December 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

where is the source repository?
by Jonas Stein 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

in the wiki are many different links to the source repository. Most of them look strange, so there is one wich dates on 2010-MAR What is the repository you are working with? Somewhere i read about switching to git. Do you use git already? Kind Regards, -- Jonas Stein <news(a)jonasstein.de>

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Wiki: Bug: <cmd>/foo</cmd> does not link to foo-reference
by Jonas Stein 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

<cmd>foo</cmd> creates a javascript link that opens a new small window with the reference list inside. It would be nice, if it would open the corresponding page. like http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/foo is that possible? kind regards, -- Jonas Stein <news(a)jonasstein.de>

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listalternative “d” and \[start|stop]narrower
by Philipp Gesang 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hi all, is it possible somehow (in mkiv) to setup the list alternative “d” to resemble this example from the source (works in mkii, slightly shortened) with narrower to the left and the right? ···8<···························································· %\setupinteraction[state=start] \setupcolors[state=start] \setuphead [part] [page=right,placehead=yes] \setuplist [chapter] [alternative=d,before=\blank,after=\blank] \setuplist [part] [before=\blank,after=\blank] \starttext \startsetups chapter \blank \startnarrower[3*middle] \placecontent[criterium=local] \stopnarrower \stopsetups \placelist[part][criterium=text,after=\setups{chapter}] \part{First part} \chapter{Chapter one} \chapter{Chapter two} \chapter{Chapter three} \chapter{Chapter four} \chapter{Chapter five} \part{Second part} \chapter{Chapter one} \chapter{Chapter two} \chapter{Chapter three} \chapter{Chapter four} \chapter{Chapter five} \part{Third part} \chapter{Chapter one} \chapter{Chapter two} \chapter{Chapter three} \chapter{Chapter four} \chapter{Chapter five} \stoptext \endinput ···8<···························································· (Hanging text is possible via the “margin” key of “\setuplist” but only on the left side. Alternatively, could there be interaction support for custom list commands?) Thanks for any suggestions, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Is there a way to split TABLE and TABLE caption for longtables
by barney schwartz 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Group, Hans. Wolfgang, Help PLEASE I have numerous loooooong tables to publish. attached find minimal example. I need these tables to mimic \longtables LaTeX package. I got a recode from Wolfgang using the TABLE module which works well for the header, footer and TABLEbody however: I need table caption and tablefoot to state: table xxxxxx (continue) Also it would be perfect if the top of the continued page(s) were open and the footer for the continued page(s) said: table xxxxxxx (continued) Is there a way to accomplishe this feat of magic within ConTeXt? I have tried all I can think of to no avail. I have been on this problem now for 3 weeks. If no solution then I am afraid that I must resort back to LaTeX and memoir class. I am truely hoping NOT to go back. barney

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TEI - conTeXt
by Jon Crump 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

All, More naive questions about xml and context. I'm finding this slow going and documentation opaque or just thin on the ground. I have XML markup like this: <ref target="#N003-06"> reference term</ref> where the reference text is in <div xml:id="notes"> <note xml:id="N003-06">reference text</note . . . etc. </div> I need to set this as an endnote reference. Can anyone give me a hint as to how a context environment file should look to achieve this? Thomas's excellent tutorial at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TEI_xml is a great help, but my grasp of the underlying protocols is fragile. More practical examples of TEI (or other xml texts)-> ConTeXt -> PDF would sure come in handy. thanks, jon

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Installation context minimals
by Curiouslearn 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hello, Can someone please tell me if the instructions for installation/updating of minimals given on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals#Unix-like_platforms_.28Linux… are still valid. I went to my /Applications/ContextMinimals folder (on Mac OSX) and typed: sh first-setup.sh --extras=all Then I entered, mtxrun --selfupdate However, I got the following: MTXrun | resolvers: to be replaced old script /Applications/ConTeXtMinimalsStable/tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin/mtxrun MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: unable to locate new script Seems like there was a problem here. Anyway, I went ahead and did luatools --selfupdate and I got: MTXrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua' and, then I did context --make which gave me, MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' Can someone please explain the recipe for installation. What I should do? Also, I have read long back in the forum that some people have two installations at the same time and you can switch between these. How is this done? Is there any information about this on the Wiki. Thanks.

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\do(single|double|etc)empty behaviour
by Marco Pessotto 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hello there. I was writing a small macro to emulate a custom \part command, and I broke my head against \dosingleempty (but finally I won). Why this example is working: %%%%%%%%% start %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \definelist[talpart] \define\talpart{\page[right]% \blank[2*big]% \startalignment[center]% \dosingleempty\doTalPart} \def\doTalPart[#1]#2{% \iffirstargument debug: I have the optional arg \bfc#1\blank[2*big] \writetolist[talpart]{}{{#1. }#2} \else debug: I don't have any arg \blank[2*big] \writetolist[talpart]{}{#2} \fi \bfd#2 \stopalignment \blank[2*big] } \starttext \placelist[talpart] \talpart[optional]{With optional argument} \input knuth \talpart{No argument} \input ward \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%% stop %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% While this, the original one, is definitively not working? %%%%%%%%% start %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \definelist[talpart] \define\talpart{\dosingleempty\doTalPart} \def\doTalPart[#1]#2{% \page[right] \startalignment[center] \blank[force,2*big] \iffirstargument debug: I have the optional arg \noindent{\bfc#1}\blank[2*big] \writetolist[talpart]{}{{#1. }#2} \else debug: I don't have any arg \blank[2*big] \writetolist[talpart]{}{#2} \fi {\noindent \bfd#2} \stopalignment \page[left] } \starttext \placelist[talpart] \talpart[optional]{With optional argument} \input knuth \talpart{No argument} \input ward \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%% stop %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% It's unclear to me how the arguments are passed between macros. Probably it's just a matter of knowledge of TeX macro programming (which obviously I don't have). My source of inspiration was: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Commands_with_optional_arguments Bests -- Marco

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color all the formulae?
by Yue Wang 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hi, Hans: Is there some way to color all the formulae braced in $$ and \start|stopformula? I search setupcolors, only textcolor is available. there are also no color key in setupformulae. Yue Wang

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Help: tweaking bibliography style
by Nicola 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hi, currently, in my document, an article reference looks like this: [1] Thor, A. U. (2010). ConTeXt is great. My Own Publishing, 2(4), 23-34. with the title in italics. How to make the year appear at the end and how to make the publisher in italics, too? I would like such changes to apply to other types of references as well (books, inproceedings, etc...) Second, \cite[Thor:2010,Bar:2009] produces something like [6 and 9]. How do I get rid of 'and' and get simply [6,9]? This is my current setup (mainly code copied from the Wiki): \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=my-biblio,sort=author] \def\bracketed#1{\hbox to 20pt{\hfill [{#1}]}} \setuppublications[ sorttype=bib, numbering=yes, numbercommand=\bracketed ] \unprotect\def\UCauthor#1#2#3#4#5% {\bf\bibdoif{#2}{#2\bibalternative\c!vonsep}% #3\bibalternative\c!surnamesep \bibdoif{#5}{#5\bibalternative\c!juniorsep}% \bibdoif{#4}{#4\unskip}} \protect \setuppublicationlist[ artauthor=\UCauthor, editor=\UCauthor, author=\UCauthor, namesep={, }, lastnamesep={, }, finalnamesep={, } ] A last, less important, question: the Wiki suggests to \usemodule[bibltx]. If I do so, I get the warning “module bibltx not found”. It seems that omitting that module has no consequences. Is it needed at all? If so, for what? Nicola

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Own environment creating
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hello experts, I'll find somewhere perfect example of how to define and set parameters of my own environment. I want to create my own environment derived from framedtext environment. I want to use my own settings such as: \defineframedtext[MyFramedCols][MYTITLE=My title, MYNUMCOLS=3, ..., width = .... (ie the rest is inherited from the parent environment) ] Is such a thing possible? It is within the power of an ordinary user to do something similar (as for example using namespaces)? I was googling without result... Sufficient to link it somehow to try to wade through Thanx Jaroslav

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