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\setupdelimitedtext not working in TeXLive 2012
by Bill Meahan 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

This used to work to provide proper behavior for nested quotations. Now, it doesn't work and the log shows errors for all 3 of "missing or ungrouped '=' after 'n' (371>quotation:)" where n=1,2,3 as they are encountered. \setupdelimitedtext [quotation] [1] [left={\symbol[leftquotation]}, right={\symbol[rightquotation]}] \setupdelimitedtext [quotation] [2] [left={\symbol[leftquote]}, right={\symbol[rightquote]}] \setupdelimitedtext [quotation] [3] [left={\symbol[leftquotation]}, right={\symbol[rightquotation]}] Did the syntax change or is it a bug? -- Bill Meahan Westland, Michigan USA

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Page number in the edge
by Marco Patzer 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Hi, moving the page number into the edge in the following way seems straightforward, but fails. “edge” is not recognised as “margin” or “header” is. I wonder why. Is this intended or am I misusing the command? \setuplayout [backspace=5cm, width=10cm, edge=1cm] \setuppagenumbering [location={header, edge}] % fails: centred in the header % [location={header, margin}] % works % also works %\setupheadertexts %[edge] [] [pagenumber] \starttext \showframe \dorecurse{10}{\null\page} \stoptext Marco

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Wiki example compilation failure
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Hello, maybe the known problem with the wiki and the "current" Ctx versions. The following code: ---- \setuppapersize[A5] \starttext \definedelimitedtext[mydt] \setupdelimitedtext[mydt][left=\leftguillemot,right=\rightguillemot] \quotation{Clancy of the Overflow}, by Banjo Paterson \startmydt And an answer came directed in a manner unexpected, and I think the same was written with a thumbnail dipped in tar; 't was his shearing-mate who wrote it, and verbatim I will quote it: \quotation{Clancy's gone to Queensland droving, and we don't know where he are.} \stopmydt \stoptext ---- is successfully compiled by the current Ctx version whilst the same example on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupdelimitedtext is not. Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Re: [NTG-context] "Darwin x86_64" is not supported yet error.
by dalyoung 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Dear Mojca and Sietse, Thank for your concern. I have tried to update ConTeXt installed in a MacBook which was upgraded to Mountain Lion a week ago too. First-setup.sh runs very well without any errors. Tomorrow, I will run your first-setup.sh in a iMac which had a problem to update. I'll report the result tomorrow. There may be different setting in a terminal as Mojca said. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] About Chapter head definition and FunnyFrame
by dalyoung 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Dear Wolfgang, Both of your methods are working fine. > \define[2]\Myheader{?} > > with a recent beta or > > \unexpanded\def\Myheader#1#2{?} I also find out a new method '\defineheadalternative' too. Thank you so much. Best regards, Dalyoung

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"Darwin x86_64" is not supported yet error.
by Jeong Dalyoung 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Dear all, Today I tried to update ConTeXt using first setup and got an error message: Error: your system "Darwin x86_64" is not supported yet. "first setup" worked well before I upgrade Mac OS to Mountain Lion from snow leopard two weeks ago. The current ConTeXt version and Luatex version in my Mac are ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.20 00:58 MKIV fmt: 2012.7.20 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded … mkiv lua stats > latex banner - this is latex, version beta-0.70.2-2012052309 (tex live 2012) How to update the ConTeXt to latest beta? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Czech typographic speciality
by Mikoláš Štrajt 02 Sep '12

02 Sep '12

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MP & TeX capacity exceeded
by Procházka Lukáš 02 Sep '12

02 Sep '12

Hello, suppose having the following sample code: ---- \starttext \startluacode context.startMPcode() for i = 1, -- 1000 -- OK 1e6 do context("draw (0,0) -- (5cm,5cm);") end context.stopMPcode() \stopluacode \stoptext ---- I'm getting "TeX capacity exceeded" error. So the question is - which parameter in which file to extend it? I found texmf.cnf and texmfcnf.lua, with many variables having "size" in its name; which is the proper one? Best regards, Lukas

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modules.contextgarden.net internal error on /gfsdidot
by Marco Pessotto 01 Sep '12

01 Sep '12

Hello there. I get an internal error pointing the browser to http://modules.contextgarden.net/gfsdidot : > Internal error, please contact pg(a)contextgarden.net I tried the address above, but it fails: Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.1.1 <pg(a)contextgarden.net>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table So I'm posting here the problem. Best wishes -- Marco

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Divided cells and bullet points in tables
by Malte Stien 01 Sep '12

01 Sep '12

Hi, I'm trying to create a table with the following formatting: 1. The top left cell is divided in two by a diagonal line with separate text into each triangle 2. Another cell in the table body has a bulleted list I've had no success with the first. With the second I've tried using the \startitemize command. It generates the bullet points but places all the items on a single line and hence pushing the table wider than the page. I've also tried using \par or \newline but to no avail. I have been using tabulate for the table; is there another table library that might make this work? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, Malte.

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Margin text and multiple columns
by Marc Rummel 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

Hello, I have a problem with margin texts in combination with multiple columns using mkiv. I want to set a text in the outer margin of a double sided document. This works well using \inouter as seen in the following document: --- \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \inouter{Text in Margin} \input knuth \page[yes] \inouter{Text in Margin} \input knuth \stoptext --- But fails, when I use it in combination with multiple columns. Then the margin text of the odd pages is set in the second column (probably in the margin of the first column) instead of the margin of the whole page. --- \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \inouter{Text in Margin} \startcolumns \input knuth \stopcolumns \page[yes] \inouter{Text in Margin} \startcolumns \input knuth \stopcolumns \stoptext --- I hope someone can help me. Best wishes, Marc

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Subfootnotes broken
by Marco Patzer 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

Hi, the subfootnote feature is broken or changed the interface. Is there a workaround or fix? \starttext Alpha\footnote{alpha} Beta\subfootnote{beta} \stoptext Marco

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Standalone MetaPost Graphics from ConTeXt
by Troy Henderson 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

Is there a way to output several MetaPost PDF graphics from a single ConTeXt source file. For example, \startMPpage draw fullcircle scaled 72; \stopMPpage \startMPpage draw unitsquare scaled 72; \stopMPpage and have a separate output PDF generated for each MPpage? It seems that this ConTeXt code generates a single PDF which contains only the first graphic. I would like to have either 1) two separate PDF's with each containing their own graphic 2) a single two page PDF where each page corresponds to the appropriate graphic. Of course, the "holy grail" would be to be able to "compile" a MetaPost source file with ConTeXt. Troy Henderson

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Disappearing content when floats are used in columnset
by Marco Patzer 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

Hi, in the following example the AAAs disappear. Column sets without float and floats without column sets work fine. \definecolumnset [Columns] [n=2] \starttext \startcolumnset [Columns] AAA \startplacefigure [title=Some figure] \stopplacefigure BBB \stopcolumnset \stoptext Marco

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Multiple arguments bug in \showhyphens
by Marco Patzer 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

The following example throws a LuaTeX error: \starttext \showhyphens{foolish bartender} \stoptext Marco

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t-letter: marking=no not disabling folding marks
by Paul Menzel 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

Dear ConTeXt folks, although looking at tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-01.mkvi on how to disable folding marks, I was unsuccessful to figure it out. This is with ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.28 20:00 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.29 int: english/english and please consider the following minimal example. \mainlanguage[de] \usemodule[letter] \starttext \setupletter [fromname={Max Musterfrau}, fromaddress={Beispielstraße 99\\99999 Musterstadt}] \setupletter [toname={Jane Mustermann}, toaddress={Musterstrarße 9999\\99999 Musterstadt}] \setupletterstyle [marking=no] \setupletter [marking=no] \startletter [opening={Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,}, subject={Musterbetreff}, closing={Freundliche Grüße,}, signature={Max Musterfrau}] \input knuth \stopletter \stoptext Thanks, Paul

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Is it posslible to use remotely loaded image in PDF?
by Rostislav Wolný 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

Hello all, I'm just wondering if it is possible to create PDF document which contains image (link to image) which is downloaded from the Internet and displayed at the moment when PDF is opened? Maybe it is not possible because some security reasons. I've spent hours googling it, but without satisfying answer (may be I'm just lame). Thanks a lot for answer. Rosta

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Vertical alignment in Natural tables
by Aditya Mahajan 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Hi, How do I set the vertical alignment of cells in natural tables? I remember that \setupTABLE[align={middle,middle}] used to set center align vertically and horizontally. Currently, \setupTABLE[align={middle,high}] and \setupTABLE[align={middle,low}] work as expected, but \setupTABLE[align={middle,middle}] does not work. I also tried \setupTABLE[location={low}] (or lohi, or middle), but the calculation of height is wrong in those cases. Minimal example: \startsetups table \setupTABLE[align={middle,middle}] \stopsetups \starttext \startTABLE[setups=table] \NC Ward \NC \input ward \endgraf \NC \NR \stopTABLE \stoptext Aditya

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bugs in linenote?
by Pablo Rodríguez 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Hi there, I have the following sample: \definelinenote[A] \setupnote[A][rule=off, paragraph=yes, split=strict, inbetween=\hskip1.5em] \setupnotation[A][numbercommand=,alternative=serried,distance=1em,compress=yes,compressseparator=] \starttext \startlinenumbering \dorecurse{500}{body\A{note} } \stoplinenumbering \stoptext I'm afraid it shows to bugs with latest beta. The first one is that there is no proper separation between body and notes. The second one is that when no compressseparator is set, there is a wrong blank space at the beginning of the line. Can anyone confirm whether they are real bugs or I am doing something wrong? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Re: [NTG-context] Numbering of figures and tables changed?
by Robert Blackstone 26 Aug '12

26 Aug '12

On 26 Aug 2012, at 11:29, Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster(a)gmail.com> wrote > > Am 26.08.2012 um 10:33 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: > >> What can I do to give me back the numbering of the floats per chapter? Or, if it is a bug in the recent Minimals, can the numbering per chapter be restored somehow? > > > Setting the way how you want to be numbered resets only the figure counter, to show the chapter number you have to enable prefixes. > > \setupcaption[figure][way=bychapter,prefix=yes] > > \starttext > > \completelistoffigures > > \dorecurse{2} > {\chapter{Chapter #1} > \dorecurse{5} > {\dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par} > \placefigure{Caption}{\externalfigure[dummy]} > \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par}}} > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang Thank you, Wolfgang. Your advice solves one problem but adds another: now the section numbers are included as well. How do I get rid of these? See example: \setupcaption[figure][way=bychapter,prefix=yes] \starttext \completelistoffigures \dorecurse{2} {\chapter{Chapter #1} \input knuth\par \dorecurse{2} {\section{Section #1} \input knuth\par \placefigure{Caption}{\externalfigure[dummy]} \input knuth\par}} \stoptext (I'm sorry for the error in the nested \dorecurse with the section titles but the problem will be clear.) Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Robert

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built-in units command (mkiv) fails
by Andreas Mang 26 Aug '12

26 Aug '12

Hi there, Did / Do I miss something or is there a problem with the built-in \unit command? minimal example: %%%% start example %%%% \starttext 10 \unit{km/h} \stoptext %%%% stop example %%%% output: "10 kilometersolidushour" ConTeXt: ver: 2012.08.16 22:20 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.22 Similar results are obtained for all examples in the "Using the built-in command" on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Units Cheers, Andreas

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Numbering of figures and tables changed?
by Robert Blackstone 26 Aug '12

26 Aug '12

Dear list, In the book/thesis I am typesetting the many figures (Examples) and the few tables must be numbered per chapter, (Ex. 1.3, Ex. 4.17 etc) and they should appear like this in the List of Examples. Up to around 27 july this worked perfectly, automatically I should say, but with a newer version of mkiv (25 august) they come out numbered for the book as a whole and without chapter numbers. I have not changed the setups, and I can reproduce the correct result with an older version of mkiv (may) with a slightly adapted environment file. Unfortunately I do need some recent features of mkiv. The setups for the floats are: \definefloat[Example][examples] \setupfloat[Example][spacebefore=medium,spaceafter=medium,sidespacebefore=medium,sidespaceafter=medium] \setupcaption[Example][location=top,number=yes,inbetween=\blank,bodyfont=10pt] \setuplabeltext[en][Example=Ex.~] \definefloat[table][tables] \setupfloat[table][spacebefore=medium,spaceafter=medium,sidespacebefore=medium,sidespaceafter=medium] \setupcaption[table][location=top,number=yes,inbetween=\blank,bodyfont=10pt]\setuplabeltext[en][table=Table~] I tried [way=bychapter] as an argument for the captions but that did not change anything' What can I do to give me back the numbering of the floats per chapter? Or, if it is a bug in the recent Minimals, can the numbering per chapter be restored somehow? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Robert

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t-letter: Colons : in \setupletter[postscript={…}] not escaped properly
by Paul Menzel 26 Aug '12

26 Aug '12

Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.16 22:20 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.25 int: english/english and the example \usemodule[letter] \starttext \setupletter [fromname={John Simmons}, fromaddress={Parkstreet 12\\8257 Green Bay}] \setupletter [toname={Steve Wilson}, toaddress={Nightstreet 4a\\9183 Cotton Village}] \setupletter [postscript={PS: word : word : word}] \startletter [opening={Dear Mr Wilson,}, subject={Brand new templates for Word}, closing={Best regards}, signature={John Simmons}] \input knuth\par \stopletter \stoptext the »PS:« is cut off and also the part after the second colon. Thanks, Paul

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correspondence: Wrong version string in module?
by Paul Menzel 26 Aug '12

26 Aug '12

Dear Wolfgang, looking at the version string of the a module `letter-imp-knuth.mkiv` I think the version string is incorrect. correspondence $ more files/letter-imp-knuth.mkiv %D \module %D [ file=letter-imp-knuth, %D version=2012.12.26, %D title=\CONTEXT\ User Module, %D subtitle=Knuth letter style, %D author=Wolfgang Schuster, %D date=\currentdate, %D copyright=Wolfgang Schuster, %D license=GNU General Public License] […] I guess the date is used and this is from the future. Thanks, Paul

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t-correspondence: Module resume not available?
by Paul Menzel 25 Aug '12

25 Aug '12

Dear ConTeXt folks, using \usemodule[resume] I always get the following error. ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.16 22:20 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.23 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/srv/filme/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active (lebenslauf.tex resolvers > modules > not found: 'resume' Could somebody please comment on the current state of the resume module? Thanks, Paul

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setuptex on Debian
by Peter Rolf 24 Aug '12

24 Aug '12

Hi, just testing a module on a fresh Linux (Debian 6.0.5-i386) with the latest standalone. No messages when calling 'setuptex', but the PATH to the binaries is not set correctly here. I manually added the binary path to '.bashrc' and it worked. # add ConTeXt binaries to PATH PATH=~/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin:$PATH Peter

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Bug in page-sel.mkvi
by Sietse Brouwer 24 Aug '12

24 Aug '12

Hi Hans, There's a typo in page-sel.mkvi that makes \copypages not work. Cheers, Sietse \def\page_selectors_copy[#filename][#settings][#figuresettings]% {\bgroup \getfiguredimensions[#filename]% \global\c_page_selectors_n\noffigurepages\relax \setupcurrentwithpages[\c!marking=\v!off,\c!offset=\zeropoint,#settings]% \scratchoffset\directwithpagesparameter\c!offset\relax \dorecurse\c_page_selectors_n {\vbox to \textheight {\hsize\textwidth \centeredbox {\doifelse{\directwithpagesparameter\c!marking}\v!on\cuthbox\hbox % only place where cuthbox is used {\ifdim\scratchoffset>\zeropoint\relax \advance\vsize -2\scratchoffset \advance\hsize -2\scratchoffset \externalfigure[#filename][\c!page=\recurselevel,#figuresettings,\c!scale=,\c!factor=\v!max,\c!offset=\v!overlay]% \else - \externalfigurefilename][\c!page=\recurselevel,#figuresettings,\c!offset=\v!overlay]% + \externalfigure[#filename][\c!page=\recurselevel,#figuresettings,\c!offset=\v!overlay]% \fi}}} \page} \egroup}

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t-letter: Undefined control sequence `\useletterextension[addrentry]`
by Paul Menzel 23 Aug '12

23 Aug '12

Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt Standalone from today $ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /srv/filme/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2012.08.16 22:20 trying to process `letter-15.tex` from Wolfgang’s example archive `letter-examples.zip` [1] I get the following error. $ context letter-15.tex […] resolvers > modules > loaded: 'letter' (../opt/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-01.mkvi resolvers > modules > loaded: 'cor-00' (../opt/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-00.mkvi<+ /opt/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/base/s-cor-00.lua>) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/style/letter-imp-default.mkiv) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/style/letter-imp-dinb.mkiv (/opt/context/tex/texmf-modules/tex/context/third/letter/style/letter-imp-default.mkiv))) ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on line 3 in file letter-15.tex: Undefined control sequence ... 1 \usemodule[letter] 2 3 >> \useletterextension[addrentry] 4 \useaddressfile[hobbits] 5 6 \starttext 7 8 \startletter 9 [subject={Grund des Anschreibens}, 10 opening={Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,}, 11 closing={Mit freundlichen Gr\uumlaut\ssharp en}] 12 [TOM] 13 \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} l.3 \useletterextension [addrentry] ? ! Emergency stop. […] Removing these lines makes the process complete but of course without the address entry. Thanks, Paul PS: Additionally, I did not find the manual I thought existed at least a year ago. [1] https://sites.google.com/site/wolfgangschuster/letter-examples.zip

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Margin text and multiple columns
by Marc Rummel 23 Aug '12

23 Aug '12

Hello, I have a problem with margin texts in combination with multiple columns using mkiv. I want to set a text in the outer margin of a double sided document. This works well using \inouter as seen in the following document: --- \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \inouter{Text in Margin} \input knuth \page[yes] \inouter{Text in Margin} \input knuth \stoptext --- But fails, when I use it in combination with multiple columns. Then the margin text of the odd pages is set in the second column (probably in the margin of the first column) instead of the margin of the whole page. --- \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \inouter{Text in Margin} \startcolumns \input knuth \stopcolumns \page[yes] \inouter{Text in Margin} \startcolumns \input knuth \stopcolumns \stoptext --- I hope someone can help me. Best wishes, Marc

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mp
by Hans Hagen 23 Aug '12

23 Aug '12

Hi, In the next version you can run mp files: % test.mp beginfig(1) ; fill fullcircle scaled 10cm withcolor 0.5red ; fill fullcircle scaled 4cm withcolor 0.5white ; endfig ; beginfig(2) ; fill fullcircle scaled 10cm withcolor 0.5green ; fill fullcircle scaled 5cm withcolor 0.5white ; endfig ; beginfig(3) ; fill fullcircle scaled 10cm withcolor 0.5blue ; fill fullcircle scaled 6cm withcolor 0.5white ; endfig ; as follows: context test.mp and you'll get a pdf file with 3 pages that can be included with \externalfigure[test][page=1] \externalfigure[test][page=2] \externalfigure[test][page=3] or used in different ways. Alteratively you can run % test.tex \starttext \processMPfigurefile{figures-001.mp} \stoptext In which case you can add styling directives in the preamble. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Code in contextref-env.tex
by john Culleton 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

In the file contextref-env.tex I find code like the following: \setupsectionblock[\v!frontpart] [\c!page=\v!yes] \setupsectionblock[\v!bodypart] [\c!page=\v!yes] \setupsectionblock[\v!appendix] [\c!page=\v!yes] \setupsectionblock[\v!frontpart] [\c!before=,\c!after=] I have no idea what the sequences like "\v!"and "\c!" etc. mean. Are they references to modes? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Creating TeX dimensions and counters registers directly in Lua
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

Hello all, Is it possible to create a new dimension ConTeXt register directly in Lua, or I have to first create the ConTeXt dimensional register and then to subsequently assign it a value? Here is example: \starttext \newdimen\mydimension \directlua{tex.setdimen("mydimension", 123)} \stoptext works fine, but all like: \starttext \directlua{tex.print([[\newdimen\myotherdimension]])} \directlua{tex.setdimen("myotherdimension", 123)} \directlua{tex.newdimen("myotherdimension")} etc... \stoptext fails. In addition, I am interested in whether directly in Lua to create a new counter as in the previous. \starttext \newcount\mycount \directlua{ tex.setcount("mycount",125) } again works, but anything like: \starttext \directlua{tex.print([[\newcount\myothercount]])} \directlua{tex.newcount("myothercount")} etc... \stoptext again fails... Is there any source or examples to study anything about it? Thanx Jaroslav

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Ctx ... Lua
by Procházka Lukáš 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

Hello, sometimes in this mail discussion I'm encountering a Ctx/Lua command which has been unknown for me or I would use other (known) commands to do the job. So - would it be possible to explain - what's the difference/advantage btw \directlua and \ctxlua - what \ctxcommand{} does - what \cldcontext{} does? TIA. Lukas

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Lua: document v. userdata
by Rogers, Michael K 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

In a recent thread, Hans used the document namespace, where I (naively) expected userdata: On Aug 22, 2012, at 6:32 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: \ctxlua{document.myluadimension = "200pt"} Is there a reason not to use userdata.myluadimension? Or is document.myluadimension safe, because myluadimension is almost certainly not an entry used by ConTeXt? Is using document.myluadimension better "style" here, in some sense? Somewhere I had gotten the idea that if a ConTeXt user wanted to store something in Lua, they ought to store it in the userdata namespace. Thanks, Michael ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).

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Struggling with ConTeXt
by Olivier Binda 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

Hello I'm trying to port a big 300+ pages math course full of macros from plain XeTEX to ConTeXt mark IV (ubuntu 12.04+ stand alone beta) and I'm having some difficulties, could you please help ? My questions : 1) does lxml.att("#1","some tag") really work ? the next snipet doesn't work for me: \startluacode function set(node) p = lxml.att(node,"p") -- or p = lxml.att(lxml.id(node),"p") end \stopluacode \startxmlsetups xml:section \ctxlua{set("#1")} \stopxmlsetups it looks like it returns the p attribute of the node before #1 the following snipet works though (which is strange because I looked in the context source and it gives \def\xmlatt#1#2{\ctxlua{lxml.att("#1","#2")}}...) \startxmlsetups xml:section \ctxlua{p = \xmlatt{"#1","p"}} \stopxmlsetups 2) I'm trying to export to xml and have set \setupbackend[export=yes, xhtml=yes, css=mkiv-export.css] But a) my Metafun/Tikz pictures aren't exported to svg :/ b) the exported xml has namespaces problems (like error on line 63 at column 20: Namespace prefix m on math is not defined error on line 64 at column 22: Namespace prefix m on mrow is not defined) What am I doing wrong ? (I'm compiling with "context mydoc.tex") Is there some \csname tex4ht\endcsname command or some other directive that I should use to get my xml export right ? Am I missing some namespace commands (there are lots of m:math and m:mrow mathml tags int the exported xml source, this smells like a tex4ht issue) 3) I have defined some framed text with metafun overlays (like in the Context manual) and I'm trying to type something like \inmargin{some label} \startMyFramedText...\stopMyFramedText Yet, the text in the margin is after the framed text :( (fiddling with the "location" setting (low, ..) doesn't allow me to have the in margin text right next the top of the framed text I somehow found a dirty workaround with typing a blank space \defineframedtext[Property][frame=off,background=OverlayProperty,before={}] and \inmargin{some label}\noindent\startMyFramedText...\stopMyFramedText but it's not really satisfying. (hate to lose vertical space with wandering blank spaces) Is there a better way ? 4) I'm trying to port the following TeX code to ConTeXt $$\eqalign{x&=1\cr y&=2\cr}\qquad \hbox{haha}$$ it looks like \startformula\startalign.. doesn't allow me to do that I somehow managed to have it by typing \startformula \vcenter{\starttabular[|rM|lM|] \NC x \NC =1\NC\NR \NC y \NC =2\NC\NR \stoptabular}\qquad\text{haha} \stopformula the pdf export is fine, but the xml export is awfull (because of \vcenter I guess) a) Is there a way to use tables inside math mode alongside other stuff (would be handy) ? b) what is the correct way to type the previous text, so the pdf and xml are fine in Context ? Best regards Olivier... really enjoying utf, xml, lua inside TeX as well as other nice ConTeXt features

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subformulas: error in latest beta
by Andreas Mang 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Dear all, I am having problems with subformulas. The following example does not display a subnumber (i.e. I get (1) and (2) instead of (1a) and (1b)): %%%%%%%%%%%%% start example %%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext % from % does not display "subformula numbers"" \placesubformula \startformula \startalign \NC a_1 x + b_1 y \NC = c_1 \NR[+][a] \NC a_2 x + b_2 y \NC = c_2 \NR[+][b] \stopalign \stopformula %%%%%%%%%%%%% stop example %%%%%%%%%%%%% This example is taken from http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/mathalign.pdf page 6 I am not quite sure for how long this is not working. I have been using the following alternative, which used to work but now gives me an error with the latest beta (ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.16 22:20 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.18): %%%%%%%%%%%%% start example %%%%%%%%%%%% % the following used to work in an earlier version \startsubformulas[eq:ax=b] \placeformula \startformula \startalign \NC a_1 x + b_1 y \NC = c_1 \NR[+][a] \NC a_2 x + b_2 y \NC = c_2 \NR[+][b] \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%% stop example %%%%%%%%%%%%% Any suggestions? Cheers, Andreas

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Stable versions of MkIV
by Sietse Brouwer 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Hi all, The "current stable" MkIV, the MkIV on the wiki, and the MkIV in TeX Live are quite different things. MkIV 2011.005.18 -- result of first-setup.sh --current MkIV 2011.10.008 -- version on the wiki MkIV 2012.005.29 -- version in TeX Live 2012, AFAICT (Mojca?) 1. Why not declare the version in TeX Live to be stable? I know Mojca puts some work into making it as bug-free as possible. 2. Perhaps have the MkIV on the wiki track the MkIV in TeXlive? We can show off reasonably-recent features, it looks more up-to-date, it's a nice clear answer to "should we update already?", and it ensures that we update to reasonably bug-free versions. 3. Is there a list of past stable versions somewhere? I can't find one, and without it the ability to go to a specific stable version with `sh ./first-setup.sh --context=date` seems a bit useless. (Can't really imagine a use in general, though.) 4. (Less important.) context.mkiv defines \contextversion as e.g. `2012.08.11 14:11`, but \contextversionnumber in mult-ini.mkiv still prepends a zero to the month or day. (It checks whether 08 < 10, which is true even if the leading zero is present.) This causes the extra zeros you saw in the version numbers above. Can this be changed without breakage ensuing? I expect that nobody depends on it over the more direct \contextversion. (People that do use \contextversionnumber have a problem anyway, because the version strings it produces in October-December will always turn out 'earlier/older' than the ones produced in January-September, regardless of year.) Cheers, Sietse

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test for (negative) number
by Peter Rolf 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Hi, I used '\doifnumberelse' to validate some macro parameters (angle). Sadly it does not work with negative numbers. Is there a similar macro, that also supports negative values? Example: \doifnumberelse {45}{yes}{no}% yes \doifnumberelse{-45}{yes}{no}% no Greetings, Peter

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Runtime Error (TeXLive and ConTeXt )
by Hrothgar Boyce 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

TeXLive Version: 2012 ("--all" updated to August 20th, 2012) Platform: CYGWIN_NT-6.0 1.7.16(0.262/5/3) 2012-07-20 22:55 The attempted command which ends in an error is: texexec -o pdf 659-water-stations.tex This results in: "PANIC: unprotected error in call to Lua API (zlib library version does not match - header: 1.2.5, library: 1.2.7)" However /usr/include/zlib.h is for version 1.2.7, not the 1.2.5 mentioned in the error message. Any idea of how to fix this, so I can run ConTexT? Thanks for any and all help.

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How to know in which page I'm?
by Xan 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Hi, I want to print a message depending if the page is even or odd. In pseudocode: \if \inpage.\iseven { This page is even } \else { This page is odd } How can I do that in ConTeXt? Thanks in advance, Xan. PS: Please, CCme

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Problem with SETUPTEX and KSH93
by Alessandro Perucchi 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >Can you please try again? > >Mojca Hello Mojca, thanks :-) it works wonderfully! Now, I don't have to patch setuptex each time I'm updating ConTeXt :-D Sincerely yours, Alessandro

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Problem with SETUPTEX and KSH93
by Alessandro Perucchi 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

Hello, I'm new to ConTeXt, and I find it great! I've done the standalone installation on my Linux box. For many reasons, I don't use bash, but ksh since all my customers are using ksh as there shell. Nevertheless, the setuptex is not working for me. Of course it works if I say . ~/context/tex/setuptex ~/context/tex But I would like to have it in the short form: . ~/context/tex/setuptex So for that in ksh, I needed to correct the setuptex like that: line 99: if [ z"$BASH_SOURCE" != z ]; then SCRIPTPATH="$BASH_SOURCE" else if [ z"${.sh.version}" != z ]; then SCRIPTPATH="${.sh.file}" else SCRIPTPATH="$0" fi fi And now, it works for ksh93, and all the other shells should be unaffected. Would it be possible to correct it? Or if someone has a better idea, then I'm also ok, as long as it works for ksh. Sincerely yours, Alessandro Perucchi

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EuroTeX 2012 / 6th ConTeXt Meeting reminder
by Taco Hoekwater 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

Hi all, Invitation ========== This is a reminder that EuroTeX 2012, the sixth ConTeXt meeting, the NTG najaarsbijeenkomst, and Dante's Herbsttagung will all be held together at the same time and place in Breskens, the Netherlands, on October 8 - October 12 The organisation of the conference is a joint effort of the NTG, Dante and the ConTeXt Group. Theme ===== Breskens is a small beach town that lives mostly off tourism, and people on vacation tend to do slightly odd, relaxing things that they do not normally have time for. Combining these two, the motto of this conference is: Recreational uses of TeX We already have quite some interesting talks, but we are still accepting new proposals. Registering =========== Please note that registration will be possible until SEPTEMBER 10, and that there can be no late registrations for this conference. So if you wish to attend, you have only three weeks left to fill in your registration! See http://www.ntg.nl/eurotex2012/ for additional details, including abstracts and the registration form. The programme promises to be quite interesting, so we hope to see you there! On behalf of the organising committee, Taco Hoekwater PS Please forward this message to whoever seems appropriate to you.

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running context mcommon.tex
by john Culleton 19 Aug '12

19 Aug '12

Downloaded and installed context minimal in my user directory. Ran setuptex mktexlsr texexec --make --alone and so on. Now I want to process the manual mcommon.tex. I tried context mcommon.tex. I got lots of messages but no pdf file. In the same directory I ran context mreadme.tex and that processed ok. Do I need some special parameter for mcommmon.tex? I tried some --mode parameters but none seemed to help. I also have a texlive install but I thought setuptex took care of that. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Project & automatic lookup for included directories
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 19 Aug '12

19 Aug '12

Hello, I have a product file which includes an environment file placed two directories up. What is the default lookup of \environment? I thought it were at least one level up, but I'm not sure. My code so far is: ---- \usepath[{.,..,../..}] \environment _e-Geom.mkiv % In fact in '../../_e-Geom.mkiv' \startproduct * AAA \section{SSS} \stopproduct ---- The code works; but what members in '\usepath[{.,..,../..,../../..}]' are really necessary (so what lookup is performed automatically? - '.' = the current directory? and/or '..' = the parent directory?)? Suppose having 3 files: _e-Geom.mkiv ../_e-Geom.mkiv ../../_e-Geom.mkiv Which of them will be used when I write '\environment _e-Geom.mkiv' and a) I specify explicitly \usepath[{../..}]? b) I don't use '\usepath'? TIA. Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Footer text style
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 19 Aug '12

19 Aug '12

Hello, I'm struggling a bit with setting font style for page footer: ---- \setuppagenumbering [location={footer,middle}, ] \setupfooter[text][style=\bfc] \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\page} \stoptext ---- Why the footer is not bold and big ('\bfc')? - How to make it '\bfc'? TIA. Lukas (ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.02 10:55 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.3 int: english/english) -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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MetaPost Page height
by Troy Henderson 19 Aug '12

19 Aug '12

The follow code produces a PDF whose page height is too large (i.e., is not tight enough around the graphic). How can I get this the height to be as tight as the width? \startMPpage bboxmargin:=0; label(btex foo etex,origin); \stopMPpage Thanks in advance, Troy Henderson

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\FirstNCharacters is undefined
by Henning Hraban Ramm 18 Aug '12

18 Aug '12

Latest beta, MkIV: I get "! Undefined control sequence." for \FirstNCharacters If I copy its definition from supp-fun.tex (source.contextgarden.net) to my project, it works. Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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hidden attachments broken
by Michail Vidiassov 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Dear Hans and All, if I use example from scrn-wid.mkvi \attachment[file=oeps.tex,title=Oeps,author=Hans,subtitle=TeX File,method=hidden] empty file gets embedded and all specs are lost. If I remove "method=hidden" all is OK - file is there, I can see supplied information in Adobe Reader list of attached/embedded files. I did not trace the cause of file getting empty, but the loss of specs appears to be by design. In 2011 you wrote "The hidden method will not place an annotation." (http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2011/057091.html) but now the comment "hidden = not in menu" in scrn-wid.mkv implies that you also try to hide file information in the list of attached files, so menu entry is just a placeholder with file name "attachment.txt" and empty description. The relevant code piece, where specs and filename are dropped, seems to be in scrn-wid.mkvseems \setvalue{scrn_attachment_method_\v!hidden}% {\ctxcommand{insertattachment{ tag = "\currentattachment", registered = "\currentattachmentregistered", method = "\v!hidden" }}} While such anonymizing mode may be required for some security-obsessed people, who do not want filenames leak into shipped out files, it seems strange not to provide an option to preserve the old behavior (hidden file appears in attached/embedded files list of Adobe Reader with filename and description) and break your own example. Sincerely, Michail PS. ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.16 22:20 MKIV

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\smash broken in mkiv
by Dominik Leopold Forkert 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Hi, In the following minimal example \startformula P = \left(\vphantom{\sum}\smash{\sum_{\startsubstack 1 \le i \le p \NR 1 \le j \le q \NR 1 \le k \le r \NR \stopsubstack}} a_{ij}b_{jk}c_{ki} \right) \stopformula \smash does not work properly in mkiv – in mkii it runs just fine! Best regards, Dominik

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align and \rotated don't work
by Xan 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Hi, I have this code: \bTD[width=.7cm, align={bottom, middle}, topframe=off] \rotate[rotation=90]{Antoni Obrador} \eTD in one table but it does not work. ConTeXt displays it up and left. Is it any bug associated with rotated and align? With lohi suprisely it works. Thanks in advance, Xan. PS: please, CCme.

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\textwidth - 7 cm?
by Xan 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Hi, I just want to know how to substract \textwidth and 7cm to set width in one \bTD. I receive error if I do directly: "width=\textwidth-7cm" Thanks in advance, Xan.

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Throwing an error on missing image with \externalfigure
by Tobias Mueller 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Hi :-) I'd like ConTeXt to raise an error if it can't find an image when using \externalfigure. I really don't want to check a potentially big document for missing images manually and while I could grep the log myself in an additional post processing step, I really want ConTeXt to do raise the error for me, not a potentially broken script written by me. I've seen the other thread: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2011/059485.html but there is no answer there. I also expected a similar behaviour to "\input" which fails on a non existing file. My thinking was that there is either a switch for "context", i.e. like "-Werror" or a way to set context up from within the document, i.e. by telling it to be in a "final" mode. So my question is: How can I make ConTeXt raise an error on a non found image? Cheers, Tobi

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Bug in framed ...
by Bernhard Rosensteiner 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Hi all, i think there is a bug when using rounded corners in frames (ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.16 22:20 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.17 int: english/english). Minimal example: \starttext %works: \framed[framecorner=rectangular, bottomframe=off, rightframe=off]{happy ConTeXting!} %bottomline and rightline should not be visible, but are: \framed[framecorner=round, bottomframe=off, rightframe=off]{happy ConTeXting!} %complete frame is missing, but should not be (according to the Wiki): \framed[corner=16]{happy ConTeXting!} \stoptext best regards Bernhard

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Added licensing information to PDF
by Tobias Mueller 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Hi :-) I am trying to switch from LaTeX to ConTeXt and I'd like to add licensing information to the generated PDF, just like what the "hyperxmp" package would do for LaTeX. Something like this: \setupinteraction[ title={My Title}, author={Tobias Mueller}, keyword={foo bar baz}, pdfcopyright={This work is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Germany License.}, pdflicenseurl={http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/de/} ] \starttext Hello, World! \stoptext Thanks! Tobi

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OT: TextMate2 has been opensourced (and comes with MacPorts now)
by Mojca Miklavec 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

One of my favourite Mac editors (aka: dukenukemforevermaceditor) has recently been opensourced and can be installed via MacPorts (but also bought in the store to support developer). It's still in alpha, but ... it's there. Mojca PS: ConTeXt support by Patrick exists (it never became part of official distribution though, but maybe we could request that).

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Pointer to manual.
by john Culleton 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

Still looking for a pointer to the latest revision of "Context Reference Manual" even if incomplete. Or is there a separate MKIV manual? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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linenotes space for compress
by Pablo Rodríguez 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Hi there, I have tried to add the compress option for linenotes to a commented edition that I'm trying to typeset (http://geoffreysteadman.com/) Sample is attached. And the relevant code for both apparatuses are: \definenote[dict] \setupnote[dict][n=2,rule=off, split=strict, inbetween=\hskip1.5em] \setupnotation[dict][number=no] \definelinenote[contxt] \setupnote[contxt][rule=off, paragraph=yes, split=strict, inbetween=\hskip1.5em] \setupnotation[contxt][numbercommand=,alternative=serried,distance=1em,compress=yes,compressseparator=] There is a problem (shown in the second apparatus from pages 1-3): compression space is also shown at line start with no previous text on that line. I'm afraid this is a bug. There is another issue with the blank space between compressed notes. They have more space than normal notes. This can be observed comparing the first compressed notes and the first numbered ones. I guess compressed notes have both spaces from numbered notes (the space before and the space after the number [inbetween option from setupnote and distance option from setupnotation]). I think there should be less space for compressed notes than for numbered notes. I think Idris and Thomas might give some insight into this issue. My suggestion would be to reduce the compressed space to the space before the number (inbetween option from setupnotes) or to enable a compressspace option in setupnotation (which would make sense mainly when compressseparator were disabled). There is another issue on pages 2 and 3: the separation between body and the dict linenotes is almost non-existent. I'm afraid this may be bug. BTW, I would like to put the contxt linenote numbers in old style. \setff{oldn} would be the command, but \setupnotation[contxt][numbercommand=\setff{oldn}] doesn't work. How can I get this? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Grid lines color and disable
by Xan 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Hi, I want to change color to red to black in \showgrid. Is it possible? By the other hand, I want to enable/disable the grid alternatively: I want to have for example 5 blank new pages and then leave the grid: \showgrid[nonumber]{{\dorecurse{80}\page[empty]}} What command I have to run to disable grid in the next page? I use MKIV with minimals Thanks in advance, Xan. PS: Please, CCme

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Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.
by Robert Blackstone 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

On 14 aug. 2012, at 11:58:49 -0400, John Culleton <John(a)wexfordpress.com> wrote > Consider also creating the figured bass (or any musical notation) > in the shareware package Mup. The output is a ps file. Then the > notation and any accompanying verse can be treated as a graphic import. > There are horses for courses. For music I always use MUP. Thank you for the tip. I had a quick look at it. It looks interesting, and at least superficially a bit like Lilypond, which I gave a try many years ago. But I think I will stay with Finale, which fulfills all my needs in the field of music notation, including, in recent versions, figured bass. My problem was not with music notation but with inserting some of the symbols and characters in a normal text. The stacked BC-figures are under control now. Other special symbols, like that for an augmented fourth, a diminished fifth and the "petite sixte" may become a problem. But I have not seen those in the impressively long list or symbols available in MUP either. Kind regards, Robert Blackstone

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Latest version of Reference Manual
by john Culleton 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

I want to keep up iwth the latest revision of the "reference manual". Is there a cvs or svn feed? My latest download is dated June 9, 2011. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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vertical distance in combinations
by Peter Rolf 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Hi, the following code does not work in mkiv (also tested with latest beta). \setuppagenumber[state=stop] \starttext \setupcombinations[distance=10mm,inbetween=\vskip10mm] %\setupcombinations[distance=10mm,inbetween={\blank[10mm]}] \setupblackrules[width=40mm,height=40mm] \startcombination[2*2] {\blackrule}{} {\blackrule}{} {\blackrule}{} {\blackrule}{} \stopcombination \stoptext Peter

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Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.
by Robert Blackstone 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

On 10 aug. 2012, at 21:09, 19:59:36, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote > The next beta has: > > \starttext > > \definelow [MyLow] [style=\txx] > \definehigh [MyHigh] [style=\txx] > \definelowhigh [MyLoHi] [style=\txx] > \definelowmidhigh[MyLoMiHi][style=\txx] > > We have > \ruledhbox{\low {L}} and \ruledhbox{\MyLow {L}} and > \ruledhbox{\high {H}} and \ruledhbox{\MyHigh {H}} and > \ruledhbox{\lohi {L}{H}} and \ruledhbox{\MyLoHi {L}{H}} and > \ruledhbox{\lomihi{L}{M}{H}} and \ruledhbox{\MyLoMiHi{L}{M}{H}}. > > \stoptext Hi Hans, I just tested this for the figured bass symbols in my text. It is perfect. And it has at least one important advantage over the plain-TeX method, kindly offered by Michael Rogers, in that it uses the same font as that for he main text, which, in my case, will be probably a sans-serif font. The plain TeX solution, as far as I could see, uses only the serif version of LM, so it would haven given me serif-like figured bass symbols in an otherwise sans-serif document. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Robert

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[OT] The effect of typefaces on credibility
by Khaled Hosny 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

This is stuff is usually bogus, but the choice of Computer Modern is interesting: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/hear-all-ye-people-hearken-… (for once an OT that is not Luigi's)

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Bold math trouble
by Kumar Appaiah 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Hi. I use ConTeXt in Debian. If this helps, please keep it in mind: dpkg -l context gives: ii context 2012.05.30.20120611-1 Now, if you consider the following: <code> \usetypescript[palatino][texnansi] \definetypeface[mainface][mm][math][modern][modern][encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [boldmath] [modern] [modern] [encoding=texnansi] \switchtobodyfont[palatino,14pt] \starttext Hi \startformula x = \boldsymbol{\Sigma}\Sigma \stopformula \stoptext </code> The issue I have is that this doesn't work, and throws me: ! Math formula deleted: Insufficient symbol fonts. \mathboldsymbol ...t]$\mathsurround \zeropoint #1$ }} {\hbox {\switchtoformul... l.9 x = \boldsymbol{\Sigma} \Sigma However, if I make the 14pt above 11pt or 12pt, it works perfectly. Is there something I am doing wrong? Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah

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formula in TABLE is not continuous numbered
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Hi, please have a look at this minimal example below: you'll find three formulas (1), (4), (5) What happen to (2) and (3)? Steffen ....... \starttext \placeformula \startformula a+b=c \stopformula \bTABLE[frame=on,align=right,width=fit,style={\switchtobodyfont[9pt]}] \bTR \bTD[width=35mm] \placeformula \startformula c-a=b \stopformula \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \placeformula \startformula c-b=a \stopformula \stoptext

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Clarification on methods of toggling maximum compression
by Kip Warner 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

Hey list, I've noticed at least three methods of setting what I think is the generated PDF to maximum compression. \setupbackend[level=9] \pdfcompresslevel9 \maximumpdfcompression Are these all redundant? Do they do different things? Do I need but one to achieve the desired maximum compression of the resulting PDF? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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superscript spacing: xits math font
by Andreas Mang 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

Hi there, Likewise to an issue reported earlier to this list (Math & other issues for TL 2012) there seems to be a problem with the spacing of the superscript in the xits math font, which cannot be controlled via the "setupmathematics[italix=n]" option: %%% start example \setupbodyfont[xits] \starttext ${\cal P}^hx$ $P^h_mx$ $C^hx$ $W^{-1}x$ \stoptext %%% stop example For me (ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.10 00:32 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.10) these examples yield a too small spacing / negative spacing between the letter and the corresponding superscript. Any ideas? Cheers, Andreas Not quite sure if this is a pure font problem and should be sent to some other place than this list?

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Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text
by Robert Blackstone 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

On 10 aug. 2012, at 18:08:36 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster(a)gmail.com> wrote > Am 10.08.2012 um 18:00 schrieb "Rogers, Michael K" <mroge02(a)emory.edu>: > >> Hi, >> >> Since no one has offered a quick ConTeXt solution, I offer my usual -- a dumb Plain TeX solution: >> >> \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{#3}$} >> >> With the Computer Modern font, the top is a little further away from the middle than the bottom. It can be adjusted with something like >> >> \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{\lower0.23pt\hbox{$\scriptstyle{#3}$}}$} >> >> but this would probably have to be adjusted for each font and size. > > You can use \framed: > > \defineframed[lohimi][align=flushleft,location=middle,frame=off,foregroundstyle=\tx] > > \starttext > text \lohi{1}{2} text \lohimi{1\\2\\3} text > \stoptext > > Wolfgang Hi Wolfgang, Though you actually replied to Michael Rogers' mail I consider myself to be a recipient of your advice too. Thank you very much for your help. For my purpose the "dumb Plain TeX solution" that Michael Rogers suggested works better as the distances between the figures are short enough to make it look like one symbol. Which is the way I prefer it in this sort of text. Thanks again, Kind regards, Robert

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Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text
by Robert Blackstone 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

On 10 aug. 2012, at 16:00, "Rogers, Michael K" <mroge02(a)emory.edu> wrote in reply to my question: "Is there a neat way to insert a stack of three figures in a line of text with the middle one sitting on the base line?" > Since no one has offered a quick ConTeXt solution, I offer my usual -- a dumb Plain TeX solution: > > \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{#3}$} > > With the Computer Modern font, the top is a little further away from the middle than the bottom. It can be adjusted with something like > > \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{\lower0.23pt\hbox{$\scriptstyle{#3}$}}$} > > but this would probably have to be adjusted for each font and size. > > Hope that helps, > > Michael Thank you very much. It certainly helps. This is exactly what I need. Kind regards, Rober

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Figured bass symbols in a text.
by Robert Blackstone 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

Dear all, Is there a neat way to insert a stack of three figures in a line of text with the middle one sitting on the base line? I need it in a discussion of figured bass. (Figured bass is a system to indicate harmonies to be played above a bass-line. The figures can be single or stacked, two or three above each other. In discussing this topic in articles and books these "figures" are usually written as they appear in the music scores, in other words, stacked.) For a stack of two figures it can be done perfectly with \lohi{}{}. Is there a way to do it for a stack of three figures with the middle one sitting on the base line? (Something like \lomihi{}{}{}?) Here is an example in which the problem is stated once more. ----------------------------------------------- \starttext This does not look professional. A typical problematic example of this printing practice is Monteverdi's {\em L'Orfeo}, where, in the third act, in Speranze's recitative {\em Ecco l'atra palude}, several single fourths are printed, leaving for the continuo player the choice to play 5/4, 6/4, or 7/4/2. \medskip This does, for \lohi{4}{5} and \lohi{4}{6}. But how could this be done also for 7/4/2? (Interline distance may be enlarged as necessary.) A typical problematic example of this printing practice is Monteverdi's {\em L'Orfeo}, where, in the third act, in Speranze's recitative {\em Ecco l'atra palude}, several single fourths are printed, leaving for the continuo player the choice to play \lohi{4}{5}, \lohi{4}{6}, or 7/4/2. \stoptext ------------------------------------------------ Thanks in advance for any help. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Changing page number location for chapters
by john Culleton 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

I have set up page numbering in the header thus: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={header,margin}] I have suppressed this page number for chapters thus: \setuphead[chapter][page=right,header=empty] But what I really want is the page number for chapters in the footer, and centered. This is a common convention. What parameter should I use in the \setuphead command to accomplish this? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Broken Nightly 2012.08.09 20:28 - \setupinteraction
by Prashanth 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

Hi, I like clickable links in PDF files. However, the build from 2012.08.09 20:28 has a problem with it. Minimal example: \setupinteraction[status=start, state=start, % disabling this line makes it work title={Something}, subtitle={Something else}] \starttext \CONTEXT\ \footnote{http://wiki.contextgarden.net/} latest build. \stoptext

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beta
by Hans Hagen 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

Hi, There is a new feature in mtxrun: As I wanted to acccess the help on the wiki, I've added a feature to mtxrun that can be used in an editor: mtxrun --gethelp --url="http://www.contextgarden.net/Command/setuplist" Actually, one can also use this: mtxrun --gethelp --url="http://www.contextgarden.net/Command/%command%" --command="setuplist" So, in scite I do: mtxrun --gethelp --url="http://www.contextgarden.net/Command/%command%" --command="$(CurrentWord)" and hitting F1 takes the current word and runs this command. On windows it effective boils down to start "the url" I have no clue what happens on unix. Ps 1: Isn't it possible to also support /command on the wiki? It looks like the url resolver is case sensitive. Ps 2: one can also run mtxrun --script server --start --auto and then use mtxrun --gethelp --url="http://localhost:31415/mtx-server-ctx-help.lua?command=%command%" --command="$(CurrentWord)" but the garden provides more info. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Luatex error in latest beta (standalone)
by Alan Bowen 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

Files that used to process are now getting this error message: ! LuaTeX error ...TeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-not.lua:351: attempt to call global 'getdeltapage' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...TeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-not.lua:351: in function 'notedeltapage' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > tex > error on line 24 in file c_2012-01_Johnson.tex: LuaTeX error … ctxcommand ...\directlua \zerocount {commands.#1} \strc_notes_set_style_color_special ...tenumber )} \relax \setlocationcolorsp... \strc_notes_set_style_color_inline ...lor_special \fi \strc_notes_inject_symbol ...xtstyle \c!textcolor \hbox \strc_notes_get_refe... \195>notation:note ...l \strc_notes_inject_symbol \else \unskip \unskip \glo... \strc_notations_command_nop ...handler \endcsname \strc_constructions_finali... I am running ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.02 10:55 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.2 int: english/english (standalone) Is there fix for this? Many thanks. Alan

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math formula linebreak
by Steffen Wolfrum 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Hi, for nice linebreaking we can adjust math formulas by the use of NC, NR alignment. But if someone only wants long formulas to fit in a defined area, and want them to break automatically ... is there a handy solution? (Below are examples that don't work) Thanks, Steffen ------- \starttext \placeformula \startformula[9pt] I=\big\{\lambda u(x_0-\pi^H K)+(1-\lambda)[\pi^L u(x_0-K+(1-\pi^L)Z_{L'}) +(1-\pi^L)u(x_0-\pi^L Z_{L'})]\big\}-\big\{\pi^U u(x_0-K+(1-\pi^U)Z_{U'}) +(1-\pi^U)u(x_0-\pi^U Z_{U'})\big\}. \stopformula \defineframedtext [defbackground] [width=10cm, frame=on, location=paragraph] \startdefbackground \placeformula \startformula[9pt] I=\big\{\lambda u(x_0-\pi^H K)+(1-\lambda)[\pi^L u(x_0-K+(1-\pi^L)Z_{L'}) +(1-\pi^L)u(x_0-\pi^L Z_{L'})]\big\} -\big\{\pi^U u(x_0-K+(1-\pi^U)Z_{U'}) +(1-\pi^U)u(x_0-\pi^U Z_{U'})\big\}. \stopformula \stopdefbackground \definelayer[mylayer] \setlayerframed [mylayer] [x=25mm, y=85mm, height=43.5mm, width=10cm,align=block] { \placeformula \startformula[9pt] I=\big\{\lambda u(x_0-\pi^H K)+(1-\lambda)[\pi^L u(x_0-K+(1-\pi^L)Z_{L'}) +(1-\pi^L)u(x_0-\pi^L Z_{L'})]\big\} -\big\{\pi^U u(x_0-K+(1-\pi^U)Z_{U'}) +(1-\pi^U)u(x_0-\pi^U Z_{U'})\big\}. \stopformula } \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mylayer] \stoptext

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[***SPAM***] Widows: penalty without efffect (ConTeXt iv)
by d_jan 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Dear List, I ran into trouble with the widow/orphan-control in context. I searched the mailinglist, and saw that there were some other threads on the topic bevore, but as far as I am concerned what was suggested there did not work for me when I tried it. I run context iv using the version which comes with TexLive 2011. First trail was to include \widowpenalty=9000 and \clubpenalty=9000 at the start of the document, before \starttext (cause I do my setups, and definitions there) As this did not work I tried to put them after \starttext. As well I lowered \brokenpenalty. But both approaches, which were suggested in previous Posts on the ntg-context list failed to show an effect in my case. Is there anything I could do to prevent the widow lines? PS.: As I may be doing any noobish errors, here an overview of the documents structure and the placement of the penalty-commands _________________________________ \widowpenalty=9000 \clubpenalty=9000 \definepapersize[janssize][width=190mm, height=245mm] \setuppapersize[janssize][A4] %we can use something like [A5][A4], which is a a5 Page sized Document printed on a A4 sheet \setuplayout[grid=yes, marking=on, location=middle, backspace=30mm, width=110mm]%former: location=doublesided \starttext \startstandardmakeup \stopstandardmakeup \startfrontmatter %TOC... \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter %the main stuff goes here % Loads of text \stopbodymatter \startappendices %appendices go here \stopappendices \stoptext

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Can't generate an epub - what am I doing wrong?
by Marcin Borkowski 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Hello all, my problem is as in the topic;). The minimal example from the wiki works fine, but this does not: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes] \settaggedmetadata [title=My Document, author=A. U. Thor] \starttext \startchapter[title={First chapter}] \input tufte \stopchapter \startchapter[title={Second chapter}] \input knuth \stopchapter \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The resulting epub file (after the mtxrun, of course) does not contain any metadata; also, there is no chapter structure whatsoever. What am I missing? TIA, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl

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Re: [NTG-context] \startcomponent, \startproduct... + automatic file name
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Great, thank you. Lukas On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:27:08 +0200, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > in the current beta you can say > > \startcomponent * > > Hans -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Widows: penalty without efffect (ConTeXt iv)
by Jan Dittrich 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Dear List, I ran into trouble with the widow/orphan-control in context. I searched the mailinglist, and saw that there were some other threads on the topic bevore, but as far as I am concerned what was suggested there did not work for me when I tried it. I run context iv using the version which comes with TexLive 2011. First trail was to include \widowpenalty=9000 and \clubpenalty=9000 at the start of the document, before \starttext (cause I do my setups, and definitions there) As this did not work I tried to put them after \starttext. As well I lowered \brokenpenalty. But both approaches, which were suggested in previous Posts on the ntg-context list failed to show an effect in my case. Is there anything I could do to prevent the widow lines? PS.: As I may be doing any noobish errors, here an overview of the documents structure and the placement of the penalty-commands _________________________________ \widowpenalty=9000 \clubpenalty=9000 \definepapersize[janssize][width=190mm, height=245mm] \setuppapersize[janssize][A4] %we can use something like [A5][A4], which is a a5 Page sized Document printed on a A4 sheet \setuplayout[grid=yes, marking=on, location=middle, backspace=30mm, width=110mm]%former: location=doublesided \starttext \startstandardmakeup \stopstandardmakeup \startfrontmatter %TOC... \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter %the main stuff goes here % Loads of text \stopbodymatter \startappendices %appendices go here \stopappendices \stoptext

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A series of articles about text-editors for the MAPS
by Willi Egger 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Dear TeX users and TeX friends, At one of the last NTG-meetings we discussed possibilities to write a series of articles presenting the different text editors used in modern TeX-environments. Such an article could have ingredients like availability, general use, highlights, issues related to TeX coding and whether it is suitable for Plain-tex, Latex, Context, configurability etc. The idea is to produce a MAPS-issue in color, so that also screenshots can be included. We have already a couple of volunteers to write on certain editors, however it is for sure not a bad idea to include even two articles on the same editor. What we definitely are looking for is someone who would be prepared to write an article over WinEdt. I am looking forward hearing from you, kind regards Willi Egger Secretary NTG ntg-secretary(a)ntg.nl

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\product tag
by john Culleton 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

In a MKIV file using the approved method of structuring projects, does the \product tag do anything or is it just internal documentation for the source file? When I process a file called book.tex and containing the tag: \product foobar the result is a file called book.pdf, just as if the tag did not exist. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Draft version of document
by Roger Mason 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hello all, Having used MkII to make a nicely formatted version of a document, I now need to make a draft version document in order to submit it to a journal. They want the figure captions as a list at the end of the document and the figures collected on pages at the end too. The draft version will need to be double spaced. Obviously, I'd rather use the existing source to generate both draft and well-formatted versions, so it sounds like a job for modes. Before I start hacking, has someone done this already or is ther an alternative method of accomplishing this? Thanks, Roger This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2012.php

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Re: [NTG-context] Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

On 7 aug. 2012, 12:47:06 Sietse Brouwer <sbbrouwer(a)gmail.com> wrote > > I guess that was never baked in. Probably because quotations are not > really numbered objects, and so not obvious candidates for having > their own labels. > > Cheers, > > Sietse Hi Sietse, Thanks for your answer and your patience. It is clear now: marking a textfragment for later reference by means of a delimited text is not necessary and therefore not enabled. Thanks again. Best regards, Robert

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\startcomponent, \startproduct... + automatic file name
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hello, just a brief question - - is there a way how to obtain the current file name; to be possible to write e.g. ---- C1.tex \startcomponent \thisfilename % Instead of \startcomponent C1 ---- and ---- P1.tex \startproduct \thisfilename % Instead of \startproduct P1 ---- so that \thisfilename yields "C1.tex" or "C1", "P1.tex" or "P1"? Or - is it possible to use Lua for this purpose? ---- C1.tex \startcomponent \directlua{context(... trackers ... resolvers ... finders ... whatever ... - to get the current file name)} ---- TIA. Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Italic page number.
by john Culleton 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

IMO the following code should result in an italic iii on the contents page. Instead I get a roman 1. ------------------- \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,conversion=romannumerals] \setuppagenumber[number=iii] \setuppagenumber[state=start] \completecontent ------------------------------ I have tried variations such as a single \setupagenumber with two parameters, using \page[iii] instead and so on. This ought to be a smple task: start page numbering on the contents page with iii. But I haven't mastered it yet. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Re: [NTG-context] Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

On 6 aug. 2012, Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com> wrote > > On 6 aug. 2012, Mon, 6 Aug 2012 14:16:09 +020 > Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster(a)gmail.com> wrote >> Am 06.08.2012 um 09:41 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: >> >>> Thank you Marco. Another very useful tool for me. I realize now that many things with labels can be used as anchors for references, and I'm still a bit surprised that a delimited text with a label cannot be used that way. >> >> Where has the delimited text in your example a label? >> >> Wolfgang > > > I had not included a minimal example but I had run some trials. Since they did not work, and you gave me a good solution, I trashed them. I kept the pdf's though, in which I included the source. So I can reconstruct the examples. > I'll try to make it again tomorrow morning. I would be interested to learn what sort of errors I committed. > Kind regards, > Robert Blackstone Here follows my minimal example. I reasoned that the identifier [topica] might act as a label, or an anchor, or whatever the correct ConTeXt name is, for a reference. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \definedelimitedtext[topica] \setupdelimitedtext[topica][left=,right=] %maybe superfluous? I do not need a layout different from the rest of the text. \starttext Some text. \starttopica Some text to explain a certain topic, called topica. \stoptopica Some more text about topica. (See discussion on \at{page}[topica]) \stoptext --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To avoid any misunderstanding: this is no longer a problem since I have been given excellent advice. But it intrigues me. Why can some identifiers, for example of figures, be used for internal references and others not? Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Re: [NTG-context] Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

On 7 aug. 2012, Pontus Lurcock <pont(a)talvi.net> wrote > > On Tue 07 Aug 2012, Robert Blackstone wrote: > >> Here follows my minimal example. I reasoned that the identifier [topica] might act as a label, or an anchor, or whatever the correct ConTeXt name is, for a reference. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> \definedelimitedtext[topica] >> \setupdelimitedtext[topica][left=,right=] %maybe superfluous? I do not need a layout different from the rest of the text. >> \starttext >> >> Some text. >> >> \starttopica >> Some text to explain a certain topic, called topica. >> \stoptopica >> >> Some more text about topica. (See discussion on \at{page}[topica]) >> >> \stoptext >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To avoid any misunderstanding: this is no longer a problem since I have been given excellent advice. But it intrigues me. Why can some identifiers, for example of figures, be used for internal references and others not? > > In this case, I'd say it's because you're defining a delimited text > style which can be used in multiple places. Your document could have > five hundred \starttopica...\stoptopica blocks on different pages. > A figure identifier, on the other hand, is meant to be unique. > > Pont Hi Pont, Thanks for your comment. I realized this. There would of course be only one "\starttopica...\stoptopica block" in my text. If I would like to use delimited texts in this manner for several different topics, I would simply give them different names. Each topic its own name, like [topicb], [topicc], etc. Like you would do if you wanted to use slightly different types of blockquote in your document. So my question: "Why can some identifiers, for example of figures, be used for internal references and others not?" remains unanswered. Best regards, Robert

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Re: [NTG-context] [Dev-luatex] new/missing feature in luamplib
by Hans Hagen 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

On 7-8-2012 09:29, Keith J. Schultz wrote: > Hi Manuel, Everybody, > > I am just getting into LuaLaTeX. > > I needed to do some work with MetaPost. > > While working I came across a kudo. That is once inside the mblibcode > environment one can not call Lua. THIS I consider a missing feature and > a VERY important one. Some (simple) support for lua calls is on the (long term) agenda but not before the current mplib extensions project is done (i.e. the decimal calculation plugins). Calling lua in itself is not so much an issue; after all one can just do a \directlua inside a blob of mp passed to mplib (I do that all the time). For an lua 'primitive' in mplib (which then probably would just be called just 'lua') we first need to figure out: 1 - how to access mp internals (and that relates to the mentioned decimal extensions, as we might need to get and set) 2 - if and how we can share the state with the (main) tex lua instance 3 - how we want to print back to mp (like tex.[s]print) It's one of those feature we have discussed (maybe too) long ago, but because it has to be more than just (3) it never ended up first on the todo list (first finishing the main lib). The problem with these things is that it has to be mostly 'right from the start' in order not to conflict too much with long term usage). Anyhow, if you play with such things, best have something lua "mp.print(123)" Given mp's somewhat different parsing and expansion compared to tex there are also some conceptual issues involved. It also relates to input buffers (and file reading) and io is somewhat messy in mp and on the agenda for cleaning up. (Luigi Scarso has done this with metafont, so that might be a starting point for experimenting.) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] Et tu, Taco?
by Alan BRASLAU 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

> On 06/08/2012 14:54 Bill Meahan wrote: > > On 08/05/2012 05:00 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: > > Dear Knights of the ConTeXt Table, > > > > I am sad to report that our beloved Taco has gone over to the dark > > side: > > > > http://tacosw.com/latexian/ > > > > Is there a Merlin among us to bring back our holy grail? Wolfgang? > > Luigi? > > > > :D > > > > Best wishes > > Idris > > Poor Taco. Other than the "tabs" he has managed to duplicate the > features Emacs has had for some time now albeit at the expense of > installing a couple of optional packages. Then there's Lyx, > Texworks... > > Perhaps we need our own deprogrammers to help rescue our community > members from the Cult of Mac. :) > > -- > Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan USA > > > “Writing is a combination of intangible > creative fantasy and appallingly > hard work.” > > —Anthony Powell Oh, you mean TECO... Alan -- Alan Braslau CEA DSM-IRAMIS-SPEC CNRS URA 2464 Orme des Merisiers 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex FRANCE tel: +33 1 69 08 73 15 fax: +33 1 69 08 87 86 mailto:alan.braslau@cea.fr

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Re: [NTG-context] Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

On 6 aug. 2012, Mon, 6 Aug 2012 14:16:09 +020 Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster(a)gmail.com> wrote > Am 06.08.2012 um 09:41 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: > >> Thank you Marco. Another very useful tool for me. I realize now that many things with labels can be used as anchors for references, and I'm still a bit surprised that a delimited text with a label cannot be used that way. > > Where has the delimited text in your example a label? > > Wolfgang I had not included a minimal example but I had run some trials. Since they did not work, and you gave me a good solution, I trashed them. I kept the pdf's though, in which I included the source. So I can reconstruct the examples. I'll try to make it again tomorrow morning. I would be interested to learn what sort of errors I committed. Kind regards, Robert Blackstone

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Layers
by Bill Meahan 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Is there any issue with "stacking" layers on top of each other? What I want to do is create a newsletter nameplate consisting of a base layer containing a JPEG graphic of a logo, a partially-transparent layer above that to screen the graphic and a top layer containing the newsletter name in a large and fancy font ala' *The New York Times" & al. I've already created a nameplate in Inkscape and can simply place the resultant graphic but I'd like to do the whole thing in ConTeXt if I can as I could easily use the technique in other situations. I'll wikify any answers. Thanks. -- Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan USA “Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.” —Anthony Powell This message is digitally signed with an X.509 certificate to prove it is from me and has not been altered since it was sent.

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Et tu, Taco?
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Dear Knights of the ConTeXt Table, I am sad to report that our beloved Taco has gone over to the dark side: http://tacosw.com/latexian/ Is there a Merlin among us to bring back our holy grail? Wolfgang? Luigi? :D Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 16:38:12 +0200 Marco Patzer <homerow(a)lavabit.com wrote >> Am 05.08.2012 um 16:05 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: >> >>> >>> How can I refer to some text, for example a discussion of a particular topic, on another page or in another chapter of my document with, for instance "(See discussion on page xx)"? > Hi Robert, > > \starttext > See \in{section}[sec:foo] on \at{page}[sec:foo] > or the text on \at{page}[ref:a]. > > \page > \startsection [title=Foo, reference=sec:foo] > \stopsection > \page > > Some text\reference[ref:a] > \stoptext Thank you Marco. Another very useful tool for me. I realize now that many things with labels can be used as anchors for references, and I'm still a bit surprised that a delimited text with a label cannot be used that way. Anyway, your and Wolfgang Schuster's advice give me all I need on this point. Kind regards, Robert Blackstone

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Broken Nightly (2012.08.02)
by Kip Warner 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Hey Wolfgang et al, I noticed compilation of my book breaks with 2012.08.02. This is the error message: ! LuaTeX error /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/strc-not.lua:351: attempt to call global 'getdeltapage' (a nil value) stack traceback: /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/strc-not.lua:351: in function 'notedeltapage' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \ctxcommand ...\directlua \zerocount {commands.#1} \strc_notes_set_style_color_special ...tenumber )} \relax \setlocationcolorsp... \strc_notes_set_style_color_inline ...lor_special \fi \strc_notes_inject_symbol ...xtstyle \c!textcolor \hbox \strc_notes_get_refe... \195>notation:note ...l \strc_notes_inject_symbol \else \unskip \unskip \glo... \strc_notations_command_nop ...handler \endcsname \strc_constructions_finali... ... l.8 ...te[gnu_users_who_have_never_heard_of_gnu] T his guide is intended for ... E ? You want to edit file Preface/Preface.tex at line 8 Here is the file in question. Nothing's changed in this file in more than a month. <https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~avaneya/avaneya/trunk/view/head:/Documentatio…> -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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inproceedings failes me
by Meer, H. van der 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Bibtex's inproceedings gives me an error. entries: @inproceedings{elgamal:84, Author = {T. ElGamal}, Crossref = {crypto84}, Pages = {10--18}, Title = {{A Public Key Cryptosystem and a Signature Scheme Based on Discrete Logarithms}}} @proceedings{crypto84, Booktitle = {{Proceedings of Crypto '84}}, Editor = {G. R. Blakley and D. Chaum}, Publisher = pub-springer, Series = j-lncs, Title = {{Advances in Cryptology}}, Volume = {196}, Year = {1985}} These worked in the past and should be ok. The error is: <to be read again> \pbd: \bibgetvart #1->\csname pbd:#1\endcsname \plussix \bibalternative ... \??pv \@@currentalternative #1 \endcsname \dotypesetapublication ...ative {\bibgetvart {#1}} \removeunwantedspaces \egr... \9>>3 #1,->\dobibdata {#1} \syst_helpers_do_process_comma_item \syst_helpers_do_process_comma_list ...rgument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.5 ...elijke klaartekst\footnotecite[elgamal:84]. Version of ConTeXt: ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.20 00:58 MKIV fmt: 2012.7.22 int: english/english Version of bibtex according to the log This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX Live 2012) \footnotecite puts an bibentry in a footnote, other citations pose no problem, just inproceedings. Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 16:37:36 +0200 > Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster(a)gmail.com> > wrote > > Am 05.08.2012 um 16:05 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: > >> >> How can I refer to some text, for example a discussion of a particular topic, on another page or in another chapter of my document with, for instance "(See discussion on page xx)"? > > You can set your own references in the text with \pagereference: > > \starttext > > This is the first topic.\pagereference[topic:1] > > \page > > This is another topic.\pagereference[topic:2] > > \blank > > This example contains two topic, the first topic is on \at{page}[topic:1] and the second on \at{page}[topic:2]. > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang Thank you very much, Wolfgang. Marvelously simple and effective. Kind regards, Robert Blackstone

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Marking a textfragment for later reference
by Robert Blackstone 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Dear list, How can I refer to some text, for example a discussion of a particular topic, on another page or in another chapter of my document with, for instance "(See discussion on page xx)"? I tried to do this by marking the relevant text as a delimited text without altering its layout: \definedelimitedtext[topica] \setupdelimitedtext[topica][left=,right=] %maybe superfluous? \starttopica some text \stoptopica and then, further on, referring to that text with (See discussion on \at{page}[topica]) But this does not work (mkiv 27-07). Thanks in advance for any advice. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Bug in \startitemize[randomize]
by Aditya Mahajan 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Hi, \startitemize[randomize] does not randomize properly (one entry at random is gobbled and another is repeated in its place). I guess that this is because of an off-by-one error somewhere. Example (from: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/65662/323) \defineitemgroup[institm] \setupinstitm[1][text, random] \setupinstitm[1][symbol=2, indentnext=no, intro=yes] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=5mm] \bold{Contributions} \startinstitm \startitem Foo Pvt Ltd {\sc nsw} \stopitem \startitem Bar Pvt Ltd {\sc vic} \stopitem \startitem Baz Pvt Ltd {\sc abc} \stopitem \stopinstitm \stopTEXpage \stoptext Aditya

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Strange bug with \ in footnotes
by Aditya Mahajan 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Hi, I usually use \ after abbreviations to avoid bad interword spaces. For example, Prof.\ ABC. However, when using this in footnotes, if there is a linebreak after the \, I get an error: ! Undefined control sequence. 1 >> \starttext 2 Someone\footnote{Prof.\ 3 ABC} 4 \stoptext 5 l.1 Prof.\ ABC \ctxcommand ...\directlua \zerocount {commands.#1} \handlenoteitself ...text \strc_notes_inject_text \endstrut \strc_constructi... \handlenoteinsert ... {\handlenoteitself {#1}{#2}} \egroup \the \everyafterno... \195>notation:note ...rentnote \currentnotenumber \fi \fi \endgroup \fi \fi ... \strc_notations_command_nop ...handler \endcsname \strc_constructions_finali... l.3 ABC} Minimal example (There should be a linebreak after \) \starttext Someone\footnote{Prof.\ ABC} \stoptext What's going on here? Aditya

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