June 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

\pdfcatalog broken in MkIV
by Andreas Schneider 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hello, as suggested in the thread about PDF Page Labels, \pdfcatalog can be used to manually modify the PDF Stream. However it seems that this does not currently work in MkIV (from the minimals, beta branch). In MkII it does exactly as I though (the resulting PDF contains a Catalog section with the content I passed to \pdfcatalog). In the PDF produced by MkIV however no Catalog can be found. Best Regards, Andreas.

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Letter module and the current beta
by Andreas Harder 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hi Wolfgang, if I use your letter module the compilations stops with the error "Undefined control sequence. \startmodulecode". My letter module version is from 04.04.10. Has something changed? Greeting Andreas

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feature request: minwidth in description
by Peter Münster 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hello, It would be nice, to have a minimum width for the description label. I hope, the following example shows well enough, what I'm looking for: \definedescription[Descr][headstyle=bold, location=hanging, width=broad, minwidth=7em, distance=1em] \starttext \startDescr{\hbox to 7em{bla}} % workaround to get minwidth=7em \input tufte \stopDescr \startDescr{\hbox to 7em{bla bla bla\hss}} % workaround to get minwidth=7em \input tufte \stopDescr \startDescr{bla bla bla bla bla bla} \input tufte \stopDescr \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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\setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] in mkiv
by Otared Kavian 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hi Hans, and all gurus, I noticed that the mkiv command \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] influences even the \type environment: is this behavior wanted or is it a side effect? Have a look at the following example in which \type{http://wiki.contextgarden.net} results in a space between « http » and « :// » as if the \type command were ignored regarding spacing. Best regards: OK %%% french-punctuation.tex \mainlanguage[fr] \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \setupinteraction [state=start,color=darkgreen] \useURL [wiki] [http://wiki.contextgarden.net/] [] [{\tt http://wiki.contextgarden.net/}] \starttext Here we are following the French rule of typesetting semicolumn: did you see? However this rule should not be followed in \type{\type}\dots \from[wiki] \blank \useURL{\type{http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page}} \blank \starttyping http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page \stoptyping \blank since otherwise the interaction in the latter example is broken. Indeed there should not be a space between \type{http} and \type{://}. \stoptext

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incrementnumber and bookmark
by Peter Münster 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hello, What is the relationship between "incrementnumber" and bookmarks? I don't get the desired bookmark here: \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] \placebookmarks[title] \starttext \starttitle[title=Test title] bla \stoptitle \stoptext But with "\setuphead[title][incrementnumber=list]" it works. Is this behaviour wanted? If yes, then why? Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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[OT][Fwd: Re: Proposal of a new Q&A site centered on Latex]
by Taco Hoekwater 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Well, nearly off-topic, at least. But it is an interesting idea. Best wishes, Taco -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Proposal of a new Q&A site centered on Latex Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:53:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Julián Lamas <julian.lamas(a)gmail.com> Organization: http://groups.google.com Newsgroups: comp.text.tex References: <e1760a6f-e506-4b01-9880-7c84f319d88c(a)y12g2000vbg.googlegroups.com> Hi! Nearly 20 days ago I proposed the creation of a Q&A site using the StackExchange engine related to TeX and LaTeX. Now, thanks to the community that supported it, the proposal is in its commitment phase. This means that we have more or less defined which questions are suitable for the site, and which ones are not. At this stage, we are looking for experts willing to help with the site when it begins its beta stage (provided we find support enough). Collaborators willing to commit to this project will have an important responsibility towards the foundation of the site. In addition, committing will require some work from your part: participating actively in the site, visiting at least three times per week, asking at least three questions during the beta phase, and answering as many questions as you can for at least three months. I know it can be a burden, but the point is that it is crucial to gather a critical mass of committed people that can keep the site up and running. If you want to join this project now, here is the link: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/2148/tex-latex-and-friends?referr… Thank you very much for your interest!

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Re: [NTG-context] Wrong typesetting of "pages" in AMS-style, publication list
by Warrence 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Stefan M?ller wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I've encountered an issue with the AMS-style publication list (Mark >> > IV). When the bibliography items in my document are typeset in the >> > publication list, the attribute "pages" (from the .bib file; a range >> > of pages is specified, e.g. "pages = {12--34}") is sometimes preceded >> > by "p." (e.g. for "@incollection"), sometimes by "pp." (which I would >> > think of being correct) and sometimes there is nothing (e.g. for >> > "@article"): no "pp."/"p." and not even a point afterwards ending the >> > bib item. Is this behaviour intended? > Well, when bibl-ams.tex was written, there was no good specification > so I just implemented something based on some fuzzy examples. If you > (or anyone else for that matter) know how it should look, just send > a patch and it will be fixed. > > Best wishes, > Taco Okay, I had this problem, too. If I find a reliable and comprehensive source for how the AMS-style should look like, I'll try to implement it. But currently I am not able to make too much sense out of what I find in bibl-ams.tex. Maybe the reason for this is that I'm not much into (plain) tex. But anyhow, when I stumble over a specification I'll send it to the list. Thank you, Stefan.

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Wrong typesetting of "pages" in AMS-style publication list
by "Stefan Müller" 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

Hi, I've encountered an issue with the AMS-style publication list (Mark IV). When the bibliography items in my document are typeset in the publication list, the attribute "pages" (from the .bib file; a range of pages is specified, e.g. "pages = {12--34}") is sometimes preceded by "p." (e.g. for "@incollection"), sometimes by "pp." (which I would think of being correct) and sometimes there is nothing (e.g. for "@article"): no "pp."/"p." and not even a point afterwards ending the bib item. Is this behaviour intended? I took a look inside the file "bibl-ams.tex" where (afaik) the setup is defined. The calls of \insertpages there differ a lot: \insertpages{, p. }{. }{. } %from book, l.203 \insertpages{\unskip, p.~}{. }{\unskip. } %from incollection, l.306 \insertpages{\unskip, }{}{} %from article, l.165 \insertpages{\unskip, \fixpp.~}{. }{\unskip. } %from inproceedings, l.344 It seems to me that the last one actually is what every call should look like. But maybe I'm getting this wrong. Any suggestions and/or explanations appreciated. Best regards, Stefan. -- _______ ey, leute, ich hab so lange gebraucht um mir plan a auszudenken, fragt jetzt doch nicht auch noch nach plan b! GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01

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textbackground and protrusion (update)
by Paul Schalck 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

It seems that the typographical quotation marks got lost in my test file. It has thus become pretty much useless. Just enter some other character instead to make protrusion visible.

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textbackground and protrusion
by Paul Schalck 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

Hi! Currently (Context beta 2010-06-20 / Luatex 0.60.1), textbackground and protrusion don't work together. Here's a little test file: --------------- \showframe \definefontfeature[test][mode=node,script=latn,kern=yes,trep=yes,tlig=yes,protrusion=quality] \definetextbackground[MyTextbackground][frame=off] \enableprotruding \starttext \definedfont[lmroman12-regular*test] "An arbitrary and \startMyTextbackground incomplete \stopMyTextbackground\ sentence." \stoptext --------------- Is there a workaround for this? Thanks in advance.

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