February 2025 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

non standard tag for structure
by Pablo Rodriguez 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

Hans, with the following source, veraPDF-1.29.11 complains about a non-standard tag named /documentpart: \setuptagging[state=start] \setupbackend [format=PDF/A-3a, intent=sRGB IEC61966-2.1, level=0] \starttext whatever \pdfbackendactualtext{abc}{hoh} \stoptext The problematic object reads: 4 0 obj << /K 28 0 R /ParentTree 5 0 R /RoleMap << /break /NonStruct /document /Document /documentpart /DocumentFragment /navigationpage /NonStruct >> /Type /StructTreeRoot >> endobj If I replace (according to https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/pdfstandards/PDF32000_2008…) /documentpart with /Part, validation in veraPDF is perfectly fine. BTW, /DocumentFragment seems not to be included in PDF-1.7 (https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/pdfstandards/PDF32000_2008…) According to https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-model/blob/4c8e855b68546547971121281ff2a…, /DocumentFragment seems to be only available in PDF-2.0. Providing a patch for strc-tag.lmt would be easy, but this would affect to ua-2 (which may use /DocumentFragment). Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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how to only switch fontclass ?
by autumnus 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

I've been writing bilingual documentation lately. When I switched the font class, I found that it was back to the default size. How should I just switch the font class without changing the font size or other attributes. %%%%%% \starttext \section{A\textbar A} \section{A\textbar{\switchtobodyfont[pagella]A}}% fontsize changed to default fontsize {\tfa A}\textbar{\tfa \switchtobodyfont[pagella]A}\textbar{A}% not work {\tfa A}\textbar{\switchtobodyfont[pagella]\tfa A}\textbar{A} % work but not handy \stoptext %%%%%% more about this issue, I don't know if context contains a command to switch fonts with the language. %%%%%% not work \starttext \appendtoks \usebodyfontparameter\languageparameter \languageparameter{bodyfont} \to \everylanguage \setuplanguage[cn][bodyfont={pagella,12pt}] A \the\font \textbar \cn A \the\font \stoptext %%%%%% thank for your help, autumnus

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calculate ...
by Thomas Meyer 04 Mar '25

04 Mar '25

Hi folks, is it possible to calculate with interlinespace and lines? For example: interlinespace = 15pt lines = 44 Something like that -> textheight = interlinespace * lines = 660 pt How can I do it and were can I find information about this? Greetings Thomas

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how to reset and switch fallbackfont?
by autumnus 03 Mar '25

03 Mar '25

hi, As described in the title, how to reset fallbackfont? I have created a number of Chinese typescripts and related fallbackfont (latin). However, in the actual operation process, I found that if you want to switch different fallbackfont, you must change the bodyfont at the same time (\setupbodyfont). The following is an example. How should I reset and switch to fallbackfont without changing the bodyfont? %%%%%%% \definefontfeature[zh][mode=node,script=hang,lang=zhs] \startsetups fallbacks:reset \resetfontfallback[serifwhatever] \resetfontfallback[serifboldwhatever] \resetfontfallback[serifitalicwhatever] \resetfontfallback[serifbolditalicwhatever] \stopsetups \startsetups fallback:lm \definefontfallback[serifwhatever] [lmroman10-regular] [0x0000-0x0400][force=yes] \definefontfallback[serifboldwhatever] [lmroman10-bold] [0x0000-0x0400][force=yes] \definefontfallback[serifitalicwhatever] [lmroman10-italic] [0x0000-0x0400][force=yes] \definefontfallback[serifbolditalicwhatever][lmroman10-bolditalic][0x0000-0x0400][force=yes] \stopsetups \startsetups fallback:eb \definefontfallback[serifwhatever] [ebgaramondregular] [0x0000-0x0400][force=yes] \definefontfallback[serifboldwhatever] [ebgaramondbold] [0x0000-0x0400][force=yes] \definefontfallback[serifitalicwhatever] [ebgaramonditalic] [0x0000-0x0400][force=yes] \definefontfallback[serifbolditalicwhatever][ebgaramondbolditalic][0x0000-0x0400][force=yes] \stopsetups \starttypescript [serif] [zhfont] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [AdobeSongStd-Light] [features=zh,fallbacks=serifwhatever] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [AdobeHeitiStd-Regular][features=zh,fallbacks=serifboldwhatever] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [AdobeKaitiStd-Regular][features=zh,fallbacks=serifitalicwhatever] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic][AdobeHeitiStd-Regular][features=zh,fallbacks=serifbolditalicwhatever] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[myfont] \definetypeface[myfont][rm][serif][zhfont] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myfont] \starttext \setups{fallback:lm} \setupbodyfont[myfont,rm,12pt] fonts {\bf fonts} {\bi fonts} {\it fonts} % will be lm font \\\the\font \setups{fallbacks:reset} \setups{fallback:eb} fonts {\bf fonts} {\bi fonts} {\it fonts} % expected eb but lm \\\the\font \setups{fallbacks:reset} \setups{fallback:eb} \setupbodyfont[myfont,rm,12pt]%% any other chinese font, and change to eb fonts {\bf fonts} {\bi fonts} {\it fonts} \\\the\font \stoptext %%%% best wishes, autumnus

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month form \currentdate in Roman numerals
by Pablo Rodriguez 03 Mar '25

03 Mar '25

Dear list, I would like to get the current month in Roman numerals (just now, it would be XII for December). The best I get is: \currentdate[\cldcontext{converters['R'] (tonumber(os.date("\letterpercent m", os.date(os.time()))))}] This strikes me as too complex (even for someone who cannot code). Is there now simpler way to write that? Just in case it may be relevant, this is part of the full day reference. Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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Right-to-left natural tables
by Mohammad Hossein Bateni 02 Mar '25

02 Mar '25

Hello, Are natural tables still the recommended table mechanism in ConTeXt? How can I get the order of cells in each row reversed (going from right to left)? \starttext \placetable{Caption} {\bTABLE \bTR \bTD One \eTD \bTD two \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Three \eTD \bTD fourteen \eTD \eTR \eTABLE} \setupalign[r2l] \placetable{Caption} {\bTABLE \bTR \bTD One \eTD \bTD two \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Three \eTD \bTD fourteen \eTD \eTR \eTABLE} \stoptext I expect the second table to completely mirror the first one. Though the cell contents (as well as the caption) are reversed, the order of cells in the row are the same as in the first table. For columns, we have a *direction* key, but I couldn't find anything like that for natural tables. Thanks for your help, Mohammad

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

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 general/manuals/ general/manuals/mathincontext-paper.pdf general/manuals/mathincontext-screen.pdf general/manuals/missingfiles.pdf general/qrcs/ general/qrcs/setup-pe.pdf sent 213,209 bytes received 64,145,686 bytes 6,129,418.57 bytes/sec total size is 626,463,058 speedup is 9.73 Running archiver: New dir: /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-02-28.19 277144228 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-02-28.19/latest 126745317 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-02-28.19/current 403893641 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-02-28.19 403893641 total

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Quads not appearing
by denismaier＠mailbox.org 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

Hi, I have an xml setup like the one below. In my real document the qquads in xml:index-entry don't appear, but I haven't been able to reproduce the problem in the MWE. What could be the cause of such an issue? I don't know if this is helpful, but I had to change the line \xmlfilter{#1}{/term/command(xml:term)}\qquad\xmlfilter{#1}{/loc/command(xml :loc)} to \xmlfilter{#1}{/term/command(xml:term)} -\qquad- \xmlfilter{#1}{/loc/command(xml:loc)} to make the qquad appear. Best, Denis %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \startxmlsetups xml:test \xmlsetsetup{#1}{*}{-} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{index|index-entry}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregisterdocumentsetup{test}{xml:test} \definestartstop [Index] [ before={% \startnarrower[left]% \setupalign[flushleft,verytolerant,extremestretch,nohz,nothanging] \setupindenting[-\leftskip,yes,first]% \setuphead[section][indentnext=yes]% }, after=\stopnarrower, ] \startxmlsetups xml:index \startIndex \xmlflush{#1} \stopIndex \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:index-entry \startparagraph \xmlfilter{#1}{/term/command(xml:term)}\qquad\xmlfilter{#1}{/loc/command(xml :loc)} \stopparagraph \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:term \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:loc \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startbuffer[test] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <index> <index-entry> <term>asdf</term> <loc>1</loc> </index-entry> </index> \stopbuffer \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{test}{test}{} \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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upload
by Hans Hagen 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

Hi, Thanks to Bruce end others for providing input and testing it we managed to get binary that works on apple arm. Hopefully there are not more issues as we need to make a tex live 2025 snapshot this month. 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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margn text on makeup page -- how?
by Rik Kabel 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

Is there a way to get margin text in a makeup page? The following example, modified by the addition of \inmargin... from the wiki at https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Document_layout_and_layers/Makeup, results in no margin text in the makeup with either luatex or lmtx. \definepapersize[sheet][width=208mm,height=222mm] \setuppapersize[A8][sheet] \setuppaper[nx=4,ny=3] \setuparranging[XY] \setupbodyfont[9pt] \setupalign[tolerant] \showframe \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided, page=,] \setupmakeup[pagestate=start] \definemakeup[custom][align=middle] \starttext \startmakeup[custom] This is a \par \mono{custom}\par title page \stopmakeup \startmakeup[text] This is a \par \mono{text}\par title page \stopmakeup \startmakeup[middle] This is a \par \mono{middle}\par title page\inmargin{\color[red]{Ha!}} \stopmakeup \startmakeup[standard] This is a \par \mono{standard}\par title page \stopmakeup \startmakeup[page] This is a \par \mono{page}\par title page \stopmakeup \inmargin{\color[red]{Ha!}} \input zapf \stoptext -- Rik

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