April 2024 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

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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PDF/UA-2, WTPDF
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Apr '24

07 Apr '24

Quoting a post by Philipp Kiff, https://mastodon.social/@pkiff/112219488889350928: In amongst the release of PDF/UA-2 (PDF for Universal Accessibility) and the new Well-Tagged PDF (WTPDF) standard last month, some PDF professionals may have missed two other new resources that may help explain and view them: 1. Questions and Answers about Tagged PDF from PDF association 2. Acrobat Custom File Info Panels by Peter Wyatt Last month saw the release of PDF/UA-2 and the new Well-Tagged PDF (WTPDF) standard - neither of which revokes PDF/UA-1. And none of those are the same as PDF 1.7 vs 2.0. To many, the landscape of PDF specs may now seem littered with confusing acronyms and versions! For some help disentangling it all, the PDF association has a Questions and Answers about Tagged PDF: https://pdfa.org/resource/tagged-pdf-q-a/ In related news, Peter Wyatt released Acrobat Custom File Info Panels. This is a free extension for Acrobat that adds new panels to the XMP metadata shown when you view File > Properties in Acrobat Pro. The new panels allow you to view the additional conformance claims and dated revisions of ISO standards that can now be included in PDFs, but that aren't currently visible in the standard Acrobat panels. https://pdfa.org/discovering-pdf-metadata/ One thing I realized in reading through the new standards and looking at various sample files this week is that I should probably spend some time learning LaTeX! Both LaTeX and LibreOffice are already capable of producing PDF/UA-2 files, and with some tweaking, LaTeX can produce what appear to be really good WTPDF files. Kudos to both those development teams! https://github.com/latex3/tagging-project/discussions/72 Finally, in case you missed earlier posts from last month, here are links to the official sources for the two new PDF standards that these other resources relate to: 1. PDF/UA-2 https://pdfa.org/iso-14289-2-pdfua-2/ 2. Well-Tagged PDF (WTPDF) https://pdfa.org/wtpdf/

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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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what about "textdisplay"?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

A while ago, I was pointed (by Wolfgang or Hans, I guess) to \start/stoptextdisplay to enhance whitespace handling around images. I wanted to document it, but can’t find it in the sources: $ context --find=textdisplay mtx-context | …/tex/texmf-context/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/ontarget/ontarget-profiles.tex mtx-context | mtx-context | 196 \starttextdisplay … mtx-context | 277 \stoptextdisplay mtx-context | mtx-context | …/tex/texmf-context/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/ontarget/ontarget-standardize.tex mtx-context | mtx-context | 888 \starttextdisplay … mtx-context | 941 \stoptextdisplay mtx-context | These two documents use it and compile flawlessly. What’s on? Hraban

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OT: San Seriffe
by Henning Hraban Ramm 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

in honour of Knuth and the current occasion: https://realdougwilson.com/writing/san-serriffe Hraban

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