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math: command for absolute value: `\define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert}` throws `\lvert ->\Udelimiter`.
by Paul Menzel 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, I want to define `\abs` as the command for the absolute value. The following minimal example is also attached. \define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert} \starttext $\lvert 2 \rvert$ $\abs{2}$ \stoptext This does not work though. $ context abs […] This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. (abs.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 22:26 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.27 int: english/english […] ! Missing $ inserted. system > tex > error on line 1 in file abs.tex: Missing $ inserted ... 1 >> \define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert} 2 \starttext 3 $\lvert 2 \rvert$ 4 5 $\abs{2}$ 6 \stoptext 7 <inserted text> $ <to be read again> \Udelimiter \lvert ->\Udelimiter "4 "0 "7C l.1 \define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert} ? How should I do that correctly? I took that example from the user’s guide of the amsmath package (`texdoc amsldoc`). Thanks, Paul

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Large Figure on Landscape Orientation
by Kip Warner 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Hey folks, I'm having difficulty getting an external image to display on its own page, with the page in landscape mode, and the image uniformly scaled as large as can fit on that page. Relevant portions of my environment file include... \setuplayout [\c!location=\v!middle, \c!style=\ss, \c!backspace=2.5cm, \c!topspace=1.5cm, \c!width=16cm, \c!margindistance=.25cm, \c!margin=2.5cm, \c!height=\v!middle] \definelayout [fullpage] [\c!backspace=0pt, \c!topspace=0pt, \c!width=\v!middle, \c!height=\v!middle, \c!header=0pt, \c!footer=0pt] \definepapersize[main][A4][A4] \definepapersize[diagram][A4,landscape][A4,landscape] And the actual image in my component is here: \page \setuppapersize[diagram] \placefigure [force][figure:MyImage] {My image caption.} {\externalfigure[MyImage][factor=max]} \page \setuppapersize[main] The document is all in portrait mode, save the page with the figure which is landscaped, as intended. But the image sits only occupying the top left quarter of the page. I've tried changing factor from max to broad and fit, and to no avail. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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\about[node] quotation marks
by Kip Warner 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hey list, Is there any way to have ConTeXt not surround the link in the text with quotation marks when using \about[some_node]? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Text Background
by H. Hodges 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

I can't seem to set a background on one of my paragraphs. I'm using: \definetextbackground[intro][backgroundcolor=gray, location=text,color=blue] along with \starttextbackground[intro] paragraph \stopbackgroundtext in the body of the document. I got the impression from one of the manuals that \setuptextbackground was only necessary in the case of multiple \definetextbackground statements, but I tried including it anyhow. Still, I'm getting no background whatsoever.

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Sanskrit Devanagari characters
by Kip Warner 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hey list, I need to sprinkle my book with a few Sanskrit words written in the Devanagari script. I don't need to write complete paragraphs in it, but just a word or two inline. Can anyone show me the ConTeXt source to do such a thing, with, say "तरीकिन"? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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TOC look broken by \definehead
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hello all, the TOC look depends on whether or not another head was defined: ---- \definehead[CHAPTER][chapter] \definehead[SECTION][section] % TRY TO COMMENT THIS LINE! \definecombinedlist[content][chapter,CHAPTER] \starttext \placecontent \page \chapter{Cha1} \CHAPTER{Cha2} \chapter{Cha3} \chapter{Cha4} \CHAPTER{Cha5} \stoptext ---- Both PDFs - generated with/without "\definehead[SECTION][section]" - are attached. If the definition of \SECTION is present, TOC members generated by \CHAPTER are shifted. Why? - This seems to me a bit weird. Is there a way how to keep the TOC (non-shifted) look? (WinXP, ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.19 14:17 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.23) Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Umathquad again - lots of mktexlsr errors
by Hans van der Meer 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

The ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. came up again. Therefore decided to get new beta. Now suddenly I get on the console what seem literaly hundredsds of thousands messages mktexlsr: : not a directory, skipping. Has there been an infinite loop been crept in somewhere? Used the scripts that always worked, nothing new. plus #!/bin/bash curl -o first-setup.sh http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh chmod a+x ./first-setup.sh mkdir tex cd tex ln -s ~/Library/texmf texmf-local cd .. sh ./first-setup.sh >first-setup.log exit I had the impression two months ago that the offending reference causing the Umathquad should be removed shortly. Wasn't that a private euler reference in one of the developing systems? This is: ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.26 13:23 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.27 int: english/english and it still seems to be there. Please, can this be remedied. The problem is: I cannot find my notes on how to solve it! Hans van der Meer

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beta
by Hans Hagen 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. There are some changes in the math font handling: (1) bold: % \setupbodyfont[lucidanova] % \setupbodyfont[palatino] % \setupbodyfont[libertine] % \setupbodyfont[xits] \setuphead[chapter][style=\bfd] \starttext \chapter{Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}} { Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}\par} {\bf Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}\par} {\tfd Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}\par} {\bfd Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}\par} {\bfd Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}\par} \stoptext When a font has bold (like the upcoming lucida) you get full autobold support, otherwise you get substitution bold, which works ok for most cases. (2) bidi % example from the xits suite % \setupbodyfont[xits] \setupbodyfont[xitsbidi] \setupalign[r2l] \starttext \setupmathematics[align=r2l] \startformula \sqrt{ف^2\over 4ب} \eqno(1) \stopformula \setupmathematics[align=l2r] \startformula \sqrt{x^2\over 4x} \eqno(1) \stopformula \setupmathematics[align=r2l] \startformula \sum^\infty_{س=0} س^2 \eqno(2) \stopformula \startformula \left(\root{2} \of{155}\right) \stopformula \startformula \left[\int^{55}_{123} 666^3\right] \qquad\textstyle\left[\int^{55}_{123} 666^3\right] \stopformula \startformula \left\{\sum^{55}_{123} 666^3\right\} \stopformula \startformula \sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{55}}}}}}}}}} \stopformula \startformula 5 < 6 > 4 \stopformula \startformula 5 \leq 6 \geq 7 \stopformula \stoptext This works for xits as it comes with the right shapes. Currently bidi must be loaded explicitly because more is loaded but that might become automatic at some point when r2l document alignment kicks in. (3) Math following \bfa etc is somewhat faster 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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where to place \index (again)
by Thomas A. Schmitz 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hi all, I'm in the final phase of editing a scholarly book with a pretty big index. What follows is less a question than an observation: no matter where I place the \index command, there can always be unwanted side effects: foo\index{bar}: here, the entry may point to the page following the name, if the page break falls at this position. Moreover, when this is followed by punctuation or footnotes, there may be a line break between the word and the punctuation/footnote mark. Placing it at the end of a long footnote is asking for even more trouble, because there's a real risk that a page break may occur. \index{bar}foo: the book is typeset with character protrusion, and this seems to introduce additional material which can disturb line endings, so that lines before such an indexed word appear to be missing one character at the end. So this is what I observe. Working around this is possible, but painful - I have to check every page for such bad linebreaks or misplaced punctuation marks. My question then is: will it be possible, at one point in luatex development, to find a more robust solution for this? This would be wonderful, I think! All best Thomas

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Influencing of horizontal arrangement of list of publications
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hello ConTeXist, As is known, the layout of a list (of content) is determined by the values of alternative, margin, width and distance. Required values can be changed via commands \setuplist or \setupcombinedlist. Can somehow influence the horizontal arrangement of items in lists typed using \placepublications[...]? I want to change such margin, distance and alignment reference items. <margin>REFERENCE ITEM<distance>PUBLICATION ITEM Examples of alignments and distances: RefAuthor1 Author1, Name of his publication RefAut2 Authors2, Name of his publication RAut3 Authors3, Name of his publication or: RefAuthor1 Author1, Name of his publication RefAut2 Author2, Name of his publication RAut3 Author3, Name of his publication or: RefAuthor1 Author1, Name of his publication RefAut2 Author2, Name of his publication RAut3 Author3, Name of his publication etc. I ask because when I use (in context minimals) the standard command \placepublications[criterium=all], then I get a result that does not satisfy me at all. Thanx Jaroslav

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