- ntg-context - Mailing Lists

No counter in body text
by Thomas Meyer 22 Jan '26

22 Jan '26

Hi, I need a help: how do I set \setupnote so that I don't get the counter output in the body text? ###################### \definenote [Mynote] \setupnote [Mynote] [ counter=, % textcolor=white, ] \setupnotation[Mynote] [ %counter=, ] \starttext No counter here, please!\Mynote{Doesn't work!} \stoptext ###################### Or is the solution to set the text color to white? I don't believe it. Thank you for your help! Greetings Tomás

4 8

(side)float parameters noop?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 22 Jan '26

22 Jan '26

Latest LMTX: 2026.01.08 23:30 Still investigating float parameters. I can’t see a difference regardless to what I set (side)space(before|after). Also no difference with sidealign settings. That’s really frustrating. What’s wrong? Hraban """ \setuppapersize[A6,landscape] \setupbodyfont[plex,11pt] \useMPlibrary[dum] \showframe \defineexternalfigure[zb][width=.4tw,height=5lh] \starttext \startplacefigure[location=left,title=sa,spacebefore=none,spaceafter=none,sidealign=height] \externalfigure[zb] \stopplacefigure \samplefile{lorem} \startplacefigure[location=left,title=ssa,sidespacebefore=none,sidespaceafter=none,sidealign=line] \externalfigure[zb] \stopplacefigure \samplefile{lorem} \startplacefigure[location=left,title=sas,spacebeforeside=none,sideafterspace=none,sidealign=depth] \externalfigure[zb] \stopplacefigure \samplefile{lorem} \stoptext """

2 2

Stacking limits in integrals
by Matthias Weber 19 Jan '26

19 Jan '26

Dear All, I’d like to have two rows in the lower limit of an integral, like so: \definemathstackers [MyStacker] [both] [mathclass=fraction] \starttext \startformula \int_{\mathover[MyStacker]{0}{|w-w_0|<\delta}}^{2\pi} f(z) \dd z=0 \stopformula \stoptext However, I clearly don’t understand stackers as the intended 0 is becoming a question mark. I would also like the ?/0 to be flush left so that it lines up with the upper limit. Thank you for any hints! Matthias

3 3

upload
by Hans Hagen 19 Jan '26

19 Jan '26

Hi, The latest upload has: - a few fixed cf posts around 2025/2026 crossover - a new parinject feature, that Hraban likely will abuse, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/758011/52406 for the rationale and an explanation / example by Mikael. - a new (experimental) tabulate preamble key 'P' that is mostly 'p' compatible but uses a different split paragraphs across page approach; it is a side effect of upgrading the alignment mechanism in luametatex in addition to already present extensions - we also now enabled shaping penalties thatwas already enabled in my local cont-exp for a while for testing interferences; it prevents breaks inside shapes and hang (unless configured otherwise) - a few improvements in \column uses in column sets but we're working on making that more relable (not that trivial) - gaelic language and patterns (more work needed there) - a bit more documentation here and there (there is some more pending) Hans % another example, one of our tests %\enabletrackers[parinsert] \setupexternalfigures [location={global,local,default}] \starttext \samplefile{tufte}% \space\leftparinsert[color=darkred]{An example.}\space \samplefile{ward}% \space\rightparinsert[color=darkgreen]{Another example.}\space \samplefile{tufte} \page \samplefile{tufte}% \space \leftparinsert [lines=3] {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][height=3lh,location=top]}% \rightparinsert [lines=4] {\mirror{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][height=4lh,location=top]}}% \space \samplefile{ward}% \space \rightparinsert [distance=2em,lines=2] {\mirror{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][height=2lh,location=top]}}% \space \samplefile{tufte} \stoptext -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

7 14

PDF images broken in 2026.01.08
by Ben Moon 19 Jan '26

19 Jan '26

Hey, I just came across a strange issue compiling a document with different context versions: 1. mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.06 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /Users/…/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2024.06.21 23:45 mtx-context | main context file: /Users/.../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/context.mkxl mtx-context | current version: 2024.06.21 23:45 2. mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.06 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /Users/.../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2026.01.08 23:30 mtx-context | main context file: /Users/.../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/context.mkxl mtx-context | current version: 2026.01.08 23:30 If I do this document: \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[ state=start, click=yes, style=, ] \starttext \placefigure[here]{test} {\externalfigure[covariance_water.pdf]} \stoptext With this image In the case of context version 2024.06.21, I get the expected output: However, using version 2026.01.08, I get this output Any ideas what’s going on here, or how I can pin/revert a context version? Thank you very much Ben

1 0

switching fonts in footnotes
by hanneder＠staff.uni-marburg.de 18 Jan '26

18 Jan '26

I am trying to produce a critical edition of a Sanskrit text, where the publisher needs Devanāgarī script for the main text, but roman for the variants in the footnotes. The text had already been prepared in roman and the critical edition setup worked very well. Since the main book in is English, and the numbering with the edition should be in roman, I thought that it would be better to keep the main language English and switch to Devanāgarī. But there are two problems: In the example below (just seach for %% to jump to the problematic lines) you can see three identical verses and a bit of prose. The first verse is typeset by using \skt{} for switching to Devanāgarī, the second by using \startsanskrit ... \stopsanskrit. In the first verse the linespacing between the third and the fourth line is wrong, perhaps the baseline is not set by this command, but why does it show in the fourth line? Anyway, this is just for reference, for the method with \startsanskrit ... \stopsanskrit, works, but I cannot find a way to switch to roman in the footnote \var{}. Is there an elegant way to keep the footnotes roman? In the definition of \var? \definepapersize[IeT][width=155mm, height=220mm] \setuppapersize[IeT][IeT] \setuplayout[height=200mm,width=120mm,header=14pt,marking=on,backspace=13mm,topspace=15mm, headerdistance=4mm,bottomdistance=2pt,location=doublesided] \setupheader[leftwidth=.8\hsize,rightwidth=.8\hsize,style=\tfx] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={header,right}] \setupheadertexts[prathama upadeśaḥ][pagenumber][pagenumber][Haṭhapradīpikājyotsnā] \mainlanguage[english] \setupbodyfontenvironment [default][em=italic] \definefontfeature[default][default][fakecombining=yes,compose=yes,itlc=yes,protrusion=quality,expansion=quality,onum=yes] \definefallbackfamily [Roman] [rm] [Adishila San] [range=devanagari,features=devanagari-one] \definefontfamily [Roman] [rm] [Minion Pro] \setupbodyfont [Roman] \definefontfamily [nagari] [rm] [Adishila San] [features=devanagari-one,rscale=1.6] \usetransliteration[indic] \definetransliteration [MyDeva] [lang=sa,vector={iast to deva}] \startsetups [sanskrit] \settransliteration[MyDeva] \switchtobodyfont[nagari] \stopsetups \setuplanguage [sa] [setups=sanskrit] \definestartstop [sanskrit] [style={\language[sa]}] \define[1]\skt{\start\language[sa]#1\stop} \setupbodyfont[xcharter,10pt] % Critical Edition Setup: Prose with two layers of apparatus \setupnotations[alternative=serried] \setuplinenumbering[step=5,method=page,style=\tfx,location=outer,align=outer] \definelinenote[var][paragraph=yes] \definelinenote[comment][paragraph=yes] \definelines[sloka][][indenting={yes, small}, before=\blank\startnarrower,after=\stopnarrower\blank] \definelines[bsloka][][indenting={yes, small}, before=\blank,after=\blank] \setupalign[hz,vz,hanging,tolerant] \setupinterlinespace[line=2ex] \clubpenalty=10000 \widowpenalty=10000 \setuptolerance[horizontal,tolerant] \setuptolerance[vertical,tolerant] \setupwhitespace[small] \setupindenting[yes,1em] \setupblank[big] \def\lem{\kern0em{}]\enskip} % Manuscript sigla \def\Wthree{W\low{3} } \def\Wthreeplus{W\low{3}} \def\Wthreeac{W\low{3}\high{ac}\ } \def\Wthreepc{W\low{3}\high{pc}\ } \def\Tue{Tue\ } \def\Tueplus{Tue} \def\Tueac{Tue\high{ac}\ } \def\Tuepc{Tue\high{pc}\ } \def\Msix{Bo\low{3}\ } \def\Peighteen{\P\low{18}} \def\Pnt{P\low{19}\ } \def\Pntplus{P\low{19}} \def\Pntac{P\low{19}\high{ac}\ } \def\Pntpc{P\low{19}\high{pc}\ } \def\Pntohne{P\low{19}} \def\EdMu{Ed\low{Mu}\ } \def\emend{em.\ } \def\EdLo{Ed\low{Lon}\ } \def\EdAd{Ed\low{Adyar}\ } \def\om{om.} \starttext \setupheader [state=stop] \startalignment[center] {\tfb \skt{haṭhapradīpikājyotsnā}} \blank[7mm] {\tfa\skt{prathama upadeśaḥ}} \stopalignment \blank[7mm] \startlinenumbering %\begin{vsid}{hp01_001} \startsloka \skt{śrīādināthāya namo'stu tasmai \ \ yenopadiṣṭā haṭhayogavidyā vibhrājate pronnatarājayoga- %% problem: this line and the next are too narrow \ \ māroḍhumicchoradhirohiṇīva} \stopsloka \startsanskrit \startsloka śrīādināthāya namo'stu tasmai \ \ yenopadiṣṭā haṭhayogavidyā vibhrājate pronnatarājayoga- %% no problem here \ \ māroḍhumicchoradhirohiṇīva \stopsloka \stopsanskrit \startsanskrit \startsloka śrīādināthāya namo'stu tasmai \ \ yenopadiṣṭā haṭhayogavidyā\var{text \lem variant.} %% But the variant text does not appear. vibhrājate pronnatarājayoga- \ \ māroḍhumicchoradhirohiṇīva \stopsloka \stopsanskrit \blank \noindent \skt{mumukṣujanahitārthaṃ rājayogadvārā kaivalyaphalāṃ haṭhapradīpikāṃ vidhitsuḥ paramakāruṇikaḥ svātmārāmayogīndrastatpratyūhanivṛttaye haṭhayogapravartakaśrīmadādināthanamaskāralakṣaṇaṃ}\var{lakṣaṇaṃ~\lem rūpaṃ \Pnt} \skt{maṅgalaṃ tāvadācarati} \stoplinenumbering\stoptext --- Prof. Dr. Juergen Hanneder Philipps-Universitaet Marburg FG Indologie u. Tibetologie Deutschhausstr.12 35032 Marburg Germany Tel. 0049-6421-28-24930 hanneder(a)staff.uni-marburg.de

3 6

image not found
by Henning Hraban Ramm 17 Jan '26

17 Jan '26

Hi, I’ve a strange problem, not for the first time, but I can’t find the actual reason: If I place an image just with \externalfigure, all is well. But in my convoluted real application, ConTeXt breaks with a combination of "Unknown relation will be considered false" and "Oh dear. I can't decide if the expression above is positive, negative, or zero. So this comparison test won't be 'true'." or "Equation cannot be performed" and "I'm sorry, but I don't know how to make such things equal." As a workaround, I can place the image somewhere (e.g. outside of the printed paper in a tiny size) first, and all is well. \useexternalfigure doesn’t help. I couldn’t find a MWE that shows the problem, sorry. In the current case, it’s about SVG symbols for my folders module. The problem doesn’t seem to be with defining the symbols in a macro, but maybe with nested context calls in Lua code (via anonymous functions). I had a similar problem years ago with images placed on layers with a macro. So I guess it might be a matter of expansion. Hraban

2 2

misplaced link border in layer
by Pablo Rodriguez 17 Jan '26

17 Jan '26

Dear list, with the following sample: \setupinteraction[state=start, color=, contrastcolor=, style=,] \enabledirectives[references.border=red] \def\MyURL#1{\goto{\tt\hyphenatedurl{#1}}[url(#1)]} \setuppapersize[A4, landscape] \definelayer[alink][x=0.99\paperwidth, y=.5\paperheight, location={middle}, state=start] \setupbackgrounds[page][background={alink}] \starttext \startmakeup[standard][pagestate=start, align=middle] whatever\setlayer[alink]{\rotate[90] {Huge thanks for \MyURL{https://wiki.mtxrun.eu}, Hraban!}} \stopmakeup \stoptext I get the link right, but its rectangle is out of the paper dimensions (as PDF.js for Firefox 147 displays it [see attachments]). I’m using both current latest (2026.01.08 23:30) for MkIV and MkXL and I wonder how to get the link border placed right. Am I missing something here or is this an issue in ConTeXt? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

2 3

Wiki mirror
by Max Chernoff 15 Jan '26

15 Jan '26

Hi all, I've set up mirrors of the ConTeXt Garden Wiki at https://www.maxchernoff.ca/tools/context-wiki/ https://tug.org/context-wiki/ I couldn't resist styling it to match the rest of my personal website, so these mirrors support the dark/light modes provided by your browser. The mirrors both update daily, and the complete contents are available on GitHub https://github.com/gucci-on-fleek/context-wiki-mirror/tree/mirror I'm able to mirror every single page in around 2 minutes; if you're interested, the script used to produce these files is also available on GitHub https://github.com/gucci-on-fleek/context-wiki-mirror/tree/master I've converted all links to be 100% relative, so if you want to host your own copy, you can place the files on any path and the links should all work as expected. The entire contents only take up about 50MB (or 20MB when zipped). Let me know if you have any questions or find any bugs. Thanks, -- Max

3 4

buffers: just typeset, don’t place
by Henning Hraban Ramm 15 Jan '26

15 Jan '26

Hi, for my documentation of generated directory trees (with my “folders” module), I’d like to “run” a buffer like the example below as an independent file, but don’t include the result in my current document, since I need only the exported structure. A similar application would be if I’d need just the .tuc file. I there already a command for that? \starttext \startbuffer[export-minimal] \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \samplefile{knuth} \stoptext \stopbuffer \typesetbuffer[export-minimal] \stoptext Hraban

2 2