May 2014 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Steps in presentation
by pol stra 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

Hello, I tried to use some steps in a presentation. In the following conversation http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg53524.html, Wolfgang says that we can use the pre-60 module. So I tried this snippet: \usemodule[pre-stepwise] \starttext \StartSteps \startitemize \item one \FlushStep \item two \FlushStep \item three \FlushStep \stopitemize \StopSteps \stoptext But it does not compile: ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.11 20:36 MKIV fmt: 2012.9.12 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active (pre60.tex resolvers > modules > loaded: 'pre-stepwise' (/opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/s-pre-60.mkiv fonts > beware: no fonts are loaded yet, using 'lm mono' in box (/opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/java-imp-stp.mkiv) interactions > javascripts > loaded: library 'stp' metapost > loaded: library 'nav' (/opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/meta-imp-nav.mkiv)){/opt/context-minimals/texmf-fonts/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > typescripts > unknown: library 'loc' {/opt/context-minimals/texmf-fonts/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/opt/context-minimals/texmf-fonts/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > virtual math > unable to resolve name mapsfromchar fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded !LuaTeX error: There should have been a lua <node> here, not an object with type string! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Is there something broken in recent release of conteXt? By the way It seems there is no Rawsteps module anymore but it still is in the wiki. Is there is something like a bugtracker for conteXt, in order to signal when a feature is not working or outdated and signal when it is back (or definitly depreciate)? (it would be a complementary tool for the mailing list)

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Caption whitespace overflows page
by Rik Kabel 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

How can I get rid of the space at the top of the first line of text on page three in the following MWE. The \setupfloats[spaceafter=none] masks the problem rather than addresses the problem directly. Playing with the size of the figures (changing them to 3cm) shows that the caption text is not pushed to the second page, just some whitespace imputed to them. This happens with TL2013 and with the latest (20140325) standalone beta. I may be able to get away with the figure overflowing into the footnote space by avoiding footnotes, but the space on the next page is just ugly. \setuppapersize[A6] \setupexternalfigures[location={local,default}] \setupfloats[spaceafter=none] \starttext \input{knuth} \placefigure[left]{Caption} {\startcombination[1*3] {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][height=2cm]}{cow} {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][height=2cm]}{cow} {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][height=2cm]}{cow} \stopcombination} \input{knuth} \input{knuth} \stoptext -- Rik Kabel

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Preparing a weird index.
by john Culleton 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

I have a customer that uses a publisher that has truly weird requirements. The weirdness is that the locaters are not page numbers but paragraph numbers. And some paragraph numbers start with the prefix 'BO' and others with the chapter number. so a correct sequence would be BO.15 3.2 A finished sequence would be goddess @@ BO.15 3.2 3.5 The sort order has to be letter by letter, as defined in the Chicago Manual of Style. Can Context sort and summarize these locaters? I can even change the BO sequence to 0 (zero) and then change it back later on. The key is can Context sort by paragraph number rather than page number for an index. I have looked into Xindy for this job but the learning curve is pretty steep and the documentation pretty opaque. makeindex won't handle decimals for locators. I don't mind doing a little reformatting along the way (I already have for this project) but I don't want to rewrite makeindex or xindy just for this job. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Configure AUCTeX to run context not texec
by Michael Ash 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

Dear all, I have a working version of context mash-laptop:~$ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2013.11.07 15:28 However, I edit files in emacs/AUCTeX and the compile command "C-c C-c" calls "texexec" instead of "context" and so can't compile in emacs. Does anyone know how to change the command from "texexec" to "context" in emacs/AUCTeX? Thanks. Best, Michael -- Michael Ash, Chair, Department of Economics Professor of Economics and Public Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003 Email mash(a)econs.umass.edu Tel +1-413-545-2590 Twitter https://twitter.com/michaelaoash

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fonts and function in math mode
by Flavien Lambert 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Hi everyone, could you tell me how to use the Ubuntu font for the math command \max in the following example? \definefontfamily [mainface] [sans] [Ubuntu] [regularfont=ubuntu,italicfont=ubuntuitalic,boldfont=ubuntubold] \definefallbackfamily [mainface] [math] [Ubuntu] [preset=math:lowercaseitalic,tf=name:ubuntu] \definefontfamily [mainface] [math] [Latin Modern Math] \setupbodyfont[mainface] \starttext $ abc \max$ abc max \stoptext I am also interesting by knowing where I can find all the features "preset=math:" possible. Best regards, Flavien.

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internal mptopdf converter skips some glyphs in labels
by Sanjoy Mahajan 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

The internal mptopdf converter in MkIV omit some glyphs in the labels. Here's a minimal example (test.tex): \starttext \externalfigure[testfig.1][frame=on] \blank \externalfigure[testfig-1.pdf][frame=on] \stoptext And testfig.1 is produced by testfig.mp beginfig(1) label(btex $\Omega$ etex, (0,0)); currentpicture := currentpicture scaled 5; endfig; end Here's testfig.1 to save a step in debugging: %!PS %%BoundingBox: -18 -18 18 18 %%HiResBoundingBox: -17.98805 -17.0195 17.98798 17.0195 %%Creator: MetaPost 1.803 %%CreationDate: 2013.08.09:1612 %%Pages: 1 %*Font: cmr10 49.81323 9.96265 0a:8 %%BeginProlog %%EndProlog %%Page: 1 1 0 0 0 setrgbcolor -17.98805 -17.0195 moveto (\012) cmr10 49.81323 fshow showpage %%EOF Then do: mptopdf testfig.1 context test.tex xpdf test.pdf The first framed box, using the internal mps->pdf conversion, is empty. The second framed go, using the pdf file produced by mptopdf, correctly contains \Omega. With \enabletrackers[graphics.conversion,graphics.inclusion], the log has the following lines, none of which seem to pinpoint the problem: graphics > inclusion > checking conversion of 'testfig.1', fullname 'testfig.1', old format 'mps', new format 'pdf', conversion 'default', resolution 'default' graphics > inclusion > no converter for 'mps' to 'pdf' [MP to PDF] graphics > inclusion > checking conversion of 'testfig-1.pdf', fullname 'testfig-1.pdf', old format 'pdf', new format 'pdf', conversion 'default', resolution 'default' graphics > inclusion > no converter for 'pdf' to 'pdf' graphics > inclusion > new graphic, using hash 'testfig-1.pdf->1->crop->unknown->unknown->unknown->' (Though I don't believe the "no converter for 'mps' to 'pdf'" diagnostic.) This is with Context 2013.05.28 00:36 MKIV (TL2013 on Debian). -Sanjoy

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[bug?] no space before \cite[data][] and after \abbreviation
by pol stra 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hello, I used "see \cite[data]" in a document and I obtained "seeAuthor" without space between "see" and "Author". I think it is a bug. I also had troubles with abbreviations (although it might be a bad use from myself): setting "\abbreviation{AB}{Abbreviation}" "an \AB some text" will give "an ABsome text" => missing space after abbreviation "an {\AB} some text" will give "an AB some text" => OK "an \infull{AB} some text" will give "an some text" => missing expanded abbreviation setting: "\definesynonyms[abbrev][abbrevs][\infull] \setupsynonyms[style=normal] \abbrev{AB}{Abbreviation}" "an \AB some text" will give "an ABsome text" => missing space after abbreviation "an {\AB} some text" will give "an AB some text" => OK "an \infull{AB} some text" will give "an Abbreviation some text" => OK Is it bugs or I do something wrong ? Best regards,

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Unable To Render Table With Over 3000 Rows
by Neal Lester 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

When I attempt to render a table with more than about 3000 rows I get the following error. Searching the archives I found one message suggesting that [save size] is hard coded and cannot be increased. The application is rendering business reports; they are relatively simple documents but we definitely need more than 3000 rows. Is there a way to configure context to render tables of this size? Thanks, Neal Lester (C:/projects/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv ConTeXt ver: 2014.01.03 00:40 MKIV current fmt: 2014.5.28 int: english/english system > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded (C:/projects/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv) system > files > jobname 'temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47', input './temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47', result 'temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active (C:/projects/jinny/report_builder/temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47.tex{C:/projects/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > typescripts > unknown library 'loc' {C:/projects/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{C:/projects/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > 'fallback modern rm 12pt' is loaded structure > sectioning > part @ level 1 : 1 -> ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [save size=50000] system > tex > error on line 5025 in file C:/projects/jinny/report_builder/temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47.tex: TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [ ... 5015 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,992\eTD \eTR 5016 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,993\eTD \eTR 5017 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,994\eTD \eTR 5018 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,995\eTD \eTR 5019 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,996\eTD \eTR 5020 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,997\eTD \eTR 5021 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,998\eTD \eTR 5022 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,999\eTD \eTR 5023 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 5,000\eTD \eTR 5024 \eTABLEbody 5025 >> \eTABLE 5026 \stoptext 5027 If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

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Publications working in latest beta?
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Dear List, After some time absent from Context-land, I thought I’d try the new non-BibTeX publications system. However I can’t get the following minimal example to work … \cite seems to expand to a () and there is no rendering of the publications list. Is the problem my example, or is it a bug? Robin \definebtxdataset[test] \usebtxdataset[test][sample.bib] \definebtxrendering[test] \setupbtxrendering[test][numbering=yes] \starttext As \cite[author][test::Eijkhout1991] already indicated, bibtex is a \LATEX||centric program. \placebtxrendering[test] \stoptext ConTeXt ver: 2014.05.23 23:24 MKIV beta fmt: 2014.5.27 int: english/english

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Quotation blocs with repetition symbol in the left column
by Stéphane Goujet 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Hello, I am trying to typeset old books and I chose to keep close to the original typography. I have attached two images of what I try to mimic an I try to sum up the requirements hereinbelow. Any advice is appreciated. ================= 1) It must work when starting from a new line as well as when starting from the middle of the current line. 2 different environments are allowed. 2) The environnement is wrapped in guillemets. 3a) There must be no extra space before the opening guillemet when starting from the middle of the current line. 3b) The must be no extra space after the closing guillemet. 4) The quote repetition symbol must appear in the beginning of every line, except the first one. 5) Paragraphs should be automatically indented. Manual indentation is bearable. 6a) When there is an indentation, the quote repetition symbol must be indented too. 6b) When the bloc starts on a new line, the opening guillemet must be indented. 7) The quote repetition symbol must be a setup parameter of the environment, or easily modifiable within the environment definition. (in the example images, it is a *closing* guillemet, but in other books it can be an *opening* guillemet). 8) This environment must work within footnotes too. ================= So far, I have tried to use line numbering to achieve this result. But there are several problems: -- extra space before beginning of bloc, -- quote repetition symbol appears on the first line even when it the beginning of the environment, -- no automatic indentation, -- no indentation of quote repetition symbol, -- lines overflow in the right margin (seems that the "width" used for the numbering is not substracted from the text width), -- no effect in footnotes, and I am not unsure whether carrying on tweaking line numbering is the way to go. Here is a minimal(?) example showing the different possibilities and troubles: ================= \setuppapersize[A4] \enableregime[utf-8] \mainlanguage[fr] \language[fr] \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \setupindenting[first,yes,medium] \definestartstop[bloccitel][before={ \setuplinenumbering[location=text,command={»\gobbleoneargument},width=.75em] \startlinenumbering \setupindenting[first,yes,medium] « }, after={»\stoplinenumbering}] \starttext First check: «normal spacing of guillemets». Second check: a normal paragraph, to show {\bf normal right margin limit}. \input tufte Let's start with a quote block on a {\bf new line}: \startbloccitel First paragraph ({\bf quote repetition symbol is not wanted here}):\input tufte Second paragraph ({\bf not automatically indented}):\input tufte \indentation Third paragraph with manual indentation({\bf quote repetition symbol is not indented}):\input tufte \stopbloccitel Now, a quote block starting just there, {\bf in the middle of a line} ({\bf space after colon is too big}):\startbloccitel\input tufte \input tufte \stopbloccitel . This a bit of text at the end of the quotation. It {\bf seems fine}. And let's call a {\bf footnote}\footnote{\startbloccitel\input tufte \input tufte \stopbloccitel}. Unfortunately {\bf no quote repetition symbol will appear in it}. \stoptext ================= If needed, here is the Context I use : ================= stephane@cuisine ~/test/ctx/quote_block $ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2014.03.27 20:04 ================= Faithfully yours, Stéphane.

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