June 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Input path to include external files with vim module
by Marco 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Hi, does the vim module have a feature to specify the input path, similar to \usepath for context files or \setupexternalfigures [directory=…] for graphics? I'm looking for a solution not to hard-code paths into my files. Example: \usemodule [vim] \definevimtyping [XML] [syntax=xml] \starttext \typeXMLfile{code/foo.xml} % what I do now %\typeXMLfile{foo.xml} % what is desired \stoptext Marco

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ConTeXt and SciTE
by Bill Meahan 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

I'm trying to get the SciTE lexers that come with the ConTeXt distribution working but I'm not having much luck. SciTE certainly processes the ConTeXt start-up script but never does any highlighting. I always get the warning that lpeg is not loaded but I cannot find any separate lpeg.properties file or lpeg.lua file so I don't know how to get it imported and active to run the lexers. Any suggestions? Interestingly, the lexers work just fine in Textadept but I haven't quite figured out how to get them to load automatically. I have to manually select the lexer but it works fine once I do. I'm inclined to go the Textadept route and build a nice snippets file and Adeptsense support but I'd like to see things running in SciTE, too. Right now I'm using Emacs to do my editing but AUCTeX does a poor job of supporting ConTeXt and when I asked about future plans on the AUCTeX mailing list, I got a snarky, sarcastic reply that "code doesn't change itself." Typical FSF attitude, I see. If I'm going to have to write my own support, Lua is much closer to the languages I've used before than elisp so it should be considerably easier. Of course, I'll pass on anything I come up with to the ConTeXt community. -- Bill Meahan K8QN "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." -- William Arthur Ward This message is digitally signed with an X.509 certificate to prove it is from me and has not been altered since it was sent.

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upload
by Hans Hagen 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Hi, I uploaded a version that has the bTABLE mechanism reorganized (different low level names etc). Hopefully nothing got broken in the process. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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[OT]...I'm sorry for the others, really.
by luigi scarso 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User:Luigi.scarso/knuth -- luigi

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combined style?
by Meer, H. van der 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

I had hoped to be able to combine style features in parameters, in this manner: \macro[param={a,b}]. Doing this with foregroundstyle did not work, see the following examples: \framed[foregroundstyle=italic]{ABCD} => typesets in italic \framed[foregroundstyle=small]{ABCD} => typesets small \framed[foregroundstyle={small,italic}]{ABCD} => typesets not in small-italic but first "small,italic" followed by the framed ABCD Of course the effect wanted can be obtained by \framed[foregroundstyle={\tfx\it}]{ABCD} But my problem is the fact that I would like to use style settings from within XML-nodes in the following manner: <node style="small,italic"> leading to somewhere a call of \setupsomething[foregroundstyle={small,italic}]. It is a pity that <node style="small" style="italic"> does not work, because with two successive calls \setupsomething[foregroundstyle=small] \setupsomething[foregroundstyle=italic] the first setting is lost. Translating internally smallitallic to \tfx\it is a remote possibility, but then each and every combination has to be provided for. There are simply too many of them if one wants to combine size (small,large) type (mono,calligraphic,serif,sansserif) and (bold, italic, slanted, normal). Is there a solution? Hans van der Meer

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setupinteraction and macroexpansion
by Andreas Schneider 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Hello, I'm a bit lost with macro expansion here. I try to use some macros to set the title (and subject) of the PDF document. The attached minimal example shows what I want to achieve. I tried def, edef, gdef, define, explicit expand, expandoneafter, etc. etc. without any success. Whatever I do, the title field in the PDF metadata always contains the raw "\date..." command instead of the formatted date. Any suggestions? -- Best Regards, Andreas

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\box0 to Lua
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Hello, (my apologies if this message is duplicated - our mail server was out-of-order some time) how to call "\box0" and "\hbox to3cm{abc}" by Lua? ---- \startluacode context[[\box0]] % OK but a "nicer" way preferred, so keep on trying - context.box(0) % Error context.box{0} % Error context.box"0" % Error context.hbox({to = "cm"}, "abc") % Error \stopluacode ---- TIA. 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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Strange page breaks
by Andreas Schneider 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Hello, the attached example causes very strange page breaks. 1. The subsubsubject is the last line on the first page. That doesn't look very nice. 2. The xtable is broken although the whole table fits on that page. Is there anything I (or you? :-)) can do about these two problems? #This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.2-2012052100 (TeX Live 2012/W32TeX) #ConTeXt ver: 2012.05.24 19:36 MKIV fmt: 2012.6.18 int: english/english -- Best Regards, Andreas

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Is it possible to generate eps files using metafun and context?
by Hongwen Qiu 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Hi, Is it possible to typeset the label with context and generate eps output files using the metafun format? If yes, then how? TIA.

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horizontal spacing between only two rows
by Helmut Schwertner 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

Hello, in the following example it is possible to split a table vertical (between the first and the second column with (\startxcell[distance=5pt] test \stopxcell). \starttext \startxtable[option={stretch,width}] \startxrow \startxcell[distance=5pt] test \stopxcell \startxcelltest \stopxcell \startxcelltest \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcelltest \stopxcell \startxcelltest \stopxcell \startxcelltest \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcelltest \stopxcell \startxcelltest \stopxcell \startxcelltest \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stoptext But how can I get horizontal spacing between "only" two rows, and not for the whole table? Thank you, Helmut -- ******************************************************** Helmut Schwertner 28201 Bremen eMail: helmut.schwertner(at)gmx.de

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