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

05 Jun '14

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

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

05 Jun '14

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

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

05 Jun '14

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

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

05 Jun '14

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

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

04 Jun '14

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

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blank overlay
by john Culleton 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

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

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

03 Jun '14

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

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

03 Jun '14

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

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SyncTeX
by Trond Thorbjørnsen 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

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

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Thumbnail sample.
by john Culleton 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

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

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

02 Jun '14

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

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

02 Jun '14

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

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

02 Jun '14

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

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sections
by Hans Hagen 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

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

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

01 Jun '14

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

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

01 Jun '14

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

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

01 Jun '14

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

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

01 Jun '14

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

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Character and word spacing
by Rik Kabel 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

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

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

31 May '14

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

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

31 May '14

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

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Tagged PDF - Math
by Christoph Reller 30 May '14

30 May '14

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

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

30 May '14

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

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

30 May '14

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

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

30 May '14

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

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