May 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

How to get randomly coloured text in metapost?
by Marco 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hi, how to get random colours for text inside textext? Take a look at the following example (MKIV). \definecolor [static] [r=.9, g=.7, b=.8] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic {1} def col= (uniformdeviate(1),uniformdeviate(1),uniformdeviate(1)) enddef; % These dots have a random color for i=0 upto 5: fill fullcircle scaled 5mm xshifted i*1cm withcolor col; endfor; % withcolor does not work, »Test« is black for i=0 upto 5: label(textext("Test"), (i*1cm,-1cm)) withcolor col; endfor; % To get a static color I use the following construct for i=0 upto 5: label(textext("\color[static]Test"), (i*1cm,-2cm)); endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic {1} \stoptext Is it possible to get the metapost construct »withcolor« to work with text or do I have to take a different approach? Thanks for any help. Marco

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Removing last skip or insert negative space to captions of figures
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hello, Inasmuch as I dont fix the problem with stoppers in MkIV (in MkII is OK) (settings \setupcaption[figure][stopper={*}] and \setuplist[figure][stopper={:}] isnt doesn't work), therefore I want be resolving it throught very beastly way: It is removing last skip (it is remove space after number of figure) from caption of figure or inserting negative space with stoppers to captions of figures by example: \placefigure{\negspacewithstopper Caption 1} {\externalfigure[figure1]} Definition of \negspacewithstopper is: \def\negspacewithstopper{$\!\!\!\!$:\quad } It seem to me, that removing last skip is clearer method, but I dont know, if any like this command exist in context. PlainTeX macro \unskip hasnt effect. Is there any way to removing last skip in Context (MkIV)?? Thankx Jaroslav

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sorting
by Tomáš Pustelník 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hi, thanks for your previous answers, they helped me. But now I'm little lost in sorting (in registers -- index etc.). I know there is file sort-lan.mkii with sorting rules for czech language, but Context is not sorting by these rules (letter ch is not recognized). So, is there some way how to use it? (I can add it to context.mkii and generate format again, but I'm not sure, it was supposed to be this way). Also mkiv version of this file doesn't exist, but sort-lan.lua does. So how is it handled in MkIV? Thank for your answers Tomas Pustelnik

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float problem
by Peter Rolf 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hi, I have problems with a figure in a multicolumn layout (3 columns). The graphic is around two columns wide and the caption text should be displayed beside the graphic (one column wide). Sadly the figure is shifted to the right and the width of the caption is not considered (overwritten by normal text). I have tried several things, but no success. Test file and resulting pdf are attached. Peter MTXrun | current version: 2010.05.08 13:33 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.60.1-2010042809 (rev 3657)

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how to compute the sum of numbers
by Jan Pohanka 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hello, I'm preparing a simple template for exam tests. I have following commad. \question{3}{text text text} where firtst parametr stands for points. I'd like to compute the sum of points to be used as "Total points: xx" What is the correct approach to do that if I'm using MKII? greetings Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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simple bibliography and dots after section numbering
by rogutes＠googlemail.com 11 May '10

11 May '10

G'Day, I'm trying out ConTeXt and have come up with 2 questions. 1. How does one add a dot after the numerals in headings, so that "\section{First}" becomes "1. First" instead of "1 First" ? 2. I would like to use something like this for bibliography: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Bibliography#Another_Approach but adapting it seems too hard for me. Perhaps someone could help? A very crude example: ----------------------------------------------------------- People are writing about this \cite[ref1], (\cite[ref2] - page 25). \startbibliography \bibitem[ref1] This is the first reference. \bibitem[Daniel, 2004][ref2] This is the second reference. \stopbibliography ----------------------------------------------------------- should be rendered as: ----------------------------------------------------------- People are writing about this [1], (Daniel, 2004 - page 25) 1. This is the first reference. 2. This is the second reference. ----------------------------------------------------------- That is, I want an environment and 2 commands: \startbibliography \cite [key] \bibitem [label_replacing_\cite[key]_but_not_the_item_number] [key] Thank you very much, -- Rogutės Sparnuotos P.S. Is there a paragraph somewhere describing the logic under the use of [] and {} for different commands (it seemed somehow more intuitive in LaTeX). What would a ConTeXt developer choose, \cite[x] or \cite{x} and why?

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\hfill at the end of line
by Honza Pohanka 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hello, I'd like add a word at the end of the last line of the paragraph. \hfill command works fine, when this word doesn't overflow to the next line. In that case the word stays on the next line but left aligned. example Zakreslete průběh na signálu TX při vyslání dvou znaků, které odpovídají vaším iniciálám. Jak dlouho bude tento proces trvat? (Předpokládejte rychlost 57600 Bd, 8 datových bitů, 1 stopbit.) \hfill (4 body) greetings Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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weird en/em dash behaviour
by Marco 10 May '10

10 May '10

Hi, I've found some in my opinion weird behaviour concerning en/em dashes. Have a look at the following two MWEs. %%%%%%%%%% \starttext - % shows up -- % missing --- % missing \endash % missing \emdash % missing \stoptext %%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%% \setupbodyfont [11.9pt] \starttext - % shows up -- % shows up --- % shows up \endash % shows up \emdash % shows up \stoptext %%%%%%%%%% Is this expected behaviour? marco

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suppressing page number on chapter's last page
by Piotr Kopszak 10 May '10

10 May '10

Hello list, Last time I typeset a book I was reproached for not suppressing page numbers on chapter's end pages and would like to avoid it this time ;) I mean, is there any other way to suppress page numbers more "user-friendly" than peppering the text with \setuppagenumbering[state=stop]? I need not page numbers only in chapter's last page. I confess, I haven't checked the mail archive as diligently as I should but the number of messages one gets looking for "page numbering" is overwhelming. Piotr -- http://okle.pl

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Diferent numberstoppers in \setupcaption and \placelistoffigures
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 10 May '10

10 May '10

Hello I am setting figure and table captions as per this example: \setupcaption[figure][numberstopper=: ] Caption of pictures is OK - it means Figure 1: Description of Figure 1 Figure 2: Description of Figure 2 and so on.. BUT in contents of figures by using \placelistoffigures command is numberstopper : too for example: Figures: 1: Figure one ............................................. 5 2: Figure two ............................................ 10 e.t.c. Is there any way to get numberstopper only by the figure but not by the content of figures? It means diferent numberstopper by the content of figures and diferent numberstopper by the caption of figures. By example: Figures: 1. Figure one ............................................. 5 2. Figure two ............................................ 10 I want this stil by Tables Thanx Jaroslav

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