August 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

On 7 aug. 2012, 12:47:06 Sietse Brouwer <sbbrouwer(a)gmail.com> wrote > > I guess that was never baked in. Probably because quotations are not > really numbered objects, and so not obvious candidates for having > their own labels. > > Cheers, > > Sietse Hi Sietse, Thanks for your answer and your patience. It is clear now: marking a textfragment for later reference by means of a delimited text is not necessary and therefore not enabled. Thanks again. Best regards, Robert

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\startcomponent, \startproduct... + automatic file name
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hello, just a brief question - - is there a way how to obtain the current file name; to be possible to write e.g. ---- C1.tex \startcomponent \thisfilename % Instead of \startcomponent C1 ---- and ---- P1.tex \startproduct \thisfilename % Instead of \startproduct P1 ---- so that \thisfilename yields "C1.tex" or "C1", "P1.tex" or "P1"? Or - is it possible to use Lua for this purpose? ---- C1.tex \startcomponent \directlua{context(... trackers ... resolvers ... finders ... whatever ... - to get the current file name)} ---- 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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Italic page number.
by john Culleton 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

IMO the following code should result in an italic iii on the contents page. Instead I get a roman 1. ------------------- \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,conversion=romannumerals] \setuppagenumber[number=iii] \setuppagenumber[state=start] \completecontent ------------------------------ I have tried variations such as a single \setupagenumber with two parameters, using \page[iii] instead and so on. This ought to be a smple task: start page numbering on the contents page with iii. But I haven't mastered it yet. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Re: [NTG-context] Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

On 6 aug. 2012, Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com> wrote > > On 6 aug. 2012, Mon, 6 Aug 2012 14:16:09 +020 > Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster(a)gmail.com> wrote >> Am 06.08.2012 um 09:41 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: >> >>> Thank you Marco. Another very useful tool for me. I realize now that many things with labels can be used as anchors for references, and I'm still a bit surprised that a delimited text with a label cannot be used that way. >> >> Where has the delimited text in your example a label? >> >> Wolfgang > > > I had not included a minimal example but I had run some trials. Since they did not work, and you gave me a good solution, I trashed them. I kept the pdf's though, in which I included the source. So I can reconstruct the examples. > I'll try to make it again tomorrow morning. I would be interested to learn what sort of errors I committed. > Kind regards, > Robert Blackstone Here follows my minimal example. I reasoned that the identifier [topica] might act as a label, or an anchor, or whatever the correct ConTeXt name is, for a reference. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \definedelimitedtext[topica] \setupdelimitedtext[topica][left=,right=] %maybe superfluous? I do not need a layout different from the rest of the text. \starttext Some text. \starttopica Some text to explain a certain topic, called topica. \stoptopica Some more text about topica. (See discussion on \at{page}[topica]) \stoptext --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To avoid any misunderstanding: this is no longer a problem since I have been given excellent advice. But it intrigues me. Why can some identifiers, for example of figures, be used for internal references and others not? Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Re: [NTG-context] Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

On 7 aug. 2012, Pontus Lurcock <pont(a)talvi.net> wrote > > On Tue 07 Aug 2012, Robert Blackstone wrote: > >> Here follows my minimal example. I reasoned that the identifier [topica] might act as a label, or an anchor, or whatever the correct ConTeXt name is, for a reference. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> \definedelimitedtext[topica] >> \setupdelimitedtext[topica][left=,right=] %maybe superfluous? I do not need a layout different from the rest of the text. >> \starttext >> >> Some text. >> >> \starttopica >> Some text to explain a certain topic, called topica. >> \stoptopica >> >> Some more text about topica. (See discussion on \at{page}[topica]) >> >> \stoptext >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To avoid any misunderstanding: this is no longer a problem since I have been given excellent advice. But it intrigues me. Why can some identifiers, for example of figures, be used for internal references and others not? > > In this case, I'd say it's because you're defining a delimited text > style which can be used in multiple places. Your document could have > five hundred \starttopica...\stoptopica blocks on different pages. > A figure identifier, on the other hand, is meant to be unique. > > Pont Hi Pont, Thanks for your comment. I realized this. There would of course be only one "\starttopica...\stoptopica block" in my text. If I would like to use delimited texts in this manner for several different topics, I would simply give them different names. Each topic its own name, like [topicb], [topicc], etc. Like you would do if you wanted to use slightly different types of blockquote in your document. So my question: "Why can some identifiers, for example of figures, be used for internal references and others not?" remains unanswered. Best regards, Robert

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Re: [NTG-context] [Dev-luatex] new/missing feature in luamplib
by Hans Hagen 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

On 7-8-2012 09:29, Keith J. Schultz wrote: > Hi Manuel, Everybody, > > I am just getting into LuaLaTeX. > > I needed to do some work with MetaPost. > > While working I came across a kudo. That is once inside the mblibcode > environment one can not call Lua. THIS I consider a missing feature and > a VERY important one. Some (simple) support for lua calls is on the (long term) agenda but not before the current mplib extensions project is done (i.e. the decimal calculation plugins). Calling lua in itself is not so much an issue; after all one can just do a \directlua inside a blob of mp passed to mplib (I do that all the time). For an lua 'primitive' in mplib (which then probably would just be called just 'lua') we first need to figure out: 1 - how to access mp internals (and that relates to the mentioned decimal extensions, as we might need to get and set) 2 - if and how we can share the state with the (main) tex lua instance 3 - how we want to print back to mp (like tex.[s]print) It's one of those feature we have discussed (maybe too) long ago, but because it has to be more than just (3) it never ended up first on the todo list (first finishing the main lib). The problem with these things is that it has to be mostly 'right from the start' in order not to conflict too much with long term usage). Anyhow, if you play with such things, best have something lua "mp.print(123)" Given mp's somewhat different parsing and expansion compared to tex there are also some conceptual issues involved. It also relates to input buffers (and file reading) and io is somewhat messy in mp and on the agenda for cleaning up. (Luigi Scarso has done this with metafont, so that might be a starting point for experimenting.) 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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Re: [NTG-context] Et tu, Taco?
by Alan BRASLAU 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

> On 06/08/2012 14:54 Bill Meahan wrote: > > On 08/05/2012 05:00 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: > > Dear Knights of the ConTeXt Table, > > > > I am sad to report that our beloved Taco has gone over to the dark > > side: > > > > http://tacosw.com/latexian/ > > > > Is there a Merlin among us to bring back our holy grail? Wolfgang? > > Luigi? > > > > :D > > > > Best wishes > > Idris > > Poor Taco. Other than the "tabs" he has managed to duplicate the > features Emacs has had for some time now albeit at the expense of > installing a couple of optional packages. Then there's Lyx, > Texworks... > > Perhaps we need our own deprogrammers to help rescue our community > members from the Cult of Mac. :) > > -- > Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan USA > > > “Writing is a combination of intangible > creative fantasy and appallingly > hard work.” > > —Anthony Powell Oh, you mean TECO... Alan -- Alan Braslau CEA DSM-IRAMIS-SPEC CNRS URA 2464 Orme des Merisiers 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex FRANCE tel: +33 1 69 08 73 15 fax: +33 1 69 08 87 86 mailto:alan.braslau@cea.fr

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Re: [NTG-context] Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

On 6 aug. 2012, Mon, 6 Aug 2012 14:16:09 +020 Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster(a)gmail.com> wrote > Am 06.08.2012 um 09:41 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: > >> Thank you Marco. Another very useful tool for me. I realize now that many things with labels can be used as anchors for references, and I'm still a bit surprised that a delimited text with a label cannot be used that way. > > Where has the delimited text in your example a label? > > Wolfgang I had not included a minimal example but I had run some trials. Since they did not work, and you gave me a good solution, I trashed them. I kept the pdf's though, in which I included the source. So I can reconstruct the examples. I'll try to make it again tomorrow morning. I would be interested to learn what sort of errors I committed. Kind regards, Robert Blackstone

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Layers
by Bill Meahan 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Is there any issue with "stacking" layers on top of each other? What I want to do is create a newsletter nameplate consisting of a base layer containing a JPEG graphic of a logo, a partially-transparent layer above that to screen the graphic and a top layer containing the newsletter name in a large and fancy font ala' *The New York Times" & al. I've already created a nameplate in Inkscape and can simply place the resultant graphic but I'd like to do the whole thing in ConTeXt if I can as I could easily use the technique in other situations. I'll wikify any answers. Thanks. -- Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan USA “Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.” —Anthony Powell 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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Et tu, Taco?
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Dear Knights of the ConTeXt Table, I am sad to report that our beloved Taco has gone over to the dark side: http://tacosw.com/latexian/ Is there a Merlin among us to bring back our holy grail? Wolfgang? Luigi? :D Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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