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xmlindex getting attributes and more
by Hans van der Meer 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

(1) How does one retrieve an attribute from an element collected with \xmlindex{node{lpath}{n}? (2) I don't understand in xml:test \xmlcount{#1}{} giving 1 for an answer, whereas \xmlcount{#1}{*} and \xmlcount{#1}{/abc} yield 2 as is expected. (3) With the code below \xmlindex starts looping on an empty lpath, whereas like \xmltext{} react without problem. Problem is showed by \xmlindex, \xmlfirst, \xmllast, \xmlall, \xmlconcat Behaviour is not shown by \xmltext{node}{}, \xmlstripped, \xmlstrip Is this a bug in \xmlindex's underlying lua? ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [text input levels=127]. \xmlindex ...ua {lxml.index("#1","#2",\number #3)} \@@su:xml:test #1->test:\xmlindex {#1}{}{1} \par l.7 } \xmlindex ...ua {lxml.index("#1","#2",\number #3)} \@@su:xml:test #1->test:\xmlindex {#1}{}{1} \par \startxmlsetups xml:testsetups \xmlsetsetup{test}{test|abc}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:testsetups} \startxmlsetups xml:test test:\xmlindex{#1}{}{1}\par % << empty lpath fails \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:abc abc:\xmlflush{#1}\par \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessfile{test}{test.xml}{} \stoptext <test> <abc>ABC-1</abc> <abc>ABC-2</abc> </test> Hans van der Meer

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do not understand \xmlindex
by Hans van der Meer 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

I do not understand the behaviour of \xmlindex in the code below. The goal is to extract the contents of node <abc>-number 1. The strange things is that \xmltext returns the contents of both the <abc> nodes, but \xmlindex returns nothing. The returns of the \writestatus calls: >>1>> ab-2 : :: >>2>> ab-2 : :ABC-1ABC-2: \startxmlsetups xml:testsetups \xmlsetsetup{test}{test|ab|abc}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:testsetups} \startxmlsetups xml:test \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:ab \writestatus{>>1>> \xmltag{#1}-\xmlcount{#1}{/abc}}{:\xmlindex{#1}{/ abc}{1}:} \writestatus{>>2>> \xmltag{#1}-\xmlcount{#1}{/abc}}{:\xmltext{#1}{/ abc}:} \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessfile{test}{test.xml}{} \stoptext Input is: <test> <ab> <abc>ABC-1</abc> <abc>ABC-2</abc> </ab> </test> Hans van der Meer

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mkiv and unicode
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Hallo, I work all the time with good old mkii-context, but I have had a lot of problems last time, which could be solved easely if I switch to mkiv. So I wonder if I should change. The main argument for me to stay with mkii is the following: I have a lot of lua scripts withhin scite which are preprocessing my textfiles (string.gsub etc.) These scripts depent on ansi-code and do not work with unicode too. An other problem I have, is to teach scite to use utf-8 per default. (code.page=65001) does not work for me. I have tried this with a lot of versions of scite. Has anybody experiences with scite-lua-scripts and unicode? Wolfgang

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fig-base MKIV
by thomas.engel1＠gmx.net 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Hello, I have a problem with the following code section: ..... \usemodule[fig-base] \usefigurebase[drivepictures] ..... \midaligned{\externalfigure[cabinet][width=7cm]} If I run this code with MKII all the pictures are placed in the document from my picture datebase. If I run this code with MKIV I got only dummy pictures. What do I have do change? Is there a bug in MKIV? Thomas

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desperate for xmlstrip
by Hans van der Meer 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

I really need to remove the leading and trailing whitespace from nodes. Tried in vain to get \xmlstrip (and friends like \xmlstripnolines) working. Just doing \xmlstripped{node}{lpath} is not adequate, because I want to order the output when a node contains several subnodes (using \xmlfilter for this). Below a minimal example. Tweaking the \xmlstrip in all sorts of way did not help. Hans van der Meer \startxmlsetups xml:testsetups \xmlsetsetup{test}{test|a|b|c}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:testsetups} \startxmlsetups xml:test \xmlstrip{#1}{} \xmltext{#1}{} No spaces should showup between nodes! \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:a \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:b \xmltext{#1}{} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:c \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessfile{test}{test.xml}{} \stoptext Input xml-file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <test> <a> This is node a: <b> :Node b: </b> <c> :Node c: </c> </a> </test> The result:

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oldstyle numbers in TeXGyre fonts
by Thomas A. Schmitz 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Hi all, Hans, is there or can we have an easy, fast way of setting up the TeXGyre fonts so that they use oldstyle numbers by default? I think this would be attractive at least for the serif fonts termes, pagella, schola, which all have this feature. All best Thomas

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text in current node only
by Hans van der Meer 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

How can I restrict the text to that in the current node only. Calling \xmltext{#1}{} gives me not only the text in the current node, but also the text in its subnodes. The latter I want to suppress. Hans van der Meer

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ConTeXt forum engine
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Hello Why not phpBB?? http://www.phpbb.com/ B.R. Vyatcheslav

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not printable pdf
by R. Bastian 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Hello, I join a minimal example (ex0.tex) texexec (version 6.2.1) and context (2009.10.02) compile and the PDf is visible (xpdf and kpdf) but it is not printable (lpr -P HP-5MP ...) The same text in his Latex-form is printed (after pdflatex), so I think that there is a bug in the PDF produced by context | texexec. Can you help me? -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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where \xmlnofelements
by Hans van der Meer 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Here \xmlnofelements (seen in the refman) gives ! Undefined control sequence. \@@su:xml:case:processing ...fnum \xmlnofelements Has this macro disappeared? Best replacement? I would like to switch on a node having other nodes in it besides text content. Hans van der Meer ConTeXt ver: 2010.03.10 23:47 MKIV fmt: 2010.3.11 int: english/ english

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German ConTeXt Initiative
by Mojca Miklavec 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Hello, Two Germans suggested to start a forum in addition to the existing mailing list. Even though it might be a problem to get enough active people to participate, I see no reason for not enabling the forum on the garden as opposed to using some arbitrary web page. Any thoughts, ideas and comments about selection of software for running a forum are welcome. (I was also thinking about HyperNews which is a forum with "mailing list interface".) Mojca On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 20:41, Hannes Riebl wrote: > Hi Mojca, > > my name is Hannes. I've set up the german ConTeXt board on > http://context.pytalhost.de/. > > Yasser asked me to contact you because of our idea to start a german > community platform for ConTeXt. > > We both prefer a board instead of a mailing list because we think it's > easier to use especially for unexperienced users. Another reason is that I'm > not very experienced with mailing lists and have never set up one neither do > I know HyperNews. I personally like PunBB because it's lightwight and easy > to set up and administer. > > In order to have a centralized ConTeXt community you proposed to run the > board on contextgarden.net. I think that's a good idea. Would you provide a > subdomain? Could the board be installed on the same server on which the wiki > running on? At the moment it is running on a free webspace. Therefore we > have ads on the site. > > Waiting for your answer. =) > > Regards, > Hannes ... > We will not get any users for ConTeXt when there is no knowledge in germany. > And some good examples of documents createt with context. > > Our plan is more to write a german book on ConTeXt. Not a reference manual > (who are we to write it) but a step by step instruction how to write a > thesis. Academia and thesises is the main task to be targeted, so want to > write the according book. > > We want to organize it in this forum. To get users will be easy when we can > (I repeat myself here) get a link to the forum in the wikipedia article. I > hope that the responsible admins will include it. > > I hope you got what I meant.

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simplefonts
by Michael Saunders 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Thomas A. Schmitz: > That may be a lack of imagination on your part. If you want something that follows LaTeX rules, it might be a good idea to use LaTeX. It would have been a good idea to say so from the start instead of wasting my time. I'm going to try to go on using Context without wasting any more of your time. First, I have to figure out why your typescript gives me Latin Modern. -- m

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What do you miss in ConTeXt?
by Wolfgang Schuster 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Hi all, ConTeXt has many features but sometimes there is something missing, what feature or package do you miss which is already available in another TeX system or unavailable in any TeX system? Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 69, Issue 77
by Michael Saunders 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Henning Hraban Ramm: >> \usetypsecript [GaramondPrem] > > Here's a typo. Yes, that was it, thank you. Now when I run it it gives me... ... Latin Modern. > ------------------------------ Hans Hagen: >> My guess is: >> <typeface> switch >> serif \rm >> sans \ss >> mono \tt >> math \mm >> ?? \hw >> ?? \cg >> and that Context only permits these six families? > > it can support as many as you want but only a few make sense If you say so! > you can combine such combinations in typefaces and mix then any way and > use multiple such mixtures in one document I'm sure it's easy if you know how. I'm just trying to find out how. >> (major axis: rm, it, sl, ui; minor axis: rg, ac, sc, sw, in, su, nu, >> de, po, pl, to, tl + ornaments, which handles all of the variations >> that Adobe makes, anyway). Maybe I'll be able to reproduce it once I >> get this working. > > sounds complex .. It's very easy to use, and it allows me to access any feature of my fonts with a digraph switch. Also, it keeps the different kinds of shapes on independent axes, so I can say: \it 123 \in 456 \bd 238 \rm 909 to get the numbers set in: italic; italic inferiors; bold italic inferiors; bold roman inferiors, because I also have the weight and width on separate axes. I can't imagine anything simpler to use. > it's more like: > > [typefaceone|typefacetwo|...| [rm|ss|tt|..] [tf|it|..] That looks like a much more complicated font switch. What command are those arguments to? > so if you want a smallcaps set, you'd best do something > > \definetypeface[Whatever] [....] > \definetypeface[WhateverSmallcaps][....] > > and then switch the lot to smallcaps using a typeface switch (which is > quite fast) instead of defining all kind of extra smallcaps instances > within the main typeface You are saying that putting: \definetypeface[WhateverSmallcaps] [undocumented argument] [undocumented argument] [some other typescript somewhere] in one file and then invoking it in another with (I think maybe?): \usetypescript[that other typescript from somewhere] \usebodyfont[WhateverSmallcaps] is easier than saying: \sc ?

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mtxrun.lua:2167: stack overflow
by views63 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Hi all, I use ConTeXt MkIV version: 2010.03.10 23:47 withTeXworks,it doesn't work. the error message:E:\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\mtxrun.lua:2167: stack overflow tools configuration: name=ConTeXt MkIV program=mtxrun arguments=--autogenerate, --script, context, $synctexoption, $fullname showPdf=true

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Numbered descriptions
by Alain Delmotte 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Hi! Going on with "ConTeXt an excursion". Using Windows XP, the minimals, TeXworks and *MkIV* I have a problem with the enumerated descriptions. With the following source (taken from the "Hasselt book" :-) ): ----------------------- \starttext Some text here \defineenumeration [remark] [location=top,text=Remark,inbetween=\blank,after=\blank] \remark In the early medieval times Hasselt was a place of pilgrimage. \subremark Nowadays the {\em Heilige Stede} is closed. Here some text before group 2. \remark In the early medieval times Hasselt was a place of pilgrimage. \subremark Nowadays the {\em Heilige Stede} is closed. Here some text before group 3. \remark In the early medieval times Hasselt was a place of pilgrimage. \subremark Nowadays the {\em Heilige Stede} is closed. Here some text. \stoptext ----------------------- I get the following numbering Remark 1 Remark 1.1 Remark 2.1 Remark 2.2 Remark 3.2 Remark 3.3 I would expect 1, 1.1, 2, 2.1, 3, 3.1 I f put: \setupenumerations[remark][headstyle=bold] \setupenumerations[subremark][headstyle=slanted] before group 2, I get Remark 1 Remark 1.1 Remark 1 Remark 1.1 Remark 2.1 Remark 2.2 numbering is reset starting with group 2 (I think this is normal) but still the following numbering is odd. Any explanation? Many thanks, Alain

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simplefonts
by Michael Saunders 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Thomas A. Schmitz: Thank you, Thomas. I've been studying this closely. > A typescript file can contain a series of typeface definitions, e.g., one for serif, one for sans, one for mono, one for math, etc. hence the syntax \starttypescript [<typeface>] [<identifier>] I see! So, I'm guessing that it is this <typeface> which connects the typescripts to the font switching commands like \rm. My guess is: <typeface> switch serif \rm sans \ss mono \tt math \mm ?? \hw ?? \cg and that Context only permits these six families? > > In the typography manual, Hans says, > > "The third and fourth > > arguments to \definetypeface are pointers to already declared font > > sets; these are defined elsewhere." I think by "font set" he must > > mean a typescript like garamondprem, but I don't know where the font > > set (typescript?) "serif" is or why two font sets need to be pointed > > to. > ??? That's how I feel. The command in question was: \definetypeface [GaramondPrem] [rm] [serif] [garamondprem] [default] The typography document says that the "[serif] [garamondprem]" "are pointers to already declared font sets; these are defined elsewhere." I know now that "[garamondprem]" is the "font set" in your typescript. I don't know what font set "[serif]" points to or why. > The same typography document goes on to explain the fifth > argument: > "The fifth argument to \definetypeface specifies specific font size > setups (if any), these will be covered in section ?? in the next > chapter." > This is getting scary, but I'm hoping putting "[optical]" there will > solve everything. > I don't follow. http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-typography… says: "The fifth argument to \definetypeface specifies specific font size setups (if any), these will be covered in section ?? in the next chapter." If this chapter were inserted into the manual, the next chapter would be about color and backgrounds, so, no luck searching there. But, I noticed that that fifth argument was filled by "[optical]" at the bottom of this page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Optical_Size so: "\definetypeface [minion-pro] [rm] [serif] [minion-pro] [optical]" > > I'm confused about how [GaramondPremUpper] and [garamondpremupper] > > seem to be getting associated with [rm] and [serif] after they were > > already associated with > > [GaramondPrem] and [garamondprem]. I don't see how, when I now use \rm, the > > machine is going to know whether I mean garamondpremupper or garamondprem. > > The rest of the file seems straightforward. > In ConTeXt, you are always within a certain bodyfont (the one defined with the \definetypeface command). A switch like \it or \rm will thus take the italic/roman from this bodyfont. Meaning: when you say \setubodyfont[GaramondPrem], it will use "normal" Garamond Premier, if you use \switchtobodyfont[GaramondPremUpper], it will use the superior numbers variant. Ahhh, okay. It wasn't intuitive to me, as a user, that a relatively small change (from, say, oldstyle to superiors) would take a much bigger switch (of the whole bodyfont) than would a relatively big change (from, say, roman to italic, which only needs a little \it). I wrote a set of font switches once (in LaTeX) that were all little digraph codes (major axis: rm, it, sl, ui; minor axis: rg, ac, sc, sw, in, su, nu, de, po, pl, to, tl + ornaments, which handles all of the variations that Adobe makes, anyway). Maybe I'll be able to reproduce it once I get this working. > > I get the error: > > !undefined control sequence > > <recently read> \usetypescript > > l.12 \usetypescript > > [GaramondPrem] > Then we will need your example - this is not normal behavior. okay: First, I put an almost exact copy of your file (with your comments commented out) in type-garamondprem.tex in C:\contextminimal\tex\texmf-local and ran luatools --generate, which seems to see the directory alright. Then I put the commands: \usetypescriptfile [type-garamondprem] \usetypescript [GaramondPremUpper] \usetypsecript [GaramondPrem] \setupbodyfont [GaramondPrem,12pt] in my preamble, with nothing else. When I try to run Context, the above error was returned. For the record, here is the exact contents of type-garamondprem.tex: %So we define a set of such features for the different font instances we want to define. %In my case, I want regular text with oldstyle figures, small caps with lining figures, and superior numerals. This goes into your typescript: \definefontfeature [myroman] [protrusion=pure,expansion=quality,script=latn,liga=yes,onum=yes,pnum=yes,kern=yes,tlig=yes,trep=yes] \definefontfeature [mysmcp] [mode=node,script=latn,language=dflt,liga=yes,onum=yes,pnum=yes,kern=yes,tlig=yes,trep=yes,smcp=yes] \definefontfeature [mysup] [mode=node,script=latn,onum=no,pnum=yes,sups=yes] %Next step: we set up the "normal" and smallcaps font: \starttypescript [serif] [garamondprem] \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Roman] [name:garamondpremierpro] [features=myroman] \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Bold] [name:garamondpremierprobold] [features=myroman] \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Italic] [name:garamondpremierproitalic] [features=myroman] \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Bold-Italic] [name:garamondpremierprobolditalicc] [features=myroman] \definefontsynonym [Garamond-SmallCaps] [name:garamondpremierpro] [features=mysmcp] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [garamondprem] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Garamond-Roman] [features=myroman] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Garamond-Italic] [features=myroman] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Garamond-Bold] [features=myroman] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Garamond-Bold-Italic] [features=myroman] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [Garamond-SmallCaps] [features=mysmcp] \stoptypescript %Finally, define your first typeface: \starttypescript [GaramondPrem] \definetypeface [GaramondPrem] [rm] [serif] [garamondprem] [default] \stoptypescript %Next step: defining a typeface with superior numbers for footnote references etc.: \starttypescript [serif] [garamondpremupper] \definefontsynonym [GaramondPremUpper-Roman] [name:agaramondproregular] [features=mysup] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [garamondpremupper] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [GaramondPremUpper-Roman] [features=mysup] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Serif] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Serif] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Serif] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [Serif] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [GaramondPremUpper] \definetypeface [GaramondPremUpper] [rm] [serif] [garamondpremupper] [default] \stoptypescript %Save this typescript somewhere where ConTeXt can find it and run luatools --generate. To use these in your documents, you need these lines Thank you again, this has been a huge help.

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Including lua files
by Philipp Gesang 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Dear Lua Gurus, what's the preferred way of including files in Lua? When trying my module on a different machine I noticed that it fails because Lua's dofile() does not extend to files in the texmf tree. Thus I attempted to include the file with context.ctxlualoadfile() but it doesn't work either. Have a relaxed weekend, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Re: [NTG-context] Dezimalkomma
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

> > Hallo, > > > > I must do something wrong. It is not working for me: > > > > \setupmathematics[autopunctuation=yes] > > \starttext > > $0,1$ > > \stoptext > > maybe an too old version > As I wrote, I tested on the garden. This version is current enough I thinck. Wolfgang

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Super- and sub-script in text mode, or, fonts in math mode
by James Fisher 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Hi, A minor problem: I'm trying to place superscripted text in the text body -- things like '2^nd March'. I can't see anything like 2{\sup nd}, so my only known solution at the moment is math mode: $2^{nd}$. Despite this not being 'math', I don't really have an aversion to it. However, there's a problem with it: the superscripted text appears in italic Computer Modern. I'm using Gentium Book Basic as my body font, using XeTeX. The Gentium typeface is used perfectly everywhere, including the '2' in '2^nd', with the exception of the superscripted text. So what solutions are to hand? Is there either (1) super/sub commands in text mode, or (2) a way of fixing this in math mode? (Also, would this be a problem with ConTeXt or with XeTeX?) James Fisher

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simplefonts
by Michael Saunders 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

Aditya Mahajan: > Have you read the chapter on typography in the new manual > http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-typography… Yes. Several times. And I took notes. ------------------------------ Hans Hagen: > > 1. What the first two arguments do. > the mode=base|node determines if we use traditional tex mechanisms > (base) or let mkiv do all work itself (node) > 2. What keys and values are available for the third, and what they mean. Thank you, but by "the first two arguments", I mean 1 and 2 of: \definefontfeature [1][2][3]. For example, in \definefontfeature[smallcaps][smallcaps][script=latn] I don't know what "[smallcaps][smallcaps]" is doing. > > 3. Once I have composed a \definefontfeature command, how do I use it > > in the text. > not in the text, only when defining fonts; although you can enable and > disable features in the running text (dynamicly) .. from the source: > % \startbuffer > % \definefontfeature[smallcaps][smallcaps][script=latn] > % \definefontfeature[oldstyle] [oldstyle] [script=latn] > % > % \definedfont[name:cambria at 15pt] > % > % Hello there {\setff{smallcaps}capped 123 \setff{oldstyle}123!} \blank > % Hello there {\addff{smallcaps}capped 123 \addff{oldstyle}123!} \blank > % Hello there {\addff{smallcaps}capped \subff{smallcaps}normal} \blank > % \stopbuffer > % > % \typebuffer \getbuffer Naturally, I don't know what any of this code means (which is why I seek a human language explanation), but I'm guessing that in \definefontfeature[oldstyle] [oldstyle] [script=latn] the first "[oldstyle]" creates a command or variable called "oldstyle", the second "[oldstyle]" relates this to something else (another command or variable, maybe a font file) which is also called "oldstyle", and the key-value pair "[script=latn]"qualifies this, selecting the only the Latin part of the second "[oldstyle]". (And, by the way, my font has Greek and Cyrillic as well---why disable oldstyle in them?) I think that leaves me with a command or variable or something called "oldstyle", which I could include in the text. My first guess would have been that it's "\oldstyle", but, later in your code snippet, I see "\setff{smallcaps}" and "\addff{smallcaps}". There's no telling what the difference is. So, I'm left guessing that \definefontfeature[oldstyle] [oldstyle] [script=latn] creates a possible argument for \setff{} and \addff{}, whatever they are. They might be the commands for font switching in the text. Since the code snippet isn't a human explanation, however, I can't tell--- I can only make wild guesses. > > 4. For example, I gathered that I needed a [default] [default] > > [...onum=yes...] to get oldstyle numerals by default, but what if I > > want to use some lining numerals here and there? > > \definefontfeature [lining] [lining] [...onum=no...] > > {\lining 123} > > doesn't do it. > lnum=yes I tried this, and \definefontfeature [lining] [lining] [lnum=yes] {\lining 123} still gives me "undefined control sequence" on \lining. I also tried {\switchtobodyfont [lining] 123}, which had no effect. > > 5. How I could use the superior and inferior shapes in my font---like > > for the footnotemarks, for example? > hm, with sups=yes,subs=yes i guess but better use \high{..} and \low{..} > as often such font features are rather limited and depend on the font I'll have to try that out (since I know which fonts have them), but: \definefontfeature [?] [?] [sups=yes,subs=yes] ? ------------------------------ Thomas A. Schmitz: > This is not to disparage Wolfgang's great simplefonts module, but I learnt setting up fonts the old-fashioned way (with typescripts), > so I will give a few explanations about this approach. Most of what you want can be achieved easily. I have Garamond Premier myself, and this is how I set it up: Thank you, this is very encouraging. I used to do this with otftotfm and .fd files, so it's not totally alien to me. I just need to grasp the syntax of the Context commands. I've been pouring over your example. There are a few points I still don't understand. ... > Next step: we set up the "normal" and smallcaps font: > \starttypescript [serif] [garamondprem] > \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Roman] [name:garamondpremierpro] [features=myroman] > \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Bold] [name:garamondpremierprobold] [features=myroman] > \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Italic] [name:garamondpremierproitalic] [features=myroman] > \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Bold-Italic] [name:garamondpremierprobolditalicc] [features=myroman] > \definefontsynonym [Garamond-SmallCaps] [name:garamondpremierpro] [features=mysmcp] > \stoptypescript > > \starttypescript [serif] [garamondprem] > \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Garamond-Roman] [features=myroman] > \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Garamond-Italic] [features=myroman] > \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Garamond-Bold] [features=myroman] > \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Garamond-Bold-Italic] [features=myroman] > \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [Garamond-SmallCaps] [features=mysmcp] > \stoptypescript I don't understand the syntax of \starttypescript. It doesn't appear in the manual. It occurs twice in the "typography" document. In both cases the first argument appears to be the name of the typescript. In one example, there is only one argument, and in the other example, the second argument appears to be a list of encodings. Since everything is now utf-8, I guess that could be forgotten. So, in your example here, I take "serif" to be the name of both typsecripts, but I don't know what [garamondprem] is doing. It's never spelled out, but from looking at examples of \definefontsynonym [1][2] in the docs, I think it means something like "what we used to call 2 we can now call 1", i.e., telling the machine to replace instances of "1" with "2". If this is the case, your third arguments above just seem to apply your features to the fonts referred to, which makes sense. I don't see, though, why this has to be done twice, and with an extra layer of misdirection. E.g., instead of: \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Roman] [name:garamondpremierpro] [features=myroman] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Garamond-Roman] [features=myroman] why not just: \definefontsynonym [Serif] [name:garamondpremierpro] [features=myroman]? I think the purpose of the above step is to connect identifiers like "Serif" to a qualified font file. > Finally, define your first typeface: > > \starttypescript [GaramondPrem] > \definetypeface [GaramondPrem] [rm] [serif] [garamondprem] [default] > \stoptypescript I think this is a typescript called GaramondPrem that contains a typeface called GaramondPrem. It seems a little redundant that they have the same name. I know that the typescripts are referred to by \usetypescript, but I don't know where typefaces are referred to, so maybe it's just a dummy argument. The "[rm]" seems to be what links this to the font switching command, and the "[garamondprem]" obviously refers to both the typescripts you defined above. I don't understand what the "[serif]" is doing. In the typography manual, Hans says, "The third and fourth arguments to \definetypeface are pointers to already declared font sets; these are defined elsewhere." I think by "font set" he must mean a typescript like garamondprem, but I don't know where the font set (typescript?) "serif" is or why two font sets need to be pointed to. The same typography document goes on to explain the fifth argument: "The fifth argument to \definetypeface specifies specific font size setups (if any), these will be covered in section ?? in the next chapter." This is getting scary, but I'm hoping putting "[optical]" there will solve everything. > Next step: defining a typeface with superior numbers for footnote references etc.: > \starttypescript [serif] [garamondpremupper] > \definefontsynonym [GaramondPremUpper-Roman] [name:agaramondproregular] [features=mysup] > \stoptypescript > \starttypescript [serif] [garamondpremupper] > \definefontsynonym [Serif] [GaramondPremUpper-Roman] [features=mysup] > \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Serif] > \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Serif] > \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Serif] > \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [Serif] > \stoptypescript I think I follow you, up to the line: \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Serif]. These last lines seem to say that if you're in bold or italic, that you should still use regular superior figures, but the font has its own bold and italic superiors. I think that's true of all the weight/shape/design size variations in the set. > \starttypescript [GaramondPremUpper] > \definetypeface [GaramondPremUpper] [rm] [serif] [garamondpremupper] [default] > \stoptypescript I'm confused about how [GaramondPremUpper] and [garamondpremupper] seem to be getting associated with [rm] and [serif] after they were already associated with [GaramondPrem] and [garamondprem]. I don't see how, when I now use \rm, the machine is going to know whether I mean garamondpremupper or garamondprem. The rest of the file seems straightforward. > OK so far? Thank you---that brought me a lot closer to understanding! after saving your example and running luatools --generate, I put the last lines in my test document and tried running Context on it in the usual way. I get the error: !undefined control sequence <recently read> \usetypescript l.12 \usetypescript [GaramondPrem] > 5. How I could use the superior and inferior shapes in my font---like > for the footnotemarks, for example? > > You have defined a font instance with superiors. To use it, set up your footnotes accordingly: > > \setupfootnotes[textstyle=normal, > textcommand={\switchtobodyfont[GaramondPremUpper]}, > numbercommand={\switchtobodyfont[GaramondPremUpper]}] > 7. Maybe \definefontfeature is how I should turn on hz? > With the fontfeature, we have defined to use protrusion=pure,expansion=quality . To enable it, put this in the preamble of your document: > \enableprotruding > \enableadjusting I'll try these when I get things working. Thanks again. ------------------------------ Wolfgang Schuster: > \setupalign[hanging,hz] Or maybe I'll try that. ------------------------------ Andreas Harder: >> 5. How I could use the superior and inferior shapes in my font---like >> for the footnotemarks, for example? > \definefontfeature [sups] [default] [sups=yes] > > \setupnote > [footnote] > [command=, % -> numbercommand > textstyle=, % -> textcommand > numbercommand=\setff{sups}, % use superscript-figures > textcommand=\setff{sups}] > > So you don't have to define GaramondPremUpper. Thank you. With this, the marks in the text look good, the ones at the bottom (with the footnotes) look absurdly small. I suspect this might be because they have been optically scaled down, not switched to the smaller design size, so they seem to evaporate. They might look better if they remain the same size as in the text, I'm not sure. ------------------------------ Wolfgang Schuster: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Optical_Size Ahhh, the rest of my weekend. Thank you. -- m

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colored column
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

Hallo, can someone explain how to write a table column in color, please? The following example worked in 2006 but is not working anymore: \starttext \starttable[o1|\{C{red}|] \VL red \VL\SR \stoptable \stoptext Wolfgang Schuster posted last year the following example: \NewFormatKey W#1% {\ReadFormatKeys b{\localstartcolor[#1]\{} a{\}\localstopcolor}} \starttable[o1|W{red}c|] \VL red \VL\SR \stoptable But this results in printing '{red}' in red, not 'red'! And this variant paints the following vertical line in red too: \NewFormatKey W#1% {\ReadFormatKeys b{\localstartcolor[#1]} a{\localstopcolor}} \starttable[o1|W{red}c|] \VL red \VL\SR \stoptable So, how can I do the job? Wolfgang

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simplefonts
by Michael Saunders 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

> This works > > \definefontfeature[default] [default] [mode=node,script=latn] > \definefontfeature[smallcaps][smallcaps][mode=node,script=latn] > > \usemodule[simplefonts] > > \setmainfont[garamondpremrpro] Thank you once again. That _did_ work, after I got rid of an \os (I used it because I saw it in the manual). The command \definefontfeature intrigues me greatly. I wonder if it could solve all my problems. I'd love to understand it so that I don't end up coming in here and asking you to write all my font setups line by line. I Googled it and found only a few scattered examples here and there, mostly from this list. I wish I could find an explanation of it written down somewhere. For example, I would very much like to know: 1. What the first two arguments do. 2. What keys and values are available for the third, and what they mean. 3. Once I have composed a \definefontfeature command, how do I use it in the text. 4. For example, I gathered that I needed a [default] [default] [...onum=yes...] to get oldstyle numerals by default, but what if I want to use some lining numerals here and there? \definefontfeature [lining] [lining] [...onum=no...] {\lining 123} doesn't do it. 5. How I could use the superior and inferior shapes in my font---like for the footnotemarks, for example? 6. Could I use \definefontfeature to set up the different design sizes of my font (I'm trying to use some standard Adobe fonts like Garamond Premiere Pro, which have design sizes), as well as its other features? 7. Maybe \definefontfeature is how I should turn on hz? I'm sure these things must be possible, but I'm stumped about how to find them out. -- m

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streams
by Philipp Gesang 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

Hello all, the streams module could help typesetting my current work but all the examples fail in mkiv. (The output from mkii is impressive, though.) The snippets I tried are from the comments of http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/m-streams.tex and another one from the wiki http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Columns#Streams Here are the ConTeXt error messages, seems that \FlushLeftAndRight is the culprit but I don't really know where to start looking because the command sequences are not legible in this truncated form. (Is there some switch that prevents ConTeXt from shortening the names at least in the log file?) -8<---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Undefined control sequence. \checkedfullsplitfirstmarks ...litfirstmarknumber #1\else \normalsplitfirstm... \fetchmark ...sname \??mk \??mk #3\endcsname {#1}} \fi \fi \erasemarknotes ...fetchmark [mn:#1][column:first] }\edef \lastmarknote {0\fe... \flushoutputstreams ...:\firstoutputstream :reset} \directsetup {stream:\seco... \@@ar@@1 ...lushoutputstreams [\v!left ,\v!right ] \ifvoid \outputstreamtag \... \redoloop ->\expandrecursecontent \endofloop ... l.20 \FlushLeftAndRight ? ! Emergency stop. \checkedfullsplitfirstmarks ...litfirstmarknumber #1\else \normalsplitfirstm... \fetchmark ...sname \??mk \??mk #3\endcsname {#1}} \fi \fi \erasemarknotes ...fetchmark [mn:#1][column:first] }\edef \lastmarknote {0\fe... \flushoutputstreams ...:\firstoutputstream :reset} \directsetup {stream:\seco... \@@ar@@1 ...lushoutputstreams [\v!left ,\v!right ] \ifvoid \outputstreamtag \... \redoloop ->\expandrecursecontent \endofloop ... l.20 \FlushLeftAndRight ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!MTXrun | fatal error: return code: 1 -8<---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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\xmlstrip?
by Hans van der Meer 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

I encounter difficulties in stripping the leading and trailing whitespace from a node. The following does not work for me, typesetting \CAST delivers an empty result: \def\Cast#1{\def\CAST{#1}} \startxmlsetups xml:case:cast \Cast{\xmlstrip{#1}{}} \stopxmlsetups nor do variants like: \Cast{xmlstrip{#1}{*}} \Cast{xmlstrip{#1}{/}} \Cast{xmlstrip{#1}{/cast}} What does work is: \Cast{\xmlflush{#1}} How do I proceed? Hans van der Meer

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Antykwa Toruńska and dashes
by Philipp Gesang 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Hi again, when using Antykwa Toruńska I have problems getting dashes rights. Example: -0<---------------------------------------------------------------------------- \usetypescript[antykwa-torunska] \setupbodyfont[antykwa] \starttext asdf -- adsf\par asdf --- adsf\par asdf--asdf\par asdf---asdf\par \stoptext -0<---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In output here (MkIV as of yesterday) the double/triple dashes are not concatenated to en/em dashes. Everything works fine with latin modern, schola, bonum etc. What's wrong? Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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interlinespace confusion (MkIV)
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Hi, I am totally confused by interlinespace usage in mkiv ... Please have a look at this torture test below: Setting bodytext to a tight interlinespace works by \setuplayout[grid=both]. But \chapter doesn't get right: Either you use \setuplocalinterlinespace, then you might get an extra space between the first and the second chaper line, or you use \setupinterlinespace, then the bodytext interlinespace gets disturbed. [btw: and how do I get a tight interlinespace in \chapter too?? here grid=both doesn't work ...] Could someone please help?! Steffen ----- \usetypescript[postscript] \definetypeface[postscript][rm][serif][times][default] \mainlanguage[de] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=9pt] \def\MyChapter{% \switchtobodyfont[rm,13pt]\bf \setuplocalinterlinespace[line=16pt]% <- spurious space between 1. and 2. line % \setupinterlinespace[line=16pt]% <- bodytext interlinespace disturbed } \setuphead[chapter] [grid=both,style=\MyChapter] \setuplayout[grid=both] \starttext \chapter{Éç\\Éç\\Éç\\Éç} Éç\par Éç\par Éç\par Éç \stoptext

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Why is the figure not centered
by Curiouslearn 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Can someone please tell me why the code below does not (horizontally) center the figure? The caption is in the middle but the figure is not. Thanks. \usemodule[pgfplots] \starttext \placefigure[here][fig:demand]{Demand Curve} {\starttikzpicture \startaxis[line width=1pt, axis x line = bottom, axis y line =left, xmin=0,xmax=60, ymax=120] \addplot[mark=none] coordinates {(0,100) (50,0)}; \stopaxis \stoptikzpicture} \stoptext

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[OT] Experiences in ConTeXt
by luigi scarso 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Nice http://www.danielstender.com/granthinam/?p=769#respond -- luigi

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simplefonts
by Michael Saunders 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

> Add > > \definefontfeature[default] [default] [mode=node,script=latn] > \definefontfeature[smallcaps][smallcaps][mode=node,script=latn] > > before \setmainfont. Thank you, Wolfgang, but this has no effect. -- m

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Transliterator module, 2nd revision
by Philipp Gesang 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Hi again, the transliteration module has been reworked following sunday's discussion on the list. The table groups now come in separate files and are loaded / created only on demand. The module now provides a \[start|stop]transliterate environment, credits for it go to Wolfgang. The most valuable suggestion came from Thomas: the former substitution functions that were using string.gsub() have been entirely replaced by LPeg, which proves to be surprisingly fast. (Under some circumstances, it is faster than not transliterating at all.) I have opened a bitbucket account in order to not to clutter the mailing list with archives. The tip revision can be found here: http://bitbucket.org/phg/transliterator/get/2fc2b5fbbd46.gz and the precompiled manual over here: http://bitbucket.org/phg/transliterator/downloads/transliterator.pdf Happy TeXing! Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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\completepublications does not create index entry
by Tom 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

\completepublications creates a satisfactory bibliography but doesn't create an index entry. Is there a parameter that I don't know about that makes this happen? Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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simplefonts
by Michael Saunders 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

I couldn't get Context running from within TexnicCenter again, so I'm running it from a batch file. After pouring over all the mentions of typescripts here and there, I can't make sense of them. For example, I used to be able to write font definition files that would automatically shift between different design sizes depending on what font size was called for. How to do that here? Not a clue. Finally I settled on trying simplefonts. The two lines of documentation in Context Garden are: \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[Delicious] % set Delicious as main (serif) font I tried this at home: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[garamondpremrpro] and, indeed, it loads Garamond, but normal ligatures (e.g. ffi) are broken, TeX ligatures (e.g. ---) are broken, small caps are broken, etc. It doesn't even take advantage of the superior figures for the footnote marks, which are now tiny, spindly things. The documentation that comes with the module is one line long: \simplefont[<font>][..,..=..,..] followed by a list of OpenType features. So, I tried it: \simplefont[garamondpremrpro] [features=liga] It doesn't seem to do anything. Even standard ligatures don't work. -- m

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lpath question
by Hans van der Meer 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

In xml processing I have the following element: <abc> <xyz>contents</xyz> <xyz>contents</xyz> </abc> In the code it seems to make no diffence if I write /xyz or xyz without the / for the xyz-node. {\xmlindex{#1}{/xyz}{1}} {\xmlindex{#1}{xyz}{2}} In the reference manual I find the / used, as for example in {\xmlfirst{#1}{/caption}}. My question therefore: what exactly causes this behaviour? is it good coding practice to always use /xyz in this case? Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Dezimalkomma
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hallo, I must do something wrong. It is not working for me: \setupmathematics[autopunctuation=yes] \starttext $0,1$ \stoptext tested on the garden. Wolfgang

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Prettyprinters broken in MkIV
by Andreas Schneider 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hi, since several weeks pretty printers are broken in MkIV (minimals). I posted it already to the bug tracker, but it didn't receive any attention so far, which leads me to believe, that the mailing list is still the prefered spot to report problems. Anyway, a detailed description with minimal example is available there: http://tracker.luatex.org/view.php?id=337 Best Regards, Andreas.

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how to set \lineskiplimit-\maxdimen
by Steffen Wolfrum 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hi, controlling the lineskip in the old-fashoined way "\lineskiplimit-\maxdimen" doesn' work in mkiv anymore! Please have a look at the example below. Attached you may find the resulting PDFs, set with mkii resp. mkiv. Steffen --- \usetypescript[postscript] \definetypeface[postscript][rm][serif][times][default] \setupbodyfont[postscript,20pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt]\lineskiplimit-\maxdimen \setuplayout[grid=tolerant] \definestartstop[quotetest] [before={\startnarrower\switchtobodyfont[8pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=7pt]\lineskiplimit-\maxdimen},after=\stopnarrower] \starttext \input tufte \par \startquotetest \input tufte \par \stopquotetest \stoptext --------

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sometimes \rightaligned
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hallo, I have an other problem which was asked for years if I remember right. But I can not find it. In the following \starttext \startnarrower Und Gott der Herr machte Adam und seinem Weibe Röcke von Fellen, und kleidete sie. \RA{\tfx (Genesis 3, 21)} \stopnarrower \stoptext I want \RT a macro which does nothing if there is enough space on the right to set the whole argument and puts the argument in a new line, rightaligned otherwise. Can someone remember who has asked this before, or a fresh solution alternativly. thank you Wolfgang

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how to setup local interlinespace
by Steffen Wolfrum 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hi, setting up interlinespace in a local environment (eg. a quote) does not show any effect in mkiv anymore? Please have a look at this example: \usetypescript[postscript] \definetypeface[postscript][rm][serif][times][default] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \setuplayout[grid=tolerant] \definestartstop[quotetest] [before={\startnarrower\switchtobodyfont[8pt]\setuplocalinterlinespace[line=16pt]\setupwhitespace[0pt]\setupindenting[0em,yes]},after=\stopnarrower] \starttext \input tufte \par \startquotetest \input tufte \par \stopquotetest \stoptext Steffen

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How to align a STEPchart?
by Otared Kavian 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hi all, Sorry for asking again an elementary question… How is it possible to have a STEPchart be midaligned, or right-aligned, as one may do this with figures, tables, and FLOWcharts? An example is here: \usemodule[steps,mathml] \starttext \startbuffer[test-chart] \startSTEPtable \cell {$c=2a+3b$} \text {with $a=5$} \cell {$c=10+3b$} \text {and $b=6$} \cell {$c=10+18$} \text {we get} \cell {$c=28$} \stopSTEPtable \stopbuffer How can one center this STEPchart? \getbuffer[test-chart] \stoptext I should add that \startalignment[middle], or \placefigure do not have any influence on the alignment of the above example. Best regards: OK

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stack overflow
by Michael Saunders 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

> can you run with --track=resolvers.* and see where it goes wrong It seems to get hung up looking for context.lua (which is there, in C:\contextminimal\tex\texmf-context\context\data\textadept). It ends up in an infinite loop, saying: context> MTXrun | fileio: file '\context.lua' is not readable over and over. I tried updating context minimals by saying: first-setup.bat --keep but this didn't fix it. -- m

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wrong heights in TABLE
by Peter Münster 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hello, I don't know, what I'm doing wrong here. The number of rows in each column is only correct, when adding a seventh column: \startbuffer \setupTABLE[r][2,3,4,5,6,7][height=6ex] \bTABLE[width=0.125\textwidth] \bTR \bTH 1. col\eTH \bTH 2. col\eTH \bTH 3. col\eTH \bTH 4. col\eTH \bTH 5. col\eTH \bTH 6. col\eTH \doifmode{seven}{\bTH 7. col\eTH} \eTR \bTR \bTD[nr=6]6 rows in 1. col\eTD \bTD[nr=2]2 rows in 2. col\eTD \bTD[nr=6]6 rows in 3. col\eTD \bTD[nr=2]2 rows in 4. col\eTD \bTD 1 row in 5. col\eTD \bTD[nr=2]2 rows in 6. col\eTD \doifmode{seven}{\bTD\eTD} \eTR \bTR \bTD[nr=2] 2 rows in 5. col\eTD \doifmode{seven}{\bTD\eTD} \eTR \bTR \bTD[nr=2]2 rows in 2. col\eTD \bTD[nr=2]2 rows in 4. col\eTD \bTD[nr=4]4 rows in 6. col\eTD \doifmode{seven}{\bTD\eTD} \eTR \bTR \bTD[nr=2] 2 rows in 5. col\eTD \doifmode{seven}{\bTD\eTD} \eTR \bTR \bTD[nr=2]2 rows in 2. col\eTD \bTD[nr=2]2 rows in 4. col\eTD \doifmode{seven}{\bTD\eTD} \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 row in 5. col\eTD \doifmode{seven}{\bTD\eTD} \eTR \eTABLE \stopbuffer \starttext \getbuffer\blank \enablemode[seven] \getbuffer \stoptext Where could be the problem? TIA for any hint! Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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clds and nesting
by Philipp Gesang 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hi all, how do I get proper nesting with clds? Consider this: --8<-------------------------------------------------------------------------- context.placefigure( "none", function() context.framed( { frame="on", align="middle" }, function() context.input("knuth") end ) end ) context.par() function text () context.framed( { frame="on", align="middle" }, function() context.input("knuth") end ) end context.placefigure( "none", function () text() end ) --8<-------------------------------------------------------------------------- in both cases the text is displayed but framed() doesn't seem to be evaluated. What did I miss? Thanks for any hints, and big thanks to Hans for creating the cld interface. Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Problem with lilypond module
by Lutz Haseloff 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hi Mojca, Christopher, Hraban, Wolfgang, since a couple of days the lilypond module doesn't work anymore. Testfile: \usemodule[lilypond] \starttext There are some notes \lower 8.2pt\hbox{\lilypond[fragment=true]{\relative c' {c d e fis}}} embedded in this line. \stoptext Context creates a file "&1" with 0 Byte and a file "lilypond-1" in the current directory. In the log i find: !LilyPond ERROR : File 'lily1-lilypond-1.tmp' was not written! Processing file "lilypond-1" directly with lilypond works. Greetings Lutz

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stack overflow
by Michael Saunders 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Thank you, Taco. I'm still going over the font docs. Today: \starttext test \stoptext results in: mtxrun.lua:2167: stack overflow It worked yesterday.

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Dezimalkomma
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hallo, if I write $0,8$ the distance between the ',' and the '8' is too big. I can write $0,\!8$ or an other kern, but I don't see how I can write a macro to avoid the extra effort. Shouldn't be this gap in german (\mainlanguage[deo]) as big as $0.8$ in US? Is there a switch I have overseen? ------------------------------------------- \mainlanguage[deo] \starttext $0,8$ $0.8$ $0,\!8$ \stoptext ------------------------------------------- Thank you Wolfgang

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underbar/underbars interchanged?
by Hans van der Meer 10 Mar '10

10 Mar '10

In the (old) ConTeXT manual one finds for \underbar{} an example giving underlining of its whole argument. In contrast \underbars{} should not underline the spaces, as demonstrated by the example given. However, the actual behaviour seems just the opposite. Or has the role of these macros changed in the meantime? The wording (singular versus plural) indicates to me the opposite of the behaviour shown. By the way, quoting breaks the underline flow! A minimal example: \starttext \underbar{These words are done with \quote{underbar}}\crlf \underbars{These words are done with \quote{underbars}}\crlf \stoptext result: ConTeXt ver: 2010.03.02 12:34 MKIV fmt: 2010.3.8 int: english/english Hans van der Meer

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Math setups
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 10 Mar '10

10 Mar '10

Hello Wolfgand and other ConTeXties, You are welcome to watch and expand new wiki page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math_setups Vyatcheslav > \setupmathematics[autopunctuation=yes]

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About Thomas Schmitz My Way
by Otared Kavian 10 Mar '10

10 Mar '10

Dear Thomas, Many thanks for your My Way about « Getting Web Content and pdf-Output from One Source »: first of all I must say that you are « un grand pédagogue »! Thanks to you, I dared to begin to learn how to use the same file on the web and as a ConTeXt source, and had a look to the manual written by Hans, xml-mkiv.pdf, which is indeed great, like all other manuals written by him. (By the way, without participating to the thread on ConTeXt documentation, when I was reading Hans' manual on xml-mkiv, I noticed that only on my computer there are more than 80 different manuals, ranging from manuals for beginners to high level documentation for experts... For all everyday matters these manuals contain what I, or an ordinary user, may need). Regarding the tutorial you have written, although the typo may be corrected by any cautious reader, I think that, on page 2, lines 5 and 6 of your My Way it should be </body> </html> I don't know whether the following observation is correct or not: I had to add at the beginning of the file « ourenvironment.tex » which must contain the xml setups, the command \startenvironment ourenvironment and at the end of that file: \stopenvironment before being able to get what you describe. The curious thing is that even when I didn't add \startenvironment ourenvironment but I did add \stopenvironment the xml file was processed by ConTeXt. For beginners like me, I think this should be said clearly somewhere. Also, in order to have a better PDF in your examples, at some point I understood that in order to have appropriate white space between paragraphs and tables one could, or should, add the tag for preformatted text: <pre> </pre> and transform it into \blank by ConTeXt. To this end one has to add the tag pre to \xmlsetup: \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{html|body|h1|h2|p|em|q|b|table|tr|th|td|pre}{xml:*} and then \startxmlsetups xml:pre \xmlflush{#1}\blank[big] \stopxmlsetups to the environment. Finally a qusetion: is there a way to obtain an xml file from a rather simple TeX source, written with ConTeXt commands? Here by simple I mean something which contains text and math formulas, such as a list of problems and exercises. Best regards: OK

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problem with mp-form.mp while updating minimals
by Jelle Huisman 10 Mar '10

10 Mar '10

Hi all, I'm updating my ConTeXt (minimals) installation (on Linux-64) and get this error: (/home/jelle/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-form.mp ! I can't find file `string'. l.81 input string Please type another input file name: Eventually I did Ctrl-C, but both ConTeXt and MetaPost seem to work, so... (I also installed the minimals from scratch, but get the same error.) Jelle

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bibtex problems
by Tom 10 Mar '10

10 Mar '10

I am now trying to create a bibliography database and have, I think, followed the documentation but to no good result. Myfile.tex contains the following: \setupbibtex[database=myfile] \starttex \startpublication ... \stoppublication \stoptext texexec --once myfile processes myfile then returns "no ctx file found" and ends with "nothing to process" What am I missing? Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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smaller-bigger fontsize
by Hans van der Meer 10 Mar '10

10 Mar '10

ConTeXt fontsizing has \tx to make the current font style one step smaller, then another \txx does that again. For makeing the size bigger I cannot see anything other than the series \tfa \tfb \tfc \tfd. It would however be nice to also have a similar cumulative effect here. Can there be something like "\tsmall" available to reduce the font size one step (to a certain minimum, not just \tx\tx = \txx)? And similar \tbig to enlarge the font size one step? It will make the equivalent of HTML's <small> and <big> tags easy to implement for typesetting my xml data. Or are there already such things? Hans van der Meer

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Problem with „kpathsearch510.dll“
by Helmut Schwertner 10 Mar '10

10 Mar '10

Hello, I'm using contextminimals with win7 64bit. Since a few days i get the following two messages when I try to update or to do a new install of contextminimals. The message (error report) for two times is: pdftex.exe – Einsprungpunkt nicht gefunden Der Prozedureinsprungpunkt „sfseek64“ wurde in der DLL „kpathsearch510.dll“ nicht gefunden. Sorry, I'm not able to translate this. Context (mkiv) is working ; texexec (mkii) is broken. What can I do? Thanks, Helmut helmut.schwertner(at)gmx.de

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xml content and tweaked pdf output
by Steffen Wolfrum 10 Mar '10

10 Mar '10

Hi, very carefully I am trying to make first steps towards XML and ConTeXt (with MkIV). Thus, I have enjoyed reading Thomas' MyWay "Getting Web Content and pdf-Output from One Source": I only kept wondering, how to keep control over the pdf-Output in terms of fine-tuning the actual typesetting? A quick search in the archive gave me the answer that is attached below: by using XMLentities. But coming back to Thomas' issue "Getting Web Content and pdf-Output from One Source": What about the other branch, getting web content? Doesn't the XML source gets "spoiled" by these inserted XMLentities that only make sense when following the pdf-Output branch? Or will these XMLentities be silently ignored when feeding the XML source in a CMS system or processing further to web content? Apologies for asking such basic questions... Any help or tips to deal with this hybrid will be greatly appreciated Steffen Am 13.04.2008 um 11:54 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: > Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: >> Hi gang, >> >> speaking of xml... I have two easy questions, but can't find an >> answer. It's about tweaking the pdf-output I get: >> >> 1. How do you add an additional hyphenation to a word? How would I >> enter the equivalent of super\-duper in an xml-file? I tried >> super&addhyphen;duper with this definition: >> \defineXMLentity[addhyphen]{\-} >> >> in my environment, but this doesn't seem to work. > > Needs an example file, because > > \defineXMLentity[addhyphen]{\-} > \starttext > \hsize 1in > \startXMLdata > I tried super&addhyphen;duper > \stopXMLdata > \stoptext > > works in both mkii and mkiv. > > >> 2. Similar question: how to prevent an unwanted ligature, esp. in >> German? In TeX, I write Kauf{}laden. What would be a good way to do >> this in xml? I was thinking of Kauf&nolig;laden and >> \defineXMLentity[nolig]{\kern0pt} > > That should work, but probably better is: > \defineXMLentity[nolig]{\prewordbreak\kern0pt\postwordbreak} > because the \kern will disable hyphenation, otherwise. > > In mkii, just > \defineXMLentity[nolig]{{}} > also works (but not in mkiv, and that is a feature). > > Best wishes, > Taco > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________

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no space after \note[]
by Peter Münster 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

Hello, The space after \note[test] is eaten: \starttext bla\footnote[test]{bla} bla\note[test] bla \stoptext Bug or feature? Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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unwanted space in front of table
by zs 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

Hi, I found a space between character and table. Is it intended behavior or bug? Zdenek Sample code: \starttext \setupTABLE[background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow] This is OK: a% \setupTABLE[column][1][width=20mm]% \setupTABLE[column][2][width=20mm]% \setupTABLE[column][3][width=20mm]% \bTABLE% \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \eTABLE% b Here we have space: a \setupTABLE[column][1][width=20mm] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=20mm] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=20mm] \bTABLE% \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \eTABLE b ... and thinner space here: a \setupTABLE[column][1,2,3][width=20mm] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \eTABLE b \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 69, Issue 49
by Michael Saunders 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

> The question is: what have you set OSFONTDIR to, and does that > location actually contain the system fonts? Thank you, Taco. Double checking, I find that I have set OSFONTDIR to C:\Windows\Fonts, which does indeed contain my 1074 system font files, 970 of them open type. The slightly different string you put on the webpage: mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=* now seems to find them. That was the problem. My next problem is to make sense of what lies under the heading "The standard way: Typescripts". It's clear that the instructions don't mean "typescript" in the ordinary English sense of the word (a typewritten document), but some new, undefined thing. From other bits of documentation here and there, I've gotten the idea that typescripts are files that contain commands. I know that there are examples of typescripts given elsewhere, but without explanation, I couldn't decipher them. I don't suppose there is a syntax of the typescript language written down anywhere. The first instruction stymies me: "1. Copy the typescript files into either $TEXMF/tex/texmf-fonts/tex/context/user $TEXMF/tex/texmf-project/tex/context/user" What typescript files? Where? Also, the two directories don't exist in my distribution of Context Minimals. Are we supposed to create them? I look ahead for clues as to where the typescripts for my fonts might be. A little farther down there is a heading, 'Where to find existing typescripts', but it doesn't talk about where to find typescripts. It does hint at what typescripts are though---it says, 'Each of the typescripts below...' and then, below, there is a list of lines like the following: Latin Modern (typescript name: modern; this is the default font set) Maybe a line like that is a typescript. Who knows?

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unwanted space in front of table
by zs 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

Hi, I found a space between character and table. Is it intended behavior or bug? Zdenek Sample code: \starttext \setupTABLE[background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow] This is OK: a% \setupTABLE[column][1][width=20mm]% \setupTABLE[column][2][width=20mm]% \setupTABLE[column][3][width=20mm]% \bTABLE% \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \eTABLE% b Here we have space: a \setupTABLE[column][1][width=20mm] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=20mm] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=20mm] \bTABLE% \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \eTABLE b ... and thinner space here: a \setupTABLE[column][1,2,3][width=20mm] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \eTABLE b \stoptext

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Mac installation-file not found error
by Curiouslearn 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

Hi, I tried updating my context minimal installation today (on Mac OSX 10.5.8) using the command sh ./first-setup.sh --extras=all Somewhere during the installation process the terminal gave me an error saying something like file \loadmarkfile{node-mig} not found. Enter another file name. I did not know what to enter so I pressed (Ctrl-C) and then installation process continued. I compiled a simple file and it compiled without any problems. Should I be worried about that file? Thanks.

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default for \xmlatt
by Hans van der Meer 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

I would like to have a default value available to be returned in case \xmlatt{#1}{attr} is absent. Something like \xmlattdefault{#1}{attr} {default}. Or is this already possible? I cannot find such a thing in the current reference manual for mkiv xml-processing. Hans van der Meer

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Lua-loop inside MetaPost
by Andreas Harder 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

Hi all, I can't find a solution for the following example: \starttext \startMPpage draw origin for i=0 step 10 until 100 : ..{down}(i,0) endfor ; \stopMPpage \startluacode context.startMPpage() context("draw origin"..for i=0,100,10 do.."..{down}("..i..",0)"..end..";") context.stopMPpage() \stopluacode \stoptext Can someone help? Thanks in advance Andreas

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Re: [NTG-context] suggestions for context documentation
by Victor Eijkhout 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

> \startitem Even an old manual can quite well describe > functionality as much didn't change. It's only with \MKIV\ that > some compatibility is dropped and only for obscure features. Of > course I could trick users by regenerating a manual with a newer > date. I often use the excellent book \quote {\TEX\ by Topic} which > is already quite old and does not cover \ETEX, \PDFTEX, \LUATEX\ > or whatever but what is told in it is still true. I never look at > it thinking it being old. \stopitem Hans, thanks for the compliments. Let me point out that the source of TeX by Topic is available under the Gnu Public Documentation License, so anyone should feel free to add modern TeX additions to it. Personally I feel that the eTeX & pdTeX additions are mature enough that they could be added, of course with suitable markers to indicate their non-standardness. I don't have the time for this, but I'd welcome a collaboration with anyone that wants to invest the time. Victor.

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using xml setup in another one
by Hans van der Meer 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

I would like to make xml-setups for general usage. For example making possible: <dvd> ...... <quote>Q</quote> ..... </dvd> With special setup for dvd: \startxmlsetups xml:case:casesetups % environment definition % ????? \xmlsetsetup{dvd}{*}{-} % ignore all inside <dvd></dvd> not below \xmlsetsetup{dvd}{% % these are not to be ignored dvd|state|datadirectory|....}{xml:case:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:case:casesetups} % register this setup and another one useable for general inclusion: \startxmlsetups xml:common:commonsetups % environment definition \xmlsetsetup{common}{quote|...}{xml:common:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:common:commonsetups} % register this setup As setup above it doesn't seem to work. What is the best route to accomplish the idea? Best would be restricting the nodes in the <dvd>'s to those defined under <dvd> + those in common, exclusively. Hans van der Meer

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from xml into buffer
by Hans van der Meer 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

I get an error with the code below. Is it (im)possible to fill a buffer from xml-processing in this manner? Or is there another way? The xml: <description>contents of description</description> The setups: \startxmlsetups xml:case:description \startbuffer[BESCHRIJVING] \xmlflush{#1} \stopbuffer \stopxmlsetups The error message: Runaway argument? \xmlflush {dvd::24}\stopbuffer \startcase \dvdfrontpagina [\PAGEFIGURE \ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \dododowithbuffer. ConTeXt ver: 2010.03.02 12:34 MKIV fmt: 2010.3.8 int: english/english Hans van der Meer

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using otf fonts with MKIV
by Michael Saunders 09 Mar '10

09 Mar '10

I think this should be possible. I'm trying to follow: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTex I have set OSFONTDIR and run mtxrun --script font --reload. The output looks like: MTXrun | fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix otf MTXrun | fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix OTF MTXrun | fontnames: 161 tree files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime ... MTXrun | fontnames: 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.135 seconds MTXrun | fontnames: 60 files rejected due to clashes MTXrun | fontnames: 635 double lookups in mappings MTXrun | fontnames: 169 double lookups in fallbacks The next step, mtxrun --script fonts --list returns "not supported". I supposed that the documentation was wrong and finally struck on mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern=* which seems to know of only one font file, though I have over 1000 in the folder.

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columns and whitespace
by James Fisher 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

There was a thread about columns and whitespace ~ 2 weeks ago, but I wasn't a subscriber then. I've just come across it independently myself. I'm not sure what conclusion was come to. From a few tests, I'd characterize the problem code in \startcolumns as: "if whitespace has been set to more than none, set whitespace to 'line'." Try it by uncommenting various lines: %\setupwhitespace[none] %\setupwhitespace[small] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] %\setupwhitespace[small] \input knuth \stopcolumns \stoptext Do people agree with that characterization; has the bug been found; what's being done about it? I don't want to have to re-setup whitespace every time I go to columns. James

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Re: [NTG-context] including xml files
by Hans Hagen 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

On 8-3-2010 21:55, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > context --environment=ourenvironment maps1.html ah, context can recognize a couple of suffixes but ignores html so just use --forcexml which will add the wrapper (future versions will not use the wrapper but that's sort of hidden anyway) we also have another force: --forcecld as well for documents coded in lua (currently in the context namespace but in the future more generic) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Working with Arabic
by Graham Douglas 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Firstly, hello to all listmembers from a new member and first-time poster --- please excuse any accidental breach of list etiquette in my initial postings :-) I would just like to start by saying a huge thank-you to Hans, Taco and the LuaTeX team for producing this wonderful, facinating, piece of software. Thanks also to whoever wrote the rsynch-based installation of the ConTeXt minimals, it worked **beautifully** on my Windows Vista laptop. I've come back to using TeX after a gap of a few years and I have to say that I am quite addicted to LuaTeX already. I have, in the recent past, programmed (mostly as a hobby) in C, Perl, PostScript etc --- so I am very keen to learn more about LuaTeX, and get to grips with it. There is much to learn, I am sure! My personsal interest is to use LuaTeX as a tool in my (self-teaching) studies of learning Arabic. Incidentally, that is how I discovered LuaTeX, through the videos of Idris' talks at the River-Valley site. Specifically, I want to keep notes of my Arabic studies in a nice way, so LuaTeX looks perfect for that. And so to my question. I would very much like to explore using (or writing (eventually...)???) commands that let me "format" Arabic words etc as part of my notes. I have not explored this yet, so I apologise if this is already possible 'out of the box'. I just wanted to ask the experts here, before spending too much time exploring the wrong things! For example, I would like to be able to use colour with certain glyphys in (any location) within Arabic words. For example \somecommand{Arabic text} where \somecommand{...} would (for example) put certain glyphs in colour --- particularly for grammar, where you are writing out verb tables, or dual/plural endings for adjectives/nouns etc. In essence, where do I need to start exploring to be able to write such things --- LuaTeX node processing, colour attributes etc?? Any pointers or guidance to help me start looking in the right place would be very welcome. Warm wishes to all Graham Douglas

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XML processing not understood
by Hans van der Meer 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Starting the typesetting in mkiv of xml data I cannot get a simple example working. I studied both the recent MyWay document and Hans Hagens xml-mkiv reference manual (especially page 11). From these I concocted the following simple test: file typeset from TeXShop is dvd-setup.tex containing: \startxmlsetups xml:dvdsetups \xmlsetsetup{dvdsetups}{*}{-} \xmlsetsetup{dvdsetups}{dvd|title|subtitle}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:dvdsetups} % also not working: {dvdsetups} \startxmlsetups xml:dvd \Filenumber{\xmlatt{#1}{filenumber}} \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:title \Title{\xmlflush{#1}} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:subtitle \Subtitle{\xmlflush{#1}} \stopxmlsetups \def\Filenumber#1{Filenumber = \quotation{#1}\crlf} \def\Title#1{Title = \quotation{#1}\crlf} \def\Subtitle#1{Subtitle = \quotation{#1}\crlf} \starttext \xmlprocessfile{dvd}{dvd.xml}{} \stoptext \endinput The file dvd.tex contains the following data: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <dvd filenumber="D001"> <title>Title</title> <subtitle>subtitle</subtitle> </dvd> The result is a single ouput line with on it: Title subtitle That is just the data inside the dvd nodes. What am I doing wrong here? version recently loaded:ConTeXt ver: 2010.03.02 12:34 MKIV fmt: 2010.3.8 int: english/english Hans van der Meer

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beta: framecolor bug (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Hi, strange little bug. packed example is attached. MTXrun | current version: 2010.03.02 12:34 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.51.0-2010030811 (rev 3445) Best wishes, Peter

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including xml files
by Philipp Gesang 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Hi all, what is the recommended way of including an xml tree from one file in another? Right now I'm stuck with the following \startxmlsetups xml:inc \xmlprocessfile{inc}{\xmlatt{#1}{file}}{} \stopxmlsetups combined with <inc file="inc.xml"/> in the xml source. But although the content of inc.xml is processed the headings it contains don't show up in the toc (there _is_ an entry for them and a page reference as well but no title). Personally, I'd prefer some include method like file entities (<!ENTITY inc SYSTEM "inc.xml">) but they don't seem to work. Thanks for any suggestions, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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no output
by Michael Saunders 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Thank you. I had never heard of "luatex/mkiv format" before---I have just been trying to follow the four or five conflicting pages about installation that I found at Context Garden. I did a Google search there for "luatex format", which does not occur, and for "mkiv format", which occurs once, under a heading about updating existing installations. It says: * For making MKIV format luatools --selfupdate mtxrun --selfupdate luatools --generate context --make I tried these commands and, indeed they ran. I also changed my command line to: context --interface=en --language=en test.tex I had been trying to follow the example on the Context Garden page, which contained the incorrect command and flags you saw. Now when I run context, I get less promising output than before: MTXrun | run 1: luatex --fmt="C:contextminimal/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/d1d2ccfb3346ff481f4c4dab022cb26d/fomats/cont-en" --lua="C:contextminimal/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/d1d2ccfb3346ff481f4c4dab022cb26d/fomats/cont-en.lui" --backen MTXrun | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: No such file or directory

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MetaPost + format("%g",n)
by Troy Henderson 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

This code compiles fine with plain MetaPost. input graph; beginfig(0); draw begingraph(1in,1in); setrange((0,0),(1,1)); for n=auto.x: show format("%g",n); endfor; endgraph; endfig; end However, this "ConTeXt translated" version errors in MKIV \usemodule[graph] \ctxlua{metapost.showlog=true} \startMPpage draw begingraph(1in,1in); setrange((0,0),(1,1)); for n=auto.x: show format("%g",n); endfor; endgraph; \stopMPpage See foo.log (attached). Thoughts? Troy

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Re: [NTG-context] suggestions for context documentation
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

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not understanding ConTeXt-XML
by Hans van der Meer 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

I guess I am a bit stupid, but I do not understand how to process xml in ConTeXt. I started working through the contextXML-example.pdf from the Pragma site. I tried to follow the example on page 8 which reads: % here go style definitions % and XML to TEX mappings \starttext \processXMLfilegrouped {filename.xml} \stoptext In TeXShop (working in the latest context-beta) I have the tex-input: \def\Filenumber#1{[#1]} <xsl:template match="dvd"> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="dvd/filenumber"> <xsl:text>\Filenumber{</xsl:text> <xsl:text>{\bf </xsl:text> <xsl:apply-templates/> <xsl:text>}</xsl:text> <xsl:text>}</xsl:text> </xsl:template> \starttext \processXMLfilegrouped {xml-input.xml} \stoptext and in file name.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <dvd> <filenumber>D134</filenumber> </dvd> I get the obviously wrong result: <xsl:template match="dvd"> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="dvd/ﬁlenumber"> <xsl:text>[</xsl:text> <xsl:text></xsl:text> <xsl:apply-templates/> <xsl:text></xsl:text> <xsl:text>]</xsl:text> </ xsl:template> D134 My main problem seems to be the proper incantations and in the right order. What is the relation between the <xsl:template>-definitions and the xml-processing, because these data show up in the result? What is in this respect the function of macros like \defineXMLenvironment, etc? From the example document I cannot infer the relation between these and the <xsl:template>-definitions. Just some pointers in the right direction may set me on the right track. Thanks in advance. Hans van der Meer

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no output
by Michael Saunders 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

I finally got Context to install (correctly, I think), and I'm trying to set up a profile for it in TeXnicCenter. When I run it, I get the promising message: > TeXExec | processing document 'test.tex' > TeXExec | no ctx file found > TeXExec | tex processing method: context > TeXExec | TeX run 1 > TeXExec | writing option file test.top > TeXExec | using randomseed 110 > TeXExec | tex engine: luatex > TeXExec | tex format: cont-en > TeXExec | runtime: 0.08 > > LaTeX-Result: 0 Error(s), 0 Warning(s), 0 Bad Box(es), 0 Page(s) but no pdf file is output. My command looks something like this: texexec --lua --bat --nonstop --pdf --interface=en --color --language=en test.tex the tex file contains the lines: > \starttext > hello cruel world > \stoptext What is wrong?

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problems with \enabletrackers[resolvers.locating]
by luigi scarso 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

%% %%# egrep trackers\.reg *|perl -ne 'if(s/.*trackers\.register\("([^"]+)"/$1/){print "\\enabletrackers[$1]\n"}' -|sort|uniq %% \enabletrackers[afm.features] \enabletrackers[afm.indexing] \enabletrackers[afm.loading] \enabletrackers[asciimath.mapping] \enabletrackers[backend.detail] \enabletrackers[backend.finalizers] \enabletrackers[backend.objects] \enabletrackers[backend.resources] \enabletrackers[backend.xmp] \enabletrackers[buffers.run] \enabletrackers[buffers.visualize] \enabletrackers[chemistry.molecules] \enabletrackers[chemistry.structure] \enabletrackers[chemistry.textstack] \enabletrackers[cjk.analyzing] \enabletrackers[cjk.injections] \enabletrackers[cld.print] \enabletrackers[colors.define] \enabletrackers[context.define] \enabletrackers[context.flush] \enabletrackers[context.intercept] \enabletrackers[figures.bases] \enabletrackers[figures.conversion] \enabletrackers[figures.locating] \enabletrackers[figures.programs] \enabletrackers[files.run] \enabletrackers[fonts.all] \enabletrackers[fonts.collecting] \enabletrackers[fonts.combining] \enabletrackers[fonts.defining] \enabletrackers[fonts.expansion] \enabletrackers[fonts.loading] \enabletrackers[fonts.missing] \enabletrackers[fonts.names] \enabletrackers[fonts.protrusion] \enabletrackers[fonts.scaling] \enabletrackers[fonts.warnings] \enabletrackers[lxml.access] \enabletrackers[lxml.comments] \enabletrackers[lxml.loading] \enabletrackers[lxml.manipulations] \enabletrackers[lxml.setups] \enabletrackers[math.analyzing] \enabletrackers[math.defining] \enabletrackers[math.greek] \enabletrackers[math.processing] \enabletrackers[math.remapping] \enabletrackers[math.timings] \enabletrackers[math.virtual] \enabletrackers[memory.checking] \enabletrackers[metapost.graphics] \enabletrackers[metapost.textexts] \enabletrackers[modules.loading] \enabletrackers[nodes.backend] \enabletrackers[nodes.callbacks] \enabletrackers[nodes.casing] \enabletrackers[nodes.characters] \enabletrackers[nodes.collect_vspacing] \enabletrackers[nodes.destinations] \enabletrackers[nodes.digits] \enabletrackers[nodes.hspacing] \enabletrackers[nodes.injections] \enabletrackers[nodes.migrations] \enabletrackers[nodes.mirroring] \enabletrackers[nodes.page_vspacing] \enabletrackers[nodes.references] \enabletrackers[nodes.ruled] \enabletrackers[nodes.shifted] \enabletrackers[nodes.vbox_vspacing] \enabletrackers[nodes.vsnapping] \enabletrackers[nodes.vspacing] \enabletrackers[otf.actions] \enabletrackers[otf.alternatives] \enabletrackers[otf.analyzing] \enabletrackers[otf.applied] \enabletrackers[otf.baseinit] \enabletrackers[otf.bugs] \enabletrackers[otf.contexts] \enabletrackers[otf.cursive] \enabletrackers[otf.details] \enabletrackers[otf.directions] \enabletrackers[otf.dynamics] \enabletrackers[otf.features] \enabletrackers[otf.injections] \enabletrackers[otf.kerns] \enabletrackers[otf.ligatures] \enabletrackers[otf.loading] \enabletrackers[otf.lookups] \enabletrackers[otf.marks] \enabletrackers[otf.math] \enabletrackers[otf.multiples] \enabletrackers[otf.normal_chain] \enabletrackers[otf.positions] \enabletrackers[otf.preparing] \enabletrackers[otf.private] \enabletrackers[otf.replacements] \enabletrackers[*otf.sample] \enabletrackers[otf.sequences] \enabletrackers[otf.singles] \enabletrackers[otf.skips] \enabletrackers[otf.steps] \enabletrackers[otf.unimapping] \enabletrackers[otf.verbose_chain] \enabletrackers[publications.bibtex] \enabletrackers[publications.bibxml] \enabletrackers[references.bookmarks] \enabletrackers[references.destinations] \enabletrackers[references.references] \enabletrackers[resolvers.cache] \enabletrackers[resolvers.containers] \enabletrackers[resolvers.details] \enabletrackers[resolvers.expansions] %%% \enabletrackers[resolvers.locating] %%% PROBLEM \enabletrackers[resolvers.prepfiles] \enabletrackers[resolvers.schemes] \enabletrackers[resolvers.storage] \enabletrackers[scripts.analyzing] \enabletrackers[scripts.injections] \enabletrackers[structure.counters] \enabletrackers[structure.detail] \enabletrackers[structure.lists] \enabletrackers[structure.notes] \enabletrackers[structure.pages] \enabletrackers[structure.processors] \enabletrackers[structure.referencing] \enabletrackers[structure.registers] \enabletrackers[structure.sectioning] \enabletrackers[system.callbacks] \enabletrackers[system.directives] \enabletrackers[system.experiments] \enabletrackers[tasks.creation] \enabletrackers[widgets.fields] \enabletrackers[xml.entities] \enabletrackers[xml.parse] \enabletrackers[xml.path] \enabletrackers[xml.profile] \starttext\input knuth \stoptext If uncomment %%% \enabletrackers[resolvers.locating] %%% PROBLEM then ! LuaTeX error ...ypes/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/data-res.lua:2024: attempt to concatenate local 'v' (a boolean value) stack traceback: ...ypes/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/data-res.lua:2024: in function 'sequenced' ...ypes/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/data-res.lua:2035: in function <...ypes/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/data-res.lua:2029> (tail call): ? ...ypes/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/supp-fil.lua:149: in function 'doreadfile' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \doreadfile ...support.doreadfile("#1","#2","#3")} }\ifx \readfilename \empty... \loadallsystemfiles ...ry \empty \readsysfile {#1} {\showmessage \m!systems 2... <inserted text> ...iles \f!errfilename \donothing \egroup \finalend ...se \the \everybye \the \everygoodbye \doifsometokselse \everyno... -- luigi

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Margin terminology -- badly documented, undocumented, or misdocumented
by James Fisher 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Hi all. I am trying to understand the terminology for the \definelayout and \setuplayout commands. Unfortunately the documentation at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layoutdoesn't correspond to the actual output I get. Nor does the 'documentation' at http://getfo.org/context_xml/page3.html , which the first page recommends. More, the two pages seem pretty contradictory. Consider my situation: I'm trying to set up an A4 page with the following margins (I use the term margin to mean the space from the edge of the physical paper to the edge of the body text area): top: 2.97cm bottom: 2.97cm left: 2.1cm right: 2.1cm For the moment, I don't care at all about header and footer space, nor notes in the margins; I'm just trying to get the above margins. However, with all conceivable combinations of commands at both of those pages, I've been unable to set anything like this up. Based on the getfo.org page, I should be able to set up these left and right margins with: backspace=2.1cm, cutspace=2.1cm But, looking at the result, and also with using \showlayout (which for some reason, AFAICS, generates four identical pages at the beginning of the document), this quite obviously doesn't do what getfo.org claims. I have also tried setting everything to 0cm with the exception of any random one of the measurements that go into making a margin, which I would set to 2.1cm. No avail here, either. Can someone give me the configuration I would need for the above required margins? Even better, can someone give me the definitive definitions of all the terms used in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout, algebraically rather than as ambiguous tables of "Remarks"? This would help a bunch. Many thanks, James Fisher

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MetaPost bug? in MKIV
by Troy Henderson 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

The following example produces expected output with MKII (texexec) but fails the compilation process with MKIV (context). \startuseMPgraphic{foo} input graph; path p; gdata("data.d", $, augment.p($1,$2);); draw begingraph(4in,2.5in); gdraw p; endgraph; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \useMPgraphic{foo} \stoptext The data stored in data.d is as follows: 0 0 1 1 2 4 When compiling with MKIV, the following error occurs: !mplib : mp terminal: (/opt/context-minimals/tex/texmf/metapost/base/graph.mp ! Redundant equation. <to be read again> ; l.143 Gmargin.low=-.07; % bbox fraction for default ra... ! Redundant equation. <to be read again> ; l.144 Gmargin.high=1.07; % bbox fraction for default ra... ) !mplib : mp error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages !mplib : mp terminal: [1] !mplib : mp error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages -- Troy Henderson

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Where to put a module?
by Philipp Gesang 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Dear listmates, a while ago I made some lua tables to aid myself in transliteration of various scripts. I thought this could be of general interest so I built a module from it and threw in some source documentation and a tiny manual, too. Right now it contains modes for Cyrillic, Glagolitic and Greek scripts, older variants included, full ISO 9 support, and two transcription modes as well. (There's a showcase of examples in the manual.) It allows global setups and local adjustments. It splendidly works for me, but maybe somebody wants to review it before I post it on the list, so whom should I send it to? Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Where is the cow?
by Matthias Weber 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Dear all, maybe a catchy subject line will get attention -:) Indeed, the cow seems to be missing in mk2 and is overly present in mk4 in the sense that my own image cow.jpg within the same directory as the document below gets ignored in favor of the cow that's present in the mk4 minimals. These are minor issues, as it is relatively unlikely that I will need to include images of cows in my documents in the near future. What is bothering me however is my inability to combine figures properly together with text in a controlled manner. I have a bunch ow smallish images (let's call them cows) which I'd like to have surrounded by text. I am happy and actually prefer to do this manually instead of keeping my fingers crossed that some automatic algorithm will do the job, but for that I need to know how which version of ConTeXt is placing the figures. What would work for me: A way to split the text width into chunks that have fixed widths, and fill these chunks individually and vertically with figures or text. This might be possible with tables, but there should be a simpler way. Below are my attempts so far - with very frustrating results, both in mk2 and mk4. Matthias \setupbodyfont[12pt] \setupcolors[state=start] \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \setupcolor[rgb] \definecolor[defc] [r=.9,g=.9,b=.94] \definetextbackground [defbackground] [backgroundcolor=defc, corner=round, before=\blank, after=\blank, leftoffset=5pt, rightoffset=5pt, topoffset=5pt, bottomoffset=5pt, frame=on, framecolor=darkblue, location=paragraph, color=darkred] \defineenumeration [blurb] [before={\starttextbackground[defbackground]}, after={\stoptextbackground}, text=Blurb, way=bysection, location=hanging, letter=rm] \setupframedtexts[background=color,backgroundcolor=defc, corner=round, before=\blank, after=\blank, leftoffset=5pt, rightoffset=5pt, topoffset=5pt, bottomoffset=5pt, frame=on, framecolor=darkblue, location=paragraph, color=darkred] \starttext \startblurb Why is the topoffset so small? This happens at the top of a page. \stopblurb \placefigure[left]{none}{\externalfigure[cow][width=3cm]} \startblurb This is almost working. The figure is too low. \stopblurb \startfiguretext [left]{none}{\externalfigure[cow][width=2in]} \startblurb Something is very wrong here. \stopblurb \stopfiguretext \page \startframedtext Why is the offset so big? \stopframedtext \placefigure[left]{none}{\externalfigure[cow][width=3cm]} \startframedtext How do I combine this text with the figure? \stopframedtext For some reason, this text is placed correctly. \stoptext

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bib module, inproceedings & mkii/mkiv incompatibility
by Mojca Miklavec 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Hello Taco, the following example (I need to admit that I'm not sure how to properly cite inproceedings) returns a different result in mkii and mkiv. My citation (the fields I use) is probably a bit wrong, but the results should be the same in my opinion. (Only mkii shows the year, in mkiv there's an extra space; the month is not shown anywhere, pubname is only shown in mkii although it's probably not needed anyway since it's already the title (= booktitle in bibtex?) that takes that role. It's also not really clear to me why I need to use author and not artauthor, but well ...) It may be sensible to have some reference about which fields are sensible for what type of publication also among the ConTeXt manuals. >From some unofficial BibTeX reference (http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/~binder/texhelp/bibtx-14.html) Format: @INPROCEEDINGS{citation_key, required_fields [, optional_fields] } Required fields: author, title, booktitle, year Optional fields: editor, pages, organization, publisher, address, month, note, key \usemodule [bib] \setuppublications [alternative=num, criterium=all, sorttype=cite] \startpublication [k=3Ddosimetry, t=inproceedings, a=Kormoll, s=, u=] \arttitle{3D In-vivo Dosimetry for Photon Radiotherapy Based on Pair Production} \title{IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Medical Imaging Conference Record} \author[]{Thomas}[T.]{}{Kormoll} \author[]{Daniela}[D.]{}{Kunath} \author[]{Wolfgang}[W.]{}{Enghardt} \volume{} \issue{} \city{Orlando, Florida} \pubyear{2009} \pubname{IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record} \month{October} \day{25-31} \pages{2969-2975} \doi{} \abstract{} \stoppublication \starttext \cite[3Ddosimetry] \placepublications \stoptext Thanks, Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] Where is the cow?
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

> \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}] > local : currentdirectory + .. + ../.. > global : paths set with 'directory=...' > default : tex tree Hi Wolfgang, I want to draw your attention about what Texshow says \setupexternalfigures: global: the whole current project environment local: this 'directory' option default: the global texmf tree none: actual directory directory: local directory for figure files The differences I see are: 1) 'local' without 'directory' searches within current folder 2) it also searches in upper and 2 levels upper folders. Is it new behaviour for mkiv? Vyatcheslav

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MetaPost filesize
by Troy Henderson 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

I am writing because there appears to be a very large (i.e., approximately a factor of 10) difference in filesizes of the same MetaPost graphic generated in the following 2 ways (1) Including a common MetaPost source "common.mp" into a minimal MKIV document and compiling with `context surface.tex` (2) Including the same "common.mp" into a minimal MetaPost source file and compiling with `mpost surface.mp` followed by a `epstopdf surface.mps`. In case (1), the resulting PDF is about 445kB whereas in case (2) the resulting PDF is about 45kB. I've attached the "surface.tex", "surface.mp", and "common.mp" for those that wish to test this and help determine why ConTeXt's output is so much larger than MetaPost+epstopdf. Thanks in advance for the help. Troy Henderson

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Re: [NTG-context] Using XeTeX results in: ! Undefined control sequence. \PDFversion ->1.\the \pdfminorversion
by Nicola Vitacolonna 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

> Somewhere in my twists and turns to get Mark IV working today, it appears > XeTeX has been broken. Running `texexec --xtx' on any ConTeXt file results > in: > > ! Undefined control sequence. > \PDFversion ->1.\the \pdfminorversion > > All I've been able to find out is that these macros are something to do with > PDFTeX. I really don't know where to turn now. > > I'm running: > > XeTeX 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.2 (Web2C 7.5.6) > TeXExec | version 6.2.1 - 1997-2009 - PRAGMA ADE/POD > MTXrun | current version: 2010.03.02 12:34 Hi, wondering whether this has a fix or is an open issue... I have exactly the same problem with the current ConTeXt Minimals. Nicola

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Crop Output
by Troy Henderson 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Is it possible to get ConTeXt (MKIV) to automatically crop out the whitespace from its PDF output? I know that I can use the external utility `pdfcrop`, but I was wondering if this is possible with ConTeXt itself. This would be useful when generating MetaPost graphics where the graphic is the only thing in the ConTeXt output. Thanks, Troy Henderson

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Embedding fonts
by Tom 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Printers that I deal with want the PDFs to have the fonts embedded. The PDFs that Texlive produces don't appear to have their fonts embedded and I can't find what option I must set or routine that must be run to embed the fonts. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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Table of contents disappears when \setuparranging is used
by berend＠pobox.com 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Hi People, I have a very weird problem. As soon as I star tot use \setuparranging the table of contents and other registers disappear. How to fix that? An example file: -------------------------------------------------- \setuppapersize [A5][A4] \setuparranging [2SIDE,rotated] \starttext \subject{Table of contents} \placecontent[1] \chapter{Hello} World. \stoptext -------------------------------------------------- There will be no text under "table of contents". Comment out \setuparranging and then the table of contents appears. When \setuparranging is enabled, this appears in the log file: system : part,chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection,subsubsubsectio n,subsubsubsubsection not found/processed -- All the best, Berend de Boer

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Breaking textframes across pages
by Matthias Weber 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Dear all, if I understand correctly, framed texts (\startframedtext ... startframedtext) are not broken across pages. In contrast, when I set up an emumeration to to be framed, it is broken, but in such a way that the bottom margin of the first part and the top margin of the second part are inconsistent with any values I imposed. Below is a minimal example. I can see that this might be on purpose, but when I have $e^{e^x}$ and the like in the first line on the new page, it gets too close to the default margin. Is there an option that sets the broken margins? Thanks, Matthias \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \definetextbackground [defbackground] [ before=\blank, after=\blank, leftoffset=5pt, rightoffset=5pt, topoffset=25pt, % I exaggerate here of course bottomoffset=25pt, frame=on, framecolor=black, location=paragraph] \defineenumeration [myframe] [text=Note, before={\starttextbackground[defbackground]}, after={\stoptextbackground}, way=bysection, location=hanging, letter=rm] \starttext \startmyframe \input tufte \stopmyframe \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth % make sure the next frame breaks \startmyframe \input tufte \stopmyframe \input knuth \stoptext

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suggestions for context documentation
by Michael Saunders 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

> You mean like the beginner's manual > > http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ms-cb-en.pdf > > and the user manual > > http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf > ... > > amongst 46 others by Pragma No, not like those. I mean like a real manual. I read the book about Hasselt---a few examples without explanations. I've looked at most of the fifty or so documents over which this virtual manual is supposed to be spread. They are about as informative. Most of these documents seem to be 5--12 years old. The wiki is even more patchy. The idea that a computer manual is something that exists implicitly in the discussions of a mailing list is a new idea to me. You can't be serious about "mk.pdf" being a manual. Even it admits, "This document is not so much a users manual as a history of the development." Little after that point is intelligible. Compared with the clear, abundant documentation of the LaTeX world, Context seems like a secret that a small club is trying to keep. It's not even clear from the manuals that development is ongoing, much less that there is some advantage in using it. So, will there ever be a manual to MK IV? In how many years?

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Re: [NTG-context] [OT] Lua sponsors
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

" We are pleased to announce that Adobe has joined our corporate >> > sponsorship program." >> > http://www.lua.org/sponsors.html >> > Oh, I already see Hans replacing his "javascript in pdf documents" > strategy with "fun with lua scripts in pdf documents" now:) > > Wow. I first decided that Adobe became the sponsor of LuaTeX. ) Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] suggestions for context documentation
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

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Re: [NTG-context] Occasional words sticking out from flush-right
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

On 03.03.2010 22:41, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > Stymies me how people on this mailing list know this stuff -- even a > Google search for "setbreakpoints", assuming I knew the command in > advance, returns nada. This all is sacred knowledge, for devoted seekers :o) (Arthur, what about your church of TeX?) Vyatcheslav

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suggestions for context documentation
by Michael Saunders 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

The important thing is: is there _ever_ going to be a manual? I want to try Context, but I've been putting it off for years because it's not really practical without documentation. There must be many others in the same situation.

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[OT] Lua sponsors
by luigi scarso 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

" We are pleased to announce that Adobe has joined our corporate sponsorship program." http://www.lua.org/sponsors.html -- luigi

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using `` '' the output is wrong.
by views63 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Hi all, I'm using `` complex analysis'' the output is wrong. but using \ quotation (... ...) can output the correct quotation marks The example: \starttext `` complex analysis'' \quotation{complex analysis} \stoptext -- Best Regards

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Differences in smart quotes MKII -> MKIV
by James Fisher 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Hi, (Forgetting our documentation philosophy session for a minute,) I'm experiencing issues in MKIV with smart quotes. Specifically, opening quotes. Compare the output of `texexec dash-test' and `context quote-test' on the following: \starttext `Yes, but --- ' `--- this is an interruption! Get down on the floor!' The interjection was quite {\em unexpected} --- indeed, `shocking'. \stoptext And the following with double quotes: \starttext ``Yes, but --- '' ``--- this is an interruption! Get down on the floor!'' The interjection was quite {\em unexpected} --- indeed, ``shocking''. \stoptext In both cases, MKIV treats the opening grave character (is that the name? backtick?) literally rather than as an opening smart quote. James

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suggestions for context documentation
by Peter Münster 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Hello, These suggestions are a bit a reply to the thoughts of James Fisher. It would be nice, to have once in the future at least 2 up to date context documentations: - a context user manual For me, it's the merge of all scattered articles and manuals. Each chapter treats a particular subject, such as "columns" or "footnotes". It seems, that Taco is working on such a manual. - a context command reference manual This is just the xml-database used by texshow. Each command should be described in detail with every possible options. On the one hand, texshow uses this database, on the other hand a well structured command reference can be generated as pdf-file. Filling in all the details in both projects is a lot of work, so perhaps it would be a good idea, to set up a system, that makes it easy for users to contribute to these projects (patches) and easy for Taco and Hans to acknowledge or reject those patches. This "system" would be nothing else as some vcs (git or svn for example) with some commit-hooks, that manage the acknowledgement by Hans and Taco (and perhaps others). The tex-files of the user-manual are already under version control, and the xml-database is only the cont-en.xml file, that would need to be put under version control too. So, perhaps with not too much effort, users can be easily invited to contribute to the documentation projects and the quality can be assured through the acknowledgements of the developers. Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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bookmarks point to page, not to section start
by Mojca Miklavec 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Hello Hans, I suspect that bookmarks to sections point to pages only, not to the exact position where the sections start. I have another document generated with Word and when I click to it, the viewer (Preview.app) goes straight to section start, while when I generate the document with ConTeXt, it only goes to the page, not to exact section start. The behaviour seems to be the same in both MKII and MKIV (MKII only doesn't respect the accented characters; but I understand the pain of recoding). I'm using the following code to place the bookmarks: \setupinteraction [state=start] \setupinteractionscreen [option=bookmark] \placebookmarks [section,subsection,subsubsection] [section,subsection] \starttext \dorecurse{20}{\section{title} \input tufte} \stoptext Mojca PS: I can send a sample word-generated document off-list for comparison if needed.

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Something is wrong with backgrounds
by Andreas Harder 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Hi all, if I compile the following example with the actual beta, the circle is set in foreground … even if the background is not set. \startuseMPgraphic{test} fill fullcircle scaled 5cm withcolor red; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[test]{\useMPgraphic{test}} % \setupbackgrounds[page][background=test] \starttext test \stoptext Can someone confirm this or have I overseen something? Greetings, Andreas

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