March 2020 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Capitalize first word of first line within \startlines
by Thangalin 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

Looking to uppercase the first word of a poem: \setupindenting[yes, 0.75em] \setupinitial[ state=start, n=2, distance=\zeropoint, ] % This does not appear to work? \definealternativestyle[PoemFirstWord][\WORD][] \definefirstline[PoemFirstLine][ alternative=word, style=PoemFirstWord, n=1, ] \definestartstop[poem][ before={\startlines \setfirstline[PoemFirstLine] \placeinitial}, after={\stoplines}, ] \setuplines[indenting=odd] \starttext \startpoem Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. >From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great, And would suffice. \stoppoem \stoptext Any ideas why the first word is not capitalized? Thank you!

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Quick question about dual output pdf and epub
by Christoph Hintermüller 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

Hi Hust not to miss something or mess up every thing. Can i setup my document preamble such that i can without any switching create pdf and epub output at the same time. Want to provide my lecture notes in pdf and epub format. In other words does it have any side effects on pdf output, if i put \setuptoutput command preparing document for xhtml/epub output in my document preamble/main document? Or would i have to enclose this in some \ifelse conditional block? If is there a possibility to control condition from mtxrun command line? Best Xristoph

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body text invades space for notes
by Pablo Rodriguez 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

Dear list, I’m afraid to admit that ConTeXt notes are increasily problematic for me. I don’t think this is special to me and I hope we can discuss the general issue. Bottom notes are somewhat tricky in ConTeXt. The user expects that these notes (either footnotes, or linenotes) aren’t moved to the next page. I mean, no reader expects to find a full footnote in the next page from the one that calls it. (At least, I have never seen that in any book read or paged through.) There may be good reasons for that, but ConTeXt doesn’t enable this by default. Both options "split=verystrict" and "scope=text" have to be used in "\setupnote". This translated in wrong space before notes when paragraph form was used. I was very interested to use these (line)notes for critical editions, but sometimes the text run into the notes. I’m afraid that left linenotes extremely problematic to be used. With the arrival of LMTX, space before footnotes is more problematic than before. No paragraph notes, see the attached sample (wrong-6.png). In other cases, ConTeXt seems to ignore totally that the page bottom contains footnotes. I cannot provide minimal samples. Consider that if it were so easy to reproduce, problably the issue would have been gone long ago. Even when one avoids the problematic bottom partition (which I did in that case by removing the "before" option from "\setupnote[footnote]"), there is clearly an issue with the footnote having its space before remaining blank from the body text (wrong-2.png). My first question is why the bottom notes have problems to preserve the space before them (and simultaneously remain in the same page where they come from). This applies also for paragraph notes. My second question is what can be improved to achieve what may be considered as a basic typographic feature. Sorry for not providing more than output samples. Bear with me. I may not be an expert user, but I think I’m a frequent ConTeXt user. And I don’t think it is totally wrong to consider this a basic feature that needs to be improved. Many thanks for your help in advance, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Documentation/tutorial for xml.collected, xml.first etc.?
by Gerben Wierda 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

I am trying to find documentation for the xml interface in lua. Explanation/tutorial for the use of functions like xml.first, the ‘.’ interface, etc. I see examples of their use but not everything is immediately clear to me. Gerben Wierda Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture <https://ea.rna.nl/the-book/> Mastering ArchiMate <https://ea.rna.nl/the-book-edition-iii/> Architecture for Real Enterprises <https://www.infoworld.com/blog/architecture-for-real-enterprises/> at InfoWorld On Slippery Ice <https://eapj.org/on-slippery-ice/> at EAPJ

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Why mode not recognized?
by Hans van der Meer 03 Mar '20

03 Mar '20

Calling ConTeXt with: mtxrun --autogenerate --mode=epub --script context "$1" and in the tex-file called: \starttext \startmode[epub] Producing EPUB\crlf \stopmode \startnotmode[epub] Not producing EPUB\crlf \stopnotmode \stoptext This produces "Not producing EPUB" Why? dr. Hans van der Meer

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Problem with shading when using rotation (Metapost)
by Fabrice Couvreur 03 Mar '20

03 Mar '20

Hi, Sorry to come back with my match problem. In fact, I do not understand why a rotation of 90 influences the degraded color of the ends of the matches. Thank you. Fabrice \starttext \startMPcode def match (expr alpha, pos) = numeric l; l = 4.6cm; picture pic; pic = image ( fill unitsquare xscaled 4cm yscaled 0.2cm withcolor yellow ; fill origin -- (4cm,0) -- (4.1cm,-0.05cm) -- (0.1cm,-0.05cm) -- cycle withcolor(.6yellow + black); draw origin -- (0,0.2cm) -- (4cm,0.2cm) -- (4cm,0) -- (4.1cm,-0.05cm) -- (0.1cm,-0.05cm) -- cycle ; fill fullcircle xyscaled (0.5cm,0.44cm) shifted (4.125cm,0.1cm) shaded withshademethod "circular" withshadefactor 0.75 withshadecolors (white,red);); draw (fullcircle xyscaled (0.5cm,0.44cm) shifted (4.125cm,0.1cm)); draw pic rotated alpha shifted pos; enddef; picture house ; house = image ( match(90,(0,0)); match(0,(0,0)); match(90,(l,0)); match(120,(l,l)); match(60,(0,l));); draw house; \stopMPcode

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bidi + protrusion issue in LMTX
by Joseph 03 Mar '20

03 Mar '20

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Nested quotation and left-hanging punctuation together?
by Tomas Hala 01 Mar '20

01 Mar '20

Hi all, I do not know how to activate nested quotation together with left hanging punctuation at all levels. %%%%%%%%%%%%%% MWE: \setupdelimitedtext[quotation:1][method=font] %% cmd #1 \setupdelimitedtext[quotation:2][method=font] %% cmd #2 \setupdelimitedtext[quotation][method=font] %% cmd #3 %%%%%%%%%%%%%% \setupdelimitedtext[quotation:1][left={\symbol[leftquotation]},right={\symbol[rightquotation]}] \setupdelimitedtext[quotation:2][left={\symbol[leftquote]},right={\symbol[rightquote]}] \setupalign[hz,hanging] %normal,%nothz,nohz, \definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \starttext\showframe \quotation{asdaf\quotation{asdfasfd} adfasdfasf} \quotation{asdaf\crlf\quotation{asdfasfd} adfasdfasf} \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Without any command (#1--#3): Quotation symbols are ok but without hanging. With cmd #1: Quotation symbols are ok but hanging is only the first level. With cmd #2: Quotation symbols are at both levels the same (which is wrong) and moreover hanging is only the second level. With cmd #3: Quotation symbols are at both levels the same (which is wrong) but both levels is hanging. Which definition is missing or wrong? Best wishes, Tomáš

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[error] web-server font-test fails
by Floris van Manen 01 Mar '20

01 Mar '20

while trying out the embedded web-server, choosing the fonttest will fail and cause the server to crash $ mtxrun --script server --auto mtx-server | running at port: 8088 mtx-server | document root: /home/vm/data/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua mtx-server | main index file: unknown mtx-server | scripts subpath: /home/vm/data/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua mtx-server | context services: http://localhost:8088/mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua mtx-server | request from: 127.0.0.1 mtx-server | request data: GET /mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua HTTP/1.1 mtx-server | requested url: /mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua mtx-server | requested action: /mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua mtx-server | performing action: /mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua mtx-server | locating script: /home/vm/data/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua mtx-server | loading script: /home/vm/data/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua mtx-server | return type: function mtx-server | saving script: function mtx-server | running script: /home/vm/data/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua mtx-server | request from: 127.0.0.1 mtx-server | request data: GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1 mtx-server | requested url: /favicon.ico mtx-server | requested action: /favicon.ico mtx-server | performing action: /favicon.ico mtx-server | requested file: /favicon.ico mtx-server | unknown file: /favicon.ico mtx-server | handling error 404: Not Found mtx-server | request from: 127.0.0.1 mtx-server | request data: GET /mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua HTTP/1.1 mtx-server | requested url: /mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua mtx-server | requested action: /mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua mtx-server | performing action: /mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua mtx-server | locating script: /home/vm/data/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua mtx-server | loading script: /home/vm/data/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua mtx-server | return type: function lua error : ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-hsh.lua:12: attempt to index a nil value (global 'font')

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Re: [NTG-context] Quick question about dual output pdf and epub
by Hans Hagen 01 Mar '20

01 Mar '20

On 2/28/2020 2:52 PM, Christoph Hintermüller wrote: > Second am i right that i have to use also startmode and stopmode to > include svg image instead of metapost image in epub or is there some > other trick to make metapost image in epub. What would be the keywords > to use on wiki search. > > Or are the two questions currently beyond possibilities of epub > support? It depends a bit. One can for instance make the mp images independent (include mp code from a file) and then also make small independent pdf files from them that then can be converted to svg using mutool / mudraw. You can try that concept with \startMPpage some mp code \stopMPage If we're only talking of 'kind of stand alone images' (not backgrounds behind texts and other ornamental mp images) I can think about some mechanism that does that automatic. In the end much is possible (given time and reason) and often not even that hard to do. 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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