May 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

setup table of contents
by Henning Hraban Ramm 16 May '12

16 May '12

Hi again, seems like it’s impossible to setup the level for combined lists anymore. (MkIV, latest beta). While \placelist[part,chapter] works, I didn’t find a way to \setupcombinedlist[content] just down to chapter level, not deeper. The "level" key is gone in MkIV, and "part,chapter" in the setup command don’t do anything. Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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itemze: alignment breaks spacing
by Henning Hraban Ramm 16 May '12

16 May '12

Hi ho, as soon as I use the "align" key on an itemization, the effect of "packed, joinedup" is void. \starttext \input tufte \startitemize[packed,joinedup] %,align=right] \item bla \item fasel \item foo \item bar \stopitemize \input tufte \stoptext Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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multi language (with module)
by Peter Schorsch 16 May '12

16 May '12

Hi, to finish my first module I like to make it also available for non-german users (remove the hardcoded german text). But I could not figure out how in a way that works. So I wrote down a minimal example in pseudo-tex to point out my goal. Can you give me an idea/solution how to implement it in a correct way? Thanks, P. --8<------t-welcome.tex------------ \startmodule[welcome] \unprotect \setupmodule[atPageText=] %these two lines are properly totally wrong but should show the idea \define[atPageText[en]={Welcome}] \define[atPageText[de]={Willkommen}] \def\welcome{\moduleparameter{welcome}{atPageText}} \protect \stopmodule \endinput --8<-------welcome.tex--------------- %this line is properly totally wrong but should show the idea \usemodule[welcome][atPageText[eo]={Bonvenon},atPageText[de]={Guten Tag}]] \starttext \language[en] Should be Welcome: \welcome \language[de] Should be Guten Tag: \welcome \language[eo] Should be Bonvenon: \welcome \stoptext

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fixing mpiv on installation path with spaces
by Mojca Miklavec 16 May '12

16 May '12

Hello, last year Taco added many patches to make sure that ConTeXt works even when installed to "C:\Documents and Settings\ ..." and other weird paths with spaces. However metapost in mkiv still fails. I figured out that the following patch (which *won't* handle paths with quotation marks properly) in mlib-run.lua fixes the problem: local preamble = [[ boolean mplib ; mplib := true ; let dump = endinput ; - input %s ; + input "%s" ; ]] but I'm not sure if there are any other side effects or if there are other places that also need a patch. I didn't test with filenames with spaces or with filenames with weird characters that need escaping. Maybe it would be helpful to pass file.addsuffix(name,"mp") through additional filter (instead of simply adding quotation marks) that would also check if any other character needs escaping and add quotation marks if needed. Minimal example: - install ConTeXt into path with spaces - test with context on \starttext \startMPcode draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopMPcode \stoptext I would be grateful if somebody could take a look, so that a fix could make it into TL 2012. Thanks, Mojca

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Insertion of a Document I.D.
by hwitloc＠gmail.com 16 May '12

16 May '12

I want to generate a document i.d. from the .tex source filename and the current date and put it into the footer. This might be possible already, but I could find it by searching the wiki for filename and document it, or rather too much since filename is mainly used for command line parameters, etc. I know the \currentdate will give the current system date part that I can use, but is there any \filename type command for the master filename, so that a document i.d. could be generated automatically. e.g. \filename\currentdate Regards

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"Typescripts for Dummies"
by Bill Meahan 15 May '12

15 May '12

Is there a document anywhere that would be the equivalent of "Typescripts for Dummies?" (as if such a book really existed) I am trying to write some typescripts for the Venturis ADF and Beneris ADF families (and a few others) using Wolfgang's typescripts for Fontin et. al. as a guide. I can't seem to figure out what, "\s!" or "\typescripttwo" of "\typescriptthree" do and the examples I have looked at on the wiki either don't contain them or don't explain them . I also don't seem to be able to find a command reference for \starttypescript which explains what the various option fields mean or what "predefined" values exist for each. Sorry for the newbie questions but I don't know where else to ask. Using MkIV -- Bill Meahan K8QN "I want to live other lives. I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get. Writing is my way of making other chances." -- Anne Tyler

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[mkvi] comment handling bug
by Philipp Gesang 15 May '12

15 May '12

Hi all, seems the mkvi-style macros have trouble with groups in comments: ········································································ % macros=mkvi \def\dosomething#content{%%% <= fine with “#1” % { %%% Open unbalanced brace breaks macros. } \starttext \dosomething {foo} \stoptext ········································································ Fails here with: <to be read again> c l.2 \def\dosomething#c ontent{%%% <= fine with “#1” Removing the comment, closing the group or reverting to TEX-style argument numbering makes this behavior disappear. Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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atpage || number comparing
by Peter Schorsch 15 May '12

15 May '12

Hi, it tried to do a \atpage command that results a) some page => nothing b) different page => pagenumber with some text (e.g. "auf Seite XY") \def\atPage[#1]% {\doifnot{\at[#1]}{\currentpage}% {\at[#1]}% } My problem with this is, that the \doifnot always results as not equal; it is like the types mismatch as if I exchange \at[#1] with a pure number the comparing works. If so, how can the types be corrected? Additionally - if possible - I would like to add case that the referred page is on the other page but in duplex mode adjacent to the actual page. Is that possible to do this? I unluckily dont know how to make working simple calculation in tex code. To be complete I found in the file strc-ref.mkiv some notes about a planed \atpage command: %D A still very rudimentary|/|experimental forward|/|backward %D reference mechanism is provided by the macro \type{\atpage}: %D %D \starttyping %D ... \somewhere{backward text}{forward text}[someref] ... %D ... \atpage[someref] ... %D \stoptyping %D %D In future versions there will be more sophisticated % 0 = no page reference % 1 = same page % 2 = preceding page % 3 = following page % 4 = backward, same page (todo) % 5 = forward, same page (todo) But that level of the ambient tex is still out of my scope. Thanks P.

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mutual color definition
by Peter Rolf 15 May '12

15 May '12

Hi, while playing around with colors, I accidentally used two mutual color definitions. Stupid thing to do, but shit happens. :-D This example ends in an infinite loop. %---------------------- \definecolor[foo][red] \definecolor[bar][foo] \starttext \definecolor[foo][bar] \color[foo] foo \color[bar] bar \stoptext %---------------------- Regards, Peter

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Split \startalign content on more pages
by elgospa＠libero.it 15 May '12

15 May '12

Yes it works. The only problem is that now I have the formulas aligned at the center of the page. Which command can I use to align the formulas on the left?

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