February 2020 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Question to installation ConTeXt from TeXlive
by Tomas Hala 01 Mar '20

01 Mar '20

Hi all, when one (eg. student) decides for customizing the Windows installation from TeXlive, 24 items will appear in the group of packages list. Because I have no experience with W. installations, I would like to ask which of them are relevant or possible to use with ConTeXt MkIV (on W.). (The aim is not to install unusable stuff.) Legend: %=I guess no +=I guess yes ?=I am not sure [translated from the Czech version of the Installer] + Additional fonts + ConTeXt etc. + LuaTeX + MetaPost and Metafont + Recommended Fonts + TeXWorks + Auxillary programmes for W. % Additional for LaTeX % Art Fields % Basic LaTeX % Basic (La)TeX % Publishing styles % Recommended LaTeX % Typesetting Games ? Additional formats ? Auxillary programmes for TeX ? Graphics, images, diagrams ? Math, nat. sci., comp. sci. ? Music ? Necessary programmes and files ? PSTricks ? Additional for BibTeX ? SW for graphics and fonts ? XeTeX etc. Thanks in advance. (After completion I can put it on the wiki.) Best wishes, Tomáš

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Indenting lists
by Yves Cloutier 29 Feb '20

29 Feb '20

Hello, How does one indent lists to have the same indentation as paragraphs (ex: \small). It should apply to all lists, and so I assume I would need to use \setup<lists?> > The documentation is a bit thin on how I would do this. Any pointers would be appreciated! Regards, yc

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How do I set TeXShop to use mtxrun on a .tex file?
by Gerben Wierda 29 Feb '20

29 Feb '20

I’d like to use TeXShop.app for my development. How do I set TeXShop.app to use my standalone ConTeXt? G

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ConTeXt Mailing list and DMARC
by Gerben Wierda 29 Feb '20

29 Feb '20

The ConTeXt mailing list is not DMARC compliant. hence, as my MTA now requests DMARC checking, for example texworld(a)laposte.net <mailto:texworld@laposte.net> (and others, but laposte.net <http://laposte.net/> sends me a forensic report) doesn’t get my posts to the ConTeXt mailing list as laporte.net conforms to DMARC. To be DMARC compliant the ConTeXt mailing list should either not change the content of the message (add a footer, which breaks the signature) or use other means to keep DMARC working. If not DMARC compliant, more and more subscribers will not get the messages sent to the list. G

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How do I tell mtxrun not to open the pdf or to open it differently?
by Gerben Wierda 29 Feb '20

29 Feb '20

Thanks. Found those. I am looking how to tell mtxrun not to open some WINE-based Windows PDF previewer but something else. Using —autopdf it now ends with mtx-context | pdfview methods: auto default okular pdfxcview sumatra, current method: sumatra (directives_pdfview_method) pdfview | command: wine "sumatrapdf.exe" -reuse-instance -bg-color 0xCCCCCC "test.pdf" 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null & mtx-context | pdfview overhead: 0.003 seconds But I don’t use that and the man page for mtxrun doesn’t help me (besides, the man page I get is from MacTeX/TeXLive and probably not form the latest standalone ConTeXt. mtxrun —help doesn’t help either. So, where do I find it? There is no mtxrun.pdf manual. (I am getting a real deja-vu on the state of ConTeXt documentation, it’s probably there these days but it is ‘unfindable’ and seems incomplete. E.g. install.sh shows a flag —autopdf for mtxrun (probably the first time you get an instruction on the use f mtxrun) which is then not mentioned in mtxrun —help or mentioned in the man page (in MacTeX). Wiki seems to end in 2011. Etc. This kind of experience is (again) very frustrating, I must say. It is my main stumbling block for actually using ConTeXt) G > On 29 Feb 2020, at 12:35, mf <massifr(a)fastwebnet.it> wrote: > > Il 29/02/20 12:10, Gerben Wierda ha scritto: >> Is there not a simple place to get all the up-to-date documentation? > > If you install ConTeXt from > > http://www.pragma-ade.nl/install.htm > > in the installation tree you'll find docs under > > tex/texmf-context/doc/context/documents/ > > There you'll always find the docs at their last revision. > > Massi

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Up-to-date documentation / tutorials. Where?
by Gerben Wierda 29 Feb '20

29 Feb '20

Hello community, I have been (unsuccessfully) hunting for up-to-date tutorials/documentation on ConTeXt/LuaTeX/METAPOST. What I find is sites that for instance end in 2011. documentation that is from 2013, or on Pragme-ADE a show-man.pdf PDF with an overview of documentation that doesn’t open any underlying document. Is there not a simple place to get all the up-to-date documentation? G

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Some questions regarding math typesetting
by TeXnician 29 Feb '20

29 Feb '20

Dear list, while doing some math typesetting, I have found the following features not working in LMTX: 1. Non-displaystyle operators are simply not shown (try \sum or \lim in text or scriptstyle). This works in MkIV (and iirc in LMTX versions from before november). 2. \underbrace{x}_{y} stopped working. It produces an underbrace but the subscript is not centered below the brace. It will show up as right subscript. This works in MkIV. 3. \startformulas does not allow numbering formulas because the number will run into the next column. I have posted this at https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/518262/context-number-formulas-side… and Henri Menke tested that it broke in 2017. Aditya Mahajan mentioned that it is a bug. For the upper two cases: Is anything wrong with my LMTX installation or did I miss some upgrade instructions for math in LMTX? Many thanks for an answer.

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Last names in citations
by Fulvio Satta 28 Feb '20

28 Feb '20

Hi, probably my question is not a very hard one but I don't find a way to do what I'm trying to do. If I use \cite[authoryears] ConTeXt uses last names in the citation. That's what I want, but I want to use another style for my task, that I defined this way: \definebtx[aps:cite:margin][authorconversion=normalshort] \startsetups btx:aps:cite:margin \texdefinition{btx:aps:title} \texdefinition{btx:aps:author} \doiftextelse\currentbtxrighttext{ \currentbtxrighttext } { \removeunwantedspaces \removepunctuation } this works and is perfect for my style, but I obtain the full names, and not just the last names. How can I obtain something similar to the citation I'm using, but with just last names?

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Multistandard PDF
by Robin Schwab 28 Feb '20

28 Feb '20

Hi, I am looking for a LaTeX system that can create accessible PDF so I tried ConTeXt. In current ConTeXt it seems to be impossible to specify more than one \setupbackend[format Minimal example: \setupbackend[format={pdf/a-3a,pdf/ua-1,pdf/x-4}] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext I get an error: backend > profiles > error, format 'pdf/a-3a,pdf/ua-1,pdf/x-4' is not supported Why should I have to choose whether my PDF is accessible to search engines, the disabled or the print-shop? Shouldn't everybody be able to access my document? Regards Robin

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Pixels gone wrong?
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita 28 Feb '20

28 Feb '20

The MWE below when compiled with mkiv gives a one page document, whereas lmtx gives a blank pdf with 171 pages. \definepapersize[screen][width=1920px,height=1080px] \setuppapersize [screen][screen] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext

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