April 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

xml count() failing
by Hans van der Meer 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

The xml-count() function does not result in 0 when none of the node sought is absent. In \writestatus{************}{<\xmlfilter{#1}{/img/count()}>} <node><img .../></node> correctly returns: ************ : <1> But in <node></node> one would expect the result to be zero but instead an error occurs: ************ : <> This is a nuisance because a simple \ifcase .. \or ... \else ... \fi now fails. ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \relax \@@su:xml:case:frontfigure .../img/count()}\relax \ifcase Can this be remedied? Hans van der Meer

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Structuring topics
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hello, Pardon me for another small question. I want to structure my document into topics, surrounded by start/stop, numbered and with caption. I discovered that enumerations do numbering, but don't allow caption to pass, and descriptions allow captions, but don't numerate. Is there a middle of these? ) %\defineenumeration %[topic] %[text=Topic, %inbetween=\blank, %after=\blank] \definedescription [topic] [location=top, text=Topic , inbetween=\blank, after=\blank] \starttext \starttopic{The name of the topic} bla \stoptopic \starttopic bla-bla \stoptopic \stoptext Regards, Vyatcheslav

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A question about \define vs. \def
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hello, Patrick posed a good question on wiki at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/define "is there any bonus when I use \define instead of \def?" Regards, Vyatcheslav

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fullpage module
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hello Wolfgand, why your fullpage module is not a part of standard Context distribution yet? It is extremely useful! Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Documentation for \completecontent
by Tom 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference/en includes no references for \completecontent or \placecontent. "Context the Manual" discusses the commands a bit but does not define them. Given that \completecontent is listed in group 2 of the Top Ten Context commands that a beginner might focus his or her attention on in the introduction to "Context the Manual," one might expect a bit more documentation of the command. I have two problems related to the table of contents that I can't resolve from my understanding of the documentation: 1. The table of contents is printed out of order in the PDF. It seems that \completecontent must appear before the preface or foreword if they are to be listed in the TOC. However, the Chicago Manual of Style calls for them to be placed before the TOC in the book. 2. The introduction is placed in the frontmatter because placing it in the bodymatter causes it to be treated as chapter 1. This location results in the introduction having the same first page header as front matter. That means that the introduction cannot be given a "fancy" first page similar to the numbered chapters without giving it to the TOC, etc. Follows is an example of a document that illustrates 1, above: \starttext \startfrontmatter \completecontent[alternative=c] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=romannume rals] \chapter{Preface} \input knuth \chapter{Introduction} \input knuth \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=numbers] \setuppagenumber[state=start,number=1] \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter One} \input knuth \chapter{Chapter Two} \input knuth \stopbodymatter \startappendices \page[stop] \stopappendices \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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Re: [NTG-context] Documentation for \completecontent
by Tom Benjey 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Whoops! I misstated what is happening. I confused myself. Item 2 is the problem. The TOC and book order are correct. It's just that the introduction can't have the same fancy header as the chapters without placing that same header on the TOC, etc. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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Ligaturing in footnotes.
by Philipp Gesang 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hi again, footnotes keep me busy: ···8<·········································································· \def\sc{\setfontfeature{smallcaps}} \definefontfeature [default][default] [mode=node,onum=yes,liga=yes] \definefontfeature [smallcaps][default] [mode=node,onum=yes,smcp=yes,liga=yes] \starttext \footnote{ \bgroup \sc Test -- \egroup Test -- .} % disables ligaturing \footnote{ -- \bgroup \sc Test -- \egroup Test -- .} % works fine (!?) \footnote{ \bgroup Test -- \egroup Test -- .} % works fine \footnote{ \bgroup \it Test -- \egroup Test -- .} % works fine \stoptext ···8<·········································································· After switching to the "smallcaps” font feature set, the surrounding “default” set is not restored when leaving the group if and only if the \bgroup was the first token inside the footnote. (I know lm doesn't offer smcp as font feature but the problem is the same with the font I'm using. Try it e.g. on Minion from the acroread free fonts.) What am I doing wrong here? Thanks for any advice, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Enumeration
by Antoine Cailliau 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hi all, I'm working on my thesis and I need a mechanism very similar to float and its reference/caption facilities except it can't be floating. My problem is the following: I've boxes to display corresponding to operators. They should be numbered (like figure, tables, etc.) and having a list is a plus and I should be able to do \about[myoperator] to display the name of the operator. I tried to declare a float and it works perfectly, except it is floating and do not respect the flow I would like to have. I tried enumeration but I can't do \about and I really need it. What is the best way to have such a behavior ? Thanks in advance, Antoine C.

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Re: [NTG-context] basic \cite[]
by Michael Saunders 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Taco: > Try > > \setuppublications[alternative=num] Thank you, but using that I get the same result: \cite[myKey] prints out empty brackets "[]", not "[1]".

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Re: [NTG-context] basic \cite[]
by Michael Saunders 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Taco: > > \placepublications > > Please change the above line to > > \placepublications[criterium=all] Thanks, but that's what I was using already. To be clear, in Mk IV: \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=myProject] \setuppublications[alternative=num] ... \cite[myKey] ... \placepublications[criterium=all] The references in the back look okay, but at the point where \cite[myKey] occurs, I get empty brackets: "[]", not "[1]".

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