July 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

write my own text in the header
by dalyoung 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Dear all, I have two questions. 1. I'd like to write various text in the header differently at every page. It is like "SlideTitle{}" used in the simpleslide module. I tried "\setupheadertexts[text]" at the beginning of every page. But only the text defined at last appeared at the header of every page. Is there a way to do such a job? 2. Is it possible to use my own figure as a background under the simpleslide module? -- Example-- .... \usemodule[simpleslides][style=HorizontalStripes,font=] .... \defineoverlay[yellow-spring][{\externalfigure[./background/yellowspring][width=\paperwidth]}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=yellow-spring] \dontleavehmode \blank[.5cm] \placefigure[none][]{} {\getbuffer[TitleOfSlides]} \blank[1.5cm] \placefigure[none][]{} {\getbuffer[Speaker]} \page \component TestPage ... --Output The background "yellow-spring" is appeared in the first page(Title page), but from the second page only horizontalstripes appeared. Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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floats in margin
by Meer, H. van der 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Trying a \placefigure[inmargin] and other margins settings gives an undefined control sequence error: \strc_floats_caption_set_align ...s_caption_align ]} <argument> ...box {\strc_floats_caption_set_align \hsize \floatcaptionparame… My version in use is ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.10 09:52 MKIV fmt: 2012.7.11 int: english/english Is this problem already solved in a later version? Since when? Hans van der Meer

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\definetext problem?
by Alan Bowen 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

This used to work in earlier versions of MKIV, but does no longer—the page sets without complaint but the footer does not appear. A minimal example: \definehead[BookTitle][title] \setuphead[BookTitle][header=high,footer=BookTitlePage] \definetext[BookTitlePage][footer] [\vbox{\tfx \centerline{Some text}\par } ] \starttext \BookTitle{Title} \input knuth\footnote{\input ward} \stoptext Is there a problem with \definetext? Alan

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Returning...need advice on manuals for MKIV
by john Culleton 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Returning after a long absence... Downloaded a fistful of manuals, concentrating on MKIV. One of these lists commands, and is dated 2012 which is promising. Many of these commands are not included in "Context, The Manual". So is there a manual or guide (or multiples) that expains these new commands? Let me put it a different way. If a person familiar with TeX but not Context wanted to use MKIV what documents beyond "Context the Manual" would that person need to understand and use Context for ordinary documents (like a book on another software project)? I use TexLive 2011 on a Slackware Linux platform. -- John Culleton

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Broken for a while now...
by DB 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

I've noticed two things that seem to be broken in the betas, and they've been broken for a while now. \resetpagenumber \setuppagenumber[number=1] sets the page number to zero rather than 1. Also, the width= setting in \setuplist doesn't work anymore, either. I apologise if I sound like I'm whining. I just wanted to bring it to your attention. --DB

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multi column index register broken
by Andreas Mang 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Dear all, Firstly, thanks for the fixes in the index register. Works nicely... However, I am facing an new problem with this very register: It seems that the current beta only works for index registers put in a single column (see below) or did the interface change? Cheers, Andreas VERSION: ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.16 20:58 MKIV fmt: 2012.7.16 MINIMAL EXAMPLE: %%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext ABC\index{ABC} DEF\index{DEF} GHI\index{GHI} JKL\index{JKL} MNO\index{MNO} % \placeindex[n=1] % works % \completeindex[n=1] % works \completeindex % does not work %\placeindex[n=2] % does not work %\completeindex[n=2] % does not work \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%% ERROR MESSAGE: Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted) … <to be read again> \relax \settotalinsertionheight ...on_height \s!topfloat +\page_insert_insertion_he... \page_mul_set_n_of_lines ...ttotalinsertionheight \d_page_mul_temp \dimexpr ... \page_otr_command_set_vsize ...mul_set_n_of_lines \d_page_mul_temp \nofcolum... \page_mul_start ... >\plusone \page_mul_start_yes \else \page_mul_start_nop ... \strc_registers_place ...rparameter \c!tolerance ] \strc_registers_place_inde... …

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The usual fixes. New is a first version of a new multi column handler. Pretty experimental but eventually it will replace the current multi column routine, which is fact is then an instance, think of \definemixedcolumns [columns] \unexpanded\def\setupcolumns {\setupmixedcolumns[columns]} The simple columns routine is already replaced (by an instance) as is the multi column handler of itemize. Hans ps. Does someone know of a latin font that has different glyphs sets? \definefontfeature [solution-demo] [goodies=demo, % needs version from latest beta featureset=default] \definefont [SomeTestFont] [texgyrepagellaregular*solution-demo at 10pt] \definefontsolution [solution] [goodies=demo, solution=experimental, method={normal,preroll}, % method={normal,preroll,split}, criterium=1] \starttext \enabletrackers [builders.paragraphs.solutions.splitters.colors] \startsimplecolumns \showfontkerns \setuptolerance[verytolerant] \start \SomeTestFont \input zapf \par \stop \column \start \SomeTestFont \startfontsolution[solution] \input zapf \par \stopfontsolution \stop \stopsimplecolumns \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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bad kerning with Garamond
by Peter Münster 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Hi, I've copied the files GARA.TTF, GARABD.TTF and GARAIT.TTF (Monotype Garamond) to the fonts directory and then regenerated the database. This is my test-file: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[garamond] \starttext \input tufte \it \input tufte \bf \input tufte \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The output is here: http://pmrb.free.fr/tmp/test.pdf and it's very ugly. How could I get better results please? TIA for any help! -- Peter

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ancient greek module and footnote fontsize problem
by Alan Bowen 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

The following code fails to produce greek in the footnote. \usemodule[ancientgreek] [font=GreekOldStandard,scale=1.00,altfont=GreekLibertine,scale=0.95] \def\grk{\localgreek} \setupnote[footnote][way=bypage,conversion=numbers] \setupnote[footnote][location=page, rule=on, bodyfont=9.5pt, style=normal ] \starttext \grk{ἄλφα} lorem ipsum\footnote{lorem ipsm dolor \grk{βῆτα}} \stoptext The problem seems to be “bodyfont=9.5pt”. If this line is commented out, the greek appears as it should. Is this a bug or is there another way to set the fontsize in footnotes to 9.5 pts? Alan

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Broken Nightly (2012.07.10)
by Kip Warner 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Hey Hans, Wolfgang, et al, The nightly for 2012.07.10 appears to be broken. When attempting to compile my book, I get the following. ! Argument of \PlaceSection has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \strc_rendering_inject_text ...ameter \c!command } \ifx \p_command \empty \di... \strc_rendering_place_head_text ...ng_inject_text }\fi \strc_rendering_stop_... \strc_sectioning_handle ...dering_place_head_text \strc_sectioning_after_yes... l.8 \title{Contents at a Glance} E ? You want to edit file Makeup/Table_of_Contents.tex at line 8 <https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~avaneya/avaneya/trunk/view/head:/Documentatio…> This is just a piece of advice from one programmer to another, but it might be useful if you use some kind of unit testing framework with ConTeXt since most of the nightlies it seems are usually broken for somebody. You just need some test cases, e.g. people's documents that draw on as many features as possible. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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