May 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

MKIV numbering
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 15 May '10

15 May '10

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Issue with \setupinterlinespace
by Khaled Hosny 15 May '10

15 May '10

Wgat is wrong with this example: \setuplayout[grid=force] \setupinterlinespace[height=1.081em, depth=.7em, distance=.018em] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext I get: ! You can't use `\dimexpr' in horizontal mode. <recently read> \dimexpr -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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Re: [NTG-context] Context 2010.05.08 - 3D annotations
by Michail Vidiassov 15 May '10

15 May '10

Dear Hans, On Fri, 14 May 2010, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 14-5-2010 5:25, Michail Vidiassov wrote: >>>> One more 3D related questoin - support for attaching files to PDF. >>>> It seems that instead of embedding 3D annotation into main PDF file >>>> sometimes it is better to attach to it a separate file with just >>>> an annotation in it and have a picture that will launch that file when >>>> clicked on. It is done in LaTeX via attachfile2 package, like >>>> as in http://www.iaas.msu.ru/tmp/u3d/m117_old.pdf at page 194 >>>> Is it posiible to have something like it in ConTeXt? >>> > it's all a matter of taste; you can get the old variant by just making small > one page documents and using the \attachment mechanism with the preview as > symbol O! That's the answer I sought. The mechanism is called \attachment and it is in a working state - fine! Any pointers to usage examples? BTW it is not just matter of taste. Many tools produce not just models for 3D PDF (U3D or PRC), but complete PDF documents with additional JavaScript-programmed actions linked to proprietary toolbars etc. If this extended surrounding of the model is to bee preserved attachfile instead of embedfile approach is a must. Sincerely, Michail

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Ampersand in Metapost
by Marco 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hi, I have a problem producing an ampersand in metapost. In ConTeXt it works as expected. Have a look at the following example. \starttext \& % OK \startMPcode label(textext("\&"),origin); % produces error \stopMPcode \stoptext The compile time error message is as follows: ! Misplaced alignment tab character &. l.1 \MPLIBsettext{1}{& Marco

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Problem with the loading cid fonts in luatex-plain format
by Li Yanrui (李延瑞) 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hi, The following is my test file for Adobe OTF fonts loading. \font\cidfont=file:AdobeSongStd-Light \cidfont 测试 \bye I have put the Adobe-GB1-4.cidmap file into the directory which contains the test file. As a result, luatex gives this waring: LuaTeX warning: lua-loaded font [51] (file:AdobeSongStd-Light) has no characters! I remember it could work before. My environment: linux x86 / context minimals 2010.05.08 13:33 / luatex 0.60.1-2010050821 -- Best regards, Li Yanrui (李延瑞)

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Context 2010.05.08
by Taco Hoekwater 14 May '10

14 May '10

As Hans wrote already, there is a new context current. The short news summary: * Many of the stubs for the ruby tools have gone away. If you want one of the old command names back, just create a link from mtxrun to the required name, e.g. copy mtxrun.exe to mptopdf.exe on windows. Eventually all perl and ruby scripts will be gone. Most functionality is already provided by lua variants. * The hyphenation patterns for German, German (old), Hungarian and Spanish have been updated from the tex-hyphen project. * New versions of the ancientgreek, letter, and simplefont modules are included. * New modules (mkiv only): barcodes and punk * Support for shockwave flash has been updated (mkiv only). The backend code has been rewritten and currently only pdf is supported. * The split between mkii and mkiv is getting more complete. Only a few mkii bug fixes have taken place. * Typescripts are now split completely and no definitions are shared; loading of a mkio/mkiv file takes precedence over a tex file. As always, there is a detailed changes file on the wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2010.05.08 This current context is meant for texlive 2010, but there is a little time before the final freeze of the texlive repository, so there will be a bugfix update in a week or so. If you have pending urgent bugs (especially in mkii) this would be an excellent time to report them. You could try the mailing list, but a better approach to bug reporting is to simultaneously create a tracker item at this url: http://tracker.luatex.org/search.php?project_id=2 Best wishes, Taco

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10+ reasons why I still use MKII
by Mojca Miklavec 14 May '10

14 May '10

Dear Hans, since you have promissed another hotfix release for TL 2010, here's a list of issues that I had with my thesis and MKIV (some have already been fixed in the due time, but many remained). I probably wouldn't have had those "problems" if I was designing my document in MKIV from scratch, but just recompiling in MKIV didn't work out for several reasons listed below. 1.) Minimal example: \usetypescript[iwona] \setupbodyfont[iwona] \starttext $a+b$ \stoptext Output: !define font : font with name Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular is not found !define font : unknown font Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular, loading aborted !define font : unable to define Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular as \*iwona6ptmmmr33* !define font : font with name Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular is not found !define font : unknown font Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular, loading aborted !define font : unable to define Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular as \*iwona8ptmmmr22* !define font : font with name Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular is not found !define font : unknown font Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular, loading aborted !define font : unable to define Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular as \*iwona11ptmmmr11* !define font : font with name Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular is not found etc. I need to figure out why, though it works (I don't see deficiencies in output yet). 2.) Recently discussed on the mailing list - stopper has no influence in MKIV: \setupcaptions[stopper={:}] \starttext \placefigure{title}{\framed{bla}} \stoptext 3.) Bibliography citations give different result with the same setup (different numbers and different spacing in \placepublication - might be also worth testing with grid typesetting as I wasn't able to set up the alignment properly in MKII last time when I have tried). I'm not sure which one is right, but there's probably no reason to produce different results. \usemodule [bib] \setuppublications [alternative=num, criterium=all, sorttype=cite] \starttext \startpublication[k=a,t=article]\arttitle{a}\stoppublication \startpublication[k=b,t=article]\arttitle{b}\stoppublication \startpublication[k=c,t=article]\arttitle{c}\stoppublication x\cite[a,b,c] \placepublications \stoptext 4.) The following problem must have appeared recently (it was working ok in September): in MKII the encoding is completely screwed up: \usemodule[gnuplot] \enableregime[utf-8] \starttext \startGNUPLOTscript[integrated risetime] plot sin(x) t 'šin(čix)' \stopGNUPLOTscript \useGNUPLOTgraphic[integrated risetime][1] \stoptext A slightly more basic example: \enableregime[utf-8] \starttext \startbuffer[gnu] \startMPcode draw \sometxt{čšž}; \stopMPcode \stopbuffer čšž \getbuffer[gnu] \stoptext 5.) Weird formula number placement when long equations are used in MKIV \def\oklepaj#1{\left(#1\right)} \starttext \placeformula \startformula {\dot N}(t)= A\oklepaj{\exp\oklepaj{-\frac{t-t_0}{τ_{\text{eksp.}}}}-\exp\oklepaj{-\frac{t-t_0}{τ_{\text{fast}}}}}+ B\oklepaj{\exp\oklepaj{-\frac{t-t_0}{τ_{\text{eksp.}}}}-\exp\oklepaj{-\frac{t-t_0}{τ_{\text{slow}}}}} \stopformula \stoptext 6.) I know that \NR is not the most appropriate way to go into next row, but the following gives considerably different results in MKII and MKIV: \starttable[|l|] \NC \type{a} \NC\NR \NC \type{a} \NC\NR \NC \type{a} \NC\NR \stoptable 7.) I know that there's a longstanding left vs. right bug, but flushleft is no solution in the following case (compare MKII and MKIV again): \definedescription [latexdesc] [headstyle={\ss\bf},style=normal,align=left,location=hanging,width=fit,margin=0cm] \latexdesc{step E (expectation):} \input tufte \latexdesc{step M (maximization):} \input tufte 8.) \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [boldmath] [latin-modern] [default] \starttext $\boldsymbol{\theta}$ \stoptext 9.) Note the big difference of when the formula starts vertically on page: \starttext \startformula a+b \stopformula \stoptext 10.) Different square root shape/variant used: $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2πσ_i^2}}$ Original formula: \startformula \startcases \NC ρ_0, \NC for $i=0$, \NR \NC ρ_i\,\frac{1}{\sqrt{2πσ_i^2}}\exp\biggl(-\frac{\left(x_j-μ_i\right)^2}{2σ_i^2}\biggr), \NC for $i\in\left\{1,2\right\}$. \NR \stopcases \stopformula but I cannot reproduce the big difference it makes in original document on a smaller scale. 11.) Missing bibliography entries: \usemodule[bib] % this line spoils the show \setuppublications[alternative=num] \setuppublicationlayout[webpage]{% \inserttitle{\bgroup\it }{\egroup. }{}% \inserturl{}{}{}% } \startpublication [k=FAIR,t=webpage,u=http://www.gsi.de/fair/] \biburl{http://www.gsi.de/fair/} \title{FAIR -- Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research} \stoppublication \starttext \cite[FAIR]\par \placepublications \stoptext 12.) \nocite[nonexistent] generates an empty [n] in bibliography in MKII, while it has zero effect in MKIV (it should at least generate an error). 13.) Different spacing \setupwhitespace[big] \def\dictentry#1#2{\hbox{\bf#1}\hbox{\hbox to 1em{}\hbox{#2}}\blank[4mm]} \starttext \dictentry{clipping}{preboj} \dictentry{clustering}{gručenje} \stoptext 14.) Two very weird issues with section alignments, but I'll continue later - I need some fresh air now. ------ What's the following BEWARE useful for? systems : BEWARE: syntex functionality is enabled! Mojca

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index sorting and formatting mixed up
by Michael Saunders 14 May '10

14 May '10

\setupregister[index][bd][pagestyle=bold] \starttext \index{bc}\index{be} This is a \index[bd::]{test}test. \page This is a less important \index{test}test. \page \placeindex \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] index sorting and formatting mixed up
by Michael Saunders 14 May '10

14 May '10

luigi scarso: >> \setupregister[index][bd][pagestyle=bold] >> \starttext >> \index{bc}\index{be} >> This is a \index[bd::]{test}test. >> \page >> This is a less important \index{test}test. >> \page >> \placeindex >> \stoptext > Confirmed: mkiv is different from mkii. How is it to be done in MKIV? I could find no docs about it, nor even a comment in the code.

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How to achieve transparency?
by Marco 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hi, I wonder how transparency works in ConTeXt. I expect in the following example the text to be transparent. That's not the case. \definecolor [myI] [r=1, g=.9, b=.7, a=.8] \definecolor [myII] [r=0, g=.9, b=0, a=.8] \setupbodyfont [sans, 36pt] \def\t{Test} \starttext \bf \hbox{\color [myI] {\hbox to 0pt{\t}} \color [myII] {\t}} \stoptext Thanks in advance Marco

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