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Minor date formatting issue
by Matt Gushee 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

Hello, all-- I am experimenting with the \currentdate command. I am finding that \currentdate [weekday,{,~},month,day+,{,~},year] which should work according to the Wiki, produces: Thursday, Augustday+, 2013 This command: \currentdate [weekday,{,~},month,day,{,~},year] works as expected. I also tried \date [][weekday,{,~},month,day+,{,~},year] but that produced the same result as above. I have a recent stable release of the standalone ConTeXt package from the Garden. Is there a new way to format a date with an ordinal indicator (-st, -nd, -rd, -th), or is that just not working at the moment? Please advise. -- Matt Gushee

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ConTeXt, XeTeX, special effects in Indic font for Kannada
by Robert Zydenbos 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

On my Mac (Mountain Lion) I would like to use ConTeXt with a complex OpenType font named Kedage for the Indian language Kannada, and I thought that I could do this using XeTeX (because LuaTeX seems unable to handle Indic fonts at present). This freely available font (found on Linux systems, for instance) comes in four files: Kedage-n.TTF, Kedage-b.TTF, Kedage-i.TTF, Kedage-t.TTF (normal, bold, italic and bolditalic, respectively). I have been partly successful with the simple command \definefontsynonym[kan][name:Kedage] and then using \definedfont[kan] where I want to have the font in the text. Also \font\kannada="Kedage" (and \kannada later in the text) seems to work well without any further indications of language, script etc. However, I would also like to use the bold, italic and bolditalic forms of the font. Simply using \bold and \em does not work. Here I see two possibilities: (1) use the XeTeX parameters FakeSlant and FakeBold, which I have done in LaTeX. But I do not know how this is done in ConTeXt. (2) use the other font files (Kedage-b.TTF etc.), and again I do not know how to do this. Can anybody help me out, either way? (I have attached a sample.) Robert

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simplefonts doesn’t select the font
by Pablo Rodríguez 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Dear list, I have the following sample: \starttext \startbuffer[testbuffer] \setuppapersize[A7] \usemodule[simplefonts][size=10.5pt] \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Pagella] \starttext This isn’t \TeX\ Gyre Pagella. \stoptext \stopbuffer \typesetbuffer[testbuffer] \stoptext Only with decimal font sizes, simplefonts (and probably the standard font mechanism [which I don’t know how to use it]) isn’t able to select the font in the buffer. I guess this might be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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unwanted extra interline space in typing environment
by Pablo Rodríguez 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Dear list, I have a document (http://ediciones-criticas.tk/pdf/criticas-context.pdf) which is shows a weird issue: some typing lines have an extra interline space added. It can be found on the first code samples on pages 11 and 12 from the above-mentioned document (sorry, but I have no other way to recreate the issue). My configuration is the following: \setuptyping[margin=yes,lines=yes,blank=line,space=on] How can avoid the unwanted extra interline space in the typing environment? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Feature-Request: Sort bibliography entries in alphabetical order by the entries' “short” value
by Michael Scholtz 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Hi, the publication list can be configured with `\setuppublications` to be sorted by cite order (`sorttype=cite`) or the order of the publication entries (`sorttype=bbl`). With the following setup the "short names" of the publication entries are used for cite references: \setuppublications[ criterium=text, sorttype=cite, % <– "short"? refcommand=short, numbering=short, ... ] The short names are set using the `s` attribute: \startpublication[ s={RFC2616}, ... ] ... \stoppublication A cite with this setup would look like "[RFC2616]". In a long bibliography list it is useful if the entries are sorted in alphabetical order by these short names to allow a faster lookup of publications. Currently I'm using the "filter" module and a Tcl script to sort the publication entries ( http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/126939/7074 ), but it might be useful if something like a `sorttype=short` option would be added. Regards, Michael

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problem with Persian feature
by Mingranina Gingranina 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Dear All, Hello, I am completely new to ConTeXt and after searching and exploring the ConTeXt Garden wiki pages and other resources thoroughly, I decided to write my first document in Persian which reads: \enableregime [utf-8] \definefontfeature [persian] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes,liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,clig=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes,kern=yes,curs=yes] \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial][feature=persian] \mainlanguage[pe] \setupbodyfont[arial,12pt] \starttext \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT این یک آزمایش است. \pagedir TLT\bodydir TLT\pardir TLT\textdir TLT This is a test. \stoptext As there are some UTF-8 characters in the document I have attached the document to this message too. The problem is that on my system the Persian part of the output is a set of Persian Isolated characters, but on http://live.contextgarden.net the Persian part does not appear at all. Could somebody please let me know what am I doing wrong? Thanks, Mingranina

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setupnarrower and startnarrower
by Alan BRASLAU 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello, Could (should) startnarrower be modified to accept setup assignments? As in: \startnarrower [before=\blank,after=\blank] or \startnarrower [left=3cm] [left] etc. Alan

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How to prevent moving figure on the next page?
by Dmitriy Tokarev 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hi list, I need help to undestand this effect: If setuphead[chapter][page=no] and after figure start a new chapter, than figure is moved to the page 2, although on page 1 space is enough. Thanks. \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \setuphead[chapter][page=no] \showframe \starttext \chapter {One} \dorecurse{2}{\input{knuth}} \placefigure[here][figure]{Description} {\externalfigure[figure][width=5cm,height=2.0cm]} % if setuphead[chapter][page=no] and this comment transform to text, than figure moves to page 1. What do I need to figure always placing on page 1? \chapter {Two} \stoptext -- Dmitriy

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kerning with buggy libertine
by Philipp Gesang 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hi Hans, this is a bug report thanks to Khaled: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/126650/14066 In short: the font loader applies the kerning of libertine version 5.3.0 even though this appears to be broken in the font. Context translation of the example: \definefontfeature [kerning] [mode=node,smcp=yes,kern=yes] \definefont [libertineserifsmallcaps] [file:LinLibertine_R.otf*kerning] \definefont [libertinesanssmallcaps] [file:LinBiolinum_R.otf*kerning] \def\demotext{Vacillate Vaccine Vapour Vanish Va...} \starttext {\libertineserifsmallcaps \demotext}\par {\libertinesanssmallcaps \demotext}\par \stoptext (Doesn’t occur in base mode.) The technical details are in the thread Khaled references. Best regards, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Metapost labels
by Lutz Haseloff 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hi all, with LuaTeX, Version beta-0.77.0-2013073017 (rev 4639) and ConTeXt ver: 2013.08.06 15:50 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.8.7 int: english/english Context seems not to be able to typeset Labels anymore. Yesterday, before an Update, all worked as expected. Minimal not working example: \starttext \startMPpage draw fullcircle scaled 5cm withcolor red; label(textext("\CONTEXT"),origin); \stopMPpage \stoptext Or am I missing something happened in the last four weeks? Thanks Greetings Lutz

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