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Placing text in the margin of a header or the top right corner of a page
by Matthias Weber 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Dear All, I am trying to place a framed text in the top right corner of each page of a screen document and it looks like (cont-eni) some invocation of \setupheadertexts might do the job. Unfortunately, I have only been able to place my text in the margin of the body of the page, using \margintext. Ideally, I would like to have the framed text box flush with the top and right edge of a page, but any approximate solution or a pointer to some document to read (that could educate me) will be much appreciated. Thanks, Matthias

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Natural Tables---Including a bit of cell style in a \define
by Pavneet Arora 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

I am creating documentation labeling the circuits of electrical and network panels for a project of mine. Enclosed is a minimal example. What I would like is to define two macros: \unused and \spare (\unused referring to a circuit with no breaker installed, while \spare referring to a circuit with a breaker, but no load). I wish these definitions to not only include the represented text and font directives, i.e., {\tt [Unused]}, but also shade the cell in a background color. However, I cannot seem to figure out how to do that. Including the `[background=color,backgroundcolor=gray]' in the \define seems to be expanded back simply as text. Any suggestions? advTHANKSance. -- ----- - Pavneet Arora

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What is the prescribed way to add attachments to a list posting?
by Pavneet Arora 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

In my last posting, I had included the source and .pdf output as attachments, but it seems that the source was included in-line and the .pdf was discarded. Is there a prescribed way to include attachments? Thanks. -- ----- - Pavneet Arora

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pagenumbering and part options [CORRECTED]
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

[please ignore other one] Dear gang, Ok this is embarrassing, but I can't seen to figure this one out. To solve the current issue I need either 1. a \part, let's define it as \partsuper, that does one thing and ONLY one thing: \starttext \partsuper{Super Part 1} text <page numbers 1, 2, 3, ...., n> \partsuper{Super Part 2} text <page numbers 1, 2, 3, ...., n> \stoptext So after each partsuper, the pagenumber is reset to one. But the partsuper is not typeset, does not generate anything in the listings, toc, etc etc. In other words, it's completely invisible in the output, except that the pagenumbering in reset. One possibility: In addition to resetting the page no, \partsuper may create document numbers of the form \starttext \partsuper{Super Part 1} text <page <my-prefix>-1, <my-prefix>-2, <my-prefix>-3, ...., <my-prefix>-n> \partsuper{Super Part 2} text <page numbers <my-other-prefix>-1, <my-other-prefix>-2, <my-other-prefix>-3, ...., <my-other-prefix>-n> \stoptext 2. The other, less sophisticated option: How do I get \setuppagenumbering to simply just reset the current pagenumber to "1" and start from "1" again? Again I can do <my-prefix> for the first range of pagenumbers and <my-other-prefix> for the second. =================== Let me explain the big picture. I have two (rather large) structured documents. I need to a) compile both at the same time to manage cross-references between each; b) have each start at page 1. \setuppagenumbering[number=1] does not seem to work: =========== \starttext \dorecurse{28}{\input knuth\par } \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \dorecurse{28}{\input knuth\par } \setuppagenumbering[state=start] \dorecurse{28}{\input knuth\par } \setuppagenumbering[number=1] \dorecurse{28}{\input knuth\par } \stoptext =========== For cross references I have defined a mirror for each document structure element. For \chapter in Book One we use \chaptertwo in Book Two etc., so each book has its own TOC that does not interfere with the other etc. =================== With this in mind, I need your help, gang! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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cross referencing suite
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

Dear Knights, http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/magazines/mag-1103.pdf mentions a 4-file test site, but I can't find it in my context tree ... Can someone point me to it? Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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pagenumbering and part options [CORRECTED]
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

[please ignore other one] Dear gang, Ok this is embarrassing, but I can't seen to figure this one out. To solve the current issue I need either 1. a \part, let's define it as \partsuper, that does one thing and ONLY one thing: \starttext \partsuper{Super Part 1} text <page numbers 1, 2, 3, ...., n> \partsuper{Super Part 2} text <page numbers 1, 2, 3, ...., n> \stoptext So after each partsuper, the pagenumber is reset to one. But the partsuper is not typeset, does not generate anything in the listings, toc, etc etc. In other words, it's completely invisible in the output, except that the pagenumbering in reset. One possibility: In addition to resetting the page no, \partsuper may create document numbers of the form \starttext \partsuper{Super Part 1} text <page <my-prefix>-1, <my-prefix>-2, <my-prefix>-3, ...., <my-prefix>-n> \partsuper{Super Part 2} text <page numbers <my-other-prefix>-1, <my-other-prefix>-2, <my-other-prefix>-3, ...., <my-other-prefix>-n> \stoptext 2. The other, less sophisticated option: How do I get \setuppagenumbering to simply just reset the current pagenumber to "1" and start from "1" again? Again I can do <my-prefix> for the first range of pagenumbers and <my-other-prefix> for the second. =================== Let me explain the big picture. I have two (rather large) structured documents. I need to a) compile both at the same time to manage cross-references between each; b) have each start at page 1. \setuppagenumbering[number=1] does not seem to work: =========== \starttext \dorecurse{28}{\input knuth\par } \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \dorecurse{28}{\input knuth\par } \setuppagenumbering[state=start] \dorecurse{28}{\input knuth\par } \setuppagenumbering[number=1] \dorecurse{28}{\input knuth\par } \stoptext =========== For cross references I have defined a mirror for each document structure element. For \chapter in Book One we use \chaptertwo in Book Two etc., so each book has its own TOC that does not interfere with the other etc. =================== With this in mind, I need your help, gang! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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pagenumbering and part options
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

Dear gang, Ok this is embarrassing, but I can't seen to figure this one out. To solve the current issue I need either 1. a \part, let's define it as \partsuper, that does one thing and ONLY one thing: \starttext \partsuper{Super Part 1} text <page numbers 1, 2, 3, ...., n> \partsuper{Super Part 2} text <page numbers 1, 2, 3, ...., n> \stoptext So after each partsuper, the pagenumber is reset to one. But the partsuper is not typeset, does not generate anything in the listings, toc, etc etc. In other words, it's completely invisible in the output, except that the pagenumbering in reset. One possibility: In addition to resetting the page no, \partsuper may create document numbers of the form \starttext \partsuper{Super Part 1} text <page <my-prefix>-1, <my-prefix>-2, <my-prefix>-3, ...., <my-prefix>-n> \partsuper{Super Part 2} text <page numbers <my-other-prefix>-1, <my-other-prefix>-2, <my-other-prefix>-3, ...., <my-other-prefix>-n> \stoptext 2. The other, less sophisticated option: How do I get \setuppagenumbering to simply just reset the current pagenumber to "1" and start from "1" again? Again I can do <my-prefix> for the first range of pagenumbers and <my-other-prefix> for the second. =================== Let me explain the big picture. I have two (rather large) structured documents. I need to a) compile both at the same time to manage cross-references between each; b) have each start at page 1. \setuppagenumbering[number=1] does not seem to work: =========== =========== For cross references I have defined a mirror for each document structure element. For \chapter in Book One we use \chaptertwo in Book Two etc., so each book has its own TOC that does not interfere with the other etc. =================== With this in mind, I need your help, gang! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Rotating natural Tables
by Christian 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

Hello, quick question: How do I rotate a floating TABLE when using \startplacetable[title={My long title},list={Short title}] and \stopplacetable? What is the parameter equivalent to \placetable{orientation=90} in this case?

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setupinteraction kills dodoubleargument
by Hans van der Meer 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

In my documents I use a macro in footnotes, which is defined though \dodoubleargument. However, enabling interactions (which must be done too) plays havoc with \dodoubleargument, though \dosingleargument seems to escape unharmed. Why is this? Can it be repaired? Hans van der Meer % Indexing in footnotes \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \setupinteraction[state=start] % [state=stop] => OK \starttext \type{ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.17 23:31 MKIV}\blank \def\testa{\dosingleargument\dotesta} \def\dotesta[#1]#2{<#1><#2>} OK: \type{\testa{abc}} \testa{abc}\par OK: \type{\testa[def]{abc}} \testa[def]{abc}\par OK: Now in footnote\footnote{testa{abc}}\par OK: Now in footnote\footnote{\testa[def]{abc}}\par \blank \def\testb{\dodoubleargument\dotestb} \def\dotestb[#1][#2]#3{<#1><#2><#3>} OK: \type{\testb{abc}} \testb{abc}\par OK: \type{\testb[def]{abc}} \testb[def]{abc}\par OK: \type{\testb[ghi][def]{abc}} \testb[ghi][def]{abc}\par OK: Now in footnote\footnote{testb{abc}}\par ERROR: Now in footnote\footnote{\testb[def]{abc}}\par errmessage: ! Argument of \string\dotestb\ has an extra \}.\par OK: Now in footnote\footnote{\testb[ghi][def]{abc}}\par \stoptext

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Chart module
by Aditya Mahajan 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

Hi, Nested flow charts do not work in the current chart module. \usemodule[chart] \startFLOWchart[A] \startFLOWcell \name{A} \location{1,1} \text{A} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart \startFLOWchart[B] \includeFLOWchart[A][x=1,y=1] \stopFLOWchart \startFLOWchart[C] \includeFLOWchart[B][x=1,y=1] \stopFLOWchart \starttext \FLOWchart[A] \FLOWchart[B] \FLOWchart[C] \stoptext gives ! LuaTeX error ...-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/m-chart.lua:563: attempt to get length of local 'connections' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/m-chart.lua:563: in function 'process_connections' ...-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/m-chart.lua:827: in function 'makechart' ...-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/m-chart.lua:870: in function 'flow_make_chart' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > tex > error on line 24 in file te Aditya

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Overview screen containing multiple pages
by Aditya Mahajan 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

There is a python script called impressive (http://impressive.sourceforge.net/) that adds some eyecandy to presentations. One of the features that it has is an overview screen at the end, like this: http://impressive.sourceforge.net/oview.png This is similar to the overview screen used in the ConTeXt showcase by Hans: http://pragma-ade.com/show-man.pdf I want to include such an overview in my slides, but am not sure if it can be done without using a separate tex file. My slides look like this (sorry Thomas, I am not using simpleslides at the moment) \starttext \startsection[title={...}] .... \stopsection \startsection[...] ... \stopsection \stoptext Each section spans over multiple pages. What I want is to have a last page which is equivalent to the following: \startcombination[n*n] {\externalfigure[\jobname][page=<page-number-of-first-section>]}{} {\externalfigure[\jobname][page=<page-number-of-second-section>]}{} .... \stopcombination I tried a simple test case \starttext \input knuth \page \externalfigure[\jobname][page=1,width=0.3\textwidth] \stoptext but that does not include the first page. So, I think that what I want is not possible, but I wonder if others have different ideas on how this might be implemented (after all \setuparranging does manage to do something similar without the need for a separate tex file). Aditya

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referencing
by Hans van der Meer 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

I have the following question about references. Using for example \at one can say somehting like "see on \at{page}[ref] for the figure.. But when the figure is one the same page it seems a bit superfluous to reference to it. In the same manner it is a bit of an overkill to put a hyperlink to the page where this link resides itself. It is clear that ConTeXt knows if it is on the same page as is referenced, because then a link is coloured with contrastcolor instead of color. Now the question: how easy/difficult is it to either suppress such an \at-reference or switch between chosen alternate texts for links on or off the same page as the referenced item? Hans van der Meer

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\right)² not recognized as \right)^2
by Paul Menzel 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, is it expected that \right)² is not recognized as \right)^2? \starttext Using ^2: \placeformula \startformula \left( a + b \right)^2 = a² + 2ab + b² \stopformula \placeformula \startformula \left( a + \frac72 \right)^2 \stopformula Using ². The first example does not display the problem that well because the parenthesis are too small: \placeformula \startformula \left( a + b \right)² = a² + 2ab + b² \stopformula \placeformula \startformula \left( n + \frac72 \right)² \stopformula \stoptext Please find the example also attached. Thanks, Paul

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Is it possible to have \showlayout also display dimensions in inches?
by Pavneet Arora 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

Either in a separate column or in lieu of `cm'. For us those of us on the left hand side of the Atlantic, and who struggle with decimal numbers ;)? advTHANKSance. -- ----- - Pavneet Arora

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Hide section content
by Aditya Mahajan 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

Hi, I have a tex file that looks like follows: \startsection[title=...][review=yes] ... \stopsection \startsection[title=...][review=no] ... \stopsection When I compile the document with --mode=review, I want that all sections that have `review=no` should not be displayed. What is the best way of achieving this? In particular, can we have an option that'll let us say: \setuphead[section][placebody=hidden] (analogous to placehead=hidden). Aditya

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another referencing question
by Hans van der Meer 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

I see that a \pagereference[ref:a] gets a link to it with \at{see}[ref:a]. But when I click on it, the jump to that page is not made. Not in Adobe Reader, nor in Apple's Preview. Is that the intended behaviour? Is it something I am doing wrong? Or what? Hans van der Meer

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Placing a TOC at the end of a document
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

Hi, hm, I should place a table of contents at the end of my document. When issuing: \startsubject[title=Inhoud] \placelist[section] \stopsubject I get the section title but no TOC When issuing only \completelist[section] I get the TOC but no section title. Do I have to setup this differently or is this some bug? Try “criterium=all” or “criterium=previous”. Wolfgang

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Placing a TOC at the end of a document
by Willi Egger 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

Hi, hm, I should place a table of contents at the end of my document. When issuing: \startsubject[title=Inhoud] \placelist[section] \stopsubject I get the section title but no TOC When issuing only \completelist[section] I get the TOC but no section title. Do I have to setup this differently or is this some bug? Willi

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equation refs broken?
by Hans van der Meer 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

Can someone confirm this? It seems that the equation reference mechanism is broken some time in the recent past. I have a small example done in (1) ConTeXt ver: 2011.07.13 20:14 MKIV (2) ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.17 23:31 MKIV These are respectively the first and last pdf's below. If true, it is very serious for me, because the I cannot prepare the upcoming texts for my students! Furthermore: \pagereference now introduces spurious white. For the bad vertical spacing on the left I have submitted a tentative bugfix to Hans Hagen. Hans van der Meer \setuppapersize[A6][A6] \setupformulae[spacebefore=0pt,spaceafter=0pt] \starttext \placeformula[eq:one]\startformula a = 1 \stopformula \placeformula[-]\startformula a = 2 \stopformula \placeformula[eq:three]\startformula a = 3 \stopformula \pagereference[ref:p] Refer equation-1: \in{equ=<}[eq:one]> in page \at[ref:p].\par Refer equation-3: \in{equ=<}[eq:three]> in page \at[ref:p].\par \stoptext

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Small issue with dimensions
by Vedran Miletić 19 Nov '11

19 Nov '11

Hi, the following code \starttext 1\unit{bit / second} \stoptext gives 1 econd tested with: mtx-context | current version: 2011.11.14 16:17 Vedran

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Framed "environment"
by Troy Henderson 19 Nov '11

19 Nov '11

Is there an "environment" (i.e., like a \startframed ... \stopframed) method for using \framed{ ... } on a block of text? Certain \start ... \stop combinations don't seem to play well with \framed{ ... }. For example, \usemodule[amsl] \starttext \framed{ \startformula \startalign A=B \stopalign \stopformula } \stoptext fails evidently because \framed{ ... } and the \startalign ... \stopalign don't like one another. -- Troy Henderson

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textbackground
by Hans van der Meer 19 Nov '11

19 Nov '11

I get the impression that textbackground is not yet completely repaired in: The small example below shows that location text starts at the left margin instead of at the chosen point in the text. That is, the green part should be "text with background" instead of "result. This is text w". Paragraph background looks like it works again. % Testing textbackground \setuppapersize[A5]A5] \definetextbackground[testA][% location=paragraph,state=start,background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow] \definetextbackground[testB][% location=text,state=start,background=color,backgroundcolor=green] \starttext First para for test. \starttestA \input tufte \stoptestA Last para for text.\blank Intermediate.\par This is to fill up things a bit going to the next line in the result. This is \starttestB text with background \stoptestB within.\blank Afterwards.\par \stoptext Hans van der Meer

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google search box in wiki
by Mojca Miklavec 19 Nov '11

19 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt-ers, Thanks to Siep and Taco, the wiki now has google search box again. Mojca (The complication came from the fact that the site now uses only a single text window and three buttons that do different things.)

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ConTeXt group
by Hagmann Jörg 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

I wasn't aware of this: http://group.contextgarden.net/ (the "ConTeXt group"). Could somebody tell me, in more detail than on the above site, the purpose of it and in particular its relationship to NTG (which itself is already ConTeXt dominated)? Thanks, Jörg

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Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta)
by Marco Pessotto 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Hello there. With the latest beta, the following example fails to show the footnote number. Commenting the setuparranging shows it again. %% start minimal example \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \starttext test\footnote{this is the note} \stoptext %% stop. Current (2011.05.18) is not affected. Best wishes -- Marco

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Single user installation (Standalone)
by Hagmann Jörg 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Hi, I noticed that when updating the "suite" in my home directory I need to be a superuser. If not, I get: ---------------- ! I can't write on file `cont-en.log'. Please type another transcript file name: ---------------- Operating system: Mac 10.6.8 Is it ok to change the wiki accordingly? Cheers, Jörg

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Re: [NTG-context] \unit and Hertz, lux, and degrees/minutes/seconds
by Robin Kirkham 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

On 18/11/2011, Pontus Lurcock <pont(a)talvi.net> wrote: >>> Degrees, minutes and seconds of arc (also degrees Celsius) are an >>> exception and are not supposed to have any space between the >>> digits and the degree symbol [1], so to be correct, I think >>> Context should by default veto any space between digits and >>> numbers, in these cases only. >> >> Correction, I should have written "(but not degrees Celsius)", >> apologies. > > Conventions for setting the degrees of temperature symbol vary; see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_symbol#Typography and references > therein. In most professionally published works that I've seen, there > is no space between the number and the °, or between the ° and the C. Pont, I agree they vary, and no space before the °C is quite common (and frequently my own practice too). However in setting default behaviour for Context I am inclined to favour conforming to international standards, where they exist (but a \setupunits override it probably called for). Robin

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\in: incorrect space in example in reference
by Paul Menzel 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, in the example for `\in` in the reference [1] there is a space after the »(«. \placeformula[eq:pythagoras] \startformula a^2+b^2=c^2 \stopformula This is explained in \in{Equation (}{)}[eq:pythagoras]. Normally this space is useful since the suffix is something like Table or Figure. Can `\in` be used with brackets or does another command have to be defined/used for that? Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/in

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\unit and Hertz, lux, and degrees/minutes/seconds
by Robin Kirkham 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Dear Hans, Many thanks for implementing space=small in \setupunits. It works nicely for me. However in the latest beta, Hertz is typeset as hz not Hz. It looks like the problem is line 154 of phys-dim.lua (it was typeset correctly a couple of days ago). Also the symbol for lux (line 198) should be lx [2]. Degrees, minutes and seconds of arc (also degrees Celsius) are an exception and are not supposed to have any space between the digits and the degree symbol [1], so to be correct, I think Context should by default veto any space between digits and numbers, in these cases only. BTW, NIST has a handy reference for anyone typesetting physical quantities [1], although the BIPM documentation is the canonical reference. Robin \starttext \unit{1 Hz} (should be Hz)\par \unit{180 deg} (should be no space)\par \stoptext [1] http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter5/5-3-2.html [2] http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/

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Footnote bug with \setuparranging
by Romain Diss 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Hi all, I have a small problem with footnotes. If I use \setuparranging to print two A5 pages on one A4, the footnote index of the left page footnotes go to the right page. Here is a minimal example. %% START %% \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2SIDE] \starttext \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte} Test of a small footnote \footnote{This one is numeroted on the wrong page.} with some usefull text. \dorecurse{6}{\input knuth} And another footnote test on the other side \footnote{This one works.}. \stoptext %% END %% Any idea of what to do? All the best. -- Romain Diss <romain.diss(a)yahoo.fr>

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xtables
by Hans Hagen 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hi, The xtables mechanism has been extended a bit (plus some fixes): \setupxtable[suffix][align=middle,foregroundcolor=red] \setupxtable[blabla][foregroundstyle=slanted] \setupxtable[crap] [foregroundcolor=blue] \setupxtable[bold] [crap][foregroundstyle=bold] \startxtable[frame=off] \startxtablehead \startxrow[bold] \startxcell[suffix] a 0 \stopxcell \startxcell[blabla] a 1 \stopxcell \startxcell a 2 \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablehead \startxtablebody \startxrow \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] a 1 \stopxcell \startxcell b 1 \stopxcell \startxcell c 1 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell b 2 \stopxcell \startxcell c 2 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[suffix] a 3 \stopxcell \startxcell b 3 \stopxcell \startxcell c 3 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[suffix] a 4 \stopxcell \startxcell b 4 \stopxcell \startxcell c 4 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[suffix] a 5 \stopxcell \startxcell b 5 \stopxcell \startxcell c 5 \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablebody \stopxtable This is an experiment. Beware: you can create loops as setups are chained and circular chains can be creates. 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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ERROR "context --version"
by jazz_johnson 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

I have installed context-2011 as part of a system-wide texlive-2011 installation on Gentoo. Following various guides, I have done the following as a normal user: 1) rm -r ~/.texlive 2) luatools --generate 3) mtxrun --generate 4) context --make cont-en 5) context --generate But I get the following error when running "context --version": mtx-context | main context file: unknown, 'context.mkiv' not found But I have context.mkiv installed in /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/ The 2011 version of context no longer has a "context.tex" file in the main CONTEXT distribution zipfile http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip In outdated guides, it was mentioned that "context.tex" contained the version string. I have posted to the Gentoo-forums for help http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6875338.html#6875338 but I don't know wherein the problem lies.

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scite
by Hans Hagen 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hi, For those using scite with the lexers that ship with context: version 3.00 has some problems with saving new files so I tries version 3.01 but that one crashes probably due to a mismatch in the scintilla lpeg lexer library (that unfortunately does not ship with scite itself). So, best stick to older version for the moment. 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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How to reset numbers of formulas?
by Otared Kavian 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hi, Is it possible to reset the numbers which appear after invoking \placeformula? To be more precise, I mean the following situation: \starttext Euler says \placeformula \startformula {\rm e}^{{\rm i} \pi} + 1 = 0. \stopformula The above formula will have number (1). Euler's formula is the same as the following \placeformula \startformula {\rm e}^{{\rm i} \pi} = - 1. \stopformula The above formula will have number (2), but for some reasons I wish to number it again as (1). \stoptext I would like to have a solution which works with ConTeXt mkiv. Thanks for any advice, and best regards: OK

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units
by Hans Hagen 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hi, The next beta will have some fixes, additional units and provide \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter}\par \setupunits[unit][space=normal] \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter}\par \setupunits[unit][space=big] \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter}\par \setupunits[unit][space=medium] \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter}\par \setupunits[unit][space=small] \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter}\par \setupunits[unit][space=none] \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter}\par 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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Strange numberconversion in appendix
by Christian 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hello, I find this behavior a little odd: \starttext \startbodymatter \startplacefigure[reference=mill,title={A mill}] \externalfigure[mill] \stopplacefigure \startplacefigure[reference=cow,title={A cow}] \externalfigure[cow] \stopplacefigure \stopbodymatter \startappendices In \in{figure}[cow] on page \at[cow] is a cow. \stopappendices \stoptext The figure number is converted into roman numerals (Romannumerals). How can I change it to normal numbers? So that it says "figure 2". It should also be considered to make it the default setting.

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Arrows and boxes in metapost.
by Christian 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hello, I need a simple graphic that shows some boxes (frames) with text in it and has some arrows pointing to and from these boxes. (examples 267 and 268 on this page [1]) I was hoping to do this in MetaPost. Earlier this year this question went un-answered on this list: "How to use boxit MetaPost macros with ConTeXt minimals?" So, is there a solution or do I have to use label.rt(btex \framed[width=3cm,align=middle]{Text} etex, (1u,1.5u)); Which really feels uncomfortable in this case. Best regards Christian [1] http://tex.loria.fr/prod-graph/zoonekynd/metapost/metapost.html

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Textbackgrounds
by Andreas Harder 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hi all, I've played with text backgrounds. Please have a look at the following example. \definetextbackground [test] [location=paragraph, % frame=off, % -> no round corners anymore corner=round, % -> corner=1|2|3… would be nice leftoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, rightoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, topoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, bottomoffset=.5\bodyfontsize] \setuphead [subject] [after=, command=\MyHead] \def\MyHead#1#2% {\framed [background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=.5\bodyfontsize, corner=3]{#1#2}} \starttext \subject{Test} \starttest \input tufte \stoptest \stoptext There is a nasty little space between the two backgrounds. How can I avoid it? Further the left borders of the frame are not aligned. I appreciate your help. Andreas

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regression? 620 pages limit? (SOLVED)?
by Jon Crump 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Dear all I appear to have run up against a bug discussed last March. I'm newly running: mtx-context | main context file: /Users/jjc/context11-11/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2011.11.14 16:17 with a short test file I run: context --environment=arabtestI.tex --result=tmp arab-testII.xml and the log concludes thus: mtx-context | main context file: /Users/jjc/context11-11/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2011.11.14 16:17 but when I try to do the same thing on my full marked up text: context --environment=svo-tei.tex --result=tmp svoboda_diary.xml the log concludes like this: mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 I didn't notice this until I tried to use the --result flag because, in spite of the 'fatal error', a new pdf (that actually reflected changes I had made in the environment file) was in fact created using the name of the xml input: svoboda_diary.pdf. But when I used --result, a new pdf was created for the short file but not for the long one. Wondering why, I inspected the log and only then noticed: "mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1" In the error case the lua stats in the log shows: mkiv lua stats > result saved in file - tmp.pdf but no tmp.pdf file is produced. Instead, svoboda_diary.pdf is updated; weird huh? In the discussion on the list Steffan said "Taco found the bug (thanks!): There is a fix luatex rev. 4093." So am I seeing a regression error here or, as is perfectly possible since I'm out there beyond the limits of my understanding, am I just doing something wrong or using the wrong tool? baffled as usual, Jon

1 1

Document with only figures
by Charles 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Hi, I would like to have a document with only figures, something like that: \starttext \placefigure[page]{\externalfigure[figure1]} \placefigure[page]{\externalfigure[figure1]} \placefloats \stoptext The problem is if I don't add some text, no PDF is created. (and this text will have its own page). I was expecting \placefloats to do what I want, but it's not working. And \placefigure doesn't have a 'center' option. Any ideas? Thanks Charles

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Help with citation layout.
by Christian 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Dear list, I need the help of a BibTeX/citation module expert. I want to modify the appearance of @INBOOK entries. Currently they look like this (apa-de style): author (year) _booktitle_, Chapter chaptertitle, pages, publisher, edition. What I'm aming for is this: author (year) _chaptertitle_, In editor (Edt.): _booktitle_, pages, publisher, edition. Where chaptertitle refers to the title of the chapter (usually some sort of article or essay), very similar to arttitle. Is there a way to accomplish this? Or is the INBOOK entry not meant to do this? I'm especially having trouble to get the editor to show up (let alone having "In " in front of it). Does editor and author conflict here? Thank you for you help!

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Arabic
by dont.spam.no.dont＠gmail.com 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Dear all, I'm having a hard time to get context typeset arabic words with ligatures, or say, to some order>1 according to page 7 of: http://luatex.org/talks/print-orientaltex-eurotex-2009.pdf. I'm using: ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.8.15 int: english/english I've put up this minimal example where the font used is amiri from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/amiri/files/ and more precisely amiri-regular.ttf therein. Any hint as to what I should do to get (at least the lam-alef ligature)? Thank you for your help, Olivier %%%%%%%%%% minimal %%%%%%%%%%%% \mainlanguage[arabic] \definefontfeature [arabicfeats] [analyze=yes,mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, ccmp=yes,init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes, liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,tlig=yes,clig=yes, calt=yes,salt=yes,aalt=yes, trep=yes,ccmp=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes, kern=yes,curs=yes, aalt=yes,mset=yes] \definefont[ArabicFont][amiriregular*arabicfeats at 24pt] \def\ArabicGlobalDir {\pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT} \define\setarabic {\ArabicGlobalDir% \ArabicFont} \starttext {\setarabic لا في } \stoptext \end

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geen beeld (no image)
by Floris van Manen 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

After updating my livetex distribution from 2008 to 2011 on my OSX machine, i lost the metapost images in my context document. I also tried the live.contextgarden.net but that does not provide any image either ... \starttext \startMPcode draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopMPcode \stoptext Any hints ? Thanks! Floris

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textbackground broken?
by Hans van der Meer 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Is textbackground broken in mkiv? I need its usage (it seems the recommended way to do backgrounds). The following minimal example fails. Who is wrong? Is it me or is it ConTeXt? ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.04 14:15 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.13 int: english/english % Testing textbackground \setuppapersize[A6]A6] \definetextbackground[testbg][% background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow,% leftoffset=0pt,rightoffset=0pt,topoffset=0pt,bottomoffset=0pt,frame=on] \starttext \input tufte \starttestbg \input tufte \stoptestbg \input tufte \stoptext The error messages are: metapost > initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost > loading 'metafun': /Users/hans/TeX/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/metafun.mpiv ! terminal: ! Enormous number has been reduced. <*> ...6.0pt ; ; ; prepare_multi_pars(2,2330878 ,22629721,0,683329,265737,... ! Enormous number has been reduced. <*> ...; ; prepare_multi_pars(2,2330878,22629721 ,0,683329,265737,2,5629963... .. .. <inserted text> ...ainTextArea; ;;;;]===], false)} \processMPgraphic ...e ;\!!es , \MPaskedfigure )}} \egroup \placeMPgraphic \d... \useMPpositiongraphic ...tartMPcode #3\stopMPcode \egroup \doMPpositiongraphic ...riables \getvalue {MPG:#1} } \doMPpositiongraphic ...fined {MPG:#1}\donothing } \removelastspace }\smashbo... \dohandleMPpositiongraphicrange ...raphic {#3}{#4} \fi \fi ... l.14 \stoptext Hans van der Meer

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feature request
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi Hans, quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. I assume it is not trivial due to catcode issues, to say the least. But nevertheless, as it is getting close to christmas, I just wanted to mention this idea here. Thanks, Steffen

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User macros and settings: environment or style module?
by Romain Diss 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi all, Like any of the context users who write documents, I use some personal macros, definitions, setups... In most of the context manuals, it is recommended to declare all of these personal settings in an environment file. This file is then included by: \environment myStyle However, in certain case, these settings goes in a style module file, like what is done for MyWay articles where one includes the style file with: \usemodule[myStyle] So my question is: Is there any technical reason to choose between those two possibilities or is it only a matter of personal preference? All the best. -- Romain Diss <romain.diss(a)yahoo.fr>

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texnansi.enc
by Yue Wang 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi, Mojca: just updated context and mkii told me !pdfTeX error: pdftex (file texnansi.enc): cannot open encoding file for reading is this file removed? Yue Wang

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Rotate text in TABLE-header
by Christian 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Dear list, is there an easy option to rotate all text (not the table itself) in the first row of a TABLE? something like this: \bTABLE \bTR[rotate=90] \bTD I am flipped \eTD \bTD Me too. \eTD \bTD Same here! \eTD \eTR \eTABLE That would be super useful, but I didn't find anything.

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Footnote Problem
by Kip Warner 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hey folks, The second \footnote doesn't show in the generated PDF. The number is listed where it should at the end of the sentence, but the text of the footnote is not listed at the bottom of the page. \definestartstop [SomeDocument] [before={ \crlf \setupbackground[frame=on, before=\blank, after=\blank, corner=round, topoffset=0.5cm, leftoffset=0.5cm, rightoffset=0.5cm, bottomoffset=0.5cm] \startbackground }, after={ \stopbackground \crlf }, commands={\setupalign[yes]}, style=italic] \starttext First footnote.\footnote{This one works.} \startSomeDocument Second footnote.\footnote{This one doesn't.} \stopSomeDocument \stoptext Thanks anyone. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Quotations...
by Willi Egger 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi, it looks like there is something wrong with \quote, \quotation and the respective setupcommands. \setupquote[style=slanted] results in no quotation marks and yes, slanted text. \setupquote[left=(,right=)] results in text between parentheses. \setupquote[style=slanted,left=(,right=)] results in slanted text, but no parentheses. \setupquotation[style=bold] results in having the texts in \quote{} becoming bold instead of the texts that are in \quotation{}. \setupdelimitedtext [quotation][1][style=bold] does not result in bold text. \setupdelimitedtext [quotation][1][style=bold,left{[},right={]}] does result in text between brackets in \quotation{}, but no bold text. Please refer to the attached example file. Kind regards Willi

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Letter module: new beta
by Wolfgang Schuster 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi all, I have a new version of the letter module on my bitbucket site [1], you can download [2] and test it but it requires mkiv and is not completely downward compatible with the current version. Here is a short example to test it: \usemodule[cor-01] % will change %\setupletteroptions % [bodyfont=calluna] \setupletter [fromname={John Simmons}, fromaddress={Parkstreet 12\\8257 Green Bay}] \setupletter [toname={Steve Wilson}, toaddress={Nightstreet 4a\\9183 Cotton Village}] \setuplettertext [copy=cc: , enclosure=encl: ] \setupletter [copy=Copy, enclosure=Enclosure, postscript=Postscript] \startletter [opening={Dear Mr Wilson,}, subject={Brand new templates for Word}, closing={Best regards}, signature={John Simmons}] \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par} \stopletter [1] https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/correspondence/src [2] https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/correspondence/downloads Wolfgang

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images and linenumbering
by Martin Fechner 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi all, I posted this bug some time ago, but it still seems there. The combination between linenumbering and images isn't working. I use mkiv with the latest beta. Look at this short example: ------ \setuplayout[width=120mm] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuplinenumbering[location=outer,method=page] \starttext \placefigure[left,4*hang,none]{} {\externalfigure[cow][width=0.2\textwidth]} \startlinenumbering \input tufte \stoplinenumbering \placefigure[right,2*hang,none]{} {\externalfigure[cow][width=0.2\textwidth]} \startlinenumbering[continue] \input tufte \stoplinenumbering \stoptext ------ Is there any workaround to this? Best regards, Martin

1 0

space between number and units in \unit
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Dear Context folks, Could I request a parameter in \setupunits to control the space between the number and the units that is placed by \unit{}. In phys-dim.mkiv it looks like there is an intention to do so (parameter "space") but it's commented out. I actually would like about half the space that I currently get, but others may want none, or more. Thanks, Robin \starttext \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter} \setupunits[unit][space=big] \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter} \setupunits[unit][space=small] \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter} \stoptext

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footnotes in footnotes broken
by Martin Fechner 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi all, it seems that the footnotes in footnotes feature in mkiv is broken. The short example from contextgarden doesn't work with the last beta: ------ \starttext This\footnote{Or that\footnote{Or possibly even the other.}, if you prefer.} is a sentence with a footnote. \stoptext ------ Best regards, Martin

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Re: [NTG-context] scaling the mp figure in ConTeXt (Hans Hagen)
by Jeong Dalyoung 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Dear Hans and Mojca, Thank you for your solution. It works well. Best regards, Dalyoung

1 0

defineframed has no effect
by Christian 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

This gives only a framed Hello, no red, frame still on. Did something change for setting up own frames? \defineframed[GreyBg][backgroung=color,backgroundcolor=red,frame=off] \starttext \GreyBg[frame=on]{Hallo} \stoptext Info: ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.09 20:58 MKIV

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url: Add macros to the ConTeXt core
by Paul Menzel 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, looking into typesetting URLs I find typesetting URLs quite cumbersome. Maybe I have not used that feature that often so I am not seeing the advantage to first define a URL somewhere and give it a name \useURL[aurl] [http://xkcd.com/149/] [] [I prefer hot dogs.] and then later use it. \url[aurl] The proposed macros(?) in the section »Tipps and Tricks« [2] \def\href#1#2{\useURL[#2][{#2}][][{#1}]\goto{\url[#2]}[url(#1)]} \def\ahref#1{\color[linkcolor]{\ttx \href{#1}{<#1>}}} \def\fullahref#1{\color[linkcolor]{\ttx \href{#1}{http://#1}}} \def\mailto#1{\useURL[#1][mailto:#1][][#1]\from[{#1}]} \def\MailTo#1#2{\useURL[#1][mailto:#1][][#2]\from[{#1}]} seem quite useful. Could they be added to the ConTeXt core(?)? Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/url [2] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/url#Tipps_and_Tricks

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lemmas for headers
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Dear gang, Consider the following global setup: \setupheadertexts% [][section][chapter][] Sometimes a given section heading may be too long to comfortably fit in the header. Is there any mechanism or good workaround that will allow me to define, for a given header, a lemma such that it replaces <section> with <sectionlemma>. Of course I can interrupt the main flow with \setupheadertexts% [][sectionlemma][chapter][] manually, but what usually happens is that at least one header gets lost completely, generally the page immediately preceding the onset of the given section. Any help or tips greatly appreciated and Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shiʿi Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Metafun manual section titles
by Romain Diss 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hello, I'm trying to make some section titles which look like the ones of the metafun manual: title and number underlined, with number in margin. I thougth it would not be too hard but I can't do it. Actually, I'm using a frame with an overlay with a \startuniqueMPgraphic to underline the title but I can't make a frame for both the section number which is in the margin and the text which is not. I tried to make the underlining of the title text extend in the margin but it's not easy because the frame background seems to be centered automatically on the frame. Maybe I should adjust some offsets but how can I know the size of the section number... Anybody can help me on that problem ? -- Romain Diss <romain.diss(a)yahoo.fr>

2 2

margin notes at page breaks
by Stefan Müller 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hi list! In my document I have some margin notes that appear right before a page break and so end up in the bottom margin, see the following example. \starttext \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth} \blank[2*line] \inmargin{This note ends up in the bottom margin} %\margintext{This note ends up in the bottom margin} \input tufte \stoptext Is it possible to automatically move the margin note in those cases to the next page? I had a look at the manual where the issue is addressed. As I understood it "\margintext{...}" should be able to handle this, but it did not change anything in my example. In the garden I found "\setupinmargin[stack=yes]" but this didn't help either. This seems not to hard, but I can't find a way to fix it... Thanks in advance for any hints! Stefan

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Error with export
by Andreas Harder 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hi Hans, todays beta breaks the following example. It worked the day before yesterday. \setupbackend[export=yes] \definehighlight[Title][color=red] \startsetups document:start \Title{\documentvariable{title}} \stopsetups \startdocument [title=Test] some text \stopdocument Thank you in advance Andreas

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footnotes and linenumbering
by Martin Fechner 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hi all, is it possible to have a linenumbering also in the footnotes? I tried it with ------ \setuplinenumbering[method=page] \setupfootnotedefinition[location=serried] \setupfootnotes[before={\startlinenumbering[continue]},after={\stoplinenumbering}] \starttext \startlinenumbering \input knuth some text\footnote{the first footnote} more text\footnote{\dorecurse{10}{a very long footnote }} \stoplinenumbering \stoptext ------ but only the whole footnotefigure has one linenumber and it doesn't continue right if method=page is set. Is there any solution to this? Greetings, Martin

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Simplefonts question
by Lutz Haseloff 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hi Wolfgang, I'm looking for documentation for your handy module. Particularly i'd like to know all the options i can use for the commands \setmainfont and \setupsimplefonts. My goal is to use a font in my document in different sizes (say 12, 17 and 35pt) with adequate line spacing. I only found "\setmainfont[...][..,..=..,..]" in README. Reading the source was not too helpful for me :-) Greetings Lutz

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scaling the mp figure in ConTeXt
by Jeong Dalyoung 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Dear all, I use MetaFun to create a figure and embed it using \processMPbuffer[]. for example, \startbuffer[test] draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopbuffer \starttext \placefigure[][]{} \processMPbuffer[test] \stoptext But sometimes, I need to rescaling the mp figure to fit the page. Is there a way of rescaling the figure at the stage \processMPbuffer or \useMPgraphic? In the above example, I got a circle of radius 3cm. How to get a circle of radius 2cm? Thank you for reading. best regards, Dalyoung

2 1

"Too many }'s" in latest beta
by pmlists＠free.fr 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hello, When running `context test.cld' on this file: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- context.environment{"my-env"} -- it does not matter, if this file exists or not context.starttext() context.startalignment{"middle"} context"Amount: 123" context.stopalignment() context.stoptext() --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I get the following error: system > tex > error on line 11 in file test.run: Too many }'s ... [1] How could I solve this problem please? core-env.mkiv is patched on line 226 as suggested by Wolfgang. TIA for any help, -- Peter [1]: test.run has only one line... ;-)

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Undefined control sequence with latest beta
by pmlists＠free.fr 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hello, When running `context test.cld' on this file: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- io.output"my-env.tex" io.write"\\startenvironment my-env\n\\def\\myTest{bla}\n\\stopenvironment\n" context.environment{"my-env"} context.starttext() context.myTest() context.stoptext() --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I get an `undefined control sequence' error for \myTest. How could I solve this problem please? TIA for any help, -- Peter

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extra white after equation
by Hans van der Meer 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

I find that the placement of an equation number makes a difference on the amount of white after the equation. Should they both give the same amount of whitespace? Or is the difference intentional? But then why? I add a minimal example. Hans van der Meer % Test white after formula with and without equation number. \starttext \input tufte \placeformula\startformula a^2 + b^2 = c^2 \stopformula % no extra white \input tufte \placeformula[-]\startformula a^2 + b^2 = c^2 \stopformula % extra white \input tufte \stoptext

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wiki correction
by Hans van der Meer 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

I think I spotted a small error in the parameterlisting of \setupformulae on the wiki: parameter "after dimension" probably should be "spaceafter dimension" because calling with the former has no effect, the latter does. Though using it does not change the difference in spaceafter between \placeformula and \placeformula[-]. Hans van der Meer

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Project structure: Do macros go into the environment?
by Paul Menzel 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, I am using the project layout [1] and have a file `env.tex` which gets loaded. \startenvironment env \mainlanguage[de] \setupinteraction [title=Titel, author=John Doe, keyword={keyword}] \def\href#1#2{\useURL[#2][{#2}][][{#1}]\goto{\url[#2]}[url(#1)]} \def\ahref#1{\color[linkcolor]{\ttx \href{#1}{<#1>}}} \def\fullahref#1{\color[linkcolor]{\ttx \href{#1}{http://#1}}} \def\mailto#1{\useURL[#1][mailto:#1][][#1]\from[{#1}]} \def\MailTo#1#2{\useURL[#1][mailto:#1][][#2]\from[{#1}]} […] \stopenvironment My question is if all macro definitions (and setups like for interaction) should go in there? Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Project_structure

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Project structure and modes
by Wolfgang Schuster 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hi Hans, can you add the systemmodes for products, components etc. in MkIV because they are missing. \startproduct test \doifmodeelse{*product}{YES}{NO} \stopproduct Wolfgang

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Migrating from old ConTeXt to new
by Gerben Wierda 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hello folks, I have been putting this off for years, but I think somewhere the coming months I'll want to migrate from my current ConTeXt setup to the most recent one so that when I encounter typesetting/ConTeXt problems, I will be asking for solutions in the current actively maintained environments. When I compile a book project, it currently looks like this: > texexec --pdf --mode=editor ../products/prd_book.tex > MTXrun | kpse fallback with progname 'context' initialized in 0.047062 seconds > TeXExec | processing document '../products/prd_book.tex' > TeXExec | no ctx file found > TeXExec | tex processing method: context > TeXExec | TeX run 1 > TeXExec | writing option file prd_book.top > TeXExec | using randomseed 1038 > TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex > TeXExec | tex format: cont-en > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010) > restricted \write18 enabled. > (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) > entering extended mode > (../products/prd_book.tex > > ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKII fmt: 2010.7.21 int: english/english As I understand, I need to setup a different way to run tex. (BTW, I'm going to migrate to MacTeX 2011 first) Important for me is the use of Optima, which is now done in an environment file. Will this still work? > % Bypassing type-gtamacfonts.tex > \starttypescript [sans,serif] [optima] [texnansi,ec] > \definefontsynonym [Optima-Regular] [\typescriptthree-OptimaRegular] > [encoding=\typescriptthree] > \definefontsynonym [Optima-Italic] [\typescriptthree-OptimaItalic] > [encoding=\typescriptthree] > \definefontsynonym [Optima-Bold] [\typescriptthree-OptimaBold] > [encoding=\typescriptthree] > \definefontsynonym [Optima-BoldItalic] [\typescriptthree-OptimaBoldItalic] > [encoding=\typescriptthree] > \definefontsynonym [Optima-ExtraBlack] [\typescriptthree-OptimaExtraBlack] > [encoding=\typescriptthree] > \stoptypescript > \starttypescript [sans,serif] [optima] [name] > \setups [font:fallback:\typescriptone] > \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone] [Optima-Regular] > \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone Italic] [Optima-Italic] > \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone Bold] [Optima-Bold] > \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone BoldItalic] > [Optima-BoldItalic] > \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone Black] [Optima-ExtraBlack] > \stoptypescript > \definetypeface[allsans][rm][serif][optima][default][encoding=texnansi] > \definetypeface[allsans][ss][sans][optima][default][encoding=texnansi] > \loadmapfile [gtamacfonts.map] > \setupbodyfont[allsans,12pt] Yours, G

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(long) footnotes in column sets messed up
by Stefan Müller 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hi folks, please consider the following example. \starttext \startcolumnset[n=2] \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\footnote{Some footnote which is not wrapped correctly and has a bad number}} \stoptext The footnotes are very messed-up (overlapping, numbers all in left column). Is there a better way to place such footnotes in column sets? Am I doing something wrong? I'm using 20111028 22:32 MKIV. Thank you very much in advance! Stefan

1 1

missing --delete flags in mtx-update.lua
by pmlists＠free.fr 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hello, When running first-setup.sh, some of the rsync commands are missing the --delete flag: /opt/context/tex/texmf-context: ok /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64: no --delete flag /opt/context/tex/texmf: ok /opt/context/tex/texmf-modules: no --delete flag -- Peter

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idea: Module to automatically extract and insert information from Wikipedia
by Paul Menzel 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, just now I thought of the following and I am wondering if there exists already a solution. Writing a text which includes people I want to add information about these peoples as footnotes. The first sentence in a Wikipedia article is most of the time good enough for that. A macro `\infofromwikipedia{Donald Knuth}` would be nice which gets the first sentence of the article and puts an item into the bibliography. There is even an API to access articles [2]. Besides coding that up I see the following problems. 1. The output [3] needs to be converted to ConTeXt. 2. An Internet connection would be necessary. But that is just a note and not a problem. Thanks, Paul [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API [3] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats#Output

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No colons with pxmath fonts
by Andreas Harder 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hi, there is (still) no colon if one uses the pxmath fonts. By the way, \setupTEXpage causes an error (Undefined control sequence). \setupbodyfont[palatino] % no colon % \setupbodyfont[asana] % OK % \setupTEXpage[offset=1ex] % error \startTEXpage % [offset=1ex] % OK $a$:\,$b$\par $a\colon b$ \stopTEXpage Regards Andreas

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more table trouble ...
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Dear gang, Here's another table that worked fine in MkII but not MkIV: ================= \starttext \starttable[|l|l|] \VL test \VL \LOW{test} \VL\FR \DL \DC \DR \stoptable \stoptext ================= ! Use of \DL doesn't match its definition. system > tex > error on line 4 in file taqwa-ibadah-test.tex: Use of ... 1 \starttext 2 \starttable[|l|l|] 3 \VL test \VL \LOW{test} \VL\FR 4 >> \DL \DC \DR 5 \stoptable 6 \stoptext 7 l.4 \DL \DC \DR ===================== Please advise! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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empty lines messing with margins (in duplex mode)
by Peter Schorsch 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hi, I am not sure but maybe it is a bug: in duplex documents empty lines causing a mess with the margins on every second page. Following lines create a fine pdf documents and all margins are set correctly in the pdf file: ... \ininner{X X X X X X X X X X X X}\inouter{M M M M M M M M M M M M }\input tufte \ininner{X X X X X X X X X X X X}\inouter{M M M M M M M M M M M M }\input tufte \ininner{X X X X X X X X X X X X}\inouter{M M M M M M M M M M M M }\input tufte ... But as soon I add between every two lines an empty line the margin on every second page are corrupted. I am using the context version 2011.11.08. I attached example files to reproduce and show the problem: duplex-margin-with-empty-lines.tex > problem occurs duplex-margin-without-empty-lines.tex > no problem Can anyone approve this problem? Or did I something totally stupid to get this result? I attached a jpg that shows the problem.

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Parameters in \definecolor
by Marcin Borkowski 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hi all, the manual (the "current draft") says that possible parameters for \definecolor are: r,g,b, c,m,y,k, s, h,t,a,p,e While the first three (rgb), the second four (cmyk) and the third one (s) are pretty obvious for me - rgb, cmyk and greys, I suppose - I'm wondering what is the use of the others? Also, do I get it correctly that if I give all r,g,b,c,m,y,k and s, I will define the same colorname for rgb, cmyk and grey documents, so that \setupcolors[cmyk=no], \setupcolors[rgb=no] and \setupcolors[reduction=yes] (or something similar) will choose only the rgb/cmyk/s components and ignore the others? Best, -- Marcin Borkowski

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"doublesided=no" ignored on \startstandardmakeup with the latest beta
by Marco Pessotto 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hi! See the next minimal example (copied from "Layout in Context"): %%%% \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no] ...the front \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup[page=no] ...the back \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext %%%% The manual says it should generate 2 pages with no page number. With current (2011.05.18) this indeed happens. With the latest beta I have 4 pages: ...the front [1] ...the back [empty page] I guess there's a bug somewhere. Best wishes -- Marco

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Simplefonts: Font scaling problem
by Christian 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Good evening! I want to scale a font loaded via the simplefonts so sans and serif have the same x-height. But as soon as I use a font size larger than 12pt, the scaling is somehow off or ignored. Example: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setupsimplefonts[expansion=quality, protrusion=quality] \setmainfont[Times New Roman] \setsansfont[Arial][scale=0.863] \starttext \setupbodyfont[6pt] 06pt serif xx{\ss xx sans}\\ %fine \setupbodyfont[12pt] 12pt serif xx{\ss xx sans}\\ %fine, too \setupbodyfont[14pt] 14pt serif xx{\ss xx sans}\\ %here it starts to be off \setupbodyfont[16pt] 16pt serif xx{\ss xx sans}\\ \stoptext What is up with that?

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Split option toggles caption font size
by Andreas Harder 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hello Hans, it seems that with the split option the body font setting from tabulate is also applied to the float caption. \starttext \startbuffer \setuptabulate[bodyfont=small] \starttabulate \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stopbuffer \placetable[split]{Should be in normal font size}{\getbuffer} \stoptext Regards Andreas

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Omit part of a caption in a list
by Christian 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Dear all, is the following possible? List of figures 1.1 Figure caption . . . . . . 2 <page break> *imagine figure here Figure 1.1: Figure caption is a lot longer than it appears in the list of figures. I'd like to shorten the captions in the list of figures that I produce using \placelist[figure] (preferably cut off clean, no ellipsis or the like). I know about \nomarking{} but it seems to apply only to chapter, section etc. titles. Cheers Christian

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Help on centering text inside the standard makeup
by Marco Pessotto 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello! I have some problem centering the text inside the standardmakeup. The resulting alignment is centered, yes, but relative to the text block of the defined layout, and being a doublesided document, the left space is lesser then the right space (which is not what I wanted, as it's supposed to be the cover of a booklet). For example: %%%%%%%%% \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \showframe \starttext \startstandardmakeup \raggedcenter This should be the long title \stopstandardmakeup \input tufte \stoptext %%%%%%%%% The \showframe still shows the defined layout for the whole document. I'm reading from Layouts in Context that the standard makeup should “exclude text from the standard pagebody and its layout”. The other solution could using frames, layers and the backgrounds, but I'm pretty sure I'm missing something here and that using the makups is the right thing to do. Setting width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight makes the thing worse. It's like the width starts at the text block of the defined layout. %%%%%%%%% \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \showframe \definemakeup[titlepage][width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight,voffset=0mm,hoffset=0mm] \starttext \starttitlepagemakeup \raggedcenter \bfc This should be the long, long, very long title \stoptitlepagemakeup \input tufte \stoptext %%%%%%%%% Thanks in advance. Cheers -- Marco

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Fonts in Mk IV -- \definefontalternative documentation?
by Peter Park Nelson 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello, I am coming to ConTeXt from LaTeX and have a typescript question. I was searching for information on the mailing list about defining semibold and other font variants, and found the following. Can you tell me if further information is only available in the book "context mkiv -- Fonts" or can I find it somewhere else? I have searched through the revised Fonts chapter of the ConTeXt manual but the \definefontalternative macro and the approach described here are not documented there. The approach below works for me if I adapt it to Adobe Garamond Premier Pro, but I am attempting to build a typescript for that handles optical weights, small caps, etc and I have not been able to make it work yet. Before I try posting a minimal example, I would like to be sure that I am looking at the right documentation. I have looked at the "Fonts in LuaTeX" page on Contextgarden as well, but I don't think I have a full understanding of typescripts using OSFONTDIR fonts yet. If there is something I am missing please let me know. Thanks, PPN ** Based on ideas from the forthcoming book "context mkiv -- Fonts": % note: I have deleted all lines except the relevant ones for defining % the semi bold alternatives \definefontalternative [sb] \definefontalternative [si] \definebodyfont [default] [ss] [sb=SansSemiBold sa 1, si=SansSemiBoldItalic sa 1] \starttypescript [sans] [myriadpro] \definefontsynonym [MyriadPro-SemiBold] [name:myriadprosemibold] \definefontsynonym [MyriadPro-SemiBoldIt][name:myriadprosemiboldit] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [myriadpro] \definefontsynonym [SansSemiBold] [MyriadPro-SemiBold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SansSemiBoldItalic] [MyriadPro-SemiBoldIt] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [myriadpro] \definetypeface [myriadpro] [ss] [sans] [myriadpro] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myriadpro] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[myriadpro,ss] \sb Hello \si Italic \stoptext -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nelson(a)gmail.com

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Help with Image Database in MKIV
by Eidenbenz Michael 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello, I'm trying to use the Image Database feature as described here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image_Database using ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.7 int: english/english Unfortunately I don't manage to get it working. I have all my files in the same directory so this can't be an issue. Since I manage to build a pdf out of the xml I suppose this file is also ok. But when I process the .tex, the figure appear as dummy. here's my tex-file: \usefigurebase[figure-lib] \starttext \externalfigure[resource2] \stoptext and the figure-lib.xml: <rl:library language="en"> <rl:description> <rl:organization>Organisation</rl:organization> <rl:project>PhD</rl:project> <rl:product>figure-lib</rl:product> <rl:comment>pictures of my PhD</rl:comment> </rl:description> <rl:resource> <rl:file>Ball.png</rl:file> <rl:label>resource2</rl:label> <rl:copyright>somebody</rl:copyright> <rl:comment>Ball</rl:comment> </rl:resource> </rl:library> am I missing something? Thanks Michael!

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Figure Help
by Kip Warner 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hey list, Two questions. Is it possible to define / declare a figure with one command instead of having to do something like... \useexternalfigure[SomeFigure][Images/Figure.svg] \externalfigure[SomeFigure][width=2.5cm] Also, how do I shift the figure right a few centimetres in from the left side? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Local footnotes
by Andreas Harder 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Hi Hans, here is the minimal example which shows the problem with local footnotes. \starttext \startlocalfootnotes \dorecurse{23}{footnote\footnote{footnote}\par} % error % \dorecurse{22}{footnote\footnote{footnote}\par} % OK \placelocalfootnotes \stoplocalfootnotes \stoptext Regards Andreas

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chapter please ignore part
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Dear Knights, I seem to remember there was a way to do this, but I can't find it. This is what i want: Part Foo 1 Chapter One 2 Chapter Two Part Foo Moo 3 Chapter Three 4 Chapter Four But what I always get is, obviously Part Foo 1 Chapter One 2 Chapter Two Part Foo Moo 1 Chapter Three 2 Chapter Four What is the correct setting for part and chapter to get the chapter no. to ignore the part no.? The relevant parameters seem to be \setuphead[part][placehead=yes, incrementnumber=no, number=no, continue=no, ownnumber=no] \setuphead[chapter][continue=yes, header=empty, %ownnumber=yes] Of course there is the workaround: \setupheadnumber[chapter][2] But I'd like to know if there is an automated way. Any advice appreciated, and Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Page numbering: conversion broken
by Christian 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Dear list, this \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,left={--~},right={~--}] % taken from contextref.pdf does nothing in ConTeXt ver: 2011.09.12 22:49 MKIV, except adding the '–' left and right. The number is still Arabic. However this \convertnumber{r}{4} works as expected. Is this fixed in a later beta? Best regards Christian

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how to avoid hyphenation
by Robert Zydenbos 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Greetings all, Is there a simple way in ConTeXt to temporarily switch off hyphenation for a single word? I am thinking of something like the trick which works in (La)TeX: \hbox{thisisaverylongword}. I tried this in ConTeXt (MacTeX TeXLive 2010-64), but without success. Robert

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new version of t-french.mkiv
by pmlists＠free.fr 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Hello, Finally, after a development period of more than three years[1], I'm pleased to announce the long-awaited[2] update of the t-french ConTeXt module, which is greatly enhanced compared to the previous version[3]. In spite of the high complexity[4] of the code, I consider the module stable[5] enough for daily usage. This is indicated, just as in other major software projects, by an even version number[6]. You can download the new version from [7]. With a modern and fast Internet connection, the download time should hopefully not exceed about 5 minutes. Enjoy, Peter Footnotes: [1] During some parts of this evening, development was exceptionally active. [2] A user requested an update. [3] The previous version did not work at all. [4] There are parts, that I haven't understood yet. [5] A simple test file compiles without errors. [6] Another interpretation of the version 2011.11.08 is also possible. [7] http://modules.contextgarden.net/t-french

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Splitting (x)tables
by Andreas Harder 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Hi all, I think there is a bug with \placefloat and split option. \starttext \showframe[text] \setupxtable [split=yes,option=stretch, width=4cm,height=3cm, align={middle,middle}] \startbuffer \startxtable \dorecurse{15}{% \startxrow \dorecurse{5}{\startxcell cell: #1 x ##1 \stopxcell} \stopxrow} \stopxtable \stopbuffer % \getbuffer % OK \placetable[here,split]{A big table}{\getbuffer} \stoptext By the way, what is the analogous split-option name if one uses the \start- \stopplacetable syntax? Regards Andreas

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first-setup.sh patch
by frantisek holop 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

hi there, here is a simple patch for first-setup.sh in a nutshell: - removed the first check for ruby. the same check is performed at the end of the install process again, and IMHO it is a much better place to show some reminders to the user after many screenfuls of rsync flew by. - a low hanging optimisation for setting platform= - moved the platform overriding above the platform == unknown check because just uncommenting the line will not work, the script will exit a couple lines above - if the uknown platform is considered an "Error", exit should return non-zero :] have a nice day -f -- a self-addressed envelope would be addressed "envelope"

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Unbreakable empty space
by Markus Finke 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Hello, for reasons of readability of my source I want to define an unbreakable empty space before some charactersm e.g.: [SPACE]-- treated as ~-- How can I implement it? TIA!

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beta
by Hans Hagen 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta, mostly for testing the xml export and Alan's figure list issue. I cleaned up some of the float code (removing some related mkii code in the process) but more will follow. I might have introduced some issues there. 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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righttoleft pars lost
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Dear gang, Somewhere in the last few updates righttoleft pars have either changed or are broken: \starttext \startTEXpage[align=r2l] \righttoleft % pardir Here is some text And some more More \stopTEXpage \stoptext r2l textdir is correct but r2l pardir is lost. This worked normally a few weeks ago, Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Missing <break/> while exporting to xml before <highlight>
by Marco Pessotto 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Hi! See the following minimal example: %%% start example \setupbackend[export=yes] \definehighlight[emph][style=italic] \starttext Hey, hello! \emph{Hello world!} \stoptext %%% stop example And the output is: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>     <document language="en" file="prova" date="Sun Nov 6 14:50:01 2011" context="2011.11.04 14:15" version="0.30" xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> Hey, hello! <highlight detail="emph">Hello world!</highlight> </document> Best regards -- Marco

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empty footnote marker needed
by Steffen Wolfrum 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Hi, does anyone know how to get an "empty" footnote marker (see example below), as it was achieved in MkII with "[-]"? Steffen ------- \starttext \chapter{a} \section{b} test\footnote[-]{only this} text \stoptext

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Configure \setuppublicationlayout[article] to not insert a '.' after a title ending with a '?'
by Renald Buter 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Hello list, Possibly people can give me a pointer into the proper direction? What I am after is probably something like: \setuppublicationlayout[article]{% ... \insertarttitle{\bgroup }{\egroup\optionallyinsertdot }{}% ... } I am not very knowledgeable about TeX, but would this be possible? With kind regards, Renald

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Background using Image Overlay
by Syed N Haider 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Hi All I am new to the Metapost and Context world, and need some help regarding the inclusion of Metapost graphics in ConTeXt documents. I am trying a very simple approach, using a graphic as a background. Here's my sample (using a very basic metapost graphic as a page background in a document): Metapost: ======== beginfig(0); theta := 360/7; radius := 1in; z0 = origin; z1 = z0 + dir(90)*radius; z2 = z0 + dir(90 + theta)*radius; z3 = z0 + dir(90 + 2*theta)*radius; z4 = z0 + dir(90 + 3*theta)*radius; z5 = z0 + dir(90 + 4*theta)*radius; z6 = z0 + dir(90 + 5*theta)*radius; z7 = z0 + dir(90 + 6*theta)*radius; draw z1 -- z2 -- z3 -- z4 -- z5 -- z6 -- z7 -- cycle; endfig; end; ConTeXt (after running mpost on the metapost graphic to generate the hexagon.0 file): ===================================================================== \defineoverlay [backg] [{\externalfigure[hexagon.0][width=\overlaywidth,height=\overlayheight]}] \starttext \noheaderandfooterlines \setupbackgrounds[page][background=backg] %\placefigure %{none} %{\externalfigure[hexagon.0][width=12cm]} \stoptext Thanks in advance Syed

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