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x mark symbol and general symbol guide
by Gerion Entrup 15 Jun '24

15 Jun '24

Hi, I recently tried to typeset a table with checkmarks and x marks. \checkmark exists but is there a predefined x mark symbol (\xmark does not work)? In general: For LaTeX there exists the very helpful comprehensive LaTeX symbol list [1]. Is there a similar documentation for ConTeXt somewhere? Best, Gerion [1] https://www.ctan.org/pkg/comprehensive

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Wiki - test/proposal to further clarify documentation
by garulfo＠azules.eu 19 May '24

19 May '24

Hi all, I just discover the Diátaxis documentation framework : - https://www.diataxis.fr/ - 30min video : "What nobody tells you about documentation", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4vKPhjcMZg , from Daniele Procida at PyCon 2017 As I understand it, it can help both readers and writers of the documentation by clarifying the purpose of each element. So I started a potential new "welcome page" : https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page2 The main lines would be : - Tutorials: installation pages, step by step examples - How-to guides: most of the existing wiki pages which are not https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Commands/ ... - Discussions and manuals: most of the existing manuals - Reference : the pages dedicated to commands which already include link to mailing list, stack exchange, ConTeXt's source - https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Commands - https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=Command%2F To match the logic of Diátaxis, maybe some material from command pages should be moved from "Reference" to "How-to guides", for example, when the examples go beyond "pure description" and begin to deal with "how-to" cases, e.g. : - Reference for setuphead: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setuphead - How-to guides for headings: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Titles If it make sense, and according to your feedbacks, I can continue to reallocate existing contents. Thanks for your feedback and thoughts. Garulfo

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Hbox error with itemized list on second page
by Ross Schulman 14 May '24

14 May '24

Hello, I'm attempting to format a resume in Context building off of a template I found online. I'm having an odd error with some bullets on the second page, however. I'm guessing it has something to do with my \definelayout for the second (and subsequent) pages, but I can't figure it out for sure. What is happening is that whichever bullets are at the top of the second page are being wrapped as if they were appearing on the first page, which has a different layout structure. I've pasted a sanitized version of the tex file below. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Ross Schulman ---------------------------- \usemodule[ipsum] \setuppapersize[letter] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \definelayout[first] [% horizontal backspace=2.5in, leftmargin=1.75in, leftmargindistance=0.25in, width=5.5in, rightmargin=0in, % vertical topspace=0pt, header=1.2in, headerdistance=.1in, height=middle, footerdistance=0pt, footer=\lineheight, bottomspace=.5in] \definelayout[rest] [% horizontal leftmargin=0in, width=6.5in, rightmargin=0in, % % vertical topspace=0pt, header=1in, headerdistance=.1in, height=middle, footerdistance=0pt, footer=\lineheight, bottomspace=.3in] \definelayout[1][first] \definelayout[2][rest] \setupmarginblock [location=left, width=\leftmarginwidth, align=flushright] \usecolors[svg] \definehead[contacts][title] \setuphead [contacts] [ align=center, page=no, after={\thinrule\blank[big]}] \definehead[topic][subject] \setuphead [topic] [ after={\hairline}] \defineitemgroup [timeline] [before=, inbetween=, width=6em] \setuplines[before=,after=,command=\strut] \definelayer[mybkgr][x=0mm,y=0mm, width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \setupbackgrounds[page][background={mybkgr}] \starttext \setlayerframed [mybkgr] [] [background=color, framecolor=forestgreen, backgroundcolor=forestgreen, foregroundcolor=white, width=\paperwidth, height=\dimexpr\topspace+\headerheight\relax] {\dontleavehmode{\tfd ROSS SCHULMAN}\blank[medium] policy technologist } \startmarginblock \topic{CONTACT} \startlines 1234 Main St NW Washington, DC 20011 \stoplines \topic{LANGUAGES} \startlines English (Native Speaker) Spanish (Conversational) \stoplines \topic{TECH} \startlines Rust Javascript \letterampersand\space Typescript Linux Administration Google and Microsoft Office Suites \stoplines \stopmarginblock \setupalign[flushleft] \topic{EXPERIENCE} \starttimeline \sym{2021--Now}\color[forestgreen]{Lorem Ipsum Foundation}\hfill \color[darkgrey]{\tfx San Francisco, CA (remote)} Senior Fellow \startitemize[packed] \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \stopitemize \sym{2015--2021}\color[forestgreen]{Other Place About Lorem}\hfill \color[darkgrey]{\tfx Washington, DC} Senior Lorem Counsel \startitemize[packed] \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \stopitemize \sym{2014--2015}\color[forestgreen]{Lorems R Us}\hfill \color[darkgrey]{\tfx Washington, DC} Lorem Manager \startitemize[packed] \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \stopitemize \sym{2010--2014}\color[forestgreen]{Computer and Communications Industry Association}\hfill \color[darkgrey]{\tfx Washington, DC} Lorem Project Manager \startitemize[packed] \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \stopitemize \sym{2005--2007}\color[forestgreen]{Center for Lorem Ipsum}\hfill \color[darkgrey]{\tfx Washington, DC} Program Associate \startitemize[packed] \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \stopitemize \stoptimeline \stoptext

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\par and \startlines
by denis.maier＠unibe.ch 01 May '24

01 May '24

Hi, I'm trying to typeset a poem from XML, but I can't figure out how to make the inbetween key working here. As the source is XML, I cannot just add an empty line to start a new group of lines inside \startlines...\stoplines. I guess, there must be a command to do that, but \par seems to have no effect here. How can this be done? Best, Denis %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \setuplines[before={\blank},after={\blank},inbetween={ARE WE INBETWEEN?\blank}] % XML Nodes auswählen \startxmlsetups xml:test \xmlsetsetup{#1}{*}{-} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{doc|poem|stanza|line}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:test} \startxmlsetups xml:doc \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:poem \startlines \xmlflush{#1} \stoplines \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:stanza \xmlflushlinewise{#1}\par %this has no effect \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:line \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startbuffer[test] <?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes?> <doc> <poem> <stanza> <line>The</line> <line>lines</line> <line>are</line> <line>there!</line> </stanza> <stanza> <line>The</line> <line>lines</line> <line>are</line> <line>there!</line> </stanza> </poem> </doc> \stopbuffer \starttext This works: \startlines The lines are there! The lines are there! \stoplines Apparently, \type{\par} has no effect here: \startlines The lines are there!\par% \par has no effect here The lines are there! \stoplines For background, this is what I'm actually trying to do: \xmlprocessbuffer{test}{test}{} \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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Font switching for titles and subtitle not working as expected ?
by denis.maier＠unibe.ch 30 Apr '24

30 Apr '24

Hi, I just jumbled upon this question on tex stackexchange : https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/715799/context-switching-font-for-b… Using the style key as suggested in the accepted answer works, but I've had a look in to this, and I don't understand why the original code does not work. I've also tried to find a solution using textcommand instead of command, but that makes no difference. Only one setting will be accepted. As soon as both, titles and subjects, are changed only the first change will be accepted. Is this a bug, or am I missing something? Best, Denis %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Original MWE \define[2]\mytitle{% \switchtobodyfont[chorus]% #2 } \define[2]\mysubject{% \switchtobodyfont[chorus]% #2 } \setuphead[title][command=\mytitle] \setuphead[subject][command=\mysubject] \starttext \title{In Zapf Chancery} \subject{Apparently the default font. Why?} And in the default font, just as expected. \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Adapted MWE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \define[1]\mytitleformat{% \switchtobodyfont[chorus]% #1 } %\setuphead[subject,title][textcommand=\mytitleformat] %\setuphead[title][textcommand=\mytitleformat] \setuphead[subject][textcommand=\mytitleformat] % this will adapt the format for subjects, as long as titles are not changed \starttext \title{In Zapf Chancery} \subject{Apparently the default font. Why?} And in the default font, just as expected. \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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Re: QR Code (Henning Hraban Ramm)
by Benjamin Buchmuller 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

Hi Hraban, Downgrading zint to 2.12.0 worked for me. Many thanks! In case someone is experiencing similar issues, I ran: brew remove zint curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/962d789d26c9d8f760… > zint.rb brew install zint.rb zint --version (should be 2.12.0) [follow the instructions to symlink zint to tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/lib/luametatex/zint] mtxrun --generate

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Re: ConteXt commands in an rtl environment
by Wolfgang Schuster 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

Alan Bowen schrieb am 29.04.2024 um 19:37: > I used TeXShop and PopChar Pro to get the letter ר so that it is l2r. > > Not a great solution but it works when one is working in r2l text. > (Thank heaven for Unicode.) > > I will have a look at Visual Studio Code. I tested a few text editors with better RTL support and all of them show the text in the same way as TeXShop. Support for RTL in Visual Studio Code seems to be limited because the editor doesn't use the Unicode Bidi Algorithm [1]. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bidirectional_text#Editors Wolfgang

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unprotecting when defining in Lua
by Pablo Rodriguez 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

Dear list, I have the following sample: \starttext \startluacode function document.test(str) context(str) end interfaces.definecommand { name = "testing", protected = false, macro = document.test, } \stopluacode \meaningfull\testing \def\test#1{#1} \meaningfull\test \stoptext Which is the right way to use "interfaces.definecommand" to get a simple command as in standard TeX? I mean, no a non \permanent or non \protected command. Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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ConteXt commands in an rtl environment
by Alan Bowen 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

I am having trouble entering ConteXt commands in an rtl language, in this case Hebrew. How does one make the last(left hand) letter of the Hebrew word אשר a superscript? My experiments with \high{...} have not been successful so far in part, I think, because I have not got the brackets right. Any tips or pointers will be gratefully received. Alan

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Why Difference Between \placefloat and \definefloat
by urban.m＠ca.rr.com 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

I swear I used to understand this stuff. I plead old age. Why do I get two different results from the float placements here: definefloat[mysidebar][mysidebars] setupfloat[mysidebar][leftmargindistance=-.25in,rightmargindistance=-.25in,outer,none] defineframedtext [sidebartext] [width=.4textwidth,bodyfont=small,corner=round,background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray,align=flushleft] starttext This is a bit of text placefloat[sidebar][leftmargindistance=-.25in,rightmargindistance=-.25in,outer,none]{}{ startsidebartext This is a short sidebar stopsidebartext } And something to follow. A bit of text placemysidebar{}{ startsidebartext This is a short sidebar stopsidebartext } And something to follow. stoptext

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