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Probably a very simple question, but how do I get a page number to be centered, at the bottom and vertically in the middle whilst having my doc margins?
by Felix 19 Aug '24

19 Aug '24

I have the following code that I tried editing with no success https://pastebin.com/jT58Z8uY This has no footer or header but when I add code for a header that is AI generated it outputs a wrong result l, and I tried reading documentation too but didn't really find anything helpful What I want; everything that is included in the preamble that affects the sizing and alignment, but I want a bottom centered page number that is vertically aligned (it doesn't have to be perfect but I think context can oroabbly do that? I'm a complete novice, sorry). Would greatly appreciate if someone can format this into the doc. Thank you!

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slanted fallback and compact fonts
by Pablo Rodriguez 19 Aug '24

19 Aug '24

Dear list, I have the following sample: %~ \enableexperiments[fonts.compact] \definefallbackfamily[mainface] [rm][TeX Gyre Pagella] [range={0x0061}, force=yes, it={style:tf, features:{slanted}}] \definefontfamily[mainface] [rm][TeX Gyre Pagella] %[it={style:tf, features:{slanted}}] \setupbodyfont[mainface] \startTEXpage[offset=1em] a \it a \stopTEXpage \stoptext Compact fonts in LuaMetaTeX prevent the slanted in the fallback font, but it causes no problem with the main defined font family. MkIV slants both the fallback and the main font families. I guess this might be some code preventing this from working. I’m using current latest (from 2024.08.16 16:30). Could anyone confirm the issue? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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Why are some external PDF figures leading to a stack overflow error?
by Joel 18 Aug '24

18 Aug '24

I am making a book that includes a series of maps which I created in LibreOffice Draw, but exported as a lossless PDF. After recently making some improvements to the map files, but not the ConTeXt documents, I was surprised my document wouldn't compile anymore...I couldn't find any code errors and even reverted to older code from the day before that compiled fine yesterday. It seemed the PDFs themselves were making the errors, but the errors were inconsistent.. I deleted my ConTeXt install and downloaded the latest version of standalone, it still won't compile, but the errors are completely different. After a few tests I came up with this minimal code which throws the error: \starttext \externalfigure[xmap1] \stoptext If I compile this, and xmap1.pdf is a PDF file in the same path, it outputs this error: lua error > lua error on line 4 in file ./test.tex: registered function call [1606]: ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-pde.lmt:175: stack overflow stack traceback: ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-pde.lmt:175: in function <...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-pde.lmt:167> (...tail calls...) ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-pde.lmt:667: in for iterator 'for iterator' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:96: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ... (skipping 99976 levels) ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in upvalue 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:97: in local 'strip' ...-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix-imp-contents.lmt:108: in upvalue 'document_pdf_strip_page' [string "local lpdf_epdf_contentplugin = lpdf.epdf.con..."]:7: in local 'runner' ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-fix.lmt:136: in field 'pageplugin' ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/lpdf-pde.lmt:1401: in upvalue 'copypage' ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/grph-chk.lua:126: in function <...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/grph-chk.lua:111> ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/grph-inc.lmt:1696: in function <...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/grph-inc.lmt:1681> (...tail calls...) 1 \starttext 2 3 \externalfigure[xmap1] 4 >> 5 \stoptext 6 mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 This error isn't occurring for every PDF, some of them are rendering with no such error. I tried different export settings in LibreOffice Draw, but that seemed to have no impact. Some files render in ConTeXt and some throw this error. What is happening? --Joel

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Two column layout with footnotes
by Michael Loescher 18 Aug '24

18 Aug '24

Hello list, Is it possible to create a two-column journal layout with ConTeXt in which relatively large footnotes are always in the right column and, if the size of the footnotes exceeds a certain threshold, are distributed between the left and right columns? (comparable as shown in the attachment) As far as I understand it, there are different possibilities for column set (e.g. column set, pagecolumns), but which one would be best, if it is possible at all? Kind regards Michael

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Bug Regarding IIalic Correction in ConTeXt LMTX
by Vladimir Grbić 18 Aug '24

18 Aug '24

Hello, I started using ConTeXt LMTX 2 days ago and after some initial testing I noticed an unexpected behavior regarding italic correction. In short, I cannot seem to produce italic correction like I could in plain TeX or even LaTeX. I've asked the question on TeX StackExchange and another user confirmed the suspicion in his answer. I would suggest you take a look at it because the formatting of the question and the answer is prettier than in this plain text email. Furthermore, a person who provided the answer already did some research. See the question here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/724568/how-to-invoke-italic-correct… Here is what I observed: Compare the kerning produced in between 'r' and 'p' in the word "airport" when italic correction is applied in plain TeX (compiled with `pdftex`) and in ConTeXt LMTX (compiled with `luametatex`). Here are the minimal working examples. Plain TeX ``` airport (regular font) {\it air\/}port (italic correction applied) {\it air}port (no italic correction applied) \bye ``` ConTeXt LMTX ``` \starttext airport (regular font) {\it air\/}port (italic correction applied) {\it air}port (no italic correction applied) \stoptext ``` Please confirm if this, in fact, is the issue/bug or if I am not approaching this correctly. I am brand new to ConTeXt, so it could be me. Thank you in advance! Vladimir

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how to set OSFONTDIR to find font under the path com_apple_MobileAsset_Font7 in macOS ?
by ai2472206007＠yeah.net 17 Aug '24

17 Aug '24

hi,lists In macOS, some fonts (e.g klee, stkaiti ,lihei) will be downloaded under the path --> /System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_Font7/, and I set the system font environment like: --> export OSFONTDIR=/Library/Fonts/:/System/Library/Fonts:$HOME/Library/Fonts:/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_Font7. But why can't I retrieve the font in this path? I've rebuilt the index after setting up the environment. Thanks for the help. Muyik

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 16 Aug '24

16 Aug '24

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 16 Aug '24

16 Aug '24

receiving incremental file list ./ ctan.lsr document-2.htm download-1.htm download-2.htm logo-ade.png logo-cts.png logo-pod.png rss.xml show-fil.pdf context/latest/ context/latest/cont-lmt.zip context/latest/cont-mpd.zip context/latest/cont-ppc.zip context/latest/cont-sci.zip context/latest/cont-tmf.zip context/latest/cont-tst.7z context/latest/cont-tst.tar.xz context/latest/cont-tst.zip sent 187,925 bytes received 40,189,993 bytes 3,511,123.30 bytes/sec total size is 617,576,475 speedup is 15.29 Running archiver: New dir: /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-08-16.16 271978560 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-08-16.16/latest 126745317 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-08-16.16/current 398727973 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-08-16.16 398727973 total

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Problem with Cambria
by Lutz Haseloff 16 Aug '24

16 Aug '24

Hi Hans, hi all, the latest ConTeXt lmtx seems to have a problem with MS Cambria. My file is: \setupbodyfont[cambria] \definefont[symbola][file:symbola*default at 10pt] \starttext \startMPpage[offset=1dk] draw textext("AC{\symbola ⚡}DC"); \stopMPpage \stoptext mtxrun finde the font: ➜ ~ mtxrun --script font --list --pattern=cambria --all identifier familyname fontname filename subfont instances cambria cambria cambria /home/lutz/fonts/winfont/cambria.ttc 1 cambriabold cambria cambriabold /home/lutz/fonts/winfont/cambriab.ttf cambriabolditalic cambria cambriabolditalic /home/lutz/fonts/winfont/cambriaz.ttf cambriaitalic cambria cambriaitalic /home/lutz/fonts/winfont/cambriai.ttf cambriamathnormal cambriamath cambriamath /home/lutz/fonts/winfont/cambria.ttc 2 cambriamathregular cambriamath cambriamath /home/lutz/fonts/winfont/cambria.ttc 2 cambrianormal cambria cambriaitalic /home/lutz/fonts/winfont/cambriai.ttf cambriaregular cambria cambria /home/lutz/fonts/winfont/cambria.ttc 1 ConTeXt doesn't. logfile: open source > level 2, order 3, name '/home/lutz/lmtx/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/fonts/mkiv/type-imp-cambria.mkiv' open source > level 3, order 4, name '/home/lutz/lmtx/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/fonts/mkiv/type-imp-dejavu.mkiv' close source > level 3, order 4, name '/home/lutz/lmtx/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/fonts/mkiv/type-imp-dejavu.mkiv' close source > level 2, order 4, name '/home/lutz/lmtx/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/fonts/mkiv/type-imp-cambria.mkiv' fonts > defining > forced type 'ttf' of 'cambria' not found fonts > defining > unable to define 'cambria.ttf' as 'cambria-12pt-rm-tf-0--0' fonts > defining > forced type 'ttf' of 'cambmath' not found fonts > defining > unable to define 'cambmath.ttf' as 'cambria-12pt-mm-mr--3' fonts > defining > unable to define 'cambmath.ttf' as 'cambria-12pt-mm-mr--2' fonts > defining > unable to define 'cambmath.ttf' as 'cambria-12pt-mm-mr--1' fonts > defining > unable to define 'cambmath.ttf' as 'cambria-12pt-mm-mb--3' fonts > defining > unable to define 'cambmath.ttf' as 'cambria-12pt-mm-mb--2' fonts > defining > unable to define 'cambmath.ttf' as 'cambria-12pt-mm-mb--1' Greetings Lutz Haseloff

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problem with location={right,high} in latest LMTX
by Henning Hraban Ramm 15 Aug '24

15 Aug '24

There seems to be a regression with sidefloats: """ \useMPlibrary[dum] \starttext \startplacefigure[title={problem},location={right,high}] \externalfigure[dummy][width=.3\textwidth] \stopplacefigure \samplefile{ward} \stoptext """ results in tex error > tex error on line 8 in file de/_tests/sidefloattest.tex: Missing number, treated as zero <to be read again> \global <macro> ...80=>\global \c_strc_floats_rotation \commalistelement \relax ,270=>\global \c_strc_floats_rotation \commalistelement \relax ]\fi \ifinset \v!paragraph \floatlocation \global \c_page_sides_force_shape \conditionaltrue \else \global \c_page_sides ... <macro> \p_crossreference ...ation \floatlocationdefault \let \forcedfloatmethod \floatlocationdefault } \donothing \fi \ifempty \forcedfloatmethod \let \forcedfloatmethod \v!here \fi \fi \fi \strc_floats_check_extra_actions \strc_floats_analyze_variables_two \strc_floats_ ... <line 3.8> \stopplacefigure 1 2 \useMPlibrary[dum] 3 4 \starttext 5 6 \startplacefigure[title={problem},location={right,high}] 7 \externalfigure[dummy][width=.3\textwidth] 8 >> \stopplacefigure 9 \samplefile{ward} 10 11 \stoptext 12 Hraban

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regular online meet-up
by Henning Hraban Ramm 14 Aug '24

14 Aug '24

Even if it’s just a few days before our in-person context meeting: You’re invited to our regular online meet-up, this upcoming Wednesday, August 14, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke (same, but shorter: https://u.mtxrun.eu/ctxmtg) ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Do you have a subject that you’d like to talk about? Is there something we should discuss before the Lutten meeting? Looking forward to seeing you, Hraban (Same blurb as always:) [Howto] * No special software installation required; most modern browsers should work (WebRTC required). * Open the URL above, accept the privacy statement, * enter your name, * click "join" (or "start" if you’re the first), * click "with microphone", allow your browser to access it, check the audio. * Your microphone is muted if you join. Activate microphone and/or camera with the buttons at the bottom. * Minimize the default presentation with the "screen" button, bottom right. * If you’d like to share your screen or upload a file, you can make yourself the presenter: Click on your user name, change the setting, then you’ll see the "screen sharing" button beside the camera button; also there’s now "manage presentations" behind the "plus" button. Beware there is only one presenter at a time, so don’t kill someone else’s presentation. [Technical hints] * Sound is usually better if you use a headset (less noise for everyone). * Connection problems are mostly due to low bandwidth or high latency on your side, e.g. with mobile connections. * Sometimes leaving and re-entering helps. * If audio/video doesn’t work for you, you can still use the text chat. * Screen sharing needs a lot of bandwidth. * BigBlueButton documentation applies: https://bigbluebutton.org/teachers/tutorials/ [Netiquette] * Please use a name that we recognize from here. Some feel uncomfortable with anonymous lurkers. * Mute your microphone while you’re not talking. * It’s nice to show your face at least when you join. * If there are connection problems, stop camera sharing. * The room is set to “everyone’s a moderator“, I trust you...

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Missing \endcsname inserted error
by Jeong Dal 14 Aug '24

14 Aug '24

Hi, I draw a figure using MetaFun and insert it \startplacefigure and \stopplacefigure. (Sample file is listed below) But, I got an error as following: Missing \endcsname inserted <to be read again> \defcsname <macro> \mult_interfaces_get_parameters_item_okay #1=#S#2,->\ifarguments \or \mult_interfaces_get_parameters_item_error {#1}\else \defcsname \m_mult_interfaces_namespace #1 \endcsname {#2}\fi <macro> \mult_interfaces_get_parameters_item #*#S#1,->\ifarguments \expandafter \gobbleoneargument \else \mult_interfaces_get_parameters_item_okay #1, If I remove "\startplacefigure and \stopplacefigure”, then there is no error, but the figure is not centered. Please tell me how to fix it. Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung \startbuffer[numbers] path p,q; p = unitsquare xyscaled(3,2) superellipsed .85 ; q := p scaled 1cm; draw q; label.bot(textext("\naturalnumbers"), point 2 of q); q := p scaled 1.5cm shifted (-.75cm,-.2cm); draw q ; label.bot(textext("\integers"), point 2 of q); q := p scaled 2cm shifted (-1.5cm,-.4cm); draw q; label.bot(textext("\rationals"), point 2 of q); q := p scaled 2.5cm shifted (-2.25cm,-.6cm); draw q; label.bot(textext("\reals"), point 2 of q); q := p scaled 3cm shifted (-3cm,-.8cm); draw q; label.bot(textext("\Bbb C"), point 2 of q); \stopbuffer \starttext \startplacefigure[location=none,\title=] {\scale[scale=1400]{\processMPbuffer[numbers]}} \stopplacefigure \stoptext

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Complete novice, why does it seem that LuaLaTeX (Compiled via LaTeX Workshop with MikTeX and added packages on Windows) will generate a more compact result than ConTeXt?
by fm117575＠students.panola.edu 13 Aug '24

13 Aug '24

Hello, ConTeXt mailing list! I have a question regarding a difference in the code that I have which uses the same paper size and margin settings, and also the same indentation rules and font size and font. It seems that ConTeXt (which I compiled via Windows Terminal, this *is* the proper way to compile ConTeXt docs, right?) seems to make text that is less... compact, and I am not sure if this is due to me not adding features that I **should** have turned on in ConTeXt when using Times New Roman that is installed by default on Windows. I also was not able to get a "proper (?)" single quote like when Word or LaTeX compiles "Don't", that ' is a straight quote in the compiled text. I also heard that ConTeXT would be much better for typography since it does have a more advanced typographical engine as the base (and this is a big reason as to why I want to switch to ConTeXt, pretty much everything is built in, I just can't understand documentation that well), and this may be because my code is very basic and I do not know how do properly do ConTeXt. Is it possible that ConTeXt also has a more "correct" way of formatting? Anyways, thank you for reading and taking the time to read this post. LuaLaTeX code: https://pastebin.com/p5aWxAyK ConTeXt code: https://pastebin.com/DsMnxMvY ConTeXT current version: 2024.07.31 19:43

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 13 Aug '24

13 Aug '24

receiving incremental file list ./ ctan.lsr document-2.htm download-1.htm download-2.htm logo-ade.png logo-cts.png logo-pod.png rss.xml show-fil.pdf context/latest/ context/latest/cont-lmt.zip context/latest/cont-mpd.zip context/latest/cont-ppc.zip context/latest/cont-sci.zip context/latest/cont-tmf.zip context/latest/cont-tst.7z context/latest/cont-tst.tar.xz context/latest/cont-tst.zip general/manuals/ general/manuals/mathincontext-paper.pdf general/manuals/mathincontext-screen.pdf sent 217,470 bytes received 67,025,923 bytes 4,075,357.15 bytes/sec total size is 617,581,762 speedup is 9.18 Running archiver: New dir: /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-08-13.16 271975559 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-08-13.16/latest 126745317 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-08-13.16/current 398724972 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-08-13.16 398724972 total

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no escaping with scite highlighting any more?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 11 Aug '24

11 Aug '24

Hi, this used to work: """ \usemodule[scite] % the setup doesn’t change the behavior, I think it used to. \setuptyping[TEX][ option=tex, % scite sets "cld" ] \starttext \startTEX[escape=yes] \definemeasure[PageWidth][165mm] /BTEX\hfill{\ss Dimensions}/ETEX \definemeasure[PageHeight][239mm] \definepapersize[DANTE][ /BTEX\hfill{\ss Paper size}/ETEX width=\measure{PageWidth}, height=\measure{PageHeight},] \setuppapersize[DANTE] \stopTEX \stoptext """ Without the scite module, escaping in \startTEX works, but I need the module for some other highlighters. Is there a solution? Hraban

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Breakable tcolorbox in ConTeXt
by Florent Michel 11 Aug '24

11 Aug '24

Hi, I am trying to reproduce the behaviour of the tcolorbox LaTeX package, more specifically breakable boxes (as illustrated here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/676607/123770) It works nicely out of the box (pun intended) using `\definetextbackground` and drawing the frame with MetaPost, using counters to keep track of whether the current text is at the top, middle, or bottom of the box. However, I'm having issues when one box ends and another starts on the same page (see more details below). From what I understand, the issue is that counters seem to be updated on a page-wide basis, so each MPgraphic ‘sees’ the values of counters at the end of the current page, which may not be right if another box modifies them. Would anyone know how to resolve this? Based on two answer on TeX StackExchange ( https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/486124/123770 , https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/377234/context-frame-problems/37726…) the following code works well if there is no more than one box per page: ``` \definecounter[pageNumberTop] \definecounter[pageNumberBottom] \startuseMPgraphic{mp:axiomframe} begingroup; for i=1 upto nofmultipars : path p; p := ( llcorner multipars[i] -- lrcorner multipars[i] -- urcorner multipars[i] -- ulcorner multipars[i] -- cycle ) enlarged (EmWidth,EmWidth) ; fill p withcolor boxfillcolor ; % if the current page is the first one covered by the box... if (\pagenumber == \rawcountervalue[pageNumberTop]) : % ... if it is also the last one, the box fits entirely on the page; we thus draw the full frame if \rawcountervalue[pageNumberTop] == \rawcountervalue[pageNumberBottom] : draw p withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor boxlinecolor ; % ... otherwise, don't draw the bottom line else : draw llcorner multipars[i] + (-EmWidth, -EmWidth) -- ulcorner multipars[i] + (-EmWidth, EmWidth) -- urcorner multipars[i] + (EmWidth, EmWidth) -- lrcorner multipars[i] + (EmWidth, -EmWidth) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor boxlinecolor ; fi ; picture pic; pic := textext.ulft("\tfd\symbol[info]"); pic := pic shifted ulcorner multipars[i]; fill bbox pic withcolor white; draw pic; % if the current page is the last one covered by the box, draw the left, bottom, and right lines elseif \pagenumber == \rawcountervalue[pageNumberBottom] : draw ulcorner multipars[i] + (-EmWidth, EmWidth) -- llcorner multipars[i] + (-EmWidth, -EmWidth) -- lrcorner multipars[i] + (EmWidth, -EmWidth) -- urcorner multipars[i] + (EmWidth, EmWidth) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor boxlinecolor ; % if the current page is neither the first one nor the last one, only draw the left and right lines else : draw llcorner multipars[i] - (EmWidth, EmWidth) -- ulcorner multipars[i] + (-EmWidth, EmWidth) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor boxlinecolor ; draw urcorner multipars[i] + (EmWidth, EmWidth) -- lrcorner multipars[i] + (EmWidth, -EmWidth) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor boxlinecolor ; fi ; endfor ; setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox ; endgroup; \stopuseMPgraphic \definetextbackground [theoremFrame] [mp=mp:axiomframe, location=paragraph, backgroundcolor=green, framecolor=red, before={\setcounter[pageNumberTop][\pagenumber]}, after={\setcounter[pageNumberBottom][\pagenumber]}] \definestartstop [ColoredBox] [before={\blank[2em]\starttheoremFrame}, after={\stoptheoremFrame\blank[2em]}] ``` For instance, ``` \startColoredBox \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \stopColoredBox ``` correctly gives a box split over multiple pages, with the top part of the frame only drawn on the first page and the bottom part only drawn on the last one. It also works correctly when adding `\page` between boxes: ``` \starttext \startColoredBox \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \stopColoredBox \page \startColoredBox \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \stopColoredBox ``` However, the following gives an incorrect output: ``` \starttext \startColoredBox \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \stopColoredBox \startColoredBox \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \input knuth \stopColoredBox ``` On page 3, both frames are fully drawn while the first box is a continuation of the one on the previous page and the second one is the start of a box continuing on the next page. I tried several variations without success; my main issue is that (if I understand correctly) the values of counters are the same for the two boxes on page 3, so that at least one of them will be wrong. If someone has any ideas on how to resolve this, I'd be really grateful! Alternatively, if someone has a solution using Tikz, that would also work - I'd ideally use MetaPost as the tight integration with ConTeXt seems (from my short experience) to make many things easier; but any solution using ConTeXt + a small number of other dependencies is fine. Cheers, Florent

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Metapost logo typesetting
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 11 Aug '24

11 Aug '24

Hi, I believe that there is a LaTeX package which typesets the METAPOST text in a certain font, I do not remember which. How can I typeset same Metapost logo in ConTeXt. It looks like below; [image: image.png] -- Respect, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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Fonts : log info
by Jean-Pierre Delange 10 Aug '24

10 Aug '24

Dear List, Looking at the log file of a compilation job, I find the following information: fonts > defining > font with asked name 'file-mainface-rm-it-1' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unable to define 'file-mainface-rm-it-1' as 'dummy-a-0' fonts > defining > unable to define 'file-mainface-rm-it-1' as 'dummy--0' Can anyone shed some light on what I need to understand? Merci beaucoup ! JP -- Jean-Pierre Delange Professeur Agrégé de Philosophie (Hors-Cadres) "Few discoveries are more irritating than the pedigree of ideas” John Emmerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton

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How to allow hyphenation, only for footnotes?
by Joel 10 Aug '24

10 Aug '24

My copy editor urged me to remove all hyphens from the main text of my document. I'm using: \definefontfeature[default][default][expansion=quality,protrusion=quality] \start \setupalign[nothyphenated,tolerant,hz,hanging] (text) \stop The problem is that is messing with footnotes, causing things like URLS to run off the page. How can I permit the hyphenation to appear normally, but only on the footnote text? --Joel

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OT: lead chemistry
by Henning Hraban Ramm 08 Aug '24

08 Aug '24

Guido Kühn, a design professor, caricaturist and avid manual typesetter, recently bought an old, empty cabinet for lead fonts. In that, he found a leftover piece of chemistry typesetting, made out of Berthold chemistry letters – nowadays exceptionally rare, since they were smelt down even earlier than other lead type. source with photos: https://mastodon.social/@GuidoKuehn/112922576039332335 https://mastodon.social/@GuidoKuehn/112927659972511919 https://cartoons.guido-kuehn.de/category/druckwerkstatt/

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language not working in transliteration?
by Pablo Rodriguez 08 Aug '24

08 Aug '24

Dear list, I have the following sample: \mainlanguage[it] \starttext \usetransliteration[serbian] \definetransliteration [MySerbian] [color=red, language=de, vector={serbian to latin}] \definetransliteration [MySerbianX] [MySerbian] [color=blue] \transliterationexception[serbian to latin] {whatever}{(\currentlanguage): } \starttransliteration[MySerbian]% whatever А \stoptransliteration \transliteration[MySerbianX]{whatever А} \stoptext In both cases, current language is main language (in the sample above, "it" instead of "de"). Am I missing something here? (Sample adapted from lang-tra.mkxl.) Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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workflow tool: add to git
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Aug '24

07 Aug '24

In case you organize your ConTeXt projects in git repositories: "addtogit.py" is a little script that checks your log (or jlg) file for the local files used and adds them to the git stage. (No automatical commit so that you can check if you want these files.) Leaves out auto-generated files like "m_k_i_v_*". Needs Python and GitPython (pip install gitpython). https://codeberg.org/fiee/context-tools Have fun, Hraban

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Customizing chapter titles
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 06 Aug '24

06 Aug '24

Hi, What is the general method of customizing chapter titles? For example, I would like something like the attachment. Is it achievable without using Metapost? -- Respect, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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Error after latest update
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 06 Aug '24

06 Aug '24

I have defined a determinant environment like below: \definemathmatrix[determinant] [matrix:bars] [simplecommand=thedeterminant] and I create a determinant like below: \startformula \startdeterminant\NC a_{11} \NC a_{12} \NC a_{13} \NC \cdots \NC a_{1n}\NR \NC a_{21} \NC a_{22} \NC a_{23} \NC \cdots \NC a_{2n}\NR \NC a_{31} \NC a_{32} \NC a_{33} \NC \cdots \NC a_{3n}\NR \multispan{9}{\dotfill}\NR \NC a_{n1} \NC a_{n2} \NC a_{n3} \NC \cdots \NC a_{nn} \NR\stopdeterminant This was working before today but I updated ConTeXt and it has stopped working. The error it gives me now is: tex error > tex error on line 277 in file determinants.tex: You can't use '\Ustopmath' in restricted horizontal mode How can I get it working again? -- Respect, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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vertical position of \overparent in concrete math
by fv leung 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

I have a formula involving \overparent to be typeset in kpfonts and concrete. There is no problem with kpfonts. But the \overparent in concrete is just too high. I can adjust the position with [distance=-1ex] . Is there a better way to adjust the position? Like using goodies (don't know how)? Thanks in advance! \starttext \start \setupbodyfont[kpfonts,10pt] \m{\overparent{ABCD}=100\pi} \stop \start \setupbodyfont[concrete,10pt] \m{\overparent{ABCD}=100\pi} \m{\overparent[distance=-1ex]{ABCD}=100\pi} \stop \stoptext

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