July 2020 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Alphabet & color
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita 01 Aug '20

01 Aug '20

Dear list I need to typeset a book for kids wich contains texts where each letter is assigned a fixed color, for example: A - - > red; B - - > blue; ... Z - - > green. What would be the best way to do this? TIA. Marcus Vinicius

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About testing rest of space on a page
by Willi Egger 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

Good evening! I have a bookproject in which sections are ended with a small graphical element. Now as usual this graphic might be moved to a new page which is of course unwanted. At this moment I have: \startsetups endsection \vfil \placefigure[middle,none][]{}{\externalfigure[ornament2][height=2\lineheight]} \stopsection \stopsetups \def\stopmysection{\setups{endsection}} I use then instead of \stopsection the \stopmysection. This works except that the ornament is in some cases placed on the next page. — My question is whether it is possible to do a \testpage and evaluate the result hereof and then using either the placement of the ornament and stop the section or just end the section without ornament? Kind regards Willi

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 193, Issue 65
by Jan Hansen 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

Help > On 31 Jul 2020, at 5:26 am, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > > Send ntg-context mailing list submissions to > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ntg-context-owner(a)ntg.nl > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ntg-context digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Installing VSCode extension? (Henning Hraban Ramm) > 2. Re: Installing VSCode extension? (Henning Hraban Ramm) > 3. Unknown script 'fonts.lua' or 'mtx-fonts.lua' > (Marcus Vinicius Mesquita) > 4. Re: Unknown script 'fonts.lua' or 'mtx-fonts.lua' (Hans Hagen) > 5. Re: Unknown script 'fonts.lua' or 'mtx-fonts.lua' > (Marcus Vinicius Mesquita) > 6. Re: Unknown script 'fonts.lua' or 'mtx-fonts.lua' (Aditya Mahajan) > 7. Re: About testing rest of space on a page (Wolfgang Schuster) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 12:25:34 +0200 > From: Henning Hraban Ramm <texml(a)fiee.net> > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Installing VSCode extension? > Message-ID: <4ECE59FD-6C48-4B38-BEA3-68EE3D0441B6(a)fiee.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > >> Am 30.07.2020 um 07:52 schrieb Jeong Dal <haksan(a)me.com>: >> >> Dear Alasdair McAndrew, >> >> I am using vscode in iMac, so my setting may not work for you. >> >> >> >> 1. First, find files for vscode in your TeX folder. >> >> In my case, >> >> /ConTeXt-homefolder/tex/texmf-context/context/data/vacode/extensions/context/*.* >> >> 2. In a homefolder, there is a hidden folder “.vacode”. >> >> Copy context/*.* to ./vscode/extensions/context/*.* >> >> 3. Open vscode and enable context-extension. >> >> Since it was long time ago, my memory may not be correct. >> However, I hope that it may give you an idea. > > It might make sense to not copy the files but symlink the folder (then it automatically receives updates). > i.e. > ln -s $TEXROOT/texmf-context/context/data/vacode/extensions/context ~/.vscode/extensions/ > > Don’t know how symlinking in Windows works, though. > > HR > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 12:33:29 +0200 > From: Henning Hraban Ramm <texml(a)fiee.net> > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Installing VSCode extension? > Message-ID: <A395BFDC-5328-4065-A57F-3684189713AF(a)fiee.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > >> Am 30.07.2020 um 03:57 schrieb Alasdair McAndrew <amca01(a)gmail.com>: >> >> Thanks again, I've fiddled with SciTE, but when I attempted to compile a context file, I was told that "texexec" wasn't in my path, so somehow, somewhere, I must have picked up an old version of the compile command. Also, there doesn't seem to be an easy way of getting SciTE to use a monospaced font. > > Did you read $TEXROOT/texmf-context/context/data/scite/context/documents/scite-context-readme.pdf ? > > I don’t know if that answers your questions and if it’s still current. > > HR > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 12:03:48 -0300 > From: Marcus Vinicius Mesquita <marcusvinicius.mesquita(a)gmail.com> > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: [NTG-context] Unknown script 'fonts.lua' or 'mtx-fonts.lua' > Message-ID: > <CAK9ODgRtyKRd+TsAhv5fbaz6+53CDZG=wwh5tNAcoVeDk2zAJw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear List, > > After updating ConTeXt to the last version, the command: > > mtxrun --script fonts > > replies: > mtxrun | unknown script 'fonts.lua' or 'mtx-fonts.lua' > > mtxrun --version gives: > > mtxrun | ConTeXt TDS Runner Tool 1.32 > > Greetings > > Marcus Vinicius > -- > Todas as coisas fatigam o corpo, salvo a música, que não fatiga nem o corpo > nem seus membros, por ser descanso da alma, primavera do coração, distração > do aflito, entretenimento do solitário, e viático do viajante. > > Kunnâsh al-Hâ'ik (Cancioneiro de al-Hâ'ik) >

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Unknown script 'fonts.lua' or 'mtx-fonts.lua'
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

Dear List, After updating ConTeXt to the last version, the command: mtxrun --script fonts replies: mtxrun | unknown script 'fonts.lua' or 'mtx-fonts.lua' mtxrun --version gives: mtxrun | ConTeXt TDS Runner Tool 1.32 Greetings Marcus Vinicius -- Todas as coisas fatigam o corpo, salvo a música, que não fatiga nem o corpo nem seus membros, por ser descanso da alma, primavera do coração, distração do aflito, entretenimento do solitário, e viático do viajante. Kunnâsh al-Hâ'ik (Cancioneiro de al-Hâ'ik)

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Installing VSCode extension?
by Alasdair McAndrew 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

I am installing the Windows version of ConTeXt, which comes with a VSCode extension, in <ConTeXt>\tex\texmf-context\context\data\vscode\extensions with instructions to run (from within the VSCode terminal): code -- extensions-dir <above directory> -- install-extension context The trouble is that the current ConTeXt installation (as of 65 minutes ago), doesn't seem to contain an extension in the format that VSCode understands. Running that command produces the errors: Installing extensions... Extension 'context' not found. Make sure you use the full extension ID, including the publisher, e.g.: ms-dotnettools.csharp Failed Installing Extensions: context: For what it's worth, I'm running VSCode 1.46.0. How can I install the VSCode ConTeXt extension? Thank you, Alasdair -- https://numbersandshapes.net

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Pagenumbering with \setupcounter[userpagenumber]
by Willi Egger 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

Good evening! I am trying to make use of the userpagenumber counter. I have a book at hand, where I need to adjust the start of the pagenumbering. It appears to me, that the \setupcounter[userpagenumber[state=stop] and later the \setupcounter[userpagenumber][state=start,start=7] is not giving the expected result. MWE: % Context file \mainlanguage[en] \usetypescript[termes] \setupbodyfont[termes,9pt] \setuppapersize [A5][A5] \setuppagenumbering[location=,alternative=doublesided] \setupheadertexts [text] [] [\userpagenumber] [\userpagenumber] [{\getmarking[chapter]}] \setupfootertexts [] [\pagenumber] [\pagenumber] [] \setupmakeup[standard][top=,bottom=,doublesided=yes] \setupcounter[userpagenumber][state=stop] \starttext \startstandardmakeup[page=yes,doublesided=yes] \strut \godown[.2\textheight] \rightaligned{Bramble-Bees} \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=yes,page=yes] \strut \godown[.1\textheight] \startalignment[middle] {\bfb BRAMBLE-BEES AND OTHER} \blank[line] {\bfa by J. HENRI FABRE} \stopalignment \vfill \startalignment[middle] {TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS, F.Z.S.} \stopalignment \stopstandardmakeup \starttitle[title={TRANSLATOR'S NOTE.}] \input ward \stoptitle \setupcounter[userpagenumber][state=start,number=7] \starttitle[title=Contents] \placelist[chapter] \stoptitle \startchapter[title=Ward] \input ward \stopchapter \startchapter[title=Knuth] \input knuth \stopchapter \stoptext Is this a bug or do I miss something? Kind regards Willi

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Is there a bug in lmt_shade[...=...,...=...]
by Keith McKay 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

Hi Has a bug appeared in the command lmt_shade[ ]? This used to work before I upgraded. \setuppapersize [A5, portrait][A4, landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \starttext \startMPpage StartPage; width := PaperWidth ; height := PaperHeight ; unit := cm ; definecolor [ name = "MyColor1", r = 0.781, g = 0.5, b = 0.5 ] ; definecolor [ name = "MyColor3", r = 1, g = 1, b = 0.7983 ] ; draw lmt_shade [ path = unitsquare xscaled width yscaled height, direction = "up", alternative = "linear", colors = { "MyColor1", "MyColor3" }, ] ; StopPage; \stopMPpage \stoptext The console output gives this: system > system > ConTeXt ver: 2020.07.29 14:08 LMTX fmt: 2020.7.29 int: english/english system > metapost > log > metapost > log > loading metafun, including plain.mp version 1.004 for metafun iv and xl metapost > log > metapost > log > ! Not a cycle. metapost > log > <to be read again> metapost > log > withprescript metapost > log > <argument> ...i.fill.mfun_shade_path.withprescript metapost > log > "sh_domain="&decimal.domai... metapost > log > metapost > log > image->...ture;currentpicture:=nullpicture;(TEXT3) metapost > log > ;currentpicture.if.str(SUF... metapost > log > metapost > log > lmt_do_shade->...shed.evenly;fi.fi.popparameters;) metapost > log > endgroup metapost > log > <scantokens> lmt_do_shade metapost > log > metapost > log > <*> ...ar", colors = { "MyColor1", "MyColor3" }, ] metapost > log > ; StopPage; ; metapost > log > system > print height forced to paper height system > print width forced to paper width Thanks Keith

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Lua related change in LuaMetaTeX?
by Marcel Fabian Krüger 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

Hi, starting with LuaMetaTeX 2.07.01, a C library I load from Lua started to segfault and valgrind indicates that it accesses invalid memory in multiple places in the middle of Lua internal functions?! The whole thing looks almost like the Lua versions in LuaMetaTeX and in the library are incompatible, but both seem to use 5.4.0. So I asked myself if there might be changes not reflected by the version number. tl;dr: Has the embedded Lua interpreter changed in some non ABI-compatible way in LuaMetaTeX 2.07.01? (Especially on Linux, x86-64. I didn't test other platforms yet) Best regards, Marcel

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tabulate inside itemize
by Mike Cooper 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

I would normally use tab stops and line breaks to achieve the following in a numbered list: 1. DC = 3.20 bbl = 420 ft HWDP = 3.90 bbl = 450 ft DP = 34.63 bbl = 2,037 ft Totals = 41.73 bbl = 2,907 ft 2. [next step …] This is what I tried, but the output has a blank line at the number. I can’t find anything about tabulate inside itemize. \starttext \startitemize[n] \startitem \starttabulate[|l|l|r|l|r|] \NC DC \NC = \NC 3.20 bbl \NC = \NC 420 ft \NC \NR \NC HWDP \NC = \NC 3.90 bbl \NC = \NC 450 ft \NC \NR \NC DP \NC = \NC 34.63 bbl \NC = \NC 2,037 ft \NC \NR \NC DC \NC = \NC 41.73 bbl \NC = \NC 2,907 ft \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stopitem \startitem Convert 2,907 to TVD: \\TVD = 2,907 × cosine 45° = 2,907 × 0.707 = 2,056 ft \stopitem \startitem ΔP = 2,056 ft × 0.052 × (15 - 7.2) = 834 psi \stopitemize \stoptext Is there some way to stop the blank line or should I use an entirely different approach? THANKS!! Mike Cooper Technical Trainer Murchison Drilling Schools, Inc. 2501 Juan Tabo NE Albuquerque, NM 87112 Tel: (505) 293-6271 Fax: (505) 298-5294 Email: mike(a)murchisondrillingschools.com<mailto:mike@murchisondrillingschools.com> Website: www.murchisondrillingschools.com<http://www.murchisondrillingschools.com/> [cid:image007.jpg@01D03ADC.BD6E6850]<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Murchison-Drilling-Schools/158018484232622> [cid:image008.jpg@01D03ADC.BD6E6850] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/murchison-drilling-schools-inc-> [cid:image009.jpg@01D03ADC.BD6E6850] <https://twitter.com/trainingmds> Murchison Drilling Schools is now part of [cid:image001.png@01D63515.857FD120]

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no reference output for \namedstructurevariable
by Damien Thiriet 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

Hello, I am facing some issue with \usernamedvariable. Consider this MWE \starttext \startsection[title={Mammals and eggs},reference={mammals}] \namedstructurevariable{section}{title} \namedstructurevariable{section}{reference} and \currentstructurereference \stopsection \stoptext \namedstructurevariable{section}{reference} doesn't give any output, while \currentstructurereference does. Is this a bug or something I miss? I get also no output when I define custom key/value with startsection and call them with namedstructurevariable. Best regards, Damien Thiriet ----- End forwarded message -----

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