May 2025 - ntg-context - Mailing Lists

comparing text with the new typo-dif.mkxl
by Pablo Rodriguez 11 May '25

11 May '25

Hi Hans, from typo-dif.mkxl, lines 16-17: > % Currently only a color can be set but I might add support for underline > % and simple background. Would it be possible to have simple (color) background implemented? After comparing texts, I realize that when few chars differ (or even only one), it is harder to notice. Colored background (with even white foreground color) is far easier to notice. Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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Change Figure Capture
by Jeroen 10 May '25

10 May '25

Is there an easy way to change the capture below all figure captures to italic? Many thanks, Jeroen

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List of abbreviations
by Jeroen 10 May '25

10 May '25

At the beginning of a report I would like to have a page with an abbreviation listing with for example HTML hypertext mark-up language CSS cascade style sheets etc The distancing where the long explanation starts should be the same at lets say 30mm from the margin and in case it jumps to a next line, it also should continue at 30mm from the margin and not back at the margin. What would be the best way to achieve this? Thanks Jeroen

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\ifnum with two \recurselevel
by Pablo Rodriguez 09 May '25

09 May '25

Dear list, I have the following sample code: \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=1dk] \dostepwiserecurse{2}{6}{1}{\edef\AbC{\recurselevel}% \dostepwiserecurse{2}{7}{1}{%\AbC.\recurselevel\ /\ \ifnum\AbC < \recurselevel% \AbC:\recurselevel\ \|\| \fi} \\} \stopTEXpage \stoptext I would like to only get the numbers in the form first:second loops if and only if the value of the first loop is less than the value from the second loop. I think this should be simple, but I don’t get it with any of these conditionals: \ifnum\AbC < \recurselevel \ifnum\recurselevel > \AbC Sorry for the stupid question, but what I am missing here? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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modernizing
by Hans Hagen 08 May '25

08 May '25

Hi, At last week bachotex we (Tove, Mikael, Willi, Hans) cinducted the first in a series of experiments and presentations dealing with accessibility. After all, why bother more about pdf than of the tool that makes it. - we tested if qr codes were easier on users than tex error messages (experiment conducted with high end wooden ear-tags with qr codes made by Willi, who else) because after all humans are good in pattern recognition - we (read: Tove, well known from the "ts" unit) tested to what extend colors could be recognized (after all in Sweden PDF documents have to obey very strict rules wrt color); we will report later on this promissing "flagged pdf" (with color light bulbs triggered by pdf) experiment in an article - as side track (okay: logical follow up) we checked how users react on more vivid visual feedback (this is already supported but the manual was on purpose not yet added to the distribution); we will follow up on this at the context meeting You can do part of this experiment by adding this to the top of your file: % signal=qr (There's also a command line option plus a related script. The next upload will have the preliminary "signals.pdf" manual, just in case you have the needed equipment.) In that case an error will pop up a qr code. The idea is that after while you (or your mobile phone) will recognize these messages easier than parsing a log. It also fits more in todays paradigms. We might eplore easy installations with qr codes because after all that's how things are done these days. So, thanks to Tove, we ended up in modern times. Stay tuned, 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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curl missing from Docker image -> install-modules does not work
by Marco Riggirello 08 May '25

08 May '25

Hello, installing modules into the docker image is not possible since the curl command is not part of the image. If I run $ docker run --rm --entrypoint "" contextgarden/context:lmtx /bin/sh -c "cd /context/tex/ && mtxrun --script install-module --install filter" I get (see line 4) mtx-install-modules | loading entries from file '/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/modules/third/mtx-install-imp-modules.lua' mtx-install-modules | loading entries from file '/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/modules/third/mtx-install-imp-tikz.lua' mtx-install-modules | sh: 1: curl: not found mtx-install-modules | unknown 'https://modules.contextgarden.net/dl/t-filter.zip' mtx-install-modules | mtx-install-modules | renewing file database mtx-install-modules | system | lua | compiling '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/71c82419867f9a0df8a150196c03c86f.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/71c82419867f9a0df8a150196c03c86f.lud' system | lua | dumping '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/71c82419867f9a0df8a150196c03c86f.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/71c82419867f9a0df8a150196c03c86f.lud' stripped system | lua | compiling '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3f406286dc3075cdfb044f836920f46a.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3f406286dc3075cdfb044f836920f46a.lud' system | lua | dumping '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3f406286dc3075cdfb044f836920f46a.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3f406286dc3075cdfb044f836920f46a.lud' stripped system | lua | compiling '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/73630a261795d9c53610a28af4550cbc.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/73630a261795d9c53610a28af4550cbc.lud' system | lua | dumping '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/73630a261795d9c53610a28af4550cbc.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/73630a261795d9c53610a28af4550cbc.lud' stripped system | lua | compiling '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3952aa25b6a1b9f9f8d3eeb6e65f0039.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3952aa25b6a1b9f9f8d3eeb6e65f0039.lud' system | lua | dumping '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3952aa25b6a1b9f9f8d3eeb6e65f0039.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3952aa25b6a1b9f9f8d3eeb6e65f0039.lud' stripped system | lua | compiling '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/fb39a92c95ceca857c3f2d0ee48a2ad3.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/fb39a92c95ceca857c3f2d0ee48a2ad3.lud' system | lua | dumping '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/fb39a92c95ceca857c3f2d0ee48a2ad3.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/fb39a92c95ceca857c3f2d0ee48a2ad3.lud' stripped system | lua | compiling '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3f6978edf9feb817ad6c1f21fc262031.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3f6978edf9feb817ad6c1f21fc262031.lud' system | lua | dumping '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3f6978edf9feb817ad6c1f21fc262031.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/3f6978edf9feb817ad6c1f21fc262031.lud' stripped system | lua | compiling '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/dcb651482955ac31eaab7723b70e0184.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/dcb651482955ac31eaab7723b70e0184.lud' system | lua | dumping '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/dcb651482955ac31eaab7723b70e0184.lua' into '/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/trees/dcb651482955ac31eaab7723b70e0184.lud' stripped mtx-install-modules | mtx-install-modules | installed: filter mtx-install-modules | This affects also installations outside docker if the user has a system without curl the mtxrun script end without throwing a very evident error. I hope it helps. Thanks to all the contributors for the their work. Best regards MR

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Spaces around vertical and horizontal lines inside matrix
by Андрей 07 May '25

07 May '25

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19th ConTeXt meeting, 2025
by Taco Hoekwater 06 May '25

06 May '25

Dear list members, Registration for the 19th ConTeXt Meeting https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2025/ is now open. This year we are hosted in Ośrodek Wypoczynkowy KREFTA in Chmielno near Gdańsk, Poland. https://krefta.pl/ The accommodation is a camp site with little huts and a main house, comparable to that in Bachotek; Ryszard Kubiak is the local organizer. The theme for this meeting is What if ...? but as you know we have never been that strict about a particular theme, so feel free to suggest other topics to talk about. Dates and deadlines • June 30, 2025, deadline for early bird payment • August 1, 2025, registration closes, ask for options after this deadline • August 23–29, 2025, 19th ConTeXt Meeting Never been to the ConTeXt Meeting? Don't worry, the group of regular participants is open and friendly, and you don't know what you are missing, unless you come at least once. Different discount options https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2025/fee.shtml are available. We hope to see you in August! Ryszard, Hans, and Taco -- Taco Hoekwater cg-secretary(a)contextgarden.net

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talmudifier
by Henning Hraban Ramm 04 May '25

04 May '25

I found this interesting: https://crates.io/crates/talmudifier (it uses a Rust version of XeTeX) Is such a layout a challenge for the new columns engine? The description of the algorithm reads like ConTeXt should be able to do it better/faster. Hraban

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setupbackend breaks page layout
by Steffen Wolfrum 02 May '25

02 May '25

When uncommenting the first line the header disappears ( ConTeXt ver: 2025.04.28 14:29 LMTX). Is this a bug? Steffen %\setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \startsection [title={\ConTeXt\ is fun}] \stopsection \stoptext

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