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Arranging framed text without gaps
by Matthias Weber 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Dear all, I am trying to create a table where the entries have determined width and height. They typically are something like \framed[width=5cm,height=4cm,align={center,middle}{Text} and I understand that I will be responsible for making the dimensions so that everything fits nicely. After playing around without much success with the various tables, I came up with the following which is not exactly ConTeXt-like: \setupframed[ width=5cm, height=4cm, location={middle}, align={center,middle} ] \setupbodyfont[24pt] \starttext \hbox{{\framed{Jim}}{\framed{Mary}}{\framed{John}}} \hbox{{\framed{Patsy}}{\framed{Bob}}{\framed{Linda}}} \hbox{{\framed{Mike}}{\framed{Babsy}}{\framed{Bill}}} \hbox{{\framed{Liz}}{\framed{Dave}}{\framed{Jenny}}} \hbox{{\framed{Dick}}{\framed{Sue}}{\framed{Chuck}}} \hbox{{\framed{Maggie}}{\framed{Joe}}{\framed{Dolley}}} \hbox{{\framed{Tom}}{\framed{Lisa}}{\framed{Chris}}} \hbox{{\framed{Nancy}}{\framed{Paul}}{\framed{Betty}}} \stoptext I get small gaps between the horizontal rows which I don't like. Also, in my (possibly not quite up to date) MkIV, the texts isn't centered. In MkII it is. My questions: How do I -- achieve the desired layout (exact dimensions, frames, no gaps) the right way, -- without gaps between horizontal rows -- with text centered in the frames also in MkIV? Thanks a lot - Matthias

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startitemize[joinedup] killed?
by Meer, H. van der 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

What has happened to the joinedup parameter of \startitemize? As can be seen in the following minimal example, the \setupwhitespace effectively kills the effect of the joinedup. Making it impossible to typeset preceding text and item list close together. I can barely believe that this side effect of \setupwhitespace is inentional. Hans van der Meer % test joinedup % ConTeXt ver: 2013.01.27 21:24 MKIV fmt: 2013.2.24 int: english/english \starttext This is text before the itemize. \startitemize[n,joinedup] \startitem item one\stopitem \startitem item two\stopitem \stopitemize \blank \setupwhitespace[big] This is text before the itemize. \startitemize[n,joinedup] \startitem item one\stopitem \startitem item two\stopitem \stopitemize \stoptext

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default parameter in \definefont
by john Culleton 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Some time back Wolfgang advised me to use statements like this: \definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp] I cannot find what the *default parameter does. Can someone educate 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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float placement
by Meer, H. van der 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

I would like to place a figure (float) on a page by itself, at a specific point. Using \placefigure[force] gives me the figures at that point but not on separate page, whereas \placefigure[page] puts it on a page but not at the point where it should appear. Finally \placefigure[force,page] nor \placefigure[page,force] did help. Howto? Hans van der Meer

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distance between footnotes
by Meer, H. van der 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

I find the distance between my footnotes too large: 1 first foornote <too much space> 2 second footnote Trying \setupfootnotes[after={\blank-2mm]}] does not change anything as is the case with \setupnotation[footnote][after={\blank[-2mm]}] A strange phenomenon I noticed when wxperimenting for this post: \setupnotes[bodyfont=12pt] does change the font in the footnotes, but \setupnotation[footnote][bodyfont=12pt] does not. I thought that in mkiv \setupnotation[footnote] should completely replace \setupnotes. How is that? Hans van der Meer

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Apparent error in wiki example
by john Culleton 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

I copied verbatim the example found here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Typescript_Example This line caused an error: \setupencoding[default=uc] When I commented it out the doc ran fine. -- 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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python embedded in ConTeXt
by Xan 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

Hi, I just want to know if there is a equal thing like python.sty [1], sympytex [2] or sagetex [3] for embed python, sympy and sage into ConTeXt documents as there exist for latex. Yeah, I know I could write a script and run python externally to ConTeXt but this were easier to use. Thanks in advance, Xan. [1] http://www.astrobetter.com/python-in-latex-with-sympy/ [2] https://github.com/gpoore/pythontex [3] http://www.sagemath.org/doc/tutorial/sagetex.html

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Importing frontmatter
by john Culleton 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

What is the difference between \environment foo.tex and \input foo.tex? 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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problem with --arrange option (current 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV and actual beta)
by Pierre Bovet 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

Hi, I would print a booklet with trap of 3mm. With the current version 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV – luatex 0.70, all's right. But with the current version 2012.05.30 11:26 MKIV – luatex 0.72 and the actuel beta – luatex 0.74, the header logo is cut into the cut marks (w/o trap). You can see my minimal in attachment. PS: excuse me for my approximate language, I don't speak english… Pierre Bovet

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makeupwidth in columns
by Meer, H. van der 24 Feb '13

24 Feb '13

The contextrefmanual tells me in table 3.2 the following on the behaviour of the variables denoting the width of texts: [cid:D468CE47-C987-414C-84B0-47652AC59361@fritz.box] But the claim that \textwidth gives the width of a column is false. See the following minimal example, the first picture is set with 0.45\makeupwidth, the second with 0.9\textwidth. It is clear that \textwidth does not follow the claim. Hans van der Meer ConTeXt ver: 2013.01.27 21:24 MKIV fmt: 2013.1.28 int: english/english \setupcolumns[rule=on,n=2] \starttext \startcolumns \input tufte \placefigure{Test picture}{\externalfigure[test.jpg][width=0.45\makeupwidth]} \placefigure{Test picture}{\externalfigure[test.jpg][width=0.9\textwidth]} \input tufte \stopcolumns \stoptext [cid:EB7A4C53-E754-481F-AB87-D6DE646347FD@fritz.box] Hans van der Meer

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