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beta
by Hans Hagen 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

Hi, I uploaded a beta to the website. The most important upgrades concern the font subsystem. - there was still some mkii code around ... all that has gone ... as a consequence all code has been overhauled (a rather tedious job) ... some code might be a bit faster (but nothing fundamental changed) - designsizes are now dealt with in a different way but as only lm has them no one will probably notice .. anyway it saves a lot of definitions and (at least on my machine) the start up is somewhat faster - the type-otf file is no longer used but its content has been distributed over a some smaller files ... loading these files is rather automatic and it should be compatible .. again this might give a (small) startup speed improvement (and a bit less memory which quite certainly goes unnoticed compared to the average memory usage) - bodyfont environments are a bit more flexible now which was one of the reasons for rewriting much code as there is some complex inheritance and defaulting going on there - Wolfgang is adapting / extending the simple fonts code but in principle it should still work In addition, the lists related code has been reorganized / redone and it seems to be ok. There have been some conceptual changes to the list rendering (easier for future extensions) but old commands still apply. It's anyhow still somewhat experimental. Of course there are some fixes and other cleanups 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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Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure and file size
by Kip Warner 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 01:22 +0100, Marco wrote: > On 2012-01-20 Kip Warner <kip(a)thevertigo.com> wrote: > > > So what does ConTeXt do when it typesets an \externalfigure? > > Does it always use inkscape, or only sometimes? > > If the image type is supported by the TeX engine (jpeg, > png, pdf, mps) it is directly included. SVG files inkscape > is called to convert the SVG to PDF. For EPS images > ghostscript is used: > > strace results: > > execve("/usr/bin/gs", ["gs", "-q", "-sDEVICE=pdfwrite", > "-dNOPAUSE", "-dNOCACHE", "-dBATCH", > "-dAutoRotatePages=/None", "-dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress", > "-dEPSCrop", "-sOutputFile=m_k_i_v_graph.pdf", > "graph.eps", "-c", "quit"], [/* 55 vars */]) Right, but since the average end user probably won't know that, doesn't that still suggest Inkscape be listed as a dependency? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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\note does not preserve formatting -- example
by Peter Park Nelson 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

After updating to the current beta, I discovered that the \note macro does not format the note marker correctly. In the minimal example below, I define an item group for a paragraph-formatted list of article authors, and an "affiliation" note for a paragraph-formatted list of affiliations below them. (This is fairly common in academic journals; I have left out most of the text formatting.) The note marks for the third and fourth authors (Jones and Mandrell), which are created using the \note macro to reference previous affiliations, are too small and not bold. I would guess this is related to changes around line 122 of strc-not.mkiv, dealing with the handling of note attributes (see: \def\usenotestyleandcolor). \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \defineitemgroup[Authorlist] \setupitemgroup[Authorlist] [each] [text] [symbol=0, margin=no, align=normal, width=-10pt, distance=0pt, leftmargin=no, location=top, textdistance=big] \definenote[affiliation] [numbercommand=\ss, textstyle=\tfx\bf, paragraph=yes] \setupnotedefinition[affiliation] [location=serried, distance=.4em, display=no] \starttext \startlocalnotes[affiliation] \startAuthorlist % Convenience macros for setting up some affiliations separately: \def\useaffiliation#1{\note[#1]} \def\makeaffiliation[#1]#2{\setnotetext[affiliation][#1]{#2}} \makeaffiliation[opry]{The Grand Ole Opry} % The list of authors: \item Doris Doe\affiliation[misk]{Miskatonic University} \item Robert Roe\affiliation[love]{Lovecraft Institute} \item Cleopatra~Jones\note[misk] \item Barbara Mandrell\useaffiliation{opry} \stopAuthorlist \placelocalnotes[affiliation] \stoplocalnotes \stoptext -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nelson(a)gmail.com

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Footnote marker inside custom list environment - font problem
by Peter Park Nelson 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

Hello, Maybe this is related to the problems with \definenote posted recently...I have played with setups but have been unable to figure this one out. I have a custom enumeration environment to display the names of journal authors in a paragraph format, with local footnotes for their affiliations. Since updating, it no longer works as expected; the footnote markers after author names use the document roman font instead of the sans font. Also, if I use this inside a \startnarrower...\stopnarrower block, the environment extends past where it should stop, which didn't happen before. \defineitemgroup[Authorlist] \setupitemgroup[Authorlist] [each] [text] [symbol=0, margin=no, align=normal, width=-10pt, distance=0pt, leftmargin=no, location=top, textdistance=big] \definenote[affiliation] [numberconversion=Characters, style=\tfa\ss\bf, numbercommand=, paragraph=yes] \setupnotedefinition[affiliation] [location=serried, distance=.2em, display=no, style=\tfa\ss] \starttext \startAuthorlist \item Doris Doe\affiliation[misk]{Miskatonic University, Dept. of Allopatric Studies} \stopAuthorlist \stopAuthorlist \stoptext -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nelson(a)gmail.com

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line numbers in header
by Pablo Rodríguez 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Hi there, I'm trying to get a header that contains the numbers of first numbered line on each page and the number of the last numbered line on that page. This is especially useful for poetry. Here is a minimal sample of what I'm trying to do: \setupheadertexts[line--numbers] \starttext \startlinenumbering \dorecurse{50}{\input knuth\par} \stoplinenumbering \stoptext What should I add instead of "line--numbers"? I have tried to search in the reference on the reference manual and the wiki, but I didn't find anything that could help. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.oudeis.tk

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Centring rotated float
by Marco 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

I discovered some problems centring a float which is rotated using externalfigure. Without rotation everything is fine. However, when the orientation option is provided, the frame doesn't match the figure any more and the centring gets lost. Using the dedicated rotation command works. Example: \starttext \startbuffer [fig] \useMPlibrary [dum] \starttext \startTEXpage \externalfigure [placeholder] [width=10cm, height=4cm] \stopTEXpage \stoptext \stopbuffer \savebuffer [fig] [fig] \executesystemcommand{context --purge \jobname-fig.tmp} \startplacefigure [title={Centred, but not rotated}] \externalfigure [\jobname-fig] \stopplacefigure \page \startplacefigure [title=Not centred and wrong frame location] \externalfigure [\jobname-fig] [orientation=90, frame=on] \stopplacefigure \page \startplacefigure [title=Why is this one placed on the left?] \externalfigure [\jobname-fig] [orientation=89, frame=on] \stopplacefigure \page \startplacefigure [title=Still not centred and wrong frame location] \midaligned{\externalfigure [\jobname-fig] [orientation=90, frame=on]} \stopplacefigure \page \startplacefigure [title=This one works] \rotate[rotation=90]{\externalfigure [\jobname-fig]} \stopplacefigure \stoptext Is this a bug? Used version: context 2011.11.29 23:11 Doesn't compile at all using: context 2012.01.16 18:33 Marco

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issue with \setuplabeltext
by Pablo Rodríguez 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Hi there, I have the following sample code: \mainlanguage[agr] \usemodule[simplefonts][size=11pt] \setmainfont[Theano Didot] \setuplabeltext[chapter=Ῥαψωδία~] \setuphead[chapter][align=center] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{\mbox{}} \startlines Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεά, Πηληιάδεω Ἀχιλῆος \stoplines \stoptext And I have just accidentally discovered that label text is only shown in the chapter title, if the \mainlanguage is different from [agr]. (I haven't checked all languages, but it works with la, en, ru and es.) I'm using MkIV from TL2011 and I don't know whether there is a newer command. By the way, how can I make that the Contents have also the chapter label text? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.oudeis.tk

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Wandering floats
by Felix Ingram 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Hello all, I've noticed some strange behaviour with Tikz/PGF in floats. The following example should demonstrate it: \usemodule[tikz] \definefloat[newfloat][newfloats] \setupfloat[newfloat][ rightmargindistance=1cm, maxwidth=0.5cm, ] \startbuffer[myfloat] \placenewfloat[right, none, fit]{}{ \starttikzpicture \node[text width=2cm] {% \color[black]{\tfx\bf I'm the Doctor. Well, they call me the Doctor. I don't know why. I call me the Doctor. I don't know why. } }; \stoptikzpicture } \stopbuffer \starttext \getbuffer[myfloat] Saving the world with meals on wheels. No, I'll fix it. I'm good at fixing rot. Call me the Rotmeister. No, I'm the Doctor. Don't call me the Rotmeister. No… It's a thing; it's like a plan, but with more greatness. I'm the Doctor, I'm worse than everyone's aunt. *catches himself* And that is not how I'm introducing myself. Heh-haa! No, I'll fix it. I'm good at fixing rot. Call me the Rotmeister. No, I'm the Doctor. Don't call me the Rotmeister. \page \getbuffer[myfloat] Saving the world with meals on wheels. No, I'll fix it. I'm good at fixing rot. Call me the Rotmeister. No, I'm the Doctor. Don't call me the Rotmeister. No… It's a thing; it's like a plan, but with more greatness. I'm the Doctor, I'm worse than everyone's aunt. *catches himself* And that is not how I'm introducing myself. Heh-haa! No, I'll fix it. I'm good at fixing rot. Call me the Rotmeister. No, I'm the Doctor. Don't call me the Rotmeister. \stoptext The first float will be placed nicely in the right margin up against the text. The second, however, will be shifted into the margin. Can anyone suggest anything? I'm not sure how to go about debugging this. I believe it is another example of the shifting PGF graphics that others (and I) have seen since upgrading to a new beta (I believe this changed sometime since version 2011.11.29). Any help appreciated, Felix

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\startitemize[columns] broken with backgrounds?
by Otared Kavian 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Hi all, It seems that when using background, \startitemize[columns] does not work as expected: there are no columns, and the numbers of the items are pushed to the left. Below is a not so minimal example: the resulting PDF can be found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4316076/enumeration-background-exo.pdf I am not sure whether this behaviour began with a recent beta or not. The version I am using is: ConTeXt ver: 2012.01.16 18:33 MKIV. Best regards: OK %%% begin enumeration-background-exo.pdf \definenumber[MyExoNumber][way=bysection,sectionumber=yes] \setuptextrules[rulecolor=darkred] \define\ExoCommand{\incrementnumber[MyExoNumber] \textrule[top]{Exercise \getnumber[MyExoNumber]} \startbackground[frame=off,leftframe=on, framecolor=darkred]} \defineenumeration[exo] [location=hanging, width=fit, text={}, number=hide, number=no, before={\ExoCommand}, after={\stopbackground\blank}] \defineconversion[exercice][\numbers] \def\StartQuestions{% \startitemize[exercice][width=2em,packed,style=bold,stopper=,right=)]} \def\StopQuestions{\stopitemize} \def\q{\item} \starttext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \startexo Prove that \startformula \cos(nt) + {\rm i}\sin(nt) = (\cos(t) + {\rm i}\sin(t))^n. \stopformula \StartQuestions \dorecurse{5}{\q This is question \recurselevel. } \StopQuestions \stopexo %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \startexo Solve the following equations or inequations: \startitemize[r,packed,columns][stopper=,left={(},right={)},distance=1em] \item $3x - 5 = 4$. \item $(x-1)(x+3) = 5$. \item $2 - 3x \geq 2 x - 8$. \item $(x - 1) \leq (x-1)(x+2)$. \item $2x^2 - 3x +1 < 0$. \item $x^2 - 4x \geq x - x^2 - 1$. \stopitemize \stopexo %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \stoptext %%% end enumeration-background-exo.pdf

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Stop hyphenation and have "normal" linebreaks
by Jan Heinen 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Hello, I read 300 messages in the mailinglist but didn't find the solution: How to stop hyphenation and have "normal" linebreaks? \language[de] \starttext Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft\par \blank \blank {\bf This is not hyphenated - the problem is, there are no linebreaks and the text is written till the end of the page:} \blank {\nohyphens Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft\par} \page \stoptext Regards Jannis

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Re: [NTG-context] Stop hyphenation and have "normal" linebreaks
by Jan Heinen 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

I was reading another 200 emails and found the solution myself: => \setupalign[nothyphenated,right,broad] This example is working: \language[de] \starttext Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft\par \blank {\setupalign[nothyphenated,right,broad] Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft\par} \page \stoptext Regards Jannis

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Re: [NTG-context] [dev-context] context.starttyping() prints two hash marks iff first printed character is a hash mark
by Hans Hagen 22 Jan '12

22 Jan '12

On 22-1-2012 22:41, Sietse Brouwer wrote: > After context.starttyping(), a hash mark in the first position gets > printed twice. A hash mark in any other position gets printed > normally. > This bug does not occur after tex.print("\\starttyping"), It's not so much a bug as a side effect of catcode regimes, tex interpreting hashes and either or not delayed flushing. You can use tex.print(tex.vrbcatcodes,"#") (or context.verbatim cum suis) 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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file with too many radial shadings
by Pablo Rodríguez 22 Jan '12

22 Jan '12

Hi there, some months ago I discovered that one file generated with LuaTeX + ConTeXt was too slow using mupdf (a PDF viewer). So I filed a bug (http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692500) and one of the developers replied that the file contained too many radial shadings, most of which were identical. I wonder whether this bug still affects to current releases from LuaTeX and ConTeXt. Just in case it might help, Pablo -- http://www.oudeis.tk

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sectioning command with no title
by Pablo Rodríguez 22 Jan '12

22 Jan '12

Hi there, I'm trying to get the opposite command to title, that is, numbering with no text. What would it be the best command? I thought \section{~} or \section{\mbox} could do the job, but I wonder whether they might add something that would prevent perfect [align=center] in the title. Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.oudeis.tk

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Documentation for Bibliography on MKIV
by Wagner Macedo 22 Jan '12

22 Jan '12

Hello, In http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography_mkiv, it's little talked about bibliography support on MKIV. Does yet exist a documentation about how to use it? -- Wagner Macedo

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Command \thanks from LaTeX
by Wagner Macedo 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

Hello, Searching for a \thanks equivalent command on ConTeXt, I ended up on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/LaTeX_Thanks. But I didn't like that solution, because the author footnote is placed on a new area instead the same as text footnotes. So I made a simple solution, that the author footnotes is placed in the same area and doesn't interfere on real counter. I want here to share my solution, below you can see it. \definestartstop[author] [before={\savenumber[footnote] \resetnumber[footnote] \start \let\thanks\footnote \setupfootnotes[numberconversion=set 2]}, after={\stop \restorenumber[footnote]}] It can be used as that: \startauthor Wagner Macedo\thanks{Brazilian citizen} \stopauthor Of course, I could did a \author command, but I generally prefer to use start/stop blocks. What do you think? This could be improved?

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Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure and file size
by Kip Warner 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 01:42 +0100, Marco wrote: > On 2012-01-20 Kip Warner <kip(a)thevertigo.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 01:22 +0100, Marco wrote: > > > On 2012-01-20 Kip Warner <kip(a)thevertigo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > So what does ConTeXt do when it typesets an \externalfigure? > > > > Does it always use inkscape, or only sometimes? > > > > > > If the image type is supported by the TeX engine (jpeg, > > > png, pdf, mps) it is directly included. SVG files inkscape > > > is called to convert the SVG to PDF. For EPS images > > > ghostscript is used: > > > > > > strace results: > > > > > > execve("/usr/bin/gs", ["gs", "-q", "-sDEVICE=pdfwrite", > > > "-dNOPAUSE", "-dNOCACHE", "-dBATCH", > > > "-dAutoRotatePages=/None", "-dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress", > > > "-dEPSCrop", "-sOutputFile=m_k_i_v_graph.pdf", > > > "graph.eps", "-c", "quit"], [/* 55 vars */]) > > > > Right, but since the average end user probably won't know that, doesn't > > that still suggest Inkscape be listed as a dependency? > > No, not as dependency. As I mentioned before 99.9% of the > system work fine without additional programs. You need > inkscape only when you want to include SVG images. Having > inkscape as a dependency means a huge bunch of data and > disk space (inkscape incl. all dependencies like X,¿). > > However, these external helpers (like ghostscript as well) > should be listed as a recommendation [not dependency]), > that way the user is notified that he/she might get a > benefit installing these programs. > > Marco > Understood. I've copied the package maintainer for a popular ConTeXt Ubuntu PPA. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure and file size
by Kip Warner 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 21:49 -0300, Wagner Macedo wrote: > Well, as I can see, the "problem" is inkscape switch --export-dpi which in > grph-inc.lua has the value 600. I get same file size using inkscape -A > --export-dpi=600. > > But exporting this file (Pic.svg) without a great dpi (minimum 300) I get > an ugly file, very sharpened where has filters. But why should there be any implicit DPI specified with a vector graphic? Isn't the whole point of them to allow, theoretically, infinite resolution? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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checking attributes
by Meer, H. van der 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

Is the following impossible? The aim is checking the value of an attribute on a node: \xmlfilter{#1}{/content[@type ==\whatever]/command(xmlcommon:content)} It seems the \whatever macro is not expanded. How to? Hans van der Meer

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endnotes, imposition and recurselevel
by Michael Guravage 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

I am typesetting an article where the footnotes should be collected as endnotes. I am also using imposition to arrange the article as a booklet. When using the default location 'page', footnotes work as expected. But when I change the location to 'text' and use \placefootnotes to produce the endnotes, the compilation fails. Here is an example document that attempts the same thing. Note that the paragraph/footnote loop is performed nine times. If you compile as is, i.e., no imposition, everything works as expected. But add --mode=imposition to apply imposition and the compilation fails. Now decrease the number of iterations from nine to eight and the behaviour is reversed. The imposition will succeed and the straight compile will fail. Stranger yet, If you remove the subject structure, compiling with eight iterations succeeds with or without imposition, and compiling with nine iterations fails with or without imposition. This all happens in the ConTeXt from 2011.07.26. Switching to the ConTeXt from 2012.01.16 everything compiles, but the runs using imposition produce only blank pages. Regardless of what I try, I cannot get endnotes and imposition to cooperate. Any help would be greatly appreciated. \showframe \doifmode{imposition} {\setuppapersize[A5,portrait][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP,doublesided]} \setupfootnotes[location={text,none}] \starttext \startsubject[title=First] \dorecurse{9}{\input tufte\footnote{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}\par} \stopsubject \startsubject[title=Second] \placefootnotes \stopsubject \stoptext -- With kind regards, Michael Guravage

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include file in xml processing
by Hans van der Meer 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

I have the following setup for use of ConTeXt code in an xml-processing setup: % Usage: <tex> ... </tex> \startxmlsetups xmlcommon:tex \ignorespaces \xmlstripnolines{#1}{.} % need to strip sufficient space characters \xmlcontext{#1}{.} \stopxmlsetups Since I need some MetaPost drawings repeatedly I thought to include those from a separate file: <tex> \input thedirectory/thefile \useMPgraphic{lfsr}{stages=285} </tex> The file is read, but typeset as is, MetaPost processing does not occur. By the way, inserting the MetaPost code in place of the \input works ok. I also tried \usemodule[thedirectory/thefile] instead, but then nearly everything MetaPost encounters is undefined. Does someone know how to get the file inclusion right? Hans van der Meer

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typesetting verbatim code snippets in xml mkiv
by Michael Guravage 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

In attempting to use Thomas's xml presentation style he presented at C5M, I would like to add the ability to typeset verbatim code snippets. In the xml:code setup example below, using commands like \startlinenumbering-\stoplinenumbering work fine, but using \starttyping-\stoptyping breaks. Can someone please enlighten me as to the correct way to accomplish this sort of thing? \startxmlsetups xml:codesetups \xmlsetsetup{#1}{*}{-} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{document|code}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:codesetups} % document \startxmlsetups xml:document \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups % xml code \startxmlsetups xml:code \starttyping \xmlflush{#1} \stoptyping \stopxmlsetups <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <document> <code> int x; x = 42; </code> </document> -- With kind regards, Michael Guravage

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≙ is not shown correctly
by Xenia 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

Dear context-folks, the unicode-character ≙ is not shown in the normal text-mode and in math-mode the hat is too big in comparison to `\mathrel{\widehat{=}}`. Is that a font problem? Thanks, Xenia

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Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure and file size
by Kip Warner 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 21:59 -0300, Wagner Macedo wrote: > Because filters. > > According to > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.47#PDF.2C_PostScrip…, > sent by Pontus Lurcock. Thanks Wagner. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Citations fail when components and bodymatter are used
by Marco 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hi! Citations don't work when components are present in a bodymatter. The presence of a component breaks the citations. Tested with versions: MkIV, 2011.11.29 23:11 MkIV, 2012.01.16 18:33 Regards Marco Example: %%%%%%%%%%%%%% % report.bbl % %%%%%%%%%%%%%% \startpublication [ k=updatedmediasense, a=Victor Kardeby, t=inproceedings, ] \arttitle {The Updated MediaSense Framework} \author {Victor}[V.]{}{Kardeby} \author {Stefan}[S.]{}{Forsström} \author {Jamie}[J.]{}{Walters} \title {Fifth International Conference on Digital Telecommunications} \pubyear {2010} \organization {Mid Sweden University} \stoppublication %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % component.tex % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \startcomponent component Content not relevant \stopcomponent %%%%%%%%%%%%%% % report.tex % %%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext % works if start/stopbodymatter is commented out \startbodymatter From product: \cite[updatedmediasense] % works if \component is commented out \component component \stopbodymatter \placepublications [criterium=all] \stoptext

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Enumeration Label
by Troy Henderson 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

The labeling for first level enumerations using \startitemize[n] \item Foo \item Bar \stopitemize yields 1. Foo 2. Bar What is the preferred method for changing enumeration symbols from 1. and 2. to 1) and 2), respectively? I also want to be able to do something similar for second, third, and fourth level enumerations. Thanks, Troy Henderson

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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with letter module
by Michael Green 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

On Jan 19, 2012, at 7:32 AM, Romain Diss wrote: > Unfortunately, I have now another problem which I didn't notice before because > the \encl{} error didn't let me go to the end of the tex processing. The > following minimal example do not compile: > > % example > \usemodule[letter] > \startletter > \input tufte > \stopletter > % end > > Instead, I get the following error message: > > ! Missing number, treated as zero. > > system > tex > error on line 100 in file letter.tex: Missing number, > treated as zero ... > > > <to be read again> > \relax > \pack_layers_set_content ..._pack_layers_x \relax > \d_pack_layers_y_position > ... > \pack_layers_set_finish ...layers_set_content {#1} > \fi \fi \else \writestatus... > \correspondence_layer_place ...dence_layer_direct > \fi \else \ifodd \c_corres... > \executedefinedoverlay ...dp \the \everyoverlay #2 > \else \lower > \d_framed_tar... > \pack_framed_process_background_indeed_external ... > \else \kern > -\framedbackgr... > ... > l.7 \stopletter > > > Any idea which could help me? Does your file start with a byte order mark (BOM)?

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MKIV only installation of the suite
by Romain Diss 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hi, Is there any way to install a MKIV only context suite (with no file used only for MKII). I know there is a --engine=luatex option for the first-setup.sh script but it doesn't prevent from installing MKII files. All the best -- Romain Diss <romain.diss(a)yahoo.fr>

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floating framed inside another frame
by Pavel Dohnal 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hello, I have page where is on left side a picture, in the middle is some texts and I want on the right side of the page floated letter. Here is code: \starttext \startfiguretext% [left]% {none}% {\externalfigure[ http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/5543764878_c5b27b5aed_s.jpg][width=26.5… \framed[frame=off,width=96mm,align=flushleft]{% \placefigure[right,none,fit]{none}% {% \framed[frame=off,background=letteroverlay,height=1cm]{ A}% }% {\bfb Bla bla bla}% Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc lobortis accumsan sem vitae molestie. Mauris tincidunt elementum mi, semper aliquet sapien convallis sed.% \blank[medium] \startcolor[gray]% Duis et massa nisi, quis tincidunt ligula. Nunc sed dui vitae est vestibulum vehicula. Maecenas ut sem eget massa accumsan venenatis. Integer diam risus, pellentesque ut interdum at, rhoncus sed justo. Nullam rutrum porttitor molestie. Integer fringilla purus eget enim luctus vehicula sed ac nunc. \stopcolor% }% \stopfiguretext% \stoptext Problem is, that if I use the framed for letter "A" picture disapears. How to have floated framed boxi inside another frame? Thank You Pavel Dohnal

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separate publication lists for different publication types
by Eidenbenz Michael 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

hi all, is it possible to have separate publication lists for different publication types? eg. one list for the book, booklet, inbooks, manuals and the other list for article, conference, periodicals? I tried to define two different bibliography style files for each list, where I defined \setuppublicationlayout just for the desired types, but this doesn't work. either it gives me a blank line for an undefined record type or it takes the definition from somewhere else. thanks, michael

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Problem with "location=left" (at least) of setlayer
by Cedric Mauclair 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hi Hans, hi list, The following example shouts at me (something about "\syst_boxes_with_next_box", "\pack_layers..." and a bunch of other stuff) if I uncomment the "location=left" part ("right" and others are fine): % Example below \definelayer[page][x=0pt, y=0pt] \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=page] \starttext %% \setlayer[page][location=left]{It doesn't work} \setlayer[page][location=rightbottom]{It works!} \input knuth \stoptext Best regards. -- Cédric

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xtable formatting issues
by Brian Landy 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hi, I’ve been experimenting a bit with converting some natural tables into xtables and ran across two issues. The first has to do with nested xtables and settings. In particular, if you attempt to set a cell’s width on the internal table using \setupxtable the option is lost. In the below example testtable1 doesn’t format properly when nested; testtable2 does. I also included some font and color examples to show they cascade more as I’d expect (the outer table’s settings are used unless overridden by the inner table). The second thing I noticed is that attempting to set the font via foregroundstyle only works when done vie \setupxtable. Attempting to assign this directly to the cell causes compile errors (the commented table in the example). Maybe I should be setting the font some other way? (this is how I always did it with natural tables). Finally, does xtable have something like the aligncharacter mechanism in natural tables? Thanks, Brian \starttext \setupxtable[wd1][background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow,width=1.0in] \setupxtable[wd2][background=color,backgroundcolor=green,width=2.0in] \setupxtable[fnit][foregroundstyle={\switchtobodyfont[modern,ss]\it}] \setupxtable[fnbf][foregroundstyle={\switchtobodyfont[modern,ss]\bf}] \startbuffer[testtable1] \startxtable \startxrow \startxcell[fnbf] bold \stopxcell \startxcell[wd1] 1in? \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stopbuffer \startbuffer[testtable2] \startxtable \startxrow \startxcell[fnbf] bold \stopxcell \startxcell[background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow,width=1.0in] 1in? \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stopbuffer \getbuffer[testtable1] \getbuffer[testtable2] \startxtable \startxrow \startxcell[fnit] \getbuffer[testtable1] \stopxcell \startxcell[wd2] \getbuffer[testtable1] \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[fnit] \getbuffer[testtable2] \stopxcell \startxcell[wd2] \getbuffer[testtable2] \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable % below fails, foregroundstyle set in this fashion must be done through \setuptable %\startxtable %\startxrow \startxcell[foregroundstyle={\switchtobodyfont[modern,rm]\it}] italic \stopxcell \stopxrow %\stopxtable \stoptext

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bold is not working (simplefonts)
by Jan Heinen 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hello, I want to get bold text - without "simplefonts" it is working - with "simplefonts" it does not work. What is wrong and what do I have to do? My example: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Allerlight] \starttext This is not bold! {\bf Is this bold?} This is not bold! \stoptext Regards Jannis

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Questions on \definition
by Kip Warner 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hey list, A couple of questions concerning \definition: (1) What is the difference between \definedescription and \setupdescriptions? (2) What is the difference between \definition and \description? (3) How do I change the colour of the definition header? I tried the following, but it did not work: \setuphead [definition] [color=colour_head] -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Referencing a \startdefinition
by Kip Warner 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hey list, When I wish to reference some section, I can inline typeset with \in{section}[Some Reference]. In the case of a definition defined with a \startdefinition{Some Definition}, how can I reference it inline? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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\par in macro definition (mkii issue)
by Otared Kavian 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hi, It seems that with the recent updates, I found that the following minimal example does not work in mkii, while it does in mkiv: \define[1]\MyTest{The test variable is #1.\par} \starttext Is this a bug in mkii? \MyTest{3} \stoptext Am I doing something wrong, or mkii has changed despite being officially « frozen », a side effect of the global warming…? :-) Best regards: OK PS: the version I am using is ConTeXt ver: 2012.01.16 18:33 MKII, and the error message says: (/context-minimal/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) Runaway argument? {The test variable is ##1. ! Paragraph ended before \complexdefine was complete. <to be read again> \par l.1 \define[1]\MyTest{The test variable is #1.\par } ? Process aborted

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two problems with natural tables
by Florian Wobbe 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hi, 1) I tried the following minimal example from http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20110109.151431.f774696a.en.html \placetable[split]{Test} {\bTABLE[split=yes] \dorecurse{60}{ \bTR \bTD hello \eTD \eTR } \eTABLE} with the current context versions which works fine. However, if I insert the code in a big project with many setups it fails with the attached error message. So there are setups which cause this error. Unfortunately I couldn't figure out what causes the problem. I could determine the context version at which my big document fails: 2010.12.22 14:07. The example still works in 2010.12.21 10:50. Anyone got an idea which setups might cause this issue? 2) How do I get a small and bold header? This does not work: \bTABLE \setupTABLE[style=\tfx] \setupTABLE[row][1][style=\bfx] % redundant w/ line 5 \bTABLEhead \bTR[style=\bfx] \bTH Header \eTH \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD hello \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD world \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE Thanks! Florian ! Missing number, treated as zero. system > tex > error on line 178 in file test.tex: Missing number, treated as zero ... 173 \placetable[split]{Test} 174 {\bTABLE[split=yes] 175 \dorecurse{60}{ 176 \bTR \bTD hello \eTD \eTR 177 } 178 >> \eTABLE} <to be read again> { \docompletefloat ...\vbox \floatcaptionattribute { \doifelsemainfloatbody \cu... <argument> ...loat {table}{}{split}{Test}\nextbox \else \docompletefloat {ta... \thirdofthreearguments #1#2#3->#3 \xdocompletefloat ...afloat ,#3}{#4}\nextbox \fi } \else \docompletefloat {#1... \dodowithnextbox ...tefloat {table}{}{split}{Test} \doifnotinset \v!text {spl... ... l.178 \eTABLE }

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Counters again
by Felix Ingram 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hello all, I'm now trying to use counters that will tally some values. The value of these could be zero, which the wiki states will be the default value. The following shows that nothing is displayed when the counter is 0. \definenumber[examplecounter] \setnumber[examplecounter]{1} \starttext This is the default value: \getnumber[examplecounter] \incrementnumber[examplecounter] This is the new value: \getnumber[examplecounter] \resetnumber[examplecounter] This is the reset value: \getnumber[examplecounter] \setnumber[examplecounter]{0} This is the set value: \getnumber[examplecounter] \stoptext I can include some conditionals to check this but thought I'd report it in case I'm doing it wrong/the wiki needs updating. Many thanks, Felix

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Using non-math fonts for letters and numerals in formulas
by Nikita Volchenkov 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hello. I want to use in formulas for letters and numerals my usual text font (Linux Libertine for example) and math font for all other symbols (saying Cambria Math or Computer Modern). It is possible? If so, I would like to see example typescript for MkIV.

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Tikz module causes errors
by Felix Ingram 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

I've just updated to the latest beta and the following will cause an error: \usemodule[tikz] \starttext Hello World \stoptext The error is: system > tex > error on line 129 in file example.tex: Undefined control sequence ... l.129 \catcode`\;=\active Obviously there is no line 129. A quick greg shows that the likely suspect is: tex\texmf-modules\tex\generic\pgf\utilities\pgffor.code.tex:129 Is this the best place to report this, or should I drop a mail to the Tikz/PGF list? Felix

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xmlverbatim api changes?
by Meer, H. van der 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Did I miss in the recent past some changes in the xmlverbatim API? Exercising from the manual the macros \xmldisplayverbatim{#1}{.} and \xmlinlineverbatim{#1}{.} I get as an error: ! Undefined control sequence. \startxmlinlineverbatim ... \doinitializeverbatim l.4 ] \ctxlxml #1->\directlua \zerocount {lxml.#1} \006>:xmlcommon:pre #1->\xmlinlineverbatim {#1} {.} l.7 } \ctxlxml #1->\directlua \zerocount {lxml.#1} This version: ConTeXt ver: 2012.01.09 10:08 MKIV Hans van der Meer

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another surprising change (line break in TOC)
by Steffen Wolfrum 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hi, the good old command for breaking list entries (eg. headings in the TOC) like this ... \startLevelOne[ title={Das Krankenhaus als Leistungserbringer in der GKV}, marking={Das Krankenhaus als Leistungserbringer in der GKV}, list={Das Krankenhaus\\als Leistungserbringer in der GKV}, bookmark={Das Krankenhaus als Leistungserbringer in der GKV}] ... pop up this error message: ! Missing } inserted. system > tex > error on line 1 in file TOCDateien/TOCtocDatei.tex: Missing ... ... <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup \\->\endgroup \par \doalignline {\hss }{\hss }\begingroup l.1 Das Krankenhaus\\ als Leistungserbringer in der GKV \structurelistgenerictitle ...\currentlistindex )} \dostoptagged \063>MyListItemIT ...]{\TOCstyleBF \midaligned {#2 }}\hfill \tf #3 ... l.86 \placeTOCtoc[criterium=text,interaction=all] ? Process aborted Is this a bug, or do we have an other syntax today? Steffen

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xmlprocessfile failing
by Hans van der Meer 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

I get an inexplicable error in \xmlprocessfile. It seems to occur after my data are processed; somewhere in the aftermath of that call, I guess. The error is in: ConTeXt ver: 2012.01.16 18:33 MKIV This version was ok: ConTeXt ver: 2012.01.09 10:08 MKIV The error: ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup l.37 \xmlprocessfile{exam}{xam-exam.xml}{} What happened. Changes here? Hans van der Meer

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layout space between paper and text
by Pavel Dohnal 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Hello, I want to have 10mm space between rim of the paper and beginig of the text. This is my layout: \definelayout[normal][ bottompace=0mm, footerheight=6mm, footerdistance=0mm, bottomdistance=0mm, bottomspace=0mm, topdistance=0mm, topspace=0mm, headerheight=60mm, headerdistance=0mm, leftedgewidth=0mm, leftmargin=10mm, leftedgedistance=0mm, leftmargindistance=0mm, backspace=10mm, rightedge=0mm, rightmargin=10mm, cutspace=0mm, rightmargindistance=0mm, rightedgedistance=0mm, width=277mm, height=210mm ] \setuplayout[normal] After printing is space in left 10mm, but space between top rim of the paper and top text is 14mm. Why is that? How to setup my layout to have exactly 10 mm both in top and in left?

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\placenamedformula \placelist MKIV \endgraf
by Mathieu Dupont 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Hi everyone, With MKIV, the names of formulas don't get written in the List Of Formulas anymore.The following example works fine for me in MKII, but not in MKIV.The only bug is that the names of formulas don't appear in the LOF.Anyone knows a way around ? Thank you very much ! Oh, and also, what is the use/necessity of "\endgraf" ? \starttext \subsubject{List of Formulas}\placelist[formula][criterium=text,alternative=c] \subsubject{Formulas}\placenamedformula[one]{First listed Formula}\startformula a = 1 \stopformula \endgraf \placeformula\startformula a = 2 \stopformula \endgraf \placenamedformula{Second listed Formula}{b}\startformula a = 3 \stopformula \endgraf \stoptext Mathieu

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Type 1 font loading with new beta
by Willi Egger 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Hi font gurus, With context from begin of the year it worked to load a type 1 font with a typescript based on the following syntax: \starttypescript [serif] [LTpalatino] [name] \usetypescript[serif][fallback] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [file:pr] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic][file:poios] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold][file:pb] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps][file:posc] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldOsF][file:pobos] \definefontvariant [Serif][osf][OsF] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[LT-Palatino] \definetypeface [LT-Palatino][rm][serif][LTpalatino][default][] \stoptypescript Error: \232>28 ...oldOsF][file:pobos] \definefontvariant [Serif][osf][OsF] \stoptyp... <inserted text> \232>28 \232>29 \font_typescript_process_typescript_file_and_store ... \font_typescripts_load_file ...ipt_file_and_store \else \font_typescript_pro... \next2 #1,->\font_typescripts_load_file {#1} \syst_helpers_do_process_comma_i... ... l.18 \setupbodyfont [LT-Palatino,rm,10pt] Is due to the overhauling the approach now different? Kind regards Willi

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standardmakeup...
by Willi Egger 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dear all, I tried to recompile a booklet. Then I realized that whatever I give for arguments the standardmakeup environment gives me an empty page although it should give only after the first standarmakeup an empty page but not after the second standardmakeup. - This behavior is encountered in all versions of Context I have on my machine based on luatex 0.70, including todays beta. May be I miss something? I have an example attached. Kind regards Willi

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ConTeXt to EPUB/XHTML, problem
by Martin Bruchanov 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Hi guys, I'm getting this output: <error>invalid xml file - parsed text</error> My test.tex file is following: \setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes] \definehighlight[strong][style=bold] \definehighlight[emph] [style=italic] \starttext Hello world! text \strong{text} text \emph{text} text \stoptext I'm using: context test.tex or mtxrun --script epub --make test I had the problem with 2011.12.19 version, the epub xhtml was empty (zero sized file), so I've upgraded to latest: 2012.01.16 18:33 and the output is "invalid xml file - parsed text". Any suggestions? -- Martin Bruchanov mobil : +420 725 759 978 Skype : bruxytronics WWW : http://bruxy.regnet.cz/ GPG-Key : http://bruxy.regnet.cz/bruxy-gpg.key (0x8107ED53) Linked-In : http://www.linkedin.com/in/bruxy Google+ : http://gplus.to/BruXy

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\showmathcharacters or \showmathfontcharacters
by Otared Kavian 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Hi Hans, The following used to show all the commands for various math characters. It still works in mkii, but I wonder what would be the analogous for mkiv: is there still a way to see math characters in mkiv? %%% begin showmath.tex %\doifmode{mkiv}{\usemodule[fnt-25]} \doifmode{mkiv}{\usemodule[s-mat-10]} % the file fnt-25.tex is replaced with s-mat-10.mkiv \starttext \doifmodeelse{mkiv}{\showmathfontcharacters}{\showmathcharacters} \stoptext %%% end showmath.tex Thanks in advance end best regards: OK

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. This time a couple of fixes + some reorganization of font related code. More to follow. 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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