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mixed profiles in validation
by Pablo Rodriguez 17 Feb '25

17 Feb '25

Hi Hans (and Steffen), I get mixed profiles with the following source: \setupbackend[format=ua2] \starttext a \stoptext The latest version of VeraPDF (https://software.verapdf.org/) complains of both PDF-2 UA-2 detected and PDF-1.7 A-3a. In fact, only VeraPDF only validates PDF-1.7 (and results are a mess). I must admit I don’t know what may be causing the inclusion of the A-3a profile (marking). Any ideas about what may be going wrong here? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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Copy PDF text without hyphenated words
by Gerion Entrup 17 Feb '25

17 Feb '25

Hi, I recently learned that Typst seems to be able to produce PDFs where a hyphenated text can be copied without the hyphenation (so all words in the copied text are not hyphenated). I seem to recall that the PDF format has an extra mode for this, where the creation program can embed some text that should only appear when copied and replace the word parts that are visible on the page. ConTeXt, in it's default mode, seems not to embed this text. When copying hyphenated words, the hyphenated word parts appear as distinct words (even without the hyphen). Is there a way to tell ConTeXt to produce PDF where the text can be copied without hyphenated words? Gerion

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Invalid href in ToC in exported html
by Florent Michel 16 Feb '25

16 Feb '25

Hi, It seems (unless I am missing something) that hyperlinks in the table of contents for the exported html are incorrect when `reference` is set. Minimal(-ish) working example: _________________________________ \setupbackend[export=yes] \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \placecontent \startchapter[title=Chapter 1] Blahblah \stopchapter \startchapter[title=Chapter 2, reference=chapter_2] Blahblahblah \stopchapter \stoptext _________________________________ Annotated relevant part of the generated `.html`: ... <div> <div class="list"> <div class="listitem chapter" href="#aut-1" onclick="location.href='#aut-1'">  <div class="listtag">1</div> <div class="listcontent">Chapter 1</div> <div class="listpage">2</div> </div> <div class="listitem chapter" href="#aut-2" onclick="location.href='#aut-2'">  <div class="listtag">2</div> <div class="listcontent">Chapter 2</div> <div class="listpage">3</div> </div> </div> <div class="section chapter level-2" id="aut-1"> <div class="sectioncaption"> <div class="sectionnumber">1</div> <div class="sectiontitle">Chapter 1</div> </div> <div class="sectioncontent"> Blahblah </div> </div> <div class="section chapter level-2" id="chapter_2"> <div class="sectioncaption"> <div class="sectionnumber">2</div> <div class="sectiontitle">Chapter 2</div> </div> <div class="sectioncontent"> Blahblahblah </div> </div> </div> ... Would someone be aware of a workaround (apart from using ‘aut-2’ as reference in this case) or other solution? Best regards, Florent

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extending protrusion values for Greek characters
by Pablo Rodriguez 16 Feb '25

16 Feb '25

Dear list, as I’m playing with column sets for parallel texts, I have noticed that some Greek characters lack protrusion values. Is there a way to add them (as an extension to "protrusion=quality" values) to a single document? This would be great to test them (to consider their addition to main ConTeXt in the future). Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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cutting pages for booklet
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Feb '25

15 Feb '25

Dear list, the way to have a booklet is straightforward: \setuppapersize[A4][A3, landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \setupbodyfont[128pt] \setupmakeup[page] [pagestate=start, align=center, style=\ssbfd] \starttext \dorecurse{24} {\startmakeup[page]\recurselevel\stopmakeup} \stoptext But what happens if I already have landscape A3 that I need to print as an A4 booklet? I mean, which is the way to instruct ConTeXt to cut each A3 page in half and arrange each half in its proper position in the booklet? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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externalimage alignment inside frame changed from previous context version
by chindea.daniel＠gmail.com 15 Feb '25

15 Feb '25

Hello, I need your help. I just upgraded context. The chapter def below used to produce perfect centered number, image and chapter text. Now the image is slightly moved to the right (a divider 42mm wide by 2.5mm height). What can i do? Please help. Thank you for your great great amazin job with context. \startsetups [chapter:before] \doifoddpageelse {}{\noheaderandfooterlines} \stopsetups \define[2]\mychapter {\noindentation\strut\framed[frame=off,width=\textwidth,align=middle,location=top,frameoffset=0pt] {\noindentation\startalignment[middle]\tfd{\color[lightgrey]{#1}}\\\dontleavehmode\externalfigure[divider.pdf][width=42mm]\\\tfb{#2}\stopalignment} } %----------chapter \setuphead[chapter] [% command=\mychapter, style=\tfb, align={middle,nothyphenated}, before={% \setups[chapter:before] \blank[\measure{beforeheightbig},force] }, after={\blank[3*big]\doif{\getvariable{book}{letrine}}{true}{\placeinitial}}% ]

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Problem with LMTX and heading with alternative=margintext
by Rik Kabel 14 Feb '25

14 Feb '25

The following example produces the expected result under --luatex. It hyphenates the long word and positions the chapter number within the frame. Under LMTX, the long word is not hyphenated and the chapter number is shifted out of the frame. \setuphead [chapter][alternative=margintext] \starttext \chapter {Establishment} \input klein \contextversion \stoptext The problem goes back at least to version 20240621 (running on https://www.context-on-web.eu/) I did not experiment with other mechanisms that place text into the margin. -- Rik

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prevent a kind of heading at the bottom of the page
by Thomas Meyer 14 Feb '25

14 Feb '25

Hi folks, once again I have a problem - I'm sure it's not one for you experts! I've set up a diary that basically looks like this: \mainlanguage[de] \definebodyfontenvironment[12pt][interlinespace=15pt] \setuppagenumbering[location={footer,middle}, alternative=onesided] \setuplayout[ lines=44, grid=yes, ] \showgrid \startluacode function userdata.Ddate(str) local year = string.sub(str,1,4) local month = string.sub(str,5,6) local day = string.sub(str,7,8) context.date({d=day,m=month,y=year},{"weekday,{, },day,{. },month,space,year"}) end \stopluacode \def\DDate#1{\blank\noindentation{\bf\ss\ctxlua{userdata.Ddate("#1")}}\\ } \starttext \DDate{20250101} \samplefile{knuth} \DDate{20250102} \samplefile{knuth} \DDate{20250103} \samplefile{knuth} ... \stoptext But if the DDate line is moved to the bottom of the page, it is not moved to the next page above the text like a heading. The date line should therefore function like a heading. If I move it via \subject{\DDate{20250101}} the font size is of course no longer correct and I have blank lines underneath. Please help me with this. Greetings Thomas

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setting the space after a figure
by mf 13 Feb '25

13 Feb '25

Hello, I want to set to space between a figure (float) and the main text. I thought this worked: \setupfloat[figure][spaceafter=2cm] but it does not, while this: \setupfloat[spaceafter=2cm] works, but -- I suppose -- it does effect every float, not just figures. Here's a MWE to test it: -------------------------------------- % the next setting is consistent with my real case \setupcaption[location=top] % this works % \setupfloat[spaceafter=2cm] % this does not work \setupfloat[figure][spaceafter=2cm] \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\samplefile{lorem}\par} \placefigure[here]{}{\framed[width=\hsize,height=5cm]{}} \dorecurse{4}{\samplefile{lorem}\par} \stoptext -------------------------------------- Massi

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Re: Upgrade (and fresh installation) failing with lua error in supp-box.mkxl
by Pavneet Arora 13 Feb '25

13 Feb '25

This worked a charm, Hans! Thank you. Is there a place I can upload the compiled binary to assist in distribution? Regards. > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:57:21 +0100 > From: Hans Hagen <j.hagen(a)xs4all.nl> > Subject: [NTG-context] Re: Upgrade (and fresh installation) failing > with lua error in supp-box.mkxl > To: Pavneet Arora via ntg-context <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Message-ID: <61c102a0-dd25-46e9-b9e3-bd5b153a3282(a)xs4all.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 2/12/2025 6:59 PM, Pavneet Arora via ntg-context wrote: > > This past weekend I attempted and update on my FreeBSD distribution, and > > it failed with the following error: > > > >>>> > > open source > level 1, order 56, name 'supp-box.mkxl' > > loading > ConTeXt Support Macros / Boxes > > lua error > lua error on line 43 in file supp-box.mkxl: > > > > token call, execute: ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/node-ini.lmt:214: attempt to index a nil value (global 'mathematics') > > stack traceback: > > ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/node-ini.lmt:214: in metamethod 'index' > > ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/supp-box.lmt:37: in local 'code' > > ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/util-lua.lua:97: in field 'loadedluacode' > > ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/luat-env.lua:108: in field 'luafilechunk' > > ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/luat-cod.lmt:82: in function 'lua.registercode' > > [ctxlua]:1: in main chunk > > <empty file> > > A number should have been here; I inserted '0'. (If you can't figure out why I > > needed to see a number, look up 'weird error' in the index to The TeXbook.) > > <<< > > > > I subsequently tried a fresh installation with the same error message. > > > > I haven't seen mention of this elsewhere, and so am assuming that this > > might be a FreeBSD specific issue? > > Can you compile the binary from source (in the tree)? The freebsd vm is > not running so no bins are made, > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > ------------------------------ > > End of ntg-context Digest, Vol 246, Issue 33 > ******************************************** -- Pavneet Arora m: +1 647-406-6843 Waroc Informatik e: pavneet_arora(a)waroc.com

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