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Unnumbered chapters (title), numbered appendices
by Alan BRASLAU 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Hello, I am having difficulties with the use of unnumbered chapters (\title) as well as the use of appendices. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Titles#Unnumbered_titles_in_table_of_contents gives a few recipes for the use of unnumbered titles and their inclusion in the table of contents. Unfortunately, they do not work! \definehead [intro] [chapter] \setuphead [intro] [number=no] will increment the chapter number, as does \setuphead [title] [incrementnumber=yes,number=no] trying "coupling=no" gives missing number errors (in the toc). Furthermore, placing chapters into \frontmatter and \backmatter might not always be a solution. In a document structured in *parts*, one might want to have an introduction (and other "front matter") as well as conclusions (and other "back matter"). One needs a means of switching section blocks, for example, without resetting everything. Maybe this can become an option in \startfrontmatter [reset=no] \startappendices [reset=no] \startbackmatter [reset=no] for example, or else: \setupsectionblock [appendix] [resetnumber=no] % number=yes|no Another route could be through the use of the *mysterious* structureresetset \definestructureresetset [default] [0,0] [1] % do not reset parts and chapters \setuphead [part,chapter] [sectionresetset=default] coupled somehow to the section blocks. Alan

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graphics: figure combination and single figure side by side
by Xenia 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Hi context list, I want to place three figures in a row, but two of them as part of a combination with a common caption. I tried this with columns, but did not manage it, because I only read how to span 2 columns with single figures. How can this be done properly? Thanks, Xenia

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prezi presentations
by Thomas A. Schmitz 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Hi all, this is a very far shot, but just maybe... I have been looking at prezi (http://prezi.com/) There's lots of aspects there that don't appeal to me, but I find the general idea very nice: a presentation is sort of a big poster, with some background graphics. You define areas on this poster into which your content goes (so these would be the "slides" in a conventional presentation). When you show your presentation, your viewer will zoom in on these areas and present them full screen, and it will move along a predefined path, thus showing the areas (slides) in a certain order. The nice thing is that you can, at any moment, zoom out and show the entire poster, thus giving an overview of your presentation in which only the bigger elements (headlines etc.) will be readable. Now I was wondering if the same couldn't be done with ConTeXt, pdf and javascript: producing a big pdf with a background image would be fairly easy (metapost's vector graphics would look good at any zoom level). Placing slides with content there could be done via layers. Zooming in and showing certain areas is doable (but obviously would depend on the pdf viewer, especially for the full screen mode). I have no idea if we have support for rotating areas in a pdf viewer. Would javascript be capable of automating this, i.e. defining areas in a pdf, displaying them at a certain zoom level, and move from one area to the next? I think this would be a nice alternative to traditional slide shows. Thomas

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garden distribuition
by Hans Hagen 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Hi, *don't* update from the garden ... the configuration seems broken Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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texmf -> texmf-dist in TeX Live
by Mojca Miklavec 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Hi, TeX Live has switched from texmf to texmf-dist. Please let me know if there will be any problems associated with that (like missing files in distribution). Mojca

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White Space after \startalign
by Devendra Ghate 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dear all, I have noticed a new problem in the \startalign environment recently. \startalign adds whitespace after the formula. If I remove the *\NR* from the last equation then the white space disappears. But I need to keep it for numbering the last equation. In any case, I thought that the last *\NR* is required in the *math align* environment. I remember getting errors for not including the last \NR when I was just starting out with ConTeXt. May be something has changed or my memory is not quite what I thought it was. Please let me know if I am making a silly mistake. Thank you for your time in advance. *MWE* \starttext¬ Some text before the equation.¬ \placeformula¬ \startformula \startalign¬ \NC a \NC= b\NR¬ \NC c \NC= d\NR[eq:trivial]¬ \stopalign \stopformula¬ Some text after the equation.¬ \stoptext¬ Regards, Devendra Ghate

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Running heads, American style.
by john Culleton 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Since I spent the better part of two days puzzling over this simple task I thought I would share. The American style for running heads for non-fiction books is to have the current chapter on the left (verso) page and the current section on the right (recto) page. The text for each is near the spine and the page number near the outside edge. The layout must be set doublesided in context. Two commands are pertinent: \setupheader[leftstyle=bold,rightstyle=bold] \setupheadertexts[text][section][pagenumber][pagenumber][chapter] On the actual page spread the chapter title wll be on the laft of the spread and the section title on the right. But the \setupheadertexts command has them reversed. The recto gets described first and then the verso. The manual describes them otherwise. left then right, but it is really right, then left. Also the location parameter (first bracket pair) is mandatory for this kind of header setup. And just putting [] won't work. You have to specify a location. Now old hands will have memorized all these peculiarities long ago. I write this for beginners at the context game, like me. -- 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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Math typesetting problems
by Janne Junnila 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

Hi all, I've run into a couple of problems with math typesetting. (I'm using the latest ConTeXt standalone beta.) The following doesn't print [x,x] at all: \startformula [x,x]_t = x \stopformula It can be fixed by using \left[x,x\right]_t, but I find the behaviour weird. Another problem I have is related to the positioning of minus signs in front of fractions. I would expect the minus sign to align with the horizontal line of the fraction, as it does on LaTeX. Below is an example formula to illustrate my point. The result seems to be independent of the font in use. \startformula -\frac{e^{\frac{4}{5}}}{4} \stopformula Janne

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Using \stretched in macro fails
by Rogers, Michael K 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

Hi, Below \stretched works by itself, but causes a fatal error when in the macro (\Name). I get the same result with all variants. Perhaps there's a better way? MWE: %%%%%%%% \def\Name{\stretched[width=]} %\def\Name#1{\stretched[width=]{#1}} %\define[1]\Name{\stretched[width=]{#1}} \starttext \stretched[width=]{Hi there!} St. \Name{Banach} \stoptext %%%%%%%% Here's part of the log: ConTeXt ver: 2013.04.05 22:00 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.4.6 int: english/english … ! This can't happen (add_disc_widths). system > tex > error on line 10 in file foo18453.tex: This can't happen ( ... 1 \def\Name{\stretched[width=]} 2 \def\Name#1{\stretched[width=]{#1}} 3 %\define[1]\Name{\stretched[width=]{#1}} 4 5 \starttext 6 7 \stretched[width=]{Hi there!} 8 9 St. \Name{Banach} 10 >> 11 \stoptext 12 13 l.10 ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).

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\setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] not working
by Peter Münster 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Hi, With the latest beta, \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] is no more working. Example: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \starttext bla: bla \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- How could I get back the desired spacing please? TIA for any help, -- Peter

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