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06 Jul '25

The very latest ConTeXt update appears to have resolved any previous issues I was having with color profiles. My log file now reads, as I hoped it would> backend > profiles > profile specification 'Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004)' loaded from '/home/julian/data/context/tex/texmf-context/colors/icc/context/colorprofiles.xml' backend > profiles > setting 'CoatedFOGRA39.icc' as default 'cmyk' color space backend > profiles > setting output intent to 'Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004)' with id 'FOGRA39' for entry 1 Thank you! There is a new warning in the log file that I have not seen before (nothing to do with the above). Could someone explain its significance to me? I assume I don't really need to bother about it but I'd like to understand it. csname overload > warning, protection level 3, control sequence 'newcontextversion', properties 'permanent protected', file '/home/julian/data/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl', line 16 (Line 16, BTW is simply \setuplayout ) It repeats a few times in different ways, e.g. csname overload > warning, protection level 3, control sequence 'starttitle', properties 'frozen instance protected', file './prd_Gering30-06-25.tex', line 285 Julian

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externalfigure as table header
by Thomas Meyer 05 Jul '25

05 Jul '25

Hi folks, is it possible to use an externalfigure (blabla.jpg) as a repeated header in a table and if yes, how can I use it? \setupTABLE[][][\externalfigure[blabla]] doesn't work. Thank you for any hint! Greetings Tomás

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End-page hyphenation
by John Was 05 Jul '25

05 Jul '25

Hello A long-cherished desideratum is automatic prohibition of hyphenation at the end of a recto page (except for split footnotes, where this is actually quite helpful in forcing the reader to complete the note on the following verso). That was always disallowed at OUP (but allowed at the end of a verso). I've never managed this in plain TeX, so that at the last moment I scroll through the odd-numbered pages putting words in an \hbox if the unwanted hyphen has happened (and one then has to keep an eye out for the rare case where paragraph reflow throws up another problem). Is this feasible in ConTeXt? Best wishes John Waś *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Distance between text and footnotes
by John Was 05 Jul '25

05 Jul '25

Hello I would like to optimize the distance between text and footnotes in a standard octavo book at 6 points (absolute minimum 3 points, and trying to avoid going higher than 12 points). Relatedly, the footnotes on a short page at the end of a chapter should be brought up close to the text (6 points). I have been used to doing this manually (adding \VFILL at the end of the last note, which is defined as multiple occurrences of \vfill). Can this be set up in ConTeXt? Best wishes John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Custom background color for \framed inside lmt_text
by Emanuel Han 05 Jul '25

05 Jul '25

I want my custom color rose_color to be applied for background color for \framed inside lmt_text. For fill fullcircle, it works. With predefined colors as green, it works. \starttext \startMPcode color rose_color; rose_color = 1/256(255,204,255); %not working draw lmt_text [text ="\framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=rose_color,frame=on, location=low]{a rose box}",]; %working draw lmt_text [text ="\framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=green,frame=on, location=low]{a green box}",] shifted (1cm,1cm); %working fill fullcircle scaled 2cm shifted (0,3cm) withcolor rose_color; \stopMPcode \stoptext

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 04 Jul '25

04 Jul '25

receiving incremental file list ./ ctan.lsr document-2.htm download-1.htm download-2.htm logo-ade.png logo-cts.png logo-pod.png rss.xml show-fil.pdf context/latest/ context/latest/cont-lmt.zip context/latest/cont-mpd.zip context/latest/cont-ppc.zip context/latest/cont-sci.zip context/latest/cont-tmf.zip context/latest/cont-tst.7z context/latest/cont-tst.tar.xz context/latest/cont-tst.zip general/manuals/ general/manuals/luametatex.pdf sent 192,031 bytes received 49,490,788 bytes 4,731,697.05 bytes/sec total size is 629,056,110 speedup is 12.66 Running archiver: New dir: /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-07-04.22 278959506 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-07-04.22/latest 126741221 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-07-04.22/current 405700727 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2025-07-04.22 405700727 total

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Bookmark hierarchy
by John Was 04 Jul '25

04 Jul '25

Hello. I'm still in the newbie category with ConTeXt, and am getting to grips with bookmarking of PDFs for the first time ever. The following example gives the correct hierarchy of subordinated bookmarks - part, chapter, and section, each progressively indented in the bookmark column at the left. However, I don't want the parts to have numbers at all, and I want the chapters to be numbered 1, 2, etc. (not 1.1, 1.2, etc.). If I ever go live with ConTeXt, the sections won't have any numbers at all (and I can see how to set this up), but in this default example I would like them also to shift up one decimal place: 1.1., not 1.1.1, and so on. I'm guessing there's an option in \part that I should be invoking, but I don't immediately see what that is (there doesn't seem to be a \startpart...\stoppart to allow the relatively straightforward customization that we get with chapters and sections). Here is the example: \setupinteraction [state=start] \setupinteractionscreen [option=bookmark] \placebookmarks[part,chapter,section] \starttext \part[title=Introduction,bookmark=Introduction,number=off] \noheaderandfooterlines INTRODUCTION \page \noheaderandfooterlines \page[odd] \startchapter[title=First Chapter] \noheaderandfooterlines \input tufte \startsection[title=First section] \input knuth \stopsection \startsection[title=Second section] \input zapf \stopsection \stopchapter \page[odd] \startchapter[title=Second Chapter] \noheaderandfooterlines \input tufte \startsection[title=First section] \input knuth \stopsection \startsection[title=Second section] \input zapf \stopsection \stopchapter \page[odd] \part[title=PART II,bookmark=Part II,number=off] PART II \noheaderandfooterlines \page \noheaderandfooterlines \page[odd] \startchapter[title=Third Chapter] \noheaderandfooterlines \input tufte \startsection[title=First section] \input knuth \stopsection \startsection[title=Second section] \input zapf \stopsection \stopchapter \page[odd] \startchapter[title=Fourth Chapter] \noheaderandfooterlines \input tufte \startsection[title=First section] \input knuth \stopsection \startsection[title=Second section] \input zapf \stopsection \stopchapter \stoptext Best wishes John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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\setupwhitespace[default]
by Bruce Horrocks 03 Jul '25

03 Jul '25

Is default a valid option for \setupwhitespace? It's listed in the wiki page but gives an error when used, e.g. \starttext \input knuth \par\thinrule\par \setupwhitespace[big] \input knuth \par\thinrule\par \setupwhitespace[default] \input knuth \stoptext Wiki link: <https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupwhitespace> — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK

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Passing the name of an XML file to process via the command line
by Duncan Hothersall 03 Jul '25

03 Jul '25

Hello list. I feel this should be an easy question to answer but I couldn't find a hint. I have a ConTeXt file which pulls in an XML file for processing using the command \xmlprocessfile{mydomain}{myXMLfile.xml}{} I would like instead to call context with the XML file name in the command line (so that I can use the same ConTeXt setups on multiple XML sources). How can I do that? Many thanks. Duncan

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reading YAML with Lua
by Henning Hraban Ramm 03 Jul '25

03 Jul '25

Hi, is there already something to read a YAML file as a lua table in LuaMetaTeX? I didn’t find anything. My requirements are low, I just need to read some author data like: """ AstridLindgren: birth_year: '1907' death_year: '2002' name: Astrid Lindgren BTraven: birth_year: '1882' death_year: '1969' full_name: Bernhard Traven Torsvan name: B. Traven VolkerLudwig: birth_year: '1937' full_name: Eckart Hachfeld organization: GRIPS Theater name: Volker Ludwig """ Often, lyaml[1] is suggested, but that depends on libyaml (like a few other implementations) and looks far too heavy for that easy format. lua-yaml[2] is simpler. There’s even lua-tinyyaml[3] in CTAN. Do you have experience with any of them? I guess I’ll try the latter first. Hraban [1] https://github.com/gvvaughan/lyaml [2] https://github.com/exosite/lua-yaml [3] https://ctan.org/pkg/lua-tinyyaml, https://github.com/zepinglee/lua-tinyyaml

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