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changing numbers of columns (correction at the end of the columnset)
by Bernd Kosubek 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Hi, is it possible to change the number of columns on the same page? small example: a) text text text text \startcolumnset[n=2] bla bla bla \column bla bla bla \stopcolumnset b) text text text text The mixing of a) and columnset is o.k. The mixing of columnset and b) wil produce a new page with b) on the second page, where b) can be normal text or another columnset. Bernd

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footnotes, blank
by Thomas Schmitz 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Hi all, two questions here: 1. Is it possible to define a blank so that the paragraph after it will not be indented (in a document which otherwise does have indents)? I looked at \defineblank and the new \definevspacing, but couldn't find anything appropriate. 2. I want footnotes placed at the bottom of the page so that the vertical place is filled (so with a flexible vertical space between text and notes), but on the last page of every chapter, the publisher prefers the footnotes right below the text, not at the bottom of the page. Is this feasible? Thanks and all best Thomas

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Using Luatex.
by John Culleton 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Been away for a while. Currently using luatex for lightly formatted documents. But I want to use Context for my next job (lots of formatting). How do I incorporate luatex and the fonts found by luatex in my Context file? And should I use MKII or MKIV? My luatex books are basically pdftex files with a few statements to get at fonts not included with TeX, e.g., \input luaotfload.sty \font\lll={CHOPS___.TTF} at 48bp \font\lk={CHOPS___.TTF} at 36bp \font\hl={CHOPS___.TTF} at 16bp \font\head={CHOPS___.TTF} at 26bp \font\lr pplr7t at 12bp \font\llr pplr7t at 14bp \font\rm pplr7t at 10bp \font\it pplri7t at 10bp \font\bf pplb7t at 10bp -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Cover design, Indexing, Interior Layout

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MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found
by Stappers 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Hello, While following http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Debian_installation for installing context_2010.07.30-1_all.deb did bring the step mtxrun --generate me this output: MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to '/usr/bin' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTODIR' set to '/usr' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOPARENT' set to '.' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMFCNF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXOS' set to '/usr' MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers Executing context --help gives me MTXrun | forcing cache reload MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: remembering file 'mtx-context.lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' What should I do to get the lua configuration files? Groeten Stappers -- > And is there a policy on top-posting vs. bottom-posting? Yes.

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ConTeXt Command Differences between Tex Live and Minimals
by Raymond LeClair 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

In general, where do I look to resolve differences between ConTeXt commands which work using the Tex Live distribution, but which do not work using the Minimals distribution. I am thinking of switching to the Minimals distribution since I can keep it more current, and it appears to resolve a problem hyphenating URLs which contain multiple, adjacent hyphens. Specifically, the command "\inothermargin" is not recognized when using the Minimals distribution. While I would appreciate a solution to this issue, I would very much appreciate knowing where to look to resolve the issue myself. I have consulted the most recent documentation, and searched the ConTeXt wiki. Tex Live Distribution reports: MTXrun | current version: 2010.05.24 13:05 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.60.2-2010071217 (TeX Live 2010) (rev 3736) Minimals Distribution reports: mtx-context | current version: 2011.05.18 18:04 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277)

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[OT] PDF/A-2 formalized ?
by luigi scarso 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

It seems so: http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnu… -- luigi

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space between label and number
by dalyoung 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Hi, By Hans's help, the labels of figures and of tables are appeared in Korean after setting \mainlagnuage[kr]. (\placefigure of \placetable ) Thanks! However, there is no space between label and number like "그림1" or "표3". I tried to add a space like "그림 " in the file char-def and some other files, but it won't work. When mainlanguage is english, the labels are "Figure 1" or "Table 3". There exists a space. How to add a space in this case? I have another question. Is it possible to calculate the remaining length to the bottom of the page? I'd like to add a big frame to fit the remaining space after some texts. I think that it is possible in ConTeXt. Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Scaling down the resolution of used pictures
by Cecil Westerhof 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

At the moment it is not very important, but my other question remembered me about an old situation. I do not use graphics a lot in my ConTeXt files. But some time ago I used several pictures with a very high resolution. This made the resulting PDF very big. I did not expect the PDF printed on a printer with a higher resolution as 1200 DPI. Is there a way to have the included graphics not be bigger as necessary (without changing the original pictures)? Again, at the moment it is not urgent. But when I come in the same situation again, it would be nice if the resulting PDF was not five times as big as necessary. And maybe the answer is useful for someone else also. ;-} -- Cecil Westerhof

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Working with graphics
by Cecil Westerhof 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

I am using graphics in my PDF document. First I used something like this: \midaligned{\externalfigure[graphics/priceList][width=1\textwidth]} Initially this worked good enough. But now I have both little pictures and pictures that are large in the y-direction. At this moment I change the width parameter manually. But I would like something like the following: - A picture is not stretched more as a certain value. (Say two.) - A picture is never to wide. - A picture is never to high to fill more as 75% of a page. Is this something that is possible? Also: is it a good idea to use \useexternalfigure, or is this only necessary when a picture is used more as once. -- Cecil Westerhof

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CMYK colors not as expected
by Hans van der Meer 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

I would be pleased to get some advice from "color-knowledgeable people" on the following matter. In TV-broadcasts there are usually two kinds of subtitles present: Teletext as characters and DVB as pixels. These can be extracted and rendered with Metapost. I have done this, but I am not very satisfied with the colors produced. On the television screen they look bright, when rendered in Metapost they are dull and muddy. The text is barely readable. As I am fairly sure I did extract the correct bits from the CLUT contained in the stream, I wonder if I am doing something not right at the Metapost side. In the datastream the values given are the most significant 6, 4, 4 and 2 bits of respectively Y, Cr, Cb, T. These are scaled to the values given to Metapost by dividing them by 255. In the zip one finds the program (ConTeXt MKIV) used for typesetting, an example pixel map with clut, and the output. I would be obliged to get some comments. Hans van der Meer

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