May 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

focus=standard not respected
by Marco 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

In the following example the page focus jumps back to »fit« after clicking on the footnote number after »Foo«, although »focus=standard« is set. \setupinteraction [state=start, focus=standard] \starttext Foo \startfootnote Bar \stopfootnote \stoptext How to respect the users scaling factor? BTW: Is there a particular reason why »focus=fit« is the default? Why should the page scaling change because the user clicked on a hyperlink? Marco

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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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math: using bold charaters for number sets
by Paul Menzel 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, according to [1] the number sets were originally set using bold characters and only on the blackboard the double strokes were used. ConTeXt defines for example `\naturalnumbers` or `\reals` [2] which are set using double strokes. How can I redefine those to be just bold? Thanks, Paul PS: Does somebody actually use these commands (`\naturalnumbers`, …`) or do you define for example `\N`? [1] http://projekte.dante.de/DanteFAQ/MathematischerFormelsatz#22 [2] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Blackboard_bold

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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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Re: [NTG-context] writing the name of the section on all the pages
by alexandre＠stdin.fr 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Thanks again, it works very well. However I still have one question: is it possible to decide of the placement of the overlay and its alignment? With your example the section name is centered both horizontally and vertically. I'd like to flush it right at least. Greetings, Alex On Thu 19/05/11 19:31, "Marco" netuse(a)lavabit.com wrote: > On 2011-05-19 Alexandre Leray <alexandre@ > stdin.fr> wrote: > > Thanks Marco, > > > > I'm probably missing a piece here has it doesn't > produce anything > visible in my composition. I'm a newbie at context; > could you detail a > little bit more how to implement this or is this > snippet anything I'm > supposed to need? > > Here is a small complete example: > > > \setuplayout [location=doublesided] > \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided] > > \setupbackgrounds [state=repeat] > \defineoverlay [side] > [{\rotate[rotation=90]{\getmarking[section]}}] > \setupbackgrounds [text] [rightmargin] [background=side] > > \starttext > > \dorecurse{10} > {\startsection[title=Section \recurselevel] > \input knuth \page > \stopsection} > > \stoptext > > > Works here with MkIV 2011.05.18 22:26 > > Marco > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > maillist : ntg-contex > t(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / > http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > >

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fit to width by negative letterspacing or narrowing
by Henning Hraban Ramm 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hello again, it's been a while... ;-) I need to pack fixed lines into a fixed width box. Some years ago I had something similar in plain PostScript, where I pre-calculated the width of a text box, let the default font if it would fit my max size, otherwise try a narrow font and if that wasn’t enough decreased font size until it would fit. This time I've only one font and must not decrease font size, but must use negative kerning and perhaps some artificial narrowing. How can I do that with ConTeXt? I use MkIV, so any Lua solution is welcome. Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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