November 2013 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Index - 'sort as' parameter for secondary and tertiary index entries
by honyk 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Dear All, 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 want to have >aaa< before bbb in my index. Any idea? Thanks, Jan

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bookmarks: frontpart, bodypart, etc. ???
by Alan BRASLAU 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Hello, The bookmark mechanism has changed in a very recent beta and now \startfrontmatter \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \stopbodymatter \startappendices \stopappendices \startbackmatter \stopbackmatter ALL now add bookmarks to the PDF document??? This is VERY strange! I am using: \setupinteraction [state=start,option=bookmark] \setupinteractionscreen [option=bookmark] \placebookmarks [part,chapter,title,section,subsection] [part,chapter,title] Alan

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bug in linenote?
by Pablo Rodriguez 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Dear list, I have a sample of nested linenotes (containing an user-defined command): \setuppapersize[A8] \newcounter\MyCounter \def\CritApp#1#2{\increment\MyCounter% \startlinenote[Varia:\MyCounter]{#1] #2}#1% \prewordbreak\stoplinenote[Varia:\MyCounter]} \starttext \startlinenumbering \startlinenote[one]{hyphenated}this is a test on \startlinenote[two]{with nested linenote}hyphenation\prewordbreak\stoplinenote[two]\stoplinenote[one] \CritApp{this is a test on \CritApp{hyphenation}{nested linenote: bad line number}}{not hyphenated} \stoplinenumbering \showhyphens{legibility} \stoptext Nesting the above defined \CritApp makes the line number to be 0 and disables hyphenation of the nested text (at least). I think this is a bug in ConTeXt. Could anyone confirm this? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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conditional argument and \doifemptyelse
by Pablo Rodriguez 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Dear list, I’m trying to define a command that has a conditional argument: \def\MyCommand#1#2#3{#1, #2, \doifemptyelse{#3}{#1}{#3}} \starttext \MyCommand{first}{second} \stoptext The problem is that \doifemtpyelse only works if there the third argument is there as {}. And the third argument is actually an exception to workaround an unwanted behavior of the command in very few exceptional cases. Is there no way to make \MyCommand above work with \doifemptyelse even if its third argument is not defined? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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How to test the emptyness of a variable?
by Géry Ogam 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Any idea for achieving this behaviour? - When there is a chapter label (\setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPTER~]), display : CHAPTER ONE Cool CHAPTER 2 Cat CHAPTER 3 Mouse etc. - When there is no chapter label (\setuplabeltext[chapter=]), display: 1 Cool 2 Cat 3 Mouse etc. My try achieves the first display, but not the second one since I don’t know how to test the emptyness of the chapter label. When I remove the chapter label, it displays: ONE Cool 2 Cat 3 Mouse instead of: 1 Cool 2 Cat 3 Mouse My code: \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPTER~] \define[1] \MyCommand{\doifelse{\currentsectioncountervalue}{1}{ONE}{#1}} \setuphead[chapter][deepnumbercommand=\MyCommand] \starttext \chapter{Cool} \chapter{Cat} \chapter{Mouse} \stoptext

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important line in TikZ
by Xan 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Hi, Can someone confirm if \draw[important line] (0,0) -- (1,0); works in ConTeXt? Or is it my old version? Thanks, Xan.

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setting size for mainfont or sansfont in stable simplefonts
by Lars Huttar 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Hello, I'm using the simplefonts module from TeX Live 2013. (I can't use the new simplefonts for this production project, due to stability requirements.) I have the following, which works well for the most part: \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \usemodule[simplefonts][size=9.2pt] \setmainfont[Gentium Book Basic] \setsansfont[Tex Gyre Heros] \starttext Serif typeface: regular, {\em italic}, {\bf bold} and {\bf\em bold italic} styles. \ss Sans--serif typeface: regular, {\em italic}, {\bf bold} and {\bf\em bold italic} styles. \stoptext Because the Tex Gyre Heros font is larger than Gentium Book Basic at a given point size, when I compile this document, there is a size mismatch between the serif and the sans typefaces. So I looked for a way to give the sans font a smaller default size. I couldn't find an example of such at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/simplefonts. I tried this: \setsansfont[Tex Gyre Heros][size=8pt] but it didn't seem to have any effect. Is there a way to do what I'm trying to do? I could use \switchtobodyfont[8pt] every time I go to sans, but I don't think that's the intention of simplefonts. Thanks, Lars

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installing a true-type font: can't find ttf2afm
by Lars Huttar 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Hi all, I'm following the instructions at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installing_a_TrueType_font,_step_by_step because I want to install a TTF (Gentium in fact) for ConTeXt to use. There is a warning that these instructions may be out of date, but I haven't found anything newer. This is under TeX Live 2013, the context scheme, and I've been using ConTeXt mkiv. I found texfont.pl, though it wasn't in the path, and managed to run it in the directory where I have my .ttf files: $ sudo PATH=$PATH /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/context/perl/texfont.pl --ve=sil --co=gentium --makepath --install But then I get errors about ttf2afm: TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2013/../texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. encoding vector : texnansi vendor name : sil source path : . font collection : gentium texmf font root : /usr/local/texlive/2013/../texmf-local map file name : texnansi-sil-gentium.map source path : . processing files : all on afm path locating afm files : using pattern ./*.afm locating afm files : using ttf files generating afm file : ./GentiumPlus-I.afm sh: ttf2afm: command not found generating afm file : ./GentiumPlus-R.afm sh: ttf2afm: command not found copying files : afm copying files : pfb copying files : ttf copying : GentiumPlus-I.ttf copying : GentiumPlus-R.ttf processing aborted : no afm files found --help : show some more info I can't find ttf2afm anywhere. Is it part of pdfTex? Do I have to have the pdftex scheme installed in order to install True-type fonts? Thanks, Lars

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Preventing caption stoppers from appearing in references
by Géry Ogam 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Hello Hans, I would like to prevent caption stoppers from appearing in references in ConTeXt. Here is a minimal example: \starttext \setupcaptions[numberstopper=.~---~, distance=0em] \placefigure[][cow]{A Cow}{\externalfigure[cow]} \in{Figure}[cow] shows a cow. \stoptext Aditya suggested that I use suffix instead of numberstopper, which works very well, but Wolgang said: ‘I’m sorry to disappoint you but there is no official solution to achieve this. There are ways to change the stopper for section numbers in the heading and the text but not for the other counters (floats, descriptions etc.). The solution you got from Aditya at stackexchange works but it’s more a hack because suffixes are used when you use a splitted float (e.g. a table which spans multiple pages) where you get 1.a., 1.b etc. (the a and b are suffixes) as numbers.’ So since numberstoppers — of any kinds (for floats, sections, descriptions) — are supposed to separate numbers from titles, it would be logical that they don’t appear in references because references don’ have titles, only numbers, so no separation sign (numberstopper) is needed. Could you change that behaviour Hans, or add a command for setting the layout of the numbers in references (separators, counter conversion, etc.)? There is already such a command for section numbers and you only have to add another one for other counters. Best regards.

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Aligning Part-Title in TOC
by "H. Özoguz" 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Hello together, my question today is about aligning the part-title in the toc, see this simple example: \setuphead[part][number=no] \starttext \completecontent \part{Part 1: This is the title of the first part, it is very very long, but actually not a real title of a part in a book} \stoptext Whatever I try, using \crlf, \\, \blank[...] or anything else, I did not get the result of aligning I want. I want the title indented in the second line, as is is in the first line (so both lines have a left-offset to "Part 1"). For better understanding I attached a image with the intended result. How to do get this? Thanks alot. Huseyin

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