September 2013 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Module documentation broken
by Marco Patzer 28 Sep '13

28 Sep '13

Hi, the module documentation is broken when it contains certain macros, e.g. \METAPOST. mtxrun --script modules --process auto:meta-pag.mkiv yields pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1 pages > flushing realpage 2, userpage 1 error: .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/node-fnt.lua:129: attempt to index field '?' (a boolean value) system > tex > error on line 20 in file ../meta-pag-mkiv.ted: ? ... Marco

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ConTeXt Manual Errata
by Thangalin 27 Sep '13

27 Sep '13

Hi, During a recent plane ride, I started to read the ConTeXt manual to get a better understanding: http://www.ctex.org/documents/context/cont-enp.pdf If anyone has plans to revise it, I have attached a file with corrections, specific comments, and general comments. I did not have the ConTeXt manual source code on hand, so I could not directly modify it. Take the comments with a grain of salt: I have little ConTeXt experience. I hope it proves useful. Kindest regards.

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bug with font
by Prashanth 27 Sep '13

27 Sep '13

Hello, I update my ConTeXt setup about every couple of weeks. I use Ubuntu font in some of my documents. My setup from 2013-09-11 was selecting the specified fonts correctly. However my setup from 2013-09-25 (today) selects "Ubuntu Light" when I specify just "Ubuntu". When I specifically ask it to use "Ubuntu Regular", it forces this weight everywhere (including places where I specify \em). I have attached a minimal example and sample PDF and log files from both versions. Best regards, Prashanth

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tabulate and tolerance
by Peter Münster 26 Sep '13

26 Sep '13

Hi, It seems, that tabulate does not use the tolerance setting: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \setbreakpoints[compound] \setuptolerance[stretch] \starttext \starttabulate[|p(1cm)|l|] \NC bla-blabla-bla \NC XXX \NC \NR \stoptabulate \hsize1cm bla-blabla-bla \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- For now, my workaround is "\NC \setuptolerance[stretch] bla-blabla-bla \NC" Is there anything better? TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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Questions about "natural tables"
by MANUEL GONZALEZ SUAREZ 26 Sep '13

26 Sep '13

Hello everyone On page ConTeXt Garden is recommended the use of "natural tables". My questions are: how do the tables are centered on the page? Can you change the size of the tables? Can you include label and caption? Thanks for your time. Manuel Gonzalez

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error when installing ConTeXt Standalone
by Pablo Rodríguez 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

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 -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Re: [NTG-context] Conditional float references
by Robert Blackstone 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

On 24 Sep 2013, at 19:43 , Marco Patzer <lists(a)homerow.info>l wrote: > > > On 2013?09?24 Robert Blackstone wrote: > >> I reproduce the error message here, hoping that you, or somebody >> elsm, can see what I did wrong. > > I used mkvi style macros. Either place the following into the first line > > %% macros=mkvi > > or change the file extension to mkvi. > > Marco That did the trick. Thank you very much. This is a very useful addition to the ConTeXt toolkit, imho. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Re: [NTG-context] Conditional float references
by Robert Blackstone 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

On 23 Sep 2013, at 09:57 , Marco Patzer <lists(a)homerow.info> wrote: > Subject: [NTG-context] Conditional float references > > a couple of times the question came up??? how to create more > intelligent referencing. > [….] > 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. > Hi Marco, I would be very interested in being able to use this macro, integrated or not, since in my project there are numerous figures with lots of references to them throughout the entire text, and \at{page}[] is not satisfactory for me. I tried the code you supplied by pasting the whole lot into a TeXShop-file, and, when that did not work, in Alphax, processing the latter from Terminal, but in both cases I received an error message that I do not know what to do with. Strangely enough it complains about an error in line 1 even if that contains a commented out comment. I reproduce the error message here, hoping that you, or somebody elsm, can see what I did wrong. (I apologize on behalf of TeXShop and Alhax for the length of this message.) Thanks in advance for any help. Robert Blackstone Error message: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last login: Tue Sep 24 09:02:03 on ttys000 sh: /Users/robertblackstone/context/tex/setuptex: No such file or directory iMac-Bergen-R-5:context-minimal-24-09 robertblackstone$ . /Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-24-09/tex/setuptex Setting "/Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-24-09/tex" as ConTeXt root. iMac-Bergen-R-5:context-minimal-24-09 robertblackstone$ context /Users/robertblackstone/Dropbox/C-tests/Referencing-Smart_referencing/Referencing-Smart_referencing-test1.tex mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-24-09/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en" --jobname="Referencing-Smart_referencing-test1" --lua="/Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-24-09/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" --no-parse-first-line --c:currentrun=1 --c:fulljobname="/Users/robertblackstone/Dropbox/C-tests/Referencing-Smart_referencing/Referencing-Smart_referencing-test1.tex" --c:input="/Users/robertblackstone/Dropbox/C-tests/Referencing-Smart_referencing/Referencing-Smart_referencing-test1.tex" --c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=8 "cont-yes.mkiv" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.76.0-2013040508 (rev 4627) \write18 enabled. (/Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-24-09/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv ConTeXt ver: 2013.09.21 13:53 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.9.24 int: english/english system > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded (/Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-24-09/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv) system > files > jobname 'Referencing-Smart_referencing-test1', input '/Users/robertblackstone/Dropbox/C-tests/Referencing-Smart_referencing/Referencing-Smart_referencing-test1', result 'Referencing-Smart_referencing-test1' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active (/Users/robertblackstone/Dropbox/C-tests/Referencing-Smart_referencing/Referencing-Smart_referencing-test1.tex ! Parameters must be numbered consecutively. system > tex > error on line 1 in file /Users/robertblackstone/Dropbox/C-tests/Referencing-Smart_referencing/Referencing-Smart_referencing-test1.tex: Parameters must be numbered consecutively ... 1 >> \unprotect 2 \unexpanded\def\strc_references_smart 3 {\strc_references_start_goto 4 \let\currentreferencecontent\currentreferencedefault 5 \strc_references_pickup_smart_goto} 6 \def\strc_references_pickup_smart_goto 7 {\dodoublegroupempty\strc_references_pickup_goto_smart_indeed} 8 \starttexdefinition strc_references_pickup_goto_smart_indeed #left#right#dummy[#label] 9 \leftreferencetoks 10 \iffirstargument 11 {#left} <to be read again> l l.1 ...ferences_pickup_goto_smart_indeed\endcsname#l eft#right#dummy[#label] \ctxcommand #1i-\directlua {commands.#1} \syst_helpers_start_tex_definition_two ...n("#1")} {#2} l.32 \stoptexdefinition ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Mixedcolumns maximum height for vertical rule: bug?
by Thangalin 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

Hi, The horizontal rule for the first page extends to the bottom of the page, but does not do so on the second page. How do you prevent the vertical rule from extending to the bottom of the page? \usemodule[ipsum] \setuplayout[ topspace=\zeropoint, height=fit, width=fit, % Allow text to be flush with the bottom. %footerdistance=2cm,] \definemixedcolumns[StyleColumns][ frame=off, separator=rule, rulecolor=black, alternative=global, %maxheight=\textheight,] % Set up two-column mode for the ingredients, instructions, etc.\setuphead[section][ after={\startStyleColumns}, aftersection={\stopStyleColumns},] \def\StylePageNumber#1{% {\inframed[ frame=off, background=color, backgroundcolor=red, width=2em, height=2em, ]{#1}}} \setuppagenumbering[location=inright,command=\StylePageNumber,] \starttext\startchapter[title=Chapter] \startsection[title=Section] \input knuth \input zapf \ipsum \input knuth \input knuth \input zapf \stopsection\stopchapter\stoptext For further details, see: http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/134750/2148 Kindest regards.

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\sqrt[a]{b} with a more than one digit
by Xan 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Hi, \sqrt[12]{a^{11}} produces me: \sqrt[1]{2} a^{11} What happens there? Xan.

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