April 2015 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Non-shortened month name in \date
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

Hello, ---- \mainlanguage[cz] \starttext \date[d=1,m=3,y=2000][d,~,m,~,y]\par \date[d=1,m=3,y=2000][d,~,mm,~,y]\par \date[d=1,m=3,y=2000][d,~,month,~,y]\par \stoptext ---- gives: " 1 břez. 2000 1 03 2000 1 břez. 2000 " Is there a way to get non-shortened month name, i.e. "března" instead "břez."? Kind regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka | mailto:LPr@pontex.cz Pontex s. r. o. | mailto:pontex@pontex.cz | http://www.pontex.cz Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 241 096 751 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Wiki / sample
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

Hello, the "Sample 2" on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definedescription compiles well on my computer (one of the latest Ctx version) but not on wiki. (It happens to me time to time when I want to add a sample, mostly a snip from the mailing list.) IMHO, there is still a Ctx version mismatch between "latest Ctx Beta" (or another "stable Ctx version") and that on wiki. It would be nice: - to know which Ctx version compiles wiki samples (Ctx, Lua & MP "stamp" - automatically generated on each Ctx renewal - would be useful to appear (on the initial?) wiki page), - I guess wiki Ctx should renew more often (to prevent difference between the latest Ctx and that on wiki enlarges). Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka | mailto:LPr@pontex.cz Pontex s. r. o. | mailto:pontex@pontex.cz | http://www.pontex.cz Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 241 096 751 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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slightly offtopic: disabling autoresizing of adobe reader window when opening pdf document
by Csikos Bela 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

Hello: This is kind of offtopic, still I post it here since it only occurs when I open some context manuals. I use Adobe Reader (acroread) 9.5.5 linux version. Frequently, when I open a context related document, eg NaturalTables.pdf downloaded from contextgarden (http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/NaturalTables.pdf) the document triggers resizing of adobe reader main window. This is very annoying, especially if I have several other documents open in separate tabs; all these tabs are resized as well and I have to adjust back the window size manually. I tried different settings in preferences but couldn't find a way to disable this behavior. How could I block autoresizing? I also googled but could not find any answer to this (though others have the same problem as well, eg https://forums.adobe.com/thread/793230) I write here since for me only context documents triggers this, so I guess context users know about this more. Thanks, bcsikos

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line break between number and footnote text in paragraph footnotes
by mf 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

Hello, I have a problem with paragraph footnotes. I don't know how to prevent a line break occurring between the footnote number and the footnote text. Sometimes a thing like this happens: ... [main text] ... -------------- 1. text of the first footnote --- 2. text of the second one --- 3. text of the third one Is there a way to force ConTeXt to keep the "3." with "text of the third one"? Thanks in advance, Massi

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Re: [NTG-context] overlay or layer for chapter head.
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

> From: John Culleton <John(a)wexfordpress.com> > Subject: [NTG-context] overlay or layer for chapter head. > Date: 2 April 2015 1:19:03 AEDT > > I am redoing a book for a client. Each chapter > head has a fancy design. I want to reproduce that > fancy page but still have the "\chapter" > statement for running heads, TOC etc. > > Is there a way that I can overlay the entire > chapter first page with a graphic, ideally a one > page pdf file. > > I have tried workarounds with > \startstandardmakeup,\writetolist, > \definemarking etc. but the whole thing is > getting too complicated. I just want to overlay a > the entire page with a graphic yet have > the real content of the page still available for > TOC, running head, indexing terms etc. > > Any suggestions? > > -- > John Culleton > Wexford Press Hi John, I did this recently by defining a layer and putting an image in it using \setlayer, in a macro called just before chapters are started: \definelayer[chapterbackground] \setupexternalfigures[location=default] \unexpanded\def\chapterbefore{ \setlayer[chapterbackground]{% \externalfigure[mill.png] [width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] } \setupbackgrounds[page] [background=chapterbackground] } \setuphead[chapter][before=\chapterbefore] \starttext \chapter{Knuth} \dorecurse{5}{ \input knuth \par } \chapter{Dawkins} \input dawkins \stoptext No doubt there is a neater/better way to do it than that. In fact I tried to set up the background only once, like this: \definelayer[chapterbackground] \setupexternalfigures[location=default] \setlayer[chapterbackground]{% \externalfigure[mill.png] [width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] } \setuphead[chapter] [before={ \setupbackgrounds[page] [background=chapterbackground] }] \starttext \chapter{Knuth} \dorecurse{5}{ \input knuth \par } \chapter{Dawkins} \input dawkins \stoptext But it looks like the layer “forgets” the image each time it is used, and the second chapter does not have the image. I’d be pleased to know the “right way” to do this too ... Robin

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[***SPAM***] small space before some characters (: ; ! ?)
by Csikos Bela 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

Hello: Hungarian typography requires inserting small spaces before :, ;, ! and ? characters. The width of this small space should be equal to that of the period (.). In latex magyarlatex (magyar.ldf) module (part of biblatex) contains definitions to achieve this. How could I set this in context? Thanks in advance, bcsikos

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lua code prevents compilation
by Pablo Rodriguez 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \startluacode function document.addfunnyhyphen(tfmdata) local underscore = utf.byte("_") local char = tfmdata.characters[underscore] tfmdata.characters[0xFE000] = { width = 0, height = 0, depth = 0, commands = { { "right", -char.width }, { "down", char.depth }, { "slot", 1, underscore }, } } end utilities.sequencers.appendaction("aftercopyingcharacters","after","document.addfunnyhyphen") \stopluacode \def\CoverImageFile{}%\externalfigure[TypeWriter][width=\textwidth]} \definefontfamily[ornamenta][rm][FontAwesome] \def\CoverImageFont{\scale[width=\textwidth]{\ornamenta }} \def\CoverImage{\doifsomethingelse{\CoverImageFile}{\CoverImageFile}{\CoverImageFont}} \starttext \CoverImage \stoptext For some reason unknown to me, the only way to compile the sample is to remove the luacode snippet. I need the lua code to have underscore hyphenation in type commands. And I need two extra \definehyphenationfeatures and \sethyphenationfeatures to invoke it. Have I hit a bug or what am I missing? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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overlay or layer for chapter head.
by John Culleton 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

I am redoing a book for a client. Each chapter head has a fancy design. I want to reproduce that fancy page but still have the "\chapter" statement for running heads, TOC etc. Is there a way that I can overlay the entire chapter first page with a graphic, ideally a one page pdf file. I have tried workarounds with \startstandardmakeup,\writetolist, \definemarking etc. but the whole thing is getting too complicated. I just want to overlay a the entire page with a graphic yet have the real content of the page still available for TOC, running head, indexing terms etc. Any suggestions? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!

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Fwd: My posts.
by Hans Hagen 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: My posts. Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 14:21:41 -0400 From: John Culleton <John(a)wexfordpress.com> Organization: WexfordPress To: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> Recently my posts don't appear on the list. If I send you a cc you are kind enough to answer. But is there a reason why my recent posts don't appear on the mailing list? Here is the text of my most recent post: ---------------------------------------- I am redoing a book for a client. Each chapter head has a fancy design. I want to reproduce that fancy page but still have the "\chapter" statement for running heads, TOC etc. Is there a way that I can overlay the entire chapter first page with a graphic, ideally a one page pdf file. I have tried workarounds with \startstandardmakeup,\writetolist, \definemarking etc. but the whole thing is getting too complicated. I just want to overlay a the entire page with a graphic yet have the real content of the page still available for TOC, running head, indexing terms etc. Any suggestions? --------------------------------------------- As always your assistance is appreciated. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!

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question on bibliography generation in context stable
by Csikos Bela 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Hello: I installed a standalone context system on my linux OS by running the install script: sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all --context=current --engine=luatex For getting the install script I followed the link given at contextgarden install wiki page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone % the wiki page http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh % link to the install script The version of this installed context is: > context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /usr/local/context/stable/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2014.01.03 00:40 My questions are related to bibliography production. For setting up bibliography I used the manual mentioned and linked at the contextgarden Bibliography MkIV wiki page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography_mkiv % the wiki page http://www.let.rug.nl/alfa/texmf/tetex30/context/bib/bibmod-doc.pdf % link to the manual dated 2009 March 02 I want a numbered bibliography list for which I use the following setup in the document preamble: \setuppublications[alternative=num,refcommand=num,sorttype=cite,numbering=yes,autohang=yes] Questions: 1. The above setting results in a numbered bibliography list where the numbers are aligned left and don't have period, like (use monotype font to see the correct alignment): 1 Authors 25 Authors 134 Authors I would like to make the list item numbers right aligned and having a period, like: 1. Authors 25. Authors 134. Authors I also would like to know how I can change the distance between the numbers and text (authors). 2. I am confused how to use the autohang, totalnumber and samplesize options. For exmample I have the following setup: \setuppublications[alternative=num,refcommand=num,sorttype=cite,numbering=yes,autohang=yes] \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={MMMMMM}] or \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber=220] or \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber=220,samplesize={MMMMMM}] Whatever setting I use for totalnumber and samplesize, they don't have any effect on the output. The bbl file always has the same in the first line: \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={PGABMN{\etalchar{+}}02},totalnumber=220] The only option that makes a difference is autohang on/off. With autohang=on the 3-digit numbers hang onto the list entry texts (authors) and partially overlap them. With autohang=no they don't overlap but are still too close to the list item text. It seems it behaves the opposite to what is expected. What is the correct use of these options? It's not explained in the manual. 3. There are 4 bst files in context from which context chooses one for generating the list. How context decides which bst file is used? Is it possible to use a bst file with another name? (Just to make it clear: I don't want to use completely different bst file, only to modify one, eg cont-no.bst, save it with a different name and use that file.) Thanks in advance, bcsikos

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