August 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

tiny failure with bib module
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Dear Taco, the following minimal example: \usemodule[bib] \startpublication [k=key,t=book] \title{Title} \author[]{Author}[A.]{}{The} \stoppublication \starttext \cite[alternative=data][key] \stoptext creates an error in mkii (and works fine in mkiv): ! Undefined control sequence. \@@pvdatabook ...up }{\egroup . }{\insertcrossref { in~}{}{. }}}{\insertseri... \dotypesetapublication ...ve {\getvalue {pbdt-#1}} \fi \egroup \next1 #1,->\dobibdata {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... \bibdataref ...e \processcommalist [#1]\dobibdata \bibalternative \v!right \docite ...alue {bib\@@currentalternative ref}[#2] \else \processcommalist [#... l.12 \cite[alternative=data][key] ? Mojca

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font sizes not obeyed
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Dear list, yes, I do understand that it is somehow polite to use some kind of \definebodyfontenvironment for weird font sizes (but don't understand why this is needed), but the following example somehow works in MKII and produces really weird result in MKIV: \starttext Title \switchtobodyfont[5pt] Title \switchtobodyfont[10pt] Title \switchtobodyfont[14pt] Title \switchtobodyfont[15pt] Title \switchtobodyfont[50pt] Title \stoptext Is there any tiny patch for the core to fix such weird behaviour or is it forbidden to switch to font sizes in this way? Thank you, Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] Problems with the installation of the minimals on Win XP
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Hi, Mojca I've updated the installer this summer, and it work fine for me till now. I'm very reluctant to install svn on my machine, I'd better send the files to someone having control over server. I sent the latest executable to Mari. -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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align header in table
by Jerónimo Alaminos Prats 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Hi all, I've been following the examples in the garden to write the following table \chardef\characteralignmentmode=1 \startTABLE \setupTABLE[column][alignmentcharacter={,},aligncharacter=yes,align=middle] \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[row][first][bottomframe=on] \NC \alpha \NC \beta \NC error absoluto\NC error relativo \NC \NR \NC 2 \NC 2,1 \NC 0,1 \NC 0,05 \NC \NR \NC 2\times 10\high{-4} \NC 2,1\times 10\high{-4} \NC 0,1\times 10\high{-4} \NC 0,05 \NC \NR \NC 2\times 10\high{4} \NC 2,1\times 10\high{4} \NC 0,1\times 10\high{4} \NC 0,05 \NC\NR \stopTABLE Is there a way to have the entries of first row centered? The obvious \setupTABLE[row][first][align=middle] do not have any effect. Thanks, Jeronimo.

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table row span question
by Martin Althoff 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

I am having trouble working out a solution for spanning some rows of tables. The instructions at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Table got me so far as the example shows. The example is a timetable excerpt. So I want horizontal lines everywhere, except on Mo, Di, Mi (Monday Tuesday Wednesday) where there are double periods. Adding any more \DLs or \VLs results in not being able to translate the file or other errors. Currently the horizontal lines are not where they should be (now on Mo, Mi, Fr) but kind of evenly spread. Lastly: How do I control row height? thanks! Martin \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4] \def\TagBreite{4cm} \starttext \placetable{Stundenplan} \starttable[|r w(1cm) |p(\TagBreite) c|p(\TagBreite) c|p(\TagBreite) c|p(\TagBreite) c|p(\TagBreite) c|] \HL \VL Std \VL Montag \VL Dienstag \VL Mittwoch \VL Donnerstag \VL Freitag \VL\FR \HL %%%%%%%%% Row Span \VL 1. \VL \LOW{mo} \VL \LOW{di} \VL \LOW{mi} \VL do leer \VL fr leer \VL\MR \DC \DL \DL \DL \DR \VL 2. \VL \VL \VL \VL do leer \VL fr leer \VL\MR \HL \VL 3. \VL class \VL class \VL class \VL do class \VL fr class \VL\MR \HL \stoptable \stoptext

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"show u;" from TeX
by Yury G. Kudryashov 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hi! Is it possible to get the value of a MetaPost variable from TeX? It can, e.g., add "show u;" to MetaPost input, then parse output. I want to pretty- print the values of some MetaPost variables. Another question: is it possible to query the expansion of a macro from inside \directlua, if I have a variable that stores the macro name?

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Porting from MkII to MkIV
by Peter Schorsch 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hi, I started to write under MkII a module to number and reference each paragraph. I got it to work but it was not well done. Now I want to finish and clean it to upload it on contextgarden for all. But I am stucking at the port to MkIV. (Reduced MkII Version): \definenumber[paraNumber] \setuphead[chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection] [after={\resetnumber[paraNumber]}] \def\StartPara[#1]% {\getparameters[tmp][heading=,mark=,#1]% \incrementnumber[paraNumber]% \inothermargin{\tfx\getnumber[paraNumber]~}% \doifnot{\tmpheading}{}{\inmargin{\tmpheading}}% \doifnot{\tmpmark}{}{\expanded{\textreference[\tmpmark]{XXX /\getnumber[paraNumber]}}}% } \def\StopPara% {\blank[medium]} \starttext \chapter{Alter novom} \StartPara[heading={lorem ipsum},mark=test] Lorem ipsum ... \StopPara \StartPara Lorem ipsum \in[test] \StopPara \stoptext XXX stands for an already ported part that works. I have two problems I do not know how to solve: - the line starting with inothermargin gives back in mkii always the correct number form: n (always latin numbers). In mkiv it gives back m.n. Also in mkiv: inside bodymatter the numbers are latin number e.g. 1.2 and inside appendecies latin letters and numbers, e.g. A.II. What needs to be change in my module to get the old mkii behavior back? - There must be a problem in the last line: as soon I use my mark option I get following error: ! Use of \dovspacingyes doesn't match its definition. \doifnextoptionalelse ...\nextoptionalcommandyes { #1}\def \nextoptionalcomma... <argument> ...ference [\tmpmark ]{XXX /\getnumber [paraNumber]} \expanded ...\long \xdef \@@expanded {\noexpand #1 }\@@expanded l.18 \StartPara[mark=test] Does anyone know how to solve/port this to mkiv? Thanks for your help

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[***SPAM***] How to break lines with \type{}?
by Peter Münster 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hello, How can I teach \type{} to break lines just as \hyphenatedurl{} does? \starttext \hsize1pt \type{C:bla/blub/foo/bar} \hyphenatedurl{C:bla/blub/foo/bar} \stoptext TIA for any help! Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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mtx-context.lua:1161: attempt to call field 'join' (a nil value)
by Peter Münster 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hello, context --purgeall gives this error: ...ex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtx-context.lua:1161: attempt to call field 'join' (a nil value) Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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hoffset and voffset have no effect
by Michael Goerz 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hi everyone, I cannot see any effect when using voffset and hoffset as a parameter for \startstandardmakeup. For example: \startstandardmakeup[headerstate=none, footerstate=none, hoffset=1in, hoffset=1in, width=4in, height=7.0in] ... \stopstandardmakeup I'd expect them to shift the page content up and to the right, respectively. This is guessing from their name: I actually cannot find any documentation on these parameters. Am I missing something? Thanks, Michael

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