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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with mkiv under MacOSX 7 (Lion)
by Robert Blackstone 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

On 5 Nov 2011, at 15:53 , Otared Kavian <otared(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I use also Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 with TeXShop 3.06 and everything works perfectly, both mkii and mkiv from the Minimals (everything is also fine when invoking context from the command line in Terminal). However I never succeeded using mkiv from TeXLive? > Maybe you could say how you typeset your files in ConTeXt? I use TeXShop 2.43 (which, incidentally, tells me, when I check for updates, that it is the newest version available.) with an engine that reads: #!/bin/bash source /Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-04-11/tex/setuptex context "$1" This works on another Mac under OSX 10.6. The log file when I try to typeset the .tex-file mentioned in the first sentence below is very brief: The argument "/Users/robertblackstone/Dropbox/C-tests/Initials/Initials-test1.tex" is not a valid TEXROOT path. (There is no file "/Users/robertblackstone/Dropbox/C-tests/Initials/Initials-test1.tex/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex") ...ne/context-minimal-04-11/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/mtxrun:10769: cannot open /Users/robertblackstone/texmf/tex/symb-uni-zapf/: Permission denied I have no idea what the folder symb-uni-zapf does in my texmf/tex directory. Should I perhaps thrash it? (I cannot change its permissions.) And there is indeed no file: "/Users/robertblackstone/Dropbox/C-tests/Initials/Initials-Test-1.tex/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" but why should there be one? Thanks also to Wolfgang Schuster and H. vd Meer for their quick replies that, though not offering an immediate solution, reassured me that I will eventually be able to use mkiv on this Mac. Regards, Robert Blackstone

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page number placement in multiline TOC entry
by Michael Guravage 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Greetings, At the recent ConTeXt workshop someone mentioned that they had achieved placing a pagenumber to the right of the first line of a multiline table of contents entry. Can anyone describe how to acomplish this? With kind regards, Michael Guravage

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defineselector
by Alan Braslau 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Hi, One can select between short and long figure captions (for an index of figures and the figure display itself, respectively) using a selector. The syntax is: \defineselector [caption] [max=2,n=2] % alternate {short}{long} captions \starttext \placefigure [here] [fig:reference] {\select{caption} {short caption} {long caption: bla, bla, bla.} } {\externalfigure [myfigure]} ... \startchapter [title={Figure index}] \setupselector [caption] [n=1] \placelistoffigures [criterium=all] \stopchapter \stoptext I find "\select{caption}" to be awkward as the label caption is not typeset (the convention of text between {}). Should not the syntax be rather "\select[caption]{short}{long}" or else "\selectcaption{short}{long}"? What do the experts think? Alan

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mp-chem.mpiv bug
by Alan Braslau 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

There is a (new) problem typesetting text in chemical structures. Alan Minimal example: \starttext \startchemical \chemical [ONE,Z0] [O] \stopchemical \stoptext ! terminal: (/usr/local/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-chem.mpiv) >> labtype-10 ! Unknown relation will be considered false. <to be read again> ) chem_text->...XPR3));p:=p.if(labtype(SUFFIX2)>=10) :shifted(0,ypart.center.p)... chem_z_zero->...(SUFFIX2)((TEXT3),chem_do(origin)) ;endgroup <*> chem_z_zero("\dochemicaltext{O}") ; . system > tex > error on line 4 in file foo.tex: terminal: (/usr/local/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-chem.mpiv) >> labtype-10 ! Unknown relation will be considered false. <to be read again> ) chem_text->...XPR3));p:=p.if(labtype(SUFFIX2)>=10) :shifted(0,ypart.center.p)... chem_z_zero->...(SUFFIX2)((TEXT3),chem_do(origin)) ;endgroup <*> chem_z_zero("\dochemicaltext{O}") ; ... 1 \starttext 2 \startchemical 3 \chemical [ONE,Z0] [O] 4 >> \stopchemical 5 \stoptext 6 \stopchemical ...erence \ctxlua {chemicals.stop()} \egroup \chemicalwidth \wd... l.4 \stopchemical

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Italic correction (line starts with comma)
by Andreas Harder 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Hi Hans, as a side effect of italic correction some lines start with an comma. \setuppapersize[A5] \definefontfeature[default][default][itlc=yes] \setupitaliccorrection[always] \starttext \showframe[text] \startbuffer {\it italic}, normal, {\em emphasized}, normal \stopbuffer \dorecurse{20}{\getbuffer} \stoptext Regards Andreas

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Export \thinspace
by Andreas Harder 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Hi Hans! If one uses the HZ-algorithm the behavior of (the exported) \thinspace depends on the line break. \definefontfeature[default][default][expansion=quality] \setupalign[hz] \setupbackend[export=yes,css=yes,xhtml=yes] \starttext \startbuffer narrow\,nonbreaking\,space \stopbuffer \getbuffer \par \dorecurse{10}{\getbuffer} \stoptext exports to: narrownonbreakingspace <break/> narrow nonbreaking … Would it be possible to export \, to  ? Regards Andreas

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Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing
by Jan Heinen 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

> When “file:allerlt” doesn’t work your fonts have a different filename than mine. > What output on the command line do you get? > keima:TeX wolf$ mtxrun --script font --list --all aller* > > aller aller /Users/wolf/Library/Fonts/Aller_Rg.ttf > allerbold allerbold /Users/wolf/Library/Fonts/Aller_Bd.ttf Was my fault: I had installed both versions of aller: from daltonmaag and from font-squirell. I think that caused a conflict. I now deleted the daltonmaag-version and the typescript is running well. Linespacing is still not working in every case - I try a little bit more, maybe I find my error ... otherwise I start another thead. Regards Jannis

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Table bug in MkIV?
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Dear gang, It seems that \starttable has a bug in MkIV: \starttext \starttable{|c|c|c|} \HL \VL Test \VL Test \VL Test \VL\FR \stoptable \stoptext This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.71.0-2011071409 (rev 4332) \write18 enabled. (placetable.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.05 01:19 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.6 int: english/english : ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on line 3 in file placetable.tex: Undefined control sequence ... 1 \starttext 2 \starttable{|c|c|c|} 3 >> \HL 4 \VL Test \VL Test \VL Test \VL\FR 5 \stoptable 6 \stoptext 7 l.3 \HL ? Works in mkii (this is part of my ongoing work to port my huge mkii project to MkIV). 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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No numbers with `\ref` and floats like `\placetable`
by Paul Menzel 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, I am sorry for another reference related question. Using ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english the following example does not work. Either no number is shown or »??«. \starttext Table \ref[][tab:reference] is a nice table. But referencing does not work \ref[tab:reference]. \placetable[][tab:reference] {The table should be set up better.} { \startluacode context.bTABLE() context.bTR() context.bTD() context("n") context.eTD() for j=1,10 do context.bTD() context("$10^{" .. j .. "}$") context.eTD() end context.eTR() t = { 1, 2, 4, 8 } for index, i in ipairs(t) do context.bTR() context.bTD() context("$n^{" .. -i .. "}$") context.eTD() for j=1,10 do context.bTD() context("\%.4f", 10^(-j/i)) context.eTD() end context.eTR() end context.eTABLE() \stopluacode } \stoptext Please find the source file and the resulting PDF file attached. Thanks, Paul

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xtreme tables repeating header
by Patrick Gundlach 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Hi, I can't get the repeating header to work with the new extreme tables (the "new column A" should be on the second page). What is the error here? Thanks Patrick -------------------------------------------------------- \setuppapersize [a5][a5] \starttext \setupxtable [width=.5\textwidth, split=yes, header=repeat, footer=repeat] \startxtable \startxtablehead \startxrow \startxcell Column A \stopxcell \startxcell Column B \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablehead \startxtablenext \startxrow \startxcell new column A \stopxcell \startxcell new column B \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablenext \startxtablebody \startxrow \startxcell \vrule height 7cm \stopxcell \startxcell x \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell \vrule height 7cm \stopxcell \startxcell x \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell \vrule height 7cm \stopxcell \startxcell x \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablebody \stopxtable \stoptext --------------------------------------------------------

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Zoom image in presentation
by Roger Mason 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Hello all, I'd like to be able to zoom an image during a presentation. My thinking is that it might be possible by turning layers on and off interactively. I see in this message: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20110426.183109.fc46c5a5.en.html that Hans said (enigmatically :-)) "And then there are viewerlayers (acrobat) that you can turn on and off with \goto{On}[VideLayer{mylayer}] but that's a different topic." Any hints on how I could do this? I'm using the latest standalone, installed yesterday. Thanks, Roger

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Modifying potrusion parameters
by Simonyi András 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt-ers, I am using protrusion and char. expansion for a book project (with MKIV from the latest ConTeXt minimal), and it works wonderfully, with the exception of a minor problem: I find the preset protrusion parameters for "guillemets" (double angle quotes) which occur frequently in my (Italian) text too large, and would like to modify them. Relying on the wiki and mailing-list posts, I realised that the parameters are set in the file font-ext.lua, but changing this file seems to have no effect on the typesetting. How should I rebuild/recompile ConTeXt in order to "apply" my changes? I am a novice ConTeXt user, so please forgive me if my question is trivial. Thanks in advance for your help and best wishes, András Simonyi, Budapest, Hungary

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languagespecifics
by pmlists＠free.fr 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Hello, Is there something like \startlanguagespecifics[fr] ... \stoplanguagespecifics in mkiv? Does it make sense, to keep the module t-french.tex? I would like to integrate \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] everywhere (text, headers, footers and so on), but when a user loads the module and changes settings for headers or footers afterwards, that setting would be overwritten. Thus, if there are no methods, to do such things, I would drop the module and french specific settings have to be set up on a per document basis. What do you think? -- Peter

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\unknown lost on xml export
by Marco Pessotto 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Hello there. While exporting the ellipses are completely lost. Is there a workaround for cases like that (I have the feeling this is the top of the iceberg)? The following minimal example should be clear enough: %%% start example \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext Hello\unknown{} world! \stoptext %%% end example Which leads to: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>     <document language="en" file="prova" date="Sat Nov 5 15:45:09 2011" context="2011.11.02 20:10" version="0.30" xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> Hello world! </document> Best regards -- Marco

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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with mkiv under MacOSX 7 (Lion)
by Robert Blackstone 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

> On 6 Nov 2011, at 09:57 , Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 5 2011 at 18:24, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >>> (Robert Blackstone wrote:) >>> (source /Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-04-11/tex/setuptex) >> >> Change this to >> source?/Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-04-11/tex/setuptex?/Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-04-11/tex > > Or even better to > export PATH=/Users/robertblackstone/context-minimal-04-11/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:$PATH > context $1 > > And try to delete symb-uni-zapf unless you need it. > > Mojca Thank you. Deleting symb-uni-zapf solved the problem. (There were at least two of these locked folders in my system, both a nuisance in this respect.) As far as the engine is concerned, both Wolfgang's and your suggested alternative engine texts work, as did the original one, in the end. Thank you both You (Mojca) also wrote: Your log implies that you are using TeX Live 2011, not TeX minimals. But later on you sent a different log. That is correct. In the first trials I inadvertently used an Engine with an error in the path name (result of migrating everything from another Mac and not checking things thoroughly) so that the minimals could not be found. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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xtables in custom macros
by "Stefan Müller" 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Hi list, I just played a bit with the nice new xtables. It seems as if "\stopxtable" does not work if used inside a custom macro. I get a "Runaway argument" error with the current standalone if I uncomment "\Doesnt" in the following example. \define\Works{\startxtable \startxrow \startxcell works \stopxcell \stopxrow} \define\Doesnt{\startxtable \startxrow \startxcell does not work \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable} \starttext \Works \stopxtable %\Doesnt \stoptext Did I miss something or is this a bug? Best regards, Stefan. -- _______ ey, leute, ich hab so lange gebraucht um mir plan a auszudenken, fragt jetzt doch nicht auch noch nach plan b! NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone

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Two frames side by side?
by Alasdair McAndrew 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

I want two frames side by side: the left frame comprising just text (and some displayed formulas), and the right hand side frame some high level computer algebra code. The right hand side will have a gray background, and will consist mainly of typeset equations separated by horizontal lines. I can get the two frames looking just right, but no matter how thin I make them, they display one under the other, not side by side. Any ideas? Thanks, Alasdair

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Problem with mkiv under MacOSX 7 (Lion)
by Robert Blackstone 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

Dear All, Is there anyone who could help me with the following: ConTeXt mkiv does not work on my Mac under MacOSX 10.7 (Lion). This holds not only for the minimals installed yesterday (04-11-2011) but also for older versions (september and october, migrated from another Mac under OSX-10.6) I attach the log file. Could it be that Lion is not yet supported? (mkii seems to work OK) Thanks in advance, Robert Blackstone

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Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing - typescript
by Jan Heinen 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

> Regenerate the font database with “mtxrun --script font --reload” and try it again. That was not successful. However, I changed your code a bit and now it seems ok: When I use: \definedfont[name:allerlight*default at 36pt] instead of: \definedfont[file:allerlt*default at 36pt] then it works. Changed: file: -> name: allerlt -> allerlight Do I still use "type-aller"? Or did I destroy the connection to the typescript with my changes? Maybe important? The "aller"-files are ttf not otf. Regards Jannis

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Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing - typescript
by Jan Heinen 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

> > Where do you got the font files from, I checked the version from fontsquirrel > [1] > and dalton maag [2] and saw that both use different file names and in my > ypescripts I used the names from fontsquirrel. You are right - my aller und my libertine were from other website with diferences in the naming. Now I have them from font-squirrel and cpan. \setupbodyfont[aller] is now working. But your example above for the typescript does not work: >> \start \setupalign[right,broad]\definedfont[file:allerlt*default at 36pt]\setupinterlinespace >> Ich bin Blindtext. Von Geburt an. Es hat lange gedauert, bis ich begriffen >> habe, was es bedeutet, ein blinder Text zu wer wer wer wer wer wer wer wer wer >> wer wer keinen Sinn. Man wirkt hier und da aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen. Oft >> wird man gar nicht erst gelesen. >> >> Aber bin ich deshalb ein schlechter Text? Ich weiss, dass ich nie die Chance >> haben werde, im Stern zu erscheinen. >> \stop >> \stoptext >> I don't get "allerlt" and also no "36pt". Error-message while compiling: fonts> fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded fonts> defining> font with asked name 'allerlt' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts> defining> unknown font allerlt, loading aborted fonts> defining> unable to define allerlt as \**thedefinedfont** I hope someone knows an answer. Janis

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formula placement
by Meer, H. van der 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

I find I get a fairly large whitespace after the formulas placed with: \placeformula\startformula <> \stopformula How can I reduce this? The wiki does not give a parameter description for \setupformulas. In the code I can only find some [distance=] parameter. But using it with for example \setupformulas[distance=-10pt] scored no visable effect. Hans van der Meer

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reference bug: MkiV
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

Dear cabal, There seems to be a bug in MkIV: ============ \starttext This is a test \inoutermargin[ref]{test} As explained earlier (page \at[ref]) This is a test \inoutermargin[reference=reff]{test} As explained earlier (page \at[reff]) \stoptext ============ The reference is not generated in either method: ===========log========== check > missing or ungrouped '=' after 'ref' in line 2 (@@mcinoutermargin:) references > unknown reference [][ref] references > unknown reference [][reff] ======================== Please advise 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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Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing
by Jan Heinen 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

As a newby I am already able to do lot's of nice things with ConTeXt - but I am struggling with some basics: fonts and linespacing. Ok ... I have to learn more than I thought :-) 1. Where can I find the typescript for aller? Or do I have to write my own typescripts? 2. As a second font I am using Linux-libertine ... is there a typescript for this font anywhere too? Regards Jannis

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Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing
by Jan Heinen 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

Excuse me Wolfgang ... your typescript type-aller.mkii and type-aller.mkiv was already on my computer. I ran: first-setup.sh --modules=t-typescripts And then I compiled your code with: context test.tex \starttext \start \setupalign[right,broad]\definedfont[file:allerlt*default at 36pt]\setupinterlinespace Ich bin Blindtext. Von Geburt an. Es hat lange gedauert, bis ich begriffen habe, was es bedeutet, ein blinder Text zu wer wer wer wer wer wer wer wer wer wer wer keinen Sinn. Man wirkt hier und da aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen. Oft wird man gar nicht erst gelesen. Aber bin ich deshalb ein schlechter Text? Ich weiss, dass ich nie die Chance haben werde, im Stern zu erscheinen. \stop \stoptext The result: instead of the font aller the default-font (and fontsize) is used: The messages I got while compiling your example, you can find at the bottom of this post. Regards Jannis Janis@Heinen:~/Buero/ConText/Uebungen/test$ context x.tex mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/joerg/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/joerg/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./x.tex" \stoptext This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. (x.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.04 14:15 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.5 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/home/joerg/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > x.top loaded (x.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active {/home/joerg/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) (/home/joerg/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (/home/joerg/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv) files > readfile > asked name: 'loc', not found {/home/joerg/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/home/joerg/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > virtual math > unable to resolve name mapsfromchar fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded fonts > defining > font with asked name 'allerlt' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font allerlt, loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define allerlt as \**thedefinedfont** backend > xmp > using file '/home/joerg/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 )</home/joerg/context/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman12-regular.otf> mkiv lua stats > used config file - selfautoparent:texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua mkiv lua stats > used cache path - /home/joerg/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606 mkiv lua stats > resource resolver - loadtime 0.007 seconds, 0 scans with scantime 0.000 seconds, 0 shared scans, 47 found files, scanned paths: mkiv lua stats > stored bytecode data - 302 modules, 63 tables, 365 chunks mkiv lua stats > cleaned up reserved nodes - 39 nodes, 9 lists of 427 mkiv lua stats > node memory usage - 2 glue, 2 penalty, 9 attribute, 27 glue_spec, 3 attribute_list mkiv lua stats > node list callback tasks - 6 unique task lists, 5 instances (re)created, 2440 calls mkiv lua stats > used backend - pdf (backend for directly generating pdf output) mkiv lua stats > loaded patterns - en::2 mkiv lua stats > callbacks - 2587 direct, 3036 indirect, 5623 total mkiv lua stats > randomizer - resumed with value 0.95138319626049 mkiv lua stats > lxml preparation time - 0.000 seconds, 0 nodes, 15 lpath calls, 0 cached calls mkiv lua stats > result saved in file - x.pdf mkiv lua stats > loaded fonts - 33 files: stmary10.afm lmmono12-regular.otf lmmono8-regular.otf lmmono9-regular.otf lmroman12-bold.otf lmroman12-regular.otf lmroman7-bold.otf lmroman7-regular.otf lmroman9-bold.otf lmroman9-regular.otf lmsans12-regular.otf lmsans8-regular.otf lmsans9-regular.otf eufb10.tfm eufb7.tfm eufm10.tfm eufm7.tfm msam10.tfm msam7.tfm msbm10.tfm msbm7.tfm lmex10.tfm lmmi12.tfm lmmi7.tfm lmmi9.tfm lmmib10.tfm lmmib7.tfm lmsy10.tfm lmsy7.tfm lmsy9.tfm rm-lmr12.tfm rm-lmr7.tfm rm-lmr9.tfm mkiv lua stats > fonts load time - 0.244 seconds mkiv lua stats > luatex banner - this is luatex, version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) mkiv lua stats > control sequences - 31309 of 165536 mkiv lua stats > current memory usage - 31 MB (ctx: 31 MB) mkiv lua stats > runtime - 0.765 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 1.307 pages/second

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placelist
by Willi Egger 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

Hi all, it sound strange but how do I get a TOC where only the sections are placed but not the subsections? The document contains exclusively sections and subsections. With \placecontent[level=section] I get as well the sections as also the subsections. Looking at examples on the wiki I think this should be the right command? Kind regards Willi

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annotation MODULE BUG
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

Dear gang, especially Wolf-gang ;-) The annotation module seems to cancel indentation, so the paragraph after a note starts with no indentation. Regular inmargin etc does not have this problem: ============================= \usemodule[annotation] \define[2]\MymarginCommand {\inoutermargin[scope=local]{#2}} \setupindenting[medium,next,yes] \defineannotation [mymargin] [alternative=command, % display=yes, command=\MymarginCommand, indentnext=yes] \starttext \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \mymargin{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{4}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \mymargin{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{4}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \inmargin{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{4}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \inmargin{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \dorecurse{4}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism} \stoptext ============================= The display=yes option brings back the indentation, but it creates another problem: whitespace. Please advise, thnx in advance, 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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Fatal error
by Kip Warner 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Hey list, I can't recall if either I explicitly changed something in my ConTeXt typesetting or if this happened with the most recent version of ConTeXt I pulled from Adam's PPA. I am using version 2011.11.02 20:10. Here is a minimal example: \definestartstop [CodeExample] [before={ \crlf \setupbackground[frame=on, before=\blank, after=\blank, corner=round, topoffset=0.5cm, leftoffset=0.5cm, rightoffset=0.5cm, bottomoffset=0.5cm] \startbackground \startlines }, after={ \stoplines \stopbackground \crlf }, commands={\setupalign[right]}, style=type] \starttext Hello World \startCodeExample \starttyping Hello World Again \stoptyping \stopCodeExample \stoptext Here is the output: $ context foo.tex resolvers | resolving | loading configuration file 'selfautodir:/share/texmf/web2c/contextcnf.lua' resolvers | resolving | loading configuration file '/usr/share/texmf/web2c/contextcnf.lua' mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/kip/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/kip/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./foo.tex" \stoptext This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.71.0-2011101421 (rev 4358) \write18 enabled. resolvers > resolving > loading configuration file '/usr/share/texmf/web2c/contextcnf.lua' (foo.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.02 20:10 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.2 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > foo.top loaded (foo.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv) files > readfile > asked name: 'loc', not found {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > defining > forced type afm of stmary10 not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'stmary10' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font LMMath7-Regular subfont 9 with name stmary10.afm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type afm of stmary10 not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'stmary10' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font LMMath9-Regular subfont 9 with name stmary10.afm at 589824 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type afm of stmary10 not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'stmary10' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font LMMath12-Regular subfont 9 with name stmary10.afm at 786432 is skipped, not found fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 25--26 ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=10000]. \obeylines ...andafter \def \activeendoflinetoken {\obeyedline } \dostarttyping ...f \currenttyping {#1}\obeylines \futurelet \nexttoken \dod... \obeyedline ...ed \t!line \empty \futurelet \next \dobetweenthelines \obeylines ...andafter \def \activeendoflinetoken {\obeyedline } \dostarttyping ...f \currenttyping {#1}\obeylines \futurelet \nexttoken \dod... \obeyedline ...ed \t!line \empty \futurelet \next \dobetweenthelines ... l.29 \stoptyping ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 Any help appreciated. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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pdf hyperlinks
by Steffen Wolfrum 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Hi, I wanted to use something like ... \def\gotoUserpage[#1]{\expanded{\goto{#1}[\userpage(#1)]}} ... to use it as "Keyword \gotoUserpage[Pagenumber]" in my index. But this try doesn't work. Anybody has an idea what is the correct code? Steffen

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stacking marginal notes
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Dear Syndicate, Does stacking work? I've never tried it before, but it would be a godsend to the current porting-to-mkiv project: ========================= \setupmargindata[inmargin][stack=yes] \setupmarginframed[inmargin][stack=yes] \starttext \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. }\inmargin{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism.} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } % \dorecurse{4}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. }\inmargin{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism.} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } \dorecurse{4}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } \stoptext \starttext \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. }\inmargin{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism.} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } % \dorecurse{4}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. }\inmargin{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism.} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } \dorecurse{4}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } \stoptext \starttext \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. }\inmargin{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism.} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } % \dorecurse{4}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. }\inmargin{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism.} \dorecurse{2}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } \dorecurse{4}{This is a test of the annotation module and the indenting mechanism. } \stoptext ========================= Here the marginal notes overlap. If I'm doing something wrong, 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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xtables
by Hans Hagen 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta and also an updated xtables manual. 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] Problems with linespacing
by Jan Heinen 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Wolfgang, thanx for your fast response. The typescript does not find my allerlight. I have tried "name:allerlight" ... without success. But I am happy with \definefont[name:.......] and \setupinterlinespace Now I still need a possibility to have a bigger linespacing after a paragraph and why does (3) runs to the right end of the page? > http://www.imagebanana.com/view/bipcpje7/Linespacing.png Regards Jannis

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Problems with linespacing
by Jan Heinen 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

I can't find what I am doing wrong in my tex-file. 1. I have little problems with the linespacing when I use big fontsizes. The text looks uneasy. Here you can see the problem ... (1) and (2) on the image http://www.imagebanana.com/view/bipcpje7/Linespacing.png And why does (3) runs to the right end of the page? ... and here my tex-file: \definefont[Gross] [name:allerlight at 36pt] \starttext \Gross Ich bin Blindtext. Von Geburt an. Es hat lange gedauert, bis ich begriffen habe, was es bedeutet, ein blinder Text zu wer wer wer wer wer wer wer wer wer wer wer keinen Sinn. Man wirkt hier und da aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen. Oft wird man gar nicht erst gelesen. Aber bin ich deshalb ein schlechter Text? Ich weiss, dass ich nie die Chance haben werde, im Stern zu erscheinen. \stoptext 2. And using a very small fontsize, eg. 8pt the linespacing looks to be the same in every line but it is to big. 3. What is to do to have only a small linespacing in a paragraph and a bigger linespacing after a break and then again a small linespacing in the next paragraph, and so on. And I don't want to put \blank after a paragraph. --------- ------- --------- -- -------- --------- ---------- --------- ------- ----- ------- -- Regards Jannis

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Odd column break - how to avoid?
by Alasdair McAndrew 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Hello, In a two column document I'm preparing, I have a column break in a very odd place. The column just stops, and the document material just begins in the next column, leaving a lot of white space. I've no idea what's causing this, and I've tried to avoid it, but nothing I do seems to work. Is there any way of forcing a column not to break? Thanks, Alasdair

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Re: [NTG-context] Hello world title not flush left - beginner question?
by Wolfgang Schuster 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Am 03.11.2011 um 15:15 schrieb Alan Braslau: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 02:36:06PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> >> \def\startdictum >> {\dostartbuffer[dictum][startdictum][stopdictum]} >> >> \setuphead >> [title] >> [insidesection=\texsetup{dictum}] >> >> \startsetups dictum >> >> \doifelsebuffer{dictum} >> {\startframedtext[right][frame=off,offset=none,width=.5\ >> textwidth,foregroundstyle=\itx] >> \getbuffer [dictum] >> \resetbuffer[dictum] >> \stopframedtext} >> {\donothing} >> >> \stopsetups >> >> \starttext >> >> \startdictum >> \input ward >> \stopdictum >> >> \starttitle[title=This is a heading with a epgigraph below] >> >> \input knuth >> >> \stoptitle >> >> \stoptext > > Wolfgang, > > Looking at your message above, > I do not really understand why it is best to set a buffer > for a one-time use: to be typeset after the title and then reset. This was just a example to demonstrate the “insidesection” key to add something after the heading. When you want to use it only one time the above is overkill but it’s useful when you want a epigraph for each chapter. With \doifelsebuffer I can check if there the user set a epigraph and only when there is one i want the framedtext but I have to reset the buffer for the next chapter. > Would it not be better (or more logical, in fact) to simply use: > > \setupframedtext [frame=off,offset=none,width=.5\textwidth, > foregroundstyle=\itx] > % I did not check, but I imagine that this works... > > \starttitle [title=This is a heading with an epigraph below] > > \startframedtext [right] > \input ward > \stopframedtext > > > Of course, one could (and probably should) define a special sort > of framed text? > I don't remember the proper syntax for this, though. How is a framedtext more logical than a dictum or epigraph environment, with my solution you can also change the definition of the code to place the epigraph format without any change in the text while your framed text is always a framedtext (I know you can avoid this with a named framedtext) and changes to the layout require more work. > I am interested, as in one of my documents, I do something like this > (without any special typesetting, for the moment) stupidly as: > > \def\sectionbis#1{{\it #1}\blank} > > \startsection [title=Section title] > > \sectionbis{\input ward} > > \input tufte \definestartstop[sectionbis][style=italic,inbetween=\blank] Wolfgang

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wiki.contexgarden.net/Main_Page
by Alan Braslau 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Dear context garden administrators (and users): It would be a good idea to have a wiki.contextgarden.net/News page containing an archive of past and present news. Clicking on the "News" label on the Main_Page could go there. Examples of items to include could be: July 2011: TeX Live 2011 released, including current ConTeXt September 2011: First general assembly of the ConTeXt user's group (in Bassenge, Belgium during the 5th International ConTeXt User Meeting) November 2011: Deadline for contributions to the proceedings of the 5th International ConTeXt User Meeting, to appear in the first issue of the ConTeXt User Journal. November 2011: Migration of contextgarden.net to new servers. etc. Should this new page be generally editable, or should it be administered? Alan

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lua and brackets
by Martin Fechner 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Hi all, I try to call a lua-function, but it seems that it doesn't work if the parameter contains squared brackets. Here is a short example: \starttext sometext \reference[myref]{} is \ctxlua{tex.print(\atpage[myref])} \stoptext Is there a way to mask the brackets? Best regards, Martin

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Hello world title not flush left - beginner question?
by Grant William (ST-CO/ENG3.11) 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Hi all, I am a novice user of latex and have always wanted to have more control over how things look and are set up. Context is perfect! But now I am stuck on a frustrating bug I can't seem to figure out. Maybe this is not a bug at all... Nontheless, in the Hello World http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Hello_world example page, upon building my own version and looking closely, the title text is not lined up to the left edge of the text area, whereas the following line for the A. U. Thor is flushed over correctly. The example pdf on the page is like this as well, but when I turn on \showframe and look at in on my computer, the offset is just screaming at me! I can't seem to figure out what portion of the \setuphead[title] code is causing this. Is this a bug or what is going on here? Thanks. William Grant

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\unit problem
by Romain Diss 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Hello all, It seems that some unit combinations don't work very well with the \unit macro. I have some problems with the m- (milli-) prefix but some tests reveal other strange errors. Here is a not so minimal example. The first 33 entries come from "phys- dim.mkiv" and work well. In the entries 100 to 115 which I added, the 102, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112 and 115 cause problem : \starttext \startbuffer 01: $10\unit{km/h}$ 02: $\unit{10 km/h}$ 03: \unit{km/h} 04: \unit{10 km/h} 05: \unit{10 km/h} 06: \unit{~1 km/h} 07: 10\unit{km/h} 08: 10 \unit{km/h} 09: $10 \unit{km/h}$ 10: 10 \unit{KiloMeter/Hour} 11: 10 \unit{kilometer/hour} 12: 10 \unit{km/h} 13: 10 \unit{kilometer per hour} 14: 10 \unit{km / h} 15: 10 \unit{ km / h } 16: 10 \unit{km/ms2} 17: 10 \unit{meter per second} 18: 10 \unit{cubic meter} 19: 10 \unit{cubic meter per second} 21: 10 \unit{cubic meter / second} 22: $10 \unit{cubic meter / second}$ 23: 30 \unit{kilo pascal } 24: 30 \unit{kilo pascal square meter / second} 25: 30 \unit{kilo pascal square meter / kelvin second} 26: \unit{30 kilo pascal square meter / kelvin second} 27: $30 \unit{kilo pascal square meter / kelvin second }$ 28: 30 \unit{crap} 29: 30 \unit{AC} 30: $\frac{10 \unit{m/s}}{20 \unit{m/s}} $ 31: {\ss 30 \unit{kilo pascal square meter / second kelvin}} 32: \unit{123.22^-3 km/s} 33: \unit{123.22e-3 km/s} 100: \unit{10 mm} 101: \unit{10 km} 102: \unit{10,2 mA} 103: \unit{123 kA} 104: \unit{0,001 MA} 105: \unit{1 dal} 106: \unit{2.21 GW} 107: \unit{345 mW} 108: \unit{152.20 mHz} 109: \unit{55.5 mmol} 110: \unit{6.7 mol/l} 111: \unit{125 g/l} 112: \unit{125 g / l} 113: \unit{125 km/s} 114: \unit{125 m/s} 115: \unit{125 mA/s} \stopbuffer \typebuffer Result: \startlines \getbuffer \stoplines \stoptext Thank you for your help. -- Romain Diss <romain.diss(a)yahoo.fr>

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beta
by Hans Hagen 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The biggest new thing is that there is yet another table mechanism: extreme tables. There is a manual too: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf It says in the introduction: >> This is a short introduction to yet another table mechanism built in \CONTEXT. It is a variant of the so called natural tables but it has a different configuration. Also, the implementation is completely different. The reason for writing it is that in one of our projects we had to write styles for documents that had tables spanning 30 or more pages and apart from memory constraints this is quite a challenge for the other mechanisms, if only because splitting them into successive floats is not possible due to limitations of \TEX. The extreme table mechanism can handle pretty large tables and split them too. As each cell is basically a \type {\framed} and as we need to do two passes over the table, this mechanism is not the fastest but it is some two times faster than the natural tables mechanism, and in most cases can be used instead. << There will probably a few additions but it's already pretty complete. 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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OT LCD 498 pixels-per-inch
by luigi scarso 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

http://www.tmdisplay.com/english/news/2011/2011_1020.htm -- luigi

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width (height?) or 90° rotated tabulate
by Philipp Gesang 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Good evening all, the following example demonstrates my problem: ··8<····························································· \showframe \newdimen\tabcolsize \tabcolsize=.25\vsize \def\knuth{\input knuth\relax} \startbuffer[sometable] \starttabulate[|p(\tabcolsize)|p(\tabcolsize)|p(\tabcolsize)|p(\tabcolsize)|] \dorecurse{5}{\dorecurse{4}{\NC\knuth}\NC\NR} \stoptabulate \stopbuffer \starttext \placetable[here,split,90]{none}{\getbuffer[sometable]} \stoptext ··8<····························································· As you can see, I need some advice on how to restrain the tabulate float from flowing over into the right margin. What dimension do I need to set and to what value? Thanks for your time Philipp

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adjusting accents under slant
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Dear Hans and gang, I got this working in mkii -- using other macros --, but mkiv is frustrating me: ====================== %% Hans' bottom accent code \unprotect \unexpanded\def\bottomaccent#1#2#3#4#5% down right slantcorrection accent char {\dontleavehmode % why this align mess \vtop {\forgetall \baselineskip\zeropoint \lineskip#1% \everycr\emptytoks \tabskip\zeropoint \lineskiplimit\zeropoint \setbox0\hbox{#4}% \halign {##\crcr\hbox{#5}\crcr \hidewidth \hskip#2\wd0 \hskip-#3\slantperpoint % in plain 1ex * dimenless value \vbox to .2ex{\box0\vss}\hidewidth \crcr}}} \unexpanded\def\buildtextbottomdot {\bottomaccent{0ex}{4}{5}{\kern.1em\textbottomdot}} \let\d\buildtextbottomdot \protect \defineactivecharacter ḥ {\d{h}} \starttext ḥ {\it ḥ} \stoptext ====================== I need to adjust the horizontal position of the dot under the slanted char. I would assume the third parameter would control it but nothing seems to work. Of course LM does not look so bad but I'm using a different font so this is just an illustration. 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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[t-vim] [PATCH] vim-README.md: Correct some typos
by Paul Menzel 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 20:06:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] vim-README.md: Correct some typos --- You can use `git am <pathtosavedmboxfile>` to apply the patch. diff --git a/vim-README.md b/vim-README.md index 557cf8f..5853aa2 100644 --- a/vim-README.md +++ b/vim-README.md @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ The vim module This module highlights code snippets using vim as a syntax highlighter. Such a task may appear pointless at first glance. After all, ConTeXt provides excellent syntax highlighting features for TeX, Metapost, XML, -and a few other langauges. And in MkIV, you can specify the grammer to parse a +and a few other languages. And in MkIV, you can specify the grammar to parse a language, and get syntax highlighting for a new language. But writing such -grammers is difficult. More importantly, why reinvent the wheel? Most +grammars is difficult. More importantly, why reinvent the wheel? Most editors, and many other syntax highlighting programs, already syntax highlight many programming languages. Why not just leverage these external programs to generate syntax highlighting? This module does exactly that. @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ The default color scheme is `pscolor`. Line numbering --------------- -To eanble line numbering for a particular snippet, use: +To enable line numbering for a particular snippet, use: \start<vimtyping>[numbering=yes] ... -- 1.7.7.1

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Hi, I uploaded a beta. A few things requested the last couple of days have been added / patched (not all of course). Also, as a prelude to getting rid of the supp-fun modules initials have been rewritten. It was a hybrid of low level code and a wrapper but now is only available in \placeinitial (the old mechanism will become a module at some point). \starttext \placeinitial \input ward \par \input ward \par \placeinitial \input tufte \setupinitial [variant] [location=text, n=2, color=darkred, distance=-1em, hoffset=1em, voffset=-3ex, before=\blank] \placeinitial[variant] \input ward \par \input ward \placeinitial[variant] \input tufte \stoptext 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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http://modules.contextgarden.net/vim: invalid link for documentation
by Paul Menzel 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, the URL [1] in the Module details for the vim module [2] returns an error. URL not supported Thanks, Paul [1] http://modules.contextgarden.net/doc/context/third/vim/vim.txt [2] http://modules.contextgarden.net/vim

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Xtreme tables and borders
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Hello, do xtables have (or is it intended to have in the future) support of various borders of row or cells? - Personally, most often I'd would use double line, thick or dashed border bellow table head or a row, often also a thick border on the right side of the leftmost column: ASCII art: +---+---+---+ | A # B | C | +***#***+***+ | # | | +---+---+---+ | # | | +===#===+===+ | # | | +...#...+...+ | # | | +---+---+---+ * = thick horizontal line # = thick vertical line - = normal line = = double line . = dotted line 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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Rearranging existing A5 => A4
by Markus Finke 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Hello, I have a ready document in A5 and want to rearrange selected pages next to each other on A4 (homeprinter, proofreading). In LaTeX I was using »pdfpages«, e.g.: \usepackage[final]{pdfpages} \begin{document} \includepdf[pages={42,1-41},landscape,nup=1x2,scale=1.005]{my.pdf} \end{document} Is something like this possible in ConTeXt? TIA!

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macro string in metapost
by Meer, H. van der 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

The goal is to make the following string in metapost: string s; where s must become "\MPcolor{Blue}". and ultimately execute this at the right moment with: scantokens s; The following makes s = "MPcolor{Blue}": s := "MPcolor" & char oct"134" & char oct"173" & "Blue" & char oct"134" & char oct"175"; But I seem unable to add a \ in front of it without expanding the string by TeX. Thus it does not work to put: s := char oct"134" & "MPcolor" & char oct"134" & char oct"173" & "Blue" & char oct"134" & char oct"175"; Placing a \noexpand in front does not help. How to? Hans van der Meer

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ConvertToConteXt 0.2 - convert special ConTeXt-characters (PHP)
by Jan Heinen 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

At first: I am ConTeXt-newby and know PHP very well. @Peter Münster/Aditya Mahajan : I think \startasci and \stopasci is not the solution, when you generate ConTeXt-code with php full of ConTeXt-macro-calls: because sometimes the special-characters are ConTeXt-special-characters and sometimes they are purely the wanted text. @Philipp Gesang: I think Luatex could do the same job for me as PHP - however I am familar with PHP. @all: of course not every Character, i am converting, is a ConTeXt-special-character. Though I don't know all important characters I took all I could imagine. Shurly I converted too much however it is no problem: I have tested my function "ConvertToConteXt" with 400 Pages full of text and lots of ConTeXt-special-characters and ConTeXt-macro-calls and compiled a nice book with ConText. Which character must not be converted? I had a mistake in the function, below is the next version: Regards, Janis function ConvertToConteXt ( $xstring ) { /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ConvertToConteXt() * Version 0.2 * 01.11.2011 * * author: Jörg Kopp * www.dr-kopp.com * * Convert special ConTeXt-characters with php * Works with PHP5 * * Call it with the string you want to convert ... * ConvertToConteXt ($xstring); * * ... and you get back the converted string * * e.g.: * Input: * $string = "My root-Directory: /home/hans"; * $string = ConvertToConteXt ( $string ); * * Output/Return: * $string = "My root\\char45Directory\\char58 \\char47home\\char47hans"; * * When you write this into a file ... * file_put_contents ( "example.tex", "My root\\char45Directory\char58 \\char47home\\char47hans", FILE_APPEND ); * * ... You will find the following in example.tex: * My root\char45Directory\char58 \char47home\char47hans * * An when you compile example.tex with ConTeXt * context example.text * * You can read the following in the resulting example.pdf: * My root-Directory: /home/hans * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ $xstring = html_entity_decode ( $xstring ); // convert HTML-entities into normal characters // Braces and Backslash need to be handled first otherwise trash will be produced $xstring = str_replace ( "{", "*$##char123##$*", $xstring ); // geschweifte Klammer auf/left curly brace $xstring = str_replace ( "}", "*$##char125##$*", $xstring ); // geschweifte Klammer zu/right curly brace $xstring = str_replace ( "\\", "{\\char92}", $xstring ); // Backslash/backslash $xstring = str_replace ( "*$##char123##$*", "{\\char123}", $xstring ); // This trick is nessecary ... $xstring = str_replace ( "*$##char125##$*", "{\\char125}", $xstring ); // ... !!! $xstring = str_replace ( "!", "{\\char33}", $xstring ); // Ausrufungszeichen/ConvertToConteXt $xstring = str_replace ( "\"", "{\\char34}", $xstring ); // Anführungszeichen/quotation mark $xstring = str_replace ( "#", "{\\char35}", $xstring ); // Raute/number sign $xstring = str_replace ( "$", "{\\char36}", $xstring ); // Dollar-Zeichen/dollar sign $xstring = str_replace ( "%", "{\\char37}", $xstring ); // Prozent-Zeichen/percent sign $xstring = str_replace ( "&", "{\\char38}", $xstring ); // Kaufmännisches Und/ampersand $xstring = str_replace ( "'", "{\\char39}", $xstring ); // Apostroph/apostrophe $xstring = str_replace ( "(", "{\\char40}", $xstring ); // Klammer auf/left parenthesis $xstring = str_replace ( ")", "{\\char41}", $xstring ); // Klammer zu/right parenthesis $xstring = str_replace ( "*", "{\\char42}", $xstring ); // Stern/asterisk $xstring = str_replace ( "+", "{\\char43}", $xstring ); // Plus/plus sign $xstring = str_replace ( ",", "{\\char44}", $xstring ); // Komma/comma $xstring = str_replace ( "-", "{\\char45}", $xstring ); // Minus/hyphen $xstring = str_replace ( ".", "{\\char46}", $xstring ); // Punkt/period $xstring = str_replace ( "/", "{\\char47}", $xstring ); // Schrägstrich/period $xstring = str_replace ( ":", "{\\char58}", $xstring ); // Doppelpunkt/colon $xstring = str_replace ( ";", "{\\char59}", $xstring ); // Semikolon/semicolon $xstring = str_replace ( "<", "{\\char60}", $xstring ); // Kleinerzeichen/less-than $xstring = str_replace ( "=", "{\\char61}", $xstring ); // Gleichzeichen/equals-to $xstring = str_replace ( ">", "{\\char62}", $xstring ); // Größerzeichen/greater-than $xstring = str_replace ( "?", "{\\char63}", $xstring ); // Fragezeichen/question mark $xstring = str_replace ( "@", "{\\char64}", $xstring ); // at-Zeichen/at sign $xstring = str_replace ( "[", "{\\char91}", $xstring ); // eckige Klammer auf/left square bracket $xstring = str_replace ( "]", "{\\char93}", $xstring ); // eckige Klammer zu/right square bracket $xstring = str_replace ( "^", "{\\char94}", $xstring ); // Zirkumflex/caret $xstring = str_replace ( "_", "{\\char95}", $xstring ); // Unterstrich/underscore //$xstring = str_replace ( "°", "{\\char??}", $xstring ); // Grad/ < ------ missing $xstring = str_replace ( "`", "{\\char96}", $xstring ); // accent aigu/acute accent $xstring = str_replace ( "|", "{\\char124}", $xstring ); // Pipezeichen/vertical bar $xstring = str_replace ( "~", "{\\char126}", $xstring ); // Tilde/tilde //$xstring = str_replace ( "•", "{\\char??}", $xstring ); // ?/ < ------ missing //$xstring = str_replace ( "º", "{\\char??}", $xstring ); // ?/ < ------ missing return $xstring; }

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ConvertToConteXt - convert special ConTeXt-characters (PHP)
by Jan Heinen 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

Hello, I am just programming a catalog which should be printed. I have a lot of data, text and pictures in a MySQL-database and want to generate a nice catalog with ConTeXt. To get the data from MySQL to ConTeXt I use PHP as an Interface: MySQL -> PHP -> ConTeXt And lot's of ConTeXt-macros will make a nice layout :-) To give something back to this ConTeXt-community, I will put some helpfull PHP-functions into the wiki of contextgarden.net. Today I wrote the function "ConvertToConteXt" which converts special ConTeXt-characters. You can see it below. Before I put it into contextgarden.net ... 1. ... please test it. 2. You see three characters, where I don't know the code-number \char??? for ConTeXt. Do you know them? 3. Did I forget to convert a character? Regards Jannis function ConvertToConteXt ( $xstring ) { /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * author: Jörg Kopp * www.dr-kopp.com * 01.11.2011 * * Convert special ConTeXt-characters with php * Works with PHP5 * * Call it with the string you want to convert ... * ConvertToConteXt ($xstring); * * ... and you get back the converted string * * e.g.: * Input: * $string = "My root-Directory: /home/hans"; * $string = ConvertToConteXt ( $string ); * * Output/Return: * $string = "My root\\char45Directory\\char58 \\char47home\\char47hans"; * * When you write this into a file ... * file_put_contents ( "example.tex", "My root\\char45Directory\char58 \\char47home\\char47hans", FILE_APPEND ); * * ... You will find the following in example.tex: * My root\char45Directory\char58 \char47home\char47hans * * An when you compile example.tex with ConTeXt * context example.text * * You can read the following in the resulting example.pdf: * My root-Directory: /home/hans * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ $xstring = html_entity_decode ( $xstring ); // convert HTML-entities into normal characters $xstring = str_replace ( "!", "\\char33", $xstring ); // Ausrufungszeichen/ConvertToConteXt $xstring = str_replace ( "\"", "\\char34", $xstring ); // Anführungszeichen/quotation mark $xstring = str_replace ( "#", "\\char35", $xstring ); // Raute/number sign $xstring = str_replace ( "$", "\\char36", $xstring ); // Dollar-Zeichen/dollar sign $xstring = str_replace ( "%", "\\char37", $xstring ); // Prozent-Zeichen/percent sign $xstring = str_replace ( "&", "\\char38", $xstring ); // Kaufmännisches Und/ampersand $xstring = str_replace ( "'", "\\char39", $xstring ); // Apostroph/apostrophe $xstring = str_replace ( "(", "\\char40", $xstring ); // Klammer auf/left parenthesis $xstring = str_replace ( ")", "\\char41", $xstring ); // Klammer zu/right parenthesis $xstring = str_replace ( "*", "\\char42", $xstring ); // Stern/asterisk $xstring = str_replace ( "+", "\\char43", $xstring ); // Plus/plus sign $xstring = str_replace ( ",", "\\char44", $xstring ); // Komma/comma $xstring = str_replace ( "-", "\\char45", $xstring ); // Minus/hyphen $xstring = str_replace ( ".", "\\char46", $xstring ); // Punkt/period $xstring = str_replace ( "/", "\\char47", $xstring ); // Schrägstrich/period $xstring = str_replace ( ":", "\\char58", $xstring ); // Doppelpunkt/colon $xstring = str_replace ( ";", "\\char59", $xstring ); // Semikolon/semicolon $xstring = str_replace ( "<", "\\char60", $xstring ); // Kleinerzeichen/less-than $xstring = str_replace ( "=", "\\char61", $xstring ); // Gleichzeichen/equals-to $xstring = str_replace ( ">", "\\char62", $xstring ); // Größerzeichen/greater-than $xstring = str_replace ( "?", "\\char63", $xstring ); // Fragezeichen/question mark $xstring = str_replace ( "@", "\\char64", $xstring ); // at-Zeichen/at sign $xstring = str_replace ( "[", "\\char91", $xstring ); // eckige Klammer auf/left square bracket $xstring = str_replace ( "\\", "\\char92", $xstring ); // Backslash/backslash $xstring = str_replace ( "]", "\\char93", $xstring ); // eckige Klammer zu/right square bracket $xstring = str_replace ( "^", "\\char94", $xstring ); // Zirkumflex/caret $xstring = str_replace ( "_", "\\char95", $xstring ); // Unterstrich/underscore //$xstring = str_replace ( "°", "\\char", $xstring ); // Grad/ < ------ missing $xstring = str_replace ( "`", "\\char96", $xstring ); // accent aigu/acute accent $xstring = str_replace ( "{", "\\char123", $xstring ); // geschweifte Klammer auf/left curly brace $xstring = str_replace ( "|", "\\char124", $xstring ); // Pipezeichen/vertical bar $xstring = str_replace ( "}", "\\char125", $xstring ); // geschweifte Klammer zu/right curly brace $xstring = str_replace ( "~", "\\char126", $xstring ); // Tilde/tilde //$xstring = str_replace ( "•", "\\char", $xstring ); // ?/ < ------ missing //$xstring = str_replace ( "º", "\\char", $xstring ); // ?/ < ------ missing return $xstring; }

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color and textext
by Meer, H. van der 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

After some struggling with text colouring in metafun I finally encountered on the wiki: Another difference is the way text is handled in mkiv. In particular, color (withcolor) is not applied to metapost text. For example, draw thelabel(decimal i, (i, 0) scaled 1cm) withcolor red ; currently does not work in mkiv. However, label(textext("\color[red]"& decimal i), (i, 0) scaled 1cm); does work. This second solution works both in mkiv and in mkii. (Note that \color[red] can be abbreviated \red.) My question: is currently in "currently does not work in mkiv" in fact permanently or will this restriction soon be lifted? If the restriction is here to stay, I will have to find a workaround for my label-typesetting code in metapost. Or perhaps someone can tell me how to make "textext" use a color existing in the "metapost world". That would work as well. Explaining my setup: The colors are taken up in metapost with def defineColors (expr outlineColor, …) … outlinecolor_ := outlineColor … enddef; which is called in ConTeXt as …(\MPcolor{aColor}… But I do not know how to transform the \MPcolor{aColor} back into a form to be used as for example textext("<aColor>… Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Scite-syntax-highlighting (solved)
by Jan Heinen 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

Hello, problem solved! 1. I made a new installation of Scite 2. put the lexer from scintillua into the scite-rootdirectory (including the directoryname /lexer/) 3. and then the lexer from my context-installation And now highlighting works :-) Regards Jannis

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syntax-highlighting
by Jan Heinen 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

Hello, I've installed Scite on a Linux-Computer. I can build the pdf with F5; when I start to write a context-command the completion is suggested, e.g. \pa -> \page There is no syntax-highlighting. How to switch it on? Regards Jannis

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For Windows users: ConTeXt + SciTe installation instructions updated
by Mari Voipio 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

Hello! At the recent ConTeXt meeting Hans helped me update my ConTeXt installation and explained about a new way of getting ConTeXt to work with SciTe, it now uses external lexers and even spell-checking is now possible for some languages. The SciTe tips and tricks page will have to wait, but I made a new wiki page for the installation instructions. This one isn't linked anywhere yet and the page title should probably be changed before that, but I leave that to wiki admins. My old "Simple Windows installation page" should probably be unlinked or even deleted after this new and better one has found its proper spot. For now, the new Windows+SciTe page is at <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Windows:_ConTeXt_Suite_with_editor_%28SciTe%29> I checked the instructions by installing the combo on a "blank" new Win64-laptop (of the cheap and sleazy type, this keyboard drives me nuts!) and it works. It is not exactly "out-of-the-box", but nothing a seasoned Windows user or a half-good admin couldn't manage. I assume small .bat scripts could be written to automatize it even further, but I'm no programmer, it is faster for me to do a bit of manual work instead. Hope this helps, Mari (who'll now proceed onwards to write a ConTeXt 101 suite for Windows/Word dummies)

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Italic correction spoils XHTML-output
by Andreas Harder 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

Hi all, I spotted an curious side effect while using italic correction together with the export feature. The XHTML-export has unwanted spaces while the PDF is fine. \startbuffer[css] highlight[detail=emph] { font-style: italic } \stopbuffer \savebuffer[css][test.css] % -> do not work! \setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css={test.css}] \definefontfeature[default][default][itlc=yes] \setupitaliccorrection[always] % not OK % \setupitaliccorrection[always,global] % OK \definehighlight[emph][style=\it] \starttext \emph{example} % <highlight detail="emph">ex am ple</highlight> \spottiest Regards Andreas PS. By composing this example I noticed that \savebuffer do nothing.

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two columns and margin notes
by Stefan Müller 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

Hi list, some time ago there was a discussion about the following issue, demonstrated by \starttext \startcolumnset[n=2] \input knuth \input tufte \column \inmargin{This is not in the margin!} \input tufte \inmargin{This is in the wrong margin} \input knuth \stopcolumnset \stoptext Unfortunately the note is still in the wrong margin. Interestingly, the note before the paragraph is not even in the margin. Has there been any progress on that? Or is there any possibility to get the number of the current column, like "\thecolumnnumber"? Then one (I) could write a small macro to handle this, I think. Thanks in advance, Stefan

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grouped commands in MkIV
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Dear syndicate, ============= \def\TR{\groupedcommand \it} % \def\TR{\groupedcommand \it\/} \def\Test{{\TR Test}} \starttext \Test \stoptext ============= produces the attached strange result: The first letter gets put at the end. Also, is italic correction no longer supported in mkiv? \/ produces an undefined control sequence. Is there another way now? 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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custom command \myframedsection does not always work. Bug?
by Curiouslearn 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hi All, Please see the working example below. I have defined a command called \myframedsection. It works the first two times I use it, but not the third time. I think it has something to do with using \startitemize...\stopitemize before the command is used the third time. But I am not sure. Can someone please tell me why it is not working, and how I can change my definition so that it works? Is this a bug? Minimal Example: \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setuplayout[height=middle,width=middle,topspace=0.5in,header=1cm,backspace=1.25in] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupcolor[xwi] \setupinteraction[state=start] % Changing the location of the page numbers so that they appear in the footer. \setuppagenumbering[location=footer] \setupnarrower[left=2ex] \setupitemize[margin=0.5cm] \setupitemize[a] \setupitemize[stopper=)] %%% Defining \mysection and \myframedsection %%% \definehead[mysection][section] \setuphead[mysection][color=blue*:3] \def\myframedsection#1{\bgroup\vskip 0.5in \framed[background=color, backgroundcolor=gray:10] {\mysection{#1}}% \egroup} \starttext \myframedsection{Confidence Intervals from the normal and $t$-distributions} {\bf Here myframedsection commmand works.} \subsection{Confidence Interval for Mean} \subsection{Confidence Interval for Proportion} \subsection{Confidence Interval for Linear Transformation} %%%% SECTION %%%% \myframedsection{Classical Hypothesis Testing} %%%% SECTION %%%% {\bf Here myframedsection commmand works.} \startitemize \item some item here \item some item here \stopitemize %%%% SECTION %%%% \myframedsection{Problems with Statistical Significance} %%%% SECTION %%%% {\bf where is the section title??????} Researchers often compare results based on statistical significance. There are two pitfalls in doing so: \startitemize \item Statistical significance does not mean practical significance. A result that is statistically significant may be practically insignificant. \item If one result is statistically significant and other is not, it does not necessarily mean that the difference in the two results is statistically significant. For example, suppose there are two independent studies, one with an effect estimate of 25 and standard error of 10. Another with an effect estimate of 10 and standard error of 10. The former is statistically significant at 1\% significance level. The latter is not significant at 1\%. From this one may be tempted to conclude that there is a large/significant difference between the results in two studies. However, this is not true. The estimate of difference in the effects is 15 with standard error of $ \sqrt{10^{2} + 10^{2}} = 14 $. This is not even close to being statistically significant at 1\% level. \stopitemize \stoptext

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\bodyfontsize in blank: MkIV
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Dear knights, The following works in mkii but not mkiv: ===================== \starttext test \blank[2\bodyfontsize] test \stoptext ===================== ===================== ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). system > tex > error on line 8 in file bodyfontsize.tex: Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted) ... 1 \starttext 2 test 3 4 \blank[2\bodyfontsize] 5 6 test 7 \stoptext 8 >> 9 <to be read again> ^^H <argument> 2^^H odyfontsize \addaskedblankskip ...nce \blankskip #1\dimexpr #2 \relax l.8 } \dovspacingyes ...#1\else \currentvspacing \fi ")} \fi l.4 \blank[2\bodyfontsize] ? ===================== Is there a new protocol for accomplishing this now in mkiv? What is it? Thnx 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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Project Structure in MkIV
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Dear gang, I am porting a huge project from mkii to mkiv and am running into structure problems. I now realize that \start-stopproject no longer compiles the entire project, just stick to products and components. I am also dividing what was one long book into two books, and I'd like to compile both books at once to keep cross-references between the two books operative: I've turned the project into a product, the products into components, and components into inputs. Obviously I'm running into problems ;-) : First:One thing that is unclear now is how the \environment is inherited. Attached is a basic test set. If I compile the product file islamwalayah.tex, I get the expected output it appears. If I compile the component file islamcosmology.tex, the alias \Islam gives an undefined control sequence. That is, it does not inherit env-aliases.tex. If I comment % \Islam the component file compiles, but the layout is not inherited from env-islamwalayah.tex. How do I fix this? Any related general advice? Files listed inline below, attached as well for testing, and Best wishes Idris ==========islamwalayah.tex============ \environment env-islamwalayah \environment env-aliases \startproduct islamwalayah \component islamcosmology % Book One % \component islamspirituality % Book Two \stopproduct ================================== =======env-islamwalayah.tex======= \startenvironment env-islamwalayah \setuplayout[width=7in] \stopenvironment ================================== =========env-aliases.tex========== \startenvironment env-aliases \def \Islam{Islām} \stopenvironment ================================== =======islamcosmology.tex========= \startcomponent islamcosmology \product islamwalayah % below is actually \input title-cw \starttext \Islam \input tufte \stoptext \stopcomponent ================================== -- 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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⅛ not displayed
by Paul Menzel 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, some fractions (input using Compose) are not displayed in the resulting PDF files. \starttext ⅛ ist $\frac18$. ½, ⅓, ¼, ⅕, ⅙, ⅛ \stoptext I guess this is a font problem, but maybe fall backs could be added? Thanks, Paul

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title numbering
by Pablo Rodríguez 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hi there, I have been searching in the documentation (ConTeXt Reference Manual, ConTeXt: An Excursion and the wiki) and I don't know how to implement a basic feature: different title numbers. I want to have chapters numbered with Roman numbers and sections with capital letters and that none of them contains any other number than its own (no part or/and chapter in chapter or section titles). How can I achieve that? I guess this is basic functionality, but I'm not able to find it in the documentation. Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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liga not working
by Pablo Rodríguez 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hi there, using the following code: \usemodule[simplefonts][size=50pt] \setmainfont[FreeSerif] \starttext fi {\it fi} \stoptext I get ligatures when using TeX Gyre Termes, but not with FreeSerif, Old Standard or Theano Didot. AFAIK, all fonts have the liga feature correctly defined. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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`\reference` does not print number
by Paul Menzel 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english the example from the Wiki page for `\reference` [1] does not work. \starttext See page \ref[p][myref 1] and \ref[p][myref 2]. \page \reference[myref 1]{} This is the first reference. \page \reference[myref 2]{} This is the second one. \stoptext The numbers are not printed into the resulting file. Please find the source file and resulting PDF file attached. Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/reference

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issue with section title and numbers in margin
by Pablo Rodríguez 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

Hi there, I would like to get section titles that have aalt (actually, smcp and onum) and numbers in margin. It works fine with the following code: \setuphead[section][style=\sc\os,alternative=inmargin] \starttext \section{This is a title} \input{knuth} \stoptext But in-margin numbers don't work when adding OT features: \usemodule[simplefonts][size=12pt] \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Pagella] \definefontfeature[scttitle][default][aalt=yes] \setuphead[section][style=,alternative=inmargin,command=\addfs{scttitle}] \starttext \section{This is a title} \input{knuth} \stoptext Is there another way to add font features to \setuphead{} or have I hit a bug? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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accessibility of PDF (inter word space
by "Stefan Goßrau" 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hello, I am very new in Context and have my first Problems. I read a lot, but can't find the solution. I try to produce accessible PDF. One Point is, that they have to be reflowed in a PDF-Viewer. But if I reflow my documents, there are no interwordspaces. I know that there is no space-character in Tex. I found an work-around for pdftex with an patch. \pdfmapline{+dummy-space <dummy-space.pfb} \pdfgeninterwordspace But how can I do this in Context mkiv? Thanks Stefan -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de

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looking for volunteer to create a ConTeXt ad (220x250 px)
by Mojca Miklavec 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Is there any volunteer to create an image with add for contextgarden.net, 220x250 pixels big? See <http://meta.tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1184/community-promotion-ads-1h…> for examples. Mojca

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Recommended table environment?
by Patrick Gundlach 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hello, I have a project where I think ConTeXt really fits well, so I have a first question (after a looong period of absence). Is there a recommended table environment? I give an example in the attached PDF. What I need: * have influence on the column width (2 columns, both same size) * automatic split with repeating headers * more than one paragraph (with fill in rules) in a cell possible (but this simulated by invisible cells) * some borders (not so sure about that...) Thanks! Patrick (a sample is at http://i.imgur.com/ePHdn.png )

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`\usemodule[graph]` causes error `! Unable to make mpx file.` with ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV
by Paul Menzel 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, using the following minimal example \usemodule[graph] \starttext \startMPcode draw unitsquare scaled 1cm; \stopMPcode \stoptext causes the following error. $ context graph ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english […] metapost > initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost > loading 'metafun': /context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/metafun.mpiv ! terminal: (/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-spec.mpii) (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/graph.mp (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/marith.mp (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp)) (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/format.mp (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp) (/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/troffnum.mp >> troffnum.mp >> troffnum.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.7 init_numbers(btex $-$etex, btex$1$etex, btex$ times 10$etex, […] Removing `\usemodule[graph]` make the example work. The used terminal(?) and use of `mp-spec.mpii` looks suspicious. Using the ConTeXt version in Debian Sid/unstable the example works. $ context graph […] ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.24 int: english/english […] structure > sectioning > section @ level 3 : 0.0.1 -> Test metapost > initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost > loading 'metafun.mp' (experimental metapost version two) backend > xmp > using file '/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' Thanks, Paul

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announcing server change, possible downtime
by Mojca Miklavec 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Dear ConTeXt-ers, in the following days we will piecewise move parts of old server to a new machine (this will happen once again, but this time it might be slightly more dramatic change). Thus I would like to ask you to be patient if something stops working. The wiki has already been moved, so this should not be a problem. Some sites will be reorganized, but I will inform you about details. In particular, minimals will also change, but details will follow. One thing that might be a tiny bit problematic are SVN repositories. We need to upgrade them from SVN 1.5 to 1.7, so anyone using SVN repositories from garden *might* need to do a fresh checkout. I didn't test anything yet though, I only know that I had problems with the client on my machine now that MacPorts upgraded SVN. (I have also found a weird bug in 1.7.1 client.) I have no idea how server-side upgrades behave on clients. This should more or less affect only me, Taco and those who build binaries for minimals. Plus those who work on meeting/group website occasionally. Mojca

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xml and lua again
by Thomas A. Schmitz 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hi all, again, I'm playing a bit with processing my xml in lua. I want a simple interface for processing tables (I don't need all the power and complexity of cals tables and want to learn something in the process). And I thought that collecting the setups in lua might be the easiest way, but so far, I haven't been successful. Here's an example: \startbuffer[test] <a> <nattable frame="on"> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> </tr> </nattable> </a> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:testsetups \xmlsetsetup{main}{a|nattable|tr|td|}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:testsetups} \startxmlsetups xml:a \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:nattable \startluacode framestate = lxml.att("#1", "frame") context(framestate) context(true) context.placefigure( { "here" }, "none" , function() context.setupTABLE( { "frame=on" } ) context.bTABLE() context.xmlflush("#1") context.eTABLE() end) \stopluacode \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:tr \startluacode context.bTR() context.xmlflush("#1") context.eTR() \stopluacode \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:td \startluacode context.bTD() context.xmlflush("#1") context.eTD() \stopluacode \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{test}{} \stoptext question: I have the value "on" in the lua variable "framestate." But how can I pass this on to the line context.setupTABLE( { "frame=on" } )? I tried something like context.setupTABLE( { "frame=" .. framestate } ) but that doesn't work. Any suggestions? Thomas

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Line spacing with a large font?
by Alasdair McAndrew 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

The title page of a book of notes contains {\tfe This is the title of my book} where I have previously defined \definebodyfont[10pt,11pt,12pt][rm][tfe=Bold at 32pt] However, the title is long and is broken into two lines, which are squashed together vertically. How can I ensure that \tfe uses more interline space? Thanks, Alasdair

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Galleries with photos from ConTeXt meetings: any ideas?
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Oct '11

27 Oct '11

Hello, we currently have two old galleries on contextgarden.net (both hidden, no links to them and both password protected). We have additional galleries on Facebook (accessible to a rather wide audience). And dozens of other photos that have never been uploaded anywhere. And some galleries spread all over the place. I have a few questions: - Should photos from meetings be private or public? (The ones from BachoTeX are public for example.) - In either case I need suggestions about the best option to store photos on new server. (Which software to run?) Mojca

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Wrong reference number
by Andreas Harder 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Hi all, I'm not sure if this was introduced with the latest beta, but I just realized that the referencing numbers not right. \starttext \chapter{First} \in{Figure}[fig:a] % should be 1.1 \placefigure[here][fig:a]{}{} \in{Figure}[fig:b] % should be 1.2 \placefigure[here][fig:b]{}{} \stoptext Regards Andreas

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Some more ToC questions
by Alasdair McAndrew 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Thanks to the great expertise of folk on this mailgroup, I have my chapter headings set so that each one comes out as Chapter n Name of Chapter However, I have a few more questions. First: if I use "completecontent" to display the contents, how can I have the "Contents" title display without my "Chapter" line? That is, is there a way of turning off my chapter command temporarily? (I've found that "title" doesn't work here: If I use "\title{Contents} \placecontent" I still get a "Chapter" line.) Second: I'm writing out a book of student notes, and each chapter ends with a set of exercises. I'd like these exercises to be typeset as unnumbered sections ("subject"s), and appear so in the ToC. Like: 4.4 Second last section 4.5 Last section Exercises What is the best way of doing this (MkII)? I've tried \definehead[exercise][section] \setuphead[exercise][number=no] \setuplist[exercise][headnumber=no] but that doesn't work on its own, and when paired with \definecombinedlist[content][exercise,chapter,section] wipes out the contents completely. Any advice (or even pointers to a web page) would be most welcome. Thanks, Alasdair

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Learning layers: setlayer vs. setlayerframed
by Mari Voipio 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Hello! Based on a discussion with Hans at the ConTeXt meeting I'm starting to migrate my book covers from CorelDraw to ConTeXt using layers. After a bit of experimenting I managed to achieve my first layer, but looking at the examples on the wiki page, I'm wondering: what's the difference between \setlayer and \setlayerframed. Is the latter a subset of the first and possibly equal to \setlayer [name] % name of the layer {\framed[...=...,...=...]{LAYER}} % the actual contents of the layer or something else? And which one should I use, anyway? I need to put a bit of text and a bit of graphics onto the pages, but nothing complicated, just "boxes". But as I'm starting from zero, it would be nice to know what's the smartest way of doing it (on the moment). I'm running the newest or at least almost newest beta of ConTeXt and can update if needed. Thanks, Mari

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tilde
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Hallo, if I want a non-breaking-space I use a tilde '~' sign. For example in: bakerstreet~13 This has worked in my old context. But now, after my update, I get an very long space. Minimal example: \starttext \framed[align=flushright,width=broad]{Hello~World!} \stoptext Is this a bug? What else kann I use for a non-breaking-space? Wolfgang

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How do I test for empty labeltext?
by Mojca Miklavec 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Hello, The following code \setuplabeltext[test=] test is \doifemptyelse{\labeltext{test}}{empty}{not empty} doesn't work as intended for the reasons that I approximately understand (not exactly, but I understand that there might be a lot of weird stuff returned when I ask for labeltext). However I have no idea how to check if text is empty or not. As an exception :) :) :), MKIV hints should be highly appreciated and enough for this particular application. Mojca PS: the extended example looks approximately as follows: \def\document#1#2{ \setuplabeltext[name={{#1}},company={{#2}}] \startstandardmakeup \setups{content} \setups{decoration} \stopstandardmakeup } \startsetups content This is for \labeltext{name}% \doifemptyelse{\labeltext{company}}{.}{, working for \labeltext{company}.} \stopsetups I have no problem changing the complete code and I can already find a workaround by defining some new "if" inside definition of \document, but I'm still slightly curious to know how to test for existence of a label. The sources contain definelabels("setuplabeltext", data.texts, true) and it is not too clear to me how to decrypt the rest with too much pain.

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xml and lpath
by Martin Fechner 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Hi all, I'm testing the possibilities of xml and ConTeXt. I was wondering if it is possible to make an extra setup for every text-element. So it would be possible to have an setup in a very flexible way. It should be something like this: \startbuffer[text] <a> <b> First text. <hiding type="begin"/> Second text. </b> Third text. <hiding type="end"/> Fourth text. </a> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:textsetups \xmlsetsetup{#1}{a|b}{xml:*} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{hiding[type='begin']}{xml:hiding:begin} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{hiding[type='end'}{xml:hiding:end} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{text()}{xml:text} % Something like this is needed \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:a \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:b \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:hiding:begin \enablemode[hiding] \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:hiding:end \disablemode[hiding] \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:text \startnotmode[hiding] \xmlflush{#1} \crlf \stopnotmode \stopxmlsetups So that the result will be: First text. Fourth text. Is something like this possible or is there still another way? Best regards, Martin

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Luatex question
by Lutz Haseloff 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Hi all, some months ago I printed the name of the current font with following code: \starttext The current font is: \ctxlua{tex.print(font.getfont(font.current()).fullname)}. \stoptext Now I get an error message: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: no string to print stack traceback: [C]: in function 'print' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. l.2 ...int(font.getfont(font.current()).fullname)} . ? What is the right way now? (didn't find any news in functionref.pdf or luatexref-t.pdf) Greetings Lutz

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Re: [NTG-context] Links in exported XHTML file
by Andreas Harder 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

On 25.10.2011, at 00:20, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 24-10-2011 23:22, Andreas Harder wrote: >> >> On 24.10.2011, at 15:01, Hans Hagen wrote: >> >>> On 21-10-2011 11:27, Andreas Harder wrote: >>>> \setupinteraction[state=start] >>>> >>>> \setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=export-example.css] >>>> >>>> \starttext >>>> \useURL[google][http://www.google.com/][][Google] \from[google] >>>> \textreference[txt:ref]{some text} \in[txt:ref] % OK >>>> \goto{Google}[url(http://www.google.com/)] >>>> \stoptext >>> >>> in next beta >> >> Thanks Hans, but now the text reference is *not* wrapped in xhml:a-tags. > > at.href = "#" .. gsub(at.location,":","_") > > => > > href = "#" .. gsub(at.location,":","_") Thanks again, but here is another one … sorry for complaining \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=export-example.css] \starttext \goto{Pragma (url)}[url(http://www.pragma-ade.com/)] % OK \goto{PDF (file)}[file(http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ms-cb-en.pdf)] \goto{PDF (fileorurl)}[fileorurl(http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ms-cb-en.pd… \stoptext Andreas

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Question about chapter headings
by Alasdair McAndrew 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

I'm trying to set up a chapter heading which looks like this: Chapter 4 This is the fourth chapter That is, there are two lines, one of which says "Chapter" followed by its number, and the next which is the chapter title. What is the easiest way to do this? I've tried \def\chap#1#2{Chapter #1\crlf #2} \setuphead[chapter][ command=\chap, style=bfc, after={\blank[1cm]}, ] But this doesn't work (and nor do many other variations in the "chap" command). I'm a bit stymied here - and I'd welcome some advice. Thanks, Alasdair

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Anand Raj wants to chat
by Anand Raj 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

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Image compression/resizing in PDFs
by John Devereux 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Hi all, Is there a way to have context automatically compress or resample included images to a given output resolution? I have not been following recent developments... I can obviously "pre-reduce" all images to the desired dpi. But: 1) This is a bit of work (and hard to get non-technical people to do) 2) In 5 years time we might want the images to be higher resolution and not be as concerned about PDF size. But the information will be lost (or be elsewhere). So a command line or document setting would be ideal, is there such a thing? \setpdfimageresolution[300dpi]. Thanks, -- John Devereux

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Links in exported XHTML file
by Andreas Harder 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Hi all, how do I manage to get proper links in the exported XHTML document. It works well with intern references. \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=export-example.css] \starttext \useURL[google][http://www.google.com/][][Google] \from[google] \textreference[txt:ref]{some text} \in[txt:ref] % OK \goto{Google}[url(http://www.google.com/)] \stoptext I would appreciate any tips. Regards Andreas

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processing style inside verbatim in XML
by Mojca Miklavec 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Hello, Is there any simple way to typeset the following example properly in ConTeXt? I have an example of text that has to obey lines and spaces, but I would like to apply some color to make it more readable. The attachment contains an example of HTML which displays fine in my browser, and it should look similar with ConTeXt. I have problems with literal typesetting of <span class=...> (that should have applied style instead), but maybe I only have wrong settings in my parser. When I use \xmlsetfunction{main}{pre}{lxml.displayverbatim}, then I cannot color the numbers. When I use, according to Wolfgang's suggestion, \startxmlsetups pre \setuplines[style=mono,space=yes] \startlines \xmlflush{#1} \stoplines \stopxmlsetups then all the spaces are eaten up by XML parser (or somewhere else), so that I don't get the desired result. Any ideas about this? I'm also sending a self-contained example with \setuplines which doesn't really work in the desired way. Thank you very much, Mojca

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MetaFun: Confusion with `function()` and `xyscaled`
by Paul Menzel 23 Oct '11

23 Oct '11

Dear ConTeXt/MetaFun folks, looking at the example for grid and functions in the MetaFun manual [1] section 9.3 drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled .25pt withcolor .5white) ; draw hlingrid(0, 20, .2, 20cm, 10cm) ; draw vloggrid(0, 10, .5, 10cm, 20cm) ; drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled .50pt) ; draw hlingrid(0, 20, 1, 20cm, 10cm) ; draw vloggrid(0, 10, 1, 10cm, 20cm) ; fmt_pictures := false ; % use TeX as formatting engine textextoffset := ExHeight ; % a variable set by ConTeXt draw hlintext.lft(0, 20, 5, 20cm, "@3e") ; draw vlogtext.bot(0, 10, 9, 10cm, "@3e") ; draw function(1,"log(x)","x",1,10,1) xyscaled (10cm,2cm) withpen pencircle scaled 5mm withcolor transparent(1,.5,yellow) ; I am confused how the resulting function is scaled correctly. The resulting dimensions seem to be 10cm and 18 cm. So I guess the 2 cm mean to shift it up some how. Could someone please explain to me how `xyscaled` works in this case please. I though `xyscaled (αcm, ζcm)` would set the object/path to a width of α cm and a height of ζ cm. Thanks, Paul [1] http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-s.pdf

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Script to upload modules to context garden
by Aditya Mahajan 23 Oct '11

23 Oct '11

Hi all, I finally got tired of manually uploading new versions of modules to context garden. So, here is a ruby script that automates the task: <https://github.com/adityam/contextgarden-update/blob/master/update> This uses `mechanize` library for HTML scrapping and `highline` library for user interaction. To use the script, simply run update [modulename] The script will prompt you for username and password, then display a list of all the modules that you own, and you can select a module to update. Then, the script asks for a new version number and filename for the zip file and then uploads the module. If the optional modulename argument is provided, then that module is automatically selected for update. I don't try to parse the returned page, but simply dump it to the output. Hopefully, someone else might find this useful. Aditya

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installing mkiv
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Hallo, I tried to install a mkiv-only context with: first-setup --context=luatex but there is no texmf-context folder. What I am doing wrong? Wolfgang

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Standardmakeup
by Willi Egger 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Hi, When using the \startstandardmakeup ... \stopstandardmakeup the text gets vertically centered on the page. Normally \setupmakeup[standard][top=,bottom=] would produce the text vertically aligned normally. However in the beta of today \setupmakeup[standard][top=,bottom=] has no effect and the text is aligned vertically centered. - Do I miss something? Willi

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metapost question
by Hans van der Meer 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

I cannot find the answer to the following question in Knuth's Metafont book. The following definition with a trailing text argument: def mydef (expr a, b, c) text modifier = if <modifier = empty>: else: fi enddef; How can I do the switch on an empty or nonempty modifier argument? It is not a string because calling its length fails with an error. I must do the switch, because "fill modifier" with an empty "modifier" gives horrible results. Usage would be calls like: mydef(1,2,3) withcolor green; % with modifier text mydef(1,2,3); % without modifier text Thanks in advance. Hans van der Meer

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Error with anglebetween(…)
by Andreas Harder 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

Hello Hans, has something changed with the anglebetween definition in MetaPost? I’m sure this worked a couple of betas ago. \startMPpage path p,q ; p := origin -- (50,0) ; q := origin -- (50,50); drawarrow anglebetween(p,q,"somelabel") ; \stopMPpage ! Missing `)' has been inserted. Regards Andreas

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[m-chart] Focus feature
by Marco 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hi, it's me with flow chars again. I didn't get the focus feature to work. The following example does not focus anything. Has the syntax changed or is the feature gone? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \usemodule [chart] \setupFLOWfocus [framecolor=yellow] \setupFLOWcharts [focus=bar] \startFLOWchart [mychart] \startFLOWcell \name {foo} \location {1,1} \shape {action} % mandatory, otherwise error \text {Foo} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name {bar} \location {1,2} \shape {action} % mandatory, otherwise error \text {Bar} \connection [tb] {foo} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart \starttext \FLOWchart [mychart] \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Another issue: According to the manual, “action” should be the default shape. However, when no shape is specified, an error is raised. Is it a bug? Regards Marco Patzer

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Problem with MPpage
by Lutz Haseloff 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hi all, next Metapost problem. \starttext \startMPpage pickup pencircle scaled 2mm ; draw (0,0)--(5cm,5cm) withcolor red; \stopMPpage \stoptext The resulting pdf does not show the whole red line. The size of the pdf is right but it is shifted to the upper right. Thanks for any help Lutz

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Bug in latest beta
by Andreas Harder 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hi Hans, something is wrong with the \mathprime definition in math-pln.mkiv. The compilation of \starttext $f'(x)$ \stoptext Stopps with: \dodomathprime ->\normalprime \futurelet \nexttoken \dododomathprime Regards Andreas

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xmldir (mtxrun still unpatched?)
by Andreas Harder 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hi Hans, with the latest beta I still have to patch mtxrun to make xmldir work … Besides, the root-parameter (--root=some/path) don’t seem to have any impact. As an workaround I’m using \startmode[*first] \executesystemcommand {cd some/path && mtxrun --script tools --dirtoxml --pattern=*.pdf --output=some/path/xmldir.xml} \stopmode Thanks in advance Andreas

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TOC struggles
by Willi Egger 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Good morning! Hm, i s there a problem with placing the TOC with restrictions to the typeset levels? Please refer to the attached example. Willi

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beta
by Hans Hagen 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hi, A new beta has been uploaded. Nothing new apart from some experimental code and a few bugfixes. I also uploaded http://www.pragma-ade.com/preliminaries/hybrid-italics.pdf Files in that path will come and go. 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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Metapost error
by Lutz Haseloff 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hi Hans, Hi all, with newest Context and luatex compiling following file: \starttext \startMPcode draw externalfigure "hacker.jpg" xscaled 30mm yscaled 20mm ; \stopMPcode \stoptext doesn't show the picture and gives an error message: ! Improper `addto'. <to be read again> withpen draw->...:also(EXPR0)else:doublepath(EXPR0)withpen .currentpen.fi._op_ <to be read again> ; <to be read again> ; <*> ...re "hacker.jpg" xscaled 30mm yscaled 20mm ; ; metapost > error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages metapost > terminal: [1] Thanks for any help Lutz

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Two bibmod questions: first initials and points after question marks, etc. in reference list
by Renald Buter 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

Hello, I have a reference list in a bibtex file. For example, an entry such as this one: @article{hirsch_does_2007, title = {Does the h index have predictive power?}, volume = {104}, shorttitle = {Does the h index have predictive power?}, number = {49}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author = {Hirsch, J.E.}, month = dec, year = {2007}, pages = {19193--19198} }, Currently, this entry appears in my list of references as follows: Hirsch, J. (2007). Does the h index have predictive power?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(49), 19193–19198. I have two questions: - Notice that only the first initial appears? How to get both/all initials? - There is a point after the question mark, which is ugly. The same would go for a title ending in a '!', btw. How to get rid of it? To be complete, here are my relevant settings: %%% Bibliography \usemodule[bib] \usemodule[bibltx] \setupbibtex[database={bibliography},sort=author] \setuppublications[ alternative=apa, % the default refcommand=authoryears, % e.g. (Buter 2010) sorttype=cite, % in order of citing criterium=chapter, % per chapter numbering=yes, % number the references ] \setuppublicationlist[ authoretallimit=10, artauthoretallimit=10, ] \setupcite[ pubsep=; ] The answer is probably straightforward, so I apologise in advance. With kind regards, Renald

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