December 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Minimal spacing between sentences
by Florian Wobbe 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Hi, how can I increase the minimal spacing between sentences? \setfrenchspacing seems to work only in a justified line: \starttext \setfrenchspacing{15000} This is a short sentence. It is not followed by a big space. Here are some justified lines which have big spaces: \input tufte \stoptext Thanks, Florian

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ascii ribbon
by Philipp A. 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

hi, do you really support this obsolete statement? if so: why? - html mail is supported by every mail reader nowadays, and nowhere near broken - semantic html is way better for blind people than plain text, since it is, well, semantically structured. something enclosed in em-tags will e.g. pronounced in a accentuated voice by the screen reader. - e mail sizes are no problem with today's hd capacity - every proper mail reader does block pics from foreign sources for privacy reasons essentially: this was true, and isn't anymore. if you think http://www.xkcd.com/386 , you are right, i'm like that :) cu in the context forum, philipp

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problem with setupwhitespace
by Achim Jander 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Hello, I am trying to setup a layout for a book. Its very simple, consisting only of paragraphs. Regularly, there should be no space between them, but to force the pages getting filled there may be a small space. I cannot figure out how to set it up. In the mailing list I found the sample \setupwhitespace[3pt plus 2pt minus 1pt] but in fact, that seems to have no effect, the page ist not filled. The Reference-Manual doesnt mention this form, but states that there is some stretchability. How can I define the stretchability? My simple Example: \definepapersize [NomosLexSozA] [width=125mm, height=210mm] \setuppapersize [NomosLexSozA] [A4] \setuplayout[ header=0cm,footer=0cm, backspace=2.54cm,topspace=1.5cm, width=middle,height=middle, location=middle,marking=on,] \showframe \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setupbodyfont[rm,7.5pt,serif] \setupinterlinespace[line=8pt] \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \setupwhitespace[3pt plus 2pt minus 1pt] %\setupwhitespace[line] %\setupwhitespace[medium] %\setupwhitespace[big] \setuptolerance[horizontal, verytolerant, stretch] \setuptolerance[vertical, verystrict] \starttext \dorecurse{40} {\input knuth} \stoptext with big or medium, it seems to work, but that is to much whitespace for my layout? Can anyone give me a hint? Thanks, Achim

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Horizontal space in math subscript generated by Lua
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Hello, I encountered a strange effect. Let's have a code that generates the same math, firstly by Ctx and secondly by Lua: --- \starttext \startformula M_{t,WnT} = 1000 \stopformula \startluacode context.startformula() context("M_{t,WnT} = 1000") context.stopformula() \stopluacode \stoptext --- You can see the result - the space between "W" and "n" in lower index is smaller when generated (natively) by Ctx than that in math generated by Lua. (The latter case may affect a bit "disturbingly" to the reader.) It seems also that space between (subscript) "T" and "=" varies. So why these differences? How to avoid the extra-space when Lua generates math subscript? 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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beta
by Hans Hagen 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Hi, I uploaded a new beta (not that much done, waiting for the new luatex bins to settle). There's also an updated zip with test files. There will probably be a current before 2011 but Taco and I need to coordinate that a bit. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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confusion: 2 Bugtracker?
by Jonas Stein 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

On http://minimals.contextgarden.net/ "Bug tracker: https://launchpad.net/context" but on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page Bug tracker links to Mantis: "http://tracker.luatex.org/my_view_page.php" Why are there 2 Bugtrackers? Kind regards, -- Jonas Stein <news(a)jonasstein.de>

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why lua?
by Jonas Stein 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

i'd like to make a small presentation for friends about context. Why do we use lua and not python or perl or... Where can i find the features for lua for this job? Kind regards, -- Jonas Stein <news(a)jonasstein.de>

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contextgarden.net
by Patrick Gundlach 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Hi, I have mentioned it at the last context conference: I am looking for a person (or a group) to take over the server contextgarden.net. Not only the wiki or the modules section or ..., but the complete server. I have started everything more then seven years ago and we (= you) have all made it possible that contextgarden.net is now used by more then 500 unique visitors each day (the wiki alone). The average time a user spends on the wiki is three and a half minute (according to the stats, but this is inaccurate, of course), I think that is pretty good! But as usual in a setting like this, I have shifted my focus. This does not mean I like ConTeXt less then several years ago! By no means! But I am too busy with my new job and my family so there is pretty much no server maintenance (except for a reboot once in a while). I really hope that someone steps in and I can hand over all the files/databases and the domain name before the next conference. Not that some parts are already maintained by other people: most prominently the minimals are done by Mojca with help of Arthur (I hope I've got it right). Patrick

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New to this
by Anand Raj 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Hi, I have a html page containing mathml and svg content. How can i make use of the pragma script? How can i integrate with php? Thanks

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[OT] quvira fonts
by luigi scarso 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

http://quivira-font.com/ -- luigi

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