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Re: [NTG-context] Structuring topics
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Hi Wolfgang, > title=yes, > titleleft=, > titleright=, Yeah, thanks! That's the title that makes it! Concerning \define... The answer is too witty for me, so I will leave the wiki page untouched. -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] Structuring topics
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Thank you, Wolfgang. I'll try to get into my tomorrow's clean head and wikify it. ) > What's the problem with my answer, i described differences between \def > and \define > and the most important one is point one, i'll show it to you in two > examples > > 1. \def > > \starttext > \def\hans{hans} > \def\hans{taco} > \hans > \stoptext > > the output of this example is 'taco' because the second \def statement > overides the first > > 2. \define > > \starttext > \define\hans{hans} > \define\hans{taco} > \stoptext > > the output now is 'hans' because \define checks whether a command with > the name \hans > is already defined, if this isn't true \hans is created with the content > 'hans' while > in the second \define \hans is already available and nothing happens but > you get > a warning on the terminal > > system : command \hans is already defined > > > to summary this you can say \def is for developers and \define for users > but this won't > work in all cases because \define can't create commands with optional > arguments :( > > Wolfgang -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Grid typesetting, colums and vertical spacing
by Honza Pohanka 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

Hello, I'm trying to typeset on the grid, but I also need to reduce vertical spacing around headings. Unfortunately when i specify the 'before/after' setting for head, grid typesetting fails. Is there any option to make \blank more flexible? (I'm using MKII) example: \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4,landscape] \setuplayout[backspace=0.5cm,topspace=0.5cm,top=0cm,footer=0.5cm, width=middle,height=middle,margin=0cm,header=0cm] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \mainlanguage[cz] \enableregime[utf8] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setuphead[section][style={\bf}] \setuphead[section][before={\blank[halfline,flexible]}] % not working well % \setuphead[section][after={\blank[halfline,flexible]}] % not working well \starttext \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \definecolumnset[my][n=4,distance=1.2em,balance=yes] % balance not work \startcolumnset[my] \section{Pokus} \input knuth \input knuth \subsection{Pokus 2} \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \subsection{Pokus 3} \input knuth \stopcolumnset \stoptext greetings Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Re: [NTG-context] Documentation for \completecontent
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

> Follows is an example of a document that illustrates 1, above: > > \starttext > \startfrontmatter > > \completecontent[alternative=c] > > \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=r > omannume > rals] > > \chapter{Preface} > \input knuth > > \chapter{Introduction} > \input knuth > > \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=n > umbers] > \setuppagenumber[state=start,number=1] > > \stopfrontmatter > > \startbodymatter > > \chapter{Chapter One} > \input knuth > > \chapter{Chapter Two} > \input knuth > \stopbodymatter > > \startappendices > > \page[stop] > > \stopappendices > > \stoptext This example doesn't produce roman numerals with ConTeXt ver: 2010.04.16 00:11 MKIV fmt: 2010.4.16 int: english/english With mkii they are ok. Wolfgang

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(no subject)
by Tom 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

The following example computes page numbers correctly, places the correct entries into the TOC, and produces the desired page headers on the first pages of chapters. However, there are some things it doesn't do properly: 1. It puts headers on blank pages at the ends of chapters even after I inserted the code that takes care of that problem. 2. It seems to ignore some commands or wait until the next chapter to implement them. An example is the header on page vi. It's supposed to read vi............................Contents 3. It seems that commands in the \startsectionenvironment frontmatter block are ignored or overridden by commands that are for the body part. That is why I have so many setup commands ib the \starttext section. %figure on left - chapter number and title on right \def\MyChapterCommandM#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\startfiguretext[left]{none} {\externalfigure[cow][width=.2\textwidth]} {\framed[frame=off,align=middle,width=broad] {\switchtobodyfont[15pt] #1\\\blank[small] #2}} \stopfiguretext} %no figure on left - chapter number and title on right \def\MyFrontMatterCommandM#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\framed[frame=off,align=middle,width=broad] {\switchtobodyfont[15pt] #1\\\blank[small] #2}} %eliminate headers on blank page at end of chapter \definepagebreak[mychapterpagebreak][yes,header,next] %put pagenumber on bottom of first page of chapter \definetext[chapter][footer][pagenumber] \setuphead[chapter][header=high,footer=chapter,page=right] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart] \definehead[mycontenttitle][chapter] \setuphead[mycontenttitle] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommandM, number=no,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=empty,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \setupheadertexts [chapter][pagenumber][pagenumber][Content Example] \setuphead[chapter][page=mychapterpagebreak] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommandM,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=empty,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in,before=\vskip 1.0in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[appendix] \setupsectionblock[appendix][page=appendicespagebreak] \stopsectionblockenvironment \starttext \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=romannume rals] Some random text to occupy front matter pages. \blank[medium] \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \page[right] %\starthiding \setuphead[title] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommandM, number=no,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=pagenumber,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \setupheadertexts [Contents][pagenumber][pagenumber][Contents] \title{Content} %\stophiding %\mycontenttitle{Content} %displays Contents but drops the TOC \placecontent[alternative=c] \blank[medium] Random text added to push TOC onto a second page to test page headers. \blank[medium] \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \setupheadertexts [chapter][pagenumber][pagenumber][Content Example] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommandM, number=no,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=pagenumber,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \chapter{Preface} \input knuth \page[right] %switch from lower case Roman numberals to Arabic numbers \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=numbers] \setuppagenumber[state=start,number=1] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommandM,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=pagenumber,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in,before=\vskip 1.0in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \chapter{Introduction} \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter One} \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \chapter{Chapter Two} \input knuth \stopbodymatter \startappendices \page[stop] \stopappendices \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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xml count() failing
by Hans van der Meer 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

The xml-count() function does not result in 0 when none of the node sought is absent. In \writestatus{************}{<\xmlfilter{#1}{/img/count()}>} <node><img .../></node> correctly returns: ************ : <1> But in <node></node> one would expect the result to be zero but instead an error occurs: ************ : <> This is a nuisance because a simple \ifcase .. \or ... \else ... \fi now fails. ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \relax \@@su:xml:case:frontfigure .../img/count()}\relax \ifcase Can this be remedied? Hans van der Meer

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Structuring topics
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hello, Pardon me for another small question. I want to structure my document into topics, surrounded by start/stop, numbered and with caption. I discovered that enumerations do numbering, but don't allow caption to pass, and descriptions allow captions, but don't numerate. Is there a middle of these? ) %\defineenumeration %[topic] %[text=Topic, %inbetween=\blank, %after=\blank] \definedescription [topic] [location=top, text=Topic , inbetween=\blank, after=\blank] \starttext \starttopic{The name of the topic} bla \stoptopic \starttopic bla-bla \stoptopic \stoptext Regards, Vyatcheslav

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A question about \define vs. \def
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hello, Patrick posed a good question on wiki at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/define "is there any bonus when I use \define instead of \def?" Regards, Vyatcheslav

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fullpage module
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hello Wolfgand, why your fullpage module is not a part of standard Context distribution yet? It is extremely useful! Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Documentation for \completecontent
by Tom 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference/en includes no references for \completecontent or \placecontent. "Context the Manual" discusses the commands a bit but does not define them. Given that \completecontent is listed in group 2 of the Top Ten Context commands that a beginner might focus his or her attention on in the introduction to "Context the Manual," one might expect a bit more documentation of the command. I have two problems related to the table of contents that I can't resolve from my understanding of the documentation: 1. The table of contents is printed out of order in the PDF. It seems that \completecontent must appear before the preface or foreword if they are to be listed in the TOC. However, the Chicago Manual of Style calls for them to be placed before the TOC in the book. 2. The introduction is placed in the frontmatter because placing it in the bodymatter causes it to be treated as chapter 1. This location results in the introduction having the same first page header as front matter. That means that the introduction cannot be given a "fancy" first page similar to the numbered chapters without giving it to the TOC, etc. Follows is an example of a document that illustrates 1, above: \starttext \startfrontmatter \completecontent[alternative=c] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=romannume rals] \chapter{Preface} \input knuth \chapter{Introduction} \input knuth \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=numbers] \setuppagenumber[state=start,number=1] \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter One} \input knuth \chapter{Chapter Two} \input knuth \stopbodymatter \startappendices \page[stop] \stopappendices \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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