August 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

[OT] The effect of typefaces on credibility
by Khaled Hosny 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

This is stuff is usually bogus, but the choice of Computer Modern is interesting: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/hear-all-ye-people-hearken-… (for once an OT that is not Luigi's)

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Bold math trouble
by Kumar Appaiah 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Hi. I use ConTeXt in Debian. If this helps, please keep it in mind: dpkg -l context gives: ii context 2012.05.30.20120611-1 Now, if you consider the following: <code> \usetypescript[palatino][texnansi] \definetypeface[mainface][mm][math][modern][modern][encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [boldmath] [modern] [modern] [encoding=texnansi] \switchtobodyfont[palatino,14pt] \starttext Hi \startformula x = \boldsymbol{\Sigma}\Sigma \stopformula \stoptext </code> The issue I have is that this doesn't work, and throws me: ! Math formula deleted: Insufficient symbol fonts. \mathboldsymbol ...t]$\mathsurround \zeropoint #1$ }} {\hbox {\switchtoformul... l.9 x = \boldsymbol{\Sigma} \Sigma However, if I make the 14pt above 11pt or 12pt, it works perfectly. Is there something I am doing wrong? Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah

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formula in TABLE is not continuous numbered
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Hi, please have a look at this minimal example below: you'll find three formulas (1), (4), (5) What happen to (2) and (3)? Steffen ....... \starttext \placeformula \startformula a+b=c \stopformula \bTABLE[frame=on,align=right,width=fit,style={\switchtobodyfont[9pt]}] \bTR \bTD[width=35mm] \placeformula \startformula c-a=b \stopformula \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \placeformula \startformula c-b=a \stopformula \stoptext

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Clarification on methods of toggling maximum compression
by Kip Warner 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

Hey list, I've noticed at least three methods of setting what I think is the generated PDF to maximum compression. \setupbackend[level=9] \pdfcompresslevel9 \maximumpdfcompression Are these all redundant? Do they do different things? Do I need but one to achieve the desired maximum compression of the resulting PDF? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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superscript spacing: xits math font
by Andreas Mang 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

Hi there, Likewise to an issue reported earlier to this list (Math & other issues for TL 2012) there seems to be a problem with the spacing of the superscript in the xits math font, which cannot be controlled via the "setupmathematics[italix=n]" option: %%% start example \setupbodyfont[xits] \starttext ${\cal P}^hx$ $P^h_mx$ $C^hx$ $W^{-1}x$ \stoptext %%% stop example For me (ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.10 00:32 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.10) these examples yield a too small spacing / negative spacing between the letter and the corresponding superscript. Any ideas? Cheers, Andreas Not quite sure if this is a pure font problem and should be sent to some other place than this list?

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Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text
by Robert Blackstone 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

On 10 aug. 2012, at 18:08:36 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster(a)gmail.com> wrote > Am 10.08.2012 um 18:00 schrieb "Rogers, Michael K" <mroge02(a)emory.edu>: > >> Hi, >> >> Since no one has offered a quick ConTeXt solution, I offer my usual -- a dumb Plain TeX solution: >> >> \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{#3}$} >> >> With the Computer Modern font, the top is a little further away from the middle than the bottom. It can be adjusted with something like >> >> \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{\lower0.23pt\hbox{$\scriptstyle{#3}$}}$} >> >> but this would probably have to be adjusted for each font and size. > > You can use \framed: > > \defineframed[lohimi][align=flushleft,location=middle,frame=off,foregroundstyle=\tx] > > \starttext > text \lohi{1}{2} text \lohimi{1\\2\\3} text > \stoptext > > Wolfgang Hi Wolfgang, Though you actually replied to Michael Rogers' mail I consider myself to be a recipient of your advice too. Thank you very much for your help. For my purpose the "dumb Plain TeX solution" that Michael Rogers suggested works better as the distances between the figures are short enough to make it look like one symbol. Which is the way I prefer it in this sort of text. Thanks again, Kind regards, Robert

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Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text
by Robert Blackstone 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

On 10 aug. 2012, at 16:00, "Rogers, Michael K" <mroge02(a)emory.edu> wrote in reply to my question: "Is there a neat way to insert a stack of three figures in a line of text with the middle one sitting on the base line?" > Since no one has offered a quick ConTeXt solution, I offer my usual -- a dumb Plain TeX solution: > > \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{#3}$} > > With the Computer Modern font, the top is a little further away from the middle than the bottom. It can be adjusted with something like > > \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{\lower0.23pt\hbox{$\scriptstyle{#3}$}}$} > > but this would probably have to be adjusted for each font and size. > > Hope that helps, > > Michael Thank you very much. It certainly helps. This is exactly what I need. Kind regards, Rober

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Figured bass symbols in a text.
by Robert Blackstone 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

Dear all, Is there a neat way to insert a stack of three figures in a line of text with the middle one sitting on the base line? I need it in a discussion of figured bass. (Figured bass is a system to indicate harmonies to be played above a bass-line. The figures can be single or stacked, two or three above each other. In discussing this topic in articles and books these "figures" are usually written as they appear in the music scores, in other words, stacked.) For a stack of two figures it can be done perfectly with \lohi{}{}. Is there a way to do it for a stack of three figures with the middle one sitting on the base line? (Something like \lomihi{}{}{}?) Here is an example in which the problem is stated once more. ----------------------------------------------- \starttext This does not look professional. A typical problematic example of this printing practice is Monteverdi's {\em L'Orfeo}, where, in the third act, in Speranze's recitative {\em Ecco l'atra palude}, several single fourths are printed, leaving for the continuo player the choice to play 5/4, 6/4, or 7/4/2. \medskip This does, for \lohi{4}{5} and \lohi{4}{6}. But how could this be done also for 7/4/2? (Interline distance may be enlarged as necessary.) A typical problematic example of this printing practice is Monteverdi's {\em L'Orfeo}, where, in the third act, in Speranze's recitative {\em Ecco l'atra palude}, several single fourths are printed, leaving for the continuo player the choice to play \lohi{4}{5}, \lohi{4}{6}, or 7/4/2. \stoptext ------------------------------------------------ Thanks in advance for any help. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Changing page number location for chapters
by john Culleton 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

I have set up page numbering in the header thus: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={header,margin}] I have suppressed this page number for chapters thus: \setuphead[chapter][page=right,header=empty] But what I really want is the page number for chapters in the footer, and centered. This is a common convention. What parameter should I use in the \setuphead command to accomplish this? -- 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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Broken Nightly 2012.08.09 20:28 - \setupinteraction
by Prashanth 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

Hi, I like clickable links in PDF files. However, the build from 2012.08.09 20:28 has a problem with it. Minimal example: \setupinteraction[status=start, state=start, % disabling this line makes it work title={Something}, subtitle={Something else}] \starttext \CONTEXT\ \footnote{http://wiki.contextgarden.net/} latest build. \stoptext

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