February 2017 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Columns with different width.
by Jose Luis Arellano 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

Dear list, Is there any way to write a document in columns with different width? Thanks in advance. jl

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Context install from Texlive2016 mtxrun problem
by Geert Dobbels 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

Hello, After several years away from Context, I would like to start using it again and encounter the following problem: I am on a Fedora 25 system, 64bit machine and installed context from the rpm repositories via dnf. The repositories contain a Texlive 2016 version. I installed "texlive" and "texlive-context" from those repositories, and context works out of the box. The problem is with mtxrun: it seems unable to find the scripts. The scripts are installed in /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua When I invoke "mtxrun --script" from any place, I get a "no script name given" without the expected list of available scripts wheni I invoke the same from the scripts directory, I get the list of available scripts as expected. When I invoke "mtxrun --script fonts --list --all" from any directory, I get "unknown script 'font.lua' or mtx-font.lua' the same comand from the directory where the scripts are located gives "mtx-fonts.lua:135: attempt to index global 'fonts' (a nil value)" Is this supposed to work out of the box, or do I still have to manually configure some details as in older texlive versions ? (could not find anything in the context wiki or maillist that helps me to solve this problem) Geert

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Alter text to "Figure"
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. 28 Feb '17

28 Feb '17

Hello, how to alter auto-text to figures placed by "\placefloat[]{Caption}{\externalfigure[]}" to be: "Figure 1. Caption" instead of "Figure 1 Caption", IOW, how to add "." after the figure "auto-text"? Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka | mailto:LPr@pontex.cz Pontex s. r. o. | mailto:pontex@pontex.cz | http://www.pontex.cz | IDDS:nrpt3sn Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 241 096 751 (+420 720 951 172) Fax: +420 244 461 038

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which command would give the same effect as \pause in beamer ?
by damien＠thiriet.web4me.fr 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Hello, I have been switching to conTEXt to prepare some of my teaching stuff. I have read the context ref manual, the wiki and browsed the web, but couldn't find anything related to so-called overlays in beamer (I justed greped mail archives for 2015–2017). What would be the conTEXt way to have a list or whatever else displayed in a slide in such a way that point 2 is hidden until you press space, and so on. In beamer, you would make it this way \begin{frame} \begin{itemize} \item 1 \pause \item 2 \pause \item 3 \end{frame} Or even better, \begin{frame} \begin{itemize}[<+->] \item 1 \item 2 \item 3 \end{frame} I read about \starthiding and \stophiding in the manual, but as far as I understand, this is not exactly what I am looking for. I don't think postponing would help either. Any suggestion will be welcome. I am using texlive 2015 version (nothing newer is available yet in OpenBSD). Have a nice day, Damien Thiriet

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Lua code and percent sign
by Antoine Cailliau 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

The following code, from the wiki, results in a compilation error: \starttext > \ctxlua{context(string.format("\%.2f", math.pi))} > \stoptext The error is: [\directlua]:1: invalid escape sequence near '\%' > 1 \starttext > 2 > 3 >> \ctxlua{context(string.format("\%.2f", math.pi))} > 4 > 5 \stoptext I ended using \letterpercent command but it is not very convenient. Any help is welcome, Antoine C. Full log: mtx-context | warning: synctex is enabled > mtx-context | run 1: luatex > --fmt="/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/a86c089b384a3076dc514ba966a1fac9/formats/luatex/cont-en" > --jobname="luapercent" > --lua="/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/a86c089b384a3076dc514ba966a1fac9/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" > --no-parse-first-line --synctex=1 --c:autogenerate --c:currentrun=1 > --c:directives="system.synctex=1" > --c:fulljobname="/Users/acailliau/Desktop/luapercent.tex" > --c:input="/Users/acailliau/Desktop/luapercent.tex" --c:kindofrun=1 > --c:maxnofruns=9 --c:synctex="1" "cont-yes.mkiv" > This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.80.0 (TeX Live 2015) (rev 5238) > \write18 enabled. > system > synctex functionality is enabled (1)! > open source > 1 > 1 > > /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv > ConTeXt ver: 2015.05.18 12:26 MKIV current fmt: 2016.4.25 int: > english/english > system > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded > open source > 2 > 2 > > /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv > close source > 2 > 2 > > /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv > system > files > jobname 'luapercent', input > '/Users/acailliau/Desktop/luapercent', result 'luapercent' > fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded > languages > language 'en' is active > open source > 2 > 3 > /Users/acailliau/Desktop/luapercent.tex > fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) > fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded > lua error > error on line 3 in file > /Users/acailliau/Desktop/luapercent.tex: > [\directlua]:1: invalid escape sequence near '\%' > 1 \starttext > 2 > 3 >> \ctxlua{context(string.format("\%.2f", math.pi))} > 4 > 5 \stoptext > > ? Type to proceed, S to scroll future error messages, > R to run without stopping, Q to run quietly, > I to insert something, > 1 or ... or 9 to ignore the next 1 to 9 tokens of input, > H for help, X to quit. > ? close source > 2 > 3 > /Users/acailliau/Desktop/luapercent.tex > close source > 1 > 3 > > /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv > mkiv lua stats > used config file: > selfautoparent:/texmfcnf.lua;selfautoparent:/texmf-dist/web2c/texmfcnf.lua > mkiv lua stats > used cache path: > /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/a86c089b384a3076dc514ba966a1fac9 > mkiv lua stats > synctex tracing: synctex has been enabled (extra log > file generated) > mkiv lua stats > resource resolver: loadtime 0.117 seconds, 0 scans with > scantime 0.000 seconds, 0 shared scans, 8 found files, scanned paths: > mkiv lua stats > stored bytecode data: 371 modules (0.309 sec), 78 tables > (0.008 sec), 449 chunks (0.316 sec) > mkiv lua stats > traced context: maxstack: 1132, freed: 0, unreachable: > 1132 > mkiv lua stats > running in nuts mode: yes > mkiv lua stats > cleaned up reserved nodes: 41 nodes, 439 lists of 438 > mkiv lua stats > node memory usage: 2 glue, 2 penalty, 6 attribute, 26 > glue_spec, 2 attribute_list, 2 temp > mkiv lua stats > node list callback tasks: 6 unique task lists, 2 > instances (re)created, 3 calls > mkiv lua stats > used backend: pdf (backend for directly generating pdf > output) > mkiv lua stats > loaded patterns: en::2, load time: 0.000 > mkiv lua stats > jobdata time: 0.001 seconds saving, 0.000 seconds loading > mkiv lua stats > callbacks: 60 direct, 243 indirect, 303 total > mkiv lua stats > result saved in file: luapercent.pdf, compresslevel 3, > objectcompresslevel 3 > mkiv lua stats > loaded fonts: 2 files: latinmodern-math.otf, > lmroman12-regular.otf > mkiv lua stats > fonts load time: 0.180 seconds > mkiv lua stats > used platform: osx-64, type: unix, binary subtree: bin > mkiv lua stats > luatex banner: this is luatex, version beta-0.80.0 (tex > live 2015) (rev 5238) > mkiv lua stats > control sequences: 43101 of 65536 + 100000 > mkiv lua stats > lua properties: engine: lua, used memory: 67 MB (ctx: 66 > MB), hash type: lua, hash chars: min(64,40), symbol mask: utf (τεχ) > mkiv lua stats > runtime: 0.540 seconds > mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1

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Question on "back" key in \blank
by josephcanedo＠gmail.com 26 Feb '17

26 Feb '17

Dear list, Sorry if question is trivial but I’d like to use « back » key in \blank to discard a \blank just before. The following MWE illustrates : \starttext Title. \blank[none] \blank[back, -line] %% I’d expect this one to discard the \blank[none] (as if it was not present) \startalignment[broad, flushright, hanging]Right.\stopalignment \stoptext I’d expect that Title and Right words to be on the same line, but they are not. Did I misunderstood the meaning of ‘back’ key ? Thanks a lot for help and time, Best regards Joseph Canedo

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issue with linenotes and columns
by Pablo Rodriguez 26 Feb '17

26 Feb '17

Dear list, I have the following sample: http://www.ousia.tk/hippocratic-oath.tex After the fix from last beta, I’m afraid I’m still experiencing wrong column breaks, as displayed in http://www.ousia.tk/hippocratic-oath.pdf. Page 1: last line from first column should move to second column. Page 2: totally unbalanced columns. Page 3: first line from second column should be moved to first column. Page 4: I wonder why there is so much spaceinbetween notes (more than a line, as far as I can tell) and no spacebefore. For all pages: if setups are exactly the same, why does the first group of linenotes (dict) have a bigger interlinespace than the second group? Another question is how I should get columns for \placelist[dict]? Is the columnn breaking issue a bug or am I missing something? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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btx problem with FILM
by Rik Kabel 25 Feb '17

25 Feb '17

One more btx issue. The output from the following \startbuffer[TestBib] @FILM{Film1, producer = {Lasta, A.}, director = {Lastb, B.}, title = {Title1}, year = {2017}, publisher = {Publisher}, address = {Address}, } @FILM{Film2, producer = {Lasta, A.}, director = {Lastc, C.}, title = {Title2}, year = {2017}, publisher = {Publisher}, address = {Address}, } \stopbuffer \loadbtxdefinitionfile[apa] \usebtxdefinitions [apa] \usebtxdataset [TestBib.buffer] \definebtxrendering [Pubs][apa] \enabletrackers[publications.authorhash] \starttext \placelistofpublications[Pubs][method=dataset] \stoptext is incorrect. The director of the second film is lost, and the use of a bib dash makes it look like Film1 director is associated with Film2. There should be two separate entries: Lasta, A. (Producer), & Lastb, B. (Director) (2017). /Title1./ [Motion picture]. Address: Publisher. Lasta, A. (Producer), & Lastc, C. (Director) (2017). /Title2./ [Motion picture]. Address: Publisher. -- Rik

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issue with OT feature lfbd
by Pablo Rodriguez 25 Feb '17

25 Feb '17

Dear list, I have the following sample: \showframe \definefontfeature[leftbounds][lfbd=yes] \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][Linux Libertine O] \setupbodyfont[mainface, 150pt] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] Wer War? \addff{leftbounds} Wer War? Wer\subff{leftbounds} War? \stopTEXpage \stoptext I’m afraid that the OT feature lfbd is applied in all the line. Otherwise, the second and the third lines would have the same spacing between words. Could anyone confirm this or am I missing something? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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issue with linenotes and luatex-1.0.3
by Pablo Rodriguez 25 Feb '17

25 Feb '17

Dear list, I have a text with two kinds of linenotes (http://www.ousia.tk/hefes.tex) If I compile with latest beta (2017.02.23 18:37), I get wrong separation from body in many pages (http://www.ousia.tk/hefes.pdf) Only page 5 might be be right in this point. But if I use beta from 2017.01.27 14:39 (which comes with luatex-1.0.0 [at least in Linux 32bit]), linenote separation from body is much better (http://www.ousia.tk/hefes-nospacebefore.pdf) The spacebefore option from \setupnotes was intended to improve the situation. No matter whether \setupnotes is used or not, luatex-1.0.3 gets wrong results. Could anyone confirm the bug or tell me what I’m doing wrong? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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