September 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

bug in \setuparranging
by Yue Wang 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hi, Hans: There's a bug in \setuparranging. The following case is easy to be understood: - I try to typeset "zapf" into a A4 landscape paper - For the final output pdf, I want to rotate all the pages by 270 degrees. This sounds strange. But it is useful in vertical typesetting of CJK language. (for example, use xetex font definition's :vertical feature to rotate all the fonts used, typeset on normal paper, and rotate the page back. I certainly hope someday I can use MKIV's muti-dir omega features, but now it's broken so this is the best way I can find) The code is listed below: \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4] \setuppaper [nx=1,ny=1] \setuparranging [XY, rotated, 270] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupbackgrounds [page][page][background=screen] \setuppagenumbering [state=stop] \starttext \input zapf \stoptext The bug: - in MKIV, it output no pages at all - in MKII (both xetex and pdftex), the output page is not, however, A4. but rather a square page with width=height=A4 height. I hope this bug can be fixed soon. By the way, are there other ways to rotate pages other than setuparranging? From my daily use I found setup arranging is pretty buggy. sometimes it even affects the layout of the contents. So most time I have to compile a pdf, and than use setup arranging to rearrange the pdf again to make the contents safe. Yue Wang

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slides & proceedings from ConTeXt Meeting
by Mojca Miklavec 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hello everyone, in particular those who missed all the fun at the ConTeXt Meeting in Belgium. The slides from conference have been uploaded to the web page: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/programme.shtml and most of talks will also be available as articles in printed proceedings that will be sent to all new members of the ConTeXt Group (group.contextgarden.net) Mojca

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location of mtx-scripts
by Philipp Gesang 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hi Hans, I’d like to ask if there is any update on this: On 2011-09-04 22:31, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 4-9-2011 19:46, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >mtxrun would currently find it under scripts/context/lua/third/rst because of > > LUAINPUTS = ".;$TEXINPUTS;$TEXMF/scripts/context/lua//", > >but Hans probably didn't think of where third-party module authors > >shipping scripts, so there is no special place for them. <... /> > >I suggest to wait for an answer from Hans. > > scripts/context/lua/third Especially this matter: > Sounds ok to me but we might think of a way to avoid clashes with > names, like mtx-t-rst.lua and we can adapt the lookup to try to > resolve in such away that the t- is not too much in the way. This doesn’t work, yet (The “t-”-infix is not, as with \usemodule, truncated). As three of my modules come with an mtx-script I just wanted to know if this will be implemented and, if yes, when we can expect it. (For me, there is no hurry as I’m quite busy otherwise. But inclusion into TL is stalled because of this for the time being.) Thanks in advance Philipp > In order to use /context/lua/base I need to adapt some fallback > lookups so let's not do that now; next year we can consider. > > context/lua/mtxrun.lua > context/lua/base/mtx-context.lua > context/lua/third/.... > > The main reason for using the mtx- prefix is that I don't want to > end up in discussions concerning other scripts in tex live so > hopefully no one outside the context audience will ever use the mtx- > prefix. Also, some of the mtx-*.lua files are going to be loadable > modules. > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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metapost to pdf on the fly
by Meer, H. van der 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with: context figurefile running on input \input some-metapost-inclusions \starttext \startMPpage .. \stopMPpage \stoptext But the idea is to do it on the fly while typesetting a project (using mode=*first to prevent further iterations): .. \component figurefile .. And in the figurefile \startcomponent figurefile \environment some-metapost-inclusions \starttext .. BUT THEN WHAT? As such it is not sufficient for the goal proposed. Can this be done at all? Hans van der Meer

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Float placement problem
by Pontus Lurcock 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hello, I've recently updated my standalone (32-bit Linux) ConTeXT from 2011.02.25 to 2011.09.20, and I'm now having some trouble with float placement. I'm using MkIV. I'm trying to have figures protruding into the outer margins with a double-sided layout, as described here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Floating_Objects#Protruding_Floats_in_Double-… Here is my minimal example: \setuplayout[location=doublesided] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={margin,header}] \setupfloat[figure][location=inner] \showframe \starttext % An extra page. \page[yes] \dorecurse{4}{ \placefigure[]{caption}{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=17cm]}} \stoptext With version 2011.02.25 this produces the desired result; with 2011.09.20, the first figure is placed correctly, and all subsequent figures protrude in the same direction, whether they're on an even or odd page. So in the given example they all protrude to the right. If an extra page is inserted at the start so that the first figure is on an even page, they all protrude to the left. Does anyone have any ideas or insights? Thanks in advance, Pont

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writing date with ordinal numbers (\enordinaldaynumber) in mkiv
by Mojca Miklavec 02 Oct '11

02 Oct '11

Hello, MKII contains a macro \enordinaldaynumber which I don't find in MKIV. My main question: how can I setup the date to display "23\high{rd} Sep, 2011"? Thank you, Mojca

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double line spacing in list (table of contents, publication list)
by Stefan Müller 02 Oct '11

02 Oct '11

Hi list, how can I get double line spacing in the table of contents and in the publication list? I tried "\setupcombinedlist[content][after=\blank]" but this produces to much vertical spacing. "\setupinterlinespace[big]" doesn't influence those lists. I'm using 201100920 00:09 MKIV standalone. Thanks in advance for any help! Stefan.

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handling fonts with missing math (was: math signs in itemize)
by Mojca Miklavec 01 Oct '11

01 Oct '11

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 11:29, R. Ermers wrote: > > Snippets from log file: > > ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. Independent of everything else that has been said in that thread: wouldn't it be nice to simply fall back on Latin Modern for math when some font doesn't provide accompanying math glyphs instead of giving up in the middle of the run? Of course that will give suboptimal result (in particular everything inside $math$ will be in LM as opposed to original font), but at least it won't complain about a missing $\bullet$ and one can always use $\frac{\text{1}}{\text{2}}$ or something similar :). Mojca

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[OT] intelligent commas in math (in LaTeX)
by Mojca Miklavec 01 Oct '11

01 Oct '11

http://tug.org/pracjourn/2011-1/beccari.html

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Footnote numbering pro page
by Cecil Westerhof 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

A footnote is placed (at least the way I use it) on the same page as it is referred. But the numbering of the footnotes is continues. How can I make the footnote numbering reset to one at every page? -- Cecil Westerhof

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