January 2022 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

[MetaFun] Trying to understand outlinetext, 'stretch' effect and \kerncharacters
by kauśika 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

Dear list, I have the following graphic \startuseMPgraphic{TitleGraphic} draw outlinetext.b (\MPstring{TitleText}) (withcolor "titlefg") (withcolor "titleoutline"); \stopuseMPgraphic which I tried to use as follows to produce a stylized 'title' head: \setupMPtext{TitleText}{% \starteffect[stretch]\bfc\namedstructurevariable{title}{title}\stopeffect} \useMPgraphic{TitleGraphic} [colors "titlefg" and "titleoutline" are set using \definecolor] But, the 'stretch' effect caused by \starteffect[stretch]…\stopeffect does not work with 'outlinetext' method in the MPgraphic. I have verified that the desired effect is produced using 'textext' method instead. But in that case I have to cheat (i.e draw twice; once with blownup) to get the text outline. Now, if I write instead \setupMPtext{TitleText}{% \kerncharacters[0.15]\bfc\namedstructurevariable{title}{title}} \useMPgraphic{TitleGraphic} then the desired effect is produced. As such, my purpose is served well by using \kerncharacters. Nonetheless, I request your kind help in understanding why this is happening and/or if I am doing something wrong. Thanks, kauśika

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Malayalam character overlapping with footnote number
by Ajith R 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

Hi, I am trying to prepare a moderate sized document in Malayalam using Context. Overall I have been successful. However, there are a few rough edges for which I need help. This is the fourth problem I face. One character, ഼ U+0D3C, when used in \footnote[഼ ]{the foot note}, overlaps with the footnote number. How can I ask Context to provide extra space between the character and the footnote number? Thanks, ajith

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Malayalam conjuncts
by Ajith R 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

Hi, I am trying to prepare a moderate sized document in Malayalam using Context. Overall I have been successful. However, there are a few rough edges for which I need help. This is the first problem I face. When I use the font RIT-Rachana from https://rachana.org.in/, my preferred font, one set of conjuncts are not formed correctly, while the rest are formed properly. The conjuncts that are not formed correctly are those where the second component is ര U+0D30, followed by a symbol that is shown on the right side of the conjunct viz ാ U+0D3E, ി U+0D3F, ീ U+0D40, ു U+0D41, ൂ U+0D42. If no symbols follow, or symbols follow on the left or on both sides, the conjunct is well formed.In the minimum working example given 5 is well formed, while the first conjunct in 6 is well formed and second ill formed conjunct. The conjuncts are well formed when used in Libre Office with the same font. Also, other fonts, for example, those from smc.org don't have this problem. Unfortunately, they don't support all symbols. One of the developers of the font thinks that this is probably a bug in Context. Hence, the reason for posting here. \definefontfamily [malayalam] [rm] [RIT-Rachana] [features=malayalam-two] \setupbodyfont [malayalam] \starttext 1. ശ്രീ 2. അശ്രു 3. ശുശ്രൂഷ 4. പ്രാസം 5. പ്രേയസി 6. പ്രോഗ്രാം \stoptext I am working on Debian 11. The font version is the latest 1.3. The command context --version gives mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.04 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /home/ajith/Downloads/context-linux-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2021.12.25 00:58 mtx-context | main context file: /home/ajith/Downloads/context-linux-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/context.mkxl mtx-context | current version: 2021.12.25 00:58 Thanks, ajith

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Malayalam hyphenation
by Ajith R 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

Hi, I am trying to prepare a moderate sized document in Malayalam using Context. Overall I have been successful. However, there are a few rough edges for which I need help. This is the third problem I face. In most paragraphs, the sentences go beyond the right margin. How can I ask Context to break the word at the margin, without hyphenating every word manually? Thanks, ajith

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footnotes not aligned if tabulate cell is centered.
by Ajith R 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

Hi, I am trying to prepare a moderate sized document in Malayalam using Context. Overall I have been successful. However, there are a few rough edges for which I need help. This is the seventh (and the last one for now) problem I face. When I use local footnotes within a tabulate section, the foot notes gets placed unevenly. If I remove the "c" from \starttabulate[|p(3cm)c|p|], then the footnotes are aligned. Is it a bug? If not, how can I correct it? \starttext \startlocalfootnotes \starttabulate[|p(10cm)c|p|] \NC [f]\footnote[f]{first foot note} first sentence\NC \NR \NC [s]\footnote[f]{second foot note} second sentence\NC \NR \NC \JustLeft{\placelocalfootnotes} \NC\FR \stoptabulate \stoplocalfootnotes \stoptext Thanks, ajith

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Wishing the ConTeXt community a very happy 2022!
by Ramkumar KB 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

To Hans and the ConTeXt community - Wishing a very healthy, cheerful and (of course, more ConTeXting) in 2022 ! best regards, Ramkumar

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