April 2024 - ntg-context

Why are ConTeXt-SBL endnotes empty?
by Joel 22 Apr '24

22 Apr '24

A few years back, I tried using endnotes with ConTeXt-SBL, and it failed to compile. I'm forced to try again (due to some other issue with footnotes), and instead of compiling to error, it compiles, but the footnote's message ends up being empty. Why is it appearing empty? Is there a fix? Here is a minimum working example: \usemodule[publ-imp-sbl] \startbuffer [bib] @Article{na2006, title={Volcanoes \word{of} New Mexico}, year={2006}, journal={New Mexico Earth Matters}, publisher={New Mexico Bureau \word{of} Geology \word{and} Mineral Resources}, volume={6}, number={1}, location={Socorro, New Mexico} } @Book{clark1989, author = {Clark, William}, title = {Railroads \word{and} railroad towns \word{in} New Mexico}, publisher = {New Mexico Magazine}, year = {1989}, address = {Albuquerque, New Mexico}, isbn = {9780937206126} } \stopbuffer \usebtxdataset[bib.buffer] \setupbtx[dataset=default] \usebtxdefinitions[sbl] \setupbtx[sbl] \setupnote[footnote][location=none] \starttext \input knuth \cite[clark1989] \placenotes[footnote] \startchapter[title=Bibliography] \placelistofpublications \stopchapter \stoptext --Joel

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minwidth not working ?
by denis.maier＠unibe.ch 22 Apr '24

22 Apr '24

Hi, Shouldn't minwidth set a default minimal width for external figures? But this here does not work ========================================================== \setupexternalfigures [ maxwidth=\textwidth, minwidth=\textwidth, location={local,global,default}, ] \starttext \externalfigure[cow.pdf] \externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=\textwidth] \stoptext ========================================================== Am I missing something here? Best, Denis

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floats re-ordering and numbering
by denis.maier＠unibe.ch 22 Apr '24

22 Apr '24

Hi, I've found that occasionally the order of floats change, but the numbering still reflects the order in the input file. Is that the intended behaviour? Is there a way to number to floats according to their order in the (visual) output? Best, Denis %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \setupexternalfigures [location={local,global,default}] \setupfloats[compress=no] \setupfloat[figure][default=top] \starttext \input knuth \placefigure{Cow 1}{\externalfigure[cow][ width=.5\textwidth, ]} \placefigure{Cow 2}{\externalfigure[cow][ width=.8\textwidth, ]} \placefigure{Cow 3}{\externalfigure[cow][ width=.7\textwidth, ]} \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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kpfonts
by Xavier B. 21 Apr '24

21 Apr '24

Hi, Just a courious: is there kpfonts available for context? I love kpfonts. Thanks in advance, Xavier

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[off topic] non-English programming languages: Arab and Cuneiform
by Henning Hraban Ramm 21 Apr '24

21 Apr '24

Came across this, I guess some of you might find it interesting: https://nas.sr/%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A8/ https://github.com/MrLogarithm/emeszida

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How to isolate serious errors from warnings?
by Joel 20 Apr '24

20 Apr '24

I'm about to have a lengthy (2,000+ page) document published. Normally if it compiles and looks okay, I regard that as meaning no errors appeared, but I've noticed that sometimes ConTeXt will still compile, even if something isn't displayed on screen as it should: (1) I tried placing a table inside a startitemize environment, as instead of it not compiling, it left a message in the document warning that wasn't supported. (2) In another case, I had an image that ConTeXt couldn't find, as I mispelled the filenmame, and it fully compiled and made a PDF, without me noticing. (3) Or maybe in some case, a font couldn't be found for a specific character, so a single character in the file isn't displaying. Those are just some examples; I intended for something to be printed on the PDF, but it isn't showing there. Since a document of this size will have a lot of messages, is there a way to adjust the settings, from "show everything" to "show some" to "show only serious errors"? Or maybe to use > to send the errors to another file for careful study? (using Linux if that matters) --Joel

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Re: Weird (?) float placement for specific widths of image
by denismaier＠mailbox.org 19 Apr '24

19 Apr '24

Hi again, just a quick follow up on this one. Can anyone reproduce this? Would be good to know how this can be fixed. I have this in a real document, and as I'm typesetting a XML source I cannot just adjust slightly adjust the dimensions to get rid of that. Best, Denis Von: denismaier(a)mailbox.org <denismaier(a)mailbox.org> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. April 2024 13:37 An: 'ntg-context(a)ntg.nl' <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Betreff: Weird (?) float placement for specific widths of image Hi, another graphics/floats question: consider the following example %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \setupexternalfigures [location={local,global,default}] \starttext \placefigure{A Cow}{\externalfigure[cow][ height=.5\textheight, ]} \placefigure{A Cow}{\externalfigure[cow][ height=.3\textheight, %height=.4\textheight, ]} \placefigure{A Cow}{\externalfigure[cow][ width=3cm, %width=2cm, ]} \placefigure{A Cow}{\externalfigure[cow][width=2cm]} \placefigure{A Cow}{\externalfigure[cow][width=2cm]} \stoptext%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% On the first page, the images appear stacked above each other while on the second page they appear next to each other. It took me some time to reproduce this behaviour, and I can't claim to understand what is happening. But it seems to be related to the specific widths of the images. When I change them to other values the behaviour disappears. Is this a bug? Anything I can do about this? Best Denis

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preventing column break after section title
by Peter Münster 18 Apr '24

18 Apr '24

Hi, How could I prevent a column break after the second section title please? Minimal example: \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \section{title 1} \dorecurse{22}{bla\par} \section{title 2} % Here starts a new column. \startitemize \dorecurse{15}{\item bla} \stopitemize \stopcolumns \stoptext I’ve tried "\setuphead[section][after={\columnbreak[no]}]", but it does not help. TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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Most recent context doesn't like synctex?
by Jim 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

Hi, I have both TeXlive 2024 and the stand-alone ConTeXt distribution on my system. Recently, the stand-alone ConTeXt distribution seems to not create a synctex file any more. Specifically, /usr/local/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/context --once --texutil --synctex=1 --nonstop file.tex does not create a .synctex file (and deletes it, if it is there), whereas the TeXlive version /usr/local/texlive/2024/bin/x86_64-linux/context --once --texutil --synctex=1 --nonstop nwg_newsletter_2024_04.tex does create the .synctex file. The ConTeXt distribution version *does* create the file if --nonstop is *not* used. Knowing that, I can work around this for now, although emacs+auctex probably won't be happy without --nonstop. I updated the stand-alone ConTeXt a few minutes ago, so I'm up to date on that. Is this a bug introduced by some recent change? Thanks. Jim

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[ using horizontal table lines ]
by vm 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

I'm probably using the \starttable incorrectly: with this code I only get only *one* horizontal line in the header \starttable[|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|l|r|r|r|r|][bodyfont=9pt] \NC step\NC frac\NC ival\NC \NC\Use{4}[cI]{freq (Hz)}\NC~\NC\Use{4}[cI]{wavelength (m)}\AR \NC\DC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[4]\AR \NC 0 \NC 0.00 \NC 0.000 \NC 12.50\NC 13.75\NC 15.00\NC 12.25\NC A\ \NC 27.20\NC 24.73\NC 22.67\NC 27.76\AR \NC 1 \NC 0.08 \NC 0.115 \NC 13.94\NC 15.34\NC 16.73\NC 13.66\NC A\#\NC 24.38\NC 22.17\NC 20.32\NC 24.88\AR \NC 2 \NC 0.17 \NC 0.222 \NC 15.28\NC 16.81\NC 18.34\NC 14.97\NC B\ \NC 22.25\NC 20.23\NC 18.54\NC 22.71\AR \stoptable with this code I get two horizontal lines, but the second is too short. \starttable[|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|l|r|r|r|r|][bodyfont=9pt] \NC step\NC frac\NC ival\NC \NC\Use{4}[cI]{freq (Hz)}\NC~\NC\Use{4}[cI]{wavelength (m)}\AR \NC\DC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[3]\AR \NC 0 \NC 0.00 \NC 0.000 \NC 12.50\NC 13.75\NC 15.00\NC 12.25\NC A\ \NC 27.20\NC 24.73\NC 22.67\NC 27.76\AR \NC 1 \NC 0.08 \NC 0.115 \NC 13.94\NC 15.34\NC 16.73\NC 13.66\NC A\#\NC 24.38\NC 22.17\NC 20.32\NC 24.88\AR \NC 2 \NC 0.17 \NC 0.222 \NC 15.28\NC 16.81\NC 18.34\NC 14.97\NC B\ \NC 22.25\NC 20.23\NC 18.54\NC 22.71\AR \stoptable with this code I get two horizontal lines, with correct length, but above the wrong columns \starttable[|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|l|r|r|r|r|][bodyfont=9pt] \NC step\NC frac\NC ival\NC \NC\Use{4}[cI]{freq (Hz)}\NC~\NC\Use{4}[cI]{wavelength (m)}\AR \NC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[4]\AR \NC 0 \NC 0.00 \NC 0.000 \NC 12.50\NC 13.75\NC 15.00\NC 12.25\NC A\ \NC 27.20\NC 24.73\NC 22.67\NC 27.76\AR \NC 1 \NC 0.08 \NC 0.115 \NC 13.94\NC 15.34\NC 16.73\NC 13.66\NC A\#\NC 24.38\NC 22.17\NC 20.32\NC 24.88\AR \NC 2 \NC 0.17 \NC 0.222 \NC 15.28\NC 16.81\NC 18.34\NC 14.97\NC B\ \NC 22.25\NC 20.23\NC 18.54\NC 22.71\AR \stoptable diff: \NC\DC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[4]\AR \NC\DC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[3]\AR \NC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[4]\AR There is (probably) a correct way to solve this. .Floris

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