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linux / tetex
by Hans Hagen 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hi, I don't know who maintains this http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation but the reference to tetex looks obsolete to me Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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TOC : margin size doesn't reset if next section is a chapter
by Mathieu DUPONT 26 May '11

26 May '11

In the following example, I set the margin for subsections to 1.25cm, in order for the subsection number to be aligned with the titles of sections.If the next "section" after a subsection is a section or another subsection, there is no problem.But if (as shown here) the next "section" (after a subsection) is a chapter, it becomes shifted to the right (its margin is 1.25cm).Is there something I could add to my command \ChapterList to "reset" the margin to 0cm ?Thanks ! \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPTER~] \define[3]\ChapterList{ \blank \par\noindent\currentlistsymbol\crlf #2\enspace\listdots\enspace #3\par }\setuplist[chapter][ margin=0cm, % this line doesn't do anything label=yes, alternative=command, command=\ChapterList, ]\setuplist[section][margin=0cm,width=1.25cm]\setuplist[subsection][margin=1.25cm,width=1.25cm] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{CHAPTER}\section{SECTION}\subsection{SUBSECTION} \chapter{CHAPTER}\section{SECTION}\subsection{SUBSECTION} \stoptext Mathieu

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LuaTeX regression?
by Reviczky, Adam 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hi It appears that something went wrong with the svn rev. 4283 (I think 4282 was still ok). Simple hello world tex gives me: mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/reviczky/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/reviczky/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./test.tex" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.71.0-2011052518 (rev 4283) \write18 enabled. mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted Adam

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TOC : Changing the interline spacing of titles, for long titles on multiple lines
by Mathieu DUPONT 25 May '11

25 May '11

Hi, Is there a way to have, in the table of contents, the titles (of chapters, sections, subsections, etc.) with a different interline spacing than the rest of the TOC ?My TOC interline spacing is set at 1.5 (4.2ex), but I would like to have the long titles on multiples lines being only single interline spaced (2.8ex).Is there something I could add in the \setuplist[chapter] command ? Thanks for any hint ! \setupinterlinespace[line=4.2ex] % 1.5 interline \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPITRE~]\define[3]\ChapterList{ \blank\par\noindent\currentlistsymbol\crlf #2\enspace\listdots\enspace #3\par\blank[0.1cm]}\setupcombinedlist[content][level=3,alternative=c]\setuplist[chapter][ label=yes, alternative=command, command=\ChapterList, ] \starttext \completecontent \startbodymatter\chapter{THIS VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG TITLE SHOULD BE SINGLE INTERLINE-SPACED (line=2.8ex)}\section{THIS VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG TITLE SHOULD BE SINGLE INTERLINE-SPACED (line=2.8ex)}\subsection{THIS VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG TITLE SHOULD BE SINGLE INTERLINE-SPACED (line=2.8ex)}\stopbodymatter \stoptext Mathieu

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math: too big space between function and argument
by Paul Menzel 25 May '11

25 May '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, to markup the probability measure and the parenthesis around the argument, I defined the following command. \define[1]\P{{\mathbf P}\left( #1 \right)} Unfortunately the space between the P and the left ( is a little big in my opinion. Is that correct or should/can I fix that somehow? Thanks, Paul

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Current Mk IV doc?
by Peter Davis 25 May '11

25 May '11

Where can I find the most recent ConTeXt documentation? The files I found here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page show November 2001 as the date. Is there anything newer? Thanks! -pd -- ---- The Tech Curmudgeon http://www.techcurmudgeon.com

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Punctuation in bibliography
by Oliver Buerschaper 24 May '11

24 May '11

Dear all, is there a way for the bibliography style to scan back for punctuation marks before it inserts punctuation of its own? Please see --- \startpublication [a={Ellen Dissanayake}, k=DIS:wha, t=book, y=1988] \author{Ellen}[E.]{}{Dissanayake} \lang{en} \pubname{University of Washington Press} \pubyear{1988} \title{What is Art for?} \stoppublication \setuppublications [alternative=apa] \starttext \cite[DIS:wha] \placepublications [criterium=all] \stoptext --- It would be great if I could make the full stop after the question mark disappear… Many thanks for any help, Oliver

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Simplefonts, latest beta and binoms
by Cedric Mauclair 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi list, I have some troubles with the simplefonts module. The following worked fine before (2011.02.25 22:03, need to add '\usemodule[newmat]'), but doesn't anymore (2011.05.18 22:26). Minimal example reproduced here. Whatever font I try, the output of the parentheses is the same. Setting the math font doesn't help either. \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Calluna]% could be Latin Modern Roman %\setmathfont[Latin Modern Math]% as in t-simplefonts.tex \starttext \startformula \binom{1}{2} \stopformula \stoptext Regards. -- Cédric

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alternating items in an itemization
by Jesse Alama 24 May '11

24 May '11

I'd like to define an itemization that has two kinds of items, representing a dialogue between two people. (One could imagine extending this to more than two.) I'd like to have something like this: \startdialogue \john What did you have for breakfast? \mary I skipped breakfast today. \john Oh, why? \mary Because I wasn't hungry. I was too distraught at what had happened the previous night. \stopdialogue The \john and \mary parts would each be their own paragaphs. The paragraphs would be colored with different text backgrounds, and joined up with one another (that is, the blocks of text representing the paragraphs for the different speakers would be adjacent to one another). I've tried doing this using \defineparagraphs, \defineframedtext, and \defineenumerations, but I can't quite get the right effect; \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[john-background][backgroundcolor=green] \definetextbackground[mary-background][backgroundcolor=red] \definestartstop[dialogue] \defineparagraphs[john][before={\starttextbackground[john-background]},after={\stoptextbackground}] \defineparagraphs[mary][before={\starttextbackground[mary-background]},after={\stoptextbackground}] Putting this before the above \start/stopdialogue snippet (suitably enclosed in \start/stoptext) gives me an error about a missing "}"; I suppose I'm overlooking something. An enumeration-based solution would be along these lines: \defineenumeration [chat] \setupenumerations [chat] [joinedup,packed] \define[0]\john{\item John: } \define[0]\may{\item Mary: } I can't figure out how to get the textbackgrounds to work here, and there's a bullet symbol at the beginning of every "dialogue paragraph", which I'd rather get rid of (and I don't want the indent between the bullet and the beginning of the text). A framed-text solution starts to come close: \defineframedtext[john][frame=off,background=color,backgroundcolor=magenta] \defineframedtext[mary][frame=off,background=color,backgroundcolor=lightred] But then the boxed paragraphs are separated from each other by some vertical whitespace. Another idea would be to use tables, but I haven't explored that yet. Any suggestions for how to render "dialogues" as above in ConTeXt? Thanks, Jesse

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Aligning numbers in the footnote block
by Oliver Buerschaper 24 May '11

24 May '11

Dear all, is there a way to align the numbers in the footnote block (flush) right as is done without the key "location=left" in the following? I don't want the numbers in the margin though… --- \setupdescriptions [footnote] [location=left, distance=1ex] \setupnote [footnote] [numbercommand=] \starttext This\footnote{This} is\footnote{is} a\footnote{a} little\footnote{little} test\footnote{test} for\footnote{for} the\footnote{the} look\footnote{look} of\footnote{of} footnotes\footnote{footnotes} \stoptext --- Many thanks, Oliver

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