ntg-context June 2024

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Trouble installing on Alpine Linux
by Bryan Kaplan 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

Hi all, I'm a *TeX novice trying and failing to install ConTeXt on Alpine Linux. *Attempt #1*: Following https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation • Error: • install.sh: line 109: /opt/context/bin/mtxrun: not found • That file does exist, but attempting to execute it fails with that error. • Full (2>&1) output: https://paste.rs/R3PK9 *Attempt #2*: Following http://www.pragma-ade.nl/install.htm • Explicitly grabbed “64 bit Linux Musl”. • Errors: • invalid database 'http://lmtx.pragma-ade.com/install-lmtx//tex/texmf-linuxmusl.tma' • sh: /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl/bin/mtxrun: not found • That file actually does *not* exist. /opt/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl is empty. • Full (2>&1) output: https://paste.rs/LjvkB Any suggestions on how I might proceed? Sincerely, Bryan Kaplan

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weekend update
by Hans Hagen 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

Hi, I uploaded a new version: -- fix for hraban's svg image (one character patch) -- more verbose link comments for pablo (for experimenting) -- support for stacking at the tex end (maybe for presentations) \starttext \definestacking[one] \definestacking[two] \startbuffer This is a test \stacking [one] {and a proof} of \stacking [two] {concept} indeed \stacking [one] {\blackrule [width=4cm]} is it and the question is how \stacking [two] {\scale [s=2] {fancy}} we can go \startstacking[one] \startformula \sqrt{1+x} \stopformula \stopstacking and how useful \stacking[two]{\inframed{it}} is. \stopbuffer \startstackingsteps[one,two,{one,two}] \startTEXpage[offset=1ts] \getbuffer \stopTEXpage \stopstackingsteps \startTEXpage[offset=1ts] \setupstacking[criterium={one}] \getbuffer \stopTEXpage \startTEXpage[offset=1ts] \setupstacking[criterium={two}] \getbuffer \stopTEXpage \startTEXpage[offset=1ts] \setupstacking[criterium={one,two}] \getbuffer \stopTEXpage \stoptext -- support for more private pdf \enabledirectives[backend.pdf.nounicode=noai] \enabledirectives[backend.pdf.nounicode=nopilot] \enabledirectives[backend.pdf.nounicode=justread] \enabledirectives[backend.pdf.nounicode=✅] \enabledirectives[backend.pdf.nounicode=✅❌] \enabledirectives[backend.pdf.nounicode=❌] \startTEXpage[offset=1ts] \input tufte \stopTEXpage The last option can be handy when you don't want to make harvesting your documents too easy for these ai bots (as in cloud based pdf stuff). It's the first outcome of the multi-year, multi-stage, very scientific 'inacessible pdf' project that Mikael S. and I recently started. 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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“call for articles” (context meeting 2023)
by Henning Hraban Ramm 23 Jun '24

23 Jun '24

Dear participants of last year’s context meeting, after a lot of procrastination and more or less resolving several technical and personal issues, I’m finally ready to work on the context journal (proceedings of the 17th context meeting in Sibřina). If I didn’t overlook anything, I got only a preliminary version of Massi’s article so far (directly after the meeting). So, please submit your talks/articles now! Additional articles (that are not related to a meeting talk in 2023 or 2024) are also welcome! Best, Hraban

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OT? LLaMa!
by Henning Hraban Ramm 23 Jun '24

23 Jun '24

You didn’t want “AI” in ConTeXt? So Søren Fuglede Jørgensen put it into a font, to auto-complete sentences. https://fuglede.github.io/llama.ttf/ Now run…

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Typesetting conversion tables, ref charts, scales, rulers in ConTeXt
by John Magolske 23 Jun '24

23 Jun '24

Hi, I'm looking into typesetting conversion tables, reference charts, scales and rulers in ConTeXt, and am wondering if anyone has done this or might have suggestions / pointers. For instance, a Tap-Drill chart. Some examples: https://templatelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tap-drill-chart-13.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20180219112507id_/https://www.starrett.com/docs… https://www.imperialsupplies.com/pdf/I_DrillSizeDecimalEquivalent&TapDrillC… https://basstool.com/pdf/literature/customer/tapdrillchart.pdf Somewhat related, typesetting a ruler, e.g. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=ruler+scale+inch+mm&ia=web I found some interesting tips here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/15157/how-to-make-a-ruler which pointed to: https://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/misc specifically this file typesets some nice rulers: https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/generic/misc/ruler.tex Aditya posted some ConTeXt on that stackexchange page: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/15185 Checking to see if anything else might be out there. Basically, I'm looking to typeset conversion charts, scales, etc for use in the machine shop and lab. Cheers, John -- John Magolske http://b79.net/contact

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Spacing within combinations
by Michael Guravage 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

Greetings, The attached MWE combines 12 images in a 3 by 4 grid; with horizontal and vertical spacing set by setupcombinations. I have two questions. First, can someone please tell me why the vertical spacing is not applied between the first and second and third and fourth rows? Second, why, If I try, e.g.c 15 images, does ConTeXt complain of a missing left brace. More generally, my mwe failed with an odd number of images, but succeeded with an even number. Thanks. With kind regards, Michael <http://literatesolutions.com>

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '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 sent 187,464 bytes received 40,628,655 bytes 3,549,227.74 bytes/sec total size is 617,039,035 speedup is 15.12 Running archiver: New dir: /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-06-21.20 271340742 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-06-21.20/latest 126745317 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-06-21.20/current 398090155 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-06-21.20 398090155 total

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(off-topic) hovering over links in Acrobat Reader
by Pablo Rodriguez 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Dear list, I have the following source: \setupbodyfont[dejavu, sans, 24pt] \setupinteraction[state=start, style=, color=, contrastcolor=, display=new] \enabledirectives[references.border=darkgreen] \def\myurl#1% {{\tt\goto{\hyphenatedurl{#1}}[url(#1)]}} \protect\def\myhref#1#2% {\goto{\hyphenatedurl{#1}}[url(#2)]} \starttext \startTEXpage[pagestate=start, offset=1em, align=center] {\bfa Hovering Over Links} \blank[1st] \attachment[method=hidden, file={signed-a.pdf}] \goto{An embedded PDF document}[signed-a::] \blank[.5st] \myurl{https://contextgarden.net} \blank[.5st] \myhref{A link to the Garden}{https://contextgarden.net} \stopTEXpage \stoptext I also attach my output, since the first link is a link to an embedded document and not the expected link to an external document (I modified ConTeXt to get that kind of link). The issue I’m experiencing with Acrobat Reader DC on Windows (automatically updated to latest version) is that when hovering over links, I get different results. The three links are (in order from top to bottom): 1. A link to the embedded document. 2. An external link with its address as text. 3. Another external link without its address as text. Some days (as today [sorry, I don’t have access to Windows now]), hovering over the three links displayed the word "link" (even with Acrobat set to Spanish). Other days, hovering over the first link displays nothing and hovering over the two other links show their actual destination address. This behavior seems so random to me that I‘m not sure I’m not missing anything. Would you be so kind to test the attached document (and the one you may generate from the sample source) hovering over the link frames in Acrobat (ideally DC updated to latest)? At least, I would like to be sure what is going on here. Hovering over links is basic precaution before clicking them. To explain that to others, I’d rather know how Acrobat (Reader) behaves in these cases. Sorry the off-topic issue and many thanks for your help in advance, Pablo

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Specify separator within setupbtx for custom bibliography rendering
by Gerion Entrup 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Hi, according to the section "Custom citation renderings" in the bibliography manual, I have specified an own setup for citation rendering. However, this seems only to work for single citations (of one source). I want to also specify the separator but did not get it to run. Here is a minimal example: ``` \setupinteraction[state=start] \startbuffer[testdata] @Book{knuth1, author = {Donald E. Knuth}, title = {TEX and METAFONT. New directions in typesetting}, year = {1979}, publisher = {Addison-Wesley}, } @Article{someother, author = {Some Person and Some Otherperson}, title = {Another title}, year = {1900}, } \stopbuffer % enable tracing \enabletrackers[publications, publications.crossref, publications.details, publications.cite, publications.strings] \usebtxdataset[main][testdata.buffer] \usebtxdefinitions[aps] \setupbtx[dataset=main] \definebtxrendering[bibrendering][aps][dataset=main, numbering=short] \setupbtxlist[aps][ alternative=b, distance=.5em, ] \definebtx[aps:cite:special][aps:cite][ left={((}, right={))}, separator:2={sfd}, separator:3={sfd}, separator:4={sfd}, ] \startsetups btx:aps:cite:special % just a dummy \btxcitereference \currentbtxtag \stopsetups \setupbtx[aps:cite][ alternative=special, ] \starttext Both said something~\cite[knuth1, someother]. \placelistofpublications[bibrendering] \stoptext ``` The output of this is: > Both said something ((knuth1someother)). How can I get the separator to work? My expectation would be: > Both said something ((knuth1sfdsomeother)). or > Both said something ((knuth1sfd someother)). Best, Gerion

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