April 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

4th ConTeXt Meeting: Call for submissions
by Jano Kula 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Dear all, 4th ConTeXt Meeting is closer now and it's time to think about its programme. --------------------------------------------------------------------- = Call for submissions = As in previous years, anything at all related to ConTeXt that you would like to share is an acceptable subject for a presentation, tutorial, discussion, Q&A session, demonstration, workshop, recital, sketch, or sermon. That said, this year Hans and Taco decided that it would be wise to focus a bit on documentation issues. The informal theme is therefore: *ConTeXt typesetting documentation, teach as we preach* It follows that if you have something to say on educating users on how to best use ConTeXt or to developers on how to best document ConTeXt (and who doesn't have an opinion on those topics!) your submission will be all the more appreciated. The programme committee is Hans Hagen Hagen and Taco Hoekwater, feel free to email them with hints and ideas. Because we want something interesting on the website, abstracts should be sent in before May 31 or even now, before opening the registration. --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/ The page has been updated. We hope you won't get lost and everybody can find his way to Brejlov (see the 'location' part). The registration opening will follow shortly. We will inform you here, on the mailing list. Hans, Jano, Pavel & Taco The organizing committee

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Re: [NTG-context] font lookup
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Thank you Wolfgang, > > how can I find the complete path of a existing font > > with luatex under context mkiv. I am looking for an > > equivalent function to > > > > kpse.lookup(fontname) > > > Here is a solution which consults ConTeXt?s font database, no path > in the output means the font is stored in the TeX tree. > > Example: > > \define[1]\FontLookup > {\dolookupfontbyspec{#1} > \ifcase\dolookupnoffound > Font not found\par > \else > Path: \dolookupgetkey{filename}\par > \fi} > > \starttext > \FontLookup{fontname=texgyrepagellaregular} > \FontLookup{fontname=texgyrepagellaoblique} > \FontLookup{fontname=timesnewromanpsmt} > \stoptext > > Result (on my system): > > Path: texgyrepagella-regular.otf Hmm! How does context resolve the complete path afterwards? > Font not found > Path: /Library/Fonts/Times New Roman.ttf Isn't there a lua solution? Wolfgang

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Framed text in paragraphs too wide
by Matthias Weber 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Dear all, my problem with framed text persists in paragraphs: The frame extends over the entire page as soon as the paragraph has more than one line. Problem exists in mkii and mkiv. Minimal example below. Thanks, Matthias \setupcolors[state=start] \setupcolor[rgb] \definetextbackground [defbackground] [backgroundcolor=lightgray, background=color, frame=on, location=paragraph] \defineparagraphs [TwoThird][n=2] \setupparagraphs [TwoThird] [1] [width=.66\textwidth] \starttext \startTwoThird \starttextbackground[defbackground] The frame is too wide. The frame is too wide. The frame is too wide. \stoptextbackground % \nextTwoThird \placefigure [here] [figure:cow] {Mooh} {\externalfigure[cow][width=.3\textwidth]} \stopTwoThird \stoptext

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Hanging indents
by Tom 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

I have a series of paragraphs for which the first line of each should not be indented, but the following lines should be. I can't figure out what option or combination of options will give me this result. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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font lookup
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

Hallo, how can I find the complete path of a existing font with luatex under context mkiv. I am looking for an equivalent function to kpse.lookup(fontname) Wolfgang

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InteractionsBar - another shot
by Matthias Weber 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

Dear al, let me try again: The following works in mkii but all the buttons get squeezed together in mkiv. I have the hunch that I'm doing something that I am not supposed to which just accidentally works in mkii. But I can't figure out what. Thanks, Matthias \setupbodyfont [10pt] % Colors \setupcolors [state=start] \setupcolor [rgb] \definecolor [HyperlinkColor] [r=.6,g=.1,b=.2] %Hyperlinks \definecolor [ContrastColor] [r=.1,g=.2,b=.2] % ? \definecolor [InteractionColor] [r=.1,g=.3,b=.2] %available actionbar bars \definecolor [ContrastColor2] [r=.1,g=.1,b=.4] %current actionbar bar \setupinteraction [ state=start, menu=on, page=yes, color=HyperlinkColor, contrastcolor=ContrastColor] \setupinteractionmenu [bottom] [leftoffset=+10pt, rightoffset=-10pt] \startinteractionmenu[bottom] \txt \InteractionButtons \\ \stopinteractionmenu \def\InteractionButtons% {\interactionbuttons [width=40em,height=1em] [PreviousJump,NextJump, firstpage, firstsubpage,previouspage,nextpage,lastsubpage, lastpage, CloseDocument]} \setupinteractionmenu [ state=start] % Page Layout \setuppapersize [S6][S6] \setuplayout [ bottomspace=.8cm, bottom=12pt] \starttext \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext

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Indent of heading when using command option
by Jan Pohanka 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

Hello, I have following code (simplified) \def\mySubject#1{#1} \setuphead[subject][style=\bfb\ss,color=HeadColor,before=,after=,textcommand={\mySubject}] When the command option is not set it works as expected and typeset the heading (subject) without any indenting, but using the command causes the small horizontal space in front of the subject. Is there any possibility to get rid of it? best regards Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Mk II, textstyle=cap not working
by Michael Ewe 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

Hello ConTeXt gurus, as a newbie I checked the example from "ConTeXt an excursion" page 11 ("Hasselt makes headlines"). The manual says: use "textstyle=cap" to format a chapter's head in capitals. Short story: the manual lies ;-) The sample does not work (at least in Mk II) Longer story: Sample works, when using ConTeXt Mk IV Even longer story: Being curious, I wanted to learn how the page 11 in the manual actually was typeset. I downloaded all the available sources from the pragma web-site. and found out: the source code does not even use "textstyle=cap". Instead it uses "textstyle=bold". Manual and available source apparently do not match. Nothing to learn here... Ok, now for my questions: 1) Is it a Mk IV feature not working in Mk II ? 2) Is it a bug? 3) Is there a way, I can tell (1) and (2) apart? Best Regards, Michael Ewe, Germany

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SVG 2 MetaPost/MetaFun
by Matija Šuklje 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

Is there a SVG to MetaPost/MetaFun converter available? I want to get this quite simple logo to converted from SVG into a ConTeXt- native vector graphic. Cheers, Matija P.S. Too bad SVG is not ConTeXt-native (yet?) -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 www: http://matija.suklje.name xmpp: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org

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Multiple side-by-side tables
by Troy Henderson 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

I would like to put several tables side-by-side one another. Nesting \placesidebyside commands seems a bit inconvenient. Suggestions on how to make \starttable ... \stoptable not create a newline (without the \placesidebyside command) would be greatly appreciated. -- Troy Henderson

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