November 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Split option toggles caption font size
by Andreas Harder 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hello Hans, it seems that with the split option the body font setting from tabulate is also applied to the float caption. \starttext \startbuffer \setuptabulate[bodyfont=small] \starttabulate \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stopbuffer \placetable[split]{Should be in normal font size}{\getbuffer} \stoptext Regards Andreas

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Omit part of a caption in a list
by Christian 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Dear all, is the following possible? List of figures 1.1 Figure caption . . . . . . 2 <page break> *imagine figure here Figure 1.1: Figure caption is a lot longer than it appears in the list of figures. I'd like to shorten the captions in the list of figures that I produce using \placelist[figure] (preferably cut off clean, no ellipsis or the like). I know about \nomarking{} but it seems to apply only to chapter, section etc. titles. Cheers Christian

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Help on centering text inside the standard makeup
by Marco Pessotto 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello! I have some problem centering the text inside the standardmakeup. The resulting alignment is centered, yes, but relative to the text block of the defined layout, and being a doublesided document, the left space is lesser then the right space (which is not what I wanted, as it's supposed to be the cover of a booklet). For example: %%%%%%%%% \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \showframe \starttext \startstandardmakeup \raggedcenter This should be the long title \stopstandardmakeup \input tufte \stoptext %%%%%%%%% The \showframe still shows the defined layout for the whole document. I'm reading from Layouts in Context that the standard makeup should “exclude text from the standard pagebody and its layout”. The other solution could using frames, layers and the backgrounds, but I'm pretty sure I'm missing something here and that using the makups is the right thing to do. Setting width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight makes the thing worse. It's like the width starts at the text block of the defined layout. %%%%%%%%% \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \showframe \definemakeup[titlepage][width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight,voffset=0mm,hoffset=0mm] \starttext \starttitlepagemakeup \raggedcenter \bfc This should be the long, long, very long title \stoptitlepagemakeup \input tufte \stoptext %%%%%%%%% Thanks in advance. Cheers -- Marco

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Fonts in Mk IV -- \definefontalternative documentation?
by Peter Park Nelson 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello, I am coming to ConTeXt from LaTeX and have a typescript question. I was searching for information on the mailing list about defining semibold and other font variants, and found the following. Can you tell me if further information is only available in the book "context mkiv -- Fonts" or can I find it somewhere else? I have searched through the revised Fonts chapter of the ConTeXt manual but the \definefontalternative macro and the approach described here are not documented there. The approach below works for me if I adapt it to Adobe Garamond Premier Pro, but I am attempting to build a typescript for that handles optical weights, small caps, etc and I have not been able to make it work yet. Before I try posting a minimal example, I would like to be sure that I am looking at the right documentation. I have looked at the "Fonts in LuaTeX" page on Contextgarden as well, but I don't think I have a full understanding of typescripts using OSFONTDIR fonts yet. If there is something I am missing please let me know. Thanks, PPN ** Based on ideas from the forthcoming book "context mkiv -- Fonts": % note: I have deleted all lines except the relevant ones for defining % the semi bold alternatives \definefontalternative [sb] \definefontalternative [si] \definebodyfont [default] [ss] [sb=SansSemiBold sa 1, si=SansSemiBoldItalic sa 1] \starttypescript [sans] [myriadpro] \definefontsynonym [MyriadPro-SemiBold] [name:myriadprosemibold] \definefontsynonym [MyriadPro-SemiBoldIt][name:myriadprosemiboldit] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [myriadpro] \definefontsynonym [SansSemiBold] [MyriadPro-SemiBold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SansSemiBoldItalic] [MyriadPro-SemiBoldIt] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [myriadpro] \definetypeface [myriadpro] [ss] [sans] [myriadpro] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myriadpro] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[myriadpro,ss] \sb Hello \si Italic \stoptext -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nelson(a)gmail.com

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Help with Image Database in MKIV
by Eidenbenz Michael 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello, I'm trying to use the Image Database feature as described here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image_Database using ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.7 int: english/english Unfortunately I don't manage to get it working. I have all my files in the same directory so this can't be an issue. Since I manage to build a pdf out of the xml I suppose this file is also ok. But when I process the .tex, the figure appear as dummy. here's my tex-file: \usefigurebase[figure-lib] \starttext \externalfigure[resource2] \stoptext and the figure-lib.xml: <rl:library language="en"> <rl:description> <rl:organization>Organisation</rl:organization> <rl:project>PhD</rl:project> <rl:product>figure-lib</rl:product> <rl:comment>pictures of my PhD</rl:comment> </rl:description> <rl:resource> <rl:file>Ball.png</rl:file> <rl:label>resource2</rl:label> <rl:copyright>somebody</rl:copyright> <rl:comment>Ball</rl:comment> </rl:resource> </rl:library> am I missing something? Thanks Michael!

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Figure Help
by Kip Warner 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hey list, Two questions. Is it possible to define / declare a figure with one command instead of having to do something like... \useexternalfigure[SomeFigure][Images/Figure.svg] \externalfigure[SomeFigure][width=2.5cm] Also, how do I shift the figure right a few centimetres in from the left side? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Local footnotes
by Andreas Harder 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Hi Hans, here is the minimal example which shows the problem with local footnotes. \starttext \startlocalfootnotes \dorecurse{23}{footnote\footnote{footnote}\par} % error % \dorecurse{22}{footnote\footnote{footnote}\par} % OK \placelocalfootnotes \stoplocalfootnotes \stoptext Regards Andreas

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chapter please ignore part
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Dear Knights, I seem to remember there was a way to do this, but I can't find it. This is what i want: Part Foo 1 Chapter One 2 Chapter Two Part Foo Moo 3 Chapter Three 4 Chapter Four But what I always get is, obviously Part Foo 1 Chapter One 2 Chapter Two Part Foo Moo 1 Chapter Three 2 Chapter Four What is the correct setting for part and chapter to get the chapter no. to ignore the part no.? The relevant parameters seem to be \setuphead[part][placehead=yes, incrementnumber=no, number=no, continue=no, ownnumber=no] \setuphead[chapter][continue=yes, header=empty, %ownnumber=yes] Of course there is the workaround: \setupheadnumber[chapter][2] But I'd like to know if there is an automated way. Any advice appreciated, 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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Page numbering: conversion broken
by Christian 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Dear list, this \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,left={--~},right={~--}] % taken from contextref.pdf does nothing in ConTeXt ver: 2011.09.12 22:49 MKIV, except adding the '–' left and right. The number is still Arabic. However this \convertnumber{r}{4} works as expected. Is this fixed in a later beta? Best regards Christian

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how to avoid hyphenation
by Robert Zydenbos 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Greetings all, Is there a simple way in ConTeXt to temporarily switch off hyphenation for a single word? I am thinking of something like the trick which works in (La)TeX: \hbox{thisisaverylongword}. I tried this in ConTeXt (MacTeX TeXLive 2010-64), but without success. Robert

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