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How to get the chapter number
by Cecil Westerhof 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

At the moment I have the following in my document: In the chapters 7 to 12 a more in depth description of the functionalities will be given. For this document it is not a real problem. (I do not expect the chapter structure to change often.) But it would be nicer to get the chapter numbers auto generated. Is this possible? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Centred Figure
by Kip Warner 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Hey list, I'd like to place a figure on its own page, landscaped, horizontally and vertically centred, and uniformly scaled to the maximum dimensions of the page, whichever hits it first, the width or height of the figure. I'd like to do this within, say, 95% of the page width and height. This is what I am using so far and it works fine, except the image is not horizontally / vertically centred, and it is not uniformly scaled to the max boundary as I previously described. % Insert a full page landscape diagram, parameters are node name, caption, and path... \def\FullPageLandscapeDiagram#1#2#3% { \page \setuppapersize[diagram] \setuplayout[fullpage] \placefigure [force][figure:#1] {#2} {\externalfigure[#3][factor=max]} \page \setuppapersize[main] \setuplayout[reset] } ... \FullPageLandscapeDiagram {NodeName} {Some caption.} {Figure.svg} -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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export: graphic within table (error)
by Reviczky, Adam 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hans, I'm getting this error if I put an image within a table using the export backend: ! LuaTeX error /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/back-exp.lua:297: bad argument #3 to 'format' (string expected, got boolean). Minimal example: --- \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext % \externalfigure[mill] % -- fine \bTABLE % \bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR % -- fine \bTR \bTD \externalfigure[mill] \eTD \eTR % -- error \eTABLE \stoptext --- Log attached. Adam

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How to override the print resolution
by Cecil Westerhof 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

When using \externalfigure it uses the print resolution for putting the graphic into the document. Until now all my graphics had a resolution of 300x300, but I just got one with a much lower one, which blew up in my document. I just set the print resolution to 300x300 and everything is fine again, but is there a way to override the printer resolution? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Changing the colors of a button
by Cecil Westerhof 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

I am trying the following: \button[backgroundcolor=darkgray,framecolor=black,framecorner=round]{Go Back}[PreviousJump] The parameter framecolor works (I tried it with green). Framecorner works also, but backgroundcolor not. How can I change the background and text color of the button? Also would it not be better when clicking on this button, the highlighting also works with rounded corners? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 85, Issue 4
by Bernd Kosubek 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Am Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:20:19 +0200 schrieb ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl: > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 16:20:13 +0200 > From: Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban(a)fiee.net> > To: kosubek(a)sksatz.com, mailing list for ConTeXt users > <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] changing numbers of columns > Message-ID: <E2A85F0F-717B-4EAC-87E3-5B35B7DC5239(a)fiee.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > Am 2011-07-01 um 15:31 schrieb Bernd Kosubek: > > > Hi, > > > > is it possible to change the number of columns on the same page? > > > > small example: > > > > a) text text text text > > > > \startcolumnset[n=2] > > Please read http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Columns Thanks for your quickly answer. I have read it, but there is no answer of my question. I know, that I can use "columns" instead of "columnset". It is not in my interest to find other solutions for this Problem, rather I wish to know: is it possible to use different numbers of columns on the same page if I use columnset! > It?s either \startcolumns[n=2] or \startcolumnset[your_name_of_setup] > > > bla bla bla > > \column > > \column works only within columnsets > > > bla bla bla > > \stopcolumn > > \startcolumns ... \stopcolumns > XOR > \startcolumnset ... \stopcolumnset > > > > > b) text text text text > > > > The mixing of a) and columnset is o.k. > > > > The mixing of columnset and b) wil produce a new page with b) on the > > second page, where b) can be normal text or another columnset. > > > That doesn?t answer your question, though... I don?t know it from > heart and have just no time to test it myself. > > > Greetlings from Lake Constance! > Hraban

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Would Multiple Processes Cause: luatex: execution interrupted
by Raymond LeClair 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

I run context in a task queue with four worker processes. It is possible that context is invoked simultaneously to process distinct input files by tasks running in separate worker processes. I see periodic fatal errors, as follows: mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted However, the same input files can be processed by context directly without errors. Is it possible that context running in simultaneous but separate processes conflict? This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.2 int: english/english

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please don't update minimals (yet)
by Mojca Miklavec 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hello, There are some problems with minimals on the server. Please don't update your distribution until I fix the problem. Mojca

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Fifth ConTeXt meeting, September 2011, France
by Arthur Reutenauer 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hello everyone, This must be the second thread I initiate this year on the list, but unlike my previous post (http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/048296.html) this is actually serious. I hereby announce the next ConTeXt meeting, that will take place on the island of Porquerolles off the coast of the French Riviera, from Monday, September 19th, 2011, to Saturday, September 24th. The conference venue has been pre-booked for these dates, so this is firm. Of course, there is yet nothing like a set program at this moment, so we're expecting your proposals (there will be a formal call for papers later). Watch this page: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/ Registration is not yet open, but will be in a few weeks. The fee is notably higher than it was for the previous ConTeXt meetings (see http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/fee.shtml) I'm sorry about that, but that is the best I can do in this place, short of feeding on black roots and camping in the woods or on the beach (which is forbidden anyway on the island, it's a protected area apart for the village). But food will instead be excellent, obviously, and wine is included in the price of the meals (that was actually one of the first things I was told by the people at the conference venue). See you in Porquerolles! Arthur

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[NTG-context]Make a larger trademark?
by seasoul 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

I konw the registered trademark can get from \registered, or simply add ® in MKIV. But it seems the symbol is very small, appreaing in the superscript. How to make it in a normal text size, just as \copryright or ©.

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two statements or one?
by Hans van der Meer 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

In lxml-tab.lua I find near the beginning the line: local trace_entities = false trackers.register("xml.entities", function(v) trace_entities = v end) Shouldn't there be a ; or newline between the two statments? Hans van der Meer

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context.labeltext(...)
by Willi Egger 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hi all, experimenting with context.labeltext... My question is how can I tweak the context.labeltext(text) command at the lua-side to make ConTeXt to typeset the labeltext starting with an uppercase letter? e.g. if "text" contains "january" to display "January"? KR Willi

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' not working anymore
by Hans van der Meer 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Could it be that in xml-processing ' and friends are dead? Where formerly these were treated correctly, now from "'" there results "apos". I seem to remember that this was an earlier problem, solved in the meantime and now popping up again. Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] [mkiv] \setupfootnotes[n=2] not working properly
by Christian 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

> you can check the beta (when synchronized) Great to hear that, will do! From todays update I still got current version: 2011.06.19 14:17. I'm looking forward to the next release. Thank you very much.

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Fwd: Newlines in a table cel
by Cecil Westerhof 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Sorry Hans. I send it to you instead of to the list. And I forgot the files. Now corrected. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof(a)gmail.com> Date: 2011/7/4 Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Newlines in a table cel To: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> 2011/7/4 Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> > On 4-7-2011 11:59, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > >> I have a macro to display MVC (model-view-controller) info: >> \define[3]\MVC{ >> \starttabulate[|l|l|] >> \NC \Important[Model]: \NC #1 \NC\NR >> \NC \Important[View]: \NC #2 \NC\NR >> \NC \Important[Controller]: \NC #3 \NC\NR >> \stoptabulate >> \myblank >> } >> >> Sometimes the info is very long. Now it is displayed in one long line that >> scrolls off the screen. How can I change this. Ideally would be if I could >> give in the macro call where a new line should start, but just >> automatically >> formatted would be good enough. >> > > [|l|lp|] > Thanks. Much better. I did not find this. Did I not look good enough? Attached a tex and a pdf file. It shows the original and your solution, but also the preferred solution. (But hard coded, not with a macro.) Would it be possible to get the preferred solution in a macro? -- Cecil Westerhof -- Cecil Westerhof

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Newlines in a table cel
by Cecil Westerhof 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

I have a macro to display MVC (model-view-controller) info: \define[3]\MVC{ \starttabulate[|l|l|] \NC \Important[Model]: \NC #1 \NC\NR \NC \Important[View]: \NC #2 \NC\NR \NC \Important[Controller]: \NC #3 \NC\NR \stoptabulate \myblank } Sometimes the info is very long. Now it is displayed in one long line that scrolls off the screen. How can I change this. Ideally would be if I could give in the macro call where a new line should start, but just automatically formatted would be good enough. -- Cecil Westerhof

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bib module cripples authors?
by Steffen Wolfrum 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Hi, an other issue with bib: already at the stage of running bibtex three or more authors are "shortened". See an easy example: \setupbibtex[database=mytry_x.bib] \starttext Test \completepublications \stoptext The referenced "mytry_x.bib" looks like this: @BOOK{daunerliebkonzenschmidt, author = {Peter Schlechtriem and Horst Konzen}, } @BOOK{schlechtriemschmidtkessel, author = {Peter Schlechtriem and Horst Konzen and Karsten Schmidt}, } And the resulting bbl lookes like this: \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={SKS},totalnumber=2] \startpublication[k=daunerliebkonzenschmidt,t=book, a={{Schlechtriem},{Konzen}},y=, n=1,s=SK] \author[]{Peter}[P.]{}{Schlechtriem} \author[]{Horst}[H.]{}{Konzen} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=schlechtriemschmidtkessel,t=book, a={{Schlechtriem},{}},y=, n=2,s=SKS] \author[]{Peter}[P.]{}{Schlechtriem} \author[]{Horst}[H.]{}{Konzen} \author[]{Karsten}[K.]{}{Schmidt} \stoppublication Why is "a=" now {{Schlechtriem},{}} and not {{Schlechtriem},{Konzen},{Schmidt}} ?? Steffen

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bib module makes titles lowercase?
by Steffen Wolfrum 03 Jul '11

03 Jul '11

Hi, maybe I just overlooked some very basic (german?) settings, but when I am running the bib module it rewrites entries of "title" in my bbi file to lowercase! See an example: \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=mytry_x.bib] \starttext Test \completepublications \stoptext The referenced "mytry_x.bib" looks like this: @ARTICLE{altmeppendb20011399, author = {Holger Altmeppen}, gender = {sm}, title = {Untaugliche Regeln zum Vertrauensschaden und Erf¸llungsinteresse im Schuldrechtsmodernisierungsentwurf}, shorttitle = {DB 2001, 1399}, journal = {Der Betrieb}, year = {{\noopsort{2001a}}2001}, pages = {S.~1399 - 1405} } And the resulting bbl lookes like this: \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={Alt01},totalnumber=1] \startpublication[k=altmeppendb20011399,t=article, a={{Altmeppen}},y=2001, n=1,s=Alt01] \artauthor[]{Holger}[H.]{}{Altmeppen} \pubyear{{\noopsort{2001a}}2001} \arttitle{Untaugliche regeln zum vertrauensschaden und erf¸llungsinteresse im schuldrechtsmodernisierungsentwurf} \journal{Der Betrieb} \pages{S.~1399 - 1405} \stoppublication Any ideas?? Thanks, Steffen

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Footnote number followed by a dot
by Andreas Harder 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

Hi all, I'm pretty sure the following example worked a white ago \setupnote [footnote] [numbercommand=,right={.}] \starttext \dorecurse{12}{test\footnote{test}} \stoptext Can someone help? I would like to have: 1. First footnote 2. Second footnote etc. Greeting Andreas

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Get a list of all links to a \reference
by Cecil Westerhof 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

I am writing a document in which I describe several tables. In the document I link to those tables. Is it possible to generate a list with links to the places where there is a link to a table? I would like to go easily to the places where the table is used. -- Cecil Westerhof

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Missing space between digit and unit with the new unit-command
by yoraxe 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Hey, I was happy to have a new (and easier) unit-command, but now I miss the space that was between the digits and the unit in the unit-module. I attach the old (unit1) and new variant (unit2) with tex- and pdf-files. Do I type it in a wrong way or is it possible to fix this? Thanks, Yoraxe

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Columns and figures in MKIV
by Jason Earl 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

I am trying to upgrade an existing document from using texexec and pdftex to context and luatex. Unfortunately, the document relies pretty heavily on columns (using \startcolumns[n=2,tolerant=verytolerant]) and the idea that figures that are too wide to place in a column float to the top of the next page. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case with the current minimals. The following example works fine for texexec (even if I comment out the \startpostponing \stoppostponing code). The figure is placed (centered) at the top of page 2. With MKIV, however, the figure stays in the first column and bleeds over into the second column (the postponing code does change it to the next page, but it doesn't force it out of the column). --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \enableregime[utf-8] \starttext \startcolumns \chapter[chap:testing]{Testing} \startcolumns[n=2, tolerant=verytolerant] \input knuth %\startpostponing \placefigure [center][fig:foo] {none} {\externalfigure[foo][] [width=1.5\textwidth]} %\stoppostponing \input tufte \input knuth \input tufte \input knuth \input tufte \stopcolumns \stoptext--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I am using the Context minimal distribution (on Linux) and context reports that the current version as: current version: 2011.06.29 09:57 It is quite likely that I am simply doing this wrong, but I have read: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Columns and it appears to support what I am trying to do. I have experimented a bit with columnsets, but they appear to be overkill for my use. Then again, I am probably doing it wrong. Any advice would be appreciated. Jason Earl

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changing numbers of columns
by Bernd Kosubek 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Hi, is it possible to change the number of columns on the same page? small example: a) text text text text \startcolumnset[n=2] bla bla bla \column bla bla bla \stopcolumn b) text text text text The mixing of a) and columnset is o.k. The mixing of columnset and b) wil produce a new page with b) on the second page, where b) can be normal text or another columnset. Bernd

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changing numbers of columns (correction at the end of the columnset)
by Bernd Kosubek 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Hi, is it possible to change the number of columns on the same page? small example: a) text text text text \startcolumnset[n=2] bla bla bla \column bla bla bla \stopcolumnset b) text text text text The mixing of a) and columnset is o.k. The mixing of columnset and b) wil produce a new page with b) on the second page, where b) can be normal text or another columnset. Bernd

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footnotes, blank
by Thomas Schmitz 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Hi all, two questions here: 1. Is it possible to define a blank so that the paragraph after it will not be indented (in a document which otherwise does have indents)? I looked at \defineblank and the new \definevspacing, but couldn't find anything appropriate. 2. I want footnotes placed at the bottom of the page so that the vertical place is filled (so with a flexible vertical space between text and notes), but on the last page of every chapter, the publisher prefers the footnotes right below the text, not at the bottom of the page. Is this feasible? Thanks and all best Thomas

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Using Luatex.
by John Culleton 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Been away for a while. Currently using luatex for lightly formatted documents. But I want to use Context for my next job (lots of formatting). How do I incorporate luatex and the fonts found by luatex in my Context file? And should I use MKII or MKIV? My luatex books are basically pdftex files with a few statements to get at fonts not included with TeX, e.g., \input luaotfload.sty \font\lll={CHOPS___.TTF} at 48bp \font\lk={CHOPS___.TTF} at 36bp \font\hl={CHOPS___.TTF} at 16bp \font\head={CHOPS___.TTF} at 26bp \font\lr pplr7t at 12bp \font\llr pplr7t at 14bp \font\rm pplr7t at 10bp \font\it pplri7t at 10bp \font\bf pplb7t at 10bp -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Cover design, Indexing, Interior Layout

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MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found
by Stappers 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Hello, While following http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Debian_installation for installing context_2010.07.30-1_all.deb did bring the step mtxrun --generate me this output: MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to '/usr/bin' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTODIR' set to '/usr' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOPARENT' set to '.' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMFCNF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXOS' set to '/usr' MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers Executing context --help gives me MTXrun | forcing cache reload MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: remembering file 'mtx-context.lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' What should I do to get the lua configuration files? Groeten Stappers -- > And is there a policy on top-posting vs. bottom-posting? Yes.

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ConTeXt Command Differences between Tex Live and Minimals
by Raymond LeClair 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

In general, where do I look to resolve differences between ConTeXt commands which work using the Tex Live distribution, but which do not work using the Minimals distribution. I am thinking of switching to the Minimals distribution since I can keep it more current, and it appears to resolve a problem hyphenating URLs which contain multiple, adjacent hyphens. Specifically, the command "\inothermargin" is not recognized when using the Minimals distribution. While I would appreciate a solution to this issue, I would very much appreciate knowing where to look to resolve the issue myself. I have consulted the most recent documentation, and searched the ConTeXt wiki. Tex Live Distribution reports: MTXrun | current version: 2010.05.24 13:05 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.60.2-2010071217 (TeX Live 2010) (rev 3736) Minimals Distribution reports: mtx-context | current version: 2011.05.18 18:04 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277)

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[OT] PDF/A-2 formalized ?
by luigi scarso 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

It seems so: http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnu… -- luigi

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space between label and number
by dalyoung 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Hi, By Hans's help, the labels of figures and of tables are appeared in Korean after setting \mainlagnuage[kr]. (\placefigure of \placetable ) Thanks! However, there is no space between label and number like "그림1" or "표3". I tried to add a space like "그림 " in the file char-def and some other files, but it won't work. When mainlanguage is english, the labels are "Figure 1" or "Table 3". There exists a space. How to add a space in this case? I have another question. Is it possible to calculate the remaining length to the bottom of the page? I'd like to add a big frame to fit the remaining space after some texts. I think that it is possible in ConTeXt. Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Scaling down the resolution of used pictures
by Cecil Westerhof 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

At the moment it is not very important, but my other question remembered me about an old situation. I do not use graphics a lot in my ConTeXt files. But some time ago I used several pictures with a very high resolution. This made the resulting PDF very big. I did not expect the PDF printed on a printer with a higher resolution as 1200 DPI. Is there a way to have the included graphics not be bigger as necessary (without changing the original pictures)? Again, at the moment it is not urgent. But when I come in the same situation again, it would be nice if the resulting PDF was not five times as big as necessary. And maybe the answer is useful for someone else also. ;-} -- Cecil Westerhof

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Working with graphics
by Cecil Westerhof 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

I am using graphics in my PDF document. First I used something like this: \midaligned{\externalfigure[graphics/priceList][width=1\textwidth]} Initially this worked good enough. But now I have both little pictures and pictures that are large in the y-direction. At this moment I change the width parameter manually. But I would like something like the following: - A picture is not stretched more as a certain value. (Say two.) - A picture is never to wide. - A picture is never to high to fill more as 75% of a page. Is this something that is possible? Also: is it a good idea to use \useexternalfigure, or is this only necessary when a picture is used more as once. -- Cecil Westerhof

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CMYK colors not as expected
by Hans van der Meer 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

I would be pleased to get some advice from "color-knowledgeable people" on the following matter. In TV-broadcasts there are usually two kinds of subtitles present: Teletext as characters and DVB as pixels. These can be extracted and rendered with Metapost. I have done this, but I am not very satisfied with the colors produced. On the television screen they look bright, when rendered in Metapost they are dull and muddy. The text is barely readable. As I am fairly sure I did extract the correct bits from the CLUT contained in the stream, I wonder if I am doing something not right at the Metapost side. In the datastream the values given are the most significant 6, 4, 4 and 2 bits of respectively Y, Cr, Cb, T. These are scaled to the values given to Metapost by dividing them by 255. In the zip one finds the program (ConTeXt MKIV) used for typesetting, an example pixel map with clut, and the output. I would be obliged to get some comments. Hans van der Meer

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math: command for absolute value: `\define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert}` throws `\lvert ->\Udelimiter`.
by Paul Menzel 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, I want to define `\abs` as the command for the absolute value. The following minimal example is also attached. \define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert} \starttext $\lvert 2 \rvert$ $\abs{2}$ \stoptext This does not work though. $ context abs […] This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. (abs.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 22:26 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.27 int: english/english […] ! Missing $ inserted. system > tex > error on line 1 in file abs.tex: Missing $ inserted ... 1 >> \define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert} 2 \starttext 3 $\lvert 2 \rvert$ 4 5 $\abs{2}$ 6 \stoptext 7 <inserted text> $ <to be read again> \Udelimiter \lvert ->\Udelimiter "4 "0 "7C l.1 \define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert} ? How should I do that correctly? I took that example from the user’s guide of the amsmath package (`texdoc amsldoc`). Thanks, Paul

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Large Figure on Landscape Orientation
by Kip Warner 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hey folks, I'm having difficulty getting an external image to display on its own page, with the page in landscape mode, and the image uniformly scaled as large as can fit on that page. Relevant portions of my environment file include... \setuplayout [\c!location=\v!middle, \c!style=\ss, \c!backspace=2.5cm, \c!topspace=1.5cm, \c!width=16cm, \c!margindistance=.25cm, \c!margin=2.5cm, \c!height=\v!middle] \definelayout [fullpage] [\c!backspace=0pt, \c!topspace=0pt, \c!width=\v!middle, \c!height=\v!middle, \c!header=0pt, \c!footer=0pt] \definepapersize[main][A4][A4] \definepapersize[diagram][A4,landscape][A4,landscape] And the actual image in my component is here: \page \setuppapersize[diagram] \placefigure [force][figure:MyImage] {My image caption.} {\externalfigure[MyImage][factor=max]} \page \setuppapersize[main] The document is all in portrait mode, save the page with the figure which is landscaped, as intended. But the image sits only occupying the top left quarter of the page. I've tried changing factor from max to broad and fit, and to no avail. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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\about[node] quotation marks
by Kip Warner 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hey list, Is there any way to have ConTeXt not surround the link in the text with quotation marks when using \about[some_node]? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Text Background
by H. Hodges 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

I can't seem to set a background on one of my paragraphs. I'm using: \definetextbackground[intro][backgroundcolor=gray, location=text,color=blue] along with \starttextbackground[intro] paragraph \stopbackgroundtext in the body of the document. I got the impression from one of the manuals that \setuptextbackground was only necessary in the case of multiple \definetextbackground statements, but I tried including it anyhow. Still, I'm getting no background whatsoever.

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Sanskrit Devanagari characters
by Kip Warner 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hey list, I need to sprinkle my book with a few Sanskrit words written in the Devanagari script. I don't need to write complete paragraphs in it, but just a word or two inline. Can anyone show me the ConTeXt source to do such a thing, with, say "तरीकिन"? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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TOC look broken by \definehead
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hello all, the TOC look depends on whether or not another head was defined: ---- \definehead[CHAPTER][chapter] \definehead[SECTION][section] % TRY TO COMMENT THIS LINE! \definecombinedlist[content][chapter,CHAPTER] \starttext \placecontent \page \chapter{Cha1} \CHAPTER{Cha2} \chapter{Cha3} \chapter{Cha4} \CHAPTER{Cha5} \stoptext ---- Both PDFs - generated with/without "\definehead[SECTION][section]" - are attached. If the definition of \SECTION is present, TOC members generated by \CHAPTER are shifted. Why? - This seems to me a bit weird. Is there a way how to keep the TOC (non-shifted) look? (WinXP, ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.19 14:17 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.23) Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Umathquad again - lots of mktexlsr errors
by Hans van der Meer 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

The ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. came up again. Therefore decided to get new beta. Now suddenly I get on the console what seem literaly hundredsds of thousands messages mktexlsr: : not a directory, skipping. Has there been an infinite loop been crept in somewhere? Used the scripts that always worked, nothing new. plus #!/bin/bash curl -o first-setup.sh http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh chmod a+x ./first-setup.sh mkdir tex cd tex ln -s ~/Library/texmf texmf-local cd .. sh ./first-setup.sh >first-setup.log exit I had the impression two months ago that the offending reference causing the Umathquad should be removed shortly. Wasn't that a private euler reference in one of the developing systems? This is: ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.26 13:23 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.27 int: english/english and it still seems to be there. Please, can this be remedied. The problem is: I cannot find my notes on how to solve it! Hans van der Meer

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beta
by Hans Hagen 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. There are some changes in the math font handling: (1) bold: % \setupbodyfont[lucidanova] % \setupbodyfont[palatino] % \setupbodyfont[libertine] % \setupbodyfont[xits] \setuphead[chapter][style=\bfd] \starttext \chapter{Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}} { Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}\par} {\bf Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}\par} {\tfd Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}\par} {\bfd Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}\par} {\bfd Test \m{a=b^{2c}} and \m{\sqrt{x^2}}\par} \stoptext When a font has bold (like the upcoming lucida) you get full autobold support, otherwise you get substitution bold, which works ok for most cases. (2) bidi % example from the xits suite % \setupbodyfont[xits] \setupbodyfont[xitsbidi] \setupalign[r2l] \starttext \setupmathematics[align=r2l] \startformula \sqrt{ف^2\over 4ب} \eqno(1) \stopformula \setupmathematics[align=l2r] \startformula \sqrt{x^2\over 4x} \eqno(1) \stopformula \setupmathematics[align=r2l] \startformula \sum^\infty_{س=0} س^2 \eqno(2) \stopformula \startformula \left(\root{2} \of{155}\right) \stopformula \startformula \left[\int^{55}_{123} 666^3\right] \qquad\textstyle\left[\int^{55}_{123} 666^3\right] \stopformula \startformula \left\{\sum^{55}_{123} 666^3\right\} \stopformula \startformula \sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{55}}}}}}}}}} \stopformula \startformula 5 < 6 > 4 \stopformula \startformula 5 \leq 6 \geq 7 \stopformula \stoptext This works for xits as it comes with the right shapes. Currently bidi must be loaded explicitly because more is loaded but that might become automatic at some point when r2l document alignment kicks in. (3) Math following \bfa etc is somewhat faster now. 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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where to place \index (again)
by Thomas A. Schmitz 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hi all, I'm in the final phase of editing a scholarly book with a pretty big index. What follows is less a question than an observation: no matter where I place the \index command, there can always be unwanted side effects: foo\index{bar}: here, the entry may point to the page following the name, if the page break falls at this position. Moreover, when this is followed by punctuation or footnotes, there may be a line break between the word and the punctuation/footnote mark. Placing it at the end of a long footnote is asking for even more trouble, because there's a real risk that a page break may occur. \index{bar}foo: the book is typeset with character protrusion, and this seems to introduce additional material which can disturb line endings, so that lines before such an indexed word appear to be missing one character at the end. So this is what I observe. Working around this is possible, but painful - I have to check every page for such bad linebreaks or misplaced punctuation marks. My question then is: will it be possible, at one point in luatex development, to find a more robust solution for this? This would be wonderful, I think! All best Thomas

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Influencing of horizontal arrangement of list of publications
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hello ConTeXist, As is known, the layout of a list (of content) is determined by the values of alternative, margin, width and distance. Required values can be changed via commands \setuplist or \setupcombinedlist. Can somehow influence the horizontal arrangement of items in lists typed using \placepublications[...]? I want to change such margin, distance and alignment reference items. <margin>REFERENCE ITEM<distance>PUBLICATION ITEM Examples of alignments and distances: RefAuthor1 Author1, Name of his publication RefAut2 Authors2, Name of his publication RAut3 Authors3, Name of his publication or: RefAuthor1 Author1, Name of his publication RefAut2 Author2, Name of his publication RAut3 Author3, Name of his publication or: RefAuthor1 Author1, Name of his publication RefAut2 Author2, Name of his publication RAut3 Author3, Name of his publication etc. I ask because when I use (in context minimals) the standard command \placepublications[criterium=all], then I get a result that does not satisfy me at all. Thanx Jaroslav

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Trailing Space after \cldcontext
by Kip Warner 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hey list, Is there any way to remove the trailing space that appears to be automatically inserted when \cldcontext output is captured? For instance, Bazaar revision \cldcontext{os.resultof"bzr revno"}. Will show "Bazaar revision 43 ." I've manually checked the output of the command to run and it doesn't appear to add that space character itself, so I am wondering if os.resultof is appending the extraneous space? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Current Commands/Columns
by H. Hodges 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

Is there some sort of guide to which commands are still used in ConTeXt or a latest edition of the main manual? I downloaded a bunch of manuals from the main website to learn from, and some of the commands aren't affecting my output. I'm particularly confused about how to create and setup columns. I've read about using \setuplayout[columns=somenumber] with \layoutcolumnoffset{somecolumn}, \setupcolumns with \start, \stopcolumns, and \column, and \setlayer[text][column=1]{some text} (which doesn't seem to work at all) in the style guide.

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cmyk in metapost
by Hans van der Meer 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

I must be doing something wrong. But what? Relevant part of Metapost code: numeric Cb, Cr, Y, T, temp, graycolors; Cb := 0; Cr := 1; Y = 2; T := 3; graycolors := 15; numeric colors[][];for i = 0 upto graycolors: temp := (graycolors - i) / graycolors; colors[i][Cb] := temp; colors[i][Cr] := temp; colors[i][Y] := temp; colors[i][T] := 0; endfor def colorvalue(expr v) = cmyk(colors[v][Cb], colors[v][Cr], colors[v][Y], colors[v][T]) enddef; for i = 0 upto 15: mycmyk[i] := colorvalue(i); endfor Used with drawdot... withcolor mycymk[index]; The error from metapost is in the generation of the cmyk colors: ! terminal: >> (redpart mycmyk0,greenpart mycmyk0,bluepart mycmyk0) >> (1,1,1,0) ! Equation cannot be performed (color=cmykcolor). <to be read again> ; <for(0)> mycmyk[(EXPR0)]:=colorvalue((EXPR0)); ENDFOR startsubtitle->...:mycmyk[i]:=colorvalue(i);endfor Strangely the following does work without problems: drawdot... withcolor colorvalue(index); I got the code from the Metafun manual. Beta from ConTeXt ver: 2011.03.28 01:03 MKIV download. Something obvious I am overlooking? Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] animation module
by dalyoung 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

Dear Wolfgang and Hans, I just updated the minimal and tested animation. Adobe Reader reads PDF well and the animation works well. I didn't test the options which you mention yet, but I think that they also work well. Thank you so much. Best regards, Dalyoung

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\setscript[hanzi] conflicts with some symbols
by Li Yanrui (李延瑞) 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

Hi Hans, In the beta 2011.06.25, "\setscript[hanzi]" can not coexist with the symbols such as "\METAPOST". Please see the following example: \definefontsynonym[pagella][name:texgyrepagellar] \definefontfallback[hanzi][name:adobesongstd][0x00400-0x2FA1F] \definefontsynonym[myfont][pagella][fallbacks=hanzi] \definefont[song][myfont] \setscript[hanzi] \starttext \song 测试 \METAPOST \stoptext I got an error: error: ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/scrp-ini.lua:382: attempt to index field 'resources' (a nil value) But if I skip this error the pdf file still can be output. -- Best regards, Li Yanrui (李延瑞)

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Any MacTeX users here?
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

Hello, I would like to have a rough estimate about the number of MacTeX users that also use ConTeXt minimals (I use MacTeX for compiling LaTeX documents and often also use it for a month or two ... until it starts diverging too much with Minimals). I'm testing a tiny script to create an entry in "TeX Distributions" Preference Pane which would allow one to switch distributions with a GUI (PrefPane has to be fixed first in order to enable proper functionality). I'm particularly interested in PPC users as testers since ConTeXt doesn't use universal binaries as MacTeX does. I will first try to prepare a tiny script that would just create a new entry for the Preference Pane (I have it ready, but it needs some polishing). I hope that it will be possible to install the pane as a standalone package once TeX Live 2011 is out, but at the moment one will have to have it installed in order for this to work. If you are only interested in using it, you may just leave me a note off-list, so that I will have a rough estimate of interest. If you would like to discuss some ideas, feel free to reply to the whole mailing list. One problem that I'm not sure about is how to treat multiple installation on the same machine. The other one is the need for quick switches between distributions without GUI (I have a script texdist in /usr/local/bin, but I'm not sure if that one is up to date.) The next step would be a GUI installer, but that is not going to happen yet, at least not by me. (I'm thinking about it, but not for the close future.) Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] Any MacTeX users here?
by dalyoung 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

Dear Mojca, I am using Macbook and iMac installed Intel chip. I also installed MacTeX, but most documents are compiled using LuaTeX in Minimal. I installed MacTeX for LaTeX because many journals require papers which are typeset using LaTeX. Without it, I seldom use LaTeX. Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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