August 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

buffer names in MKII
by Mojca Miklavec 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Dear Hans, something broke backward compatibility in MKII. When using buffers like in \startbuffer[buffername] hello world \stopbuffer the code now creates buffername.tmp instead of \jobname-buffername.tmp. This breaks the gnuplot module in weird ways. I can probably fix it in one way or another, but I'm not sure why the behaviour would change. To fix the vim module? :) :) :) OK, I need to take some time and try to use Aditya's code in the background anyway, but I still wonder if the change was intentional or not. Thanks, Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] Itemize right-aligned
by Wolfgang Schuster 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Hi, is it possible to "right-align" enumerations? Giving something like the following This is the first item * A somewhat longer second item * A short third item * Thanks Erik No but you can use descriptions to get this output: \definedescription [myitem] [location=right, align=flushright, width=2em, distance=1em, headalign=middle, text={\symbol[bullet]}] \starttext \input ward \startmyitem \input ward \stopmyitem \startmyitem \input ward \stopmyitem \input ward \stoptext Wolfgang

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Two rotates on the same line
by Cecil Westerhof 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

I am still expanding my knowledge of ConTeXt. At the moment I am playing with \rotate. When using: \rotate[rotation=42]{Tekst kan ook worden geroteerd.} \rotate[rotation=-42]{In elke richting die je maar wilt.} This is displayed as: / \ I would like it displayed as: /\ How can I do that? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Fwd: Itemize right-aligned
by Taco Hoekwater 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Itemize right-aligned Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:28:51 +0200 From: Erik Margraf <erik.margraf(a)googlemail.com> Reply-To: erik.margraf(a)gmail.com To: ntg-context-owner(a)ntg.nl Hi, is it possible to "right-align" enumerations? Giving something like the following This is the first item * A somewhat longer second item * A short third item * Thanks Erik

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Definition of lualetterbackslash
by Aditya Mahajan 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Hi Consider the following example: \startluacode print("lualetterbackslash:", [=[\\include]=]) \stopluacode \def\lualetterbackslash{\letterbackslash} \startluacode print("letterbackslash:", [=[\\include]=]) \stopluacode \bye gives lualetterbackslash: \\include letterbackslash: \include I find the second alternative better. Why is \lualetterbackslash defined differently from \letterbackslash? Aditya

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Process remaining floats
by Aditya Mahajan 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

Hi, Is there a command that will flush all unprocessed floats. For example, consider the following: %-------- text 1 \placefigure[fig:1]{...}{...} \FLUSHALLFLOATS text 2 %----------- I don't want text 2 to be placed unless fig:1 has been processed (even if it means an under filled page). Thanks, Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] combining characters in stretchednormalcase
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

Hi, Hans, what is the opposite of the following recipe (to make letters shrink instead of stretch)? > \starttext > > \definedfont[file:junicoderegular] > > \kerncharacters{N.C.} > > \stoptext -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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How to typeset ellipsis (=three dots)?
by Marcin Borkowski 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

Hi, I looked into the \dots macro: I can see how it works in math mode, but in text mode it puts a thin space (\,) after the dots. So what is the right way to type, say, this sentence: "I like ConTeXt... but the learning curve is steep!" A. I like \CONTEXT\dots but the learning curve is steep! or B. I like \CONTEXT\dots\ but the learning curve is steep! ? Regards, -- Marcin Borkowski

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A [paragraph] parameter to \startitemize seems not to work
by Marcin Borkowski 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

Hi, the manual says that \startitemize[paragraph] \item doesn't \item leave \item blank space \item before the paragraph. \stopitemize But as the above example shows, this doesn't work. Is it a bug in ConTeXt, a bug in the manual or a bug in my brain? Regards, -- Marcin Borkowski

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Re: [NTG-context] Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Aug '11

20 Aug '11

Hi, Looks like the are problems with my installer and I'm not aware of. Alasdair McAndrew, can we collaborate on this issue (since I don't have Win7 64 bit to do tests?) -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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