September 2019 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Command completion in TeXShop
by Rogers, Michael K 21 Sep '19

21 Sep '19

I was looking into command completion in TeXShop (MacOS) and came across this two-year-old call for help by one of the developers (I assume) for implementing it for ConTeXt: http://macosx-tex.576846.n2.nabble.com/TeXShop-Command-Completion-ConTeXt-t… As far as I found, command completion for ConTeXt has not yet been implemented. I’m pointing this out in case someone has sufficient knowledge of ConTeXt and is interested. Alternatively, perhaps it has been done, and someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks, Michael ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).

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OpenBSD install broken
by Robert Krug 21 Sep '19

21 Sep '19

Greetings, First, thanks for all the wonderful work on context. Now, to the reason for this note. I recently tries to install context on an OpenBSD 6.5 AMD64 system, but the install failed. Thanks to some helpful emails in the archives from 2017 and 2018, I was able to get this working by editing mtxrun and mtx-update.sh. I include what I did below. Thanks again, Robert 1) Do the usual: mkdir context && cd context rsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden.net/standalone/setup/first-setup.sh . ./first-setup.sh This will silently fail, because bin/mtx-update.lua bin/mtxrun do not recognize openbsd. 2) Edit bin/mtxrun: We need to define a "good" version of resolvers.platform(t,k) At line 4049, there is a default definition. Replace it with: function resolvers.platform(t,k) local platform="openbsd6.5-amd64" os.setenv("MTX_PLATFORM",platform) os.platform=platform return platform end 3) Edit bin/mtx-update: 3a) In the table update.platforms add an entry for openbsd: ["openbsd6.5-amd64"] = "openbsd6.5-amd64", I put this at line 198, after the entries for freebsd. 3b) In the function update.synchronize() replace line 282: local platforms = states.get('platforms') or { } with: local platforms = states.get('platforms') or {"openbsd6.5-amd64" } 3c) At the very start of local function add_collection(collection,platform) line 417, add: platform = "openbsd6.5-amd64" Maybe something is broken on my system or these last two aren't really needed, but this is what I did, 4) Edit first-setup.sh: To avoid overwriting the files we just edited, comment out line 146: # rsync -rlptv rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/$platform/bin . This may interfere with future updates. 5) Install for real this time: ./first-setup.sh --modules=all 6) Finally, the setuptex script gives me an error message: megaera$ . /home/<name>/Context/tex/setuptex /bin/ksh: /home/<name>/Context/tex/setuptex[163]: ${.sh.file}": bad substitution but it is not hard to set the path correctly: PATH=$PATH\:/home/<name>/Context/tex/texmf-openbsd6.5-amd64/bin ; export PATH

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Extracting a column from an array in lua
by Otared Kavian 20 Sep '19

20 Sep '19

Hi, Probably this is a silly question… In lua, I have an array named t which is determined in a piece of lua code, having (say) two columns and I want to extract for example the first column of t and call the new array tt. In Matlab, Scilab and friends, this can done by saying tt = t[:,1]. Is this possible in lua? For the moment I have something like this, but I think it is not a good approach: \starttext \startluacode t = {} -- a silly example of a matrix... for i = 1, 3 do t[i] = {} t[i]["columnOne"] = 10*i + 1 t[i]["columnTwo"] = 10*i + 2 end tt = {} for i = 1,3 do -- is it possible to avoid this ? tt[i] = t[i]["columnOne"] end \stopluacode The first column of the array \type{t} is: \ctxlua{context.print(tt," ; ")} \stoptext Many thanks for any help, Best regards: OK

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Lower limit of integrals shifted
by Mikael P. Sundqvist 19 Sep '19

19 Sep '19

Hi, the output of \setupmathematics[ integral=nolimits, ] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=2bp] $\displaystyle\int_0^1x^2\,dx=\frac{1}{3}$ \stopTEXpage \stoptext is attached. Clearly, the lower limit in the integral is not correctly placed. With hope of a quick fix, Mikael

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odd processing error with latest standalone
by Alan Bowen 19 Sep '19

19 Sep '19

In processing a book that I have edited, there is no problem using LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.00.0, 2019.07.31 But with LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.00.0, ConTeXt ver: 2019.09.10, the process stops in a specific chapter and quits with a fatal error: tex error > tex error on line 26 in file c_12-01_Greenbaum.tex: ! Undefined control sequence \referencerealpage ->\clf_referencerealpage \scrn_button_make_yes ...unter \referencerealpage \relax \ifcase \scratchcou... \scrn_button_make ...ke_yes \scrn_button_make_nop #1#2#3#4 {#5}\endgroup \scrn_button_direct_indeed ...onparameter {#2}{#3} \egroup \endgroup l.26 ] l.37 ] ... l.249 ...BHA_12-01_Plate01.pdf][width=.5\textwidth]{ } 16 17 \def\ChapterSubTitle{The Hellenistic Horoscope} 18 \def\SubChapterNo{12.1} 19 \relax 20 \startBrillChapter[reference=Ch12, 21 title={\vglue6pc{\ChapterNo}~\\ 22 \ChapterTitle}, 23 bookmark={12 Astral Divination and Natal Astrology}] 24 25 \startBrillSubChapter[reference=DGG12-01, 26 >> title={{\SubChapterNo}~\\ 27 \ChapterSubTitle}, 28 bookmark={12.1 The Hellenistic Horoscope}] 29 \byline 30 \startLevelBnHead[reference=12.1.1, 31 title=Introduction] What puzzles me is that the relevant coding for this chapter is the same as for several other chapters that process with no problems. It would be good to know if this is a problem in the chapter itself that I can fix or if there is a problem in the latest standalone. The error-log reads: return { ["filename"]="c_12-01_Greenbaum.tex", ["lastcontext"]="\n\\referencerealpage ->\\clf_referencerealpage \n \n\\scrn_button_make_yes ->\\scratchcounter \\referencerealpage \n \\relax \\ifcase \\scratchcounter \\expa...\n\\scrn_button_make ...\\scrn_button_make_yes \\scrn_button_make_nop \n #1#2#3#4 {#5}\\endgroup \n\\scrn_button_direct_indeed ...buttonparameter \\setbuttonparameter {#2}{#3}\n \\egroup \\endgroup \nl.26 ]\n \nl.37 ]\n \n...\nl.249 ...HA_12-01_Plate01.pdf][width=.5\\textwidth]{\n } ", ["lastluaerror"]="?", ["lasttexerror"]="! Undefined control sequence", ["lasttexhelp"]="The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never\n\\def'ed. You can just continue as I'll forget about whatever was undefined.", ["linenumber"]=26, ["offset"]=10, } Alan

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Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost with Multiple Variable Sections
by Jeong Dal 18 Sep '19

18 Sep '19

Dear Jeroen, If you change “pair a;” to “numeric a;” in the second MPcode, it draws a circle without error. Best regards, Dalyoung > > \placefloatright{}{ > \startMPcode > pair a; numeric a; > a := 2cm; > draw fullcircle scaled (2*a); > \stopMPcode} > > \stoptext >

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MetaPost with Multiple Variable Sections
by Jeroen 18 Sep '19

18 Sep '19

I have been working with MetaPost as following, which worked fine with one startMPcode section with variables, but with 2 startMPcode Metapost sections, it keeps telling me the numbers dont add up: \definefloat [floatright][figure] \setupfloat [floatright][default={right,none}] \setuplayout [backspace=20mm,width=170mm,topspace=20mm,height=250mm] \starttext \placefloatright{}{ \startMPcode pair a, b; a := (0,0); b := (50,50); draw a -- b; \stopMPcode} \placefloatright{}{ \startMPcode pair a; a := 2cm; draw fullcircle scaled (2*a); \stopMPcode} \stoptext I also have tried with the startbuffer combination as below, but this gave the same error codes. Is there any other way of working with multiple MetaPost sections with variables in a single document? \definefloat [floatright][figure] \setupfloat [floatright][default={right,none}] \setuplayout [backspace=20mm,width=170mm,topspace=20mm,height=250mm] \starttext \startbuffer \startMPcode pair a, b; a := (0,0); b := (50,50); draw a -- b; \stopMPcode \stopbuffer \floatright{}{\getbuffer} \startbuffer \startMPcode pair a; a := 2cm; draw fullcircle scaled (2*a); \stopMPcode \stopbuffer \floatright{}{\getbuffer} \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] formatting index entries: alphabetical order in Unicode
by Wolfgang Schuster 16 Sep '19

16 Sep '19

Robert Zydenbos schrieb am 22.08.2019 um 17:52: > You're right. I just compared my earlier attempts with the results of the sample solutions you and Pablo had sent me and assumed that also everybody else knew what I was talking about. Your problem was easy to understand but without more information it's just guess work. > On 22. Aug 2019, at 16:53, Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Robert Zydenbos schrieb am 22.08.2019 um 01:42: >>> I seem to have a problem with Unicode in the indexing function for my book: a word like āyitu (beginning with an 'a' with a macron over it) is considered a word that starts with a 'y'; the word īga (beginning with an i with a macron) is placed as if it is 'ga'. >>> >>> Is there any way to tell the indexing function how to deal with such special characters? >> How should we know why you have problems with your index entries when you're unable to provide a working minimal example, all you have shown so far are snippets. > Attached I am sending a longer example, compiled from a few chapters. There you can see that the word 'āddariṃda' is listed as if it starts with a 'd'. This happens with every word that begins with a vowel with a macron. > > As I mentioned in my last posting, I already have a primitive workaround solution – but this could become an issue for some later user for whom the index is more important. A PDF with the wrong sorting order doesn't help when you can't show a working minimal example to reproduce the problem. When you need more control about the sorting order of the index you should switch to MkIV which has more options. Wolfgang

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Biblatex \crossref equivalent in bibliographies
by Damien Thiriet 15 Sep '19

15 Sep '19

Hi, With biblatex I was using crossref to shorten my .bib files, as can be seen in this MWE @periodical{DebatMem2002, title = {Le Débat}, number = {122}, langid = {french}, date = {2002} } @article{ChartiersurRicoeur2002, author = {Roger Chartier}, title = {Le passé au présent}, crossref = {DebatMem2002}, pages = {4--11} } Which keys should I use to achieve the same under ConTeXt? I found xcrossref and percentcrossref keys "Bibliographies. The ConTeXt way" but could'nt figure out how to use them. Here is my ConTeXt MWE as a starting point \language [fr] \startbuffer [bib] @periodical{DebatMem2002, title = {Le Débat}, number = {122}, langid = {french}, date = {2002} } @article{ChartiersurRicoeur2002, author = {Roger Chartier}, title = {Le passé au présent}, xcrossref = {DebatMem2002}, %does not work the way I would expect pages = {4--11} } \stopbuffer \usebtxdataset[bib.buffer] \usebtxdefinitions[apa] \definebtxrendering [example][apa] \starttext \nocite[ChartiersurRicoeur2002] \placelistofpublications \stoptext Thanks, Damien Thiriet

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Sidefloats inside framed
by Henri Menke 15 Sep '19

15 Sep '19

Dear list, Is there a way to get sidefloats working inside a frame? I'm currently designing a conference poster and I'm manually placing blocks using \setlayerframed where inside those blocks I'd like to have sidefloats. MWE is below. Cheers, Henri --- \starttext \startplacefigure[location={none,right}] \externalfigure[cow][width=.5\hsize] \stopplacefigure \samplefile{lorem} \startframed [height=20\lineheight, width=\hsize, offset=0pt, align=width] \startplacefigure[location={none,right}] \externalfigure[cow][width=.5\hsize] \stopplacefigure \samplefile{lorem} \stopframed \stoptext

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