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Systems of equations in ConTeXt?
by Xan 23 Aug '13

23 Aug '13

Hi, Simple question: what is the equivalent of: \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{aligned} 2x - 2y = 0\\ 4x - 2y = 2 \end{aligned} \right. \end{equation*} in ConTeXt? I know mako aligned module, but I can't achive \left\{ and \right. thanks in advance, Xan.

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Hidden sections
by Mikoláš Štrajt 23 Aug '13

23 Aug '13

Hello all, We are writing a magazine with my friends and I am going to typeset it with ConTEXt. It works fine but I ran into the problem with heads. In our magazine articles will be grouped in sections (e.g. poetry, short stories, programming). I need to hide section heads in text but to show them in TOC and page headers. So there will be no „Poetry“ head in text but „Poetry“ will be shown in page header and TOC. Unfortunately, the trick from http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Titles#Flushing_ section_head_data_without_typesetting_them_in_the_text seems to not work for me. Thanks for help. -- Mikoláš Štrajt

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Feature Request: define colour in relation to existing colour
by Thangalin 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

Hi, What would it take to extend \definecolor so that: \definecolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1] defines a new colour (ColourB) based on an existing colour (ColourA)? I know that \definespotcolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1] works, but it seems like \definecolor would also be a natural fit. Kind regards.

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Feature Request: showframe debugging
by Thangalin 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

Hi, \showframe [ labels=on, measurements=on, color=red, ] Would produce an image similar to the attached, but with the black lines drawn in the specified colour. Using labels=on would show the names of the items that can be changed with \setuplayout. Using measurements=on would show the values for each of the items. I don't know if there is any value separating the measurements from the labels. Thank you!

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\looseness query
by Alan Bowen 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

I am currently noticing an occasional difference in the effect of \looseness=-1 between the betas up to May 5 and the three more recent betas. Before I try to make adjustments, I thought it best to ask: Is there a specifically ConTeXt alternative to the \looseness command that allows one to adjust the number of lines in a particular paragraph? Alan

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Em dash using Hoefler
by Martin Moncrieffe 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Hopefully, this is the correct list for this question. I'm trying to typeset documents using the font Hoefler on MacOSX (10.8.4) with ConTeXt 2013.05.28 from the TeXlive 2013 distribution. All works, but unfortunately, em dashes are not typeset correctly; there are three dashes instead of a continuous line. I'm obviously missing something and would appreciate help in correcting this. A minimal example that produces the error is: \usetypescriptfile[osx] \usetypescript[hoefler] \setupbodyfont[hoefler,11pt] \starttext A test of Hoefler at 10 pt. The emdash--- does not work... \stoptext files are compiled using "context myfile.tex" Thanks. __martin.

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placefigure problem
by Wim W. Wilhelm 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Dear all, I encountered a problem with TexLive 2013 context. The problem persisted with the context beta. With LuaTex version beta-0.77.0-2013081719 (rev 4640) and ConTeXt ver: 2013.08.18 18:32 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.8.20 int: english/english I compiled: \starttext \chapter{c-titel} \section{s1-titel} <text> \placefigure[none,left]{}{\externalfigure[c:/context/tekeningen/hemelbol.pdf][height=6cm]} <text> \placefigure[none,left]{}{\externalfigure[c:/context/tekeningen/afplatting.pdf][height=4cm]} <text> \section{s2-title} <text> \stoptext The figures were placed in the middle of the page and the text did not wrap around the figures. Everything worked fine in TexLive 2012 context. I'm a bit lost, any idea? cheerio Wim W. Wilhelm

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Bug with \left( \right) in current beta
by Janne Junnila 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Hey, The following does not work correctly in the current beta. It seems like the "1" is parsed as a part of "(". Inserting a space between ( and 1 makes the example work. \starttext \startformula \left(1 - \right) \stopformula \stoptext Most of the fonts produce nothing for \left(1, cambria produces some weird symbol. -- Janne

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Problem with context in windows
by Oualkacha, Karim 19 Aug '13

19 Aug '13

Hi, I installed conTeXt in windows following the steps in the website http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Windows_Installation:_ConTeXt_Suite_with_S ciTe#Install_SciTe I have a PC with windows 7, ruby is already installed, and I have MikeTex 2.9 already installed and as text editor WinEdt. To test if everything work, I created a file Test.tex \starttext Test \stoptext When I executed it in WinEdt I didn't have any error message, however, there is no PDF file created for the Test.tex file [ConTeXt Compilation Report (Pages: 0), Errors : 0]. In a command-line window (cmd) I tried the command context to see what is the problem: I got the following message: warnings no lua configuration files found no texmf paths are defined <using TEXMF> I tried also texexec command and I got the following message: mtxrun ! kpse fallback with programme `context` initialized in 0.062 seconds Any Help Please! Karim

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Trouble with editors on Mac
by Mari Voipio 19 Aug '13

19 Aug '13

Hi! I updated my ConTeXt installation today and now it refuses to work with TextMate and TeXworks. When I use the typesetting command on either editor, I get the error message mtxrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' The weird thing is that my ConTeXt standalone installation works on command line (with "context myfile.tex"). I've used TextMate for a year and did not change anything there. Both editors also have my ConTeXt directory /Applications/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/context as PATH variable (I got a different error message on TeXworks before I edited the path variable to include ConTeXt). So in theory everything should be fine... I first installed the newest ConTeXt and when it gave the above error message, I switched to latest "stable" version (installation with --context=current), but that didn't make any difference. My previous installation was at least 3 months old, possibly quite a bit older. This problem is not critical as I can use TextMate/TeXworks as editor and compile on command line in Terminal, but it is a bit of a nuisance not to be able to use the typesetting command in the editor. So any help is highly appreciated. Thanks, Mari

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