May 2015 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Automatic character replacements/substitutions
by Mojca Miklavec 29 May '15

29 May '15

Hi, Can someone please help me remind how to automatically "replace" a Greek letter (gamma (γ) in particular, but I wouldn't mind if the whole alphabet would be replaced) with $\mathgreekupright γ$. The OpenType font (Lucida) doesn't have Greek characters (except for maybe μ), but the math alphabets in the math font are complete, so I would like to automatically use the characters from the Greek math in main text (possibly upright math in upright text and italic math in italic text). Of course I can always create a shortcut for $\mathgreekupright γ$ but it would be great if things like "γ rays" or "α particles" would be typeset "automatically". Thank you very much, Mojca

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toc and macro
by Harry 29 May '15

29 May '15

Hi, I hope that this is the right address to post my question. If not I would be glad for a tip. I wanted to do something like this: _______________________ \unprotect %This line uncommented leads to an error \def\tit{Oops!} \def\Teil{\dodoubleempty\doTeil} \def\doTeil[#1][#2]#3{% \def\tit{#1} %... \startchapter[title={\tit},reference={#2}] #3 \stopchapter %... } \protect \starttext \completecontent \doTeil[Hallo][hallo]{Text Text Text Text Text Text Text} \stoptext _______________________ It works if i use #1 direct (like this): \startchapter[title=#1,reference={#2}] But how can I wrap it in the \tit? (wrapping #2 works fine) I wanted to programm \doTeil so, that I can nest it freely (for example with \input) and the table of content uses the hierarchy of the nesting to produce a nice TOC. thanks for help. Sincerely, Harry

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VERY IMPORTANT: 9th ConTeXt meeting
by Alan BRASLAU 28 May '15

28 May '15

Hello, The 9th ConTeXt Meeting will be held in Nasbinals, France * September 14–18, 2015 * The ConTeXt meetings are a great opportunity to meet other ConTeXt users and developers. It is also a very good opportunity for new users to receive personal tutorials as well as for them to teach other users new tricks, for each and everyone has something to bring to the community of ConTeXt users. Information can be found on the meeting website: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2015/ Registration is now open and the members of the ConTeXt Group as well as all participants of past meetings are available to answer any questions. The present mailing list can be an excellent forum for general questions and the organizer (myself) as well as the program organizers (Taco and Hans) can be contacted for any specific questions that you might have about this upcoming meeting. Alan

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Calculating a value in metapost, and using it in ConTeXt
by Kate F 26 May '15

26 May '15

Hello, Is it possible to calculate the position of something in Metapost, and to export that value to TeX such that I can use it in setups and things? I thought perhaps I could \def inside btex..etex. Here's a minimal example trying to illustrate the idea: \startuniqueMPgraphic{canon} path p, q; h := \overlayheight; w := \overlaywidth; % imagine this is more complex p = (0, 0) -- (w, .5h); q = (0, h) -- (w, 0); draw p; draw q; z0 = p intersectionpoint q; % btex \def\Z{ ypart z0 } etex; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[canon][\uniqueMPgraphic{canon}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=canon] \setuplayout[topspace=0pt, header=0pt, height=22cm] % here I would use \Z \showgrid \starttext xyz \stoptext Thanks, -- Kate

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Architectural paper sizes
by Kate F 25 May '15

25 May '15

Hello, I made definitions for the architectural paper sizes, usually known as ArchA, ArchB, etc. I don't know if you want to add them to base/page-lay.mkiv. % Architectural sizes \definepapersize [ArchA] [\c!width=9in, \c!height=12in] % 3:4 \definepapersize [ArchB] [\c!width=12in,\c!height=18in] % 2:3 \definepapersize [ArchC] [\c!width=18in,\c!height=24in] % 3:4 \definepapersize [ArchD] [\c!width=24in,\c!height=36in] % 2:3 \definepapersize [ArchE] [\c!width=36in,\c!height=48in] % 3:4 \definepapersize [ArchE1] [\c!width=30in,\c!height=42in] % 5:7 \definepapersize [ArchE2] [\c!width=26in,\c!height=38in] % 13:19 \definepapersize [ArchE3] [\c!width=27in,\c!height=39in] % 9:13 -- Kate

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embeddedxtable
by Meer, H. van der 25 May '15

25 May '15

With the construct \startembeddedxtable\xmlflush{#1}\stopembeddedxtable placed inside a \midaligned I used to get a neatly centered content. But now the material is shifted to the right, even sticking out of the page. Has something changed in the embeddedxtable alignment handling since the end of 2013? (The embeddedxtable macro was needed because the typeset material exists inside \startbuffer..\stopbuffer.) Hans van der Meer

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Force to display page number on the `makeup' page
by Alexander Shukaev 24 May '15

24 May '15

Hello, I have a special `makeup' for the abstract page: \definemakeup [abstractpage] I also have general `makeup' setup: \setupmakeup[ doublesided={no}, pagestate={start}, page={yes}, ] The footer is available from general `layout' setup: \setuplayout[ footer={16pt}, header={\zeropoint}, margin={\zeropoint}, ] Page numbering comes from general `pagenumbering' setup: \setuppagenumbering [location={footer}] I'm aware that `makeup' pages don't display page numbers even though they can count them with the `pagestate={start}' setting. However, for this particular `makeup' (`abstractpage') I would like to force the display of page number. I've tried \startabstractpagemakeup \setuppagenumbering [location={footer}] ... \stopabstractpagemakeup in hope that `makeup' simply sets `location=' behind the scenes to hide the page number, but it seems that I was wrong. Is it possible to force page number placement for a particular `makeup'? Thanks a lot. Kind regards, Alexander

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How to properly `\setuplayout' for several pages and then restore back?
by Alexander Shukaev 24 May '15

24 May '15

Hello, I have a table of contents that now has grown to span several pages. Before that I used the following setup: \definemakeup [contentspage] \setupmakeup [contentspage][% footerstate={stop}, headerstate={stop}, pagestate={stop}, page={yes}, bottom={\vfill}, top={}, ] \setuplayout [contentspage][% footer={\zeropoint}, header={\zeropoint}, ] \setuplayout [contentspage][% footerdistance={\zeropoint}, headerdistance={\zeropoint}, ] \startcontentspagemakeup \setupwhitespace [line] % ToC \stopcontentspagemakeup and that indeed worked when ToC spanned only one page. Since page breaking does not work inside `makeup', I had ti give it up. Now I try the following: \start \setupheader[state={stop}] \setupfooter[state={stop}] \setuppagenumbering[state={stop}] \setuplayout[% footer={\zeropoint}, header={\zeropoint}, ] \setuplayout[% footerdistance={\zeropoint}, headerdistance={\zeropoint}, ] % ToC \stop Why after `\stop' previous setups for `layout', `header', `footer', and `pagenumbering' do not restore? Is there a way to achieve this or do I have to manually duplicate the setups which were before `\start'? Thank you. Kind regards, Alexander

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Environment \starttikzpicture \stoptikzpicture like float
by Fabrice Couvreur 24 May '15

24 May '15

Hi, Why the command \placerecipe{}{} does not with an environment \ starttikzpicture \stoptikzpicture ? Fabrice \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \usemodule[tikz] \usemodule[pgfplots] \pgfplotsset{compat=1.8} \definefloat [recipe] [figure] \setupfloat [recipe] [default={right,none}] \starttext \startitemize[n][stopper={.},style=bold] \placerecipe {} {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=4cm]} \item \input knuth \placerecipe {} { \starttikzpicture[level 1/.style={level distance=35mm,sibling distance=40mm},level 2/.style={level distance=25mm,sibling distance=15mm},cadre/.style={rectangle,draw}] \node{}[grow=right] child{node{$\overline{R}$} child{node{$\overline{M}$} edge from parent node [below=0.2cm,midway] {\unknown}} child{node{$M$} edge from parent node [above=0.2cm,midway] {\unknown}} edge from parent node [below=0.2cm,midway] {\unknown} } child{node{$R$} child{node{$\overline{M}$} edge from parent node [below=0.2cm,midway] {\unknown}} child{node{$M$} edge from parent node [above=0.2cm,midway] {\unknown}} edge from parent node [above=0.2cm,scale=0.75] {\unknown} }; \stoptikzpicture } \item \input knuth \stopitemize \stoptext

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Smart Acronym Pluralization (`y' or `ie' before `s')
by Alexander Shukaev 24 May '15

24 May '15

Hello, Consider the following: \definesynonyms [ACRONYM] [ACRONYMS] [\FULL] [\SHORT] \ACRONYM{DLL}{Dynamic-Link Librar\doifnextcharelse{s}{ie}{y}} Why \FULL{DLL}s does not do what I expect it to do? I assume that it's because `\doifnextcharelse' expands before `\FULL'. So how to achieve the desired effect? Thanks. Kind regards, Alexander

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