November 2013 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

[font-syn.lua] remove call to fontloader.to_table()
by Philipp Gesang 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

Hi all, calling fontloader.to_table() appears to be redundant when extracting font names, see the attached patch. On my system I measured 42 (patched) vs 59 (vanilla) seconds for rebuilding the entire index: mtxrun --script fonts --reload --force The resulting index is -- except for the uuid, naturally -- identical in both cases. Best, Philipp

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How to test the emptyness of a variable?
by Géry Ogam 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

> I'm sure there is also a "cleaner" TeX way, but I'm not experienced enough for that. I think you misunderstood my issue: your Lua way does the same thing than my TeX way: it displays: ONE Cool 2 Cat 3 Mouse but that is NOT what I want. What I want is: 1 Cool 2 Cat 3 Mouse So I need to check if the chapter label has been set empty or not by the user, because it is not empty (let's say the user chose the string "CHAPTER~" for the chapter label) I want to display this: CHAPTER ONE Cool CHAPTER 2 Cat CHAPTER 3 Mouse The way to do that is to check if the variable \currentstructurelabel is empty, so the code must be: \define[1] \MyCommand{\doifelse{\currentsectioncountervalue}{1}{\doifnotemptyelse{\currentstructurelabel}{ONE}{#1}}{#1}} \setuphead[chapter][deepnumbercommand=\MyCommand] \starttext \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPTER~] \chapter{Cool} \chapter{Cat} \chapter{Mouse} \stoptext \starttext \setuplabeltext[chapter=] \chapter{Cool} \chapter{Cat} \chapter{Mouse} \stoptext But the problem is that in the second case, even if the chapter label is set empty the command \doifnotemptyelse{\currentstructurelabel} thinks the variable \currentstructurelabel is not empty. So there must be something invisible in it, like a strut or something.

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Installing Context on Windows XP
by Nelson Goncalves 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

Hello, I want to install Context on Windows XP, but the rsync commands fails because the network ports are closed. And the admin of my company does not want to modify the settings. Is there any other way to install Context on Windows other than the script for the command line ? Thanks, Nelson P.S - I already sacrified a member of my family and did the tours around the pentagram but the admin would not change his mind.....

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Re: [NTG-context] Index - ranges
by honyk 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

On 2013-11-07 honyk wrote: > > 1) when a range for my subject index entry is specified and the text > between doesn't overflow to the next page, even in this case > the range of pages 1-1 is created. Is there any option to normalize > it to a single page number? > > \startregister[index][range_01]{primary} > Dummy text. > \stopregister[index][range_01] It is rare, but any help to eliminate it completely is appreciated. > 2) when ranges are used heavily, confusing results are produced. In > following examples I would expect a single range 1-6: > a) 1-3, 3-6 > b) 1-6, 2-4 > c) 1-6, 5-6 This one was caused by improper Docbook => dbcontext => ConTeXt conversion. All ranges of secondaries were treated as primaries so they were collected at primaries. After fixing the XSLT such cases dissapeared completely. Great. This would be a blocker for me. > 3) when several single index entries are used on consecutive pages, the > result 1,2,3,4,5 is produced. Is there any option to create a range > from this? I'm reconsidering this now. I designed my 'subject' index to use ranges when the subject is thoroughly explained, which obviously needs to define beginning and end. On the contrary, when the subject is just mentioned (above the threshold of importance), I inserted just a single index entry instance. Collecting these single instances into the range of e.g. 1-5 would bring false expectations that the subject is thoroughly explained there... This logic goes slightly against the case (1). When the range would be collapsed into to a single value, we would loose the info that the subject is described here. But it looks weird. Jan

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tnum and aligncharacter=yes
by Peter Münster 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

Hi, aligncharacter=yes does not work with \addfeature[with-tnum]: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \definefontfeature[with-tnum][default][tnum=yes] \definefontfamily[mainface][sans][Alwyn New] \setupbodyfont[mainface] \setupTABLE[alignmentcharacter=., aligncharacter=yes] \starttext \startbuffer \bTABLE \bTR \bTD 111.111 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 444.444 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stopbuffer \getbuffer\addfeature[with-tnum]\getbuffer \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Please find attached the pdf file. How could I solve this problem please? TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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Re: [NTG-context] Index - entries in section titles
by Wolfgang Schuster 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Am 07.11.2013 um 23:43 schrieb honyk <j.tosovsky(a)email.cz>: > Dear All, > > what is the correct placing indext entries somewhere in the section title? > > I use it for both ranges (when covering the whole section) and sometimes > also for individual entries: > > (A) \section{\startregister[index][primary_range_01]{primary}Primary} > (B) \section{\index{primary}Primary} (C) \section{Primary}\index{primary} Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Index - 'sort as' parameter for secondary and tertiary index entries
by honyk 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

On 2013-11-07 honyk wrote: > while there is a sorting parameter for the primary index entry: > \index[primary]{>primary<} > > I cannot find any method how to define 'sort as' parameter for next two > levels: > \index{primary+>aaa<} > \index{primary+bbb} I've tried '+' analogy and it seems to be working! \index[+aaa]{primary+>aaa<} \index{primary+bbb} \index{brimary+ccc} \index[+bbb]{brimary+>bbb<} \index[+aaa]{brimary+>aaa<} It would be nice to mention this possibility in the wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Registers Jan

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Index - entries in section titles
by honyk 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Dear All, what is the correct placing indext entries somewhere in the section title? I use it for both ranges (when covering the whole section) and sometimes also for individual entries: (A) \section{\startregister[index][primary_range_01]{primary}Primary} (B) \section{\index{primary}Primary} This syntax is however: (1) used 'as is' in bookmark labels (\index{primary}Primary instead of Primary) (2) producing page references also from TOC (labels are correct, but the index entry instances are kept together there internally) How can I get rid of it? Thanks, Jan

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Index - custom sorting
by honyk 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Dear All, czech sorting has a quite complex logic. How can a default index entries sorting be overridden? Using a macro or somewhere under the hood via a lua code? I am a total noob in this. Btw, as a Java programmer I have it implemented already in Java so I hope it won't be a huge task to convert it into something else... Any hint is appreciated. Jan

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Index - ranges
by honyk 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Dear All, 1) when a range for my subject index entry is specified and the text between doesn't overflow to the next page, even in this case the range of pages 1-1 is created. Is there any option to normalize it to a single page number? \startregister[index][range_01]{primary} Dummy text. \stopregister[index][range_01] 2) when ranges are used heavily, confusing results are produced. In following examples I would expect a single range 1-6: a) 1-3, 3-6 b) 1-6, 2-4 c) 1-6, 5-6 3) when several single index entries are used on consecutive pages, the result 1,2,3,4,5 is produced. Is there any option to create a range from this? Thanks, Jan

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