February 2020 - ntg-context

zip downloads / mirror
by Philipp Gesang 16 Feb '20

16 Feb '20

Hey guys, some time during January the git mirror stopped syncing so I went on pragma-ade.nl and noticed the old download URLs now 404. Instead there one zip at this location: http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/latest/cont-tmf.zip I take it the “current” vs. “beta” model has been retired? Cc: me please I’m not on the list, thanks! Best regards, Philipp PS: I’m out of the loop; is the mirror actually still needed or is there an official repo now?

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Lucida small caps
by Mikael P. Sundqvist 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

Hi, One can easily enable small caps when using lucida, see the old mail https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2018/090997.html . Could this be added to the type script file? /Mikael

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Metapost and TikZ color code equivalent
by Fabrice Couvreur 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

Hi, How to have the color defined by {yellow!60!black} with Metapost ? Thank you. Fabrice

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Re: [NTG-context] mtxrun
by Luca Donetti 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

> > So I run explicitly the second one: > > ~/context-lmtx/bin/mtxrun --generate > > but I got the same error. > > This is the wrong binary. As Hans said (and also what I wrote in my > message) is that you have to run the one in > ~/context-lmtx/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/ > > > This shows that the wrong binary is being used. You are using the binary > in /home/sam/context-lmtx/bin when you should use > /home/sam/context-lmtx/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin. > > I ran into a similar problem in the past because the installation script install.sh says the following, among other things: "If you want to run ConTeXt everywhere, you need to adapt the path, like: [lmtx path]/bin:[lmtx path]/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin:[the rest of my path]" Doing as suggested, when mtxrun is launched the first binary is used because [lmtx path]/bin comes first in the PATH. My question is then how do you usually run mtxrun: 1) always writing the full path of the correct executable, 2) avoid putting [lmtx path]/bin in PATH, 3) putting [lmtx path]/bin _after_ [lmtx path]/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin in the PATH I'm asking here because option 1 is correct but not very handy, while 2) and 3) are different from what the installer says and they seemed to give other problems when I tried them. Thank you in advance, LD

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Re: [NTG-context] mtxrun
by Luca Donetti 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

> Hi Luca, > > > 1) always writing the full path of the correct executable, > > I don't know which operating system you're using. On linux instead of > writing > the full path I'm using the command "alias" in my ".bashrc" file. So, > Adityas > proposal on mtxrun (Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 00:24:21 -0500 (EST)) becomes: > > alias context='~/context-lmtx/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun --autogenerate > --script > context' > with 'context-lmtx' being the directory, where I installed context. > With this you invoke your context file with "context your-file.tex" > I cancelled all context stuff in my PATH variable. Don't forget to 'source > ~/.bashrc' > afterwards. > > Hi Rudolf, thank you for your suggestion. I'm on linux but I'd prefer not to use this method, because I use context both from the command line and from my editor (emacs with auctex) and I have scripts that change my environment to be able to switch between different context versions (lmtx, texlive, ...). In any case, I'll think about this solution and it could be useful to other people, too. LD

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Re: [NTG-context] mtxrun
by Luca Donetti 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

Thank you Aditya, > My question is then how > > do you usually run mtxrun: > > 1) always writing the full path of the correct executable, > > 2) avoid putting [lmtx path]/bin in PATH, > > 3) putting [lmtx path]/bin _after_ [lmtx path]/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin in > > the PATH > > > > I always follow 2. I don't think that [lmtx path]/bin should ever be in > the PATH except when updating the installation. > > Then I will go with option 2), and report back if I encounter any problem. If this works well, then it could be useful to change the message shown at the end of the installation process, as Rudolf already suggested in this thread. By the way, you seem to imply that [lmtx path]/bin should be in the PATH during updates. I didn't know that and I'm sure I've updated several times without it: I have different environments to be able to switch between different versions of context (lmtx, the old one, that from texlive...), I never check which one I'm in before updating lmtx and the installer does not complain. LD

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Repeat backgrounds on slides
by juh 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

Hi all, I am a little bit confused as I never had this problem, although I often use backgrounds and layers. \definelayer[bg:hs2020-mond] [x=0, y=0, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \setlayer[bg:hs2020-mond] [x=0mm, y=0mm] {\externalfigure[background.jpg][height=\paperwidth]} Ususally I call the background after a head command like \starttitle or when I create slides like this \startslide[title={foobar}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=bg:hs2020-mond] ... \stopslide The problem is that I cannot call the background on another slide. It seems as if the layer is gone after the first usage. So in this example the second bg:hs2020-mond would not print. \startslide[title={foobar}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=bg:hs2020-mond] ... \stopslide \startslide[title={foobar}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=bg:other] ... \stopslide \startslide[title={foobar}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=bg:hs2020-mond] ... \stopslide TIA juh -- Autoren-Homepage: ......... http://literatur.hasecke.com Satiren & Essays: ......... http://www.sudelbuch.de Privater Blog: ............ http://www.hasecke.eu Netzliteratur-Projekt: .... http://www.generationenprojekt.de

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Label in externalfigures
by Jan-Erik Hägglöf 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Dear Members! I have a question on how to achieve something like this. \IncludePicture[picture.pdf][xpos=2, ypos= 4, label=some text] I know there is a similar function in the simple slides module but I need it in my documents, often exams to my students, so caption is mainly not necessary. The background to this is that I often creating pictures in Inkscape and export it to pdf but sometimes I do screenshots and save it in .png or .pdf format. So I just want to put labels in it like a layer in same size as the included picture. Or is this something that’s already solved so "reinventing wheel" is unnecessary? Thanks in advance Jan-Erik

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attachments working again (issue with /EmbeddedFiles)
by Pablo Rodriguez 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Hans, many thanks for having fixed the issues with attachments (in latest beta from 2020.02.07 18:36). I haven’t tested attachments with PDF/A-3a. But there is still an issue with /EmbeddedFiles. MWE: \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=1em] a\attachment[file=abdfaeasd.txt, name=hola, method=hidden] \contextversion \stopTEXpage \stoptext File name is changed: 2 0 obj << /AFRelationship /Unspecified /EF << /F 1 0 R >> /F (hola.txt) /Type /Filespec /UF <FEFF0068006F006C0061002E007400780074> >> endobj But embedded names have the name from the file, leaving it unchanged (abridged version): 18 0 obj << /EmbeddedFiles << /Names [ (abdfaeasd.txt) 2 0 R ] >> /Type /Names >> endobj Could you fix the name change for /EmbeddedFiles? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Global \setup has no effect while ad-hoc setting does
by Exp 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Dear list, I want to prevent an overfull hbox caused by an inline typing by making the alignment very tolerant, but it didn't work: ``` \setupframedtext[ width=broad, align={verytolerant, stretch} ] \starttext \startframedtext%[align={verytolerant, stretch}] xx. xxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxx-xxxx xx xxxx, xx xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxx \type{yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy}. xxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx. \stopframedtext \stoptext ``` while the following works: ``` \setupframedtext[ width=broad, align={verytolerant, stretch} ] \starttext \startframedtext[align={verytolerant, stretch}] xx. xxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxx-xxxx xx xxxx, xx xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxx \type{yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy}. xxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx. \stopframedtext \stoptext ``` ConTeXt version: `mtx-context | current version: 2019.03.21 21:39`. Any help would be appreciated. Best, Exp

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