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Re: [NTG-context] win2k and context
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 29 Jun '14

29 Jun '14

Hallo Hans, > Any reason to stick to windows 2000? Do you want to run old > experimental luatex? There is no question without a reason! At least mtxrun.exe should work with older Windows versions! So I could do mtxrun --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua --force --update --make -- context=2012-12-09 --texroot=%CONTEXTROOT% %* to fetch an older version. Wolfgang

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Letter module
by Mo Abrahams 29 Jun '14

29 Jun '14

Hello, Is there any updated documentation for the letter/correspondence module? All I can find is version 2010.08.27 and I can see from this list that things have changed, I just don't know where to find out what. Also, can anyone tell me how to remove the label above the date, how to add a pdf containing my letterheading as the page background, and how to add a horizontal line between the backaddress and the toaddress? For the page background I currently have: \setupletter[ backgroundimage={letterhead} ] but it doesn't seem to do anything. I've tried adding the file extension. Thanks, Mo.

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Bug with naturaltables and letter module
by Mo Abrahams 29 Jun '14

29 Jun '14

Table splitting across pages interferes with the footer. Using ConTeXt ver: 2014.06.22 19:58 MKIV beta Example: \usemodule[letter] \setupletterlayer[foot][alternative=gbrief] \setupTABLE[split=yes] \startletter \bTABLE \dorecurse{40}{\bTR \bTD Test \eTD \eTR} \eTABLE \stopletter

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Re: [NTG-context] win2k and context
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 28 Jun '14

28 Jun '14

> https://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=10 This is LuaTeX only, not the whole distribution. > http://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Master/bin/win32/luatex.dll?view=log Sorry! Can not finde there any older context distribution. Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Conditional keep-with-next rules
by Hans Hagen 28 Jun '14

28 Jun '14

On 6/28/2014 8:19 AM, Jan Tosovsky wrote: > On 2014-06-27 Jan Tosovsky wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> in my index I can see disturbing page breaks. >> >> primary-01 >> primary-02 >> secondary-01 >> ------- ( next page ) ----- >> secondary-02 >> primary-03 >> >> instead of >> >> primary-01 >> ------- ( next page ) ----- >> primary-02 >> secondary-01 >> secondary-02 >> primary-03 >> >> Is it possible to somehow define conditional keep-with-next rules? >> >> I'd like to express: >> (1) keep always the primary with the first secondary (this seems to be >> implemented) >> (2) keep always the first secondary with the next secondary >> (3) keep always the last secondary with the previous secondary >> >> And similarly for tertiary. Deep down we have (spac-ver) this: \definevspacing[preference][penalty:-500] % goodbreak \definevspacing[samepage] [penalty:10000] % nobreak \definevspacing[max] [category:1] \definevspacing[force] [category:2] \definevspacing[disable] [category:5] \definevspacing[nowhite] [category:6] \definevspacing[back] [category:7] % together [category:8] \definevspacing[overlay] [category:9] \definevspacing[always] [category:0] \definevspacing[weak] [order:0] \definevspacing[strong] [order:100] so we can have weights and so. However, in practice the problem is that when combining different mechanisms their spacing settings might not be tuned to each other. I will extend this mechanism when we have a bit more control over some of the lists involved. It's no big deal to set up something for an index, but it needs thinking about how to deal with worst case scenarios and these will happen for sure and you don't want to end up with a sequence of entries two pages height running of a page, certainly not in a fully automated workflow. It is on the to-be-loked-into-list, but as all things, it has to fit into my agenda (read: to be done in what's left of my free time). I also have to make sure then it does not mess up existing files. For the moment playing with the before/after keys is the way to go. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Exporting auto-generated Index/Registers as ConTeXt source
by Jan Tosovsky 28 Jun '14

28 Jun '14

Dear All, I'd like to tweak the auto-generated Index. Is there any possibility to export it as the ConTeXt source, modify it and then include instead of auto-generated Index? Thanks, Jan

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Re: [NTG-context] Conditional keep-with-next rules
by Jan Tosovsky 28 Jun '14

28 Jun '14

On 2014-06-27 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > Dear All, > > in my index I can see disturbing page breaks. > > primary-01 > primary-02 > secondary-01 > ------- ( next page ) ----- > secondary-02 > primary-03 > > instead of > > primary-01 > ------- ( next page ) ----- > primary-02 > secondary-01 > secondary-02 > primary-03 > > Is it possible to somehow define conditional keep-with-next rules? > > I'd like to express: > (1) keep always the primary with the first secondary (this seems to be > implemented) > (2) keep always the first secondary with the next secondary > (3) keep always the last secondary with the previous secondary > > And similarly for tertiary. In XSL-FO all these can be set quite easily using keep-with-next/previous rules placed on first and last items. The complexity behind is left to XSL-FO processors. primary-01 % keep-with-previous & keep-with-next (rules 1 & 2) primary-02 secondary-01 % keep-with-previous & keep-with-next (rules 1 & 2) secondary-02 secondary-03 secondary-04 % keep-with-previous (rule 3) primary-03 % keep-with-previous (rule 3) The only natural break is between secondaries: primary-01 primary-02 secondary-01 secondary-02 -------- ( break ) ------- secondary-03 secondary-04 primary-03 In case of three secondaries all is kept together and moved to the next page as a whole: primary-01 primary-02 secondary-01 secondary-03 secondary-04 primary-03 Only if a large block doesn't fit the page, it is somehow broken. I've investigated several TeX resources but I still cannot find any convenient solution. I've found related thread at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/185059/preventing-page-break-after-th e-first-or-before-the-last-list-item That solution with \pagecheck looks promising, but it has to be implemented on ConTeXt/Lua side. It requires adding 'checking' commands to proper places. Only ConTeXt knows the item tree, it can count number of item in every level and then decide where placing the command is appropriate. The \testpage or \testcolumn are not IMHO sufficient here. They cannot prevent breaking after the first primary. The optional value [2] should somehow be cummulated. Moreover, testing the number of lines is weak as index entries can be long or with many page references requiring more lines than one. \testpage[2] % keep first two together (generalized rule 2) primary-01 \testpage[2] % (rule 1) primary-02 secondary-01 secondary-02 \testpage[2] % (rule 3) secondary-03 secondary-04 primary-03 % how to set rule 3 here? Maybe some kind of 'samepage' would be better here. http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/64363/context-equivalent-of-latex-sam epage \startsamepage primary-01 primary-02 secondary-01 secondary-02 % placing soft page-break % http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nopagebrk \pagebreak[0] secondary-03 secondary-04 primary-03 \stopsamepage Unfortunately, all this would have to be implemented on engine side during rendering index entries. Or are there any ways already? Thanks, Jan

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testcolumn error
by Jan Tosovsky 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

Dear All, the following MWE works fine, but when that 'First line' is uncommented, I am getting 'Undefined control sequence' error in the console (ConTeXt - 2014.06.22). \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] %First Line \testcolumn[2]\input{tufte} \stopcolumns \stoptext Any idea what is wrong here? Thanks, Jan

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Re: [NTG-context] win2k and context
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

> http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2013/071049.html > > Taco keeps an archive of windows binaries on > > http://foundry.supelec.fr/gf/project/luatex/frs/ not found > > (click on package name to get the list of older releases) > > but they were compiled on a different compiler, so you need to > > check yourself whether they work for you or not. > > > > In case not, my best bet for downloading it would be fetching > > luatex.dll from an arbitrary commit from > > http://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Master/bin/win32/ not clear to me how to extract a certain older version! > > Most probably the latest binary is still 0.72.0 in which case you > > can also fetch it from > > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive The version is not obvious to me! Seems more or less current. No older archives! > > http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/luatex.win32.tar.xz No older versions!

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Conditional keep-with-next rules
by Jan Tosovsky 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

Dear All, in my index I can see disturbing page breaks. primary-01 primary-02 secondary-01 ------- ( next page ) ----- secondary-02 primary-03 instead of primary-01 ------- ( next page ) ----- primary-02 secondary-01 secondary-02 primary-03 Is it possible to somehow define conditional keep-with-next rules? I'd like to express: (1) keep always the primary with the first secondary (this seems to be implemented) (2) keep always the first secondary with the next secondary (3) keep always the last secondary with the previous secondary And similarly for tertiary. As the Index is generated, I can't see an easy way to accomplish something like this. I hope I am wrong :-) Thanks, Jan

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latest beta, problem with natural tables and alignment character
by Brian Landy 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

Hi, I was testing the latest beta (2014.06.15) and noticed I am getting incorrect output using natural tables with alignment characters. I produced a small example that demonstrates the problem, and attached output created with the version I'm testing (bad.pdf) and my prior version (good.pdf, ConTeXt 2013.06.10). You can see in the bad file that ConTeXt doesn't properly align on the "-" and it introduces spurious spaces. Best regards, Brian

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Preparing a weird index.
by john Culleton 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

I have a customer that uses a publisher that has truly weird requirements. The weirdness is that the locaters are not page numbers but paragraph numbers. And some paragraph numbers start with the prefix 'BO' and others with the chapter number. so a correct sequence would be BO.15 3.2 A finished sequence would be goddess @@ BO.15 3.2 3.5 The sort order has to be letter by letter, as defined in the Chicago Manual of Style. Can Context sort and summarize these locaters? I can even change the BO sequence to 0 (zero) and then change it back later on. The key is can Context sort by paragraph number rather than page number for an index. I have looked into Xindy for this job but the learning curve is pretty steep and the documentation pretty opaque. makeindex won't handle decimals for locators. I don't mind doing a little reformatting along the way (I already have for this project) but I don't want to rewrite makeindex or xindy just for this job. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Configure AUCTeX to run context not texec
by Michael Ash 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

Dear all, I have a working version of context mash-laptop:~$ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2013.11.07 15:28 However, I edit files in emacs/AUCTeX and the compile command "C-c C-c" calls "texexec" instead of "context" and so can't compile in emacs. Does anyone know how to change the command from "texexec" to "context" in emacs/AUCTeX? Thanks. Best, Michael -- Michael Ash, Chair, Department of Economics Professor of Economics and Public Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003 Email mash(a)econs.umass.edu Tel +1-413-545-2590 Twitter https://twitter.com/michaelaoash

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meeting
by Hans Hagen 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

Hi, In case you didn't consider it yet ... in a couple of months we have the context meeting and this is a perfect opportunity to meet those involved in development and support. You can participate in discussions about upcoming developments, express wishes, get sneak previews, get your problems solved (meetings are quite efficient for that). Personally I like those meetings because it gives a face to users and also gives an idea in what direction to move. Also, tex related meetings are kind of special (beware, one can get hooked to them). If you have ideas for topics, let us know asap, Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Character alignment in math mode
by Maggyero 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

> why use math here? It was to avoid oldstyle figures that I use by default. But finally it's better to use oldstyle figures even in tables. Another question about fonts. Is there a way to define a conditional mathcommand based on the current alternative style? For instance, in the following example I would like to keep the bold effect but with adaptation to the local alternative style (in text mode, when the local alternative style is \tf I would like the mathcommand to be \bf, when it is \it I would like \bi, when it is \bf I would like \bf and when it is \bi I would like still \bi): \starttext \definemathcommand[cool]{{\bfmath cool}} text mode normal: \cool\crlf text mode italic: {\it \cool}\crlf text mode bold: {\bf \cool}\crlf text mode bolditalic: {\bi \cool}\crlf \stoptext

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database module: the first letter is lost
by Michael Green 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

This appears to be the same as the problem Peter Münster found with the letter module \usemodule[database] \defineseparatedlist[MyTable] [separator=tab, before=\bTABLE,after=\eTABLE, first=\bTR,last=\eTR, left=\bTD,right=\eTD] \starttext The first letter of “Cell” is lost. \startseparatedlist[MyTable] Cell 1 Cell 2 \stopseparatedlist With an extra return, “Cell” is intact. \startseparatedlist[MyTable] Cell 1 Cell 2 \stopseparatedlist \stoptext

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First letter lost possible cause: \grabbfferdata
by Rik Kabel 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

Recently there have been reports of the first letter of a line of text being lost in the database and letter modules. I tracked down what appears to be the same problem and developed a work-around. The problem appears to be with the \grabbufferdata command. Something has changed in the way it works, and it now swallows the first token of the buffer that it grabs. It may also show up with other commands, but this is the only one I have found in my projects. If you have code with this command, a workaround is to insert \ignorespaces after it. I have no idea why this helps. If you do not have the code (if it is in somebody else's module), then using a blank line or dummy argument or \relax after the command that calls the code with \grabbufferdata may help. The following code shows the issues and these workarounds. % macros=mkvi \starttexdefinition unexpanded startNoIgnore \begingroup \dostartNoIgnore \stoptexdefinition \starttexdefinition dostartNoIgnore \grabbufferdata[Test][startNoIgnore][stopTest] \stoptexdefinition \starttexdefinition unexpanded startWithIgnore \begingroup \dostartWithIgnore \stoptexdefinition \starttexdefinition dostartWithIgnore \grabbufferdata[Test][startWithIgnore][stopTest] \ignorespaces \stoptexdefinition \starttexdefinition stopTest \getbufferdata[Test] \endgroup \stoptexdefinition \define\TestText {\qquad If you can read this the first token was not swallowed.} \starttext \subject{Test without \tex{ignorespaces}} First, the problem: \startNoIgnore\TestText\stopTest And the same with \type{{}} \startWithIgnore{}\TestText\stopTest Workaround with \tex{relax} \startNoIgnore\relax\TestText\stopTest Workaround with blank line \startNoIgnore \TestText\stopTest \subject{Test with \tex{ignorespaces}} This now works: \startWithIgnore\TestText\stopTest And the same with \type{{}} \startWithIgnore{}\TestText\stopTest And the same with \tex{relax} \startWithIgnore\relax\TestText\stopTest And the same with a blank line after the opening \startWithIgnore \TestText\stopTest \stoptext -- Rik Kabel

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Re: [NTG-context] Orphans/Widows in the Index
by Jan Tosovsky 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

On 2014-06-23 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > On 2014-04-23 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > > > in my auto-generated two column index (registry) there are > > several cases of widows - it is the last item of the given > > letter which overflows to next column/page: > > > > --------------- (start page) ------- > > Usti 29 (! alone !) > > > > V > > Vamberk 18 > > ... > > ... > > > > > > There are also few cases of orphans, but this is not so strange: > > ... > > ... > > Josef 29 > > > > K > > Karel 69 (! alone !) > > ---------------- (end page) --------- > > > > I think both cases could be eliminated by establishing a new constraint > to the 'key letter': > (1) There must be 0 or at least 3 lines at the beginning of the > page/column before the Key letter. > (2) There must be at least 2 lines after the Key letter. > > Can this be somehow set in my source file? > I've found the corresponding code in strc-reg.mkiv: \setvalue{\??registerindicator a}#1% {\registerparameter\c!before % bugged, why does leftskip gets set: \vskip\lineheight\goodbreak\vskip-\lineheight \begingroup \useregisterstyleandcolor\c!style\c!color \dontleavehmode \strut \iflocation \dosetdirectpagereference{\currentregister:\v!section:#1}% \fi \registerparameter\c!command{#1}% \endgroup \blank[\v!samepage]% \registerparameter\c!after \par \nobreak} That (2) case can be fixed by a small change: \testcolumn[3]\registerparameter\c!command{#1}% But when tested on this MWE, you can see a drawback - the first letter (p) starts always on the second line (not on the first one): \setupregister[balance=yes] \starttext \index{primary+secondary+tertiary} \index[primary long]{\dorecurse{5}{primary long }} \index[primary longer]{\dorecurse{5}{primary longer }} \input{tufte} \completeindex \stoptext Can this issue somehow be eliminated? Tested on the last beta (with my patch). That (1) case is still open. I have no idea how to accomplish something like this using (Con)TeX(t) syntax :-( Thanks, Jan

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issues with list items
by Pablo Rodriguez 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

Dear list, I have the following sample (compiled http://www.ousia.tk/list-items.pdf#page=1) \showframe\showgrid \setupbodyfont[pagella,15pt] \starttext \chapter{Chapter title} \section{Section title} \dorecurse{11}{\dorecurse{10}{Sentence. }\par} \startitemize \dorecurse{2}{\item This is an item.} \item This is an item\footnote{This is a footnote.}. \stopitemize \dorecurse{50}{These are other sentences. } \stoptext The footnote moves the whole list to the second page. If I remove the footnote and not the item, the whole list fits in the first page (http://www.ousia.tk/list-items.pdf#page=3) Sorry, but as far as I can understand, I’m afraid this is a bug. ConTeXt is handling list items themselves with widows and orphan rules. Not the lines they contain, but the items themselves. I understand that ConTeXt avoids widow and orphan lines within list items. But it makes no sense (at least, to me) to avoid widow and orphan list items. Could someone confirm the bug or explain me what I’m missing? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Character alignment in math mode
by Maggyero 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

> \let\Test\fontstylesuffix > a bit different output Thank you Hans. > The command \mathgreekitalic can only be used in math mode, when you want a italic alpha in text mode you need a font which has greek characters (e.g. Gentium). Okay Wolfgang, I thought Latin Modern also had greek characters, but apparently not. So in math mode which font is used by default if it is not Latin Modern greek?

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Problem in natural tables with nc= and alignmentcharacter
by Rik Kabel 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

When a wide-ish column precedes a character-aligned column and a column span is in place, the table is set improperly. With the following example, the first two columns overlap. When the first column is moved to the right side of the table there is no issue. When the setup line is removed, there is no issue. When the long entry in column is shortened, there is no issue. When the column span is removed and another cell added to that row, there is no issue. The problem occurs when the span is applied to the first two or the last two columns in the example. TL14 handles this correctly. It fails with the 20140622 beta. \starttext \bTABLE \setupTABLE[c][3][alignmentcharacter={.},aligncharacter=yes] \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTC AAA\eTC \bTC[nc=2] Location\eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC AAA Longish entry\eTC \bTC Figure\eTC \bTC 1.12\eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC AAA\eTC \bTC Table\eTC \bTC 10.8\eTC \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stoptext -- Rik Kabel

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letter-module: the first letter is lost
by Peter Münster 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

Hi, With latest context, the "T" is lost: \usemodule[letter] \starttext \startletter This is a letter. \stopletter \startletter TThis is a workaround. \stopletter \stoptext -- Peter

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Character alignment in math mode
by Maggyero 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

> You can access the current font alternative with the \fontalternative command Thanks Wolfgang, that was exactly the command I was looking for! A last question: how can one get italic greek in TEXT MODE? The following code displays upright greek. \starttext \mathgreekitalic \alpha \stoptext

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Character alignment in math mode
by Maggyero 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

How can one use character alignment in math mode? (I am using the last stable ConTeXt version — 2014.05.21.) \starttext \setupTABLE[column][first][alignmentcharacter={,}, aligncharacter=yes, align=middle] Figures in text mode get aligned: \startTABLE \NC 0,0 \NC \NR \NC 0,00 \NC \NR \NC 0,000 \NC \NR \stopTABLE But figures in math mode do not get aligned: \startTABLE \NC $0,0$ \NC \NR \NC $0,00$ \NC \NR \NC $0,000$ \NC \NR \stopTABLE \stoptext Best regards.

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win2k and context
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

Can you please tell me the latest context version (mkiv) working with win2k and the download position?

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Text around figure
by MANUEL GONZALEZ SUAREZ 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

Hi! I would like to know how I have to do to make a figure appear surrounded by text. In LaTeX this is accomplished with packages "picins" and "picinpar" but I think that in ConTeXt we only can use the \startfiguretext ... \stopfiguretext environment, although the effect is not the same. I send an example. Greetings and thank you very much.

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Rotate multiline text
by Aditya Mahajan 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

Hi, I want to rotate a multiline text by 90 degrees, and I thought that \framed[orientation=90] should do that. But it does not work as expected. \defineframed[tightbox] [align=middle, width=fit, height=fit] \defineframed[rotatebox][tightbox][orientation=90] \starttext \startlines ABC \rotatebox{Random \crlf text } ABC ABC \rotate{\tightbox{Random \crlf text }} ABC \stoplines \stoptext I would like \rotatebox to behave the same as \rotate{\tightbox{..}}, but it does not. It appears that the width (or height?) or \rotatebox is set to broad. Am I missing a magic option or is this a bug? Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] Orphans/Widows in the Index
by Jan Tosovsky 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

On 2014-04-23 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > in my auto-generated two column index (registry) there are > several cases of widows - it is the last item of the given > letter which overflows to next column/page: > > --------------- (start page) ------- > Usti 29 (! alone !) > > V > Vamberk 18 > ... > ... > > > There are also few cases of orphans, but this is not so strange: > ... > ... > Josef 29 > > K > Karel 69 (! alone !) > ---------------- (end page) --------- > > In my setup I have defined (with no luck): > > \startsetups[grid][mypenalties] > \setdefaultpenalties > \setpenalties\widowpenalties{2}{10000} > \setpenalties\clubpenalties {2}{10000} > \stopsetups > > \setuplayout[grid=yes, setups=mypenalties] > After finishing another duties I am back ... and still facing these issues. I think both cases could be eliminated by establishing a new constraint to the 'key letter': (1) There must be 0 or at least 3 lines at the beginning of the page/column before the Key letter. (2) There must be at least 2 lines after the Key letter. Can this be somehow set in my source file? Thanks, Jan

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small indexing glitch if index entry has extra {}
by Sanjoy Mahajan 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

Here's a small glitch with indexing, which I ran into by chance and enclose a minimal example. Because of the extra {} in the entry \index{{two dimensional}} the index duplicates the entry: t two dimensional 1 two dimensional 1 \setupregister[index][n=1] \starttext \index{two dimensional}test1 test \index{{two dimensional}}test2 \blank[3*big] \placeindex[criterium=all] \stoptext

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second-level seeindex entry nested too deeply
by Sanjoy Mahajan 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

I think the following minimal example is giving an incorrect index. As ascii, the index comes out as a area 1 ellipse 1 see United Kingdom, area whereas the "see United Kingdom, area" should be indented the same as the ellipse second-level entry. It comes out okay if I delete the \index{area+ellipse} entry. (P.S. What's the setupregister key that puts the "see ..." entry in italic? I seem to have turned it off in my environment file somewhere. Oh, it's 'pagestyle', but then how can one separately set the style of the pagenumbers from the style of the "see ..."?) That aside, here's the example (run with 2014.05.17 MkIV): \setupregister[index][n=1] \starttext hello \index{area}area and \index{area+ellipse}area of an ellipse \seeindex{area+United Kingdom}{United Kingdom, area} \blank[3*big] \placeindex[criterium=all] \stoptext

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ConTeXt meeting 2014 update
by Taco Hoekwater 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

Hi all, Some new information is now available on the upcoming meeting, so here is an update with all the news. http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2014 == NTG Meeting == The NTG has set the fees for attendance of the NTG’s anniversary meeting, which will follow immediately after our meeting. If you want to stay around for that (program on Saturday and Sunday, with talks in Dutch), please check the box on the registration form. Or, if you have registered already, send me an email message. Additional fee: 50 EUR for NTG members, 70 EUR for other people, to be paid in cash. == T-shirt ? == No, not this time. We are pretty sure most of you have enough meeting shirts already, so we decided to do something different this time. In keeping with the “Cookery” meeting theme, the goody bag will have a full-sized kitchen apron instead. In fact, there will be two different apron designs each featuring a commissioned drawing by Duane Bibby. The designs will remain secret for a while longer (possibly even until the actual meeting) but we are willing to tell you that there will be “lion” and “lioness” versions, and each one is cooking up a big bowl of ConTeXt soup. On the meeting registration form you can select which version you want to receive as part of the goody bag. There is also a checkbox to pre-order the other one (get a matching pair!). After the meeting, the aprons will remain available as ConTeXt merchandise, which is why there will not be a date or place mentioned on the apron. When the time comes, we will let you know how and where to order (by then of course there will be pictures as well). == Programme == No actual schedule has been made up yet, but there are quite some entries on the Abstracts page by now. It looks to me like it is going to be a very interesting programme! Have a look for yourself, and feel free to request talks on any other subject you are interested in: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2014/abstracts.shtml == Registration reminder == With only *one week* to go before the early bird deadline expires, now would be a great time to register! http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2014/register.shtml Hoping to see many of you in Bassenge, Taco

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Resetting \setupTABLE
by Troy Henderson 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

What is the "proper" way to reset the setups made by \setupTABLE so that successive TABLEs do no inherit the properties set by previous TABLEs? -- Troy Henderson

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\placeinitial trickery?
by Alan Bowen 22 Jun '14

22 Jun '14

I am setting some late Greek text which uses characters of a Coptic origin and am having a problem when the Coptic letters are to be set as drop characters. It works if they do not have diacritical marks but fails when the diacriticals must be entered as non-combining. The appended code shows the problem and, incidentally, why non-combining marks are needed. (I would attach the .pdf file if I knew the list’s protocol for attachments.) The question is: Is there a way to get \placeinitial to take the first two characters of the opening word? In the example below, I need case 4 to work so that it looks like case 2. Alan \definefontfamily[mainface][serif][IFAO Grec Unicode][] \setupbodyfont[mainface,10pt] \definefontsynonym[DropFont][name:IFAO Grec Unicode] \defineinitial [Greek] [location=margin, font={DropFont sa 3}, n=2, color=black, distance=-1em, hoffset=1.25em] \starttext \placeinitial[Greek]Ⲥελήνη {\red Coptic capital sima}\quad\input ward \placeinitial[Greek]Ἡλίου {\red Greek capital eta with dasia (combining)}\quad\input ward \placeinitial[Greek]Ⲏ̔λίου {\red Coptic capital hate with dasia (combining)}\quad\input ward \placeinitial[Greek]῾Ⲏλίου {\red Coptic capital hate with dasia (non-combining)}\quad\input ward \stoptext

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really strange bug in ConTeXt
by Pablo Rodriguez 22 Jun '14

22 Jun '14

Dear list, using the latest beta from 2014.06.18 17:19, I’m facing the weirdest bug in ConTeXt I‘ve ever experienced. I’m writing a book on ConTeXt (already 330 pages). Compilation breaks when ConTeXt tries to add a sectioning level. I have tried to get a minimal sample, but all I can get is the whole source document. I have already tried for hours. The error I get with luajittex is the following: pages > flushing realpage 326, userpage 322 structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 1.3 -> Índice de órdenes mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luajittex: execution interrupted Just in case you wonder, I get the same error without luajittex: pages > flushing realpage 326, userpage 322 structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 1.3 -> Índice de órdenes mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted The weirdest thing is that compilation is right, if I comment a one-line paragraph or if I add another paragraph (with no command inside, only pure text). .tuc and .log files from right and wrong compilation are avaiable at http://www.ousia.tk/right.tuc, http://www.ousia.tk/right.log, http://www.ousia.tk/wrong.tuc, and http://www.ousia.tk/wrong.log. Is there no way to get a more verbose log that could point to the bug? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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cloning context git repository
by Pablo Rodriguez 22 Jun '14

22 Jun '14

Dear Mojca, as Philipp already reported some time ago (http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2014/077848.html) I’m afraid I cannot clone the git repo either: $ git clone http://git.contextgarden.net/context/context.git Cloning into 'context'... remote: Counting objects: 56495, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (11028/11028), done. error: RPC failed; result=18, HTTP code = 200MiB | 311.00 KiB/s fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly fatal: early EOF fatal: index-pack failed I can clone the Linux repo too: $ git clone https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git Cloning into 'linux'... remote: Reusing existing pack: 3654061, done. remote: Total 3654061 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) Receiving objects: 100% (3654061/3654061), 1.00 GiB | 293.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (3016190/3016190), done. Checking connectivity... done. Checking out files: 100% (47427/47427), done. I’m using git-1.9.3 for Linux. I’m on Fedora 20, but I had the same results with Ubuntu 14.04 (which comes with git-1.9.1): $ git clone http://git.contextgarden.net/context/context.git Cloning into 'context'... remote: Counting objects: 56495, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (11028/11028), done. error: RPC failed; result=18, HTTP code = 200MiB | 294.00 KiB/s fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly fatal: early EOF fatal: index-pack failed There is a workaround for this at https://stackoverflow.com/a/22442535: git clone --depth 1 http://git.contextgarden.net/context/context.git git fetch --unshallow You replied to Philipp that it worked for you. I assume your OS is MacOSX. Has anyone else succeded or failed in cloning the context git repo? Which OS are you using? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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\nocite not working (new publications system)
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 22 Jun '14

22 Jun '14

Hans, I think \nocite stopped working one or two betas ago, see example: no Cleveland reference turns up in the list. Robin \definebtxdataset [document] \usebtxdataset [document] [mkiv-publications-graph.bib] \definebtxrendering [document] [dataset=document] \setupbtxrendering [document] [numbering=num] \starttext As \cite[document::Tufte1983] probably never indicated, bibtex is a \LATEX||centric program. A Cleveland \nocite[document::Cleveland1985] reference should also appear below. \blank \placebtxrendering[document][criterium=text] \stoptext

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Poem with long verses
by Werner Hintze 21 Jun '14

21 Jun '14

I can’t figure out how to typeset poems with very long verses. I know that I can use the lines environment for verses, but if a verse is long, it must be broken and the second line must be indented. It seems that the lines environment doesn’t wllow this. Anayway I would prefer a solution which avoids the lines environment. This means I would like to define two commands: \startVerse and \stopVerse. But I find no solution. How can this be realized in Kontext? In LaTeX with memoir it’s really easy.

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xtables and xml and lua
by Thomas A. Schmitz 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hi all, I'm terribly sorry I have to send three files for this test case, but I'm trying to process xml with lua, so it's difficult to do otherwise. I have two problems: 1. (probably unrelated to xml/lua): when I try to set the options (l. 22-3 in test-style.tex) \setupxtable [split=yes, spaceinbetween=medium] for the xtable environment, I get an error: tex error > error on line 22 in file /mnt/shared/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv: ! You can't use `\prevdepth' in horizontal mode \nointerlineskip ^^@-\prevdepth -\thousandpoint l.22 \nointerlineskip \ctxcommand #1o-\directlua {commands.#1} \tabl_x_process ...lse \tabl_x_flush_text_checked \fi \fi \ctxcommand {x_tab... l.8 } \ctxlxml #1h-\ctxlua {lxml.#1} ... l.91 \stopluacode This looks like a buglet in xtables to me. 2. I would like to test whether a certain element has already been seen (l. 8-13 in test-style.lua). However, since tables are two-pass, the test will always return "true." How could I test properly? Thanks for your patience! Thomas

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Improved publ-imp-test.bib
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hans, I am using the attached .bib file while working on improving publ-imp-apa.mkvi. The test .bib file contains a short and long version of each publication category, and while it is not an exhaustive test of publications list formatting it is a good start. Perhaps you can consider this to replace the existing publ-imp-test.bib in the core. Robin

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Latest Ctx Beta - input file coding problem?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hello, I cannot compile the following code: ---- \mainlanguage[cz] \enableregime[cp1250] \starttext \section{Poznámky} \stoptext ---- It worked so far - I guess something is wrong with the input file encoding specification. Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 241 096 751 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Publications output broken in latest beta
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

The following minimal example worked a few days ago, but appears broken now (2014.06.17 16:53 MKIV beta) — no publications list appears. Robin \definebtxdataset [document] \usebtxdataset [document] [mkiv-publications-graph.bib] \definebtxrendering [document] \setupbtxrendering [document] [numbering=yes] \starttext As \cite[document::Tufte1983] already indicated, bibtex is a \LATEX||centric program. \completebtxrendering[document] \stoptext

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PDF Forms - expanding multi-line text fields
by Michael Guravage 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

I am composing a document that contains pdf forms. Example code in "Widgets Uncovered," shows how to specify the height and width of a multi-line text field. Here is a small example: \usemodule[fields] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupfield [TextSetup] [width=\textwidth,height=5em,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.97,frame=off] \definefield [Block] [text] [TextSetup] \starttext \field [Block] \stoptext In this example the height is 5em. The field will scroll lines up when the height of the lines typed exceeds the height of the field. Click outside the field and the field displays the first n-lines that fit within its height. My question is, is it possible to tell the field to expand beyond its initial field height to display all its lines? A second less pressing question is, is it possible to tell lines to wrap when they exceed the field width? -- With kind regards, Michael Guravage

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bugs in page breaks with items
by Pablo Rodriguez 16 Jun '14

16 Jun '14

Dear Hans, sorry for bothering you with this, but today I found an ugly pagebreak such as the following in a book I’m writting: \showframe\showgrid \setupbodyfont[pagella,15pt] \starttext \chapter{Chapter title} \section{Section title} \dorecurse{10}{\dorecurse{10}{Sentence. }\par} \startitemize \item \dorecurse{5}{This is an item. } \item \dorecurse{15}{This is an item. } \item \dorecurse{5}{This is an item. } \stopitemize \stoptext The second item from the list has the page break in the sample above. But if you comment the last item from the list, first two items fit in the first page. For some strange reason, ConTeXt is not able to leave the third item in that list alone in the second page. I have the strong impression that items themselves (not the paragraphs they contain) are handled by ConTeXt with rules for widow and orphan lines. The example above shows this. If you change recursion in the second item from 15 to 10 (so that the item has three lines), the whole list is moved to the second page. I think that the first item should remain on the first page. Another sample that shows the same behavior: \showframe\showgrid \setupbodyfont[pagella,15pt] \starttext \chapter{Chapter title} \section{Section title} \dorecurse{10}{\dorecurse{10}{Sentence. }\par} \startitemize \dorecurse{4}{\item This is an item.\par} \stopitemize \stoptext If there are four items, all text fits in one page. If there are five items, three items remain in the first page and two items move to the second page (not only the last one, as it should). But if there are six items in the list, the first four ones remain in the first page and the other two move to the second page. Could you fix these page breaks? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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hyperlinks within a PDF
by Robert Zydenbos 16 Jun '14

16 Jun '14

Forgive me for what must seem a beginners’ question, but I really could not find the solution in the documentation or the Wiki: How do I create hyperlinks within a PDF to another spot in the text of that same PDF? I had expected I could do something like: Here is a \goto{link}[label:1]. … \label[label:1]{This is what the link points to.} -- but I cannot find anything that resembles this in the documentation. Robert

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options for \setuppapersize
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Jun '14

15 Jun '14

Dear list, I’m trying to explain the options of \setuppapersize in a book, but I’m not sure they work. With latest beta from 2014.06.15 15:54, this is the results I get with a minimal document such as: \setuppapersize[A5] \starttext \input zapf \stoptext I cannot make the options mirrored, rotated, 90, 180, 270 and negative work. Do they work as expected or am I doing something wrong? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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understanding elements and \blank
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Jun '14

15 Jun '14

Dear list, if I’m not wrong, elements are defined and configured in ConTeXt with \defineelement and \setupelement in the preamble of the document. Then they can be invoked using the identifier as a command. \definemargindata[MyMarginData][location=outer] \starttext \MyMarginData{Zapf}\input zapf \stoptext My question is; why are blank elements different? \defineblank[MyBlank][10*big] \starttext \input zapf \blank[MyBlank] \input zapf \stoptext Sorry for the basic question, but I’m trying to understand the reason why to explain it to others. Are there other elements that cannot be invoked with \identifier? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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reading modules broken?
by Meer, H. van der 15 Jun '14

15 Jun '14

My modules are not read anymore, allthough Context thinks it does. This must have been the case for some time. I ran a test with an older version which demonstrates that the change in behaviour must have occurred after january second. Minimal example follows. Hans van der Meer Module code in file module-test is: \writestatus{HVDM}{Module has been read} \endinput Test code in file moduletest.tex is: \usemodule[module-test] \starttext module testing look into the log. \stoptext In the log I find: This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.79.1 (TeX Live 2014/dev) (rev 4972) \write18 enabled. open source > 1 > 1 > /Users/hansm/tex/context-20/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv ConTeXt ver: 2014.06.05 23:04 MKIV beta fmt: 2014.6.6 int: english/english open source > 2 > 3 > /Users/hansm/tex/test-tex/modules/moduletest.tex resolvers > modules > 'module-test' is already loaded <-- wrongly thinks it is loaded It says the module is already loaded, but the telltale \writestatus is absent. Running the same code with an older version of ConTeXt does load the module: ConTeXt ver: 2014.01.02 20:05 MKIV current fmt: 2014.1.2 int: english/english (/Users/hansm/tex/test-tex/modules/moduletest.tex resolvers > modules > 'module-test' is loaded <-- loads as it should (module-test.tex HVDM > Module has been read

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Lilypond
by David Wooten 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

Greetings all, it’s been quite a while since I tried to use lilypond snippets in a context file. Looks like we’re now using the filter module… can someone post a small working example file to get me started? —there are a number of different & some incomplete approaches to be found, none of which work :) Kind regards, David

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thanks for the new beta
by Pablo Rodriguez 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Dear Hans, many thanks for the beta from 2014.06.11 15:52. All wrong page breaks due to subtitles that I reported to this list (I think they have been four) seem to be fixed with this beta. Many thanks for your work, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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fonts and function in math mode
by Flavien Lambert 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Hi everyone, could you tell me how to use the Ubuntu font for the math command \max in the following example? \definefontfamily [mainface] [sans] [Ubuntu] [regularfont=ubuntu,italicfont=ubuntuitalic,boldfont=ubuntubold] \definefallbackfamily [mainface] [math] [Ubuntu] [preset=math:lowercaseitalic,tf=name:ubuntu] \definefontfamily [mainface] [math] [Latin Modern Math] \setupbodyfont[mainface] \starttext $ abc \max$ abc max \stoptext I am also interesting by knowing where I can find all the features "preset=math:" possible. Best regards, Flavien.

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question about italic correction
by Pablo Rodriguez 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Dear list, I would like to show the difference with italic correction (as well as with expansion and protrusion). I have the following sample: \definefontfeature[default][default][itlc=yes] \definefontfeature[noitlc][default][itlc=no] \setupitaliccorrection[global,always] \starttext {\em of}) \adff[noitlc] {\em of}) \stoptext Is there no way to show italic correction enabled and disabled in the same document? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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alternative \about for \section?
by Pablo Rodriguez 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Dear list, I have the following sample: \starttext \startsection[title={Section}, label={different section label}, reference={key:section}] \about[key:section] \stopsection \stoptext I thought that label would give me an alternative section title in references. Is there any way to get it? BTW, what is the purpose of label? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Pagebreak forced after mixedcolumns (new bug?)
by Joshua Krämer 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Dear list, I have updated to the latest beta today, and I can no longer put text after \stopmixedcolumns on the same page. \setuplayout[grid=yes] \starttext \startmixedcolumns Left \column Right Right \stopmixedcolumns Something after the columns \stoptext There should be no pagebreak after \stopmixedcolumns. It works with \start... \stopcolumns, but then the column break (\column) is ignored. It worked before with mixedcolumns, but I don't know when I updated the last time. Kind regards, Joshua

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bug with \setuplist?
by Pablo Rodriguez 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

Dear list, sorry for posting this issue twice, but I wonder whether it went unnoticed because I added it in an answer to an already replied message. I have the following sample: \setuppapersize[A6] \setuplist[part][after={\blank[samepage,big]}] \starttext \completecontent \dorecurse{4}{\part{Part} \chapter{Chapter} \chapter{Chapter}} \stoptext AFAIK, no \part could be the last line of a page in the contents. Well, I’m afraid this isn’t the case. Could anyone confirm whether I am doing something wrong or this is bug? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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distinguishing index entries according to function by using \setupregister
by Sanjoy Mahajan 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

In MkII, one could configure the index to have different types of page entries, e.g. roman and italic, by using \setupregister, as in the example at <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupregister>. That doesn't work with a fairly recent MkIV (2014.05.17 beta). I see that it's a long-standing feature request: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context%40ntg.nl/msg67495.html> So, it is probably not on the short-term feature list. But, if it is on the list, please let me know, as I'll keep using it for my textbook! Otherwise, I'll just make all the page entries the same style. The perfect is the enemy of the good, especially after 19 years... (Right now with 2014.05.17 beta, using the feature, say as \index[definition::]{commutativity}commutativity, gives an entry alphabetized according to the "definition::" key.) Regards, -Sanjoy

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Samples updates and bibtex entries
by Rik Kabel 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

Hans, The file samples.tex requests updated bibliography data for some of the samples. Since the file is a few years old, it is not clear if this information has already been provided. If it is still needed, here are entries for three of the sources and a note on the source of another, along with corrections for a few typos. The first bibtex entry was lifted from Google Boooks, the other two from the ACM Digital Library. @book{dawkins2000unweaving, title={Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder}, author={Dawkins, R.}, isbn={9780547347356}, url={http://books.google.com/books?id=ZudTchiioUoC}, year={2000}, publisher={Houghton Mifflin Harcourt} } @book{Hofstadter:1985:MTQ:537101, author = {Hofstadter, Douglas R.}, title = {Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern}, year = {1985}, isbn = {0465045405}, publisher = {Basic Books, Inc.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, } @book{Tufte:1990:EI:78223, author = {Tufte, Edward}, title = {Envisioning Information}, year = {1990}, isbn = {0-9613921-1-8}, publisher = {Graphics Press}, address = {Cheshire, CT, USA}, } reich.tex is a list of the voice samples from Steve Reich's 1995 composition /City Life/. Corrections for dawkins.tex, douglas.tex, and knuth.tex: In each set, the first line is taken from the current sample file and the second is a correction. The dawkins.tex and douglas.tex corrections are based on scanned images on Google Books, the knuth.tex correction is based on my personal copy of the book (first edition second printing). dawkins.tex is from pages 145 and 146 of the book come down head. Everybody on the right had to will it to be come down heads. Everybody on the right had to will it to be to sit down. Then those who remained were divided into two, to sit down. Then those that remained were divided into two, I also note that all of the quotes in the Dawkins source are single-quotes, not double-quotes as in dawkins.tex, \quote{}, not \quotation{}. This is unusual for a book printed in the USA by an American publisher, so perhaps Dawkins wanted it that way. douglas.tex is from page 260 of the book of his forthcoming books, from the typesetting and layout of his forthcoming books|=|from the typesetting and layout not become as well known or available. not become as well known or as available. Not only is the concept exiting and clearly well executed, Not only is the concept exciting and clearly well executed, There are a few other differences, but these are most likely due to publisher's style sheet and the lack of availability of logotypes for TeX and Metafont. knuth.tex is from page 50 of the book from the chaff and separate the sheep from the goats. from the chaff, and separate the sheep from the goats. -- Rik Kabel

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\useMPlibrary[dum] in 2014-06-05 MKIV
by Rik 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

The following works fine in TL13, producing a PDF with the expected rectangle full of colored balls under the TL viewer, Sumatra PDF viewer, and Firefox, as it did under the prior MKIV beta (2014-06-01). Under the current MKIV, it produces a PDF that displays no image when viewed with Firefox or Sumatra PDF, but shows an irregular blob of colored balls (which might be cropped to the expected triangle) when viewed with the TL viewer or Chrome. \useMPlibrary[dum] \starttext \externalfigure[xxx] \stoptext So, I would suppose that something has changed in the way the image is put into the page. Can somebody suggest an option to reverse this behavior, either in ConTeXt or in the viewers? -- Rik Kabel

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\MetaFont in 2014-06-05 MKIV
by Rik 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

The following produces two lines with the Metafont logo when using TL13, but fails in the current MKIV with the identical complaint for either of the lines commented out: Type1: Could not understand Type1 font: C:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf/fonts/type1/hoekwater/mflogo/logo10.pfb \starttext \METAFONT \MetaFont \stoptext -- Rik Kabel

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bug with \setuplist[part][after={\blank[samepage, big]}]
by Pablo Rodriguez 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Dear list, I don’t have a minimal sample (yet), but I have added the command above to force part titles in contents to be with the next part title. Well, the contents take five pages and two of them finish with a part title. Am I missing something or is this a bug? And if it were a bug, would it be related to wrong page breaks with titles? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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\setupquotation [indenting=no] error
by Alan BRASLAU 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Minimal example: \setupquotation [indenting=no] % Undefined \p_indenting error \starttext Knuth: \startquotation \input knuth \stopquotation Ward: \startquotation \input ward \stopquotation \stoptext Alan

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Keyword order problem
by Rik Kabel 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Keyword order appears to matter for the \blank command. The following example shows all orderings for the set {dimension, nowhite, samepage}, some of which work and some of which do not. It also shows two orderings of {dimension, nowhite, samepage, disable}; one works and the other does not. This happens with TL13 as well as the 2014-06-01 beta. I can find no discussion of keyword ordering in the wiki, on the mailing list, or in the manuals. Is this intentional, and if so, with what other commands are keywords similarly constrained? Whether or not this is intentional, can a developer please provide a suggested ordering to use until this is better documented or corrected? The order that keywords are presented in the wiki and in the reference manual are among those that fail. \starttext \subject{Without disable} 12pt,samepage,nowhite\blank[12pt,samepage,nowhite] works 12pt,nowhite,samepage\blank[12pt,nowhite,samepage] fails samepage,12pt,nowhite\blank[samepage,12pt,nowhite] fails samepage,nowhite,12pt\blank[samepage,nowhite,12pt] works nowhite,12pt,samepage\blank[nowhite,12pt,samepage] works nowhite,samepage,12pt\blank[nowhite,samepage,12pt] works \subject{With disable} 12pt,samepage,nowhite,disable\blank[12pt,samepage,nowhite,disable] works samepage,12pt,nowhite,disable\blank[samepage,12pt,nowhite,disable] fails \stoptext -- Rik Kabel

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internal mptopdf converter skips some glyphs in labels
by Sanjoy Mahajan 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

The internal mptopdf converter in MkIV omit some glyphs in the labels. Here's a minimal example (test.tex): \starttext \externalfigure[testfig.1][frame=on] \blank \externalfigure[testfig-1.pdf][frame=on] \stoptext And testfig.1 is produced by testfig.mp beginfig(1) label(btex $\Omega$ etex, (0,0)); currentpicture := currentpicture scaled 5; endfig; end Here's testfig.1 to save a step in debugging: %!PS %%BoundingBox: -18 -18 18 18 %%HiResBoundingBox: -17.98805 -17.0195 17.98798 17.0195 %%Creator: MetaPost 1.803 %%CreationDate: 2013.08.09:1612 %%Pages: 1 %*Font: cmr10 49.81323 9.96265 0a:8 %%BeginProlog %%EndProlog %%Page: 1 1 0 0 0 setrgbcolor -17.98805 -17.0195 moveto (\012) cmr10 49.81323 fshow showpage %%EOF Then do: mptopdf testfig.1 context test.tex xpdf test.pdf The first framed box, using the internal mps->pdf conversion, is empty. The second framed go, using the pdf file produced by mptopdf, correctly contains \Omega. With \enabletrackers[graphics.conversion,graphics.inclusion], the log has the following lines, none of which seem to pinpoint the problem: graphics > inclusion > checking conversion of 'testfig.1', fullname 'testfig.1', old format 'mps', new format 'pdf', conversion 'default', resolution 'default' graphics > inclusion > no converter for 'mps' to 'pdf' [MP to PDF] graphics > inclusion > checking conversion of 'testfig-1.pdf', fullname 'testfig-1.pdf', old format 'pdf', new format 'pdf', conversion 'default', resolution 'default' graphics > inclusion > no converter for 'pdf' to 'pdf' graphics > inclusion > new graphic, using hash 'testfig-1.pdf->1->crop->unknown->unknown->unknown->' (Though I don't believe the "no converter for 'mps' to 'pdf'" diagnostic.) This is with Context 2013.05.28 00:36 MKIV (TL2013 on Debian). -Sanjoy

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Margin heading problem, was Re: sections
by Rik Kabel 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

On 2014-06-01 12:52, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 6/1/2014 5:40 PM, Rik wrote: > >> Is this also the cause of problems I noted with heading placed into the >> margin, as in the example below? > > no, unrelated, try this: > > \setuphead > [section] > [after={\strut\blank[-2*line,samepage,disable]}, > command=\SectionCommand, > distance=0pt] > > \define[2]\SectionCommand{\inleft{XXXXXX}} That was fine until it ran into \setupwhitespace with a non-zero value. Fiddling with the after key \blank does not appear to help. \define[2]\MarginHead{\inmargin{#1\\#2}} \setuphead [section] [command=\MarginHead, distance=0pt, after={\strut\blank[-2*line,samepage,disable]}] %% With no \setupwhitespace, or any \setupwhitespace setting that %% results in zero interparagraph whitespace, all is well. %setupwhitespace [none]% okay %setupwhitespace [fix]% okay %% With non-zero interparagraph whitespace, the heading separates %% from the text \setupwhitespace [line]% bad \starttext \startchapter[title={Weisman}] \input weisman\par \input weisman \startsection[title={Thuan}] \input thuan\par \input thuan \stopsection \stopchapter \stoptext -- Rik Kabel

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grid + description + superscript
by Trond Thorbjørnsen 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Superscript in math in a description, results in a blank line, see the example. Is there a way to avoid this? -Trond Thorbjørnsen \setuplayout[grid=yes] \definedescription[desc][ inbetween={\blank[none]}, before={\blank[none]}, after={\blank[none]}, margin=no, ] \starttext \desc{foo} bar baz \desc{foo} bar baz \desc{foo} bar $x_j$ baz \desc{foo} bar baz \desc{foo} bar baz \par \stoptext

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[+-OT] reducing pdf file
by Andrea Valle 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Dear, I made with NodeBox software a large vectorial image (I can export in pdf). the idea is to use it as a cover for a ConTeXt project. The problem lies in its size: 220 Mb. Could anyone provide a method (if any) for reducing the size? The image is made by a combination of many small pdf images, so I guess that the resulting size depends on linear combination of all images size, that are preserved (sorry, I’m an ignorant on the pdf format). Thanks a lot Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - StudiUm Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.fonurgia.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderaalle/sets/ --> http://vimeo.com/vanderaalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- "This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous." (Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski)

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standard setup values for titles in heads and lists?
by Pablo Rodriguez 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Dear list, where in the source can I find the standard configuration for titles in heads and lists? I have looked at strc-lst.mkvi, but there I couldn’t find anything about the default configuration values for any sectioning command. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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[bug?] no space before \cite[data][] and after \abbreviation
by pol stra 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hello, I used "see \cite[data]" in a document and I obtained "seeAuthor" without space between "see" and "Author". I think it is a bug. I also had troubles with abbreviations (although it might be a bad use from myself): setting "\abbreviation{AB}{Abbreviation}" "an \AB some text" will give "an ABsome text" => missing space after abbreviation "an {\AB} some text" will give "an AB some text" => OK "an \infull{AB} some text" will give "an some text" => missing expanded abbreviation setting: "\definesynonyms[abbrev][abbrevs][\infull] \setupsynonyms[style=normal] \abbrev{AB}{Abbreviation}" "an \AB some text" will give "an ABsome text" => missing space after abbreviation "an {\AB} some text" will give "an AB some text" => OK "an \infull{AB} some text" will give "an Abbreviation some text" => OK Is it bugs or I do something wrong ? Best regards,

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Two levels of itemization with the 'intext' option
by Maggyero 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Aditya finally gave me a great solution on Stack Exchange: > One way to achieve this is to explicitly set the width of each symbol, and align the symbol to > the right. Visually, this is give the output that you want. For example: > \definesymbol[emdash][---] > \setupitemize[1][packed, intext][symbol=emdash, width=2em, itemalign=left, distance=0.5ex] > \setupitemize[2][packed, intext][symbol=emdash, width=3em, itemalign=left, distance=0.5ex] So the complete solution is: \definesymbol[emdash][---] \setupitemize[each][packed, intext][% itemalign=left, symbol=emdash, distance=\spaceamount] \setupitemize[1][width=2em] \setupitemize[2][width=\dimexpr 3em + \spaceamount \relax] \setupitemize[3][width=\dimexpr 4em + 2\spaceamount \relax] \setupitemize[4][width=\dimexpr 5em + 3\spaceamount \relax] \starttext \startitemize \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \startitemize \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \startitemize \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \startitemize \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \stopitemize \stopitemize \stopitemize \stopitemize \stoptext

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larger dot using \dot?
by Sanjoy Mahajan 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Dear list, Is there an easy way to enlarge (and maybe slightly raise) the dot in, for example, $\dot V$? I tried using \overset with an external figure (a pdf of a filled circle), but the \hbox inside \overset meant that subscripts weren't tucked in. I also failed with metafun. -- -Sanjoy

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blank overlay
by john Culleton 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

I need a graphic (a thumbnail) on the right hand pages but not on the left hand pages. Following the instructions in the Metafun Manual page 168 I have assigned different pairs to the two overlays: \startuseMPgraphic{right page} ... \stopuseMPgraphic and \startuseMPgraphic{left page} \stopuseMPgraphic In the left hand area I want to just create a minimal structure that replaces the right hand graphic overlay. What is the minimal code I can use between the start and stop statements? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Unable To Render Table With Over 3000 Rows
by Neal Lester 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

When I attempt to render a table with more than about 3000 rows I get the following error. Searching the archives I found one message suggesting that [save size] is hard coded and cannot be increased. The application is rendering business reports; they are relatively simple documents but we definitely need more than 3000 rows. Is there a way to configure context to render tables of this size? Thanks, Neal Lester (C:/projects/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv ConTeXt ver: 2014.01.03 00:40 MKIV current fmt: 2014.5.28 int: english/english system > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded (C:/projects/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv) system > files > jobname 'temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47', input './temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47', result 'temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active (C:/projects/jinny/report_builder/temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47.tex{C:/projects/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > typescripts > unknown library 'loc' {C:/projects/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{C:/projects/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > 'fallback modern rm 12pt' is loaded structure > sectioning > part @ level 1 : 1 -> ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [save size=50000] system > tex > error on line 5025 in file C:/projects/jinny/report_builder/temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47.tex: TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [ ... 5015 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,992\eTD \eTR 5016 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,993\eTD \eTR 5017 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,994\eTD \eTR 5018 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,995\eTD \eTR 5019 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,996\eTD \eTR 5020 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,997\eTD \eTR 5021 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,998\eTD \eTR 5022 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,999\eTD \eTR 5023 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 5,000\eTD \eTR 5024 \eTABLEbody 5025 >> \eTABLE 5026 \stoptext 5027 If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

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Broken floats when using postponing.
by Alan BRASLAU 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

Hello, The following minimal example yields an error using the latest version from the garden: \starttext This is before \in{Figure}[fig:cow] \startpostponing [+0] \startplacefigure [reference=fig:cow] \externalfigure [cow] \stopplacefigure \stoppostponing and this is after. \stoptext tex error > error on line 3 in file virtual://page.nopage.1: ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup \strc_floats_stop_place ...unwantedspaces \egroup l.3 \stopplacefigure <empty file> The problem appears with the use of \startpostponing\stoppostponing (used to prevent a paragraph break in the middle of the sentence). Alan

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SyncTeX
by Trond Thorbjørnsen 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

Is MKIV still not working with SyncTeX? http://wiki.contextgarden.net/SyncTeX -- Trond Thorbjørnsen

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Thumbnail sample.
by john Culleton 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

The wiki shows two thumbnail samples. I like the first one. But I want to use MKIV. When I do the first sample blows up on the second chapter entry. Obviously there is some code in sample 1 that doesn't work under MKIV. By a process of elimination it centers on the thumbnail description proper. The file looks like this: --------------------------------------------------- \unprotected \def\rawsectionnumber#1{\countervalue{\??se#1}}%will be in kernel \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=thumbs] \defineoverlay [thumbs] [\setups{thumbs}] \def\NOfChapters{4} % i need to make this one available \startsetups thumbs \definemeasure[thumbheight][\dimexpr\paperheight/\NOfChapters\relax] \vbox to \paperheight \bgroup \vskip \rawsectionnumber{section-2} \measure{thumbheight} \vskip -1 \measure{thumbheight} \doifoddpageelse\hfill\donothing \framed [background=color, backgroundcolor=darkgray, frame=off, foregroundcolor=white, height=\measure{thumbheight},width=1cm] {\bfa \rawsectionnumber{section-2}} \doifoddpageelse\donothing\hfill \vss \egroup \stopsetups \starttext \chapter{first} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } \chapter{second} \dorecurse{10}{\input davis } \chapter{third} \dorecurse{10}{\input zapf } \chapter{fourth} \dorecurse{10}{\input bryson } \stoptext ----------------------------------------------- It works under MKII but not under MKIV. The error message occurs after the first chapter. But the chapters by themselves work OK. I will continue to experiment---- -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Two levels of itemization with the 'intext' option
by Maggyero 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Hello, How can I get the output given by the following code with the itemize environment? \starttext \quad---~Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo.\par \quad---~Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo.\par \quad\quad~---~Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo.\par \quad\quad~---~Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo.\par \quad---~Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \stoptext I have tried this, but without success (it works only when there is one level of itemization): \definesymbol[emdashone][\quad---~] \definesymbol[emdashtwo][\quad\quad~---~] \setupitemize[1][packed, fit, intext][symbol=emdashone] \setupitemize[2][packed, fit, intext][symbol=emdashtwo] \starttext \startitemize \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \startitemize \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \stopitemize \item Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. \stopitemize \stoptext Best regards.

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Publications working in latest beta?
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Dear List, After some time absent from Context-land, I thought I’d try the new non-BibTeX publications system. However I can’t get the following minimal example to work … \cite seems to expand to a () and there is no rendering of the publications list. Is the problem my example, or is it a bug? Robin \definebtxdataset[test] \usebtxdataset[test][sample.bib] \definebtxrendering[test] \setupbtxrendering[test][numbering=yes] \starttext As \cite[author][test::Eijkhout1991] already indicated, bibtex is a \LATEX||centric program. \placebtxrendering[test] \stoptext ConTeXt ver: 2014.05.23 23:24 MKIV beta fmt: 2014.5.27 int: english/english

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Problem with astronomicalunit in \unit
by Romain Diss 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Hi all, It seems that the \unit parser doesn't recognize the 'astronomicalunit'. Minimal exemple: \starttext \unit{100 astronomicalunit} \stoptext % Rendering gives 100 as.t % One expect 100 au Thanks for help. -- Romain Diss

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sections
by Hans Hagen 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Hi Pablo, The section breaks are a bit of a headache. In the old mechanism (also mkii) we used penalties between different section levels (different values so that there is some hierarchy). In mkiv we have a weighted penalty/glue mechanism which has advantages but can also create side effects. The method of a few weeks ago coul deal with \section followed by 100 \subsections i.e. no text between this. In a strict mechanism you end up with one long page fur to all the penalties. So, there was some precaution for this. However that didn't work well with content following sections that prefers breaks (read: section head followed by e.g. itemize or tabulate). So, the newer mechanism tries to analyze the page stream which (currently) is somewhat tricky. That's why we need to iterate to an acceptable solution. Some of these mkiv mechanisms are already a bit old and could be done better using some newer luatex trickery (but i need tome to do that). It would be nice to have a large test case for this (sort of hard to make one as some trial and error is involved). As you already have some, best collect them for future reference. A new beta ... Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Quotation blocs with repetition symbol in the left column
by Stéphane Goujet 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Hello, I am trying to typeset old books and I chose to keep close to the original typography. I have attached two images of what I try to mimic an I try to sum up the requirements hereinbelow. Any advice is appreciated. ================= 1) It must work when starting from a new line as well as when starting from the middle of the current line. 2 different environments are allowed. 2) The environnement is wrapped in guillemets. 3a) There must be no extra space before the opening guillemet when starting from the middle of the current line. 3b) The must be no extra space after the closing guillemet. 4) The quote repetition symbol must appear in the beginning of every line, except the first one. 5) Paragraphs should be automatically indented. Manual indentation is bearable. 6a) When there is an indentation, the quote repetition symbol must be indented too. 6b) When the bloc starts on a new line, the opening guillemet must be indented. 7) The quote repetition symbol must be a setup parameter of the environment, or easily modifiable within the environment definition. (in the example images, it is a *closing* guillemet, but in other books it can be an *opening* guillemet). 8) This environment must work within footnotes too. ================= So far, I have tried to use line numbering to achieve this result. But there are several problems: -- extra space before beginning of bloc, -- quote repetition symbol appears on the first line even when it the beginning of the environment, -- no automatic indentation, -- no indentation of quote repetition symbol, -- lines overflow in the right margin (seems that the "width" used for the numbering is not substracted from the text width), -- no effect in footnotes, and I am not unsure whether carrying on tweaking line numbering is the way to go. Here is a minimal(?) example showing the different possibilities and troubles: ================= \setuppapersize[A4] \enableregime[utf-8] \mainlanguage[fr] \language[fr] \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \setupindenting[first,yes,medium] \definestartstop[bloccitel][before={ \setuplinenumbering[location=text,command={»\gobbleoneargument},width=.75em] \startlinenumbering \setupindenting[first,yes,medium] « }, after={»\stoplinenumbering}] \starttext First check: «normal spacing of guillemets». Second check: a normal paragraph, to show {\bf normal right margin limit}. \input tufte Let's start with a quote block on a {\bf new line}: \startbloccitel First paragraph ({\bf quote repetition symbol is not wanted here}):\input tufte Second paragraph ({\bf not automatically indented}):\input tufte \indentation Third paragraph with manual indentation({\bf quote repetition symbol is not indented}):\input tufte \stopbloccitel Now, a quote block starting just there, {\bf in the middle of a line} ({\bf space after colon is too big}):\startbloccitel\input tufte \input tufte \stopbloccitel . This a bit of text at the end of the quotation. It {\bf seems fine}. And let's call a {\bf footnote}\footnote{\startbloccitel\input tufte \input tufte \stopbloccitel}. Unfortunately {\bf no quote repetition symbol will appear in it}. \stoptext ================= If needed, here is the Context I use : ================= stephane@cuisine ~/test/ctx/quote_block $ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2014.03.27 20:04 ================= Faithfully yours, Stéphane.

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dx=1cm with imposition: how to disable "right" most dx?
by Xan 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Hi, I have this code: \definepapersize[carnet][width=8.50cm,height=5.40cm] \setuppapersize [carnet][A4] \setuppaper [] \setuplayout [page] [topspace=0.02cm, backspace=0.02cm, header=0.02cm,margin=0.02cm,width=middle,footer=0.02cm,height=fit] \setuplayout [page] \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=on,nx=2,ny=4,dy=1cm,dx=1cm] When I run context, the "dx" distance is added to the right of the "rightest" page of type "carnet". So I have an extra right dx distance that it annyoes me becase in double printing pages, the side above and the side below don't match. How can I prevent that? Thanks in advance, Xan. PS: Please CCme.

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bugs in page break (relevant for TeX Live 2014)
by Pablo Rodriguez 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Dear Hans, there is a wrong page break introduced in the stable version intended for TeX Live 2014. Here you have the sample that shows the issue: \showframe\showgrid \setupbodyfont[pagella,15pt] \starttext \chapter{Chapter title} \section{Section title} \dorecurse{140}{Sentence. } \subsection{Subsection title} This is another line. \stoptext Page break is wrong when \subsection is active or replaced with \subsubsection. Page break is right when \subsection is disabled or replaced with \section. By the way, I experience another page break with lists (I guess it was introduced with the same beta as above, but I’m not sure). Here is the sample: \showframe\showgrid \setupbodyfont[pagella,15pt] \starttext \chapter{Chapter title} \section{Section title} \dorecurse{140}{Sentence. } \startitemize \dorecurse{4}{\item This is an item.\par} \stopitemize \stoptext Page break above is wrong when recursion is over 2. Could you fix these wrong page breaks? I think both fixes should be included in TeX Live 2014. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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“Case-insensitive” sorting for \placelistofsynonyms?
by Benjamin Buchmuller 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Hi list, according to case-insensitive sorting for \placeregister[…][…, method=…], I tried to figure out how to achieve similar results for \placelistofsynonyms (has method-key too). I tried this modified minimal example (that originally was proposed by Hans here: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/052950.html) but failed: \setuplayout[topspace=1cm,height=middle] \setupbodyfont[11pt] \starttext \definesynonyms[abbr][abbrs][\unabbr] \def\Test#1{\vbox{{\bf#1}\blank\placelistofabbrs[criterium=all,language=cz,method={#1}]}\blank} wanted result: oá öb Oč Öď Oo Öo oo öo Öq öř Oš oů \blank \startcolumns[n=2] \Test{before} \Test{first} \Test{default}\Test{after}\Test{last} \stopcolumns \page wanted result: oá öb Oč Öď Oo Öo oo öo Öq öř Oš oů \blank \startcolumns[n=3] \Test{mc,mm,uc} \Test{mc,zm,uc} \Test{mc,pm,uc} \Test{zc,mm,uc} \Test{zc,zm,uc} \Test{zc,pm,uc} \Test{pc,mm,uc} \Test{pc,zm,uc} \Test{pc,pm,uc} \stopcolumns \page wanted result: oá öb Oč Öď Oo Öo oo öo Öq öř Oš oů \blank \startcolumns[n=3] \Test{mm,mc,uc} \Test{zm,mc,uc} \Test{pm,mc,uc} \Test{mm,zc,uc} \Test{zm,zc,uc} \Test{pm,zc,uc} \Test{mm,pc,uc} \Test{zm,pc,uc} \Test{pm,pc,uc} \stopcolumns \page \dorecurse {2} { \page \recurselevel: \abbr{oá}{oáz} \abbr{öb}{öbz} \abbr{Oč}{Očz} \abbr{Öď}{Öďz} \abbr{oo}{ooz} \abbr{öo}{öoz} \abbr{Oo}{Ooz} \abbr{Öo}{Öoz} \abbr{Öq}{Öqz} \abbr{öř}{öřz} \abbr{Oš}{Ošz} \abbr{oů}{oůz} done } \stoptext Is there yet another way to modify sorting behaviour? Many thanks for your help!

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Character and word spacing
by Rik Kabel 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

I am setting some text from Geoffrey Dowding's /Finer Points in the Spacing and Arrangement of Type/. I am trying to set it using his recommendations. For those not familiar with his book, the key point is that he promotes extremely tight spacing to achieve a uniform density across the page in the belief that this leads to a pleasing presentation and improved readability. Among his recommendations is that an opening single quote together with the space preceding it should take up no more space than a normal word space, and similarly following a closing single quote; that the space after some punctuation be minimized (some of his commas appear to have perhaps just a hairspace, following them); that the space between punctuation and letters be adjusted according to the shape of the letter; and that 'and' be replaced by '&' as necessary to improve word spacing. While this last is probably beyond the scope of ConTeXt, I am hoping that the first few might be managed through \definecharacterspacing, \setupcharacterspacing, and \setcharacterspacing. Alas, I have found no documentation on this set of commands, and what I see in the source is opaque. If you have pointers to the details of these commands, or other suggestions for such typographic exercises, please let me know. -- Rik Kabel

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bug in \setuptagging?
by Pablo Rodriguez 31 May '14

31 May '14

Dear list I experience weird results with latest beta (2014.05.30 23:26). Here is the sample: \setuppapersize[A6] \setuptagging[state=start] \setuptyping[margin=yes,align={right,broad}] \starttext \starttyping \setuptyping[margin=yes, align={right,broad}] \stoptyping \stoptext If I disable \setuptagging, output is fine. But with \setuptagging enabled, the typing environment doesn’t display multiple lines. Am I doing something wrong or have I hit a bug? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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bug in latest beta (2014-05-30 18:07)
by Pablo Rodriguez 31 May '14

31 May '14

Hans, I’m afraid that the latest beta contains a bug that prevents the compilation of any document. Error is the following (complete log available at http://www.ousia.tk/nocache.log) Ouch---my internal constants have been clobbered! ---case 1 mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 Could you fix it? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Tagged PDF - Math
by Christoph Reller 30 May '14

30 May '14

Hi, ConTeXt can produce tagged PDF - this is really cool! (At the moment ConTeXt/luaTeX seems to be the only macropackage/TeX-engine that is able to do this.) What is the status of producing structure information for math? After a quick evaluation I observe two issues: 1. Empty entry in RoleMap: ConTeXt wisely uses the RoleMap entry of the StructTreeRoot element in a PDF to map structure element names to standard element names. In PDF terms, RoleMap is a dictionary with keys and values. Unfortunately, certain math elements seem to lead to a corrupt RoleMap, e.g., the usage of a square root results in an empty dictionary key with corresponding value "\Span". A minimal example is: \setuptagging[state=start] \starttext \startformula \sqrt{A} \stopformula \stoptext 2. Structure element contains index of type "real number": According to the PDF Reference V 1.7 (see Table 10.10) a structure element dictionary's "K" entry can be an integer (e.g. "2") that denotes an index for a marked-content sequence. When tagging math, ConTeXt sometimes produces a real value (e.g. "2.000") instead. A minimal example is: (In this example the last element "B" receives such a "real number" index) \setuptagging[state=start] \starttext \startformula A = B \stopformula \stoptext I am using ConTeXt version 2014.05.27 13:38. Thanks in advance for any feedback. Christoph

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Special look of \item
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 30 May '14

30 May '14

Hello, is there a way how to achieve the following look of items inside \staritemize ... \stopitemize: |<-- textwidth ------>| * Item - abc def ghi jlk mn op qrst uw xyz Some other text that belongs to the item. * Longer item - abc def ghi jlk mn op qrst uw xyz Some other text that belongs to the longer item. ---- \starttext \startitemize \item Item - abc def ghi jlk mn op qrst uw xyz Some other text that belongs to the item. \items Longer item - abc def ghi jlk mn op qrst uw xyz Some other text that belongs to the longer item. \stopitemize \stoptext ---- I played with h-, v-, t-, s- and other boxes, with b/eTABLE but I'm not able to get the desired result... Thank you in advance. Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 241 096 751 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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request for cooperation to the editor "texstudio" has support for ConTeXt
by Juan jose 30 May '14

30 May '14

regards My name is john and i am a science student , had always used latex , but I recently introducing me to ConTeXt , I always used latex editor TeXstudio ( http://texstudio.sourceforge.net/ ) but unfortunately this is not supported of ConTeXt now , I do not want to switch to another editor ( if I suggest auctex , but I thought ) because texstudio is good, and I am of those who think that if a project is missing something better to help implement it. So I turned to the task of making the request for support had texstudio ConTeXt , and kindly told that if they wished to have support for ConTeXt unfortunately texstudio project authors do not have time and do not know much so I asked ConTeXt help, but so far I 'm introducing ConTeXt and would be outrageous to create something as useful as is the Auto Completion and ConTeXt syntax analysis . I ask for help to some of you who work with the authors ( they can contact them are very open ) to texstudio has full support for ConTeXt in principle would help complete syntax files and auto-complete , and if you want to create a partnership between the I think the two projects texstudio authors I would be delighted . The entry in which this feature is asked : http://sourceforge.net/p/texstudio/feature-requests/701/ (the last comment explains how to implement context in texstudio , even in early stage ) the mailing address of the authors are : *Benito van der Zander ( author ) :* benito(a)benibela.de ( Please mention " texstudio " in the subject , if you write a mail ) or http://sourceforge.net/u/benibela/profile/ *Tim Hoffmann : *http://sourceforge.net/u/userid-1903580/profile/ *Jan Sundermeyer :* http://sourceforge.net/u/jsundermeyer/profile/ The language on which it is built is qt / c + + if anything , I would appreciate that someone who is knowledgeable and wants to collaborate with texstudio help the project thank you very much

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Tagged PDF - Standard structure type for list elements
by Christoph Reller 30 May '14

30 May '14

Hi, I have found a small bug in line 62 of strc-tag.lua: item = { pdf = "Li", nature = "display" }, The standard structure type for list elements is "LI" not "Li". Please correct the line to item = { pdf = "LI", nature = "display" }, A minimal example to reproduce is: \setuptagging[state=start] \starttext \startitemize \item One \stopitemize \stoptext I am using ConTeXt Version 2014.05.27 13:38. Thanks, Christoph

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placement of graphics across coluums.
by john Culleton 30 May '14

30 May '14

In Scribus, (which has many shortcomings compared to Context for book length documents,) there is one trick that is pretty easy. In a double column document one can place a graphic in another layer that is part in one column and part in another, but not spanning either column completely. Then the texts in each column can be made to flow around the graphic. I have looked in "It's in the details" and the "Columns" document but I cannot find this specific example. I thought I saw one years ago. Is such a trick possible in Context without heroic special coding? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Centering tabulate env. using \setuptabulate
by Devendra Ghate 28 May '14

28 May '14

I expect follow MWE to produce a centered table. But it does not. Am I making any obvious mistake. --------------- \definetabulate[centeredTable][|r|l|] \setuptabulate [centeredTable] [align={middle}] \starttext \startcenteredTable \HL \NC I want this table \NC aligned in the center.\NR \HL \stopcenteredTable \stoptext ---------------- This also *doesn't* work. --------------- \setuptabulate [align={middle}] \starttext \starttabulate[|r|l|] \HL \NC I want this table \NC aligned in the center.\NR \HL \stoptabulate \stoptext ---------------- -- Devendra Ghate

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wrong page break
by Pablo Rodriguez 28 May '14

28 May '14

Hans, I have found the another wrong page break in this sample: \showframe\showgrid \setupbodyfont[pagella,15pt] \starttext \chapter{Chapter title} \section{Section title} \dorecurse{140}{Sentence. } \subsection{Subsection title} This is another line. \stoptext It works fine when replacing \subsection with \section. And it also fails when replacing \subsection with \subsubsection. I guess it might be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Ctx goes into infinite loop?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 28 May '14

28 May '14

Hello, I have problem running the latest Ctx beta. Suppose having: -- C:\Lukas\Jobs\D3-Sk\SO_237-20.RDS\Drawings\t2.mkiv \startluacode local home = (os.getenv("HOME.ORG") or os.getenv("HOME") or "?"):gsub("\\", "/") context.setvalue("HOME", home) \stopluacode \input \HOME/Common/_Defs_.ctx \starttext Test \stoptext -- and an empty -- C:\Lukas\Common\_Defs_.ctx -- When running: C:\Lukas\Jobs\D3-Sk\SO_237-20.RDS\Drawings>context.exe t2.mkiv Ctx stops telling anything (infinite loop?): " C:\Lukas\Jobs\D3-Sk\SO_237-20.RDS\Drawings>context.exe t2.mkiv mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="c:/Ctx-Beta/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en" --jobname="t2" --lua="c:/Ctx-Beta/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" --no-parse-first-line --c:currentrun=1 --c:fulljobname="./t2.mkiv" --c:input="./t2.mkiv" --c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=8 "cont-yes.mkiv" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.79.1 (TeX Live 2014/W32TeX) (rev 5004) \write18 enabled. open source > 1 > 1 > c:/Ctx-Beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv ConTeXt ver: 2014.05.21 22:04 MKIV beta fmt: 2014.5.22 int: english/english system > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded open source > 2 > 2 > c:/Ctx-Beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv close source > 2 > 2 > c:/Ctx-Beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > files > jobname 't2', input './t2.mkiv', result 't2' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active open source > 2 > 3 > C:/Lukas/Jobs/D3-Sk/SO_237-20.RDS/Drawings/t2.mkiv tex error > error on line 7 in file C:/Lukas/Jobs/D3-Sk/SO_237-20.RDS/Drawings/t2.mkiv: ! I can't find file `C:/Documents'.\HOME ^C C:\Lukas\Jobs\D3-Sk\SO_237-20.RDS\Drawings> \HOME \-C:/Documents and Settings/LPR l.7 \input \HOME /Common/_Defs_.ctx 1 \startluacode 2 local home = (os.getenv("HOME.ORG") or os.getenv("HOME") or "?"):gsub("\\", "/") 3 4 context.setvalue("HOME", home) 5 \stopluacode 6 7 >> \input \HOME/Common/_Defs_.ctx 8 9 \starttext 10 Test 11 \stoptext 12 " What's wrong? Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 241 096 751 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Strange behavior with Metapost
by Fabrice Couvreur 28 May '14

28 May '14

Hello, Why curve drawn is not that expected ? Fabrice \starttext \startMPcode input hvdm; l:=2.8mm; r:=0.6; alfa:=45; beta:=0; gamma:=0; defineDefaultArrow (l, r, alfa, beta, gamma); numeric xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax; xmin :=-2; xmax := 4; ymax :=5 ;ymin:=-1; u := 1cm; pickup pencircle scaled 1pt ; drawarrow ((xmin,0) -- (xmax,0)) scaled u; drawarrow ((0,ymin) -- (0,ymax)) scaled u; draw tightfunction ("x", "2*(x-1)*(x-1)+2", xmin, xmax, (xmax-xmin)/10) scaled u; setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox (((xmin,ymin) -- (xmax,ymax)) scaled u); \stopMPcode \stoptext

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Sectionnumbering
by Werner Hintze 27 May '14

27 May '14

I would like to give my own numbers to several chapters. I made this: \setuphead[chapter] [ownnumber=yes] \starttext \part{Erster Teil} \chapter{3}{Anfang} \chapter{6}{Weiter} \stoptext But the result is not the dired one. I want to have: 3 Anfang 6 Weiter But I get 1.3 Anfang 1.6 Weiter How can I suppress the part number? I searched for two hours or more in the Manual und on the web page and couldn’t find a hint...

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\type gives different results in footnotes
by Pablo Rodriguez 27 May '14

27 May '14

Dear list, I have the following sample: \starttext \type{{\em\de Textsatzsystem}} \footnote{\type{{\em\de Textsatzsystem}}.} \stoptext Only in the footnote \em has an extra unrequired space. I don’t have no idea about how TeX works here. As I wrote in a previous message, this is far beyond my understanding. Is there no way to have the same results in footnote? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Command for printing back of book index.
by john Culleton 27 May '14

27 May '14

In the current General Manual section 12.7 "Registers" the command for actually printing the back of book index is omitted. What is it? Is it the same for both MKII and MKIV? Does one run the command texutil separate from the context command (analogous to running the makeindex command in other versions of TeX)? I can create an index separate from context using a front end to makeindex that I wrote years ago but I prefer an embedded index. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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LuaTeX/ConTeXt connect to SQL Server
by Matt Baker 26 May '14

26 May '14

FROM MY POSTING AT: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/180018/luatex-context-connect-to-sql… I am looking to connect ConTeXt to a SQL Server database. I have looked through the manuals, and even read pragma-ade's SQL PDF (which, for me, seems a bit abstract). I am not extremely familiar with Lua but have read up on the language (I am more familiar with JS). For LaTex I used nlatexdb which did the trick, but LaTex isn't able to do what ConTeXt can. - The connection needs to use Windows Authentication. - The document is set up as a letter with an environment that it pulls from. - It would be preferable to have the connection and queries be seperate from the letter itself, and be able to place variables into the letter that can be populated through the queries (much like nlatexdb) if possible. - example: Dear ??first ??last, Thank you for your interest in ??product... etc. I am rather new to ConText and just starting to get the hang of it, long time latex user, the transition starts off rather confusing, but once it makes sense it opens up a whole toolbox of available tools which is great. Just need this one last tool. Any help would be much appreciated. EDIT:: Honestly I haven't gotten to any point that I felt I could attempt trying the connection. Looking at the SQL PDF from pragma-ade it should look something like: local presets = { server = "XXX\XXX", Database = "Customer", Integrated Security = "True", } presets.id = "XXX" local template = [[ SELECT 'Control_Content' FROM 'Customer.dbo.Report_Client_Data' WHERE 'Control_Name' LIKE 'Long_Name' AND 'Client_Id' = 154; ]] local data, keys = utilities.sql.execute { presets = presets, template = template, variables = {}, } I can't seem to find where or how the connection is being made, except perhaps where utilities.sql.execute is called, but I can't find any information anywhere about such a call in lua or context...

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unwanted extra space in type definition
by Pablo Rodriguez 26 May '14

26 May '14

Dear list, I have the following sample: \definetype[TeXcode][option=TEX] \def\arg#1{\TeXcode{{#1}}} \starttext \arg{\em\de Textsatzsystem} \TeXcode{{\em\de Textsatzsystem}} \stoptext I don’t know what is wrong defined in \arg that inserts an extra space after \em? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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bug in latest beta?
by Pablo Rodriguez 26 May '14

26 May '14

Dear list, I’m afraid there is a bug (I think it was) introduced in beta from 2014.05.21 22:04: \showframe \setuppapersize[A6] \starttext \dorecurse{23}{This is only a random sentence. } \section{Section} \input zapf \stoptext Page break is wrong if \section is enabled (or I am missing something extremely basic). I guess it might be worth fixing it also for ConTeXt in TeX Live 2014. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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