February 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

xml entities and trailing space
by Thomas A. Schmitz 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

Hi all, Hans, this is something I had mentioned a few weeks ago, but wanted to complain about it again: when you define xml entities as TeX commands, those used to preserve trailing spaces. This hasn't been the case since a number of version. I would like to recommend havin the old behavior back (since adding spaces isn't as easy in xml as it is in TeX). The example below demonstrates the problem. All best Thomas \startbuffer[xmltest] <p>A &textbar; B</p> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:mysetups \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{p}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:mysetups} \startxmlsetups xml:p \xmlflush{#1} \par \stopxmlsetups \xmlsetentity{textbar}{\textbar} \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{xmltest}{} \stoptext

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Footnotes in columns causing layout problem
by Andreas Harder 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

Hi, I’m trying it again. The problem with footnotes in multicolumn texts is still present. (http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20100201.222309.2f37f55a.en.html) \setupnote[footnote][location=lastcolumn] % <- causes layout problem \definecolumnset[two][n=2] \enablemode[twocolumns] % columnsets|twocolumns \starttext \doifmode{twocolumns}{\startcolumns} \doifmode{columnsets}{\startcolumnset[two]} \dorecurse{2}{\input knuth}\footnote{\input tufte} \dorecurse{2}{\input knuth} \doifmode{twocolumns}{\stopcolumns} \doifmode{columnsets}{\stopcolumnset} \stoptext Thank you in advance Andreas

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Re: [NTG-context] floatrow
by Hans Hagen 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

On 8-2-2010 23:18, Bernhard Rosensteiner wrote: > Am 08.02.2010 um 23:07 schrieb Hans Hagen: > >> On 8-2-2010 22:16, Bernhard Rosensteiner wrote: >>> Am 08.02.2010 um 19:42 schrieb Hans Hagen: >>> >>>> On 8-2-2010 18:52, Bernhard Rosensteiner wrote: >>>> >>>>> thanks for the hint with \defineexternalfigure… - indeed useful. >>>>> The „automatic“ feature of floatrow is nice but not so important that i will ever switch back to LaTeX. >>>> >>>> it's no big deal to make some scaler but the problem is what to take as reference, specify it etc etc. If it's not the first image, then we need multiple passes. too much automatism with graphics is a bit tricky >>> >>> it would be nice to have something like: >>> >>> \startfloatcombination[3*2, width=.8\textwidth] >>> \externalfigure…. >>> \externalfigure…. >>> \externalfigure…. >>> \externalfigure…. >>> \externalfigure…. >>> \externalfigure…. >>> \stopfloatcombination >>> >>> and all graphics fit in the given width with same height in one row. I found this feature in floatrow useful because i had a lot of graphics in different widths and heights so it was easy to „stitch“ them together. On the programming side i have no idea how complicated something would be (i´m only a happy context user). Maybe you consider something to implement in future? >> >> it's not that complex to make something like that (but there's a bit more to it, like distances and so we always end up with a bit more code) >> >> also, this does not really fit into the user interface ... (mixed keywords and key/values) >> >> as it should be a generic feature i.e. not only for images, we more end up with something >> >> \definecombination >> [whatever] >> [width=.8\textwidth, >> height=equal, >> distance=1em] >> >> \startcombination[whatever][3*2] >> {\externalfigure...} {} >> {\externalfigure...} {} >> {\externalfigure...} {} >> ... >> \startcombination >> >> where equal will eventually scale up the heights of the content >> >> looking at combinations, i have to mkiv-ize that code anyway so at that time i could add that feature (i have to take a look at some project styles as we often do combination trickery) > > yes please! and sorry for my clumsy user interface suggestion... in beta \startexternalfigurecollection[name] \useexternalfigure[cow] [cow.pdf] \useexternalfigure[mill][mill.png] \stopexternalfigurecollection \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD \externalfigure[cow] [height=\externalfigurecollectionmaxheight{name}] \eTD \bTD \externalfigure[mill][height=\externalfigurecollectionmaxheight{name}] \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] stepper
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

> Add \setupinteraction[state=start,click=off] to your file and open the > PDF with Adobe Reader. Thanks, Wolfgang! It works this way. But I wonder why itemization level is increased every page. Is is intended to be so? Thanks for teaching me usage of steppers. Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] stepper
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

Hi Hans, Trying out of curiosity your script, I cannot get two things: 1) What is stepper (it is related somehow to presentations, but what is it specifically?) 2) The script produces 11 pages with titles, but no "bla-bla" is seen on either page. Why? \usemodule[pre-60] % use the stepper \starttext \title {Whatever} \dorecurse{10} { \title{Just a few dummy pages} \StartSteps \startitemize[packed] \startitemize \startitem bla \FlushStep \stopitem \startitem bla bla \FlushStep \stopitem \startitem bla bla bla \FlushStep \stopitem \startitem bla bla bla bla \FlushStep \stopitem \stopitemize \StopSteps } \stoptext I have not-so-recent ConTeXt. Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Adding Items to Bibliography
by Philipp Gesang 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

Hi all, yesterday I tried to use some BibTeX bibliography that I made earlier for use with biblatex but I very soon ended up converting a garbled .bbl to proper \[start|stop]publication format. So my first question is, whether this, without BibTeX, is the canonical way to typeset bibliographies in ConTeXt? The wiki is quite unclear about this and bibmod-doc deals with BibTeX, too. Or is everyone working in secret with the MlBibTeX final release and those 8-Bit phenomena from the dark past are already solved? The second question: where would I begin if I wanted to setup (a) an author-title format for \cite[] (I found no "\bibgetvarX" function to query the publication title), and (b) substitution of consecutive identical authornames with dashes (or "idem", if that matters) in the publications list. Thanks in advance for any clarification on this matter, bibliography support is essential for me. Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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disable hyphenation inside \type
by Aditya Mahajan 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

Hi, Is is possible to disable hyphenation inside \type? Thanks, Aditya

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svg -> png conversion
by Peter Münster 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

Hello, How can I convert svg to png on the fly? I've created a file "test.rlx": <?xml version='1.0 standalone='yes'?> <rl:manipulators> <rl:manipulator name='png' suffix='svg'> <rl:old><rl:value name='path'/>/<rl:value name='file' method='nosuffix'/>.png</rl:old> <rl:new><rl:value name='path'/>/<rl:value name='prefix'/><rl:value name='file' method='nosuffix'/>.png</rl:new> <rl:step> inkscape -d 600 -e <rl:value name='new'/> <rl:value name='old'/> </rl:step> </rl:manipulator> </rl:manipulators> and a file "test.tex": \setupexternalfigures[conversion=png] \starttext \externalfigure[./myfile.svg] \stoptext But when running context on the file, it tries to convert the svg to pdf. What do I need to do? TIA for any hint! Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] What do you miss in ConTeXt?:
by Robert Blackstone 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 09:29 PM, David Rogers) wrote: .... ConTeXt > itself has beautiful support for side-by-side translations. It makes me > happy every time I look at the results. But... it works only on separate > pages. Making it work on columns as well would make my life easier. (May > be impossible, but you asked...) > > |Original Language|First Translation|Second Translation| > |Bla bla bla ... |Blu blu blu ... |Ble ble ble ... | Hi David, For what it is worth, I have done side by side Italian-English texts in columns with the help of paragraphs. I wanted the Italian original slanted. So In the preamble I have \defineparagraphs[mypar] [n=2,distance=1em] \setupparagraphs[mypar][1][style=slanted] \setupparagraphs[mypar][2][style=normal] In the text: \startmypar Some text in language Italian, slanted. \mypar The text translated in English, regular. \stopmypar etc. So your example could be done as follows \defineparagraphs[mypar] [n=3,distance=1em]%or some other distance \setupparagraphs[mypar][1][style=slanted]%or \setupparagraphs[mypar][2][style=normal] \setupparagraphs[mypar][3][style=normal] \starttext This is a side by side translation in columns. \startmypar Original Language \mypar First Translation \mypar Second Translation \stopmypar \startmypar Bla bla bla \dots \mypar Blu blu blu \dots \mypar Ble ble ble \dots \stopmypar \stoptext Maybe you could teach me how to do side by side translations on opposite pages. Regards, Robert Blackstone

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Re: [NTG-context] floatrow
by Hans Hagen 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

On 8-2-2010 22:16, Bernhard Rosensteiner wrote: > Am 08.02.2010 um 19:42 schrieb Hans Hagen: > >> On 8-2-2010 18:52, Bernhard Rosensteiner wrote: >> >>> thanks for the hint with \defineexternalfigure… - indeed useful. >>> The „automatic“ feature of floatrow is nice but not so important that i will ever switch back to LaTeX. >> >> it's no big deal to make some scaler but the problem is what to take as reference, specify it etc etc. If it's not the first image, then we need multiple passes. too much automatism with graphics is a bit tricky > > it would be nice to have something like: > > \startfloatcombination[3*2, width=.8\textwidth] > \externalfigure…. > \externalfigure…. > \externalfigure…. > \externalfigure…. > \externalfigure…. > \externalfigure…. > \stopfloatcombination > > and all graphics fit in the given width with same height in one row. I found this feature in floatrow useful because i had a lot of graphics in different widths and heights so it was easy to „stitch“ them together. On the programming side i have no idea how complicated something would be (i´m only a happy context user). Maybe you consider something to implement in future? it's not that complex to make something like that (but there's a bit more to it, like distances and so we always end up with a bit more code) also, this does not really fit into the user interface ... (mixed keywords and key/values) as it should be a generic feature i.e. not only for images, we more end up with something \definecombination [whatever] [width=.8\textwidth, height=equal, distance=1em] \startcombination[whatever][3*2] {\externalfigure...} {} {\externalfigure...} {} {\externalfigure...} {} ... \startcombination where equal will eventually scale up the heights of the content looking at combinations, i have to mkiv-ize that code anyway so at that time i could add that feature (i have to take a look at some project styles as we often do combination trickery) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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