September 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

mkiv: way to signal extra run(s)
by Peter Rolf 29 Sep '12

29 Sep '12

Hi, just wondering. Is there a official way to signal ConTeXt from a module, that an extra run is needed? I started thinking about adding bookkeeping for the created run time graphics. Graphic related changes can then be detected and, if necessary, extra runs can be started to update the changed graphics. I need the second run to create and start the ImageMagick batch script, but the collected info in the *.tuc file prevents ConTeXt from starting a second/third run. Currently I use a batch file that simply deletes the *.tuc file and then calls 'context'. As there is no bookkeeping, all the graphics are recreated then. Peter

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Current source directory.
by Andre Caldas 29 Sep '12

29 Sep '12

Hello! Is there a way to know the directory of the currently being processed source file? Something like dirname(__FILE__) in PHP. Cheers, André Caldas.

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minimals
by Hans Hagen 29 Sep '12

29 Sep '12

Hi, Is minimals.contextgarden.net offline? 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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Conditionals
by Troy Henderson 29 Sep '12

29 Sep '12

I have a list of numbers, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 18, 20, 186, 188, 316, 318, 354, 372, 376 that I would like to use as exceptions in a \dostepwiserecurse loop. That is, within the loop if \recurselevel is NOT EQUAL to either of these numbers, then I want to do something -- otherwise, I simply increment \recurselevel. I would appreciate an example of how to do this. Thanks, Troy Henderson

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External Figure inside MPpage
by Troy Henderson 29 Sep '12

29 Sep '12

I was wondering if there is a way to place an external figure (JPG/PDF) inside a MPpage. The following does not work. \startMPpage \externalfigure[spiral/andrew/andrew.jpg][height=4.75in] \stopMPpage Troy Henderson

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Bib module -> master thesis title not displayed in placepublications
by Xan 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

Hi, I have this: @mastersthesis{meva-memoria, author = "Bordoy, Xavier", title = "Algunes contribucions a l'estudi del problema de la paraula per a grups", school = "Departament de Ciències Matemàtiques i Informàtica. Universitat de les Illes Balears", year = "2009", address = "Palma de Mallorca", note = "Available in \from[bib:memoria-master] (in catalan)" } and when I put \placepublications[criterium=text] I only recive: "X. Bordoy, Master's thesis, Departament.... Univeritat... Palma de Mallorca (2009). Avaliable in .... (catalan)." but not title? Why? Can I display title in that? Thanks in advance, Xan.

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\define a command with square-bracket arguments
by Sietse Brouwer 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

Hi all, As I understand it, \define[2] is preferred over \def#1#2 because it refuses to overwrite existing commands. \define[2]\mycommand{code code code} defines a command to be invoked with \mycommand{...}{...} Can I use \define, or a related command, to define a command that takes square-bracket arguments, like so: \mycommand[...][...] ? When I type \define[1][2]\mycommand{code code code} that doesn't work. Cheers, Sietse

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Referring to multiple elements
by Marco Patzer 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

Hi, how can I refer to multiple elements at the same time? \starttext \startplacefigure [title=foo, reference=alpha] \stopplacefigure \startplacefigure [title=bar, reference=beta] \stopplacefigure \startplacefigure [title=bar, reference=gamma] \stopplacefigure \in{figure}[alpha,beta,gamma] \stoptext This outputs “figure 1”. What I'd like to have is “figure 1-3”. Marco

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verbatim text: \type, \tex and co.
by Alan Braslau 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

Hello, Can someone indicate how to typeset $L_{α+β}$ as verbatim text? (\arg{} doesn't help here...) Furthermore, I suppose that typesetting Greek characters verbatim depends also upon which \tt font is being used. Alan

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[tabulate] colored background
by Philipp Gesang 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

Hi all, the background mechanism of tabulations is quite simplistic: it extends only to the first line of a cell irrespective of its length. Example: ······································································· \starttext \starttabulate[|p|r|] \CM [red] \input knuth \NC was said by The Don \NC \AR \stoptabulate \stoptext ······································································· Is there a way to get the whole cell covered? (Textbackgrounds only color the area where text is, not the entire cell.) Regards Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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