January 2022 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

How to stop columns from splitting up items in a list?
by Joel 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

I am writing a workbook that contains a materials list in front of some craft activities. I found that simply displaying a bulleted list can take up lots of space on the page, so instead put the list in three columns. The problem is, if there is an item with a somewhat long description, it can be split across columns. See the example below: \starttext \startcolumns[n=3]% \startitemize[1]% \item pizza cutter \item a word processor (or notebook paper) \stopitemize% \stopcolumns%\stoptext In the example, it split the second item across the columns. How can I create columns that don't allow the item to split across them?

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Why isn't bold + italics working together?
by Joel 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

I am finishing the final touches on a manuscript, which I hope to send to a publisher later today and noticed this problem where bold and italic text isn't rendered at the same time. I am using the EB Garamond font in my document. I set it up exactly as shown below. Strangely, bold works, italics works, but when bold and italics are together, it only display in italics, it doesn't display a bold italic text. I've confirmed the `EBGaramond-BoldItalic.otf` font is present and seems just fine. I've also tried by just using the default ConTeXt font and the error still appears, also in live.contextgarden.net. I tried searching the mailing list, as this seems like something that must have come up, but couldn't find any question about this. Why won't it render both? \starttypescript[serif] [garamond]\definefontsynonym[Serif] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Regular.otf]\definefontsynonym[SerifBold] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Bold.otf]\definefontsynonym[SerifItalic] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Italic.otf]\definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-BoldItalic.otf]\stoptypescript%\starttypescript[sans] [garamond]\definefontsynonym[Sans] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Regular.otf]\definefontsynonym[SansBold] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Bold.otf]\definefontsynonym[SansItalic] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Italic.otf]\definefontsynonym[SansBoldItalic] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-BoldItalic.otf]\stoptypescript%\starttypescript[garamond]\definetypeface[garamond] [rm][serif][garamond][default]\definetypeface[garamond] [ss][sans][garamond][default]\definetypeface[garamond] [mm][math][modern][default]\stoptypescript% \setupbodyfont[garamond, 12pt]% \starttext\startitemize\item This text has {\bf bold} in it.\item This text has {\it italics} in it.\item Why doesn't this have {\bf\it bold and italics} in it?\stopitemize \stoptext

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How to create multiple PDFs from one TeX file?
by Joel 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

I have several books in a set that have many things I'd like to have linked together, such as page references, shared indexes, shared glossaries, etc. One solution I see is putting all the files together, then using a tool like pdfjam to seperate the pages later, but I'm wondering if ConTeXt can already produce multiple files, or a split in the PDF, already? I tried this code below, as I hoped it would create two PDFs, but it only rendered everything between the first set of `\starttext` and `\stoptext`. --Joel Minimum example: \starttext This is document 1. \input knuth \stoptext \starttext This is document 2. \input knuth \stoptext

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How can I get a section title to change depending on the section content?
by Joel 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

I have a section somewhat like this...I'm replacing the code with something much simpler, but its basically doing a similar thing, running conditionals to check which content to place: \section{Brave Rabbits} \ifnum\somenumber>3 Print this content about rabbits. \else Print this stuff about pigeons instead. \fi Basically the content inside that section can change, either being about rabbits or about pigeons. I need the section title to follow that change, the problem is the section title appears before this code, so defining some variable in the later code won't affect the rendeiring of the section title. Is there a way I can tell the section title to change as well to match what content is inside that section? \section{\thissectiontitle} \ifnum\somenumber>3 Print this content about rabbits. \define\thissectiontitle{Brave Rabbits} \else Print this stuff about pigeons instead. \define\thissectiontitle{Hungry Pigeons} \fi --Joel

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registers, how to ignore quote marks
by jbf 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

I have an issue that has been raised at least twice in this list but as far as I can see it has not received an answer. Perhaps someone can help with the following? I have an index entry that has unicode quote marks either side: ‘Innovative Beings’. I need to retain those quote marks. If I put \index{‘Innovative’} then ‘Innovative’ is sorted under ‘ instead of under the letter I. How do I get my indexing to ignore the quote marks, at the very least the initial one? My index setup at the moment is as follows: \defineregister[index][compress=yes] \setupregister[index][n=1] \defineprocessor[special][style=italic] The only hint I could gain from the wiki was that it might depend on using a method key in \setupregister, but I could not see which to use. Tried a few and got weird results. Julian

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registers - only part of an entry to be italics
by jbf 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

Let me add one more difficulty I have come across with registers. I need the title of a book to be in italics (and know exactly how to do that with \defineprocessor), but the author's name to follow is to be normal, not italic. So I need: /book name/, author name. I tried setting up a second \defineprocessor with style=normal and introducing that after the first one in an index entry, but I can see that only one processor can be introduced in an entry, not two. How can I achieve the desired result? Julian

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new upload
by Hans Hagen 28 Jan '22

28 Jan '22

Hi, Weekend uoload: - more math parameter magic (plus a real ancient bug no one noticed fix): \newdimen \mydimenA \mydimenA 10pt \newskip \myskipA \myskipA 10pt \newmuskip \mymuskipA \mymuskipA10mu \mugluespecdef\mymuskipB 10mu \inherited\Umathfracfracspacing\allmathstyles \mydimenA % dynamic \inherited\Umathfracfracspacing\allmathstyles \mymuskipA % dynamic \inherited\Umathfracfracspacing\allmathstyles \myskipA % dynamic \Umathfracfracspacing\allmathstyles\mymuskipA % frozen % \alltextstyles \allscriptstyles \allmathstyles \allsplitstyles % \resetmathstyles \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=3bp] $\displaystyle\mathfrac {x}\mathfrac {x}$\par $\textstyle \mathfrac {x}\mathfrac {x}$\par $\scriptstyle \mathfrac {x}\mathfrac {x}$\par \stopTEXpage \stoptext so we can have fixed values too .. will be explained in due time by Mikael (in manual) as we're still experimenting with all this - initial indic transliteration support .. recent indic (font) experiences and transliteration tricks will be eplained by kauśika 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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OT world history: other measuring systems?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 27 Jan '22

27 Jan '22

Hi all, just out of curiosity and since some of you are knowledgable in many fields: Were there widely accepted measuring systems in Asia before the introduction of the imperial or metric system? In Europe there was a mess of local miles, feet, cubits, inches etc.; why didn’t "we" stick to the Roman system? (Also Knuth’s Potrzebie system unfortunately couldn’t unite the world... https://webmadness.net/blog/?post=knuth ;)) Hraban

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May I credit you in DTK?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 25 Jan '22

25 Jan '22

Hi, I’m writing an article for DANTE’s magazine “Die TeXnische Komödie” (DTK) about the current discussions and developments in ConTeXt, and I’m planning to do that regularly. Find attached the current version (in German / LaTeX). I’d like to give credit to people involved and mention some of you: Hans Hagen (of course) Jean-Pierre Delange Jürgen Hanneder Kauśika Otared Kavian Joey McCollum Pablo Rodriguez Thomas A. Schmitz Mikael Sundqvist If you don’t want that, I’ll remove your name, of course. You are also welcome to correct me, if I misunderstood you/something. Hraban

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What is the proper way to define many different list types in a document?
by Joel 25 Jan '22

25 Jan '22

I have about several different types of list that reoccur multiple times in my documents. Though I tried to keep things simple, by just defining the type when it appears, strange glitches appear. For instance, I have one that uses the ☞ (pointing hand) logo, and sometimes that randomly appears in the wrong lists, for reasons I cannot understand. Below is how I'm defining my lists. I have about a dozen more, this is a sample. Is there some more robust and consistent manner in which I should be defining them, so the settings from one type don't spill over into the other types? --Joel %prompt \definesymbol[bighand][{{☞}}] \define[1]\prompt{% \setupitemize[symbol=bighand] \startitemize {\it #1} \stopitemize }% \prompt{What did you learn about today?} %vocabulary \startcolumns[n=3]\startitemize[n] \item word1 \item word2 \item word3 \stopitemize\stopcolumns %nested outline \startitemize[1] \item some text \startitemize[2] \item some text \startitemize[3] \item some text \stopitemize \stopitemize \stopitemize %written answer (produces some lines after the question for writing an answer) \define[1]\writingbox{% \dorecurse{#1}{% \hairline% } } \startitemize[n] \item Which planet is closest to Earth? \writingbox{4} \item What is the moon made of? \writingbox{4} \stopitemize %materials list \startcolumns[n=3]\startitemize \item crayons \item scissors \item glue \stopitemize\stopcolumns %word search clues (should be simple, but strangely this keeps getting the ☞ logo added instead of showing numbers) \startitemize[n] \item a type of hat worn \item a cold season \stopitemize

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