June 2013 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Working with layers ... with example
by Sander Maijers 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

At http://ideone.com/D6Mmj3 there is the title page for my document. I want to place the table in the middle of the A4 page (horizontally and vertically) and the logo beneath it, preferably at the bottom of the page. When I failed to get the table placed where I want it, at some point, I tried to use a layer. In the end the table was placed okay, but in a messy way I suppose. Now I have tried to add another layer but the logo appears to the right of the table or not at all. As far as I understand there can only be one background layer, so that trick with the table will not work again for the logo I guess. Can someone please help me to use multiple layers that I can exactly position?

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Disabling interactive citations
by Sander Maijers 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

I want to disable the clickable citations (in MkIV) while keeping other interaction for things like cross-references. So far I unsuccessfully tried some commands in my environment file like: \setupcite[interaction=stop,compress=yes] This is just my guesswork as I haven't found documentation for (setup)cite. P.S.: As for my motives, the links: 1. are missing when using the 'authoryear' alternative with APA bibliography style; 2. link to "references.pdf" while my project is one document in one differently named file and references.tex is just one product in it.

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simplefonts wiki page added
by Pablo Rodríguez 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Dear list, I have added a new simplefonts page for new users. (I hope it isn't full of errors ;-).) There may be some missing information, because I don't understand how the standard font handling in ConTeXt works. And I removed duplicated content from the font handling in LuaTeX (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/index.php?title=Fonts_in_LuaTeX&action=histor…) Just in case it helps, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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faked fonts not working
by Pablo Rodríguez 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Dear list, as far as I can remember, this used to work in the past: \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \usemodule[simplefonts] \definefontfeature[fakeitalic][default][slant=.25] \definefontfeature[fakebold][default][extend=2] \definefontfeature[fakebolditalic][default][slant=.25, extend=2] \setmainfont[Larabiefont][italicfont={* Regular}, boldfont={* Regular}, bolditalicfont={* Regular}, italicfeatures=fakeitalic, boldfeatures=fakebold, bolditalicfeatures=fakebolditalic] \starttext regular, {\em fake italics (actually slanted)}, {\bf fake bold} and {\bf\em fakebolditalics}. \stoptext Is this a bug, or have I forgotten something? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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(mathematics) Stretching Unicode big operator
by Sander Maijers 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

If I decide to use, for instance, "Σ" instead of "\sum", this operator is no longer stretched/scaling regardless of the sub/superscripts specified tot it. Is it possible to keep stretching/scaling while using Inicode characters for such operators?

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Re: [NTG-context] Auto selecting optical sizes for a font
by Georg Duffner 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Am 2013-06-24 10:27, schrieb Keith J. Schultz: > as such ConTexT should support the use of the size table in its font handling, > but as Hans has mentioned design sizes a very special and few actually know > what that information means and put it to a useful purpose. > > Question would be in far this font feature should be rudimentarily supported. IMO, they should be fully supported. There are not so many fonts with that property and even less in the free software world, so one can assume that somebody possessing such font knows what that means and probably expects its support. I think, context should by default use the appropriate font for each font-size corresponding to the design range defined in the font’s table, while providing an interface to override that automatism. Best regards, Georg

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Re: [NTG-context] Auto selecting optical sizes for a font
by Georg Duffner 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Am 22.06.2013 16:57, schrieb Hans Hagen: > We have no feature 'size' (or I must have forgotten about it). As > there is no consistency in designsizes and there is always some > esthetic choice involved no automatic mechanism is (and will be) > build in. Hi, There is a 'size' table in opentype fonts which contains informations about the design size, the design range and a style-ID and -name. Fonts that come with different optical sizes do in fact use that table exactly for the purpose desired by Andrés. Latin Modern does so, Adobe fonts do so and EB Garamond happens to use that table too. XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX interpret it correctly (by means of fontspec, IIRC). So perhaps it’s worth reconsidering this. Best regards, Georg

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MkIV in the wiki?
by Pablo Rodríguez 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Dear wiki administrators, is it planned to enable MkIV compilation in the wiki? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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What is the status of ConTeXt's various test suites?
by Sietse Brouwer 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Hi, all, There appear to be a number of test suites in existence. (1) The suite on pragma-ade.com. I suspect this is the one Hans actually uses. http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm (click on cont-tst.7z) (2) The project on foundry.supelec.fr. Most recent file is 3 years old, and most of them are 6-7 years old, AFAICT. Summary: https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contexttest/ Files: https://foundry.supelec.fr/scm/viewvc.php/?root=contexttest This is also the suite described on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Test_suite (3) The ConTeXt unofficial test suite https://github.com/melmothx/context-unofficial-test-suite I want to update the [[Test suite]] page to make it more accurate. So, I'm asking y'all: any inaccuracies in the text at the bottom of this e-mail? Cheers, Sietse * The test suite at pragma-ade.com is Hans's test suite; he runs this suite before uploading a new beta (most times). To contribute a test to this suite, write it in an e-mail and send it to the mailing list. QUESTION: when one downloads and unzips this file in a directory, how does one run it? * The test suite at github is managed by users, especially Marco Patzer. To run the suite, just download it and run `run-suite.pl`. * The test suite at foundry.supelec.fr is no longer being used. QUESTION: are the tests in it already transferred to Hans or Marco's test suite? If not, is that still something we want to do, or can we just bury this suite entirely?

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[***SPAM***] Can't find recommended tool
by hwitloc＠gmail.com 23 Jun '13

23 Jun '13

I am trying to install a font so that Context cn use it. I am using the simplefont module and have a ttf that I'd like to use. There is a lot of conflicting information out about to do this and som is outdated. As for ContTeX I did find a nice article, but it says to use the program texfont, "which ships with ConTex", but I do not have any such file. texfont --ve=sil --co=gentium --makepath --install I am using the TexLive version. Is there any simple method to get this font so that it can be used by ConTex MKIV ?

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