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A macro which gives a random name
by Otared Kavian 19 Apr '15

19 Apr '15

Hi everyone, In the example below I define a macro which chooses at random a name from a list of names. But I wonder whether this can be done in a more clever way without using a numerical macro created with math.random in Lua. The shortcoming of the macro below is that before hand I must know the nomber of elements in the list of names (for instance 5 in the example below), while it may happen that I need to create as many as random names that there are elements in the list, but sometimes I don’t know what is this number. Thanks for any insight and help. Best regards: OK %%%% begin random-names.tex \setuprandomize[2015] % set a seed \starttext \startluacode Name = {'F', 'G', 'u', 'v', 'W'} \stopluacode \define[3]\RandomName{% \setevalue{Named#1}{\ctxlua{tex.print(math.random(#2,#3))}}} \define\RandomFunctionName{\ctxlua{tex.print(Name[\NamedFunctionNumber])}} \dorecurse{10}{\RandomName{FunctionNumber}{1}{5}% Give an example of a function $\RandomFunctionName : {\Bbb R} \longrightarrow {\Bbb R}$ which has a derivative only at the origin, and such that $\RandomFunctionName(0) = 1$.\par \hairline\par} \stoptext %%%% begin random-names.tex

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Re: [NTG-context] Index items (additional question)
by Robert Blackstone 19 Apr '15

19 Apr '15

On 16 Apr 2015, at 15:38 , Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> gave me the following: > \startluacode > > document.indexentries = { > ["rule"] = [[Rule(s)]], > ["ruleimperfect"] = [[+ \quote{imperfect to perfect, from}]], > ["galilei"] = [[Galilei, Vincenzo]], > } > > function document.getindexentry(n) > context("\\index[%s]{%s}",n,document.indexentries[n] or ("<" .. > n .. ">")) > end > > \stopluacode > > \unexpanded\def\InEn[#1]% > {\ctxlua{document.getindexentry("#1")}} > > \starttext > That this rule > \InEn[rule] > \InEn[ruleimperfect] was not applied by everybody is for example shown > in {\em Fronimo}% > \InEn[galilei] > > etc etc Hi Hans, sorry to bother you again on this topic. This code works beautifully in this way, with only a few index entries at the top of the file, before \starttext. But how can I deal with the thousand or more index items in my project, which I have collected in four separate dedicated files with indexentries, like the three shown in the example-code. I have really no idea what else should be in these files, what sort of name they should have, in particular extension, and how and where I can input them. I use TeXShop as my texteditor but that is probably not relevant here. Can you give me some guidance, please? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Caption location with vertical \startplacefigure
by Rik Kabel 19 Apr '15

19 Apr '15

How can I get the caption for the vertical figures (figures 2 and 4 in the example) aligned below the figures with the caption width limited to the figure width? Sorry for the noise -- I am sure I am missing something simple, but I cannot find it at this point. (Running current beta and earlier versions, so it does not appear to be a regression.) \showframe \setuppapersize[A4][A3,landscape] \useMPlibrary[dum] %% Enable the first set of three for wider picture margins, %% and the second set of three for standard picture margins \def\FullWidth{\the\dimexpr(\textwidth+2\margindistance)} \def\PicWidth{\the\dimexpr((\FullWidth-2em)/3)} \def\RPicMaxWidth{\the\dimexpr(\PicWidth-\margindistance)} %\def\FullWidth{\textwidth} %\def\PicWidth{\the\dimexpr((\FullWidth-2em)/3)} %\def\RPicMaxWidth{\the\dimexpr(\PicWidth)} \setupcombinations[width=\FullWidth] \definefloat [rightFigure][rightFigures] [figure] \setupfloat [rightFigure] [ location=right, % this does nothing! maxwidth=\RPicMaxWidth, ] \setupcaption[rightFigure] [ width=\PicWidth, location=bottom, align=middle, ] \definefloat [leftFigure][leftFigures] [figure] \setupfloat [leftFigure] [ location=left, % this does nothing! maxwidth=\textwidth, ] \setupcaption[leftFigure] [ width=\PicWidth, location=bottom, align=middle, ] \define\testtext{\dorecurse{5}{This is some text to fill up the space. }This is some text to fill up the space.\par} \starttext \testtext \startplacefigure[title={You see this caption!}] \startcombination[3*1] \startcontent \externalfigure[dummy][width=\PicWidth] \stopcontent \startcaption {\bf a.} Subfigure \stopcaption \startcontent \externalfigure[dummy][width=\PicWidth] \stopcontent \startcaption {\bf b.} Subfigure \stopcaption \startcontent \externalfigure[dummy][width=\PicWidth] \stopcontent \startcaption {\bf c.} Subfigure \stopcaption \stopcombination \stopplacefigure {\em\testtext} \startplacerightFigure[title={Can you see this one?}, location=right, ] \startcombination[1*2] \startcontent \externalfigure[dummy][width=\PicWidth] \stopcontent \startcaption {\bf a.} Subfigure \stopcaption \startcontent \externalfigure[dummy][width=\PicWidth] \stopcontent \startcaption {\bf b.} Subfigure \stopcaption \stopcombination \stopplacerightFigure \dorecurse{5}{\testtext} \page \testtext \startplacefigure[title={You see this caption!}] \startcombination[3*1] \startcontent \externalfigure[dummy][width=\PicWidth] \stopcontent \startcaption {\bf a.} Subfigure \stopcaption \startcontent \externalfigure[dummy][width=\PicWidth] \stopcontent \startcaption {\bf b.} Subfigure \stopcaption \startcontent \externalfigure[dummy][width=\PicWidth] \stopcontent \startcaption {\bf c.} Subfigure \stopcaption \stopcombination \stopplacefigure {\em\testtext} \startplaceleftFigure[title={Can you see this one?}, location=left, ] \startcombination[1*2] \startcontent \externalfigure[dummy][width=\PicWidth] \stopcontent \startcaption {\bf a.} Subfigure \stopcaption \startcontent \externalfigure[dummy][width=\PicWidth] \stopcontent \startcaption {\bf b.} Subfigure \stopcaption \stopcombination \stopplaceleftFigure \dorecurse{5}{\testtext} \stoptext -- Rik

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Hidden chapter header? ... was: Change counter of chapters
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 18 Apr '15

18 Apr '15

Hello ConTeXist My last Subject contribution maybe so misleading that it nobody react. I'll try therefore to bring different view: Exist any possibility of creating some kind of hidden chapters (sections, subsections)? The command would increase the counter of chapters (sections, subsections). Maybe it seems as rape of ConTeXt, but in certain moments this option would help me. In my case it is the integration of practical part of project (worked in ConTeXt) into Word project:-(... For example I need to start writing any text from 53 page and such from the 5th chapter (or section). It is possible in a similar way as I set the start page number set also the counter of chapters (sections)? Thanx for help. Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my minimal example: \starttext %\hiddenchapter{Fictive chapter} %\hiddenchapter{Fictive chapter} %\hiddenchapter{Fictive chapter} %\hiddenchapter{Fictive chapter} \page \setcounter[userpage][53] \chapter{Fifth (actually first) nonfictive chapter} blablabla \stoptext

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imposition not working in latest beta
by Pablo Rodriguez 18 Apr '15

18 Apr '15

Hans, I’m afraid that imposition is not working with latest beta. Either the command (it crashes): context --extra=arrange --printformat=2UP --paperformat=A4*A3,landscape a.pdf Or the following sample has no text in output: \setuppapersize [A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging [2UP] \setuplayout [backspace=0pt, topspace=0pt, width=middle, height=middle, location=middle, header=0pt, footer=0pt] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Howto typeset physical half-life
by Christian Prim 18 Apr '15

18 Apr '15

Hi a year or so before one could simply typeset the physical half-life as shown in MWE: \usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[palatino] \starttext ½ α \m{T_α} \m{T_½} \stoptext The greek letter is just to show, that utf-8 works as expected. In actual beta (and probably longer before) this doesn't work anymore. What have I missed? Thanks Christian

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How to exclude certain figures from list of figures in ConTeXt?
by Geert Verhaag 17 Apr '15

17 Apr '15

Hi, I was wondering whether it is possible to exclude certain figures of a document using the \placelistoffigures command in ConTeXt? For example those that start having a reference like ['fig:figure:exclude']? Gerard

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how to set figure label ?
by Harald Koenig 17 Apr '15

17 Apr '15

Hi, how can I set a "label" for a figure without \placefigure[][fig:...]{} for some "figures" I use strange macros -- and at those places I get errors when calling \placefigure BUT I'd like to check the page numbers of those places using \doifreferencefoundelse{fig:bild\the\bildnr}% and right now I get references > unknown reference '[][fig:bild5]' for those pictures... thanks -- and greetings from the DANTE meeting in Stralsund, Germany Harald PS: Hans -- we miss you so much!!! -- "I hope to die ___ _____ before I *have* to use Microsoft Word.", 0--,| /OOOOOOO\ Donald E. Knuth, 02-Oct-2001 in Tuebingen. <_/ / /OOOOOOOOOOO\ \ \/OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\ \ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO|// \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Harald Koenig // / \\ \ koenig(a)tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de ^^^^^ ^^^^^

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Change counter of chapters (sections, subsections...)
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 17 Apr '15

17 Apr '15

Hello ConTeXistI need to start writing any text from 53 page and such from the 5th chapter (or section). It is possible in a similar way as I set the start page number set also the counter of chapters (sections)? Here is my minimal example: \starttext \chapter{Fictive chapter} \chapter{Fictive chapter} \chapter{Fictive chapter} \chapter{Fictive chapter} \page \setcounter[userpage][53] \chapter{Fifth (actually first) nonfictive chapter} blablabla \stoptext Thanx for help. Jaroslav Hajtmar

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line numbers position
by Pablo Rodriguez 17 Apr '15

17 Apr '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \mainlanguage[es] \setuppapersize[A7] \setuppagenumbering[location=,] \starttext \startlinenumbering \input cervantes-es \stoplinenumbering \stoptext Compiled with latest beta, line numbers are partly off the page: http://www.ousia.tk/latestbeta-linenumbers.png. Compiled with beta from 2014.03.07 11:42, they fit in the page: http://www.ousia.tk/20140307-linenumbers.png. Is this an old bug or am I missing something? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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setupthinrules
by Thangalin 17 Apr '15

17 Apr '15

Hi, >From http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupthinrules : \define\BeforeCommand{Before} \define\AfterCommand{After} \define\BetweenCommand{Between} \setupthinrules[ before=\BeforeCommand, after=\AfterCommand, inbetween=\BetweenCommand, color=gray, height=1em, ] \starttext \input knuth \thinrule \input knuth \stoptext This does not produce the expected output; it appears as though the before/after/inbetween commands, as documented on the wiki, have no behaviour. Pandoc uses "thinrule" (probably because it spans the page by default) when generating ConTeXt documents. Using only thinrule, how would you go about making a "totally sweet" (ornamental) horizontal rule, such as those shown at: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/76555/2148 Thank you!

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wrong vertical spacing in latest beta
by Pablo Rodriguez 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Hans, this sample: \showgrid \setupbodyfont[30pt] \starttext {\tfa\setupinterlinespace \ConTeXt\par}\\ {\tfxx\setupinterlinespace Author\par}\\ {\tfxx\setupinterlinespace\currentdate\par}\\ {\tf\setupinterlinespace url\par} \stoptext With either latest beta or beta from 2015.03.25 22:13, last line in the sample is on grid line number 3. With stable beta from TL14 (2014.05.21 22:04), last line from sample is after grid line 6. I’m afraid it might be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Handling line numbers in frontmatter.
by John Culleton 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

In the sample shown below I get correct (roman) line numbers but the very first page, imported from plug.tex has an unwanted page number. If I surround that page with: \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes] and \stopstandardmakeup the page number disappears but the page count is wrong by one. Page numbers are roman. I have tried changing the page number sequence using e.g,: \setcounter[userpage][-4] but that has no effect. I tried iv instead of 4 but that didn't work either. MKIV and Texlive 2014. ----------------------------------------------- \starttext \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[state=start] %\startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes] \input plug.tex %\stopstandardmakeup \page[yes] \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes] \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes] \externalfigure[graph1.pdf][width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \stopstandardmakeup %\setcounter[userpage][number=4] \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes] {\obeylines {\bf From Kitchen to Market-Sell Your Specialty Food} 6th Edition Stephen F. Hall (etc.) } \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext --------------------------------------------------- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!

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Re: [NTG-context] Index items
by Robert Blackstone 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

On 16 Apr 2015, at 15:38 , Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Index items > Message-ID: <552FBB35.9050707(a)wxs.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 4/15/2015 11:41 PM, Robert Blackstone wrote: >> >> On 15 Apr 2015, at 19:51 , Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau(a)cea.fr> wrote >>> Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: >>> >>>> On 4/14/2015 1:48 PM, Robert Blackstone wrote: >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> >>>>> The book I am typesetting contains a very extensive and detailed >>>>> index. The number of index items is probably around 1200, 16 pages. >>>>> A fair number of them occur in more than one chapter. >>>>> Like bibliography items, and for the sake of consistency, I have >>>>> stored them in some auxiliary files and it is a matter of copy and >>>>> paste to get them into the text in the proper place and way. (With >>>>> always a risk of accidentally deleting or adding a spurious brace >>>>> or bracket, with nasty results.) >>>>> >>>>> I wonder therefore whether it would be possible to handle them like >>>>> bibliography items, by means of a key, and leave their expansion to >>>>> ConTeXt. >>>>> >>>>> Would it be possible? >>>>> And if it is not (yet) possible, how could I perhaps tackle it? >>>> >>>> so you want to remap given index entries to new ones? at what moment? >>> >>> We index pretty heavily now in the new bibliography dataset subsystem, >>> that is one can create an index of authors, an index of keywords, an >>> index of titles, etc. as well as index the pages on which a reference >>> is cited. All of the information is there. >>> >>> So say that you want to create a database of anything: words, images, >>> phrases. You can put these into the database structure and then insert >>> them or any associated information wherever you want in your text, >>> later producing lists and indexes. >>> >>> Can you give an example of what type of information you extensively >>> index with detail? >>> >>> Alan >> Hi Alan, >> I realize that I have not yet reacted to Hans’ reply. So let me do that first (it was written but not yet sent). >> >> Hi Hans, >> Do I want to remap given index entries? Assuming I understand your reply correctly the answer is: Yes, in principle. I would want to be able to change them if there are errors, or if some publisher has different views about the presentation of titles of items that are in the index (titles of songs, for instance). And also when (parts of) the text has (have) to be reused for other purposes. Change them in one operation, that is, not by digging up all occurrences in the book of the item that has to be changed. >> >> In answer to Alan’s question: names, theoretical treatises and manuscripts, musical works, musical terms. Nearly all examples in the book have several features that have to be indexed: composer’s name, title of the published work (an opera for instance), title of the particular aria of which the example shows a fragment, and the special features that are shown in the example, parallel 7ths, for example. >> The not-so-minimal example below (best processed iwth mkiv) gives an impression, also of the optical clumsiness that makes the unprocessed text practically unreadable. That is another reason why I would like to be able to call an index entry by means of some sort of key, like in bibliographic items for footnotes. > > \startluacode > > document.indexentries = { > ["rule"] = [[Rule(s)]], > ["ruleimperfect"] = [[+ \quote{imperfect to perfect, from}]], > ["galilei"] = [[Galilei, Vincenzo]], > } > > function document.getindexentry(n) > context("\\index[%s]{%s}",n,document.indexentries[n] or ("<" .. > n .. ">")) > end > > \stopluacode > > \unexpanded\def\InEn[#1]% > {\ctxlua{document.getindexentry("#1")}} > > \starttext > That this rule > \InEn[rule] > \InEn[ruleimperfect] was not applied by everybody is for example shown > in {\em Fronimo}% > \InEn[galilei] > > etc etc Wow, this is super! Great improvement, also for the readability of the text. Thank you very much, Hans. Kind regards, Robert

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\setupinterlinespace not working in style
by Pablo Rodriguez 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Dear list, the following sample: \definetyping [tycode] [option=TEX, style={\tt\setupinterlinespace[line=5em]}] \starttext \section{\input zapf} \starttycode legibilidad, {\en legibility}, {\de Lesbarkeit} \stoptycode \setupinterlinespace[line=5em] \input zapf\par \stoptext shows simple (wrong) interline spacing with latest beta and it has right interline spacing with stable from TeX Live 2014. Is this a bug or am I missing something? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Re: [NTG-context] Index items
by Robert Blackstone 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

On 15 Apr 2015, at 19:51 , Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau(a)cea.fr> wrote > Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > >> On 4/14/2015 1:48 PM, Robert Blackstone wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> The book I am typesetting contains a very extensive and detailed >>> index. The number of index items is probably around 1200, 16 pages. >>> A fair number of them occur in more than one chapter. >>> Like bibliography items, and for the sake of consistency, I have >>> stored them in some auxiliary files and it is a matter of copy and >>> paste to get them into the text in the proper place and way. (With >>> always a risk of accidentally deleting or adding a spurious brace >>> or bracket, with nasty results.) >>> >>> I wonder therefore whether it would be possible to handle them like >>> bibliography items, by means of a key, and leave their expansion to >>> ConTeXt. >>> >>> Would it be possible? >>> And if it is not (yet) possible, how could I perhaps tackle it? >> >> so you want to remap given index entries to new ones? at what moment? > > We index pretty heavily now in the new bibliography dataset subsystem, > that is one can create an index of authors, an index of keywords, an > index of titles, etc. as well as index the pages on which a reference > is cited. All of the information is there. > > So say that you want to create a database of anything: words, images, > phrases. You can put these into the database structure and then insert > them or any associated information wherever you want in your text, > later producing lists and indexes. > > Can you give an example of what type of information you extensively > index with detail? > > Alan Hi Alan, I realize that I have not yet reacted to Hans’ reply. So let me do that first (it was written but not yet sent). Hi Hans, Do I want to remap given index entries? Assuming I understand your reply correctly the answer is: Yes, in principle. I would want to be able to change them if there are errors, or if some publisher has different views about the presentation of titles of items that are in the index (titles of songs, for instance). And also when (parts of) the text has (have) to be reused for other purposes. Change them in one operation, that is, not by digging up all occurrences in the book of the item that has to be changed. In answer to Alan’s question: names, theoretical treatises and manuscripts, musical works, musical terms. Nearly all examples in the book have several features that have to be indexed: composer’s name, title of the published work (an opera for instance), title of the particular aria of which the example shows a fragment, and the special features that are shown in the example, parallel 7ths, for example. The not-so-minimal example below (best processed iwth mkiv) gives an impression, also of the optical clumsiness that makes the unprocessed text practically unreadable. That is another reason why I would like to be able to call an index entry by means of some sort of key, like in bibliographic items for footnotes. Kind regards, Robert Blackstone ==================================================================================== \starttext That this rule% \index[Rule]{Rule(s)}%% \index[RuleImperfect]{ + \quote{imperfect to perfect, from}} was not applied by everybody is for example shown in {\em Fronimo}% \index[Galilei]{Galilei, Vincenzo}% \index[GalileiFronimo]{ +{\em Fronimo}}% \index[Cadence]{cadence(s)}%% \index[CadenceP]{ + plagal}% \index[PlagalCad]{plagal cadence}% \index[Fronimo]{{\em Fronimo} (Galilei)} (1584), Vincenzo Galileo's treatise on lute playing and the intabulation% \index[Intabulation]{intabulation} of vocal music. \page Artusi\index[Artusi]{Artusi, Giovanni Maria} showed examples (Ex.~4.34) with parallel 4th% \index[Dissonance]{dissonance(s)}% \index[Dissonance4]{ + 4th(s)}% \index[Dissonance4Parall]{ + + parallel}s and 7th% \index[Dissonance]{dissonance(s)}% \index[Dissonance7]{ + 7th(s)}% \index[Dissonance7Paral]{ + + parallel}s in a contrapuntally oriented fashion. These parallels were to appear in works with basso continuo around 1610 but now between the bass and the solo part. They occur in vocal and instrumental music as well as in works for keyboard solo. Most examples have parallel 7th% \index[Dissonance]{dissonance(s)}% \index[Dissonance7]{ + 7th(s)}% \index[Dissonance7Paral]{ + + parallel}s but some examples of parallel 4th% \index[Dissonance]{dissonance(s)}% \index[Dissonance4]{ + 4th(s)}% \index[Dissonance4Parall]{ + + parallel}s and 2nd% \index[Dissonance]{dissonance(s)}% \index[Dissonance2Parall]{ + + parallel}s can be found as well. \setupregister[index][indicator=yes] \completeindex[compress=yes] \stoptext ===========================================================================

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beta / mp
by Hans Hagen 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Hi, I uploaded a beta with some fixes. Indeed as Alan mentioned some of the tex-mp interface has changed deep down (more efficient). 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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next beta
by Hans Hagen 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Hi The next beta will have this (I needed it for a manual): \starttext \starttabulate[||CL{darkred}|CM{darkgreen}CT{white}|CR{darkblue}||] \NC first \NC left \NC middle \NC right \NC last \NC \NR \NC first \NC \color[white]{left} \NC middle \NC \color[white]{right} \NC last \NC \NR \NC first \NC left \NC middle \NC right \NC last \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext i.e. we already had CL CM and CR, so CT is new .. should be wikified. 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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Re: [NTG-context] Index items
by Robert Blackstone 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Hi, Same subject as in my previous post but a new question: On the ConTeXt wiki-page Command\index one finds: \index[...][...][…] […] text […] text […] text What is the first argument for? Could it somehow be used to provide a key? Another point, just for the sake of completeness: the example in my previous post yesterday, in ntg-context Digest, Vol 130, Issue 51, contains a small error, or rather an omission. Not damaging for the example. Corrected in the book. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Bug in latest beta: behavior of \text in StepCharts
by Otared Kavian 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Hi Hans, It seems that with the latest beta there is a bug in the way how the command \text is handled in step charts (plesae see the attached PDF). This bug is absent from mkii, and absent from previous versions of mkiv (up to a weak ago, I believe). This is a minimal example which shows that the font used in each cell of \text changes randomly (there are four instances of \text, and each time a different font is used…): %%%% begin random-text-size.tex \usemodule[steps] \starttext \input knuth.tex \placefigure[none][-]{}{ \startSTEPtable \cell {$(f\circ u)(x_{*} + o(1)) = $} \text{definition of $f\circ u$} \cell {$f\left(u\left(x_{*} + o(1)\right)\right) = $} \text {$u$ is continuous} \cell {$f\left(u(x_{*}) + o(1)\right) = $} \text {$f$ is continuous} \cell {$f\left(u(x_{*})\right) + o(1) =$} \text {definition of $f\circ u$} \cell {$(f\circ u)(x_{*}) + o(1)$.} \stopSTEPtable} \stoptext %%%% begin random-text-size.tex

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issues with line numbering
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Hans, I’m afraid that I have another sample: \setupbodyfont[dejavu] \setuplinenumbering[style=\tfxx] \starttext \startlinenumbering \input zapf \stoplinenumbering \stoptext It compiles fine with beta from 2015.03.25 22:13. With beta from 2015.04.15 01:44, \setuplinenumbering avoids numbering the first line. If \setuplinenumbering is invoked, \setupbodyfont adds a 1 at the beginning of the first line. I’m afraid this may be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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bug in xtables?
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \starttext \startxtable \startxrow \startxcell a\stopxcell \startxcell b \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell c\stopxcell \startxcell[width=.65\textwidth] \input zapf \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stoptext Last cell is wrong with stable from TeX Live (2014.05.21 22:04), from 2015.03.25 22:13 and latest one from 2015.04.15 01:44. I’m afraid it may be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Index items
by Robert Blackstone 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Dear all, The book I am typesetting contains a very extensive and detailed index. The number of index items is probably around 1200, 16 pages. A fair number of them occur in more than one chapter. Like bibliography items, and for the sake of consistency, I have stored them in some auxiliary files and it is a matter of copy and paste to get them into the text in the proper place and way. (With always a risk of accidentally deleting or adding a spurious brace or bracket, with nasty results.) I wonder therefore whether it would be possible to handle them like bibliography items, by means of a key, and leave their expansion to ConTeXt. Would it be possible? And if it is not (yet) possible, how could I perhaps tackle it? Thanks for any advice. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Synonyms - feature request?
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Folks, I use the synonym feature heavily as technical documents can have hundreds of them. It’s great I can produce a list of synonyms I actually use in a document. Proper style however requires that each synonym be “explained” (shown in full) the first time it is used — usually in a document, but sometimes in a smaller scope, like a part or chapter. This is something I frequently get wrong, and is something document reviewers are quick to complain about. So it would be great if Context could do this automatically. The attached MWE shows what I mean — with such a feature, the two paragraphs should come out the same. I’ve placed some (commented) guesses as to how this might be configured in \setupsynonyms. Maybe better key names can be imagined. Typically I would want synonym \XX\ to be expanded to XX (Xxx Xxx) the first time it is used (alternative a), but the reverse (alternative b), Xxx Xxx (XX) might be preferred. However a command could be used for a custom “explanation”. Internally to Context, I guess this means each group of synonyms actually used has to be complemented with a list of the synonyms that have been “explained” (i.e., \infull{}) would add them to this second list). The second list would be cleared each new scope (chapter, section). The \XX\ macro would explain the synonym if it wasn’t on the second list (using \infull{}, which would then add it). None of this would change the behaviour of \placelistof… where you would continue to select the criterium for the list you want output, independently of The only further tweak might be a scheme so that certain common synonyms (a third list) are never explained automatically (perhaps by example, UK in a document written in and for a UK audience). This list would silently added to the second list immediately after it was cleared, I guess. Synonyms for this this list would be added by a slightly different version of the synonym definition macro (perhaps \commonabbreviation instead of \abbreviation, in the MWE). Anyone think this would be a useful feature addition? Robin \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull] \setupsynonyms[abbreviation][ state=start, % explain=first, % first,always,never % explainscope=text, % text,part,chapter,section... % explainalternative=a, % a: XX (Xxx Xxx), b: Xxx Xxx (XX), command % explaincommand=COMMAND#1#2, % to format it yourself textstyle=normal, synonymstyle=\cap] \abbreviation [UN] {UN} {United Nations} \abbreviation [UK] {UK} {United Kingdom} \abbreviation [USA] {USA} {United States of America} \abbreviation [UAE] {UAE} {United Arab Emirates} %\commonabbreviation [OK] {OK} {okay} \abbreviation [OK] {OK} {okay} \setupwhitespace[medium] \starttext The \UK\ and the \USA\ are both founding members of the \UN. And I'm told the \UK\ and \USA\ are both English speaking countries. But that’s \OK. The \UK\ (\infull{UK}) and the \USA\ (\infull{USA}) are both founding members of the \UN\ (\infull{UN}). And I'm told the \UK\ and \USA\ are both English speaking countries. But that’s \OK. \placelistofabbreviations \stoptext

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by Hans Hagen 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

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