March 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

[OT] Experiences in ConTeXt
by luigi scarso 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Nice http://www.danielstender.com/granthinam/?p=769#respond -- luigi

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simplefonts
by Michael Saunders 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

> Add > > \definefontfeature[default] [default] [mode=node,script=latn] > \definefontfeature[smallcaps][smallcaps][mode=node,script=latn] > > before \setmainfont. Thank you, Wolfgang, but this has no effect. -- m

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Transliterator module, 2nd revision
by Philipp Gesang 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Hi again, the transliteration module has been reworked following sunday's discussion on the list. The table groups now come in separate files and are loaded / created only on demand. The module now provides a \[start|stop]transliterate environment, credits for it go to Wolfgang. The most valuable suggestion came from Thomas: the former substitution functions that were using string.gsub() have been entirely replaced by LPeg, which proves to be surprisingly fast. (Under some circumstances, it is faster than not transliterating at all.) I have opened a bitbucket account in order to not to clutter the mailing list with archives. The tip revision can be found here: http://bitbucket.org/phg/transliterator/get/2fc2b5fbbd46.gz and the precompiled manual over here: http://bitbucket.org/phg/transliterator/downloads/transliterator.pdf Happy TeXing! Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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\completepublications does not create index entry
by Tom 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

\completepublications creates a satisfactory bibliography but doesn't create an index entry. Is there a parameter that I don't know about that makes this happen? Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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simplefonts
by Michael Saunders 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

I couldn't get Context running from within TexnicCenter again, so I'm running it from a batch file. After pouring over all the mentions of typescripts here and there, I can't make sense of them. For example, I used to be able to write font definition files that would automatically shift between different design sizes depending on what font size was called for. How to do that here? Not a clue. Finally I settled on trying simplefonts. The two lines of documentation in Context Garden are: \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[Delicious] % set Delicious as main (serif) font I tried this at home: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[garamondpremrpro] and, indeed, it loads Garamond, but normal ligatures (e.g. ffi) are broken, TeX ligatures (e.g. ---) are broken, small caps are broken, etc. It doesn't even take advantage of the superior figures for the footnote marks, which are now tiny, spindly things. The documentation that comes with the module is one line long: \simplefont[<font>][..,..=..,..] followed by a list of OpenType features. So, I tried it: \simplefont[garamondpremrpro] [features=liga] It doesn't seem to do anything. Even standard ligatures don't work. -- m

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lpath question
by Hans van der Meer 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

In xml processing I have the following element: <abc> <xyz>contents</xyz> <xyz>contents</xyz> </abc> In the code it seems to make no diffence if I write /xyz or xyz without the / for the xyz-node. {\xmlindex{#1}{/xyz}{1}} {\xmlindex{#1}{xyz}{2}} In the reference manual I find the / used, as for example in {\xmlfirst{#1}{/caption}}. My question therefore: what exactly causes this behaviour? is it good coding practice to always use /xyz in this case? Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Dezimalkomma
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hallo, I must do something wrong. It is not working for me: \setupmathematics[autopunctuation=yes] \starttext $0,1$ \stoptext tested on the garden. Wolfgang

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Prettyprinters broken in MkIV
by Andreas Schneider 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hi, since several weeks pretty printers are broken in MkIV (minimals). I posted it already to the bug tracker, but it didn't receive any attention so far, which leads me to believe, that the mailing list is still the prefered spot to report problems. Anyway, a detailed description with minimal example is available there: http://tracker.luatex.org/view.php?id=337 Best Regards, Andreas.

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how to set \lineskiplimit-\maxdimen
by Steffen Wolfrum 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hi, controlling the lineskip in the old-fashoined way "\lineskiplimit-\maxdimen" doesn' work in mkiv anymore! Please have a look at the example below. Attached you may find the resulting PDFs, set with mkii resp. mkiv. Steffen --- \usetypescript[postscript] \definetypeface[postscript][rm][serif][times][default] \setupbodyfont[postscript,20pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt]\lineskiplimit-\maxdimen \setuplayout[grid=tolerant] \definestartstop[quotetest] [before={\startnarrower\switchtobodyfont[8pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=7pt]\lineskiplimit-\maxdimen},after=\stopnarrower] \starttext \input tufte \par \startquotetest \input tufte \par \stopquotetest \stoptext --------

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sometimes \rightaligned
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hallo, I have an other problem which was asked for years if I remember right. But I can not find it. In the following \starttext \startnarrower Und Gott der Herr machte Adam und seinem Weibe Röcke von Fellen, und kleidete sie. \RA{\tfx (Genesis 3, 21)} \stopnarrower \stoptext I want \RT a macro which does nothing if there is enough space on the right to set the whole argument and puts the argument in a new line, rightaligned otherwise. Can someone remember who has asked this before, or a fresh solution alternativly. thank you Wolfgang

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