October 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

accessibility of PDF (inter word space
by "Stefan Goßrau" 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hello, I am very new in Context and have my first Problems. I read a lot, but can't find the solution. I try to produce accessible PDF. One Point is, that they have to be reflowed in a PDF-Viewer. But if I reflow my documents, there are no interwordspaces. I know that there is no space-character in Tex. I found an work-around for pdftex with an patch. \pdfmapline{+dummy-space <dummy-space.pfb} \pdfgeninterwordspace But how can I do this in Context mkiv? Thanks Stefan -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de

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looking for volunteer to create a ConTeXt ad (220x250 px)
by Mojca Miklavec 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Is there any volunteer to create an image with add for contextgarden.net, 220x250 pixels big? See <http://meta.tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1184/community-promotion-ads-1h…> for examples. Mojca

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Recommended table environment?
by Patrick Gundlach 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hello, I have a project where I think ConTeXt really fits well, so I have a first question (after a looong period of absence). Is there a recommended table environment? I give an example in the attached PDF. What I need: * have influence on the column width (2 columns, both same size) * automatic split with repeating headers * more than one paragraph (with fill in rules) in a cell possible (but this simulated by invisible cells) * some borders (not so sure about that...) Thanks! Patrick (a sample is at http://i.imgur.com/ePHdn.png )

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`\usemodule[graph]` causes error `! Unable to make mpx file.` with ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV
by Paul Menzel 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, using the following minimal example \usemodule[graph] \starttext \startMPcode draw unitsquare scaled 1cm; \stopMPcode \stoptext causes the following error. $ context graph ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english […] metapost > initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost > loading 'metafun': /context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/metafun.mpiv ! terminal: (/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-spec.mpii) (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/graph.mp (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/marith.mp (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp)) (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/format.mp (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp) (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/troffnum.mp >> troffnum.mp >> troffnum.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.7 init_numbers(btex $-$etex, btex$1$etex, btex$ times 10$etex, […] Removing `\usemodule[graph]` make the example work. The used terminal(?) and use of `mp-spec.mpii` looks suspicious. Using the ConTeXt version in Debian Sid/unstable the example works. $ context graph […] ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.24 int: english/english […] structure > sectioning > section @ level 3 : 0.0.1 -> Test metapost > initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost > loading 'metafun.mp' (experimental metapost version two) backend > xmp > using file '/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' Thanks, Paul

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announcing server change, possible downtime
by Mojca Miklavec 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Dear ConTeXt-ers, in the following days we will piecewise move parts of old server to a new machine (this will happen once again, but this time it might be slightly more dramatic change). Thus I would like to ask you to be patient if something stops working. The wiki has already been moved, so this should not be a problem. Some sites will be reorganized, but I will inform you about details. In particular, minimals will also change, but details will follow. One thing that might be a tiny bit problematic are SVN repositories. We need to upgrade them from SVN 1.5 to 1.7, so anyone using SVN repositories from garden *might* need to do a fresh checkout. I didn't test anything yet though, I only know that I had problems with the client on my machine now that MacPorts upgraded SVN. (I have also found a weird bug in 1.7.1 client.) I have no idea how server-side upgrades behave on clients. This should more or less affect only me, Taco and those who build binaries for minimals. Plus those who work on meeting/group website occasionally. Mojca

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xml and lua again
by Thomas A. Schmitz 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hi all, again, I'm playing a bit with processing my xml in lua. I want a simple interface for processing tables (I don't need all the power and complexity of cals tables and want to learn something in the process). And I thought that collecting the setups in lua might be the easiest way, but so far, I haven't been successful. Here's an example: \startbuffer[test] <a> <nattable frame="on"> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> </tr> </nattable> </a> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:testsetups \xmlsetsetup{main}{a|nattable|tr|td|}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:testsetups} \startxmlsetups xml:a \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:nattable \startluacode framestate = lxml.att("#1", "frame") context(framestate) context(true) context.placefigure( { "here" }, "none" , function() context.setupTABLE( { "frame=on" } ) context.bTABLE() context.xmlflush("#1") context.eTABLE() end) \stopluacode \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:tr \startluacode context.bTR() context.xmlflush("#1") context.eTR() \stopluacode \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:td \startluacode context.bTD() context.xmlflush("#1") context.eTD() \stopluacode \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{test}{} \stoptext question: I have the value "on" in the lua variable "framestate." But how can I pass this on to the line context.setupTABLE( { "frame=on" } )? I tried something like context.setupTABLE( { "frame=" .. framestate } ) but that doesn't work. Any suggestions? Thomas

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Line spacing with a large font?
by Alasdair McAndrew 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

The title page of a book of notes contains {\tfe This is the title of my book} where I have previously defined \definebodyfont[10pt,11pt,12pt][rm][tfe=Bold at 32pt] However, the title is long and is broken into two lines, which are squashed together vertically. How can I ensure that \tfe uses more interline space? Thanks, Alasdair

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Galleries with photos from ConTeXt meetings: any ideas?
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Oct '11

27 Oct '11

Hello, we currently have two old galleries on contextgarden.net (both hidden, no links to them and both password protected). We have additional galleries on Facebook (accessible to a rather wide audience). And dozens of other photos that have never been uploaded anywhere. And some galleries spread all over the place. I have a few questions: - Should photos from meetings be private or public? (The ones from BachoTeX are public for example.) - In either case I need suggestions about the best option to store photos on new server. (Which software to run?) Mojca

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Wrong reference number
by Andreas Harder 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Hi all, I'm not sure if this was introduced with the latest beta, but I just realized that the referencing numbers not right. \starttext \chapter{First} \in{Figure}[fig:a] % should be 1.1 \placefigure[here][fig:a]{}{} \in{Figure}[fig:b] % should be 1.2 \placefigure[here][fig:b]{}{} \stoptext Regards Andreas

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Some more ToC questions
by Alasdair McAndrew 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Thanks to the great expertise of folk on this mailgroup, I have my chapter headings set so that each one comes out as Chapter n Name of Chapter However, I have a few more questions. First: if I use "completecontent" to display the contents, how can I have the "Contents" title display without my "Chapter" line? That is, is there a way of turning off my chapter command temporarily? (I've found that "title" doesn't work here: If I use "\title{Contents} \placecontent" I still get a "Chapter" line.) Second: I'm writing out a book of student notes, and each chapter ends with a set of exercises. I'd like these exercises to be typeset as unnumbered sections ("subject"s), and appear so in the ToC. Like: 4.4 Second last section 4.5 Last section Exercises What is the best way of doing this (MkII)? I've tried \definehead[exercise][section] \setuphead[exercise][number=no] \setuplist[exercise][headnumber=no] but that doesn't work on its own, and when paired with \definecombinedlist[content][exercise,chapter,section] wipes out the contents completely. Any advice (or even pointers to a web page) would be most welcome. Thanks, Alasdair

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