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ConTeXt minimals, TL Contrib & Mac support (ppc, <=10.5)
by Mojca Miklavec 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

Dear Mac lovers, After yesterday's system failure on my computer I installed the new OS which means that I'm no longer able to compile binaries for Leopard and PPC. (My computer failure wasn't planned, but it has been known for a long time that we will have problems supporting those OS-es and architectures.) For some time Richard Koch will try to take over the compilation, but the future of support for PPC and/or Tiger & Leopard users cannot be taken for granted. At the moment ConTeXt minimals still support Tiger. TeX Live only supports Leopard. This is just a preliminary note. We don't plan to switch off the support tomorrow, but if there will still be users wanting to use older operating systems when Dick upgrades all of his machines, we will have to find other people willing to help with regular compilations or we will simply cease to support those OS-es and processors. Mojca

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Cambria: integral sign has wrong size
by Julian Becker 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

Hello everybody! I tried doing some math typesetting with Cambria, but somehow the integral sign comes out somewhat smaller than it should be. Running the following in the latest beta produces the attached pdf. Does anybody have an idea about what's going wrong here, or how to fix it? Julian ---- \usetypescript[cambria] \setupbodyfont[cambria,10pt] \startTEXpage \startformula \prod_a^b \sum_{n=0}^\infty \int_0^\infty e^{-{\bi\beta}^2}\, {\rm d}^3{\bi \beta} \stopformula \stopTEXpage ----

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Important 5th ConTeXt meeting news
by Taco Hoekwater 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Hi all, == Location change == Let's do the most important news first: The 5th ConTeXt meeting has been relocated to Belgium (due to other obligations by Arthur, southern France turned out to be near impossible to get organised). The new location is Charneux, Belgium, geographically in the middle of the triangle created by Maastricht (NL), Aachen (DE), and Liège (BE). We will (as always) pick up people from various important public transport spots during the Monday afternoon & evening, and try our best to do timely drop-offs on Saturday as well. == Registration / Bursaries == Perhaps it is the fine weather that makes people hold off, perhaps it is because of Southern France sounding more attractive and the end of summer, or maybe we simply have not sent enough reminder emails to the list yet, but it is noticeable that the number of registrations is a little less than usual around this time in the process. If you are planning to attend, please register soon. Around August 20, the caterer has to be informed on the number of people that need food, so if you register any later than that you may run the risk of having to eat scraps ;) Joking aside, it goes without saying that we look forward to seeing as many ConTeXt users as possible! On a related note: we have received limited but firm commitments for bursary funds from various LUGs, so even if you cannot afford the new (reduced) fees, it may still be possible for you to attend. Just drop us a message explaining how much funding you would need to be able to attend and why we should give it to you, and we will see what can is possible. == Fee changes == With the location, also the fees have changed. What used to be the 'early bird' rate is now the 'normal' rate. Consequently, the normal rate is now a lot lower than it initially was: down to 370 EUR. Early bird registrations are now closed, but a discount of 100 EUR will be retroactively applied for people that have already registered until now. There is now a fixed fee for accompanying persons of 300 EUR (includes lodging and all meals, but no conference materials). It is also possible to extend your stay until Monday morning 26/9, for an extra fee of 30 EUR per day (but you will have to scavenge your own food). Finally, and perhaps most surprisingly, it is now actually possible to pay! Details are on the http://meeting.contextgarden.net/ website, on the 'fee' page. As your new main organiser and recipient of these funds, Taco urges you to pay up sooner rather than later. If you cannot find out how much you are due, just send a message asking for clarification. == Registration changes == Besides a few changes resulting from the change in venue and consequently the fees, there is also a new field for Passport/ID Number (which is required for some tax thing). If you have already registered, can you please either fill in the form again, or send the required number by e-mail to Taco? == Programme == As we have booked the venue for the whole week from 19/9 to 26/9, we have a few extra days that will be spent by Hans, Taco and any other interested people for developer/development meetings, More on that later. There are already some talks and abstracts online, but no official programme yet, more on that later as well. Hope to see you in Charneux! Taco Hoekwater, also speaking for: Willi Egger Hans Hagen Mojca Miklavec Arthur Reutenauer

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page breaking
by Hans van der Meer 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

With \page[no] one may try to inhibit a page break at that point. Is there an option for encouraging breaking a page at that point without directly forcing one? Hans van der Meer

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link
by Hans Hagen 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Hi Luigi, For your lua links collection: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/nonProductSingle/nspire-sc… 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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beta
by Hans Hagen 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Hi, In the process of extending math export I decided to finish and integrate an old experiment with units. Details can change as can configuration. \usemodule[dimensions] \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \startlines $10\su{km/h}$ $\su{10 km/h}$ \su{10 km/h} 10\su{km/h} 10 \su{km/h} $10 \su{km/h}$ 10 \su{KiloMeter/Hour} 10 \su{kilometer/hour} 10 \su{km/h} 10 \su{kilometer per hour} 10 \su{km / h} 10 \su{ km / h } 10 \su{km/ms2} 10 \su{meter per second} 10 \su{cubic meter} 10 \su{cubic meter per second} 10 \su{cubic meter / second} $10 \su{cubic meter / second}$ 30 \su{kilo pascal } 30 \su{kilo pascal square meter / second} 30 \su{kilo pascal square meter / kelvin second} \su{30 kilo pascal square meter / kelvin second} $30 \su{kilo pascal square meter / kelvin second }$ 30 \su{crap} 30 \su{AC} $ \frac{10 \su{m/s}}{20 \su{m/s}} $ {\ss 30 \su{kilo pascal square meter / second kelvin}} \stoplines \stoptext I might decide to push it in the core. The su is an abbreviation for scientific unit as we already have \unit (which I like more) and \dim is also taken. Of course \u would be even nicer but that's a accent placement (ok, we could drop all those as we have utf). Using two character names is not handy as they look like language switches. 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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Intersection of Header and Leftmargindistance
by H. Hodges 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

I have a background for my header that is supposed to extend over the entire width of the page (leftedge to rightedge). The background is interrupted in the area where the header intersects the space between text and left margin. There is no option to include leftmargindistance in \setupbackgrounds. Bug, workarounds? My code is below. There is no rightmargin, by the way. \setupbackgrounds[header][text,leftmargin,leftedge,rightedge] [background=color,backgroundcolor=horizstrip][state=repeat]

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another columns behaviour
by Hans van der Meer 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

I find the following strange in columns. In the second \startcolumns\stopcolumns one would expect that the short text fragment in the column to the right, is placed in the wide open space on the first page. But in contrast, it is set to the left on a next page. Quite unnecessary, because in the column to the right there is enough space. This behaviour seems to be initiated by the neighbourhood of the bottom of the page. \setupcolumns[rule=on] \showframe \starttext \startcolumns short text \column \input tufte \stopcolumns \hairline \startcolumns \input tufte \column short text \stopcolumns \stoptext Furthermore, \column doesn't seem a "hard" command, because it is completely ignored in: \startcolumns \input tufte \column short text \stopcolumns Hans van der Meer

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columns behaviour
by Hans van der Meer 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Is it normal that after \setupcolumns[balance=no] the dividing line is not fully drawn in the case where the column at the left is shorter than the one to the right. And furthermore that balance=no inserts a pagebreak, whereas balance=yes does not? Below a minimal example. Hans van der Meer \setupcolumns[rule=on,balance=no] \starttext \startcolumns Short leftcolumn. \column Long rightcolumn. Long rightcolumn. Long rightcolumn. Long rightcolumn. Long rightcolumn. Long rightcolumn. Long rightcolumn. Long rightcolumn. \stopcolumns \hairline \startcolumns Long leftcolumn. Long leftcolumn. Long leftcolumn. Long leftcolumn. Long leftcolumn. Long leftcolumn. Long leftcolumn. Long leftcolumn. \column Short rightcolumn. \stopcolumns \stoptext

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textrule customization
by Hans van der Meer 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

The \texrule is typeset as: --- _TEXT_ ----------------------------- this I would like to change to: ----------------------------- _TEXT_ --- \setuptextrules has location=left|inmargin but regrettably not location=right or location=middle (or center) (neither in the wiki nor by experiment). Isn't that easily implemented? If so, it would be appreciated. As an aside, setting up the thickness of the line seems desirable to, especially in view of the fact that other aspects as the color are already customizable. Hans van der Meer

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