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Behaviour of definereferenceformat changed?
by Julian Becker 21 May '11

21 May '11

Can it be that in the beta version 2011.05.01, the behaviour of \definereferenceformat changed? I used to define: \definereferenceformat [ineqn] [left=(,right=),text=equation] and get e.g. "equation (1)", but now all it produces "(equation 1)". Is it supposed to behave that way? Do I have to use something like \definereferenceformat [ineqn] [right={)},text={equation (}] to get what I want, or is there something better? Example: \definereferenceformat [ineqn] [left=(,right=),text=equation] \starttext Here in \ineqn[eq1]. \placeformula[eq1] \startformula a^2+b^2=c^2 \stopformula \stoptext Julian. -- "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for it is the wellspring of life."

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Font selection problem in MKIV
by Otso Helenius 21 May '11

21 May '11

Hello, I'm using ConTeXt minimals MKIV (latest snapshot) on Linux with loads of system ttf & otf fonts. Recently I stumbled upon a peculiar problem. The example below outputs three lines in three different fonts, the Computer/Latin(?) Modern, League Script and Pompadour, as expected. However, if I comment out \setupbodyfont line or set anything else as the body font than LeagueScript or Pompadour, all text in the document will be output solely with the default Modern font. Am I missing something here? Is there something wrong with the way I select and use multiple fonts in the same document? \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \starttypescript[Sans][LeagueScript] \definefontsynonym[Sans][name:leaguescriptthin] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[Sans][Pompadour] \definefontsynonym[Sans][name:Pompadour] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[LeagueScript][ss][Sans][LeagueScript] \definetypeface[Pompadour][ss][Sans][Pompadour] \setupbodyfont[LeagueScript,12pt] \starttext 01234567890 \switchtotypeface[LeagueScript][12pt] 01234567890 \switchtotypeface[Pompadour][12pt] 01234567890 \stoptext Best regards, Otso Helenius

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2 problems with \date[]
by pmlists＠free.fr 21 May '11

21 May '11

Hello, The year is always 2011 and the French month août has wrong spelling: \mainlanguage[fr] \starttext \date[d=23, m=3, y=1985]: must be \quote{1985}\par \date[d=1, m=8, y=2011]: must be \quote{août} \stoptext Cheers, -- Peter

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[OT] Passing a Language through the Eye of a Needle
by luigi scarso 21 May '11

21 May '11

How the embeddability of Lua impacted its design Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, and Waldemar Celes, lua.org http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1983083 -- luigi

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endnotes/critical apparatus
by Daniel Schopper 21 May '11

21 May '11

Dear list, I’m fiddling around with a simple apparatus for critical editions with endnotes. For now this is working ok - but I’m wondering if somebody could advise me on some aspects of it (see below). Here’s a minimal example: \newwrite\enotes \newread\readenotes \immediate\openout\enotes = \jobname.en \immediate\write\enotes{ % \noexpand\let\noexpand\stretchednormalcase=\noexpand\relax \noexpand\let\noexpand\tfc=\noexpand\relax \noexpand\let\noexpand\bf=\noexpand\relax % \noexpand\let\par=\noexpand\relax % seems to make luatex hang? } \newcount\entrycounter \entrycounter=0 \setuplabeltext[en][lines=,line=] \def\enseparator{\crlf} \long\def\appEntry#1#2{ \expandafter\startline[line:\the\entrycounter]% \expandafter\pagereference[page:\the\entrycounter]% {#1} \expandafter\stopline[line:\the\entrycounter]% \immediate\write\enotes{% {\expandafter\at[page:\the\entrycounter]}/{\noexpand\csname inline\expandafter\endcsname[line:\the\entrycounter]}~{#1}] {#2}\enseparator% }% \global\advance\entrycounter by 1\relax } \def\printendnotes{ \immediate\closeout\enotes \page[right] \expandafter\input\jobname.en } \starttext \startlinenumbering That’s a \appEntry{\bf lemma}{That’s a variant reading…}. \input tufte\crlf But then there’s a blackrule \appEntry{\blackrule[width=5cm]\crlf and a linebreak}{-- which we don’t want to repeat in the apparatus.}. \stoplinenumbering \printendnotes \stoptext Now, this is obviously a really primitive approach (I’m still learning…) which I’d like to improve in some ways: - How can I get rid of the blackrule in the apparatus? \noexpand\let\blackrule[#1]=\noexpand\relax throws an error (You can't use `macro parameter character #' in vertical mode.) while \noexpand\let\blackrule=\noexpand\relax eliminates the rule but simply prints the arguments in the square brackets. (Same holds true for every macro with arguments.) - What to do if I’d want to gobble \crlf or \par in the lemma while using them as separators after each apparatus entry? I tried to \let them to \relax, which ends in luatex getting stuck when it tries to import the .en-file. - How could I reset gobbled commands like \bf to their original meaning (I’d like to ignore \bf inside a lemma but still be able to have bold page numbers at the beginning of the apparatus entry)? I’m sure there are much more elegant ways to do this (probably in lua?), maybe someone could provide me with a hint where to start from? Thanks in advance, Daniel

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text fragments in arabic
by R. Ermers 21 May '11

21 May '11

Dear all, I have some fragments of Arabic in my dutch context document (mkiv). I tried the environment ara-sty on the wiki, but Context halts at \setcharactermirroring[1] Then I found in an e-mail on the internet the suggestion to give up on setcharactermirroring and use instead these instructions: %\setupdirections[bidi=global] or \setupdirections[bidi=local] I replaced charactermirroring by \setupdirections[bidi=local] but there seems to be a problem with that too. The environment ara-sty apparently interferes with the section headings in my document anyway, perhaps because it is designed for documents whose mainlanguage is Arabic. I found elaborate suggestions to typeset a 'hello' document in Arabic, but my document contains mixed text. (When I uncomment ara-sty, the document is typeset normally.) Note that I have been typesetting Arabic texts in Latex (starting with ArabTeX) and xelatex (unicode) for years now, but I expected that typesetting Arabic in Context / Luatex is more complicated. Thus I have two questions: 1. which module should I load or which commands should I add to the preambule for typesetting Arabic, 2. how should I mark the Arabic fragments in my text? e.g. {\RT عقل}? Thanks in advance! Robert

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Last names
by Flavien Lambert 20 May '11

20 May '11

Dear all, could you tell me how to prevent a name from being splitted in two pieces if it is at the end of a line? Thanks, -- Flavien. ---------------------------- "Quantum objects are completely crazy but, at least, they are all crazy in the same way." R.P. Feynman.

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Where to place typescripts so that they are globally accessable?
by John Magolske 20 May '11

20 May '11

I'm using MkIV installed from minimals, and have set up a typescript (type-lemonde.tex) for a font I'm using. It works fine when I copy type-lemonde.tex into the working directory, but I'd like to have it in one central location rather than having to copy it around to multiple project directories. I see: 1. Copy the typescript files into either $TEXMF/tex/texmf-fonts/tex/context/user $TEXMF/tex/texmf-project/tex/context/user http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX But `echo $TEXMF` comes up blank. What should TEXMF be set to? Is $TEXMF the same as the "ConTeXt path" mentioned here: A typescript must live in your project folder or in another folder in your ConTeXt path (e.g., (texmf)/tex/context/user) http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TypeScripts I've tried several things including: ~/context/tex/texmf-fonts/tex/context/user/type-lemonde.tex ...but can't seem to get anything to work. Thanks for any help, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact

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Re: [NTG-context] Can't show chinese in presentation mode
by 王雨施 20 May '11

20 May '11

I have solve the problem already. The presentation mode use bodyfont ss, So the Chinese character could not show. I fixed it by using some other fonts support Chinese. Thanks

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Can't show chinese in presentation mode
by 王雨施 20 May '11

20 May '11

Hi, I am using context to write a presentation. I use simplefonts module to use Chinese. It works ok with my paper. But when I write the presentation and use --mode=presentation the Chinese characters do not show, but when I use --mode=handout it works well. Why ? Can anyone help me ? Thanks.

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