April 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Cross-referencing Challenge
by Aaron W. Hsu 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

Hey All: I am very new to ConTeXt, but I am trying to use it to achieve a format similar to what you can get from WEB systems. Right now I am working on the definitions of chunks and their cross references. I have three main macros: \defchunk Definining a new chunk \chunk Referencing a chunk by name \stopchunk Ending a chunk definition Here is an example: \defchunk{This is a name} Some text /BTEX\chunk{Other stuff}/ETEX goes here. And here. \stopchunk \defchunk{Other stuff} Something else \stopchunk \defchunk{This is a name} Some other stuff. \stopchunk Now, at the end, let's say that each of these appears in sections 1, 2, and 3, respectively. The output I am looking for, in Unicode, might look like this: ⟨This is a name 1⟩≡ Some text ⟨Other stuff 2⟩ goes here. And here. ── See also section 3. ⟨Other stuff 2⟩≡ Something else ── This code is used in section 1. ⟨This is a name 1⟩≡ Some other stuff. ── So here, there are really three things that I want to achieve. I need to be able to get a list of all of the sections wherein a given chunk is referenced using \chunk, a list of all the sections where a section of the same name is defined, and finally, be able to tell in which section the first occurrence of a chunk is defined. How can I accomplish this? -- Aaron W. Hsu | arcfide(a)sacrideo.us | http://www.sacrideo.us Programming is just another word for the lost art of thinking.

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Index setup
by Jeff Smith 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

Hi all! Better late than never, you'll say, because I've just started using MkIV... :-) I have some troubles setupping an index and the options I try using from the (old) ConTeXt manual don't help or seem to have no effect. So basically, I have this: \starttext \chapter{Ch1} \index{abc}abc \index{bcd}bcd \index{def}def \chapter{Ch2} \index{wxy}wxy \index{xyz}xyz \index{zzz}zzz \page \setupregister[index][indicator=no] \placeindex \stoptext That works. But I'm trying to do two things here and I'll be damned if the info can be found somewhere. I've tried my best to find it, but to no avail... So: 1) I'd like a single list with no blank lines in between letters (I've already removed the indicator, but I'm stuck there). 2) I'm trying to align the pagenumber on the right side of the column. Should be easy, but...?! I'm truly sorry if these questions are easy to answer, but I'm clueless here, alas! And hey, I've recently completed a thesis that was wholly done with MKII. I do know I'm way behind the times! :-) Thanks in advance, JFS

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Break links into items in the itemize list
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

Hello all Once again I return to this issue. Lukas confirmed me that really links do not work. Where is error when links into items in the itemize list are not working. Links are active but not working... It is interesting that the chapter on the links when hovering tooltip will appear with the page number where the link leads, not the case for the line item. Here is Lukas example (my example is bottom ) \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext Go to \in[sec:1] -- \about[sec:1] or \in[it:a] -- \about[it:a]. \page \section[sec:1]{Sec} \startitemize[n] \item[it:a] Item A \stopitemize \stoptext Thanx for advices Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my old example: \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \in{First link}[bibl:7] and \in{second link}[bibl:1] \page \startitemize[n] \item [bibl:7] Item 7 \item [bibl:4] Item 4 \item [bibl:8] Item 8 \item [bibl:10] Item 10 \item [bibl:1] Item 1 \item [bibl:20] Item 20 \stopitemize \stoptext

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Paragraph width in table of contents
by Charles 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hi, In the following example, the section titles are long. In the table of contents, the section titles are written like normal paragraph (ending at the right margin, with the page number). With an older version of Context beta (about a year ago), the paragraphs with the section title were shorter and not overlapping with the page number. How can I obtain again that property? Thanks for your help Charles \starttext \section{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, maecenas malesuada, ut tellus ac a egestas donec, lectus aliquam, purus orci fermentum porta sed. Ut quis risus suspendisse, convallis vel velit suspendisse amet diam urna, erat auctor vestibulum nec amet lorem, at fringilla cursus aenean donec dui at. Neque duis luctus netus magna, orci nulla vivamus consectetuer nulla, amet felis in sodales dictum parturient ipsum, consequuntur malesuada.} \section{Vestibulum ut pretium fringilla dui dui odio, pellentesque arcu leo id. Malesuada curabitur, urna nostrum mauris lobortis, ante luctus donec a, congue arcu placerat dictum non integer, nulla non.} \completecontent[criterium=all] \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] placefigure adds break
by Alan BRASLAU 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hello, A follow-up on the solution \startpostponing [+0] \startplacefigure … \stopplacefigure \stoppostponing As a side effect, one then needs to be careful to surround ALL placefigures with \startpostponing[+0]\stoppostponing, even those that occur after a paragraph end (where one is not concerned about adding a paragraph break), else the floating figures may get placed out of order, e.g. figure 4 before figure 3. As this makes for somewhat sloppy tex files, should not placefigure/table/other get FIXED so as not to introduce a paragraph break? Alan On Thu Apr 5 15:38:05 CEST 2012 Alan BRASLAU wrote: > On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:39:42 +0200 > Steffen Wolfrum <context at st.estfiles.de> wrote: > > > > > Am 05.04.2012 um 13:25 schrieb luigi scarso: > > > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adityam at umich.edu> > > > wrote: > > >> (Untested) > > >> > > >> \startpostponing[+1] > > >> \placefigure[top]{}{...} > > >> \stoppostponing > > >> > > >> Rest of the text > > >> > > >> > > >> Aditya > > > \starttext > > > > > > \switchtobodyfont[rm,10pt] > > > > > > \input tufte \input ward \input zapf \input tufte \input ward \input > > > zapf \input tufte \input ward % > > > \input zapf \input tufte \input ward % > > > \input zapf HERE% > > > \startpostponing[+1] > > > \placefigure[top]{}{\vskip3pt\externalfigure[foo][frame=off,width=\dimexpr(\textwidth-10mm)]} > > > \stoppostponing% > > > AND HERE \input tufte \input ward % > > > \input zapf \input tufte \input ward \input zapf \input tufte \input > > > ward \input zapf \input tufte % > > > \input ward \input zapf \input tufte \input ward \input zapf > > > > > > \stoptext > > > > > > seems ok > > > > > > > > indeed, a great result. > > (searching for this command now, I saw that it's a quite old > > command ... only I never knew it) > > > > thanks a lot Aditya and Luigi! > > > I have been looking for a trick to place figures near their reference > in the text, without imposing a paragraph break. > This trick works (so thanks again to Aditya and Luigi): > > \starttext > > Some text is described \in{figure}[fig:reference]. > \startpostponing[+0] > \startplacefigure[location=here,reference=fig:reference, > title={This figure gets placed somewhere near its reference.}] > \externalfigure[cow][width=\textwidth] > \stopplacefigure > \stoppostponing > The text continues here without a paragraph break. > > \stoptext > > A few comments: > > 1. The \startpostponing...\stoppostponing is necessary, > although some other wrapper around the placefigure might also work. > > 2. The % at the end of the lines in the above examples is not necessary > unless one seeks to kill the spacing between {HERE}{AND HERE}. > > 3. One should preferably be using \startplacefigure\stopplacefigure > (rather than \placefigure). Besides being cleaner, as a bonus > one gets to use title={},list={} for the figure caption and > list of figure entry. > > Should placefigure be "fixed" somehow so as to hide its paragraph > break itself?

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gnuplot not working
by John Devereux 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hi all, Is there a problem with gnuplot? I get an error with the minimal example on the wiki. I think the generated .plt file has an error; it works if I manually delete the "fontscale 1" bit and run context on test-gnuplot-1.tmp. Using latest beta, tried with current official gnuplot as well as mojca-patched version. Thanks, John ====================================================================== test-gnuplot-1.plt: # Do not modify this file - all changes will be overwritten # Change test.tex instead. set terminal context size 5in,3in fontscale 1 load 'test-gnuplot-inclusions.tmp' set output "test-gnuplot-1-ctx.tex" load 'test-gnuplot-1.tmp' ====================================================================== text.tex: \usemodule[gnuplot] % write a script for gnuplot \startGNUPLOTscript[sin] plot sin(x) \stopGNUPLOTscript % include the resulting graphic into the document \useGNUPLOTgraphic[sin] ====================================================================== log: mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/jd/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/jd/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./test.tex" \stoptext This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. (test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2012.04.06 23:08 MKIV fmt: 2012.4.7 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/home/jd/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > test.top loaded (test.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active resolvers > modules > loaded: 'gnuplot' (/home/jd/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/gnuplot/t-gnuplot.tex loading > Gnuplot module fonts > typescripts > unknown: library 'loc' (/home/jd/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-imp-texgyre.mkiv))) mtxrun | mtxrun | executing: gnuplot test-gnuplot-1.plt mtxrun | mtxrun | aaa > mtxrun --direct gnuplot test-gnuplot-1.plt ! Missing number, treated as zero. system > tex > error on line 0 in file : Missing number, treated as zero ... <empty file> <to be read again> \let \doprocessGNUPLOTfile ...OTnumber \zerocount \let \normalstarttikzpicture =\... <argument> ...NUPLOTfile [sin][\@@GNUPLOTresult ]} \doif {\@@GNUPLOTterminal ... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 <argument> ...}\writeandprocessGNUPLOTscript {sin} \doifelse {\@@GNUPLOTtermi... \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 ... <*> ./test.tex \stoptext ? -- John Devereux

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\startitemize[columns] in a figure caption
by Alan Braslau 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hello, \startitemize [columns] does not work in a figure caption (for example). [I can already hear Hans saying "of course it doesn't".] Alan "minimal" example: \starttext \startitemize [a,columns] % columns work here... \startitem first \stopitem \startitem second \stopitem \startitem third \stopitem \startitem fourth \stopitem \stopitemize \startplacefigure [ title={My figure \startitemize [a,columns] % ...but not here! \startitem first \stopitem \startitem second \stopitem \startitem third \stopitem \startitem fourth \stopitem \stopitemize } ] \externalfigure [cow] \stopplacefigure \stoptext

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\ref not working in current Ctx?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hello, the wiki example doesn't work on my computer, although the wiki result seems OK: ---- \starttext See page \ref[p][myref 1] and \ref[p][myref 2]. \page \reference[myref 1]{MyRef1} This is the first reference. \page \reference[myref 2]{MyRef2} This is the second one. \stoptext ---- The result is: "See page and .", i.e. missing numbers of referred pages. Maybe versions of Ctx on wiki and on my computer differ. The mine: ConTeXt ver: 2012.04.07 14:42 MKIV fmt: 2012.4.9 int: english/english A patch needed? 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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\BibTeX usage
by Kip Warner 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hey list, I assumed that there was some macro akin to \CONTEXT for the BibTeX module, and I believe there is, \BibTeX. The problem is it isn't recognized when I attempt to compile my document with it. Is there a module that must be included or something else one must do? I'd also like to be able to extract the BibTeX version as well, if possible (akin to \contextversion). -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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\description - indenting lines, "alternative=top"
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hello, another case of description (following http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg62775.html) now with "alternative=top" - I'm trying to get: XXXXXX blablabla bla bla blablabla blabla. | | |-| A constant of indenting - to be specified by the user. | | |<------------>| Text width. But my trials give just: ---- XXXXX bla bla blablabl bla bla. = "alternative=hanging" - unwanted Or: XXXXX bla bla blabla bl bla bla. = Lines after head are not indented; unwanted. ---- Does \description support any options to get the required shape? 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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