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IBM Plex updates
by Henning Hraban Ramm 26 Sep '22

26 Sep '22

Hi, just for information: There were new releases of the IBM Plex fonts recently: https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases They’re now at version 2.3. Some faces were annoyingly renamed (Semi Bold and Medium to SmBld and Medm). Hraban

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Spacing in \unit
by Gavin 25 Sep '22

25 Sep '22

Hello list, I have a few questions about space produced by the unit command. Consider this MWE \starttext \unit{3.00e8 kg m/s} $\unit{3.00e8 kg m/s}$ \stoptext The dot between “kg” and “m” has different spacing depending on whether the \unit command is in text or math mode. I think that the tighter spacing in the first one, in text, is correct. I personally would also like less space around the \times. To me, the number 3.00e8 should be typeset more like a single number, rather than like a product of 3.00 and 10^8. I am probably in the minority here. If \unit and \digit had an option for tighter spacing around the \times, I’d use it, but the current output with more space is probably what most people expect and want. Perhaps something like [scispace=tight]. Finally, \unit does not play nicely with surrounding spaces. For example: $2\pi\,\unit{3.00e8 kg m/s}$ causes a fatal error: tex error > tex error on line 9 in file ./Untitled.tex: Incompatible glue units (case 1) <macro> \phys_units_direct #1->\begingroup \the \everyunits \ifdim \lastskip >\zeropoint \settrue \c_phys_units_dospace \removelastskip \fi \c_phys_digits_method \unitparameter \c!method \relax \ifmmode \else \dontleavehmode \fi \edef \currentunit {#1}\always\edef \unitlanguag <line 3.9> $2\pi\,\unit {3.00e8 kg m/s}$ Using \thinspace produces the same fatal error. Putting the 2\pi after the \unit{…} can also cause surprises. $\unit{3.00e8 kg m/s}\times 2\pi$ produces a \times that is right up against the “s”. I am very happy with all of the work done on spacing in math. I hope that my observations above are helpful in fine-tuning the excellent system. Thanks! Gavin P.S. I am on as M1 Mac, using ConTeXt ver: 2022.09.11 20:44 LMTX fmt: 2022.9.25 int: english/english.

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Is there an "align with item on facing page" option?
by Bruce Horrocks 25 Sep '22

25 Sep '22

Is there a way to align text with an item on the facing page? I'm typesetting author biographies for a book and I'm doing two per page. The author's name appears on a line of its own in \tfa size and then the bio text follows. Ideally I'd like their names aligned so that all four (on a two page spread) appear nicely symmetrical. Currently I'm using \godown[\dimexpr80mm-\pagetotal] (for A5 pages) between each pair which works nicely in that if the first biography is too long it overlaps and I know to edit it to be shorter. However, if the second biography is a little long, it pushes the first back up the page a little - maybe only one line - and then it no longer aligns with the the one on the facing page. If I could somehow tell ConTeXt to vertically align the author names then that might do the job? I've tried using two frames above each other with fixed min and maxheight but then I can't get the author's thumbnail picture to place properly and have the text wrap around it. Any thoughts? — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK

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line numbering for \setuptyping
by Pablo Rodriguez 25 Sep '22

25 Sep '22

Dear list, I have the following sample: \setuplinenumbering[typing] [step=3] \starttext \starttyping[numbering=line] Line Line Line \stoptyping \stoptext Which \setuplinenumbering is applied to typing fragments? Just in case my question isn’t clear: how can I get "step=3" in the sample above? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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Math alignment question
by Jeong Dal 24 Sep '22

24 Sep '22

Dear Mikael and Hans, Recently, you introdued the new command “\alignhere, \breakhere, \skiphere” which works fine. Since I usually use the following code that is adopted from My Way(Mathalign.pdf), I’d like to know that there is a way to use “\alignhere, \breakhere, \skiphere” for the case below? \startformula\startalign \NC A \NC = 3 \NR \NC B \NC = 5 \NR \stopalign\stopformula Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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setupregister with realpage?
by Benjamin Buchmuller 24 Sep '22

24 Sep '22

Dear list, \setuplist has the convenient option [pagenumber=realpage] \setupregister has not (yet). How can I get the realpagenumber instead of the userpagenumber for the register indices? I tried \def\MyPageCommand#1{\realpagenumber} \setupregister[MyIndex][pagecommand=\MyPageCommand] but this prints only the current (although real) page number. Thank you! Benjamin

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Math alignment problem
by Jan-Erik Hägglöf 22 Sep '22

22 Sep '22

Dear List! I do not know how to solve this issue. I want the formulas appear on same height, as you can se on the attachment the formula containing a fraction displaces on another vertical position compared to the other equations. How do I correct this? Code snippet pasted from garden \starttext \startitemize[a,columns,three] \item $ 56 + 2 \cdot 3 $ \item $ 5-(7) $ \item $ \frac{21}{7} $ \stopitemize \stoptext Thanks in advance Jan-Erik

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Combining Macron Below needed
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Sep '22

22 Sep '22

Hi, a text is to be set in Garamond Premier Pro and uses this character: ḵ Is there a way to set a combining macron below (U+0331), preferable in a Garamond-like font? Best, Steffen

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hash for buffer contents
by Pablo Rodriguez 22 Sep '22

22 Sep '22

Dear list, I have the following sample: \ctxlua{require("util-sha")} \starttext \startbuffer[abc] samples \stopbuffer \cldcontext{utilities.sha2.hash512("buffer-name")} \stoptext Is there any way to get "utilities.sha2.hash512" with the contents of the "abc" buffer? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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missing space with French quotation
by Peter Münster 22 Sep '22

22 Sep '22

Hi, With the latest ConTeXt version, there is a missing space: \mainlanguage[fr] \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \starttext bla \quotation{OK} bla\\ bla «OK» bla \startquotation Here is missing space \stopquotation \stoptext How could I get back the space before "»" please? TIA for any help, -- Peter

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