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Metfun macro for triangle
by Otared Kavian 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Hi all, I have a document in which I must draw several triangles for which two summits, say z0, z1, and the length of the two other sides are known, so that the third summit, say z2, is completly determined. In order to draw one triangle the following works fine: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startMPcode z0 = (0cm,0cm) ; z1 = (5cm,0cm) ; path p, q ; pickup pencircle scaled 2mm ; drawdot z0 ; drawdot z1 ; p := halfcircle scaled 8 cm ; % twice the length of the second side at z0 p := p shifted z0 ; q := halfcircle scaled 6 cm ; % twice the length of the second side at z1 q := q shifted z1 ; z2 = p intersectionpoint q ; drawdot z2 ; pickup pencircle scaled 1mm ; draw z0--z1--z2--cycle withcolor blue ; \stopMPcode \stoptext However I would like to have a macro, for instance named Triangle, which accepts four arguments z0,z1, length_1, length_2, so that in a MetaPost code i can use draw Triangle(z0,z1, 4, 3) withcolor blue ; in order to draw the above triangle. Has anyone any idea about how to do this? Thanks in advance for your help: OK

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How to add a local texmf tree to context minimals?
by Ulrike Fischer 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

I would like to make some test of my virtual-lua-chessfonts with the context minimals. The files I want to test are in a small texmf trees. How can I add this trees to the list of trees used by context in a way that the changes are not lost after updates? -- Ulrike Fischer

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search path for require(...)
by Ulrike Fischer 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

I'm trying to store the virtual lua chess fonts I'm currently creating so that latex and context can use them. 1. At first I stored the vf-chess-XX.lua in tex/luatex. This works for latex but not for context. tex/generic works for both. 2. My fonts loads a lua-file which should be shared by all fonts with chessfss=require('chessfss') latex finds the chessfss.lua without problems in various locations (e.g. tex/generic) but context not. How can I solve this problem? -- Ulrike Fischer

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MLA Workscited example no longer works
by John Haltiwanger 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

This worked fine when compiling my thesis last year. -- test-workscited.tex % for bibliographic entries % following hanging indent code (also in workscited) taken from % http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2004/005280.html % [NTG-context] Re: Again: "hanging" for a lot of paragraphs? % ~ Patrick Gundlach \def\hangover{\hangafter=1\hangindent=0.5in} \definestartstop[workscited][ before={ \page[no] \indenting[never] \startalignment[left] \bibliography{Recommended Reading} \stopalignment \setupwhitespace[medium] \bgroup\appendtoks\hangover\to\everypar }, after={ \egroup \indenting[yes]}] \starttext \startworkscited \input{knuth} \stopworkscited \stoptext

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Which standard installed font displays ' and ` good
by Cecil Westerhof 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

I am still experimenting. With the default ' is reasonably displayed, but ` not. I liked palatino, but then even ' is not displayed nicely. What is the best (standard installed) font where both ' and ` are good displayed? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Automatic cross reference to next page at automatic page breaks only
by Matthias Weber 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear all, I am trying to create a screen document that relies entirely on navigation via links. A typically page has several cross references in it the reader has to choose from (think of multiple choice tests). Occasionally, a page is too long to fit on a single screen. I would like to have a link to the next page at the bottom right corner of the screen whenever a page break occurs that is not forced via say a new section. In other words, whenever *automatic* page breaks occur, I want that extra link in the footer. In all other cases, I have my own manual links. Any ideas? Thanks, Matthias

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Bug in \seeindex (MkIV only)
by Vedran Miletić 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hi, in mtx-context | current version: 2011.03.22 13:59, using MkIV the following code My \index{dog}dog is a \index{dog+bullterrier}bullterrier named \seeindex{Dolly}{Underware}Dolly. He doesn't like \index{cat}cats. There are a lot of \index{cat+stray}stray cats, but only a few of them are \index{cat+Siamese}Siamese. \placeindex Produces only "see Underware" under "d" in Index, without "Dolly". MkII works fine. Regards, Vedran Miletić

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withdots framing (sharing an example)
by Pavel Striz 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Good evening, dear ConTeXtists, Mr. Eyre in his conference proceedings paper to be (http://striz9.fame.utb.cz/docasne/bulletin/NEtypo.pdf) applies withdots framing via TikZ as he told me. I passed him one of your ideas (Aditya Mahajan, Wolfgang Schuster) and he slightly extended it using Metapost to fit his examples. I am just sharing it with all the sincere greetings. Pavel Striz http://striz9.fame.utb.cz/docasne/bulletin/framed.pdf http://striz9.fame.utb.cz/docasne/bulletin/framed.tgz a.k.a. \startuniqueMPgraphic{Label} path p; p := (0,0) -- (OverlayWidth,0) -- (OverlayWidth, OverlayHeight) -- (0, OverlayHeight) -- (0,0); draw p withpen pencircle scaled 1pt dashed withdots; setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox OverlayBox; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[Label][\useMPgraphic{Label}] \defineframed[Text][background=Label,frame=off,location=low] \starttext AAA \Text{BBB} CCC \Text{DDD} EEE \def\Picture#1#2#3% {% \vbox to 3in% {% \vfil% \placefigure[left][#3]% {% \hangindent=0.5pt\hangafter=1{}% #2% }% {% \hskip-11pt\hbox to 3in% {% \Text% {% \externalfigure[#1][width=3in]% }% \hss% }% }% }% }% \Picture{Distract.pdf}{Caption}{Refmarker}% \stoptext

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Minute not working in unit module?
by Matthias Weber 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear all, \usemodule[units] \starttext $1 \Minute$ \stoptext gives an undefined control sequence for \Minute, both in mk2 and mk4. Matthias

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Floating picture and footnotes
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hello, I encountered a bit strange effects when using footnotes in the area which is formed by a floating object. Consider the following example: --- \setupinteraction[state=start] % Heads \setupheads[aligntitle=float] % Graphics \startreusableMPgraphic{Dgm} draw (0,8cm)--(0,0)--(5cm,0)--cycle; \stopreusableMPgraphic % Body \starttext \subject{AAA\footnote{aaa}} \input tufte \blank\placefigure[left,none]{}{\framed[frame=on,offset=6pt]{\reuseMPgraphic{Dgm}}} \subject{BBB} TTT\footnote{ttt} \subject{CCC\footnote{ccc}} \input tufte \stoptext --- Three "types" of footnotes appear in the bottom of the page: 1) black, non-interactive (refers to the same page as the footnote is defined), 2) coloured, interactive (although it refers to the same page as the footnote is defined), - the footnote mark (in place of footnote definition) is also coloured and interactive and refers to the bottom (of the same page), - the coloured footnote number ("2") seems to me a bit thicker than if it were "normal" (i.e. black, non-interactive), 3) black, interactive (although it refers to the same page as the footnote is defined). IMHO, all three cases the footnotes should have the same colour and "interactivity". - The effect is not serious, but it may be something "to be thought about". 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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