August 2022 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

How can I make a Gentoo Linux package for ConTeXt LMTX?
by amano.kenji 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

TexLive has texmfcnf.lua that doesn't really work with texlive-context installed by linux distributions. Arch Linux has its own patched version of texmfcnf.lua. It seems I'd be better off with a linux package for ConTeXt LMTX. How can I build and install ConTeXt LMTX on Gentoo Linux or any linux distribution? I wish it was as simple as ./configure, make, and make install.

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Curling straight quotation marks
by Thangalin 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Hey folks, I re-wrote the algorithm KeenWrite uses for curling straight quotes. The new algorithm is fairly robust with respect to North American and British English. Could use help finding edge cases: https://whitemagicsoftware.com/keenquotes/ I use it for preprocessing documents prior to passing them to ConTeXt. Cheers!

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Line up itemize list with answer block
by Jan Willem Flamma 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Dear list members, How can I ensure that the itemize list in the answers line up with the counter? Or, put simply: I want '1.1' and 'a) Answer 1' to line up. Regards, Jan Willem Flamma PDF result: https://live.contextgarden.net/cgi-bin/result.cgi?id=VtEh2Y MWE: \defineblock[question] \defineblock[answer] \hideblocks[question] \hideblocks[answer] \defineenumeration [question] [text=Question, after={\blank[2*big]}, inbetween={\blank[nowhite]}, way=bychapter, prefixsegments=chapter, prefix=yes] \defineenumeration [answer] [counter=answer, text=, width=, before={\blank[nowhite]}, after={\blank[nowhite]}, indenting=no, titledistance=1cm, location=inmargin, alternative=left, headstyle=, way=bychapter, prefixsegments=chapter, prefix=yes] \starttext \startchapter[title={Chapter}] \beginquestion \startquestion \startitemize[a,packed][stopper=,right=)] \item Question 1 \item Question 2 \stopitemize \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer \startitemize[a,packed][stopper=,right=)] \item Answer 1 \item Answer 2 \stopitemize \stopanswer \endanswer \startsection[title={Questions}] \useblocks[question] \stopsection \blank[big] \startsection[title={Answers}] \useblocks[answer] \stopsection \stopchapter \stoptext

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Clipping multiple PDFs
by jethro Reuel 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Hello, I am trying to put multiple PDF’s that were typeset differently into one document without modifying the individual files themselves. I came up with this: \starttext \copypages[ass1.pdf][][scale=950] \copypages[ass2.pdf][][scale=950] … stoptext The problem is the original page numbers show and I’d prefer that it did not. So I thought maybe I could clip all the page numbers from every page (since they are all in the same position across all the pages) but I don’t know how to do this with the \clip command. Any ideas? I already tried using \input but it gives some weird output in some places. It doesn’t have to use this method as long as it does what I need it to do. Thanks in advance. Jethro

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Re: [NTG-context] Clipping multiple PDFs
by Jethro Djan 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Thanks for the solution Pablo. It works well. I wanted to add more pdfs (which also has many pages) and found it was easier for me to reason in the lua side of things. This is what I have at the moment: \starttext \startluacode local function doc(fil) return fil..[[.pdf]] end local function disppdf(fname) n = 1 repeat context.externalfigure({fname},{ page = n, width = "200mm", scale = "950" }) n = n + 1 until n == context(context.noffigurepages) end local pdffiles = {"ass1", "ass2", "ass3", "ass4", "ass5", "ass6", "ass7", "ass8"} for index=1,#pdffiles do local f = doc(pdffiles[index]) context.getfiguredimensions({f}) disppdf(pdffiles[index]) end \stopluacode \stoptext I didn’t know how to get an array (or indexed table or whatever you call it) in ConTeXt/Tex. My problem is now with context(context.noffigurepages). It doesn’t produce an integer so n is being compared to nil. Am I calling it wrong? All I want to do is call \noffigurepages from the lua side. Is there something I am missing? Jethro > On 21 Aug 2022, at 4:41 PM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> wrote: > > On 8/18/22 02:13, jethro Reuel via ntg-context wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to put multiple PDF’s that were typeset differently into >> one document without modifying the individual files themselves. >> [...] >> The problem is the original page numbers show and I’d prefer that it >> did not. So I thought maybe I could clip all the page numbers from >> every page (since they are all in the same position across all the >> pages) but I don’t know how to do this with the \clip command. Any >> ideas? I already tried using \input but it gives some weird output in >> some places. It doesn’t have to use this method as long as it does >> what I need it to do. > > Hi Jethro, > > it works using \clip with \externalfigure inside a loop (\dorecurse). > > With \getfiguredimensions you get the number of pages of each PDF > document (\noffigurepages). > > The following source both generates the source PDF document and the > imposed result with clipped pages (just to see a sample of the commands > mentioned above): > > \startbuffer[newbuff] > \setuppapersize[A3] > \setupbodyfont[sans, 1200pt] > \starttext > \dorecurse{8} > {\startmakeup[page][pagestate=start, align=center, style=\bf] > \recurselevel > \stopmakeup} > \stoptext > \stopbuffer > \startmode[*first] > \savebuffer[newbuff][source_page.tex, prefix=no] > \executesystemcommand{context --purgeall source_page.tex} > \stopmode > \setuplayout[page] > \setuppapersize[A6][A4] > \setuppaper[nx=2, ny=2] > \setuparranging [XY] > \starttext > \startnotmode[*first] > \def\Doc{source_page.pdf} > \getfiguredimensions[\Doc] > \dorecurse{\noffigurepages} > {\clip[hoffset=96mm, voffset=136mm, width=105mm, height=148mm] > {\externalfigure[\Doc][page=\recurselevel]}} > \stopnotmode > \stoptext > > Just in case it might help, > > Pablo > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : https://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Size of all subscripts
by Fabrice Couvreur 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

Hello How to reduce the size of all subscripts in math mode ? Thanks Fabrice \usemodule[tikz] \protected\def\vector#1{% \starttikzpicture[baseline=(arg.base),>=stealth] \node[inner xsep=0pt] (arg) {\m{#1}}; \draw[thick,->,shorten >=-1pt] (arg.north west) -- (arg.north east); \stoptikzpicture% } \starttext \m{z_{\vector{U}}} \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Clipping multiple PDFs
by Jethro Djan 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

Thanks for the solution Pablo. It works well. I wanted to add more pdfs (which also has many pages) and found it was easier for me to reason in the lua side of things. This is what I have at the moment: \starttext \startluacode local function doc(fil) return fil..[[.pdf]] end local function disppdf(fname) n = 1 repeat context.externalfigure({fname},{ page = n, width = "200mm", scale = "950" }) n = n + 1 until n == context(context.noffigurepages) end local pdffiles = {"ass1", "ass2", "ass3", "ass4", "ass5", "ass6", "ass7", "ass8"} for index=1,#pdffiles do local f = doc(pdffiles[index]) context.getfiguredimensions({f}) disppdf(pdffiles[index]) end \stopluacode \stoptext I didn’t know how to get an array (or indexed table or whatever you call it) in ConTeXt/Tex. My problem is now with context(context.noffigurepages). Am I calling it wrong? All I want to do is call \noffigurepages from the lua side. Is there something I am missing? Jethro > On 21 Aug 2022, at 4:41 PM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> wrote: > > On 8/18/22 02:13, jethro Reuel via ntg-context wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to put multiple PDF’s that were typeset differently into >> one document without modifying the individual files themselves. >> [...] >> The problem is the original page numbers show and I’d prefer that it >> did not. So I thought maybe I could clip all the page numbers from >> every page (since they are all in the same position across all the >> pages) but I don’t know how to do this with the \clip command. Any >> ideas? I already tried using \input but it gives some weird output in >> some places. It doesn’t have to use this method as long as it does >> what I need it to do. > > Hi Jethro, > > it works using \clip with \externalfigure inside a loop (\dorecurse). > > With \getfiguredimensions you get the number of pages of each PDF > document (\noffigurepages). > > The following source both generates the source PDF document and the > imposed result with clipped pages (just to see a sample of the commands > mentioned above): > > \startbuffer[newbuff] > \setuppapersize[A3] > \setupbodyfont[sans, 1200pt] > \starttext > \dorecurse{8} > {\startmakeup[page][pagestate=start, align=center, style=\bf] > \recurselevel > \stopmakeup} > \stoptext > \stopbuffer > \startmode[*first] > \savebuffer[newbuff][source_page.tex, prefix=no] > \executesystemcommand{context --purgeall source_page.tex} > \stopmode > \setuplayout[page] > \setuppapersize[A6][A4] > \setuppaper[nx=2, ny=2] > \setuparranging [XY] > \starttext > \startnotmode[*first] > \def\Doc{source_page.pdf} > \getfiguredimensions[\Doc] > \dorecurse{\noffigurepages} > {\clip[hoffset=96mm, voffset=136mm, width=105mm, height=148mm] > {\externalfigure[\Doc][page=\recurselevel]}} > \stopnotmode > \stoptext > > Just in case it might help, > > Pablo > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : https://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________

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ConTeXt Mark IV mtxrun: If selfautoloc is /usr/bin and selfautodir is /usr, selfautoparent becomes "." instead of "/".
by amano.kenji 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

I think it's a bug.

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How to reset settings in setuphead back to defaults?
by Joel 21 Aug '22

21 Aug '22

I have some settings like this, which define the part, chapter, and section titles within a file that contains all of my common settings for all files. \definepagebreak[chapterpagebreak][yes, right] \setuphead[part][style=\sse, placehead=yes, expansion=yes] \setuphead[chapter][style=\sse, placehead=yes, expansion=yes, page=yes, numbercommand=\groupedcommand{}{\blank[1cm]}, alternative=middle, numberstyle=ssl, numbercolor=white, strut=yes, page=chapterpagebreak, header=empty] \setuphead[subject][style=\sse, placehead=yes, expansion=yes, page=yes, numbercommand=\groupedcommand{}{\blank[1cm]}, alternative=middle, numberstyle=ssl, numbercolor=white, strut=yes, page=chapterpagebreak, header=empty] A problem I have is I need one document to ignore all the above, basically pretend each of these is reset to defaults. Is there a way to rest all of the above items to default settings quickly? --Joel

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ConTeXt Workshop at FrOSCon
by juh 21 Aug '22

21 Aug '22

Dear all, my workshop is over and it was quite nice. There were five people that attended the whole workshop and two that looked into it and left after some minutes. I had their attention from the beginning, after I showed them the flyers I made for my cooperative. https://www.hasecke.eu/post/werbemittel-mit-context-gestalten/ I guess that this is what people expect from ConTeXt: individually styled products. The workshop was two hours long so that I could only show the very first steps. One interesting thing is that one person never worked with TeX or LaTeX before. The others had experience with LaTeX of course. Is this an indication that ConTeXt can attract people that never worked with TeX before? There is one thing that is quite error prone for beginners, a small detail during the installation process. Everyone worked on Linux and was able to use the command line but nonetheless two of five had problems to correctly set the PATH variable. So I have one question. Is it possible or reasonable to extend the install script so that it adds the new path directly to .bashrc? Or at least to ask the user if the script should do this? Now we have to do theses steps: sh .install.sh copy the line with the path vim .bashrc insert the line, save and exit vim source .bashrc I can think of arguments against the idea of an installation script that set the variable automatically. One thing is that not everyone uses bash, many use zsh. As I use both shells I set many environment variables in a custom file called .exportrc. So for me personally the extension of the script would be of no advantage. But maybe it can ease the way of beginners. Thanks a lot to Hraban and to Joaquín. The "introduction" and Hrabans manuscript helped me to outline the things I wanted to show. juh -- Autoren-Homepage: ......... http://literatur.hasecke.com Satiren & Essays: ......... http://www.sudelbuch.de Privater Blog: ............ http://www.hasecke.eu Netzliteratur-Projekt: .... http://www.generationenprojekt.de

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