July 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

n-dash and line break
by Thomas A. Schmitz 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

Hi all, is this the intended behavior? In mkiv, no line break after an n-dash; in mkii only if it is keyed in as "--", not directly as the utf char. I think lines should be broken at n-dashes. All best Thomas (hope the example isn't maimed by my mail agent) \setuplayout[width=5cm] \enableregime[utf] \showframe \starttext 0--1--2--3--4--5--6--7--8--9--0--0--1--2--3 0–1–2–3–4–5–6–7–8–9–0–0–1–2–3 \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] beta
by Andreas Harder 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

Am 15.07.2011 um 13:33 schrieb Hans Hagen: > On 15-7-2011 1:00, Andreas Harder wrote: > >> The problematic part was \setupblank[medium]. Would it be possible to make this setup work also before \start[component | prodoct | text]? > > Well, in that case you need to initialize the bodyfont beforehand. Normally it should sync itself so there must be some interference somewhere. If I'm getting you right, this should work? \startbuffer \setupbodyfont[modern] \setupblank[medium] \showframe \stopbuffer \getbuffer % \setupblank[medium] not applied \starttext % \getbuffer % \setupblank[medium] applied \dorecurse{17}{\dorecurse{35}{test }\par\blank} \stoptext Andreas

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From \chapter to \startchapter \stopchapter
by Cecil Westerhof 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

Instead of only pdf I also need to generate XHTML. For this I need to use \startchapter and \stopchapter instead of \chapter. When it is like: \chapter{A descriptive title} I have to change it to: \startchapter[title=A descriptive title] . . . \stopchapter But how do I change something like: \chapter[aboutLink]{A descriptive title} -- Cecil Westerhof

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File.export to File.html
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

Hello, the following question may relate to XML processing rather to Context. But someone may have needed to solve the problem. Lets have a File.export which was generated by Context with "\setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]". Such a XML output file uses tags like: <section> <sectionnumber> <sectiontitle> <sectioncontent> <itemgroup> <item> ... Has anyone solved conversion of such a file to an [arbitrary] .(x)html? I have only slight knowledge about XML transformations - the task is just about converting the Context XML to XHTML - and I would be hardly able to write a XSLT from scratch. Moreover, I don't have personal experience with any XML processor/converter. It wouldn't be so important how the resulting .html would be "perfect"; the main goal is to convert Context File.export to File.html with working hyperlinks to view it in a web page viewer. Could anyone describe his experience? - Processor, support file(s) (XSLT?); any demos of such support files (their "minimals") or "complex solutions" would be welcome; whatever working solution. I'm WinXP (32b) user, so demos for Windows are preferred but any hints are welcome. Kind 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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bib module (again)
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

Hi, I have a basic problem with the very first step of using bibliographies in ConTeXt: converting BBI to BBL files. And, as far as I have understood, the only thing that ".bst" files do is sorting. This means that a plain run of bibtex like this ... \setupbibtex[database=mytry_x.bib] \starttext Test \completepublications \stoptext ... should convert the entire database (eg. from a ".bib" file) in TeX-parsable records, written in a ".bbl" file. If I want to shorten many authors to just one followed by "et al." there is the otion "authoretallimit" that specifies the number needed to trigger 'et al.' handling. This can be set *later* in setuppublicationlist. But when I run the minimal exmaple above against this database "mytry_x.bib": @BOOK{daunerliebkonzenschmidt, author = {Peter Schlechtriem and Horst Konzen}, } @BOOK{schlechtriemschmidtkessel, author = {Peter Schlechtriem and Horst Konzen and Karsten Schmidt}, } ... the resulting bbl lookes like this: \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={SKS},totalnumber=2] \startpublication[k=daunerliebkonzenschmidt,t=book, a={{Schlechtriem},{Konzen}},y=, n=1,s=SK] \author[]{Peter}[P.]{}{Schlechtriem} \author[]{Horst}[H.]{}{Konzen} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=schlechtriemschmidtkessel,t=book, a={{Schlechtriem},{}},y=, n=2,s=SKS] \author[]{Peter}[P.]{}{Schlechtriem} \author[]{Horst}[H.]{}{Konzen} \author[]{Karsten}[K.]{}{Schmidt} \stoppublication So the three authors *are* already shortened to "a={{Schlechtriem},{}}" only! Is this a bug or a hidden preset that I just didn't found yet? Any help would be appreciated Steffen

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UTF8 / TeXUtils parsing error
by Brian Wedde 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

Minimal example: \enableregime[utf] \defineregister[Index][Indeces] \starttext \Index{x}x. \pagebreak \placeIndex \stoptext When compiling, TeXUtils has a heart attack: . . . TeXUtil | parsing file <filename>.tui TeXUtil | fatal error in plugin (processing): invalid multibyte escape <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/texutil.rb:204:in `prepare' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/texutil.rb:886:in `block in processor' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/texutil.rb:878:in `each' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/texutil.rb:878:in `processor' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/texutil.rb:127:in `block in processors' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/texutil.rb:125:in `each' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/texutil.rb:125:in `processors' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/texutil.rb:1060:in `processed' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb:1667:in `block in runtexutil' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb:1660:in `each' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb:1660:in `runtexutil' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb:1981:in `processfile' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb:1149:in `block (2 levels) in processtex' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb:1139:in `timedrun' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb:1148:in `block in processtex' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb:1145:in `each' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb:1145:in `processtex' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:66:in `process' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:56:in `main' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/switch.rb:133:in `execute' <contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:795:in `<main>' This causes cumulative errors on each iteration with "repeating indices". The culprit is "\enableregime[utf]". It works fine with TeXLive2010 on Linux, but not on a ConTeXt Minimals (stable) installation on FreeBSD. I'm assuming I haven't installed something correctly. \contextversion outputs "2010.07.30 11:35" Any thoughts? This one is over my head. Thanks! Your help is very much appreciated

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Fw: A question about layers
by Marcin Borkowski 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

I am sorry, Hans, I sent this (and the next message) to you instead of to the list. Here's a forward: Dnia 2011-07-14, czw o godzinie 16:29 +0200, Hans Hagen pisze: > On 14-7-2011 4:25, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > > OK, > > > > after a pm from Mojca concerning my previous question I decided to > > look into the "layers" mechanism. > > > > It won't work for me - just nothing shows up. > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > Here's a minimal example: > > > > \starttext > > \definelayer[title][x=105mm,y=20mm] > > \setlayer[title]{This is the title.} > > \stoptext > > > > (I'd also like to be able to "anchor" the title so that > > (105mm,20mm) are the coordinates of the center, not the lower-left > > corner etc. How to do that?) > > \flushlayer[title] Thanks too; but again, what does this do exactly? (Sorry for asking dumb questions, but I'd like to understand the underlying mechanism, not only learn how to use it...) -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl

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Layouts in ConTeXt book finished and available
by Taco Hoekwater 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

Hi all, We are glad to announce the availability of another ConTeXt book: Layouts in ConTeXt Willi Egger & Hans Hagen & Taco Hoekwater "One of the principles behind ConTeXt is that you can create your own styles. Often defining a style starts with setting up the page layout. This booklet explains in detail how to do that. It also contains information on how to prepare your documents for professional printing, including page imposition." ISBN 978-94-90688-00-4, in English, 142 pages, 24 EURO excl. shipping. http://www.h2o-books.com/node/12 (English website interface) http://www.h2o-boeken.nl/node/12 (Dutch website interface) Please allow a little bit more time for delivery than 3-4 workings days when you place an order immediately. We ordered an initial set from the printer this morning, but it turned out that there were already more pre-orders than Taco had anticipated, so most of the books from that initial set are already sent out. And while our supply line is fast, it is not quite doable to get a new stack within 3 working days. Best wishes, Boekplan / H2O Books PS We have received a cease&desist for http://www.boekplan.nl/ from the company that owns http://www.boekenplan.nl/, we have switched to the new name "H2O Boeken" (H2O Books). This new name is based on the first letters of the last names of the owners of the company.

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Important 5th ConTeXt meeting news (again)
by Taco Hoekwater 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

Hi again, Some more important news follows. Please read carefully, especially the section about the early bird registration change. == Location change (again) == After further inquiries, it turned out that the proposed venue at Charneux did not have any internet access at all. Predicting that this would be somewhat of an inconvenience, I decided to move the location yet again. This location change is not very important except to people coming in by car: we will still be in the same part of Belgium, but now a little bit to the north of Liège, instead of to the east. The new location is a small romantic château in Bassenge-Boirs: http://www.sjetootje.nl/ The meeting website is updated as well, of course. == Early bird registration change == Mojca pointed out by email that it was now impossible to register as early bird for people that could not / would not attend Southern France, but would be interested in coming to Belgium. This would be a little unfair, so we came up with a new early bird solution: Anyone will be eligible for early bird reduction that manages to have the appropriate amount transfered to my bank account on July 31, 2011. Anyone paying after that day has to pay the full amount. As we are talking about reception date here and international transfers can take a few days, this means that international transfers should be started no later than July 25, 2011. *Please note* that this now also works the other way around: unless you manage the payment in time, you will not be eligible for the early bird discount. Not even if you registered at BachoTeX already! That is perhaps a little unfair, but it is the consistent thing to do (and it helps to make the new budget balance out). == Best wishes, Taco

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Optimal way to defining of macros in Luacode in ConTeXt
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

Hello ConTeXist. How best (optimally) in Lua code in ConTeXt define own ConTeXt macros? I was used recently LuaTeX syntax (for example) : tex.sprint(tex.ctxcatcodes,'\\def\\mymacro\{arg of mymacro\}') But someone advised me that I use the better syntax: context('\\def\\Mymacro\{arg of mymacro\}') or context("\\def\\test#1{#1}") etc... Exist other (best or most optimal) way to do? for example something like: context.def.mymacro("first arg", "sec arg:") (which of course does not work ...) Thanx Jaroslav My example: \startluacode function ar2rom(arnum) -- Convert Arabic numbers to Roman. Used for "numbering" column in the TeX macros local romans = {{1000, "M"}, {900, "CM"}, {500, "D"}, {400, "CD"}, {100, "C"}, {90, "XC"}, {50, "L"}, {40, "XL"}, {10, "X"}, {9, "IX"}, {5, "V"}, {4, "IV"}, {1, "I"} } local romnum='' for _, v in ipairs(romans) do -- create of the Roman numbers val, let = unpack(v) while arnum >= val do arnum = arnum - val romnum=romnum..let end end return romnum end for i = 1, 10 do tex.sprint(tex.ctxcatcodes,'\\def\\macro'..ar2rom(i)..'\{macro '..i..'\}') context('\\def\\Macro'..ar2rom(i)..'\{Macro '..i..'\}') end tex.sprint(tex.ctxcatcodes,'\\def\\mymacro\{arg of mymacro\}') context('\\def\\Mymacro\{arg of Mymacro\}') \stopluacode \starttext \macroI, \MacroI \macroII, \MacroII etc ... \macroIX, \MacroIX \macroX, \MacroX \Mymacro, \mymacro \stoptext

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