April 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

latest Context Minimals Installer for Windows
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

To whom it may concern - here is the latest version of Context Minimals Installer for Windows, now working under Windows 7. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=484PR9UL Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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by Roger Mason 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hello, I'm working on a project to set up exams, basing the work on Aditya's asignment class that was published in Practex in 2006. I have a problem getting title information printed correctly. This is a cut-down version: \setupcolors [state=start] \definecolor [colorone] [r=0.625,g=0,b=0] %dark red \definecolor [colortwo] [b=0.625,g=0,r=0] %dark blue \def\exam[#1] {\getrawparameters [Exam] [ title= course=, date=, start=, stop=, #1] \title{\Examtitle}} \definefont [BigFontOne] [RegularSlanted sa 2.5] \definefont [BigFontTwo] [Regular sa 1.5] \setuphead[title] [ style=\BigFontOne, command=\examtitle, before={}, after={\blank[big] \bgroup \colortwo Date: \expanded{\date[Examdate]} \hfill Start: \expanded{Examstart} Stop: \expanded{Examstop} \egroup\blank}, ] %D This macro does the actual typesetting of the title \def\examtitle#1#2% {\framed[ width=broad, frame=off, align=middle, foregroundcolor=colortwo, % I want a shadow around the title frame background=shadow] {#2\\{Examcourse}}} \exam[ title=Mid-term 2010, course=ES2917, date={d=17,m=2,y=2010}, start={9:00 am}, stop={11:00 am} ] I'm processing this with Mark II. The problems are that (1) The literal 'Examcourse' is typeset; (2) Today's date is typset, not the one entered in the interface; (3) The start and stop times are typeset as literals 'Examstart' & 'Examstop' Thanks for any help, Roger %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: t %%% End:

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Re: [NTG-context] Latest betas break tikz matrix
by Mathieu Boespflug 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hi Aditya, > Could be due to the change in catcode of &. Try adding \donknuthmode. It doesn't make any difference if I put the \donknuthmode just before \starttikzpicture. But If I put it before the \usemodule[tikz], then I get another error: Package pgfbasematrix: Error! Single ampersand used with wrong catcode. ! Missing number, treated as zero. system > tex > error on line 12 in file testcontext.tex: Missing number, treated as zero ... 2 \usemodule[tikz] 3 \usetikzlibrary{matrix} 4 5 \starttext 6 \tikzstyle{description}=[fill=white,inner sep=2pt] 7 \starttikzpicture 8 \matrix(m)[matrix of math nodes, 9 row sep=3em, column sep=3em, 10 text height=1.5ex, text depth=0.25ex] 11 {x&y\\ 12 >> z&u}; 13 \path[->] 14 (m-1-1) edge node[description] {$*$} (m-1-2) 15 edge node[description] {$*$} (m-2-1) 16 (m-1-2) edge[dashed] node[description] {$*$} (m-2-2) 17 (m-2-1) edge[dashed] node[description] {$*$} (m-2-2); 18 \stoptikzpicture 19 \nonknuthmode 20 \stoptext 21 <to be read again> \pgf@matrix@column@sep@2 \pgf@matrix@endcell ...ixcurrentcolumn \endcsname \relax \advance \pgf@picmi... <template> \pgf@matrix@endcell }\endtemplate \pgf@matrix@no@eom@found ->\cr \noalign {\vskip \pgf@y \ifpgf@matrix@fixed \... <to be read again> z l.12 z &u};

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background over two page
by Emanuele Sacco 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Hi all, I'm using context MkII. My code is \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbackground [bottomframe=on, rulethickness=1pt, rightframe=on, leftframe=on] \starttext Good: \startbackground \input knuth \stopbackground Not good: \startbackground \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \stopbackground \stoptext The second backgrounded text is on two pages. Is there a way to not show the bottomframe at the end of the first page? thanks ES -- Al mondo ci sono 10 tipi di persone: quelli che conoscono il sistema binario e quelli che non lo conoscono.

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Fifth ConTeXt meeting, September 2011, France
by Arthur Reutenauer 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hello everyone, This must be the second thread I initiate this year on the list, but unlike my previous post (http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/048296.html) this is actually serious. I hereby announce the next ConTeXt meeting, that will take place on the island of Porquerolles off the coast of the French Riviera, from Monday, September 19th, 2011, to Saturday, September 24th. The conference venue has been pre-booked for these dates, so this is firm. Of course, there is yet nothing like a set program at this moment, so we're expecting your proposals (there will be a formal call for papers later). Watch this page: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/ Registration is not yet open, but will be in a few weeks. The fee is notably higher than it was for the previous ConTeXt meetings (see http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/fee.shtml) I'm sorry about that, but that is the best I can do in this place, short of feeding on black roots and camping in the woods or on the beach (which is forbidden anyway on the island, it's a protected area apart for the village). But food will instead be excellent, obviously, and wine is included in the price of the meals (that was actually one of the first things I was told by the people at the conference venue). See you in Porquerolles! Arthur

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t-filter: no table created when Unicode characters are included
by Paul Menzel 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, the filter module installed using $ ./first-setup.sh --extras="t-filter" does not work with the following example, which is also attached. \usemodule[filter] \defineexternalfilter[rest][filtercommand={pandoc -f rst -t context -o \externalfilteroutputfile\space \externalfilterinputfile}] \starttext There should be a table here. \startrest ========= ========= test table ========= ========= α b c d ======== ======== \stoprest \stoptext The output file `minimal-temp-rest.tex` is just empty. Replacing »α« by »a« solves the problem. Running `filtercommand` in a terminal produces the *correct* output though and no empty file. Is that a known problem? I also include a patch adding this example into `tests/` in [1]. Thanks, Paul [1] https://github.com/adityam/filter

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Feature request: setuppapersize
by Aditya Mahajan 22 May '11

22 May '11

Hans, Since we have some leverage with backward compatibility in MkIV, can we make \setuppapersize (slightly) more intuitive. Normally, one would expect \setuppapersize[A5] to be equivalent to \setuppapersize[A5][A5] but currently it is equivalent to \setuppapersize[A5][A4] This is a bit confusing, and means that we always have to specify the printpaper size; even if it is equal to paper size. Can we modify the definition of \dodefinepapersize to change this behavior? \def\dodefinepapersize[#1][#2][#3]% {\ifsecondargument \doifsomething{#1} % to be sure {\doifassignmentelse{#2} {\getparameters [\??pp#1] % geen \c!scale, scheelt hash ruimte [\c!width=\@@ppwidth,\c!height=\@@ppheight,\c!offset=\@@ppoffset,#2]% %AM: Added these two lines \setvalue{\??pp:1:#1}{#1}% \setvalue{\??pp:2:#1}{#1}}% {\setvalue{\??pp:1:#1}{#2}% \setvalue{\??pp:2:#1}{#3}}}% (*) see below \else \getparameters[\??pp][#1]% \setuppapersize % hm. this will freeze ! \fi} Perhaps, in line (*), we should also check if #3 is something, otherwise set ??p:2:#1 to #2: \doifsomethingelse{#3} {\setvalue\??pp:2:#1}{#3}} {\setvalue\??pp:2:#1}{#2}} What do you think? Aditya

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externalfigure error in current mkiv beta
by Lutz Haseloff 17 May '11

17 May '11

Hi all, with the current Context beta ConTeXt ver: 2011.04.13 09:23 MKIV fmt: 2011.4.19 int: english/english and a recent luatex LuaTeX, Version beta-0.66.0-2011041617 (rev 4160) (Win 7 64bit) the externalfigure macro breaks with following message: metapost > loading 'metafun.mp' (experimental metapost version two) metapost > terminal: >> picture ! Isolated expression. <to be read again> ; <*> externalfigure "hacker.png" ; ; metapost > error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages metapost > terminal: [1] metapost > error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages metapost > terminal: metapost > error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages metapost > terminal: metapost > error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages metapost > terminal: (Please type a command or say `end') metapost > error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages metapost > terminal: metapost > error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages metapost > terminal: metapost > error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages metapost > terminal: >> picture ! Isolated expression. <to be read again> ; <*> externalfigure "hacker.png" ; ; My code: \starttext \startMPcode externalfigure "hacker.png" ; \stopMPcode \stoptext The current "current" from http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip works ok. Greetings Lutz

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\setuplayout fail to \setupinteractionscreen
by Markus Finke 17 May '11

17 May '11

Hello, how can I get a centered paper of A5 on A4 (with crop marks) for the whole document? A minimal example, only the first page looks correctly: \setuppapersize [A5][A4] \setuplayout [marking=on,location=middle] \showframe \setupinteraction [state=start] \setupinteractionscreen [option=singlesided] \starttext \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \page} \stoptext

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nested quotes ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 May '11

14 May '11

Hi, I just saw something handy in a LaTeX document: nested quotes! The source looked liked this... \enquote{Needless to say \enquote{mind mapping} is just ...} And the result looked like this ... “Needless to say ‘mind mapping’ is just ...” Do we have something like this in ConTeXt too? Steffen

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