May 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

does expandaparameters work
by Erik Margraf 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hello, I use "\expandparameters" in a macro definition. -- \expandparameters\setupbackgrounds[page][background={\currentvalue,#1}] -- This works in MkII (texexec), but doesn't work in MkIV (context). If I define all layers in a single declaration, the results with MkII and MkIV are identical. Should this work? Or do I have to add something for MkIV? Thanks and kind regards Erik

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Two questions about a mysterious behavior of ConTeXt
by Marius 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hello, I encountered two mysterious behaviours of ConTeXt mkvi and can't resolve them by my self. So. The first one is: why does ConTeXt behaves differently then I use environment ant then I don't. There are two versions of the same code in the attached files. The test.tex uses environment test-env and test2.tex does not. Then why test.tex compiles while test2.tex does not? The second question is: why in the test-env.tex file ver2 of code compiles while ver1 does not? Thank you, Marius

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[NTG Context] Storm (Lido) font support seems to be broken in newer versions of MKII
by Honza Pohanka 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hello, the Storm font support by Vit Zyka is broken in actual version of MKII. I spoke with him, but unfortunately he uses old version and does not have the time for updates. I discovered that renaming the enco-*.tex files to enco-*.mkii solves a part of the problem, but there still remains an issue with math typesetting. Context does not know many characters (\times, \neq, ...), boldmath etc. Typescripts looks OK and I don't know enough to look deeper. Could anyone help? greetings Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Bug in latest context (MK-IV) ?
by gummybears 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hi, Running the following test with the latest context (MK-IV 2010.05.13 12:15) gives the following error. Compiled fine with version MK-IV 2010.04.29 22:30 (side note : integral symbols still not displaying correctly) I was just wondering, is there a ConText test suite which I can use to test the stability of a version ? It is difficult to determine between versions, what is working. I have some small test files myself, but they only serve as a minimal test to see if I can at least run them without getting errors. ! Missing $$ inserted. <to be read again> \Ustopdisplaymath \stopdisplaymath ...opinnermath \Ustopdisplaymath \par \afterdisplayspace \p... \dostopformula ...eter \c!alternative \v!formula } \nonoindentation \checknex... l.24 \stopformula Test file \starttext $\int_{a}^{b} $ $\iint_{a}^{b} $ $\iiint_{a}^{b} $ $\oint_{a}^{b} $ $\oiint_{a}^{b} $ $\oiiint_{a}^{b}$ \startformula[-] \startalign \NC \text{integral} \NC \int_{a}^{b} \NR \NC \text{double integral} \NC \iint_{a}^{b} \NR \NC \text{triple integral} \NC \iiint_{a}^{b} \NR \NC \text{contour integral} \NC \oint_{a}^{b} \NR \NC \text{surface integral} \NC \oiint_{a}^{b} \NR \NC \text{volume integral} \NC \oiiint_{a}^{b} \NR \stopalign \stopformula \blank This file has been typeset on \currentdate{} at \currenttime, with \doifmodeelse{mkiv} {mkiv, LuaTeX version \the\luatexversion, LuaTeX revision \luatexrevision, (LuaTeX date stamp \luatexdatestamp), using the command: \par \type{context mathtest.tex}\par} {mkii, using the command: \par \type{texexec mathtest.tex}\par} \blank ConTeXt version \contextversion. \stoptext

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wikipedians: kind request
by Mojca Miklavec 13 May '10

13 May '10

Dear Wikipedians, If any other member of the list is an experienced Wikepedian, you are kindly asked to put your vote here (without exposing too much that you come from ConTeXt community): http://www.xkcd.com/739/ Sorry, not on the link above but on the two below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Hans_Hagen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Taco_Hoekwater Mojca

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Math symbols missing
by gummybears 13 May '10

13 May '10

Hi The following math symbols are missing, 0x222B normal integral \int 0x222C double integral \iint 0x222D triple integral \iiint 0x222E contour integral \oint 0x222F surface integral \oiint 0x2230 volume integral \oiiint I also need the space-time integral \iiiint (4 i's) Kind regards PS Using latest stable context (MK-IV)

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Re: [NTG-context] Multiple pleas for help (long)
by Scott Steele 13 May '10

13 May '10

Thanks so much for the help! Pleas 1, 2, 5, and 6 are completely solved. (In particular, Mojca, the fix for accents is fantastic!) I wasn't able to get \Frowny to work any better with the advice provided, but I found that when I scaled it down, it stopped knocking the text off the grid, and I have a hard time telling the difference in size between the old and new. % New (works) : \useexternalfigure[frowny][Frowny][factor=7,type=pdf] \def\Frowny{\hbox{\externalfigure[frowny]}} \useexternalfigure[smiley][Smiley][factor=7,type=pdf] \def\Smiley{\hbox{\externalfigure[smiley]}} \useexternalfigure[slashy][Slashy][factor=7,type=pdf] \def\Slashy{\hbox{\externalfigure[slashy]}} I'm currently working on the Table of Contents formatting. I'm trying to format it as follows: \starttable[|r|c|l|] subjectName · pageNumber\MR subjectName · pageNumber\MR ...etc... \stoptable % Of course, where I don't actually input it subject by subject like this. Ideally, I'd like to be able to position the table on the page by deciding where the center line of single dots is (eg a setup where the dots are in the very center of the page layout or another setup where they are two-thirds of the textblock/pagelayout size (I'm not sure what the correct term is here) to the right). I've tried a number of different ways to set this up. This is the only thing close to what I want that I can get to work, but of course, it doesn't have the dots aligned: \def\ListCommand#1#2#3% { \starttabulate[|r|c|l|] \NC #2\NC ·\NC #3 \stoptabulate } \def\TableOfContents { \placelist[section] [criterium={chapter,subject}, alternative=command, command=\ListCommand] } Here's an example of what I tried to do but which doesn't work: \def\ListCommandOne#1#2#3% {#2\NC} \def\ListCommandTwo#1#2#3% {·\NC} \def\ListCommandThree#1#2#3% {#3\NC} \def\TableOfContents { \starttabulate[|l|l|l|] \NC \placelist[section] [criterium={chapter,subject}, alternative=command, command=\ListCommandOne] \NC \placelist[section] [criterium={chapter,subject}, alternative=command, command=\ListCommandTwo] \NC \placelist[section] [criterium={chapter,subject}, alternative=command, command=\ListCommandThree] \stoptabulate } Obviously that attempt—aside from not working—is incredibly un-elegant and could quickly screw things up with misaligned names and page numbers. Here is another attempt: \def\ListCommand#1#2#3{#2 · #3\MR} \def\TableOfContents { \starttable[|r|c|l|] \placelist[section] [criterium={chapter,subject}, alternative=command, command=\ListCommand] \stoptable } I think part of my problem is that I really don't understand what placelist {\em is} or what it is doing. Is this something that would be clearer only if I knew more about plain Tex? Note: I'm putting \TableOfContents in the frontmatter. Scott ----- This is a work of ﬁction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the writer's imagination or are used ﬁctitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coïncidental.

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Numbers in \definesynonyms
by Otared Kavian 13 May '10

13 May '10

Dear all, When defining abbreviations through \definesynonyms, if the abbreviation contains a digit then it seems that the built-in macro is not recognized: in the example below the command \EEG is recognized, whereas \M2 or \Y2K are not. Is there a way around this difficulty? Or should one use a definition like \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\inshort][\infull] and then use everywhere \inshort{Y2K}? Many thanks in advance, with my best regards: OK %%%% begin example-abbr.tex \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull] \starttext \abbreviation{EEG} {Electroencephalogram} \abbreviation{ERP} {Event-Related Potentials} \abbreviation{M2}{Master 2nd year} \abbreviation{Y2K}{Year 2000} Test inshort working: \EEG, \ERP, Test not working \M2, \Y2K Test infull: \infull{EEG}, \infull{ERP}, \infull{M2} \completelistofabbreviations \stoptext %%%% end example-abbr.tex

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processaction inside MP graphic
by Vianney le Clément 13 May '10

13 May '10

Hello, I'm having some trouble with a macro using \processaction inside a metapost graphic. Here is a minimal example. \def\Shape#1% {\processaction[#1] [square=>unitsquare, circle=>unitcircle]} \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{test} fill \Shape{square} scaled 1cm; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{test} \stoptext It stops with the error "Use of \p!compareprocessaction doesn't match its definition." Any ideas? Vianney

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Section title customization
by Vladimir Lomov 13 May '10

13 May '10

Hi. Consider the following example: <file example.tex> \setuphead[section][stopper={.}, numbercommand=\Branch, style=bold] \def\Branch#1{Branch #1} \setupcolumns[2] \starttext \startcolumns \section{This is a short title} \input knuth \section{This is not a short title either, this is a long, very very long title} \input knuth \stopcolumns \stoptext </file> Q1. I want to add the word 'Branch' before a number in section title. May be there is another way to accomplish this. I looked through manual (cont-eni.pdf) but didn't find another solution. Q2. The text of second section is aligned on right edge of 'Branch 2.'. Is there option to make section text to be align on left edge of text body? I use last minimals on Linux (x86_64). --- WBW, Vladimir Lomov -- Q: How many IBM 370's does it take to execute a job? A: Four, three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off.

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