ntg-context February 2022

ntg-context@ntg.nl

28 participants
32 discussions

LuaMetaLa(!)TeX
by Henning Hraban Ramm 13 Feb '22

13 Feb '22

WTF, someone wrote a LaTeX format for LuaMetaTeX already 3 years ago: https://github.com/zauguin/luametalatex (Herbert Voss just pointed me to it.) Hraban

2 1

Re: [NTG-context] \installpagearrangement doublesided stickers
by Jigé 11 Feb '22

11 Feb '22

Thanks a lot Willi, Sorry for the late reply. Actually, for a while I couldn't make it work. But It seems it was just my \dosetuparrangement that was wrong. Now it works. Here it is, cleaned-up: \installpagearrangement 2*5*double*2*5 {\dosetuparrangement{2}{5}{10}{3}{6} % number of pages on the x axis, % number of pages on the y axis, % total (?), % number of cutmarks on the x axis, % number of cutmarks on the y axis, \pusharrangedpageTWOFIVEDOUBLESIDED\poparrangedpagesAB\relax} \def\pusharrangedpageTWOFIVEDOUBLESIDED#1% {\advancearrangedpageN \reportarrangedpage\arrangedpageN \ifcase\arrangedpageN \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageA % 1 % Numbers starting from 0: % rotation state, % horizontal placement, % vertical placement. \\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageB % 2 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageA % 3 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageB % 4 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}001\arrangedpageA % 5 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}011\arrangedpageB % 6 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}011\arrangedpageA % 7 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}001\arrangedpageB % 8 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}002\arrangedpageA % 9 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}012\arrangedpageB % 10 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}012\arrangedpageA % ... \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}002\arrangedpageB % \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}003\arrangedpageA % \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}013\arrangedpageB % \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}013\arrangedpageA % \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}003\arrangedpageB % \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}004\arrangedpageA % \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}014\arrangedpageB % \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}014\arrangedpageA % \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}004\arrangedpageB % \poparrangedpages \fi} \definepapersize[Vignette][width=80.0mm,height=50.0mm] \setuppapersize [Vignette][A4] \setuparranging [2*5*double*2*5] \setuplayout [margin=0pt, location=middle, marking=on] \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{20}{\vbox to \textheight{\vfill\midaligned{\tfd ABC}\vfill}\page} \stoptext My aim is to have something as plain as possible so I can modify it quickly to print double-sided cards, more likely from an image, instead of using some clumsy wysiwyg editor. Next thing is to find a sensible name for the layout. I'm not sure about the 2*5*double*2*5 name. Thanks again. > Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:20:36 +0100 > From: Willi Egger <context(a)boede.nl> > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] \installpagearrangement doublesided > stickers > Message-ID: <6A631259-75DC-4B7F-BE10-A0584908B5E9(a)boede.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hello Jigé, > > Adapt your layout to the following and it works. > > \setuplayout > [%] > margin=0mm, > topspace=0mm, > backspace=1mm, > width=80mm, > height=50mm, > nx=2, > ny=5, > dx=0mm, > dy=0mm, > location=middle, > marking=on, > ] > > Kind regards > Willi > >> On 16 Jan 2022, at 15:18, Jigé via ntg-context <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> wrote: >> >> Greetings everyone. >> >> Well, it's not exactly about double-sided stickers but sort of. Imagine printing a double-sided sheet and using a so-called plastifying device to make tokens. >> I began with the File Card and Labels examples from the wiki, then tried to change the \installpagearrangement example from the 'imposition' wiki page. >> >> My question is: >> how to position everything in the middle of the sheet, so that double-siding actually works? >> As is, it's all in the top left corner. Changing the location argument for "location=middle" in \setuplayout doesn't work here. What should it be? >> >> By the way, I'm not sure about the 3rd, 4th and 6th arguments in the dosetuparrangement command. >> >> Thanks a lot! >> >> Here it is: >> >> \installpagearrangement 2*5*double*2*5 >> {\dosetuparrangement{5}{2}{10}{3}{6}% X,Y,Total,hcutmarks,vcutmarks >> \pusharrangedpageTWOFIVEDOUBLESIDED\poparrangedpagesAB\relax} >> >> \def\pusharrangedpageTWOFIVEDOUBLESIDED#1% >> {\advancearrangedpageN >> \reportarrangedpage\arrangedpageN >> \ifcase\arrangedpageN >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageA % 1 rot,hskip,vskip >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageB % 2 >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageA % 3 >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageB % 4 >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}001\arrangedpageA % 5 >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}011\arrangedpageB % 6 >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}011\arrangedpageA % 7 >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}001\arrangedpageB % 8 >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}002\arrangedpageA % 9 >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}012\arrangedpageB % 10 >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}012\arrangedpageA % ... >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}002\arrangedpageB % >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}003\arrangedpageA % >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}013\arrangedpageB % >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}013\arrangedpageA % >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}003\arrangedpageB % >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}004\arrangedpageA % >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}014\arrangedpageB % >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}014\arrangedpageA % >> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}004\arrangedpageB % >> \poparrangedpages >> \fi} >> >> \definepapersize[Etiquette][width=80.0mm,height=50.0mm] >> \setuppapersize [Etiquette][A4] >> \setuparranging [2*5*double*2*5] >> %\setuplayout [margin=0pt, width=fit] >> \setuplayout[ >> %location=middle,%nx=2,ny=5, >> %location=middle, >> location=left, >> marking=on, >> margin=0mm, >> topspace=0mm, >> backspace=0mm, >> width=fit, >> %header=0mm, >> %footer=0mm, >> %align=middle, >> ] >> >> \showframe >> %\setuppagenumbering[state=stop] >> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] >> >> \starttext >> \dorecurse{20}{\vbox to \textheight{\vfill\midaligned{\tfd ABC}\vfill}\page} >> \stoptext >> ___________________________________________________________________________________

1 0

Indented Paragraph After Float?
by Michael Urban 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

As always, it is hard to tell whether this is my stupidity, the wrong version of ConText, or a bug. \setupfloat[figure][indentnext=yes] \starttext %\setupbodyfont[11pt] \setupindenting[yes, medium] \input ward \startplacefigure[title=A Figure,location=page] \startframedtext \input ward.tex \stopframedtext \stopplacefigure Why am I not indented? \input ward \stoptext produces output (for me) with the next paragraph after the figure placement unindented. I cannot think of a workaround hack in this case. mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.03 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2020.03.10 14:44 mtx-context | main context file: /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkxl mtx-context | current version: 2020.03.10 14:44

2 2

next version
by Hans Hagen 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

Hi, In case I forget (and someone is in wikify mode) ... the next upload will have a new command: test \diagnostic {here 1} test test \diagnostic[2] {here 2} test test \diagnostic[.05]{here 3} test which will show up as [[diagnostic]] > here 1 [[diagnostic]] > here 2 (sleep: 2) [[diagnostic]] > here 3 (sleep: 0.05) and which can be used for debugging styles. It might evolve. 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------

2 1

Regular Online meeting
by Gerhard Schramm 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

Dear Hraban, Dear Hans I'm looking for a way to automatically rotate a graphic (DIN_A4_PDF_Pages). I try to manage technical manuals with Context. (Which is really great!) To do this, I have to import always new PDF-pages (technical sketches) , which can be in landscape or portrait format. The pages should always be displayed as large as possible on the pages of my manuals. (I have no influence on the PDF's, as they come from other departments.) Do you see a possibility here? kind regards Gerd

2 1

Double-sided documents with MetaFun's Field[Text][Text]
by śrīrāma 06 Feb '22

06 Feb '22

Dear list, I have a double-sided document in which I want to draw certain page backgrounds on the right (odd) and left (even) pages. Here is an example %%% SOF \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuplayout [backspace=4cm, leftmargin=4cm, cutspace=2cm, rightmargin=2cm, leftmargindistance=0cm, rightmargindistance=0cm, header=2cm, footer=2cm, topspace=1cm, bottomspace=1cm, top=1cm, bottom=1cm, width=middle, height=fit] \startuseMPgraphic{page} StartPage; draw Area[Text][Text] shifted (InnerMarginWidth,BottomHeight+FooterHeight); draw Field[Text][Text] withcolor blue; StopPage; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[page][\useMPgraphic{page}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=page] \starttext \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \page} \stoptext %%% EOF In the resulting PDF the Field[Text][Text] path is not positioned (/computed?) correctly, while the manually positioned Area[Text][Text] path is as expected. So, it seems that the margin widths and other distance are updated for each odd, even page but Field[Text][Text] is still wrong? The Field[Text][Text] path appears on every page as though it is on an odd (right) page. Have I missed something? Thanks, śrīrāma (Sreeram)

1 1

Odd Font Behavior in startstop Group
by Michael Urban 06 Feb '22

06 Feb '22

I am experiencing an odd behavior switching text styles in a defined startstop group ("blockquote"). I get different behavior depending on whether the switchtobodyfont in the startstop definition includes the dummy {\it } and {\bf } text. If they are not there, the italic and boldface switches in the second blockquote revert to the gyreschola body font of the main text; but this only happens if there is an earlier blockquote with no style changes. This is with: $ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.03 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2020.03.10 14:44 mtx-context | main context file: /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkxl mtx-context | current version: 2020.03.10 14:44 Do I need a newer version of ConTeXt, or am I doing something wrong? Fonts in ConTeXt are always perilous, alas. For me, anyway. \definefallbackfamily[story][serif][notoserif][range={greekandcoptic,greekextended},force=yes] \definefontfamily[story][serif][TeX Gyre Schola] \definefontfamily[story][sans][modern] \definefontfamily[story][mono][modern] \definefontfamily[story][mm][TeX Gyre Pagella Math] \setupbodyfont[story,11pt] \definestartstop[blockquote] [ before={ \blank \startnarrower \setupwhitespace[2pt] \setupindenting[none] \switchtobodyfont[termes]{\it }{\bf }% This is so weird. Put a comment marker after [termes] for a different result }, after={ \stopnarrower \blank \indenting[next]}, ]% \starttext \chapter{Testing} \input ward \startblockquote \input knuth \stopblockquote \input zapf {\it This is what Italic letters look like.} {\bf And these are bold.} \startblockquote This is what it said, in {\it Italic} and {\bf bold} letters: \bgroup \it\noindent This is what Italic letters look like here. \egroup \bgroup \bf\noindent This is what Bold letters look like here. \egroup \stopblockquote \stoptext

3 3

XMP metadata schema yields invalid PDF/A
by Karl Pettersson 05 Feb '22

05 Feb '22

Hi PDF/A files generated using ConTeXt fail validation with veraPDF, and the reason seems to be that the dc:description metadata is defined with the wrong type in the embedded XMP extension schema. https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/632380/generate-pdf-a-with-context https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/issues/1224 I can reproduce the problem using TeX Live 2021 (MkIV 2021.03.05). The definition seems to be controlled by this code. https://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/mkiv/lpdf-pua.xml?search=… Regards -- Karl Pettersson Uppsala, Sweden https://static-dust.klpn.se/

3 11

Transliteration
by Ivan Pešić 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

Hello! I've been working on a Serbian book and I had to transliterate it from cyrillic to latin. There's been some nice improvement in transliteration, and I would like to propose a small change. One of the peculiarities that current transliteration mechanisms (both internal one and the 3rd party module from Philipp Gesang) don't process is that Љ, Њ and Џ are transliterated to Lj, Nj and Dž in normal words that start the sentence, or in names that normally start with a capital letter, but in titles written in all capitals they should be transliterated to LJ, NJ and DŽ. So, the quick solution was to update the current mapping vector and add another one (that is attached) that maps cyrillic capitals to LJ, NJ and DŽ and set the correct 30 letters used in Serbian language. It requires a bit more manual work to set the correct mapping for all capitals text, but it works. I have also merged the Serbian hyphenation patterns, so there is no need to switch the language in order to have hyphenation in transliterated text. That was possible because cyrillic and latin scripts use different code points, and there are no conflicts in patterns. So I suggest merging the patterns for Serbian cyrillic and latin. There is another issue if one wants to use a dropcap and the rest of that first word, and several following words are to be typeset in small caps. If that first letter is Љ (or other two letters that transliterate as digraphs), then the second letter of the digraph is not typeset in small caps because it gets injected before the group that turns on small caps. For example: \placeinitial Љ{\sc уди нису знали} but this is quite a special case... Regards, Ivan

3 3

lmtx
by Hans Hagen 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

Hi, There haven't been updates and the reason is that we're in the middle of math and/or wrapping up on transliteration / indic (for which there is also a nice wiki page being made). Concerning math, we're progressing with some rather flexible spacing, penalty, linebreak extensions but don't want to risk that when not used it gives different results (probably not all can be completely compatible but that is a side effect of getting rid of some hard coded assumptions in the engine). One objective is to make input a bit easier and predictable, esp wrt the often needed correction spacing (\, and friends). Anyway, in addition to Mikaels request for input an while ago ... if there are 'tex math annoyances' that you think originate in the way tex expects input, and you'd like them to be taken into account, let us know. 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

ntg-context February 2022