December 2024 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

month form \currentdate in Roman numerals
by Pablo Rodriguez 03 Mar '25

03 Mar '25

Dear list, I would like to get the current month in Roman numerals (just now, it would be XII for December). The best I get is: \currentdate[\cldcontext{converters['R'] (tonumber(os.date("\letterpercent m", os.date(os.time()))))}] This strikes me as too complex (even for someone who cannot code). Is there now simpler way to write that? Just in case it may be relevant, this is part of the full day reference. Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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context / auctex problem?
by hanneder＠staff.uni-marburg.de 24 Feb '25

24 Feb '25

Apologies for this question, which is probably an auctex problem. I have a new install of everything (LinuX, emacs, texlive) and the latest (?) context (ConTeXt ver: 2024.05.27 18:16 LMTX) installed in a separate directory. Running context from the commandline works fine, so I guess I did not misspell the path, but when running "Context All" from emacs, the error is: ----- Running `ConTeXt' on `context-test' with ``context --once --nonstop context-test.tex'' /bin/sh: Zeile 1: context: Kommando nicht gefunden. TeX Output exited abnormally with code 127 at Mon Jun 17 14:03:03 ------ I don't think the .emacs is at fault, it worked before the reinstall and contains, for instance: (setq-default TeX-master t) (setq TeX-parse-self t) (setq TeX-auto-save t) (setq ConTeXt-Mark-version "IV") Any ideas welcome, Jürgen --- Prof. Dr. Juergen Hanneder Philipps-Universitaet Marburg FG Indologie u. Tibetologie Deutschhausstr.12 35032 Marburg Germany Tel. 0049-6421-28-24930 hanneder(a)staff.uni-marburg.de

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images with alt text
by Steffen Wolfrum 06 Feb '25

06 Feb '25

Hi, as publishing houses (at least in Germany) are forced to provide «alt text» with their PDF-publications (from June 2025 on), I need to know how «images with alternate text» (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_attribute) are typeset with ConTeXt LMTX. In HTML it looks like this: <img src="example.jpg" alt="Example text"> What is the equivalent in ConTeXt LMTX? Yours, Steffen

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New Module to write exam
by autumnus 02 Jan '25

02 Jan '25

hi,list Thank you to all of you who have answered my questions in the past. I've recently basically finished my first macro package at ConTeXt, which can write exam papers. If anyone is interested in this feature, feel free to experience it. There may still be some problems with it, please let me know if you can. (I'm working on writing its description and use cases.) You can download it from the address below. 1. https://modules.contextgarden.net/cgi-bin/module.cgi/action=view/id=157 2. https://github.com/Soanguy/t-basicexam autumnus

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whitespace inside synonym
by damien＠thiriet.web4me.fr 02 Jan '25

02 Jan '25

Hello, I am using the synonym mechanizm to design a glossary for my pupils. I am stuck with this: how can I insert a whitespace inside a synonym definition? What I achieved yet is: \definesynonyms [vocabulaire] [vocabulaire] [\LaDef] \starttext \vocabulaire{Unionpersonnelle}{Deux États sont en union personnelle lorsqu’ils ont le même souverain} \Unionpersonnelle\ \placelistofvocabulaire \stoptext I would like to typeset Union personnelle, without inserting a UTF-8 non breakable space. I tried {{Union personnelle}}, but don't know how may I escape the space in the macro. The answer may lay in lowlevel-macro, but I couldn't find it. Happy new year everyone! Damien Thiriet

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 30 Dec '24

30 Dec '24

receiving incremental file list ./ ctan.lsr document-2.htm download-1.htm download-2.htm logo-ade.png logo-cts.png logo-pod.png rss.xml show-fil.pdf context/latest/ context/latest/cont-lmt.zip context/latest/cont-mpd.zip context/latest/cont-ppc.zip context/latest/cont-sci.zip context/latest/cont-tmf.zip context/latest/cont-tst.7z context/latest/cont-tst.tar.xz context/latest/cont-tst.zip general/manuals/ general/manuals/columnsets.pdf general/manuals/lowlevel-balancing.pdf general/manuals/luametatex.pdf sent 205,887 bytes received 56,531,686 bytes 5,403,578.38 bytes/sec total size is 620,852,012 speedup is 10.94 Running archiver: New dir: /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-12-30.17 272537792 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-12-30.17/latest 126745317 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-12-30.17/current 399287205 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-12-30.17 399287205 total

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\goto is corrupting a URL
by Bruce Horrocks 30 Dec '24

30 Dec '24

Trying to include a URL as a clickable link using \goto but in the generated PDF the underlying link is corrupted. \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \goto{https://www.mclpcb.com/blog/polyimide-pcb-material-information-fr4-vs-polyimide-pcb/} [https://www.mclpcb.com/blog/polyimide-pcb-material-information-fr4-vs-polyi…) \stoptext Becomes: https://www.mclpcb.com/blog/polyimide%C2%ADpcb%C2%ADmaterial%C2%ADinformati… Note hyphens changed and the URL has been truncated. Version: ConTeXt ver: 2024.11.01 19:19 LMTX fmt: 2024.11.5 int: english/english — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK

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upload
by Hans Hagen 30 Dec '24

30 Dec '24

Hi, It's about end of the year, so I updated lmtx. The most significant "change" is that columnsets are in the processed of being replaced which involves a "change in approach". As a consequence, when you use that mechanism - we're not sure how many actually do - and want the old code to kick in you need to load the "oldcolumnsets" module. Mikael S and I have been working on the new implementation but are not finished. We plan to have a reasonable stable version around may 2025 and a release at the ctx 2025 meeting when we also hope to have a new (additional) manual ready. We also test on real (complex) documents which triggers new challenges and solutions. The current code works ok but can best not be used for production (and some new features are undocumented anyway). Teaser: deep down the approach is quite different from the previous one but more reliable and it produced better quality output. Columnsets are also the mechanism that parallel document(stream)s will use. Like upgraded math and (multipass) paragraph optimization the mechanisms used are also a quite fundamental extensions that will be documented independently and likely used elsewhere. 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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[ natural tables ]
by vm 30 Dec '24

30 Dec '24

copying the example from page 4 in https://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/enattab.pdf 8<--- \starttext Natural Tables begin prev next quit 1 2 3 4 1 2/3 4 1 4 1 2 3 4 \bTABLE[align={middle,lohi}] \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD[nr=2,nc=2,color=red] 2/3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext --->8 i don't get the same result as is show in the manual. rather the color=red seems to spread over the frame of the cell as well. did some defaults change over time, or am i missing something? .Floris

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issue when the encapsulation ‘startitem stopitem’ command is in another self-defined command
by autumnus 29 Dec '24

29 Dec '24

hi, I'm creating a command that can format multiple choice questions on my own. I've done most of it at the moment. But I want more, so I'm trying to create more versions of this command that is already nearing completion. So I'm using the following command to create a command with more possibilities. I've noticed that ‘startitem stopitem’ isn't working. Their location and serial number are anomalous. %%%% Removed some unnecessary commands to show what the problem was. % macros=mkvi \starttext \unprotect \installnamespace {chitem} \installcommandhandler \????chitem {chitem} \????chitem \appendtoks \setuevalue{\e!start\currentchitem}{\startnamedchitem [\currentchitem]}% \setuevalue{\e!stop \currentchitem}{\stopnamedchitem}% \to \everydefinechitem \tolerant\protected\def\markedchoice#1{{\sym{@} \red sym : #1}} \tolerant\protected\def\normalchoice#1{\startitem normal : #1\stopitem} \tolerant\protected\def\\calc_maxwidth#1{} %The longest option text is calculated by comparison to % determine the number of columns that can be typeset \tolerant\protected\def\startnamedchitem[#chitem]#*[#mark]#*[#option]#*#choice\stopnamedchitem% {\begingroup % \ifarguments 0\or :1\or +2\or =3\or !4\fi \def\currentchitem{#chitem}% \edef\p_correctmark{*}\edef\p_paramark{#mark}% \calc_maxwidth{#choice}% \ifx\p_paramark\p_correctmark \markedchoice{#choice}% \else \normalchoice{#choice}% \fi\endgroup} \def\stopnamedchitem{} \definechitem[chitem] \protect \startitemize[n,horizontal,two]% % The process of calculating the number of formattable columns % has been removed and the results of the calculations are used directly. \startchitem xxx\stopchitem \startchitem[*]correct choice\stopchitem \startchitem xxx\stopchitem \startchitem xxx\stopchitem \stopitemize \stoptext %%%%% thanks for any help, autumnus

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