August 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

rotated columns
by Jano Kula 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

Hello to everybody, how to rotate balanced columns to avoid the prevdepth conflict? I've tried \rotate, \framed (to box the content), \vbox, \hbox, etc. with no luck. \starttext \startcolumns[n=2,balance=yes] \input tufte \stopcolumns \stoptex Thanks for the hints, Jano

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filter and/or vim module in current beta
by Andreas Schneider 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

Hi, it seems the filter module doesn't currently work (in MkIV at least). It may be a problem with the vim module though, I'm not quite sure. The following example doesn't produce any output: -----8<--------------------------------------------------- \usemodule[vim] \definevimtyping[PASCAL][syntax=pascal] \starttext \startPASCAL program test; begin writeln('Hello World!'); end. \stopPASCAL \stoptext -----8<--------------------------------------------------- The output of context has only one line regarding t-filter: t-filter > command : I guess it's just "normal" then that there's no output ... if nothing is run. Any ideas whats going wrong here? Btw.: ConTeXt ver: 2011.08.26 13:32 MKIV fmt: 2011.8.26 int: english/english -- Best Regards, Andreas

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TeX overview: some history and relations
by Mojca Miklavec 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

An overview of TeX, its children and their friends ... http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tex-overview

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\framed feature request
by Marcin Borkowski 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

Hello Hans, there are toffset, boffset, loffset and roffset parameters to \framed, and an offset parameter which sets all four (if I get it right). Would it be a trouble to add also hoffset (setting [l|]offset) and voffset (setting [t|b]offset)? Best, -- Marcin Borkowski

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\setuplayout and splitted rotated tables
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

Hello everybody. I managed to set ConTeXt to properly split a rotated table. Now I have a big problem with the correct placement of page number in footer. If I set different layout and numbering in footer is OK then the table is badly divided. Is there some choices for layout settings so that the page numbering to work correctly in footer while the table rotated to properly divided? I tried many setups with diferent parameters of layouts but without succes. I'm beginning to feel that perhaps will not even possible do that. Must I turn off page numbering in footers, and manually put the data at the corresponding position on the page by using layers? Or exist any way to do it using \setuplayout? Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my example: % http://source.contextgarden.net/page-lay.mkiv %\showframe \definepapersize[paperportrait][A4] \definepapersize[paperlandscape][A4,landscape] \definelayout[portrait][width=fit, topspace=5mm, header=1cm, footer=1.5cm, height=fit] \definelayout[rotatedportrait][location=middle,width=fit, height=fit, topspace=3.5cm] \setuppapersize[paperportrait] \setuplayout[portrait] \setupfootertexts[ŠVP Gymnázia Zábřeh][section][ŠVP Gymnázia Zábřeh][section] \setupfooter[style=\ssxx] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,location=footer, left=---\ , right=\ ---] \setupTABLE[split=yes] \setupTABLE[row][first][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=2cm] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=3cm] \setupTABLE[column][4][width=4cm] \setupTABLE[column][5][width=5cm] \setupTABLE[column][6][width=6cm] \setupTABLE[column][7][width=5cm] \starttext \setuplayout[portrait] \input tufte \page \setuplayout[rotatedportrait] \placetable[90,split][tab:example]{Example of a rotated table} { \bTABLE \dorecurse{65}{\bTR\dorecurse{7}{\bTD x\eTD}\eTR} \eTABLE } \stoptext

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Splitting of rotate table
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 28 Aug '11

28 Aug '11

Hello ConTeXtist... How can I arrange for correct split of rotated tables? Division table does not respect margin of the page and on the next page is the rest of the table in the middle of the page (and not on the left edge). The table is placed separately on the whole page. Can reasonably arrange some trick? Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my minimal example: \setupTABLE[split=yes] \setupTABLE[row][first][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=2cm] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=3cm] \setupTABLE[column][4][width=4cm] \setupTABLE[column][5][width=5cm] \starttext \splitfloat {\placetable[here, force, 90][tab:example]{Example of a rotated table}}{ \bTABLE \dorecurse{35}{\bTR\dorecurse{5}{\bTD x\eTD}\eTR} \eTABLE} \stoptext

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fonts
by Hans van der Meer 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

I guess I am missing something in my font handling here, but do not know what. Hans van der Meer This is the minimal example: \def\fontname{antykwa} \setupbodyfont[\fontname] \starttext Requested font = \fontname.\crlf \showbodyfont \stoptext This is my setup with respect to fonts: context/tex/texmf-fonts (link to /usr/local/textlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts Executed: mtxrun --script fonts --reload Executed: mtxrun --script fonts --list --name antykwa giving as output: antykwatorunskaregular antykwatorunskaregular AntykwaTorunska-Regular.otf Below is the output of the minimal example. Mark that \showbodyfont names modern, not antykwa. I get the same result with other fonts mentioned in "fonts in context" page 69-71 as preloaded typescripts! For example calling typeface cambria it even gives an error: ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. system > tex > error on line 6 in file test.tex: Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set ... 1 \def\fontname{cambria} 2 \setupbodyfont[\fontname] 3 \starttext 4 Requested font = \fontname.\crlf 5 \showbodyfont 6 >> \stoptext 7 \doshowbodyfont ...mr \languageparameter \c!text $ \quad }\vrule }\cr \noalig... <to be read again> \stoptext

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TOC struggles
by Willi Egger 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi all, I have a quite simple document and would like to get a table of contents. However I can not manage to get this done. - This sounds quite stupid but... Running ConTeXt version 2011.08.26 Please refer to the minimal example attached. Kind regards Willi

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Is there any change in processing of Projects, Product and Components?
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hello ConTeXtsist ... Has anything changed in the functioning of ConTeXt MkIV processing of larger projects (containing more components)? Some time (one or two months) ago I was using standalone to compiled an extensive project and everything was OK, but now it looks as if the component does not load at all! It is necessary to explicitly specify the file extension? Why components (in separate files) into all the main project file do not load? Thanks Jaroslav Hajtmar

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Reflections the interplay between units and digits
by Ian Lawrence 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Morning all… I think that there are several issues in the interplay of the \units and \digits command that could be a bit better (Sorry Hans…all meant in the best possible way). So here is a complete example and the pdf I get, after some experimentation. With kludges of my own. I'd guess there are several people using ConTEXt for the sciences, so this may help some, or some may set me on a better path… ___ \starttext \setdigitmode 6 {\em digit exponent powers - don't work} \digits{20e-12} \digits{-123.222,00e-12} % this one gives nothing at all But it seems it should \emdash\ ConTEXt magazine3 May 2003, from which the following non-working examples come \digits 123.222,00^10 % this one gives nothing at all \digits 123.222,00e10 % this one gives nothing at all \digits /123.222,00e-12 % this one gives nothing at all \digits -123.222,00e-12 % this one gives nothing at all \digits +123.222,00e-12 % this one gives nothing at all {\em spacing and decimal points} \digits 12,345,000.90 Has the same effect as this hard-coded beasty. 12~345~000.78 Digits without exponents seem to work.... \digits 1230.92 \digits{12,460,800.89} {\em Now a little challenge - write out the speed of light, with units. So to combine units with digits} \unit{299792458 meter inverse second} % en-route, but I'd like every three digits separated by a non-breaking space So try the digits command - two possibilities %\digit {\unit{299792458 meter inverse second}} % digits nests units - well the interpreter rejected this one %\unit{\digit{299792458} meter inverse second} % units nests digits - and this one. Conclusion digits and units don't play nicely together...unless someone has a nice solution Maybe a bit hard coding - fugly, but maybe... \unit{299~792~458 meter inverse second} % fails to interpret units, so no good 299~792~\unit{458 meter inverse second} % looks OK, but inelegant Now for trying to write in standard form..first the inelegant form, but giving a passable result Speed = 3 \times\ \unit{10^8 meter inverse second} But I'd guess this will not be inside a tex box, so the layout might be dodgy... numbers and units should not be split over two lines... A much more elegant solution would be: Speed = \unit{3e8 meter inverse second} % the documentation seems to support this, but not the practice... This one would be cleanly coded, if only the exponentiation worked... {\em spread of a physical quantity} One more, whilst I'm here. People will want to indicate a spread in a physical quantity, so: \unit{400\endash 700 THz} % inserts an unwanted space after the 400: ( 400 –700 THz). (cf 11\endash 14 , which 'behaves' as expected You can again kludge, by 400\endash \unit{700 THz} But elegant coding it ain't \ldots and again probably no bounding tex box, so may get split over two lines. \stoptext ___ KR Ian

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