February 2021 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Footnotes in columns
by Clyde Johnston 13 Aug '21

13 Aug '21

I can no longer print the footnotes when I using columns in LTMX. If I remove the \{start|stop}columns, it works fine. This works on my old MKIV 2018.07.02 14:39 version. \setupcolumns[n=2,rule=off,balance=no] \starttext \startcolumns \input ward\footnote{A small footnote here} \stopcolumns \stoptext Context Version: 2021.01.24 16:07 Clyde

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img.scan in lmtx?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 05 Aug '21

05 Aug '21

Hi, I use the lua function img.scan{filename}, but in lmtx I get "attempt to index a nil value (global 'img')", so I guess this got renamed or moved? HR

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A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV
by Joaquín Ataz López 28 Jul '21

28 Jul '21

Hello to all: Two months ago I informed to the list that I had written an introduction in Spanish to ConTeXt Mark IV. This interested several people, and in order to increase their potential audience, a member of this list (native English speaker) has proceeded to translate my text into English. It is precisely the members of this list who need no introduction at all, but it can sometimes be useful to help someone get started with the fascinating typesetting system that is ConTeXt. As for the English translation, I have made some small changes to the Spanish version, so anyone who understands Spanish and prefers to read it in its original language can download the new version: Both versions are available at the following links - Spanish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_esp.pdf - Engilish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf Soon I will send both texts, with their source files, to the documentation section of the CTAN repository. -- Joaquín Ataz López Derecho Civil Universidad de Murcia

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LMTX: different output if dots are used in the file name
by Marco Patzer 08 Jul '21

08 Jul '21

Hi! LMTX and MkIV behave differently if dots are used in the file name. Example: printf '%s\n' '\starttext\null\stoptext' > foo.10.tex && context foo.10.tex MkIV: → foo.10.pdf LMTX: → foo.pdf Is this intentional? This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.06.05 current version: 2020.05.25 23:39 Marco

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Hyphenation again
by Denis Maier 06 Jun '21

06 Jun '21

Hi, another weird thing: In this example I use \startexceptions to set hyphenation exceptions: ``` \mainlanguage[en] \startexceptions[en] appli-cable obli-gated \stopexceptions \setuplayout[width=1cm] \starttext \currentmainlanguage \currentlanguage \hyphenatedword{applicable} applicable \hyphenatedword{obligated} obligated \stoptext ``` What am I missing? Best, Denis

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Hyphenation patterns
by Denis Maier 09 Apr '21

09 Apr '21

Hi, where can I find the hyphenation patterns used by ConTeXt? I have two wrongly hyphenated words, and I want to check whether this is due to incorrect patterns. (I tried the source browser... not much luck so far.) The words are: 1. applicable => hyphenated as applic-able 2. obligated => hyphenated as oblig-ated I know I can use \hyphenation to correct that, but I wanted to check the patterns nevertheless. Best, Denis

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Markdown module in LMTX
by Christoph Reller 28 Mar '21

28 Mar '21

Hi, In recent versions of ConTeXt LMTX, the builtin markdown module is missing. (Files m-markdown.[lua|mkiv]) Just copying this module from an earlier version shows that they don't work anymore. MWE: ConTeXt file: -- 8< ------------------------------------------ \usemodule[markdown] \starttext \processmarkdownfile{file.md} \stoptext -- 8< ------------------------------------------ file.md: -- 8< ------------------------------------------ Title ===== Here comes a paragraph text. -- 8< ------------------------------------------ Are there plans to add and update this module? Cheers, Christoph

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printing the current date
by Peter Münster 13 Mar '21

13 Mar '21

Hi, I would expect, that \currentdate prints the current date, but it does not: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \starttext \date[d=1]% first day of this month, ok \date% again first day, last parameters are used, this is ok \currentdate% same as \date, but I would expect the day of today... \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- How could I print the current date please? TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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Log overful boxes
by denis.maier＠ub.unibe.ch 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

Hi, How can you add information about underfulor overful boxes to the log? Ideally both vboxes and hboxes. Best, Denis

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Write to tuc file
by denis.maier＠ub.unibe.ch 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Hi, I want to split a PDF produced by context automatically at certain points. I was thinking I could add information about the desired breakpoints to the tuc file, but I don't know how you do this. Any hints? Best, Denis

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