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nomarking function in MKIV
by John Devereux 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hi, I gather the \nomarking function has been removed from MKIV. All I can find out about this is a note on the Wiki, towards the end of http://wiki.contextgarden.net/MkIV_Differences Unfortunately I don't understand the example given. What I want is to replace things like \chapter{Short Title \nomarking{Rest Of Title}} ....so that "Short Title Rest Of Title" appears as the chapter title, but just "Short Title" appears in the TOC, PDF bookmarks and footers. Thanks, -- John Devereux

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top layer / numbered layers?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

While I wait for a solution of the mtxrun error, another question: I know how to use layers or overlays as backgrounds. How can I get a layer *above* the "normal" text plane? say... \definelayer[PageTop][x=0mm,y=0mm,width=\paperwidth,height= \paperheight,repeat=yes] \setupforegrounds[page][background=PageTop] \setlayer[PageTop][hoffset=10mm, voffset=10mm]{% \externalfigure[koe][with=40mm]} I just found that \framed knows "foreground=", but as far as I could find there's nothing like \setupforegrounds or \setuplayers. An idea: It would be nice if we just could use some number defining above or below main text like in: \definelayer[PageTop][x=0mm,y=0mm,width=\paperwidth,height= \paperheight,repeat=yes,layer=1] positive numbers would be above main text, layer=-1 would be below; 0 is reserved for main text. This way we could stack layers more easily, similar to z-index in CSS. What do you think? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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XY arranging
by Henning Hraban Ramm 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Is XY arranging supposed to work in MkIV? I call "context --arrange myfile", but get only one paper per sheet. Other imposition schemas are working ok. \setuppapersize [A7][A4] \setuparranging [XY] \setuppaper[nx=2,ny=2] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location=footer] \setuplayout [margin=0pt,width=fit] \setupbackgrounds [text][text][background=screen,backgroundscreen=0.7] \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=on] \def\Style{[XY 2*2]} \startbuffer[Fakepage] \strut \blank \midaligned{\Style} \vfill \midaligned{This is page \recurselevel} \vfill \stopbuffer \setupheadertexts[\CONTEXT] \starttext \dorecurse{16}{\getbuffer[Fakepage]\page} \stoptext Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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centralized bib database
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Hi all, AFAIK with the bib module one can't specify the database by an URL. I believe such feature would be great in allowing users to centralise all the bibliographical stuff in one place even when they work on several machines/places. regards, -- Jean

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blurred shadow on images?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

I'd like to place some plain photos rotated (say 12°) and with a blurred shadow above some colored elements, i.e. the shadow must use transparency. I guess I could get such using ImageMagick, but is there a possibility using ConTeXt or one of its favourite friends? I'd prefer a solution that works with CMYK data. If there isn't - is the transparency of PNG usable? Since all of the pictures will have almost the same size, I could probably also use the shadow as a single PDF picture and place that behind with a small offset. Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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\numstr errors out in chapter star logic
by Tom 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

\numstr seems to work fine in the body of text but errors out as if #1 was not a number when it is used in chapter start loc. Here is an example: %\numstr begins here \unprotect \def\numstring#1{\expandafter\@numstring\csname c@#1\endcsname} \def\@numstring#1{\ns@numstr{#1}\ns@nineteens{null}{}} \let\numstr\@numstring% \def\ns@numoutofrange#1#2{\number#1#2} \def\ns@numstr#1#2#3#4% {\ifnum\number#1<\plusone% #3% \else\ifnum\number#1<1000000000 % \expandafter\ns@numstring\expandafter{\number#1}#2% \else% \ns@numoutofrange{#1}{#4}% \fi\fi} \def\ns@numstring#1#2{% \expandafter\ns@@numstring% \ifcase% \ifnum#1<10 1% \else\ifnum#1<100 2% \else\ifnum#1<\@m 3% \else\ifnum#1<\@M 4% \else\ifnum#1<100000 5% \else\ifnum#1<1000000 6% \else\ifnum#1<10000000 7% \else\ifnum#1<100000000 8% \else9% \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi % \or00000000#1% case 1: Add 8 leading zeros \or0000000#1% case 2: Add 7 leading zeros \or000000#1% case 3: Add 6 leading zeros \or00000#1% case 4: Add 5 leading zeros \or0000#1% case 5: Add 4 leading zeros \or000#1% case 6: Add 3 leading zeros \or00#1% case 7: Add 2 leading zeros \or0#1% case 8: Add 1 leading zero \or#1% case 9: Add no leading zeros \or% \@nil#2% \fi} \def\ns@@numstring#1#2#3#4#5#6#7\or#8\@nil#9% {\ifnum#1#2#3>\z@ \ns@million#1#2#3% \ifnum#4#5#6>\z@\space\fi% \fi% \ifnum#4#5#6>\z@% \ns@hundred#4#5#6{#1#2#3}{#4#5}\ns@nineteen% \ifnum#4#5#6>\z@\space\fi% thousand% \ifnum#7>\z@\space\fi% \fi% \ns@hundred#7{#4#5#6}1#9} \def\ns@million#1#2#3% {\ifnum#1#2#3=\plusone% \ns@hundred#1#2#301\ns@nineteene% \space% million% \else% \ns@hundred#1#2#301\ns@nineteens% \space% millions% \fi} \def\ns@hundred#1#2#3#4#5#6% {\ifnum#1>\z@% \ifnum#4#1>\z@\ns@nineteen#1\space\fi% hundred% \ifnum#2#3>\z@\space and\space\fi% \fi% \ifnum#2#3<20 % \ifnum#5#2#3>\z@#6{#2#3}\fi% \else% \ns@ninety#2\ifnum#3>\z@-\ns@nineteen#3\fi% #60% \fi} \def\ns@nineteen#1% {\ifcase#1\empty\or one\or two\or three\or four\or five\or six\or% seven\or eight\or nine\or ten\or eleven\or twelve\or thirteen\or% fourteen\or fifteen\or sixteen\or seventeen\or% eighteen\or nineteen\fi} \def\ns@nineteens#1{\ns@nineteen{#1}} \def\ns@nineteene#1{\ns@nineteen{#1}} \def\ns@ninety#1% {\ifcase#1 \or \or twenty% \or thirty% \or forty% \or fifty% \or sixty% \or seventy% \or eighty% \or ninety% \fi} \protect \def\MyChapterCommandA#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\numstr{#1}} \def\MyChapterCommandB#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {#1 #2} \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommandA] %change A to B to eliminate \substr call \starttext \chapter{First Chapter} Some sample text. Chapter \numstr{1} numstr logic works correctly when embedded in the text. Chapter title displays correctly when numstr not in chapter start logic. Errors out when numstr is in chapter start logic as if parameter is not a number. \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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CSS glitch in the garden
by Henning Hraban Ramm 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

I guess Safari 5 changed some CSS behaviour, because in Firefox it's still ok: the menu column appears below instead left of the content area. logo position is ok, x positions of the areas seem also ok, just the y position of the menu area is wrong. Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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[metapost] mptopdf from the command line in ConTeXt minimals?...
by Stuart Hungerford 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Hi, I'm a ConTeXt and Metapost newbie, so apologies in advance if this is a stupid question. I've successfully installed ConTeXt minimals on an OS/X 10.6.x system and it seems to be running okay. I'd like to run some metapost examples from the command line and "mpost" also seems to be running well. I've seen references to a "mptopdf" script and there is a Perl script of that name but it looks like it needs to be installed somewhere. Is there some post-setup procedure I need to follow to access "mptopdf" or another one I've seen references to "fmtutil"? Thanks, Stu -- Stuart Hungerford ANU Supercomputer Facility

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How do I stretch text in header?
by Oliver Heins 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

I want to typeset the section title in stretched smallcaps in the header. This is what I came up with, but it won't print the section title, but instead the phrase »section«: \setuppagenumbering[none] \def\stretchedspacefactor{4} \def\stretchedspaceamount{.2em} \setupheader[] \setupheadertexts[\setups{header}] \startsetups[header] \hfill {\sc\stretchedlowercase{\getmarking[section]}}\hfill % \hfill {\sc\getmarking[section]}\hfill % works, but no stretching \stopsetups \starttext \section{This is a test!} \input knuth \stoptext Thanks, olli -- Oliver Heins heins(a)sopos.org http://www.sopos.org/olli GPG: F27A BA8C 1CFB B905 65A8 2544 0F07 B675 9A00 D827 1024D/9A00D827 2004-09-24 -- gpg --recv-keys 0x9A00D827 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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direction in columnset (MKII)
by Jelle Huisman 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hi all, Is it possible to tell columnsets which column is the first one? I use columnset in MKII to typeset Arabic text in a multicolumn layout and the text starts in the left column. Is there a nice way to force the text to start in the right column? Something like \definecolumnset[arabic][n=2,direction=right] doesn't work. (A nasty, ugly hack is fine too ;-) Example: \starttext \definecolumnset[arabic][n=2,direction=right] \startcolumns[arabic] Oeps. In Arabic the 'first' column is on the right: \input knuth \stopcolumns \stoptext Thanks, Jelle

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