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something's wrong with arranging
by Thomas A. Schmitz 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

Hi all, something doesn't work with arranging pages in the latest beta. Minimal example: \setuppapersize[A6][A4] \setuparranging[2*4] \starttext \dorecurse{24}{\input tufte \page} \stoptext Only the first two sheets are properly arranged. Must be pretty recent, it worked about two weeks ago. All best Thomas

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Need help with \setuphead and spacing
by Nicola 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

Hi, I still have a couple of requests from a publisher, which I do not know how to fulfill: 1) I need to shift the title 12pt below the top margin. This is my command now: \definefont[TitleStyle][SerifBold at 14pt] \setuphead[title][ style=TitleStyle, align=middle, textstyle=WORD, before={\blank[12pt]}, after={\blank[3pt]} ] But 'before' does not seem to have any effect. My document starts with \starttext\title{...}. 2) I need (sub)section titles indented by .75cm, regardless of the section number, so that in: 1 First Section 1.1 First Subsection 100 Another Section Title 100.1 Another subsection the section titles are aligned. I have tried to use the 'distance' option, but that seems to set the distance between the section number and the section title. I am stuck with these, so any help would greatly be appreciated. I am using MKIV 2011.02.25 22:03 to compile. Nicola

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chapter and section titles in margin of each page
by C. 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

Hello, this is nice: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Headers_and_Footers#Marginal_headings_and_cent ered_headings However, the text in the margin has not the same interlinespace as the main text and that looks weird. See http://i52.tinypic.com/91rc.png The only solution I came up with is using \framed: \startsetups[text a] \framed[align=flushleft, height=24\lineheight, width=\rightmarginwidth, frame=off ] {\getmarking[section]} \stopsetups The drawback seems to be that with this, I can not use \raised , so I have to enlarge the frame (It says "A box is expected here" when I try to raise the frame). Is there a better solution? P.S: Bonus points: Align baselines of margin text and main text.

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string 'space' instead of space ' ' in Russian/Ukranian translations
by Yury G. Kudryashov 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hi! While converting translations to lang-txt.lua many spaces in Russian and Ukranian translations were replaced by the string "space". See attached patch.

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rscale (only for integers?)
by Steffen Wolfrum 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hi, in a typescript I need to set sansserif font proportional bigger than serif font. Using "rscale"? As far as I have seen this only works when integers are used for bodyfont: \starttypescript [times] \definetypeface [times] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [rscale=10.2] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[times] %\setupbodyfont[times,10pt] % <- try this ... \setupbodyfont[times,10.1pt] % <- ... and then this \starttext Test \ss{text} \stoptext Unfortunately the sizes for bodyfont and footnotes are specified by publisher (10.1pt and 8.5pt). Is there a chance to get rscale working even for theses decimal fractions? Steffen

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Bibliography -- complete inline citations in footnotes
by Piotr Lesnicki 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hi, I'm new to ConTeXt and I'm greatly appreciating the rejuvenation it brings me in typesetting after several years using LaTeX. I'm confronted to a few little problems though, the main one being that I'd need to have references both in the footnotes and at the end of a document. Under LaTeX I found that the "inlibib" package is doing exactly that, inserting some "ibid" and "op.cit." when required for repeting references. After reading the bibmod-doc, I thought I would temporarly solve the problem by simply using \setuppublications[refcommand=data] which I thought would put the reference in the same format as in the bibliography, but it doesn't compile. Does any one have a solution? Piotr

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Gradient in table header
by Felix Ingram 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Is such a thing possible? I'd like to have a gradient changing from blue to white across my table header, spanning all columns. I'll probably be using the TABLE environment. Regards, Felix

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Re: [NTG-context] Minimal example for Cyrillic
by Mojca Miklavec 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 07:47, Aleksandr Sinicyn wrote: > I use minimal context distribution for linux obtained by > "first-setup.sh" script from > "http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals". Where can this > cm-super or lh font can be downloaded from and where it should be > placed? You can place them to tex/texmf-local/ or tex/texmf-fonts/ in TDS structure (it has to start with "fonts" and then you can either follow TDS or put all the files inside fonts/data/<fontname>). But I'm not even sure which fonts are used for cm-like Cyrillic. You can download them from CTAN (http://ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts) or (more reliably) from TeX Live (http://ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive) or MikTeX since they are guaranteed to be in proper TDS structure. You only need to know how to unpack them. On Mac I had xzdec somewhere in macports (and it also comes with TeX Live), while on linux I took source and compiled it myself. Mojca

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Minimal example for Cyrillic
by Aleksandr Sinicyn 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hello! Cyrillic characters get transliterated after being processed by "texexec". The following example: \enableregime[utf] \useencoding[cyr] \definetypeface[russian][rm][serif][computer-modern][default][encoding=t2a] \setupbodyfont[russian,24pt] \starttext Немного русского текста для пробы. \stoptext produces this result: Nemnogo russkogo teksta dlya probery. Solution posted at "http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2008/035330.html" no longer works with context version "ConTeXt ver: 2010.09.09 23:45 MKII fmt: 2010.9.10 int: english/english" but produces the following message: ! Font \*russian12ptrmtfrm*:=larm1000 at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> Thank you for help. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow

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Wiki discussion: Fwd: Re: Ctx wiki
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hi, > > - its name is still "\doif" > - and not like "Reference/en/doif..." I have moved the page to Reference/en/doif... > (BTW: It seems to me better if all commands appeared without (the common) "Reference/en/", but OK, now I'd like to achieve the normal look of reference items; so how to get "Reference/en/doif...".) I know it's ugly, but I won't change anything. > Once the "\doif..." page was created (somewhere?), how to "move" it to "Reference/en/doif..."? I am not sure if normal users (not sysops) can move pages. > - When I'm prompted for creation of a new page (for a missing item), I have no option where; I just can create one. > > So if I've created a (bad) "\doif..." page, how to "transform" it to a "Reference/en/doif..." page? - I.e. 1) to change location and 2) to remove the leading "\" from the page name? see above. One can move pages, but I am not so sure who can do that. > > - You may still view and/or edit the "\doif..." page source, especially: > > {{Reference|name=doif...|attributes=}} > ... > [[Category:Reference/en|doif]] > > (BTW: What is affected by "Reference|name=doif..." That's a template. See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/index.php?title=Reference/en/doif...&action=e… > and what by "Category:Reference/en|doif"? Thats a category. Category pages with links are automatically created if you say Category:<something>. > - Seem similar, but I'm using "doif..." (with 3 dots) in the former case and "doif" in the latter one. > > Last thing: > > The title "\doif..." appears TWICE on the page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/%5Cdoif... - how to make it show just once? The first is the title of the page (Reference/en/doif...) and the second is the exact name of the command. No real perfect solution, but it's just the way it is. I'd appreciate if we can move this discussion to the public mailing list. Thanks Patrick

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Wiki discussion: Fwd: Re: Ctx wiki
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hello, thanks for the hints - On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:20:37 +0200, Patrick Gundlach <gundlach(a)speedata.de> wrote: > Hi Lukáš, > just insert > > [[Category:Reference/en|doif]] > > at the bottom of the page. OK, I did and a new valid link was created: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/%5Cdoif... But: - its name is still "\doif" - and not like "Reference/en/doif..." (BTW: It seems to me better if all commands appeared without (the common) "Reference/en/", but OK, now I'd like to achieve the normal look of reference items; so how to get "Reference/en/doif...".) > The page should not be "http://wiki.contextgarden.net/%5Cdoif" but at "http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/doif". And it might be helpful to follow the scheme of the other commands (see the source for http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/color for example) Yes, that's a good complex and simple example (I was looking for such one). > and fill out the "form" that is inside {{ .... }}. Done. > If I remember correctly then you can say __NOTOC__ somewhere on the page that prevents creating a toc. And you should follow the example on the other references pages. OK. > I'd guess that \ is an invalid character in an URL, but I don't know. We have decided to omit the \ in the command names, because all commands start with a backslash. > > HTH, > > Patrick Once the "\doif..." page was created (somewhere?), how to "move" it to "Reference/en/doif..."? - When I'm prompted for creation of a new page (for a missing item), I have no option where; I just can create one. So if I've created a (bad) "\doif..." page, how to "transform" it to a "Reference/en/doif..." page? - I.e. 1) to change location and 2) to remove the leading "\" from the page name? - You may still view and/or edit the "\doif..." page source, especially: {{Reference|name=doif...|attributes=}} ... [[Category:Reference/en|doif]] (BTW: What is affected by "Reference|name=doif..." and what by "Category:Reference/en|doif"? - Seem similar, but I'm using "doif..." (with 3 dots) in the former case and "doif" in the latter one. Last thing: The title "\doif..." appears TWICE on the page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/%5Cdoif... - how to make it show just once? Lukas

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Wiki discussion: Fwd: Re: Ctx wiki
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hi Lukáš, > Several questions: > > - http://wiki.contextgarden.net/%5Cdoif... > > The item about "\doif..." was intended to appear in the reference/en, but it doesn't. How to provide it? just insert [[Category:Reference/en|doif]] at the bottom of the page. The page should not be "http://wiki.contextgarden.net/%5Cdoif" but at "http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/doif". And it might be helpful to follow the scheme of the other commands (see the source for http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/color for example) and fill out the "form" that is inside {{ .... }}. > > - http://wiki.contextgarden.net/%5Cstartitemize > > The item "\staritemize" creates (automatic?) table of contents, but bellow the first table (why?). Is it possible 1) to avoid the TOC creation or 2) to determine another TOC location? If I remember correctly then you can say __NOTOC__ somewhere on the page that prevents creating a toc. And you should follow the example on the other references pages. > > - Why there is "%5C" in the links above? Any way how to avoid this? I'd guess that \ is an invalid character in an URL, but I don't know. We have decided to omit the \ in the command names, because all commands start with a backslash. HTH, Patrick

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columnset failed in the latest beta
by Zhichu Chen 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Minimal code: \definecolumnset[columntest][n=2,balance=yes] \definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2] \starttext \startcolumnset[columntest] \startcolumnsetspan[wide] \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} \stopcolumnsetspan \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par} \stopcolumnset \stoptext There is no columnsetspan, and a wide frame shows up instead. -- Best Regards Chen

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m-obsolete & mkii problem
by Mojca Miklavec 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Dear Hans, would it be possible to change the following line in m-obsolete.tex \writestatus\m!system{skipping obsolete module} so that it wouldn't generate errors (undefined m!system) when compiling with mkii? (I suspect that it is connected with bib module, but I'm not sure). Thanks a lot, Mojca

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type-lua.mkiv
by Wolfgang Schuster 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Hi Hans, can you add \unprotect and \protect at the begin and end of type-lua.mkiv. Wolfgang

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Page break between \title and \itemize
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Hello, I used the following setup for title: \setuphead[title][style=\bfb,align=middle,after=\blank] Then, in the middle of the source code, I used: \title{A title} % Unwanted page break here! \startitemize \item ... \item ... \item ... \stopitemize But it happened that the title was placed to the bottom of a page and the item list appeared on the new page. When I removed "after=\blank" from the setup, the title and the item list got back to one page. So - the question: - Is there a parameter for \blank which would prohibit page break at the place of use? To affect the space after a head but to keep binding with the next element? BTW: There is an option "\blank[samepage]" but with a note "mkiv only?". So how - if - is this supposed to work with MKIV? Kind regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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How to sort the reference by the cite sequence
by seasoul 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

I want to list the cited reference in the publication list, and numbered by the citing sequence. so I use \setuppublications[alternative=num,criterium=cite,sorttype=cite] But it seems the sequence is the one in the bbl file. So i add one line to generate a bbl file by the citing sequence. \setupbibtex[database={blabla},sort=cite] This time, there is even no bbl file generated. How do i get my publication list to what I want: numbered by the citing sequence in the text?

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Trouble with columns
by Alasdair McAndrew 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

I was setting up a test for my students, consisting of one page (A4 landscape), three columns. Each column consisted of a question, below which there was an empty frame in which to write the answer. The layout then was something like -- \startcolumns[n=3] \startitemize[n] \item First question \framed[height=10cm width=\textwidth]{} \column \item Second question \framed[height=10cm width=\textwidth]{} \column \item Third question \framed[height=10cm width=\textwidth]{} \stopitemize \stopcolumns -- All well and good - except! the second "\column" command pushed the third column onto a second page. However without that "\column", no matter what parameters I gave the page layout, the third question text would appear at the bottom of the second column. I ended up getting around this by putting a "\vskip3cm" in place of the second "\column". This worked, but seems like an ugly workaround. What's going on here - and what am I doing wrong? Thanks, Alasdair -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://bit.ly/Alasdair Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew

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\definepalet ignores transparency (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hi, the subject says it all. The question left is if this is a bug or a feature :-) Example: \starttext \definecolor[foo] [s=0,a=1,t=.5] \definepalet[bar] [foobar=foo] \blackrule[width=3cm,height=3cm,color=foo] % transparent black \blackrule[width=3cm,height=3cm,color=foobar] % pure black \stoptext Tested with ConTeXt beta from 26.01.2011. Sorry if this has been solved in the meantime. I still haven't found the time to adapt my 'specials'. Regards, Peter

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LinearShade trouble
by Kumar Appaiah 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear ConTeXt list, I have been having troubles with LinearShade with ConTeXt for quite a while, even with the latest version. Steps to reproduce: There is a test.tex at the bottom of this e-mail: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=580447#5 Copy paste it into the ConTeXt Live interface at the ConTeXt Garden. Result is blank. But what I expect (produced with an ancient version of ConTeXt, Debian version 2008.05.21-1): http://people.debian.org/~akumar/dump/test_expected.pdf Could you please let me know where things are going wrong? The mail has the log files attached. Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah

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Fwd: The final EuroBachoTeX 2011 teaser
by Willi Egger 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear TeX users, This is a message i received from our EuroTeX-organisers Kind regards Willi Egger Secretary NTG Begin forwarded message: > From: Jerzy Ludwichowski <Jerzy.Ludwichowski(a)uni.torun.pl> > Date: 29 March 2011 18:26:24 CEST > To: LUG boards <lug-boards(a)ifi.uio.no> > Subject: The final EuroBachoTeX 2011 teaser > Reply-To: lug-boards(a)ifi.uio.no > > Dear Friends, > > please forward this to your users. > > Greetings, > Jerzy Ludwichowski > > > Only hours keep you apart fromm the cheap EBT2011 registration > deadline on 31 of March.To wet you appetite: > > -- you will be able to witness the emergence of OpenType LM Math > and the the real kick-off to TeX Gyre OTF Math > -- a new open sourced font (Lato) will be shown from the first > design idea until the final hinting touches > -- a summary of the current state of the worlds math fonts by an > expert > -- the immortal Liang algorithm put to an unexpected use > -- a replacement for the Knuth-Plass algorithm > -- e-books: "to DRM or not to DRM" and more > -- TeX will flex its industrial muscle > -- new generation: schools kids will discuss why they care about > well designed school books > -- ConTeXt integration with an open source algebra system > -- the TeX Pearls session will bring a real surprise even for > seasoned MetaPost experts. > > And much more. Bachotek is the place to be this year! > > Although the program is already extremely interesting, we will still > accept submissions until Sunday, April 10 -- please see the call > for papers at > http://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2011-en/cfp1-en > but do not limit yourself to the main conference topic. > > And again: cheap registrations are still open at: > http://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2011-en/development-en/registration-form > Attendees will be rewarde with a pen with their name engraved. > > It is now time to join the party! > > Jerzy Ludwichowski > for the Organizing Committee >

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table with multiple columns and rows
by Francois-Xavier Lamure Tardieu 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Hello. I'm trying to do this table but I have some problems to define the good program. I give you my program : { \bTABLE{} %[align=middle] \setupTABLE[c][2,4,5,6][] \setupTABLE[option=stretch,textwidth=10cm] \setupTABLE[r][1][height=0cm,frame=off] \bTR \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTH[nr=3] Fines \eTH \bTH[nr=3] Réf. Étude \eTH \bTH[nr=3] T C \eTH \bTH[nr=3] Débit moyen m$^{3}/h$ \eTH \bTH[nr=3] Débit [m$^{3}/h$] par $m^{2}$ \eTH \bTH[nr=3] Temps pour HB=15 h:min \eTH \bTH[nr=2] HB$_{r,0}$\footnote{HB$_{r,0}=$Humidité réelle initiale} \eTH \bTH[nr=2] HB$_{r,f}$\footnote{HB$_{r,f}=$Humidité réelle finale} \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=2]Mesure en étuve \% \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD [nr=4]oui \eTD \bTD FA 24 \eTD \bTD[nr=2]30 \eTD \bTD 62 \eTD \bTD 2736 \eTD \bTD $03:50$ \eTD \bTD 56,9\eTD \bTD 14,9 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD FA 25 \eTD \bTD 59 \eTD \bTD 2643\eTD \bTD $04:00$\eTD \bTD 56,4\eTD \bTD 9\eTD \bTR \bTR \bTD FA 26\eTD \bTD40\eTD \bTD 63\eTD \bTD 2795\eTD \bTD $02:55$\eTD \bTD 56,4\eTD \bTD 6,4 \eTD \TR \bTR \bTD FA 30\eTD \bTD 35\eTD \bTD 10\eTD \bTD 454\eTD \bTD $21:00$ \eTD \bTD 56,8\eTD \bTD 5\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD non\eTD \bTD RS 07\eTD \bTD 40\eTD \bTD18\eTD \bTD 819\eTD \bTD $07:20$\eTD \bTD 48,7\eTD \bTD 4,8\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nr=3]non \eTD \bTD RS 14\eTD \bTD ambiante\eTD \bTD 17\eTD \bTD 747\eTD \bTD $24:00$\eTD \bTD 49\eTD \bTD 6,4\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD RS 21\eTD \bTD 35\eTD \bTD 18\eTD \bTD 792\eTD \bTD $10:00$\eTD \bTD 49\eTD \bTD 6,5\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD RS 23\eTD \bTD 30\eTD \bTD 16\eTD \bTD 715\eTD \bTD $12:40$\eTD \bTD 49,8\eTD \bTD 7,2\eTD \eTR \eTABLE} %\endtyping {\placelocalfootnotes} \stoplocalfootnotes}

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[***SPAM***] footnote numbering in t-letter
by Gerhard Kugler 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Hi, in my (new) version of t-letter the numbering of footnotes begins in a document with "3", and then "4" etc. Gerhard -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut Bensheim (Germany) http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de

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Dolly's Underware ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi Hans, with todays beta I just re-ran Vedran's posted minimal example (see below): Still there is "Underware" laying around under "d". Whom does it belong to? Hans, please fix this bug fast! In my current book there is a truckload of ownerless "underware" laying around :o) Steffen ------- My \index{dog}dog is a \index{dog+bullterrier}bullterrier named \seeindex{Dolly}{Underware}Dolly. He doesn't like \index{cat}cats. There are a lot of \index{cat+stray}stray cats, but only a few of them are \index{cat+Siamese}Siamese. \placeindex

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Problem with en-dash in footer
by Florian Wobbe 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi, this used to work before: \setupcombinedlist[content][alternative=c] \setupfootertexts[{should be en-dash: -- \hfill \pagenumber}] \setupfooter[style=\ssbi] % <-- comment out \starttext %text % <-- comment in \completecontent \stoptext Strange is, that the en-dash is there when either the style is not set or when there is text before the TOC. Best, Florian

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Capital spacing feature
by Andreas Harder 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Consider the following example \definefontfeature[capital spacing] [cpsp=yes] \definefontfeature[small capitals] [c2sc=yes] \starttext \setfontfeature{capital spacing} % not OK % \setfontfeature{small capitals} % OK ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ \stoptext It works okay with small capitals but with capital spacing the context throws an error: …/node-inj.lua:70: attempt to index local 'spec' (a nil value) Greeting Andreas

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font error?
by Hans van der Meer 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Just experimenting somewhat with fonts. Could the following be a font problem? Or is it just not possible in this typeface (taken from "fonts in context" page 70) Example: \def\thetypeface{asana} \setupbodyfont[\thetypeface] \starttext [\thetypeface]\quad Hello world!\space$c = \sqrt{a^2+b^2}$ \stoptext Log message: ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. system > tex > error on line 4 in file test.tex: Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set ... 1 \def\thetypeface{asana} 2 \setupbodyfont[\thetypeface] 3 \starttext 4 >> [\thetypeface]\quad Hello world!\space$c = \sqrt{a^2+b^2}$ 5 \stoptext l.4 ...quad Hello world!\space$c = \sqrt{a^2+b^2}$ Hans van der Meer

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beta (backend)
by Andreas Harder 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Here is another error with the latest beta: \setupbackend[format=PDF/X-4p] \starttext test \stoptext Greeting Andreas

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Lucida font?
by Hans van der Meer 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

From the book "Fonts in ConTeXt" I got the impression that the Lucida font is working and decided to give it a try. I have the afm and type1 files in my texmf-local/fonts directory. However, this simple program: \setupbodyfont[lucida] \starttext Hello world! \stoptext takes forever. On my MacPro (mid 2010) luatex is utilizing a processor thread for 100%. I guess processing the fonts take some time. But after more than 12 minutes cpu time without any sign of process I do not believe all is well. The log file is tacked to this post. Is there someone who knows what is happening and where the culprit could be hiding? Thanks in advance. Hans van der Meer

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Reference jump location
by Marco 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

I have the feeling that this issue is well known, but I cannot find a solution at the moment. When clicking on a reference the jump goes underneath the heading making it invisible. How to make the jump to a position that the heading stays visible? Example: \setupinteraction [state=start, focus=width] \starttext \completecontent [interaction=all] \startchapter [title=Foo] \stopchapter \page \startchapter [title=Bar] \stopchapter \stoptext Marco

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Arranging pages ...
by Willi Egger 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi all, I got a trouble with arranging pages. While this gives me the desired result with Context 2011-02-14 MKIV I get weird output with context 2011-03-27 MKIV. Could someone test the attached file? Kind regards Willi

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Symbols Martin Vogel
by Willi Egger 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi, the following used to work: \usesymbols[mvs] \setupsymbolset[martinvogel 2] \starttext \symbol[HollowBox] \stoptext However with Context 2011.03.27 14:48 I get the following error: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: attempt to call field 'char' (a nil value) stack traceback: <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. ... \getnamedglyphdirect ...\ctxlua {fonts.char("#2")} } \dodosymbol ...bol \csname \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname \relax }\relax \fetchsymbol ... {\dodosymbol {#1}\currentsymbol } \fi <inserted text> \fetchsymbol {martinvogel 2} \fetchsymbol {navigation 1} \donormalsymbol ...\ifnosymbol \the \symbolsetups \ifnosymbol \redosymbol \c... \dodoubleemptyonespaced #1#2->#1[{#2}][] What do I miss? Kind regards Willi

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Include path
by Cecil Westerhof 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

I defined some things I will use often. At the moment I do something like: \input /home/cecil/Documenten/context/include/standard-init.inc But I would prefer to do something like: \input standard-init.inc Is shorter and when the path changes there is nothing to update. How should I implement this? Also is it possible to \input a file relative to the current document? For example in my standard-init.inc I have: \ctxloadluafile{/home/cecil/Documenten/context/include/lua/getdate} but I would prefer something like: \ctxloadluafile{lua/getdate} -- Cecil Westerhof

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beta (itemize fit-option)
by Andreas Harder 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Hi all, the fit-option in itemize-environments seem to be broken. Can someone confirm this? \starttext \startitemize[R,fit] % ,fit -> error \dorecurse{8}{\item test} \stopitemize \stoptext Greeting Andreas

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beta
by Hans Hagen 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. There are quite some changes this time: - backend code has been reorganized and cleaned up and aspects of interaction have been partially reimplemented (like widgets) in a more mkiv-ish way (or actually mkvi); widgets now have an updated inheritance model - the font related lua code has been cleaned up and reorganized as well and; the cached data is different, the memory footprint is somewhat smaller, processing can be a bit faster, font related parameters are better organized in subtables in the font instance, etc - the generic font code (in luatex-fonts) has been stripped from context related features so that it is easier to cook up mkiv specific extensions without too much interference (or side effects) for the generic code - a couple of fixes (like discussed on this list the last few weeks) have been applied 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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beta
by Hans Hagen 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Hi, One of the changes in mkiv font handling is that from now on we have mode=auto as default (beware, this is one of those mkiv only options and not supported in the generic variant). I don't know how well it works in practice but it does work out ok for cases like: \starttext \startTEXpage \definedfont[Serif*default at 20pt]fijn\par \definefontfeature[nlddefault][default][script=latn,language=nld] \definedfont[Serif*nlddefault at 20pt]fijn\par \stopTEXpage \stoptext Depending on the font, node mode takes more memory (and a bit more runtime) but you can always enforce base or node mode when you are unhappy with the automatically determined mode. 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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(no subject)
by David Abdurachmanov 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

http://gamedesign.ru/index002-9.html

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Changing the font used in a flowchart
by Cecil Westerhof 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

I am working with flowcharts. I want to change the font used in the flowchart. How can this be done? \setupbodyfont changes the font of the document, but not of the flowchart. -- Cecil Westerhof

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beta (asana goodies)
by Andreas Harder 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

Hi Hans, with the latest beta asana-math.lfg don't seem to have any influence of the output. \setupbodyfont[asana] \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] $\binom{n}{k}\quad \dbinom{n}{k}$ \stopTEXpage It used to work with the experimental two or three days ago. Greeting Andreas

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Help with Times font, footnote symbols and captions
by Nicola 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

Hi, a document of mine (compiled with the latest mkiv beta) contains the following setup: \usetypescript[times][ec] \setupbodyfont[times,10pt] \defineconversion[onlyasterisks][*,*,*,*,*] \setupnote[footnote][numberconversion=onlyasterisks,bodyfont=9pt] \setupcaptions[inbetween={\blank[6pt]},width=max,align=middle,style=bold, suffix={.}] I have some trouble with the following, however: 1) The asterisks in the footnotes appear in the margin. I can I align the * below the main text? 2) How can I make the text in the captions at 9pt? I have checked in the wiki and in the ConTeXt manual, but I cannot do the above. Besides, is the used font Times New Roman (sorry for the question, but I do not have Acrobat installed right now, and I do not know how to check the font in the pdf file)? If not, how can I use Times New Roman with mkiv? Thanks in advance, Nicola

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x-ldx markup tags?
by Philipp Gesang 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

Hi all, the xml style docstrings for lua files are really useful but I still have no clue about what are valid tags. For instance ----------------------------------------------------------------- --[[ldx-- <p>Drop by at <url href="http://pragma-ade.com/"/>!</p> --ldx]]-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- is the syntax used to denote external links in many of context’s files (like mtxrun). But when passed to “context --ctx=x-ldx” the empty “<url/>” tag is just ignored. “<t>” or “<type>” are clear, as are “<l>” and “<logo>” -- but the other markup elemens -- assuming they do exist -- like a simple emphasis still elude me. (Just blindly grepping everything lua in the tree for some time now.) Any clarification or pointer to examples? Thanks Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Wrong cross references
by Alasdair McAndrew 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

I have seen this discussed once somewhere else, but I can't find it. Here's the problem: two equations in my document have been given numbers (1) and (2), but the references to them come up as (2) and (3) respectively. I have used: \definereferenceformat [ineqn] [left=(,right=),text=equation] to obtain their references. What is going on here? And is there an easier way to obtain parentheses around a reference number, so that "we see from equation (6)" instead of "we see from equation 6"? Thanks Alasdair -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://bit.ly/Alasdair Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew

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beta (broken?)
by Reviczky, Adam 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

I'm getting this since today morning: mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/08/reviczky/local32/texlive/experimental/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/08/reviczky/local32/texlive/experimental/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./test.tex" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.65.0-2010121316 \write18 enabled. (test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.03.25 18:03 MKIV fmt: 2011.3.25 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/home/08/reviczky/local32/texlive/experimental/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > test.top loaded (test.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active {/home/08/reviczky/local32/texlive/experimental/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) (/home/08/reviczky/local32/texlive/experimental/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (/home/08/reviczky/local32/texlive/experimental/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv){/home/08/reviczky/local32/texlive/experimental/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/home/08/reviczky/local32/texlive/experimental/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > otf loading > loading: /home/08/reviczky/local32/texlive/experimental/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman12-regular.otf (hash: lmroman12-regular) fonts > otf loading > font loaded okay fonts > otf loading > file size: 110400 fonts > encoding > loading (extended) adobe glyph list fatal error: this module is not for context system | total runtime: 0.878

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Re: [NTG-context] problem with printing pdf files (MKIV on Mac)
by Florian Wobbe 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

> Do you have Mac OS X 10.6.7? Not yet. And for obvious reasons I'm not willing to update right now ;) > The small attached example is enough to break the printer (both > PostScript and PCL) when printing from Skim. May I ask you to try to > print this file with 10.6.7? No problem here. BTW: pdfinfo a.pdf Title: a Creator: ConTeXt - 2011.03.11 11:45 Producer: LuaTeX-0.65.0 Page size: 595.276 x 841.89 pts (A4) File size: 5253 bytes PDF version: 1.6 pdffonts a.pdf name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- --------- ZWRPON+TeXGyrePagella-Regular CID Type 0C yes yes yes 18 0 That file was generated with MKIVtexgyrepagella-regular.otf using mkiv? Now if I print that via CUPS-PDF. pdfinfo cups-a.pdf Producer: Apple pstopdf Page size: 595 x 842 pts (A4) File size: 2891 bytes PDF version: 1.3 pdffonts cups-a.pdf name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- --------- CFOFGB+TeXGyrePagella-Regular Type 1C yes yes no 4 0 du -b a.pdf cups-a.pdf 5253 a.pdf 2891 cups-a.pdf So CUPS does some font conversion here. I would assume that will also happen when printing to a regular network printer. Maybe this step breaks on your system. And that is why sending the file to the printer directly causes no trouble. Florian PS: Is there a way to force luatex writing fonts in CFF instead CID format?

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ConTeXt user manual: typo: componentonderdeel
by Paul Menzel 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Dear ConTeXt user manual editors, in table 2.1 on page 19 in the ConTeXt user manual [1] in chapter 2 »Documents« there seems to be a space missing and the Dutch word is appended to the command. \componentonderdeel name Thanks, Paul PS: Will an updated version be published sometime? [1] http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf

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\doif... and Lua
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Hello, is it possible to use a block of context code depending on a value of a Lua variable? I tried something like: --- \starttext \directlua{test = true} %\directlua{test = 5} %\directlua{test = "a"} \doifempty{\directlua{return test}} %\doifempty{\directlua{test}} {Yes} {No} \stoptext --- But this gives me always "No". - I'm not sure if this is a good way, and whether attempt to use \doif(...) macro is a good idea at all. Any (better) solution? Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Acrobat JavaScript in ConTeXt
by Vedran Miletić 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Hi, how can one make a button that does app.alert() in ConTeXt? I tried something like this without much luck: \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \goto{Button}[JS(app.alert{Hello World})] \stoptext Can anyone help? Regards, Vedran Miletić

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structure: products and subfolders
by Paul Menzel 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, following [1] I do not get any PDF output running `context project.tex`. The product files are in a subfolder. I verified that first with [2] in a flat structure and then adding a subfolder where no output is created. Executing ConTeXt with the seperate product files as an argument works. $ context --version MTXrun | main context file: /context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv MTXrun | current version: 2011.02.04 10:01 I attach the files. $ ls * env_mymag.tex project_mymag.log project_mymag.tex project_mymag.tuc prd_year2004-01: c_editorial.tex prd_year2004-01.tex Thanks, Paul [1] http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2007/share/sanjoy/sanjoy-typesetting-textb… [2] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Project_structure

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Use date of the tex file in the document
by Cecil Westerhof 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

I would like to use the date of the document in the generated PDF. (It is not interesting when the PDF is generated, but when the source was last changed.) How would I do this? -- Cecil Westerhof

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No indent with first paragraph with \item
by Cecil Westerhof 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

When using \startitemize … \stopitemize there is no indent for the first paragraph when using \head, but there is when using \item. How can I make that by \item the first paragraph also has no indentation? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Metfun macro for triangle
by Otared Kavian 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Hi all, I have a document in which I must draw several triangles for which two summits, say z0, z1, and the length of the two other sides are known, so that the third summit, say z2, is completly determined. In order to draw one triangle the following works fine: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startMPcode z0 = (0cm,0cm) ; z1 = (5cm,0cm) ; path p, q ; pickup pencircle scaled 2mm ; drawdot z0 ; drawdot z1 ; p := halfcircle scaled 8 cm ; % twice the length of the second side at z0 p := p shifted z0 ; q := halfcircle scaled 6 cm ; % twice the length of the second side at z1 q := q shifted z1 ; z2 = p intersectionpoint q ; drawdot z2 ; pickup pencircle scaled 1mm ; draw z0--z1--z2--cycle withcolor blue ; \stopMPcode \stoptext However I would like to have a macro, for instance named Triangle, which accepts four arguments z0,z1, length_1, length_2, so that in a MetaPost code i can use draw Triangle(z0,z1, 4, 3) withcolor blue ; in order to draw the above triangle. Has anyone any idea about how to do this? Thanks in advance for your help: OK

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How to add a local texmf tree to context minimals?
by Ulrike Fischer 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

I would like to make some test of my virtual-lua-chessfonts with the context minimals. The files I want to test are in a small texmf trees. How can I add this trees to the list of trees used by context in a way that the changes are not lost after updates? -- Ulrike Fischer

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search path for require(...)
by Ulrike Fischer 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

I'm trying to store the virtual lua chess fonts I'm currently creating so that latex and context can use them. 1. At first I stored the vf-chess-XX.lua in tex/luatex. This works for latex but not for context. tex/generic works for both. 2. My fonts loads a lua-file which should be shared by all fonts with chessfss=require('chessfss') latex finds the chessfss.lua without problems in various locations (e.g. tex/generic) but context not. How can I solve this problem? -- Ulrike Fischer

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MLA Workscited example no longer works
by John Haltiwanger 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

This worked fine when compiling my thesis last year. -- test-workscited.tex % for bibliographic entries % following hanging indent code (also in workscited) taken from % http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2004/005280.html % [NTG-context] Re: Again: "hanging" for a lot of paragraphs? % ~ Patrick Gundlach \def\hangover{\hangafter=1\hangindent=0.5in} \definestartstop[workscited][ before={ \page[no] \indenting[never] \startalignment[left] \bibliography{Recommended Reading} \stopalignment \setupwhitespace[medium] \bgroup\appendtoks\hangover\to\everypar }, after={ \egroup \indenting[yes]}] \starttext \startworkscited \input{knuth} \stopworkscited \stoptext

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Which standard installed font displays ' and ` good
by Cecil Westerhof 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

I am still experimenting. With the default ' is reasonably displayed, but ` not. I liked palatino, but then even ' is not displayed nicely. What is the best (standard installed) font where both ' and ` are good displayed? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Automatic cross reference to next page at automatic page breaks only
by Matthias Weber 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear all, I am trying to create a screen document that relies entirely on navigation via links. A typically page has several cross references in it the reader has to choose from (think of multiple choice tests). Occasionally, a page is too long to fit on a single screen. I would like to have a link to the next page at the bottom right corner of the screen whenever a page break occurs that is not forced via say a new section. In other words, whenever *automatic* page breaks occur, I want that extra link in the footer. In all other cases, I have my own manual links. Any ideas? Thanks, Matthias

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Bug in \seeindex (MkIV only)
by Vedran Miletić 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hi, in mtx-context | current version: 2011.03.22 13:59, using MkIV the following code My \index{dog}dog is a \index{dog+bullterrier}bullterrier named \seeindex{Dolly}{Underware}Dolly. He doesn't like \index{cat}cats. There are a lot of \index{cat+stray}stray cats, but only a few of them are \index{cat+Siamese}Siamese. \placeindex Produces only "see Underware" under "d" in Index, without "Dolly". MkII works fine. Regards, Vedran Miletić

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withdots framing (sharing an example)
by Pavel Striz 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Good evening, dear ConTeXtists, Mr. Eyre in his conference proceedings paper to be (http://striz9.fame.utb.cz/docasne/bulletin/NEtypo.pdf) applies withdots framing via TikZ as he told me. I passed him one of your ideas (Aditya Mahajan, Wolfgang Schuster) and he slightly extended it using Metapost to fit his examples. I am just sharing it with all the sincere greetings. Pavel Striz http://striz9.fame.utb.cz/docasne/bulletin/framed.pdf http://striz9.fame.utb.cz/docasne/bulletin/framed.tgz a.k.a. \startuniqueMPgraphic{Label} path p; p := (0,0) -- (OverlayWidth,0) -- (OverlayWidth, OverlayHeight) -- (0, OverlayHeight) -- (0,0); draw p withpen pencircle scaled 1pt dashed withdots; setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox OverlayBox; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[Label][\useMPgraphic{Label}] \defineframed[Text][background=Label,frame=off,location=low] \starttext AAA \Text{BBB} CCC \Text{DDD} EEE \def\Picture#1#2#3% {% \vbox to 3in% {% \vfil% \placefigure[left][#3]% {% \hangindent=0.5pt\hangafter=1{}% #2% }% {% \hskip-11pt\hbox to 3in% {% \Text% {% \externalfigure[#1][width=3in]% }% \hss% }% }% }% }% \Picture{Distract.pdf}{Caption}{Refmarker}% \stoptext

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Minute not working in unit module?
by Matthias Weber 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear all, \usemodule[units] \starttext $1 \Minute$ \stoptext gives an undefined control sequence for \Minute, both in mk2 and mk4. Matthias

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Floating picture and footnotes
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hello, I encountered a bit strange effects when using footnotes in the area which is formed by a floating object. Consider the following example: --- \setupinteraction[state=start] % Heads \setupheads[aligntitle=float] % Graphics \startreusableMPgraphic{Dgm} draw (0,8cm)--(0,0)--(5cm,0)--cycle; \stopreusableMPgraphic % Body \starttext \subject{AAA\footnote{aaa}} \input tufte \blank\placefigure[left,none]{}{\framed[frame=on,offset=6pt]{\reuseMPgraphic{Dgm}}} \subject{BBB} TTT\footnote{ttt} \subject{CCC\footnote{ccc}} \input tufte \stoptext --- Three "types" of footnotes appear in the bottom of the page: 1) black, non-interactive (refers to the same page as the footnote is defined), 2) coloured, interactive (although it refers to the same page as the footnote is defined), - the footnote mark (in place of footnote definition) is also coloured and interactive and refers to the bottom (of the same page), - the coloured footnote number ("2") seems to me a bit thicker than if it were "normal" (i.e. black, non-interactive), 3) black, interactive (although it refers to the same page as the footnote is defined). IMHO, all three cases the footnotes should have the same colour and "interactivity". - The effect is not serious, but it may be something "to be thought about". Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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\hyphenatedurls woes in mkii
by Taco Hoekwater 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hi, For a change, I have a question of my own. Consider this file: \setupinteraction[state=start] \useURL [myurl] [http://hosting.elvenkind.com/cgi-bin/action=list] [] [\hyphenatedurl{http://hosting.elvenkind.com/cgi-bin/action=list}] \starttext See \from[myurl]\par See \url[myurl]\par \stoptext I would like to use the \from because that is more consistent with the rest of my document, but in mkii \from (or more precisely: \processisolatedwords) puts in spaces after each breakpoint. Does anybody know how to get rid of these? (no issue in mkiv, but this is an older setup where mkii is required). Best wishes, Taco

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tabulate
by Herbert Voss 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

this worked some time ago. Current minimal mkiv \def\tabulateuse#1{% \dorecurse{\numexpr2*#1-1\relax} {\span\omit}} \appendtoks \let\use\tabulateuse \defineTABLEshorthands \to \everytabulate \starttext \starttabulate[|l|Bc|c|c|c|r|] \NC a\NC b\NC c \NC d\NC e\NC f\NC\NR \NC a\NC \use2 b\NC d\NC e\NC f\NC\NR \NC a\NC \use3 b \NC e\NC f\NC\NR \NC \use4 a \NC e\NC f\NC\NR \stoptabulate \stoptext system > tex > error on line 10 in file 09-02-30.ctxcrop: Undefined control sequence ... 1 \def\tabulateuse#1{% 2 \dorecurse{\numexpr2*#1-1\relax} 3 {\span\omit}} 4 \appendtoks 5 \let\use\tabulateuse 6 \defineTABLEshorthands 7 \to \everytabulate 8 \starttext 9 \starttabulate[|l|Bc|c|c|c|r|] 10 >> \NC a\NC b\NC c \NC d\NC e\NC f\NC\NR 11 \NC a\NC \use2 b\NC d\NC e\NC f\NC\NR 12 \NC a\NC \use3 b \NC e\NC f\NC\NR 13 \NC \use4 a \NC e\NC f\NC\NR 14 \stoptabulate 15 \stoptext Herbert

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(RSFS) font installation
by mathew 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

\starttypescript [sans][dingbats][name] \definefontsynonym [Sans][file:d050000l] \stoptypescript \definetypeface [dingbats][ss][sans][dingbats][default] \starttext {\getnamedglyphdirect{dingbats}{0x272a}} Or here's the character directly: ✪ \stoptext Anyone else running Ubuntu who can confirm that this doesn't work using the dingbats font installed by Ghostscript? Also doesn't work if you replace file:d050000l with name:dingbats and yet: $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=dingbat* dingbats dingbats /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/d050000l.afm dingbatsnormal dingbats /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/d050000l.afm mathew

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Problems with current experimental branch
by Andreas Harder 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Hi Hans, I don't know it its legible to post problems with the current experimental, so tell me if its not. 1) With OpenType math fonts italic will not work. \setupbodyfont[asana] % \setupbodyfont[cambria] % \setupbodyfont[xits] % \setupbodyfont[euler] \starttext {\it test} \stoptext 2) Actually it's not possible to load Cambria, Xits or Euler at all. \setupbodyfont[cambria] % \setupbodyfont[xits] % \setupbodyfont[euler] \starttext test \stoptext 3) The fit option for itemize causes an error. \starttext \startitemize[fit] \item test \stopitemize \stoptext Greeting Andreas

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[OT] List of Open Source Software
by luigi scarso 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

There are more than seven hundreds of titles http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3918051_13/Ultimate… -- luigi

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Endash tlig not working
by C. 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Hello, the automatic replacement of -- to endash does not work with a certain font. \endash does work and produces the expected symbol. I also have these lines in my code: \definefontfeature[tlig][default][tlig=yes] \addff{tlig} I checked that the endash is at position U+2013 in the font. What else could be wrong here?

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fontserver
by Patrick Gundlach 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Hi, I try to use the font server (mtxrun --script server --auto) and I run into a few problems: * when I click on the font "garamondpremrprobd", the server dies with: 2 shipped pages, 0.379 pages/second mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 ctx-fonttest | entering edit mode for 'garamondpremrprobd' ctx-fonttest | processing font '/Users/patrick/Library/Fonts/GaramondPremrPro-Bd.otf'...tion/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-mis.lua:28: attempt to index field 'enhancers' (a nil value) * When I click on "americantypewriter", I get a strange output (attached). The source has a command that is undefined: \starttext \setcharactermirroring[1] \definefontfeature[sample][analyze=yes,mode=node,language=dflt,script=dflt] \definedfont[name:americantypewriter*sample] \startTEXpage[offset=3pt] \detokenize{This is a sample line!} \stopTEXpage \stoptext (the second line with "\setcharactermirroring") Any cure? Thanks! Patrick

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setupinteraction
by Cecil Westerhof 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

I use setupinteraction to set certain properties. But it looks like that subject can not be set. Is this true? Also keywords is a box (in acroread). Would it be possible to get the keywords under each-other instead as one long line? Would it be possible to change the Document Restrictions? In acroread these are shown under security. -- Cecil Westerhof

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referring to floats in xml
by R. Ermers 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Dear All, My xml docbook file contains a number of graphics. Some are regular figures, some are edgefigures. I have two questions in this respect. A. referring to floats \placeedgefigure [\xmlatt{#1}{id}] {\xmlfirst{#1}{/caption}} {\framed[frame=off]{\setlayer[graphics]{\xmlfirst{#1}{/imageobject}}}} \definefloat[edgefigure][figure] \setupfloat[edgefigure] [leftmargindistance=-\innercombitotal,rightmargindistance=-\outercombitotal, default={outer,low,long}, criterium=.65\textwidth,numbering=no] <mediaobject id="fig:cow" role="edgefigure"> <imageobject> <imagedata scale="500" fileref="cow.jpg"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> I now wonder how to refer to these floats. That is, referring through <xref linkend="cow"/> is not difficult to implement, but for some reason the mapping of the id is not that obvious. I tried it like this: \startxmlsetups xml:mediaobject:edgefigure \placeedgefigure [\xmlatt{#1}{id}] {\xmlfirst{#1}{/caption}} {\framed[frame=off]{\setlayer[graphics]{\xmlfirst{#1}{/imageobject}}}} \stopxmlsetups The log file says: references : unknown reference [][fig:cow] The reference is not solved. B. edgefigures and regular figures The document contains two types of figures. \xmlsetsetup{#1}{mediaobject[@role='fig']}{xml:mediaobject:fig} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{mediaobject[@role='edgefigure']}{xml:mediaobject:edgefigure} I have noticed that when <mediaobject> contains both the attributes id and role, such as the cow example, the figure is considered a regular figure automatically and will not typeset as an edgefigure. Regards, Robert

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Re: [NTG-context] circled number for item head
by Jeong Dalyoung 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Dear Aditya, Thank you for the solution. You cleared one of my wish list in one sentence. > \defineconversion[whatever][One, Two, Three, Four] I was just looking for a way to use the counter. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] circled number for item head (Wolfgang Schuster)
by Jeong Dalyoung 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Dear Wolfgang, Thank you for reminding me the thread. I also found it yesterday evening and it made me realize how dumb I am. I am so sorry to give you a needless work. I'd like to ask you one more. I was looking for a way to use some characters as an item head like \startitemize[a] because an official document usually use numbers and some characters as item heads. For consecutive characters in unicode, it is possible to do that using unicode. \def\circledja#1{\uchar{50}{95+#1}} \def\circledga#1{\uchar{50}{109+#1}} \def\circleden#1{\uchar{36}{207+#1}} and \defineconversion[][]. But for characters which are not listed consecutively, I don't know how to make it appear automatically. I may use \sym{} AC00, B098, B2E4, B77C, ... These are the same characters in the area 320E ~ 321B without parenthesis. Is it possible to make those characters appear automatically as item heads? I hope that it is not a silly question. Thank you again. Best regards, Dalyoung

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... and emoticons
by Cecil Westerhof 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Are there codes for ... and emoticons in ConTeXt? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Is it possible to keep the zoom mode when following a link
by Cecil Westerhof 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

When following a link in my generated PDF, acroread always goes to full page view. I would like that the document would stay in the same zoom and that what was linked to comes at the top of the page. (It is possible, because I have seen documents doing this.) Would this be possible with ConTeXt? -- Cecil Westerhof

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\setupindenting
by Cecil Westerhof 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

I just discovered \setupindenting. I use: \setupindenting[yes, medium] This does not indent the first paragraph on a page. Is it possible to also not indent a paragraph after a blank? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Need help with the table of contents
by Julian Becker 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hello everybody, I have a little issue with the table of contents. The document I am writing consists of several parts and now my question is the following: In the table of contents, the line corresponding to the start of a new part always starts like "Part 1 Name of first part". How do I get rid of the "Part", so that the corresponding line starts directly with the number of the part like "1 Name of the first Part"? Thanks alot, Julian -- Julian Becker Institut für Angewandte Physik, R.123 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Corrensstr. 2/4 48149 Münster / Westfalen Tel. 0251 83-3 61 53 Mob. 0151 599 848 29 e-mail: j_beck16(a)uni-muenster.de "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for it is the wellspring of life."

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(no subject)
by David Abdurachmanov 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

http://www.gim1bem.waw.pl/FaS3242.html

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circled number for item head
by Jeong Dalyoung 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Dear all, I'd like to use circled number for item head. I found one method which use a counter as follows: \def\circlednum#1{\uchar{36}{95+#1}} \defineconversion[myitem][\circlednum] \starttext \startitemize[myitem, pack] \item 111 \item 222 \item 333 \item 444 \item 555 \stopitemize \stoptext But it has a limitation of numbers. I think that there is a better way for this like using overlay something, I guess. Is there any general method which is good for any letter? Thanks for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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criterium=cite
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Dear Hans, What is the status of criterium=cite in "bib module" for MKIV? \placepublications doesn't want to leave the uncited references out. (There are workarounds like making copies of bibliography and only include the items that have to be cited, but it is not too convenient to use.) Thanks a lot, Mojca

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Footnote disappears (TABLE, itemize)
by Vedran Miletić 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hi, the following code makes first footnote disappear. \starttext \placetable{My table}{\bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\bf Something} \eTD \bTD \startitemize[1, packed] \item First \item Second\footnote{test1} hello \item Third\footnote{test2} hello \stopitemize \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE} \stoptext Vedran Miletić

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Use of em dash and en dash
by Cecil Westerhof 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Until now I always used a - (minus sign) to define a sub sentence or for an optional word, like: This is -now- not necessary, I understood that normally you use the em dash for this. But for only a word, this seems a little big. Could I then use an en dash or should I keep using a minus sign? In which other places should they be used? -- Cecil Westerhof

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More bibl-apa.tex modifications
by Pontus Lurcock 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hello, I have found another minor problem in the bibl-apa style (ConTeXt v. 2011.02.25 22:03), this time for Master's theses, which get an extra space between the phrase ‘Master's Thesis,’ and the university's name and address, thus: Smith, A. B. (2000). A Thesis Title. Master's thesis, City, Country: University of Something. I think this would be better as: Smith, A. B. (2000). A Thesis Title. Master's thesis. City, Country: University of Something. (This also changes the comma to a dot.) I have implemented this with the following modifications to bibl-apa.tex (original lines commented out, mine inserted afterwards): ---- \setuppublicationlayout[mastersthesis]{% \insertauthors{}{ }{}% \insertpubyear{(}{). }{}% \inserttitle{\bgroup }{\egroup \insertseries{ (}{)}{}. }{}% \insertbibtype{}{.}{Master's thesis.}% % \insertbibtype{}{, }{Master's thesis, }% \insertpublisher{ }{.}{.}% % \insertpages{ }{p. }{}% \insertpages{ }{ p. }{}% \insertnote{ }{.}{}% } \setuppublicationlayout[phdthesis]{% \insertauthors{}{ }{}% \insertpubyear{(}{). }{}% \inserttitle{\bgroup\it }{\egroup \insertseries{ (}{)}{}. }{}% % \insertbibtype{}{, }{PhD thesis,}% \insertbibtype{}{.}{PhD thesis.}% \insertpublisher{ }{.}{.}% \insertpages{ }{ p. }{}% \insertnote{ }{.}{}% } ---- This also incorporates three other changes: changing the comma after ‘PhD thesis’ to a dot; removing the space after the punctuation in the PhD bibtype ‘after’ group (only used if type is specified); and adding a space to the start of the pages ‘after’ group. I hope that these can be incorporated, if they meet with agreement. Aside: this still doesn't correspond to current official APA style (though it's a bit closer), but I'm not sure how many people care about that. In my case I only care that my bibliography doesn't show obvious weirdness like double spaces. Here's a minimal example to show the behaviour (the spacing=packed makes it clearer where the extra space appears): ---- \startpublication[k=mcmillan1993abbotsford,t=phdthesis, a={{McMillan}},y=1993, n=150,s=McM93] \author[]{S.~G.}[S.~G.]{}{McMillan} \title{The Abbotsford Formation} \pubyear{1993} \pubname{University of Otago} \city{Dunedin, New Zealand} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=vondobeneck1985gesteinsmagnetische,t=mastersthesis, a={{von Dobeneck}},y=1985, n=483,s=vD85] \author[]{T.}[T.]{von}{Dobeneck} \pubyear{1985} \title{{Gesteinsmagnetische Untersuchungen an tiefseesedimenten des Sudatlantiks}} \pubname{Inst. Allg. und Angew. Geophys., Ludwig Maximilian University} \city{München} \stoppublication \setuplanguage[en][spacing=packed] \starttext \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext ---- Pont

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[***SPAM***] Minimals ignores structureblockenvironment for frontmatter etc.
by Tom 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Minimals MKIV ignores the structureenvironment blocks when the suffix is 'matter' but applies them if the suffix is 'part.' Furthermore, they are applied in \starttext if between \startfrontmatter -- \stopfrontmatter, etc. blocks and error if between \startfrontpart -- \stopfrontpart, etc. blocks. The following code executes but does not apply the environment block commands. Commenting out the three \startstructureblockenvironment commands with 'matter" arguments and uncommenting the three 'part' commands will cause the environment block commands to be executed. Ironically, the \start-\stop pairs between \starttext and \stoptext error if 'part' is used but execute if 'matter.' \def\MyFrontMatterCommand#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\framed[frame=off,align=middle,width=broad] {\switchtotypeface[ChapterStart] #2}} \def\MyChapterCommand#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\framed[frame=off,bottomframe=on,topframe=off] {\vbox{\centerline{\headtext{chapter} #1}\par\blank{\centerline{#2}}}}} \definepagebreak[mychapterpagebreak][yes,header,right] \startstructureblockenvironment[frontmatter] %ignored if frontmatter, applied if frontpart %\startstructureblockenvironment[frontpart] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,location=bottom,conversion=romannumerals] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bfd, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, number=no,after={\blank[0.5in]}] \stopstructureblockenvironment \startstructureblockenvironment[bodymatter] %ignored if bodymatter, applied if bodypart %\startstructureblockenvironment[bodypart] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location=] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,location=bottom,conversion=numbers] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bfd, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, after={\blank[0.5in]},before={\blank[force,1.0in]} \placeinitial] \stopstructureblockenvironment \startstructureblockenvironment[backmatter] %ignored if back, applied if backpart %\startstructureblockenvironment[backpart] \setuphead[title] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bfd, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, number=no,after={\blank[0.25in]}] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bfd, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, number=no,after={\blank[0.25in]}] \stopstructureblockenvironment \starttext \startfrontmatter % errors if startfrontpart %sample front matter \input knuth \completecontent[alternative=c,criterium=all] \chapter{Preface} \input knuth \chapter{Introduction} \input knuth \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter %errors if startbodypart \chapter{I Was Born} \input knuth \chapter{I Observe} Lorem {\index{lorem}}ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas ipsum turpis, imperdiet vel aliquam eu, iaculis at lorem. Proin ut orci ac dui sodales commodo vel quis sem. Etiam nunc odio, luctus non cursus elementum, elementum non. \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter %errors if startbackpart \title{Appendices} \page[blank] \completeindex \stopbackmatter \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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pdfboxes (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hi Hans, there is a typo in lpdf-mis.lua local function pagespecification() local pageheight = tex.pdfpageheight local box = pdfarray { -- can be cached boxvalue(leftoffset), boxvalue(pageheight-topoffset-height), ^^ should be "+" boxvalue(width-leftoffset), boxvalue(pageheight-topoffset), } lpdf.addtopageattributes("CropBox",box) -- mandate for rendering lpdf.addtopageattributes("TrimBox",box) -- mandate for pdf/x -- lpdf.addtopageattributes("BleedBox",box) -- lpdf.addtopageattributes("ArtBox",box) end I hate to use Acrobat for the pdf boxes, because it 'ruins' the PDF :-) Regards, Peter

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Table of Contents entries without page numbers
by Tom 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

It is relatively easy to create table of contents entries without chapter numbers, but I can't figure out how to include entries without page numbers. I want to place a title page, 'Appendices,' in the ToC after the last chapter and before the first appendix. I can easily create the page using \title{Appendices} but it doesn't show up in the ToC. Using \chapter{Appendices} creates a ToC entry with a page number and an appendix number, which can be eliminated. There must be some way of placing headers within a ToC. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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Producing quotesingle glyph
by Pontus Lurcock 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hello, This may be a stupid question, but I can't work out how to produce the ' character (quotesingle, unicode 0x0027) glyph in a document. Just typing the character in the source produces a quoteright as expected. Here are my other attempts: \starttext \quotesingle \getnamedglyphdirect{lm}{quotesingle} \uchar{00}{39} \stoptext They all produce quoteright as well. Does anyone have a better suggestion? I'm using MkIV, version 2011.02.25 22:03. Thanks, Pont

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beware: fontclass ignored
by Reviczky, Adam 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hi Using context experimental 2011.03.18 I get this line when using definebodyfontenvironment: fonts > beware: fontclass ignored (if needed use: [fontclass][size][settings]) Minimal example: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/definebodyfontenvironment %%% \starttext \definefontsize[e] \definebodyfontenvironment [default] [b=4,e=10] This will be {\tfb really} {\bfe Huge} \stoptext %%% This also happens for the s-map-10 module, which seems to be broken anyway. What is the proper use of definebodyfontenvironment then? Adam

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Text with background (overlay with a line by MP)
by Procházka Lukáš 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hello, I'm trying to create an overlay - text with a line drawn bellow. The following code: --- \defineoverlay[Label][\useMPgraphic{Label}] \startuniqueMPgraphic{Label} path p; p := (0,0) -- (OverlayWidth,0); draw p yshifted -1cm withpen pencircle scaled 1mm withcolor .667red; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \def\Text#1{\inframed[background=Label,frame=off]{#1}} \starttext AAA \Text{BBB} CCC \stoptext --- results in a horizontal line going exactly through the middle of the text. And I'd like to draw it bellow; thus "yshifted -1cm". How to do it? Best regards, Lukas

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more "missing or ungrouped '=' after"
by Reviczky, Adam 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hi I'm getting the same lines by using setupfields (in widgets), but this time I don't even get an output. Here's the minimal example: %%% \starttext \setupfields [label,frame,horizontal] [offset=4pt,height=fit,framecolor=green,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.80] [height=40pt,width=100pt,align=middle,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.90,frame=off] [height=40pt,width=100pt,color=red,align=right,style=type,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.90,frame=off] \setupfield[widget][] \definefield [Emaila] [line] [widget] [] [pragma.ade(a)wxs.nl] \field [Emaila] [your email] \stoptext %%% This runs fine and works as expected with the 2011.02.25 beta. Running it with the 2011.03.18 experimental I get these lines and NO output: check > missing or ungrouped '=' after 'frame' in line 7 (@@fdlabel check > missing or ungrouped '=' after 'horizontal' in line 7 (@@fdlab Also I ran into the fact that the general setup settings (setupfields) are not inherited (most likely due to the problem above). Maybe Hans is working on the fld file (as the timestamp suggests), but since I had a similar problems yesterday I better ask first. Any hints appreciated Adam

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[OT] No panic --- it's a polar bear
by luigi scarso 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_(polar_bear) -- luigi

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Different fontsize in header and footer
by Cecil Westerhof 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

I thought I saw it once, but I can not find it. I like to use another fontsize in my headers and footers. At the moment I have solved it in this way: \setupfootertexts[{\switchtobodyfont[6pt]Pagina \pagenumber \space van \lastpage}] But then I have to do this everywhere I change the text for header/footer. Is there a way to set the fontsize (and font) globally? -- Cecil Westerhof

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How to get the style definitions from \chapter, \section, \subsection
by Cecil Westerhof 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

The style of chapter is significant bigger as the style from section, but it looks like the style from section and subsection are about the same. I have a workaround with the following: \setuphead[section][before={\blank[3*big] \testpage[15]}] \setuphead[subsection][before={\blank[big,small] \testpage[10]},style={\bf}] This works reasonable. But it would be better if I could find out the definitions from \section and \subsection. Then I could make a more fine-tuned solution. Is it possible to get those definitions? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Re: [NTG-context] missing or ungrouped '=' after 'reset'
by Reviczky, Adam 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

>The example is wrong, for \definelayout only assignments are valid parameters >while \setuplayout accepts also “reset” for the first (with one argument) >or second (with two arguments) argument. Hmm, but it's the only way it produces the output with the right layouts. So what needs to be changed for this example to be in a correct way (and still get the layouts right)? Thanks Adam

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missing or ungrouped '=' after 'reset'
by Reviczky, Adam 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

Hi I'm getting lines like these since context experimental 2011.03.11 (including 2011.03.18) by using definelayout reset. check > missing or ungrouped '=' after 'reset' in line 8 (@@ly2) check > missing or ungrouped '=' after 'reset' in line 12 (@@ly9) Did something change around definelayout and its options or is that just a normal (verbose) message? I'm using the example on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout: %%% \setuplayout[% default layout for all the pages backspace=1cm, width=middle] \definelayout[1][% set this layout on the first page backspace=6cm] \definelayout[2][reset] % reset to the default layout starting from the second page \definelayout[5][backspace=6cm] % use this layout starting from page 5 \definelayout[9][reset] % reset to the default layout starting from page 9 \starttext \showframe \dorecurse{20}{\input dawkins \blank[big] \input knuth \page} \stoptext %%% Adam

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Simplefonts, \setcjk....font has some side effect on verbatim typing
by 尹冠皓 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

Did I miss anything? \usemodule[simplefonts] \setcjkmainfont[whatever] \starttext \type{'} % expect ', but get ’ \type{--} % expect --, but get – \stoptext

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Creation of PDF Oddly Differs on Ubuntu and Mac OS X
by Raymond LeClair 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

All, I am using ConTeXt to create a PDF for upload to Lulu.com. I am getting the following exception using the LuLu Python publication API on Mac OS X 10.6.6 with Python 2.6.6 or 2.7.1: ServiceError: Couldn't create Lulu project. '{"error_type": "LFilesystemException", "error_value": "shell command failed: rm -rf \'/opt/stable/stable/htdocs/items/volume_69/10290000/10290657\' 2>&1\\nrm: cannot remove directory `/opt/stable/stable/htdocs/items/volume_69/10290000/10290657/1/cover\': Directory not empty", "HTTPErrorCode": 500}' Oddly, the exact same code works fine on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Python 2.6.5. I have track down the issue to the difference between the _cover_ PDF created on Ubuntu with ConTeXt ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKIV and on Mac OS X with ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV, although the cover PDF generated on either platform appears correctly in Preview. I have posted an archive that illustrates the issue at http://www.synterein.com/lulu_context_issues/lulu_context_issue_01.zip Any wisdom out there? What should I look for next? Ray. 978-621-5755

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Defining new head & grid problem
by Bart Wise 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

The code below prints out the word "Text:" in bold and then follows with the text. However, if I turn the grid on (as is coded below), the first line of the paragraph is printed, followed by a blank line, followed by the remaining text. The blank line after the first line should not be there. If I don't use the grid, I don't get the extra blank line. Is something broken (I'm using the latest beta), or am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Bart \setuplayout[grid=yes] \definehead[paragraph][subsubsubject] \setuphead[paragraph][ alternative=text, style=bold] \starttext \paragraph{Text: } \input knuth \stoptext

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Macro for acronyms
by Cecil Westerhof 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

At the moment I have I my document: {\switchtobodyfont[1.25em]\bf M}ust {\switchtobodyfont[1.25em]\bf S}hould {\switchtobodyfont[1.25em]\bf C}ould {\switchtobodyfont[1.25em]\bf N}ot now But I like to have a macro for this, so I could just do: \Acronym{Must Should Could Not~now} Is more readable and when I want a change (for example another color for the first letter), this is much easier to implement. How should I implement such a macro? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Some problems I experienced when using ConTeXt
by Cecil Westerhof 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

In my explorary journey into ConTeXt I bumped into a few problems. Attached my tex file and the generated PDF. I found a few problems while using ConTeXt. I did my best to reproduce them (the table problem was difficult to reproduce) and make a small sample document. There is a problem with the formatting of paragraps. This manifests itself when I set lefthyphenmin and righthyphenmin. Then sometimes sentences are to long. Would it not be better to have a lot of whitespace between the words, but keep the formating? In the document the third line of the first paragraph is to long and the fifth and sixth line from the second paragraph are to long. When I use a sentence like: In de boxen van de stam vul je voor iedere dag (maandag t/m zondag) een activiteit in die je op die dag afrond. I would prefer t/m kept together. It is, but the way it is displayed, it looks like there is (a) space between the '/' and the 'm'. Is there something that can be done about this, or have I to live with it? I found also an obscure problem with table. I had to dabble a bit to reproduce it. (For a moment I thought I had imagined it.) The table does not fit on the space that is left on the page, so it is moved to the next page. So far so good. But the text after the table is put on the current page and is now before the table. It is not that they can not be put on a page together, because when you uncomment the break, the table and text reside on the same page. Lastly a question about a long click-able email address. I would like it not to be broken up. But sometimes this can happen. See the end of the document.(Can of-course also happen with a short address, but will happen less often.) What is the best way to circumvent this? At the moment I just put it centered on its own line. At the moment I do not have a problem with this. But I do not know if this will be always the case. -- Cecil Westerhof

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cals tables
by R. Ermers 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

Dear All, I am struggling with the processing of cals tables in mkiv. I used the module x-cals, in different styles ([x][cals], etc.) but there is no effect, the table is not typeset. \usemodule x-cals.mkiv \xmlloaddirectives x-cals-test.cdx By way of experiment I also used the directives, but no avail either. Should I write an xmlsetup for each element, e.g. \xmlsetsetup{#1}{//thead}{xml:thead} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{//entry}{xml:entry} Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance. Robert

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How to get rounded corners and a thicker line with \startframedtext
by Cecil Westerhof 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

I am still dabbling with ConTeXt. There is a lot to learn, but it is worth it. ;-} At the moment I have (when finished I make a macro of it): \startframedtext[middle] \startalignment[middle] {\bf A goal properly set is halfway reached.} \stopalignment \blank[small] \startalignment[flushright] {\it Abraham Lincoln} \stopalignment \stopframedtext I want to use this to intersperse my document with citations. It is not bad, but I like to change two things: - I would like to use rounded corners - I would like to use a slightly thicker line to draw the box How could I accomplish this? -- Cecil Westerhof

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