May 2015 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Newbie needs help getting started
by Johan Råde 09 May '15

09 May '15

Hi, I'm trying to get ConTeXt to run on my Windows machine (Windows 7 SP1). I already had MiKTeX installed on the machine. Here is what I did: 1. I downloaded context-setup-mswin.zip. 2. I unzipped and copied the folder to C:/context 3. I ran the command first-setup.bat --context=current --modules=all 4. I added C:\context\tex\texmf-win64\bin to my PATH variable 5. I opened up the example file at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Hello_world in TeXWorks 6. I selected ConTeXt(LuaTeX) 7. I compiled the file The compilation failed. The log says: mtx-context | warning: synctex is enabled mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="C:/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en" --jobname="HelloWorld" --lua="C:/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" --no-parse-first-line --synctex=1 --c:currentrun=1 --c:fulljobname="./HelloWorld.tex" --c:input="./HelloWorld.tex" --c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=8 --c:synctex "cont-yes.mkiv" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.76.0-2013062820 (rev 4627) \write18 enabled. (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 What am I doing wrong? Thank you, Johan Råde

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removing # in XML identifiers
by Pablo Rodriguez 08 May '15

08 May '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \startbuffer[demo] <a href="#myspecialid">the previous section</a> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:initialize \xmlsetsetup{#1}{a}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:initialize} \startxmlsetups xml:a \ctxlua{context("\\xmlatt{#1}{href}")} \ctxlua{local originalid = "abcde";% doesn’t work with # tex.print(string.sub(originalid,2))} \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{demo}{} \stoptext In both for some reason unknown to me, compilation crashes whe string.sub has an string with # inside. How could I get the following command working? \ctxlua{tex.print(string.sub(context("\\xmlatt{#1}{href}"),2))} Even if I remove # from the href attribute, compilation crashes. Sorry for asking this again, but which is the right way to do this? I have spent hours trying to find out how to do it, but I’m afraid this is beyond my knowledge. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography: printing just Single Author et al.
by Robert Blackstone 07 May '15

07 May '15

On 7 May 2015, at 12:00 , Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists(a)gmail.com> > > Is there any trick that would allow liming the number of listed > authors on per-article basis? Simply specifying > author = "Just Someone et al.", > ? > > (MkIV, experimental reimplementation.) Hello Mojca, The trick that I would use, in fact the procedure that I always use, is not to use bib-files but to separately generate the bbl-file and input that. ConTeXt uses the .bbl, and once you have that you can tweak it in (almost) any way you like. You could if necessary, make two or more versions of the same publication, for instance in a footnote “Just Someone et al.” and in the Bibliography the complete list of Authors of that publication. For my Bibliographic data I even needed three versions of each entry, one with authorname, to use your example, “Someone, Just” in the Bibliography, “Just Someone” for footnotes, the first occurrence, and “Someone” with a short book- or article title for all susequent occurrences. No problem when you use the .bbl. Obviously the different versions should have (slightly) diiferent cite-keys. (And take care not to input the .bib-file, since each time you process the thing a fresh .bbl is created wiping out all your modifications.) I hope it solves your problem. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Math steps (s-pre-50)
by Troy Henderson 07 May '15

07 May '15

\FlushStep does not seem to work when "revealing" steps in a mathalignment. Is there a known solution for showing rows of a mathalignment in their own "frame"? Here is the code that I am using: \usemodule[s-pre-50] \starttext \StartSteps \startformula \startmathalignment[n=3,align={right,middle,left}] \NC a \NC = \NC b + c \NR \FlushStep \NC \NC = \NC b - d + d + c \NR \FlushStep \stopmathalignment \stopformula \StopSteps \stoptext – Troy

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Bibliography: printing just Single Author et al.
by Mojca Miklavec 07 May '15

07 May '15

Hi, When citing articles with five authors I prefer to list all of them, but in some articles with one hundred authors I would prefer just "J. Someone et al." since listing five more co-authors doesn't add anything substantial to the information. Is there any trick that would allow liming the number of listed authors on per-article basis? Simply specifying author = "Just Someone et al.", ? (MkIV, experimental reimplementation.) Thank you, Mojca

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texexec --version
by Mojca Miklavec 06 May '15

06 May '15

Dear Hans, Is there any chance that "texexec --version" would generate something more "useful" than the following? ---------------------------------------------- > texexec --version resolvers | trees | analyzing '/Users/me/Library/texmf'TeXExec | version 6.2.1 - 1997-2009 - PRAGMA ADE/POD ---------------------------------------------- You probably don't see the prepended stuff outside of TeX Live (that's from TEXMFHOME). Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] Newbie needs help getting started
by Andres Conrado 06 May '15

06 May '15

If you use other TeX distribution (TeXlive, MikTeX), you will have conflicts because your system doesn't know how to differentiate between your current TeX distro binaries, and Context's binaries, so, the system will use different (non-compatible) versions of a lot of things, and will use the first executables found in the PATH. I have both texlive and context, but configuring them to work well together, took me a while. I use a couple of custom .bat files to invoke context's path ONLY when I compile Context files, but use the defaults for textworks when I complile LaTeX files. What I did was: 1. Your same steps 1-3. 2. Created a folder called C:/context/pragmatex/ 3. Inside that folder I placed two files: PRAGMATEX.BAT and SETPATH.BAT (contents below) 4. Add C:\context\pragmatex\ to the PATH variable (so the two mentioned files can be found by the system) 5. Configure TeXworks: 5.1. Open TW and go to Edit > Preferences 5.2 Select "Compilation" tab 5.3 In that Window, in the field "Location of TeX and related programs" (or something like that, the name can be slightly different. I use the Spanish version), add (using the button marked "+") the folder C:\context\pragmatex\ 5.4 In the same window, below, select ConTeXt (LuaTeX), and click "edit". 5.5 In "Program" add "C:/context/pragmatex/pragmatex.bat" (without quotes). 5.6 In "Parameters" just add "$fullname" (without quotes) if it's not already there. The contents of the two mentioned files (just plain old .bat files, can be created on notepad): ************************************************************** pragmatex.bat ************************************************************** @echo off call C:\context\pragmatex\setpath.bat context --synctex=zipped --autogenerate "%1" --purgeall ************************************************************** ************************************************************** setpath.bat ************************************************************** @echo off C:\context\tex\setuptex.bat C:\context\tex ************************************************************** Hope this helps. Is a very crappy setup, but it works for me. You can adapt it however you like.

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two questions on lpaths
by Pablo Rodriguez 05 May '15

05 May '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \startbuffer[demo] <div> <h1 id="myspecialid">First Title</h1> <p>A paragraph</p> <p></p> <h1>Second Title</h1> <p>A paragraph refered to <a href="#myspecialid">the previous section</a></p> <p></p> </div> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:initialize \xmlsetsetup{#1}{div|h1|p|a}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:initialize} \startxmlsetups xml:div \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:h1 \section[\xmlatt{#1}{id}]{\xmlflush{#1}} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:p \xmlflush{#1}\par \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:a \about[\xmlatt{#1}{href}] \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{demo}{} \stoptext The only way to make the link work in XML is to remove the '#' char from \xmlatt{#1}{href}. How could I achieve it without modifying the XML source? Related to this issue, I also have the following lpath: [contains(text()='#')] Well, how could I make that the text begins (and not only contains) with the regular expression "#[a-z]"? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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alternative numerical \cite command
by Csikos Bela 05 May '15

05 May '15

Hello list members: For inserting citations ConTeXt offers several \cite command alternatives. If I understand correctly citations can be inserted like: \cite[key], when the document's default cite type is used, or: \cite[authoryear][key], \cite[author][key] etc., where the citation style is set by the first option. These citation styles are predefined in context. What I would like to do is inserting alternative numerical citations: normal superscript citations, like this^1, and occasionally inline citations in brackets, like this one [2]. How could I define alternative numerical citation style, e.g. \cite[inum][key] on the analogy of author, authoryear etc. styles? Thanks, bcsikos

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minimum number of dots in lists (TOC, LOF)
by Csikos Bela 05 May '15

05 May '15

Hello list members: I have set up a document showing the table of contents with dots between section titles and page numbers. (\setupcombinedlist[content][level=3,alternative=c]) Some of the titles are longer and between the title and page number only one dot is inserted, which is not nice. Can it be controlled what is the minimum number of inserted dots (e.g. 3) or what is the minimum width of the distance where dots can be inserted? If the distance is less, empty space should be inserted instead. Is this possible? Thanks,

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