September 2013 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] ToC - right-alignment of roman numerals
by Marco Patzer 17 Nov '13

17 Nov '13

On 2013–06–03 honyk wrote: > in fresh MkIV I use the following commands for building ToC, but I have no > idea how to align the label (roman numeral) to the right. \setuphead[chapter][conversion=Romannumerals] \setupheadnumber[chapter][48] \setupcombinedlist [content] [alternative=c] \setupcombinedlist [chapter] [distance=1em, width=1cm, numbercommand={\simplealignedbox{\listparameter{width}}{flushright}}] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{Foo} \chapter{Bar} \stoptext > In addition, the specified width and distance seem to be somehow > ignored so that label interferes with the title. The width setting needs to be applied to the chapter list, not the content list, see example above. Marco

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Setting structureuservariable
by Felix Ingram 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

Hello all, I've discovered the magic of structureuservariabl and have therefore converted all my headings to use the start/stop syntax. It's raised a few quick questions though: 1. Is \startchapter \stopchapter etc the "proper way" to do things from now on? Or is it really just up to the user? 2. Is there a way to provide a default value for a structureuservariable? I'd like to set a reference number based on a global counter if the user doesn't supply their own. 3. In a similar vein - is it possible to define a reference for a section if the user doesn't provide one. E.g. if they provide \startchapter[title=My Example Chapter] instead of: \startchapter[chap:examplechapter][title=My Example Chapter] can I set the reference for them? (I will have some sections that could be usefully auto-referenced). Many thanks in advance, Felix

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How to enable tabular numerals with simplefonts and otf?
by Peter Münster 20 Oct '13

20 Oct '13

Hi, How can I enable tabular numerals please? Test file, that does not work: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[LinLibertineIO][size=10pt, tnum=yes] \starttext \addff{tnum} \setff{tnum} 565656565656X\par 000000000000X \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- TIA for any help! -- Peter

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Repeat second-level registers within index
by Thangalin 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Hi, How do you prevent ConTeXt from hiding (collapsing?) duplicate level 2 index items? For example: \startitem 5 array \index{hedgehog+SECTION A}hedgehog \stopitem \startitem 7 army \index{herring+SECTION A}herring \stopitem \startitem 100 bloat \index{hippopotamuses+SECTION A}hippopotamuses \stopitem The text "SECTION A" will only appear once in the index, right after hedgehog. I would like it to appear once per index term, always. Such as: *H* hedgehog SECTION A 2 herring SECTION A 2 hippopotamuses SECTION A 2 For more details, see: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/134952/force-second-level-index-to-b… Kindest regards.

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Conditional float references
by Marco Patzer 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Hi, a couple of times the question came up¹²³ how to create more intelligent referencing. There are already mechanisms in the core, namely \somewhere and \atpage but they both have drawbacks. \somewhere happily prints its text if the figure is placed on the same double page. In fact, no text at all should be printed if the figure is visible. Furthermore it's a little verbose to use unless hidden in a custom macro. \atpage on the other hand doesn't hesitate to print “see figure 1.2 at page 42” while you're on page 42. I'm aware that automatic generation of reference text is problematic since the text depends on the placement of floats which in turn depends on the text which might result in oscillation. I'm not sure how likely this is to occur in practice. I don't know if there's interest in integrating such functionality into the core. I attached some code, a new macro \smartref, which takes the same arguments as \in. \smartref{figure}[fig:somefigure] - it prints the reference if it is on the same page (e.g. Figure 1.2) - it prints the reference and a customizable text if the reference is on the next/previous page (e.g. Figure 1.2 on the previous page) - it prints the reference and the page if the reference is further away than one page (e.g. Figure 1.2 on page 42) - it adapts to single-sided and double-sided layouts Marco ¹ http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/65295 ² http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/59455 ³ http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/76001

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imposition 2SIDE: feature request
by Thomas A. Schmitz 05 Oct '13

05 Oct '13

I know this is a bit silly, but maybe useful for a few people: the 2SIDE arrangement is nice for printing out and previewing book pages on A4 landscape. However, the arrangement has even and odd pages swapped. Would it be possible to define a scheme which does exactly the same as 2SIDE, but adds exactly one blank (unnumbered) page at the beginning of the document so odd pages end up on the right and every arranged page looks like a book spread? Thanks, and all best Thomas -- Prof. Dr. Thomas A. Schmitz Abteilung für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie Universität Bonn Am Hof 1e 53113 Bonn http://www.philologie.uni-bonn.de/personal/schmitz

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Alignment table with comma, and long long space after
by Xan 05 Oct '13

05 Oct '13

Hi, I have this \startsetups table:style \setupTABLE[row][first][background=color, backgroundcolor=tablecolor, color=black, align={middle,lohi},style=ss] \setupTABLE[column][1][align={right,lohi}] \setupTABLE[column][2][align={left,lohi},alignmentcharacter={,},aligncharacter=yes] % \setupTABLE[column][2][width=.20\textwidth] \setupTABLE[loffset=1mm,roffset=1mm] \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[topframe=on,bottomframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][first][leftframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][last][rightframe=on] \stopsetups \placefigure[here]{Diverses mesures}{ \bTABLE[setups={table:header, table:frame, table:style}] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTD Esdeveniment \eTD \bTD Mesura (m) \eTD \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD Distància mitjana Terra-Lluna \eTD \bTD 150.000.000.000 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Diàmetre mitjà terrestre \eTD \bTD 12 800.000 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Distància Palma-Alcúdia \eTD \bTD 75.000 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Diàmetre mitjà de Júpiter \eTD \bTD 140.000.000 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD L'altura d'una persona \eTD \bTD 1,75 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD La distància mitjana entre el Sol i Alfa-Centauri \eTD \bTD 40.790.494.000.000.000 \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE} but ConTeXt produces a lot of space after 1,75. How can I do for second column fits the content? Thanks in advance, Xan. PS: Please CCme

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Re: [NTG-context] error when installing ConTeXt Standalone
by John Kitzmiller 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

Maybe you need to specify the installation directory or issue tex/setuptex from inside the install folder? font-opt.lua should be in <install folder>/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base John > On 09/25/2013 12:01 AM, Mica Semrick wrote: >> Have you added the bin directory to your PATH? > > No, I invoke "source tex/setuptex", which does the same job. > > > Pablo > > >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Pablo Rodr?guez wrote: >> >> Dear list, >> >> I have installed a system-wide ConTeXt Standalone in Fedora 19, >> following the instructions from the wiki. >> >> But when I try to rebuild the font cache, I get the following error >> (with option verbose): >> >> resolvers | resolving | remembering file 'font-otp.lua'cannot open >> : No such file or directory >> >> I don?t know what I?m doing wrong, but I get the error as root also. >> >> Could anyone tell me what it?s wrong here? >> >> Many thanks for your help, >> >> >> Pablo

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Wrong spacing using stretch effect
by Marco Patzer 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

Hi, the stretch effect does not take the final width of the string into account. Is this a bug or a limitation? Example: \starttext (\effect[stretch]{fftabc})\par %% “c” collides with “)” (\kerncharacters[.05]fftabc) %% no collision \stoptext Marco

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Feedback wanted on a ConTeXt tutorial
by Mari Voipio 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

Hello! Inspired by some informal discussions at the recent ConTeXt meeting I started to write a *really* basic ConTeXt tutorial. However, before I get further than the first six chapters, I'd like to get feedback on it, especially on the content, but also on the layout. The file is (at least temporarily) available at <http://www.lucet.fi/pdfs/ctxbasics.pdf>. I know already that there are a few things missing in the existing chapters, but I'd like to know if the document is any good and if the style is suitable for such a document. I've planned and written it out of my own experiences with ConTeXt, so maybe this document could become a My Way doc when it is finished (something public domain anyway). Thank you, Mari

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