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syntax for \definesimplefont in TeX Live version of simplefonts
by Lars Huttar 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Hello, We are using simplefonts, the version included with TeX Live 2013. As mentioned in another email, we don't have the freedom to experiment with potentially unstable versions. I've been reading http://wiki.contextgarden.net/simplefonts and have it working well so far with the mainfont, sansfont, and mainfontfallback. The part I need help with is for using another font. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/simplefonts#Defining_other_typefaces_and_fonts says we can use * |\definesimplefont|, defines a font for the use in headers or other style elements. * |\simplefont|, defines a font for inline use. Can anyone tell me the syntax for these commands - and for using them? I tried \definesimplefont[titleface][Gentium Basic] ... \setupbodyfont[titleface] There are no complaints and the \definesimplefont line, but I don't know if it's the right syntax. And the \setupbodyfont line is giving the warning fonts > typescripts > unknown library 'titleface' So I'm guessing that the \definesimplefont line is correct, but I just don't know how to use the defined font. Help please? Thanks, Lars

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MTPro2 mathematical fonts
by Barry Ashton 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Are there any mathematicians that have been able to install MathTime Professional 2 (MTPro2) mathematical fonts on ConTeXt? There is no mention of ConTeXt on the company’s web site http://store.pctexstore.com/mapro2fo.html http://www.pctex.com/kb/74.html so it may not be possible to install them. However, I am always amazed at what experienced users are able to achieve - so I thought I should ask. Can MTPro2 be installed on ConTeXt? The product is clearly targeted at LaTeX and is easily installed on LaTeX, XeLaTex and LuaLaTeX. The company also provide a means of installation on Plain Tex with \input /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/plain/mtpro2/mtp2.tex after the fonts have been properly placed in texmf-local. This latter approach does not work re ConTeXt. I am not sufficiently experienced to know why. It could be because such an approach is simply wrong in principle. Or it could be because, that while the approach is right in principle, MTPro2 is incompatible with amssymb. And, as I understand it, amssymb is installed by default on ConTeXt. I would be obliged for any advice. Barry

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Side float and number of hang lines
by Aditya Mahajan 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Is the \strutht really needed in the first line of \page_sides_check_floats_set macro (in page-sid.mkvi)? In my opinion, the output looks better when you change the definition to: \unexpanded\def\page_sides_check_floats_set {\scratchdimen\dimexpr\d_page_sides_progress-\roundingeps\relax ....} The current setting gives odd results if you change the fontsize of the caption. Minimal example: (try with and without the above change) \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}] \let\vbox\ruledvbox \starttext \startplacefigure [ title={A short caption}, location={left, nonumber,high}, ] \externalfigure[cow][height=4.2\lineheight] \stopplacefigure \input knuth \stoptext Thanks, Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] Index - ranges
by honyk 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

On 2013-11-07 honyk wrote: > > 1) when a range for my subject index entry is specified and the text > between doesn't overflow to the next page, even in this case > the range of pages 1-1 is created. Is there any option to normalize > it to a single page number? > > \startregister[index][range_01]{primary} > Dummy text. > \stopregister[index][range_01] > > ... > 3) when several single index entries are used on consecutive pages, the > result 1,2,3,4,5 is produced. Is there any option to create a range > from this? (A) I've found a promising option compress=no|yes|all in an experimental test case located in the strc-reg.mkiv file. The corresponding lua code seems to be performing some cleanup of page ranges, but when I define it same way, there is no difference in my output (still 1-1): \startregister[index][range_01]{primary} Dummy text. \stopregister[index][range_01] \placeregister[index][compress=yes] Is it necessary to switch it on somehow? (B) I've also found a special syntax for collapsing pages in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Registers [[Command/{{{1}}}|\{{{1}}}]] - but I have no idea how to appply it. I already use the 'command' parameter to switch the index group letter to upper case: \setupregister[index][n=2,command=\Word,style=normal] Can these commands be combined together somehow? Or is it obsolete in favor of (A)? Thanks, Jan

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hanging on fonts
by H. van der Meer 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

Context hangs with this in the console: fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'otf' fonts > names > 'OSFONTDIR' specifies path '/Users/hansm/Library/Fonts' fonts > names > 'OSFONTDIR' specifies path '/Library/Fonts' fonts > names > 'OSFONTDIR' specifies path '/System/Library/Fonts' fonts > names > globbing path '/Users/hansm/Library/Fonts/**.otf' fonts > names > globbing path '/Library/Fonts/**.otf' ConTeXt ver: 2013.10.15 13:52 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.10.20 int: english/english Putting OSFONTDIR=“” export OSFONTDIR did not help, ConTeXt keeps using the MacOSX libraries. How to kill these? Without a solution I cannot typeset. Hans van der Meer

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widowpenalty in mixedcolumns
by Joshua Krämer 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

Dear list, while \widowpenalty is respected in conventional columns, inside or outside \startmixedcolumns and \stopmixedcolumns, it is ignored. How can I make ConTeXt avoid widows in mixedcolumns? (I can't use conventional columns, some things like distance=... don't work there.) Thank you, Joshua Krämer MWE: \starttext \startmixedcolumns %\startcolumns \widowpenalty10000 \dorecurse{290}{word } \dorecurse{250}{second } \stopmixedcolumns %\stopcolumns \stoptext

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New line in cell in Markdown processing? (module t-filter)
by Xan 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

Hi, Is there any way to have a multiline cell in markdown while I run ConTeXt with t-filter module? This: | Activitat | Conceptes | idioma | notes | |:----------|:----------|:-------|:------| | [DM-40](http://mrmeyer.com/threeacts/buckythebadger/). Quantes flexions hauria de fer la mascota? | funció lineal? | anglès | complicat d'entendre | | [DM-33](http://mrmeyer.com/threeacts/dominoskyscraper/). Domino gratacels | funció exponencial | anglès | complicat de calcular (per tempteig). no me surt la resposta teòria de 29 | | [DM-35](http://mrmeyer.com/threeacts/shrinkingdollar/). Encollir un dòlar | funció exponencial | | | produces me a very wide table. Thanks in advance, Xan. PS: Please CCme

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Using *fleurons*
by Francisco Gracia 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Thanks for your contributions. You are right in your remark about the path to images, Wolfgang. I was not using any \setupexternalfigure[location=default] instruction. With your formulations the figure is recovered without problem. Unfortunately the results of your rewrite of the macro are not so satisfactory. Surely it is more *ConTeXt*ual than mine but it fails to fulfill the main purpose of the exercice: it happily prints fleurons in blank pages, as running your tests with 6 lines demonstrates. In such a circumstance it should produce just two pages with six lines each, whereas it outputs 4 pages, the two additional ones containing only ornaments. Your suggestion, Bill, of using special decorative fonts will be a good source of artistic material for the construction of alphabetically based motives by artistically inclined future users of the code, as the elaboration of the motives rests completely in their hands. The ones provided are mere demonstration samples. Regards Fancisco

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how to include sans, bold and size in \setuptab[headstyle=???]
by Lars Huttar 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Hello, I have the following MWE: \starttext \setuptab[headstyle=ssbfb] \tab{foo} \input knuth \par \stoptext Here, the headstyle specifies a sans font with boldface style, at 1.44 times the current bodyfont size. However, I want to be able to specify an absolute point size, instead of a relative size. I tried variations like \setuptab[headstyle=18pt] but that has no effect: the size remains 12pt, or whatever the default is. If I use \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[18pt]}] then the size takes effect (for the key only, which is what I want). I can combine that with sans: \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[ss, 18pt]}] and that works. But how to mix in boldface? \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[ssbf, 18pt]}] doesn't give sans boldface, but reverts to a serif, non-bold style (at 18pt size). \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[ss, bf, 18pt]}] gives the same results. I finally tried \setuptab[headstyle={\ssbf \switchtobodyfont[18pt]}] and that works! But it seems clunky: it looks like it requires two font switches, which I'm told makes things slower. And I can't help wondering if I'm missing some simpler way. Is there a more efficient or elegant way to do this? Thanks, Lars

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Using *fleurons*
by Francisco Gracia 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

*Fleurons* are small decorative pieces that were often used in the past for filling big blank spaces in books. They are seldom used nowdays. As besides they will not appear more than a few times in any book (mainly at the end of chapters), the easiest thing to do if one insists in using them (for instance for simulating an old edition of some past work) is to arrange its presence manually in the source document in the way one would do for any other figure or piece of text. I subscribe to this, which is without doubt the way to proceed if the original document will allways be typesett in the same way. But if it were an extensive work and one foresees different layouts for its appearence as different *products*, then one would have one more source of worries after every run of the work through *Context*, as you can bet that sooner than later one page will have been included somewhere whose only content will be the damned *fleuron*, something that obviously should not happen. This is the problem that I tackled, because I did not find any previous reference or solution to it. My reasoning, my explanations and the working code are all contained in the rest of this message. It is conceived as being composed of two parts, but it can also be saved and dealt as one piece. If one saves it as two independent files (as should be done if one intends to use it for any other thing that running the tests samples) the content of the first file will be the one delimited as *Fleuron.tex* and that of the second (*Fleuron_test.tex*) would be the rest of the message. The line of this second file % \input {Fleuron} should be uncommented if one intends to run it as such. The one file version runs as it is. The script creates the new command *\Fleuron{\<motive name>}*, which is the one to include at the place intended in the source document for the *fleuron* to appear (of course after having incorporated the contents of *Fleuron.tex* in its preamble with *\input{Fleuron}*). The argument *<motive name>* allows the selection of a specific motive among the several of them that could be available; the user can create and organize all this according to his wishes. For instance *\Fleuron{\MotiveFive}* would use the example labelled *\MotiveFive* in the group of examples provided. The comments in *Fleuron.tex* explain how to handle all this. Enjoy and critizice Francisco %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % Fleuron.tex % Script that explains and implements in *ConTeXt* Mk-IV the kind of small ornaments % traditionally used by printers for filling big blank spaces in books and printed works. %*Fleuron*: subst. masc. 2b) Élément décoratif de fantaisie ornant le titre ou les blancs des principales divisions d'un ouvrage [livre] (Trésor de la langue française informatisé). % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Creation of the ornament as an entity (in the form of a box) % Typesetting true *fleurons* requires the use of *TeX*'s special *box registers* as arguments; % here box register number *0* has been arbitrarily selected for the proceedings. % The essential steps in the construction are: % - (typo)graphical composition of the motive (as for instance *\midaligned{Finis}* in the first example) % or designation of the source file of an image, % - enclosure of it in a vertical box (*\vbox{\midaligned{Finis}}*) and % - finally association of the boxed motive with boxregister *0* (*\setbox0= ...*), all of which happens % in reverse order, from right to left, in the code. % Here are several examples of this: %\setbox0=\vbox{\midaligned{Finis}} %\setbox0=\vbox{\midaligned{Finis\\coronat\\opus}} %\setbox0=\vbox{\midaligned{*****} \Inter \midaligned{***} \Inter \midaligned{*}} % In order to get in *TeX* something remotely similar to a normal variable, % called *Motivo*, the following machinery has to be implemented \def\Motivo{\copy0} % get a copy of register's *0* content % the graphic parts of several (typographical) test motives follow: \def\MotOne{{\midaligned{\em Finis}}} \def\MotTwo{{\midaligned{\em Finis\\\em coronat\\\em opus}}} \def\MotThree{{\midaligned{*****} \Inter \midaligned{***} \Inter \midaligned{*}}} \def\MotFour{{\midaligned{___________}}} \def\MotFive{{\bf \midaligned{\hl[1]} \Inter \midaligned{\hl[5]} \Inter \midaligned{\hl[1]}}} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % THINGS THAT DO NOT WORK % %\setbox0=\vbox{\midaligned{\switchtobodyfont[20pt]*}} % executing these corrupt the whole script %\setbox0=\vbox{\switchtobodyfont[20pt] \midaligned{*****\\***\\*}} %\def\Grande{\midaligned{\switchtobodyfont[50pt]*}} % in any form it is tried %\setbox0=\vbox{\Grande} % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % USING FIGURES AS MOTIVES % % Most *fleurons* will be based on figures (usually images of schematic line drawings) % rather than on elements of the alphabetical character set. % So it is important to insure that also this alternative works as it should. % *Contextref* says that just giving the name of the figure's file is enough, %\useexternalfigure [cow] [cow.pdf] [scale=300] % but this usually does not work, so better give the whole path to the figure in your machine \useexternalfigure [cow] [L:/ConTeXt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/sample/cow.pdf] [hfactor=20] %\setbox0=\vbox{\externalfigure [cow] } \def\MotCow{{\externalfigure [cow] }} % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % This is the algorithmically interesting part of the whole business. It rests upon one instruction, % *pagespace*, which gets and handles some of *TeX*'s internal magnitudes of the page. % Its code was devised, implemented and very well explained by D. Salomon % in *Output Routines: Examples and Techniques. % Part I: Introduction and Examples.* Tugboat 11 nº 1: 71.), from where the following extract originates: % % "As an example, the two variables [*pagetotal*, *t*, and *pagegoal*, *g*] will be used % to determine how much space is left on the current page. % If *t* is zero, the space left on the page is the entire page (*\vsize*). % Otherwise, it is the difference *g - t*. Macro *\pagespace* calculates that difference". % The interpretations and comments that follow are on the contrary mine; % so be careful: they can be wrong! % Determination of the space available in *TeX*'s *current page* \newdimen\Spaceleft % the result will be stored under this name % computation of the datum \def\pagespace{% \ifdim\pagetotal=0pt % if the page is empty (i.e. if it is a new page) \Spaceleft=\vsize % the available space is the full design page \else % otherwise \Spaceleft=\pagegoal % the required amount is the design maximum size \advance\Spaceleft -\pagetotal % less the already used space \fi} % We also need for our purposes certain numerical information about the ornament, % mainly its height; so let's get it algorithmically %\def\Talla{100pt} \newdimen\Orn % the height of the ornament in points \newdimen\Talla % the space requested from the page (with some *air* around) \newdimen\Respiro % the blank space between text and *fleuron* % let us construct the selected *fleuron* \def\Instance#1{% % we get the (typo)graphical content as argument, \setbox0=\vbox{#1} % put it in a box and assign the box to register *0* \Orn=\ht0 % after which we can get the required values through this register \Talla=\ht0 % (getting as an aside a little sample of the daunting *texan* arithmetic) %\advance \Talla by 0.5\Talla % compute half the height of the ornament \advance \Talla by \Talla % twice the height of the ornament % \Respiro=0.5\ht0 % half the height of the ornament } % and the operative command can be finally issued \def\Fleuron#1{% \Instance{#1} % assemble the object \pagespace % get from *TeX* the relevant magnitudes about the *current page* % (transitory debug information % Available: \the\Spaceleft\par % this shows the information on the document itself % Required: \the\Talla\par % Ornament: \the\Orn\par % Disponible: \show\Spaceleft\par % and this shows it in the terminal % Requerido: \show\Talla\par % Ornamento: \show\Orn\par % ) \ifdim\Spaceleft>4\Orn % if there are lots of space available % \Respiro=\ht0 % insert a bigger separation \Respiro=\Orn % insert a bigger separation \else \Respiro=0.5\Orn % insert a smaller separation \fi \ifdim\Spaceleft<\vsize % only when the page has already some previous content \ifdim\Spaceleft>\Talla % but keeps also enough space for the ornament, \vskip\Respiro % add a reasonable separation from the text % \vskip 0.5\Orn % (as could be half the size of the ornament) \midaligned{\Motivo} % and typeset the ornament centered \fi \fi } \def\Inter{\vskip 0.1pt} % small downward displacement %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % %End of *Fleuron.tex* % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % *Fleuron_test.tex* % Test script for the *Fleuron* instruction %\input {Fleuron} % incorporate the contents of *Fleuron.tex* %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % some layout provisions for the test document \setuplayout[lines=10] % size of the output page in lines \preloadtypescripts \usetypescript[latinmodern] \setupbodyfont[9pt] %\tracingpages=1 % show some internal typrographical magnitudes in the *.log* file %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % Typesetting and display % \starttext Test script for the \em Fleuron \em complement.\par %\placefigure [none] {}{\externalfigure[cow]} % testing if figure reproduction works by itself \dorecurse{2}{Line \recurselevel\par} % fill the page with some lines and show the *fleuron* %\dorecurse{6}{Line \recurselevel\par} % (more lines could exclude the *fleuron*) % *\MotOne*, *\MotTwo*, *\MotThree*, *\MotFour*, *\MotFive* % y *\MotCow* are available as example arguments \Fleuron{\MotTwo} % passed argument allows selection among available motives \stoptext

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Simplefonts and inherited style
by Joshua Krämer 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Dear list members, I need a second font in my text for the purpose of mark-up. This font is defined with \definesimplefonttypeface. If I switch to a font variant like bold and afterwards to the second font, the second font doesn't inherit this style. It only works the other way around (switching to the second font first, then to another style). In the following example, the whole section title should be typeset in bold, but the part using the second font is typeset in the regular style. How can I make it inherit the bold style? Thank you, Joshua Krämer \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[dejavuserif] \definesimplefonttypeface[Secondfont][dejavusans] \setuphead[section][style={\tf\bf}] \starttext \section{One {\Secondfont Two} Three} \input zapf \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Index - custom sorting
by Wolfgang Schuster 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Am 07.11.2013 um 23:11 schrieb honyk <j.tosovsky(a)email.cz>: > Dear All, > > czech sorting has a quite complex logic. How can a default index entries > sorting be overridden? > > Using a macro or somewhere under the hood via a lua code? I am a total noob > in this. Btw, as a Java programmer I have it implemented already in Java so > I hope it won't be a huge task to convert it into something else… When you have \mainlanguage[cz] in your document context should use the czech sorting mechanism, when you english as main language you can use them in the register with \placeregister[index][language=cz]. You can also influence the sorting with the method key for \placeregister: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/052950.html Wolfgang

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textreference in a protocol (minutes)
by Joshua Krämer 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Dear list members, I use ConTeXt MkIV to typeset the protocol (minutes) of a meeting. In my macros, I use \textreference and \about to reuse the text from the agenda list in the actual sections. It's like the regular table of contents, but reversed (see the below MWE). I do it like that because sometimes entries in the agenda list are skipped in the meeting, and that means they have to appear in the agenda list, but there is no corresponding section. Now my problem is that the \textreference content is cut off if it is too long, as seen in the below MWE. How can I disable the cropping? Additionally, if somebody can think of a better solution than my \textreference approach, please let me know. Thank you, Joshua Krämer Minimal Working Example: \def\Agendaentry#1#2{\sym{#1}\textreference[Agendaentry#1]{#2}#2} \setupreferencing[left={},right={}] \newcount\Agendaentrynr \def\Agendasection#1% {% \Agendaentrynr=#1% \advance\Agendaentrynr -1\relax \setupheadnumber[section][\the\Agendaentrynr]% \section{\about[Agendaentry#1]}% } \starttext Agenda \startitemize \Agendaentry{4}{Berichte des Vorsitzers, des Schatzmeisters und des Schriftleiters} \stopitemize \Agendasection{4} \input zapf \stoptext

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Chapter endings
by Francisco Gracia 10 Nov '13

10 Nov '13

This is a disclaimer to my former message about this subject. I continued considering the solution to the problem of using *fleurons* in a document via the suggested *\leaders* command and it turned out to be a dead end for the following reasons: 1) it acts wrongly if the page in which the *fleuron* is to appear has a lot of blank space availabe, as the following test code demonstrates: \setuplayout[lines=30] \def\Fleuron {\par \leaders\vbox to \lineheight{\midaligned{Finis\\coronat\\opus}}\vfil} \starttext \dorecurse{32}{Line \recurselevel\par} \Fleuron \stoptext where the intended *fleuron* appears superposed several times instead of the only one desired; 2) the use of such an instruction is touchy and not dependable. As I have experienced, things work satisfactorily or not according to the degree of nesting of the command *\fleuron* in the whole launching command and possibly according to many other unnoticed factors; 3) the suggested formulation does not allow enough control for the placement of the *fleuron* in the final document. In the end all this seems reasonable: the straigth use of the *\leaders* command is almost the contrary of the one demanded for the present functionality. The effect of the (obscure in more than one sense) *Tex* command *\leaders* is to fill a (rather implicitly defined) surface with repeated copies of a certain motive. The visibility or not of the result according to the surrounding text or space in the page has to be considered therefore as a purely accidental (and noxious) side effect. The content typesett via *\leaders* is not supposed in any way to disappear when following lines are added. I conclude that the only lawful use of *\leaders* in the true context of *fleurons* would be for the generation of certain repetitive motives (for instance a kind of small checkered board), but this is only a hint; I have not explored this possibility. Fortunately I have been able to advance in another direction and to get what seems to me a consistent solution to the original problem. I open the new thread *Using *fleurons** for explaining it more fully. Regards Francisco

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Re: [NTG-context] How to test the emptyness of a variable?
by Géry Ogam 10 Nov '13

10 Nov '13

Thank you very much Aditya, now it works. As you said, the trick was to use \doiftextelse{}{}{} function as test of emptyness function, and \labeltext{chapter} instead of \currentstructurelabel as variable for the test because the latter was never found empty, even when it was. Thus the right code for me is: \define[1] \MyConversion{\doifelse{\currentsectioncountervalue}{1}{\doiftextelse{\labeltext{chapter}}{ONE}{#1}}{#1}} \defineconversion[MyConversion][\MyConversion] \setuphead[chapter][conversion=MyConversion] \starttext \setuplabeltext[chapter=] \chapter{Cool} \chapter{Cat} \chapter{Mouse} \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPTER~] \setupheadnumber[chapter][0] \chapter{Cool} \chapter{Cat} \chapter{Mouse} \stoptext

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two suggestions to \typesetbuffer
by Pablo Rodriguez 10 Nov '13

10 Nov '13

Dear Hans, I have presentations that include buffers typeset with \typesetbuffer. One of the presentation includes 33 buffers, which are small ConTeXt samples. Any time I change anything on the presentation (not on the buffers themselves), every buffer is typeset again. And the compilation time is longer than probably desired. My first suggestion would be to skip compiling buffers again, if the following three requirements are met: 1. Buffer content (.tmp file, I guess) is identical (checked with a hash) with the previous one from last compilation. 2. PDF file hasn’t been changed since previous complete compilation (md5 sum again). 3. Buffer content was correctly compiled in previous compilation. My second suggestion may be a bit complex to implement, but I think it would be useful. Wouldn’t it be possible that the fonts are only embedded one in the presentation? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Argument of \startInvoice has an extra }.
by Peter Münster 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

Hi, How could I avoid that error here please: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \def\beginInvoice{\dosingleempty\dobeginInvoice} \def\dobeginInvoice[#1]{\grabbufferdata[myLetter][beginInvoice][endInvoice]} \def\startInvoice#1\stopInvoice{bla} \starttext \beginInvoice \startInvoice test \stopInvoice \endInvoice \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- TIA for any help, -- Peter

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[font-syn.lua] remove call to fontloader.to_table()
by Philipp Gesang 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

Hi all, calling fontloader.to_table() appears to be redundant when extracting font names, see the attached patch. On my system I measured 42 (patched) vs 59 (vanilla) seconds for rebuilding the entire index: mtxrun --script fonts --reload --force The resulting index is -- except for the uuid, naturally -- identical in both cases. Best, Philipp

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How to test the emptyness of a variable?
by Géry Ogam 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

> I'm sure there is also a "cleaner" TeX way, but I'm not experienced enough for that. I think you misunderstood my issue: your Lua way does the same thing than my TeX way: it displays: ONE Cool 2 Cat 3 Mouse but that is NOT what I want. What I want is: 1 Cool 2 Cat 3 Mouse So I need to check if the chapter label has been set empty or not by the user, because it is not empty (let's say the user chose the string "CHAPTER~" for the chapter label) I want to display this: CHAPTER ONE Cool CHAPTER 2 Cat CHAPTER 3 Mouse The way to do that is to check if the variable \currentstructurelabel is empty, so the code must be: \define[1] \MyCommand{\doifelse{\currentsectioncountervalue}{1}{\doifnotemptyelse{\currentstructurelabel}{ONE}{#1}}{#1}} \setuphead[chapter][deepnumbercommand=\MyCommand] \starttext \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPTER~] \chapter{Cool} \chapter{Cat} \chapter{Mouse} \stoptext \starttext \setuplabeltext[chapter=] \chapter{Cool} \chapter{Cat} \chapter{Mouse} \stoptext But the problem is that in the second case, even if the chapter label is set empty the command \doifnotemptyelse{\currentstructurelabel} thinks the variable \currentstructurelabel is not empty. So there must be something invisible in it, like a strut or something.

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Installing Context on Windows XP
by Nelson Goncalves 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

Hello, I want to install Context on Windows XP, but the rsync commands fails because the network ports are closed. And the admin of my company does not want to modify the settings. Is there any other way to install Context on Windows other than the script for the command line ? Thanks, Nelson P.S - I already sacrified a member of my family and did the tours around the pentagram but the admin would not change his mind.....

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Re: [NTG-context] Index - ranges
by honyk 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

On 2013-11-07 honyk wrote: > > 1) when a range for my subject index entry is specified and the text > between doesn't overflow to the next page, even in this case > the range of pages 1-1 is created. Is there any option to normalize > it to a single page number? > > \startregister[index][range_01]{primary} > Dummy text. > \stopregister[index][range_01] It is rare, but any help to eliminate it completely is appreciated. > 2) when ranges are used heavily, confusing results are produced. In > following examples I would expect a single range 1-6: > a) 1-3, 3-6 > b) 1-6, 2-4 > c) 1-6, 5-6 This one was caused by improper Docbook => dbcontext => ConTeXt conversion. All ranges of secondaries were treated as primaries so they were collected at primaries. After fixing the XSLT such cases dissapeared completely. Great. This would be a blocker for me. > 3) when several single index entries are used on consecutive pages, the > result 1,2,3,4,5 is produced. Is there any option to create a range > from this? I'm reconsidering this now. I designed my 'subject' index to use ranges when the subject is thoroughly explained, which obviously needs to define beginning and end. On the contrary, when the subject is just mentioned (above the threshold of importance), I inserted just a single index entry instance. Collecting these single instances into the range of e.g. 1-5 would bring false expectations that the subject is thoroughly explained there... This logic goes slightly against the case (1). When the range would be collapsed into to a single value, we would loose the info that the subject is described here. But it looks weird. Jan

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tnum and aligncharacter=yes
by Peter Münster 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

Hi, aligncharacter=yes does not work with \addfeature[with-tnum]: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \definefontfeature[with-tnum][default][tnum=yes] \definefontfamily[mainface][sans][Alwyn New] \setupbodyfont[mainface] \setupTABLE[alignmentcharacter=., aligncharacter=yes] \starttext \startbuffer \bTABLE \bTR \bTD 111.111 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 444.444 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stopbuffer \getbuffer\addfeature[with-tnum]\getbuffer \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Please find attached the pdf file. How could I solve this problem please? TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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Re: [NTG-context] Index - entries in section titles
by Wolfgang Schuster 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

Am 07.11.2013 um 23:43 schrieb honyk <j.tosovsky(a)email.cz>: > Dear All, > > what is the correct placing indext entries somewhere in the section title? > > I use it for both ranges (when covering the whole section) and sometimes > also for individual entries: > > (A) \section{\startregister[index][primary_range_01]{primary}Primary} > (B) \section{\index{primary}Primary} (C) \section{Primary}\index{primary} Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Index - 'sort as' parameter for secondary and tertiary index entries
by honyk 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

On 2013-11-07 honyk wrote: > while there is a sorting parameter for the primary index entry: > \index[primary]{>primary<} > > I cannot find any method how to define 'sort as' parameter for next two > levels: > \index{primary+>aaa<} > \index{primary+bbb} I've tried '+' analogy and it seems to be working! \index[+aaa]{primary+>aaa<} \index{primary+bbb} \index{brimary+ccc} \index[+bbb]{brimary+>bbb<} \index[+aaa]{brimary+>aaa<} It would be nice to mention this possibility in the wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Registers Jan

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Index - entries in section titles
by honyk 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Dear All, what is the correct placing indext entries somewhere in the section title? I use it for both ranges (when covering the whole section) and sometimes also for individual entries: (A) \section{\startregister[index][primary_range_01]{primary}Primary} (B) \section{\index{primary}Primary} This syntax is however: (1) used 'as is' in bookmark labels (\index{primary}Primary instead of Primary) (2) producing page references also from TOC (labels are correct, but the index entry instances are kept together there internally) How can I get rid of it? Thanks, Jan

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