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international documents
by Pavel Dohnal 17 Sep '12

17 Sep '12

Hello, I am creating script which generates context source from database data. Then converts context to pdf and sends it to user. Problem is that users enter international texts into database and some characters are not present in final pdf. Here is my minimal example: %interface=en translate-file=utf-8 \enableregime[utf] \starttext This is in Japan: 日本, 神奈川県藤沢市藤沢７５ \stoptext Now I run: context file.tex But japaneese character are missing in final pdf. You can see in attached file. Is there a way how to create documents which can be writen in any international language? Thanks for your help Pavel Dohnal

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Formulas include chapter number
by Marco Patzer 17 Sep '12

17 Sep '12

Hi, the last beta includes the chapter number in formulas, former betas didn't. Example: \starttext \startchapter [title=Foo] \startplaceformula \startformula E=mc^2 \stopformula \stopplaceformula \stopchapter \stoptext ∙ Is this intended? ∙ How to remove the chapter number from the formula? Marco

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Problem with \useMPlibrary[txt]
by pol stra 17 Sep '12

17 Sep '12

Dear all, There is a problem with \useMPlibrary[txt] at compilation time (ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.11 20:36 MKIV): metapost > loaded: library 'txt' (/opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/meta-imp-txt.mkiv ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on line 149 in file /opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/meta-imp-txt.mkiv: Undefined control sequence ... 139 \ht\scratchbox\parheight 140 \dp\scratchbox\zeropoint 141 \box\scratchbox 142 \getshapecharacteristics 143 \egroup} 144 145 \def\setupshapetexts% 146 {\dodoubleempty\getparameters[\??sh]} 147 148 \setupshapetexts% 149 >> [\c!bodyfont=] 150 151 %%%%%%% rotfont nog definieren 152 153 \doifundefined{RotFont}{\definefont[RotFont][RegularBold]} 154 155 \def\processfollowingtoken#1% strut toegevoegd 156 {\appendtoks#1\to\MPtoks 157 \setbox\MPbox=\hbox{\RotFont\setstrut\strut\the\MPtoks}% 158 \startMPdrawing 159 n := n + 1 ; len[n] := \the\wd\MPbox ; <argument> \??sh \setsomevalue #1#2->\expandafter \def \csname #1 #2\endcsname \syst_helpers_get_parameters_assign_indeed ...{#2} {#3} \syst_helpers_process_comma_item ...mpty \_e_o_p_ \doubleexpandafter \syst_h... \syst_helpers_get_parameters ...ss_comma_item #1,] ,\_e_o_p_ l.149 [\c!bodyfont=] The fact is I don’t realy know what it is for, I took it from the wiki (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User-Defined_Enumerations) Maybe it is not compatible with Mkiv? Best regards

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Wrong spacing in \unit
by Marco Patzer 17 Sep '12

17 Sep '12

Hi, when \unit is used just with a unit, without a number, the spacing at the left is wrong. Example: \starttext % wrong spacing (\unit{micro mol per second}) % spacing OK (\unit{3 micro mol per second}) \stoptext Marco

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Strange bug with reversed itemize
by Aditya Mahajan 16 Sep '12

16 Sep '12

Hi, For some reason, the numbering in itemize is affected by the value of userpage! \setupuserpagenumber[start=12] \starttext \startitemize[n,reverse] \item One \item Two \stopitemize \stoptext With ConTeXt 2012.09.11 20:36 I get 13. One 12. Two Any ideas? Aditya

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MKII & MKIV difference between \textrule
by Alessandro Perucchi 16 Sep '12

16 Sep '12

Hello, In my experimentation, I've found that in mkii and mkiv the behavior of \textrule and \setuptextrule are different... What I did was quite simple: \textrule{Testing head} blah blah blah \textrule in mkii the text in well centered between the lines. But in mkiv the bottom line is too near the text, and I need to add something like \blank[halfline] to have a similar behavior as mkii. And apparently the command \starttextrule ... \stoptextrule doesn't work (this was explain in the cont-entp.pdf page 204) in either mkii & mkiv. Am I missing something? Sincerely yours, Alessandro

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\everymath
by Rogers, Michael K 16 Sep '12

16 Sep '12

I often want every math mode (between single $) be \displaystyle. In Plain TeX, you do something like \everymath={\displaystyle} Is the best ConTeXt way to do something like this? \appendtoks\displaystyle\to\everymathematics Or is there a key in \setupmathematics? Thanks, Michael ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).

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Re: [NTG-context] Change color of EPS file.
by pol stra 16 Sep '12

16 Sep '12

>Aditya Mahajan <adityam(a)umich.edu> wrote: >> If you want to use eps images, why not just use a white background at >> ConTeXt end (as you had stated in your first message >I think you misread: Pol wants the EPS to be white-on-transparent, >instead of black-on-transparent, so that he can use it on a >(dark-)coloured background. That is exactly what I wanted. >Pol stra wrote: >>> But your answer gave me the idea to use imegemagick, so I found this >>> trick: >... >>> The result is good enough for me. >Congratulations. Good luck with your work. Thank you >Cheerio, >Sietse

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\items is buggy in mkiv
by Otared Kavian 15 Sep '12

15 Sep '12

Dear Hans, I noticed that with the latest version of mkiv (ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.10 00:57) the command \items[location=bottom] does not behave as usual (in mkii the bejaviour is correct) Minimal example: \starttext \items[symbol=8,n=5,width=\hsize,location=bottom]{png,eps,pdf,jpg,tif} \blank \items[symbol=8,n=5,location=bottom]{png,eps,pdf,jpg,tif} \stoptext Best regards: OK

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View all numbers of sub(...)section
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 15 Sep '12

15 Sep '12

Hello ConTeXist. Is there possibility view all subsubsection number (ie in format 2.3.4 - it mean with section and also subsection number) without \section{} and \subsection{} command using previously? I need to start a separate section number from a certain number (inserted into an existing document) Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my example: \setupheadnumber[section][2] \setupheadnumber[subsection][3] % \setupheadnumber[subsubsection][4] % \setuppagenumber[number=234] \starttext %\section{} % I can't view section here %\subsection{} % I can't view subsection here too \subsubsection{TEST} I would like get 2.3.5 TEST blablabla \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 99, Issue 40
by pol stra 15 Sep '12

15 Sep '12

Troy Henderson said: >I tested this on a black-on-transparent EPS that was created via MetaPost, and it seems to work fine. If you are not using Linux (or Unix or Mac OS X), let me know and I can probably >put together a quick HTML page to do this on my server. Thanks for the invitation. Fortunatly I’m using GNU/Linux. >> cat foo.eps | sed -e "s/0 0 0 setrgbcolor/1 1 1 setrgbcolor/g" > bar.eps >It simply translates the (0,0,0) triplet (which is black) to the (1,1,1) triplet (which is white). This is very simplistic and may not do all that you want. Unfortunatly there is no such a sequence in my file: grep setrgbcolor a1.EPS /setcmykcolor{1 sub 4 1 roll 3{3 index add neg dup 0 lt{pop 0}if 3 1 roll}repeat setrgbcolor pop}wd /sw/setlinewidth ld/scap/setlinecap ld/sj/setlinejoin ld/sm/setmiterlimit ld/sd/setdash ld/rgb/setrgbcolor ld/crgb/currentrgbcolor ld/cmyk/setcmykcolor ld/gs/gsave ld/gr/grestore ld But thank you for gave a try.

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Display math characters
by pol stra 14 Sep '12

14 Sep '12

Hello, from the wiki (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math/basic#List_of_All_Math_macros) I tryed the following snippet: \usemodule[fnt-25] \showmathfontcharacters But context complains that there is no fnt-25 module, so let’s grep showmathfontcharacters in conteXt directory. I found that it is defined into the mat-10 module. So new snippet: \usemodule[mat-10] \showmathfontcharacters End new error: ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.11 20:36 MKIV fmt: 2012.9.12 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active (mathsymbols.tex resolvers > modules > loaded: 'mat-10' (/opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/s-mat-10.mkiv)) fonts > defining > font with asked name 'unknown' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font unknown, loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define unknown as [thedefinedfont--0] ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:22: attempt to index local 'resources' (a nil value) stack traceback: <main ctx instance>:22: in function 'showmathfont' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > tex > error on line 5 in file /opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv: LuaTeX error ... 1 %D \module 2 %D [ file=cont-yes, 3 %D version=2012.06.01, 4 %D title=\CONTEXT\ Miscellaneous Macros, 5 >> %D subtitle=Startup Stub, 6 %D author=Hans Hagen, 7 %D date=\currentdate, 8 %D copyright={PRAGMA ADE \& \CONTEXT\ Development Team}] 9 %C 10 %C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is 11 %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for 12 %C details. 13 14 % At some point I will reconsider the \starttext .. \stoptext 15 % wraping as we can assume proper styling. It's a left-over from <argument> ...cument.showmathfont(font.current())} \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \doshowmathfontcharacters ...wmathfontcharacters } \endgroup <to be read again> \finishjob l.5 \finishjob } context.finishjob() ... l.86 \stopluacode I do not realy care about this list, I was just currious and it did not work so I point it out.

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Wide descriptions protruding into the margin
by Marco Patzer 14 Sep '12

14 Sep '12

Hi, with wide description heads I have the problem that the following description protrudes into the margin. \definedescription [description] [alternative=hanging, width=broad] \starttext \startdescription{conclusion that} \input knuth \stopdescription \startdescription{conclusion that the designer of a new system must not only be literally} \input knuth \stopdescription \stoptext In the second case the “Thus,” should be placed on the line after the head. How do I achieve that? My current workaround is to append a \hbox{ } to the problematic entries. Marco

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Trying to rebuild context-beginner
by Alessandro Perucchi 13 Sep '12

13 Sep '12

Hello, As I'm new with ConTeXt, I'm playing around and look at how the manuals are made, to understand some of the subtilities of ConTeXt. So I've tried to create the pdf of context-beginner. And I've got a problem, probably a beginner mistake :-D but I would like to know how to solve it! so while doing "make en-screen" in the context-beginner, I get the following error: (...) systems : end file ma-cb-style at line 13 systems : begin file ma-cb-setups at line 14 (../ma-cb-setups.tex systems : begin file t-setup at line 20 (../t-setup.tex system : module set-02 (mkii) loaded (/home/fc065089/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/x- set-02.mkii ! I can't find file `mult-en()'. l.28 \input mult-\userinterfacetag() (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit) (...) So I've found out after a while, that I need to write "mult-en.mkii", and it works, until it needs it again, and then I need to write it again. So I've search a bit more, and I found that if I change the file context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/x-set-02.mkii (...) \input mult-\userinterfacetag (...) to (...) \input mult-\userinterfacetag.mkii (...) Then everything works, and I don't have to enter manually the extension .mkii. So my question is this normal? Should I really modify this x-set-02 file? Sincerely yours, Alessandro

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Change color of EPS file.
by pol stra 13 Sep '12

13 Sep '12

Hello, I have a EPS file wich contains black lines and no background. The background of my presentation is colored, so I would like to put this figure in white. I tried a \startcolor … \stopcolor environement without succed. Is there a way to do so? In last resort I can put a white background with: \placefigure[left,none]{caption}{\externalfigure[demo-b][background=color,backgroundcolor=white]} Best regards

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Lucida fonts
by Troy Henderson 13 Sep '12

13 Sep '12

I have recently installed TeXLive 2012, and my Lucida (Type 1) fonts from TUG are installed in the texmf-local tree and function properly when using TeXLive 2011, but it seems that ConTeXt cannot find the fonts for 2012. The instuctions on the wiki do not seem to add a solution for me. I would appreciate any help in the process for installing these fonts for TL2012. Troy Henderson

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setuphead broken?
by John Devereux 13 Sep '12

13 Sep '12

Hi, \setuphead seems to be broken for me in recent context (following upgrade of a ~year-old system). Problem happens when use the command= key. An example from the wiki fails, as does my own code. 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: 2012.09.10 00:57 ====================================================================== \setuppapersize[A5] \setupexternalfigures[location=default] % needed only for the wiki to the find the figure \useexternalfigure[section-1][cow][width=5cm,height=1cm] \useexternalfigure[section-2][mill.png][width=5cm,height=1cm] \setuphead [section] [command=\MySectionCommand] \setuphead [subsection] [command=] \def\MySectionCommand#1#2% {\externalfigure[section-\currentheadnumber]} \starttext \section{One} \subsection{First subsection of Section One} \section{Two} \stoptext ====================================================================== ERROR: Argument of \MySectionCommand has an extra }. --- TeX said --- system > tex > error on line 19 in file test2.tex: Argument of ... 9 [command=\MySectionCommand] 10 \setuphead 11 [subsection] 12 [command=] 13 14 \def\MySectionCommand#1#2% 15 {\externalfigure[section-\currentheadnumber]} 16 17 \starttext 18 19 >> \section{One} 20 \subsection{First subsection of Section One} 21 \section{Two} 22 23 \stoptext <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \strc_rendering_inject_number_and_text ...ommand } \ifx \p_command \empty \di... \strc_rendering_place_head_number_and_text ...ext }\fi \strc_rendering_stop_... \strc_sectioning_handle ...e_head_number_and_text \else \strc_rendering_plac... l.19 \section{One} --- HELP --- >From the .log file... I've run across a `}' that doesn't seem to match anything. For example, `\def\a#1{...}' and `\a}' would produce this error. If you simply proceed now, the `\par' that I've just inserted will cause me to report a runaway argument that might be the root of the problem. But if your `}' was spurious, just type `2' and it will go away. ====================================================================== -- John Devereux

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Adaptive section structuring
by Marco Patzer 13 Sep '12

13 Sep '12

Hi, I am often surprised that some nice-to-have feature is already present in ConTeXt and I just wasn't aware. But I am not sure about this one. Is there something like an adaptive structure code which keeps track of the nesting level? In this example the first structure would become the chapter, the second one a section, etc. \starttext \startstructure [title=Alpha] \startstructure [title=Beta] \startstructure [title=Gamma] \stopstructure \stopstructure \stopstructure \stoptext This would ease moving around sections, which might end up as subsections and vice versa. Marco

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Re: [NTG-context] Steps in presentation (pol stra)
by Jeong Dalyoung 13 Sep '12

13 Sep '12

Dear Pol stra, I run your sample and got the same error. After changing pre-stepwise to pre-60, I run it again, but the same error occurs. > !LuaTeX error: There should have been a lua <node> here, not an object with type string! > ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! > I checked my file which include \StartSteps … \StopSteps and got the same error. It was working well before. Unfortunately, I don't know what is the problem. Experts will answer to it soon. My ConTeXt version is : This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.2-2012052309 (TeX Live 2012) … ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.04 18:08 MKIV fmt: 2012.9.5 int: english/english Best regards, Dalyoung

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References to annotations broken, mkiv
by Dominik Leopold Forkert 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

Hello, the recent update of the Annotation module (2012.09.05), mkiv broke the references to annotations for me: \usemodule[annotation] \defineannotation[definition][text=Definition,number=yes] \starttext \definition[reference=def1]{blabla} In \in{Definition}[def1] ... \stoptext In the example above the rather strange output is: Definition 2 blabla In Definition 1 ... In addition, I do not know how to correctly get the annotation counter displayed in a 'bychapter'-style. I tried: \usemodule[annotation] \definenumber[DefinitionCounter][prefix=yes,way=bysection] \defineannotation[definition][text=Definition,number=yes,counter=DefinitionCounter] \starttext \chapter{A chapter} \section{A section} Counter: \getnumber[DefinitionCounter] \definition[reference=def1]{blabla} Counter: \getnumber[DefinitionCounter] In \in{Definition}[def1] blabla ... \stoptext Again the behavior of the counter is really weird. Now I get "Definition 1.1.2 blabla", but \in[def1] just shows "1" instead of "1.1.2". I sincerely hope for clarification! Best regards, Dominik

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Re: [NTG-context] bibliography: multiple categories
by Robert Blackstone 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

On 11 Sep 2012, at 17:18 , Andreas Mang <mang(a)imt.uni-luebeck.de> wrote > is there a way to split the bibliography (at the end of the document with bibtex support) in several categories, which have different headings (similar to what latexs' multibib or splitbib does)? > Hi Andreas, As long as no official solution, worthy of ConTeXt, is available, perhaps you could use the solution that works for me. 1. Place the two categories of references in two separate .bib-files and process them to give you the two corresponding .bbl-files 2. Make a chapter Bibliography (or whatever you like to call it) with two sections, in which you input the respective .bbl-file plus a list of \nocite 's for the items you want. My .tex-file, which works with mkii and mkiv, is like this: ----------------------------------------------- \setuppublications[alternative=apa,sorttype=bbl] \setuphead[chapter][number=no] \setuphead[section][number=no] \starttext \chapter{References} \section{Articles, Books and Theses} \input TD-Bib-Bks.bbl \input TD-Bks-nocite.tex \placepublications[criterium=cite] \section{Treatises} \input TD-Bib-T.bbl \input TD-T-nocite.tex \placepublications[criterium=cite] \section{Music} \input TD-Bib-mus.bbl \input TD-mus-nocite.tex \placepublications[criterium=cite] \stoptext ------------------------------------------- I hope it helps. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Line break in tables
by Malte Stien 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

Hi, How do I force a line break in a tabulate table cell? I have tried \par, \\ and \crlf none of which seem to do the trick. Thank you, Malte.

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Can’t use ctx files
by Wolfgang Schuster 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

Hi Hans, when I try to load a ctx file I get a error message from mtxrun. Example: context --ctx=s-mod.ctx tabl-ntb.mkiv Error message: mtx-context | jobname: tabl-ntb.mkiv mtx-context | ctxname: s-mod.ctx/Users/wolf/context/beta/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/mtxrun:8420: attempt to index local 'settings' (a nil value) Wolfgang

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Enabling PDF bookmarks creates links in red
by Malte Stien 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

Hello, I have been playing with the creation of PDF bookmarks and found this page here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDF_Bookmarks_and_Headers So I have tried this (and a few variations of it): % Enable PDF bookmarks \setupinteraction[state=start] % Make chapter, section bookmarks visible when opening document \placebookmarks[chapter, section, subsection][chapter, section] \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] The problem is that all of my cross-references (\in and \about) produce links (which is great) in bold and red, which is not great. I don't want my cross-references marked up in any way at all as I find that quite unappealing when printed. Can I turn that special mark-up off somehow and have normally formatted links instead? Thank you, Malte.

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xml cross-references in lua?
by Thomas A. Schmitz 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

Hi all, I have a question about xml processing and I think that what I want/need can best be achieved by using lua code, but so far, I'm not really sure how to proceed, so any help from one of the resident lua gurus would be welcome. So: the question. xml allows to provide elements with unique identifiers so that one can add cross-references within the document structure. Here is a sample xml file that shows what I mean: <document> <bibitem xml:id="hagen2011"> <author>Hans Hagen</author> <title>The Meaning of Life Is 42</title> <journal>The Rhetoric of Mathematics</journal> <date>2011</date> </bibitem> <bibitem xml:id="hagen2012"> <author>Hans Hagen</author> <title>The New Meaning is Now 43</title> <journal>High Energy Metaphysics</journal> <date>2012</date> </bibitem> <text> <p>This has been successfully proven in papers by <bib ref="#hagen2011"/> and <bib ref="#hagen2012"/>.</p> </text> </document> [Note: the TEI guidelines add the hash character in the attribute value to such references, but after much googling, I'm still not sure if this is standard or necessary or bizarre.] So: at the point of the reference (which may be empty, like here, or contain text), I want to refer back to the bibitems. The typesetting engine should then be instructed to pick up the information, so that this is, e.g., typeset as "This has been successfully proven in papers by Hans Hagen (2011) and Hans Hagen (2012)." My idea: since the xml:id attributes must be unique across the document, it would be easiest to collect them into a lua table, with the xml:id as key, so their content could be accessed and typeset later. But unfortunately, I have no clue how to go about this... Could somebody provide a pointer? Thanks for your interest, if you've read this far! Thomas

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Wrong values for \inputfilename etc.
by Wolfgang Schuster 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Hi Hans, when I run the following example (saved as filename.tex) I got in the past this output \jobname filename \jobfilename filename.tex \jobfilesuffix tex \inputfilename filename.tex \inputfilebarename filename \inputfilesuffix tex \outputfilename filename \operatingsystem osx-64 but now I get this output \jobname filename \jobfilename filename \jobfilesuffix \inputfilename /Users/…/filename \inputfilebarename filename \inputfilesuffix \outputfilename filename \operatingsystem osx-64 where the suffix is missing. Example: \starttext \starttabulate [|T|T|] \NC \type{\jobname} \NC \jobname \NC\NR \NC \type{\jobfilename} \NC \jobfilename \NC\NR \NC \type{\jobfilesuffix} \NC \jobfilesuffix \NC\NR \NC \type{\inputfilename} \NC \inputfilename \NC\NR \NC \type{\inputfilebarename} \NC \inputfilebarename \NC\NR \NC \type{\inputfilesuffix} \NC \inputfilesuffix \NC\NR \NC \type{\outputfilename} \NC \outputfilename \NC\NR \NC \type{\operatingsystem} \NC \operatingsystem \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stoptext Wolfgang

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bibliography: multiple categories
by Andreas Mang 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Dear all, is there a way to split the bibliography (at the end of the document with bibtex support) in several categories, which have different headings (similar to what latexs' multibib or splitbib does)? Cheers, Andreas This is what I would like to have as an output: ========== Original Papers My Name and Friends, Some Title, Some Journal, Some Year My Name and Friends, Some Title, Some Conference, Some Year References (other authors) Author A. and Friends, Some Title, Some Journal, Some Year Author B. and Friends, Some Title, Some Conference, Some Year Author C. and Friends, Some Title, Some Conference, Some Year ==========

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Re: [NTG-context] incomplete \iffalse in cont-yes.mkiv?
by Alan Bowen 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Hans— Belated thanks. I will reinstall the latest standalone and then see if I can reproduce the problem. Alan –––––––––––– *Author: *Hans Hagen *Date: *2012-09-08 09:04 -400 *To: *mailing list for ConTeXt users *Subject: *Re: [NTG-context] incomplete \iffalse in cont-yes.mkiv? On 8-9-2012 03:42, Alan Bowen wrote:* > With the latest beta, I *sometimes* get the error message: > system > tex > error on line 4 in file > /Applications/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv: > ! Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line 95.* For that we really need an example as it could be a problem in your source. Hans

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Period at the end of a "alignment block".
by Andre Caldas 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

I have a macro to typeset function definitions: \define[5]\functionarray { \startalign[n=4, align={left,right,center,left}] \NC #1: \NC #2 \NC \to \NC #3 \NR \NC \NC #4 \NC \mapsto \NC #5 \stopalign } I use it like this: (notice the period at the end) \startformula \functionarray{f}{X}{Y}{x}{f(x)}. \stopformula I get the following error: Display math should end with \Ustopdisplaymath ... If I remove the ".", the error does not happen. How should I implement my "functionarray"? Thanks, André Caldas.

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Paragraphs: blank line instead of new line
by Xenia 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Dear context folks, I am expected to write a number of texts containing paragraphs separated by a blank line. Is there a parameter/command to set the line break between paragraphs to a blank line between the paragraphs? Thanks in advance, Xenia

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Passing variables on invocation- and reading them in ConTEXt
by Ian Lawrence 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

A feeble request from me, again. I'd like to pass variables into context on invocation, just as you can do with setting modes So context --arguments="number=8", "time=full-time" --mode=trial test.tex And have the values of the variables show up in the body of the text, so: ---- \starttext Hello world % This is \getvariables{arguments}{number} it. % this does not work - what do I need here to write out the next line? This is 8. % This is \getvariables{arguments}{time} it. % Nor does this - what do I need here to write out the next line? This is full-time. \stoptext ---- As ever, I've trawled the manuals and wiki and archive emails (which is where the construct --arguments="number=8" came from.) Thanks in anticipation Ian

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No cmyk support in MKIV (TexLive 2012 version)?
by Bill Meahan 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Trying to define some spot colors using the wiki examples. I get the following error message every time I run MKIV: colors > cmyk color space is not supported Here's the relevant section of my environment file: % Turn on colors. \setupcolors[rgb=no,cmyk=yes,spot=yes,state=start,overprint=yes] %\setupcolors[state=start] % Define the colors we want to use and give a print shop Pantone % equivalents to work with, % set up the cmyk fallbacks \definecolor [PantoneTwoNineFour] [c=1,m=.68,y=7,k=.28] \definecolor [PantoneThreeZeroZero] [c=1,m=.42,y=0,k=0] % Define tints of spot colors to be used in document for coloring text \definespotcolor [DarkBlue] [PantoneTwoNineFour] [p=1,e=PANTONE 294 PC] \definespotcolor [LightBlue] [PantoneThreeZeroZero] [p=1,e=PANTONE 300 PC] I do get the "DarkBlue" in my pdf output but no sign of the "LightBlue" anywhere. -- Bill Meahan Westland, Michigan USA

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Search path.
by Andre Caldas 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

Hello, list! I am really new to ConTeXt. I am writing a book http://topologia-geral.ourproject.org/ It is written in LaTeX and I intend to migrate it to ConTeXt. I want to migrate and I want to be as far from HACKS as I can. So I want to know the recommended way to do things. One of my first difficulties comes from the "search path" used by texexec. It seems to me that the path searched for components, products and environments depends on the path were the script was called from. That is, it depends on the "current working directory". My question (honestly) is: - Why would I want this behavior? When I write a project, product, component or environment file, why would I want the references I made to be dependent on the directory where the script was called? Shouldn't things be like the #include "relative_path.h" used in the C language, for example? That is, shouldn't those paths be relative to the script that refers to them? Am I missing something? André Caldas.

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Luatex crash with x86-64 Linux binary
by Brian R. Landy 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

Hi, I am running the latest minimals on a 64bit Linux system and ran into a luatex crash with a specific file. I reduced the file down to a simpler version that still triggers the crash, and thought it would be of some interest to post (the resulting pdf, if generated, will be ugly since I removed a lot of formatting, and some of the code in the file may appear extraneous). I am running: $ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | current version: 2012.09.06 23:03 $ luatex --version This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.2-2012052410 (TeX Live 2012) What I think makes this interesting is the same file does not crash on three other setups I tested: - 32bit OS X (beta-0.70.2-2012052310) - 64bit OS X (beta-0.70.2-2012052309) - the same Linux system, but I replaced the 64bit Linux luatex binary with the 32bit Linux binary (beta-0.70.1-2012052416 (rev 4277), I see this is an older version but I downloaded directly from the minimals site today). It rebuilt caches and processed the file successfully. I updated minimals on both OS X systems today so all three systems should be otherwise identically configured. Various alterations to the file can avoid the crash; a few I found are---adding a \strut before the word jumbo, removing the nested bTABLE (this appears to be unneeded in the attached example), removing the \definefontfeature statement at the top of the file. Anyway I'd be interested to know if anyone else sees the same issue. I'm sure this is a real edge case error but hope it is helpful to track down the problem. Please let me know if there is any other debugging info you would like to see from my end. Thanks, Brian

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Problem with *lettrine* module in Mk-iv
by Francisco Gracia 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

I am making my first steps in ConTeXt. I am only interested in Mk-iv and am using version 2012.09.06 23:03. I tried to explore the possibilities of the additional module *lettrine* following its documentation (*lettrine-doc.pdf*) and prepared the following example, which reproduces almost exactly the first one found in that text: \usemodule[lettrine] \starttext \lettrine {T}{he two} typeset arguments are the dropped capital and the run-in text following it; the \TeX\ source of this paragraph started with \starttyping "\usemodule[lettrine] \starttext \lettrine{T}{he two} …" \stoptyping … \stoptext When I typeset it with ConTeXt, the result was not what the documentation showed. The initial capital was fine and so was the rest of the first line, but the second line was blank and the regular text continued at the third and following lines. This was with the default value of 2 lines as size for the capital. If one indicates a greater number of lines, all of them but the first one are blank and the regular text continues after all that whitespace. As I was not completely sure that my installation of ConTeXt was unobjectable, I tried to typeset the example in *ConTeXt online* (http://live.contextgarden.net/) There the option to use *LuaTex / Mark-iv* is not offered (!!??), so I selected the *pdfTex* alternative and then it happened that everything behaved as expected (at least in the first part of the example, as some of the following commands seem not to be understood by *pdfTex*). My conclusion is that *lettrine* does not work correctly with Mark-iv and there is somewhere a bug that has to be corrected. But I could be mistaken. Am I doing something wrongly? Thanks for your interest

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pre-stepwise / current
by Daniel Schopper 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

dear all, I’m trying to build a stepwise presentation, but the following minimal example (got it from the ML[1]) produces an error: ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.06 23:03 MKIV fmt: 2012.9.9 … !LuaTeX error: There should have been a lua <node> here, not an object with type string! The example compiles with standalone 2012.06.13 while it is broken from 2012.07.27 onwards. Is the stepper-module no longer supported? TIA, Daniel \usemodule[pre-stepwise] \setupinteraction[state=start,click=off] \setupbodyfont[palatino] \starttext \StartSteps \starttabulate \NC test \FlushStep \NC test \FlushStep \NC \NR \NC test \FlushStep \NC test \FlushStep \NC \NR \NC test \FlushStep \NC test \FlushStep \NC \NR \stoptabulate \StopSteps \stoptext [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg55196.html

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Sequence of MetaPost Pages
by Troy Henderson 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

When I create animations using MetaPost, I typically do something like for n=1 upto N: beginfig(n); <some code> endfig; endfor; and a sequence of figures are created. How can I do this in ConTeXt using \startMPpage ... \stopMPpage? Troy Henderson

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3D annotations problems
by Michail Vidiassov 09 Sep '12

09 Sep '12

Dear Hans and All, the examples from back-u3d.mkiv fail to work with latest beta (rectangled "undefined" message appears instead of annotation), but if "\textwidth" is replaced by "in" in the tex file 3D annotations appear OK. Is that a bug, a feature or some transitional state of ConTeXt (case when things are known to be broken something else is under reform). Sincerely, Michail

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Working with variables in MkIV (\ setvariables, \getparameters etc)
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 09 Sep '12

09 Sep '12

Hello ConTeXist, Is it possible go through all the keys of \setvariables (getvariable) macro and create the appropriate macros, as in the case of \getparameters macro? I mean macro like \getallvariablesfrom[myfirstnamespace], which return contents of brackets macro \setvariables[myfirstnamespace] (it mean list of all assignments key=value ...) In addition, you can assign all the variables one namespace to another namespace (or to create a loop which all variables passed and placed into the other namespace.)? Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar Here is my inspiration of example : \setvariables[myfirstnamespace][id=1, value={text}] \starttext % \getparameters[myfirstnamespace][\getallvariablesfrom[myfirstnamespace]] % Now would be defined macros \myfirstnamespaceid (1) and \myfirstnamespacevalue (text) % Assign all the variables of [myfirstnamespace] namespace to [myotherspace] namespace? %\setvariable[myotherspace][\getallvariablesfrom[myfirstnamespace]] \stoptext

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Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel
by Marco Patzer 08 Sep '12

08 Sep '12

Hi, I was wandering if we should promote the ConTeXt IRC channel on the contextgarden home page, e.g. underneath “Welcome to ConTeXt garden” or “External Help”. The current page (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/IRC) is unlikely to be found by anyone. I think most questions should stay on the mailing list, since I consider the mailing list almost as “the second ConTeXt manual” and it can easily be searched, in contrast to IRC. At the moment the channel is dead, which is probably due to the fact that no one knows of its existence. But it might turn into a valuable source of information, e.g. regarding installation problems for which the mailing list might not be as suitable. Marco

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incomplete \iffalse in cont-yes.mkiv?
by Alan Bowen 08 Sep '12

08 Sep '12

With the latest beta, I *sometimes* get the error message: ! Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line 95. system > tex > error on line 4 in file /Applications/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv: Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line 95 ... 1 %D \module 2 %D [ file=cont-yes, 3 %D version=2012.06.01, 4 >> %D title=\CONTEXT\ Miscellaneous Macros, 5 %D subtitle=Startup Stub, 6 %D author=Hans Hagen, 7 %D date=\currentdate, 8 %D copyright={PRAGMA ADE \& \CONTEXT\ Development Team}] 9 %C 10 %C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is 11 %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for 12 %C details. 13 14 % At some point I will reconsider the \starttext .. \stoptext <inserted text> \fi l.4 } <inserted text> ...end context.finishjob() } \luat_start_lua_code_indeed ...ua \zerocount {#1}} l.86 \stopluacode Alan

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Interactive URL's and Acronyms
by Markus Hubig 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi @all, how do I get clickable/interactiv URLs and acronyms. After reading the manual I thought just setting | \setupinteraction | [state=start, color=black, contrastcolor=black, style=normal] | \definesynonyms [acronym] [acronyms] [\infull] | \setupsynonyms [acronym] [criterium=all] would be enough. But it's not... what I am missing here? I'm using | ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.06 23:03 MKIV fmt: 2012.9.7 int: english/english Cheers, Markus

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Problem with codelistings and linenumbers
by Markus Hubig 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi @all, I'm trying to put some codelistings into my ConTeXt file, but I don't get line numbers. Im using a resend version of ConTeXt: | ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.06 23:03 MKIV fmt: 2012.9.7 int: english/english Here is the setup for my code environment: | \definefloat [listing] [listings] | \setupfloat [listing] [topframe=on, bottomframe=on] | \setupheadtext [listings=Quellcodelistings] | | \defineblank [aroundcode] [medium] | \definetyping [code] | \setuptyping [code] | [option=color, bodyfont=8.0pt, margin=yes, | before={\blank[aroundcode]\startlinenumbering}, | after={\blank[aroundcode]\stoplinenumbering}] And here is an example, how I use it. I place it into a floating environment so I can have a nice Listion of my code sippets with \completelistoflistings. | \placelisting [here] [lst:bb] | {Beispiel eines bitbake Rezeptes (zlib_1.2.7.bb)} | {\startcode | SUMMARY = "Zlib Compression Library" | DESCRIPTION = "Zlib is a general-purpose, patent-free, lossless data \ | compression library which is used by many different programs." | HOMEPAGE = "http://zlib.net/" | SECTION = "libs" | | LICENSE = "Zlib" | LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://zlib.h;beginline=4;endline=23;md5=94d1b5a..." | | SRC_URI = "http://www.zlib.net/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2 \ | file://remove.ldconfig.call.patch \ | " | SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2ab442d1691..." | SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "49e2e9658df..." | | do_configure (){ | ./configure --prefix=${prefix} --shared --libdir=${libdir} | } | | do_compile (){ | oe_runmake | } | | do_install() { | oe_runmake DESTDIR = ${D} install | } | \stopcode} You can have a look at the result here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2721576/code.pdf Besides the lack of the linenumbers you may notice the slightly bigger space between the top line and the code and the bottom line and the code. At the moment I'm adding the line numbers by hand ... Cheers, Markus

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Ugly Bibliography layout ...
by Markus Hubig 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi @all, I'm writing my Bachelor thesis with ConTeXt and now I have a strage Problem with the bibliography. I'm using a resend version on context and MKIV: | ConTeXt ver: 2012.09.06 23:03 MKIV fmt: 2012.9.7 int: english/english My layoutfile has these settings: | \setupbibtex | [database={thesis}, sort=author] | \setuppublications | [alternative=ams, numbering=short, refcommand=short] You can have a look at the result here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2721576/ugly_bib_1.pdf If I add this additional setup | \setuppublicationlist | [samplesize={XXXXXX}] I get this result: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2721576/ugly_bib_2.pdf How do I get a nice biblist with the reverences aligned left and some space between the reverences and the entry? Cheers, Markus

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Nested Macro
by Troy Henderson 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

I would like to create a macro that defines a display formula, and then redefine the same macro such that the redefinition includes the original display formula followed by another display formula. Here is my attempt. \def\foo{\startformula a = b \stopformula} \foo \edef\foo{\foo \startformula c = d \stopformula} \foo This fails, and I would appreciate help in getting this to work. Thanks, Troy Henderson

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\abovedisplayskip and \belowdisplayskip
by Troy Henderson 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

It is my understanding that \abovedisplayskip and \belowdisplayskip should adjust how much (rubber) spacing that is allowed between display math formulas. I have attached a ConTeXt file (bug.tex) that seems to indicate that setting these skips does not affect this (rubber) spacing. I have also translated this ConTeXt file line-by-line to a LaTeX file (bug.ltx) and attached it. Both files produce a PDF (using `context bug.tex` and `pdflatex bug.ltx`) in which the spacing between the formula changes from page 1 to page 2 simply by adding the final formula. However, by changing \adjustdisplay{0} to \adjustdisplay{1}, the LaTeX file produces a 3 page document where the spacing between formula does not change (as expected) on the first two pages and thus requires a third page to typeset the final formula. However, making this same adjustment in the ConTeXt file does not seem to affect the output. I would appreciate any thoughts as to why this is happening, and I would equally appreciate a solution to keeping the spacing the same in the ConTeXt file and thus bumping that last formula to a third page. Troy Henderson

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odd and even test: incorrect behavior on the first two lines
by stdin | Alexandre Leray 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi, I'm trying to make the content of an environment behave differently weither it appears on a right page or on a left page. It works mainly, except that with the following code, from the second page, the two first lines of subsequent pages don't show the expected behavior. \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \definestartstop[foo][ before={\doifrightpageelse{(right)}{(left)}}, ] \starttext \dorecurse{100}{ \startfoo hello world\par \stopfoo } \stoptext Is it a known problem? How can one fix this? Thanks, Alex -- Alexandre Leray media & graphic design http://stdin.fr | http://osp.constantvzw.org/ rue Gallaitstraat 80 1030 Bruxelles +32 (0)4 87 04 70 30

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TRying to download manual sources
by john Culleton 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

Tryng to download manual sources. This command doesn't work: svn co svn://ctx.pragma-ade.nl/manuals context from directory /usr/local/src, and signed on as root. I keep getting "connection timed out" Is there something wrong with the above command? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Strange behavior of references when using annotation-module
by Dominik Leopold Forkert 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

Hello, I use the latest mkiv beta. When using the annotation module, the output of\in[...] misses a separation dot between chapter and formula number, e.g. "31" instead of "3.1". When I omit the annotation module, there is no chapter number at all in the \in[...] reference! A minimal example of the problem: \usemodule[annotation] \setupformulae[way=bychapter,prefixsegments=chapter,prefixstopper=.] \starttext \chapter{A chapter} \section{A section} \placeformula[OK] \startformula a+b=c \stopformula In \in[OK] we noticed blabla ... \stoptext Another problem is that \smash seems not to work properly for me! Both problems do not occur at all in mkii! Best regards, Dominik

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Automatic margin floats using the criterium parameter
by Marco Patzer 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

Hi, I am working on some float placement code for a project. To not reinvent the wheel I like to know what is currently possible in ConTeXt. Small floats should be placed in the margin and bigger ones centred in the text. Captions always go into the margin. That is the idea. The key to automate this seems to be the \setupfloat[criterium=…] parameter. Details: 1) Captions always in the margin 2) Captions left aligned 3) Figures smaller or equal \marginwidth go into the outer margin 4) Margin figures are aligned to the inner side of the margin 5) Margin figure captions underneath the figure 6) Figures wider than the margin go centred into the text 7) Text figure captions top aligned I got almost everything working. A minimal example is attached. Problems: Mf 1-2 are placed correctly. Problematic are Mf 3-4. The caption is not placed in the margin because of the \setupcaptions [mf] [location=bottom] setting for margin figures. Another thing is the weird alignment of Mf 3-4, I expect the figures to be centred. The reason is the following setting. \setupfloat [mf] [location=inner] If uncommented, the alignment of the margin figures is wrong. Figure 1-2 are examples of how it should look like. I could come up with a hackish solution on my own but maybe someone has an idea how to achieve this with built-in support. Marco

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