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defected by simple stuff - agane
by Ian Lawrence 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi All.. In the charts module you can set a whole cell to be a hyperlink \destination {url(http://www.talkphysics.org)} So what can I write to link to a local file? Along the lines of… \destination {url(file://XXX.pdf)} …where the pdf is in same directory as the file containing the target… This seems as if it ought to be kind of simple, but also seems undocumented… Thanks Ian

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trouble with kerncharacters
by Steffen Wolfrum 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi, "\kerncharacters" doesn't have an influence on interword space in current context version. Is this intended? Steffen ------- \definehead[TopLevel] [chapter] \setuphead[TopLevel] [style=\bf,textstyle={\kerncharacters[.75]}, align=flushleft,alternative=paragraph] \starttext \startTopLevel[title={This is a test}] text \stopTopLevel \stoptext

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\otfchar
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Dear gang, It appears that \otfchar is gone ... Undefined control sequence ... Does anyone know the new protocol? 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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bug/change in definehead?
by Steffen Wolfrum 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi, another thing in todays beta: This small exmaple ... \definehead[TopLevel,MyLevel] [chapter] \setuphead[TopLevel,MyLevel] [style=\bf,textstyle={\kerncharacters[.75]}, align=flushleft,alternative=paragraph] \starttext \startTopLevel[title={This is a test}] text \stopTopLevel \stoptext ... gives an error: ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on line 14 in file uzguzguzguzg.tex: Undefined control sequence ... 4 5 6 \definehead[TopLevel,MyLevel] [chapter] 7 8 \setuphead[TopLevel,MyLevel] [style=\bf,textstyle={\kerncharacters[.75]}, align=flushleft,alternative=paragraph] 9 10 11 12 \starttext 13 14 >> \startTopLevel[title={This is a test}] 15 16 text 17 18 \stopTopLevel 19 20 \stoptext 21 22 23 24 l.14 \startTopLevel [title={This is a test}] ? Is this in intended? Steffen

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notepenalty obsolete?
by Steffen Wolfrum 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi, I didn't have to update my context version since May. Today I did it ... \notepenalty now is an "Undefined control sequence"? Steffen

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Description inheritance?
by Marcin Borkowski 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Is there a way to define a description based on another one, so that all parameters except the specified ones are inherited from the "base one"? TIA, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl

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How to achieve a LaTeX-center-like thing
by Marcin Borkowski 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi, I'd like to have something like this: Let $X$ be a~real Banach space, $D$~an open subset of~$X$ containing~$0$ and $T$ a~continuous mapping from $\overbar{D}$ to~$X$. We say that $T$ satisfies the {\em Mönch condition} if the following implication holds: \blank[small] \startalignment[middle] If $C\subset\overbar{D}$ is countable and $C\subset\clconv\bigl(\{0\}\cup F(C)\bigr)$, then $\overbar{C}$ is compact. \stopalignment \blank[small] Is there any option for alignment which would enable me not to put the blanks manually? TIA, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl

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Captions' alignment
by Honza Hejzl 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hello, I am re-posting my question because the last one was not clear and properly written. I am trying to set captions like paragraphs where the label is indented negatively, like in case of itemize lists. I was successful with the shape (\hbox{\vtop ...}}) but don't think my solution is useful. I am not able to set this via \setupcaptions and styles. I need something like: Fig. 1 This figures how to... ... solve the problem. This shape is very common in books and is common in cases of long paragraphs in captions. My test source: \mainlanguage[cz] \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid[yes] \setuppagenumbering[location=footer] \setupexternalfigures[] \def\myblank{\blank[5pt]} \definefont[headcap][SerifBold at 7pt] \definefont[bodycap][SerifItalic at 7pt] \definefloat[pic][pics] \setupfloat[pic][location=right] \setupfloats[spacebefore=none,frame=on,spaceafter=none,rightmargindistance=0pt,margin=5pt] \setupcaptions[location=bottom,style={\bodycap\setupinterlinespace[small]}% I don't want smaller captions' text on grid. ,headstyle={\headcap\setupinterlinespace[small]},distance=3pt,inbetween=\myblank] \setuplabeltext[cz][figure=Obr.: ] \starttext \placefigure[right]{To je právě to, co člověka bude zas a znovu mrzet.}{\externalfigure[jahve][width=6cm]} A jde, jak nejlépe umí; náhle slyší za sebou kroky. Člověk s~vyhrnutým límcem jde za ním. Zdá se, že běží. A Prokop se v~nesnesitelné hrůze dal na útěk.Ale zrovna na krok před chodcem se mu udělá v~hlavě tma a celý svět se s~ním pojednou zatočí; náhle vidí zblízka, zblizoučka pár pronikavých očí, jak se do něho vpíchly, naráží na něčí rameno, vypraví ze sebe cosi jako "promiňte" a vzdaluje se s~křečovitou důstojností. Po několika krocích se zastaví a ohlédne; ten člověk stojí a dívá se upřeně za ním. Prokop se sebere a odchází trochu rychleji; ale nedá mu to, musí se znovu ohlédnout; a vida, ten člověk ještě pořád stojí a dívá se za ním, dokonce samou pozorností vysunul z~límce hlavu jako želva. "Ať kouká," myslí si Prokop znepokojen, "teď už se ani neohlédnu." A jde, jak nejlépe umí; náhle slyší za sebou kroky. Člověk s~vyhrnutým límcem jde za ním. Zdá se, že běží. \stoptext Thanks, Honza Hejzl

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Custom parameters/options for t-vim
by Andreas Schneider 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi, I worked with t-vim a bit more and encountered a small problem with the way vim handles syntax definitions. Some of them have several modes that get activated by setting a variable first. For example the syntax "sh" (shell scripts) can be enhanced for bash, ksh, etc. Example: let g:is_bash=1 set syntax=sh Now a line like "export foo=bar" is highlighted differently than when I would omit the "let g:is_bash=1". Therefore I would propose another options to \setupvimtyping to specify custom options to be passed to vim. Preferably they should be passed at least before the "set syntax=..." line to make sure that this particular case -- i.e. switching syntax modes -- works well (which may be the only necessary case). -- Best Regards, Andreas

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A description question
by Marcin Borkowski 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi all! I have something like this: \definedescription[definition][ text=Definition, location=hanging, width=fit, align=flushleft, headstyle=bold, style=normal, ] \startdefinition{whatever} Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent arcu nisl, interdum nec dignissim sit amet, blandit eu purus. Nulla facilisi. Vivamus quis metus mauris. Sed laoreet vulputate rhoncus. Suspendisse quis metus nibh, sed ultricies orci. Ut dolor diam, convallis vitae mollis a, ultricies vel mi. Integer leo nisl, scelerisque vitae gravida bibendum, mollis quis mauris. Maecenas augue risus, suscipit id sodales sit amet, sagittis non augue. Praesent tellus lorem, vulputate sed porta ut, eleifend ac leo. In et odio libero, eget vulputate risus. \stopdefinition And I get something like this (stars mean bold): *Definitionwhatever* Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent arcu nisl, interdum nec dignissim sit amet, blandit eu purus. Nulla facilisi. Vivamus quis metus mauris. Sed laoreet vulputate rhoncus. Suspendisse quis metus nibh, sed ultricies orci. Ut dolor diam, convallis vitae mollis a, ultricies vel mi. Integer leo nisl, scelerisque vitae gravida bibendum, mollis quis mauris. Maecenas augue risus, suscipit id sodales sit amet, sagittis non augue. Praesent tellus lorem, vulputate sed porta ut, eleifend ac leo. In et odio libero, eget vulputate risus. And what I want is: *Definition* (whatever). Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent arcu nisl, interdum nec dignissim sit amet, blandit eu purus. Nulla facilisi. Vivamus quis metus etc... That is, I'd like to have the following: - no indentation of the second and subsequent lines; - whatever should be prefixed with a space and an opening brace and suffixed with a closing brace and a period; - whatever should not be bold. Is it possible to accomplish this automatically? TIA -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl

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Numbering footnote by page does not work in mkiv
by Khaled Hosny 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

The numbering is reset with mkii but not mkiv, is it broken or there is a different wa to do it in mkiv? \setupnote[footnote][way=bypage] \starttext Text\footnote{Note} \page Text\footnote{Note} \stoptext Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Egyptian Arab

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Captions, negative indenting and \par
by Honza Hejzl 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Hello, I am trying to set captions like paragraphs where the label is indented negatively, like in case of itemize lists. I was successful but now I cant set the text like a paragraph, it means I need hyphenation. In some cases (different font) the picture is moved too much and is over the lines (hope this I can solve with light experimenting with the pic's width). here is the best result: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4393365/obrazky_pok.pdf here the code: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4393365/obrazky_pok.tex and here the other example with the pic under the lines: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4393365/obrazky2.pdf Help appreciated. Jan Hejzl

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transparency problem (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Hi, I noticed some problems with transparency colors lately. But every time I tried to make a minimal example out of it, the code worked. Now, by chance, I found a not working example. \setuppagenumber[state=stop] \definecolor[tcolor][r=1,a=1,t=.6] \definetextbackground[ghost] [background=color,backgroundcolor=tcolor] \starttext \starttextbackground[ghost] FOO \stoptextbackground \stoptext Here the error message... metapost > terminal: >> (redpart boxfillcolor,greenpart boxfillcolor,bluepart boxfillcolor) >> 1 ! Equation cannot be performed (color=numeric). <to be read again> withprescript transparent->1withprescript "tr_alternative="&decimal.transparency_alternativ... <*> ... boxfillcolor := transparent(1,0.6,(1,0,0)) ; boxfilloffset := 0.0pt ... ! Extra tokens will be flushed. Regards, Peter

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Exported figures
by Aditya Mahajan 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Hi Hans, Two bugs in figure export: 1. If one uses images without extension, then the generated \jobname-images.css file does not contain any extensions; so no figures are shown in the output. One possible fix is to change \dotagfigure in back-ini.mkiv to \appendtoks % we can have differently scaled images \def\dotagfigure{\taggedctxcommand{settagfigure(,"\figurefullname","\figurefilepage",\number\dimexpr\figurewidth,\number\dimexpr\figureheight)}}% \to \everyenableelements % \figurefullname instead of \figurefileoriginal 2. What is the best way to handle multipage pdf images? I frequently create a big pdf with many images and then use \externalfigure[...][page=2] I don't know if svg has support for multiple pages or not. Aditya~

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ConTeXt mode in emacs: disabling raising of superscripts?
by Alasdair McAndrew 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

I hope my subject line says it all: if I type, say $x^2$ in an emacs buffer, with ConTeXt-mode, the "2" is automatically raised. This to me looks ugly. I've been searching through the emacs customization options but haven't yet found what I need. And I don't want subscripts lowered either. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! cheers, Alasdair -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://bit.ly/Alasdair Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew

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no strut in \framed
by Peter Rolf 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Hi, I get no strut in \framed when using 'offset=overlay' or 'offset=none'. \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \showstruts \framed[offset=1pt]{abc} % ok \framed[offset=overlay]{abc} \framed[offset=none]{abc} \stoptext Same for both marks. mtx-context | current version: 2011.08.27 13:24 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051907 (rev 4277) pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.11-2.2 (Web2C 2010) Regards, Peter

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Bug in links in the list of splitted tables (standalone ver. only)?
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

Hello ConTeXist... I found a problem in functioning links in the final PDF document created in standalone MkIV. 1. When I create in standalone MkIV version more of splitted tables, then links in the list of tables are broken (numbering is fine, but when you click on an active link then does not work). 2. When I compile the source file by MkIV part of TeX live 2010 (ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV fmt: 2010.9.21) then numbering in the list of tables is broken (each of partitioned tables has a separate number) but links are OK. 3. When I compile the source file by MkII part of TeX live 2010 (ConTeXt ver: 2011.07.26 09:17 MKII fmt: 2011.7.26) then everything is fine. Is it a bug or I something wrong? Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my minimal example: \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start,color=blue] \def\parenttable{{\bTABLE\dorecurse{60}{\bTR\dorecurse{3}{\bTD x\eTD}\eTR}\eTABLE}} \starttext List of tables \placelistoftables \page \placetable[split][tab.1]{Table 1}{\parenttable} \page \placetable[split][tab.2]{Table 2}{\parenttable} \page \placetable[split][tab.3]{Table 3}{\parenttable} \stoptext

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TikZ: \@flushglue undefined
by Philipp A. 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

i don’t know if it’s a TikZ or a ConTeXt bug, but with the newest mkiv beta installed with mtx-update.lua, tikz fails when using the option “text badly centered” in combination with “text width”: \usemodule[tikz] \starttext \tikz\node[text badly centered, text width=1cm]{fail}; \stoptext gives: \tikz@text@action ...p =0pt\rightskip \@flushglue \leftskip \@flushglue \relax ... as it doesn’t occur with LaTeX, i think it might be a ConteXt bug.

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Calligraphic math alphabet with xits
by Aditya Mahajan 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

Hi, There are two calligraphic shapes in math, calligraphic (e.g., \cal) and script (e.g., \scr from RSFS). The default shape of \cal with xits is more like RSFS \scr than \cal. Does xits also have a less stylistic variant for calligraphic letters? If so, how can I select that? Aditya

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smash expansion (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

Hi, I use \smash[]{..} quite often and noticed some expansion problems with it. Can \smash be defined as [supp-box.mkiv] \unexpanded\def\smash {\futurelet\nexttoken\dosmash} ??? Regards, Peter

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How to properly handle synonyms in \getparameters?
by Mojca Miklavec 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Dear gurus, This question concerns both MKII and MKIV (I need the functionality in both, even though I will try to rewrite the MKIV part as soon as I have time). I have a command: \mycommand[a][newparam=value] with more or less the following definition: \def\mycommand[#1][#2]{% \getparameters[@@mycommand@#1@][#2] % ... some extra code ... } However I used to use \mycommand[a][oldparam=value] and now I would like to switch the syntax to \mycommand[a][newparam=value] but I would like the oldparam to keep working normally. I will read the value with \@@mycommand@a@newparam. My question: what is the most elegant value to do that? I can imagine something like \def\mycommand[#1][#2]{% \undefinecommand\@@mycommand@a@oldparam % pseudocode \getparameters[@@mycommand@#1@][#2] \doifdefined{\@@mycommand@a@oldparam} \let\@@mycommand@a@newparam\@@mycommand@a@oldparam % ... some extra code ... } but there is most probably some more elegant solution to that? Thank you, Mojca

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Colored text in \type?
by Alasdair McAndrew 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

I'm writing up some computer notes for my students, and I have examples of variables and other commands which involve characters like % and underscore. These are typeset with \type{%t^y_8*&} for example. What I would like to do is to color these as well. However \color[blue]{\type{%t^y_8*&}} doesn't seem to work; nor does {\blue \type{%t^y_8*&}} So - how do I obtain colored text within \type? Thanks, Alasdair -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://bit.ly/Alasdair Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew

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Re: [NTG-context] Embedding of ICC profiles and preflight
by Honza Hejzl 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

So, it is interesting and more complicated. The exact part: \setupbackend [format=PDF/X-1a:2001, intent=Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004), option=always,% for a much bigger document :-) ] … seems to work on my Debian standalone ConTeXt installation (ok, I will test it again but it objected nothing (about ICC not embedded) in yesteday in Acrobat's preflight) but on my Win XP standalone one it doesn't work. I have the profiles in the same directories, of course. On Win it can't eat the comma, on Debian it can. Although the advice: \definecolor[cmykblack][k=1] \setupcolors[rgb=no,cmyk=yes,intent=overprint,textcolor=cmykblack] … seems very logical, it doesn't work, preflight still sees the text like a greyscale. Thanks, Honza

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\type{} in bold mode
by pmlists＠free.fr 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Hello, When the current font-switch is bold, I would like the verbatim text inside \type{} to respect the bold mode. What is the right way to teach \type{} to automatically use bold or not? Example: \starttext \section{Problem:} {not bold, \type{not bold, ok} // \bf bold, \type{should be bold too}} \section{Workaround:} {not bold, \type{not bold, ok} // \bf bold, {\tt is bold too}} \stoptext TIA for any help! -- Peter

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Embedding of ICC profiles and preflight
by Honza Hejzl 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Hello, I am trying to embed a profile but it doesn't work. I am using: \setupbackend [format=PDF/X-1a:2001, intent=Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004), file=CoatedFOGRA39.icc, option=always ] Acrobat Preflight says it has not profile embedded. Am I doing something wrong? The next thing is I am using text smaller than 12pt and nothing helps me to prevent ConTeXt to: 1) overprint the GRAY text (\setupcolors allows just to set cmyk-gray/rgb); 2) knockout text smaller than 12pt, what is not allowed in a good pdf file. Any solutions highly appreciated, Jan Hejzl

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Re: [NTG-context] Embedding of ICC profiles and preflight
by Honza Hejzl 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Heureka, don't know why but now, with your example, Acrobat sees just a one simple error – it sees like a gray object the pagenumber! Honza Hejzl

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Multipages registers
by Pierre-François Bonnefoi 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Hello, I would like to be able to spread a registers on several slides from my lecture notes, with the possibility to include some text at the beginning of each of these slides : first slide : title index entries next slides : title next index entries I've not found the way to do this. Kind regards, Pierre-François Bonnefoi. -- Bonnefoi Pierre-Francois | E-mail : bonnefoi(a)unilim.fr Universite de Limoges, Laboratoire XLIM | Tel : 06 28 18 03 38 83, rue d'Isle | Mrs. Peel, we're needed... 87000 Limoges - FRANCE | The Avengers.

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"broken" integrals in mkiv
by Mojca Miklavec 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Hello, something is awfully wrong with placement of indexes next to integration signs in MKIV (2011.08.27 13:24): \startformula \int_0^{d_0} \stopformula I can attach screenshot if needed, but I guess that it is reproducible ... Mojca

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graphictext, mkii and texlive2011
by richard rascher-friesenhausen 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Hello, Metafuns graphictext is broken. At least on my win 7 system. Trying to compile \starttext \startMPpage graphictext "FOO"; \stopMPpage \stoptext using mkii (ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKII fmt: 2011.8.16 int: english/english) i get the following error message (./graphictext-mpgraph.mp (./graphictext-mpgraph.mpy ! Missing argument to begingraphictextfig. <to be read again> [ l.2 begingraphictextfig[ "(1);\nlinecap := butt;\nlinejoin := mitered;\nfill ... It seems, the .mpy file is broken. I use pstoedit version 3.50. Any suggestions? Best regards richard -- ============================================================================== Prof. Dr. Richard Rascher-Friesenhausen Hochschule Bremerhaven, Studiengang Medizintechnik An der Karlstadt 8 27568 Bremerhaven und Fraunhofer MEVIS Institute for Medical Image Computing Universitaetsallee 29 28359 Bremen, Germany email: richard.rascher-friesenhausen(a)mevis.fraunhofer.de, richard.rascher-friesenhausen(a)hs-bremerhaven.de www : http://www.mevis.fraunhofer.de/, http://www.hs-bremerhaven.de/ fon : +49 - 421 - 218 59268 (mevis) fax : +49 - 421 - 218 98 59268 (mevis) ==============================================================================

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Text Colour
by Kip Warner 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Hey folks, How do I set the body text foreground colour? I tried the following, but it just ignored it: \definecolor[colour_text][r=0.754,g=0.516,b=0.324] \setupbodyfontenvironment [default] [em=italic, color=colour_text] I don't want to have to use \startcolor and \stopcolor every time I wish this default to be applied. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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problem \vec and gentium font
by Alan Braslau 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

There seems to be problems with horizontal spacing in math mode using the gentium font. For example: \setupbodyfont[gentium] \starttext $\vec{r}$ \stoptext

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wiki
by Patrick Gundlach 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Hi, the wiki is down, it seems to be an ISP problem. I have contacted them. Patrick

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Questions related to margin/dynamic layout
by Yue Wang 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Hi, I have two questions related to margin: - is it possible to move footnotes to margin? - similar question: I want to have a list in the margin with all the indexes in the given page. How to make these possible? Third question is related to layout. I know how to change page layout for a particular page. but how to change layout for a page whose number is unknown? for example, I am writing a book that has several large pictures (imagine a portfolio, or a book introducing photography). in order to fit the pictures I plan to set each pictures as page background or layers, that spans 3/2 pages, while leaving the remaining span (1/2 page) for text. however, I don't know which page number the picture should be reside, but I know it should be put near some given text content. it's not possible to manually give the page number according to the content because usually document context/formatting change all the time. how to do that? Thanks.

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rotated columns
by Jano Kula 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

Hello to everybody, how to rotate balanced columns to avoid the prevdepth conflict? I've tried \rotate, \framed (to box the content), \vbox, \hbox, etc. with no luck. \starttext \startcolumns[n=2,balance=yes] \input tufte \stopcolumns \stoptex Thanks for the hints, Jano

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filter and/or vim module in current beta
by Andreas Schneider 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

Hi, it seems the filter module doesn't currently work (in MkIV at least). It may be a problem with the vim module though, I'm not quite sure. The following example doesn't produce any output: -----8<--------------------------------------------------- \usemodule[vim] \definevimtyping[PASCAL][syntax=pascal] \starttext \startPASCAL program test; begin writeln('Hello World!'); end. \stopPASCAL \stoptext -----8<--------------------------------------------------- The output of context has only one line regarding t-filter: t-filter > command : I guess it's just "normal" then that there's no output ... if nothing is run. Any ideas whats going wrong here? Btw.: ConTeXt ver: 2011.08.26 13:32 MKIV fmt: 2011.8.26 int: english/english -- Best Regards, Andreas

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TeX overview: some history and relations
by Mojca Miklavec 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

An overview of TeX, its children and their friends ... http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tex-overview

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\framed feature request
by Marcin Borkowski 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

Hello Hans, there are toffset, boffset, loffset and roffset parameters to \framed, and an offset parameter which sets all four (if I get it right). Would it be a trouble to add also hoffset (setting [l|]offset) and voffset (setting [t|b]offset)? Best, -- Marcin Borkowski

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\setuplayout and splitted rotated tables
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

Hello everybody. I managed to set ConTeXt to properly split a rotated table. Now I have a big problem with the correct placement of page number in footer. If I set different layout and numbering in footer is OK then the table is badly divided. Is there some choices for layout settings so that the page numbering to work correctly in footer while the table rotated to properly divided? I tried many setups with diferent parameters of layouts but without succes. I'm beginning to feel that perhaps will not even possible do that. Must I turn off page numbering in footers, and manually put the data at the corresponding position on the page by using layers? Or exist any way to do it using \setuplayout? Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my example: % http://source.contextgarden.net/page-lay.mkiv %\showframe \definepapersize[paperportrait][A4] \definepapersize[paperlandscape][A4,landscape] \definelayout[portrait][width=fit, topspace=5mm, header=1cm, footer=1.5cm, height=fit] \definelayout[rotatedportrait][location=middle,width=fit, height=fit, topspace=3.5cm] \setuppapersize[paperportrait] \setuplayout[portrait] \setupfootertexts[ŠVP Gymnázia Zábřeh][section][ŠVP Gymnázia Zábřeh][section] \setupfooter[style=\ssxx] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,location=footer, left=---\ , right=\ ---] \setupTABLE[split=yes] \setupTABLE[row][first][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=2cm] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=3cm] \setupTABLE[column][4][width=4cm] \setupTABLE[column][5][width=5cm] \setupTABLE[column][6][width=6cm] \setupTABLE[column][7][width=5cm] \starttext \setuplayout[portrait] \input tufte \page \setuplayout[rotatedportrait] \placetable[90,split][tab:example]{Example of a rotated table} { \bTABLE \dorecurse{65}{\bTR\dorecurse{7}{\bTD x\eTD}\eTR} \eTABLE } \stoptext

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Splitting of rotate table
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 28 Aug '11

28 Aug '11

Hello ConTeXtist... How can I arrange for correct split of rotated tables? Division table does not respect margin of the page and on the next page is the rest of the table in the middle of the page (and not on the left edge). The table is placed separately on the whole page. Can reasonably arrange some trick? Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my minimal example: \setupTABLE[split=yes] \setupTABLE[row][first][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=2cm] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=3cm] \setupTABLE[column][4][width=4cm] \setupTABLE[column][5][width=5cm] \starttext \splitfloat {\placetable[here, force, 90][tab:example]{Example of a rotated table}}{ \bTABLE \dorecurse{35}{\bTR\dorecurse{5}{\bTD x\eTD}\eTR} \eTABLE} \stoptext

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fonts
by Hans van der Meer 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

I guess I am missing something in my font handling here, but do not know what. Hans van der Meer This is the minimal example: \def\fontname{antykwa} \setupbodyfont[\fontname] \starttext Requested font = \fontname.\crlf \showbodyfont \stoptext This is my setup with respect to fonts: context/tex/texmf-fonts (link to /usr/local/textlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts Executed: mtxrun --script fonts --reload Executed: mtxrun --script fonts --list --name antykwa giving as output: antykwatorunskaregular antykwatorunskaregular AntykwaTorunska-Regular.otf Below is the output of the minimal example. Mark that \showbodyfont names modern, not antykwa. I get the same result with other fonts mentioned in "fonts in context" page 69-71 as preloaded typescripts! For example calling typeface cambria it even gives an error: ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. system > tex > error on line 6 in file test.tex: Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set ... 1 \def\fontname{cambria} 2 \setupbodyfont[\fontname] 3 \starttext 4 Requested font = \fontname.\crlf 5 \showbodyfont 6 >> \stoptext 7 \doshowbodyfont ...mr \languageparameter \c!text $ \quad }\vrule }\cr \noalig... <to be read again> \stoptext

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TOC struggles
by Willi Egger 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi all, I have a quite simple document and would like to get a table of contents. However I can not manage to get this done. - This sounds quite stupid but... Running ConTeXt version 2011.08.26 Please refer to the minimal example attached. Kind regards Willi

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Is there any change in processing of Projects, Product and Components?
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hello ConTeXtsist ... Has anything changed in the functioning of ConTeXt MkIV processing of larger projects (containing more components)? Some time (one or two months) ago I was using standalone to compiled an extensive project and everything was OK, but now it looks as if the component does not load at all! It is necessary to explicitly specify the file extension? Why components (in separate files) into all the main project file do not load? Thanks Jaroslav Hajtmar

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Reflections the interplay between units and digits
by Ian Lawrence 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Morning all… I think that there are several issues in the interplay of the \units and \digits command that could be a bit better (Sorry Hans…all meant in the best possible way). So here is a complete example and the pdf I get, after some experimentation. With kludges of my own. I'd guess there are several people using ConTEXt for the sciences, so this may help some, or some may set me on a better path… ___ \starttext \setdigitmode 6 {\em digit exponent powers - don't work} \digits{20e-12} \digits{-123.222,00e-12} % this one gives nothing at all But it seems it should \emdash\ ConTEXt magazine3 May 2003, from which the following non-working examples come \digits 123.222,00^10 % this one gives nothing at all \digits 123.222,00e10 % this one gives nothing at all \digits /123.222,00e-12 % this one gives nothing at all \digits -123.222,00e-12 % this one gives nothing at all \digits +123.222,00e-12 % this one gives nothing at all {\em spacing and decimal points} \digits 12,345,000.90 Has the same effect as this hard-coded beasty. 12~345~000.78 Digits without exponents seem to work.... \digits 1230.92 \digits{12,460,800.89} {\em Now a little challenge - write out the speed of light, with units. So to combine units with digits} \unit{299792458 meter inverse second} % en-route, but I'd like every three digits separated by a non-breaking space So try the digits command - two possibilities %\digit {\unit{299792458 meter inverse second}} % digits nests units - well the interpreter rejected this one %\unit{\digit{299792458} meter inverse second} % units nests digits - and this one. Conclusion digits and units don't play nicely together...unless someone has a nice solution Maybe a bit hard coding - fugly, but maybe... \unit{299~792~458 meter inverse second} % fails to interpret units, so no good 299~792~\unit{458 meter inverse second} % looks OK, but inelegant Now for trying to write in standard form..first the inelegant form, but giving a passable result Speed = 3 \times\ \unit{10^8 meter inverse second} But I'd guess this will not be inside a tex box, so the layout might be dodgy... numbers and units should not be split over two lines... A much more elegant solution would be: Speed = \unit{3e8 meter inverse second} % the documentation seems to support this, but not the practice... This one would be cleanly coded, if only the exponentiation worked... {\em spread of a physical quantity} One more, whilst I'm here. People will want to indicate a spread in a physical quantity, so: \unit{400\endash 700 THz} % inserts an unwanted space after the 400: ( 400 –700 THz). (cf 11\endash 14 , which 'behaves' as expected You can again kludge, by 400\endash \unit{700 THz} But elegant coding it ain't \ldots and again probably no bounding tex box, so may get split over two lines. \stoptext ___ KR Ian

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Imposition and repeating pages
by Marcin Borkowski 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi, imposition in ConTeXt is great, but... 1. When I last used it (MkII), I had to invoke texexec with the --arrange option or something like this. Does it work in an easier way with MkIV? (I mean, I just do context filename and don't care about multiple runs etc.) 2. I'd like to prepare a cheat sheet of size, say, A6, so I want *the same page* to be repeated 4 times on an A4 sheet. Is there a "canonical" way to do it? (I mean, other than copying-and-pasting, or equivalently, defining a macro and repeating it 4 times?) TIA -- Marcin Borkowski

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Matlab formatting?
by Alasdair McAndrew 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hello, I'm writing up some student notes about Matlab, and I'm including examples of Matlab functions. I'd like all the functions to be typeset in typewriter font (which means using a "typing" environment), but I'd also like some colorization. For example, I want to display a function such as function out = add(a,b) % % ADD(A,B) returns the sum of A and B % out = a+b; in a frame, and with the three lines beginning with % all colored green. (If I can color reserved words like "function" that's even better.) What's the easiest way to achieve this? Thanks, Alasdair -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://bit.ly/Alasdair Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew

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aleternative=command not working with setuphead
by Aditya Mahajan 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi, \setuphead[section] [alternative=command, command=\TitleCommand] \def\TitleCommand#1#2{#2} \starttext \section{Test} \stoptext gives ! Argument of \@@ns::normal has an extra }. Aditya

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Changing export tags
by Aditya Mahajan 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi, What is the right command for changing the name of the exported tags. Using \setuptaglabeltext[sectiontitle={h1}] does not work. Using \def\t!sectiontitle{h1} works, but surely, that can't be the way to go. Aditya

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Export and itemize
by Aditya Mahajan 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi, I sometimes misuse the command key of itemize like this: \definehighlight[important][style=italic, color=red] \starttext \startitemize[command=\important] \item {Term}: definition \stopitemize \stoptext However when I try this with \setupbackend[export=yes] I get the following error: ! LuaTeX error bad argument #3 to '?' (value expected). system > tex > error on line 0 in file : LuaTeX error ... <empty file> <*> ./export.tex \stoptext Bug or I am just doing this wrong? Aditya

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Fw: Pretty printing ConTeXt sources
by Marcin Borkowski 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Any ideas, please? Data: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 01:34:05 +0200 Od: Marcin Borkowski <mbork(a)wmi.amu.edu.pl> Do: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Temat: Re: [NTG-context] Pretty printing ConTeXt sources Dnia 2011-08-05, o godz. 14:24:56 Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> napisał(a): > > Am 04.08.2011 um 22:53 schrieb Marcin Borkowski: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm sure it was answered before, but I couldn't find it: how to > > pretty-print ConTeXt (and lua) files (I mean especially ConTeXt > > sources, but also module sources)? > > TeX: context --ctx=s-mod <filename> > Lua: context --ctx=x-ldx <filename> OK. So I switched to a /tmp directory and did context --ctx=s-mod pack-rul.mkiv and no pdf was produced. I copied pack-rul.mkiv to ~/tmp, did the same - then I got only the title page and an error (log file below). What am I doing wrong? === log file === (pack-rul.run ConTeXt ver: 2011.07.21 19:17 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.22 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > pack-rul.top loaded system > options > start used options used options > % runtime options files (command line driven) used options > \unprotect used options > % feedback and basic job control used options > % handy for special styles used options > \startluacode used options > document = document or { } used options > document.arguments={ used options > ["ctx"]="s-mod", used options > ["global"]=true, used options > ["prep"]=true, used options > } used options > document.files={ used options > "pack-rul.mkiv", used options > } used options > \stopluacode used options > % process info used options > \setupsystem[inputfile=pack-rul.mkiv] used options > \setupsystem[\c!n=1,\c!m=1] used options > % modes used options > % options (not that important) used options > \startsetups *runtime:options used options > \stopsetups used options > % styles and modules used options > \startsetups *runtime:modules used options > \usemodule[mod-01] used options > \stopsetups used options > % done used options > \protect \endinput system > options > stop used options (pack-rul.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active resolvers > modules > loaded: 'mod-01' (/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/s-mod-01.mkiv resolvers > modules > loaded: 'mod-00' (/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/s-mod-00.mkiv resolvers > modules > loaded: 'units' (/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/m-units.mkiv<+ /home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/x-mathml.lua>) resolvers > modules > loaded: 'int-load' (/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/x-set-11.mkiv)) resolvers > modules > loaded: 'abr-01' (/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/s-abr-01.tex) fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (third stage) (/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv) files > readfile > asked name: 'loc', not found {/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}{/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > virtual math > unable to resolve name mapsfromchar fonts > fallback modern rm 10pt is loaded ) system > prepfiles > loading ctx log file (specified) (pack-rul.mkiv.prep backend > xmp > using file '/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 pages > flushing realpage 2, userpage 1 . . . ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \!!stringa. system > tex > error on line 50 in file pack-rul.run: Illegal parameter number in definition of ... <to be read again> } \docommand #1->\edef \currentmargindata {#1} \getparameters [\??mc \currentma... \dodomargeaanduidingen [#1]#2->\def \docommand ## 1{\indent \hbox {\ifx #2\re... <argument> ...gen [linewidth, setuplinewidth]\tex \scratchcounter =\NOfMargi... \doifelsenothing #1->\edef \!!stringa {#1 }\ifx \!!stringa \empty \expandafte... \domargindata ...ta ][#1]\fi \doifelsenothing {#3} \donefalse \donetrue \ifdo... ... l.50 {linewidth, setuplinewidth} ? x </home/marcin/context/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmsans10-bold.otf> system > files > start used files used files > 1: filename=pack-rul.run | foundname=pack-rul.run | usedmethod=direct used files > 2: filename=cont-new.mkiv | filetype=tex | foundname=/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv | usedmethod=database used files > 3: 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files > 84: filename=lmmono10-regular | filetype=otf | format=otf | foundname=/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmmono10-regular.otf | usedmethod=database used files > 85: filename=lmmonoslant10-regular | filetype=otf | format=otf | foundname=/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmmonoslant10-regular.otf | usedmethod=database used files > 86: filename=lmroman8-regular | filetype=otf | format=otf | foundname=/home/marcin/context/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman8-regular.otf | usedmethod=database system > files > stop used files system > structure > start used stucture used structure > text: pack-rul system > structure > stop used structure mkiv lua stats > used config file - selfautoparent:texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua mkiv lua stats > used cache path - /home/marcin/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606 mkiv lua stats > resource resolver - loadtime 0.038 seconds, 1 scans with scantime 0.003 seconds, 0 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3 cached calls mkiv lua stats > v-node processing time - 0.074 seconds mkiv lua stats > result saved in file - pack-rul.pdf mkiv lua stats > loaded fonts - 51 files: stmary10.afm lmmono10-regular.otf lmmono12-regular.otf lmmono8-regular.otf lmmono9-regular.otf lmmonoslant10-regular.otf lmroman10-bold.otf lmroman10-regular.otf lmroman12-bold.otf lmroman12-regular.otf lmroman5-bold.otf lmroman5-regular.otf lmroman7-bold.otf lmroman7-regular.otf lmroman8-regular.otf lmroman9-bold.otf lmroman9-regular.otf lmsans10-bold.otf lmsans10-regular.otf lmsans12-regular.otf lmsans8-regular.otf lmsans9-regular.otf eufb10.tfm eufb7.tfm eufm10.tfm eufm5.tfm eufm7.tfm msam10.tfm msam5.tfm msam7.tfm msbm10.tfm msbm5.tfm msbm7.tfm lmex10.tfm lmmi10.tfm lmmi12.tfm lmmi5.tfm lmmi7.tfm lmmi9.tfm lmmib10.tfm lmmib5.tfm lmmib7.tfm lmsy10.tfm lmsy5.tfm lmsy7.tfm lmsy9.tfm rm-lmr10.tfm rm-lmr12.tfm rm-lmr5.tfm rm-lmr7.tfm rm-lmr9.tfm mkiv lua stats > fonts load time - 3.434 seconds mkiv lua stats > luatex banner - this is luatex, version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) mkiv lua stats > control sequences - 32641 of 165536 mkiv lua stats > current memory usage - 49 MB (ctx: 50 MB) mkiv lua stats > runtime - 70.153 seconds, 2 processed pages, 2 shipped pages, 0.029 pages/second === end log === > Wolfgang -- Marcin Borkowski ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ -- Marcin Borkowski

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environments broken?
by Hans van der Meer 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

I am desperately (not much time left) looking for the solution of this error: ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on line 11 in file crypto2011-08-25.tex: Undefined control sequence ... l.11 \startlocalenvironment [college] ConTeXt ver: 2011.07.13 20:14 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.14 int: english/english As of the end of may I had this working without problems. Is the environment-document structure broken or has it been changed without forward compatibility? Hans van der Meer

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\assignfullfilename
by Hans van der Meer 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

I might be in error, but I thought I could use the ConTeXt macro \assignfullfilename used in \def\setexamfilename#1\to#2{% \assignfullfilename{\the\questiondir}{#1}\to#2} Did something happen to \assignfullfilename? Is it missing from MKIV? Is there an alternative? Hans van der Meer

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icc stream handling broken?
by Peter Rolf 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Hi Hans, can you check the attached example (the normal PDF/X-4p test file)? lpdf.flushstreamfileobject() breaks here when calling the local table 'dict()'. Is this normally handled by metatables? Greetings, Peter

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\setupfields needs linefeed
by Peter Rolf 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Hi, I use '\setupfields[reset]%' in a tooltip macro and this single line breaks compilation. [..] Runaway argument? ]\stoptext ! File ended while scanning use of \scrn_field_setup_fields. <inserted text> \par <*> ./tooltip \stoptext ? ! Emergency stop. <inserted text> \par <*> ./tooltip \stoptext ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Complete example code, tested with the latest beta: %---------------- \nopdfcompression \setupinteraction[state=start] \setuppagenumber[state=stop] \starttext \setupfields[reset]% \stoptext %---------------- Peter

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menu changes in mkiv?
by Hans van der Meer 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

What has been changed regarding menus? Previous code stops working with the following error message: ! Missing { inserted. <to be read again> \par <inserted text> ...ect \everysetmenucommands \par \par \par \par \definepale... \scrn_menu_insert_indeed ...\everysetmenucommands \csname \??am :\c!menu :\n... \scrn_menu_insert_checked ...nu_insert_indeed {#1} \fi \scrn_menu_bottom ... \scrn_menu_insert \v!bottom \kern \zeropoint \egroup \... \dogettextboxes ...\relax \the \bottomtextcontent \vskip \bottomheight \vfil… Better than this I cannot trace back. But probably just some macro definition changed??? Hans van der Meer

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Problem about the mathe display
by m00nlight 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Hi everyone: I find a display problem recently with context. The context version of mine is: mtx-context | main context file: /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2011.08.23 13:04 when I use the context wiki problem I find the mathe formula show incorretly. the minimual example likes below: \starttext \startformula \int_0^\infty t^4 e^{-t}\.dt = 24 \stopformula \stoptext when I open the pdf file no matter using evince or adobe reader 9, I find the index of the integral cover the integral symbol. Is it a problem of mine or is it a bug of context? Thanks

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wasy usage
by Hans van der Meer 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

In mkii I was using the 'wasy' font for symbols with \usemodule[symb-wasy]. Is this still valid or has it changed? Is the font in the minimals distribution with the other fonts? Otherwise, how to? Thanks in advance, Hans van der Meer

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Side-by-Side tables
by Troy Henderson 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

I am trying to place two tables side-by-side one another with equal spacing between the margin and each table and between tables. That is, I would like the layout to be like --- A --- B --- where A and B are tables and --- represents an equal amount of spacing on the left of table A, between tables A and B, and on the right of table B. At this point, I've been able to place A and B immediately beside one another using \startcombination[2*1] ... \stopcombination, but this doesn't give me the horizontal spacing between the tables that I would like. I would appreciate any help in getting the layout that I am looking for. Thanks in advance, Troy

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R2L footnotes
by Khaled Hosny 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

There are two issues with right-to-left fontnotes, 1) the footnote number gets somewhere in the middle of the footnote text instead of being in the right margin 2) the footnote rule is left aligned: \setupalign[r2l] \starttext Text\footnote{Note} \stoptext Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Egyptian Arab

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backref in ConTeXt bibliography
by Andreas Mang 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hi everybody, Is there any simple macro / flag available that would result in the page numbers for the "place of citation" for individual bibliography entries to show up in the bibliography, i.e. is there some functionality similar to "backref" (http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref/) available in ConTeXt? I got pretty excited when I saw the option \setuppublicationlist[% pagenumber=yes,% ] in the manual since I expected it would do the job. I however cannot see any changes when setting this to "yes" in my document. As far as I can see there is also no explanation in the bib manual by Taco Hoekwater, right?! I would very much appreciate if one of you guys could point me to the right direction or even better provide me with some code snippets / a solution? Thanks in advance, Andreas

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Prefixed reference mechanism broken (again) in latest current luatex
by Mari Voipio 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hello! I know I'm about the only person in the world using the prefixed reference mechanism, but it really makes my life a lot easier when handling largish user manuals with tons of references. However, the system seems to be broken again, at least in LuaTeX in the newest current (ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.8.23 as of today). Good news is that ConTeXt doesn't crash on this and references inside each chapter (i.e. without calling for the prefixing mechanism) work fine. Bad news is that while the project at hand is so small I can keep track of unique reference names and thus bypass the problem, by next week I'll probably have to compile one of the larger projects and I *really* do not fancy going through every reference there to change them to non-prefixed... My minimal example worked on the Online ConTeXt in the Garden (pdftex and xetex), but when I'm running ConTeXt default, i.e. MkIV + LuaTeX, on my Windows7, this example fails exactly the same way that the real thing does (resulting pdf attached). ==================== \setuphead[chapter][prefix=+] \starttext \chapter[one]{Chapter One} \section[bla]{Blablabla} \chapter[two]{Chapter Two} See \in{Section}[one:bla] \stoptext ========================= I don't mind updating to a slightly newer version of ConTeXt, but at this stage it'll have to be something fairly "safe", deadlines are looming too close for any extensive experimenting. Oh well, at least the current doesn't crash on the references, so I can continue the editing job and sort out the double question marks later. Regards, Mari

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ConTeXt in SciTe in Windows, non-working commands in Tools menu
by Mari Voipio 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hello! While struggling with the prefixed referencing system, I found two commands in the Tools menu that fail miserably. As the commands I normally use (Ctrl+1/Process TeX file, Process and Arrange, Generate Formats (luaTeX) work fine, the problem is fairly local and neither is critical. If I remember it correctly, the command Tools | Update ConTeXt has never worked for me, but the error message has been different. What I get now is >mtxrun --autogenerate texshow --update --force mtxrun | kpse fallback with progname 'context' initialized in 0.03 seconds>Exit code: 1 Updating per se works, because when I did it on the command line, i.e. ran first-setup.bat --context=current something definitely came in and there are changes in for example directory texmf-modules (and yes, I did remember to generate formats and that command really worked). The other command that fails is Tools | Open Logfile (or Ctrl+E) and I'm fairly sure this one worked on the W7 laptop that I installed in August 2011 with the then up-to-date versions of SciTe and ConTeXt. The error message is pretty interesting, too: > Lua: error checking global scope for command I can of course open the log file in SciTe via the File menu, so this isn't a major problem, just an annoyance. I used to like my Ctrl+E quite a bit... The SciTe+ConTeXt combo I'm using now is on a 64-bit Windows7 laptop and I installed it about 10 weeks ago onto a brand new computer. My SciTe says it's version 2.26 of May 25, 2011. It is quite possible I'm running a different version from what's in the ConTeXt package as I fetch my SciTe separately from Scintilla so I get a civilised Windows installer that sets Windows context menus and other goodies all at one click. (Yes, I'm da lazy Windows user who doesn't want to bother her brain with any tweaking if that can be avoided.) >From the world of Windows, Mari

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please fix command reference links on contextgarden
by Philipp A. 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

it does *still* not work. the fuction is defined as such: function show_command(URL) { open_window().location.href='http://texshow.contextgarden.net/cmd/' + URL; } and thus redirects to some url under http://texshow.contextgarden.net/. but no matter what that url is, the subdomain always redirects to the url http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference/en (no, not http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference/en/TheCommandName!) please fix it, whoeveer runs texshow.contextgarden.net

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arbitrary tex-code in xml?
by Thomas A. Schmitz 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Hi all, must be the heat here in Germany - I'm all out of ideas, and I have no example yet. Maybe someone can help: is it possible to define an xml setup that will run arbitrary tex code? Something like this (obviously pseudo-code): in a TeX file MyInputs.tex which will be loaded at runtime, I have: \startTEXbuffer[mybuffer] \color[red]{Hello World!} \stopTEXbuffer in the xml, I have <gettexbuffer>mybuffer</gettexbuffer> and in the setups \input MyInputs \startxmlsetups xml:gettexbuffer \getTEXbuffer[\xmlflush{#1}] \stopxmlsetups I tried with simple \startbuffer[mybuffer] ... \getbuffer[mybuffer], but the result is that the TeX code is typeset verbatim, not processed (problem of catcodes?). Any takers before I pull myself together and try to come up with an example? Thanks! Thomas

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buffer names in MKII
by Mojca Miklavec 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Dear Hans, something broke backward compatibility in MKII. When using buffers like in \startbuffer[buffername] hello world \stopbuffer the code now creates buffername.tmp instead of \jobname-buffername.tmp. This breaks the gnuplot module in weird ways. I can probably fix it in one way or another, but I'm not sure why the behaviour would change. To fix the vim module? :) :) :) OK, I need to take some time and try to use Aditya's code in the background anyway, but I still wonder if the change was intentional or not. Thanks, Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] Itemize right-aligned
by Wolfgang Schuster 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Hi, is it possible to "right-align" enumerations? Giving something like the following This is the first item * A somewhat longer second item * A short third item * Thanks Erik No but you can use descriptions to get this output: \definedescription [myitem] [location=right, align=flushright, width=2em, distance=1em, headalign=middle, text={\symbol[bullet]}] \starttext \input ward \startmyitem \input ward \stopmyitem \startmyitem \input ward \stopmyitem \input ward \stoptext Wolfgang

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Two rotates on the same line
by Cecil Westerhof 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

I am still expanding my knowledge of ConTeXt. At the moment I am playing with \rotate. When using: \rotate[rotation=42]{Tekst kan ook worden geroteerd.} \rotate[rotation=-42]{In elke richting die je maar wilt.} This is displayed as: / \ I would like it displayed as: /\ How can I do that? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Fwd: Itemize right-aligned
by Taco Hoekwater 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Itemize right-aligned Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:28:51 +0200 From: Erik Margraf <erik.margraf(a)googlemail.com> Reply-To: erik.margraf(a)gmail.com To: ntg-context-owner(a)ntg.nl Hi, is it possible to "right-align" enumerations? Giving something like the following This is the first item * A somewhat longer second item * A short third item * Thanks Erik

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Definition of lualetterbackslash
by Aditya Mahajan 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Hi Consider the following example: \startluacode print("lualetterbackslash:", [=[\\include]=]) \stopluacode \def\lualetterbackslash{\letterbackslash} \startluacode print("letterbackslash:", [=[\\include]=]) \stopluacode \bye gives lualetterbackslash: \\include letterbackslash: \include I find the second alternative better. Why is \lualetterbackslash defined differently from \letterbackslash? Aditya

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Process remaining floats
by Aditya Mahajan 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Hi, Is there a command that will flush all unprocessed floats. For example, consider the following: %-------- text 1 \placefigure[fig:1]{...}{...} \FLUSHALLFLOATS text 2 %----------- I don't want text 2 to be placed unless fig:1 has been processed (even if it means an under filled page). Thanks, Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] combining characters in stretchednormalcase
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

Hi, Hans, what is the opposite of the following recipe (to make letters shrink instead of stretch)? > \starttext > > \definedfont[file:junicoderegular] > > \kerncharacters{N.C.} > > \stoptext -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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How to typeset ellipsis (=three dots)?
by Marcin Borkowski 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

Hi, I looked into the \dots macro: I can see how it works in math mode, but in text mode it puts a thin space (\,) after the dots. So what is the right way to type, say, this sentence: "I like ConTeXt... but the learning curve is steep!" A. I like \CONTEXT\dots but the learning curve is steep! or B. I like \CONTEXT\dots\ but the learning curve is steep! ? Regards, -- Marcin Borkowski

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A [paragraph] parameter to \startitemize seems not to work
by Marcin Borkowski 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

Hi, the manual says that \startitemize[paragraph] \item doesn't \item leave \item blank space \item before the paragraph. \stopitemize But as the above example shows, this doesn't work. Is it a bug in ConTeXt, a bug in the manual or a bug in my brain? Regards, -- Marcin Borkowski

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Re: [NTG-context] Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Aug '11

20 Aug '11

Hi, Looks like the are problems with my installer and I'm not aware of. Alasdair McAndrew, can we collaborate on this issue (since I don't have Win7 64 bit to do tests?) -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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typo in syst-aux.mkiv
by Peter Rolf 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Hi, undefined '\e!!es' breaks compilation here (beta 18.08.2011). \def\getfirstcharacter #1{\ctxcommand{getfirstcharacter(\!!bs#1\e!!es)}} \def\doiffirstcharelse#1#2{\ctxcommand{doiffirstcharelse(\!!bs#1\e!!es,\!!bs#2\e!!es)}} % chr str Peter

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gnuplot
by Xenia 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Hi list, I'm having some problems with gnuplot. I installed it as an extra module (means I guess, it is already installed via --modules="all"). Now, I want to use it directly in my ConTeXt-document, without compiling/preprocessing it first. In the gnuplot documentation I just found, how to create a pdf-document (nothing about implementation in context). I tried the minimal example from http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Gnuplot , but I recieve just a .plt-file. I hope some of you do also use gnuplot and can help me easily. Thanks.

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Some APA- and language related bibliography problems
by Stefan Müller 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Hi list, I have some problems with a bibliography. Please consider the following example \mainlanguage[de] \setupbibtex[database={mysample}] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \starttext Ein Zitat \cite[HagenHoekwater2011]. Noch ein Zitat \cite[SchrammKopiez2009]. \placepublications[criterium=text] \stoptext which results in "Ein Zitat (Hagen and Hoekwater, 2011). Noch ein Zitat (Schramm and Kopiez, 2009). Hagen, H. and Hoekwater, T. (2011). Fonts in ConTEXt. Boekplan, NL. Schramm, H. and Kopiez, R. (2009). Die alltägliche nutzung von musik. In Bruhn, H., Kopiez, R. and Lehmann, A. C., editors, Musikpsychologie. Das neue Handbuch, pages 253-265. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag." There are some language specific issues here. (1) There is written "and" in the two references between the author's and between the editor's names, despite the fact that I changed the mainlanguage to German. I learned that I can change this to e.g. "und" with \setuppublicationlist[lastnamesep={\ und \ }, firstnamesep={\ und \ }] but is the current mechanism for translation able to automate the translation here too? Please note that I'm fine with the above solution, I'm just curious. [Similar issue with "andtext" in \setupcite] (2) Similar to the above: How can I change the other inserted words/text, the APA manual [a] requires something different here: "(Eds.)" or "(Hrsg.)" (without the comma, latter German) instead of ", editors" "pp." or "S." (German) instead of "pages" Do I have to modify ConTeXt bib style files here? I would very much refrain from that... Those inserted words/texts are in general not used in German. IIRC these were hardcoded in English inside the style files, is this still the case? (3) There was already a thread about this [b]. The current mechanism messes with the capitalization of the titles "Die alltägliche Nutzung von Musik". In English, this is mostly an aesthetic concern, in German and other languages this is definitely a bug and makes the reference list unusable. Maybe I missed something here: Is it possible to change this without modifying the ConTeXt core files? If not I request that the function Thomas pointed out in [b] is removed. If I want uncapitalized titles I can just use them uncapitalized in th bib or bbl file. IIRC putting the complete title in extra {}'s in the bib would solve this but is considered very very bad. (4) In the APA-style, the entries in the reference list are supposed to be double-spaced [c]. How can I achieve this? The command \setupinterlinespace[big] inside \start...\stoptext does the job for the normal text, but not for the referencelist. [a] APA Publication manual, 6th edition, 2010. Page 202, section 7.02 "Books, Reference Books, and Book Chapters". [b] http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2011/059359.html [c] APA Publication manual, 6th edition, 2010. Page 37, section 2.11 "References". I strongly hope that I can get answers to all of my points above, and any hints and suggestions are appreciated. Unfortunately I'm very unfamiliar with ConTeXt's mechanisms concerning the reference list and I don't know where and how to fix these issues, otherwise I would try to post patches instead... Kind regards, Stefan Müller.

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French punctuation : footnotes
by Steffen Wolfrum 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Hi, isn't "\setcharacterspacing" a global setup? Please have a look at my minimal below: does "frenchpunctuation" need to be set for footnotes seperately? What'd be the recommended way to do so? Are there other text elements that need their own frenchpunctuation (tables, toc, etc.)? Thanks a lot, Steffen ------- \starttext \mainlanguage[fr]\setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation]% AUSNAHME «Teste»\footnote{«Teste»} «Teste»\footnote{\setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] «Teste»} \stoptext

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pgf colors
by Mojca Miklavec 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Hello, I'm asking just in case that there is any PGF guru on this mailing list, else I will ask on the PGF list. I have noticed that TikZ terminal for gnuplot is broken (it worked half a year ago) because of the following definitions: \def\gpcolor#1{\tikzset{global #1}} \tikzset{rgb color/.code={\pgfutil(a)definecolor{.}{rgb}{#1}\color{.}}} \tikzset{global rgb color/.code={\pgfutil(a)definecolor{.}{rgb}{#1}\color{.}}} \tikzset{global color/.code={\color{#1}}} Example of usage: \gpcolor{color=gp lt color 0} \gpcolor{rgb color={1.000,0.000,0.000}} Clearly the command \color{...} is something latex-specific. The question is - does anyone know how to rewrite the commands written above into generic code that will work in all of the three: plain TeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt? "Minimal" example: \usemodule[tikz] \edef\tikzatcode{\the\catcode`\@} \catcode`\@=11 \def\gpcolor#1{\tikzset{global #1}} \tikzset{rgb color/.code={\pgfutil(a)definecolor{.}{rgb}{#1}\color{.}}} \tikzset{global rgb color/.code={\pgfutil(a)definecolor{.}{rgb}{#1}\color{.}}} \tikzset{global color/.code={\color{#1}}} \catcode`\@=\tikzatcode \starttext \starttikzpicture \gpcolor{color=red} % or: \gpcolor{rgb color={1.000,0.000,0.000}} \draw (0,0)--(10,0)--(10,5)--(0,5)--cycle; % this one should be red \stoptikzpicture \stoptext Thanks, Mojca

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widgets broken
by Hans Hagen 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Hi, Widgets are broken in the beta (due to inheritance change). I'll fix it. 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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Smileys
by Cecil Westerhof 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Errors installing ConTeXt on Windows
by Alasdair McAndrew 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

My laptop running ubuntu died this evening, so as an interim measure I'm trying to install ConTeXt on a windows machine, using the GUI "ConTeXt minimals" installer. However, after only a few seconds of running, I get two popup errors: "Update Failed: error code: 1", "Make Failed: error code: 1", after which the installation exits. Does anybody know what's going on here, and how I can get it working? Thanks, Alasdair -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://bit.ly/Alasdair Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew

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minimals
by Hans Hagen 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta but please don't update the minimals as it looks like the texmf-context/tex tree gets lost on the server 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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ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

Dear gang, As some of you may know, I'm working on a professional introductory book for learning ConTeXt. Part of the philosophy of this book is to be as self-contained as possible, so we'll be using a preferred editor. Not one editor/ide out there is ideal for ConTeXt (including bidi editing and other user-friendly configurability). The best balance I could find is Notepad++ (Npp), and that's what I'm going with. I have done a lot of work to contextify it, and I have added some new features, such as a context-menu where one can right-click and get a list of ConTeXt typography and description options, experimental support for tooltips (giving options for commands etc), no more manual braces (so far less run errors) etc. To take this to the next level I need help: Is there anyone on the list who knows how to write and compile lexers for scintilla-based editors? Also, how to compile C++ for M$-Windows based applications such as Npp? Npp has a rich user-defined dialog, and I have been able to do a lot with it, but it has some serious limitations. So I'd like to port my user-definitions to a lexer. We can probably start with the code for the included TeX lexer, de-latexify it, and add the needed functions for ConTeXt, including a few other features. If anyone is interested, please contact me! 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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Apple Emoji (was: Smileys)
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 09:12, Patrick Gundlach wrote: > Hello Wolfgang, > >> Apples new emoji font is also very interesting but you can’t use it with ConTeXt. > > Why is that? Is this a ConTeXt or a LuaTeX limitation? LuaTeX. Actually, it is a limitation of 99.9% of software out there. I wasn't able to display the font with any single font editor, including FontForge and XeTeX (maybe XeTeX would work if somebody would port it to 64-bit and corresponding new Apple libraries). As far as LuaTeX support is concerned, here was the latest answer: On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 20:20, Hartmut Henkel wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> (Hartmut, if you're interested in this funny font thread Mojca can >> send you the font/test file.) > > thanks, but not now, sorry. I'm stuck too deep in the backlogs. > > Regards, Hartmut But even if the font was supported, it might be illegal to use it on Windows (I'm not sure, I didn't read the licence). Mojca

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Should \setupinterlinespace work in \setupmargindata?
by Raymond LeClair 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

The following fails, badly: \definefont[MarginFont][Serif sa 0.5] \setupmargindata[style=\MarginFont\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt]] \starttext \inmargin{abc\\def}\input tufte \stoptext Have I got the wrong syntax? ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.13 int: english/english

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[punknova][PATCH] README.md: Add link to article from Hans and Taco in MAP 37 [1]
by Paul Menzel 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:46:52 +0200 [1] http://www.ntg.nl/maps/37/ --- Somehow the README on CTAN [2] is not converted to HTML. So the links which would be created by Markdown cannot be used usable. [2] http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/mirror/ctan/fonts/punknova… --- README.md | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b4ab2e8..8cecb0d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The MetaPost source has the following notice: 2008, Taco Hoekwater & Hans Hagen - +The MAPS article is [available online](http://www.ntg.nl/maps/37/). Khaled Hosny -- 1.7.5.4

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Centering 'clipping' text logo
by Cecil Westerhof 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

I like the last example on: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphical_text_manipulation This creates a left aligned 'logo'. I would like it to be centered. I tried several things, but until now to no avail. How can I get it centered? -- Cecil Westerhof

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[punknova][PATCH] README.md: Fix typos
by Paul Menzel 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:41:03 +0200 1. No dots are used for »et al« according to Merriam Webster [1]. 2. Use capitalization consitently. [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/et%20al --- You can apply this patch saving this message as an mbox file and using `git am savedfilename.mbox`. --- README.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bf1a465..b4ab2e8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ The Punk Nova font This is an OpenType implementation of Donald Knuth's [Punk font](http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb09-2/tb21knut.pdf). -The Original Metafont sources were adapted to a more Metapost friendly -form by Taco Hoekwater et. al. +The original Metafont sources were adapted to a more MetaPost friendly +form by Taco Hoekwater et al. Punk is a dynamic font, every time a glyph is requested Matafont draws a unique instance of it. On the other hand, OpenType is static, glyph @@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ Alternate shapes are mapped to the base character using OpenType feature (rand), which tells the renderer to select glyphs randomly from the list of alternate shapes. -The PostScript outlines of the glyphs are generated by Matapost, a -Python script then used FontForge to import the glyphs into an OpenType +The PostScript outlines of the glyphs are generated by MetaPost, a +Python script then uses FontForge to import the glyphs into an OpenType CFF font. Since this year is the 2^5 anniversary of TeX, each lower case letter have 2^5 variants, 2^4 for each upper case and 2^3 for the rest. This font is free software, you can do whatever you want with it as long -as you use different font and file name. The exact copyright statement is: +as you use different font and file names. The exact copyright statement is: "Unlimited copying and redistribution of this file are permitted as long as this file is not modified. Modifications are permitted, but only if @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The MetaPost source has the following notice: Font inspired by Gerard and Marjan Unger's lectures, Feb 1985 - The regular punk files are part of TeXLive and in metafont format. All + The regular punk files are part of TeXLive and in Metafont format. All errors introduced are ours. We also changed the encoding to unicode. In due time we might add a few more more characters. We still need to improve some of the metrics which involves a bit of trial and error. The -- 1.7.5.4

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punk is dead
by Jano Kula 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

Hi Hans & comp. is there any reason why the latest beta doesn't typeset random glyphs with rand feature as it used to at least a year ago? *.tma and *.tmc files also differ in size. ConTeXt ver: 2011.08.04 00:42 MKIV LuaTeX-0.70.1 \definefontfeature[punk] [mode=node,script=latn,rand=yes,kern=yes,tlig=yes] \starttypescript[serif][punknova] \definefontsynonym[Serif][file:punknova-regular][features=punk] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[punknova] \definetypeface[punknova][rm][serif][punknova][default] \stoptypescript \setupbodyfont[punknova] \starttext \rm \input knuth\par \stoptext BTW, is \installfontfeature deprecated as the font-ini.mkiv says: "installing font features *was* experimental"? Any other way to install font features from *.fea file instead of \installfontfeature[otf][rock] \definefontfeature [myfeature] [mode=node,rock=yes,featurefile=rockfile.fea] Thank you, Jano

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Tracking in MKII and MKIV
by Raymond LeClair 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

I am automating the creation of books using ConTeXt with a graphic design graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design. The book cover is created using MetaPost inside a ConTeXt source file. The graphic designer tells me it is very common to specify the interletter spacing, or tracking, and in fact, he considers this capability to be essential. I understand that these, so called, microtypography capabilities are present in pdfTeX fully, but only partially present in LuaTeX (protrusion and expansion), although tracking can be set in a way using \kerncharacters[0.5] in LuaTeX. However, the quality of the typesetting produced by LuaTeX is completely inadequate, while the quality of the typesetting produced by pdfTeX is very good. Am I miss-understanding the differences in capability between pdfTeX and LuaTeX in this regard? Relevant examples follow and PDFs are attached. I processed the following ConTeXt source file using MKII: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (Web2C 2009) (format=cont-en 2011.8.13) ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKII fmt: 2011.8.13 int: english/english ===== START MKII EXAMPLE ===== \pdfminorversion=5 \definepapersize[LG1][width=9.3in,height=6.87in] \definepapersize[LP1][width=9.55in,height=7.12in] \setuppapersize[LG1][LP1] \setuplayout[location=middle,marking=off] \setuppagenumber[state=stop] \startMPenvironment \usetypescript[modern][ec] \switchtotypeface[modern][7.0pt] \setupinterlinespace \def\stretchedspacefactor{4} \def\stretchedspaceamount{0.25em} \stopMPenvironment \startuniqueMPgraphic{cover} cover_paper_width := 9.55in; cover_paper_height := 7.12in; left_margin := 0.347222222222in; top_margin := 0.347222222222in; bottom_margin := 0.347222222222in; draw (0, 0)--(cover_paper_width, cover_paper_height) withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor white; picture labelText; labelText := btex {\vbox{\hsize 2.38888888889in \baselineskip 10.5pt T\hskip 0.25em\stretchednormalcase{HIS BOOK CONTAINS 988 TWEETS POSTED TO TWITTER BY LADYGAGA FROM MARCH 27, 2008 TO AUGUST 5, 2011. IT WAS PUBLISHED ON DEMAND ON AUGUST 14, 2011}}} etex; labeloffset := 0bp; label.lrt(labelText, (left_margin, cover_paper_height - top_margin)); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[cover][\uniqueMPgraphic{cover}] \starttext \title{} \setupbackgrounds[paper][background={cover}] \stoptext ===== STOP MKII EXAMPLE ===== I processed the following ConTeXt source file using MKIV: this is luatex, version beta-0.70.1-2011051908 (rev 4277) ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.13 int: english/english ===== START MKVI EXAMPLE ===== \pdfminorversion=5 \definepapersize[LG1][width=9.24in,height=6.87in] \definepapersize[LP1][width=9.49in,height=7.12in] \setuppapersize[LG1][LP1] \setuplayout[location=middle,marking=off] \setuppagenumber[state=stop] \definefont[LabelFont][Serif sa 0.583] \startuniqueMPgraphic{cover} cover_paper_width := 9.49in; cover_paper_height := 7.12in; left_margin := 0.347222222222in; top_margin := 0.347222222222in; bottom_margin := 0.347222222222in; draw (0, 0)--(cover_paper_width, cover_paper_height) withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor white; picture labelText; labelText := btex {\vbox{\hsize 2.38888888889in \baselineskip 10.5pt \LabelFont {\kerncharacters[0.5] THIS BOOK CONTAINS 988 TWEETS POSTED TO TWITTER BY LADYGAGA FROM MARCH 27, 2008 TO AUGUST 5, 2011. IT WAS PUBLISHED ON DEMAND ON AUGUST 14, 2011}}} etex; labeloffset := 0bp; label.lrt(labelText, (left_margin, cover_paper_height - top_margin)); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[cover][\uniqueMPgraphic{cover}] \starttext \title{} \setupbackgrounds[paper][background={cover}] \stoptext ===== STOP MKVI EXAMPLE ===== The MKII PDF The MKIV PDF

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DTD or similar for export file?
by Vladimir Lomov 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Hi. I'm playing with 'export' and wonder is there 'official' DTD or something similar for 'export' file? P.S. I'm trying to figure out how to write notes using context and export them into (x)html. Currently I'm happy with default xhtml produced by context but want to get 'real' xhtml. --- TIA, Vladimir Lomov -- What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is. -- Kierkegaard, 1813-1855.

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How to prevent line split in typing block when using custom command?
by Vladimir Lomov 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Hi. Consider the following two example files: --------------------------------- 8< -------------------------------- <file name="exa-feat1.tex"> \setupbackend[export=yes] \definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes] \starttext This is an example with \quotation{long} verbatim text. Why context complians? Is there a method to process this file? \startEXAMPLE This is a short verbatim line This this this this this this very very very very very very long long long long long long line line line line line line \stopEXAMPLE \stoptext </file> --------------------------------- 8< -------------------------------- <file name="exa-feat3.tex"> \setupbackend[export=yes] \definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes] \definestartstop[important][style=bold] \starttext This is an example with \quotation{long} verbatim text. Why context fail to compile this example? Is there a method to process it? \startEXAMPLE This is a short verbatim line This this this this this this very very very very very very /BTEX\important{long long long long}/ETEX long long line line line line line line \stopEXAMPLE \stoptext </file> --------------------------------- 8< -------------------------------- In first case the long line is not splitted, in second case the line is splitted. How to prevent line splitting? --- TIA, Vladimir Lomov -- Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Two, one to hold the giraffe, and the other to fill the bathtub with brightly colored machine tools. [Surrealist jokes just aren't my cup of fur. Ed.]

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Problem with installing ConTeXt
by Cecil Westerhof 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

I am still struggling to get ConTeXt running under Windows. At home where (when I work with Windows) I work with Vista it worked. At the company they use XP. I did the same as I did at home, but now I get error messages about configuration files that can not be found in the non existing directory c:\contextminimal. I installed ConTeXt in c:\context. Is it possible that something changed since yesterday? The way I try to couple ConTeXt and TeXworks is described in the following document: http://www.decebal.nl/ConTeXtManual.pdf -- Cecil Westerhof

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Line length limitation of typing block?
by Vladimir Lomov 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Hi. Please consider the following two examples: <file name="exa-feat1.tex"> \setupbackend[export=yes] \definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes] \starttext This is an example with \quotation{long} verbatim text. Why context fails to compile the file? Is there a method to process this file? \startEXAMPLE This is a short verbatim line This this this this this this very very very very very very long long long long long long line line line line line line \stoptext \stoptext </file> <file name="exa-feat2.tex"> \setupbackend[export=yes] \definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes] \starttext This is an example with \quotation{long} verbatim text. The version without buffer fails. \startbuffer[ex1] This is a short verbatim line This this this this this this very very very very very very long long long long long long line line line line line line \stopbuffer \startEXAMPLE /BTEX\getbuffer[ex1]/ETEX \stopEXAMPLE \stoptext </file> context (mkiv) fails to compile first file (error: <output name="exa-feat1.tex"> Runaway argument? This this this this this this very ve\ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \dododowithbuffer. system > tex > error on line 0 in file : File ended while scanning use of \dododowithbuffer ... <empty file> <inserted text> \par <*> ./exa-feat1.tex \stoptext ? </output> ) Seems that there is a limitation on line length in typing block, then how to process a file with such line? The second example compiles well but the long is splitted. How to avoid this? (Adding ',space=fixed' to '\definetyping' doesn't help.) P.S. Sorry two questions in one topic. --- TIA, Vladimir Lomov -- "The wages of sin are death; but after they're done taking out taxes, it's just a tired feeling:"

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wrong mlib process calls
by Peter Rolf 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Hi, I have added the 'mtr' process in front of the normal 'tr' process. [mlib-pps.lua] ... appendaction(processoractions,"system",fg_process) appendaction(processoractions,"system",mtr_process) appendaction(processoractions,"system",tr_process) -- last, as color can be reset ... Strangely the 'mtr' process is also(!) called, if normal transparency ('tr') or text ('tx') is used. You can imagine that the 'cleanup code' has unwanted side effects here. :-) A change of the 'appendaction' order has no impact. I simply added commands.writestatus('mtr_process',table.serialize(prescript)) at the start of mtr_process and this is what I get for the attached example: mtr_process > t={ { "tr_transparency", "0.5" }, { "tr_alternative", "1" }, ["tr_alternative"]="1", ["tr_transparency"]="0.5", } mtr_process > t={ { "tr_transparency", "0.5" }, { "tr_alternative", "1" }, ["tr_alternative"]="1", ["tr_transparency"]="0.5", } mtr_process > t={ { "tx_stage", "final" }, { "tx_number", "1" }, ["tx_number"]="1", ["tx_stage"]="final", } Any ideas what goes wrong here? Example and patched file added. Peter mtx-context | current version: 2011.08.04 00:42 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051907 (rev 4277)

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Why is the \crlf needed to display the table correctly
by Cecil Westerhof 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

On of the things I need to do for the manual about ConTeXt is a list of the most frequently used commands. I am using some macros to display them correctly in a table. Attached a strange effect I got. The second row is displayed wrongly. The third is the same row, but with a \crlf added. This displays correctly. But I am wondering why it is needed. Attached the tex and pdf files. -- Cecil Westerhof

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Missing font switch in 'export=yes'
by Vladimir Lomov 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Hi. Consider the following example: <file name="feat1.tex"> \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes] This is a small example. See the backend output (export file). How to put a word in the example between tags? \startEXAMPLE Here we go /BTEX\bold{AGAIN}/ETEX \stopEXAMPLE \stoptext </file> The 'AGAIN' in PDF file created by 'context' is bold but in 'feat1.export' file the word isn't placed between any tag. Should I use some special command in order to put 'AGAIN' between apropriate tags? -- Bradley's Bromide: If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.

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Italic correction
by Wolfgang Schuster 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

Hi, is italic correction still supported with MkIV because in the following example the second sentence has the same length as the first. % engine=pdftex \starttext \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{A short sentence with a {\it italic} word.} \the\wd\scratchbox\ : \box\scratchbox\par \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{A short sentence with a {\it italic\/} word.} \the\wd\scratchbox\ : \box\scratchbox \stoptext Wolfgang

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Footnote numbering pro page
by Cecil Westerhof 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

I would like my footnote numbering start on every page with 1. I thought this should be done with: \setupnote[footnote][way=bypage] I also tried: \setupnotedefinition[footnote][indenting={yes, small, next}, way=bypage] But both do not work. What is the right way to do it? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Use latest or current version
by Cecil Westerhof 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

I work 'always' with the latest version of ConTeXt. Now a client is going to use it. Should I install for them also the latest version, or is it better to use the current version (--context=current)? -- Cecil Westerhof

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