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Fwd: [lug-leaders] BachoTeX 2024: Last minute
by Taco Hoekwater 09 Apr '24

09 Apr '24

Hi all, Please see the forwarded message from GUST below. Best wishes, Taco > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jerzy Ludwichowski <Jerzy.Ludwichowski(a)gust.org.pl> > Subject: [lug-leaders] BachoTeX 2024: Last minute > Date: 9 April 2024 at 14:09:09 CEST > To: texhax(a)tug.org, LUG boards <lug-boards(a)ifi.uio.no> > Reply-To: lug-boards(a)ifi.uio.no > > Dear TeXies, > > we've extended the deadline for "early-bird" BachoTeX 2024 registrations until 11th of April. > All the current details of the conference are available from the revamped(!) page: > > https://bachotex.gust.org.pl > > Don't hesitate, come and share the joys of TeXing together: "Ideas are born between heads" > > --Jerzy Ludwichowski > (for the Organizing Committee)

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Re: international type design
by hf＠hongfeng.ch 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

It is an interesting team. 2024年4月5日 02:52, "Henning Hraban Ramm" <texml(a)fiee.net> 写到: > Have a look at these beautiful font designs: > > https://esadtype.esad-amiens.fr/ > > Unfortunately the fonts are not available (yet). > > Take your time to browse the papers about intention, design process etc. > > I just browsed the dissertation about the (Vietnamese) "Dilinh" font and > > found the considerations interesting. > > "Gul" has matching Devanagari & Latin, "Tarisel" has variations from > > readable text to abstracted lombardic unciale, and "Wierd" has matching > > deconstructivist outlines for Arabic & Latin… > > Hraban > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Very bizarre bug
by Thomas A. Schmitz 07 Apr '24

07 Apr '24

Hi everybody, this is bizarre, but hear me out: a file that I have has a mixture of xml, TeX and Lua. It compiles cleanly, no problem, on macos and linux. I also have a little raspberry pi on which I have installed lmtx. The file compiles, BUT: it has one additional page. The first page of the document is empty and has the word "on" in the upper left hand corner of the text area. I have checked several times, it always comes out like this. Everything else is exactly the same - context version, file and environment files (everything under git, so really identical). The "on" does not appear if I just make a "hello world" document on the raspi. So my question is: how can I begin to explore where this word creeps in? I suspect it's something in the linux-aarch64 tree or some test for this architecture that is the culprit, but what would be a good way to trace it? All best Thomas

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incosistent output of --- dash
by madiazm.eoicc＠gmail.com 07 Apr '24

07 Apr '24

Hi everyone, I'm a bit puzzled because I usually don't get an em-dash when I type tree hyphens. If I use the command \emdash, no problem but when I use the hyphens some days it works... and somedays I see three small hyphens. I tried it on overleaf and of ContextOnWeb with the same inconsistency. If I create a new file it usually works right; but when I overwrite an existing file subtituting a hyphen for three where the dash should be I sometimes get it right and sometimes wrong. It is not the pdf viewer since I get good or bad results in all, the overleaf pdf preview tool, the context on web preview tool and the mozilla integrated pdf viewer. Am I missing something on the use of this ligature? (the question is just out of curiosity, since I plan to create a command that adds a hairspace after or before the dash, since I don't like it to stick to some letters like "o". thanks

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how to apply gradient color to a piece of text?
by seyal.zavira＠gmail.com 07 Apr '24

07 Apr '24

hi all, when i look at luametafun manual there are some intresting examples that can apply gradient colors to metapost paths. how i can apply this cool feature to a piece of text? i tried the code below but it does not produce any result. \definecolor[Gleft] [h=9f9393] \definecolor[Gright] [h=ff1aa4] \startMPpage picture Mytext; Mytext := btex hello etex; draw lmt_shade [ picture="Mytext", direction = "right", domain= { 0, 2 }, colors= { "headerGleft", "headerGright" }, ] ; \stopMPpage

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blank line and \placefigure
by Thomas Meyer 06 Apr '24

06 Apr '24

Hi folks, how can I suppress a blank line between a text paragraph and \placefigure? I get one there, but I don't want it. Thanks and greetings on a sunny weekend Thomas

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statistical charts module re-published
by Henning Hraban Ramm 05 Apr '24

05 Apr '24

Hi, since the Akela server at Mendel University is down since a while, I got no response from Tomáš, and it would be a pity to lose this module, I re-published the statistical charts module at https://codeberg.org/fiee/context-statistical-charts I’ll also put it on modules.contextgarden.net This is version 0.31, tagged by me as 2020-09-11 (date of the presentation). I’m sure there’s a newer version somewhere, at least at Ramkumar’s, and I’d like to update the repo to that. Also the sources for the documentation are missing. Authors, please help me save your work! Hraban

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international type design
by Henning Hraban Ramm 04 Apr '24

04 Apr '24

Have a look at these beautiful font designs: https://esadtype.esad-amiens.fr/ Unfortunately the fonts are not available (yet). Take your time to browse the papers about intention, design process etc. I just browsed the dissertation about the (Vietnamese) "Dilinh" font and found the considerations interesting. "Gul" has matching Devanagari & Latin, "Tarisel" has variations from readable text to abstracted lombardic unciale, and "Wierd" has matching deconstructivist outlines for Arabic & Latin… Hraban

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error with \sc
by Peter Münster 04 Apr '24

04 Apr '24

Hi, With ConTeXt version 2024.04.01, the \sc command produces an error: fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern rm 12pt' is loaded pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 close source > level 1, order 3, name './test.tex' backend > xmp > using file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/lpdf-pdx.xml' mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 Test file: \starttext \sc test \stoptext Is this a bug, or some misconfiguration of my installation? TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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last page number for a list
by Alan Bowen 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

How can I get the last page number of a chapter for a list (ToC)? Outside of a list, I use \lastpagenumber. But that does not work in a list such as the ToC. Any tips or pointers will be gladly received. Alan

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