June 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Testing non-existent counter in Lua
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

Hi, all. How do I know (due Lua) that the counter has not been defined in ConTeXt (through the command newcount)? I am trying testing : if tex.count.mycount == nil then... or if tex.count.mycount == 'error' then... then when counter isnt defined due \newcount\mycount, then test ending with error message. When counter is defined due \newcount\mycount, \mycount=1 then test if tex.count.mycount == 1 then... is OK... Thanx, Jaroslav

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problem with \setcharacterspacing
by Peter Münster 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

Hello, The setting is lost in the header: \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \setupheadertexts[bla: bla] \starttext bla: bla \stoptext Workaround: \setupheadertexts[{\setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation]bla: bla}] Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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\writetolist fails in footnotes when interaction is on
by Michael Saunders 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

\setupinteraction[state=start,color=,contrastcolor=,option=fit] \definelabel[demonum][text=,before=,after=,way=bytext] \definelist[demos] \setuplist[demos][interaction=all,alternative=b,after=] \starttext \footnote{\writetolist[demos]{\nextdemonum}{demo title}} \stoptext Is there a way around this?

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Mixing math fonts, help ?
by gummybears 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

Hi, On http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bold_Math section "Mixing Math Fonts" I tried to mix in the Asana Math font for the missing integral symbols. 0x222B normal integral \int 0x222C double integral \iint 0x222D triple integral \iiint 0x222E contour integral \oint 0x222F surface integral \oiint 0x2230 volume integral \oiiint However I don't want to switch to the whole Asana Math, because the math looks ugly, just want to get to the missing symbols in math mode. To all the experts on the list, please be patient with me. I am just some one who documents math and physics texts but I am not a programmer or Tex wizard. My knowledge of Context is ok, but still beginners level. I really don't know how to get it to work and it's stopping me. Using the latest Context/Luatex version ConTeXt version 2010.06.20 00:01 LuaTeX date stamp 2010061909 I tried a modified version \starttypescript [math] \definefontsynonym [MathSymbol] [Asana-Math] \definefontsynonym [MathRoman] [ComputerModernMath-Roman] \definefontsynonym [MathExtension] [ComputerModernMath-Extension] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[math] \starttext \startlines 0x222B normal integral $\int_{a}^{b}$ 0x222C double integral $\iint_{a}^{b}$ 0x222D triple integral $\iiint_{a}^{b}$ 0x222E contour integral $\oint_{a}^{b}$ 0x222F surface integral $\oiint_{a}^{b}$ 0x2230 volume integral $\oiiint_{a}^{b}$ 0x2A0C space time $\iiiint_{a}^{b}$ \stoplines 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 test-luatex.tex}\par} {mkii, using the command: \par \type{texexec test-luatex.tex}\par} \blank ConTeXt version \contextversion. \stoptext

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End of document command or character
by Matija Šuklje 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

Hullo hullo! I've often seen articles and documents to use a special character to show that the text is being continued over page and another one to show that this is the end of the text. Is there something like that available in ConTeXt? Currently I would need e.g. a midaligned squiggly line or "* * *" or something to determinate the bottom of the text on the last page of my CV. Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 www: http://matija.suklje.name xmpp: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org

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typefile behaviour
by Gery Debongnie 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

Dear ConTeXt list, I encountered a weird behaviour while using typefile. Here is a minimal example, to illustrate what I am saying. We have two files, test.txt and test.tex, respectively (between the ---------). ----------------- 1 2 3 4 5 ------------------- \setuptyping [before={\startframedtext}, after={\stopframedtext}] \starttext \typefile[start=2,stop=4]{test.txt} \typefile[start=2,stop=5]{test.txt} \stoptext ------------------- Now, if you save those lines into test.txt and test.tex, and if you compile the tex file, you get the exact same boxes. As far as I understand it, ConTeXt works as I expect when there is no empty line, meaning that it typeset the lines between start and stop. However, when there is an empty line right after the last line, ConTeXt also includes it. I don't really understand that behaviour. Perhaps it is something to do with different paragraphs, I don't know. However, what I do know is that it is annoying. It adds an empty line at an unwanted place, and it looks unprofessional in my text. So, my question is the following : 1. Why does it behave like that? Is that a bug? 2. What should I do to solve that problem? Regards, Géry D.

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Sans Math setup
by Steffen Wolfrum 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

Hi, some months ago Vyatcheslav asked for an option with \setupmathematics to switch between sans and serif. Just now I need exactly this! (It is needed in the field of math for architecture/engineering.) Is this available meanwhile? Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] Indent in publication list
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

>> Can anyone please tell me how to reduce the hanging indent in a >> publication list? >> I am using the APA style and there is a hanging indent of about 1 >> cm, I would like to reduce this to 0.5 cm but I cannot work out how to do it. >> I use the command \placepublications to generate the list. >> > Try > \setuppublicationlist[width=5mm] Thanks Yury, that's great. Richard P.S. I've switched to plain text emails! Converteam UK Ltd. Registration Number: 5571739 and Converteam Ltd. Registration Number: 2416188 Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: Boughton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1BU. CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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Re: [NTG-context] Multiple pleas for help (long)
by Scott Steele 20 Jun '10

20 Jun '10

> > Am 01.06.10 00:29, schrieb Scott Steele: > If anyone has any insight on how to keep the footnotes from having > their numbers in the margin and from having line-breaks after each > one, that is the only issue from the original email that is still > unsolved, I think. > > ——— > > In Latex, \fancybreak was part of a package called, I believe, > fancyheader or fancypage. It produced a break frequently seen in > published prose (I'm currently reading {\em Bluebeard} where Kurt > Vonnegut uses it liberally) with significant vertical space between > two paragraphs and, centered both in that vertical space as well as > horizontally, a number of well-spaced marks. There are usually 3 > marks, and they are frequently asterisks or traditional > dingbats/fleurons. This sort of break is generally used when the > author wishes to indicate a break more significant than a change in > paragraph but short of an outright new chapter. > > \def\FancyBreak{\par\blank\hfill* * *\hfill\hfill\par\blank} > \starttext > \input tufte > \FancyBreak > \input tufte > \stoptext > > I don't understand why I need the two consecutive \hfill's at the end > for the marks to be centered, but the definition works well for me. > \unprotect > \def\????fb{@@@@fb} > \getparameters [\????fb] [\c!spacebefore=, \c!spaceafter=] > \def\fancybreakparameter#1% > > {\csname\????fb\ifcsname\????fb\currentfancybreak#1\endcsname\currentfancybreak\fi#1\endcsname} > \def\setupfancybreak {\dodoubleempty\dosetupfancybreak} > \def\dosetupfancybreak[#1][#2]% {\ifsecondargument \getparameters[\????fb#1][#2]% \else \getparameters[\????fb][#1]% \fi} > \def\definefancybreak {\dodoubleempty\dodefinefancybreak} > \def\dodefinefancybreak[#1][#2]% {\ifsecondargument \getparameters[\????fb#1][#2]% \fi \setvalue{#1}{\dofancybreak{#1}}} > \def\dofancybreak#1% {\begingroup \edef\currentfancybreak{#1}% \everyvbox{\raggedcenter}% \dowithnextbox {\blank[\fancybreakparameter\c!spacebefore]% \flushnextbox \blank[\fancybreakparameter\c!spaceafter]% \endgroup} \normalvbox} > \definefancybreak[fancybreak] > \protect > \starttext \input knuth \fancybreak{$* * *$} \input ward \stoptext > Wolfgang > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ Thanks a lot for all of that! I'm having trouble getting it to run, though. I tried copy/pasting it into the Context Live site but get ! Argument of \fancybreakparameter has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \edefconvertedargument #1#2->\edef #1{#2} \edef #1{\detokenize \@EA {#1}} \docomplexdoblank ...convertedargument \ascii {#1} \ifcsname \??bo \??bo \asc... \dodowithnextbox ...reakparameter \c!spacebefore ] \flushnextbox \blank [\fan... l.52 \fancybreak{$* * *$} ? ! Emergency stop. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \edefconvertedargument #1#2->\edef #1{#2} \edef #1{\detokenize \@EA {#1}} \docomplexdoblank ...convertedargument \ascii {#1} \ifcsname \??bo \??bo \asc... \dodowithnextbox ...reakparameter \c!spacebefore ] \flushnextbox \blank [\fan... l.52 \fancybreak{$* * *$} Thanks, 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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synctex and --result
by Yury G. Kudryashov 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

Hi! I try to use ConTeXt with synctex. I generate two versions of my paper, so I use --result option. Context renames the .pdf file, but not .synctex.gz, hence inverse search doesn't work. As a workaround, I renamed the "draft for me" version to the default output name.

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