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Problems with metapost in texlive 2009
by Ram Potluri 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

I had a working installation of texlive 2007 on my opensuse 11.0 machine. I had metapost working nicely converting my *.mp files into *.pdf files. Yesterday, I upgraded to texlive 2009 that is available at http://software.opensuse.org/search/download?base=openSUSE%3A11.0&fil...<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://software.opensuse.org/search/downlo…> I installed all the upgrades of the following packages: texlive texlive-bin-tools texlive-bin-metapost texlive-bin-latex texlive-bin texlive-tools texlive-metapost texlive-latex texlive-context texlive-latex-doc To test my installation, I ran the command mptopdf on some mp files that I had successfully converted to pdf on the earlier installation. Here is the message I am seeing for one such file (blk.mp): ram@linux-94ai:~/Desktop> mptopdf blk.mp MTXrun | kpse fallback with progname 'context' initialized in 0.12 seconds MPtoPDF 1.3.3 : running 'mpost --mem=mpost --tex=latex blk.mp' This is MetaPost, version 1.208 (kpathsea version 5.0.0) ! I can't find file `blk.mp'. <*> blk.mp Please type another input file name: You see, the file blk.mp is very much present in the directory (~/ Desktop). Could someone please help me? Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Ram.

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latest beta Minimals: interactive bookmarks for equations broken
by Ralf. Braun 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

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Re :! Undefined control sequence
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hallo Taco and Wolfgang, > > Why is this? > > Because \setupitemgroup expands its third argument. > > > And how can I make it work in position 2? > > \setupitemgroup[Tst][1][n,\noexpand\broad ] > thank you very much! > \defineitemgroup[Tst] > > \setvariables[tst][set={\setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broa > d]}] > > \starttext > > \startTst > \item text > \stopTst > > \setvariables[tst][broad=5] > > \startTst > \item text > \stopTst > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang What is the following command for: \setvariables[tst][set={\setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broad] }] This is enough, or are there any problems? \setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broad] Wolfgang

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\textvisiblespace
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hallo, shouldn't \textvisiblespace work in mkiv? Wolfgang

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page-break
by Jörg Hagmann 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Dear list members, My biggest problem have always been seemingly arbitrary page breaks occuring every now and then in larger documents; and because I don't see a pattern, I can't create a minimal example. But maybe you can make a suggestion based on the following: The section below produces a page break seen in http://www.ogbasel.ch/version-1.pdf. If the line "\page[no]" is inserted, the page break occurs as shown in http://www.ogbasel.ch/version-page-no.pdf Mark IV, on linux and Leopard Context version 2010.03.02 12:34 The font is Gentium at 10.5 Thanks, Jörg -------------snip------------------ {\bf Grauammer} -- {\it Bruant proyer} -- Emberiza calandra: Am 28.2. konnte LEU einen Sänger in der PCA feststellen. Am 29.3. sah und hörte KEL 3 Ind. in Iselisboden bei Hésingue und 1 Ind. bei der Neudörfler Lache bei Village-Neuf. AMA meldet die Beobachtung eines Ind. am 8.6. in der PCA und KEL eines Ind. am 21.6. in Iselisboden bei Hésingue. OES sah am 3.7. 1 Ind. in einer Buntbrache zwischen Reinach und Aesch. \stoplines %\stoplinenumbering \section{Nachträge zum Jahresbericht 2007} %\startlinenumbering S. 29 Goldhähnchenlaubsänger -- Pouillot de Pallas -- Phylloscopus proregulus: Am 15.12. sah M. Solari 1 Ind. bei St-Louis. Die Beobachtung wurde vom Comité National de Homologation angenommen (mitgeteilt durch BLA). \page[no] %%% <-------- without this line in version-1.pdf, with the line in version-page-no.pdf S. 33 Zwergammer -- Bruant nain -- Emberiza pusilla: Am 5.10. wurde in der PCA 1 Ind. von M.Baumann, B. Scaar et al. gefangen. Die Bestimmung wurde vom Comité National de Homologation angenommen (mitgeteilt durch BLA). %\stoplinenumbering \section{Zitierte Literatur} %\startlinenumbering Volet, B. 2006: Liste der Vogelarten der Schweiz. Ornithol. Beobachter 103: 271-294 %\stoplinenumbering \section[title:abbrev]{Abkürzungen -- Abbréviations} \subsubsubject{Abkürzungen der erwähnten Einsenderinnen und Einsender von Beobachtungen} ------------snip-----------------

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Testing TeX macros through Lua
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hello everybody. Is there any possibility discover through Lua in ConTeXt whether it has been defined in ConTeXt source any regular TeX macros? Be enough for me any simple example or relevant link. Thanx J.Hajtmar

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Problem with \doifelse testing of UTF-8 chars
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hello, I have problem with testing of strings through \doifelse. I am loading data from external CSV file. CSV file is UTF-8 encoding. Data from external file I am reading to ConTeXt macro and I want compare content of macro (it is one utf-8 character) and other character as per example: (\onecharfromcsvfile contains one character from external CSV file) % I compare e.g. "m" character and content of macro \onecharfromcsvfile \def\result{\doifelse{m}{\onecharfromcsvfile}{true}{false} } \result is however always false When CSV file is CP-1250 encoding then macro does work right as well as classical TeX macro: \def\result{\if m\onecharfromcsvfile true\else false \fi} My question is: Just how modify macro as to work right when CSV file is UTF-8 encoding. Thanx Jaroslav PS: I was working up until now only with CP-1250 encoding, but when I started with LuaTeX (MKIV), then I have to use UTF-8. (MKIV dont work corectly with external CP-1250 files).

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\doifinset
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hallo, on the garden at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros/Branches_and_Decisions one can read to the command \doifinset 'If the first string expands 'empty', it is considered to be always in the set.' But \starttext \doifinset{}{A,B,C}{should go} \stoptext seams to show that this is wrong. Is my example wrong or my understanding of the above sentence? Wolfgang

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how to make uppercase characters?
by Marius 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hello, There is \uppercase command in tex, but it works just with plane characters. \uppercase{xxx} prints XXX, while \def\xxx{xxx} \uppercase{\xxx} prints "xxx", but I want "XXX". Maybe there is a ConTeXt command of \uppercase, like in LaTeX \MakeUppercase ? Thanks, Marius

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setuppagenumbering command
by Marius 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hello all, Why does "conversion" option for \setuppagenumbering has no effect? Is it only for me or for others too? Marius

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the last page of a document
by Marius 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hello, I am writing an environment for a document and there should be a page with some text at the end of the document. In LaTeX I use \AtEndDocument{} command, but how does one achieve the same effect in ConTeXt? Thanks, Marius

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Re: [NTG-context] Fullpage module
by Wolfgang Schuster 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Am 22.04.10 18:59, schrieb Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky: > Yes, but what about including it into ConTexT by default? (that is, > with minimal installation?) > > On 22.04.2010 19:54, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> I created a page [1] but something is wrong with the server and I >> have no rights to upload the module. The module is now on the garden, it’s Mojcas job to include it in the minimals. Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] [ppchtex] \normalifx: Undefined control sequence
by Denis Bitouzé 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Le jeudi 22/04/10 à 13h41, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> a écrit : > can you download the cont-tmf.zip file and unzip it in the texmd-dist > root? It works! Well almost: no compilation trouble, but an empty page with the following MCE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{etex,m-pictex,m-ch-en} \begin{document} \startchemical \chemical{2H_2,PLUS,O_2,GIVES,2H_2O} \stopchemical \end{document} Thanks! -- Denis

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font, sansserif
by R. Bastian 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hello, this is an excerpt of the preambel and beginning of the text: ------------------------ \setupbodyfont[sansserif, 10pt] \setuphead[subject][textstyle=cap] %, \setupheadertexts[\^Aventiuren] \starttext \noheaderandfooterlines \tfe{}\^Aventiuren\blank\blank ... \subject{Chrono} ---------------------------- I wish for \tfe a fontsize greater than \tfd and also greater caps for \subject Is 'sansserif' a shortcut ? Is there a more analytical definition. -- René Bastian

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Bibliography + citation combo
by Matija Šuklje 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hullo, a few weeks (months?) ago there was a debate on this list about sprucing up the 'bib' module. I don't know what the policy about reviving old threads is, so I started a new one. The biggest problem I had (and still do) with the 'bib' module is that I cannot directly use the data I have stored as bibliography data in the on-page citations. In my "PF_UL" style I had to introduce a few new bibfields that basically repeating the same data again. E.g. to have a list of shortened names like "J. Smith, H. Potter and G. Gray" in the on-page citation, while keeping the full names at the end of the text in the bibliography like "Smith, John; Potter, Harry and Gray, Gandalf" I now have to write for each cited work another bibfield when I add its data: --[snip]-- \newbibfield[shortauthor] \startpublication[k=zdr_komentar, a=Becan, t=knjiga, y=2008, ] \title{Zakon o delovnih razmerjih s komentarjem} \kratko{ZDR s komentarjem} \author{Irena}[I.]{}{Bečan} \author{Nataša}[N.]{}{Belopavlovič} \author{Aleksej}[A.]{}{Cvetko} \author{Miran}[M.]{}{Kalčič} \author{Marta}[M.]{}{Klampfer} \author{Polonca}[P.]{}{Končar} \author{Etelka}[E.]{}{Korpič Horvat} \author{Barbara}[B.]{}{Kresal} \author{Katarina}[K.]{}{Kresal Šoltes} \author{Janez}[J.]{}{Novak} \author{Mitja}[M.]{}{Novak} \author{Tatjana}[T.]{}{Plešnik} \author{Darja}[D.]{}{Senčur Peček} \author{Zvone}[Z.]{}{Vodovnik} \shortauthor{I. Bečan, N. Belopavlovič, A. Cvetko, M. Kalčič, M. Klampfer, P. Končar, E. Korpič Horvat, B. Kresal in drugi} \revision{} \pubyear{2008} \pubname{GV Založba} \city{Ljubljana} \isbn{} \povzetek{} \stoppublication --[snap]-- It'd be _so_ much more elegant if \nocite and \getcitedata could use manipulate the data from the \author command to do the same. Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 www: http://matija.suklje.name xmpp: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org

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Space ignored in biblography
by Matija Šuklje 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hullo. I've got a problem with the rendering of the "authoretaltext" — it doesn't put a space between the last name and the &al text. Result: * "Peeping, Tom; Crapper, Johnin ostali." Expected result: * "Peeping, Tom; Crapper, John in ostali." --[snip]-- \setupheadtext[sl][pubs={\sca Literatura\blank[line]}] \setuppublicationlist [title={{\sca\naslov} \blank[line]}, % totallist=6, author=\invertedauthor, artauthor=\invertedauthor, editor=\invertedauthor, namesep={; }, lastnamesep={ in }, finalnamesep={; }, authoretallimit=10, authoretaltext={ in drugi}, artauthoretallimit=10, artauthoretaltext={ in drugi}, editoretallimit=10, editoretaltext={ in drugi} ] \setuppublicationlayout[knjiga]{ \insertauthors{}{: }{}% \inserttitle{\bgroup\sc}{\egroup}{}% \insertrevision{ (}{)}{\unskip}% \insertpubname{, }{}{\unskip}% \insertcity{, }{}{\unskip}% \insertpubyear{ }{.}{}% } --[snap]-- Any help appreciated. Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 www: http://matija.suklje.name xmpp: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org

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question
by Marius 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hello all, why does second command \setupdissertation does not work? In the attached document I get in the title "xxx" instead of "How to do this in Context". Thanks

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Re: [NTG-context] Fullpage module
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

>> Please, include *fullpage* module into the standard Context distribution. I badly need it in many kinds of documents. > > First step: someone has to upload that module to the third > party modules section of contextgarden. I'm willing to do it. But *how*? -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Fullpage module
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hello Please, include *fullpage* module into the standard Context distribution. I badly need it in many kinds of documents. -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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[ppchtex] \normalifx: Undefined control sequence
by Denis Bitouzé 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hello, thanks to contributors of this list I was able to use ppchtex with LaTeX when I encountered a "\writestatus: Undefined control sequence" problem: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2009/044672.html Everything went well (though I have a little use of ppchtex) but, as I tried it some days ago, I was facing another trouble pointed out by the following MCE: \listfiles{} \documentclass{article} \usepackage{etex,m-pictex,m-ch-en} \begin{document} \startchemical \chemical{2H_2,PLUS,O_2,GIVES,2H_2O} \stopchemical \end{document} The error is: ! Undefined control sequence. \dodogetgroupargument ->\normalifx \nextargument \bgroup \endrobusttest \nos... l.6 \chemical{ 2H_2,PLUS,O_2,GIVES,2H_2O} ? Here is my files list: *File List* article.cls 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class size10.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option) etex.sty 1998/03/26 v2.0 eTeX basic definition package (PEB) m-pictex.sty 2004/07/30 package wrapper for m-pictex.tex m-pictex.tex m-ch-en.sty 2004/07/30 package wrapper for m-ch-en.tex m-ch-en.tex It seems that mkiv seems still not ok with my up-to-date TeX Live 2009, as: $ more test-context-minimal.tex \starttext Hello World! \stoptext $ context test-context-minimal.tex MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' But mkii is ok (tested with `texexec test-context-minimal.tex`). And, with mkii, the following ppchtex MCE is OK: \usemodule[pictex,chemic] \starttext \startchemical \chemical[SIX,B,R,RZ][1,2,3,4,5,6] \stopchemical \stoptext Thanks in advance for any hint... -- Denis

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fr or en ?
by R. Bastian 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hello, \mainlanguage[fr], but in the log: 'language en is active' is this no important ? if fact, the spacing of ': ; ? !' are not the french spacing (i prefer something intermediate betweeen the french and the german spacing ;-) -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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setupinterlinespace
by R. Bastian 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hello, What is the sense of \setupinterlinespace? In the following example, the distance between the line 1 and 2 seems to be smaller then between line 2 and 3. -------------------------------- \enableregime[utf] \mainlanguage[fr] \setupbodyfont[sansserif, 10pt] [...] {\setupinterlinespace[line=1.1ex] Le {\it Mittelhochdeutsches Taschenwôrterbuch} de Matthias Lexer dit: {\it Âventiuren swv. durch gefahrvolle unternehmungen aufs spiel setzen, wagen; [...], refl. sich zu wunderbaren ereignissen gestalten}\footnote{Traduc. approximative : risquer par d'entreprises périlleuses, braver le danger; [...] se réaliser sous forme d'évènements merveilleux.} -------------------------------------------- i can send an png image. \setupinterlinespace[line=3ex] works as i expect it in a table. -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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MathML Support
by Li, Dun 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Hi, I'm new to ConText. I wonder if ConText could import or convert MathML embedded HTML or XML files. We have a program that creates HTML/XML documents with MathML embedded. We are using Microsoft Word to print the documents, but the output is not satisfactory. Thanks. Dun

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ConTeXt for TL 2010
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Dear Hans, since the version of LuaTeX will be frozen to 0.60.0 in TeX Live (I assume), would it make sense to put some effort into making sure that the version of ConTeXt that will be shipped with TeX Live will be at least compatible (and possibly free of some bugs that will be discovered by the time of release) with the shipped LuaTeX or are you already in the middle of some big rewriting project targeting at luatex beta-0.6x/0.7x? Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] [pdftex] Problem: testing MkIV on pdftex-t manual source
by Taco Hoekwater 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Richard Chan wrote: > Thanks - that worked for the \THANH macro - now I have a new error > > > structure : pdftexprimitive @ level 5 : 0.0.7.15.1 -> \Syntax > {\Tex {\pdfelapsedtime }} \Whatever {read||only integer} > ! Undefined control sequence. > l.4258 ...\PDFTEX\ has run for \the\pdfelapsedtime We can't fix that. The pdftex manual uses pdftex specific features that only exist in pdftex, not in luatex. Best wishes, Taco

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\framed[height=broad] vs \framed[height=fit]
by Aditya Mahajan 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Hi, I was updating the wiki page on \framed and realized that I do not know the difference between height=broad|fit in \framed. Reading pack-rul suggests that both should behave similarly. The following example from pack-rul also shows no difference. \starttext \bgroup \showstruts \dontcomplain \startlinecorrection \halign{#\enskip&#\enskip&#\enskip&#\enskip&#\enskip&#\cr \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=.2\hsize, align=] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=broad, align=] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=fit, align=] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=.2\hsize, align=] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=broad, align=] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=fit, align=] {a\par b\par c}\cr \noalign{\vskip1em} \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=.2\hsize, align=yes] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=broad, align=yes] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=fit, align=yes] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=.2\hsize, align=yes] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=broad, align=yes] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=fit, align=yes] {a\par b\par c}\cr \noalign{\vskip1em} \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=.2\hsize, align=right] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=broad, align=right] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=fit, align=right] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=.2\hsize, align=right] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=broad, align=right] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=fit, align=right] {a\par b\par c}\cr \noalign{\vskip1em} \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=.2\hsize, align=left] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=broad, align=left] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=fit, align=left] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=.2\hsize, align=left] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=broad, align=left] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=fit, align=left] {a\par b\par c}\cr \noalign{\vskip1em} \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=.2\hsize, align=middle] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=broad, align=middle] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=fit, align=middle] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=.2\hsize, align=middle] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=broad, align=middle] {a\par b\par c}& \framed[width=fit, height=fit, align=middle] {a\par b\par c}\cr} \stoplinecorrection \blank[2*big] \egroup \stoptext Is there a difference between the two? If not, why do we have two values then? Aditya

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\setuptyping[numbering=line] don't emit line numbers
by Hongwen Qiu 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

$ context --version MTXrun | current version: 2010.04.16 21:08 $ luatex --version This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.60.0-2010040422 I found that \setuptyping[numbering=line] no longer produces line numbers any more. So are there something changed, or just it's ought to be ok?

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Re: [NTG-context] [pdftex] Problem: testing MkIV on pdftex-t manual source
by Wolfgang Schuster 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Am 20.04.10 05:09, schrieb Richard Chan: > I'm new to all this stuff - does MkIV build the pdftex manual? > > I ran into this problem running ConTeXt minimals on the pdftex 1.4 > manual sources > context --mode=screen --result=TESTING pdftex-t: > > nh > l.689 \PDFTEX\ is maintained by \THANH > , Martin Schr\"oder, Hans Hagen, > Taco > ? > > I could build the manual using texexec. > Can you replace in the s-abr-01.tex file which is in the same folder as the manual the defintion for \THANH with this one \def\THANH{H\agrave n Th\ecircumflexacute\ Th\agrave n} % Hàn Thế Thành Wolfgang

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packed itemize and beforehead
by Honza Pohanka 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Following construction does not work for me. \setupitemize[each][packed][beforehead={}] Is there any possibility to suppress the vertical space around \head in packed itemize? (latest MKII) greetings Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Page headers & drop capitals not working but pagenumbering is
by Tom 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

The following code numbers the pages as I desired and the TOC lists those page numbers. However, it is not doing two things as I desire and would appreciate it if someone could indicate precisely which lines of code need to be corrected. In the front matter, page headers should be on the recto of the TOC (page vi) and pages 2 and 3 of the introduction. Page headers seem to be operating correctly in the body of the book. \placeinitial is not creating drop capitals on the first page of each chapter in the body of the text. Example code follows: %figure on left - chapter number and title on right \def\MyChapterCommandM#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\startfiguretext[left]{none} {\externalfigure[flowers][width=.2\textwidth]} {\framed[frame=off,align=middle,width=broad] {\switchtobodyfont[15pt] #1\\\blank[small] #2}} \stopfiguretext} %no figure on left - chapter number and title on right \def\MyFrontMatterCommand#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\framed[frame=off,align=middle,width=broad] {\switchtobodyfont[15pt] #1\\\blank[small] #2}} %eliminate headers on blank page at end of chapter \definepagebreak[mychapterpagebreak][yes,header,right] %put pagenumber on bottom of first page of chapter \definetext[chapter][footer][pagenumber] \setuphead[chapter][header=high,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak] \setuphead[title][header=high,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak] %turn off putting naked page numbers on pages \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=chapter] \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=chapter] \startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart] \setuphead[title] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bf,number=no, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, after=\vskip 0.5in] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bf,number=no, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in,before=\vskip 1.0in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \setupheadertexts[chapter] [chapter][pagenumber][pagenumber][chapter Example] \setupheadertexts[title] [title][pagenumber][pagenumber][title] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] %\setupheader[state=stop] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setupheadertexts [chapter][pagenumber][pagenumber][Content Example] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommandM,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in,before=\vskip 1.0in\placeinitial] %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[appendix] \setupsectionblock[appendix][page=appendicespagebreak] \stopsectionblockenvironment \starttext \startfrontmatter Some random text to occupy front matter pages. \blank[medium] \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \page[right] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=romannume rals,location=] \setupheader[state=start] \title{Contents} \placecontent[alternative=c,criterium=all] \blank[medium] Random text added to push TOC onto a second page to test page headers. \blank[medium] \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \chapter{Preface} \input knuth \page[right] %switch from lower case Roman numerals to Arabic numbers \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=numbers] \setuppagenumber[state=start,number=1] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommandM,textstyle=\ss\bf,number=no, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in,before=\vskip 1.0in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \chapter{Introduction} \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter One} \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \chapter{Chapter Two} \input knuth \chapter{Chapter Three} \input knuth \page \stopbodymatter \startappendices \stopappendices \page[stop] \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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table, setuptable, TWO
by R. Bastian 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Hello, in the following example (context iv): 1. \setuptable[rulethickness=0.04em] does not work 2. i wish that \NC 1 \NC \NC WOULD be something like \NC \TWO \center{1} \NC ? ----------------------------------------------------- \enableregime[utf] \setupindenting[yes, 3mm] \setupwhitespace[6mm] \mainlanguage[fr] \setupbodyfont[sansserif, 12pt] \definepapersize[monpapier][width=210mm, height=297mm] \definebodyfont[10pt][tt][bf=cmbtt10] \setuplines[space=on] \setupheadertexts[chapter] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={footer,inleft}, command=\inframed] \language[fr] \setuphead[chapter][page=no, textstyle=cap, numberstyle=bold, after={\blank\hrule\blank}] \setuphead[title][after={\blank\hrule\blank}] \starttext \setupinterlinespace[line=1.1ex] [...] \subject{Sequences} {\setupinterlinespace[line=3ex]\midaligned \setuptable[rulethickness=0.04em] % <===================== \starttable[|r|r|r|l|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|] \HL \NC n \NC \bf temps \NC \bf min:sec \NC \bf genre \NC 1 \NC \NC 2 \NC \NC 3 \NC \NC 4 \NC \SR % <====== \HL \NC 0\NC 0\NC 0: 0\NC venter1 \NC 1\NC 9 \NC 1 \NC 9 \NC 1 \NC 9 \NC 1\NC 9 \FR \NC 1\NC 80\NC 1:20\NC ad lib.\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \MR \NC 21\NC 1180\NC 19:40\NC FIN \NC \LR \stoptable } \stoptext -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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LuaTeX beta-0.60.0 on Mac OS X Tiger (was: Latest beta...)
by Mojca Miklavec 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Dear Mac users, according to the latest findings it seems that natively compiled LuaTeX still works on Mac OS X Tiger, but the cross-compiled one (compiled on 64-bit Mac OS X Snow Leopard) won't work on Tiger since the version beta-0.60.0. However, users report that it still runs perfectly fine on Leopard. Michael has sent me a new binary compiled on PPC; any user of Tiger on Intel (Willi?) that would like to use the new beta should sent me his own binary. But in any case it would be great if somebody would figure out the reason why the new LuaTeX fails to work on older macs. Before we were first able to cross-compile, Arthur had to suggest quite some changes in LuaTeX source, so maybe some of newly added libraries or some configuration started messing up things recently. Based on some assumptions: - there are not too many Mac OS X 10.4 machines around - there are not too many testers of the latest-and-greatest LuaTeX version (apart from ConTeXt community) - if there appears to be a combination of both, users will either stick to some older TeX or at least they will compile luatex on their own (again, apart from ConTeXt community) I expect that there will probably not be much more feedback about the problem, but it would be really really great to fix it. I have no access to Tiger at the moment. I hope that Dick will be able to provide some more feedback once he comes to it. Until that is resolved: if osx-intel/osx-ppc users want to have a working version of minimals, you'll have to provide luatex version on your own. Mojca On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 05:40, Michael Green wrote: > Mojca Miklavec writes: >> >> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 21:24, Willi Egger wrote: >> > I just updated the latest beta in a completely new tree: >> > >> > I get now the following message: >> > >> > .../lua60/tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin/context: line 2: 1634 Bus error >> > mtxrun --script context "$@" >> [snip] >> This might as well be a mac-intel-only luatex-related problem >> (something for Taco in any case), but I cannot reproduce it yet. >> >> Mojca >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > I hit a similar problem on a ppc mac. So it's probably not an intel-only > thing. > The .firstsetup script crashes. It worked fine through at least March 23, > for what it's worth. > Here's a transcript > I have a crash log too, if that would help. > sudo ./first-setup.sh > receiving file list ... done > bin/ > bin/mtx-update.lua > bin/mtxrun > bin/texlua > wrote 18489 bytes read 4918220 bytes 229614.37 bytes/sec > total size is 6550101 speedup is 1.33 > MTXrun | fileio: variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to > '/Users/michaelgreen/Applications/context/bin' > MTXrun | fileio: variable 'SELFAUTODIR' set to > '/Users/michaelgreen/Applications/context' > MTXrun | fileio: variable 'SELFAUTOPARENT' set to > '/Users/michaelgreen/Applications' > MTXrun | fileio: variable 'TEXMFCNF' set to > '{$SELFAUTODIR,$SELFAUTOPARENT}{,{/share,}/texmf{- > local,.local,}/web2c}' > MTXrun | fileio: no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) > MTXrun | using script: ./bin/mtx-update.lua > MTXrun | state: loaded > MTXrun | update: start > ./first-setup.sh: line 69: 5194 Bus error mtxrun --verbose > --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua -- > update --make --force --engine=all --context=beta --texroot=$PWD/tex $@

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Grid typesetting, colums and vertical spacing
by Jan Pohanka 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Hello, I'm trying to typeset on the grid, but I also need to reduce vertical spacing around headings. Unfortunately when i specify the 'before/after' setting for head, grid typesetting fails. Is there any option to make \blank more flexible? (I'm using MKII) example: \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4,landscape] \setuplayout[backspace=0.5cm,topspace=0.5cm,top=0cm,footer=0.5cm, width=middle,height=middle,margin=0cm,header=0cm] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \mainlanguage[cz] \enableregime[utf8] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setuphead[section][style={\bf}] \setuphead[section][before={\blank[halfline,flexible]}] % not working well % \setuphead[section][after={\blank[halfline,flexible]}] % not working well \starttext \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \definecolumnset[my][n=4,distance=1.2em,balance=yes] % balance not work \startcolumnset[my] \section{Pokus} \input knuth \input knuth \subsection{Pokus 2} \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \subsection{Pokus 3} \input knuth \stopcolumnset \stoptext greetings Jan -- Ing. Jan Pohanka Department of Measurement Faculty of Electrical Engineering Czech Technical University Technická 2, 16627 Praha 6 tel. 224352058 email: pohanj1(a)fel.cvut.cz

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Re: [NTG-context] \define...
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice. :) > > context has two different versions of \define, there is one in > syst-ext.mkii/syst-aux.mkiv > which has no parameters but prevents you from overwriting a existing > command (there \redefine > with allows this) and another one in core-sys.mkii/mkiv which replace > the first one and has > support for parameters but replace on the other side the old definition > (you get only the > terminal message) > > the question is, which behavious is correct, replace the old macro or > keep it, in my > opinion \define should leave the old definition untouced and \redefine > should be used > in this case (but we need a version with parameters) -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] Pagenumbering
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Hallo Wolfgang! > >> \starttext > >> \startfrontmatter > >> > >> \completecontent[alternative=c] > >> > >> \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=romannumerals] > >> > >> ... > >> > >> \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=numbers] > >> \setuppagenumber[state=start,number=1] > >> > >> \stopfrontmatter > >> > >> \startbodymatter > >> > >> ... > >> > >> \stopappendices > >> > >> \stoptext > >> > > This example doesn't produce roman numerals with > > > http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2009/043296.html I can see, that this is working, but I do not understand why this complicated way is necessary nor can I understand why the above is not working. Is the normal(?) behaviour broken and the solution in your url a workaround? These are the context things which are very frustrating for a normal user and one may come to the conclusion that only the enlightend guru can use this system. Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Structuring topics
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Hi Wolfgang, > title=yes, > titleleft=, > titleright=, Yeah, thanks! That's the title that makes it! Concerning \define... The answer is too witty for me, so I will leave the wiki page untouched. -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] Structuring topics
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Thank you, Wolfgang. I'll try to get into my tomorrow's clean head and wikify it. ) > What's the problem with my answer, i described differences between \def > and \define > and the most important one is point one, i'll show it to you in two > examples > > 1. \def > > \starttext > \def\hans{hans} > \def\hans{taco} > \hans > \stoptext > > the output of this example is 'taco' because the second \def statement > overides the first > > 2. \define > > \starttext > \define\hans{hans} > \define\hans{taco} > \stoptext > > the output now is 'hans' because \define checks whether a command with > the name \hans > is already defined, if this isn't true \hans is created with the content > 'hans' while > in the second \define \hans is already available and nothing happens but > you get > a warning on the terminal > > system : command \hans is already defined > > > to summary this you can say \def is for developers and \define for users > but this won't > work in all cases because \define can't create commands with optional > arguments :( > > Wolfgang -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Grid typesetting, colums and vertical spacing
by Honza Pohanka 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

Hello, I'm trying to typeset on the grid, but I also need to reduce vertical spacing around headings. Unfortunately when i specify the 'before/after' setting for head, grid typesetting fails. Is there any option to make \blank more flexible? (I'm using MKII) example: \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4,landscape] \setuplayout[backspace=0.5cm,topspace=0.5cm,top=0cm,footer=0.5cm, width=middle,height=middle,margin=0cm,header=0cm] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \mainlanguage[cz] \enableregime[utf8] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setuphead[section][style={\bf}] \setuphead[section][before={\blank[halfline,flexible]}] % not working well % \setuphead[section][after={\blank[halfline,flexible]}] % not working well \starttext \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \definecolumnset[my][n=4,distance=1.2em,balance=yes] % balance not work \startcolumnset[my] \section{Pokus} \input knuth \input knuth \subsection{Pokus 2} \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \subsection{Pokus 3} \input knuth \stopcolumnset \stoptext greetings Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Re: [NTG-context] Documentation for \completecontent
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

> Follows is an example of a document that illustrates 1, above: > > \starttext > \startfrontmatter > > \completecontent[alternative=c] > > \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=r > omannume > rals] > > \chapter{Preface} > \input knuth > > \chapter{Introduction} > \input knuth > > \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=n > umbers] > \setuppagenumber[state=start,number=1] > > \stopfrontmatter > > \startbodymatter > > \chapter{Chapter One} > \input knuth > > \chapter{Chapter Two} > \input knuth > \stopbodymatter > > \startappendices > > \page[stop] > > \stopappendices > > \stoptext This example doesn't produce roman numerals with ConTeXt ver: 2010.04.16 00:11 MKIV fmt: 2010.4.16 int: english/english With mkii they are ok. Wolfgang

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(no subject)
by Tom 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

The following example computes page numbers correctly, places the correct entries into the TOC, and produces the desired page headers on the first pages of chapters. However, there are some things it doesn't do properly: 1. It puts headers on blank pages at the ends of chapters even after I inserted the code that takes care of that problem. 2. It seems to ignore some commands or wait until the next chapter to implement them. An example is the header on page vi. It's supposed to read vi............................Contents 3. It seems that commands in the \startsectionenvironment frontmatter block are ignored or overridden by commands that are for the body part. That is why I have so many setup commands ib the \starttext section. %figure on left - chapter number and title on right \def\MyChapterCommandM#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\startfiguretext[left]{none} {\externalfigure[cow][width=.2\textwidth]} {\framed[frame=off,align=middle,width=broad] {\switchtobodyfont[15pt] #1\\\blank[small] #2}} \stopfiguretext} %no figure on left - chapter number and title on right \def\MyFrontMatterCommandM#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\framed[frame=off,align=middle,width=broad] {\switchtobodyfont[15pt] #1\\\blank[small] #2}} %eliminate headers on blank page at end of chapter \definepagebreak[mychapterpagebreak][yes,header,next] %put pagenumber on bottom of first page of chapter \definetext[chapter][footer][pagenumber] \setuphead[chapter][header=high,footer=chapter,page=right] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart] \definehead[mycontenttitle][chapter] \setuphead[mycontenttitle] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommandM, number=no,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=empty,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \setupheadertexts [chapter][pagenumber][pagenumber][Content Example] \setuphead[chapter][page=mychapterpagebreak] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommandM,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=empty,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in,before=\vskip 1.0in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[appendix] \setupsectionblock[appendix][page=appendicespagebreak] \stopsectionblockenvironment \starttext \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=romannume rals] Some random text to occupy front matter pages. \blank[medium] \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \page[right] %\starthiding \setuphead[title] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommandM, number=no,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=pagenumber,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \setupheadertexts [Contents][pagenumber][pagenumber][Contents] \title{Content} %\stophiding %\mycontenttitle{Content} %displays Contents but drops the TOC \placecontent[alternative=c] \blank[medium] Random text added to push TOC onto a second page to test page headers. \blank[medium] \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \setupheadertexts [chapter][pagenumber][pagenumber][Content Example] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyFrontMatterCommandM, number=no,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=pagenumber,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \chapter{Preface} \input knuth \page[right] %switch from lower case Roman numberals to Arabic numbers \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=numbers] \setuppagenumber[state=start,number=1] \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommandM,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=pagenumber,page=mychapterpagebreak, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in,before=\vskip 1.0in \placeinitial %comment out this line to eliminate drop capitals ] \chapter{Introduction} \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter One} \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \chapter{Chapter Two} \input knuth \stopbodymatter \startappendices \page[stop] \stopappendices \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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xml count() failing
by Hans van der Meer 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

The xml-count() function does not result in 0 when none of the node sought is absent. In \writestatus{************}{<\xmlfilter{#1}{/img/count()}>} <node><img .../></node> correctly returns: ************ : <1> But in <node></node> one would expect the result to be zero but instead an error occurs: ************ : <> This is a nuisance because a simple \ifcase .. \or ... \else ... \fi now fails. ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \relax \@@su:xml:case:frontfigure .../img/count()}\relax \ifcase Can this be remedied? Hans van der Meer

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Structuring topics
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hello, Pardon me for another small question. I want to structure my document into topics, surrounded by start/stop, numbered and with caption. I discovered that enumerations do numbering, but don't allow caption to pass, and descriptions allow captions, but don't numerate. Is there a middle of these? ) %\defineenumeration %[topic] %[text=Topic, %inbetween=\blank, %after=\blank] \definedescription [topic] [location=top, text=Topic , inbetween=\blank, after=\blank] \starttext \starttopic{The name of the topic} bla \stoptopic \starttopic bla-bla \stoptopic \stoptext Regards, Vyatcheslav

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A question about \define vs. \def
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hello, Patrick posed a good question on wiki at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/define "is there any bonus when I use \define instead of \def?" Regards, Vyatcheslav

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fullpage module
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hello Wolfgand, why your fullpage module is not a part of standard Context distribution yet? It is extremely useful! Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Documentation for \completecontent
by Tom 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference/en includes no references for \completecontent or \placecontent. "Context the Manual" discusses the commands a bit but does not define them. Given that \completecontent is listed in group 2 of the Top Ten Context commands that a beginner might focus his or her attention on in the introduction to "Context the Manual," one might expect a bit more documentation of the command. I have two problems related to the table of contents that I can't resolve from my understanding of the documentation: 1. The table of contents is printed out of order in the PDF. It seems that \completecontent must appear before the preface or foreword if they are to be listed in the TOC. However, the Chicago Manual of Style calls for them to be placed before the TOC in the book. 2. The introduction is placed in the frontmatter because placing it in the bodymatter causes it to be treated as chapter 1. This location results in the introduction having the same first page header as front matter. That means that the introduction cannot be given a "fancy" first page similar to the numbered chapters without giving it to the TOC, etc. Follows is an example of a document that illustrates 1, above: \starttext \startfrontmatter \completecontent[alternative=c] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=romannume rals] \chapter{Preface} \input knuth \chapter{Introduction} \input knuth \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative=doublesided,conversion=numbers] \setuppagenumber[state=start,number=1] \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter One} \input knuth \chapter{Chapter Two} \input knuth \stopbodymatter \startappendices \page[stop] \stopappendices \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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Re: [NTG-context] Documentation for \completecontent
by Tom Benjey 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Whoops! I misstated what is happening. I confused myself. Item 2 is the problem. The TOC and book order are correct. It's just that the introduction can't have the same fancy header as the chapters without placing that same header on the TOC, etc. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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Ligaturing in footnotes.
by Philipp Gesang 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hi again, footnotes keep me busy: ···8<·········································································· \def\sc{\setfontfeature{smallcaps}} \definefontfeature [default][default] [mode=node,onum=yes,liga=yes] \definefontfeature [smallcaps][default] [mode=node,onum=yes,smcp=yes,liga=yes] \starttext \footnote{ \bgroup \sc Test -- \egroup Test -- .} % disables ligaturing \footnote{ -- \bgroup \sc Test -- \egroup Test -- .} % works fine (!?) \footnote{ \bgroup Test -- \egroup Test -- .} % works fine \footnote{ \bgroup \it Test -- \egroup Test -- .} % works fine \stoptext ···8<·········································································· After switching to the "smallcaps” font feature set, the surrounding “default” set is not restored when leaving the group if and only if the \bgroup was the first token inside the footnote. (I know lm doesn't offer smcp as font feature but the problem is the same with the font I'm using. Try it e.g. on Minion from the acroread free fonts.) What am I doing wrong here? Thanks for any advice, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Enumeration
by Antoine Cailliau 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hi all, I'm working on my thesis and I need a mechanism very similar to float and its reference/caption facilities except it can't be floating. My problem is the following: I've boxes to display corresponding to operators. They should be numbered (like figure, tables, etc.) and having a list is a plus and I should be able to do \about[myoperator] to display the name of the operator. I tried to declare a float and it works perfectly, except it is floating and do not respect the flow I would like to have. I tried enumeration but I can't do \about and I really need it. What is the best way to have such a behavior ? Thanks in advance, Antoine C.

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Re: [NTG-context] basic \cite[]
by Michael Saunders 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Taco: > Try > > \setuppublications[alternative=num] Thank you, but using that I get the same result: \cite[myKey] prints out empty brackets "[]", not "[1]".

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Re: [NTG-context] basic \cite[]
by Michael Saunders 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Taco: > > \placepublications > > Please change the above line to > > \placepublications[criterium=all] Thanks, but that's what I was using already. To be clear, in Mk IV: \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=myProject] \setuppublications[alternative=num] ... \cite[myKey] ... \placepublications[criterium=all] The references in the back look okay, but at the point where \cite[myKey] occurs, I get empty brackets: "[]", not "[1]".

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basic \cite[]
by Michael Saunders 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

I want to be able to write, in my text, \cite[myKey] (where myKey is the key of a record in my .bib file), and have this appear in print as: [<a number>] linked to the bibliograpy page where it (<a number>) occurs. I've been puzzling over bibmod-doc.pdf. I think the solution has to do with the commands \setuppublications and \setupcite, but since bibmod-doc never says what these commands do, it's very difficult. I'm guessing \setuppublications might be able to control what argument I should use in the \cite[] command. I'm guessing \setupcite might control how a citation will be printed in the text. (If this is true, the manual should say so so the reader doesn't have to guess.) One cryptic line tells me: "refcommand the default option for \cite" just like that. Based on this, I'm guessing refcommand=key will let me write things like \cite[myFirstKey]. The manual goes on to clear up the confusion by explaining: "The \cite command has a lot of alternatives, as could be seen above in the setting of ‘refcommand’." That's it---no mention of what \setupcite does. Based on this, I'm hoping that \setupcite[num] will cause the citation to be printed as [<some number>], e.g., [1]. So, I'm using: \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=myProject] \setuppublications[refcommand=key,alternative=apa,setupinteraction=start,numbering=yes] \setuppublicationlist[] \setupcite[num][] ... \placepublications[criterium=all] The bibliography prints out, but citations appear as empty brackets: "[]". I want them to be numbers linked to the appearance of the same number in the bibliography. There must be a way of doing this?

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Re: [NTG-context] table: vertical distance
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 17 Apr '10

17 Apr '10

> \define[1]\divisionrule > {\dontleavehmode\blap > {\vskip-\strutht > \blackrule[width=\the\dimexpr.5em*#1\relax,height=2\linewidth]}% > \vskip-\lineheight} Ahh! Yes, this helps a lot. Thank you very much! Wolfgang

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table: vertical distance
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 17 Apr '10

17 Apr '10

Hallo, I have to typeset a division and have two diverent solutions but they both have problems. %--------------------------------------------------------------------- \starttext {\setuptables[rulethickness=0.05em,distance=small] \starttable[s0|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|] \NC\NC 1\NC 1\NC 0\NC 0\NC 1\NC 1\NC :\NC 1\NC 1\NC = \NC 1\NC 0\NC 0 \NC 0 \NC 1\NC\AR \NC\NC 1\NC 1\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC\AR \DC \DL[2] \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DR \NC\NC \NC 0\NC 0\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC\AR \NC\NC \NC 0\NC 0\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC\AR \DC\DC \DL[2] \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DR \NC\NC \NC \NC 0\NC 0\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC\AR \NC\NC \NC \NC 0\NC 0\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC\AR \DC\DC\DC \DL[2] \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DR \NC\NC \NC \NC \NC 0\NC 1\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC\AR \NC\NC \NC \NC \NC 0\NC 0\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC\AR \DC\DC\DC\DC \DL[2] \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DR \NC\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC 1\NC 1\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC\AR \NC\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC 1\NC 1\NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC \NC\AR \DC\DC\DC\DC \DC \DL[2]\DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DC \DR \NC\NC\NC\NC\NC\NC\NC 0\NC\NC\NC\NC\NC\NC\NC\NC\NC\NC\AR \stoptable} \setuplines[style=type] \startlines 110011:11=10001 11 -- ~00 ~00 ~-- ~~00 ~~00 ~~-- ~~~01 ~~~00 ~~~-- ~~~~11 ~~~~11 ~~~~-- ~~~~~0 \stoplines \stoptext %--------------------------------------------------------------------- In both examples there is a far to big distance between the lines and the upper digits. But the interline distance as a whole could be smaller. The simulation of a line with '--' in the second example is unsatisfying. Are there some improvments? Or, is there an idea for a better approach? Wolfgang

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code
by R. Bastian 17 Apr '10

17 Apr '10

Hello, how to translate in context the following plain tex: \font\fgras = cmbtt10 {\tt {\obeylines {\fgras def} ra(): \ \ \ \ a = 3 \ \ \ \ b = 4 } } -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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lua, footnotes, interaction
by Philipp Gesang 17 Apr '10

17 Apr '10

Good evening all, interaction remains a mystery to me. When tracking things I encountered the following deviation in footnotes: ---8<-------------------------------------------------------------------------- \startluacode track = {} track.preceding = "" function track.simple(arg) context("Last one:\\ {\\bf " .. track.preceding .. "}.\\ " .. "This one:\\ {\\bf " .. arg .. "}") if arg == track.preceding then context("\\ -- matching!") else context("\\ -- not matching!") track.preceding = arg end end \stopluacode \def\track#1{\ctxlua{track.simple("#1")}} \def\foottrack#1{\footnote{\ctxlua{track.simple("#1")}}} \starttext \section{Normal} \track{one}\par \track{two}\par \track{two}\par \track{one}\par \track{one}\par \track{two}\par \track{one}\par \section{In Footnotes} \foottrack{one} \foottrack{two} \foottrack{two} \foottrack{one} \foottrack{one} \foottrack{two} \foottrack{one} \setupinteraction[state=start] \section{In Footnotes, interaction enabled} \footnote{\hrule} \foottrack{one} \foottrack{two} \foottrack{two} \foottrack{one} \foottrack{one} \foottrack{two} \foottrack{one} \stoptext % vim:ft=context ---8<-------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'd naively expect \track#1 to behave identically regardless of interaction. How do I make it interaction-proof, and, if possible, how do I interaction-proof macros in general? Thanks for your efforts, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Treating orphans and widows
by Jan Pohanka 17 Apr '10

17 Apr '10

Hello, could anyone describe me, how to deal with orphans and widows in Context? Now I use \clubpenalty=8000 \widowpenalty=8000 is there any "context way" how to do that? greetings Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Re: [NTG-context] 3D annotations
by Michail Vidiassov 17 Apr '10

17 Apr '10

Dear Hans, I wrote to you > thank you for your latest effort to put u3d support in a working state, but more thanks for more effort, but > May be a more robust way is to read first 3 bytes of the model file, since > "U3D" or "PRC" signature is always there - that can be done instead of > relying on file name extension or only in case it it not "u3d" or "prc". you have implemented reading the file signature, but it is now almost useless, since if a file has extension other but U3D or PRC 3D annotation code will not be called by file inclusion mechanism and "io.readdata" routine is called local subtype, subdata = "U3D", io.readdata(foundname) or "" - what's that? One more point - preview bitmap images in 3D annotations are now disabled since necessary functionality of measuring XForms is missing - please, consider the following workaround. --- lpdf-u3d.lua.org 2010-03-26 18:24:44.000000000 +0300 +++ lpdf-u3d.lua 2010-04-14 14:24:28.000000000 +0400 @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ local cos, sin, sqrt, pi, atan2, abs = math.cos, math.sin, math.sqrt, math.pi, math.atan2, math.abs local pdfconstant = lpdf.constant +local pdfnumber = lpdf.number local pdfboolean = lpdf.boolean local pdfunicode = lpdf.unicode local pdfdictionary = lpdf.dictionary @@ -62,8 +63,7 @@ local function make3dview(view) - local name = viewname - local name = pdfunicode((view.name ~= "" and name) or "unknown view") + local name = pdfunicode((view.name ~= "" and view.name) or "unknown view") local viewdict = pdfdictionary { Type = pdfconstant("3DView"), @@ -311,9 +311,6 @@ for i=1,#nodes do local node = checkedkey(nodes,i,"table") if node then - local position = checkedkey(node,"position","table") - position = position and #position == 12 and pdfarray(position) - if position then nodelist[#nodelist+1] = pdfdictionary { Type = pdfconstant("3DNode"), N = node.name or ("node_" .. i), -- pdfunicode ? @@ -325,13 +322,18 @@ }, M = position, } + local position = checkedkey(node,"position","table") + position = position and #position == 12 and pdfarray(position) + if position then + nodelist[#nodelist].M = position end end end - viewdict.NR = true viewdict.NA = nodelist end + viewdict.NR = true + return viewdict end @@ -349,19 +351,19 @@ local activationdict = pdfdictionary { TB = pdfboolean(param.toolbar,true), - NP = pdfboolean(param.tree,true), + NP = pdfboolean(param.tree,false), } local stream = streams[label] if not stream then - local subtype, subdata = "U3D", io.readdata(foundname) or "" + local subtype, subdata = "U3D", file.readdata(foundname) or "" if find(subdata,"^PRC") then - subtype == "PRC" + subtype = "PRC" elseif find(subdata,"^U3D") then - subtype == "U3D" + subtype = "U3D" elseif file.extname(foundname) == "prc" then - subtype == "PRC" + subtype = "PRC" end local attr = pdfdictionary { @@ -423,12 +425,35 @@ local ref = stored_pr[tag] if not ref then -- weird, has to be a /Form and not an /Image so we need a wrap = true key - -- local figure = img.immediatewrite { filename = preview, width = width, height = height } - local figure = img.immediatewrite { stream = ".5 .75 .75 rg 0 0 20 10 re f", bbox = {0,0,20,10 } } + local figure = img.immediatewrite { filename = preview, width = width, height = height } + -- local figure = img.immediatewrite { stream = ".5 .75 .75 rg 0 0 20 10 re f", bbox = {0,0,20,10 } } ref = figure.objnum stored_pr[tag] = ref end - annot.AP = ref and pdfdictionary { N = pdfreference(ref) } + if ref then + local pw = pdfdictionary { + Type = pdfconstant("XObject"), + Subtype = pdfconstant("Form"), + FormType = pdfnumber(1), + BBox = pdfarray { pdfnumber(0), pdfnumber(0), pdfnumber(factor*width), pdfnumber(factor*height) }, + Matrix = pdfarray { pdfnumber(1), pdfnumber(0), pdfnumber(0), pdfnumber(1), pdfnumber(0), pdfnumber(0) }, + Resources = pdfdictionary { + XObject = pdfdictionary { + IM = pdfreference(ref) + } + }, + ExtGState = pdfdictionary { + GS = pdfdictionary { + Type = pdfconstant("ExtGState"), + CA = pdfnumber(1), + ca = pdfnumber(1) + } + }, + ProcSet = pdfarray { pdfconstant("PDF"), pdfconstant("ImageC") }, + } + local pwd = pdf.immediateobj("stream",format("q /GS gs %s 0 0 %s 0 0 cm /IM Do Q",factor*width,factor*height),pw()) + annot.AP = pdfdictionary { N = pdfreference(pwd) } + end return annot, figure, ref else activationdict.A = pdfconstant("PV") Also I try to remind you AGAIN and AGAIN about pdfboolean problem in lpdf-ini.lua (old code is not OK if b is "false" and default is "true") local function pdfboolean(b,default) - if ((type(b) == "boolean") and b) or default then - return p_true + if type(b) ~= "boolean" then + if default then + return p_true + else + return p_false + end else - return p_false + if b then + return p_true + else + return p_false + end end end Sincerely, Michail PS. And a great palliative way to deal with 3D annotations is via attaching a 3D PDF file made with LaTeX (by Asymptote, for example). But while your method of answering my messages in lua works OK for new code (updating minimals and making a diff with old code is not harder than checking e-mail inbox - "Your morning patch, sir!" ;), I can not deduce from existing sea of ConTeXt code the status of file attachments support.

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thinrules
by Hans van der Meer 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

\thinrules disappear when then are the lone item and I can make them appear only by typeing somthing behind/before. However, I would to force a thin rule anyway, even if there is no surrounding text. How? Hans van der Meer

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MetaPost Animation
by Troy Henderson 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

I am trying to create an animation in ConTeXt + MetaPost. In particular, I would like to have ConTeXt + MetaPost generate each individual frame of the animation, and then I would like to place each of these graphics on the page in succession. I am looking for a "ConTeXt way" without placing the MetaPost code in a separate source file, running MetaPost, and using \externalfigure. The following MetaPost sample code generate 21 graphics images (numbered .0 to .20), but I have no idea how to have ConTeXt generate these graphics without a manual external MetaPost run and have them included in a way that is consistent with \startuseMPgraphic or similar. Thanks in advance, Troy Henderson path p,q; p:=fullcircle scaled 72; L:=length p; N:=20; for n=0 upto N: beginfig(n); q:=subpath (0,n/N*L) of p; draw q withcolor red; fill fullcircle scaled 3 shifted point length q of q withcolor blue; setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare shifted (-0.5,-0.5) scaled 75; endfig; endfor; end -- Troy Henderson Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics University of Mobile http://www.tlhiv.org

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\hyphenation ignored
by Marco 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Hi, I've a problem with the command \hyphenation. It does not seem to work for me. See following MWE: \mainlanguage [de] \starttext \hyphenation{Index-eintrag} \hyphenatedword{Indexeintrag} % Gives Inde-xein-trag \stoptext In this example the word »Indexeintrag« is mishyphenated. I expect to see »Index-eintrag« as output of \hyphenatedword. The \hyphenation command seems to be ignored. Thanks in advance. Marco

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entities in xml
by Hans van der Meer 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

I find some strange things happening with a few entities in the processing of xml. Or am I mistaken, of course. But enlightment would be appreciated. < produces < but > produces < too, mirabile dictu (> correctly produces >) & makes the rest of the contents of the xml-node disappear, & does this too Thus there seems to be an issue with > and with & and & Hans van der Meer ConTeXt ver: 2010.04.12 23:47 MKIV fmt: 2010.4.13 int: english/ english

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object in use
by Hans van der Meer 15 Apr '10

15 Apr '10

Any idea what can cause the following error? I never encountered such a thing so I don't know where to start hunting. The error is new in mkiv, did not occur in mkii. ! LuaTeX error ...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ini.lua: 534: pdf.immediateobj() object in use stack traceback: [C]: in function 'pdfimmediateobj' ...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ini.lua:534: in function '?' ...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ini.lua:462: in function 'run' ...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ini.lua:485: in function 'finalizedocument' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. <inserted text> ...einjections.finalizedocument()} <inserted text> \the \everylastbackendshipout \flushtextdata \actualshipout ...e \relax \the \everylastshipout \global \everylastshipout ... \myshipout ...\@@ppmethod }\gobbleoneargument {#1} \setnextrealpageno \afters... \dofinaloutput ...hbox {\vbox {\dopagebody #1#2}}} \the \everyaftershipout \a... \finaloutput ...EAEAEA \dofinaloutput \fi \fi #1#2 \resetselectiepagina \incr... ... l.41 \stopproduct Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta...
by Michael Green 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists <at> gmail.com> writes: > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 21:24, Willi Egger wrote: > > I just updated the latest beta in a completely new tree: > > > > I get now the following message: > > > > .../lua60/tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin/context: line 2: 1634 Bus error > > mtxrun --script context "$@" > [snip] > This might as well be a mac-intel-only luatex-related problem > (something for Taco in any case), but I cannot reproduce it yet. > > Mojca > ________________________________________________________________________ ___________ I hit a similar problem on a ppc mac. So it's probably not an intel- only thing. The .firstsetup script crashes. It worked fine through at least March 23, for what it's worth. Here's a transcript I have a crash log too, if that would help. sudo ./first-setup.sh receiving file list ... done bin/ bin/mtx-update.lua bin/mtxrun bin/texlua wrote 18489 bytes read 4918220 bytes 229614.37 bytes/sec total size is 6550101 speedup is 1.33 MTXrun | fileio: variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to '/Users/michaelgreen/ Applications/context/bin' MTXrun | fileio: variable 'SELFAUTODIR' set to '/Users/michaelgreen/ Applications/context' MTXrun | fileio: variable 'SELFAUTOPARENT' set to '/Users/ michaelgreen/Applications' MTXrun | fileio: variable 'TEXMFCNF' set to '{$SELFAUTODIR, $SELFAUTOPARENT}{,{/share,}/texmf{- local,.local,}/web2c}' MTXrun | fileio: no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) MTXrun | using script: ./bin/mtx-update.lua MTXrun | state: loaded MTXrun | update: start ./first-setup.sh: line 69: 5194 Bus error mtxrun -- verbose --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua -- update --make --force --engine=all --context=beta --texroot=$PWD/tex $@

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Re: [NTG-context] footnote marks fail
by Michael Saunders 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Taco Hoekwater wrote: > I may be missing something on my side, but I can't get sups=yes > to work at all. > > \definefontfeature[default][default][mode=node,script=latn,sups=yes] > \switchtobodyfont[palatino,11pt] It may well be that this palatino doesn't have the sups feature. Let me put it this way: \starttext text1\footnote{1footnote} \stoptext This will produce four instances of the numeral '1'. Suppose I want them all to look exactly alike. In other words, suppose I didn't want either footnote mark to be rescaled or elevated at all. How could I do that?

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\nocap does not work
by Marco 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Hi, I wanted to wikify the command »\nocap« and tried it out. But it does seen to have any effect, see the example from the manual: \starttext \cap {People that have gathered their \cap {capital} at the cost of other people are not seldom \nocap {decapitated} in revolutionary times.} \stoptext The word »decapitated« ist also capitalized. MTXrun | current version: 2010.04.07 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.60.0-2010040422 Marco

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Re: [NTG-context] grid in footnotes, was: Re: footnote marks fail
by Michael Saunders 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

> i was not even aware that \newcommand was there ... probably more a catch for bibtex issues I have been using it a lot since, although Context seems to use a lot of brackets, it won't allow nested ones. For example, I have to use: \newcommand{\hfstyle}{\switchtobodyfont[15pt]} \setupheader[style=\hfstyle] because I'll get an error from: \setupheader[style=\switchtobodyfont[15pt]] Is there an easier way? > > \setupnote[footnote][location=columns,numbercommand=\fnmstyle,textcommand=\fntstyle,textstyle=\addff{su},align={normal,hanging},split=verystrict,interaction=yes] > > > > I don't know quite why it works, but it works---except for one little > > thing---there is a little vertical space between each footnote > (apparently because of the \switchtobodyfont[12pt]). > > > that will indeed define the interlinespace; also, the regular \high > command does some snapping while with the supp feature you're dependent > on what the fonts delivers as ht/dp of a glyph I don't see how could you possibly use \high{} for the footnote marks (\setupnote[footnote][?]). Besides, as I understand it, \high{} just rescales the body font---which always looks bad. So, I don't want to use \high{}. I use my numr feature which gives me exactly the right shape and height, but I have a little space between the footnotes. How do I eliminate the space? Maybe by setting a verytolerant grid for the footnotes? I don't know how.

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grid in footnotes, was: Re: footnote marks fail
by Michael Saunders 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Peter M?nster wrote: > \setupfootnotes[numbercommand=, textcommand=, style=, textstyle=, > bodyfont=] Thanks, Peter. With some experimentation I got what I wanted. For the record, I'm using: \definefontfeature[su][body][sups=yes,ordn=yes]%superior \definefontfeature[nu][body][numr=yes]%numerator \definefontfeature[po][body][pnum=yes,onum=yes]%proportional old style \newcommand{\fnmstyle}{\addff{nu}\switchtobodyfont[12pt]} \newcommand{\fntstyle}{\addff{po}} \setupnote[footnote][location=columns,numbercommand=\fnmstyle,textcommand=\fntstyle,textstyle=\addff{su},align={normal,hanging},split=verystrict,interaction=yes] I don't know quite why it works, but it works---except for one little thing---there is a little vertical space between each footnote (apparently because of the \switchtobodyfont[12pt]). So I have one more question: is there a way to force the footnotes onto their own grid to prevent this? I am already using \setuplayout[...,grid=verytolerant], which I thought would take care of it.

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Re: [NTG-context] footnote marks fail
by Michael Saunders 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Taco Hoekwater wrote: > \setupfootnotes[textcommand=,numbercommand=,style=,bodyfont=] Thanks, Taco. I tried the following: \setupfootnotes[textcommand=,numbercommand=,style=,bodyfont=] \starttext text1\footnote{1footnote} \stoptext and it almost works. The third and fourth '1' look the same, but the first and second '1' (those in the text) are different. The second is on the baseline, but it has been scaled much smaller than the first. I want to turn off even this scaling. My eventual plan is to use my sups for this (they seem to work fine for me), but for now I'd be content to turn the automatic scaling off. By the way, of these four keys (textcommand, numbercommand, style, bodyfont), it's not at all clear to me what each is supposed to control.

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RSFS Font
by Troy Henderson 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

I'm trying to follow http://wiki.contextgarden.net/rsfs to get a script L in math mode (to denote Laplace Transform) but to no avail. I followed the code in the first section, but I get the following compilation error. Any help is appreciated. Troy --- context foo.tex MTXrun | run 1: luatex --fmt="/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/ccfefc91ec3ed68af1aeed1f470fef4d/formats/cont-en" --lua="/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/ccfefc91ec3ed68af1aeed1f470fef4d/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend=pdf "./foo.tex" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.52.0-2010031622 \write18 enabled. (/home/thenders/classes/2010/spring/ma304/foo.tex ConTeXt ver: 2010.03.30 18:56 MKIV fmt: 2010.3.31 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv)) system : cont-fil loaded (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-def.mkiv) (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-lua.tex) (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv)) (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv))) system : foo.top loaded (foo.top) fonts : preloading latin modern fonts (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/luc/type-luc.tex){/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active {/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} systems : begin file foo.tex at line 16 ! Undefined control sequence. \scr ->\fam \purefamily {scriptfamily} l.18 ${\scr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}$ ?

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What happened with bold math?
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Hello, What happened with bold math? \mathbf does not have any effect. \setupbodyfont[mscore,rm,12pt] \starttext $${\mathbf x}'(t) = f({\mathbf x}(t), {\mathbf u}(t), t)$$ \stoptext Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] footnote marks fail
by Michael Saunders 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

Sebastien Mengin: > Sorry, a bit off topic, but: is \setupfootnotes[] a synonym for > \setupnote[footnote][] ? Besides \setupfootnotes[] and \setupnote[footnote][] there are: \setupenumerations[footnote][] and \setupfootnotedefinition[] and maybe more. I have no idea how they are related or even how to find out the difference.

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Internet archive integration into bibliography
by Matija Šuklje 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

Hullo, lately I got an great idea(TM) concerning citing internet sources. \\ Initial problem: the internet is ever changing, what says on a page today, might not be there tomorrow and in ten years' time the page might not exist at all. \\ Solution so far: just smack the date (and time) next to the link. I've seen that often and my faculty expects this from me as well. \\ Problem with the solution so far: it doesn't solve anything really. \\ Solution(TM): along with the URL and date, add the Internet Archive's link from that time next to it as well. The ‘Solution(TM)’ is a bit tedious though, so it'd be great if ConTeXt could automate this process a bit. What I'm thinking is, if ConTeXt could take the URL and date stored in the bibliography (.bbl) and combine it together to form a URL of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to point to that particular page at that particular time. In the document's bibliography then it could be rendered something like this: Wikipedia: ConTeXt; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt; as seen on the day: 12th of April 2010 at 13:45 With "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt" being a hyperlink to just that and "12th of April 2010" being a hyperlink to http://web.archive.org/web/20100412134500/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt Note: using any date and time works OK with the archive.org, since if the date doesn't exist in its database, it falls back to the last archived site before the date requested. What do you think? Would this make sense? If so, should we enable it by default? Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 www: http://matija.suklje.name xmpp: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org

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Custom verb-c inside my working directory
by Nicola 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

Hi, in MKII the following code produces the wrong result ('* x;') \usemodule[verb-c] \starttext \startC int* x; \stopC \stoptext I know that I should use \definetyping[C][option=C] instead of \usemodule. The fact is, what I am actually loading is a customized verb-c file that I've put inside my working directory (and I have also renamed). How to reconcile the use of \definetyping with a local file? Nicola

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Undefined control sequence in ConTeXt ver: 2010.04.10 13:44 MKIV
by Bernhard Rosensteiner 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

Hello, i just updated my minimals and now i get an undefined control sequence error with my previous working file attached is the log file. Please help! best regards Bernhard

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Re: [NTG-context] simplebib
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

> > Sorry, I meant the first only. > > > > There are two commands \bibitem and \bibsource which are not clear > to me. > > > When i decode the code (ugly formatting) correct this works: > > \starttext > > bla \in{book}[knuth:1] bla > > bla \bibref[knuth:2]{} bla > > bla \bibref[knuth:3]{} bla > > \startbibliography > > \bibitem[knuth:1]{} Donald E. Knuth, The \TeX book > > \bibitem[knuth:2]{Knuth} Donald E. Knuth, The \METAFONT-book > > \bibsource[key=knuth:3,title=The Art of Computer Programming,...] > > \stopbibliography > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang That means that these two commands are alternatives. Do you know who is the author of this. There is a version number 0.04 and the comment (still in development). I have made some corrections and don't want to do this in the wiki without contacting the author. There should also be a example of usage, maybe yours? Wolfgang

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footnote marks fail
by Michael Saunders 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

Footnotes are normally marked with superior figures both in the text and before the footnote itself. Context's defaults prevent this, and I can't figure out how to change the defaults. 1. The defaults So that no imagination is necessary, here is a minimal example: \starttext text\footnote{footnote} \stoptext I have to guess what Context is doing. It looks like it's taking the regular numbers from the font, shrinking them somehow and elevating them. It does this in unequal amounts for the marks in text and the marks before footnotes. In both cases, the number is so light it's barely readable. In the case of the mark before the footnote, it's raised much too high. Normal, professional fonts have superior figures in them that are used for footnote marks. It _should_ be possible to use them, that is. All I want to do is turn off the default scaling and raising behavior of Context footnote marks so I can do this, and finally get normal looking footnotes. No doubt, people will object that they don't have my font in the room with them, and it is therefore impossible to think about the problem. So, I repeat myself: all I want to do is turn off the default scaling and raising. 2. My first stab at correcting this. WARNING: I have a font with the opentype features 'sups' and 'numr'. You might not have this font, but it is still possible to think about the problem: the problem is not my font, but Context's defaults. \definefontfeature[su][default][sups=yes]%superior \definefontfeature[nu][default][numr=yes]%numerator \newcommand{\fnstyle}{\switchtobodyfont[12pt]\addff{su}} \setupnote[footnote][numbercommand=\fnstyle,textcommand=\fnstyle\tfa] (Note: my body font is 12pt.) This is as close as I could get to correcting the problem. When I do this, the marks in text look a little too low, too short and much too bold. It looks like Context is still scaling and elevating on its own. The marks before the footnotes are much too large and far, far too high. Context seems to be trying to squeeze them between the lines. This also seems to force extra space between the separate footnotes, even though I have grid on. If I try using numerators instead of superiors (they look the same but are lower), the marks in text look too bold and far too low. The marks before the footnotes are at the right height, but too big. DISCLAIMER: it is not necessary to own my font in order to think about this problem. The issue is the default scaling and raising that Context applies to footnote marks. I want to turn it off.

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Re: [NTG-context] Building a guitar chord using MP
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

Hurray! I've got first draft version of guitar chord building macro. (With the help of this excellent manual http://www.tug.org/docs/metapost/mpman.pdf ) % -- working version --- \startuseMPgraphic{chordgrid}{e,B,G,D,A,E} def fretmark(expr a,b) = % a = string number % b = fret number pickup pencircle scaled 3pt; drawdot(b*7-3, a*4.5-4.5); enddef; drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor black) ; draw hlingrid(0, 5, 1, 0.8cm, 1cm) ; draw vlingrid(0, 4, 1, 1cm, 0.8cm) ; fretmark(1,\MPvar{e}); fretmark(2,\MPvar{B}); fretmark(3,\MPvar{G}); fretmark(4,\MPvar{D}); fretmark(5,\MPvar{A}); fretmark(6,\MPvar{E}); \stopuseMPgraphic \define[6]\Ch {\dontleavehmode \useMPgraphic{chordgrid}{e={#1},B={#2},G={#3},D={#4},A={#5},E={#6}}% \hskip2mm} \starttext \Ch{1}{3}{1}{2}{1}{4} \stoptext However, my current trouble is chord caption (like Am). Except wrong placement of the label, adding seventh non-numerical argument to the macro throws an error. % -- does not work --- \startuseMPgraphic{chordgrid}{e,B,G,D,A,E,Cptn} def fretmark(expr a,b) = % a = string number % b = fret number pickup pencircle scaled 3pt; drawdot(b*7-3, a*4.5-4.5); enddef; drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor black) ; draw hlingrid(0, 5, 1, 0.8cm, 1cm) ; draw vlingrid(0, 4, 1, 1cm, 0.8cm) ; fretmark(1,\MPvar{e}); fretmark(2,\MPvar{B}); fretmark(3,\MPvar{G}); fretmark(4,\MPvar{D}); fretmark(5,\MPvar{A}); fretmark(6,\MPvar{E}); label.top(\MPvar{Cptn}, (2,0)); \stopuseMPgraphic \define[7]\Ch {\dontleavehmode \useMPgraphic{chordgrid}{e={#1},B={#2},G={#3},D={#4},A={#5},E={#6},Cptn={#7}}% \hskip2mm} \starttext \Ch{1}{3}{1}{2}{1}{4}{Am} \stoptext ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> A \theMPvariable ->A m <argument> ...\hbox {\scratchdimen \theMPvariable sp}\ifdim \wd \scratchbox ... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \prepareMPvariable ...epareMPvariable {\@@meta #1} \fi \next1 #1,->\prepareMPvariable {#1} \doprocesscommaitem ... l.29 \Ch{1}{3}{1}{2}{1}{4}{Am} ? Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Undefined control sequence in ConTeXt ver: 2010.04.10 13:44 MKIV
by Bernhard Rosensteiner 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

Hello, i just updated my minimals and now i get an undefined control sequence error with my previous working file attached is the log file. Please help! best regards Bernhard

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Typographical Engineering in Context
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

[Disclaimer: NOT a joke!] Dear gang, cabal, and knights of the context table, FYI: I am presently working on a book: Typographical Ontology and Engineering: Structured and Automated Authoring in Context It is a book on ConTeXt, but NOT a ConTeXtBook, ConTeXt Companion, or other clone. Rather, it aims to introduce Context as a general tool for typographical and typesetting engineering. Some of the philosophy of book design and layout will be discussed, and it will contain a strong reference to commands etc. NB: MKIV ONLY! The basic outline is I. Ontology and Theory II. Typographical Engineering in Context [including special topics, advanced techniques of luatex, opentype etc] III. A Typographical Engineer's Reference [organization of options and commands, glossary] IV. Appendix: Authoring in Notepad++ [or some other tool] V. Indices So no knowledge or familiarity with TeX is assumed at all. We will cover some advanced topics as well, including introductions to luatex scripting etc I was not planning to announce this for some time yet, but given the buzz around the topic on ConTeXt documentation Hans thought it would be a good moment to introduce this project and to get your feedback. So please use this thread to make suggestions: What would you all like to see covered in the planned book project: Typographical Ontology and Engineering: Structured and Automated Authoring in Context I look forward to your feedback and suggestions! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] simplebib
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

> > on the garden there is am module called 'simplebib' > > which has commands \bibitem and \bibsource > > > > Are these two commands meant alternativly? > > > Both are unrelated to each other, they are two different ways to > create a bibiliography without the bib module and a bib file. > > Wolfgang Sorry, I meant the first only. There are two commands \bibitem and \bibsource which are not clear to me. Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] How to define your own math character (MK-IV)
by gummybears 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

Hi Hans & Aditya Please be patient as I am not a developer just someone who writes documents. I discovered the integral symbols starting at the double integral are now composed by repeating the normal integral symbol n-times. However in an earlier email I commented that they didn't look right (something to do with setting the displaystyle (I think)) Then I discovered the Asana math font which has "correct" glyphs The missing symbols for math-vfu.lua are Asana math font 0x222B normal integral \int 0x222C double integral \iint 0x222D triple integral \iiint 0x222E contour integral \oint 0x222F surface integral \oiint 0x2230 volume integral \oiiint I also need the space-time integral \iiiint (4 i's) but could not find it in the Asana font Note for the other math stuff the Asana math font does not work like vectors and such. For $\vec{r}, \vec{R}$ the vector symbol is shifted to the right and not aligned above the character (hope this make some sense otherwise forget it for the moment). Kind regards gummybears

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line-break index bug
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

Hi, I am sorry, but in ConTeXt ver: 2010.04.10 MKIV there still is this index/line-break bug! See example below please: \setuplayout [width=113mm,location=middle] \usetypescript[postscript] \definetypeface[postscript][rm][serif][times][default] \mainlanguage[de] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \setupalign[line,block] \starttext dieses ist dabei typisch für den Bereich der Architekten- oder Ingenieurleistungen\index{Ingenieurleistungen}. Warum? \stoptext Steffen

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simplebib
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

Hallo, on the garden there is am module called 'simplebib' which has commands \bibitem and \bibsource Are these two commands meant alternativly? Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Help needed: texshow-web/command reference
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

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bug/feature request tracker?
by Michael Saunders 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

>it's not that complex to deal with it (but i'd only do it in mkiv) gien >time and motivation ... you can put a feature request in the tracker so >that i can look at it when i'm reworking marging notes the mkiv way >(first come floats) Where is this "tracker"?

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no protrusion or hz
by Michael Saunders 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

\definefontfeature[default][mode=node,language=dflt,script=latn,kern=yes,liga=yes,tlig=yes,trep=yes] \definefontfeature[body][default][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \starttypescript [test] \definetypeface[test][rm][serif][palatino][default][features=body] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[test] \setupalign[hanging,hz] \setupbodyfont[test,12pt]% \mainlanguage[en-us] \showgrid \starttext \addff{body} \input{knuth} \stoptext Results in no protrusion or hz. What's wrong?

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Aligning text to bottom of page
by Tom 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

Is there a command that will align the text that follows to the bottom of the page? Copyright pages are often oriented this way. Another example of this is the end of chapter page in "The TeXbook" by Knuth. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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difference between a and b alternatives in \blackrule
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

Hello, What is the difference between a and b alternatives in \blackrule? http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/setupblackrules#Description Regards, Vyatcheslav

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marginrule does not work properly in wiki
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

Hello, The following example does not work properly in wiki (the rule is missed), while in mkIV it's OK. \starttext \startmarginrule The sound of a duck is a good demonstration of how different people listen to a sound. Everywhere in Europe the sound is equal. But in every country it is described differently: kwaak||kwaak (Netherlands), couin||couin (French), gick||gack (German), rap||rap (Danish) and mech||mech (Spanish). If you speak these words aloud you will notice that in spite of the consonants the sound is really very well described. And what about a cow, does it say boe, mboe or mmmmmm? \stopmarginrule \stoptext http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/startmarginrule Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Help needed: texshow-web/command reference
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

On 11.04.2010 22:34, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: >> Thank you for answer, Wolfgang. >> >>> ConTeXt has no \but command although i think there was one in the past. >> I'm afraid you are wrong. See updated wiki page: >> >> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/but > It's also available for itemize: > > \startitemize > \but [content] ... > \stopitemize Don't understand how to use it. Without \definerreference there is no difference form ordinary \item, but \definerreference gives an error. \setupinteraction [state=start] %\definerreference[content][] %gives error \starttext \startitemize \but [content] ... \stopitemize -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Why any substring is not find inside string?
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Hello, Sorry for my beginners question. I am experimenting with CSV parsing and I have miscellaneous delimiters. Finding any delimiters is OK, but with any delimiters are problem - there are not to find inside string. Here is my minimal example: \starttext \startluacode text2split='"1";"GYZA";"382/2010";"482/2010";"402";"Májkova";"Barbora";"20.4.1995";"Zábřeh, Skalička 48";"789 53"' delim_from, delim_to = string.find(text2split, '";"') tex.sprint(tostring(delim_from),' - ', tostring(delim_to),'\\par') -- OK text2splitA='!1/;!GYZAs 482/2010/;!GYZA 382/2010/;!GYZA 482/2010/;!402/;!Májková/;!Barbora/;!ž/;!20.4.1995/;!Zábřeh/;!ČR/;!Mírov 69/;!Mírov/;!789 53/;!Májková/;!Michaela/;!Mírov 69/;!Mírov/;!789 53/;!/' delim_from, delim_to = string.find(text2splitA, '!;/') tex.sprint(tostring(delim_from),' - ', tostring(delim_to)) -- Not finding \stopluacode \stoptext Where is problem, where I making a mistake (I am beginning with Lua). Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar

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Re: [NTG-context] Help needed: texshow-web/command reference
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Thank you for answer, Wolfgang. > ConTeXt has no \but command although i think there was one in the past. I'm afraid you are wrong. See updated wiki page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/but P.S. What about to wikify \show command itself? Or it is not ConTeXt command? Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Help needed: texshow-web/command reference
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Hi Willi and all NTG members, I recently asked about if I can work off my annual NTG membership fee. Now I see great possibility for this. I can take an obligation to clean up *all* http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference_Cleanup concerning http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20100411.134521.3f2da72d.en.html -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] Help needed: texshow-web/command reference
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

> Help needed: texshow-web/command referenc Gladly started with this, but two questions arose: 1) What is "the standard"? What formatting errors too look for? Should they be evident or subtle? 2) Should the description be added before removing Reference_Cleanup? Foe example, \but wiki page looks meaningless without the descrption. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/but -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Where to put MP macro?
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Hello, Thanks to Taco, I have some progress in developing "guitar chord" command. My current trouble is how to develop the "mark" MP macro and where to put it? Inside startuseMPgraphic? \startuseMPgraphic{chordgrid}{e,B,G,D,A,E} drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor black) ; draw hlingrid(0, 5, 1, 0.8cm, 1cm) ; draw vlingrid(0, 4, 1, 1cm, 0.8cm) ; draw mark(1,\MPvar{e}); draw mark(2,\MPvar{B}); draw mark(3,\MPvar{G}); draw mark(4,\MPvar{D}); draw mark(5,\MPvar{A}); draw mark(6,\MPvar{E}); \stopuseMPgraphic \define[6]\Ch {\dontleavehmode \useMPgraphic{chordgrid}{e={#1},B={#2},G={#3},D={#4},A={#5},E={#6}}% \hskip2mm} \starttext \Ch{1}{3}{1}{2}{1}{1} \stoptext -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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MetaPost in TABLEs ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Hi all, In a book on construction engineering I found two kind of tables that presumably could be set very nicely in ConTeXt (see attachments). Set with MetaPost within natural tables? 1) Curly braces that span over cells: Their height should be depending to the cell's height (nr=2 oder nr=3). http://werksatz.com/attachments/braces.jpg 2) Arrows that are pointing from one cell to an other (middle or border of cell), http://werksatz.com/attachments/arrows.jpg To me this looks like standard purpose, that most like is already pre-defined somewhere in Metapost/MetaFun/ConTeXt (MkII please!) ... Is there any MetaPost guru out there that knows these cases? Thank you, Steffen

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How to define your own math character (MK-IV)
by gummybears 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Hi, How to use definemathcommand to setup some of the missing math symbols ? Some of these symbols are defined in char-def.lua but missing in math-vfu.lua. Thanks

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Help needed: texshow-web/command reference
by Patrick Gundlach 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Hi all, the garden maintainers have moved the command reference from texshow-web (http://texshow.contextgarde.net) to the wiki, below the page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference/en This means, everybody can update the command reference now! Hooray! The contents has been transferred automatically, but this process can lead to some unwanted formatting errors. To find these errors, we need your help: Everybody: please pick one random command from http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference_Cleanup and make if this looks ok. If you are finished, please remove the first two lines from that page and save it. If everybody from this list helps with _one_ command, we are quickly done with checking the new reference! Thanks for your help! Patrick (for the garden maintainers)

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New package for typesetting bibliographies
by Aditya Mahajan 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Just saw this on CTAN announce. http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/librarian.html It says that it works with ConTeXt. Aditya

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itemize with columns in \startcolumns enviroment
by Xan 11 Apr '10

11 Apr '10

Hi, I have \startcolumns [...] \startexercici Amb el mateix experiment aleatori de l'activitat anterior, calcula els esdeveniments següents: \startitemize[a,packed,columns] \item $(A^c)^c$ \item $(A \cap B)^c$ \item $(A \cup B)^c$ \item $A^c \cup B$ \item $A^c \cap B$ \item $A \cup B^c$ \item $A^c \cap B^c$ \item $A \cap B^c$ \stopitemize \stopexercici [...] \stopcolumns but the itemize does NOt display as two columns. What is the solution for that? Please, CCme Thanks a lot, Xan. PS: The exercici enviroment is defined as: \defineenumeration [exercici] [text={\startcolor[middlecyan]Exercici\stopcolor},headstyle=bold,between=\blank,titledistance=0em,textdistance=1em, stopper={.\space},location=serried,left={\bgroup\bf},right={\egroup},width=fit,headstyle=\ss]

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