April 2013 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Why does startlines not work in a function
by Cecil Westerhof 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

I have the following code: \startlines \startalignment[center] \setupindenting[no] \doifelse {\getvariable{meta}{personalInfo}} {long} { longline 1 longline 2 longline 3 longline 4 longline 5 longline 6 longline 7 longline 8 } { shortline 1 shortline 2 shortline 3 shortline 4 } \stopalignment \stoplines I wanted to put this in a function. So I wrote: \def\Foo{ \startlines \startalignment[center] \setupindenting[no] \doifelse {\getvariable{meta}{personalInfo}} {long} { longline 1 longline 2 longline 3 longline 4 longline 5 longline 6 longline 7 longline 8 } { shortline 1 shortline 2 shortline 3 shortline 4 } \stopalignment \stoplines } But then the text becomes one line instead of several lines. So I had to rewrite it to: \def\FooTwo{ \startalignment[center] \setupindenting[no] \doifelse {\getvariable{meta}{personalInfo}} {long} { longline 1 longline 2 longline 3 longline 4 longline 5 longline 6 longline 7 longline 8 } { shortline 1 shortline 2 shortline 3 shortline 4 } \stopalignment } I called it first Foo2, but that worked havoc on Foo. -- Cecil Westerhof

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Is it possible to set the output file name in the script
by Cecil Westerhof 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

I am using a command line parameter to change the generated output. Is it also possible to set the output file name depending on the parameter? -- Cecil Westerhof

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How to know I am in frontmatter or bodymatter?
by Tim Li 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Sometimes, it is convenient if I know I am in frontmatter or bodymatter. when desinging a book, we make a new chapter open at a right page and design the header to show the chapter title and pagenumber. We have to set the pagenumber at the page where a chapter title is located. \definetext [chapterstart] [footer] [{\hfill\bf\pagenumber\hfill}]\setuphead [chapter] [footer=chapterstart] if this book consists of a frontmatter and a backmatter, I have to set the text for the titles in frontmatter and chapters in bodymatter like this, for roman pagenumber in frontmatter. \startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart] \definetext [titlestart] [footer] [{\hfill\bf\romannumerals\pagenumber\hfill}] \setuphead [title] [footer=titlestart]\stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \definetext [chapterstart] [footer] [{\hfill\bf\pagenumber\hfill}] \setuphead [chapter] [footer=chapterstart]\stopsectionblockenvironment so, is there a command to make me know if I am in frontmatter or bodymatter? if so, I can use only one command to achieve that setup \definetext [chapterstart] [footer] [{\hfill\bf\ifinfrontmatter ... \else ... \fi\hfill}] regards, Tim

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Fwd: Heading in setuplayout from a variable
by Cecil Westerhof 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Send to Hans instead of to the list. :-( ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof(a)gmail.com> Date: 2013/4/26 Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Heading in setuplayout from a variable To: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> 2013/4/26 Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl>: > On 4/26/2013 1:27 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: >> >> It is a long time since I used ConTeXt. I am starting again. >> >> I have the following code: >> \setvariables[meta][type=cecil] >> >> \if\getvariable{meta}{type}=cecil >> \setvariables[meta][ >> name={Cecil Westerhof}, >> ] >> \setvariables[layout][ >> header=0mm, >> ] >> \fi >> >> But that does not work. >> >> For the conditional I also tried: >> \ifx\getvariable{meta}{type}\cecil >> >> But that does not work either. >> >> What is the correct way to define the comparison? > > > \doifelse {\getvariable{meta}{type}} {cecil} { > ... > } { > ... > } Thanks. That works. In my case I use a \doif. Is there also something like a switch statement? If not I could use a nested \doifelse. -- Cecil Westerhof -- Cecil Westerhof

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Cumulating numbered lists
by Alan Bowen 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

I need a list structure that can be numbered in different ways as the occasion warrants. In this case, I need: 1. text 2. text 2.1. text 2.2. text Text Text A. text B. text The problem seem to be in turning off the cumulation of numbers in the last entries (fourth level). \defineitemgroup[MyList] \setupitemgroup[MyList][1][broad,joinedup,packed,autointro] [itemalign=flushright,left={},right={},stopper={.},margin=3pc] \setupitemgroup[MyList][2][broad,joinedup,packed,autointro] [itemalign=flushright,left={},right={},stopper={.}] \setupitemgroup[MyList][3][broad,joinedup,packed,autointro] [itemalign=flushright,left={},right={},stopper={.}] \setupitemgroup[MyList][4][broad,joinedup,packed,autointro] [itemalign=flushright,left={},right={},stopper={.}] \starttext \startMyList[n,repeat] \item First level text \item First level text \startMyList[n,repeat] \item Second level text \item Second level text \startMyList[symbol={}] \item Third level text \item Third level text \startMyList[A] %<===== % \startMyList[A,prefix=no] %<===== \item Fourth level text \item Fourth level text \stopitemize \stopitemize \stopitemize \stopitemize \stoptext With \startMyList[A], I get 2.2.2.A. Fourth level text 2.2.2.B. Fourth level text With \startMyList[A,prefix=no], I get ▷ Fourth level text on each line. Any suggestions or pointers will be gratefully received. Alan

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Heading in setuplayout from a variable
by Cecil Westerhof 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

It is a long time since I used ConTeXt. I am starting again. I have the following code: \setvariables[meta][type=cecil] \if\getvariable{meta}{type}=cecil \setvariables[meta][ name={Cecil Westerhof}, ] \setvariables[layout][ header=0mm, ] \fi But that does not work. For the conditional I also tried: \ifx\getvariable{meta}{type}\cecil But that does not work either. What is the correct way to define the comparison? -- Cecil Westerhof

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error: terminal: >> NOfTextColumns-1, ! Improper final value has been replaced by 0
by Lars Huttar 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Hello, I'm encountering the following error, under ConTeXt ver: 2012.05.30 11:26 MKIV fmt: 2013.3.11 int: english/english: system > tex > error on line 27 in file data/three-volume-book-book-1.tex: terminal: >> NOfTextColumns-1 ! Improper final value has been replaced by 0. <to be read again> : <*> for i=1 upto NOfTextColumns-1: draw (rightboundary TextColumns[i]) shif... ... 17 \safeinput ./data/statistics-for-area-area-africa.tex 18 \safeinput ./data/statistics-for-area-area-europe.tex 19 20 21 22 \input ./macros/E16pagenohead.tex 23 \ifodd \pageno \else \noheaderandfooterlines \null \page[yes]\fi \noheade randfooterlines 24 25 \startptp{ 26 \pagereference[Languages]\pnum{Part II}\ptitle{Language Listings} 27 >> }\stopptp This error is very odd because: a) The only place I can find code mentioning "NOfTextColumns-1" is in mp-core.mpii, where it's commented out! % \startuseMPgraphic{whatever} % for i=1 upto NOfTextColumns-1 : % draw (rightboundary TextColumns[i]) shifted ... But maybe I just haven't been looking in the right places. b) The place in my .tex document where the error occurs, line 27, is at a \stopptp. Yet there is an essentially identical start/stopptp earlier in the document, where no such error is thrown: \startptp{ \pagereference[Summaries]\pnum{Part I}\ptitle{Statistical Summaries} }\stopptp So I guess there's some content in between the two starts/stop ptp's that's laying the stage for the error to occur. I'll be working on a minimal example, but that's time-consuming; and I thought in the meantime, there may be some clues in the above information that could help clarify the nature of the problem, to someone who understands the inner workings of ConTeXt. Thanks for any help, Lars

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[wiki] fake account spam
by Philipp Gesang 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Hi all, I’d like to draw your attention to the wiki. The spammers appear to know the solution to the current entry barrier “What is usually the last command in a ConTeXt source file (without the backslash)?”, and the number of fake accounts is growing fast: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Special:Log/newusers They don’t, however, seem to vandalize yet, so I guess the postal code of Hasselt is unbreakable with today’s technology ;-) Nevertheless the account spam is messing up the recent changes feed: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=rss Even if it’s not urgent, may I suggest we collect possible replacements for the current question? I can’t image the damage those accounts would do once they figure out how to post links. Best Philipp

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table formatting mystery
by Lance Larsen 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

I created the following table, but I am running into a mysterious problem. When I include the text 'Geometry Calulations' in row 2, the table row expands as if this text takes up lines of text. However the text fits well within the cell length, and the text itself remains on one line. If I delete 'Geometry Calculations', the height of row 2 is the height of one line of text. How do I fix this? I have included snapshots of what I am getting with and without 'Geometry Calculations' included. Any help or insight is appreciated. \setupTABLE[c][1][width=0.16\textwidth] \setupTABLE[c][2,3,4][width=0.13\textwidth] \setupTABLE[c][5][width=0.20\textwidth, align=middle] \setupTABLE[c][6][width=0.25\textwidth, align=middle] \bTABLE[width=0.5\textwidth, rulethickness=0.5pt] \bTR \bTD[nc=2] \bf ~\cb Preliminary \cb Final \eTD \bTD[align=middle] \bf Revision \eTD \bTD[align=middle] X \eTD \bTD \bf Document ID \eTD \bTD \DocID \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=2] \bf ~Document Title: \eTD \bTD[nc=4,align=middle] Geometry Calculations \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=2] \bf ~Originating Discipline: \eTD \bTD[nc=4,align=middle] \OrigDisc \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=2] \bf ~Effective Date: \eTD \bTD[nc=3] \tfx ~\cb Approval Date \sp\sp\cb Other: ________ \eTD \bTD Page~\pagenumber~of~\totalnumberofpages \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD \bf ~Issued for: \eTD \bTD[nc=5,align=middle] \tfx Phase 1 Design \cb\sp Phase 2 Design \cb\sp Phase 3 Design \cb\sp Input to DCD \cb\sp N/A \cb \eTD \eTR \eTABLE -Lance Larsen

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Lettrine module not working?!
by Verhaag, G.C.H.M. 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Hi ConTeXt User's, I'm currently experiencing problems using the lettrine module! I know from fairly recent (mail-archive!) issues related to this module but can't figure out why my setup isn't working anymore. I use the following: \lettrine[Image=no,Slope=-0.5em,Hang=0.2,Findent=0.7em] {H}{et is ca. half tien} in de... This yields the following error message: <to be read again> \def \doifnextoptionalelse #1#2 -\def \m_syst_action_yes {#1}\def \m_syst_action_... \doLettrineFont ...a \LettrineHeight \definedfont [LettrineFont at \the \!!d... \dolettrine ...trineEPS {#2}\else \doLettrineFont #2\fi \fi }}\setbox \Lettr... l.27 {H}{et is ca. half tien} Maybe something has changed in the arguments of which I'm unaware! Regards, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. P.S.Currently using ConTeXt ver: 2013.04.20 01:15 MKIV current fmt: 2013.4.22 int: english/english

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