September 2013 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Confounding colour conundrums
by Thangalin 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

Hi, In the attached example, I thought the word *Website* should be *orange*, but it is *blue*. If *color=blue* is removed (from \setupinteraction[state=start]), then the word *Website* is *dark green*, which is also unexpected, because the only place *dark green* occurs is in the setuplist for the chapter's page number (i.e., pagecolor=darkgreen). It appears that the default colour for links embedded with \useurl bucks trendy traditional *blue* hyperlinks, favouring *dark green*. (*Black* would also make sense as a default.) I am confounded because the code explicitly contains the line: \setupurl[color=orange] I thought that that would set the external hyperlink colour to *orange*. In the same document, how do I set: - hyperlink colours to *orange*; - index page number colours to *red*; - table of contents text to *dark cyan*; and - table of contents page numbers to *dark green*. Many thanks. Kindest regards.

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[[wnsOTaa] Dr. Donald E. Knuth to be honored with third Dr. Peter Karow Award during ATypI Amsterdam
by luigi scarso 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

https://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2013/09/dr-peter-karow-award.html PS: [wnsOTaa] (well, not so Off Topic after all ) -- luigi

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diameter symbol in ConTeXt?
by Xan 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

hi, In LaTeX: http://osl.ugr.es/CTAN/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf \diameter produces a diameter symbol. What is the equivalent in ConTeXt? Is there any compilation of symbols avaliable in ConTeXt? I can't find no references. Xan.

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deeptextcommand and firstcharacter
by Thangalin 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

Hi, The attached file does not compile in ConTeXt. However, if the \placeindex is substituted for \completeindex, then the document compiles. Any idea how to use a deeptextcommand and firstcharacter as shown in the attachment while also using the firstcharacter macro? Thank you. Kindest regards.

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startitemize bad with columns
by Xan 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

Hi, With this minimal example: \starttext \startitemize[a,columns,four] \item $5^3$ \item $\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)^4$ \item $254^0$ \column \item $\left(\frac{-8}{12}\right)^3$ \item $\left(-3\right)^5$ \item $\left(-50\right)^5$ \column \item $\left(-10\right)^7$ \item $0,2^3$ \item $\left(-0,22\right)^4$ \column \item $\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)^4$ \item $22^1$ \item $22^0$ \stopitemize \stoptext I get "mis-ordered" columns What can I do? Thanks, Xan.

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Missing { inserted using placefigure and postponing
by Marco Patzer 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

Hi, I get a “Missing { inserted.” error under certain circumstances. Here is an example: \starttext \blackrule [height=8cm] \startpostponing \placefigure [] {foo}{bar} \stoppostponing \blackrule [height=15cm] \startlines a b \stoplines \stoptext I used black rules to insert boxes of a particular height, any content would do. Funnily enough it works with \placefigure [] {foo}{bar}, but not with \placefigure [] {foo}{bar} I have no clue what's wrong here. Marco

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Firstline mechanism broken
by Marco Patzer 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

Hi, the firstline mechanism seems to be broken. \definefirstline [foo] [alternative=line, color=lightgray] \starttext \setfirstline [foo] \input knuth \par \stoptext Marco

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Defining multiple enumerations fails
by Marco Patzer 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Hi, defining multiple enumerations at the same time used to work. Is this syntax not supported any longer or is it a bug? \defineenumeration [foo, bar] \starttext \foo foo\par \bar bar\par \stoptext Marco

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[***SPAM***] OT: Putting a context to the 2013 ConTeXt Meeting location
by Pavneet Arora 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

I am so disappointed that I cannot attend the upcoming ConTeXt meeting in Brejlov, but as I type this I am remembering vividly the hospitality and affection shown by all at the 2010 meeting, especially Pavel's father, to this tee-totalling vegetarian---not something that lands up at the Brejlov Inn too often, I imagine! The reason for my absence this year is that I will be heading to India shortly to conduct what is known as "antim yatra" (final journey) in Hindi for my mother; I'll leave the details of what that implies to those who wish to search on DuckDuckGo ;). Anyway that is strictly an aside to this post. You'll have to forgive me if I am feeling sentimental, but Prague does, as it has throughout its history, enter one's soul. To walk through its streets is to be smitten by it for life. Recently I picked up a book that I would like to share as it may help provide a context to those travelling through Prague on their way to Brejlov. Prague: Capital of the Twentieth Century A Surrealist History by Derek Sayer All the best to those who are attending. I am envious! Warm regards. -- ---- Pavneet Arora m: 647.406.6843 Waroc Informatik t: 416.937.9276

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Broken nightly (2013.09.18)
by Kip Warner 19 Sep '13

19 Sep '13

Hey list, 2013.09.18 appears to be broken. When typesetting my book, I receive the following fatal error... ! LuaTeX error /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:596: bad argument #2 to 'f_a' (number expected, got string) stack traceback: [C]: in function 'f_a' /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:596: in function 'collectstatistics' /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:1071: in function 'identify' /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:1089: in function 'load' /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:1100: in function 'load' /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:1259: in function 'resolvedspecification' /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:1269: in function 'resolve' /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:1678: in function 'exists' ...re/texmf/tex/context/third/simplefonts/t-simplefonts.lua:182: in function 'selectfont' [string "\directlua "]:1: in main chunk. \syst_helpers_comma_list_step ...ter \c!weight ")} \9>>1 #1,e-\syst_helpers_comma_list_step {#1} \syst_helpers_do_process_comma_... <argument> \relax regular, italic,slanted,bold,bolditalic,boldslanted,caps, italiccaps,slan \syst_helpers_do_process_comma_list ...argument #1 ,]\relax \global \advance ... \simplefonts@definetextfont ...rocesscommacommand \ifx \currenttypeface \v!s... \syst_helpers_quadruple_empty_four_spaced ...4}][] ... l.397 \setupbodyfont[11pt] It looks as though the problem is buried in line 596 of font-syn.lua. For some reason s.angle is typed as a Lua string and not a number. local angle = f_a(s.angle or 0) -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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