March 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

MLA Workscited example no longer works
by John Haltiwanger 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

This worked fine when compiling my thesis last year. -- test-workscited.tex % for bibliographic entries % following hanging indent code (also in workscited) taken from % http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2004/005280.html % [NTG-context] Re: Again: "hanging" for a lot of paragraphs? % ~ Patrick Gundlach \def\hangover{\hangafter=1\hangindent=0.5in} \definestartstop[workscited][ before={ \page[no] \indenting[never] \startalignment[left] \bibliography{Recommended Reading} \stopalignment \setupwhitespace[medium] \bgroup\appendtoks\hangover\to\everypar }, after={ \egroup \indenting[yes]}] \starttext \startworkscited \input{knuth} \stopworkscited \stoptext

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Which standard installed font displays ' and ` good
by Cecil Westerhof 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

I am still experimenting. With the default ' is reasonably displayed, but ` not. I liked palatino, but then even ' is not displayed nicely. What is the best (standard installed) font where both ' and ` are good displayed? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Automatic cross reference to next page at automatic page breaks only
by Matthias Weber 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear all, I am trying to create a screen document that relies entirely on navigation via links. A typically page has several cross references in it the reader has to choose from (think of multiple choice tests). Occasionally, a page is too long to fit on a single screen. I would like to have a link to the next page at the bottom right corner of the screen whenever a page break occurs that is not forced via say a new section. In other words, whenever *automatic* page breaks occur, I want that extra link in the footer. In all other cases, I have my own manual links. Any ideas? Thanks, Matthias

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Bug in \seeindex (MkIV only)
by Vedran Miletić 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hi, in mtx-context | current version: 2011.03.22 13:59, using MkIV the following code My \index{dog}dog is a \index{dog+bullterrier}bullterrier named \seeindex{Dolly}{Underware}Dolly. He doesn't like \index{cat}cats. There are a lot of \index{cat+stray}stray cats, but only a few of them are \index{cat+Siamese}Siamese. \placeindex Produces only "see Underware" under "d" in Index, without "Dolly". MkII works fine. Regards, Vedran Miletić

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withdots framing (sharing an example)
by Pavel Striz 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Good evening, dear ConTeXtists, Mr. Eyre in his conference proceedings paper to be (http://striz9.fame.utb.cz/docasne/bulletin/NEtypo.pdf) applies withdots framing via TikZ as he told me. I passed him one of your ideas (Aditya Mahajan, Wolfgang Schuster) and he slightly extended it using Metapost to fit his examples. I am just sharing it with all the sincere greetings. Pavel Striz http://striz9.fame.utb.cz/docasne/bulletin/framed.pdf http://striz9.fame.utb.cz/docasne/bulletin/framed.tgz a.k.a. \startuniqueMPgraphic{Label} path p; p := (0,0) -- (OverlayWidth,0) -- (OverlayWidth, OverlayHeight) -- (0, OverlayHeight) -- (0,0); draw p withpen pencircle scaled 1pt dashed withdots; setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox OverlayBox; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[Label][\useMPgraphic{Label}] \defineframed[Text][background=Label,frame=off,location=low] \starttext AAA \Text{BBB} CCC \Text{DDD} EEE \def\Picture#1#2#3% {% \vbox to 3in% {% \vfil% \placefigure[left][#3]% {% \hangindent=0.5pt\hangafter=1{}% #2% }% {% \hskip-11pt\hbox to 3in% {% \Text% {% \externalfigure[#1][width=3in]% }% \hss% }% }% }% }% \Picture{Distract.pdf}{Caption}{Refmarker}% \stoptext

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Minute not working in unit module?
by Matthias Weber 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear all, \usemodule[units] \starttext $1 \Minute$ \stoptext gives an undefined control sequence for \Minute, both in mk2 and mk4. Matthias

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Floating picture and footnotes
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hello, I encountered a bit strange effects when using footnotes in the area which is formed by a floating object. Consider the following example: --- \setupinteraction[state=start] % Heads \setupheads[aligntitle=float] % Graphics \startreusableMPgraphic{Dgm} draw (0,8cm)--(0,0)--(5cm,0)--cycle; \stopreusableMPgraphic % Body \starttext \subject{AAA\footnote{aaa}} \input tufte \blank\placefigure[left,none]{}{\framed[frame=on,offset=6pt]{\reuseMPgraphic{Dgm}}} \subject{BBB} TTT\footnote{ttt} \subject{CCC\footnote{ccc}} \input tufte \stoptext --- Three "types" of footnotes appear in the bottom of the page: 1) black, non-interactive (refers to the same page as the footnote is defined), 2) coloured, interactive (although it refers to the same page as the footnote is defined), - the footnote mark (in place of footnote definition) is also coloured and interactive and refers to the bottom (of the same page), - the coloured footnote number ("2") seems to me a bit thicker than if it were "normal" (i.e. black, non-interactive), 3) black, interactive (although it refers to the same page as the footnote is defined). IMHO, all three cases the footnotes should have the same colour and "interactivity". - The effect is not serious, but it may be something "to be thought about". Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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\hyphenatedurls woes in mkii
by Taco Hoekwater 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hi, For a change, I have a question of my own. Consider this file: \setupinteraction[state=start] \useURL [myurl] [http://hosting.elvenkind.com/cgi-bin/action=list] [] [\hyphenatedurl{http://hosting.elvenkind.com/cgi-bin/action=list}] \starttext See \from[myurl]\par See \url[myurl]\par \stoptext I would like to use the \from because that is more consistent with the rest of my document, but in mkii \from (or more precisely: \processisolatedwords) puts in spaces after each breakpoint. Does anybody know how to get rid of these? (no issue in mkiv, but this is an older setup where mkii is required). Best wishes, Taco

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tabulate
by Herbert Voss 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

this worked some time ago. Current minimal mkiv \def\tabulateuse#1{% \dorecurse{\numexpr2*#1-1\relax} {\span\omit}} \appendtoks \let\use\tabulateuse \defineTABLEshorthands \to \everytabulate \starttext \starttabulate[|l|Bc|c|c|c|r|] \NC a\NC b\NC c \NC d\NC e\NC f\NC\NR \NC a\NC \use2 b\NC d\NC e\NC f\NC\NR \NC a\NC \use3 b \NC e\NC f\NC\NR \NC \use4 a \NC e\NC f\NC\NR \stoptabulate \stoptext system > tex > error on line 10 in file 09-02-30.ctxcrop: Undefined control sequence ... 1 \def\tabulateuse#1{% 2 \dorecurse{\numexpr2*#1-1\relax} 3 {\span\omit}} 4 \appendtoks 5 \let\use\tabulateuse 6 \defineTABLEshorthands 7 \to \everytabulate 8 \starttext 9 \starttabulate[|l|Bc|c|c|c|r|] 10 >> \NC a\NC b\NC c \NC d\NC e\NC f\NC\NR 11 \NC a\NC \use2 b\NC d\NC e\NC f\NC\NR 12 \NC a\NC \use3 b \NC e\NC f\NC\NR 13 \NC \use4 a \NC e\NC f\NC\NR 14 \stoptabulate 15 \stoptext Herbert

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(RSFS) font installation
by mathew 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

\starttypescript [sans][dingbats][name] \definefontsynonym [Sans][file:d050000l] \stoptypescript \definetypeface [dingbats][ss][sans][dingbats][default] \starttext {\getnamedglyphdirect{dingbats}{0x272a}} Or here's the character directly: ✪ \stoptext Anyone else running Ubuntu who can confirm that this doesn't work using the dingbats font installed by Ghostscript? Also doesn't work if you replace file:d050000l with name:dingbats and yet: $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=dingbat* dingbats dingbats /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/d050000l.afm dingbatsnormal dingbats /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/d050000l.afm mathew

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