_{k})_{k\geq1}$ is defined as \startformula u = \sum_{k\geq1} c_{k}(u) \phi_{k}, \qquad \mbox{where } c_{k}(u) := \int_{0}^\pi u(x)\varphi_{k}(x) dx, \stopformula \stoptext %%%% end bug-times.tex As far as I can say, this didn't happen before, but I cannot say from when this is broken. Using \usetypescript[termes] \setupbodyfont[termes,12pt] instead of times, does not change the result. Any idea what is going on? Thanks in advance for your attention and help.

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