July 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

xmldoiftext
by H. van der Meer 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

I have a comment on the name of macro "\xmldoiftext". The name as is, seems specifically to point to something like: <node>some_text</node> Luckily the manual mentions here "when .. node has some content" and this implies the {yes}-branch will be taken also in case of the presence of subnodes, even if these lack text content: <node><subnode/></node> I am happy to find that this is indeed the behaviour, because it is what I need. Thus I am inclined to consider "\xmldoifcontent" as a better descriptive name instead of "\xmldoiftext". Or is it already too late to change its name? Hans van der Meer

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problem with publication lists in mkiv
by Thomas A. Schmitz 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Hi all, since a few betas ago, I'm experiencing the problem that some commands add unwanted vertical space in mkiv. I think this is the case with \writetolist, but I need to prepare an example for that. I have prepared an example for publication lists: the following code produces the expected output in mkii. In mkiv, it adds vertical space for every item that is added to the bibliography. Maybe some unescaped line-endings somewhere in the code? All best Thomas \startpublication[k=intertestualita,t=book, a={intertestualita},y=1995, n=2552,s=int95] \pubyear{1995} \title{Atti del convegno internazionale \quotation{Intertestualit{\`a}}: il \quotation{dialogo} fra testi nelle letterature classiche: Cagliari, 24--26 novembre 1994} \city{Amsterdam} \pubname{Hakkert} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=gibsonlearning,t=article, a={gibsonlearning},y=2004, n=991,s=gib04] \pubyear{2004} \arttitle{Learning Greek History in the Ancient Classroom: the Evidence of the Treatises on Progymnasmata} \journal{Classical Philology} \volume{99} \pages{103--129} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=ackrillaristotle,t=book, a={{Ackrill}},y=1981, n=305,s=Ack81] \author[]{J.~L.}[J.~L.]{}{Ackrill} \pubyear{1981} \title{Aristotle the Philosopher} \city{Oxford} \pubname{Oxford UP} \stoppublication \setuppublications[state=start] \starttext \section{Edited Volumes} test test test test test test test test test test test test test test \nocite[intertestualita,gibsonlearning,ackrillaristotle] \placepublications[criterium=cite] \stoptext

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Missing symbol for itemize[4] (MkIV only)
by Vedran Miletić 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Minimal nonworking example: % Taken from the wiki \starttypescript [Bonum] \definetypeface [Bonum] [rm] [serif] [bonum] [default] \definetypeface [Bonum] [ss] [sans] [adventor] [default] [rscale=0.887] \definetypeface [Bonum] [tt] [mono] [cursor] [default] [rscale=1.163] \definetypeface [Bonum] [mm] [math] [euler] [default] [rscale=1.050] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[Bonum] \setupbodyfont[Bonum,12pt] \starttext \startitemize[4] \item bla \item bla \stopitemize \stoptext It's actually independent of the font used, same thing happens if roman font is replaced with palatino or modern. Regards, -- Vedran Miletić

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two problems for bib module
by Li Yanrui (李延瑞) 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Hi all, I have the following problems when I use the bib module. 1. For the cite of 'authoryear', how to make it being clickable link? This is a minimum example: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% filename: test.tex \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupbibtex[database=ref] \setupcite[authoryear] \setuppublications[refcommand=authoryear] \starttext A: \cite[zixuwuyou]. \title{References} \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% filename: ref.bib @article{zixuwuyou, title={{Several problems for bib module}}, author={Zhou, Y. and Suri, S. and Yanry, L.}, journal={Journal of Bala bala}, volume={46}, number={6}, pages={833--857}, year={1999}, publisher={Bala Bala} } 2. In .bib file for Chinese (maybe cjk more exact) references, because the 'and' separator can not work, we have to use some Chinese punctuations as separator, such as Chinese comma. In this case, the cite of author's "et.al." can not work. The following is an example (needed AdobeSongStd-Light.otf). %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% filename: test.tex \starttypescript[serif][zhfont] \definefontsynonym[western][name:latinmodernromanregular] \definefontfallback[song][name:adobesongstd][0x00400-0x2FA1F] \definefontsynonym[fbsong][western][fallbacks=song] \definefontsynonym[Serif][fbsong] \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic][fbsong] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[myfonts] \definetypeface[myfonts][rm][serif][zhfont] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myfonts] \setupbodyfont[myfonts,rm,11pt] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupbibtex[database=ref] \setupcite[authoryear][andtext={，}] \setuppublications[refcommand=authoryear,sorttype=bbl] \starttext A: \cite[谢2008] \title{References} \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% filename: ref.bib @article{谢2008, title={中国工业生产率的增长与收敛}, author={谢千里，罗斯基，张轶凡}, journal={经济学(季刊)}, volume={7}, number={3}, pages={809--826}, year={2008} } -- Best regards, Li Yanrui (李延瑞)

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Tracking down error in publication list
by Richard Stephens 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Hello, I am preparing a document with a publication list generated from BibTeX but I get the following error: ! LuaTeX error .../context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua:83: attempt to compare nil with number stack traceback: .../context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua:83: in function <.../context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua:80> [C]: in function 'sort' .../context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua:93: in function 'flush' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \typesetpubslist ...hacks.flush("\@@pbsorttype ")} \doendoflist \dodoplacepublications ...sttrue \typesetpubslist \inpublistfalse \endgroup ... <to be read again> Is there a way I can narrow down what and where the problem is? At the moment I'm stumped. I've tried removing some of the \cite commands recently added, but to no avail. Is the problem in the BibTeX file or in my document? Any help would be much appreciated. Regards, Richard 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. http://www.converteam.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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slightly OT: tablets
by Thomas A. Schmitz 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Hi all, this is slightly OT, but maybe someone here has a helpful suggestion: since the announcement of Apple's iPad, tablets have become the rage. I am somewhat underwhelmed by this type of computer, but I see one area where it might be interesting to have one of those babies, and that's presentations. What I'm dreaming about: a tablet that would be able to show my manuscript (of course, a pdf produced with ConTeXt) on it's own screen and drive a presentation (again, pdf) on an external screen/digital projector. That way, I would need only one technical device, no paper etc. for my presentations. I even called Apple, but they said there is no app yet for doing this on an iPad. Do any of you have any insights: is there anything on the market yet that would make this possible? Is it at all feasible? Does it sound like a reasonable idea? All best Thomas

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lua args or how to identify the interpreter
by Philipp Gesang 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Hi all, what would be an elegant way to make out the current interpreter from inside lua? For now I'm branching things at the top of the script like this: ···8<·········································································· if arg[-1] == "texlua" then utf=unicode.utf8 else require "lpeg" utf=string end ···8<·········································································· because I have neither slnunicode nor a built-in lpeg on my system's lua installation. The problem is that luatex has arg[-1] == nil but arg[0] == "luatex", and context sets all args to nil, so my crude way of determining the interpreter by cl args fails with both. I tried something like "local string = utf or string" as well, but this works only in context which has utf==unicode.utf8 or something. Thanks for your help Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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how to prevent page-break after \blank
by Peter Münster 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Hello, How is it possible to prevent a page break after the \blank? \starttext \dorecurse{730}{text } \blank[small] \page[no] % does not work bla bla bla \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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back from section to TOC
by Steffen Wolfrum 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

Hi, \setupinteraction enables links from a TOC entry to its respective page. But how do I do the "jump back"? (ie. from a section heading to its entry in the TOC) Steffen

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component key for \framed
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Jul '10

20 Jul '10

Hi Hans, the 'component' for \framed does not work, looking at the source reveals that it can be used to hide the framed content in the document by disabling the corresponding pdf layer but the following example shows there is no layer for the frame. \showlayoutcomponents \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \setlayoutcomponentattribute{text}{wolf}\hbox \layoutcomponentboxattribute \bgroup wolf\egroup \framed[component=wolf]{wolf} \stoptext Wolfgang

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