April 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Including font with document source
by Kip Warner 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hey list, Is there a way to include a set of font files with a ConTeXt document's source files such that a path to the directory containing the font can be directly specified in the environment? I was thinking that if it were possible to do this already, the simplefonts module might have a setup for this. The reason why I'd like to consider this is to make it easier on my users who wish to build my document from source without them having to manually download a font and figure out how to install it on their given platform. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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MLA Bibliography
by Kip Warner 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hey list, I'd like to use an MLA style bibliography with MKIV. The style is available here: www.reed.edu/cis/help/latex/bibtexstyles.html Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether it is that one or any that supports MLA already that ships with ConTeXt. In my environment file, I tried the following: \setuppublications[alternative=mla] That didn't appear to change anything, so I did what I normally do when I don't trust the output of ConTeXt. I changed the "mla" to a garbage string and it still compiled. So it must be either ignoring the style or I am doing it wrong. How can I use an MLA bibliography? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Escaping newlines in \usepath
by Marco 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Why do the newlines in \usepath to be escaped? % fails \usepath [ chapters, environments, ] % works \usepath [% chapters,% environments,% ] A bug? Marco

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Buffers vs. \def
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hello, a question - I'm just curious: What is advantage (or maybe intension) of using buffers over \def? Compare: ---- \def\BufA{This is buffer A.} \startbuffer[BufB] This is buffer B. \stopbuffer \starttext \BufA \getbuffer[BufB] \ifx\BufC\undefined No buffer C.\else\BufC\fi \stoptext ---- Both ways give the required effect. Moreover, when using \def, I can also test its existence (maybe it's also possible with buffers, but I don't know how). 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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How to get \structurenumber and \structuretitle by Lua?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hello, values of number and title of the current (sub...)section can be received by \structurenumber and \structuretitle commands. Is there a way how to get these values by Lua? Suppose: ---- \starttext \section{Sec 1} % Now "\structurenumber" yields "1" and "\structuretitle" gives "Sec 1" % How to get "1" and "Sec 1" from Lua? \startluacode print(0, context["structuretitle"]) print(1, context["structuretitle"]()) print(2, context.getvalue("structuretitle")) print(3, context.constants("structuretitle")) print(4, context.variables("structuretitle")) \stopluacode \stoptext ---- My attempts don't give any useful value (or some of them are even erroneous). I have no idea how to get the texts "1" and "Sec 1". Any hints would be appreciated... 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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Fwd: [tldev] tlmgr multi repository support
by Martin Schröder 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Date: 2012/4/18 Subject: [tldev] tlmgr multi repository support To: tldev(a)tug.org Dear all, with today's update tlmgr multi repository support has entered into the tlcritical repository and the main svn branch. We will not ship that for TL2011, but keep it already now in tlcritical for testing. Everyone is invited to *actually* test it. Here a short recipe: 1* update tlmgr/texlive.infra to the version in tlcritical: tlmgr --repository ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical update --self if that has succeeded, you should now have a multi-repository capable installations, but set up to work in normal single repo mode as before. To add repositories you have to two two things: 2a* add another repository: tlmgr repository add ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical tlc (the tlc is just a tag name, you can give it any reasonable and unique one that is not "main" and not used already) If you installation was up2date before, you will see no change but a slightly different output, and a strange line: $ tlmgr update --list tlmgr: package repository: main = http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet tlc = ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical tlmgr: saving backups to /home/norbert/tltest/2011/tlpkg/backups keep: texlive.infra : local: 26004, source: 24419@main tlmgr: no updates available $ Why? Because there is the missing step 2b* which tells tlmgr which packages are taken from which repository. By default *ALL* packages are taken from the main repository, the first entered. You will see now two repositories if you have followed me up to here: $ tlmgr repository List of repositories (with tags if set): ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical (tlc) http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet (main) $ Now how do you tell that you *always* want texlive.infra from tlcritical: 2b* Declare pinning rules For the full documentation read tlmgr help, in principle you have to add a file TEXMFLOCAL/tlpkg/pinning.txt which contains lines repo:pkg[,pkg] where repo is either the full URL or the tag you gave, and pkg is a package name and can contain shell globs. So to tell tlmgr that you want all texlive.infra packages from tlcritical, you have to create a file TEXMFLOCAL/tlpkg/pinning.txt containing only the line tlc:texlive.infra* (where tlc is the name you gave above). After that the output of tlmgr will change: $ tlmgr update --list tlmgr: using pinning file /home/norbert/tltest/2011/../texmf-local/tlpkg/pinning.txt tlmgr: package repository: main = http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet tlc = ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical tlmgr: saving backups to /home/norbert/tltest/2011/tlpkg/backups tlmgr: no updates available $ You can inquire about different candidates for installation via: $ tlmgr candidates texlive.infra tlmgr: using pinning file /home/norbert/tltest/2011/../texmf-local/tlpkg/pinning.txt tlmgr: package repository: main = http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet tlc = ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical Install candidate for texlive.infra from tlc (26004) Other repositories providing this package: main (24419) $ etc etc. Please read the full man page of tlmgr for more details. I hope that helps some people to try it out, and give me feed back. This was a long term project and is now simmering in my local repository for more than half a year, but still a wider test is very much needed before TL2012 is released. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norbert Preining preining(a){jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org} JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PUDSEY (n.) The curious-shaped flat wads of dough left on a kitchen table after someone has been cutting scones out of it. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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Re: [NTG-context] Bibtex with ConTeXt mkiv
by Kip Warner 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 10:41 +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > That's weird. It is probably a bug in Hans' reimplementation of the > bib module for mkiv. I've cc'd Hans in case he has something to offer on that. > But it is fairly simple to work around, using a > new macro definition like this: > > \unexpanded\def\mycite{\dodoubleempty\domycite} > \def\domycite[#1][#2]% > {\ifsecondargument > \footnote{\cite[alternative=data,#1][#2]}% > \else > \footnote{\cite[data][#1]}% > \fi} > > Then \mycite[<key>] also inserts the \footnote command automatically, > and you can still use \mycite[extras={...}][<key>]. That works awesome Taco. Thanks a lot. It doesn't matter that it can't accept multiple keys easily and put on their own lines, since it wouldn't make sense if you've got extra={} data to add anyways. > Perhaps, but I have never seen it done like that, and it takes more > than a bit of programming to make the bibliography module do that. > Sorry, no time for that. It's ok. You've done more than enough. > No, you can't do that. Hans would have to write an extension for > that, I do not even know where to start. Understandable. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Re: [NTG-context] Rendering differences between PDF viewers
by Kip Warner 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 10:54 +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Hi Kip, > > the attached screenshot is from Acrobat Pro 10.1.3 on OSX 10.7. > Looks good to me. I guess your color management setup is wrong. > > Greetlings, Hraban Hey Hrabab. Your looks much better than AR's, but it still doesn't look the same as on my end. It looks much brighter. I wonder if there is some additional information renderer's need, such as a value for gamma correction or a colour profile that I need to stuff in my environment file to make it work? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Notepad++ configuration
by Luiz Borges 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

Can anybody tell me how to correctly configure Notepad++ to use ConTeXt? I'm just starting with ConTeXt (and Tex BTW) and Scite seems to be too unpolished. One advantage that I can see of Scite over Notepad++ is that it has some autocompletion, besides that I think the interface and its "tools" are terrible. Also, is there anyother noteworthy editor that works nicely with standalone context? Preferably with spell-check and auto-completion. Regards, Luiz Borges

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Notepad++ configuration
by Luiz Borges Gomide do Nascimento 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

Can anybody tell me how to correctly configure Notepad++ to use ConTeXt? I'm just starting with ConTeXt (and Tex BTW) and Scite seems to be too unpolished. One advantage that I can see of Scite over Notepad++ is that it has some autocompletion, besides that I think the interface and its "tools" are terrible. Also, is there anyother noteworthy editor that works nicely with standalone context? Preferably with spell-check and auto-completion. Regards, Luiz Borges

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