March 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

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by Tom 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

The following code seems to ignore both justification (to the extent that a mono-spaced font could be justified) and the right margin. I recall seeing something that deals with this problem somewhere but can't recall where. \starttext \tt Janet had gone away to get the bath ready, when my aunt, to my great alarm, became in one moment rigid with indignation, and had hardly voice to cry out, {\quotation Janet! Donkeys!} Upon which, Janet came running up the stairs as if the house were in flames, darted out on a little piece of green in front, and warned off two saddle-donkeys, lady-ridden, that had presumed to set hoof upon it; while my aunt, rushing out of the house, seized the bridle of a third animal laden with a bestriding child, turned him, led him forth from those sacred precincts, and boxed the ears of the unlucky urchin in attendance who had dared to profane that hallowed ground. \rm \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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Interaction menu in layer
by Ian Lawrence 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

morning... Is it possible to put the interactionmenu in a layer to position it? Thanks Ian

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lines tightly fitting together
by Hans van der Meer 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Silly perhaps, but I am stuck with something that shouldn't be difficult to solve. I want to fill lines with small blocks (\vrule's just 0.2 mm high) and then fit the indivdual lines as tight together as is possible. Trying \setupinterlinespace[height=0.2,depth=0] did not help and the kludge \switchtobodyfont[0.1pt] does has the spirit of ConTeXt ;-) Anybody out there knowing how to do it? Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] No widows and orphans
by Philipp Stephani 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Am 01.03.2011 um 16:03 schrieb ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl: > Von: Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof(a)gmail.com> > Datum: 1. März 2011 15:56:03 MEZ > An: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] No widows and orphans > Antwort an: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > > > 2011/3/1 Thomas A. Schmitz <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> > > On Mar 1, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > > > I do not want to have widows and orphans. Because of this I use: > > \clubpenalty=10000 > > \widowpenalty=10000 > > > > But this has no effect. Still the last two lines of a paragraph are put on the next page instead of the complete paragraph. > > I think you are confusing things here: orphans and widows refer to single lines on the following/preceding page. So if you get two lines, you get exactly what you ask for. If I understand you correctly, you do not want to break paragraphs vertically at all? > > Okay, I did not understand the terminology correctly. > > Yes, in this particular case I would like not to break them. I don't know whether that still works in ConTeXt, but try \interlinepenalty=10000 > What would also be acceptable is when there are at least five lines on the page. Try this (again untested): \clubpenalties 5 10000 10000 10000 10000 10000 \widowpenalties 5 10000 10000 10000 10000 10000

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"Fonts in ConTeXt" is now available from boekplan.com
by Taco Hoekwater 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

After some delays, thankfully the book "Fonts in ConTeXt" is now finally available for immediate ordering. "Fonts in ConTeXt" describes how to define and use fonts in ConTeXt MkIV. In this book, for the first time all existing documentation related to fonts has been combined into a single document. In 128 pages, the reader is guided through everything there is to know about fonts in ConTeXt MkIV. The earlier chapters deal with the theory behind the font subsystem of ConTeXt and explain how to use the font switching macros. The later chapters deal with defining fonts, for both single (symbolic) fonts and complete typescripts for font families. Finally, there are chapters on extending the ConTeXT font system and font installation. "Fonts in ConTeXt" costs 19 euro + p&p, and can be ordered from http://www.boekplan.com/ Hans and I have decided that there will not be a free PDF version; ordering a hardcopy is the only way to get this book. Please note that besides receiving a useful book, you will also be sponsoring ConTeXt development by doing so! Taco Hoekwater (also for Hans Hagen)

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No hypenation on words like e-book
by Cecil Westerhof 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I am trying to make an e-book with ConTeXt. The word e-book is used in this e-book. ;-} Sometimes e- comes on the end of the line and book at the beginning of the next. Is there a way to circumvent this? I could ofcourse change all occurences with \hbox{e-book} (and the same for e-mail, ...), but I was hoping there is a better solution. -- Cecil Westerhof

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playing colors
by Hans van der Meer 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Started for myself some learning on colors in ConTeXt. In the manual there is a nice colorpalette shown (section 6, page 141). However, I cannot reproduce this. The following minimal example shows colored texts, but \showcolor[color-name] just produces black boxes with ominous zeroes behind it. What am I missing here? The wiki didn't procure more information then the manual. Hans van der Meer \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \switchtobodyfont[20pt] \starttext \color[red]{hello} \quad \color[green]{hello} \quad \color[cyan]{hello} \quad \showcolor[red] \showcolor[green] \showcolor[cyan] \stoptext

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linespacing?
by Hans van der Meer 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

This comes from the ConTeXt manual (section 4, page 65) \starttext \setuplinespacing[height=1mm] \stoptext It gives an error: ! Undefined control sequence. l.2 \setuplinespacing [height=1mm] ? Two pages earlier there is \starttext \setupinterlinespace[height=2] \stoptext And this works, but I am not sure what the number values for height and depth mean. I guess fractions of the normalbaselineskip, but I could not find it defined in the text there. What doesn't work is for example: \starttext \setupinterlinespace[height=1ex] \stoptext But sounds fairly natural to me. However, the error is: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> p \!!plus ->p lus \setnormalbaselines ...gridsnapping \else \!!plus \baselinegluefactor \openl... \spacing ...thfactor \points }\setnormalbaselines \setstrut <inserted text> ...nizefont \fi \spacing \plusone \presetnormallineheight \s... \setfontparameters ...tsfalse \the \everybodyfont \synchronizefontstrue ... l.2 \setupinterlinespace[height=1ex] May I kindly suggest that some has a look at this? Hans van der Meer

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Item description in bold
by Cecil Westerhof 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I have something like: \startitemize \item Description one Some text belonging to this description. \item Description two Some text belonging to this description. \item Description three Some text belonging to this description. \stopitemize I would like to have 'Description one', 'Description two' and 'Description three' in bold and the rest of the text not. Is this possible? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Personalizing a PDF generated with ConTeXt
by Cecil Westerhof 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I would like to integrate in the generated PDF's some personal information. What would be the best way to do this? -- Cecil Westerhof

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