October 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

interaction colors and page break
by Stefan Müller 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

Hi, I think I found a small bug. The interaction colors interact strangely with page breaks in certain cases. See the following example. I'm using ConTeXt 201110003 12:59 MkIV. ################################ \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupitemize[each][n, packed] \defineenumeration[myenum][text=Enumeration, location=top] \starttext \dorecurse{9}{\input ward \par} \startmyenum[enum] \startitemize \item Go to step \in[step]. \item[step] Step. \stopitemize \stopmyenum Step \in[step] of \in{Enumeration}[enum]. These numbers shouldn't be red, should they? They are on the new page. \stoptext ################################ Best regards, Stefan.

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Alphabetical sort
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

Hi! Please, advise me what I can do to alphabetically sort an itemized list? (I have list of songs, and want them to be alphabetically sorted, as an option ). \startitemize[n] %something like 'sort' key would be very useful \item Fly me to the moon \item Hit the road jack \item Sway ... Regards, Vyatcheslav

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bib bug or change in project structure ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

Hi, apologies if this already has been explained ... I just can't find it. Attached you may find the same minimal bib/cite test two times: 1) as standalone "bib_test.tex" 2) and as part of a project structure "chap_X.tex" With an older MkIV (2011.05.14) both had the same output. With a more recent (2011.10.01) the author name is gone, when run from within the project structure! Is this known? Thanks, Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] References to annotations
by Michael Green 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

That works. Thank you very much! Coincidentally, I found a similar issue with the letter module. The table in the example below will be numbered "Table 2" \usemodule[letter] \starttext \startletter \placetable[here][]{title} \starttable[|l|] \NC That’s all \NC\MR \stoptable \stopletter \stoptext

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Framed Text Split Over Multiple Pages
by Kip Warner 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Hey list, I'd like my framed text to be split over multiple pages rather than leaving a big empty page before it starts so that it can fill its own whole page when large enough. This is what I am using and works fine, with the exception of no inline page breaks: \definestartstop [SubDocument] [before={ \crlf \setupbackground[frame=on, before=\blank, after=\blank, corner=round, topoffset=0.5cm, leftoffset=0.5cm, rightoffset=0.5cm, bottomoffset=0.5cm] \startbackground }, after={ \stopbackground \crlf }, commands={\setupalign[yes]}, style=italic] Then used as such: \startSubDocument ... \stopSubDocument -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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nocolor in MetaPost
by Hans van der Meer 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Is there a value that can be given to a color variable in MetaPost that might function as some sort of "no color". Thus something like NULL in the programming language C. Hans van der Meer

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References to annotations
by Michael Green 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

I'm getting two unexpected results from references to annotations: 1. The numbering is different: \placeannotationnumber starts at 1, \in[ref] starts at 0 2. \atpage sometimes gives the page number and sometimes yields something surprising: "as we show below" (or above). That's nifty, but unexpected. Thank you. Michael ---- Example ----------------------------------------------------- \usemodule[annotation] \defineannotation[Arg][alternative=command,number=yes,command=\ArgCommand,text=Argument] \define[2]\ArgCommand{ \startitemize[n] \placeannotationcontent \stopitemize \placeannotationtext\ \placeannotationnumber\ \placeannotationtitle } \starttext \startArg[title=An OK Argument,reference=OK] \item All men are mortal. \item Socrates is a man. \item Therefore, Socrates isn’t going to make it. \stopArg References to the first argument: \in{argument}[OK], \atpage[OK] References to the second argument: \in{argument}[NotOK], \atpage[NotOK] \page \startArg[title=A Bad Argument,reference=NotOK] \item Someone I don’t know called me. \item Barack Obama is someone I don’t know. \item Therefore, Barack Obama called me. \stopArg References to the second argument: \in{argument}[NotOK], \atpage[NotOK] References to the first argument: \in{argument}[OK], \atpage[OK] \stoptext --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Results ---------------------------------------------------- [page 1] 1. All men are mortal. 2. Socrates is a man. 3. Therefore, Socrates isn’t going to make it. Argument 1 An OK Argument References to the first argument: argument 0, at page 1 References to the second argument: argument 1, as we show below [page 2] 1. Someone I don’t know called me. 2. Barack Obama is someone I don’t know. 3. Therefore, Barack Obama called me. Argument 2 A Bad Argument References to the second argument: argument 1, at page 2 References to the first argument: argument 0, as we show above ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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trackers problem (fonts.all)
by Peter Rolf 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Hi, I had problems loading an old ttf font in ConTeXt. When trying to figure out what goes wrong, I added "--trackers=fonts.all". Sadly this breaks with [..] -gds.lua><+ R:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua> ! LuaTeX error R:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/trac-set.lua:87: attempt to index local 'done' (a nil value) stack traceback: R:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/trac-set.lua:87: in function 'set' R:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/trac-set.lua:142: in function 'fnc' R:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/trac-set.lua:152: in function 'register' R:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/trac-set.lua:234: in function 'register' R:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:20: in main chunk R:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/luat-cod.lua:42: in function 'registercode' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \registerctxluafile ...ua.registercode("#1","#2")} l.96 \registerctxluafile{font-def}{1.001} ? ----------------- Minimal example: \startext FOO \stoptext and call it with context --trackers=fonts.all test.tex Greetings, Peter

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focus=standard not respected
by Marco 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

In the following example the page focus jumps back to »fit« after clicking on the footnote number after »Foo«, although »focus=standard« is set. \setupinteraction [state=start, focus=standard] \starttext Foo \startfootnote Bar \stopfootnote \stoptext How to respect the users scaling factor? BTW: Is there a particular reason why »focus=fit« is the default? Why should the page scaling change because the user clicked on a hyperlink? Marco

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Fwd: Re: Any (other) ConTeXt users in Finland?
by Otso Helenius 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Hello! Here's another user from Finland. I'm a student in Helsinki University and also a course teacher in Aalto University. I've switched from LaTeX roughly a year ago and using it for mathematics, essays and my upcoming master's thesis. I would also be interested in sharing experiences. Best regards, Otso Helenius ------------------------- FROM: Mari Voipio SUBJECT: [NTG-context] Any (other) ConTeXt users in Finland? Hello All! Inspired by the recent ConTeXt meeting where I again enjoyed meeting other users as well as the developers, I'm wondering if there are any other ConTeXt users in Finland? And if so, would you be interested in a mini-meeting for an afternoon or evening, possibly at my work in Vantaa?

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