February 2018 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 164, Issue 29
by Jeong Dal 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Dear Wolfgang, “\setupmathematics[integral=nolimits]” did what I want. If I knew this two weeks ago, I saved my time to edit formulas. I should ask for this feature two weeks ago. There are so many things in ConTeXt that I don’t know. Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung > \starttext > > \startformula > \int_{0}^{1} g(x)\,\diff x = 1 > \stopformula > > \setupmathematics[integral=nolimits] > > \startformula > \int_{0}^{1} g(x)\,\diff x = 1 > \stopformula > > \setupmathematics[integral=limits] > > \startformula > \int_{0}^{1} g(x)\,\diff x = 1 > \stopformula > > \stoptext > > > Wolfgang

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Typesetting an interview
by Henning Hraban Ramm 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Ahoi, I’m trying to typeset an interview and thought, a "description" might be the best setup. But I can’t find the right parameters for the layout I want... Every contribution should look like: """ HHR Here’s the text, question or answer. OTR And here’s the next one. Might have several lines. """ Working example: \definedescription[Interview][ headstyle=italic, style=normal, align=flushleft, alternative=hanging, ] \def\dostartInterview[#1][#2]% {\doifsomethingelse{#2}% {\startInterview[reference={#1},title={#2}]}% {\startInterview[title={#1}]}% } \def\startInt{\dodoubleempty\dostartInterview} \def\stopInt{\stopInterview} \starttext \chapter{An Interview} \startInt[{Hennning Hraban Ramm (HR)}] This might be a short question or a long response. Name or initials of the person should stand in their own line (without breaking), while the answer should be indented, without additional paragraph indent. \stopInt \startInt[{Hans Hagen (HH)}] And I’m sure the author has something to say. \input tufte \stopInt \startInt[HR] \input knuth \stopInt \startInt[HH] \input zapf \stopInt \startInt[thankyou][HR] This might also have a reference. \stopInt \stoptext Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net GPG Key ID 1C9B22FD

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avoiding space on top of a page
by Henning Hraban Ramm 11 Feb '18

11 Feb '18

Ahoi, I configured my section titles to have a line of space (\blank[big]) before and after the title. But if the section starts on a new page, the title should start in the first line. I couldn’t find the right combination of \blank options... \setuplayout[grid=yes] \setuphead[section][ page=no, style={\bf}, before={\testpage[4]\startlinecorrection\blank[medium,back]}, after={\blank[small,max]\stoplinecorrection}, ] (Please find working example attached.) Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net GPG Key ID 1C9B22FD

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Midsentence alias
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 11 Feb '18

11 Feb '18

Dear gang, Midsentences in the ConTeXt sense are quite common. Consider the following: ======= \setuplanguage[en] [leftsentence={{} \endash\nobreakspace}, rightsentence={{} \endash\nobreakspace}, leftsubsentence={{} \textbar\nobreakspace}, rightsubsentence={{} \textbar\nobreakspace}, midsentence={{} \endash\nobreakspace}] \starttext This is a sentence|<|this is a subsentence|>|that includes a subsentence. \blank This is a sentence|<|this is a subsentence|<|this is a nested subsentence|>|that includes a nested subsentence|>|that includes a subsentence. \blank This is a sentence that ends in a midsentence\midsentence Here is the midsentence. \stoptext ======= A primary subsentence or nested subsentence is marked off by |<| and |>| respectively. Is there an analogous symbol for a midsentence, which requires a mark only at its beginning? If not, how can I make a private one? For example: This is a sentence that ends in a midsentence|<>|Here is the midsentence. How can I properly define |<>| to be an alias for \midsentence, in a way consistent with the rest of the subsentence mechanism? Note: Could only find one reference to midsentence in the sources: lang-ini.mkiv, line 354 If this is not already supported, would like to propose that |<>| be added to ConTeXt as an alias for \midsentence. BTW: It may appear that one can just use |<| to mark a midsentence, but then the next subsentence in the document will be treated as a nested subsentence. Thank you in advance! Best wishes Idris -- Idris Samawi Hamid, Professor Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80512

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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with a macro
by Jeong Dal 11 Feb '18

11 Feb '18

Dear Otared, As you said, it is working well. However, the numbers 1, 4 located at the top and the bottom of the integral sign which is not usual in math. I have seen a discussion about such an output, but I may not see the result which I want. As you see in the following example, only the 1st and the 2nd gave the output which is usual in math. Is still there no way to make nice output using “\startformula”? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung %%%%%%%%%% \unexpanded\def\integ#1#2#3{\math{\autointegral{#1}{#2}{#3}\diff x}} \starttext \math{\int_1^4 f(x) \diff x} \math{\displaystyle \int_1^4 f(x) \diff x} \startformula \int_1^4 f(x) \diff x \stopformula \integ{4}{1}{f(x)} \stoptext > If you remove the line > \setupmathextensible[integral][rightoffset=-3mu,exact=yes,factor=2] > then your example typesets well with the last beta version 2018.02.09 00:04. > > Best regards: OK > >> On 11 Feb 2018, at 09:35, Fabrice Couvreur <fabrice1.couvreur(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Hans, >> The macro that you proposed me worked very well but since my update of context standalone, it does not work any more. >> Thank you. >> Fabrice >> >> \setupmathextensible[integral][rightoffset=-3mu,exact=yes,factor=2] >> >> \unexpanded\def\integ#1#2#3{\math{\autointegral{#1}{#2}{#3}\diff x}} >> >> \starttext >> \integ{4}{1}{f(x)} >> \stoptext >> ____________________________________________________________________________

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placing a wide float at the bottom
by Henning Hraban Ramm 11 Feb '18

11 Feb '18

Ahoi, while \placefigure[bottom]{}{\externalfigure[hacker][width=\textwidth]} works just fine, I get "top" placement with \placefigure[bottom]{}{\externalfigure[hacker][width=\paperwidth]} I.e. if the figure exceeds \textwidth, bottom placement fails. I’m actually trying to place page wide images including bleed. I’d guess this is a bug. Or can I do anything about it? Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net GPG Key ID 1C9B22FD

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Problem with a macro
by Fabrice Couvreur 11 Feb '18

11 Feb '18

Hi Hans, The macro that you proposed me worked very well but since my update of context standalone, it does not work any more. Thank you. Fabrice \setupmathextensible[integral][rightoffset=-3mu,exact=yes,factor=2] \unexpanded\def\integ#1#2#3{\math{\autointegral{#1}{#2}{#3}\diff x}} \starttext \integ{4}{1}{f(x)} \stoptext

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Bug with module pgfplots ?
by Fabrice Couvreur 11 Feb '18

11 Feb '18

Hello, Following a standalone context update, all files that use the pgfplots module produce the following error message : tex error > tex error on line 85 in file /home/fab/ntg77.tex: ! You can't use `the character 7' after \the <inserted text> 7 \pdflastobj ->\pdffeedback lastobj <argument> /pgfpat4\space \the \pdflastobj \space 0 R \pgf@sys@pdf@pdfbackendset@one ...o \noexpand #1#2 \relax } <argument> ...pattern@instantiate@north west lines\endcsname \expandafter \global \expa... \pgfutil@secondoftwo #1#2->#2 ... l.85 \stopaxis Thanks fabrice

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To \getbuffer or to \input: which one is it better?
by Otared Kavian 10 Feb '18

10 Feb '18

Hi all, In a project using the \setvariables command of ConTeXt, a file containing more than 200 instances of a structure resembling (but with much more fields…) \setvariables[talk] [speaker={Dr Some Speaker}, title={Some title}, room={Some Room}, ] is input several times, in order to extract from these variables one or more informations to be typeset, for different types of documents. However I don’t know whether this is a wise solution, or is it better to define once and for all a buffer and then use the \getbuffer command for each of the different uses in my global document. For now, unfortunately, I cannot come up with a minimal example because the question I am asking is about a real situation where nothing is minimal. That is why I am asking a general abstract question to understand the general philosophy underlining the buffer commands versus the \input command. Thanks in advance for any hint: OK

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Unexpected emergency stop
by Tim Steenvoorden 10 Feb '18

10 Feb '18

Dear all, After some time I’m back to ConTeXt and I dug up some old macros. I used to define a \see macro to automatically insert labels like “chapter”, "figure" etc. in front of a reference based on the structure of the label. Below you'll find its definition. It worked in MKIV about two years ago, nevertheless, now ConTeXt hangs when placing punctuation after the command. I.e. TeX hangs with an emergency stop (“*" on the terminal) after all files have been processed (after cont-yes.mkiv is closed). What am I doing wrong that such a thing happens? I’m on macOS 10.13.3 with minimals beta 2018.02.09 00:04. Cheers, Tim –––––– \starttext \definemacro\see[#1:#2] {\dosee{#1}{#2}} \starttexdefinition dosee #1#2 \doifdefinedelse{in#1} {\getvalue{in#1}[#1:#2]} {\writestatus{references}{reference format in#1 not defined} \in[#1:#2]} \stoptexdefinition % #3 is optional and gobbled by \in \definereferenceformat[inchp] [text=\word{\labeltext{chapter}}] \setuplabeltext[en] [chapter=Chapter~] \chapter[chp:first]{First} Works: \see[chp:first] Hangs: \see[chp:first], \stoptext –––––– -- ---- T.J. Steenvoorden, MSc PhD Candidate | Radboud University Nijmegen Faculty of Science | Department of Software Science Mercator 1 Building | Room 01.08 Toernooiveld 212 | 6525 EC | Nijmegen | The Netherlands +31 24 365 22 91 | t.steenvoorden(a)cs.ru.nl

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