July 2014 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Problem with module lettrine
by Akira Kakuto 04 Jul '14

04 Jul '14

> I send a minimal example to know why it looks bad the initial letter using > the module lettrine . I am using TeXLive 2013 under Windows XP. mtx-context | current version: 2014.06.27 10:53 gives an attached one on windows. Best, Akira

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ConTeXt epub workflow
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

Dear gang, I have an urgent project that needs three outputs: pdf, epub, and kindle. The formatting needs are pretty basic. In your experience: What is the recommended, more efficient workflow for this sort of thing? Should I start with markdown and then generate context and epub (then convert epub=>kindle I presume)? Or does one context file with pdf and epub outputs work well? Many years ago I did some documents in ConTeXt with both print and screen pdfs from a single source. Can we do the latter in ConTeXt now? Does anyone have any examples? According to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/epub There is no support for graphics in ConTeXt epub output. Are there workarounds? In any case, all advice for an efficient workflow for this project will be greatly appreciated! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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How to create a PDF/A file with mkii?
by Otared Kavian 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

Dear List members, Does anyone know how to create a PDF/A file (where A stands for Archive) in mkii? In a thesis project which has to be uploaded on an archiving site it is required that the fonts should be imbedded into the PDF file and be compatible with the PDF/A standard. How can this be done without having access to a professional software from Adobe or other companies? Many thanks in advance: OK

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Problem with module lettrine
by MANUEL GONZALEZ SUAREZ 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

Hi. I send a minimal example to know why it looks bad the initial letter using the module lettrine . I am using TeXLive 2013 under Windows XP. Thank you.

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Hash (#) in URL
by Christoph Reller 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

Hi, Is occurrence of the # character in an URL not supported? \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \useURL[here][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt#Versions] \from[here] \stoptext Regards, Christoph

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Dimension in mkiv definefont
by Uwe Koloska 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

Dear list, the following runs fine in mkii (i.e. if compiled with 'texexec') but gives an error with mkiv (compiled with 'context'): \showframe \newdimen\Ssize \Ssize=18pt %\definefont[MyFont][Serif at 18pt] \definefont[MyFont][Serif at \Ssize] \starttext \MyFont \input knuth \stoptext I have just installed the current version of context-minimals: ConTeXt ver: 2013.06.07 17:34 MKII fmt: 2014.7.2 int: english/english What ist the mkiv way to set a dimension that will be used in a number of \definefont commands? Thank you! Uwe

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt epub workflow
by Andres Conrado 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

I've been using a workflow to generate epub + PDF for several books so far, and in my experience, using Markdown base files is very good: you can include images, links, etc., and then you can use pandoc ( http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/) to generate both epub and context source, also you can customize the templates used by pandoc to generate the context source; that way you can handle the pdf layout; however, you must remember that epub can't handle mathml; you must include equations as images, if you have them, and you won't have any real presentational features: epub is as simple as it can be. Like HTML in the early 90s. But this way works for me. Andrés Conrado Montoya

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smallcaps with features in simplefont
by David Wooten 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

Greetings, I’ve been trying to work through a new font scheme using simplefonts, e.g. in simple form something like this: \definefontfeature[main][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality,onums=yes] \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][Adobe Jenson Pro][features=main] \setupalign[hanging,hz] \setupbodyfont[mainface,13pt] In this setup, I do get protrusion & expansion in the text, —except when I switch to {\sc smallcaps.} Do I need to declare the caps in some other way? Thanks, David

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Re: [NTG-context] context works, contextjit fails with Junicode
by Andres Conrado 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

Junicode is a font for medievalists, handles a lot things needed for analizing old texts. It can handle greek, gothic script, runes, a lot of marks... Is a very nice font for scholars.

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Protrusion with compound word hyphenation (||)
by Rik Kabel 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

I notice that with compound words broken across lines protrusion does not get applied. This looks pretty rough when there are normal hyphenated words in the same paragraph. WE (exaggerated, but demonstrates the point): \setuppapersize [monarch] \definefontfeature [default] [protrusion=quality] \setupalign [hanging] \setuptolerance [horizontal,strict] \setuphyphenmark [sign=small] \showframe [text] [text] \starttext \dorecurse{21}{Multisyllabic||words||separated||by||hyphens. } \stoptext Is this expected behavior? Can it be changed? -- Rik Kabel

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