June 2024 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

[ remove all metadata in pdf ]
by vm 10 Jun '24

10 Jun '24

Is there a parameter for context lmtx to strip all metadata from the generated pdf? Or is that a better task for exiftool afterwards? .F

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dimen 100.0pt not 100.0pt?
by Hans van der Meer 10 Jun '24

10 Jun '24

The I do not understand. I am testing if a dimension set can be checked against the expected value. It looks like 100.0pt is not really 100.0pt. Why? And how can I do this test properly with true as result? \scratchdimen=100pt\relax \iftok{\the\scratchdimen}{100.0pt}true\else false\fi printing \the\scratchdimen results in 100.0pt while \meaning\scratchdimen results in: constant dimension 100.0pt yours sincerely dr. Hans van der Meer

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Bibliography: separating different kinds of literature OR Sectioning bibliography by type
by Ben Moon 09 Jun '24

09 Jun '24

Hey there, I would like to place a list of bibliography according to types (article, book, in proceedings) in my document. Similar like here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/112874/sectioning-bibliography-by-t… Sectioning bibliography by type (with multiple types per section) tex.stackexchange.com and here: https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg77056.html The example provided by Hans doesn’t seem to properly work any more, and I cannot make the suggestion work of using two different datasets work as suggested in the same thread. So this is where I’m stuck: \definebtxdataset[main] \usebtxdataset[main][maindata.buffer] \definebtxdataset[images] \usebtxdataset[images][imagedata.buffer] \usebtxdefinitions[mycustom, aps] \setupbtx[dataset=main] \definebtxrendering[bibrendering][mycustom, aps][dataset=main] \definebtxrendering[bibimgrendering][mycustom, aps][dataset=images] \placelistofpublications[bibrendering] \placelistofpublications[bibimgrendering] It would be much appreciated if someone could provide a working example? Thank you very much Ben

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Scale notation base on current font
by seyal.zavira＠gmail.com 08 Jun '24

08 Jun '24

Hi all, There's a problem when I want to define the note so that it's displayed according to the size and font of the text: this MWE change the notation size: \definenote[Mynote][location=text,before={},] \setupnote[Mynote] [location=left, textcommand=\tfb \raise 0.2ex\hbox, ] \starttext hello \Mynote{refrence} \placenotes[Mynote] \stoptext but i cannot set it for \tfxx. also it's relative to my main body font, and my current font and color doesn't apply to text. for example if my current text has color red with another font the note doesn't change according to it, and will display identical everywhere. And when I try to define it like this MWE: \definenote[Mynote][location=text,before={},] \setupnote[Mynote] [location=left, textcommand= \scale [height=0.7ex] \raise 0.2ex\hbox, ] \starttext hello \Mynote{refrence} \placenotes[Mynote] \stoptext it doesn't work. how i should define such notes?

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ConTeXt source from XML
by Christoph Edenhauser 08 Jun '24

08 Jun '24

Dear list, I am currently trying to get into Context and XML. I would like to do the typographical fine-tuning in Context and not in the XML document. My question is: Is it possible to have ConTeXt output a (preliminary) ConTeXt file instead of typesetting a PDF file, for further editing? Christoph

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missing space with French quotation
by Peter Münster 07 Jun '24

07 Jun '24

Hi, When using \start/stopquotation in French documents, there is a missing space: \mainlanguage[fr] \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \starttext bla \quotation{OK} bla\\ bla «OK» bla \startquotation Not Ok: a space is missing \stopquotation \stoptext Is this a bug or a feature? How could I get a space before "»" please? TIA for any help, -- Peter

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background= key not working in \startbackground and \starttextbackground
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Jun '24

06 Jun '24

Hi, I am testing some of my old styles on latest context and find that the background key of \startbackground and \starttextbackground doesn't work (\framed is working as expected). Here is a MWE: \startuseMPgraphic{background:test} fill OverlayBox withcolor 0.75[red,white]; draw OverlayBox withcolor red withpen pencircle scaled 2bp; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[background:test][\useMPgraphic{background:test}] \definetextbackground [testA] [ location=paragraph, background=background:test, frame=off, ] \definebackground [testB] [ location=paragraph, background=background:test, frame=off, ] \defineframedtext [testC] [ background=background:test, frame=off, width=broad, ] \starttext \starttestA \input tufte \stoptestA \starttestB \input tufte \stoptestB \starttestC \input tufte \stoptestC \stoptext testA gives nothing, testB gives a gray(!) background, and testC works as expected. The output is attached. I am using 2024.05.31. Aditya

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Kerning in Noto Serif
by Lutz Haseloff 06 Jun '24

06 Jun '24

Hi all, I can't get Kerning working with Noto Serif. My minimal file is: \definefontfeature[oldstylenumber][onum=yes] \definefont[testnoto][file:NotoSerif-Regular*default at 12pt] \starttext Line 1: {VAVAVAVAVAVA 12345}\par Line 2: {\setff{oldstylenumber}VAVAVAVAVAVA 12345}\par Line 3: {\addff{oldstylenumber}VAVAVAVAVAVA 12345}\par \testnoto Line 4: {VAVAVAVAVAVA 12345}\par Line 5: {\setff{oldstylenumber}VAVAVAVAVAVA 12345}\par Line 6: {\addff{oldstylenumber}VAVAVAVAVAVA 12345}\par \stoptext Line 4 and 6 should be significantly shorter too. I tried the variable and the static versions. In fontforge I can see a kerning of -80 between A and V. My context is the newest lmtx. Greetings Lutz

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\item would fit, but was pushed to next page. Work-around or fix?
by Jim 06 Jun '24

06 Jun '24

Hi, I had the following structure which ended up at the bottom of a page: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- \setupcaptions[number=no] \placefigure[right] {blah blah blah} {% \vskip -15pt \externalfigure[DSC_2782][width=0.32\textwidth] } \noindent {\bf Blah blah blah } \startitemize[intro,nowhite] \item blah blah blah blah blah blah! blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. \item blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. \item blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. \item blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. \item blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. \item blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. \stopitemize -------------------------------------------- There was, in fact, room to put the last \item on the page (and even a bit more), but ConTeXt insisted on moving the last \item to the next page. I assume that its calculations were a bit conservative for whatever reason, but I really wanted the last item to be on the same page as its friends. I tried some "tricks" that would have worked for me in plain TeX, but ConTeXt was having none of that. Q1: Is there a Right Way to force ConTeXt to put an \item on the current page? Q2: If not, does anyone wish to suggest some way to trick ConTeXt here, or to do an end-run around its calculations? Note: to solve this problem the use of brute force has been authorized. Thanks. Jim

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setuphead in connection with the command argument
by Gerion Entrup 06 Jun '24

06 Jun '24

Hi, I'm trying to adapt the format of chapters in my document and have a few questions regarding setuphead. My aim is to have the chapter (title) on a separate page with an additional intro in different text sizes for title, subtitle and the intro. I chose to use the "command=" argument in setuphead for that. However, I'm not quite sure about it's internals. Let's begin with a minimal example: ``` \define[2]\MyChapter{% #1 #2: \structureuservariable{subtitle} (\structureuservariable{intro}) } \setuphead[title, chapter][command=\MyChapter] \setupbodyfont[11pt] \starttext \startchapter[title=foo][subtitle=bar, intro={some explanation}] some text \stopchapter \stoptext ``` This produces 1.pdf. ## Font size What is the reason that that the font of the chapter is bigger? How can I reset it to normal size? This does not work at all: ``` \define[2]\MyChapter{% \setupbodyfont[11pt] #1 #2: \structureuservariable{subtitle} (\structureuservariable{intro}) } ``` However, changing to a bigger font works somehow. Is there a factor applied to the font size internally? For example: ``` \define[2]\MyChapter{% \setupbodyfont[20pt] #1 #2: \structureuservariable{subtitle} (\structureuservariable{intro}) } ``` produces 2.pdf (the chapter font is not 20pt). ## Line breaks How can I achieve line breaks? This does not work: ``` \define[2]\MyChapter{% #1 #2:\\ \structureuservariable{subtitle}\\ (\structureuservariable{intro}) } ``` (see 3.pdf) I also want to set everything except of the intro in a flushright environment but do not know how. I tried: ``` \define[2]\MyChapter{% \startalignment[flushright] #1 #2:\\ \structureuservariable{subtitle}\\ \stopalignment \structureuservariable{intro} } ``` (see 4.pdf, no change) ## Bold text I tried to get the text bold. However, `#1` and `#2` does not seem to follow this. ``` \define[2]\MyChapter{% \bold #1 #2: \structureuservariable{subtitle} (\structureuservariable{intro}) } ``` ## Makeups The best solution, I had so far, was to define a makeup, but I don't get it to work with text with mixed alignment and it does not solve the font size problem: ``` \definemakeup[chapter][align=left, top=] \define[2]\MyChapter{% \startmakeup[chapter] #1 #2:\\ \structureuservariable{subtitle}\\ \stopmakeup (\structureuservariable{intro}) } ``` (see 5.pdf) ## Framed I also have tried this but it does not bring any linebreaks: ``` \define[2]\MyChapter{% \framed[frame=off, offset=0pt]{#1\\#2:\\ \structureuservariable{subtitle}\\ (\structureuservariable{intro})} } ``` (see 6.pdf) I hope you can shed some light into setuphead with command. I search on the wiki, Stackoverflow and the manuals but didn't really find anything. Best, Gerion

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