December 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

optical centering...
by Chris Lott 17 Dec '11

17 Dec '11

I've seen some discussion about creating a verse environment in ConTeXt that handles the alignment of long (broken) lines of text. But I can't find anything about optical centering as can be done in LaTeX using the gmverse package: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gmverse Is there something like this available for ConTeXt? c -- Chris Lott <chris(a)chrislott.org>

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Minion Pro - em and slant?
by Chris Lott 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

I found a bunch of code that sets up Minion Pro (and Myriad) typefaces that seems to work (once I modified MinionPro-Italic and the rest to be MinionPro-It as it is on my system: http://pastebin.com/muSg4dZN However, neither \em nor \slanted make any change to the text. Since I'm basically blindly copying and pasting the typeface setup (is there a better way to use different fonts? The documentation is bewildering), I'm not sure what I need to do to get \em and \slanted working, though I really only care about the former... c -- Chris Lott <chris(a)chrislott.org>

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simplefonts: math in headers
by Philipp A. 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

hi, i have the following setup: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Cambria] \setsansfont[Ubuntu] \setmonofont[Envy Code R][regularfont=envycoder] \setmathfont[Cambria] \setuphead[section][style={\ss\bfb}] \starttext \section{Wat? $y=x^2$} \stoptext why is the math in the header typeset in computer modern instead of ubuntu and how do i fix it? PS: preferrably it should be bold, too. there is a wiki page, “Bold Math in Section Titles <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bold_Math_in_Section_Titles>” but it doesn’t explain how to do it with simplefonts.

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setupheader is ignored
by Steffen Fritzsche 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

Thanks Hans for fixing the other issue! I've just discovered another problem. So far I switched the font in for my headers with the following command \setupheader [style={\ss\switchtobodyfont[10pt]}] this does not work anymore. Is this on purpose or also a bug? Steffen

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Problems with \completecontent after upgrade to latest beta
by Steffen Fritzsche 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

Hi, I just installed the latest beta (2011.12.15) on my workstation. I'm not able to create my document, because there are problems with the placement of my toc. The same tex is running fine on my laptop with (2011.11.29). It hangs while placing the front matter. The following error is displayed: system > tex > error on line 107 in file main.tex: Emergency stop ... 97 98 % ================================================================================================== 99 % STRUCTURE 100 % ================================================================================================== 101 102 \startfrontmatter 103 \completecontent 104 %\completefigures 105 %\completelistings 106 %\component index/abbreviations 107 >> \stopfrontmatter 108 109 \startbodymatter 110 \component chapter01/main 111 \component chapter02/main 112 \component chapter03/main 113 \component chapter04/main 114 \component chapter05/main 115 \component chapter06/main 116 \component chapter07/main 117 \component chapter08/main <to be read again> [ \next_optional_command_yes ...\startnamedsection [ {title}][{title={\headtext... <to be read again> [ \dotripleemptythreenormal #1#2#3->#1[{#2}][{#3}][ ] <to be read again> \doplacecombinedlist \docompletecombinedlist ...]}\doplacecombinedlist [#1][#2]\stopnamedsection ... l.107 \stopfrontmatter ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Were there any changes to this part? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks! Steffen

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beta
by Hans Hagen 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. This one is really beta so don't update if you have a critical workflow (or make a copy). Among the changes are: - page-* : cleaned up, split and made more efficient (maybe typos) - strc-itm : cleaned up (maybe side effects, but it looks ok) - style/color : low level clean up (which means that some t-* files need to be updated in sync) Of course there are the usual fixes / improvements / new bugs. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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crlf in textext?
by Hans van der Meer 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

Is it correct that the use of textext(label,pos) in MetApost pictures does not honor \crlf? I could not make a twoline text with textext("abc\crlf xyz",pos), it comes out as one line "abcxyz". Is it a feature or a defect? Hans van der Meer

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MnSymbol (math) support in ConTeXt
by Peter Park Nelson 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

Hello, I have been developing a new layout environment using Adobe Minion Pro for the main body font. My document will include a significant number of math formulas. I found a thread from earlier this year on the possibility of adding support for the LaTeX MnSymbol font package in ConTeXt, and wondered if anyone has gone farther with this idea. The last recommendation on the thread ( http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2011/057426.html) was to merge the Opentype MnSymbol font with Minion Pro using FontForge -- I tried that using the steps outlined, but reached the same obstacle mentioned by the last poster: the new (merged) font is not recognized by ConTeXt. That approach probably violates the Adobe font license anyway... In a 2009 thread on dev-context, Wolfgang Schuster mentioned an attempt to create a virtual font and typescript for MnSymbol, but he encountered problems with Greek characters. ( http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20091122.164136.5757ec1f.en.html) So, as I don't know how to proceed further, I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has experimented with MnSymbol support, or in finding out what specific steps would be involved in adding support. Also, any recommendations of other math fonts suitable for use with Minion Pro would be welcome. I am currently playing with XITS math, which is Times-like but not too bad a fit. Thanks, PPN -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nelson(a)gmail.com

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math symbols in superscript do not scale properly
by Andreas Mang 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

Hi there, It came to my attention that there might be a problem when using math symbols in the superscript: It seems that the symbols are not properly scaled (if downscaling was what I suppose to be the default behaviour). A small example is given below. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Andreas Minimal example: \setupbodyfont[11pt] \starttext $\int e^{\int f(x) dx} dy$ \stoptext You can extend this by putting multiple superscripts, resulting in no change in size of the $\int$ symbols. Specifications: Mac OS 10.5; ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.29 23:11 MKII fmt: 2011.12.10 int: english/english

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Itemize option “text”
by Andreas Harder 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

Hi Hans, itemize with option “text” gives me still an error (beta: 15-Dec-2011 09:27). \startitemize[text] \item alpha \item beta \item gamma \stopitemize Regards Andreas

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