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Re: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work
by Ursula Hermann 21 Feb '24

21 Feb '24

Dear List, I have done the new download at Work. After compiling is always the same: Command Line: context.exe --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex" Startup Folder: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-mswin\tex\texmf-context\tex\context\test\mkiv startup error : no format file given, quitting I wrote on Wednesday last week. I also did an download of cont- lmt and cont- tmf. Don't know if there is a mistake which is my fault? I don't know, maybe important: The log file says: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2023) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2024.2.6) 19 FEB 2024 12:41 entering extended mode restricted \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. **context-test.tex (./context-test.tex LaTeX2e <2023-11-01> patch level 1 L3 programming layer <2024-01-22> ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \starttext ? ! Emergency stop. l.1 End of file on the terminal! Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 16 strings out of 474221 403 string characters out of 5750189 1922978 words of memory out of 5000000 22371 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+600000 558069 words of font info for 36 fonts, out of 8000000 for 9000 1141 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 12i,0n,13p,58b,8s stack positions out of 10000i,1000n,20000p,200000b,200000s ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Uschi Von: Ursula Hermann Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Februar 2024 14:16 An: 'mailing list for ConTeXt users' <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Betreff: AW: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work Dear Hans, This was before you wrote, that you did an new upload, but i saw it in the installation. Because there were more files. Uschi Von: Ursula Hermann Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Februar 2024 13:42 An: 'mailing list for ConTeXt users' <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl<mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl>> Betreff: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work So after a new update on my Computer at Work, I did once more download the installation. After compiling with context-mswin I got this file Command Line: context.exe --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex" Startup Folder: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-mswin\tex\texmf-context\tex\context\test\mkiv startup error : no format file given, quitting ____________________________________________________________________ ConTeXt Compilation Report (Pages: 0) Errors: 0 Warnings: 0 Bad Boxes: 0 Did I something wrong? Uschi

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 20 Feb '24

20 Feb '24

rsync: [Receiver] failed to connect to rsync.pragma-ade.nl (213.125.29.165): Connection timed out (110) rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(139) [Receiver=3.2.7]

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lmt_shade fails
by Keith McKay 20 Feb '24

20 Feb '24

Hi all I went to use the lmt_shade function and it fails with two error messages. the first one is: /metafun > log > error: Not a cycle/ followed by lots of trace messages, then: /metafun > log > That contour should have ended with '.. cycle' or '& cycle'. So I'll not change/ /anything just now./ // The MWE I used is as follows: \starttext \startMPpage definecolor [ name = "MyColor3", r = uniformdeviate(1), g = uniformdeviate(1), b = uniformdeviate(1) ] ; definecolor [ name = "MyColor4", r = uniformdeviate(1), g = uniformdeviate(1), b = uniformdeviate(1) ] ; draw lmt_shade [ path = fullsquare scaled 5cm, direction = "up", alternative = "linear", colors = { "red", "green" }, ]; \stopMPpage \stoptext I'm using: /system > ConTeXt ver: 2024.02.14 13:38 LMTX fmt: 2024.2.15 int: english/english/ on a mac mini M1. Any thougths? Best wishes Keith McKay

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Text in Margin
by Jeroen 20 Feb '24

20 Feb '24

In a textbook I am looking to place a large left margin at every page of each chapter. At left printed pages a left margin and at right printed pages a right margin, so like a double sided construction. In this margin I would like to place: 1. Keywords and small descriptions to emphasize some text from the textflow 2. Figures 3. An expansion of a table that is placed in the main textflow but that needs to cover a wider range then the text area so it expands into the margin What is the the easiest way to achieve this? Jeroen

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Re: Text in Margin
by Andres Conrado Montoya 20 Feb '24

20 Feb '24

There is a package on github https://github.com/andythomas/TeX-sidenotes that can help you with that. Check the "context" folder on that repo. Also, you can find an example of its use at https://github.com/zvonkok/perf-panacea Caveat emptor: It has not been updated in 12 years. It should work for the most part, I tried to do something with it a while ago but that project was cancelled. I have not tested it myself but maybe later in the week I can take a look at it. -- Andrés Conrado Montoya Andi Kú andresconrado(a)gmail.com http://sesentaycuatro.com http://messier87.com http://chiquitico.org ---------------------------------------- Los fines no justifican los medios, porque la medida verdadera de nuestro carácter está dada por los medios que estamos dispuestos a utilizar, no por los fines que proclamamos. ---------------------------------------- “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’” — Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell

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Fwd: Re: Working with layer sets with Metapost
by Emanuel Han 19 Feb '24

19 Feb '24

I just made a strange observation in the output pdf of the attached layer_set.tex, which is that when opening it with a pdf viewer like skim or macos preview and showing miniatures, all pages except the last one show page number 1 (the last showing page number 2). Which was not the case with the output pdf of the attached multipage_metapost_mwe-very_simple.tex. How can I change my code to have proper consecutive page numbering in a pdf viewer? > On Feb. 17 2024, at 11:03 am, Emanuel Han via ntg-context <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> wrote: > I think I could solve all the problems. Attached the finalized working example. I created the https://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaPost#Layer_sets_as_individual_pages entry with it. Feel free to modify. > > Cheers > Emanuel > > On Feb. 16 2024, at 7:56 am, Mikael Sundqvist <mickep(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > not sure I get what you are missing. But you can try > > setbounds currentpicture to (fullsquare scaled 200) ; > > in base. And then do > > \dorecurse{5}{ > \startTEXpage[offset=1DK] > \useMPgraphic{layerset#1} > \stopTEXpage > } > > if that is the looping you are after. > > /Mikael > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 6:54 AM Emanuel Han via ntg-context > <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> wrote: > > > > Resp. the solution should be such that each generated PDF page has the same dimension, the same background colour and a page number and the metapost content on each page has the same scaling factor. > > > > On Feb. 15 2024, at 11:10 pm, Emanuel Han via ntg-context <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> wrote: > > > > Dear Mikael, > > > > I actually need to keep the \dorecurse mechanism of the mwe (from line 44 on), because I need the "setbounds currentpicture to TheFrame" and also because I need page numbering inside the MPpage, as done with draw textext(decimal(currentime)). > > > > So, how can I use the \useMPgraphic{layerset1} etc. inside the \dorecurse, assuming I name my layersets "layerset1", "layerset2", "layerset3" etc.? > > > > Emanuel > > > > On Feb. 15 2024, at 10:07 pm, Emanuel Han via ntg-context <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> wrote: > > > > Dear Mikael, > > thanks a lot! > > this seems to be the solution! And it looks beatiful enough to me 😄 > > I'll try to port all my layers to this new method and see if I run into new problems again 😅 > > > > Emanuel > > > > > > On Feb. 15 2024, at 8:19 am, Mikael Sundqvist <mickep(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 1:03 AM Emanuel Han via ntg-context > > <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> wrote: > > > > > > Dear list, > > > > > > the attached .tex file is the minimal working example we discussed today in the online meeting. > > > > > > I realized that the approach of looping through k of p[k] is not fitting my needs, because it's not flexible enough. > > > > > > I need another approach, one which works with layer sets. > > > > > > I would stop using p as an array, because with the layer sets approach we don't have a fixed order of the layers. > > > > > > So the definition of the layers would be something like > > > > > > picture layerA; > > > layerA:=image( > > > label("Word 1", z1); > > > ); > > > > > > picture layerW; > > > layerW:=image( > > > label("Mot 2", z2); > > > ); > > > > > > picture layerM; > > > layerM:=image( > > > label("Parola 3", z3); > > > ); > > > > > > picture layerC; > > > layerC:=image( > > > label("Wort 4", z3+z1); > > > ); > > > > > > picture layerY; > > > layerY:=image( > > > label("Nummer 5", z2+z3); > > > ); > > > > > > picture layerU; > > > layerU:=image( > > > label("number 6", z2+z1); > > > ); > > > > > > After that, I would define layer sets and layer subsets. This will be done manually for each layer set and each layer subset. > > > I don't know the proper syntax to do that. Let's assume we could use a variable type called "myset". > > > > > > myset layersubsetGamma; > > > layersubsetGamma:={layerU,layerM}; > > > > > > In my logic, the layers will be drawn in the order of their appearance within the {}. In the example, drawn content of layerM might cover drawn content of layerU. > > > > > > Contrary to a layer subset, each layer set will result in a PDF page, and thus the layer sets are related to each other by an inner order. That's why I would use an array variable here with []. > > > > > > I don't know how to append a set. In the following example, I assumed there would be a function myappend(<initial set>, <the things what the initial set should be appended with>) > > > > > > myset layerset[]; > > > layerset1 := {layerW,layerA}; > > > layerset2 := myappend{layerset1, layerY}; > > > layerset3 := myappend{layerset2, layersubsetGamma}; > > > layerset4 := myappend{layerset2, layerU}; > > > layerset5 := myappend{layerset4, layersubsetGamma}; > > > > > > Finally, I would need each layerset[k] typeset on its own pdf page. And of course on each page k, only the layers which appear in the definition of the layerset[k] should be drawn on top of each other in the order as they appear in that definition. > > > > > > I'm very curious to hear your suggestions. > > > > > > > Not beautiful, perhaps, but maybe something like this could work? I > > think there is no way out of doing some manual work to tell what you > > want included on each page. > > > > \startuseMPgraphic{base} > > z1 = origin ; > > z2 = (10,50) ; > > z3 = (40,30) ; > > > > picture layerA; > > layerA:=image( > > label("Word 1", z1); > > ); > > > > picture layerW; > > layerW:=image( > > label("Mot 2", z2); > > ); > > > > picture layerM; > > layerM:=image( > > label("Parola 3", z3); > > ); > > > > picture layerC; > > layerC:=image( > > label("Wort 4", z3+z1); > > ); > > > > picture layerY; > > layerY:=image( > > label("Nummer 5", z2+z3); > > ); > > > > picture layerU; > > layerU:=image( > > label("number 6", z2+z1); > > ); > > \stopuseMPgraphic > > > > \startuseMPgraphic{Gamma} > > draw layerU ; > > draw layerM ; > > \stopuseMPgraphic > > > > \startuseMPgraphic{layerset1} > > \includeMPgraphic{base} > > draw layerW ; > > draw layerA ; > > \stopuseMPgraphic > > > > \startuseMPgraphic{layerset2} > > \includeMPgraphic{layerset1} ; > > draw layerY ; > > \stopuseMPgraphic > > > > \startuseMPgraphic{layerset3} > > \includeMPgraphic{layerset2} ; > > \includeMPgraphic{Gamma} ; > > \stopuseMPgraphic > > > > > > \startuseMPgraphic{layerset4} > > \includeMPgraphic{layerset2} ; > > draw layerU ; > > \stopuseMPgraphic > > > > \startuseMPgraphic{layerset5} > > \includeMPgraphic{layerset4} ; > > \includeMPgraphic{Gamma} ; > > \stopuseMPgraphic > > > > \starttext > > > > \startTEXpage[offset=1DK] > > \useMPgraphic{layerset1} > > \stopTEXpage > > > > \startTEXpage[offset=1DK] > > \useMPgraphic{layerset2} > > \stopTEXpage > > > > \startTEXpage[offset=1DK] > > \useMPgraphic{layerset3} > > \stopTEXpage > > > > \startTEXpage[offset=1DK] > > \useMPgraphic{layerset4} > > \stopTEXpage > > > > \startTEXpage[offset=1DK] > > \useMPgraphic{layerset5} > > \stopTEXpage > > > > \stoptext > > > > /Mikael > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Best way to input UTF-8
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 19 Feb '24

19 Feb '24

Hi all, What is the best way to input UTF-8 in LuaMetaTex? If I use the UTF-8 characters then do not come out in text with Modern font. -- Respect, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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New upload doesn't work on macOS 10.13.6
by Ralf Heinrich Arning 18 Feb '24

18 Feb '24

Hi list, after having tried to update with the new upload, ConTEXt doesn't run anymore. According to the output the new version requires a more recent system. I still use macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra). This is what I get: ================= context TestCode.tex dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: ____chkstk_darwin Referenced from: /Applications/TeX/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/context (which was built for Mac OS X 12.7) Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib dyld: Symbol not found: ____chkstk_darwin Referenced from: /Applications/TeX/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/context (which was built for Mac OS X 12.7) Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib /bin/bash: line 2: 1569 Abort trap: 6 context TestCode.tex context TestCode.tex dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: ____chkstk_darwin Referenced from: /Applications/TeX/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/context (which was built for Mac OS X 12.7) Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib dyld: Symbol not found: ____chkstk_darwin Referenced from: /Applications/TeX/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/context (which was built for Mac OS X 12.7) Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib /bin/bash: line 4: 1579 Abort trap: 6 context TestCode.tex =================== Trying to install again, I get: ==================== sh install.sh dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: ____chkstk_darwin Referenced from: /Applications/TeX/context-osx-64/bin/mtxrun (which was built for Mac OS X 12.7) Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib dyld: Symbol not found: ____chkstk_darwin Referenced from: /Applications/TeX/context-osx-64/bin/mtxrun (which was built for Mac OS X 12.7) Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib install.sh: line 105: 1693 Abort trap: 6 $PWD/bin/mtxrun --script ./bin/mtx-install.lua --update --server="$LMTXSERVER" --instance="$LMTXINSTANCE" --platform="$PLATFORM" --erase --extras="$LMTXEXTRAS" ====================== What can I do? Do I have to reinstall an older version? How can I do this? Desperately, Ralf

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manuals
by Hans Hagen 18 Feb '24

18 Feb '24

There's also: https://github.com/contextgarden/not-so-short-introduction-to-context Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Memory consumption in new upload
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 17 Feb '24

17 Feb '24

Thanks for new upload. I see that memory consumption is much less than previous version. So once again, thanks a lot. I am curious about what has changed in recent upload, that memory consumption is about 60% of earlier versions. -- Respect, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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Problem with wiki example
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 17 Feb '24

17 Feb '24

I found following on Wiki to produce PDF out of standalone type( https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Sharing_graphics) \starttext \startMPpage draw fullcircle scaled 10cm ; \stopMPPage \stoptext It generates a PDF but when I open it with Evince, Evince complains that no page was found and does not show anything. Any help would be much appreciated. -- Respect, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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Working with layer sets with Metapost
by Emanuel Han 17 Feb '24

17 Feb '24

Dear list, the attached .tex file is the minimal working example we discussed today in the online meeting. I realized that the approach of looping through k of p[k] is not fitting my needs, because it's not flexible enough. I need another approach, one which works with layer sets. I would stop using p as an array, because with the layer sets approach we don't have a fixed order of the layers. So the definition of the layers would be something like picture layerA; layerA:=image( label("Word 1", z1); ); picture layerW; layerW:=image( label("Mot 2", z2); ); picture layerM; layerM:=image( label("Parola 3", z3); ); picture layerC; layerC:=image( label("Wort 4", z3+z1); ); picture layerY; layerY:=image( label("Nummer 5", z2+z3); ); picture layerU; layerU:=image( label("number 6", z2+z1); ); After that, I would define layer sets and layer subsets. This will be done manually for each layer set and each layer subset. I don't know the proper syntax to do that. Let's assume we could use a variable type called "myset". myset layersubsetGamma; layersubsetGamma:={layerU,layerM}; In my logic, the layers will be drawn in the order of their appearance within the {}. In the example, drawn content of layerM might cover drawn content of layerU. Contrary to a layer subset, each layer set will result in a PDF page, and thus the layer sets are related to each other by an inner order. That's why I would use an array variable here with []. I don't know how to append a set. In the following example, I assumed there would be a function myappend(<initial set>, <the things what the initial set should be appended with>) myset layerset[]; layerset1 := {layerW,layerA}; layerset2 := myappend{layerset1, layerY}; layerset3 := myappend{layerset2, layersubsetGamma}; layerset4 := myappend{layerset2, layerU}; layerset5 := myappend{layerset4, layersubsetGamma}; Finally, I would need each layerset[k] typeset on its own pdf page. And of course on each page k, only the layers which appear in the definition of the layerset[k] should be drawn on top of each other in the order as they appear in that definition. I'm very curious to hear your suggestions. Thanks Emanuel

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behaviour sy in externalfigure
by Hans van der Meer 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

The scaling in \externalfigure[][] with option sy=number seems to have a discrete change in behaviour between sy=1.0 and sy=(not 1.0). The MWE (see below, FIGURE REMOVED BECAUSE OTHERWISE MESSAGE TOO LARGE) shows that factor sy≠1.0 is applied to the original height of the figure, but for sy=1.0 the height is changed proportional to the reduction in width. Thus the series sy=0.999 sy=1.0 sy=1.001 has a discontinuity in the scaling of height. I would expect sy=1.0 to return the figure in the original height. Is this behaviour on purpose? With the current behaviour I must provide for sy=1.0 => sy=1.001 in order to get the original height. Although not to difficult with a jump to Lua code, I would prefer not. yours sincerely dr. Hans van der Meer \starttext \ConTeXt\space version \contextversion\blank \type{\externalfigure[testfile.jpg]} source figure\crlf \externalfigure[testfile.jpg]\crlf \type{\externalfigure[testfile.jpg][width=5cm]}\crlf \externalfigure[testfile.jpg][width=5cm]\crlf Explanation: height scaled proportional to the width reduction. \blank \type{\externalfigure[testfile.jpg][width=5cm,sy=0.999]}\crlf \externalfigure[testfile.jpg][width=5cm,sy=1.001]\crlf Explanation: sy different from 1.0 applies sy to original height. \blank \type{\externalfigure[testfile.jpg][width=5cm,sy=1.0]}\crlf \externalfigure[testfile.jpg][width=5cm,sy=1.0]\crlf Explanation: sy=1.0 exactly is ignored? \blank \type{\externalfigure[testfile.jpg][width=5cm,sy=1.001]}\crlf \externalfigure[testfile.jpg][width=5cm,sy=1.001]\crlf Explanation: sy different from 1.0 applies sy to original height. \blank \stoptext met vriendelijke groet, dr. Hans van der Meer Burgemeester Rijnderslaan 244 ingang D 1185 MC Amstelveen tel. 020 6452701 / 06 53743629

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Fwd: Re: Context lmtx for 32bit under LUBUNTU 18.04
by Henning Hraban Ramm 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

Sorry, I can’t help ATM. But Hans’ latest upload includes 32bt Linux binaries again. Hraban -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Re: Context lmtx for 32bit under LUBUNTU 18.04 Datum: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:28:38 +0100 Von: Alain Delmotte <alain.delmotte(a)leliseron.org> An: Henning Hraban Ramm <texml(a)fiee.net> Dear Henning, ------------------- Your instructions: PWD=`pwd` cd tex/texmf-context/source/luametatex sh build.sh cp build/native/luametatex "$PWD/tex/texmf-linux/bin/" cd "$PWD" ------------------- My actions: I created a 'context' folder in my home/alain directory in which I extracted the contlm.zip file. In context I did in a console PWD='pwd' then in context/source/luametatex sh build.sh alain@alain:pwd$ sh build.sh build.sh: 28: [: unexpected operator build.sh: 37: [: unexpected operator build.sh: 117: build.sh: cmake: not found build.sh: 122: build.sh: cmake: not found tex trees so I commented lines:28-111 and 119 this seems instruction to take into account the different plateforms, I did leave the last instruction: lines 112-118 and installed cmake, which I didn't have. then alain@alain:~/context/source/luametatex$ sh build.sh -- The C compiler identification is GNU 7.5.0 -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Detecting C compile features -- Detecting C compile features - done -- Performing Test limited_support -- Performing Test limited_support - Success -- Configuring done -- Generating done -- Build files have been written to: /home/alain/context/source/luametatex/build/native Unknown argument --parallel Unknown argument 8 Usage: cmake --build <dir> [options] [-- [native-options]] Options: <dir> = Project binary directory to be built. --target <tgt> = Build <tgt> instead of default targets. May only be specified once. --config <cfg> = For multi-configuration tools, choose <cfg>. --clean-first = Build target 'clean' first, then build. (To clean only, use --target 'clean'.) --use-stderr = Ignored. Behavior is default in CMake >= 3.0. -- = Pass remaining options to the native tool. tex trees resources like public fonts : tex/texmf/.... the context macro package : tex/texmf-context/.... the luametatex binary : tex/texmf-native/bin/... optional third party modules : tex/texmf-context/.... fonts installed by the user : tex/texmf-fonts/fonts/data/.... styles made by the user : tex/texmf-projects/tex/context/user/.... binaries: tex/texmf-<your platform>/bin/luametatex : the compiled binary (some 2-3MB) tex/texmf-<your platform>/bin/mtxrun : copy of or link to luametatex tex/texmf-<your platform>/bin/context : copy of or link to luametatex tex/texmf-<your platform>/bin/mtxrun.lua : copy of tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua tex/texmf-<your platform>/bin/context.lua : copy of tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/context.lua commands: mtxrun --generate : create file database mtxrun --script fonts --reload : create font database mtxrun --autogenerate context ... : run tex file (e.g. from editor) The binaries have not been created! My cmake doesn't support --parallel (what is the use of parallèle?) I erased everything and started again with canges made to build.sh >>> this is the instructions at lines 121-122 >>> I commented the end of linee 122 alain@alain:~/context$ PWD='pwd' alain@alain:pwd$ cd source/luametatex alain@alain:~/context/source/luametatex$ sh build.sh -- The C compiler identification is GNU 7.5.0 -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Detecting C compile features -- Detecting C compile features - done -- Performing Test limited_support -- Performing Test limited_support - Success -- Configuring done -- Generating done -- Build files have been written to: /home/alain/context/source/luametatex/build/native Usage: cmake --build <dir> [options] [-- [native-options]] Options: <dir> = Project binary directory to be built. --target <tgt> = Build <tgt> instead of default targets. May only be specified once. --config <cfg> = For multi-configuration tools, choose <cfg>. --clean-first = Build target 'clean' first, then build. (To clean only, use --target 'clean'.) --use-stderr = Ignored. Behavior is default in CMake >= 3.0. -- = Pass remaining options to the native tool. tex trees resources like public fonts : tex/texmf/.... the context macro package : tex/texmf-context/.... the luametatex binary : tex/texmf-native/bin/... optional third party modules : tex/texmf-context/.... fonts installed by the user : tex/texmf-fonts/fonts/data/.... styles made by the user : tex/texmf-projects/tex/context/user/.... binaries: tex/texmf-<your platform>/bin/luametatex : the compiled binary (some 2-3MB) tex/texmf-<your platform>/bin/mtxrun : copy of or link to luametatex tex/texmf-<your platform>/bin/context : copy of or link to luametatex tex/texmf-<your platform>/bin/mtxrun.lua : copy of tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua tex/texmf-<your platform>/bin/context.lua : copy of tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/context.lua commands: mtxrun --generate : create file database mtxrun --script fonts --reload : create font database mtxrun --autogenerate context ... : run tex file (e.g. from editor) ------------------------------------------------ there is no binaries and the tex tree doesn't exist. It seems that make require a folder <dir> in which to create the compiled files. Any help? Alain Le 13-02-24 à 18:21, Henning Hraban Ramm a écrit : > Am 13.02.24 um 17:29 schrieb Alain Delmotte: >> Hi, >> >> A month or so ago Hans provided a new upload (thanks I managed to get >> and install it on my Windows 10 64b). At that time I was struggling >> for having my computers back in order (that appends sometimes). >> >> Now I'd like to have LMTX on an old but still used (when travelling) >> portable under lubuntu 18.04 32Bits. >> >> There is no more executable available on pragma and I am using >> Context from TeX Live, but it is the 2017 version. >> >> I can do with it, but it would be better to have Context lmtx latest. >> >> Is it possible to have it? But if this a too complicate problem, I'll >> stand with the TeX Live Context. > > Just compile it yourself. > > > In your installation root (where install.sh is): > > PWD=`pwd` > cd tex/texmf-context/source/luametatex > sh build.sh > cp build/native/luametatex "$PWD/tex/texmf-linux/bin/" > cd "$PWD" > > > Hraban > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry > to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net > (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ >

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XML processing, unwanted indentation/alignment
by Michael Guravage 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

Greetings, I'm typesetting an address book whose addresses are in XML. A typical entry has this structure: <family surname=""> <address street="" housenumber="" postcode="1" city="" telephone="" /> <members> <member first_name="" initials="" maiden_name="" birthday="" email="" mobile="" /> <member first_name="" initials="" birthday="" email="" mobile="" /> <member first_name="" initials="" birthday="" /> </members> </family> initials and birthday are required, first_name can be left blank and email, mobile and maiden_name are optional. I've written a macro (name) to compose the name, i.e. initials, first_name (maiden_name), and another macro (nameemaillink) to make the name a link associated with an email address. % Derive an individual's name \def\name#1% {\ifxmlattempty{#1}{first_name} {\xmlatt{#1}{initials}} \else {\xmlatt{#1}{initials}, \xmlatt{#1}{first_name}} \fi \ifxmlattempty{#1}{maiden_name} {} \else { \tfxx(\xmlatt{#1}{maiden_name})} \fi} % Create a mailto:link that associates a individual's name with their email address. \def\nameemaillink#1% {\ifxmlattempty{#1}{email} {\name{#1}} \else {\goto{\name{#1}} [url(mailto:\xmlatt{#1}{email})]} \fi} I thought I was done when I noticed that a composed name with an empty first name, with or without an email address, is slightly indented. In the mwe Moe and Curly, without first names, are indented; while Shemp and Michael aren't. That the undesired indentation/alignment is dependent on the presence of a first name is baffling. After this long description, if someone would look at the code and tell me where I've gone wrong I would be very grateful. The interesting bits begin on lines 8 and 12 in xml.tex. -- With kind regards, Michael

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Re: An announcement of my new book.
by SirColeman 15 Feb '24

15 Feb '24

>> This is wrong, the counter commands are official and the number variants are kept for backwards compatibility with old styles. I do recall reading on the ConTeXt wiki that \definenumber is maintained for backwards compatibility reasons. However, why then does ConTeXt fail to compile with \getcounter, if that's how it's supposed to work? I was confused, don't get me wrong, but what I wrote was my own conclusion on the matter. Clearly, we have a bug that needs to be reported. I wish my email hadn't included such misinformation. But now, this is a bug that needs to be resolved. I'm running ConTeXt version 2024.01.24, and the given attachment fails to compile, even with MkIV. I don't want to pester those subscribed to this mailing list with bug reports, so I thought it would be more sensible to post such reports on the context developers mailing list. I ask for confirmation that I can post there instead of here. Thanks.

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/AFRelationship for attachments
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Feb '24

15 Feb '24

Dear list, the new lpdf-wid.lmt contains in lines 302 and 377: local relation = specification.relation or "Unspecified" AFRelationship = pdfconstant(relation), The following sample compiled with current latest: \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext attachment\attachment[method=hidden, relation=Data, file=xml-mkiv.pdf] \stoptext Gives the following object: 2 0 obj << /AFRelationship /Unspecified /EF << /F 1 0 R >> /F (xml-mkiv.pdf) /Type /Filespec /UF <FEFF0078006D006C002D006D006B00690076002E007000640066> >> endobj Sorry, but which is the right way to specify the /AFRelationship for embedded documents? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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Installation of linux-32bits
by Alain Delmotte 15 Feb '24

15 Feb '24

Hi! I tried to install the linux 32 bits kindly provided by Hans. It went all right up to: mtxrun -generate First I had to change my PATH putting the path to lmtx before TeXlive, because it was always the files from TeXlive which were used. Then I got: ---------------------------- alain@alain:~/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin$ mtxrun --generate resolvers | resolving | variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to '/home/alain/context/bin' resolvers | resolving | variable 'SELFAUTODIR' set to '/home/alain/context' resolvers | resolving | variable 'SELFAUTOPARENT' set to '/home/alain' resolvers | resolving | variable 'TEXMFCNF' set to '' resolvers | resolving | variable 'TEXMF' set to '' resolvers | resolving | variable 'TEXOS' set to 'context' [...] resolvers | resolving | resolvers | resolving | warning: no lua configuration files found resolvers | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF) resolvers | resolving | mtxrun | mtxrun | elapsed lua time: 0.113 seconds ----------------------------- so the binaries were not created. What did I wrong? How to solve the problem? Thanks, Alain

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Seeindex with zie instead of see?
by G.C.H.M. Verhaag 15 Feb '24

15 Feb '24

Hi ConTeXt users, Wondering whether there is a possibility to modify the word *see* into the Dutch word *zie* in the use of the \seeindex command? Regards, Gerard

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upload
by Hans Hagen 15 Feb '24

15 Feb '24

Hi, as we're around texlive code freeze time we're also in upload mode - i uploaded a new lmtx - i also added linux and windows 32 bin (as it seems to have users) - we're now using lua 5.5 which has one restriction (was already announced a while ago): for i=1,10 in t do .... i = 2 * i .... end should now be: for i=1,10 in t do .... local i = 2 * i .... end as one cannot change the (local constant) i which actually is not that different from what metapost does. The good news is that voilating this is reported when a lua file is loaded so one can't get it unexspectedly. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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mtxrun.lua:10080: bad argument #9 to 'format'
by Garulfo 15 Feb '24

15 Feb '24

Hi, return is OK with: mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=ibm*" but removing the m from the pattern mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=ib*" I get : lua error : function call: ...0-app_context-linux-64/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun.lua:10080: bad argument #9 to 'format' (number expected, got string) mtxrun --version mtxrun | ConTeXt TDS Runner Tool 1.32 mtxrun | source path

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An announcement of my new book.
by SirColeman 14 Feb '24

14 Feb '24

Greetings all. I have a passion for typesetting. I found that currently the best typesetting systems are those that are based on TeX. Of them, there are LaTeX, and ConTeXt. LaTeX is very well documented and popular; ConTeXt, on the other hand, is apparently very powerful and capable, but is not as well documented. There are things that are spectacularly well documented, others that only show hints, and leave it up to the user to figure things out on their own, and others still that won't even compile on a more recent version of ConTeXt (apparently the proper way to access a counter's value in ConTeXt is to use \getnumber or \convertednumber, and not \getcounter. That's just an example). I thus thought, as an exercise in typesetting, in writing, and also to help the ConTeXt documentation, to write a new book, a large book, that teaches the details of how ConTeXt on a lower level works, allowing one to understand how to utilize low level typesetting features for anything more sophisticated than a simple book or article. By lower level, I mean how things like heads, items, references, alignment, tables, etc., work. Also, I would like a book that teaches things like how to program it using lua, how to understand and utilize the underlying engine itself (the low level LuaMetaTeX), how to even use DocBook with ConTeXt, etc. (I do realize that there already are manuals for lua in ConTeXt and on LuaMetaTeX, etc., and manuals on various different parts of ConTeXt, and I'll certainly be learning from them whenever their particular topic comes, but I reserve the opportunity to rewrite parts of these manuals for this book, as is necessary for the book's purpose, perhaps referencing these manuals for further details.) In particular, I want to go a step beyond the book "A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV", and teach the particularly advanced features, where there is sparse information. Particularly, it's meant to serve as one complete reference, instead of having to hunt for different manuals, which explain things differently, and with the consequence that it's hard to find a particular piece of information because its scattered around so many different places. This book should serve as the one and only final documentation that you would need. It would contain everything in a highly cohesive format, in one place, and make particular pieces of information particularly easy to find. I realize that this is a very ambitious undertaking, but I find that a unified source of information is better than information with varying levels of quality scattered across more places than one can hold in his head. I just have one question: What is all the necessary material to understand and utilize the low level TeX programming language itself? That is, what do I need to read to learn to be able to read the ConTeXt source code itself (which is written in TeX---and lua, but I can help myself in that regard)? Is the "Low Level TeX" set of manuals all that I'll need, or will I need other sources of information too? And also, is it worth learning Plain TeX, and reading The TeXbook, or is not necessary? And, I'm grateful to have an alternative to LaTeX. It's certainly promising, but I would like to help make it appealing, by making it easy to learn and master it, and provide a single source of information. I'm grateful for having ConTeXt. P.S. If I have bugs to file, should I file them on this mailing list, or on the dev-context(a)ntg.nl mailing list? And, to all beginner ConTeXt users: What would you like to see covered in this book? Thanks. -- Sent with Tuta; enjoy secure & ad-free emails: https://tuta.com

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

14 Feb '24

You’re invited to our regular online meet-up, this upcoming Wednesday, February 13th, 19:00 CET (UTC+1) 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? (I hope I’ll manage to show a poster draft…) 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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Re: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work
by Ursula Hermann 14 Feb '24

14 Feb '24

Dear Hans, This was before you wrote, that you did an new upload, but i saw it in the installation. Because there were more files. Uschi Von: Ursula Hermann Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Februar 2024 13:42 An: 'mailing list for ConTeXt users' <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Betreff: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work So after a new update on my Computer at Work, I did once more download the installation. After compiling with context-mswin I got this file Command Line: context.exe --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex" Startup Folder: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-mswin\tex\texmf-context\tex\context\test\mkiv startup error : no format file given, quitting ____________________________________________________________________ ConTeXt Compilation Report (Pages: 0) Errors: 0 Warnings: 0 Bad Boxes: 0 Did I something wrong? Uschi

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 14 Feb '24

14 Feb '24

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