November 2021 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Typographical quotes
by Jean-Philippe Rey 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

Dear list, When typing a straight quotation mark, I used to get a curly apostrophe. But with a recent version of ConTeXt, I now get a straight apostrophe. Is there a new option to convert automatically straight into curly apostrophes ? \starttext John's \stoptext gives where I used to get Here is my log file resolvers | formats | executing runner 'run luametatex format': /Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/luametatex --jobname="./mfe-quote.tex" --fmt=/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luametatex/cont-en.fmt --lua=/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luametatex/cont-en.lui --c:currentrun=1 --c:fulljobname="./mfe-quote.tex" --c:input="./mfe-quote.tex" --c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=9 --c:texmfbinpath="/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin" system > system > ConTeXt ver: 2021.11.19 09:31 LMTX fmt: 2021.11.22 int: english/english system > system > 'cont-new.mkxl' loaded open source > level 1, order 1, name '/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl' system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv close source > level 1, order 1, name '/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl' system > files > jobname './mfe-quote', input './mfe-quote.tex', result './mfe-quote' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active open source > level 1, order 2, name './mfe-quote.tex' fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded backend > xmp > using file '/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 close source > level 1, order 2, name './mfe-quote.tex' mkiv lua stats > used config file: selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua mkiv lua stats > used cache path: /Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e mkiv lua stats > resource resolver: loadtime 0.013 seconds, 0 scans with scantime 0.000 seconds, 0 shared scans, 9 found files, scanned paths: <none> mkiv lua stats > stored bytecode data: 499 modules (0.248 sec), 99 tables (0.013 sec), 598 chunks (0.260 sec) mkiv lua stats > traced context: maxstack: 1607, freed: 0, unreachable: 1607 mkiv lua stats > cleaned up reserved nodes: 71 nodes, 9 lists of 435 mkiv lua stats > node memory usage: 6 attribute, 3 attribute_list, 1 glue, 58 glue_spec, 3 kern, 2 penalty, 2 temp mkiv lua stats > node list callback tasks: 12 unique task lists, 7 instances (re)created, 45 calls mkiv lua stats > used backend: pdf mkiv lua stats > jobdata time: 0.001 seconds saving, 0.000 seconds loading mkiv lua stats > callbacks: file: 57, saved: 146, direct: 2, function: 973, value: 1, message: 0, bytecode: 598, late 0, total: 1777 (0 per page) mkiv lua stats > randomizer: initialized with value 0.051172108195605 mkiv lua stats > loaded patterns: en::1, load time: 0.000 mkiv lua stats > loaded fonts: 2 files: latinmodern-math.otf, lmroman12-regular.otf mkiv lua stats > font engine: otf 3.119, afm 1.513, tfm 1.000, 7 instances, 3 shared in backend, 3 common vectors, 0 common hashes, load time 0.151 seconds mkiv lua stats > font embedding time: 0.002 seconds, 1 fonts mkiv lua stats > result saved in file: mfe-quote.pdf, compresslevel 1, objectcompresslevel 3 mkiv lua stats > positions: 4 collected, 0 deltas, 0 shared partials, 0 partial entries mkiv lua stats > used platform: osx-64, type: unix, binary subtree: texmf-osx-64 mkiv lua stats > used engine: luametatex version: 2.093, functionality level: 20211117, format id: 603, compiler: clang mkiv lua stats > tex properties: 740046 hash slots used of 2097152, 46674 control sequences, approximate memory usage: 29 MB mkiv lua stats > lua properties: engine: lua 5.4, used memory: 55 MB, ctx: 53 MB, max: 53 MB, symbol mask: utf (τεχ) mkiv lua stats > runtime: 0.500 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 1.998 pages/second resolvers | formats | executing runner 'run luametatex format': /Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/luametatex --jobname="./mfe-quote.tex" --fmt=/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luametatex/cont-en.fmt --lua=/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luametatex/cont-en.lui --c:currentrun=2 --c:fulljobname="./mfe-quote.tex" --c:input="./mfe-quote.tex" --c:kindofrun=2 --c:maxnofruns=9 --c:texmfbinpath="/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin" system > system > ConTeXt ver: 2021.11.19 09:31 LMTX fmt: 2021.11.22 int: english/english system > system > 'cont-new.mkxl' loaded open source > level 1, order 1, name '/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl' system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv close source > level 1, order 1, name '/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl' system > files > jobname './mfe-quote', input './mfe-quote.tex', result './mfe-quote' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active open source > level 1, order 2, name './mfe-quote.tex' fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded backend > xmp > using file '/Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 close source > level 1, order 2, name './mfe-quote.tex' mkiv lua stats > used config file: selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua mkiv lua stats > used cache path: /Users/jprey/Applications/ConTeXt/Current/osx-64/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e mkiv lua stats > resource resolver: loadtime 0.014 seconds, 0 scans with scantime 0.000 seconds, 0 shared scans, 9 found files, scanned paths: <none> mkiv lua stats > stored bytecode data: 499 modules (0.245 sec), 99 tables (0.014 sec), 598 chunks (0.259 sec) mkiv lua stats > traced context: maxstack: 1607, freed: 0, unreachable: 1607 mkiv lua stats > cleaned up reserved nodes: 71 nodes, 9 lists of 435 mkiv lua stats > node memory usage: 6 attribute, 3 attribute_list, 1 glue, 58 glue_spec, 3 kern, 2 penalty, 2 temp mkiv lua stats > node list callback tasks: 12 unique task lists, 7 instances (re)created, 45 calls mkiv lua stats > used backend: pdf mkiv lua stats > jobdata time: 0.001 seconds saving, 0.002 seconds loading mkiv lua stats > callbacks: file: 57, saved: 146, direct: 2, function: 973, value: 1, message: 0, bytecode: 598, late 0, total: 1777 (1777 per page) mkiv lua stats > randomizer: resumed with value 0.051172108195605 mkiv lua stats > loaded patterns: en::1, load time: 0.000 mkiv lua stats > loaded fonts: 2 files: latinmodern-math.otf, lmroman12-regular.otf mkiv lua stats > font engine: otf 3.119, afm 1.513, tfm 1.000, 7 instances, 3 shared in backend, 3 common vectors, 0 common hashes, load time 0.146 seconds mkiv lua stats > font embedding time: 0.002 seconds, 1 fonts mkiv lua stats > result saved in file: mfe-quote.pdf, compresslevel 1, objectcompresslevel 3 mkiv lua stats > positions: 4 collected, 0 deltas, 0 shared partials, 0 partial entries mkiv lua stats > used platform: osx-64, type: unix, binary subtree: texmf-osx-64 mkiv lua stats > used engine: luametatex version: 2.093, functionality level: 20211117, format id: 603, compiler: clang mkiv lua stats > tex properties: 740046 hash slots used of 2097152, 46673 control sequences, approximate memory usage: 29 MB mkiv lua stats > lua properties: engine: lua 5.4, used memory: 55 MB, ctx: 53 MB, max: 53 MB, symbol mask: utf (τεχ) mkiv lua stats > runtime: 0.494 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 2.025 pages/second system | total runtime: 1.036 seconds of 1.096 seconds -- Jean-Philippe Rey jean-philippe.rey(a)centralesupelec.fr 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex - France Empreinte PGP : 807A 5B2C 69E4 D4B5 783A 428A 1B5E E83E 261B BF51

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Have a cell span multiple columns with tabulate
by denis.maier＠unibe.ch 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

Hi, I'm using tabulate for parallel texts (source and translation next to each other). The top of each table should consist of only one cell covering both columns with centered content. Is that possible? A HTML equivalent will look roughly like this: <table> <tr> <th colspan="2">Manuscript XY </th> </tr> <tr> <td>Some text in Greek or Hebrew or whatever</td> <td>This is the translation</td> </tr> </table> With ConteXt I'd like to do something like this \starttabulate[|p(1.2cm)|p(1.2cm)|] \NC Manuscript XY \NR \NC Some text in Greek or Hebrew or whatever \NC This is the translation \NC \NR \stoptabulate This compiles (interestingly?), but the cells at the top aren't merged. Any ideas ? I know that natural tables offer more in this regard, but those seem not to be so well suited for parallel texts. Denis

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Re: [NTG-context] Macro for a comma separated list of authors
by Andres Conrado Montoya 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

Gracias, Jairo! This works great. I will go ahead and document it on the wiki, if that's Ok. -- Andrés Conrado Montoya Andi Kú andresconrado(a)gmail.com http://sesentaycuatro.com http://messier87.com http://chiquitico.org ---------------------------------------- Los fines no justifican los medios, porque la medida verdadera de nuestro carácter está dada por los medios que estamos dispuestos a utilizar, no por los fines que proclamamos. ---------------------------------------- “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’” — Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell

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Math prime issues for some fonts
by Jack Hill 27 Nov '21

27 Nov '21

Hi list, When I run this test code \definefontfamily[trm][math][tex gyre termes math] \definefontfamily[pag][math][tex gyre pagella math] \definefontfamily[bon][math][tex gyre bonum math] \definefontfamily[sch][math][tex gyre schola math] \definefontfamily[stx][math][stix two math] \starttext \starttabulate[|c|c|] \FL \NC \bf Font name \NC \bf Math prime \NR \ML \NC Latin modern \NC \m{x'} \NR \NC Termes \NC \switchtobodyfont[trm] \m{x'} \NR \NC Pagella \NC \switchtobodyfont[pag] \m{x'} \NR \NC Bonum \NC \switchtobodyfont[bon] \m{x'} \NR \NC Schola \NC \switchtobodyfont[sch] \m{x'} \NR \NC Stix \NC \switchtobodyfont[stx] \m{x'} \NR \BL \stoptabulate \stoptext on my machine, the prime symbols are being placed too high (except for latin modern which is normal). Running the same code on the wiki gives the correct output though. Does anyone else get the same output? Screenshot attached. Jack

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font problems
by jdh 27 Nov '21

27 Nov '21

Here's my MWE: Objective is to typeset a Chancery font text in the upper lefthand side of a page, and then do the main body in some normal font. Then at the very last print a sign off in Chancery. For some reason I can't get both to print out as Chancery. Only one or the other, but not both. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \definefontfamily [mwetest] [sans] [Liberation Sans] \setupbodyfont [mwe,ss,12pt] \definelayer[mwe][repeat=yes, preset=lefttop, hoffset=.125in, voffset=.125in] \setlayer[mwe] { \switchtobodyfont[chancery,8pt] \hskip 5mm Chancery Font Here } \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mwe] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext Normal font text goes here. \blank[4*big] { \switchtobodyfont[chancery] This should be Chancery here to. But isn't. } \blank[2*big]Note that if I comment out the \type{setlayer[mwe]} in the source file, then the above will print in Chancery. \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% I'd like to have the layers in Chancery font and then one last text string in the body in Chancery font. But I can't get them both to be Chancery. How can that be done?

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Concerning dictionaries. glossaries and related in ConTeXt
by Jairo A. del Rio 26 Nov '21

26 Nov '21

Hi, list. I want to know how I should handle alphabetically sorted data in ConTeXt. So far, I'm abusing registers in order to get simple glossaries, but I prefer to manage data with tools such as JabRef rather than manually typing entries inside a document. I attach an example of what I achieved: \unprotect \mainlanguage[\s!es] \enableexperiments[fonts.compact] \setupbodyfont[computer-modern-unicode] \setuphead[chapter] [\c!alternative=\v!middle] \defineregister[Russian] \setupregister[Russian] [\c!expansion=\v!yes, \c!balance=\v!no, \c!n=2, \c!command=\Words, \c!pagenumber=\v!no, \c!language=\s!ru] \def\Ruso[#1]% {\begingroup \getdummyparameters[word=,category=,meaning=,#1]% \Russian[\dummyparameter{word}]% {\bold{\dummyparameter{word}} \italic{\dummyparameter{category}} \dummyparameter{meaning}}% \endgroup} \protect \Ruso [word=исчисление, category=n. neutr., meaning=cálculo] \Ruso [word=вероятность, category=n. fem., meaning=probabilidad] \Ruso [word=обозначать, category=v., meaning=denotar] \Ruso [word=область, category=n. fem, meaning={región, área}] \Ruso [word=событие, category=n. neutr., meaning=evento] \Ruso [word=определение, category=n. neutr., meaning=definición] \Ruso [word=знание, category=n. neutr,, meaning=conocimiento] \Ruso [word=бесконечно, category=adv., meaning=infinitamente] \Ruso [word=сборник, category=n. masc., meaning={colección, compilación, compendio}] \Ruso [word=неравенство, category=n. neutr., meaning=desigualdad] \starttext \starttitle[title=Ruso-español] \placeRussian \stoptitle \stoptitle \stoptext Reading the manuals, I find that the publication mechanism for bibliography kinda fits my needs (using ConTeXt to sort and type data generated via external software) but, unlike registers, it doesn't seem to include options for alphabetical headers. Is it fine to keep using registers in this case? Is there a better mechanism for this task in ConTeXt? Thank you in advance. Best regards, Jairo

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upload
by Hans Hagen 26 Nov '21

26 Nov '21

Hi, for those who keep an eye on what is new, the most recent upload provides this: \starttext $\Umathxscale\textstyle 800 a + b + x + d + e = f $\par $\Umathxscale\textstyle 1000 a + b + x + d + e = f $\par $\Umathxscale\textstyle 1200 a + b + x + d + e = f $\blank $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[narrow] a + b + x + d + e = f $\par $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[normal] a + b + x + d + e = f $\par $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[wide] a + b + x + d + e = f $\blank $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[tight] x^2_1$\quad $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[normal] x^2_1$\quad $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[loose] x^2_1$\blank $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[narrow]\sqrt[2]{x+1}$\quad $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[normal]\sqrt[2]{x+1}$\quad $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[wide] \sqrt[2]{x+1}$\blank $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[less] \sqrt[2]{x+1}$\quad $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[normal]\sqrt[2]{x+1}$\quad $\showboxes\setupmathspacing[more] \sqrt[2]{x+1}$\blank \stoptext it's still experimental so the predefined values might change 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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update lmtx
by Hans Hagen 26 Nov '21

26 Nov '21

Hi, We're still working on the math so updated lfg files buit not many other things apart from a few fixes. In the process I ran into another area where ms eems to take the lead: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/math-in-office/unicode-math-braille-sequence… and although it aims at msword I gave that a go for context so we now have a "braille-basic" module (style) that we (can) use (and run as demo) for playing with math spacing because we basically have a monospace font. If there is any interest in braille as alternative output we can extend that. I'm pretty sure that we need to adapt some (general spacing related) presets to this situation. 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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Backmatter preventing section numbers from appearing
by A A 25 Nov '21

25 Nov '21

Dear All, I've noticed that the mere presence of backmatter prevents my sections from being numbered. Consider the following: *\starttext\startsection[ title={Create Serverless Applications},]blablabla\stopsection%\startbackmatter % comment out%\stopbackmatter % comment out\stoptext* Uncommenting lines 8 and 9 causes the section numbers to disappear. Is this normal behavior? Why does the presence of backmatter affect my sections like this? Regards, Amine

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Automatic counting groupsuffix for subfigures
by Marco Patzer 25 Nov '21

25 Nov '21

Hi! I'd like to use subfigure numbering for floats. This works: \useMPlibrary [dum] \starttext \startplacefigure [location=none] \startfloatcombination [nx=2] \startplacefigure [title=Left, reference=ref:left, group=one, groupsuffix=a] \externalfigure \stopplacefigure \startplacefigure [title=Right, reference=ref:right, group=one, groupsuffix=b] \externalfigure \stopplacefigure \stopfloatcombination \stopplacefigure See \in{image}[ref:right] (right) and \in{image}[ref:left] (left). \stoptext The output is correct, but the usage is verbose. I'd like to replace the manual groupsuffix numbering with something automatic. ConTeXt uses automatic numbering in many places so it seems strange to number the subfigures manually. I have tried using counters and labels, but something is always messed up and I couldn't get it to work. How to achieve automatic subfigure numbering without specifying the groupsuffix manually? Marco LMTX 2021.11.22 22:27

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