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Arabic
by dont.spam.no.dont＠gmail.com 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Dear all, I'm having a hard time to get context typeset arabic words with ligatures, or say, to some order>1 according to page 7 of: http://luatex.org/talks/print-orientaltex-eurotex-2009.pdf. I'm using: ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.8.15 int: english/english I've put up this minimal example where the font used is amiri from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/amiri/files/ and more precisely amiri-regular.ttf therein. Any hint as to what I should do to get (at least the lam-alef ligature)? Thank you for your help, Olivier %%%%%%%%%% minimal %%%%%%%%%%%% \mainlanguage[arabic] \definefontfeature [arabicfeats] [analyze=yes,mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, ccmp=yes,init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes, liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,tlig=yes,clig=yes, calt=yes,salt=yes,aalt=yes, trep=yes,ccmp=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes, kern=yes,curs=yes, aalt=yes,mset=yes] \definefont[ArabicFont][amiriregular*arabicfeats at 24pt] \def\ArabicGlobalDir {\pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT} \define\setarabic {\ArabicGlobalDir% \ArabicFont} \starttext {\setarabic لا في } \stoptext \end

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geen beeld (no image)
by Floris van Manen 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

After updating my livetex distribution from 2008 to 2011 on my OSX machine, i lost the metapost images in my context document. I also tried the live.contextgarden.net but that does not provide any image either ... \starttext \startMPcode draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopMPcode \stoptext Any hints ? Thanks! Floris

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textbackground broken?
by Hans van der Meer 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Is textbackground broken in mkiv? I need its usage (it seems the recommended way to do backgrounds). The following minimal example fails. Who is wrong? Is it me or is it ConTeXt? ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.04 14:15 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.13 int: english/english % Testing textbackground \setuppapersize[A6]A6] \definetextbackground[testbg][% background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow,% leftoffset=0pt,rightoffset=0pt,topoffset=0pt,bottomoffset=0pt,frame=on] \starttext \input tufte \starttestbg \input tufte \stoptestbg \input tufte \stoptext The error messages are: metapost > initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost > loading 'metafun': /Users/hans/TeX/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/metafun.mpiv ! terminal: ! Enormous number has been reduced. <*> ...6.0pt ; ; ; prepare_multi_pars(2,2330878 ,22629721,0,683329,265737,... ! Enormous number has been reduced. <*> ...; ; prepare_multi_pars(2,2330878,22629721 ,0,683329,265737,2,5629963... .. .. <inserted text> ...ainTextArea; ;;;;]===], false)} \processMPgraphic ...e ;\!!es , \MPaskedfigure )}} \egroup \placeMPgraphic \d... \useMPpositiongraphic ...tartMPcode #3\stopMPcode \egroup \doMPpositiongraphic ...riables \getvalue {MPG:#1} } \doMPpositiongraphic ...fined {MPG:#1}\donothing } \removelastspace }\smashbo... \dohandleMPpositiongraphicrange ...raphic {#3}{#4} \fi \fi ... l.14 \stoptext Hans van der Meer

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feature request
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi Hans, quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. I assume it is not trivial due to catcode issues, to say the least. But nevertheless, as it is getting close to christmas, I just wanted to mention this idea here. Thanks, Steffen

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User macros and settings: environment or style module?
by Romain Diss 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi all, Like any of the context users who write documents, I use some personal macros, definitions, setups... In most of the context manuals, it is recommended to declare all of these personal settings in an environment file. This file is then included by: \environment myStyle However, in certain case, these settings goes in a style module file, like what is done for MyWay articles where one includes the style file with: \usemodule[myStyle] So my question is: Is there any technical reason to choose between those two possibilities or is it only a matter of personal preference? All the best. -- Romain Diss <romain.diss(a)yahoo.fr>

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texnansi.enc
by Yue Wang 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi, Mojca: just updated context and mkii told me !pdfTeX error: pdftex (file texnansi.enc): cannot open encoding file for reading is this file removed? Yue Wang

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Rotate text in TABLE-header
by Christian 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Dear list, is there an easy option to rotate all text (not the table itself) in the first row of a TABLE? something like this: \bTABLE \bTR[rotate=90] \bTD I am flipped \eTD \bTD Me too. \eTD \bTD Same here! \eTD \eTR \eTABLE That would be super useful, but I didn't find anything.

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Footnote Problem
by Kip Warner 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hey folks, The second \footnote doesn't show in the generated PDF. The number is listed where it should at the end of the sentence, but the text of the footnote is not listed at the bottom of the page. \definestartstop [SomeDocument] [before={ \crlf \setupbackground[frame=on, before=\blank, after=\blank, corner=round, topoffset=0.5cm, leftoffset=0.5cm, rightoffset=0.5cm, bottomoffset=0.5cm] \startbackground }, after={ \stopbackground \crlf }, commands={\setupalign[yes]}, style=italic] \starttext First footnote.\footnote{This one works.} \startSomeDocument Second footnote.\footnote{This one doesn't.} \stopSomeDocument \stoptext Thanks anyone. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Quotations...
by Willi Egger 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi, it looks like there is something wrong with \quote, \quotation and the respective setupcommands. \setupquote[style=slanted] results in no quotation marks and yes, slanted text. \setupquote[left=(,right=)] results in text between parentheses. \setupquote[style=slanted,left=(,right=)] results in slanted text, but no parentheses. \setupquotation[style=bold] results in having the texts in \quote{} becoming bold instead of the texts that are in \quotation{}. \setupdelimitedtext [quotation][1][style=bold] does not result in bold text. \setupdelimitedtext [quotation][1][style=bold,left{[},right={]}] does result in text between brackets in \quotation{}, but no bold text. Please refer to the attached example file. Kind regards Willi

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Letter module: new beta
by Wolfgang Schuster 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi all, I have a new version of the letter module on my bitbucket site [1], you can download [2] and test it but it requires mkiv and is not completely downward compatible with the current version. Here is a short example to test it: \usemodule[cor-01] % will change %\setupletteroptions % [bodyfont=calluna] \setupletter [fromname={John Simmons}, fromaddress={Parkstreet 12\\8257 Green Bay}] \setupletter [toname={Steve Wilson}, toaddress={Nightstreet 4a\\9183 Cotton Village}] \setuplettertext [copy=cc: , enclosure=encl: ] \setupletter [copy=Copy, enclosure=Enclosure, postscript=Postscript] \startletter [opening={Dear Mr Wilson,}, subject={Brand new templates for Word}, closing={Best regards}, signature={John Simmons}] \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par} \stopletter [1] https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/correspondence/src [2] https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/correspondence/downloads Wolfgang

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images and linenumbering
by Martin Fechner 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi all, I posted this bug some time ago, but it still seems there. The combination between linenumbering and images isn't working. I use mkiv with the latest beta. Look at this short example: ------ \setuplayout[width=120mm] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuplinenumbering[location=outer,method=page] \starttext \placefigure[left,4*hang,none]{} {\externalfigure[cow][width=0.2\textwidth]} \startlinenumbering \input tufte \stoplinenumbering \placefigure[right,2*hang,none]{} {\externalfigure[cow][width=0.2\textwidth]} \startlinenumbering[continue] \input tufte \stoplinenumbering \stoptext ------ Is there any workaround to this? Best regards, Martin

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space between number and units in \unit
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Dear Context folks, Could I request a parameter in \setupunits to control the space between the number and the units that is placed by \unit{}. In phys-dim.mkiv it looks like there is an intention to do so (parameter "space") but it's commented out. I actually would like about half the space that I currently get, but others may want none, or more. Thanks, Robin \starttext \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter} \setupunits[unit][space=big] \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter} \setupunits[unit][space=small] \unit{35 kilogram cubic meter} \stoptext

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footnotes in footnotes broken
by Martin Fechner 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi all, it seems that the footnotes in footnotes feature in mkiv is broken. The short example from contextgarden doesn't work with the last beta: ------ \starttext This\footnote{Or that\footnote{Or possibly even the other.}, if you prefer.} is a sentence with a footnote. \stoptext ------ Best regards, Martin

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Re: [NTG-context] scaling the mp figure in ConTeXt (Hans Hagen)
by Jeong Dalyoung 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Dear Hans and Mojca, Thank you for your solution. It works well. Best regards, Dalyoung

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defineframed has no effect
by Christian 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

This gives only a framed Hello, no red, frame still on. Did something change for setting up own frames? \defineframed[GreyBg][backgroung=color,backgroundcolor=red,frame=off] \starttext \GreyBg[frame=on]{Hallo} \stoptext Info: ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.09 20:58 MKIV

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url: Add macros to the ConTeXt core
by Paul Menzel 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, looking into typesetting URLs I find typesetting URLs quite cumbersome. Maybe I have not used that feature that often so I am not seeing the advantage to first define a URL somewhere and give it a name \useURL[aurl] [http://xkcd.com/149/] [] [I prefer hot dogs.] and then later use it. \url[aurl] The proposed macros(?) in the section »Tipps and Tricks« [2] \def\href#1#2{\useURL[#2][{#2}][][{#1}]\goto{\url[#2]}[url(#1)]} \def\ahref#1{\color[linkcolor]{\ttx \href{#1}{<#1>}}} \def\fullahref#1{\color[linkcolor]{\ttx \href{#1}{http://#1}}} \def\mailto#1{\useURL[#1][mailto:#1][][#1]\from[{#1}]} \def\MailTo#1#2{\useURL[#1][mailto:#1][][#2]\from[{#1}]} seem quite useful. Could they be added to the ConTeXt core(?)? Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/url [2] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/url#Tipps_and_Tricks

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lemmas for headers
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Dear gang, Consider the following global setup: \setupheadertexts% [][section][chapter][] Sometimes a given section heading may be too long to comfortably fit in the header. Is there any mechanism or good workaround that will allow me to define, for a given header, a lemma such that it replaces <section> with <sectionlemma>. Of course I can interrupt the main flow with \setupheadertexts% [][sectionlemma][chapter][] manually, but what usually happens is that at least one header gets lost completely, generally the page immediately preceding the onset of the given section. Any help or tips greatly appreciated and Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shiʿi Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Metafun manual section titles
by Romain Diss 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hello, I'm trying to make some section titles which look like the ones of the metafun manual: title and number underlined, with number in margin. I thougth it would not be too hard but I can't do it. Actually, I'm using a frame with an overlay with a \startuniqueMPgraphic to underline the title but I can't make a frame for both the section number which is in the margin and the text which is not. I tried to make the underlining of the title text extend in the margin but it's not easy because the frame background seems to be centered automatically on the frame. Maybe I should adjust some offsets but how can I know the size of the section number... Anybody can help me on that problem ? -- Romain Diss <romain.diss(a)yahoo.fr>

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margin notes at page breaks
by Stefan Müller 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hi list! In my document I have some margin notes that appear right before a page break and so end up in the bottom margin, see the following example. \starttext \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth} \blank[2*line] \inmargin{This note ends up in the bottom margin} %\margintext{This note ends up in the bottom margin} \input tufte \stoptext Is it possible to automatically move the margin note in those cases to the next page? I had a look at the manual where the issue is addressed. As I understood it "\margintext{...}" should be able to handle this, but it did not change anything in my example. In the garden I found "\setupinmargin[stack=yes]" but this didn't help either. This seems not to hard, but I can't find a way to fix it... Thanks in advance for any hints! Stefan

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Error with export
by Andreas Harder 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hi Hans, todays beta breaks the following example. It worked the day before yesterday. \setupbackend[export=yes] \definehighlight[Title][color=red] \startsetups document:start \Title{\documentvariable{title}} \stopsetups \startdocument [title=Test] some text \stopdocument Thank you in advance Andreas

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footnotes and linenumbering
by Martin Fechner 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hi all, is it possible to have a linenumbering also in the footnotes? I tried it with ------ \setuplinenumbering[method=page] \setupfootnotedefinition[location=serried] \setupfootnotes[before={\startlinenumbering[continue]},after={\stoplinenumbering}] \starttext \startlinenumbering \input knuth some text\footnote{the first footnote} more text\footnote{\dorecurse{10}{a very long footnote }} \stoplinenumbering \stoptext ------ but only the whole footnotefigure has one linenumber and it doesn't continue right if method=page is set. Is there any solution to this? Greetings, Martin

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Simplefonts question
by Lutz Haseloff 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hi Wolfgang, I'm looking for documentation for your handy module. Particularly i'd like to know all the options i can use for the commands \setmainfont and \setupsimplefonts. My goal is to use a font in my document in different sizes (say 12, 17 and 35pt) with adequate line spacing. I only found "\setmainfont[...][..,..=..,..]" in README. Reading the source was not too helpful for me :-) Greetings Lutz

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scaling the mp figure in ConTeXt
by Jeong Dalyoung 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Dear all, I use MetaFun to create a figure and embed it using \processMPbuffer[]. for example, \startbuffer[test] draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopbuffer \starttext \placefigure[][]{} \processMPbuffer[test] \stoptext But sometimes, I need to rescaling the mp figure to fit the page. Is there a way of rescaling the figure at the stage \processMPbuffer or \useMPgraphic? In the above example, I got a circle of radius 3cm. How to get a circle of radius 2cm? Thank you for reading. best regards, Dalyoung

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"Too many }'s" in latest beta
by pmlists＠free.fr 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hello, When running `context test.cld' on this file: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- context.environment{"my-env"} -- it does not matter, if this file exists or not context.starttext() context.startalignment{"middle"} context"Amount: 123" context.stopalignment() context.stoptext() --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I get the following error: system > tex > error on line 11 in file test.run: Too many }'s ... [1] How could I solve this problem please? core-env.mkiv is patched on line 226 as suggested by Wolfgang. TIA for any help, -- Peter [1]: test.run has only one line... ;-)

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Undefined control sequence with latest beta
by pmlists＠free.fr 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Hello, When running `context test.cld' on this file: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- io.output"my-env.tex" io.write"\\startenvironment my-env\n\\def\\myTest{bla}\n\\stopenvironment\n" context.environment{"my-env"} context.starttext() context.myTest() context.stoptext() --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I get an `undefined control sequence' error for \myTest. How could I solve this problem please? TIA for any help, -- Peter

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extra white after equation
by Hans van der Meer 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

I find that the placement of an equation number makes a difference on the amount of white after the equation. Should they both give the same amount of whitespace? Or is the difference intentional? But then why? I add a minimal example. Hans van der Meer % Test white after formula with and without equation number. \starttext \input tufte \placeformula\startformula a^2 + b^2 = c^2 \stopformula % no extra white \input tufte \placeformula[-]\startformula a^2 + b^2 = c^2 \stopformula % extra white \input tufte \stoptext

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wiki correction
by Hans van der Meer 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

I think I spotted a small error in the parameterlisting of \setupformulae on the wiki: parameter "after dimension" probably should be "spaceafter dimension" because calling with the former has no effect, the latter does. Though using it does not change the difference in spaceafter between \placeformula and \placeformula[-]. Hans van der Meer

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Project structure: Do macros go into the environment?
by Paul Menzel 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, I am using the project layout [1] and have a file `env.tex` which gets loaded. \startenvironment env \mainlanguage[de] \setupinteraction [title=Titel, author=John Doe, keyword={keyword}] \def\href#1#2{\useURL[#2][{#2}][][{#1}]\goto{\url[#2]}[url(#1)]} \def\ahref#1{\color[linkcolor]{\ttx \href{#1}{<#1>}}} \def\fullahref#1{\color[linkcolor]{\ttx \href{#1}{http://#1}}} \def\mailto#1{\useURL[#1][mailto:#1][][#1]\from[{#1}]} \def\MailTo#1#2{\useURL[#1][mailto:#1][][#2]\from[{#1}]} […] \stopenvironment My question is if all macro definitions (and setups like for interaction) should go in there? Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Project_structure

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Project structure and modes
by Wolfgang Schuster 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hi Hans, can you add the systemmodes for products, components etc. in MkIV because they are missing. \startproduct test \doifmodeelse{*product}{YES}{NO} \stopproduct Wolfgang

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Migrating from old ConTeXt to new
by Gerben Wierda 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hello folks, I have been putting this off for years, but I think somewhere the coming months I'll want to migrate from my current ConTeXt setup to the most recent one so that when I encounter typesetting/ConTeXt problems, I will be asking for solutions in the current actively maintained environments. When I compile a book project, it currently looks like this: > texexec --pdf --mode=editor ../products/prd_book.tex > MTXrun | kpse fallback with progname 'context' initialized in 0.047062 seconds > TeXExec | processing document '../products/prd_book.tex' > TeXExec | no ctx file found > TeXExec | tex processing method: context > TeXExec | TeX run 1 > TeXExec | writing option file prd_book.top > TeXExec | using randomseed 1038 > TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex > TeXExec | tex format: cont-en > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010) > restricted \write18 enabled. > (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) > entering extended mode > (../products/prd_book.tex > > ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKII fmt: 2010.7.21 int: english/english As I understand, I need to setup a different way to run tex. (BTW, I'm going to migrate to MacTeX 2011 first) Important for me is the use of Optima, which is now done in an environment file. Will this still work? > % Bypassing type-gtamacfonts.tex > \starttypescript [sans,serif] [optima] [texnansi,ec] > \definefontsynonym [Optima-Regular] [\typescriptthree-OptimaRegular] > [encoding=\typescriptthree] > \definefontsynonym [Optima-Italic] [\typescriptthree-OptimaItalic] > [encoding=\typescriptthree] > \definefontsynonym [Optima-Bold] [\typescriptthree-OptimaBold] > [encoding=\typescriptthree] > \definefontsynonym [Optima-BoldItalic] [\typescriptthree-OptimaBoldItalic] > [encoding=\typescriptthree] > \definefontsynonym [Optima-ExtraBlack] [\typescriptthree-OptimaExtraBlack] > [encoding=\typescriptthree] > \stoptypescript > \starttypescript [sans,serif] [optima] [name] > \setups [font:fallback:\typescriptone] > \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone] [Optima-Regular] > \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone Italic] [Optima-Italic] > \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone Bold] [Optima-Bold] > \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone BoldItalic] > [Optima-BoldItalic] > \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone Black] [Optima-ExtraBlack] > \stoptypescript > \definetypeface[allsans][rm][serif][optima][default][encoding=texnansi] > \definetypeface[allsans][ss][sans][optima][default][encoding=texnansi] > \loadmapfile [gtamacfonts.map] > \setupbodyfont[allsans,12pt] Yours, G

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(long) footnotes in column sets messed up
by Stefan Müller 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hi folks, please consider the following example. \starttext \startcolumnset[n=2] \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\footnote{Some footnote which is not wrapped correctly and has a bad number}} \stoptext The footnotes are very messed-up (overlapping, numbers all in left column). Is there a better way to place such footnotes in column sets? Am I doing something wrong? I'm using 20111028 22:32 MKIV. Thank you very much in advance! Stefan

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missing --delete flags in mtx-update.lua
by pmlists＠free.fr 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hello, When running first-setup.sh, some of the rsync commands are missing the --delete flag: /opt/context/tex/texmf-context: ok /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64: no --delete flag /opt/context/tex/texmf: ok /opt/context/tex/texmf-modules: no --delete flag -- Peter

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idea: Module to automatically extract and insert information from Wikipedia
by Paul Menzel 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, just now I thought of the following and I am wondering if there exists already a solution. Writing a text which includes people I want to add information about these peoples as footnotes. The first sentence in a Wikipedia article is most of the time good enough for that. A macro `\infofromwikipedia{Donald Knuth}` would be nice which gets the first sentence of the article and puts an item into the bibliography. There is even an API to access articles [2]. Besides coding that up I see the following problems. 1. The output [3] needs to be converted to ConTeXt. 2. An Internet connection would be necessary. But that is just a note and not a problem. Thanks, Paul [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API [3] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats#Output

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No colons with pxmath fonts
by Andreas Harder 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hi, there is (still) no colon if one uses the pxmath fonts. By the way, \setupTEXpage causes an error (Undefined control sequence). \setupbodyfont[palatino] % no colon % \setupbodyfont[asana] % OK % \setupTEXpage[offset=1ex] % error \startTEXpage % [offset=1ex] % OK $a$:\,$b$\par $a\colon b$ \stopTEXpage Regards Andreas

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more table trouble ...
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Dear gang, Here's another table that worked fine in MkII but not MkIV: ================= \starttext \starttable[|l|l|] \VL test \VL \LOW{test} \VL\FR \DL \DC \DR \stoptable \stoptext ================= ! Use of \DL doesn't match its definition. system > tex > error on line 4 in file taqwa-ibadah-test.tex: Use of ... 1 \starttext 2 \starttable[|l|l|] 3 \VL test \VL \LOW{test} \VL\FR 4 >> \DL \DC \DR 5 \stoptable 6 \stoptext 7 l.4 \DL \DC \DR ===================== Please advise! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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empty lines messing with margins (in duplex mode)
by Peter Schorsch 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hi, I am not sure but maybe it is a bug: in duplex documents empty lines causing a mess with the margins on every second page. Following lines create a fine pdf documents and all margins are set correctly in the pdf file: ... \ininner{X X X X X X X X X X X X}\inouter{M M M M M M M M M M M M }\input tufte \ininner{X X X X X X X X X X X X}\inouter{M M M M M M M M M M M M }\input tufte \ininner{X X X X X X X X X X X X}\inouter{M M M M M M M M M M M M }\input tufte ... But as soon I add between every two lines an empty line the margin on every second page are corrupted. I am using the context version 2011.11.08. I attached example files to reproduce and show the problem: duplex-margin-with-empty-lines.tex > problem occurs duplex-margin-without-empty-lines.tex > no problem Can anyone approve this problem? Or did I something totally stupid to get this result? I attached a jpg that shows the problem.

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Parameters in \definecolor
by Marcin Borkowski 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hi all, the manual (the "current draft") says that possible parameters for \definecolor are: r,g,b, c,m,y,k, s, h,t,a,p,e While the first three (rgb), the second four (cmyk) and the third one (s) are pretty obvious for me - rgb, cmyk and greys, I suppose - I'm wondering what is the use of the others? Also, do I get it correctly that if I give all r,g,b,c,m,y,k and s, I will define the same colorname for rgb, cmyk and grey documents, so that \setupcolors[cmyk=no], \setupcolors[rgb=no] and \setupcolors[reduction=yes] (or something similar) will choose only the rgb/cmyk/s components and ignore the others? Best, -- Marcin Borkowski

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"doublesided=no" ignored on \startstandardmakeup with the latest beta
by Marco Pessotto 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hi! See the next minimal example (copied from "Layout in Context"): %%%% \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no] ...the front \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup[page=no] ...the back \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext %%%% The manual says it should generate 2 pages with no page number. With current (2011.05.18) this indeed happens. With the latest beta I have 4 pages: ...the front [1] ...the back [empty page] I guess there's a bug somewhere. Best wishes -- Marco

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Simplefonts: Font scaling problem
by Christian 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Good evening! I want to scale a font loaded via the simplefonts so sans and serif have the same x-height. But as soon as I use a font size larger than 12pt, the scaling is somehow off or ignored. Example: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setupsimplefonts[expansion=quality, protrusion=quality] \setmainfont[Times New Roman] \setsansfont[Arial][scale=0.863] \starttext \setupbodyfont[6pt] 06pt serif xx{\ss xx sans}\\ %fine \setupbodyfont[12pt] 12pt serif xx{\ss xx sans}\\ %fine, too \setupbodyfont[14pt] 14pt serif xx{\ss xx sans}\\ %here it starts to be off \setupbodyfont[16pt] 16pt serif xx{\ss xx sans}\\ \stoptext What is up with that?

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Split option toggles caption font size
by Andreas Harder 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hello Hans, it seems that with the split option the body font setting from tabulate is also applied to the float caption. \starttext \startbuffer \setuptabulate[bodyfont=small] \starttabulate \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stopbuffer \placetable[split]{Should be in normal font size}{\getbuffer} \stoptext Regards Andreas

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Omit part of a caption in a list
by Christian 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Dear all, is the following possible? List of figures 1.1 Figure caption . . . . . . 2 <page break> *imagine figure here Figure 1.1: Figure caption is a lot longer than it appears in the list of figures. I'd like to shorten the captions in the list of figures that I produce using \placelist[figure] (preferably cut off clean, no ellipsis or the like). I know about \nomarking{} but it seems to apply only to chapter, section etc. titles. Cheers Christian

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Help on centering text inside the standard makeup
by Marco Pessotto 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello! I have some problem centering the text inside the standardmakeup. The resulting alignment is centered, yes, but relative to the text block of the defined layout, and being a doublesided document, the left space is lesser then the right space (which is not what I wanted, as it's supposed to be the cover of a booklet). For example: %%%%%%%%% \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \showframe \starttext \startstandardmakeup \raggedcenter This should be the long title \stopstandardmakeup \input tufte \stoptext %%%%%%%%% The \showframe still shows the defined layout for the whole document. I'm reading from Layouts in Context that the standard makeup should “exclude text from the standard pagebody and its layout”. The other solution could using frames, layers and the backgrounds, but I'm pretty sure I'm missing something here and that using the makups is the right thing to do. Setting width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight makes the thing worse. It's like the width starts at the text block of the defined layout. %%%%%%%%% \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \showframe \definemakeup[titlepage][width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight,voffset=0mm,hoffset=0mm] \starttext \starttitlepagemakeup \raggedcenter \bfc This should be the long, long, very long title \stoptitlepagemakeup \input tufte \stoptext %%%%%%%%% Thanks in advance. Cheers -- Marco

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Fonts in Mk IV -- \definefontalternative documentation?
by Peter Park Nelson 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello, I am coming to ConTeXt from LaTeX and have a typescript question. I was searching for information on the mailing list about defining semibold and other font variants, and found the following. Can you tell me if further information is only available in the book "context mkiv -- Fonts" or can I find it somewhere else? I have searched through the revised Fonts chapter of the ConTeXt manual but the \definefontalternative macro and the approach described here are not documented there. The approach below works for me if I adapt it to Adobe Garamond Premier Pro, but I am attempting to build a typescript for that handles optical weights, small caps, etc and I have not been able to make it work yet. Before I try posting a minimal example, I would like to be sure that I am looking at the right documentation. I have looked at the "Fonts in LuaTeX" page on Contextgarden as well, but I don't think I have a full understanding of typescripts using OSFONTDIR fonts yet. If there is something I am missing please let me know. Thanks, PPN ** Based on ideas from the forthcoming book "context mkiv -- Fonts": % note: I have deleted all lines except the relevant ones for defining % the semi bold alternatives \definefontalternative [sb] \definefontalternative [si] \definebodyfont [default] [ss] [sb=SansSemiBold sa 1, si=SansSemiBoldItalic sa 1] \starttypescript [sans] [myriadpro] \definefontsynonym [MyriadPro-SemiBold] [name:myriadprosemibold] \definefontsynonym [MyriadPro-SemiBoldIt][name:myriadprosemiboldit] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [myriadpro] \definefontsynonym [SansSemiBold] [MyriadPro-SemiBold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SansSemiBoldItalic] [MyriadPro-SemiBoldIt] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [myriadpro] \definetypeface [myriadpro] [ss] [sans] [myriadpro] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myriadpro] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[myriadpro,ss] \sb Hello \si Italic \stoptext -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nelson(a)gmail.com

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Help with Image Database in MKIV
by Eidenbenz Michael 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello, I'm trying to use the Image Database feature as described here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image_Database using ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.7 int: english/english Unfortunately I don't manage to get it working. I have all my files in the same directory so this can't be an issue. Since I manage to build a pdf out of the xml I suppose this file is also ok. But when I process the .tex, the figure appear as dummy. here's my tex-file: \usefigurebase[figure-lib] \starttext \externalfigure[resource2] \stoptext and the figure-lib.xml: <rl:library language="en"> <rl:description> <rl:organization>Organisation</rl:organization> <rl:project>PhD</rl:project> <rl:product>figure-lib</rl:product> <rl:comment>pictures of my PhD</rl:comment> </rl:description> <rl:resource> <rl:file>Ball.png</rl:file> <rl:label>resource2</rl:label> <rl:copyright>somebody</rl:copyright> <rl:comment>Ball</rl:comment> </rl:resource> </rl:library> am I missing something? Thanks Michael!

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Figure Help
by Kip Warner 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hey list, Two questions. Is it possible to define / declare a figure with one command instead of having to do something like... \useexternalfigure[SomeFigure][Images/Figure.svg] \externalfigure[SomeFigure][width=2.5cm] Also, how do I shift the figure right a few centimetres in from the left side? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Local footnotes
by Andreas Harder 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Hi Hans, here is the minimal example which shows the problem with local footnotes. \starttext \startlocalfootnotes \dorecurse{23}{footnote\footnote{footnote}\par} % error % \dorecurse{22}{footnote\footnote{footnote}\par} % OK \placelocalfootnotes \stoplocalfootnotes \stoptext Regards Andreas

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chapter please ignore part
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Dear Knights, I seem to remember there was a way to do this, but I can't find it. This is what i want: Part Foo 1 Chapter One 2 Chapter Two Part Foo Moo 3 Chapter Three 4 Chapter Four But what I always get is, obviously Part Foo 1 Chapter One 2 Chapter Two Part Foo Moo 1 Chapter Three 2 Chapter Four What is the correct setting for part and chapter to get the chapter no. to ignore the part no.? The relevant parameters seem to be \setuphead[part][placehead=yes, incrementnumber=no, number=no, continue=no, ownnumber=no] \setuphead[chapter][continue=yes, header=empty, %ownnumber=yes] Of course there is the workaround: \setupheadnumber[chapter][2] But I'd like to know if there is an automated way. Any advice appreciated, and Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Page numbering: conversion broken
by Christian 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Dear list, this \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,left={--~},right={~--}] % taken from contextref.pdf does nothing in ConTeXt ver: 2011.09.12 22:49 MKIV, except adding the '–' left and right. The number is still Arabic. However this \convertnumber{r}{4} works as expected. Is this fixed in a later beta? Best regards Christian

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how to avoid hyphenation
by Robert Zydenbos 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Greetings all, Is there a simple way in ConTeXt to temporarily switch off hyphenation for a single word? I am thinking of something like the trick which works in (La)TeX: \hbox{thisisaverylongword}. I tried this in ConTeXt (MacTeX TeXLive 2010-64), but without success. Robert

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new version of t-french.mkiv
by pmlists＠free.fr 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Hello, Finally, after a development period of more than three years[1], I'm pleased to announce the long-awaited[2] update of the t-french ConTeXt module, which is greatly enhanced compared to the previous version[3]. In spite of the high complexity[4] of the code, I consider the module stable[5] enough for daily usage. This is indicated, just as in other major software projects, by an even version number[6]. You can download the new version from [7]. With a modern and fast Internet connection, the download time should hopefully not exceed about 5 minutes. Enjoy, Peter Footnotes: [1] During some parts of this evening, development was exceptionally active. [2] A user requested an update. [3] The previous version did not work at all. [4] There are parts, that I haven't understood yet. [5] A simple test file compiles without errors. [6] Another interpretation of the version 2011.11.08 is also possible. [7] http://modules.contextgarden.net/t-french

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