October 2013 - ntg-context

not getting latest beta from Suite
by Pablo Rodriguez 26 Oct '13

26 Oct '13

Dear list, as Alan pointed two days ago, running: rsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh . && ./first-setup.sh --modules=all gets beta from 2013.10.15 13:52, while I think it should get beta from 2013.10.20 07:09. I’m on Fedora 19, not on MacOSX (just in case anyone wonders). I guess this may be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Re: [NTG-context] dejavu: inline math fraction spacing too tight?
by "H. Özoguz" 26 Oct '13

26 Oct '13

> \setupbodyfont [dejavu,12pt] > \starttext > $a/b$ > > $1/2$ > > $π/3$ > \stoptext > > Is this indeed the desired spacing? What do others think? > > Thanks. I think you are right, I don't know if this is really desired, but I don't think so. Escpecially one gets problems with "2" in the denominator. \setupbodyfont [dejavu,12pt] \starttext $1/2$ $1\,/\,2$ \stoptext The second hand-tuned example is obviously nicer. Huseyin

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Using CMYK for print jobs
by hwitloc＠gmail.com 25 Oct '13

25 Oct '13

A printer I want to use only handles files which use CMYK colorspace/model.. I tried building my mkiv file using cmyk=yes, as shown below: \setupcolors[state=start, rgb=no, cmyk=yes, overprint=yes] Using ImageMagick's identify program to check the resulting file it show the following: Resolution: 72x72 Print size: 3.58333x2.16667 Units: Undefined Type: PaletteMatte Endianess: Undefined Colorspace: RGBde delegate for this image format `/home/user_a' @ error/constitut Depth: 16/8-bit. Channel depth: red: 8-bit green: 8-bit blue: 8-bit alpha: 1-bit GIMP also shows an RGB model for the resulting pdf file. Also is this mention of pixel resultion of 72x72 correct or useful? I tried to get a 300 dpi resolution for output. Any ideas and advice would be appreciated.

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\startstructurelevel
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 25 Oct '13

25 Oct '13

Hello, is there a default structure (if so, what is its name?) which would yield \subsection when used inside \section, so: \starttext \section{Sec} \startstructurelevel[title={SSec}] % This should give \subsection, but gives \section (or higher) aaa \stopstructurelevel \startstructurelevel[a-name-of-default][title={SSec2}] % This should give \subsection, but gives \section (or higher) aaa \stopstructurelevel \stoptext 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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Re: [NTG-context] Aligning Part-Title in TOC
by "H. Özoguz" 25 Oct '13

25 Oct '13

Any ideas ... ? :)

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ConTeXt standalone - in what situations is it better?
by Lars Huttar 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

Hello, I was looking into simplefonts (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/simplefonts) and noticed the clause > if you’re running ConTeXt Standalone > <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone> (which is a better > option) Well I'm using TeXLive, but am happy to take good advice, so I looked at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone to see why it would be a better option. The basic reason I can see is that Standalone is updated more frequently. So if you're using bleeding-edge features of ConTeXt (including recent fixes to simplefonts?), I can see wanting to use Standalone and have access to the latest features and fixes. On the other hand, if you're working on a large production project that has to be careful of stability, is there any advantage to Standalone over TeXLive? Sure, you can keep a standalone version frozen in place, but then that seems equivalent to staying with an existing version of TeXLive. The other issue for me with Standalone is that the only version listed for Windows is "W32TeX". When I go to the web page for that platform, I don't see any information about what W32TeX is; just how to install it. It sounds like it's specific to 32-bit systems, and mine is 64-bit. But I suppose in that regard it's no different from TeXLive -- the executables are 32-bit but they run fine on 64-bit systems. Does anybody have advice for me on other reasons for switching from TeXLive to ConTeXt Standalone, or reasons not to? Thanks, Lars

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Mavericks and Standalone ConTeXt
by Alan Bowen 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

After installing Mavericks and attempting to update to the latest Standalone— Problem 1: with sh ./first-setupsh I get Context current version: 2013.10.15 13:52. though it should. I think, be version 2013-10-20 07:11. Problem 2: (noted before?) compiling with this Standalone (ConTeXt ver: 2013.10.15 13:52 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.10.24) fails at/with fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'ttf' fonts > names > globbing path '/Users/alancbowen/Library/Fonts/**.ttf' fonts > names > globbing path '/Library/Fonts/**.ttf' mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted Curiosity 1: compiling with the same version of the Standalone (ConTeXt ver: 2013.10.15 13:52 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.10.15) which had been installed *before *upgrading to Mavericks works. I fear Mavericks is living up to its name. Alan

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Nested itemize (spaces before and after inside environment)
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

Hello ConTeXist. I tried convert plainTeX source code into ConTeXt source code so that the output PDF gave the same (or approximately the same) result. I did it for one of plainTEX developers (Mr. Olšák), which compared results of PlainTeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt. However, I encountered the following problem. Is there a way to adjust the spacing before internal itemize environment when the external itemize environment is set as PACKED? Thanx JaroslavHajtmar Here is my minimal example: \setupitemize[1][packed][symbol=n,before={\blank[medium]},after={\blank[medium]}] \setupitemize[2][packed][symbol=a,stopper=),before={\blank[big]},after={\blank[big]}] \starttext This is normal text before itemize list. \startitemize \item First 1 level \item Second 1 level \startitemize \item First 2 level (before this line should be big space) \item Second 2 level \item Third 2 level (after this line should be big space) \stopitemize \item Third 1 level \item Fourth 1 level \stopitemize This is normal text after itemize list. \stoptext

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nested itemize in margin
by John Kitzmiller 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

To enumerate answer blanks in the right margin to match the question, thanks to Marco: \define\ansblank{\inright{\getnumber[itemgroup:itemize]. \thinrules[n=1]}} \setupitemgroup [itemize] [n,style=bold,right=\ansblank] I am trying to augment this to handle nested itemizations so that the \getnumber in the right margin is from the parent itemize but the "\getletter" is from the child: \starttext \startitemize[n] \item First \item Second \startitemize[a] \item Related problem % Would like this to show 2 a. before the marginrule \item Related question % Would like this to show 2 b. before the marginrule \stopitemize \item Third \stopitemize \stoptext Desired output: 1. First 1. _________ 2. Second a. Related problem 2a. ________ b. Related question 2b. ________ 3. Third 3. _________ My attempts have been to define a new "blank" and use [conversion=Character] along with stabs from cont-eni.pdf, but I am flailing and failing. Thanks for any help, John

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interesting link
by Hans Hagen 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

Hi, I just attended a talk about pdf2htmlEX at the tug 2013 conference ... this looks quite interesting ... http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/ http://soft.rubypdf.com/software/pdf2htmlex-windows-version It works (mostly) ok on even complex context manuals like metafun-s.pdf and fonts-mkiv.pdf. 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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