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Limitation of mixedcolumns?
by Zhichu Chen 29 Jul '12

29 Jul '12

The "nested mixedcolumns" does not work properly when it reaches the bottom of the "outer mixedcolumns" here: $ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: d:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2012.07.24 15:58 here is the minimal example (mostly copied from page-mix.mkiv =========================================== \setupbodyfont[5pt] \starttext \setupmixedcolumns [boxedcolumns] [n=2, balance=no] \definemixedcolumns [nestedboxedcolumns] [boxedcolumns] [n=2, background=color, backgroundcolor=yellow, color=red, strut=yes, balance=yes, backgroundoffset=0mm] \startboxedcolumns % \dorecurse{10}{\input zapf \par \input ward \par} \obeydepth \startnestedboxedcolumns \dorecurse{15}{\input zapf\par} \stopnestedboxedcolumns \par \input zapf \par \obeydepth \startnestedboxedcolumns \input zapf \stopnestedboxedcolumns \par \input zapf \stopboxedcolumns \stoptext -- Best Regards Chen

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A strange problem, probably with \startitemize[columns]
by Marcin Borkowski 29 Jul '12

29 Jul '12

Hello, I am a bit afraid to gain a nickname "the itemize-column guy", but it seems that again there's a problem with this feature... Unfortunately, I did not manage to isolate the problem, so maybe it lies somewhere completely else. Anyway, sorry for spamming the list again with a complete file of one of my documents (it's all Polish to most of you anyway;)), but it compiles succesfully, but very strangely (it looks like \vsize > \paperheight) on newest ConTeXt (it used to look just fine about three weeks ago). Any clues? -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl

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Two questions related with bibliography
by Wei-Wei Guo 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

Dear all, I have a self-made bst file in the same folder with the main tex file. I cannot figure out how to enable it. I tried \setuppublications[alternative=mybst] and \bibstyle[mybst] Both do not work. How should I do? Another question is how to set the citations in main text to be subscript? BTW, will ConTeXt drop BibTeX one day? Best regards, Wei-Wei

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fit text to page
by Reviczky Adam 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

Hi list, I'm trying to scale a text to the textwidth and textheight by keeping the aspect ratio, using different papersizes. When the dimensions get too big I get an "Arithmetic overflow". (I'm trying to do something similar to resizebox in LaTeX: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/55394/perfectly-scale-line-paragraph…) Minimal example: \setuppapersize[A4][A4] %% [A1][A1] \showframe \starttext \scale[factor=max,width=\textwidth,height=\textheight]{\framed[frame=on]{!}} \stoptext Error message: ! Arithmetic overflow. <recently read> \c_grph_scale_used_y_scale \grph_scale_convert_large_scale ...scratchdimen #3 \relax \fi \scratchdimen -... \grph_scale_calculations_yes ...grph_scale_temp_y \xdef \finalscaleboxwidth ... \grph_scale_calculate ...h_scale_calculations_yes \fi \fi \fi \syst_boxes_with_next_box ...grph_scale_calculate \ifconditional \c_grph_sca... l.6 ...h,height=\textheight]{\framed[frame=on]{!}} Adam

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Math operators broken in current beta
by Janne Junnila 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

Hi, Unless I have managed to somehow mess up my installation, math operators don't seem to render in the latest beta. The following code produces only $x$ for me. Any ideas? \starttext \startformula \log x \stopformula \stoptext Best regards, Janne Junnila

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how to avoid CID Identity-H encoding?
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Hi Hans, hi friends, while the PDF that are produced by MkIV show no problems, some applications that use these PDF files for post-processing have big problems with CID/Encoding Identity-H. For example (as far as I have understood) german umlauts eg. "ä" are not recognized anymore but split in eg. "a" and diaeresis (with a space between?). I was told, that other PDF creators have an option to avoid using this kind of encoding. Is this also possible with MkIV? Thanks, Steffen

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Hi, I uploaded a beta. There is also an updated status-mkiv document: files done 644 files todo 314 files pending 21 (some day) obsolete 2 total 981 So, I have some files to go (mostly lua files) before I pick up the column thread. The memory footprint should be somewhat smaller for non cjk usage. (format generation as well as runtime) and the format file is some 10-15% smaller now. 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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Struggling with custom title command
by Steffen Fritzsche 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Hi, my document was compiling fine with an old beta (guess it was from late may - early june). Today I updated to the latest beta and now I've got a problem with my custom chapter command: \def\ChapterCmd#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\vbox{#1\blank#2}} \setuphead [chapter][command=\ChapterCmd, style={\ss\bfc}, page=right, number=yes, frame=off, placehead=yes, align=left, before={}, after={\blank[3*line]}, header=nomarking] The resulting error is: ! Argument of \ChapterCmd has an extra }. system > tex > error on line 103 in file main.tex: Argument of … Any idea what's wrong? The error message does not mean anything to me. Thanks in advance! Cheers, Steffen

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define vs setup
by Bill Meahan 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

I'm confused again. :\ When do you use a \defineSOMETHING instead of \setupSOMETHING ? Must something be "\define"'ed before it is "\setup" or is it the other way around or is one required or one not or.... Reading the manual and wiki just leaves me more confused since examples are given which use one OR the other but don't seem to require both. Or am I missing something again. Reading the pages for the individual commands doesn't help since it is often the case the page detailing the "\define" commands mostly seem to imply "\define" inherits from "\setup". Sigh. -- Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan USA “Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.” —Anthony Powell This message is digitally signed with an X.509 certificate to prove it is from me and has not been altered since it was sent.

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\registerctxluafile vs \ctxloadluafile
by Sietse Brouwer 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Hi all, To load the lua functions in a file mycode.lua, I can use one of these two commands: \registerctxluafile{mycode}{0.1} \ctxloadluafile{mycode}\ Here 0.1 is the version number, which is only recorded if `environment.initex` is true. As far as I can tell they differ only in this: the second command registers mycode.lua as having version number `nil`. Questions: 1. Can these commands be used ad-hoc, or should they be reserved for module-writing? (1b. If reserved, what alternative for users?) 2. Is anything ever done with the version number? 3. When is `initex.environment` true? (Approximate answer is okay.) Cheers, Sietse Sietse Brouwer

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