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Full justification in a table
by Cecil Westerhof 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

I have the following code: \setupbodyfont[10pt] \starttext \input knuth \blank[2*big] \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[c][1][width=.14\textwidth] \setupTABLE[c][2][width=.87\textwidth] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Sample \eTD \bTD \input knuth \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext The text outside the table uses full justification. I want to do the same in the table, but I did not find a way to do this. Is it possible to get full justification in a table also? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Problem with table of contents? (Mark IV)
by Verhaag, G.C.H.M. 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Dear ConTeXt Users', I'm struggling with the setupcombinedlist command to finetune the table of contents of a book I'm currently writing using ConTeXt. I use the following setup command in the preamble: \setupcombinedlist [content] [level=section,width=\textwidth,alternative=g] and use the command: \completecontent[level=section] to actually generate it. When using the alternative=g option the navigation in my pdf document is completely absent, while e.g. alternative=a the navigation is working as aspected! But alternative=g also worked in Mark II! Anybody any idea? Has something changed which I missed? Regards, Gerard Verhaag P.S. I currently use: ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.16 11:00 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.16 int: english/english

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texmf-local
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hello, how to "redirect" the Ctx "local" directory "c:\ConTeXt\tex\texmf-local" somewere else, e.g. to "c:\Lukas\ConTeXt"? I'm looking for a way which would "survive" any occasion I update Ctx (even when I delete the whole Ctx installation directory, = "installation from scratch"), so e.g. editing a config file which would appear in Ctx installation tree doesn't seem to be the best. I would expect e.g. setting a system variable, e.g. "set TEXMFLOCAL=c:\Lukas\ConTeXt"; is there any way like this? TIA. 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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chemic module
by Dr. Joel Carpio Mendoza 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hi! I recently installed the MacTex 2011 distribution and has been trying to typeset some chemical formulas using ConTeXt MKIV (i.e. via ConTeXt (LuaTeX) engine of TeXShop). However, if I try to typeset the following \startformula \chemical{Na^+,+,Cl^-,GIVES,NaCl} \stopformula I get Na+ + Cl— GIVES NaCl (Note: The superscript "+" and "—" of the ions were correctly displayed.) But if I use \chemical{GIVES} under the \startchemical \stopchemical environment, I am able to get the left arrow that it's supposed to produce in the chemical formula environment. I know that the chemic module is already integrated in the ConTeXt MKIV but I just can't seem to do chemical typesetting the way I used to using the 2010 MacTeX distribution. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. joel mendoza

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Sharing color between MP and TeX
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hello, I'd need to use the same color for text and drawing inside a MP code. The typical situation looks the following way: ---- \definecolor[COL][.7red] \starttext \startMPcode label(btex \color[COL]{Some text} etex, (0, 0)); color col; col := .7red; draw unitsquare scaled .5cm withcolor col; \stopMPcode \stoptext ---- The problem is that the color must be defined twice - first as TeX's 'COL', later as MP's 'col'. As far as I know, the 'COL' must be defined inside TeX code as colored text in MP is achieved *only* by calling TeX's "btex \a-color-family-command[a-color][some-text] etex". So that's why I think the color must be defined in TeX. But how to access the TeX's color in MP? Thanks in advance. 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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margin text rotated in inner margin
by Henning Hraban Ramm 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

I already asked this in april, but got no answer, and now I need it again: I need my marginals as one line, rotated in the inner margin (that works) AND ( "hanging" from its place (at the moment it’s "standing") OR aligned to the top or bottom of the text area. ) AND several marginals must not overlap. I guess I need some \framed[align=flushright], but I don't know how. \setuplayout[location=doublesided] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location={footer,right},strut=yes, state=start] \setupmargindata[inmargin][style={\ss\tfx},location=inner,align=outer] \setupmarginframed[inmargin][align=outer,location=inner] \def\Info#1{\margindata[inmargin]{\rotate{\hbox[location=normal]{#1}}}} \starttext \section{Tufte} \Info{This is a text by Tufte 1} \input tufte \Info{This is a text by Tufte 2} \page \section{Knuth} \Info{This is a text by Knuth 1} \input knuth \Info{This is a text by Knuth 2} \input knuth \stoptext "This is a..." *starts* at the base line of the first word of the included text. I want it to *end* at the top of that line. Please? 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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Defining frame-like commands
by Marcin Borkowski 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Hi, I'm feeling like I'm getting close to the daily limit of posts to the list;), but I'm just learning;). I discovered that I can use \defineframed so that I can write \defineframed[myframed][frame=off,background=myoverlay] \myframed{whatever} But I'd like to have "my" counterparts of \inframed, \mframed and \inmframed. Is there any \define-like command for that, too, or do I have to resort to plain old \def? Regards, -- Marcin Borkowski

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itemization vs itemization inside a tabulation stuggles
by Willi Egger 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Hi I have a document where I use itemizations inside a tabulation. In this case the \head command is not respected and it overwrites the previous item. Please refer to the enclosed example. What am I doing wrong or is this a bug? Kind regards Willi

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Pagenumber in footer
by Markus Finke 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

I want to place the pagenumber higher and something is getting wrong: \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided, location={footer,marginedge}, command=\MyPageNumbercommand] \def\MyPageNumbercommand#1{\raisebox{2em}{#1}} I use \usemodule[typearea] and maybe \setuplayout[footer/footerdistance=] is not a good option. TIA!

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Centering text on the width of the page when using \startfiguretext
by Cecil Westerhof 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

I am converting my CV to ConTeXt. Simplified I have the folowing in it: \startfiguretext[right]{none}{\externalfigure[graphics/pasfotoKlein]} \startalignment[center] E-mail: cecil(a)decebal.nl Woonplaats: Werkhoven Geboren: 15 april 1963 te Belleville Ontario (Can.) Nationaliteit: Nederlandse, tevens Canadese Geslacht: Man Burgerlijke staat: ongehuwd LinkedIn profiel: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof \stopalignment \stopfiguretext This centers the text on the space leftover after placing my photo. But I would like the text to be centered on the width of the page, without taking into consideration the space the photo takes up. How would I do that? -- Cecil Westerhof

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