January 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

xtables: stretch a single column
by Andreas Schneider 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Hi, xtables offers option=stretch to stretch the whole table evenly. Is there also a way (without manually calculating the width) to stretch the whole table using a given column? Short use case: I have a table with three columns. Column 1 has an external figure, column 3 a variable length (but still short) text/string and column 2 has either no text at all or maybe a longer phrase. Columns 1 and 3 should be auto-sized (i.e as small as possible) while column 2 should be as width as necessary, to make the whole table fit perfectly onto the page (width-wise; height doesn't matter for now). I think with natural tables it was possible to set width=broad for a certain column. Is something like that possible with xtables as well? Thanks! -- Best Regards, Andreas

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The bug with the scale of fallback fonts
by Li Yanrui (李延瑞) 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Hi, See this example about Chinese fonts as fallback fonts. The Latin font's scale rate is less than the fallback font from \tf to \tfd. The size of the fallback font is almost two times of the Latin font with \tfd. \starttypescript[serif][myfonts] \definefontsynonym[hereos][name:texgyreherosregular] \definefontfallback[song][name:adobesongstd][0x00400-0x2FA1F] \definefontsynonym[fbsong][hereos][fallbacks=song] \definefontsynonym[Serif][fbsong] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[myfonts][rm][serif][myfonts] \setupbodyfont[myfonts,rm,11pt] \starttext 夹杂 English 的中文文本\blank {\tfa 夹杂 English 的中文文本}\blank {\tfb 夹杂 English 的中文文本}\blank {\tfc 夹杂 English 的中文文本}\blank {\tfd 夹杂 English 的中文文本} \stoptext -- Best regards, Li Yanrui (李延瑞)

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"overscored" or "overlined" text … (or whatever it should be called)
by Robert Blackstone 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Dear all, I am trying to reproduce with ConTeXt an old french text that contains numerous abbreviations, mostly of two types: - words cut off by means of a "period", with the last letter of the complete word as a superscript above the period. - "overscores" --either for single characters, for instance in words with double consonances, like "comme". One of these is sometimes omitted and replaced by an "overscore" on the previous vowel -- or on an entire abbreviation, such as "coe" for "comme" and "nre" for "notre"; they become coe and nre overscored. Now I would like to reproduce these as closely as possible. For the "period + superscript letter" I found a solution: \lohi[]{\cdot}{t} (for superscript t), nearly perfect. The only imperfection I can see is that the dot sits slightly below the baseline. Is there a way to get it on the baseline? The overscore on a single character presents no problem. For an overscore on a complete word I have not found a solution. Three individual overscores on a three-letter word give a broken line; I do not know how to merge the three line components. (Incidentally, this hack does not work with mkiv) The other solution I have tried is to put the word in a frame with a top-frame only. But this way the word (abbreviation) hangs underneath the base-line. Using \inframed instead of \framed makes no difference. There appears not to be something like \setupinframed. I have attached an example. Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Robert Blackstone

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\setupfootnotes[margindistance=...]
by Peter Münster 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Hello, \setupfootnotes[margindistance=...] seems to be broken. Test file: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \setupfootnotes[align=flushleft, margindistance=5em] \starttext bla\footnote{bla} \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- Peter

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export hanging
by Matthew Claus 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Hi everyone, This minimal example causes my luatex process to spin consuming 100 percent cpu (latest minimals, freebsd 9): \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext hello world \stoptext To rule out any issue with FreeBSD 9, which is fairly recent, I compiled my own luatex binary from the svn trunk but still experienced the problem. Adding \startparagraph and \stopparagraph also produced the same result, but with slightly different output after interrupting the compilation process. I've read this list for years but rarely post and would like to thank everyone who contributes to this amazing project. Thanks for any suggestions, Matt mtx-context | current version: 2012.01.25 14:16 [/usr/home/mclaus/wk/git/personal/tex] context hello.tex mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/usr/home/mclaus/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606/formats/cont-en" --lua="/usr/home/mclaus/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./hello.tex" \stoptext This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051912 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. (hello.tex ConTeXt ver: 2012.01.25 14:16 MKIV fmt: 2012.1.26 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/usr/home/mclaus/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > hello.top loaded (hello.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active backend > export > enabling export to xml {/usr/home/mclaus/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > typescripts > unknown: library 'loc' {/usr/home/mclaus/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/usr/home/mclaus/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded backend > xmp > using file '/usr/home/mclaus/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 ^C! Interruption. system > tex > error on line 1 in file hello.tex: Interruption ... 1 >> 2 \setu pba[/usr/home/mclaus/wk/git/personal/tex] ckend[export=yes] 3 4 \starttext 5 hello world 6 \stoptext 7 8 <inserted text> \dostoptagged \finalizeautostructurelevels \global \everytop... \dostoptext ...youtpage \page \the \everystoptext \global \everystoptext \em... l.1 \dostoptext \ctxcommand ...\directlua \zerocount {commands.#1} l.6 \stoptext ? ! Emergency stop. system > tex > error on line 1 in file hello.tex: Emergency stop ... 1 >> 2 \setupbackend[export=yes] 3 4 \starttext 5 hello world 6 \stoptext 7 8 <inserted text> \dostoptagged \finalizeautostructurelevels \global \everytop... \dostoptext ...youtpage \page \the \everystoptext \global \everystoptext \em... l.1 \dostoptext \ctxcommand ...\directlua \zerocount {commands.#1} l.6 \stoptext ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

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bug on margin data and line numbering?
by Pablo Rodríguez 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Hi there, when I try to add margin data to a line numbered text, this line is not counted or numbered. See the sample with note referring to line 0: \definelinenote[dict] \setupnote[dict][numbercommand=,] \definemargindata[mgch][outer][hoffset=0.3em] \starttext \startlinenumbering \mgch{1}not so\dict{not} \stoplinenumbering \stoptext I'm using ConTeXt stable from TL 2011. Am I doing something wrong or have I hit a bug? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.oudeis.tk

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Interactive PDFs with a PDF reader/annotator Utopia
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

http://getutopia.com/ http://www.scivee.tv/node/17389 http://river-valley.tv/utopia-documents-a-new-semantic-dimension/

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why no smallcaps?
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Hi, whats wrong with this code? "Times New Roman.ttf" states to be an otf font. But the "\sc" gives no Times New Roman: \definefontfeature[default][default] [mode=node,script=latn,smcp=yes] \definefontfeature[smcp][mode=node,smcp=yes] \unexpanded\def\sc{\addfs{smcp}} \starttypescript [serif] [TimesNewRomanPSMT] [name] \setups[font:fallback:sans] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [file:Times New Roman.ttf] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [file:Times New Roman Bold.ttf] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [file:Times New Roman Italic.ttf] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic][file:Times New Roman Bold Italic.ttf][features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[TheTimes] \definetypeface [TheTimes] [rm] [serif] [TimesNewRomanPSMT] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[TheTimes] \setupbodyfont[TheTimes, 10pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \starttext \sc{Name} \stoptext ------- Steffen

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how to sort a list of content by chaptertitle
by Jan de Kruyf 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Hallo, Does anybody have a receipe for sorting a list of content by chapter title in stead of by chapternumber?? Or alternatively is there a way to use a manually sorted book.tui file in the compile cycle of a book? Thanks Jan de Kruyf.

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formulas (display math) and grid
by Peter Park Nelson 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

I have a layout using a columset and grid. When I insert a formula into a column of text, the text following the formula is not snapped to the grid, and the next paragraph is not indented. How can I make the text return to the grid after a formula? And have normal paragraph indentation? \input tufte\par \placeformula\startformula q = \delta \frac{\partial p}{\partial x} = \delta(\phi) p_{vsat}(\theta) \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial x} = \left[ \frac{\delta_a}{\mu(\theta)} p_{vsat}(\theta) \right] \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial x} \stopformula \input tufte\par Thanks, -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nelson(a)gmail.com

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