March 2021 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

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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"Scheduled" downtime of the contextgarden server
by Mojca Miklavec 05 Apr '21

05 Apr '21

Dear ConTeXters, There will be a "scheduled" downtime of the contextgarden.net server for maintenance reasons (the part that's hosted in Slovenia; that excludes wiki & modules, but includes the old distribution, buildbot CI, CTAN, TL pretest & w32tex mirror, ...) in one of the following days. It's not yet clear when exactly the downtime will happen (and all the lockdowns etc. make that even harder to predict) and I'm also not entirely sure how long it will take, this is just to give you a notice upfront. Mojca (PS: I hope that TL 21 won't need any further builds, else we can postpone this.)

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new upload
by Hans Hagen 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

Hi, I uploaded a new version. However, because of some new feature there can be (unwanted) side effects wrt hyphenation (should not be but who knows). As a follow up on Denis mails about ligature prevention, we now have a mechanism called language 'goodies' analogue to 'font goodies'. For practical reasons this permits (high performance) plugs into the mechanism that also deals with hyphenation. Basically we can have some feedback loop but more about that later (Denis, Wolfgang and I need to play with all this and settle on the interface). Although all can be done in pure lua (and i might add that at some point) this particular mechanism plugs into the hyphenator so that we get no real performance hit (I can proabbly improve it if really needed but let's first see if users complain.) Here is an exmaple (to be default or not?) \setuplanguage [de] [goodies={lang-de.llg}] that has to come before a lkanguage gets activated (for now). In addition to exceptions one can do \startlanguageoptions[de] Zapf|innovation \stoplanguageoptions to prevent a ligature between f and i and \startlanguageoptions[de] Zapf=innovation \stoplanguageoptions to make it into a compound word (use both to prevent ligatures too). There's more to come once we get the full picture. I leave it to Denis to organize the collection of words and definitions that go into a goodie file. Hans ps. Sometimes I wonder if for every new feature added we should drop an old maybe useless one, like some of the obsolete pdf stuff or features that seem to be persistently broken or weird or unpredictable in viewers. After all evolution also takes care of removal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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ConTeXt Meeting 2021 announcement; Call for submissions
by Taco Hoekwater 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

Hi all! 15th International ConTeXt Meeting ================================== The fifteenth ConTeXt meeting will take place in Bassenge, Belgium on September 20–25, 2021 This will be our fourth meeting at ’t Sjetootje / Château Boirs (!) Registration ============ Registration will start on May 1. Call for submissions ==================== The theme for this meeting is: expanding orbits But, as in previous years, anything at all related to ConTeXt that you would like to share is an acceptable subject for a presentation, tutorial, discussion, Q&A session, demonstration, workshop, recital, sketch, or sermon. The programme committee is Hans Hagen and Taco Hoekwater, feel free to email them with hints and ideas. Hoping to see many of you in person in September, your organiser, Taco — Taco Hoekwater E: taco(a)bittext.nl genderfluid (all pronouns)

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Combine purgeall and result options
by Thangalin 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

Given test.tex: % SOF \starttext Guten abend \stoptext % EOF Run: context --puregeall --result=out.pdf test.tex Expected: All .tuc and .log files are deleted. Actual: out.log and out.tuc are not deleted. Context version: 2021.03.27 19:09 Cheers!

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Output result to specified file path
by Thangalin 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

How do you set the target output path and file name? Consider: % SOF \starttext Hello \stoptext % EOF Save as $HOME/test.tex and then: mkdir /tmp/subdir context --result=/tmp/subdir/test.pdf $HOME/test.tex Expected: PDF file is created in /tmp/subdir directory. Actual: PDF file is created in $HOME directory. Version: 2021.03.27 19:09 Thank you!

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Nested structure of files loaded by input
by denis.maier＠ub.unibe.ch 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

Hi, I have file main.tex that loads various subfiles that are placed in a subdir : \starttext \input subdir/chapter1 \stoptext Chapter1.tex itself loads some other files that are also placed in the subdir directory : \starttext \input subfile1 \stoptext Subfile1 : \starttext Asdf \stopttext Now, when in the subdir `context chapter1` and `context subfile1` both work. But in the main directory this here fails : context main -> < input file 'subfile1' is not found, quitting' What am I missing ? Does \input resolve filenames according to the CWD, not to the location itself is located ? How can I make that work? Best, Denis

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