July 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

When is \usetypescript needed?
by Marcin Borkowski 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

As in the topic. For example, \setupbodyfont[antykwa-poltawskiego] works without \usetypescript, but \setupbodyfont[antykwa] not. Why is that so? Regards, -- Marcin Borkowski

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accessing to system fonts in TL2011
by Pablo Rodríguez 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

Hi there, I'm new to ConTeXt. I would like to check some basic capabilities in ConTeXt, after browsing the really impressive presentation Thomas Schmitz gave on critical editions at Dante 2011 (congratulations, Thomas). I have just installed TL 2011 and I would like to be able access to system fonts (which are found in directories under /usr/share/fonts/). It seems that mtxrun --script fonts needs each individual directory listed. How could make it under Fedora 14? My initial script is (with no scripting performance): export OSFONTDIR="/usr/share/fonts/*/" Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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[OT] Research into Generative Typesetting
by John Haltiwanger 30 Jul '11

30 Jul '11

Hi everyone, As some of you may know, in 2010 I attained a masters degree in New Media from the University of Amsterdam. The title of my thesis is "Grammars of Process: Agency, Collective Becoming, and the Organization of Software". * [PDF](http://drippingdigital.com/gop/grammars_of_process.pdf) * [TeX](http://drippingdigital.com/gop/grammars_of_process.tex) * [HTML](http://drippingdigital.com/gop) * [thesis-groomer.rb]( https://github.com/ab5tract/new_media/blob/master/thesis/infrastructure/the…) in case you are interested in the glue. Linked above are the PDF and HTML versions of the thesis, which attempts to examine generative typesetting (ie, going from one input into multiple outputs with various properties) through the lens of new media theory and the 'transductive' cybernetics of Gilbert Simondon. The introduction is particularly heavy with new media theory, but as the chapters progress I think it becomes more readable for those unfamiliar with this discourse. The 'Operating Systems' chapter was quite fun to write and hopefully contains some interesting history and reflections. One of the things this list might be excited about is the typography itself. I use many of Robert Bringhurst's suggestions, and I think the output is much the better for his advice.[^1] The HTML version was never totally finished (I'd prefer it to have JavaScript interaction and more Web-specific functionality). In fact, I had quite some plans for it, but as the deadline of the thesis approached, I necessarily poured my efforts more into content than presentation, and where presentation was concerned I was much more preoccupied with the Context version. All in all, I am happy with the thesis but I also know that it could use some work. If you have any feedback, please let me know. [^1]: If anyone is interested, I'm thinking I might make a module that sets up the environment according to these conventions. Because I was concerned with both PDF and HTML output, I chose to work in Markdown with Pandoc as my input format. Through the course of trying to manage a generative workflow, I had to make some unfortunate concessions: on the one hand, I had to process some of the input in order to get some basic things I needed, such as a blockquote environment for Context, handling the title page layout and abstract, among other things; and on the other hand I was forced to avoid bibliographic automation and instead had to be very careful to manually cite all my references. (This was because, at the time, Pandoc did not have the any capacity to do citation management that would work within HTML; with its new CiteProc support it seems that this is now feasible). Tagged PDF support is out of the question due to Pandoc generally only having MkII support, including lacking newer stuff like \startchapter..\stopchapter and \hyphenatedURL. The main conclusion I had about generative typesetting is that we are missing a crucial "glue layer". I have written some on a system which I call Subtext, a mutable translation layer where one is in control of both the syntax and the translation effects from a configuration file. Pandoc is great, but Subtext approaches the edge cases of generative typesetting differently by encouraging output-specificities without requiring anyone to learn Haskell to gain a little more control. Looking over Hans' new `m-markdown` code, I am beginning to see a clearer vision of how to go about implementing this. I've done some presentations on generative typesetting: * [Generative Typesetting @ Libre Graphics Meeting 2011]( http://river-valley.tv/generative-typesetting-with-context/) * [Textual Liberation @ The Unbound Book Conference]( http://e-boekenstad.nl/unbound/index.php/john-haltiwanger-generative-typese… ) * [Sozi notes]( http://drippingdigital.com/conf/unbound-book/textual-liberation.svg) Anyway, I thought that perhaps someone here might find some bit of this interesting. Have a great weekend! Sincerely, John

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\hrulefill in ConTeXt?
by Marcin Borkowski 30 Jul '11

30 Jul '11

Hi, how to achieve an effect similar to \hrulefill in plain TeX? (Or maybe with a specified width instead of a "fill"?) Best, -- Marcin Borkowski

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Re: [NTG-context] [AUCTeX] PDF viewer: Evince
by Alasdair McAndrew 30 Jul '11

30 Jul '11

I'm using auctex within Emacs, and my .emacs includes: '(TeX-command-list (quote ( ... lots of other TeX-related commands... ("Evince" "evince %s.pdf" TeX-run-background nil (context-mode))))) -Alasdair On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Tassilo Horn <tassilo(a)member.fsf.org>wrote: > Christoph Bier <christoph.bier(a)web.de> writes: > > Hi Christoph, > > >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > >> (eval-after-load 'tex > >> '(add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "xpdf"))) > >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > >> > >> So, I suppose you just need to replace "xpdf" by "Evince". > > > > Thanks! But no, I already have this line---with Evince---in my > > .emacs. I think I need to adjust TeX View Program List similar to > > "okular %o#src:%n%b" for Okular. > > Depends on your AUCTeX version. At least the current CVS has Evince > support built in (including forward/backward search). > > ,----[ C-h v TeX-view-program-list-builtin RET ] > | TeX-view-program-list-builtin is a variable defined in `tex.el'. > | Its value is shown below. > | > | Documentation: > | Alist of built-in viewer specifications. > | This variable should not be changed by the user who can use > | `TeX-view-program-list' to add new viewers or overwrite the > | definition of built-in ones. The latter variable also contains a > | description of the data format. > | > | Value: (("xdvi" > | ("%(o?)xdvi" > | (mode-io-correlate " -sourceposition \"%n %b\" -editor \"%cS\"") > | ((paper-a4 paper-portrait) > | " -paper a4") > | ((paper-a4 paper-landscape) > | " -paper a4r") > | ((paper-a5 paper-portrait) > | " -paper a5") > | ((paper-a5 paper-landscape) > | " -paper a5r") > | (paper-b5 " -paper b5") > | (paper-letter " -paper us") > | (paper-legal " -paper legal") > | (paper-executive " -paper 7.25x10.5in") > | " %d")) > | ("dvips and gv" "%(o?)dvips %d -o && gv %f") > | ("gv" "gv %o") > | ("xpdf" > | ("xpdf -remote %s -raise %o" > | (mode-io-correlate " %(outpage)"))) > | ("Evince" > | ("evince" > | (mode-io-correlate " -p %(outpage)") > | " %o")) > | ("Okular" > | ("okular --unique %o" > | (mode-io-correlate "#src:%n%b"))) > | ("xdg-open" "xdg-open %o")) > `---- > > Bye, > Tassilo > > > _______________________________________________ > auctex mailing list > auctex(a)gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex > -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://bit.ly/Alasdair Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew

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arranging and cut marks
by Henning Hraban Ramm 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

In recent versions (didn't test any other than the latest two betas, and only MkIV) the "3SIDE" imposition schema, written by Willi Egger in 2003, doesn’t work any more; the error says something about "the letter 6 is not a valid prefix". So I deleted "3SIDE" from http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition - I can replace it with "XY" like this: My setup is: \definepapersize[filius][width=92mm, height=172mm] \setuppapersize [filius][A4,landscape] \setuppaper [nx=3, ny=1, dx=0mm, dy=0mm, topspace=19mm, backspace=10.5mm] \setuplayout [page] [topspace=19mm, backspace=10.5mm, location=middle, marking=on] \setuparranging [XY] For the records: You need to call \setuppaper[nx=3,ny=1] *before* \setuparranging[XY] ! Remaining problem (and difference to "3SIDE"): I don’t get cut marks *between* those imposed pages, only the outer ones appear. Can I change that, and how? Here's usable test setup: \setuppapersize [A7][A4,landscape] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location=footer] \setuplayout [margin=0pt,width=fit] \setupbackgrounds [text][text][background=screen,backgroundscreen=0.7] %\setupcolors [state=start] \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=on] \setuppaper[nx=4, ny=2] \setuparranging [XY] \def\Style{[XY 4*2]} \startbuffer[Fakepage] \strut \blank[force] \midaligned{\Style} \vfill \midaligned{This is page \recurselevel} \vfill \stopbuffer \setupheadertexts[\CONTEXT] \starttext % \showframe \dorecurse{16}{\getbuffer[Fakepage]\page} \stoptext 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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Error messages sometimes horrible wrong
by Cecil Westerhof 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

I have had it before, but had it just again, and it can make live quit difficult. Instead of \getvariable I had used \getvar on line 3206. But the error message of ConTeXt was pointing me to line 330. This makes finding and correcting errors a little difficult. -- Cecil Westerhof

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MP and multiline text
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Hello, is it possible to create multiline text only with \crlf, \par etc. inside a MP block? The following example treats \par (or \crlf resp.) as a space (or skips it completely), so is there another trick? ---- \setMPtext{Text}{TEXT\par UUU} \startuseMPgraphic{Test} fill fullsquare xyscaled(10cm, 5cm) withcolor red; label(btex AAA aaa etex, (0, 1cm)); label(btex BBB \crlf bbb etex, (0, 0cm)); label(btex CCC \par ccc etex, (0, -1cm)); label(\MPbetex{Text}, (0, -2cm)); \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \useMPgraphic{Test} \stoptext ---- Or - if multiline text is wanted - each line of the text must be placed separately by MP code? 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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Background color of table cells?
by Alasdair McAndrew 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

I'm setting up a table, for which I'd like the first column to have a background of a middle gray. According to the wiki, something like this should work: \starttable[|p(4cm)|p(11.75cm)|] \HL \BL[1]\AR \VL\tfa{\bf A bit of text}\VL A lot of text, which will be broken up into several lines\VL\AR \HL \stoptable There are two problems here: (1) the background covers only the line of "A bit of text" and not the entire cell, and (2) the background color is too light. I experimented with this from the wiki: \starttabulate[|CR{red}c|CC{yellow}c|CM{green}c|CL{blue}c|] \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC \NR \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC \NR \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC \NR \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC \NR \stoptabulate but it produced no colors at all (and yes, I do have colors turned on). How can I achieve the effect I'm after? Thanks, Alasdair

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Squashing up lines?
by Alasdair McAndrew 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

I'm preparing a grant application, for which the template is given in MS Word, and for which the instructions are that the final application must be no more than 4 pages. I'm trying to re-create the Word doc in ConTeXt, and to keep within the page limit I'd like the text to be as tight as possible. This means: minimal space before and after an itemize environment, and between items. And also minimum space between lines. I'm using the Arial font, so as to most closely approximate the MS Word original. How can I do this? Thanks, Alasdair

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