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margin kerning problem
by Alan Bowen 26 Oct '05

26 Oct '05

Sorry for the flurry of questions. But here’s one about margin kerning now. I see that by using \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono,mm][hanging][normal] \setupalign[hz,hanging] I can get margin kerning in the body text, but not in any footnotes/ endnotes. What else is needed to get margin kerning throughout the notes too? As ever, any advice will be gratefully received. Alan

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alignment of figures
by Jörg Hagmann 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Dear list members, I want to have figures arranged as follows: 1. Figures smaller than 0.5 textwidth at the inner margin, text flowing arround figure. 2. Between 0.5 and 1*textwidth in the middle, no text flowing. 3.Figures wider than textwidth aligned with the inner margin of the textblock and sticking out into the (wide) outer margin. I found out how to do the first 2 (from "Details") but couldn't figure out the last one. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot. Jörg

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indenting first paragraph in section (bug?)
by Peter Münster 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hello, ConTeXt 2005.08.19 indents the first paragraph, when there is a placefigure. Does anybody already know this problem, and perhaps a solution? Example: \setupindenting[small] \setupindenting[small] \def\Text{\dorecurse{400}{text }} \starttext \section{test} \Text % here it's ok \section{test} \placefigure{}{\externalfigure[bla][width=0.6\textwidth]} \Text % here is a problem \stoptext TIA for any hint! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] Switching fonts (or font size) in columnsets
by Gilles Pérez-Lambert 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hello, Hans replied to me long ago (Sun Apr 3 23:03:54 CEST 2005): > Gilles Pérez-Lambert wrote: >> With the example attached at the end of the mail >> (and that can be try on http://live.contextgarden.net) >> the page on which the font change occurs >> (be it the size or a new font) is moved up and the >> page is shorter... Is there a way to say that >> some text (here the items) are not to be aligned >> on the grid because they are smaller (or bigger)? > > % Example: [...] > no body font switching in column sets (yet) > Hans Is it possible now? :-) Thanks, Gilles.

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spreadsheet
by Peter Münster 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hello, I would like to do some spreadsheet like calculations with ConTeXt. Before using the same package, I've used once upon a time with LaTeX (realcalc), I would like to know, if there are already some macros for calculations in ConTeXt, or if you could recommend some method, how to do that. FYI my old LaTeX-file: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{dcolumn} \input{realcalc}% on CTAN \newcommand*\cc[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}} \def\scanwert\ignorespaces#1\unskip{\gdef\WERT{#1}#1} \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{>{\scanwert}D{.}{,}{-1}% >{\Rmul\res\WERT{6.55957}\Radd\res\res{0.005}\Rtrunc\res2\res\res}% D{.}{,}{-1}}% \cc{Euro}&\cc{FF}\\\hline 20.33 & \\ 20.3 & \\ 20 & \\ 14.46 & \end{tabular} \end{document} Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Continuous chapter numbering
by Randall Skelton 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hi all, I have a technical manual setup in ConTeXt whereby the manual itself is a ConTeXt 'project' and each chapter is a different component. Within this, I need to group some chapters together so these grouped chapters are products. Thus, I have: project: MyManual component: Chapter 1 component: Chapter 2 component: Chapter 3 product: Example 1 component: Chapter 4 component: Chapter 5 product: Example 2 component: Chapter 6 component: Chapter 7 product: Example 3 component: Chapter 8 component: Chapter 9 ... Is there a way to have the chapter numbers be continuous rather than resetting at the beginning of each product? I have already disabled product numbers in a setupheader command but I'm stumped at how to make the chapter numbers continuous. I've tried playing with "incrementnumber=file" but I'm not sure this appropraite... any hints here would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks! Randall \setuphead [part] [textcommand=\MyPartText, textstyle={\switchtobodyfont[Titling, 11pt]\sc}, placehead=yes, color=black, number=no, page=right, continue=no, header=empty, distance=0pt, before=\setups{part:before}, after=\setups{part:after}] \setuphead[Topic,chapter] [ numbercommand=\MyChapterNumberText, incrementnumber=prj_thesis, textcommand=\MyChapterText, textstyle={\switchtobodyfont[Titling, 11pt]\sc}, color=black, number=yes, page=right, continue=no, header=empty, distance=0pt, before=\vbox to 3cm\bgroup, after=\vss\egroup ]

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xml and context
by Wolfgang Zillig 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hello, I'am starting with a PhD and I'm thinking about using xml/mathml and context. I'm a bit confused with all the different ways to combine xml and context, native xml, fo, xslt, texml, docbook, ... What is the most promising way to do this? Is it possible to use mechanisms like bibtex when going that way? Thanks for any suggestions. Wolfgang

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saving cell content in macro
by Peter Münster 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

Hello, how could I save the cell of a table in a macro? I tried the following, but it does not work: \starttext \def\StartScanning#1\StopScanning{\def\MyValue{#1}} \starttable[|b{\StartScanning}la{\StopScanning}|l|] \NC 123 \NC 456 \NC\AR \stoptable Test: \MyValue \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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MathML: Please ignore <mo>⁡</mo>
by Christopher Creutzig 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

Salvete, I just started to think about using ConTeXt on XML input files, so I've got a question which should be easy to answer: My MathML source generates presentation code which includes <mo>⁡</mo> between a function symbol and its arguments. I get a black rectangle for that; I'd like ConTeXt to ignore this character, where do I define it as “nothing”? regards, Christopher

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font scaling in typescripts
by Thomas A. Schmitz 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

This may be a bug, or I may be missing something... I have defined a typescript for my Adobe Garamond, and I want Courier as the monotype font accompanying it. Since Courier is a bit too big compared to Garamond, I want to scale it down, so I have this line in my typescript (yes, I have adapted my own Courier, I have given up on all the changes in names etc. in the latest teTeX releases): \definefontsynonym [Courier] [texnansi-Courier sa 0.9] [encoding=texnansi] This works almost perfectly; Courier is scaled exactly like I want it. There's one small problem: the first occurrence of monotype in the document will print "sa 0.9 at 12.0pt" just before the passage in monotype. This happens only once in the document, but it doesn't look very nice. Bug or feature? Best Thomas

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