May 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

thelabel problem
by Alfredo Catalina 28 May '12

28 May '12

I installed ConTeXt in 2009 in my laptop and wrote some documents. Now I have installed ConTeXt in other computer and tried to process some of those documents but it doesn't work. It looks that there is something wrong with Metapost/Metafun. I have tried a simple program like \starttext Testing \startuseMPgraphic{gh} draw thelabel.rt("the right way",a) withcolor .625red ; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{gh} \stoptext Then I get: system > begin file kk2.tex at line 1 metapost > initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost > loading 'metafun.mp' (experimental metapost version two) ! terminal: >> a >> (3,0) ! Not implemented: (unknown numeric)+(pair). <to be read again> - thelabel->...((EXPR4)+labeloffset*laboff(SUFFIX2)- (labxf(SUFFIX2)*lrcorner.p... <*> draw thelabel.rt("the right way",a) withcolor .625red ; ; . system > tex > error on line 10 in file kk2.tex: terminal: >> a >> (3,0) ! Not implemented: (unknown numeric)+(pair). <to be read again> - thelabel->...((EXPR4)+labeloffset*laboff(SUFFIX2)- (labxf(SUFFIX2)*lrcorner.p... <*> draw thelabel.rt("the right way",a) withcolor .625red ; ; Any ideas? Thank you.

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Use figures without file extension
by Aditya Mahajan 27 May '12

27 May '12

Currently, ConTeXt only recognizes the type of figure from the file extension. If a filename does not have an extension, \externalfigure fails. For example: $ cp `luatools hacker.jpg` something Then, \starttext \externalfigure[something] \stoptext fails. However, if I set \externalfigure[something][method=jpg] the figure loads correctly. But what is surprising is that if I set \externalfigure[something][method=pdf] then also the figure loads correctly! This means that context has the code to recognize the figure type (even without the extension), but that fails when method is not set. Setting a global \setupexternalfigures[method=pdf] does not work because method is reset to empty by \resetfiguresettings. Any ideas on how to load an external figure without a file extension and not specifying the figure type by hand? Aditya

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indexing puzzle
by Alan Bowen 26 May '12

26 May '12

I have been trying to index the passages cited in a book and would be grateful for some tactical advice. There are several works by a single author, and it is customary to cite each text by page and line number, as in 1253.12 (page 1253, line12), for example. I have a sort key for each work. But now I need a way to get the entry 1253.7 (page 1253, line 7) before the entry 1253.12 (page 1253, line 12). \[Passage[AuthorText]{Author+Text+1253.07}1253.7 or \[Passage[AuthorText]{Author+Text+1253.07}1253. 7 would work, but it is really better to have the index entry as “1253.7” rather than as “1253.07” or “1253. 7” I have experimented with different sort keys—e.g., AuthorText125307—and can generate an index with the 1235.7 and so on in the proper place and form, say, before 1253.12. But then the problem is that I also get entire sequences of entries out of order (485.19, 485.21 before 477.31, and so on). Very puzzling. (Restoring the sort key AuthorText removes the latter problems but then leaves 1253.7 in the wrong place.) If anyone has experience with this or just some ideas for a solution, their suggestions will be most welcome. I am using the MKII in the latest ConTeXt standalone. Alan

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Simple backgrounds not working
by Aditya Mahajan 26 May '12

26 May '12

Hi, Simple backgrounds are not working with the latest beta. The following has no background color. \setupbackground [background=color, backgroundcolor=red] \starttext \startbackground ABC \stopbackground \stoptext Aditya

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xmlmapvalue
by Meer, H. van der 25 May '12

25 May '12

Is there something local in \xmlmapvalue? Because \xmlmapvalue in the current tree (with \xmlsetup{#1}{command}) makes \xmlvalue find the mapping, but having it executed on a different tree (with \xmlprocessbuffer{root}{buffer}{}) makes it unreachable and \xmlvalue fails. How to solve this? Hans van der Meer

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\typefile does not obey global path settings
by Marco 25 May '12

25 May '12

Hi, the \typefile command does not obey the \usepath setting any more. Older versions did (before beta 2011.07.13 20:14). Example: % test.tex \usepath [code] \starttext Here is some source code: \typefile{somefile} \stoptext % code/somefile This should be printed. Marco

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Linenumbering
by Willi Egger 25 May '12

25 May '12

Hi all, may be i am mistaken, but I can't get line numbering to show in the beta of yesterday afternoon. \starttext \setuplinenumbering[step=5,location=intext] \startlines Een nieuwe lente en een nieuw geluid: Ik wil dat dit lied klinkt als het gefluit, Dat ik vaak hoorde voor een zomernacht, In een oud stadje, langs de watergracht --- In huis was 't donker, maar de stille straat Vergaarde schemer, aan de lucht blonk laat Nog licht, er viel een gouden blanke schijn Over de gevels van mijn raamkozijn. \stoplines \stoptext It compiles ok, no error messages. Willi

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Thank you
by Henning Hraban Ramm 25 May '12

25 May '12

I’d like to thank you wizards and workers for fixing the bugs that bothered me with my current book project just in time! (I’ll never update any more ;---) It’s sometimes a bit difficult to get a version of ConTeXt that supports all needed features at the same time... Can we do anything WRT quality assurance? Greetlings, Hraban

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Citations in a frontmatter fail when placed in a component
by Marco 25 May '12

25 May '12

Hi, When a \cite command is placed in a frontmatter or bodymatter it prints [[error 2]] as citation and no bibliography is created. This only occurs when the \cite command is called from another component. \cite calls from within the same file work, even inside a frontmatter. Example: % file product.tex \startproduct product \startpublication[k=me, t=manual, a=Hoekwater, y=2006, s=TH2006, n=1, u=http://contextgarden.net/Bibliography] \author{Taco}[T.]{}{Hoekwater} \title{\CONTEXT\ Publication Module, The user documententation} \pubyear{2006} \note{In case you didn’t know: it’s the document you are reading now} \pages{14} \stoppublication % comment out the frontmatter and it works \startfrontmatter \component component % this one works % \cite[me] \stopfrontmatter \placepublications [criterium=text] \stopproduct % file component.tex \startcomponent component cite: \cite[me] \stopcomponent Marco

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updated binaries, please keep testing TL 2012
by Mojca Miklavec 25 May '12

25 May '12

Hello, the majority of binaries in ConTeXt distribution have been updated from TeX Live 2012 now (missing are only linux-64, linux-ppc by Thomas S., and possibly some from windows). (Builders might want to be careful a bit, I'm afraid that simply running the script would downgrade luatex because I increased the version in binaries, while sources are still at 0.70.1, so please don't try to build anything, except for Thomas who might want to test building the TL ;) Mac OS X Tiger is not supported any more. If there are any objections, you can help me figure out why building fails, else we are done with 10.4 forever. (We got 8 visitors of 10.4 on website [minimals.contextgarden.net] since January this year. I have no way to check if any tiger user actually uses the minimals or not. We still have an impressive number of PowerPC users.) In the morning you should also see an update of ConTeXt in TeX Live 2012, matching the latest beta from yesterday. Please post feedback or any issues that you might experience. Mojca

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