March 2016 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

new features
by Hans Hagen 22 May '16

22 May '16

Hi, (mostly for Thomas) In the next beta: When you include files in another file (using xmlinclude) we now register what gets included. There are two new commands: \xmlinclusion{#1} : the current inclusion \xmlinclusions{#1} : a list of inclusions the first one backtracks till it find a name and the second one will locate the root if needed. This option can be handy for tracing (i.e. seeing where input comes from). Another addition is that \definemode[something][keep] define an undefined mode; the keep makes sure that the already set value is kept (another option is 'yes'). Using defined modes (that is, set with: \enabledmode, \disablemode or \definemode) can be tested about twice as fast as undefined modes which can make a small difference when modes are tested lots of times. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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bibliography tool
by Gour 22 May '16

22 May '16

I was browsing docs in the contextgarden but not sure what is available for handling bibliography in ConTeXt today? Afaict, RefTeX is for LaTeX only, I recall there was(is). (My dev environment is Debian Linux/Emacs/AUCTeX.) Sincerely, Gour -- Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.

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MacOsX Mavericks and Luatex
by Pierre Bovet 19 May '16

19 May '16

Hi all! It seems that Luatex (0.76 2013/04/05) don't works with Mavericks? Thank's in advanced for your help and testimonies Best wishes -- Pierre Bovet Documentaliste technique | Chargé de sécurité CFST Tel : +41 (0) 26 401 61 56 Courriel : pierre67(a)me.com

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Overlays as background in textbackground
by Marco Patzer 18 May '16

18 May '16

Hi, overlays are not displayed when used as a background for textbackground. Is this a bug or are overlays not supported? \defineoverlay [myoverlay] [\ssd Foo] \definetextbackground [mybackgroundColour] [background=color, backgroundcolor=gray] \definetextbackground [mybackgroundOverlay] [background=myoverlay] \starttext %% overlay works \framed [background=myoverlay, align=normal] {\input knuth\par} %% background=color works \startmybackgroundColour \input knuth \stopmybackgroundColour %% overlay is missing \startmybackgroundOverlay \input knuth \stopmybackgroundOverlay \stoptext Marco

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halign broken
by Meer, H. van der 16 May '16

16 May '16

There seems something very much amiss with \halign in later ConTeXt versions. This typesets fine in PlainTeX and is an example taken from a textbook. \tabskip=1em\halign{% \hfil\it#\hfil&\hfil#\hfil&#&\hfil#\crA&B&C&D\cr} Also in contextversion 2012.05.30 (from a TeXlive distribution). But it fails at least in ConTeXt ver: 2013.03.20 10:34 MKIV and in ConTeXt ver: 2013.04.16 12:08 MKIV beta with the following error ! Only one # is allowed per tab. system > tex > error on line 5 in file fixedwidth.tex: Only one # is allowed per tab ... 1 \starttext 2 contextversion=\contextversion\par 3 \tabskip=1em 4 \halign{% 5 >> \hfil\it#\hfil&\hfil#\hfil&#&\hfil#\cr 6 A&B&C&D\cr} 7 \stoptext l.5 \hfil\it#\hfil&\hfil# \hfil&#&\hfil#\cr Why? How primitive it may be, I would like to use \halign now and then. Hans van der Meer

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searching in subdirectories with project structure
by Javier M Mora 06 May '16

06 May '16

Hi, (this is my first email to the list) I've created a project for my Thesis. The file tree is: /prod_thesis/ /prod_thesis.tex /envi_thesis.tex /comp_chap1/ /comp_chap1.tex /envi_chap1.tex /images/ /image1.jpg /image2.jpg (...) /tables/ /table1.tex /table2.tex (...) /comp_chap2/ /comp_chap2.tex /envi_chap2.tex /images/ /image1b.jpg /image2b.jpg (...) /tables/ /table1b.tex /table2b.tex (...) (...) envi_chap1.tex has: \startenvironment envi_chap1 \product prod_thesis \usepath[images] \usepath[tables] \stopenvironment comp_chap1.tex has: \startcomponent comp_chap1.tex \product prod_thesis \environment envi_chap1 blah blah blah \placefigure[here][fig:img1]{img1}{ \externalfigure[image1.jpg] } blah blah blah \input tables/table1 blah blah blah \stopcomponent prod_thesis.tex has: \startproduct prod_thesis \environment envi_thesis blah blah blah \component comp_chap1 \component comp_chap2 (...) \stopproduct and finally, envi_thesis.tex has: \startenvironment envi_thesis \usepath[{comp_chap1,comp_chap2}] blah (about styles) blah \stopenvironment If I cd into comp_chap1 dir and exec: texexec -xtx comp_chap1.tex the chapter1 is generated without any problem. All images and tables are inserted ok. But if I cd into prod_thesis and exec: texexec -xtx prod_thesis.tex all images are replace by "dummy images", and tables are not found (raising an error in compilation of document). In prod_thesis compilation (is it correct to say "compilation of document"?), context is looking for file /prod_thesis/tables/table1.tex but isn't not looking in /prod_thesis/comp_chap1/tables/table1.tex. I've created a copy of tables in /prod_thesis/ and document compiled good. But i don't like to pollute prod_thesis directory. Questions: What is the canonical way to keep subdirectories of dependencies in a component? (to be reused later in product compilation) I thought \usepath was to indicate where look for input files. I have to use "\input tables/table1" to find table 1. \usepath didn't work in envi_chap1.tex. Cheers.

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Luatex 0.90.0 announcement
by luigi scarso 05 May '16

05 May '16

============================================================== LuaTeX Release 0.90.0 was released 2016032512 ============================================================== This is the version that will go on TeX Live 2016 - mostly small bug fixes - a few setters/getters added to the pdf namespace (were in the tex one before) - a few patches to the lua interface macros - a bit more control over protrusion edges - no fundamental changes As usual, the archives can be downloaded from supelec: https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luatex/ You could also check out the sources via anonymous svn: svn co --username anonsvn --password anonsvn https://foundry.supelec.fr/svn/luatex/tags/beta-0.90.0 Bugs and feature requests can be added to the issue tracker at http://tracker.luatex.org Have fun, Hans, Luigi, Taco

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after with fixed position
by Pablo Rodriguez 01 May '16

01 May '16

Dear list, I have the following sample: \showgrid \setuphead[chapter][after={\blank[10*big]}] \starttext \chapter{Knuth} \input knuth \chapter{Zapf} \input zapf \chapter{Knuth\\\&\\Zapf} \input zapf\par\input zapf \stoptext How could I have the text after the chapter heading with a fixed distance, no matter how many lines the title itself has? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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right to left direction for itemize columns
by Bou Salim 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

I have posted a question in tex stack exchangeCustomize right to left list in context <http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/294627/customize-right-to-left-list-…> My aim is to obtain right to left items arranged in multi-column, if I use \startitemize [s,columns,three] [margin=1em] the result is three column where first column start from left side of page, but I want it to start from right side of page. I can use \startcolumns[direction=left]\startitemize \item First \item Second \item Third \stopitemize \stopcolumns but I think it look better if there is a key direction=left for the \startitemize environment such as used in columns environment.

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duplex printing and doublesided
by Pablo Rodriguez 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

Hi Hans, I have the following sample: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setupinteractionscreen[option=portrait] \starttext No duplex printing. \page[right] In this document. \stoptext I’m afraid that doublesided alternative disables duplex printing. This would be a good reason to implement the features already asked at https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2016/084298.html. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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