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\vtop with middle alignment in a screenplay
by Jan Pohanka 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

Hi all, I'm trying to make a simple template for screenplays for our amateur theatre. I have following code and I'd like to have the single lines of the song centered in a page, but preceded by a person name on the left {Person 1: \setupalign[middle]{\vtop{% song asdf line 1\\ song line 2\\ song a line 3}}} This code obviously does not work as I need. Can please someone advice me proper ConTeXt way how to do it? many thanks Jan

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setupformulas
by Steffen Wolfrum 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

Hi, \setupformulas[way=bychapter,prefixsegments=chapter] gives (A..1) But I need (A-1)! Any idea how the key is called to change this? Best, Steffen

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Database module: asciimode and escapechar
by Wolfgang Schuster 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

Hi, there are another things that need to be fixed with the database module. 1. The quotechar character appears in the output. 2. The \asciimode command is ignored. \usemodule[database] \define[2]\TestCommand {Currency: #1, Value: #2 \par} \startbuffer[testdata] Euro,"€ 100" Dollar,"\$ 300" \stopbuffer \definedatabase[test][quotechar=",command=\TestCommand] \starttext \asciimode \processdatabasebuffer[test][testdata] \stoptext Wolfgang

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Woe is me :<( mkiv misbehaving.
by john Culleton 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

After fiddling with some unrelated issues involving a python program called makehuman my well behaved context mkiv job is acting up. It finds all kinds of unrelated modules but no longer can find the OTF fonts I use in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. here is a brief sample of some of the output I get now: --------------------------------------------------- kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/wavelet.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/x-ogm+ogg.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/x-anim.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/ogg.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/x-ms-wmp.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/mp4.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/vnd.rn-realvideo.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/x-matroska.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/mp2t.xml" in xdgdata-mime --------------------------------------- I have added some python things. Does MKIV use python in any way? Slackware Linux 14. Texlive 2012. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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redifining font sizes
by Pablo Rodríguez 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

Hi there, using the latest beta, I have tried to change the x font size from 0.8 to 0.9, but it doesn't work. Here is a minimal sample: \definefontsize[w] \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][w=0.9, x=0.9] \starttext a {\tfx a} {\tfw a} \stoptext Why isn't the x font size set to 0.9? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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distinguish different characters from different languages
by Tim Li 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

Hi, Is there a way in ConTeXt to distinguish (or recognise) different characters from different languages, especially distinguishing those used in China, Japan and Korea (CJK) from English. For example, sentence(1) and its translation (sentence (2)) below are mixed English with Chinese characters, as far as I know, Chinese write 排版 as typography. (1) translation: 据我所知，中国人将typography写作排版。 (2) If I input this sentence in the ConTeXt source file, how can I recognise English characters and Chinese characters respectively so that I can insert space (say, 1/4 space) when nesting English words into Chinese (the result of sentence (2) in PDF file will look like this: 据我所知，中国人将 typography 写作排版。) Are there some materials or topics about this? Tim

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Layers: corner, location
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

Hello, I'm trying to understand meaning of "location" and "corner" keywords of layer definition (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layers#My_first_Layer) The goal is to place a logo (here: a \framed) to the top right corner of the page, with vertical and horizontal shift 5 mm into the centre of the page. The working code is: ---- \definelayer [Logo] [location={left,bottom}, x=\paperwidth, y=0mm, hoffset=-5mm, voffset=5mm, ] \setlayer [Logo] {\framed[width=4cm,height=1cm]{LOGO}} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=Logo] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext ---- Although it works, it's a result of many attempts. I don't understand why "location={left,bottom}" is the correct choice although the referential point of the logo is *right-top* corner and I'm placing the logo into the *right-top* corner of the layer (page). I played with "corner=" and "location=" combinations but - it seems the only one which gives the good result is the one above. Could anyone explain this? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Re: [NTG-context] Handling index entries with many references
by Wolfgang Schuster 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

Am 09.06.2013 um 21:49 schrieb honyk <j.tosovsky(a)email.cz>: > Dear All, > > in my book I want to place the index (aka register) of places. Some of them > are mentioned very often (>10). I want to keep that location in the index, > but not to create references to all occurrences. > > In one old book I've found the following solution for this: in the index > there are first three page references listed for that index entry followed > by 'and many' phrase. > > Can something like this be done in the ConTeXt (MkIV)? No interactivity is > needed. The PDF output will be used just for printing. > > \setupregister[index][coupling=yes] is not exactly what I want. Do you have a example what you did in MkII? Wolfgang

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Handling index entries with many references
by honyk 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

Dear All, in my book I want to place the index (aka register) of places. Some of them are mentioned very often (>10). I want to keep that location in the index, but not to create references to all occurrences. In one old book I've found the following solution for this: in the index there are first three page references listed for that index entry followed by 'and many' phrase. Can something like this be done in the ConTeXt (MkIV)? No interactivity is needed. The PDF output will be used just for printing. \setupregister[index][coupling=yes] is not exactly what I want. Thanks, Jan

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simplebib module: does not recognize bibitem command
by Xan 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

I use a simplebib module: \usemodule[simplebib] \setuphead[title][style={\ss\bfd}, before={\begingroup}, after={\currentdate\bigskip\endgroup}] \starttext \title{Normativa} \section{Calendari} \startitemize \item Primera setmana de setembre, matriculació d'antic alumnat d'un CEPA \bibitem[acces] \item Segona i tercera setmanes de setembre, matriculació de nou alumnat \bibitem[acces] \item Segona setmana de febrer, matriculació d'alumant d'ESPA del segon trimestre \bibitem[acces] \stopitemize \startbibliography \bibitem[reference={acces}, title={Resolució del director general d’Ordenació, Innovació i Formació Professional, de dia 29 d’abril de 2013 per la qual s’estableix el calendari del procés d’admissió i matriculació dels alumnes als ensenyaments de persones adultes als centres sostinguts amb fons públics de la Comunitat Autònoma de les Illes Balears, per al curs 2013-2014}, magazine={BOIB}, url={http://www.caib.es/eboibfront/ca/2013/8138/516384/resolucio-del-director-general-d-ordenacio-innovac}, dateedition{21-05-2013}] \stopbibliography \stoptext and I get this error: log system > tex > error on line 13 in file Normativa.conTeXt: Undefined control sequence ... l.13 ...ulació d'antic alumnat d'un CEPA \bibitem [acces] ? x I use MKIV. Why this error? Thanks in advance, Xan.

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