September 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Forcing \about to give the full title
by Duncan Hothersall 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

Hi folks. Just hit a strange feature using \about to give me the title of a referenced section. When the title is long, there seems to be an automatic cut-off, as if some form of \nomarking had been used on the last words of the title. So with a section somewhere in the text like \section[sect0101]{Residence and domicile and the taxation of overseas income} a later reference of the form See \about[sect0101] for further details gives me See 'Residence and domicile and the taxation of overseas ... ' for further details What I would like is for the full title to be output, however long. I have had a look through the sources but not managed to identify where any default cut-off is defined. Can someone help. Oh, and my apologies, I haven't upgraded to MkIV yet, so this is a MkII question. Thanks very much, Duncan

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Impostion to make a scroll
by Arild Syme 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

I am trying to string 10 pdfs together onto one very wide page so I can print it as a scroll. I've tried using texexec as follows: $texexec --combination=10*1 --pdfcombine infile.pdf but what I get is 10 pdfs at the top of an A4 sheet. How do I make a custom page size 1480mm x 210 mm? I've also tried using a tex file like the following: \definepapersize [scroll][width=1480mm, height=210mm] \setuppapersize[A5][scroll] \setuppaper [topspace=0mm, backspace=0mm, dx=1mm, dy=0mm, nx=1, ny=10, margin=0, width=148mm, height=210mm] \setuplayout [topspace=0mm, backspace=0mm, margin=0mm, width=1480mm, height=210mm, header=0mm, footer=0mm] \setuparranging[XY] \starttext \insertpages [input.pdf] \stoptext I get the right sized pdf sheet, but all the input.pdf pages are stacked on top of one another in a big mess all on the right hand side. Thanks for any help, Arild

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itemize no indentation from the second line
by Zhaopeng Xing 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

Dear All, I am trying to get an itemization like this (1) This is a test. This is a test. This is a test. This is a test. This is a test. This is a test. (2) This is a test. This is a test. This is a test. This is a test. This is a test. This is a test. i.e., for each item, there is no indentation from the second line. I tried \setupitemize[left=(, right=), stopper={}, indentnext=no] But got no effect. Can anyone help me with it? Thank you. Regards, Zhaopeng Xing China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center, National Bureau of Statistics of China

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formula: placeformula messes with margins
by Peter Schorsch 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Hi, I also ran into a problem with placeformula and margins. The attached example runs fine with the margins. But as soon the placeformula is uncommented the left and right margins are messed up. And if not all paragraphs have at both side a marginnote is get worse. Is there a way to solve this? Thanks --------8<------------------- \starttext \inmargin{inmargin}\inothermargin{othermargin}\input tufte \inmargin{inmargin}\inothermargin{othermargin}\input tufte %\placeformula \startformula c^2 = a^2 + b^2 \stopformula \inmargin{inmargin}\inothermargin{othermargin}\input tufte \inmargin{inmargin}\inothermargin{othermargin}\input tufte \inmargin{inmargin}\inothermargin{othermargin}\input tufte \inmargin{inmargin}\inothermargin{othermargin}\input tufte \inmargin{inmargin}\inothermargin{othermargin}\input tufte \stoptext

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formla: listing and subnumbering
by Peter Schorsch 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Hi, in my work I have a lot of formulas inkl. subformulas. Doing the examples at the wiki two questions came up: a) how to generate a table of formulas? b) what is the right/better way for subnumbering? a) I tried the example for generating a table of formulas from the wiki (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math/Display#List_of_Formulas) but instead of a list I get in the pdf a »no list method«. What do I missed here? b) I found two descriped ways how to create formula (sub-)numbering: 1) using \formulanumber and \subformulanumber (third example from http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math/Display#The_Manual_Method) But context always reports here: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> ...^{\vfrac {1}{2}} &\subformulanumber {b}\cr a^2 + b^2 &= c^2 &\... 2) using the \NR[..] like it is described on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Multiline_equations#Working_with_equation_num… and http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/mathalign.pdf. This way compiles through. But which way is the future context way? In which way can I combine subnumbering and including to list some (not all) subformulas? Thanks for your help

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xml/fo typesetting with ConTeXt/foXet?
by Mica Semrick 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Hi list! I am hoping that someone can point me towards some more information on typesetting FO (Formatting Objects) with foXet and ConTeXt. I've read the threads on the foxet mailing list (and I assume that's dead, last post in 2005), and the wiki provides pretty sparse information. There are some files listed in the manual, but it doesn't say how to load them (or I missed that part, very possible). I can parse my .FO file, but the content is just flowed into PDF, there are no line breaks, or headings, or anything-- it just strips out the xml tags. Thanks for any help/directions! Best, Mica

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font sizes
by Henning Hraban Ramm 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Ever wondered about what exact size is some relative "name" like \tfa? I did some calculations for you, enjoy: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Font_Sizes Please anyone explain where we need "script/small/big" sizes. Greetlings, Hraban

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(Xe)ConTeXt and CJK support
by S Barmeier 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Dear ConTeXt users, I am trying to write a document (grammar notes) in English and Japanese and so far have used XeTeX (for Unicode support) with tikZ (for graphics) quite successfully. However, I wish to convert to (Xe)ConTeXt in order to have more control over the page design. At the moment I am stuck at trying to define English and Japanese fonts. In XeTeX I used \usepackage[BoldFont]{xeCJK} \setCJKmainfont{IPAMincho} \setCJKsansfont{IPAGothic} \setCJKmonofont{KanjiStrokeOrders} in order to set the three different Japanese fonts I am using. I haven't found any documentation on how to implement something equivalent in ConTeXt and would be most grateful if someone could outline how I would best go about converting my XeTeX document to ConTeXt. Many thanks. Kind regards, Severin P.S.: If you think I'm crazy for trying to mix XeTeX, ConTeXt and tikZ, please tell me now... =) Also, it feels like ConTeXt MkIV with LuaTeX would be the best choice (if the project were just already beyond the beta stage), but I don't really know an awful lot about that either. Any thoughts on how successfully I might be able to implement the above in LuaTeX would also be much appreciated. I have attached a page illustrating how I have been using XeTeX and tikZ.

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install beta
by Hans van der Meer 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

I didn't update my context beta for some time and now I seem to have missed an important(?) change. This is my current installation script and running it always worked without a hitch: #!/bin/bash CONTEXTVERSION="beta" CONTEXTDIRECTORY=/Volumes/ALDARAN/TeX/ConTeXt/$CONTEXTVERSION rm -rf $CONTEXTDIRECTORY-old mv -n $CONTEXTDIRECTORY $CONTEXTDIRECTORY-old mkdir -p $CONTEXTDIRECTORY/tex cd $CONTEXTDIRECTORY ln -s $HOME/Library/texmf tex/texmf-local curl -o first-setup.sh http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh sh ./first-setup.sh >first-setup.log cd tex echo "luatools --selfupdate" luatools --selfupdate echo "mtxrun -selfupdate" mtxrun -selfupdate echo "installation context $CONTEXTVERSION minimals done" However today the following error messages appear: luatools --selfupdate /Users/hans/Bin/contextbeta: line 13: luatools: command not found mtxrun -selfupdate /Users/hans/Bin/contextbeta: line 15: mtxrun: command not found installation context beta minimals done Am I missing something important here? Help would be appreciated. Hans van der Meer

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urgent bottom line problem (thin paper)
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

Hi, before getting the train to Praha there is an urgent last problem to be solved: The bottom line of body text and footnote text need to be absolutely at the same height (due to a very thin paper used)! I tried to fine-tune the height of layout by 1pt up-and-down, but the difference stays: at least 1mm. Is there a "...skip" that's needs to be adjusted? (using grid mode is a no-go!) Help please!! Steffen [2010.09.05 13:23 MKIV] === \definepapersize[stw][width=15.7cm,height=23.2cm] \setuppapersize[stw][stw]% <- Format \usetypescript[postscript] \definetypeface[postscript][rm][serif][times][default] \setupbodyfont[postscript, 10pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \setuplayout [width=113mm,height=532pt, backspace=20mm,topspace=15mm, header=12pt,headerdistance=6pt, footer=0pt,footerdistance=0pt, location=middle] \starttext \dorecurse{20}{{\dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \input ward \input ward \par}} \footnote{\input tufte\par} \input ward \par} \stoptext

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