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optimized PDF
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

I just found that my big songbook (~680 pages) had ~90 MB in March and only ~60 MB today, while it grew WRT pages & contents. I guess that’s due to the enhanced combination of fonts from embedded PDFs (LilyPond notes in this case). Great! Hraban

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Dashes and hyphens
by John Was 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

Hello Is there a way in ConTeXt to allow line-breaking by default after an en or em dash (-- or ---)? The equivalent of \XeTeXdashbreakstate=1 I couldn't see anything after trying various searches. Conversely, is there a way of inhibiting ConTeXt from hyphenating an already hyphenated expression (great-grandfather etc.)? That is usually seen as a desperate last resort (which the user can invoke manually with \-). Best wishes John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Keeping math formula information for export
by Jairo A. del Rio 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

Hi, list. When MathJax and KaTeX output formulas in SVG, they attach data, e.g. Unicode info, math classes, etc. For instance, KaTeX outputs something like that for $1 + 1$: <math xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">1 + 1</annotation></semantics></math>1+1 AFAIK LaTeX and ConTeXt don't export to SVG natively and tools like dvisvgm don't know about this information when converting .dvi or .pdf files to SVG. But info is somehow available via tracing macros. In ConTeXt, I get the following log from this file: \startTEXpage %\tracingmacros etc. \tracingcommands\plusone \tracingonline\plusone $1 + 1$ \tracingcommands\zerocount \stopTEXpage Log: (a lot of info...) 7:7: {\Umathfractiondelsize} 7:7: {\Umathfractiondelsize} 7:7: {\Umathfractiondelsize} 7:7: {\Umathfractiondelsize} 7:6: {\Umathskeweddelimitertolerance} (a lot of info...) 7:4: {the character U+0031 1} 7:3: {blank space character U+0020 'space'} 7:3: {the character U+002B 'plus sign'} 7:3: {blank space character U+0020 'space'} 7:3: {the character U+0031 1} ... Also, MathJax and KaTeX can export glyph outlines, which I know ConTeXt already handles with via Metapost and Lua. So, I wonder if such structure (paths + data) can be saved/exported as a Lua table, a SVG file or any other format which keeps the semantic information of math formulas. Thank you very much Jairo

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by root＠ntg.nl 06 Jul '25

06 Jul '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/lowlevel.pdf sent 191,198 bytes received 46,565,592 bytes 4,065,807.83 bytes/sec total size is 629,221,463 speedup is 13.46 Running archiver: New dir: /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-07-06.18 279073084 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-07-06.18/latest 126741221 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-07-06.18/current 405814305 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-07-06.18 405814305 total

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success and a query
by jbf 06 Jul '25

06 Jul '25

The very latest ConTeXt update appears to have resolved any previous issues I was having with color profiles. My log file now reads, as I hoped it would> backend > profiles > profile specification 'Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004)' loaded from '/home/julian/data/context/tex/texmf-context/colors/icc/context/colorprofiles.xml' backend > profiles > setting 'CoatedFOGRA39.icc' as default 'cmyk' color space backend > profiles > setting output intent to 'Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004)' with id 'FOGRA39' for entry 1 Thank you! There is a new warning in the log file that I have not seen before (nothing to do with the above). Could someone explain its significance to me? I assume I don't really need to bother about it but I'd like to understand it. csname overload > warning, protection level 3, control sequence 'newcontextversion', properties 'permanent protected', file '/home/julian/data/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl', line 16 (Line 16, BTW is simply \setuplayout ) It repeats a few times in different ways, e.g. csname overload > warning, protection level 3, control sequence 'starttitle', properties 'frozen instance protected', file './prd_Gering30-06-25.tex', line 285 Julian

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externalfigure as table header
by Thomas Meyer 05 Jul '25

05 Jul '25

Hi folks, is it possible to use an externalfigure (blabla.jpg) as a repeated header in a table and if yes, how can I use it? \setupTABLE[][][\externalfigure[blabla]] doesn't work. Thank you for any hint! Greetings Tomás

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End-page hyphenation
by John Was 05 Jul '25

05 Jul '25

Hello A long-cherished desideratum is automatic prohibition of hyphenation at the end of a recto page (except for split footnotes, where this is actually quite helpful in forcing the reader to complete the note on the following verso). That was always disallowed at OUP (but allowed at the end of a verso). I've never managed this in plain TeX, so that at the last moment I scroll through the odd-numbered pages putting words in an \hbox if the unwanted hyphen has happened (and one then has to keep an eye out for the rare case where paragraph reflow throws up another problem). Is this feasible in ConTeXt? Best wishes John Waś *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Distance between text and footnotes
by John Was 05 Jul '25

05 Jul '25

Hello I would like to optimize the distance between text and footnotes in a standard octavo book at 6 points (absolute minimum 3 points, and trying to avoid going higher than 12 points). Relatedly, the footnotes on a short page at the end of a chapter should be brought up close to the text (6 points). I have been used to doing this manually (adding \VFILL at the end of the last note, which is defined as multiple occurrences of \vfill). Can this be set up in ConTeXt? Best wishes John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Custom background color for \framed inside lmt_text
by Emanuel Han 05 Jul '25

05 Jul '25

I want my custom color rose_color to be applied for background color for \framed inside lmt_text. For fill fullcircle, it works. With predefined colors as green, it works. \starttext \startMPcode color rose_color; rose_color = 1/256(255,204,255); %not working draw lmt_text [text ="\framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=rose_color,frame=on, location=low]{a rose box}",]; %working draw lmt_text [text ="\framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=green,frame=on, location=low]{a green box}",] shifted (1cm,1cm); %working fill fullcircle scaled 2cm shifted (0,3cm) withcolor rose_color; \stopMPcode \stoptext

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by root＠ntg.nl 04 Jul '25

04 Jul '25

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