April 2015 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Bug in latest beta: behavior of \text in StepCharts
by Otared Kavian 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Hi Hans, It seems that with the latest beta there is a bug in the way how the command \text is handled in step charts (plesae see the attached PDF). This bug is absent from mkii, and absent from previous versions of mkiv (up to a weak ago, I believe). This is a minimal example which shows that the font used in each cell of \text changes randomly (there are four instances of \text, and each time a different font is used…): %%%% begin random-text-size.tex \usemodule[steps] \starttext \input knuth.tex \placefigure[none][-]{}{ \startSTEPtable \cell {$(f\circ u)(x_{*} + o(1)) = $} \text{definition of $f\circ u$} \cell {$f\left(u\left(x_{*} + o(1)\right)\right) = $} \text {$u$ is continuous} \cell {$f\left(u(x_{*}) + o(1)\right) = $} \text {$f$ is continuous} \cell {$f\left(u(x_{*})\right) + o(1) =$} \text {definition of $f\circ u$} \cell {$(f\circ u)(x_{*}) + o(1)$.} \stopSTEPtable} \stoptext %%%% begin random-text-size.tex

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issues with line numbering
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Hans, I’m afraid that I have another sample: \setupbodyfont[dejavu] \setuplinenumbering[style=\tfxx] \starttext \startlinenumbering \input zapf \stoplinenumbering \stoptext It compiles fine with beta from 2015.03.25 22:13. With beta from 2015.04.15 01:44, \setuplinenumbering avoids numbering the first line. If \setuplinenumbering is invoked, \setupbodyfont adds a 1 at the beginning of the first line. I’m afraid this may be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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bug in xtables?
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \starttext \startxtable \startxrow \startxcell a\stopxcell \startxcell b \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell c\stopxcell \startxcell[width=.65\textwidth] \input zapf \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stoptext Last cell is wrong with stable from TeX Live (2014.05.21 22:04), from 2015.03.25 22:13 and latest one from 2015.04.15 01:44. I’m afraid it may be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Index items
by Robert Blackstone 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Dear all, The book I am typesetting contains a very extensive and detailed index. The number of index items is probably around 1200, 16 pages. A fair number of them occur in more than one chapter. Like bibliography items, and for the sake of consistency, I have stored them in some auxiliary files and it is a matter of copy and paste to get them into the text in the proper place and way. (With always a risk of accidentally deleting or adding a spurious brace or bracket, with nasty results.) I wonder therefore whether it would be possible to handle them like bibliography items, by means of a key, and leave their expansion to ConTeXt. Would it be possible? And if it is not (yet) possible, how could I perhaps tackle it? Thanks for any advice. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Synonyms - feature request?
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Folks, I use the synonym feature heavily as technical documents can have hundreds of them. It’s great I can produce a list of synonyms I actually use in a document. Proper style however requires that each synonym be “explained” (shown in full) the first time it is used — usually in a document, but sometimes in a smaller scope, like a part or chapter. This is something I frequently get wrong, and is something document reviewers are quick to complain about. So it would be great if Context could do this automatically. The attached MWE shows what I mean — with such a feature, the two paragraphs should come out the same. I’ve placed some (commented) guesses as to how this might be configured in \setupsynonyms. Maybe better key names can be imagined. Typically I would want synonym \XX\ to be expanded to XX (Xxx Xxx) the first time it is used (alternative a), but the reverse (alternative b), Xxx Xxx (XX) might be preferred. However a command could be used for a custom “explanation”. Internally to Context, I guess this means each group of synonyms actually used has to be complemented with a list of the synonyms that have been “explained” (i.e., \infull{}) would add them to this second list). The second list would be cleared each new scope (chapter, section). The \XX\ macro would explain the synonym if it wasn’t on the second list (using \infull{}, which would then add it). None of this would change the behaviour of \placelistof… where you would continue to select the criterium for the list you want output, independently of The only further tweak might be a scheme so that certain common synonyms (a third list) are never explained automatically (perhaps by example, UK in a document written in and for a UK audience). This list would silently added to the second list immediately after it was cleared, I guess. Synonyms for this this list would be added by a slightly different version of the synonym definition macro (perhaps \commonabbreviation instead of \abbreviation, in the MWE). Anyone think this would be a useful feature addition? Robin \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull] \setupsynonyms[abbreviation][ state=start, % explain=first, % first,always,never % explainscope=text, % text,part,chapter,section... % explainalternative=a, % a: XX (Xxx Xxx), b: Xxx Xxx (XX), command % explaincommand=COMMAND#1#2, % to format it yourself textstyle=normal, synonymstyle=\cap] \abbreviation [UN] {UN} {United Nations} \abbreviation [UK] {UK} {United Kingdom} \abbreviation [USA] {USA} {United States of America} \abbreviation [UAE] {UAE} {United Arab Emirates} %\commonabbreviation [OK] {OK} {okay} \abbreviation [OK] {OK} {okay} \setupwhitespace[medium] \starttext The \UK\ and the \USA\ are both founding members of the \UN. And I'm told the \UK\ and \USA\ are both English speaking countries. But that’s \OK. The \UK\ (\infull{UK}) and the \USA\ (\infull{USA}) are both founding members of the \UN\ (\infull{UN}). And I'm told the \UK\ and \USA\ are both English speaking countries. But that’s \OK. \placelistofabbreviations \stoptext

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next beta
by Hans Hagen 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

in next beta \starttext \pushpath[foo] \pushpath[foo/bar] \input test % . wins over /foo wins over foo/bar \poppath \poppath \stoptext -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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bug in \setupreferencestructureprefix?
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Dear list, I have just discovered another issue with latest beta from 2015.04.14 19:03: \setupreferencestructureprefix[default][prefixsegments=2:4] \setuphead[section][sectionsegments=section] \starttext \in[mysection] \chapter[mychapter]{My Chapter} \section[mysection]{My Section} \stoptext Reference should be 1.1 and not only 1. It works fine with beta from 2015.03.25 22:13. I’m afraid it may be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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New command: \showreferences
by Otared Kavian 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Hi all, Many thanks to Hans who cooked up in a very short notice a new command named \showreferences which does what its names suggests: it shows the points at which a cross reference is invoked. This command works in interactive documents. There is a Wiki page about how to use it, and also about other features associated with this command. Please have a look at: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/%5Cshowreferences <http://wiki.contextgarden.net//showreferences> Best regards: OK

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bug in \setuptype?
by Pablo Rodriguez 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Hans, I have this sample: \definetype[TeXcode][option=TEX] \starttext \TeXcode{\ConTeXt} \stoptext With beta from 2015.04.14 19:03, there is no color, no bold font or monospace typeface. I’m afraid it may be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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output file size with repeated image
by Pablo Rodriguez 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \setupexternalfigure[location=default] \starttext \startmode[repeated-image] \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \externalfigure[cow]\input zapf\par}}} \stopmode \startmode[single-image] \externalfigure[cow] \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \input zapf\par}}} \stopmode \startmode[no-image] \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \input zapf\par}}} \stopmode \stoptext Output file sizes with different modes are the following: --mode=repeated-image 745KB --mode=single-image 303KB --mode=no-image 302KB Although the image is the same (and it is only embedded once) file size with repeated image is almost two and a half times that the version with a single image. Is this right or am I missing something? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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