November 2020 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

\define in conflict with \startxtable[]
by Sylvain Hubert 08 Nov '20

08 Nov '20

Dear List, Could anyone manage to typeset the following example? Here [] causes an error "Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup". \starttext \define\sample{ \startxtable[] \startxtablehead \startxrow \startxcell 123\stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablehead \stopxtable } \sample \stoptext Thanks in advance. Best, Sylvain

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\section with userdata
by Sylvain Hubert 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Dear List, it is known that we can supply additional userdata like authors to \startsection: \startsection[title=Title][author=Someone] so that the author can be included in the table of contents using \structurelistuservariable{author}. Now I would like to do the same with \section, but according to the wiki <https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/_section>, \section doesn't seem to accept any additional parameters like \startsection does. Does anyone know whether there is a workaround to let \section accept userdata parameters? Thanks! Best, Sylvain

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Works in ConTeXt, fails in LMTX
by ntg＠scorecrow.com 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Some more details on the font inclusion problem I posted about the other day. This code: ---begin--- \definefont[fontCoverTitle][name:brushwood at 94pt] \starttext This text in default font. \fontCoverTitle{EXAMPLE} \stoptext ---end--- works as expected in ConTeXt ver: 2020.03.10 14:44 MKIV beta fmt: 2020.4.18 int: english/english but fails (the brushwood font isn't included) in ConTeXt ver: 2020.11.05 23:01 LMTX fmt: 2020.11.7 int: english/english If I change the font name to "heros" then it works in both. So I re-ran mtxrun --script fonts --reload and mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=brush lists brushwood and brushwoodsemi but it still fails. So I'm not quite sure what to look at next. Regards, -- Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK

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Font protrusion and expansion
by Tommaso Gordini 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Hello to all. I am writing to you just to know if the following code, with which I would like to activate the protrusion and expansion of characters in my document, is correct. Is the command order okay? If I wanted to use another font, are there other things to write? Thank you in advance Tommaso The code: \mainlanguage[it] \definefontfeature [default] [default] [expansion=quality,protrusion=quality] \usetypescript[modern-base] \setupalign[hz,hanging] \setupbodyfont[modern] \starttext ... \stoptext

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Get section's uservarialbe inside the section
by Sylvain Hubert 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Dear List, I have sections tagged with authors: \startsection[title={Title}][author={Author}] ... \stopsection The authors were to be included in the table of contents using \structurelistuservariable{author}. Now I would also like to mention the authors inside the sections, but \startsection[title={Title}][author={Author}] \structurelistuservariable{author} \stopsection doesn't work. Could anyone help me with this? Thanks! Best, Sylvain

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Scheherazade New loading issue
by Alan Bowen 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Though Scheherazade New font loads properly with the today’s LMTX, I cannot get it to load with LMTX from 2020.09.20 (which I must stay with for now because the latest one has its own complaints about my files). \definefallbackfamily[mainface][][Scheherazade New] [range=arabic] \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][STIX Two Text] \setupbodyfont [mainface, 24pt] \starttext Arabic—ؼ {\bf ؼ} \stoptext with ConTeXt ver: 2020.09.20 23:02 mkiv lua stats > loaded fonts: 2 files: stix2text-bold.otf, stix2text-regular.otf with ConTeXt ver: 2020.11.07 mkiv lua stats > loaded fonts: 4 files: stix2text-bold.otf, stix2text-regular.otf, scheherazadenew-bold.ttf, scheherazadenew-regular.ttf I should add that the old Sheherazade font works well with v. 2020.09.20. Alan

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new upload
by Hans Hagen 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Hi, Again a new lmtx upload. As these days are all about counting and numbers ... of the 19K visible macros some 14K are now flagged. Question: do we really need all these 'named characters' or can we at some point ditch many .. I assume that users who key in greek and cyrillic use unicode nowdays (no hurry, just wondering). Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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new upload lmts
by Hans Hagen 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

with some fixes -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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How to define a {\bf}-compatible fake-bold switcher?
by Sylvain Hubert 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Dear List, I'm using a weirdfont that does not have a pre-defined bold variant but still want to emboldening short extracts of text occasionally, so I've defined \defineeffect[thicker][alternative=both,rulethickness=0.3pt] \define\fakebf{\effect[thicker]} but in situations like {\fakebf \definedfont[weridfont] 1 2 3 \definedfont[modern]4 5 6} the "4 5 6" is faked bold even if latinmodern has a proper bold font. Could anyone help me define a {\bf}-aware version of \fakebf which can render the "4 5 6" in the example above in latinmodern's bold? Thanks in advance. Best, Sylvain

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How to quote the section names in advance like the table of contents?
by Sylvain Hubert 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Dear List, say I have three sections in the document: \section{foo} ... \section{bar} ... \section{baz} ... Now I would like to auto generate a heavily customized table of contents like the following text, which cannot be done by the stock \placecontent in general, and put it into the preface: This book has 3 sections: foo, bar, and baz. The text generation should be trivial with lua, but I don't know how such forward reference of section names works. Could anyone help me with it? Thanks in advance. Best, Sylvain

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