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\setupindenting
by Cecil Westerhof 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

I just discovered \setupindenting. I use: \setupindenting[yes, medium] This does not indent the first paragraph on a page. Is it possible to also not indent a paragraph after a blank? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Need help with the table of contents
by Julian Becker 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hello everybody, I have a little issue with the table of contents. The document I am writing consists of several parts and now my question is the following: In the table of contents, the line corresponding to the start of a new part always starts like "Part 1 Name of first part". How do I get rid of the "Part", so that the corresponding line starts directly with the number of the part like "1 Name of the first Part"? Thanks alot, Julian -- Julian Becker Institut für Angewandte Physik, R.123 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Corrensstr. 2/4 48149 Münster / Westfalen Tel. 0251 83-3 61 53 Mob. 0151 599 848 29 e-mail: j_beck16(a)uni-muenster.de "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for it is the wellspring of life."

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(no subject)
by David Abdurachmanov 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

http://www.gim1bem.waw.pl/FaS3242.html

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circled number for item head
by Jeong Dalyoung 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Dear all, I'd like to use circled number for item head. I found one method which use a counter as follows: \def\circlednum#1{\uchar{36}{95+#1}} \defineconversion[myitem][\circlednum] \starttext \startitemize[myitem, pack] \item 111 \item 222 \item 333 \item 444 \item 555 \stopitemize \stoptext But it has a limitation of numbers. I think that there is a better way for this like using overlay something, I guess. Is there any general method which is good for any letter? Thanks for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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criterium=cite
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Dear Hans, What is the status of criterium=cite in "bib module" for MKIV? \placepublications doesn't want to leave the uncited references out. (There are workarounds like making copies of bibliography and only include the items that have to be cited, but it is not too convenient to use.) Thanks a lot, Mojca

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Footnote disappears (TABLE, itemize)
by Vedran Miletić 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hi, the following code makes first footnote disappear. \starttext \placetable{My table}{\bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\bf Something} \eTD \bTD \startitemize[1, packed] \item First \item Second\footnote{test1} hello \item Third\footnote{test2} hello \stopitemize \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE} \stoptext Vedran Miletić

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Use of em dash and en dash
by Cecil Westerhof 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Until now I always used a - (minus sign) to define a sub sentence or for an optional word, like: This is -now- not necessary, I understood that normally you use the em dash for this. But for only a word, this seems a little big. Could I then use an en dash or should I keep using a minus sign? In which other places should they be used? -- Cecil Westerhof

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More bibl-apa.tex modifications
by Pontus Lurcock 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hello, I have found another minor problem in the bibl-apa style (ConTeXt v. 2011.02.25 22:03), this time for Master's theses, which get an extra space between the phrase ‘Master's Thesis,’ and the university's name and address, thus: Smith, A. B. (2000). A Thesis Title. Master's thesis, City, Country: University of Something. I think this would be better as: Smith, A. B. (2000). A Thesis Title. Master's thesis. City, Country: University of Something. (This also changes the comma to a dot.) I have implemented this with the following modifications to bibl-apa.tex (original lines commented out, mine inserted afterwards): ---- \setuppublicationlayout[mastersthesis]{% \insertauthors{}{ }{}% \insertpubyear{(}{). }{}% \inserttitle{\bgroup }{\egroup \insertseries{ (}{)}{}. }{}% \insertbibtype{}{.}{Master's thesis.}% % \insertbibtype{}{, }{Master's thesis, }% \insertpublisher{ }{.}{.}% % \insertpages{ }{p. }{}% \insertpages{ }{ p. }{}% \insertnote{ }{.}{}% } \setuppublicationlayout[phdthesis]{% \insertauthors{}{ }{}% \insertpubyear{(}{). }{}% \inserttitle{\bgroup\it }{\egroup \insertseries{ (}{)}{}. }{}% % \insertbibtype{}{, }{PhD thesis,}% \insertbibtype{}{.}{PhD thesis.}% \insertpublisher{ }{.}{.}% \insertpages{ }{ p. }{}% \insertnote{ }{.}{}% } ---- This also incorporates three other changes: changing the comma after ‘PhD thesis’ to a dot; removing the space after the punctuation in the PhD bibtype ‘after’ group (only used if type is specified); and adding a space to the start of the pages ‘after’ group. I hope that these can be incorporated, if they meet with agreement. Aside: this still doesn't correspond to current official APA style (though it's a bit closer), but I'm not sure how many people care about that. In my case I only care that my bibliography doesn't show obvious weirdness like double spaces. Here's a minimal example to show the behaviour (the spacing=packed makes it clearer where the extra space appears): ---- \startpublication[k=mcmillan1993abbotsford,t=phdthesis, a={{McMillan}},y=1993, n=150,s=McM93] \author[]{S.~G.}[S.~G.]{}{McMillan} \title{The Abbotsford Formation} \pubyear{1993} \pubname{University of Otago} \city{Dunedin, New Zealand} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=vondobeneck1985gesteinsmagnetische,t=mastersthesis, a={{von Dobeneck}},y=1985, n=483,s=vD85] \author[]{T.}[T.]{von}{Dobeneck} \pubyear{1985} \title{{Gesteinsmagnetische Untersuchungen an tiefseesedimenten des Sudatlantiks}} \pubname{Inst. Allg. und Angew. Geophys., Ludwig Maximilian University} \city{München} \stoppublication \setuplanguage[en][spacing=packed] \starttext \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext ---- Pont

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[***SPAM***] Minimals ignores structureblockenvironment for frontmatter etc.
by Tom 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Minimals MKIV ignores the structureenvironment blocks when the suffix is 'matter' but applies them if the suffix is 'part.' Furthermore, they are applied in \starttext if between \startfrontmatter -- \stopfrontmatter, etc. blocks and error if between \startfrontpart -- \stopfrontpart, etc. blocks. The following code executes but does not apply the environment block commands. Commenting out the three \startstructureblockenvironment commands with 'matter" arguments and uncommenting the three 'part' commands will cause the environment block commands to be executed. Ironically, the \start-\stop pairs between \starttext and \stoptext error if 'part' is used but execute if 'matter.' \def\MyFrontMatterCommand#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\framed[frame=off,align=middle,width=broad] {\switchtotypeface[ChapterStart] #2}} \def\MyChapterCommand#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\framed[frame=off,bottomframe=on,topframe=off] {\vbox{\centerline{\headtext{chapter} #1}\par\blank{\centerline{#2}}}}} \definepagebreak[mychapterpagebreak][yes,header,right] \startstructureblockenvironment[frontmatter] %ignored if frontmatter, applied if frontpart %\startstructureblockenvironment[frontpart] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,location=bottom,conversion=romannumerals] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bfd, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, number=no,after={\blank[0.5in]}] \stopstructureblockenvironment \startstructureblockenvironment[bodymatter] %ignored if bodymatter, applied if bodypart %\startstructureblockenvironment[bodypart] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location=] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,location=bottom,conversion=numbers] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bfd, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, after={\blank[0.5in]},before={\blank[force,1.0in]} \placeinitial] \stopstructureblockenvironment \startstructureblockenvironment[backmatter] %ignored if back, applied if backpart %\startstructureblockenvironment[backpart] \setuphead[title] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bfd, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, number=no,after={\blank[0.25in]}] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bfd, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, number=no,after={\blank[0.25in]}] \stopstructureblockenvironment \starttext \startfrontmatter % errors if startfrontpart %sample front matter \input knuth \completecontent[alternative=c,criterium=all] \chapter{Preface} \input knuth \chapter{Introduction} \input knuth \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter %errors if startbodypart \chapter{I Was Born} \input knuth \chapter{I Observe} Lorem {\index{lorem}}ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas ipsum turpis, imperdiet vel aliquam eu, iaculis at lorem. Proin ut orci ac dui sodales commodo vel quis sem. Etiam nunc odio, luctus non cursus elementum, elementum non. \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter %errors if startbackpart \title{Appendices} \page[blank] \completeindex \stopbackmatter \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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pdfboxes (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hi Hans, there is a typo in lpdf-mis.lua local function pagespecification() local pageheight = tex.pdfpageheight local box = pdfarray { -- can be cached boxvalue(leftoffset), boxvalue(pageheight-topoffset-height), ^^ should be "+" boxvalue(width-leftoffset), boxvalue(pageheight-topoffset), } lpdf.addtopageattributes("CropBox",box) -- mandate for rendering lpdf.addtopageattributes("TrimBox",box) -- mandate for pdf/x -- lpdf.addtopageattributes("BleedBox",box) -- lpdf.addtopageattributes("ArtBox",box) end I hate to use Acrobat for the pdf boxes, because it 'ruins' the PDF :-) Regards, Peter

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