ntg-context August 2023

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Reinserting a section title followed by (continued) after a page break
by Calvin Ross 04 Sep '23

04 Sep '23

I'm trying to use ConTeXt for playwriting, and I think it would be best to use sections for dialog. However, if a dialog's text is interrupted by a page break, it is customary to restate the character name followed by (continued) on the following page: --- open --- John My name is John, and I seek help with my --- page break --- John (cont'd) typesetting needs... --- end --- Maybe what I need is instead a mark? Here's a catch though, I will also need this to work for simultaneous dialog as well. This kind of dialog is represented by having dialog sections in columns: --- open --- Alice Bob John, you fool. John, you imbecile. --- page break --- Alice (cont'd) Don't you know that everyone uses Word to typeset their plays? --- end --- How can I do this kind of thing in ConTeXt? At the moment, I've been looking into adding a hook to shipout to prepend a section header with the last custom mark I've set. Even still, I don't know if this would work, or how to go about achieving this. If columns would be too difficult to implement, I'd be fine with living without (continued) support in them since they are pretty rare.

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list of modules: need changes/testing/response
by Henning Hraban Ramm 03 Sep '23

03 Sep '23

Hi all, esp. module authors! I went through the list of modules on https://modules.contextgarden.net/ (dl/) and the list that controls module installation for “--script install-modules". I removed all font-related modules from the list (not yet from the garden), since they’re probably all obsolete & outdated. Consider publishing typescripts in the wiki. The following modules don’t adhere to the necessary structure and need changes: * t-handlecsv (2023, Pablo) * metaducks (2021, Jairo) * presvoz (2023, Pablo) All of them have a name directory on top of the TDS (tex, doc). If you used a git checkout URL, please try again, for me it worked today. Several modules need testing if they still work and make sense. If their authors are present, I’d appreciate a comment if we should keep them. I’d like to delete at least everything older than 10 years. * grph-downsample.lua (2019) is known to fail in current LMTX (I hope for an integrated solution during the meeting.) t-degrade (2018) is AFAIK an older version of it – delete? * high (2018) and pret-c (2018) are syntax highlighters. Are they better than the vim and scite modules? Does it make sense to keep/update them? * karnaugh (2021, VicSanRoPe; probably OK, I just don’t understand it) * t-account (2009, Wolfgang) * t-algorithmic (2013, Wolfgang) * t-animation (2013, Wolfgang) * t-annotation (2013, Wolfgang) * t-bnf (2006, Now) * t-chromato (2008, Peter) * t-construction-plan (2008, Peter) * t-crossref (2016, Zenlima) * t-cyrillicnumbers (2016, Philipp) * t-fancybreak (2015, Wolfgang) * t-french (2011, Peter) * t-fullpage (2017, Wolfgang) * t-gantt (2012, Adam) * t-gm (2015, Luigi) * t-gnuplot (2013, Mojca) * t-greek (2013, Thomas – is this more than fonts?) * t-gs (2015, Luigi) * t-inifile (2008, Peter) * t-layout (2007, Patrick) * t-letterspace (2016, Philipp) * t-mathsets (2011, Aditya) * t-rst (2016, Philipp) * t-rsteps (2006, David) * t-simplebib (2016, Zenlima) * t-taspresent (2008, Thomas – AFAIK an old version of simpleslides) * t-title (2017, Wolfgang) * t-transliterator (2021, Philipp) * t-typearea (2008, Peter) * t-visualcounter (2018, Aditya, isn’t there a newer version?) Modules not mentioned are probably fine. Hraban

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Building luametatex with Lua symbols exposed
by Jairo A. del Rio 02 Sep '23

02 Sep '23

Hi, beloved list. Since sources are in the distribution, I've tried compiling luametatex by setting LMT_STRIP in CMakeLists.txt to 0, yet the resulting binary still warns about undefined symbols, such as lua_gettop, when an external library is loaded in Lua. Any ideas on how to solve it? Thank you in advance. Best regards, Jairo

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Fwd: Kerning feature not working
by Hans Hagen 30 Aug '23

30 Aug '23

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Kerning feature not working Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 22:17:43 +0200 From: Hans Hagen <j.hagen(a)xs4all.nl> To: Marcus Vinicius Mesquita <marcusvinicius.mesquita(a)gmail.com> On 8/30/2023 9:37 PM, Marcus Vinicius Mesquita wrote: > Dear List > > In the MWE below, the kerning feature works OK for ebgaramonditalic > but not for ebgaramondregular. > How do I fix it? > > I'm using ConTeXt version: 2023.08.27 13:48 > > > \startluacode > fonts.handlers.otf.addfeature { > name = "kernit", > type = "kern", > nocheck = true, > data = { > [0x27E8] = { ["f"] = 300, ["ﬁ"] = 300, ["ﬂ"] = 300 } > } > } > \stopluacode you need to know the code points and eb garamond is not so predictable (welcome to fonts ...) \startluacode fonts.handlers.otf.addfeature { name = "kernit", type = "kern", nocheck = true, data = { [0x27E8] = { ["f"] = 300, ["f_l"] = 300, ["f_i"] = 300, [0xFB01] = 300, [0xFB02] = 300, } } } \stopluacode > \definefontfeature[kernit][mode=node,kernit=yes] > > \starttext > \definedfont[name:ebgaramondregular*default,kernit] > > ⟨f ile > > ⟨f lame > > ⟨file > > ⟨flame > > \definedfont[name:ebgaramonditalic*default,kernit] > > ⟨f ile > > ⟨f lame > > ⟨file > > ⟨flame > > \stoptext but easier is this (an old mechanism, maybe time for an upgrade with merged vectors) \definecharacterspacing [myspacing] \setupcharacterspacing [myspacing] ["27E8] [right=0.25,alternative=1] \setupcharacterspacing [myspacing] ["27E9] [left=0.25,alternative=1] and then \setcharacterspacing[myspacing] 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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Kerning feature not working
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita 30 Aug '23

30 Aug '23

Dear List In the MWE below, the kerning feature works OK for ebgaramonditalic but not for ebgaramondregular. How do I fix it? I'm using ConTeXt version: 2023.08.27 13:48 \startluacode fonts.handlers.otf.addfeature { name = "kernit", type = "kern", nocheck = true, data = { [0x27E8] = { ["f"] = 300, ["ﬁ"] = 300, ["ﬂ"] = 300 } } } \stopluacode \definefontfeature[kernit][mode=node,kernit=yes] \starttext \definedfont[name:ebgaramondregular*default,kernit] ⟨f ile ⟨f lame ⟨file ⟨flame \definedfont[name:ebgaramonditalic*default,kernit] ⟨f ile ⟨f lame ⟨file ⟨flame \stoptext -- Todas as coisas fatigam o corpo, salvo a música, que não fatiga nem o corpo nem seus membros, por ser descanso da alma, primavera do coração, distração do aflito, entretenimento do solitário, e viático do viajante. Kunnâsh al-Hâ'ik (Cancioneiro de al-Hâ'ik)

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attribute selection
by Hans van der Meer 30 Aug '23

30 Aug '23

This line of code comes from the xml documentation (page 31): \xmlfilter{#1}{./node[@type=="cleanup"]} It should select among the <node>'s those with <node type="cleanup">. However, this node is not selected in the call to \xmlfilter. Where am I wrong? MWE follows % failure to typeset attribute selected. \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \startxmlsetups demo:attribute \xmlsetsetup{#1}{root|node}{demo:attribute:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregisterdocumentsetup{demo}{demo:attribute} \startxmlsetups demo:attribute:root Execute \type{\xmlall{#1}{./node}} \crlf \xmlall{#1}{./node} \crlf Execute \type{\xmlfilter{#1}{./node[@type=="cleanup"]}} \xmlfilter{#1}{./node[@type=="cleanup"]} \crlf \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups demo:attribute:node calling node <\xmltag{#1}> \xmlflush{#1} \crlf \stopxmlsetups \startbuffer[attribute] <root> <node>no attribute</node> <node type="cleanup">attribute type = cleanup</node> </root> \stopbuffer \startbuffer[attribute2] <root> <node>no attribute</node> <node type="cleanup">attribute type=cleanup</node> </root> \stopbuffer \starttext \ConTeXt\ version\contextversion\blank \xmlprocessbuffer{demo}{attribute}{} \stoptext Hans van der Meer

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TeX in Czech?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 30 Aug '23

30 Aug '23

Hi, a friend just asked for a LaTeX book in Czech to give a PhD student for their birthday. According to https://www.cstug.cz/informace/literatura/, there are only outdated TeX books in Czech. Is that true? Looking at the CSTUG page, I wondered why our ConTeXt meeting isn’t listed in https://www.cstug.cz/informace/zpravy/ (While TUG 2023 in Bonn is listed, BachoTeX 2023 also isn’t.) Sad. Hraban

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Re: [NTG-bestuur] Fwd: Op de post: de doos achterin bevat je 2023 DVD en alle "oudere" maps&DVD spul dat ik nog had
by Hans Hagen 29 Aug '23

29 Aug '23

On 8/29/2023 12:12 PM, Frans Goddijn wrote: > er komen nog steeds Mapsen en pakketten retour die ik vervolgens opnieuw verzend. Voorlopig voor eigen rekening want telkens die kleine bedragen declareren is ook veel gedoe. Dozen ... due juri had geen goed adres? Vreemd. Mapsen ... een piek in niet doorgegeven verhuizingen ... misschien moet er ieder jaar een mail naar de ledenlijst dat men een nieuw adres moet doorgeven als van toepassing en zoniet .. dan geen maps etc 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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Re: An strange error with section and page
by Wolfgang Schuster 27 Aug '23

27 Aug '23

Xavier B. schrieb am 23.08.2023 um 15:02: > Wolfgang, > > I detect something extrange: when I use \startexercici \stopexercici (see [https://repo.or.cz/apunts-espa-matematiques.git/blob/HEAD:/ng-entorn-minima…]) in some cases there is an *undesired* indent (see attachment image). I saw the source [https://repo.or.cz/apunts-espa-matematiques.git/blob/HEAD:/ng-aritmetica-pr…] which is the first time it happens. > > I don't see anything weird. > > Can you please help me? I found the problem but I have to discuss it with Hans. Wolfgang

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Bug between \definealternativestyle and makeup?
by Alex Leray 27 Aug '23

27 Aug '23

Hi, I found that using \definealternativestyle in conjunction with Makeup insert a page before my Makeup page. Any idea? Thanks * * * \definecharacterkerning [mykerning] [factor=0.15] \definealternativestyle[mystyle][{\setcharacterkerning[mykerning]}]. %%% BUG!!! \definemakeup [title] [doublesided=empty, pagestate=start] \starttext \starttitlemakeup Title \stoptitlemakeup \stoptext

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