May 2015 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Supported architectures for minimals (any ppc users out there?)
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Feb '16

06 Feb '16

Hi, I would suggest dropping support for linux-ppc for the ConTeXt distribution unless somebody objects. I'm surprised about the number of ppc users on Mac (and would be curious to get more off-list feedback from those still using it). TeX Live planned to drop support this year, but it seems that it's staying for now. We are currently cross-compiling the binaries, but at the moment both luajittex and metapost compilations seem to be broken. We also don't seem to have any kfreebsd or sparc-solaris users, but as long as their builders enjoy supplying the binaries, that's fine by me ;) On the other hand I need to sit down one day and fix support for cygwin. I'm sorry that this didn't happen yet. Mojca

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Overfull boxes using m-cweb
by Edwin Wisse 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Hello, I am running into overfull boxes when including a weaved cweb file into a context document. The original reference to the cwebmac.tex file (the plain TeX macro) is commented out and replaced by \usemodule[cweb]. The cweb macros appear to expand something into \*11ptmmmt* which seems to have something to do with it. Is there anyone here with experience and deep (Con)TeX(t) knowledge who understands what is happening? Regards, Edwin ----------------------------------part of my log file------------------------------------------------ Overfull \hbox (6.4885pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 3--13 \*11ptmmmr* for the ap-pli-ca-tion de-vel-op-ment mod-ule. This is a small ap-p li-ca-tion which loads file \hbox(7.63889+2.13889)x398.33858 .\*11ptmmmr* f .\*11ptmmmr* o .\*11ptmmmr* r .\glue(\spaceskip) 3.66628 .\*11ptmmmr* t .etc. Overfull \hbox (8.38132pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 3--13 \*11ptmmmr* with point and line da-ta and dis-plays it in a win-dow. It pro-vid es a us-er in-ter-face al- \hbox(7.63889+2.13889)x398.33858 .\*11ptmmmr* w .\*11ptmmmr* i .\*11ptmmmr* t .\*11ptmmmr* h .\glue(\spaceskip) 3.66628 .etc.

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Forms and JavaScript
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hello, while trying to create some interactive forms using latest beta (MkIV), I found that JavaScripts are only then copied into the PDF, if there’s a \goto referencing a JS function. According to the old widgets manual I thought I could set default values of fields calling JS functions or variables as [JS(MyFunc)], but that doesn’t work. \starttext \setupinteraction [state=start] \startJSpreamble{formtest} % this JS code is only copied to the PDF if the \goto below is uncommented! var d = new Date(); var df = this.getField("Datum"); var CurDate = util.printd("dd.mm.yyyy", d); df.value = CurDate; function toggleField(){ var f = this.getField("Datum"); f.display = ! f.display; } \stopJSpreamble %\goto{toggle}[JS(toggleField)] \blank \setupfield[MMshortString][reset,horizontal][height=5mm, width=50mm, frame=off, bottomframe=on] \definefield[Datum][line][MMshortString][][JS(CurDate)] % JS(CurDate) ends up verbatim in the field Date: \field[Datum] \stoptext Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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(again) bug with bidi direction and \about references
by Pablo Rodriguez 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

Hi Hans, sorry for telling again, but I’m afraid that the following sample shows a serious buggy interaction between \setupdirections[bidi=on] and \about references. \setupdirections[bidi=on] \starttext \section[sectionone]{Section one} As said in \dorecurse{5} {\about[sectionone]\footnote{Body reference misplaced.}, } \stoptext Both \about and footnote references in body are misplaced. It would be great, if you could fix this. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Bleeding pictures as floats?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 30 Jul '15

30 Jul '15

Hi, I hope BachoTeX was a success! Is it possible to use the float placing mechanisms for pictures that go beyond the type area or even beyond the page? In the book I’m typesetting, most pictures need to fill the whole width of the page (i.e. plus 3mm bleed), but not all cover a full page. I don’t know how to tell \externalfigure or \placefloat a negative offset. Or can I use layers with floats? Of course the text should flow around the pictures. BTW, what does the „object“ key of \setupexternalfigures do? Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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Critical editions with ConTeXt
by MANUEL GONZALEZ SUAREZ 24 Jul '15

24 Jul '15

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Sourcemirror at gitorious is closing down, where to find it then?
by Norbert Melzer 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

Since gitorious got acquired by gitlab it will shut down its service end of May 2015 (https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/) Where will ConTeXts source mirror be hosted then? Will it get transfered over to gitlab? Github? Bitbucket? Sourceforge? Somewhere else?

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Hash (Pound) Sign (#) in `\biburl'
by Alexander Shukaev 01 Jun '15

01 Jun '15

Hello, I ran into the problem with `\biburl': \biburl{http://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/mpi_performance/#Protocols} reports an error due to '#'. Escaping \biburl{http://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/mpi_performance/\#Protocols} does compile and is displayed correctly, but when clicking this URL it brings me to the http://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/mpi_performance//#Protocols rather than http://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/mpi_performance/#Protocols Do you have any suggestions on how to overcome this problem? Thanks a lot. Regards, Alexander

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bug in latest beta?
by Pablo Rodriguez 01 Jun '15

01 Jun '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \showframe\showgrid \setuplayout[setups=*lessstrict] \startsetups[*lessstrict] \setup[reset] \widowpenalty=10000 \clubpenalty=10000 \brokenpenalty=0 \stopsetups \setupbodyfont[pagella, 12.6pt] \starttext \chapter{Quotes} \section{Zapf} \dorecurse{4}{\input zapf\par} \subsection{Knuth} \input knuth \stoptext Compiling it with beta from 2015.03.25 22:13, page break is fine. But with latest beta from 2015.05.24 12:42 (or even with beta from 2015.05.15 11:42 includes a wrong page break. The setups for widow and orphan lines move the two last lines to the next page. Could anyone confirm this bug? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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[BUG]: `referenceprefix' in `\setuphead' ruins `\cite'
by Alexander Shukaev 29 May '15

29 May '15

Hello, I think I've experienced a severe bug here. Consider the following: \setuphead [chapter][% referenceprefix={chapter}, ] ... \cite[xxx] ... \startpublication[ k={xxx}, t={...}, a={...}, y={...}, ] ... \stoppublication \startchapter [title={BIBLIOGRAPHY}] \whitespace \placepublications \stopchapter will render [[error 2]] in place of `\cite[xxx]' because of `referenceprefix' in `\setuphead'. Why? I don't believe `referenceprefix' in `\setuphead' should have something to do with `\cite' at all. Thankfully, it's pretty rare that one uses `chapter' for bibliography, but still I think it's better to fix this. For instance, right now the following works fine for me: \setuphead [chapter][% referenceprefix={chapter}, ] \setuphead [title][% referenceprefix={}, ] ... \cite[xxx] ... \startpublication[ k={xxx}, t={...}, a={...}, y={...}, ] ... \stoppublication \starttitle [title={BIBLIOGRAPHY}] \whitespace \placepublications \stoptitle NOTE: It's extremely important to explicitly do `referenceprefix={}' for `title' because somehow `title' inherits `referenceprefix={chapter}' from `chapter'; and therefore, not doing `referenceprefix={}' will again result in [[error 2]] in place of `\cite[xxx]'. Looking forward to your feedback. Kind regards, Alexander

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