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Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Fwd: Minimal example (was Re: Footnote text like layer?)
by Xan 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Al 19/08/10 12:25, En/na Xan ha escrit: > There is a conflict between abstract and footnotetext. > If we comment abstract, all is fun. A \blank[big] also conflict: ! You can't use `\unskip' in vertical mode. \dosetnote [#1][#2][#3]->\unskip \def \currentnote {#2}\dochecknote \ifcase ... l.45 {\footnotetext[-] {Date: }}

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issue with "nodes.skipcodes"
by Li Yanrui (李延瑞) 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi Hans, I notice the "scrp-cjk.lua" have been great changes in latest beta. Thanks for your hard work! It seems that we can adjust the parameters of glue by nodes.skipcodes. Could you give me an minimum example how to set the value of the skipcodes table in user's module? -- Best regards, Li Yanrui (李延瑞)

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Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Debian_installation - repositories not found
by Norbert Preining 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi Mojca, hi everyone, On Mi, 18 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > # for texlive > > deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ > > deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ src/ That is fine. > > Err http://people.debian.org lmodern/ Packages > > 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] > > Err http://people.debian.org lmodern/ Sources > > 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] > > Err http://people.debian.org context/ Packages > > 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] > > Err http://people.debian.org context/ Sources > > 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] Ah, yes, lmodern and context packages are gone. Don't remember why, but I assume because there were no differences anymore and people could simply install the versions from Debian/stable ... John, what are you running (Debian release) and what do you want to install? Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norbert Preining preining(a){jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org} JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PABBY (n.,vb.) (Fencing term.) The play, or manoeuvre, where one swordsman leaps on to the table and pulls the battleaxe off the wall. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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ConTeXt header oddities
by Peter McFarlane 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi, hoping someone can help me with these couple of oddities I notice when processing some ConText documents: 1. Bodymatter and appendix header logo doesn't get printed on the last page of the section. Here are the relevant sections of the document: \def\HeadLogo% {\externalfigure[clean.png][height=20pt]} ... \startfrontmatter % logo on page of frontmatter - this one seems to work for all pages of frontmatter \definelogo[aitlogo][header][right][state=start,command=\HeadLogo] ... \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter % logo on page of bodymatter - this one puts the logo in the header of all but the last page of bodymatter \definelogo[aitlogo][header][right][state=start,command=\HeadLogo] ... \stopbodymatter \startappendices % logo on page of appendix - this one also puts the logo in the header of all but the last page of appendix \definelogo[aitlogo][header][right][state=start,command=\HeadLogo] ... \stopappendices Very strange and reproducible. Originally, I was using TeXLive 2005 when I inherited the project... since then I have upgraded to TeXLive 2009 but no change in behaviour. 2. There is _always_ a blank page at the end of the document, no matter how many pages there are, an extra one gets printed, with header but minus logo in the header, as described in 1 above.... Any help much appreciated, Regards, Pete

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xits font in ~/.fonts
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi, I cannot use xits fonts if they are placed in $HOME/.fonts. For example, if I use \setupbodyfont[xits] I get a series of messages define fonts > forced type otf of xits-regular not found define fonts > font with name xits-regular is not found define fonts > unknown font xits-regular, loading aborted define fonts > unable to define xits-regular.otf as \*xits11ptrmtfc* I also tried to use the fonts with simplefonts. \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[XITS] \setmathfont[XITS Math] falls back to LM math while \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[XITS] \setmathfont[XITS] gives XITS-Regular as the math font (and not XITS-Math). Other fonts in $HOME/.fonts, in particular cambria, work with both methods. \setupbodyfont[cambria] and \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Cambria] \setmathfont[Cambria] both work. Here is the output of mtxrun --script font --list "cambria*" --all cambria cambriabold /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambriab.ttf cambriabold cambriabold /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambriab.ttf cambriabolditalic cambriabolditalic /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambriaz.ttf cambriaitalic cambriaitalic /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambriai.ttf cambriamath cambriamath /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambria.ttc index: 0 cambriamathnormal cambriamath /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambria.ttc index: 0 cambrianormal cambriaitalic /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambriai.ttf and mtxrun --script font --list "xits*" --all brushscriptxitalic brushscriptxitalic BrushScriptX-Italic.afm venturissansadfexitalic venturissansadfexitalic VenturisSansADFEx-Italic.otf venturissansadfno2exitalic venturissansadfno2exitalic VenturisSansADFNo2Ex-Italic.otf xits xits /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-regular.otf xitsbold xitsbold /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-bold.otf xitsbolditalic xitsbolditalic /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-bolditalic.otf xitsitalic xitsitalic /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-italic.otf xitsmath xitsmath /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-math.otf xitsmathnormal xitsmath /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-math.otf xitsmathregular xitsmath /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-math.otf xitsnormal xitsitalic /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-italic.otf xitsregular xits /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-regular.otf Any idea what is going on. If I move the fonts inside $TEXMF everything works. Aditya

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Footnote text like layer?
by Xan 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi, Some time ago, Wolfgang answer me how to put a layer as footnote with footnotetext, but I did not work for me: All is perfect except footnotetext: ! You can't use `\unskip' in vertical mode. \dosetnote [#1][#2][#3]->\unskip \def \currentnote {#2}\dochecknote \ifcase ... l.28 \footnotetext[-] {Date: } I tried to answer in the same thread but nothing is send. 8-|. Can any of you help me? The final result should be as in [http://arxiv.org/abs/0901.1458] Thanks, Xan. PS: I hope this arrive...

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Typescripts for MathTimePro 2? (was MathTime Lite fonts for free)
by Vnpenguin 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

2009/12/17 Boštjan Vesnicer <bostjan.vesnicer(a)gmail.com>: > Do the typescripts for the MathTime fonts exist? I have the same question. Anyone could give us some typescripts for MathTimePro 2 please. Thanks, > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Wolfgang Schuster > <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> FYI, >> >> http://www.texdev.net/2009/12/16/mathtime-lite-fonts-for-free/ >> >> Wolfgang >>

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(Open) Solaris & minimals
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Based on the following message: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-turns-its-back-on-OpenSolaris… ... is there still any interest for OpenSolaris support in minimals? (At the moment OpenSolaris binaries are supposed to work, even though most probably nobody uses them.) Mojca

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Debian_installation - repositories not found
by John Magolske 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

In attempting to install ConTeXt on Debian sid as per http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Debian_installation I added these to my /etc/apt/sources.list : # for texlive deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ src/ # for lmodern deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ # for context deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ But when running aptitude update: Err http://people.debian.org lmodern/ Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] Err http://people.debian.org lmodern/ Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] Err http://people.debian.org context/ Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] Err http://people.debian.org context/ Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] Are there other repositories to point to for the most recent packages? Maybe these are just temporarily unavailable? Or am I missing something else? Thanks for any suggestions, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact

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Fwd: complicated layout - impostion
by Willi Egger 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hi Jan, Indeed a demanding layout. --- As I see it, this will become a two step build: Create two documents containing the recto layout and the verso layout. 1st document made up with \setuparranging [2*4] 2nd document made up with \setuparranging[2UP] In the second step you can combine the two documents into one: \starttext \insertpages [sample1.pdf][width=0pt] \insertpages [sample2.pdf][width=0pt] \stoptext Kind regards Willi Begin forwarded message: > Subject: [NTG-context] complicated layout - impostion > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:29 +0200 > From: Jan Pohanka <xhpohanka(a)gmail.com> > Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > > Hallo, > I need to create a document with complicated layout. > > four A6 pages on one side of A4 sheet (two upper ones with bottom up) > two A5 landscape pages on back side of A4 sheet (upper one with bottom up) > > How can I reach this in Context please? > \setuppapersize[A6][A4] > \setuparranging[2*4] > This code works fine for A6 pages, but I'm not sure how to include also A5 > landscape pages. > > Whole work should end with a document similar to > http://www.eprona.com/kdp/data/skladacka2010.pdf > > greetings Jan > > > -- > Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: > http://www.opera.com/mail/ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Protrusion and expansion in simplefonts not working in latest beta?
by Vianney le Clément 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hello, Protrusion and expansion seem to be not working anymore when using the simplefonts module in the latest betas. I used to write something like \usemodule[simplefonts][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \setupalign[hanging,hz] \setmainfont[Tex Gyre Bonum] but that doesn't give me any of the nice effects anymore. Has something changed in the interface to access those features? BTW, I would definitely love an option in simplefonts to take care of this whole setup at once. Something like \setupmodule[simplefonts][microtypography=yes] to take care of the first two lines of the previous example. Or at least imply \setupalign[hanging] when setting the protrusion parameter and similarly for the expansion parameter. Thanks, Vianney

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PDF's generated by XeTeX and LuaTeX, font licensing
by John Magolske 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Reading through the license of a commercial font I'm interested in, I see it stipulated for PDF files created that: "... a reader or user cannot create new content using one of our fonts in a PDF application ... the complete font is not embedded" And in an email correspondence with the vendor: "We just ask that you subset the font when exporting the PDFs ..." Do PDF's generated by XeTeX and LuaTeX "subset the font" in this way? Regards, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact

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How to use local setups in selected components of a project only
by Elias Oltmanns 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hi all, it has been suggested on this list before, that people should use modes instead of \localenvironment and friends. Unfortunately, I don't seem to get either of them working as expected. Consider the following example: % project.tex \startproject project \environment environ \component compa \component compb \stopproject % environ.tex \startenvironment environ % global setups % ... \startmode[compa] \setuphead[section][number=no] \stopmode \stopenvironment % localenv.tex \startlocalenvironment [compa] \setuphead[section][number=no] \stoplocalenvironment % compa.tex \startcomponent compa %\enablemode[compa] \project project \localenvironment localenv \section{First section} Some text %\disablemode[compa] \stopcomponent % compb.tex \startcomponent compb \project project \section{Second section} More text \stopcomponent Compiling project.tex results in both sections being unnumbered. Compiling just compb.tex yields the expected result. Apparently, the setups of localenv stay in effect for all components processed subsequently. Commenting out \localenvironment and uncommenting \enablemode / \disablemode in compa.tex, however, does not solve the problem either: When I compile just compa.tex, everything works as expected. Compiling preject.tex, however, results in all sections being numbered. Obviously, the call to \enablemode comes too late. What is the recommended approach to such a problem? Do I have to undo local setups manually at the end of a component? Thanks in advance for any advice, Elias

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\framed \placelist
by Andreas Harder 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hi all, if I try to put \placelist in \framed an error (You can't use `\prevdepth' in restricted horizontal mode) occurs. \starttext \framed [background=color,backgroundcolor=gray] {\placelist[section]} \dorecurse{10}{\section{test #1} \input tufte } \stoptext So what is the way to put a background behind the list? Greeting Andreas

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Trouble with customising section heads
by Elias Oltmanns 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hi again, sorry for bothering you so persistently, but I really did try to hard to find a solution -- and failed: In the attempt to customise my section headings by means of \setuphead[section][...command=] I followed the instructions at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Figures_in_Headings#Figures_in_Headings . For the purposes of testing, I've installed a current minimals distribution. As it turns out, neither MkII nor MkIV processes the attached example as expected: MkII The table of contents is incomplete, even though the wiki says it shouldn't be; MkIV \currentheadnumber seems to be 0 all the time. There is a possibility, of course, that something is wrong with my setup of ConTeXt. But I just did another % ./first-setup.sh --context=current Thanks in advance for any hint, Elias %%%%%%%%%% \setuphead[section][textcommand=\Myhead,numbercommand=\Mynum] \def\Myhead#1{% Sect \currentheadnumber} \def\Mynum#1{} \starttext \completecontent \chapter{First chapter} \section{First section} Some text. \chapter{Second chapter} Introductory text. \section{First section} More text. \section{Second section} The end. \stoptext

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Bugs in current beta
by Andreas Harder 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Hi all, for me (OS X 10.6.4) mtxrun –script server –auto do not work. If I click on a font name I get: MTXrun | request from: 127.0.0.1 MTXrun | requested action: /mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua?selection=hoeflertextregular MTXrun | performing action: /mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua?selection=hoeflertextregular MTXrun | requested file '/mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua?selection=hoeflertextregular' MTXrun | handling error 404: Not Found Another thing is the streams-module. Here is an example: \usemodule[streams] \definestreamlayer[test][method=overlay] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=test] \starttext \showframe \startstreamlayer[test] \startcolumns \input knuth \stopcolumns \stopstreamlayer \setlayer[test][x=5cm,y=10cm]{\placestreamlayer[test]} \stoptext And here the error: ! Undefined control sequence. l.19 \defineoutputstream[\v!left] Greeting Andreas

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subject kills bookmarks?
by Steffen Wolfrum 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Hi, Why does subject kill bookmarks when used as first entry? See attached example. (I am not sure whether I misunderstood the structural logic that's used for bookmarks.) Steffen \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] \setupbodyfont[mscore,12pt] \defineconversion [greekone] [α,β,γ,δ,ε,ζ,η,θ,ι,κ,λ,μ,ν,ξ,ο,π,ρ,σ,τ,υ,φ,χ,ψ,ω] \setuphead [chapter] [sectionsegments=2:2,conversion=numbers,sectionstarter={},sectionstopper={.}] \setuphead [section] [sectionsegments=3:3,conversion=characters,sectionstarter={},sectionstopper={)}] \setuphead [subsection] [sectionsegments=4:4,conversion=greekone,sectionstarter={(},sectionstopper={)}] \placebookmarks[chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection,subject][all][force=yes] \starttext \placelist[chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection,subject][criterium=all] \subject{Vorwort}% Here bookmarks are killed? \chapter{Eins} % \subject{Vorwort}% Here it would work! \section{Klein A} \section{Klein B} \subsection{Alpha} \subsection{Beta} \chapter{Zwei} \stoptext

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scriptfont0 undefined
by Alan BRASLAU 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

scriptfont0 appears to be undefined. This error occurs under certain circumstances that I have not fully understood. Alan -- ! \scriptfont0 is undefined (character 54). \mathematics ... #1\else \Ustartmath #1\Ustopmath \fi l.1 \mathematics{1\times10^{6}} \MPgraphformat ...a {metapost.format_n("#1","#2")} l.11 \MPLIBsettext{11}{\MPgraphformat {g}{1e6} } <inserted text> ...603;]===], [===[;]===], false)} \processMPgraphic ...le \!!es , \MPaskedfigure )}} \egroup \placeMPgraphic \d... l.366 \stopMPcode }

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interface file parameter
by Philipp Gesang 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Hi all, in an interface xml definition, what is the notation for an argument value that is a filename? I'm just unsure whether to specify it as “cd:text” or “cd:name”. Example: ···8<·········································································· <cd:parameter name="file"> <cd:constant type="default-file.name" default="yes"/>  <cd:constant type="cd:text"/>  <cd:constant type="cd:name"/> </cd:parameter> ···8<·········································································· Also, is there a way to specify conditioned arguments (apart from separate setups)? E.g. parameter “p” has an effect iff parameter “q” is given as well? ···8<·········································································· <cd:parameter name="p" depends="q"> ... ···8<·········································································· Or are interface files obsolete by now due to texshow's migrating to the wiki? Thanks, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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beta: \setuplocalframed (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Hi, \setuplocalframed is no longer defined in mkiv (but \localframed is still used in several mkiv files). Is this a mistake or is there a new mkiv interface for this? MTXrun | current version: 2010.08.10 17:14 Peter

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beta: PDF/X interface
by Peter Rolf 15 Aug '10

15 Aug '10

Hi, a quick description of the PDF/X interface for all testers. More documentation in the (hopefully near) future. Peter ------------------------------------------------------------ \setupbackend [format=valid pdf/x name, profile=name.icc, intent=name.icc, level=compresslevel, % default 3 file=optional specification file, option=always|never] The following two parameters are sufficient for most cases. 'format': currently supported versions: 'PDF/X-1a:2001' 'PDF/X-1a:2003' 'PDF/X-3:2002' 'PDF/X-3:2003' 'PDF/X-4' 'PDF/X-4p' 'intent': sets the output intent the name of the predefined output intents can be found in <tex-path>/texmf-context/color/icc/context/colorprofiles.xml more info about this collection under 'http://www.gwg.org/120.387.0.0.1.0.phtml' All profiles will be available on the Wiki soon. 'Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004)' 'GRACoL2006_Coated1v2.icc' 'ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI)' 'ISO Coated v2 (ECI)' 'ISOnewspaper26v4' 'ISOnewspaper26v4_gr' 'ISO Uncoated' 'ISO Uncoated Yellowish' 'ISO Web Coated' 'Japan Color 2001 Coated' 'Japan Color 2002 Newspaper' 'Japan Web Coated (Ad)' 'SNAP 2007' 'SWOP2006_Coated3v2.icc' 'SWOP2006_Coated5v2.icc' 'Uncoated FOGRA29 (ISO 12647-2:2004)' 'Web Coated FOGRA28 (ISO 12647-2:2004)' 'PSR_LWC_PLUS_V2_PT' 'PSR_LWC_STD_V2_PT' 'PSR_SC_PLUS_V2_PT' 'PSR_SC_STD_V2_PT' 'PSRgravureMF' These parameters are kind of special. 'profile': sets the default color space profile (option for color management); see pdf-x4p.mkiv for an example; currently only one profile per color space allowed 'level': set the PDF compress level (normally not needed, more an option for testing) You can easily break PDF/X compatibility with a wrong value. 'option': 'always': force embedding of the output intent profile (useful only in case of PDF/X-1a) 'never': don't embed the output intent profile; also just a test option.

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Bib Module: \cite can kill spaces
by Andreas Schneider 15 Aug '10

15 Aug '10

Hi, I don't know how exactly it happens, but in the attached example the last footnote is missing a space before the inserted \cite. In my real document that happens a lot and kills the layout. Anything I can do to fix that? Best Regards, Andreas.

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simplefonts or Typecripts
by Gour D. 14 Aug '10

14 Aug '10

Hello! I'd like to (finally) dive into ConTeXt (MkIV) using it for everything and stop using LyX/LaTeX...ConText is installed via context-minimals-git package on Archlinux (thank you Aditya). The 'Using fonts' section on wiki says: Handling fonts in LuaTeX can be done * in a simple but limited way, using the simplefonts module; * in the standard way, using TypeScripts and I've tried example with Delicious font (too bad there is no Croatian characters available) and it works. Considering I never learnt TypeScripts mechanism (and managed to forget most of ConteXr I knew when fiddling with it some years ago), I wonder if 'simplefonts' is THE way to go with fonts in MkIV and/or is there something one may miss by not using TypeScripts mechanism? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour | Hlapicina, Croatia | GPG: CDBF17CA --

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Footnote numbers not following \setupinteraction color
by John Haltiwanger 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

I seem to be full of problems today: ----------------------- \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start, color=black] \setupcolor[hex] \definecolor[titleRed][h=910A00] \starttext This \footnote{should not have a red color, correct?} \stoptext ----------------------- The footnote number in the page footer inherits color titleRed, though the footnote "notice" in the text is properly black. Also, this doesn't seem to affect links in my ToC (they aren't titleRed).

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Simplefonts + Linux Libertine fails to do italics and bold
by John Haltiwanger 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

The following shows a problem I am seeing when trying to use the opentype version of Linux Libertine with the simplefonts module. \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[linlibertineo] \starttext Well, {\em this} doesn't work but {\sc this} does... and bold {\bf neither} \stoptext Using a recent minimals and a luatex ~0.60.2 .

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checking for module parameters
by Philipp Gesang 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

Hi, is there a way to check whether an option was specified through \usemodule? Couldn't find anything like that in core-fil.mkiv. I'd imagined some branching as with the system macros: ······ Wishful thinking ······················································· \doifmoduleparameter{modulename}{key} % in the module code {\somecommand[\moduleparameter{modulename}{key}]} \usemodule % user code [modulename] [key=val] ····· /Wishful thinking ······················································· Thanks for any suggestions, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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lettrine and setupalign cause Overfull \hbox errors
by Martin Althoff 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

There appears to be some kind of clash between the lettrine module and setting up \setupalign[right] when used together: on a 200 page text every line has Overfull \hbox errors. As a (stupid?) side question: why is text, that aligns on the left edge of an odd-numbered page called "right" aligned? Thanks, Martin Demo: \usemodule[lettrine] \setupalign[right] \starttext \dorecurse{5}{\lettrine {T}{here} {\input tufte\par}} \stoptext

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Roman page numbers
by Hongwen Qiu 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

Hi, The following minimal example has no effect on page numbering(MkIV): \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals] % \setuppagenumbering[numberconversion=romannumerals] has no effect too. \starttext \chapter{Alpha} \input tufte \stoptext $ context --version MTXrun | current version: 2010.08.10 17:14 $ luatex --version This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.61.0-2010072816

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Numbering in Table of Content
by Riobard 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi, Is it possible to create a Table of Content like the one shown in the attached image? Basically I need a few unnumbered entries at the top of the table (like abstract, acknowledgements, etc) with romannumeral-numbered page number, followed by numbered chapters with digits-numbered page number as normal. Thanks! Rio

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ConTeXt meeting programme
by Taco Hoekwater 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi all, Jano has put up the preliminary programme for our meeting: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/programme.shtml For those of you that are still in doubt or simply waiting with registration: As Jano wrote last week, the registration is still open and will remain open until we reach the available capacity. But it is possible that the maximum capacity actually *will* be reached, so it is not wise to delay your decision until the very last moment. Hope to see you in Brejlov, Taco

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\startnarrower as \abstract in LaTeX and bottom "layer" as footnote without markers
by Xan 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi, I try to duplicate this [http://arxiv.org/abs/0901.1458] article to ConTeXt. The original article was written in LaTeX. I have to troubles in this "duplication": - abstract: I "emulate" LaTeX abstract environment with \startnarrower ... \stopnarrower, as this [http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Article_Abstracts] wiki page suggests. But I see that the space between lines is much bigger in ConTeXt than LaTeX and that if we put $n^2$ for example in abstract, ConTeXt displays too big, as a normal text, instead of LaTeX where all is \small sized. - for the other hand, I want to put a "layer" as a footnote without markers. In the original article it begins with "Date: ...". How can I achieve that? - Finally, I want to put my name and title alternatively in the headertexts, in odd and even pages. How can I do that? Anyone could help me? Thanks a lot, Xan. PS: Please CC-me.

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Footnote texts mistakenly appearing on page prior to call up
by Elias Oltmanns 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi there, the document attached below produces rather unexpected results. Even though footnote number 6 is called for on page 3, the associated footnote text appears on the previous page. Using location=page in the footnote setup restores the expected behaviour, but in this case the footnote text does not wrap at the end of the margin but is cut off instead. This cannot even be prevented by setting width=\rightmarginwidth in the footnote setup. Any ideas? (This is with MkIV) Elias %%%%%%%% \setuplayout[backspace=5cm,width=middle,rightmarginwidth=3cm,rightmargindistance=1mm] \setupalign[line] \setupnote[footnote][location=text,rule=off,align=right] \setupnotedefinition[footnote][location=left] \setuptexttexts[margin][][ {\framed[frame=off,offset=none,align=low,height=\textheight,width=broad] {\placenotes[footnote]}}] \starttext \dorecurse{10}{% \section{Section} As Knuth himself wrote\footnote{See knuth.tex (part of every \CONTEXT--distribution)}: \input knuth\par} \stoptext

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caught in the grid
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi, as there is no setup for paragraphs (see thread before), I really don' know how to come out of this trap: I need a tight interlinespace for the normal body text, but no lunatic headings!! Have a look, please: \definegridsnapping[MyGrid] [off]% broad/both/bold/local fit for the text \starttext \setuplayout[grid=MyGrid] \switchtobodyfont[42pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=30pt] \lineskiplimit-\maxdimen Big text\crlf written in\crlf three row \section{One\\Two\\Three} Big text\crlf written in\crlf three row \stoptext Literally the whole day I tried various grid key combinations ... for setuplayout and setuphead ... in vain. I am going crazy! Steffen

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\version[temporary] doesn't show registers
by Michael Murphy 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

As far as I understand it, \version[temporary] should show the registers (for example, the indexed values) in each page in the margin. But it doesn't. Has this command changed? -- Michael Murphy MPhys

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an issues with resume module
by views63 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi all I found an issues with resume module in latest beta (MkIV) log: loading : Context User Module / Correspondence (E:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/third/letter/base/t-correspondence.mkiv)) ! Undefined control sequence. \dosetupcorrespondencelayerframe ...uplocalframed [#2#3\v!frame ][#4] \next5 #1,->\dodododosetupcorrespondencelayer {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... \next4 #1,->\dododosetupcorrespondencelayer {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... \dododefinecorrespondencelayer ...!strut =\v!yes ] \dodosetupcorrespondencela... ... l.105 \dodefineresumelayer[\v!header] ? BTW: In the old version beta some symbol is invalid such as "\setresumevalue{mobile}" -- Best regards, Huang Ze

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interesting LaTeX package for flowing text
by Piotr Kopszak 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hello List, Just came across this today. Haven't even tried it. Just wondering whether it could be ported to ConTeXt at all. http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/flowfram.html Piotr -- http://okle.pl

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Interaction and TOC/content problmes
by Martin Althoff 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

I am having a couple of small problems with the interaction. In principle it's working, but... 1. The TOC is added to the bookmarks, which is fine, but with a lower-case "c", ie. "content" 2. From http://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDF_Bookmarks_and_Headers I figured out how to get rid of the \crlf in the header. Actually, I'd be happy to just pass the word "Introduction" to the bookmarks and leave out the rest. Any way of doing that? 3. Strangely enough, placing \bookmark{Intro} after the \title {Introduction -- \crlf Welcome} replaces the "content" entry and points to the content, but putting a \bookmark after \completecontent leads to no output at all. Thanks for any pointers ! Martin \setupinteraction[ state=start, color=, contrastcolor=] \setupcombinedlist[content][interaction=all] \placebookmarks[chapter,title][force=yes] \setuphead[chapter][interaction=list] \setuplabeltext[chapter=Chapter~] \definecombinedlist [content][title,chapter] %strip the \crlf \appendtoks \let\crlf\space \to \simplifiedcommands \starttext \startfrontmatter \startstandardmakeup \input tufte \stopstandardmakeup \completecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \title {Introduction -- \crlf Welcome} %\bookmark{Intro} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \chapter{Some Stuff} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \chapter{An Addition} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stopbodymatter \stoptext

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setup for (start)paragraph?
by Steffen Wolfrum 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hi, there seems to be a confusion in contextgarden (at least *I* am confused): Isn't there also a setup for "\startparagraph ... \stopparagraph"??? "\defineparagraphs" is something different, no? See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/startparagraph "Reference/en/startparagraph \startparagraph [edit]Syntax \startparagraph ... \stopparagraph [edit]Description [edit]Example % Source: ConText Manual ms-cb-en.pdf % Define a paragraph environment with 3 columns. % Insert a blank line just before and just after the paragraph. \defineparagraphs[mypar][n=3,before={\blank},after={\blank}]" Steffen

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Whitespace before \placenotes
by Andreas Harder 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hi all, please have a look at the following example. \setupnote[footnote][location=none] \starttext \dorecurse{5}{text\footnote{test}} \framed[align=normal]{\placenotes[footnote]} \stoptext How can I prevent the vertical space before the first note? Greeting Andreas

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an issue with line numbers in the verbatim text
by Li Yanrui (李延瑞) 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hi all, this is an example. \setuptyping[numbering=line] \setuplinenumbering[location=intext] \showframe \starttext \starttyping This is the first line. Last line after an empty line. \stoptyping \stoptext the linenumbering setup of "location=intext" can not work. the line numbers still be inmargin. -- Best regards, Li Yanrui

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Re: [NTG-context] how to jump to figure and return to the original postion?
by dalyoung 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Dear Hans, After reinstalling the minimal, it works well. It is really great! Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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beta
by Hans Hagen 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hi, I uploaded a beta with some bugfixes and new features = bookmarks: force forces subject into the bookmarks: \placebookmarks[chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection,subject][all][force=yes] dedicated optional configuration: \setupbookmarks[numberstarter=<,numberstopper=>] control over numbers: \setupbookmarks[number=no] % for any following \placebookmarks...[number=no] % for given entries you can give multiple \placebookmarks commands as they accumulate = sectioning \placelist[chapter][criterium=text,interaction=all] with \setuphead[chapter][interaction=list] you also get backlinks = pdf/x Peter and I sorted out some issues and believe that we now have a reasonable interface. Examples are in pdf-x*.mkiv in the distribution. \setupbackend [format=valid pdf/x name, profile=name.icc, intent=name.icc, level=compresslevel, % default 3 file=optional specification file, option=always|never] (I'll make a --directives=backend.showformats one of these days.) Peter will probably have some more explanation later (what formats, tracing, when to use what, etc). We hope to wrap it up in an article some day. 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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building the luatex font database
by Lutz Haseloff 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hi Hans, Hi all, my fresh ConTeXt minimal installation (winxp) doesn`t recognize the fonts in the context tree. I can only use the windows systemfonts. mtxrun --script fonts --reload says: ... MTXrun | fontnames: warnings are disabled (tracker 'fonts.warnings') MTXrun | fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix otf MTXrun | fontnames: scanning tree:///c:/contextminimal/texmf for otf files MTXrun | fontnames: 3313 entries found, 297 otf files checked, 297 okay MTXrun | fontnames: scanning tree:///c:/contextminimal/texmf-local for otf files MTXrun | fontnames: 1372 entries found, 546 otf files checked, 546 okay MTXrun | fontnames: scanning tree:///c:/contextminimal/texmf-context for otf files MTXrun | fontnames: 1770 entries found, 1 otf files checked, 1 okay MTXrun | fontnames: scanning tree:///c:/contextminimal/texmf-mswin for otf files MTXrun | fontnames: 108 entries found, 0 otf files checked, 0 okay MTXrun | fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix OTF MTXrun | fontnames: scanning tree:///c:/contextminimal/texmf for OTF files MTXrun | fontnames: 3313 entries found, 0 OTF files checked, 0 okay MTXrun | fontnames: scanning tree:///c:/contextminimal/texmf-local for OTF files MTXrun | fontnames: 1372 entries found, 0 OTF files checked, 0 okay MTXrun | fontnames: scanning tree:///c:/contextminimal/texmf-context for OTF files MTXrun | fontnames: 1770 entries found, 0 OTF files checked, 0 okay MTXrun | fontnames: scanning tree:///c:/contextminimal/texmf-mswin for OTF files MTXrun | fontnames: 108 entries found, 0 OTF files checked, 0 okay MTXrun | fontnames: 844 tree files identified, 844 skipped, 0 duplicates, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.172 seconds ... What do I wrong? Greetings Lutz

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Re: [NTG-context] how to jump to figure and return to the original postion?
by dalyoung 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Dear Hans, Yes, your output is working fine. But mine is not. It means that my minimal produce a different output from yours. Did you see log file? Is there nothing special? I'll reinstall minimal and try again. Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Placing footnotes in right margin en bloc at bottom of page
by Elias Oltmanns 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hi there, not being a ConTeXt user myself, I have been advised on the tex-d-l list of the German TUG that a certain problem could possibly be solved more easily in ConTeXt than in LaTeX. So, here is what I'm trying to achieve: The numerous but short footnotes of a document shall be placed in the right margin rather than below the main text area. Additionally, though, the footnotes should not be placed near the call up (similar to what \marginpar does), but type set en bloc at the bottom of the page. In other words, the main text area should have fixed margins all round across all pages and the footnotes should be printed in a small rectangular block beside the main text area such that the height of this block varies according to the number of footnotes on the page, but the block is always flushed to the bottom of the page. You'll find an ascii art illustration below. Is such a layout feasible in ConTeXt without too much hassle at all? Regards, Elias ================================ = | = = | = = | = = M A I N | = = | = = T E X T | = = | = = A R E A | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = | = = |-----= = |foot-= = |notes= ================================

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 74, Issue 34
by dalyoung 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Dear Hans, Thank you for your reply. I have tested using "JS(Set_Field{FFD2,1})" before, but it didn't work. I have tried once more. But it is same before.(After click "restart", I have a blank window and nothing happens when I click "here" again.) If it works in your machine, that is the problem of my macbook. I am using Macbook and OSX 10.6. Thank you again. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Aligning titles so that they begin in the margin rather at text edge
by John Haltiwanger 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hey all, a very simple problem, really, but one I'm having trouble finding examples for. I would like to set up my titles to begin in the margin, rather than at the text edge, similar to what is found in Bringhurst's _Elements of Typographic Style_. I'm pretty certain the solution is incredibly easy, just not so obvious for newbies like me. I will immediately post the solution to the Titles wiki page. Adv-THANKS-ance, John

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\underbar acts like \underbars (MkIV only)
by Vedran Miletić 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hi, it seems like \underbar acts like \underbars in latest beta MkIV. 2010.05.24 from TL2010 works fine. Regards, -- Vedran Miletić

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Re: [NTG-context] how to jump to figure and return to the original postion?
by Hans Hagen 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

On 10-8-2010 3:00, dalyoung wrote: > Dear Hans, > > Thank you for your concern. > > Here is a sample file. > > It works fine when I click "here". > But if I click "restart", it give a boxed blank window and click "here" doesn't work anymore. in fieldstacks the individual fields get names like FFD2:1 FFD2:2 etc so, you need JS(Set_Field{FFD2,1}) (we could have used the more verbose names, but there can be duplicstes then) 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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2 sets of footnotes?
by Martin Althoff 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hi all, I'm trying to do a (re-)layout for an older book which holds a few challenges for me. Hopefully I can find some help here. In this book I need to track 2 kinds of footnotes, sidenotes and the original page numbering (I don't replicate the old text flow but put comments where pages originally change). My footnotes follow the current layout/flow, not the original layout. My prime issue are having 2 sets of footnotes. One set of numbering (numbered 1,2,3...) is reset every section, which I figured out(\setupfootnotes [way=section]). A second set results out of comments the original Author placed into the margins. They are counted a, b, c... and are reset every page. Both are placed at the bottom of the relevant page. A set of sidenotes in the form "R nnn" is used from 1 to the end of the book to indicate the pages and positions where these sidenotes where placed. Currently I am not linking the second set of footnotes i.e. the author notes and the sidenote counter. Though it might be a nice luxury to generate a list of all author notes. I looked at lists and I suppose footnotes use the list mechanism in the background. But I don't get anywhere with that. Trying to keep track of the author notes, the placing with \placelist[AuthorComment] doesn't seem to work in the example below. Besides, I don't see how they would appear or be placed as footnotes. In short: How do I get 2 sets of footnotes: one per section, one per page? Extensive (sorry) example below. Thanks Martin \mainlanguage [de] \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[pagella,12pt] \setupinmargin[style=\rmx] \setupindenting[yes,small] \indenting[next] \setupfootnotes [way=section] \definelist[SideNote] \setuplist[SideNote][width=2em] \definelist[AuthorComment] \setuplist[AuthorComment][width=2em,alternative=d] \starttext \startfrontmatter \completecontent[label=yes,alternative=c] \placelist[SideNote] \stopfrontmatter % Seite 85 \chapter {Ein Kapitel} Die Welt \section {§ 14. Die Idee} Das blah balh \inmargin[+][R63]{R. 63} \writetolist[SideNote]{1 }{Rand 63} Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat\writetolist[AuthorComment]{a}{YYY ZZZ} nulla pariatur. \footnote{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.} Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. \subsection{Header Header} Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. \placelist[AuthorComment] \textrule[top]{Old page break} \noindent \inmargin[+][S4]{S. 4} Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud \footnote{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.}exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.\inmargin[+][R64]{R. 64} \writetolist[SideNote]{2}{Rand 64} Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. \section {§ 99. Überhaupt} Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est \inmargin[+][R70]{R. 70} Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] how to jump to figure and return to the original postion?
by dalyoung 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Dear Hans, Thank you for a nice solution. It is really cool! I always wonder what is the limit of ConTeXt. But I think that I am using very small portion of it. Here I'd like to ask one more thing. I downloaded the example of "Euro symbol" animation. Both button "here" and "restart" worked fine. However, a new pdf file of Euro symbol animation which was madden by recompiling the source not properly working in my macbook. "here" button works fine while "restart" lost the position.(just blank window is appeared) I tried a similar step by step drawing and got the same situation. Is it a problem in my machine only? Mac OSX 10.6.4 ConTeXt ver: 2010.06.23 12:45 MKIV fmt: 2010.7.18 int: english/english - this is luatex, version beta-0.60.2-2010070117 Thank you for your help. Best regards, Dalyoung

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alloc@0, etc, from plain.tex
by Jesse Alama 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

There's a plain TeX package (bussproofs.sty from CTAN; I realize that the file ends with ".sty" but it's intended to work in plain TeX) that I'm trying to get working with ConTeXt. I'm stuck at one point though: the package has the statements \def\newcount{\alloc@0\count\countdef\insc@unt} \def\newdimen{\alloc@1\dimen\dimendef\insc@unt} \def\newskip{\alloc@2\skip\skipdef\insc@unt} \def\newbox{\alloc@4\box\chardef\insc@unt} ConTeXt complains because it doesn't know what alloc@0, etc., are. Any advice for how to import this functionality from plain.tex into ConTeXt? thanks, Jesse

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Re: [NTG-context] abbreviations as macros (Aditya Mahajan) (Aditya Mahajan)
by Armin Varmaz 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

>\defineframedtext[important][style={\switchtobodyfont[24pt]\ImportantStyle}] > >(which will scale the math font, but not change it to Kurier-Bold). >Or you can define a typescript for kurier-bold (see type-otf for >examples), and then use > >\usetypescript[kurier-bold] > >\defineframedtext[important][style={\switchtobodyfont[kurier-bold,24pt]}] > >Aditya > Hi Aditya, your first solution works very well. You saved my day, thanks a lot! I think Hans tried to explain it to me but I didn't get him. I have read the documentation about typescripts but I did not understand it well. Let's say I have the following simple example: \starttypescript[sans][test] \definefontsynonym[Test] [file:FuturaStd] [features=default] \stoptypescript how can I use it in 'usetypescript' now to change the font type? I tried \usetypescript[test] and \usetypescript[sans][test] followed by \defineframedtext[important][style={\switchtobodyfont[test,24pt]}] but it didn't work (to be specific, the font size is ok, but the font type did not change) Armin ___________________________________________________________ WEB.DE DSL SOMMER-SPECIAL: Surf & Phone Flat 16.000 für nur 19,99 ¿/mtl.!* http://web.de/DSL-Doppel-Flatrate/

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referenceformat, text
by Yury G. Kudryashov 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hi! The following code: \definereferenceformat[lem][text=Lemma] \inlem[lem:mylemma] produces just a number, no "Lemma " prefix. I've sent a patch to fix it a while ago. Could you please apply it, or tell me why you don't want to apply it? -- Yury G. Kudryashov

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Some Experiences
by James K. Peterson 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hi all, I do a lot of LaTeX writing as my stuff is very math intensive, but I have a lot of interest in ConTeXt as I would like my books to look better. Anyway, I try on and off to get ConTeXt running so I can experiment. I just spent a pleasurable day playing. Here is what I found. It was pretty easy to install the newest minimals. I just followed the instructions and installed it in a local place separate from my texlive2009 installation. I spent a lot of time with a direct update of ConTeXt into my texlive2009 folder (yes, I know I was doomed but I was on a roll). I found the usual errors running either luatools --generate or mtxrun --generate and also context --make All the files needed to make this work are actually installed, but the problem is the way luatools finds stuff and caches it. Something is wrong there. The files that are in the folder can't be located. Also, with my local minimals installed and trying to add ConTeXt to my texlive2009, luatools seemed to find the ConTeXt stuff from both minimals and texlive2009. That was not good, but temporarily removing the minimals did not change the bad results, still I have no idea how to get luatools to ignore the minimals folder when it is setting up the cache. Finally, this all started because I am tired of my bad chemical drawings in my books and wanted to use the package m-ch-en in LaTeX. The original context supplied with texlive2009 wouldn't let me compile a m-ch-en source so since I am still heavily using LaTeX, I wanted to update luatex, context etc to see if I could get it to work. I still can't use context from texlive2009, but with my updates I can compile m-ch-en source. So at least a small win. The ConTeXt stuff is fascinating and I am moving towards it, but I need to do it in baby steps and I need to do it with a concomittant LaTeX installation. So I will eagerly await any sort of a fix for a LaTeX/ConTeXt combined world while I continue to learn and move away for LaTeX. As a long time user of LaTeX, I know its limitations very well and ConTeXt will allow me to do more interesting things. Keep up the good work. I read the digest every day and look around the wiki too. Thanks! Jim Peterson

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Re: [NTG-context] abbreviations as macros (Aditya Mahajan)
by Armin Varmaz 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

>Message: 5 >Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 11:10:21 -0400 (EDT) >From: Aditya Mahajan [ >To: mailing list for ConTeXt users >Subject: Re: [NTG-context] abbreviations as macros >Message-ID: [ >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, ivo welch wrote: > > >If you never need to use a full form of the abbreviation, then you can >just use the same in ConTeXt. The equivalent of \ensuremath is \math; >everything else is the same. > >\define\NPV{\text{NPV\math{_0}} > >I would, however, write this slightly differently (even in LaTeX) as > >\math{\text{NPV}_0} > >but that is just a stylistic issue. > >> Is there a recommended way to do this on conTeXt? > >The usual way of defining abbreviations in ConTeXt is > >\abbreviation [NPV] {\math{\text{NPV}_0}} {full form} > >Then you can use > >\NPV\ for a short form of the abbreviation and \infull{NPV} for the full >form. The advantage is that you can also get a list of used abbreviations. > > >Aditya Hi Aditya, can you tell me how I can ensure as in AMSmath that the font size in abbreviations automatically match the font size of current text? see my example below. Best Armin ******** EXAMPLE \definealternativestyle[ImportantStyle][{\definedfont[Kurier-Bold at 24pt]}] \definetextbackground[zhu] [location=paragraph, background=color,backgroundcolor=orange, leftoffset=0.5\bodyfontsize,rightoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, topoffset=.5\bodyfontsize,bottomoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, style=ImportantStyle, frame=off] \startsetups important:start \starttextbackground[zhu] \stopsetups \startsetups important:stop \endgraf \stoptextbackground \stopsetups \definestartstop [important] [before=\setups{important:start}, after=\setups{important:stop}] \abbreviation [NPV] {\math{\text{NPV}}} {full form} \starttext this looks normal $x$, \NPV. \startimportant this looks bad \mathematics{x}, \NPV. \stopimportant this looks normal $x$, \NPV. \stoptext ******** END EXAMPLE ___________________________________________________________ WEB.DE DSL SOMMER-SPECIAL: Surf & Phone Flat 16.000 für nur 19,99 ¿/mtl.!* http://web.de/DSL-Doppel-Flatrate/

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Re: [NTG-context] hack needed (MkIV)
by Hans Hagen 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

On 6-8-2010 10:44, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > before coming to Brejlov I am just about to clean all my open threads regarding transition MkII->MkIV. > One thing is still unanswered - related to grid mode: > > In MkII the example below rendered the same with or without grid mode. > Now in MkIV the lineskiplimit is overruled by grid mode. forget about comparing to mkii .. a completely different mechanism and behaviour will not be mkii compatible (different kind of control) > But as I still have to use grid, and yet have to make sure that character clashes don't disturb the consistent interlinespace, I have a problem. in grid mode interlinespace is ignores > Looking through spac-ver.mkiv gave me the impression that lineskip related code is quite ... precarious. > But maybe an unofficial hack is doable? no hack needed \enabletrackers[nodes.vsnapping] \starttext % see spac-ver.mkiv: \definegridsnapping \switchtobodyfont[42pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=30pt] Big text\par written in\par three row \setuplayout[grid=strict] \setupinterlinespace[line=30pt] Big text\par written in\par three row \stoptext with 'yes' the line gets snapped to fit an extra line when too high (ht/dp ratio) and your first line is larger than the second and third (try {yes,line} so see a variant). 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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949 more named colors
by Philipp Gesang 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

Hi, I've put up a small script that generates color definitions from Randall Munroe's color survey for use with ConTeXt.[1] This yields 949 more rgb colors that might be more adequately labeled than e.g. those from X11. You can find it at < http://bitbucket.org/phg/xcs-colors/ > From the usage notes: --8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Go somewhere safe, where you have writing permissions. [2] texlua conv.lua > colo-xcs.tex [3] For a preview, create a file “testcol.tex” with your favourite editor: ···· FILE testcol.tex ························································· \setupcolor[xcs] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \showcolor[xcs] \stoptext ····· END testcol.tex ························································· [4] context testcol.tex --8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have fun, Philipp [1] http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with cross references
by Robert Blackstone 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Thomas Schmitz wrote: > Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> I would like to get some advice concerning a problem, or >>rather a >> nuisance, with internal references. > Difficult to analyze, of course, but one thing that > occurred to me: are you using a proper project structure, > with the chapters as components, as described in chapter > 2.3 of the manual, or just using \input for the chapters? > Right now, I'm editing a book (~ 300 pages) with > cross-references between chapters, and I don't see any of > the problems you describe. > > Btw, the version of TeXshop is irrelevant to the problem, > but you may want to update your minimals. > > Thomas Thank you, I updated the minimals, thrashed all auxiliary files, ran my "project" again and everything worked right from the start. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Commands based on previously defined commands, with fixed values for arguments
by Vedran Miletić 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

How can I define a command by reusing the already defined command? \def \HelloTwo #1#2 {Hello, #1 and #2!} \def \HelloOne #1 {\HelloTwo{#1}{Vedran}} This gives me a "Runaway argument". -- Vedran Miletić

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abbreviations as macros
by ivo welch 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi Hans: This is asking Armin Varmaz' question in a different way, although I know even less. I would like to define a macro that is just an abbreviation. For example, say I want to define a snippet \NPV which provides the text NPV$_0$, and NPV is in textfont while 0 is in mathfont. This should work everywhere---formulas, subscripts, footnotes, etc., and automatically appear in the correct sizing. In LaTeX, this is easy to do: \newcommand{\NPV}{\text{NPV\ensuremath{_0}}} I can now use \NPV\ in formulas, footnotes, subscripts, titles, etc., and it is properly sized everywhere. Is there a recommended way to do this on conTeXt? regards, /iaw

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Problem with cross references
by Robert Blackstone 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi all, I would like to get some advice concerning a problem, or rather a nuisance, with internal references. I am making a longish document with several chapters, all of which are separate .tex-files to be input into the main file, which contains all setups and the skeleton of the document. There are a number of cross references between elements that sit in different files. With some simple test files I checked that this worked and that I use the proper commands. However, with the real files it does not work, that is, not immediately. Even after 4 or 5 runs I still get ?? instead of page numbers, and then suddenly things are OK. I have no idea what happened between failure and success and I have no idea what I have to do to get the proper result immediately. It is a nuisance because I cannot be sure the thing worked till I have checked the entire output after each run, which is rather time consuming. I’m using the latest version of TeXShop with the minimals of july 20, but older versions show the same symptoms. Thanks for any advice. Robert Blackstone

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an issues with punk module
by views63 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi all I found an issues with punk module in latest beta (MkIV) example: \usemodule[punk] \usetypescript[punk] \setupbodyfont[punk, 32pt] \starttext All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. \stoptext -- Best regards, Huang Ze

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\qedhere equivalent in ConTeXt
by Emanuele Sacco 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi all, I'have simulated the proof environment whit the following code: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \definedescription [proof] [text=Proof.] \setupdescriptions[proof] [width=broad,distance=0.5em, location=serried, headstyle=it, indentnext=yes, indenting=yes, closesymbol=$\square$] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% I wanted to know if there is an equivalent of the command \qedhere (LaTeX command) to solve the problem that arises when the environment ends with a displayed equation. Thanks. Emanuele Sacco

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\startcolumns ... \stopcolumns
by Horacio Suarez 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hello: After \startcolumns ... \stopcolumns there a big blank space. This sample shows it. %%%%%%%%% \starttext \startcolumns \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \stopcolumns {\bf This should appear in the first page, below {\em tufte,} there is enough room.} \stoptext %%%%%%%%% why the last line jumps to a new page? Thankyou very much. -------------------- Horacio Suarez

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color shading/conversion (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi, there is a problem with color shading in combination with color conversion. Short example is attached. MTXrun | current version: 2010.07.30 11:35 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.62.0-2010080307 (rev 3794) Best wishes, Peter

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Blank lines and \noindent
by Martin Althoff 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Just curious about the intented behaviour of \noindent. If I place it as shown in the example, the next paragraph will still be indented. However, if the blank line between \noindent and the following text is deleted or contains a comment, the following text will not be indented. Is this placement dependency intended? I thought I could use blank lines at liberty to "style" the sources. Secondly, is there any way of integrating the \noindent into the \textrule. Means: the paragraph following a textrule should not be indented. Not crucial, but would reduce the clutter in the sources. There are about 600 textrules... Not pretty, I know, but currently they are my indicator, that a page in the original book, from which the text comes, has changed. Thanks again, Martin \setupindenting[yes,small] \indenting[next] \starttext \input{davis} % page 86 Old page header \textrule[top]{Change of Page} \noindent \input{davis} \stoptext

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completelistofunits and completelistofabbreviations in MkIV
by Vedran Miletić 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Are completelistofunits and completelistofabbreviations supposed to be with an empty title in MkIV? Consider this: \usemodule[units] \starttext \completelistofunits \chapter{Something} 1 \Meter. \stoptext List of tables and List of figures work normally. Regards, -- Vedran Miletić

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metapost and lua
by Philipp Gesang 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi all! [1] Is there a Lua interface for metapost? I'm thinking of something like cld is for TeX here. All I figured out so far is how to generate mp code (as strings) in Lua and then having it processed by mplib, but as the metafun manual is from 2002 and with context you never know how far it is ahead of your dreams … [1a] If not [1], then: will there ever be something like this? [2] There's an example for “metapost.process()” in mlib-ctx.mkiv but I can't get it to work. I simply copypasted it as follows: ···8<·········································································· \starttext \startluacode mpgraphic = [[ for i=1 upto 1000 : beginfig(0); draw halfcircle scaled 1cm withcolor green ; picture p ; p := "oeps" infont defaultfont scaled .75 rotated 45 ; p := p shifted - (xpart center p,0) ; draw p ; draw boundingbox p ; endfig ; beginfig(0); draw halfcircle scaled 1cm dashed evenly withcolor green ; endfig ; beginfig(0); pickup pencircle xscaled .5mm yscaled .25mm rotated 45 ; draw halfcircle scaled 1cm withcolor red ; endfig ; beginfig(0); draw halfcircle scaled 1cm ; endfig ; beginfig(0); pickup pencircle xscaled .5mm yscaled .25mm rotated 45 ; for k:=1 upto 10 : draw halfcircle scaled uniformdeviate(1cm) withcolor (red/(k/4)) ; endfor ; endfig ; endfor ; ]] metapost.process(metapost.format("metafun"),mpgraphic) \stopluacode \stoptext ···8<·········································································· This fails in mlib-run.lua at line 324. (Same with all my other tries, but I assume code from the context sources has a much higher probability of being valid.) Do I miss something critical? Thanks for your help, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Palatino Linotype under MKIV
by Paul Schalck 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi, I'm trying to use the full glyph range of the Palatino Linotype font shipped with XP (version 1.40; significantly different from the Windows 7 one) under MKIV. Everything works fine (oldstyle figures, sups for instance), except that the small cap "i" character has a dot whereas it shouldn't. Here's a test file. The result, produced on WinXP / ConTeXt beta 2010-06-23, is attached. \definefontfeature[palatinolt-default][script=latn,kern=yes,liga=yes,trep=yes,tlig=yes,protrusion=quality] \definefontfeature[palatinolt-smcp][script=latn,kern=yes,liga=yes,trep=yes,tlig=yes,protrusion=quality,smcp=yes,onum=yes] \definefontfeature[palatinolt-sups][mode=node,script=latn,kern=yes,liga=yes,trep=yes,tlig=yes,protrusion=quality,sups=yes] \starttypescript[serif][palatinolt][name] \usetypescript[serif][fallback] \definefontsynonym[Serif][file:pala.ttf][features=palatinolt-default] \definefontsynonym[SerifBold][file:palab.ttf][features=palatinolt-default] \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic][file:palai.ttf][features=palatinolt-default] \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic][file:palabi.ttf][features=palatinolt-default] \definefontsynonym[SerifCaps][file:pala.ttf][features=palatinolt-smcp] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[palatinolt][rm][serif][palatinolt][default] \setupbodyfont[palatinolt] \enableprotruding\setuppagenumbering[location=] \starttext {\sc \input knuth } \stoptext As far as I can see, it has to do with the messy name list of the glyphs. Both the normal small cap i and the small cap dotted i are named "i.sc", but the wrong one is picked when the smcp feature is activated. Moreover, the small cap glyphs have no unicode numbers in this font, so I cannot pick them manually with \char"XXXX or even with \charXXXXX. Any ideas how I can get the right dottless i?

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hi, I uploaded a beta. Peter Rolf and I have spent quite some time on pdfx related issues (mostly trying to figure out the right specs and how to deal with them). We started with a command driven interface but eventually it ended up with a single command: \setupbackend [format=PDF/X-3:2002, intent=sRGB] Lookups are case insensitive. The intent can be a comma separated list of profiles. The name is resolved using colo-icc.xml (or color-icc.lua) but one can also pass a (list of) files using the 'file' key. You can check handling with: \enabletrackers[backend.pdfx] When choosing a format, color spaces, transparency and layers are automatically disabled in the backend code but they do function in the frontend. Of course included images are the user's responsibility but color etc in MP graphics should work out ok. There are probably rough edges. 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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font catalogue (re)
by R. Bastian 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hello, it is not a list of available fonts i need, but a catalogue where one can see the typefaces. In the Minimal directory there are 91 tfm files, 309 pfb files and 2043 thm files. Chap 31 'Fonts and font switches' of ".. an excursion" or Sect 5.1.1 in '...the 'Manual' gives no example hwo to go from a tfm fil (say "tcxr.tfm") to a usable font. A possible test file of typefaces could be (for my use "specimen.tex"): """ azertyu ... AZERTY ... äëÿuüïö ... âêûîô ... ÂÊÛÎÔ ... ÄËŸÜ ... &"'(-è_çà) """ and the font file for making a PDF: %%%%% how to go from TFM to 'normal' %%%%% \starttext \input specimen \stoptext I hope this can help beginners. -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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comments, font catalogue
by R. Bastian 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hello, 1. is there the same in Context than the Latexian \begin{comment} ... \end{comment} --------------------------- 2. In the Minimal tree there are many .afm, .tfm and other font files. Is there a sort of font catalogue (visualization of the fonts) ? The source of such a catalogue would be a good example for beginners - like me. -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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vbox construct breaking MKII
by Willi Egger 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, Any variation of the following construct breaks in MKII as long as there is no new line after the closing } of the vbox. MKIV does not have this problem. \startbuffer[bf4] \vbox{ test }\stopbuffer Please refer to the testfile Kind regards Willi

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Verbatim line numbering: location intext/text, empty lines, wrapped lines
by Stefan Müller 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi, I found some issues with verbatim line numbering in MkIV. The appended examples is basically taken from the wiki. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text#Line_numbering (The wiki uses MkII?) When I want the line numbers to be displayed "intext", I have to use \setuplinenumbering[location=text], although http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text#Line_numbering and http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/setuplinenumbering tell me to use "location=intext". Should this be changed in the wiki? In case of "location=text" the lines are typeset over the right margin of the box. I think this is because the space used by the numbers is not subtracted from the available space considered by the word-wrapping algorithm. In the example, line 2 is wrapped over three lines and gets 3 line numbers, while IMHO it only should get one (the wiki says the same). Line 4 gets a number, which is what I would expect, but it is a different behavior as in the wiki (there, the empty line in the example gets no number). Is there an option to choose whether a blank line should be (a) numbered, (b) skipped or (c) get no number but the internal counter is still increased? Example: \starttext \defineframedtext[framedcode][strut=yes, offset=2mm, width=7cm, align=right] \definetyping[code][numbering=line, before={\startframedcode}, after={\stopframedcode}] \setuplinenumbering[location=text] \startcode This is the first line % line 1 This is a rather long line that is wrapped, so look how the line numbering is done % line 2 Another line % line 3 % line 4 Last line after an empty line % line 5 \stopcode \stoptext Thank you in advance for any hints, Stefan.

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module for articles for the Context meeting ?
by luigi scarso 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Is there a module to use for the articles for context meeting ? -- luigi

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Texlive 2009 and stable context
by eythanweg＠gmail.com 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi, Sometimes in June I was no longer able to compile context beta, running into a problem that persists with the new stable (7-30-2010). Hans suggested in response to a similar problem by someone else, to install minimals. But this seems to me wasteful because I use parts of latex. Running (with luatex version beta-0.62.0-2010080309 (rev 3794)) mtxrun --generate gives this: MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to '/usr/bin' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTODIR' set to '/usr' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOPARENT' set to '.' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMFCNF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXOS' set to '/usr' MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers Should I be able to compile the current context under texlive 2009? If so, how? If not, would it compile with the current version texlive 2010? Many thanks, Eythan

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Pagebreak without background
by Julian Becker 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

I'm working on a document with page backgrounds. I got them working now, using ... ... \defineoverlay[left page] [\useMPgraphic{left page}] \defineoverlay[right page][\useMPgraphic{right page}] \setupbackgrounds[leftpage] [background=left page] \setupbackgrounds[rightpage][background=right page] But now I have them on every page. I don't want those to appear on certain pages. E.g. I want to start chapters on the right page and want the left page to be completely empty. For my chapters I currently have \definepagebreak[chapterpagebreak][yes,header,right] \setuphead[chapter][page=chapterpagebreak] Which still gives me the background on the blank left page before each new chapter. So I tried blank in definepagebreak, but it doesn't seem to give me the desired result, since it only removes the background on the page to follow (that is the right page on which my chapter starts). Anybody know how to do this? regards, 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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footnotes again
by Thomas Schmitz 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, I'm sorry I have to ask again about footnotes setup. I misunderstood the style that our publisher wants. Maybe it's easiest when I do a bit of ASCII art (will only work with a fixed-width font): | texttexttexttexttex | | textexttexttexttext | | | | 9 footnote 9, more | | than one line. | | 10 footnote 10. | So: the footnote numbers in the footnotes are typeset in a box. This box is just big enough to hold a three-digit footnote number. Its left edge is flush with the text area. Within this box, the note number is aligned flushright. The footnote text itself is one block; this block is indented a fixed amount: the publisher wants all indentations (normal paragraphs, blockquotes, footnotes) to be identical; let's say 16pt. I played with the parameters of \setupnotedefinition and \setupfootnotes that Wolfgang taught me yesterday, but I just can't find the right combination. Will wikify! All best Thomas

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Troubles with backgrounds in bTABLE
by Willi Egger 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, I need to use the background mechanism to draw a thicker line in a bTABLE...eTABLE setup together with MKII. It looks like that there is a bug somewhere in this. I am unable to draw the line at the top of the cell. However it is possible to draw a diagonal through the cel. I think that the problem is related to the background mechanism in general, because the problem is also present when using the background mechanism in framed. The behavior is identical in MKII en MKIV. I updated this morning to the latest version of Context, the bug is there as it was in a version ca 1 month old. Please refer to the attached test file. Using: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010) ConTeXt ver: 2010.08.04 00:37 MKII fmt: 2010.8.4 int: english/english Kind regards Willi

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4th ConTeXt Meeting, update
by Jano Kula 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hello to everybody! There are few weeks left till the 4th ConTeXt Meeting on September 13-18, 2010 in Brejlov, Czech Republic. We have collected interesting talks and tutorials (25+) on ConTeXt, LuaTeX, Lua, fonts, OpenType math, Metapost and more: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/abstracts.shtml We are working on the preliminary programme and other things to make the meeting unforgettable. The highlights of the accompanying programme are delicious cuisine, excellent beer and lovely countryside. Many friends from the ConTeXt list are coming, so we are going to have wonderful time with many interesting talks -- formal and informal: great source of encouragement and inspiration. After the deadline, the registration for the meeting is still open until we reach the available capacity. We hope you are having a good time and we are looking forward to meeting you in Brejlov. Best regards, Jano Kula on behalf of the organizing committee http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/

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Context meeting early arrivals
by Taco Hoekwater 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, Yesterday evening, the context meeting organizers received the email below. Clearly some people are quite anxious for the meeting to start! Have a look at the link below: there are no pictures of the trout, but some nice scenery photos. Best wishes, Taco -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Brejlov Conference -- early arrivals Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 21:20:16 +0200 From: Frans Goddijn <frans(a)goddijn.com> It's a lovely place! Hans Franz & I have arrived this afternoon and the trout we had for dinner was delicious. http://www.kostverlorenvaart.nl/brejlov/ Best, Frans (and Hans Franz) www.hans-franz.nl

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m-units
by Vedran Miletić 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hi, I made some changes to m-units.tex. According to Wikipedia [1], Bit should be denoted as "bit", Byte as "B" and Baud as "Bd". I also added binary prefixes. Hope this is acceptable. Regards, -- Vedran Miletić [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_information

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minimals update issues
by Martin Althoff 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Just ran ./first-setup.sh (yesterday it ran fine, now=5:20AM GMT 3.Aug) and it ends very ungracefully: A section from some the first (of more) failure. Am I doing something wrong? MTXrun | run: texexec --make --all --fast --pdftex cont-nl cont-enTeXExec | using search method 'kpsewhich' TeXExec | using existing database TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-osx-intel/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-nl This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010) (INITEX) \write18 enabled. (/Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-context/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (/Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-nl.tex (/Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex <snip> taal : geen afbreekpatronen gr voor gr (n=31,e=ec,m=ec) (lang-gr.pat ,lang-gr.pat) taal : geen afbreekdefinities gr voor gr (n=31,e=ec,m=ec) taal : afbreekpatronen agr voor agr geladen (n=32,e=agr,m=agr) (/Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/patterns/lang-agr.pat ! Duplicate pattern. l.137 ΐ1 ?

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no indent after blank
by Henning Hraban Ramm 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

(latest beta MkIV) With \setupindenting[yes, medium] there shouldn't be an indent after a \blank IMO. How can I suppress it? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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MTXrun | error, no format found with name: cont-en, aborting
by Paul Dostert 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

I'm a moderate context user (finished a 100 page math text recently) and haven't had too many problems except for downloading an occasional beta which has an issue or two. My book compiles just fine on my office computer, but I installed context and get compilation errors on my home laptop (a windows 7 box). I've been able to work through all other problems with context up to this point, sometimes waiting a day or two until someone uploaded a fix in the new beta, but for some reason I've gotten stuck on this one. I installed context via: - Download of context-setup-mswin.zip - unzip to c:\context - run of first-setup.bat (with no args, and same happens with --context=current) - After running, I go to the tex/ directory and run the setuptex.bat - Go back to c:\context and run a test file with just \starttext TEST \stoptext using "context test.tex" - I get the error "MTXrun | error, no format found with name: cont-en, aborting" I also tried using TeXworks, using compilation using texmfstart.exe and texexec. That compiled the original test.tex, but refuses to compile any .tex code with metapost. What, in most cases, does the "MTXrun | error, no format found with name: cont-en, aborting" error indicate? I know that odds are I missed something stupid, but just can't figure it out this time. Thank you for your help and your time. Paul

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formula, indentation
by R. Bastian 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hello, I use texexec (mk ii). In the resulting PDF, the indentation of the second formula is a bit shorter: \startformula y_i = x_i + \sum b_j\, x_{(i-M_j)} \stopformula \startformula y_i = x_i + \sum a_j\, y_{(i-M_j)}. \stopformula -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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Minimals on windows 32 bit fails ?
by luigi scarso 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

It seems that there is an error with patterns while building formats -- can someone check it ? -- luigi

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section -> classe
by R. Bastian 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hello, I use texexec (mk ii). I use the following head definition: \definehead[classe][section] \setuphead[classe] [style=type, textstyle=tfc, indentnext=yes, alternative=inmargin, align=broad] The result is numbered, but the title of the section/classe does not appear in the toc. What is missing ? -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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CharisSIL doesn't load
by Martin Althoff 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Using the typescript for CharisSIL as given doesn't work for me. "Modern" is substituted (as should be). It appears to load the mkiv file, but not the fonts, What am I doing wrong? Example below. (on Mac: MTXrun | current version: 2010.07.30 11:35, LuaTeX, Version beta-0.61.0-2010072816) -- I have adapted to the type-charissil.mkiv to fit the font names as reported on my system and set OSFONTDIR=/System/Library/Fonts;~/FontLib/opensource;/Library/Fonts;~/FontLib/context-use; mtxrun --script font --list --all --name --pattern=charis charissil charissil /Users/martin/FontLib/opensource/CharisSIL/CharisSILR.ttf charissilbold charissilbold /Users/martin/FontLib/opensource/CharisSIL/CharisSILB.ttf charissilbolditalic charissilbolditalic /Users/martin/FontLib/opensource/CharisSIL/CharisSILBI.ttf charissilitalic charissilitalic /Users/martin/FontLib/opensource/CharisSIL/CharisSILI.ttf charissilnormal charissilitalic /Users/martin/FontLib/opensource/CharisSIL/CharisSILI.ttf The output shows that the the mkiv file is certainly found: (/Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/third/typescripts/type-charissil.mkiv) It _will_ work perfectly fine, i.e. work-around, if I combine the type-charissil.tex and type-charissil.mkiv into a single file! See my working type-charissil.mkiv below. I also hide the .tex file! Example: \setupbodyfont[charissil,12pt] \starttext \showbodyfont \input tufte \stoptext Working type-charissil.mkiv ---------------------------- %D \module %D [ file=type-charissil, %D version=2008.04.21, %D title=\CONTEXT\ Typescript Macros, %D subtitle=Charis SIL Font Definitions, %D author=Wolfgang Schuster, %D date=\currentdate, %D copyright=Wolfgang Schuster] %C %C Copyright 2009 Wolfgang Schuster. %C This file may be distributed under the GNU General Public License v. 2.0. \starttypescript [serif] [charissil] \setups[font:fallback:serif] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [CharisSIL-Regular] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [CharisSIL-Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [CharisSIL-Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [CharisSIL-BoldItalic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [charissil] \definetypeface [charissil] [rm] [serif] [charissil] [default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [charissil] \definefontsynonym [CharisSIL-Regular] [name:charissil] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [CharisSIL-Italic] [name:charissilitalic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [CharisSIL-Bold] [name:charissilbold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [CharisSIL-BoldItalic] [name:charissilbolditalic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \endinput

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latest current
by Thomas Schmitz 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi all, for some reason, hyphenation for ancient Greek isn't working in the latest current. test file: \usetypescript[type-gentium] \setupbodyfont[gentium,12pt] \starttext \hyphenatedword{allegorical} {\fr\hyphenatedword{détoxication}} {\agr\hyphenatedword{φιλοσοφούμενα}} \stoptext I looked at lang-grk.tex but couldn't find anything obvious, and according to the log file, all languages are loaded, mkiv lua stats : loaded patterns - agr:gr:31 en::2 fr::15 so I'm a bit puzzled. Thomas

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Palatino math in MKII/XeTeX?
by Riobard 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi, I'm wondering how I can use Palatino for math in MKII/XeTeX? The following works in MKIV but not in MKII (still get Computer Modern for Math, though main text is in Palatino). Thanks very much! Rio

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ConTeXt vs. LaTeX -> XML/MathML -> XHTML/SVG/PNG -> ePub
by Grant W. Petty 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Grant W. Petty <grantwp3(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying out ConTeXt for the very first time, hoping to assess > whether it's worth re-tooling from LaTeX for authoring scientific > textbooks. > To elaborate on this comment which I made in another thread, I have written and self-published two university-level atmospheric science textbooks in LaTeX which are doing quite well by the standards of my small field. I am now also contracting to publish textbooks for other authors. I am very interested in eventually reformatting my own existing books, as well as future books, as documents that can be both printed as professional-quality bound textbooks as well as distributed as e-books -- for example ePub format and/or XHTML. The principle technical hurdle seems to be posed by the heavy use of mathematical equations. I want the math in the electronic versions to be very clean and scalable (e.g., SVG; eventually MathML as e-readers do a better job of supporting it). While there are programs like TeX4HT and LaTeXML that convert LaTeX source to XML/MathML, they seem to have trouble with unfamiliar packages and macros, and the math rendering seems quite imperfect as well (though I can't yet tell whether that's a problem with the conversion to MathML or rather with current e-readers imperfect support for MathML). My question is whether anyone has insight into the relative strengths of LaTeX vs. ConTeXt as an authoring environment in the specific case that the author wants high-quality multi-format outputs for print and electronic distribution. An example workflow I could imagine would be ConTeXT or LaTeX source -> XML/MathML (DocBook?) -> PDF or XHTML with math encoded as MathML and/or SVG and/or PNG -> ePub with high-quality math readable on various commercial readers I'm quite new to this subject matter, having only begun to learn about e-publishing formats a couple of weeks ago, so I'll welcome any advice, however basic. It's my impression, by the way, that ConTeXT does not directly support AMSMath, which might mean having to not only rewrite a lot of existing source but also to re-learn how to write math. Thanks, Grant

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Page number conversion not working in MKIV?
by Riobard 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi, The following code is expected to produce roman numerals "i" in the footer. I always get the number "1" instead. Anybody knows what I'm doing wrong? Thanks very much! \starttext \setuppagenumber[number=1] \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,location=footer] some text \stoptext Rio

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Errors with MacTeX/TeXLive installation
by Grant W. Petty 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

I am trying out ConTeXt for the very first time, hoping to assess whether it's worth re-tooling from LaTeX for authoring scientific textbooks. I am using a fresh installation of TeX Live 2009 (installed via MacTex on a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6), and I'm trying to process a sample file I downloaded from one of the ConTeXt web pages. Unfortunately, the process generates a couple of cryptic warnings ("Lua binary way out of date") and a fatal error ("can't find ...dcc/formats/cont-en.luc"). I wonder if someone can examine the input file and the log file (both attached) to help me understand what I have to do to clean things up and, if possible, why the TeX Live ConTeXt configuration doesn't work correctly "right out of the box" to begin with. Thanks, Grant

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new current
by Hans Hagen 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi, I uploaded a current release that matches luatex 0.61 beta (released a few days ago). The release notes will follow. Apart from a couple of fixes in mkiv the main additions are tagged pdf and the possibility to include pages from pdf documents with hyperlinks which is controlled by the 'interaction' key (given that interaction is enabled). \externalfigure[file.pdf][page=1,scale=700,frame=on,interaction=yes] This is experimental code and it will be extended in the future. Also more control will provided. Future releases will also deal with layers in embedded images (all within reasonable bounds). The current code still supports older mplib although so this current might work with alpha 0.61 versions. We expect a next beta if luatex in a couple of weeks so there will for sure be beta releases of context in the meantime. 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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CSV parser do not processed macro.
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Hello all, to solve my problem I need to find why my function ParseCSVdata incorrectly parses strings stored in a macro. It's including possibly the reason why do not work properly Mojca database module as I wrote in a recent mail. It seems to enter a string function, which is not my function to find a separator. Thanx Jaroslav Here is my minimal example: \startluacode function ParseCSVdata(string2parse, separator, leftdelimiter, rightdelimiter) -- Funkce pro "rozparsování" jednotlivých záznamů (řádků) CSV tabulky -- Vstupní textový řetězec (načtený řádek) je v místech výskytu separátoru "rozsekán" na jednotlivá pole -- Jediný povinný vstupní parametr je 'string2parse'. Při nenastavení zbývajících tří parametrů se jako separátor a oddělovače použijí buď globální proměnné Sep, Ld a Rd nebo se použijí defaultní hodnoty -- Výstupem je pole oddělených řetězců -- Když nejsou globální proměnné Sep, Ld a Rd nastaveny uživatelem, nastaví se na defaultní hodnoty. Uživatel si může defaultní hodnoty libovolně změnit podle toho, jaké hodnoty používá ve svých aplikacích nejčastěji Sep = (Sep == nil) and UserCSVSeparator or Sep -- Pokud není glob. neznámá Sep nastavena, použije se defaultní hodnota ';' (středník). Ld = (Ld == nil) and UserCSVLeftDelimiter or Ld -- Pokud není glob. neznámá Ld (left delimiter) nastavena, použije se defaultní hodnota '' (prázdný řetězec) Rd = (Rd == nil) and UserCSVRightDelimiter or Rd -- Pokud není glob. neznámá Rd (right delimiter) nastavena, použije se defaultní hodnota '' (prázdný řetězec) -- Nastavení hodnot parametrů, které nejsou při volání funkce nastaveny tj. při volání funkce ParseCSVdata(string2parse) s pouze jedním parametrem local separator = (separator == nil) and Sep or separator -- při nenastavení separátoru se použije local leftdelimiter = (leftdelimiter == nil) and Ld or leftdelimiter local rightdelimiter = (rightdelimiter == nil) and Rd or rightdelimiter -- A jdeme na vlastní zpracování řetězce ... local result={} if leftdelimiter ~= '' and rightdelimiter ~= '' then -- Když jsou položky v řádku vymezeny levým i pravým delimiterem (tj. jakousi závorkou) např. "pole1";"pole2" nebo {pole1};{pole2} .. atd. string.gsub(string2parse, leftdelimiter.."(.-)"..rightdelimiter, function(a) table.insert(result,a) end ) -- Je vidět, že v tomto případě ani nezáleží na separátoru, jednotlivé uzávorkované řetězce se od sebe oddělí else -- Když je pouze separátor polí bez vymezujících znaků - delimiterů (tento případ bohužel neumožňuje použití separátoru jako samostatného znaku v nějakém poli ) result=string.split(string2parse,separator) -- pak stačí vstupní řetezec jen "vysplitovat" tj. rozsekat na samostatné části end return result -- Funkce vrátí pole result obsahující oddělená jednotlivá pole řádkového CSV záznamu end function pars(inppar) tex.sprint("input parametr (string): "..inppar.."\\par") CSVLine=ParseCSVdata(inppar,',','','') tex.print(table.maxn(CSVLine).." item(s) \\par") for i = 1, table.maxn(CSVLine) do tex.sprint(i..". "..CSVLine[i].."\\par") end tex.sprint("\\blank[big]") end \stopluacode \def\printaction{x,y,z,u,v} \starttext \startluacode pars("a,b,c,d") pars("\\printaction") \stopluacode \stoptext

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Expansion of TeX macros inside the Lua function
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

I came across an interesting issue (for me), which is probably the beginner, but accompanied me for a long time. The problem is probably that I do not understand very well the principles of operation LuaTeX and while I want to do more complex things. I think many beginners will love it when someone indicate solutions. My problem is that I need in my complex application, evaluate parameters of Lua functions, which are a TeX macros (respectively their expanded contents). I did not discover the possibility of expansion of TeX macros, which is a parameter Lua function. Here are three examples in which I demonstrate the problem. 1. In first example is function parameter a text string. \ctxlua{pars('a,b,c,d,e')} Everything works as expected - evaluation of parameter was carried out OK - comma separator was found and replaced. 2. In second example is a function parameter a TeX macro \printaction. Macro expanded before entering the function. Everything works as expected too - comma separator is found and replaced: \ctxlua{pars('\printaction')} 3. The third example of my most interesting. Function parameter in example is a TeX macro \printaction which not expanded, respectively expanded only when I printing it to TeX. Parameter of function is string "\printaction" in which it is futile to look for a comma separator. Comma not be found, although the content of macro face that is so. \ctxlua{pars('\\printaction')} Is there a possibility for this case, as in some way to save to Lua variable content of macro (of course expanded)? I note that this example is important for me and I would like there to be a Lua function (eg "expandtostring"), which expanded a TeX macro into variable until inside function Lua. I hope the my example (with comments) will be comprehensible and I apologize if the solution is too trivial. I searched dozens of examples, but I come across something similar. Thanx very much - Jaroslav Here is example: \startluacode function pars(inppar) strpar=tostring(inppar) -- here I need a function "expandtostring(inppar)" gsubstr=string.gsub(strpar, ',', ';') tex.print("Input parametr (string or macro): ") tex.write(inppar) tex.print("\\par") tex.print("Content of string (macro): "..strpar) -- There will always be expansion tex.print("\\par") tex.print("Length string (macro): "..string.len(inppar).."\\par") tex.print("Length of content : "..string.len(strpar).."\\par") tex.print("Occurrence of the commma separator: "..gsubstr.."\\par") end \stopluacode \def\printaction{x,y,z} \starttext Example 1) Function parameter in first example is a text string. Everything works as expected - comma separator is found and replaced: \ctxlua{pars('a,b,c,d,e')} \blank[big] Example 2) Function parameter in second example is a TeX macro \backslash printaction which expanded before entering the function. Everything works as expected too - comma separator is found and replaced: \ctxlua{pars('\printaction')} \blank[big] Example 3) The third example of my most interesting. Function parameter in example is a TeX macro \backslash printaction which not expanded, respectively expanded only when I printing it to TeX. Parameter of function is still string "\backslash printaction" in which it is futile to look for a comma separator. Comma not be found, although the content of macro face that is so. Is there a possibility for this case, as in some way to save to Lua variable content of macro (of course expanded)? \ctxlua{pars('\\printaction')} \stoptext

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part problems
by Henning Hraban Ramm 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

(MkIV, latest beta) I'm trying to get a title page for book parts: \def\FPart#1#2{#2} \setupheads [align=right, tolerance=verytolerant, before=\nohyphen\startlinecorrection, after=\stoplinecorrection, number=no] \setuphead[part][command=\FPart, page=right, style={\bfc}] \part{My First Part} But the page is empty, also without "command", also with a suitable "textcommand", also without "style". Next problem: In my ToC I get "Part My First Part". (Or "Part 1 My First Part", if I enable the number.) How can I suppress that piece of text ("Part")? Generally, what's the best approach to get a fixed font size for some titles, e.g. the part title should have 64 pt. Should I use \setuphead[part][before={\switchtobodyfont[64pt]}] ? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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tex in context
by R. Bastian 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Hello, is there a way to insert plain tex code in context source ? example: \startTEX \font\ttbold=cmbtt10 at 12pt .... {\ttbold texte monospace en gras} ... \stopTEX -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org

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