June 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

restrict # TeX Context runs
by Hans van der Meer 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

I am typesetting a lot of small Metapost pictures, each on a separate page: from a few hundred to more than thousand. ConTeXt will pass some three times over the input, but I need just the bare Metapost pictures. My guess is, that one pass over the input will be sufficient to provide a view to all the pictures. How can I restrict the number of passes in the ConTeXt run? It surely is simple, but I cannot find the macro. Hans van der Meer

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setuplist inherit margin and width
by Steffen Wolfrum 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

Hi, say, I want to design the TOC. Now I would write: \setuplist[LevelFour] [margin=1.20cm,width=0.5cm,...] \setuplist[LevelFive] [margin=1.70cm,width=0.5cm,] But is there some clever command that makes a calculation like this: \setuplist[LevelFour] [margin=1.20cm,width=0.5cm,...] \setuplist[LevelFive] [margin={\the\dimexpr\measure{margin[LevelFour]+width[LevelFour]}\relax},width=0.5cm,] Any idea? Thanks, Steffen

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Problem with \definehead
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

Hello, please look at the following minimal example: ---- \definehead[chapterMiddle][chapter] \setuphead[chapterMiddle][align=middle] \definehead[sectionMiddle][section] % Try to comment this line! \definecombinedlist[content][part,chapter,chapterMiddle] \setupcombinedlist[content][alternative=c] \setuplist [chapter,chapterMiddle] [alternative=b,before=\blank,after=\blank,style=bold] % Commands \def\startTitlePage{ \bgroup \let\chapter=\chapterMiddle } \def\stopTitlePage{% \egroup \page } %%% \starttext \placecontent % = TOC \page \chapter{Cha1} \startTitlePage \chapter{Cha2} \stopTitlePage \stoptext ---- Its goal is to define \(start/stop)TitlePage command in which heads will be centred (although they are not mid-aligned by default). (I don't know if my approach is the best - I'm using \chapterMiddle instead of \chapter for this, which is defined as mid-aligned). A \chapterMiddle is derrived from \chapter and has middle alignment. I would need to do a similar thing with \sectionMiddle. The problem is that when I derive a next style - "\definehead[sectionMiddle][section]" (try to comment the proper line), look of the TOC changes (?!) - some extra space before "Cha2" appears; see both test21.pdf and test22.pdf. So how to keep the same look of the TOC? And - would you recommend any better solution how to define \(start/stop)command which would force heads to be mid-aligned? (All compiled with the latest beta, WinXP.) 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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Latest beta: Problems with \startstructurelevel (bug?)
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

Hello, I'm not able to compile the following code with the "ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.15 11:49 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.15 int: english/english": ---- \definestructurelevels [Test] [subsection, subsubsection, subsubsubsection, ] \starttext \startstructurelevel[Test][title=Title] aaa \stopstructurelevel \stoptext ---- I'm getting: ---- ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on line 1 in file C:/Lukas/Jobs/Drachov.PDPS/SO_201/Statics.Tx/SV/Test/test.mkiv: Undefined control sequence ... 1 >> \definestructurelevels 2 [Test] 3 [subsection, 4 subsubsection, 5 subsubsubsection, 6 ] 7 8 \starttext 9 \startstructurelevel[Test][title=Title] 10 aaa 11 \stopstructurelevel l.1 \dostartstructurehead <argument> ...res.sections.startautolevel("Test")} \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 l.9 \startstructurelevel[Test] [title=Title] ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on line 1 in file C:/Lukas/Jobs/Drachov.PDPS/SO_201/Statics.Tx/SV/Test/test.mkiv: Undefined control sequence ... 1 >> \definestructurelevels ---- It was OK with "ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.18 int: english/english". Bug? 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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ConTeXt support for DjVu backend
by Kip Warner 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hey list, Are there any plans to eventually support the DjVu format as an additional backend alternative to PDF? DjVu is a free standard promoted as an alternative to PDF. It is allegedly a superior format. <https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/DjVu> -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Additional title after enumerations-head
by Stefan Müller 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hi list, in one of my documents (MkIV) I defined several different enumerations with \defineenumerations. Currently their only differences are in the values of "text=" and "style=". With the following I got what I wanted so far: \defineenumeration[lemma][text=Lemma, location=serried, width=fit, style=slanted, indenting=yes, prefix=yes, prefixsegments=chapter, indentnext=no] \starttext \startlemma Some slanted text. \stoplemma \stoptext Results in "Lemma 1 Some slanted text", head in bold and the text slanted. But now I have some lemmata that should get some kind of title, for example: "Lemma 1 (Farkas Lemma) Some slanted text." How can I achieve this without defining a new description for every "special case"? I tried something like "\startlemma[right={My title}]" without avail. I want the "title", "(Farkas Lemma)" in the above example, to be placed before the added "distance". In addition I would like to be able to set (within \definedescription for all lemmata would be enough) whether I want the "title" to be bold (like the head "Lemma 1") or not. Is all or some of this possible? I'm pretty confident that ConTeXt can already handle this, but I don't know how. Thanks in advance for any hints! Kind regards, Stefan

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[OT] Sanitiser for OpenType
by luigi scarso 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

http://code.google.com/p/ots/ -- luigi

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Re: [NTG-context] Metafun: shifting picture-solved with experiments.
by dalyoung 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hi, Changing the code as following, it moves to the correct location. There may be a problem using pic := currentpicture; Instead of using draw pic scaled DieSize shifted (dx,dy); apply the shift directly to "draw pips". I just guess that some number are not cleared when I use pic:=... Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Metafun: shifting picture
by dalyoung 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hi, I am trying to draw dominos using metapost and ConTeXt. I borrow part of the code in Threeddice.mp by Dan Lueking for drawing dots. To display blank dominos where I want and drawing one domino work well but drawing several dominos where I want is not working well. (compare domino0 and domino1 in the example) Why do the dominos overlap or locate on the wrong place? Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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\star not working
by Reviczky, Adam 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

> Use $\star$ or \symbol[star]. Thanks, but both will use the math font (in my case: https://github.com/khaledhosny/euler-otf) which doesn't have this symbol. Missing character: There is no ⋆ (U+22C6) in font euler! Using "\star" only worked as a workaround until recently. I'm not doing anything wrong here, am I? I'm looking at: --- \usetypescript[palatino] \definetypeface [palatino] [mm] [math] [euler] [euler][rscale=1.03] \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [boldmath][euler][euler][rscale=1.03] \setupbodyfont[palatino,11pt] \starttext $\star$ \symbol[star] \star \stoptext --- Adam

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