August 2025 - ntg-context

footnote sequence in (special)Chapter title setup
by jbf 28 Aug '25

28 Aug '25

This may be ugly, but it works! The complicated Chapter setup that was clearly causing the problem remains unchanged (not included here. I do not know where I would need to adjust it). I decided to play with counters instead Would this be an acceptable solution? A bit hacky I admit. If anyone wants to see the chapter setup, I am happy to provide it, in case we can resolve the issue at the source of the problem. \starttext \startchapter[title=Chapter 1] ABC\footnote{footnote 1} \stopchapter \startchapter[title={Chapter 2\footnote{footnote 2}\decrementcounter[footnote]}] %without the \decrementcounter command, this would skip to 3 instead of 2 \incrementcounter[footnote] ABC\footnote{footnote 3} Another\footnote{footnote 4} \stopchapter \stoptext Julian

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Re: footnote in title out of sequence
by jbf 27 Aug '25

27 Aug '25

Aditya, I have identified the fact that the Chapter setup (most likely the MPgraphic part of it?) is causing the footnote issue, nothing else. But I happen to like this chapter setup for this particular book! Since I cannot find what, in particular, about this setup causes the numbering of footnotes to skip one when attached to the chapter title (I tried adjusting various aspects of the setup, moving down line by line, but to no avail), my only resource is to place the footnote immediately below, where it is correctly numbered, then manipulate it in another program later, so it can be placed where it needs to be. Not the most adequate solution from a ConTeXt point of view I realise, but since I am involved in production, with a publisher waiting and an anxious author keeping a close eye on things, I have no other option at this point, I feel. Thanks anyway for alerting me to the likelihood that setups were the likely problem. Julian On 26/8/25 22:45, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > It is quite likely that the setup that you posted below causes the error.

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Bibliography
by Seann Aswell 26 Aug '25

26 Aug '25

Greetings. First, I would like to express my appreciation for ConTeXt and everyone who has played a part in it. While relatively new to TeX, after wrestling for far too long with LaTeX, Memior and BibLatex for a multi-lingual book with a lot of citations, finding ConTeXt was metaphorically like the clouds parting and seeing the sun for the first time... So, I was able to get a multi-lingual bibliography working, but after coming back 6 months later to make some changes, a software update seems to have changed something...or perhaps it's just user error. I have consulted "Bibliographies, the ConTeXt Way" many times, but can't seem to find the answer... The issue: I modified the APA specification files, renamed them to 'smp', and saved in the same directory (../tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/publ-imp-smp.{lua/mkiv}). However, when compiling I receive the following error: publications > no data definition file 'publ-imp-smp.lua' for 'smp' The 'smp' specification files (lua and mkiv) are definitely there (../tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/), and this has compiled successfully before, so I am unsure what to do. Is ConTeXt looking for user-defined bibliography specifications somewhere else? There are several datasets defined, along with the 'smp' specification: \definebtxdataset[wma] \usebtxdataset[wma][../bib-paperback/wma-book.bib] \usebtxdataset[wma][../bib-paperback/wma-note.bib] \usebtxdataset[wma][../bib-paperback/wma-location.bib] \usebtxdataset[wma][../bib-paperback/wma-link.bib] \usebtxdataset[wma][../bib-paperback/wma-image.bib] \usebtxdataset[wma][../bib-paperback/wma-photo.bib] \usebtxdefinitions[smp] \setupbtx[dataset=wma] \definebtxrendering[wma][smp][dataset=wma,numbering=num,repeat=yes,method=global] \setupbtxrendering[repeat=yes,continue=yes,method=global] This is the result while compiling: publications > adding bib data to set 'wma' from source '../bib-paperback/wma-book.bib' publications > adding bib data to set 'wma' from source '../bib-paperback/wma-note.bib' publications > adding bib data to set 'wma' from source '../bib-paperback/wma-location.bib' publications > adding bib data to set 'wma' from source '../bib-paperback/wma-link.bib' publications > adding bib data to set 'wma' from source '../bib-paperback/wma-image.bib' publications > adding bib data to set 'wma' from source '../bib-paperback/wma-photo.bib' publications > no data definition file 'publ-imp-smp.lua' for 'smp' Suggestions?

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footnote in title out of sequence
by jbf 26 Aug '25

26 Aug '25

I have run across an issue with a footnote in a title. The footnotes must run sequentially throughout the book. The final footnote (in normal text) towards the end of Chapter 4 was 93, so that means that the footnote in the title of Chapter 5 should be 94, but it ends up being 95. Naturally, one would prefer that there not be footnotes in titles, but the author is insisting, so my challenge now is how to get this to be 94 and not 95. Clearly, placing a footnote in a title runs the risk of losing the sequence, though I am not sure why. Does someone have an idea how I might resolve this issue? Julian

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Little example,
by Ursula Hermann 25 Aug '25

25 Aug '25

Dear List, If I have this example, and I need a pagenumber, on the left side, is this the right way to say [before] or is this an extra command? Like \setuppagenumbering [location=header, left]? \setuppapersize \setupheader [text] [before={\startframed[frame=off,leftframe=on,framecolor=blue,offset=0pt,boffset=0.14ex,]}, after={\stopframed}, ] \setupheadertexts[Text left] \starttext Page 1 \page[empty,blank] Page 2 \stoptext ` Many thanks Uschi

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Natural tables : odd background color and right frame problem
by Fabrice L 25 Aug '25

25 Aug '25

Dear List, My problem is illustrated in the minimal working example below: in a natural table, I want the odd row to have a background color, and some columns a rightframe. But it seems the frame is built before the coloring of the background, and disappears for all odd rows. A way to correct this is is to use a megative backgroundoffset parameter, but this affects all the side of the colored background. I have looked for, without success, a « right backgroundoffset » parameter. Thanks for any help, Fabrice. % 8< ———————————————————————— \setupTABLE[c][each][frame=off] \setupTABLE[row] [odd] [background=color,backgroundcolor=cyan,backgroundoffset=0.0pt] \setupTABLE[c][2,4][rightframe=on,framecolor=red] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \ bTR \bTD 5 \eTD \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD 7 \eTD \bTD 8 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 9 \eTD \bTD 10 \eTD \bTD 11 \eTD \bTD 12 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 13 \eTD \bTD 14 \eTD \bTD 15 \eTD \bTD 16 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 17 \eTD \bTD 18 \eTD \bTD 19 \eTD \bTD 20 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext % 8< ————————————————————————

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Equation reference
by Fabrice Couvreur 23 Aug '25

23 Aug '25

Hi, I would like the equation numbers to be (1.1), (1.2), ... for the first chapter; (2.1), (2.2), ... for the second chapter, etc. Thank you for your help. Fabrice \startplaceformula \startformula (1+x)^n\geqslant 1+nx \stopformula \stopplaceformula

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first 2.11.08 update
by Hans Hagen 23 Aug '25

23 Aug '25

Hi, As we're aroudn the yearly meeting, I pushed the first 2.11.08 release of luametatex / lmtx (likely finalized around tl 2026 one). On the agenda are: - finishing balancing/mvl are used in renewed columnsets (mostly documenting and some at the context macro end) - look into some related figure/caption placements - do a few more (overload) protection related experiments - maybe some structure stuff (follow up on thomas mails) - maybe remove non-compact font code - playing a bit more with vectors (also pseudo 3d related, projections) - more streamlined export esp split documents which we have as experiment already - maybe some tagging stuff but it depends on user demand or mood as well as realistic usage patterns; i've to decide on finishing some prototyped stuff like inclusion of tagged stuff (for now e decided that it makes makes little sense) and maybe do some cleanup/speedup - likely some more 'signal' (aka contexct watch) features and add widget code to the codebase - for sure some metapost stuff - maybe update a few manuals - whatever interesting challenges users come up with 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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by root＠ntg.nl 22 Aug '25

22 Aug '25

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Compiling ConTeXt from source on NixOS
by gbsolisb＠gmail.com 20 Aug '25

20 Aug '25

Hello, I am working on packaging ConTeXt for NixOS, where the package manager enforces an "immutable installation model": every package must be installed under a read-only directory, chosen by the system (something like /nix/store/<hash>-<name>-<version>); let's call it OUTDIR. After installation: - OUTDIR is read-only, - executables must live in OUTDIR/bin, - all support files must also remain under OUTDIR. Following the "Manual Compilation" instructions from the wiki, I installed the tree into OUTDIR/tex. And, since Nix expects binaries in OUTDIR/bin, I symlinked the executables from OUTDIR/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/ to there. To make them find their configuration and data files, I manually adjusted their SELFAUTOPATH to point to OUTDIR/tex. So far both context and mtxrun seem to work as expected. Do you see any risk of problems down the line with this installation? In particular, given that I manually changed SELFAUTOPATH (and nothing else), and that the tree is being installed as read-only? Thank you for your time, Gabriel

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