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MkIV broken in latest
by Max Chernoff 20 Aug '25

20 Aug '25

Hi Hans, MkIV appears to be broken in the latest update: $ context --luatex --make mtx-context | redirect luametatex -> luatex: luatex --luaonly --socket "/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun.lua" --script mtx-context --luatex --make --redirected resolvers | resolving | configuration files already identified [...] resolvers | formats | using tex source file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.mkiv' resolvers | formats | using lua stub file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/luat-cod.lua' resolvers | formats | changing to format path '/home/max/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex' resolvers | formats | executing runner 'make luatex format': /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex --ini --socket --shell-escape --lua=/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/luat-cod.lua /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.mkiv This is LuaTeX, Version 1.23.3 (TeX Live 2026/dev) (INITEX) system commands enabled. (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.mkiv (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv [...] open source > level 1, order 223, name '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/trac-vis.mkiv' loading > ConTeXt Tracing Macros / Visualization system > lua > macros expanded in '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/trac-vis.lua' (57242 => 57298 bytes) system > lua > loading of file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/trac-vis.lua' failed: no message resolvers > lua > loading file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/trac-vis.lua' failed error loading file: trac-vis.lua (aborting)resolvers | formats | resolvers | formats | binary path : /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin resolvers | formats | format path : /home/max/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex resolvers | formats | luatex engine : luatex resolvers | formats | lua startup file : /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/luat-cod.lua resolvers | formats | context file : /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.mkiv resolvers | formats | run time : 0.869 seconds resolvers | formats | return value : okay resolvers | formats | system | total runtime: 0.948 seconds Also, the format-making command and compiling a test document both with an exit code of 0: $ context --luatex --nofile mtx-context | redirect luametatex -> luatex: luatex --luaonly --socket "/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun.lua" --script mtx-context --luatex --nofile --redirected mtx-context | warning: source mismatch (luv: d8ddafef29a48b9929cb528e68adebac <> bin: 923aa08fc3282b7484978988a87a4c38), forcing remake [...] resolvers | formats | executing runner 'make luatex format': /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex --ini --socket --shell-escape --lua=/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/luat-cod.lua /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.mkiv This is LuaTeX, Version 1.23.3 (TeX Live 2026/dev) (INITEX) [...] open source > level 1, order 223, name '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/trac-vis.mkiv' loading > ConTeXt Tracing Macros / Visualization system > lua > macros expanded in '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/trac-vis.lua' (57242 => 57298 bytes) system > lua > loading of file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/trac-vis.lua' failed: no message resolvers > lua > loading file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/trac-vis.lua' failed error loading file: trac-vis.lua (aborting)resolvers | formats | resolvers | formats | binary path : /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin resolvers | formats | format path : /home/max/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex resolvers | formats | luatex engine : luatex resolvers | formats | lua startup file : /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/luat-cod.lua resolvers | formats | context file : /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.mkiv resolvers | formats | run time : 0.880 seconds resolvers | formats | return value : okay resolvers | formats | resolvers | formats | executing runner 'run luatex format': /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex --jobname="cont-nop" --socket --shell-escape --fmt=/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.fmt --lua=/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui cont-nop.mkiv --c:currentrun=1 --c:engine="luatex" --c:fulljobname="cont-nop.mkiv" --c:input="cont-nop.mkiv" --c:kindofrun=1 --c:luatex --c:maxnofruns=9 --c:nofile --c:redirected --c:texmfbinpath="/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin" This is LuaTeX, Version 1.23.3 (TeX Live 2026/dev) system commands enabled. open source > level 1, order 1, name '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-nop.mkiv' system > system > ConTeXt ver: 2025.08.13 16:34 MKIV fmt: 2025.8.15 int: english/english system > system > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded open source > level 2, order 2, name '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-new.mkiv' Fatal Error > Your format does not match the base files! Format Version > 2025.08.13 16:34 MKIV Files Version > 2025.08.17 17:57 [...] mkiv lua stats > lua properties: engine: lua 5.3, used memory: 52 MB, ctx: 52 MB, max: unknown MB, hash chars: min(64,40), symbol mask: utf (τεχ) mkiv lua stats > runtime: 0.000 seconds system | total runtime: 1.955 seconds $ echo $? 0 which makes it tricky to detect this automatically. Thanks, -- Max

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spanning rows?
by Thomas Meyer 20 Aug '25

20 Aug '25

Hi folks, spanning columns is described in the wiki. (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables/Tabulate) Is there also something like spanning rows possible? Greetings Tomás

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Why is the information in these two columns interfering each other?
by Joel 20 Aug '25

20 Aug '25

I have a part of my document that has some information that needs to be presented under subtitles, and the most compact format I could find was with two columns. If I used regular columns, it wouldn't work right, because there is a left column and right column, and the left column always stays left side, even after a page break, so I used \tabulate to get the results I needed. Here is my code: \define[9]\event{% \startsubsection[title={Event Sheet}]% %\incrementcounter[sectioncounteris] #1% \starttabulate[|lp(.33333\textwidth)|lp(.6666\textwidth)|] \NC {\tfa\italicface Summary} \startitemize[2] \txt{} #2 \stopitemize \\ \color[white]{...} \\ {\tfa\italicface Agenda} %\\ \color[white]{...} \\ \startitemize[2]% \item #1 \item #2 \item #3 \item #4 \item #5 \item #6 \stopitemize% %% \doifsomething{#3}{% \\ \color[white]{...} \\ {\tfa\italicface Resources} %\\ \color[white]{...} \\ \startitemize[2] \item File:~\getvalue{fileslides} #3% \stopitemize% %% }% \doifsomething{#4}{% \\ \color[white]{...} \\ {\tfa\italicface Next Steps} %\\ \color[white]{...} \\ \startitemize[2] #4% \stopitemize% }% \\ \color[white]{...} \\ {\tfa\italicface Notes} \startitemize \txt{} #2 \stopitemize \NC% {\tfa\italicface Sample Reference} %\\ \color[white]{...} \\ \startitemize[2]% \input knuth \stopitemize% \\ \color[white]{...} \\ {\tfa\italicface Milestones} \startitemize[n]% \item #1% \item #2% \item #3% \item #4% \item #5% \stopitemize \\ \doifsomething{#2}{% \\ \color[white]{...} \\ \vbox{% {\tfa\italicface Extra Details} \\ #2}% }% \NC\NR% \stoptabulate% \stopsubsubject% } \starttext \event {Project Kickoff — Agenda} {Purpose: Align the team on goals, scope, roles, and timeline.} {Resource links} {Next steps} {Roles and responsibilities} {Milestones and risks} {Budget overview} {Communication plan} {Q\&A} \stoptext This is a minimum working rendering example. My copy-editor noticed very subtitle, but still present situations where the text on one column (usually the title) will interfere with the line spacing on the other column. For instance, when a certain title appears on the left side, sometimes the right side text has a slightly taller space. In the minimum working example, I managed to make it show once. Look under "Notes" on the left side and its especially apparent that "Extra Details" on the right side has messed with the vertical spacing. This is an extreme example, and usually its quite subtle, to the point my copy-editor found many randomly dispersed throughout my book, but I hadn't noticed them. I've made sure grid is off. I've also tested other table modes, and found they give worse results. I've tried using actual titles like \subsection{} but that gives really strange results inside \tabulate, hence my need to sort of simulate them with the font changes. How to prevent this sort of interference between the content of the left and right columns? They should just flow as fits on the page, irrespective of what's in the other column. Here's another example, I've increased the font size of titles so its more apparent that the list under "Sample Reference" gets pulled apart. \define[9]\event{% \startsubsection[title={Event Sheet}]% %\incrementcounter[sectioncounteris] #1% \starttabulate[|lp(.33333\textwidth)|lp(.6666\textwidth)|] \NC {\tfd\italicface Summary} \startitemize[2] \txt{} #2 \stopitemize \\ \color[white]{...} \\ {\tfd\italicface Agenda} %\\ \color[white]{...} \\ \startitemize[2]% \item #1 \item #2 \item #3 \item #4 \item #5 \item #6 \stopitemize% %% \doifsomething{#3}{% \\ \color[white]{...} \\ {\tfd\italicface Resources} %\\ \color[white]{...} \\ \startitemize[2] \item File:~\getvalue{fileslides} #3% \stopitemize% %% }% \doifsomething{#4}{% \\ \color[white]{...} \\ {\tfd\italicface Next Steps} %\\ \color[white]{...} \\ \startitemize[2] #4% \stopitemize% }% \\ \color[white]{...} \\ {\tfd\italicface Notes} \startitemize \txt{} #2 \stopitemize \NC% {\tfd\italicface Sample Reference} %\\ \color[white]{...} \\ \startitemize[2]% \item #1 \item #2 \item #3 \item #4 \item #5 \item #6 \stopitemize% \\ \color[white]{...} \\ {\tfd\italicface Milestones} \startitemize[n]% \item #1% \item #2% \item #3% \item #4% \item #5% \stopitemize \\ \doifsomething{#2}{% \\ \color[white]{...} \\ \vbox{% {\tfd\italicface Extra Details} \\ #2}% }% \NC\NR% \stoptabulate% \stopsubsubject% } \starttext \event {Project Kickoff — Agenda} {Purpose: Align the team on goals, scope, roles, and timeline.} {Resource links} {Next steps} {Roles and responsibilities} {Milestones and risks} {Budget overview} {Communication plan} {Q\&A} \stoptext

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Lua: expanding environment variables
by Henning Hraban Ramm 20 Aug '25

20 Aug '25

How would you resolve shell/environment variables like $TEXMFHOME or ~ ($HOME) in Lua code? dir.expandname doesn’t do that. Search and replace iterating over os.env? Hraban

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Margin text?
by Ursula Hermann 19 Aug '25

19 Aug '25

Dear List What I would like to know is, if the graphic with: Teil II is a margin text, or is ths in the body text too? i am not sure. 320 Is the page number. Many thanks Uschi

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Notes at end of book
by Thomas A. Schmitz 18 Aug '25

18 Aug '25

Hi all, I'd like some advise on the best way to approach the result I want. I'm typesetting a book; the source is in xml, every chapter in its own file. I want my notes to appear in their own chapter at the end of the book; the reference (in the margin) should be to the page number where the paragraph with the note reference is found. For my work with the source files, I would prefer the notes be included within the respective xml files. The solution I have been thinking about: every note has a unique xml:id attribute, ConTeXt sets a \pagereference with the value of this attribute and writes the content of all notes to an external file. Then, I can retrieve the notes from this file and include the page number from the \pagereference. I'm making some progress here, but am not quite sure how to use \xmltofile or \xmlsave (or their Lua counterparts lxml.tofile or xml.save). I'm also wondering if I'm reinventing the wheel here. Maybe there is an easier solution because notes can be postponed? I'll be grateful for any ideas! All best Thomas

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Cross-References in Products
by M U 18 Aug '25

18 Aug '25

I have some problems in cross-referencing in products of a project. To say it quite frankly: I have no clue. I hope someone of you out there has the solution. The files beneath do not work. But uncommenting \at[refB::] and \at[refA::] in the 2 product files ... and the references appear. But I guess that is not the right way. What is the proper way to achieve cross-referencing? ========== MWE ========== The following files are in the same directory: proj_Test.tex prod_A.tex prod_B.tex comp_A1.tex comp_B1.tex The files have the folling content % === proj_Test.tex === \startproject[project Test] \product[prod_A.tex] \product[prod_B.tex] \stopproject % ==================== % === prod_A.tex ===== \startproduct[product A] \useexternaldocument[refB][prod_B] % \at[refB::] % <-- UNCOMMENT \project[proj_Test.tex] \component[comp_A1.tex] \stopproduct % ==================== % === prod_B.tex ===== \startproduct[product B] \project[proj_Test.tex] \useexternaldocument[refA][prod_A] % \at[refA::] % <-- UNCOMMENT \component[comp_B1.tex] \stopproduct % ==================== % === comp_A1.tex ==== \startcomponent[comp A1] \project[proj_Test.tex] \product[prod_A.tex] \startsection[title=comp_A1, reference=comp_A1] Reference to page comp_B1: \at[comp_B1] \stopsection \stopcomponent % ==================== % === comp_B1.tex ==== \startcomponent[comp B1] \project[proj_Test.tex] \product[prod_B.tex] \startsection[title=comp_B1, reference=comp_B1] Reference to page comp_A1: \at[comp_A1] \stopsection \stopcomponent % ====================

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MacOS ARM64 installer problem
by Bruce Horrocks 18 Aug '25

18 Aug '25

While looking at a Florent's problem the other day I discovered that there are no scripts in my installation, as in: $ mtxrun --scripts mtxrun | no script name given Assuming it was a local issue I erased the installation and re-installed from scratch but got the same problem. However, re-installing from scratch on an Intel Mac does NOT have the problem and running the above command gives a full list of script names and all seems to be fine. So I'm hoping that someone who knows more about the Mac build process can have a look into this, please? I have a copy of the ARM log file if this would help and it includes lines such as mtx-install | running: /Users/bruce/Applications/context-osx-arm64/tex/texmf-osx-arm64/bin/mtxrun --script cache --erase which appear to have run successfully. The rest of Context seems to be okay - those documents that I've tested all compile fine. Regards, — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK

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17 Aug '25

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