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bidi
by Hans Hagen 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

Hi, -- experimental fix for framed inline direction (at some point we will come up with a more precise description .. also, only use the already posted boxing macros, don't rely on low level box + dir spec as context keep a state of directions independently of tex) -- fix for marks on fonts like dejavumono that have fixed width glyphs (so also marks with widths but lacking positioning) .. beware: such fotns are monospaced so you get funny side effects with left/right spacing due to some characters not being centered in their wider-than-needed-as-fixed boundingbox .. also beware of bugs in mkmk (last night idris and i spend quit esome hours on nailing these issues down) -- there is something fuzzy with arial, also in ms toolchains, at different scales, etc etc ... anyhow, for testing best use a decent font, like arabtype, not arial -- not all complex bidi stuff will be solved in the bidi default methods, use method one or two if applicable -- some more things done 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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Another small \underbar issue
by Pavneet Arora 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

I just noticed the recent issue brought up regarding \underbar, and wanted to mention a curiosity that I have come across. After "RE: " the underbar is contiguous. However, if we change it to "Re: " there is a break in the underbar. This seems independent of font selected, althought I have only tried it was gentiumalt, texgyreschola, texgyretermes. I was writing a business letter recently and used what I think is proper, "Re: ", for the subject line. It was only then that I came across this. Is there an explanation for this? On a slight tangent, what would be the best way to tighten up the space between the "\hl" or "\fillinline" alternative, and the name of the signatory? Thanks. MWE: \setuppapersize[letter] \setuplayout[header=0in,footer=0in,topspace=0.75in,height=9.5in,backspace=1.5in,width=5.5in] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[texgyretermes] \setupbodyfont[roman,12pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=3.2ex] \setupwhitespace[big] \starttext \ \blank[2in] 12 Sep 2013 \blank[big] Dear Sir/Madam, \blank[big] \startalignment[middle] \underbar{RE: Something important that I am writing about} \underbar{Re: Something important that I am writing about} \stopalignment \blank \input lorem \blank[1in] \hl[10] B. C. Def\crlf 123.456.7890 \stoptext -- ---- Pavneet Arora m: 647.406.6843 Waroc Informatik t: 416.937.9276

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Last call to 7th ConTeXt Meeting
by Jan Kula 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

Dear all, this is the last call for passengers to 7th ConTeXt Meeting in Brejlov, Czech Republic to register. Those who did so are already boarding. We have set up the last-minute fees (lower than regular ones). The program has been updated and expect more: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2013/abstracts.shtml There are some places left, so do not hesitate and become a ConTeXt insider in one week. Good company, delicious food and drinks, beautiful countryside and good weather guaranteed! See you in Brejlov, Jano, Pavel, Hans & Taco http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2013/

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Re: [NTG-context] Another small \underbar issue
by "H. Özoguz" 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Not much helping: I can confirm, that this bug is independent from font. One can easiliy go around with a protected space: \underbar{Re:~Something important that I am writing about} But still, it is a bug :) Huseyin

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Re: [NTG-context] Bug in inframed
by "H. Özoguz" 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Salam, @Idris, Aditya: Thank you very much, works perfect for me.

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Bug in inframed
by "H. Özoguz" 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

I found the following bug in \inframed, getting problems with inframing arabic words, try the following example \definefont[arab][name:arial*arabic at 18pt] \define[1]\awort{{\hbox{\setupalign[r2l]\arab#1}}} \starttext \awort{بِالصَّالِحِينَ}\blank \awort{\inframed{بِالصَّالِحِينَ}} \stoptext You see the difference: The inframed has right-shifted vocalizations. Is that easy to fix? Huseyin

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EPUB XHTML Format
by Thangalin 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Hi, The attached t.tex file produces the attached t.xhtml file. I have looked at the following documents: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB#Open_Publication_Structure_2.0.1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTBook - http://www.idpf.org/epub/20/spec/OPS_2.0.1_draft.htm - http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/doctype.html - http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/sections.html It seems that the macros in t.tex are being written out as XML elements, verbatim. It is my understanding that these XML elements, however, do not conform to the minimal content models associated with XHTML 1.1. What needs to happen to take a minimal ConTeXt file (such as the attached) to produce a minimum viable EPUB that: - Generates XHTML headers (including <!DOCTYPE and <html...>) - Produces images as img tags, rather than float tags. - Uses typical XHTML tags for <body> elements (e.g., <ol> for ordered lists). Ideally, I would like to do something such as: - context t.tex - mtxrun --script epub --make t.specification to generate an EPUB that passes validation of epubcheck<http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck/wiki/Library>, with an output XHTML file that more closely matches the XHTML specification. How can I help? Kind regards.

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brogue (OT) and a related question
by Peter Rolf 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Hi, starting with the off topic... A new Brogue (https://sites.google.com/site/broguegame/) version shipped and I updated the table with the monster statistics. For all interested [your chance to stop reading here], the link to the final document (made with today's version). http://www.wuala.com/indiego/public/brogue/1.7.3/ Now to the question: I need to fill the table with some space to reach a specific dimension (the used background graphic makes this necessary). Currently I have to fiddle the dimension by hand. Is there a way to use a fixed TABLE height on each page (for a multi page table)? Or is there a way to calculate the remaining space on the page inside the TABLE? Peter

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wrong behaviour with ConTeXt unicode bidi
by Vafa Khalighi 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Hi The following document shows the wrong behaviour (the second parentheses is mirrored incorrectly and it should be after the number not before the number). Assuming "test" is an RTL word when I write (test 1363) I expect to get exactly that but somehow I get (test (1363 One related question: is it possible to change font automatically when luatex sees a LTR word? Thanks Vafa Khalighi

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table cell frames
by hwitloc＠gmail.com 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Is it possible to have different colored table cell border frames? I tried using the \setuptables[rulecolor=...] but it didn't work. Here is a minimal example: %---------------- \setuptables[rulecolor=red] \starttext \starttable[|l|c|] \NC Column \#1 \VL Column \#2 \SR \DL \DC \DR \NC City \VL Prefecture \LR \stoptable \stoptext %---------------- Please advise.

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Kashide in ConTeXt
by Vafa Khalighi 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Hi How do you use automatic and manual Kashide for Arabic in ConTeXt? I could not find any documentation on this. Thanks Vafa Khalighi

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Replacement with a predefined table?
by "H. Özoguz" 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

Is the following possible in ConText? I want to define a table like this: 1: Hans 2: Wolfgang 3: Aditja 4: Marco ... in which I can look up by a function, which allows the following command: \name{number}. E.g. "This is \name{3}" should compile to "This is Aditja". For my purpose, the table would have 114 entries. Thanks for help. Huseyin

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add bib category
by Meer, H. van der 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

I am in need of a reference to a "bachelor thesis" but the file bxml-apa.mkiv only provides "phdthesis" as a possibility. Adding the following code to bxml-apa.mkiv doesn't work or is not enough to add the "bachelorthesis" as an extra. I did search for "phdthesis" in the ConTeXt base files and was found once: in the bxml-apa.mkiv file. How to? \startxmlsetups bibtex:apa:bachelorthesis \setvariables[bibtex:temp][label=Bachelor thesis] \bibxmlsetup{bibtex:apa:common:thesis} \stopxmlsetups used in the .bib file as: @bachelorthesis{rijneveld:13, Author = {A. Author}, School = {Excellent University}, Title = {{How the Dutch.}}, Year = {2013}} Hans van der Meer

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Gray unit
by Christian Prim 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

Hello the physical unit Gray has Gy as symbol (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_(unit) ). Context returns Gr. MWE: \starttext \unit{1 Gray} \stoptext Thanks for fixing this little bug. Christian

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devanagari rendering (2 errors)
by Peter Graif 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Hello, I recently learned that ConTeXt-mkiv and LuaTeX now support devanagari fonts. An enormous thank you to Kai and Hans and anyone else involved in making that happen. I know it's a niche application, but for some of us it makes all the difference. I ran some tests on the output and the rendering is lovely, even on the extremely complex ligatures. I noticed only two errors, both of which are simple to describe and consistent: 1) Conjuncts of the form (consonant + virama + र "ra") render the opposite sequence intended. For example: [U+0915] [U+094D][U+0930] (क्र "kra") incorrectly produces the glyph intended for [U+0930][U+094D][U+0915] (र्क "rka"). 2) Word-final virama causes words to render with a half-consonant at the end. They should instead display the whole-consonant with the virama diacritic. Half-consonants should be used only when conjoining with another subsequent consonant in the same word. A picture, in case it's more helpful: http://i.imgur.com/MpIwd9w.png I tried to look at the code in hopes of offering a fix, but I'm afraid it was way over my head. If there's anything else I can do to help, I'd be happy for the opportunity. Best regards, Peter

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new mp trickery / next challenge for alan and mari
by Hans Hagen 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Hi, There's now a convenient way to pass data back from an mprun to the tex instance: \starttext \startMPcode passvariable("version","1.0") ; passvariable("number",123) ; passvariable("string","whatever") ; passvariable("point",(1,2)) ; passvariable("triplet",(1,2,3)) ; passvariable("quad",(1,2,3,4)) ; passvariable("boolean",false) ; passvariable("path",fullcircle scaled 1cm) ; draw fullcircle scaled 20pt ; \stopMPcode \ctxlua{inspect(metapost.variables)} \ctxcommand{mprunvar("number")} \ctxcommand{mprunvar("string")} \stoptext the inspect shows: table={ ["boolean"]=false, ["number"]=123, ["path"]={ { 10.02177, 10.02177, 12.67969, 7.36386, 7.36386, 12.67969 }, { 0, 14.17323, 3.75914, 14.17323, -3.75914, 14.17323 }, { -10.02177, 10.02177, -7.36386, 12.67969, -12.67969, 7.36386 }, { -14.17323, 0, -14.17323, 3.75914, -14.17323, -3.75914 }, { -10.02177, -10.02177, -12.67969, -7.36386, -7.36386, -12.67969 }, { 0, -14.17323, -3.75914, -14.17323, 3.75914, -14.17323 }, { 10.02177, -10.02177, 7.36386, -12.67969, 12.67969, -7.36386 }, { 14.17323, 0, 14.17323, -3.75914, 14.17323, 3.75914 }, }, ["point"]={ 1, 2 }, ["quad"]={ 1, 2, 3, 4 }, ["string"]="whatever", ["triplet"]={ 1, 2, 3 }, ["version"]="1.0", } the mprunvar pips a value or concatination to tex ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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beta
by Hans Hagen 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Hi, I uploaded a beta with additional bidi code. There are now three methods: default : the original one, the fastest, wil be improved a bit one : unicode bidi, derived from khaleds t-bidi, cleaned up and optimized plus some thingies, but in working still close to the original two : unicode bidi, the version that will evolve All methods come with the usual context kind of tracing. Some of these methods have different options (default has local and global behaviour), one has no options, and for two one can disable fancy fences heuristics. More will follow once we have investigated all upcoming changes, circulating wishes, conflicting demands etc. Eventually there will be a manual about these matters. Here is an example (follow up on some post about hebrew on this list): \starttext \definefont[arabicfont][arabtype*arabic at 20pt] \definefont[hebrewfont][arial*hebrew at 12pt] \startbuffer[fences] \hebrewfont ש)ל(א none\par ש(ל]א none\par ש(ל)א 2-4\par ש(ל[א)כ] 2-6\par ש(ל]א)כ 2-6\par ש(ל)א)כ 2-4\par ש(ל(א)כ 4-6\par ש(ל(א)כ) 2-8, 4-6\par ש(ל[א]כ) 2-8, 4-6\par \stopbuffer \startbuffer[junk] \hebrewfont \dorecurse{100}{ \dorecurse{20}{ שלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) $ $ כותבשלום (אני) $x$ כותבשלום (אני) \ruledhbox {hans כותבשלום} (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותב } \par } \stopbuffer \setupalign[r2l,verytolerant] \start \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=default] \getbuffer[fences] \blank \stop \start \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=one] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.one] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.one.details] \getbuffer[fences] \blank \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.one] \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.one.details] \stop \start \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=two,fences=yes] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two.details] \getbuffer[fences] \blank \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two] \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two.details] \stop \start \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=two,fences=no] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two.details] \getbuffer[fences] \blank \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two] \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two.details] \stop \page \start \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=two] \getbuffer[junk] \blank \stop \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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extra - in reference
by Meer, H. van der 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Doing \in{Figure}[fig:figname] neatly typesets for example: "figure 1.4" Defined as: \startplacefigure[title=figure-title,reference=fig:figname] But if I define:\startchapter[title=chapter-title,reference=chap:chapname] Then \in{Chapter}[chap:chapname] produces: "chapter 6 - " Thus an extra space + minus sign + space are put behind the chapter reference. This is annoying, because I would like my chapter reference to be "chapter 6" without any additions. Besides, the figure reference and chapter reference behave differently, an unexpected phenomenon. It seems the \startchapter defines a reference different from the reference in \startplacefigure. Is this difference in behaviour intentional? Is it a bug? How can I revert my chapter references to the form without the trailing characters? Thanks in advance Hans van der Meer

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How to typeset two columns with longer text
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Hello, suppose we need to typeset text into two (generally: several) columns. Depending on the length of the text in the first (generally: i-th) column we need to choose an alternative: 1) Short-text Some-text-in-the-second-column Another-text Some-other-text or: 2) Very-long-text-in-the-1st-column Some-text-in-the-second-column Another-text Some-other-text So, when the text in the first (or i-th resp.) column is too long, we need to go to the next row (generally: leaving all remaining columns empty) and skip the first column (generally: all columns being too long so far) automatically. Is there a way how to achieve this automatically, without manual check? (Suppose typesetting columns with \tabulate command(s) with width of the first column specified, like "|lw(2in)|p|".) Thanks 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: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] \part without adding partnumber to other headers
by "H. Özoguz" 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

> \setuphead[sectionsegments=2:*] > \setuphead[part][placehead=hidden] > > \starttext > > \part{One} > \chapter{Chapter} > \section{Section} > \part{Two} > \chapter{Chapter} > \section{Section} > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang That gives this compile: 1.1 Chapter 1 Section 1 Chapter 1.1 Section That is not what I intended. (btw.: I do not understand, what happens here...) The second chapter and section is ok, but what happended to the first ones? Huseyin

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[***SPAM***] \part without adding partnumber to other headers
by "H. Özoguz" 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

I want to use \part without the number of the part as a piece of the headnumbers (of chapter, section, subsection ....). E.g.: \part{One} \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section} \part{Two} \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section} gives this compile: 1.1 Chapter 1.1.1 Section 2.1 Chapter 2.1.1 Section But I only want: 1 Chapter 1.1 Section 1 Chapter 1.1 Section (because the number of the current part is already written in the header). So actually, I want to use \part as a resetter of the headnumbers. Is that possible? Huseyin

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Re: [NTG-context] captions in float combinations
by Robert Blackstone 09 Sep '13

09 Sep '13

Hi Marco, hi Aditya, Thank you very much for the solutions you have proposed for my problem, that of making a side by side combination of two figures of unequal height with both the figures and their (sub)-captions located at the top. In order not to make this mail too long I simply refer to the ntg-context Digest numbers and message number containing the proposed solutions: Marco's in ntg-context Digest, Vol 111, Issue 23, Message 1, and in ntg-context Digest, Vol 111, Issue 24, message 5, Aditya's in ntg-context Digest, Vol 111, Issue 24, message 4 These solutions give me all the possibilities I need. When I just want both figures in the combination to be located at the top without subcaptions I will probably use Marco's second proposal, which is both simpler and far more elegant than the hack I found myself. If I want them at the top with subcaptions I will use Aditya's method, which, by the way, is nearly identical with Marco's first solution, but for two arguments for \externalfigure, the fllename of the figure and [location=top]. This fully solved my problem. Thank you both. Wouldn't it be worthwhile to add it to the wiki? Best regards, Robert

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\startfloattext ... \stopfloattext
by Christian Prim 09 Sep '13

09 Sep '13

What is the context way to place text near a table (or another float) in an enumeration-environment? I just want to have the text "just this...." right to the table. The second item "2)" should be below the table. In the (not so) MWE all is fine, but the table is not indented. When I use \placetable the text is indented, but the second item is placed near the table on the right. (I could insert a \blank[xycm] but I don't think it's the way to solve my problem.) Thanks for all comments Christian \starttext \startitemize[n,packed,joinedup][stopper=)] \item Abhängigkeit der Beschleunigung von der Wagenmasse $m$: \blank $M=$ \hl[5] \unit{kg} \blank \starttabletext[left,high,none]{}{ %\placetable[left,high,none]{}{ \starttable[|l|l|] \HL \VL $m$ in kg \VL $a$ in \unit{m isquare s} \VL\NR \HL \VL \qquad \VL \qquad \VL\AR \VL \VL \VL\AR \HL \VL \VL \VL\AR \VL \VL \VL\AR \HL \VL \VL \VL\AR \VL \VL \VL\AR \HL \stoptable} Just this text near the table! \stoptabletext \item second item ... \stoptext

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[***SPAM***] YATM (Yet Another Table Method)
by hwitloc＠gmail.com 09 Sep '13

09 Sep '13

I just noticed the YATM, "yet another table method", built in ConTEXt, called "extreme tables", which is said to be a variant of the natural table mechanism. Is extreme-tables a superset of natural-tables functionality? Is the future in extreme-tables and will natural-tables eventually take a back seat and then fade away, being surpassed in development, features and usage? Cheers

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Strange page break before \title
by Xan 09 Sep '13

09 Sep '13

Hi, I have this setuptitle: \setuphead[title][before={\page[no]}, after={\startalignment[center] {\dorecurse{30}~}\thinrule{\dorecurse{30}~}% and this document: \starttext \startalignment[center] Nom: \hl[24] Curs: \hl[4] \stopalignment \title{Nom del tema} ... \stoptext Before title, context breaks a page. Why? If I do that manually no page break. Thanks in advance, Xan. PS: Please CCme

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