October 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

two columns and margin notes
by Stefan Müller 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

Hi list, some time ago there was a discussion about the following issue, demonstrated by \starttext \startcolumnset[n=2] \input knuth \input tufte \column \inmargin{This is not in the margin!} \input tufte \inmargin{This is in the wrong margin} \input knuth \stopcolumnset \stoptext Unfortunately the note is still in the wrong margin. Interestingly, the note before the paragraph is not even in the margin. Has there been any progress on that? Or is there any possibility to get the number of the current column, like "\thecolumnnumber"? Then one (I) could write a small macro to handle this, I think. Thanks in advance, Stefan

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grouped commands in MkIV
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Dear syndicate, ============= \def\TR{\groupedcommand \it} % \def\TR{\groupedcommand \it\/} \def\Test{{\TR Test}} \starttext \Test \stoptext ============= produces the attached strange result: The first letter gets put at the end. Also, is italic correction no longer supported in mkiv? \/ produces an undefined control sequence. Is there another way now? Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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custom command \myframedsection does not always work. Bug?
by Curiouslearn 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hi All, Please see the working example below. I have defined a command called \myframedsection. It works the first two times I use it, but not the third time. I think it has something to do with using \startitemize...\stopitemize before the command is used the third time. But I am not sure. Can someone please tell me why it is not working, and how I can change my definition so that it works? Is this a bug? Minimal Example: \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setuplayout[height=middle,width=middle,topspace=0.5in,header=1cm,backspace=1.25in] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupcolor[xwi] \setupinteraction[state=start] % Changing the location of the page numbers so that they appear in the footer. \setuppagenumbering[location=footer] \setupnarrower[left=2ex] \setupitemize[margin=0.5cm] \setupitemize[a] \setupitemize[stopper=)] %%% Defining \mysection and \myframedsection %%% \definehead[mysection][section] \setuphead[mysection][color=blue*:3] \def\myframedsection#1{\bgroup\vskip 0.5in \framed[background=color, backgroundcolor=gray:10] {\mysection{#1}}% \egroup} \starttext \myframedsection{Confidence Intervals from the normal and $t$-distributions} {\bf Here myframedsection commmand works.} \subsection{Confidence Interval for Mean} \subsection{Confidence Interval for Proportion} \subsection{Confidence Interval for Linear Transformation} %%%% SECTION %%%% \myframedsection{Classical Hypothesis Testing} %%%% SECTION %%%% {\bf Here myframedsection commmand works.} \startitemize \item some item here \item some item here \stopitemize %%%% SECTION %%%% \myframedsection{Problems with Statistical Significance} %%%% SECTION %%%% {\bf where is the section title??????} Researchers often compare results based on statistical significance. There are two pitfalls in doing so: \startitemize \item Statistical significance does not mean practical significance. A result that is statistically significant may be practically insignificant. \item If one result is statistically significant and other is not, it does not necessarily mean that the difference in the two results is statistically significant. For example, suppose there are two independent studies, one with an effect estimate of 25 and standard error of 10. Another with an effect estimate of 10 and standard error of 10. The former is statistically significant at 1\% significance level. The latter is not significant at 1\%. From this one may be tempted to conclude that there is a large/significant difference between the results in two studies. However, this is not true. The estimate of difference in the effects is 15 with standard error of $ \sqrt{10^{2} + 10^{2}} = 14 $. This is not even close to being statistically significant at 1\% level. \stopitemize \stoptext

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\bodyfontsize in blank: MkIV
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Dear knights, The following works in mkii but not mkiv: ===================== \starttext test \blank[2\bodyfontsize] test \stoptext ===================== ===================== ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). system > tex > error on line 8 in file bodyfontsize.tex: Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted) ... 1 \starttext 2 test 3 4 \blank[2\bodyfontsize] 5 6 test 7 \stoptext 8 >> 9 <to be read again> ^^H <argument> 2^^H odyfontsize \addaskedblankskip ...nce \blankskip #1\dimexpr #2 \relax l.8 } \dovspacingyes ...#1\else \currentvspacing \fi ")} \fi l.4 \blank[2\bodyfontsize] ? ===================== Is there a new protocol for accomplishing this now in mkiv? What is it? Thnx and Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Project Structure in MkIV
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Dear gang, I am porting a huge project from mkii to mkiv and am running into structure problems. I now realize that \start-stopproject no longer compiles the entire project, just stick to products and components. I am also dividing what was one long book into two books, and I'd like to compile both books at once to keep cross-references between the two books operative: I've turned the project into a product, the products into components, and components into inputs. Obviously I'm running into problems ;-) : First:One thing that is unclear now is how the \environment is inherited. Attached is a basic test set. If I compile the product file islamwalayah.tex, I get the expected output it appears. If I compile the component file islamcosmology.tex, the alias \Islam gives an undefined control sequence. That is, it does not inherit env-aliases.tex. If I comment % \Islam the component file compiles, but the layout is not inherited from env-islamwalayah.tex. How do I fix this? Any related general advice? Files listed inline below, attached as well for testing, and Best wishes Idris ==========islamwalayah.tex============ \environment env-islamwalayah \environment env-aliases \startproduct islamwalayah \component islamcosmology % Book One % \component islamspirituality % Book Two \stopproduct ================================== =======env-islamwalayah.tex======= \startenvironment env-islamwalayah \setuplayout[width=7in] \stopenvironment ================================== =========env-aliases.tex========== \startenvironment env-aliases \def \Islam{Islām} \stopenvironment ================================== =======islamcosmology.tex========= \startcomponent islamcosmology \product islamwalayah % below is actually \input title-cw \starttext \Islam \input tufte \stoptext \stopcomponent ================================== -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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⅛ not displayed
by Paul Menzel 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, some fractions (input using Compose) are not displayed in the resulting PDF files. \starttext ⅛ ist $\frac18$. ½, ⅓, ¼, ⅕, ⅙, ⅛ \stoptext I guess this is a font problem, but maybe fall backs could be added? Thanks, Paul

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title numbering
by Pablo Rodríguez 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hi there, I have been searching in the documentation (ConTeXt Reference Manual, ConTeXt: An Excursion and the wiki) and I don't know how to implement a basic feature: different title numbers. I want to have chapters numbered with Roman numbers and sections with capital letters and that none of them contains any other number than its own (no part or/and chapter in chapter or section titles). How can I achieve that? I guess this is basic functionality, but I'm not able to find it in the documentation. Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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liga not working
by Pablo Rodríguez 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hi there, using the following code: \usemodule[simplefonts][size=50pt] \setmainfont[FreeSerif] \starttext fi {\it fi} \stoptext I get ligatures when using TeX Gyre Termes, but not with FreeSerif, Old Standard or Theano Didot. AFAIK, all fonts have the liga feature correctly defined. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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`\reference` does not print number
by Paul Menzel 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english the example from the Wiki page for `\reference` [1] does not work. \starttext See page \ref[p][myref 1] and \ref[p][myref 2]. \page \reference[myref 1]{} This is the first reference. \page \reference[myref 2]{} This is the second one. \stoptext The numbers are not printed into the resulting file. Please find the source file and resulting PDF file attached. Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/reference

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issue with section title and numbers in margin
by Pablo Rodríguez 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

Hi there, I would like to get section titles that have aalt (actually, smcp and onum) and numbers in margin. It works fine with the following code: \setuphead[section][style=\sc\os,alternative=inmargin] \starttext \section{This is a title} \input{knuth} \stoptext But in-margin numbers don't work when adding OT features: \usemodule[simplefonts][size=12pt] \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Pagella] \definefontfeature[scttitle][default][aalt=yes] \setuphead[section][style=,alternative=inmargin,command=\addfs{scttitle}] \starttext \section{This is a title} \input{knuth} \stoptext Is there another way to add font features to \setuphead{} or have I hit a bug? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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