September 2020 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Reverse traversing of xml.collected()?
by Gerben Wierda 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

I’d like to travese the contents of an xml.collected() in a reverse order. I have for connectionFromXML in xml.collected(viewFromXML,"/connection") do parseXMLConnection( rootFromXML, connectionFromXML, viewFromXML, rootFromOverrideXML) end I tried: local relationTable = xml.collected(viewFromXML,"/connection") for i=#relationTable, 1, -1 do connectionFromXML = relationTable[i] parseXMLConnection( rootFromXML, connectionFromXML, viewFromXML, rootFromOverrideXML) end But apparently my lua knowledge is lacking (severely, I might say) as this ends with “attempt to get length of a function value “ What is the correct way to do it? G

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force index entries without page number
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Hi, I’d like to have an (person) index entry like Ramm, Hraban passim i.e. without actual page number. How can I force that? I also need to be able to refer to it like \seeindex{Hraban}{Ramm, Hraban) Hraban

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Fwd: Re: footnotes in captions in floatcombinations
by Hans Hagen 11 Oct '20

11 Oct '20

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [NTG-context] footnotes in captions in floatcombinations Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:38:44 +0200 From: Hans Hagen <j.hagen(a)xs4all.nl> To: Henning Hraban Ramm <texml(a)fiee.net> On 9/16/2020 12:08 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > \useMPlibrary[dum] > \automigrateinserts that one does nothing in lmtx > \showframe > > \starttext > > \input lorem > > \startplacefigure[location=none] > \startfloatcombination[2*1] > \startplacefigure[title={Left Image\footnote[f:3]{\input knuth }}] > \externalfigure[003][width=.48\textwidth] > \stopplacefigure > \startplacefigure[title={Right Image\footnote[f:4]{Anything}}] > \externalfigure[004][width=.48\textwidth] > \stopplacefigure > \stopfloatcombination > \stopplacefigure > > \input tufte > > \stoptext It was kind of tricky to identify (as i first though that you meant that it also happened in mkiv) but I managed to find a solution. New bin needed so not yet uploaded. 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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Postponed footnotes and pagebreaks
by Denis Maier 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

Hi, postponing footnotes when using tables causes the footnote often to appear on the next page, which may not always be wanted. Is there a way to keep the footnote on the same page in these situations? Best, Denis

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Best way to store text for later use
by Denis Maier 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

Hi, For typesetting XML I'm wondering how to best store text for later use: I've tried using buffers, but this here doesn't work: ================== \startxmlsetups xml:article-meta \setupdocument [ pub-year=\xmlfilter{#1}{/pub-date/year/command(xml:article-meta:pubdate:year)}, volume=\xmlfilter{#1}{/volume/command(xml:article-meta:volume)}, doi=\xmlfilter{#1}{/article-id[@pub-id-type='doi']/command(xml:article-meta:doi)}, elocation-id=\xmlfilter{#1}{/elocation-id/command(xml:article-meta:elocation-id)}, title=\xmlfilter{#1}{/title-group/article-title/command(xml:article-meta:title-group:article-title)}, author={\AuthorList}, ] \startbuffer[abstract] \xmlfilter{#1}{/abstract/command(xml:article-meta:abstract)} \stopbuffer \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:article-meta:abstract \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups =================== This here works: ================== \startxmlsetups xml:article-meta \setupdocument [ pub-year=\xmlfilter{#1}{/pub-date/year/command(xml:article-meta:pubdate:year)}, volume=\xmlfilter{#1}{/volume/command(xml:article-meta:volume)}, doi=\xmlfilter{#1}{/article-id[@pub-id-type='doi']/command(xml:article-meta:doi)}, elocation-id=\xmlfilter{#1}{/elocation-id/command(xml:article-meta:elocation-id)}, title=\xmlfilter{#1}{/title-group/article-title/command(xml:article-meta:title-group:article-title)}, author={\AuthorList}, abstract=\xmlfilter{#1}{/abstract/command(xml:article-meta:abstract)}, ] \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:article-meta:abstract \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups =================== But has using a variable for the abstract any drawbacks? (The abstract might contain multiple paragraphs.) Best, Denis

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Natural Tables: spaceinbetween not working?
by Denis Maier 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Hi, spaceinbetween seems to have no effect in this example: ======= \setupTABLE [spaceinbetween=25pt,split=yes] \starttext \bTABLE \dorecurse{50}{\bTR \bTD table cell \eTD \bTD table cell \eTD \eTR} \eTABLE \stoptext ====== What am I missing? Best, Denis

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no frontmatter head on recto page
by jbf 30 Sep '20

30 Sep '20

For some reason that I cannot work out, the recto page header is not appearing in frontmatter sections like Foreword. It is important to note that for this item I am using: \definehead [foreword] [chapter]... \setuphead [foreword] [frontpartlabel=foreword, conversion=empty] Then starting this section in the main body with \startforeword...\stopforeword. As 'foreword' is based on chapter, I thought it would all work correctly given that I already have: [{\hfill\getmarking[chapter]\hfill}][] [{\hfill\documentvariable{metadata:title}\hfill}][] And I also have: \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=yes] in case that is important as well. I am getting the verso page header (the book's title, obviously coming from the \documentvariable{metadata:title}), but not the recto header (in this case 'Foreword'). What am I doing wrong? I tried two solutions to solve the problem, neither worked: 1. In \setuphead I thought perhaps I might need to add placehead=yes, but that did nothing. 2. I also tried [{\hfill\getmarking[chapter, foreword]\hfill}][] in case I needed to add in 'foreword', having defined it as a head. That did nothing either. Any clues as to what I am missing? Julian

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Tagged export breaks r2l alignment in tabulate
by Denis Maier 30 Sep '20

30 Sep '20

Hi, this example produces correctly aligned right-to-left text: ============ \setupalign[verytolerant,stretch] \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=unicode] \starttext \starttabulate[|p|p|] \NC Text \NC Translation \NC\NR \NC\setupalign[r2l]\input ward \NC\input ward \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stoptext ============== But, this here fails: ============ \setupalign[verytolerant,stretch] \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=unicode] \setupbackend[export=yes] \setupstructure[state=start,method=auto] \starttext \starttabulate[|p|p|] \NC Text \NC Translation \NC\NR \NC\setupalign[r2l]\input ward \NC\input ward \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stoptext ============== Why is that? And what can I do about it? (I need tagged pdf for PDF/A compliance.) Best, Denis

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Unwanted whitespace at beginning of document
by Denis Maier 30 Sep '20

30 Sep '20

Hi, I have ended up with unwanted whitespace at the beginning of my document. The environment definition is already quite complex, so I cannot easily tell where the whitespace is coming from. Any advice how I could track that down? Are there some tricks for this? Best, Denis

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page counter problem
by Alan Bowen 30 Sep '20

30 Sep '20

he page counter does not increase in the first iteration an PDf inclusion but seems to work properly after that. Have attached a sample file (69K) that will serve to show the problem—at least, on my machine. \starttext \setupexternalfigures[location=default] \setuplayer[preset=middlebottom, method=overlay]{} \setcounter[userpage][101] \noheaderandfooterlines \getfiguredimensions[HannahBW.pdf] \dorecurse{\noffigurepages} {\vbox to \paperheight {\vskip-\dimexpr\headerheight+\headerdistance+\topspace\relax \hbox to \hsize {\hskip-\backspace \layeredtext[] [boffset=3pc] {\red\userpagenumber} {\externalfigure[HannahBW.pdf][page=#1]}% \hss}% \vss} } \dorecurse{\noffigurepages} {\vbox to \paperheight {\vskip-\dimexpr\headerheight+\headerdistance+\topspace\relax \hbox to \hsize {\hskip-\backspace \layeredtext[] [boffset=3pc] {\red\userpagenumber} {\externalfigure[HannahBW.pdf][page=#1]}% \hss}% \vss} } \stoptext

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