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Sequence of MetaPost Pages
by Troy Henderson 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

When I create animations using MetaPost, I typically do something like for n=1 upto N: beginfig(n); <some code> endfig; endfor; and a sequence of figures are created. How can I do this in ConTeXt using \startMPpage ... \stopMPpage? Troy Henderson

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3D annotations problems
by Michail Vidiassov 09 Sep '12

09 Sep '12

Dear Hans and All, the examples from back-u3d.mkiv fail to work with latest beta (rectangled "undefined" message appears instead of annotation), but if "\textwidth" is replaced by "in" in the tex file 3D annotations appear OK. Is that a bug, a feature or some transitional state of ConTeXt (case when things are known to be broken something else is under reform). Sincerely, Michail

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Working with variables in MkIV (\ setvariables, \getparameters etc)
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 09 Sep '12

09 Sep '12

Hello ConTeXist, Is it possible go through all the keys of \setvariables (getvariable) macro and create the appropriate macros, as in the case of \getparameters macro? I mean macro like \getallvariablesfrom[myfirstnamespace], which return contents of brackets macro \setvariables[myfirstnamespace] (it mean list of all assignments key=value ...) In addition, you can assign all the variables one namespace to another namespace (or to create a loop which all variables passed and placed into the other namespace.)? Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my inspiration of example : \setvariables[myfirstnamespace][id=1, value={text}] \starttext % \getparameters[myfirstnamespace][\getallvariablesfrom[myfirstnamespace]] % Now would be defined macros \myfirstnamespaceid (1) and \myfirstnamespacevalue (text) % Assign all the variables of [myfirstnamespace] namespace to [myotherspace] namespace? %\setvariable[myotherspace][\getallvariablesfrom[myfirstnamespace]] \stoptext

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Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel
by Marco Patzer 08 Sep '12

08 Sep '12

Hi, I was wandering if we should promote the ConTeXt IRC channel on the contextgarden home page, e.g. underneath “Welcome to ConTeXt garden” or “External Help”. The current page (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/IRC) is unlikely to be found by anyone. I think most questions should stay on the mailing list, since I consider the mailing list almost as “the second ConTeXt manual” and it can easily be searched, in contrast to IRC. At the moment the channel is dead, which is probably due to the fact that no one knows of its existence. But it might turn into a valuable source of information, e.g. regarding installation problems for which the mailing list might not be as suitable. Marco

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incomplete \iffalse in cont-yes.mkiv?
by Alan Bowen 08 Sep '12

08 Sep '12

With the latest beta, I *sometimes* get the error message: ! Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line 95. system > tex > error on line 4 in file /Applications/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv: Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line 95 ... 1 %D \module 2 %D [ file=cont-yes, 3 %D version=2012.06.01, 4 >> %D title=\CONTEXT\ Miscellaneous Macros, 5 %D subtitle=Startup Stub, 6 %D author=Hans Hagen, 7 %D date=\currentdate, 8 %D copyright={PRAGMA ADE \& \CONTEXT\ Development Team}] 9 %C 10 %C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is 11 %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for 12 %C details. 13 14 % At some point I will reconsider the \starttext .. \stoptext <inserted text> \fi l.4 } <inserted text> ...end context.finishjob() } \luat_start_lua_code_indeed ...ua \zerocount {#1}} l.86 \stopluacode Alan

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Interactive URL's and Acronyms
by Markus Hubig 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi @all, how do I get clickable/interactiv URLs and acronyms. After reading the manual I thought just setting | \setupinteraction | [state=start, color=black, contrastcolor=black, style=normal] | \definesynonyms [acronym] [acronyms] [\infull] | \setupsynonyms [acronym] [criterium=all] would be enough. But it's not... what I am missing here? I'm using | ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.06 23:03 MKIV fmt: 2012.9.7 int: english/english Cheers, Markus

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Problem with codelistings and linenumbers
by Markus Hubig 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi @all, I'm trying to put some codelistings into my ConTeXt file, but I don't get line numbers. Im using a resend version of ConTeXt: | ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.06 23:03 MKIV fmt: 2012.9.7 int: english/english Here is the setup for my code environment: | \definefloat [listing] [listings] | \setupfloat [listing] [topframe=on, bottomframe=on] | \setupheadtext [listings=Quellcodelistings] | | \defineblank [aroundcode] [medium] | \definetyping [code] | \setuptyping [code] | [option=color, bodyfont=8.0pt, margin=yes, | before={\blank[aroundcode]\startlinenumbering}, | after={\blank[aroundcode]\stoplinenumbering}] And here is an example, how I use it. I place it into a floating environment so I can have a nice Listion of my code sippets with \completelistoflistings. | \placelisting [here] [lst:bb] | {Beispiel eines bitbake Rezeptes (zlib_1.2.7.bb)} | {\startcode | SUMMARY = "Zlib Compression Library" | DESCRIPTION = "Zlib is a general-purpose, patent-free, lossless data \ | compression library which is used by many different programs." | HOMEPAGE = "http://zlib.net/" | SECTION = "libs" | | LICENSE = "Zlib" | LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://zlib.h;beginline=4;endline=23;md5=94d1b5a..." | | SRC_URI = "http://www.zlib.net/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2 \ | file://remove.ldconfig.call.patch \ | " | SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2ab442d1691..." | SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "49e2e9658df..." | | do_configure (){ | ./configure --prefix=${prefix} --shared --libdir=${libdir} | } | | do_compile (){ | oe_runmake | } | | do_install() { | oe_runmake DESTDIR = ${D} install | } | \stopcode} You can have a look at the result here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2721576/code.pdf Besides the lack of the linenumbers you may notice the slightly bigger space between the top line and the code and the bottom line and the code. At the moment I'm adding the line numbers by hand ... Cheers, Markus

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Ugly Bibliography layout ...
by Markus Hubig 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi @all, I'm writing my Bachelor thesis with ConTeXt and now I have a strage Problem with the bibliography. I'm using a resend version on context and MKIV: | ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.06 23:03 MKIV fmt: 2012.9.7 int: english/english My layoutfile has these settings: | \setupbibtex | [database={thesis}, sort=author] | \setuppublications | [alternative=ams, numbering=short, refcommand=short] You can have a look at the result here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2721576/ugly_bib_1.pdf If I add this additional setup | \setuppublicationlist | [samplesize={XXXXXX}] I get this result: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2721576/ugly_bib_2.pdf How do I get a nice biblist with the reverences aligned left and some space between the reverences and the entry? Cheers, Markus

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Nested Macro
by Troy Henderson 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

I would like to create a macro that defines a display formula, and then redefine the same macro such that the redefinition includes the original display formula followed by another display formula. Here is my attempt. \def\foo{\startformula a = b \stopformula} \foo \edef\foo{\foo \startformula c = d \stopformula} \foo This fails, and I would appreciate help in getting this to work. Thanks, Troy Henderson

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\abovedisplayskip and \belowdisplayskip
by Troy Henderson 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

It is my understanding that \abovedisplayskip and \belowdisplayskip should adjust how much (rubber) spacing that is allowed between display math formulas. I have attached a ConTeXt file (bug.tex) that seems to indicate that setting these skips does not affect this (rubber) spacing. I have also translated this ConTeXt file line-by-line to a LaTeX file (bug.ltx) and attached it. Both files produce a PDF (using `context bug.tex` and `pdflatex bug.ltx`) in which the spacing between the formula changes from page 1 to page 2 simply by adding the final formula. However, by changing \adjustdisplay{0} to \adjustdisplay{1}, the LaTeX file produces a 3 page document where the spacing between formula does not change (as expected) on the first two pages and thus requires a third page to typeset the final formula. However, making this same adjustment in the ConTeXt file does not seem to affect the output. I would appreciate any thoughts as to why this is happening, and I would equally appreciate a solution to keeping the spacing the same in the ConTeXt file and thus bumping that last formula to a third page. Troy Henderson

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