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rotated (landscape) pages in portrait document
by Mojca Miklavec 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Dear list, First one question: what is the MKIV-way of doing something like \startbuffer[a] % set text width for formula somehow \startformula\startalign \NC a \NC = b \NR \stopalign\stopformula \stopbuffer \framed{\rotate[rotation=90]{\externalfigure[\jobname-a.tmp]}} possibly adjusting width of formula to actual width (even if that is done manually)? And the other question: is there some quick trick that would "rotate the whole page" inside a document, so that the page would still be portrait, but text would be rotated with textwidth and textheight swapped, but with preserved main header (in reality I do not care about the header). I would like to put a narrow, but several lines long equation (\startalign) on left (bottom) and image on the right (top). I was playing with an approximation \rotate[rotation=90]{\vbox{ \startformula\startalign[n=6,align={middle,middle,right,middle,left,left}] \NC l \NC\hbox to 1em{}\NC m_l \NC\hbox to 1em{}\NC \text{orb.}\hbox to 2em{} \NC Y_{lm}\NR \NC 0 \NC\NC 0 \NC\NC s \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{ 1}{π}} \NR \NC 1 \NC\NC 0 \NC\NC p_z \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{ 3}{π}}\frac{z}{r} \NR \NC 1 \NC\NC \pm1 \NC\NC p_x \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{ 3}{π}}\frac{x}{r} \NR \NC \NC\NC \NC\NC p_y \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{ 3}{π}}\frac{y}{r} \NR \NC 2 \NC\NC 0 \NC\NC d_{z^2} \NC \frac{1}{4}\sqrt{\frac{ 5}{π}}\frac{3z^2-r^2}{r^2} \NR \NC 2 \NC\NC \pm1 \NC\NC d_{xz} \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{15}{π}}\frac{xz}{r^2} \NR \NC \NC\NC \NC\NC d_{yz} \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{15}{π}}\frac{yz}{r^2} \NR \NC 2 \NC\NC \pm2 \NC\NC d_{xy} \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{15}{π}}\frac{xy}{r^2} \NR \NC \NC\NC \NC\NC d_{x^2-y^2} \NC \frac{1}{4}\sqrt{\frac{15}{π}}\frac{x^2-y^2}{r^2} \NR \stopalign\stopformula}} % and then externalfigure on the right ... but the formula takes exactly \textwidth space, I didn't manage to convince it to consume less space (I could probably change textwidth locally). I know for workarounds (typesetting a different document for example and then include the page), but I really wonder if switching orientation just for a page (to typeset a table for example) is doable in some elegant way. This is all low priority though. Thanks a lot, Mojca

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MPenvironment
by Patrick Gundlach 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hi, I would like to get the Metapost "Abcd" to be bigger then the TeX "Abcd" (for all Metapost graphics). I thought that the command is \startMPenvironment .. \stopMPenvironment !?!? -------------------------------------------- \startMPenvironment \switchtobodyfont[16pt] \stopMPenvironment \starttext Abcd \startMPcode label.lrt(textext("Abcd"), (0cm,0.5cm)); \stopMPcode \stoptext -------------------------------------------- Patrick

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Verbatim text loaded from a file?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hello, I'd need to show contents of a (text) file like verbatim text (with a monospace font). So to do something being described at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text using \startcode SOME TEXT \stop code, but the difference is that I don't need to write SOME TEXT manually but I need to load it from a (text) file. Moreover, I'd need to have the following options: - To alter the font used for numbering lines, so that it would be smaller than the normal text. - To specify number of the first and/or last line to be printed. - The input file may contain the end-of-page character, \0C. So I'd need this char - to be ignored - and/or to force printing from a new page. Is there a ConTeXt command which would provide all above? (NB: When I worked with LaTeX, these features were mostly provided by \VerbatimInput command from "fancyvrb" package.) Kind regards, Lukáš -- 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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Re: [NTG-context] placing a paragraph with non-standard interlinear spacing onto the grid
by Talal Al-Azem 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Dear all, By way of further definition and clarification of the issue: back in the world of LaTeX, I was kindly given the following code on CTT by Donald Arseneau to produce the desired effect. Mind you, it was only meant to work with a paragraph if the entire paragraph was on one page; it wouldn't work if split across pages: %%% Donald Arseneau’s Gridblock Environment %%% % For placing paragraphs into a box, and that box then % being placed on a “grid” of the baselineskip. This ensures % that following paragraphs are also on the grid. \makeatletter \@ifundefined{@tempdimc}{\newdimen\@tempdimc}{} \newenvironment{gridblock}{\par \setbox\@tempboxa\vtop\bgroup }{\par\egroup % measurements of top \@tempdima=\ht\@tempboxa \@tempdimc=\dp\@tempboxa \ifdim\@tempdima>\ht\strutbox \advance\@tempdimc\@tempdima \@tempdima=\ht\strutbox \advance\@tempdimc-\@tempdima \fi % measurements of bottom \setbox\@tempboxa\vbox{\unvbox\@tempboxa}% \ifdim\dp\@tempboxa>\dp\strutbox \@tempdimb=\dp\strutbox \else \@tempdimb=\dp\@tempboxa \fi \advance\@tempdimc-\@tempdimb \@tempcnta=\@tempdimc \divide\@tempcnta\baselineskip \advance\@tempdimc -\@tempcnta\baselineskip \ifdim\@tempdimc >2\vfuzz \advance\@tempdimc-\baselineskip \fi \divide\@tempdimc\tw@ \vbox to\@tempdima{}% \nobreak \nointerlineskip \kern-\@tempdima \kern-\@tempdimc \nobreak \box\@tempboxa \nobreak \nointerlineskip \kern-\@tempdimb \kern-\@tempdimc \nobreak \hbox{\vrule height \z@ width \z@ depth \@tempdimb}% } \makeatother Seeing how systematised ConTeXt is, I'm assuming something much simpler could probably be used to achieve the same effect? Kind regards, Talal On 3 Oct 2010, at 20:10, Talal Al-Azem wrote: > By way of further definition and clarification of the issue: back in the world of LaTeX, I was kindly given the following code on CTT by Donald Arseneau to produce the desired effect. Mind you, it was only meant to work with a paragraph if the entire paragraph was on one page; it wouldn't work if split across pages: > > %%% Donald Arseneau’s Gridblock Environment %%% > % For placing paragraphs into a box, and that box then > % being placed on a “grid” of the baselineskip. This ensures > % that following paragraphs are also on the grid. > \makeatletter > \@ifundefined{@tempdimc}{\newdimen\@tempdimc}{} > \newenvironment{gridblock}{\par > \setbox\@tempboxa\vtop\bgroup > }{\par\egroup > % measurements of top > \@tempdima=\ht\@tempboxa > \@tempdimc=\dp\@tempboxa > \ifdim\@tempdima>\ht\strutbox > \advance\@tempdimc\@tempdima > \@tempdima=\ht\strutbox > \advance\@tempdimc-\@tempdima > \fi > % measurements of bottom > \setbox\@tempboxa\vbox{\unvbox\@tempboxa}% > \ifdim\dp\@tempboxa>\dp\strutbox > \@tempdimb=\dp\strutbox > \else > \@tempdimb=\dp\@tempboxa > \fi > \advance\@tempdimc-\@tempdimb > \@tempcnta=\@tempdimc > \divide\@tempcnta\baselineskip > \advance\@tempdimc -\@tempcnta\baselineskip > \ifdim\@tempdimc >2\vfuzz \advance\@tempdimc-\baselineskip \fi > \divide\@tempdimc\tw@ > \vbox to\@tempdima{}% > \nobreak \nointerlineskip \kern-\@tempdima \kern-\@tempdimc \nobreak > \box\@tempboxa > \nobreak \nointerlineskip \kern-\@tempdimb \kern-\@tempdimc \nobreak > \hbox{\vrule height \z@ width \z@ depth \@tempdimb}% > } > \makeatother > > > Seeing how systematised ConTeXt is, I'm assuming something much simpler could probably be used to achieve the same effect? > > Kind regards, > Talal > > > On 2 Oct 2010, at 23:23, Talal Al-Azem wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> This is important for anyone working with mixed language (font) texts. In my example, the overall document is Latin-based (e.g. English), with a paragraph of Arabic text; I want this Arabic paragraph as a whole to fit onto the grid (though obviously the individual Arabic lines of the paragraph would not). >> >> Currently, when I typeset an English paragraph, followed by an Arabic paragraph, followed by an English paragraph, the second English paragraph is no longer on the grid, having been throw off by the Arabic one. I'm looking for some way to automatically calculate and fill in the vspace needed for this. >> >> This is not the same as the issue of an Arabic word or phrase (or mathematic formula) being typeset in the midst of Latin text, as discussed http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg46163.html. Having read a few other matters on the mailing list (largely involving Idris and Hans), I'm sure it's possible, but I can't figure it out. >> >> Any help would be most appreciated. >> >> Kind regards, >> Talal >

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TeXexec MkII, ConTeXt MkIV
by Tom Maynard 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hello, I have pretty recent installations of TeXLive 2010 (for Cygwin) and ConTeXt Minimals (for Windows). In both installations, running TeXexec reports it is ConTeXt MkII ... but running ConTeXt directly reports itself as MkIV. I would like to synchronize TeXexec and MkIV ... as MkIV ... how is this done -- for each installation? Thanks for your help, Tom.

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Updating ConTeXt using TeX Live 2010 (Linux)
by Daniel Grycman 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hello list, after updating ConText to "beta" I get the following error message. ../mtx-context.lua:669: attempt to call field 'locateformat' (a nil value) Any ideas? Daniel

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placing a paragraph with non-standard interlinear spacing onto the grid
by Talal Al-Azem 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Dear all, This is important for anyone working with mixed language (font) texts. In my example, the overall document is Latin-based (e.g. English), with a paragraph of Arabic text; I want this Arabic paragraph as a whole to fit onto the grid (though obviously the individual Arabic lines of the paragraph would not). Currently, when I typeset an English paragraph, followed by an Arabic paragraph, followed by an English paragraph, the second English paragraph is no longer on the grid, having been throw off by the Arabic one. I'm looking for some way to automatically calculate and fill in the vspace needed for this. This is not the same as the issue of an Arabic word or phrase (or mathematic formula) being typeset in the midst of Latin text, as discussed http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg46163.html. Having read a few other matters on the mailing list (largely involving Idris and Hans), I'm sure it's possible, but I can't figure it out. Any help would be most appreciated. Kind regards, Talal

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Lists and labeltexts
by Wolfgang Schuster 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hi Hans, lists ignore the sectionblock for the labeltext \setuplabeltext[chapter=Chapter~,appendix=Appendix~] \setuplist[chapter][label=yes,width=2cm] \setuphead[chapter][bodypartlabel=appendix] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{Foo} \stoptext Wolfgang

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Sortingstyle
by Wolfgang Schuster 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hi, there is a typo in the sorting macros. \unexpanded\def\doinsertsort#1#2% name tag {\begingroup % no kap currently, of .. we need to map cap onto WORD \edef\currentsorting{#1}% - \dosetsynonymattributes\c!style\c!color + \dosetsortingattributes\c!style\c!color \ctxlua{structures.synonyms.synonym("#1","#2")}% \normalexpanded{\endgroup\sortingparameter\c!next}} Wolfgang

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Lettrines in MkIV
by Philipp Gesang 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hi all, the lettrine module leads to an error with this example and MkIV. MkII is fine. ····8<··························································· \usemodule[lettrine] \starttext \chapter{And Now: an Error} \lettrine{E}{rror} \stoptext ····8<··························································· * With Luatex 0.63.0-2010091123 I get an ``error on line 6 in file ../environ.tex: Attempt to double-free glue node 1001, ignored ...`` * Can be circumvented via “\dontleavehmode”. * Never ran into a “glue node” error before; is there general rule how to avoid them? Thanks for any advice, Philipp PS: Taco, the french blindtext in lettrine-doc.pdf has an issue concerning guillemets, which are rendered as inverted question marks and exclamation marks. I wasn't able to compile the document myself so unfortunately I can't send a patch. -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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