April 2013 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

ConTeXt mkiv with SciTE on MacOSX
by Pierre Bovet 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi all, I recently purchased Scite-Mac OSX to use with ConTeXt, but I don't find an issue for the integration of the *.properties and lexers files which are located in the ConTeXt minimal distribution. Did anyone encounter the same problem and who could help me? Thank you for your kind attention! Pierre Bovet Switzerland

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mptopdf in minimals
by John Kitzmiller 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Is there something extra needed to use mptopdf with only context minimal? Experimenting with having just context standalone on mac osx: Compiling with just mpost or using a context \startMPcode wrapper works, e.g.: beginfig(1); draw origin--(100,100); endfig; end works with command line mpost % This is MetaPost, version 1.801 (kpathsea version 6.1.1dev) (mpost.mp (/users/johnkitzmiller/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/plain.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.004) ) (./mwe.mp [1] ) 1 output file written: mwe.1 Transcript written on mwe.log. and... \starttext \startMPcode draw origin--(100,100); \stopMPcode \stoptext works with command context % But using mptopdf on the first snippet complains: MPtoPDF 1.4.1 : running 'mpost --mem=mpost mwe.mp' This is MetaPost, version 1.801 (kpathsea version 6.1.1dev) (mpost.mp (/users/johnkitzmiller/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/plain.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.004) ) (./mwe.mp [1] ) 1 output file written: mwe.1 Transcript written on mwe.log. This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013) \write18 enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mptopdf.fmt /usr/texbin/mktexfmt: line 395: /users/johnkitzmiller/context/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: is a directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `mptopdf.fmt'! MPtoPDF 1.4.1 : error while processing tex file (Note: I do not have TeX Live 2013 installed. The message from line 7 gave me some hints and I created the directory and put mptopdf.fmt from a pdftex --ini mptopdf command … no luck) Turning $PATH off from ~/context/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin mptopdf % gives: MPtoPDF 1.4.1 : running 'mpost --mem=mpost mwe.mp' This is MetaPost, version 1.504 (kpathsea version 6.1.0) (mpost.mp (/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/metapost/base/plain.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.004)) (./mwe.mp [1] ) 1 output file written: mwe.1 Transcript written on mwe.log. This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012) restricted \write18 enabled. [MP to PDF] (./mwe.1) [1] Output written on mwe.pdf (1 page, 1305 bytes). Transcript written on mwe.log. MPtoPDF 1.4.1 : mwe is converted to mwe-1.pdf as I have been using. How to get mptopdf working from command line with just minimals?

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Decomposing the glyphs of a font
by Tim Li 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi, Can I decompose the glyphs of an OpenType font? In other words, I hope to draw the outline of a font and its bounding box.What way has ConTeXt provided? Best regards,Tim

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Non-breaking spaces
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

> \nobreakspace > \ideographicspace > \ideographichalffillspace > \twoperemspace > \threeperemspace > \fourperemspace > \sixperemspace > \figurespace > \punctuationspace > \breakablethinspace > \hairspace > \zerowidthspace > \zwnj > \zwj > \narrownobreakspace > > or just their utf representation Which of them is like \hairspace, but not breakable? Or where can I read all the properties of this commands? Huseyin

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endnotemarkers
by Meer, H. van der 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

With the following setup my endnotes show up in the list with [number], as I would like to have it. But in the text they do not appear as [number] but just as plain numbers. Why does textcommand has not this effect, whereas numbercommand does? The manual strongly suggest this to me. \def\fnmarker#1{[#1]} \setupnotation[endnote][numbercommand=\fnmarker,textcommand=\fnmarker] Hans van der Meer

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Vanishing chapter title from Contents
by Tim Li 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi, maybe, codes is our language :-) % define a new head\definehead[backmatterchapter][chapter] \starttext \startfrontmatter \title{Preface} \completecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{First Chapter} \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \backmatterchapter{Backmatter} \stopbackmatter \stoptext The chapter title "Backmatter" in the backmatter won't appear in the Contents. Why? How can I make it appear in the Contents? Best regards,Tim

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Non-breaking spaces
by "H. Özoguz" 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

For typographical fine-tuning one needs often non-breaking spaces. But not only full spaces, but half spaces, or even less. I have this example: and\hskip1pt/or But \hskip1pt is not non-breaking, like "\," (half space) is. How to make it non-breaking? Or are there predfined ones, analog to \, ? Huseyin

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footnoterule
by Meer, H. van der 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Is there a reason why the first does switches off the rule above the footnote \setupfootnotes[rule=off] but this doesn't? \setupnotation[footnote][rule=off]] Just try with \setupnotation[footnote][rule=off] % either this or the next one %\setupfootnotes[rule=off] \starttext Some footnote\footnote{The foonote}.\crlf \stoptext Hans van der Meer

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typesetting TOC
by Meer, H. van der 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

I am very sorry, but I still cannot understand how to get the TOC as I would like it. The following does typeset the Content header but is empty otherwise. \startfrontmatter \completelist[content][criterium=chapter] \stopfrontmatter I tried various possibilities from the reference manual, like \placelist[section][criterium=chapter]. But either this doesn't work (anymore?) or I am doing something very stupid. But these call do nothing. It seems so simple: use the \complete.. mechanism (because this wraps the TOC nicely) to typeset a selection from the TOC using the criterium-mechanism. Which seems to me just made for this sort of action. But nothing comes out of it. Hans van der Meer

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bodyfont size in margin?
by Meer, H. van der 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

I would like to have the same font and especially the same size for inmargin texts. Why is the following program not honouring the size setting? % Font in margin text \def\MarkMaster{\inmargin[location=left]{{\switchtobodyfont[sans,8pt]\red MASTER SECTION}}} \starttext \startchapter[title=\MarkMaster test title] \input tufte \MarkMaster \input tufte \blank contextversion=\contextversion \stopchapter \stoptext Hans van der Meer

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