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math: how to display ≔?
by Paul Menzel 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, probably this is again a font problem, but I just want to report that the definition symbol ≔ (colon equal) [1] I am able to insert directly using Neo layout [2] is not displayed. --- minimal example --- \starttext The definition symbol := is not shown: $≔$. \stoptext --- minimal example --- I am using the following ConTeXt version. ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 22:26 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.27 int: english/english Thanks, Paul [1] http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2200.pdf [2] http://neo-layout.org/

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persian interface broken?
by Reviczky, Adam 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Hi I just noticed that making the persian formats ("context --make cont-pe") fails with: ! Undefined control sequence. ->\zwnj <argument> تعریف‌ درون‌حاشیه \do@sicom #1#2->\@EA \gdef \csname #2 \@EA \endcsname \@EA {\csname #1\endcsn... l.5300 } l.31 ...("\userinterfacetag","\userresponsestag")} Log attached. Is this known? I don't really need it, just want to know if this is suppose to work with recent context. Adam

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No chapter prefixes in section numbers
by Aditya Mahajan 19 Jun '11

19 Jun '11

Hi, I do not want chapter number to be prefixed in section and subsection numbers. Thus, \starttext \chapter{One} \section{Two} \subsection{Three} \stoptext should give: 1 One 1 Two 1.1 Three How to achieve that? I tried \setuphead[section][prefixset=none] but to no affect. Aditya

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Misaligned Marks
by Marc Trius 19 Jun '11

19 Jun '11

Hi All, I am trying to set some text in Hebrew with diacritical marks, and whenever there is a diacritical that's supposed to come in the middle of a letter, all the marks are coming off misaligned, right after the glyph rather than in the middle of it (or wherever they're supposed to be). I've attached a ConTeXt and Gimp output using the same font, Ezra SIL. Here is the code: \definefontfeature [hebrew] [ mode=node, expansion=quality, protrusion=quality, language=dflt, script=hebr, liga=yes, rlig=yes, dlig=yes, clig=yes, mark=yes, mkmk=yes, kern=yes ] \starttypescript [serif] [ezrasil] \definefontsynonym [Ezra-SIL-Regular] [name:ezrasil] [features=hebrew] \definefontsynonym [Ezra-SIL-Bold] [name:ezrasil] [features=hebrew] \definefontsynonym [Ezra-SIL-Italic] [name:ezrasil] [features=hebrew] \definefontsynonym [Ezra-SIL-Bold-Italic] [name:ezrasil] [features=hebrew] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [ezrasil] [name] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Ezra-SIL-Regular] [features=hebrew] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Ezra-SIL-Italic] [features=hebrew] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Ezra-SIL-Bold] [features=hebrew] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Ezra-SIL-Bold-Italic][features=hebrew] \stoptypescript \definetypeface [Hebrew] [rm][serif][ezrasil] [default] [features=hebrew] \textdir TRT\pardir TRT\bodydir TRT\pagedir TRT \usetypescript [Hebrew] \setupbodyfont [Hebrew, 12pt] \starttext בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ \stoptext Thanks for your help. -- Marc Trius <derpayatz(a)riseup.net> "The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees with the record that is being played at the moment." --- George Orwell

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Letter module: signature with externalfigure fails
by Christian 19 Jun '11

19 Jun '11

Hello List, I tried to include a signature (tried pdf, svg, png, shipped pictures) in my letter and it always fails. Example taken from correspondence.pdf Version 2010.08.27: \usemodule[letter] \setupletter[signature={\externalfigure[cow][height=2\lineheight]}] \starttext \startletter Thus, I came to the conclusion ... \stopletter \stoptext Results in: system > tex > error on line 6 in file bla.mkiv: Undefined control sequence ... [...] ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 Latest ConTeXt version, updated today because of the other "version too old bug" in the letter module. Kind regards Christian

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Problem with chem module
by Kip Warner 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

Greetings, I am using ConTeXt head and I am having some issues with the chem module. I get the following error: Math error: parameter \Umathlimit_above_bgap\textstyle is not set ... My environment file specifies to import the Chemistry module: \usemodule[units,chemic] And the offending statement found in one of my component files is: \chemical{CO_2,PLUS,H_2,PLUS,GIVES,PLUS,O_2,PLUS,CO} What am I doing wrong? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Table Column Width
by Kip Warner 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

Hey list, I have a table with four columns. The first three are fine as fixed width and fairly narrow, but I need the fourth one to be larger to accommodate text that can wrap for two or more lines. How would I go about doing this? I'm guessing something needs to said in the \starttable[|c|c|c|c|] last field, but I can't figure out what from the documentation. The syntax is a little elusive. Thanks, -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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PDF Viewer Navigation Tree
by Kip Warner 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

Hey folks, I'm not sure where to be looking, as this may well be a feature already implemented in ConTeXt or its lower level dependencies. I couldn't find anything in the mailing archives, nor in the reference manual or wiki. In my PDF viewer Evince, I have a navigation tree in the side bar that allows me quick access to various parts of some PDF documents. When I was using Texinfo, this was generated automatically for each @chapter / @section / @subsection / etc when the PDF was being written out. I noticed this doesn't appear to happen automatically with ConTeXt. How does one go about doing the same in ConTeXt? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Letter module : pdf not created
by Mathieu Dupont 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

Hi, I work with MkIV (ConTeXt Minimals) on a Mac (64). I just installed the Letter module with : ./first-setup.sh --extras="t-letter" It runs with no error, but no .pdf file is created (in fact, only .log and .tuc are created), even though the .log file says : mkiv lua stats > result saved in file - Letter.pdf Could it be due to an "intel" somewhere in some file of the Letter module that I should change for "64" ? Anyone has an idea, or has encountered the same problem ? Thanks for any help ! \usemodule[letter]\starttext \startletter \input knuth \stopletter\stoptext Mathieu

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disable \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation]
by Steffen Wolfrum 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Hi, how can \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] be disabled temporary? For example in texts like this: \starttext \mainlanguage[fr] \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] bodytext: french {\language[en] quote: english} bodytext: french \stoptext Thanks, Steffen

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How to define fallback font for symbols
by Vianney le Clément 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Hi all, Is it possible to set a fallback font from which glyphs will be taken if the current font doesn't have it? For example, I'd want to use fancy miscellaneous symbols from the Symbola font using their unicode codepoint without any extra font-changing command (and obviously, I don't want to use Symbola for the rest of the text). Alternatively, setting different fonts for different unicode blocks would also do the trick. Vianney

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Re: [NTG-context] Itemizing from zero
by Kip Warner 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 10:19 +0200, adam.reviczky(a)kcl.ac.uk wrote: > see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Enumerations > > example: > --- > \starttext > \startitemize[n][start=0] > \dorecurse{3}{\item Lorem ipsum} > \stopitemize > \stoptext > --- > > Adam Hello again, Adam, and thanks again. That worked. I always seem to look in N-1 places, but you always remind me that it was in the Nth all along. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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sources of http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/style.pdf
by Alexandre Krispin 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hello, I am a beginner with Context, and would like to know if there is a way to get the sources of the following document : http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/style.pdf I am trying to adapt the style I use with Latex (that is to say : http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis/ClassicThesis.pdf) and this document has some features which might be useful for it. Moreover I don't know how to make the command width=66\averagecharacterwidth work, if I see the sources I may be successful in trying to make it work. Sincerely -- Alexandre KRISPIN

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Placing figures flush right and captions in the margin
by Christoph Redecker 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hi, I want to place my figures flush right, so that they are aligned with the right border of my text area. Captions should be in the right margin, flush left, ragged right. It is a one-sided document. I've tried \setupfloats[ location=right] \setupcaptions[ location=rightmargin, align=flushleft, headstyle=\tfx, style=\tfx] \usemodule[tikz] \starttext \placefigure{Test figure caption with a pretty long text which might eventually require a line break.}{ \starttikzpicture \draw (0,0) rectangle (2,2); \stoptikzpicture } \stoptext and the figure is placed left, and no caption is shown. When I remove location=rightmargin, the caption is visible. Other settings I've tried: outermargin - invisible righthanging - invisible right - caption is typeset in the gap between text and margin I found this old thread: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20090707.065101.8175a86c.en.html, but it is not very enlightening. I'm taking the options from http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf. My ConTeXt version is 2011.06.11. How can I place figures flush right? How can I place the captions in the right margin? Regards Christoph

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règles typographiques
by Steffen Wolfrum 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hi, I just came across this compilation: http://unicode.org/udhr/n/notes_fra.html Is this (exactly) what is implemented in ConTeXT with \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] ? Thank you, Steffen

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PNG file corrupted by ASCII conversion
by Reviczky, Adam 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hi I'm getting the following error with PNG images: libpng error: PNG file corrupted by ASCII conversion !LuaTeX error: libpng: internal error ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! minimal example --- \starttext \placefigure{}{\externalfigure[mill.png]} \stoptext --- LuaTeX in minimals beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) and latest trunk beta-0.71.0-2011061600 (rev 4301) are both affected. Adam

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combining character (unicode 0364)
by Daniel Schopper 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Dear list, a question concerning combining characters: I try to make a letter out of a small elevated „e“ (unicode 0364, combining latin small letter e) with „a“, „o“ and „u“ using Junicode with Wolfgang Schuster’s typescript. In Fontforge the mark positioning lookup looks good to me, but ConTeXt somehow seems to ignore the anchors in the font. The „mark“-feature is enabled in the typescript. Maybe someone can give me a hint how to get this working? Thanks in advance! Daniel

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dejavu math fallback?
by Reviczky, Adam 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hi Using math with dejavu as the bodyfont produces: ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. minimal example: --- \setupbodyfont[dejavu] \starttext $e = mc^2$ \stoptext --- Installing the xits-math (https://github.com/khaledhosny/xits-math/) solves the problem. Shouldn't there be a fallback to lmmath or similar? Log using context without xits-math attached. Adam

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Re: [NTG-context] Itemizing from zero
by Reviczky, Adam 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

> Hey folks, > > I noticed some other people had issues with \startitemize[n] counting > starting from zero as a bug a while ago. In my case, I need a specific > list to start counting from zero. > > Is there any way to do this? see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Enumerations example: --- \starttext \startitemize[n][start=0] \dorecurse{3}{\item Lorem ipsum} \stopitemize \stoptext --- Adam

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Itemizing from zero
by Kip Warner 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hey folks, I noticed some other people had issues with \startitemize[n] counting starting from zero as a bug a while ago. In my case, I need a specific list to start counting from zero. Is there any way to do this? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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beta
by Hans Hagen 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. 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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LuaTeX + microtype: Small Caps vs. Letter Spacing
by N. Lindenhayn 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hi everyone, I'm happy to see that by now almost all of microtype's features are available in Lua, almost like in the old days. There's one thing that seems a bit strange, though: While I have no trouble applying letter spacing using \textls or \lsstyle to regular, italic, or bold text, I can't get it to work on small caps. What's even stranger: while this problem occurs with all fonts I've tried, it does /not/ occur when I don't specify a font at all. Consider the example below. The only way to get the correct output, with spaced small caps, is to deactivate the \setmainfont line -- which obviously isn't what you'd want :) Any hints are appreciated; chances are I just have to add a thing here or there. best Nils. \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage{fontspec,microtype} \setmainfont{Minion Pro}%or TeX Gyre Termes, or Latin Modern Roman... \begin{document} stealing sheep\par \textls{stealing sheep}\par \textsc{stealing sheep}\par \textls{\textit{stealing sheep}}\par \textls{\textbf{stealing sheep}}\par \textls{\textsc{stealing sheep}} \end{document}

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Re: [NTG-context] writing the name of the section on all the pages
by alexandre＠stdin.fr 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Thanks again, it works very well. However I still have one question: is it possible to decide of the placement of the overlay and its alignment? With your example the section name is centered both horizontally and vertically. I'd like to flush it right at least. Greetings, Alex On Thu 19/05/11 19:31, "Marco" netuse(a)lavabit.com wrote: > On 2011-05-19 Alexandre Leray <alexandre@ > stdin.fr> wrote: > > Thanks Marco, > > > > I'm probably missing a piece here has it doesn't > produce anything > visible in my composition. I'm a newbie at context; > could you detail a > little bit more how to implement this or is this > snippet anything I'm > supposed to need? > > Here is a small complete example: > > > \setuplayout [location=doublesided] > \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided] > > \setupbackgrounds [state=repeat] > \defineoverlay [side] > [{\rotate[rotation=90]{\getmarking[section]}}] > \setupbackgrounds [text] [rightmargin] [background=side] > > \starttext > > \dorecurse{10} > {\startsection[title=Section \recurselevel] > \input knuth \page > \stopsection} > > \stoptext > > > Works here with MkIV 2011.05.18 22:26 > > Marco > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > maillist : ntg-contex > t(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / > http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > >

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt PPA
by mathew 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:51, Reviczky, Adam <adam.reviczky(a)kcl.ac.uk>wrote: > > Why does it require Mono? That's a deal-killer for me. > > It does not. > OK, Launchpad's listing confused me. Sorry. Maybe it would have been better to use separate PPAs for unrelated projects? mathew

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ConTeXt PPA
by Kip Warner 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hey folks, Adam was very kind enough to provide us with an up-to-date PPA for ConTeXt which makes installation much easier for those of us running Ubuntu. https://launchpad.net/~reviczky/+archive/ppa Thanks again Adam! PS I am not on the list, so you'll have to cc me if you need to. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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[mkiv] \setupfootnotes[n=2] not working properly
by C. 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

When using columns in footnotes, the line length is not adjusted. Instead, they have the same length as if there where only one column (like in the normal setup). This works like it should in context-online (wich uses mkii, I suppose). Please make it work in mkiv, too. luatex version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 mtx-context | current version: 2011.06.08 19:06 Thank you very much! -Christian

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Modules inside project structure
by Andreas Schneider 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hello, I'm currently trying to split our ConTeXt project into smaller parts, utilizing the ConTeXt project structure. I thought it might be a good idea to also extract reusable parts into private modules. Now I face the problem, that I can't find an optimal spot to place these modules. Currently I just have them at the root of the project where I also have the environment file that is used. That kinda works, since \usemodule uses resolvers.findctxfile which also traverses parent directories. Unfortunately \registerctxluafile doesn't, so the corresponding lua file isn't loaded (which I currently circumvent with dofile()). I guess it might be cleaner to make use of texmf-project or something similar, however that would require the "user" (who is working with that project) to modify their TeX tree and rebuild their formats. It's also a bit strange, since these modules are exclusive to that one project - a new project would at least require copies of these files anyway. So these modules should preferably lie somewhere beneath the actual project, and not "globally" on the system of the user. What would you suggest to handle such projects that should be separated and independent from the ConTeXt installation of the "users"? Would you use modules at all in that case? -- Best Regards, Andreas

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\Context bug?
by Vedran Miletić 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hi, is it intentional that \starttext \Context \stoptext makes context (mkiv, haven't tried mkii) hang indefinitely? I'm using latest beta. Vedran

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fit to width by negative letterspacing or narrowing
by Henning Hraban Ramm 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hello again, it's been a while... ;-) I need to pack fixed lines into a fixed width box. Some years ago I had something similar in plain PostScript, where I pre-calculated the width of a text box, let the default font if it would fit my max size, otherwise try a narrow font and if that wasn’t enough decreased font size until it would fit. This time I've only one font and must not decrease font size, but must use negative kerning and perhaps some artificial narrowing. How can I do that with ConTeXt? I use MkIV, so any Lua solution is welcome. Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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no-break space broken
by pmlists＠free.fr 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hello, With the latest beta, the no-break space seems to be broken: \starttext \hsize1pt bla~bla % line breaks here \stoptext No problem with mkii. -- Peter

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/usr/bin/luatools:2329: bad argument #1 to '(for generator)' (directory metatable expected, got nil)
by Stappers 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hello, While doing context foo I do get LuaTools | merging library /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/data-ctx.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/luat-fio.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/luat-cnf.lua LuaTools | saving merge from cont-en.lua LuaTools | using compiled initialization file: cont-en.luc LuaTools | using lua initialization file: cont-en.luc /usr/bin/luatools:2329: bad argument #1 to '(for generator)' (directory metatable expected, got nil) What should I do to get beyond that error message? I'm using Debian on an AMD64, context package is version 2009.11.26-2 Cheers Geert Stappers -- > And is there a policy on top-posting vs. bottom-posting? Yes.

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Automatic landscape figure rotation
by Pontus Lurcock 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

Dear ConTeXters, I have a full-page, landscape figure in my double-sided document which I rotate 90° to fit the page. In all the books I've seen, such figures are rotated ‘outward’ -- i.e. with the top towards the binding, so 90° clockwise on verso pages and 90° anticlockwise on recto. Is there a simple way to do this automatically in ConTeXt? At the moment I just check where the figure ends up, then change it manually. (Apologies if there is a documented answer -- I've searched the wiki and docs, but it's the kind of question which is hard to reduce into keywords.) Thanks, POnt

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testing TeX Live 2011
by Mojca Miklavec 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

Hello, apart from a pending fix for TeX Live installer (shell script "install-tl") which writes out a proper texmfcnf.lua based on what user enters as his/her preferences for locations of TEXMFHOME etc. (if you don't touch any settings, this is not too important and if you do, you can manually fix the file) and some yet-to-be-made decision about when to run 'mtxrun --generate" (which you can also ignore and simply run mtxrun --generate by hand), ConTeXt in TeX Live 2011 should work now, thanks to all the effort that Taco in particular has put into this. If anyone is willing to help to work on man pages, please feel free to volunteer (context man page has already been committed, mtxrun not, but both of them need more input). The following is the list of modules. If you miss any, it is now the best time to ask. (TikZ is also there; I need to test it, but it should work.) depend context-account depend context-algorithmic depend context-bnf depend context-chromato depend context-construction-plan depend context-degrade depend context-filter depend context-fixme depend context-french depend context-fullpage depend context-games depend context-gnuplot depend context-letter depend context-lettrine depend context-lilypond depend context-mathsets depend context-notes-zh-cn depend context-rst depend context-ruby depend context-simplefonts depend context-simpleslides depend context-top-ten depend context-typearea depend context-typescripts depend context-vim Mojca

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Disable line-break when \typefile
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

Hello, is there a way how to disable line breaks of (very) long lines typeset with \typefile, even if this would cause overfull hbox (i.e. typesetting to "out-of-page" area)? The following example: ---- % This a very long line which should be typeset to one line even if there'll be overfull hbox \definetyping[Std][bodyfont=10pt,style=\tt\setupinterlinespace] \starttext \typefile[Std]{TypeFi.mkiv} \startcolumns[n=2,rule=on] \typefile[Std]{TypeFi.mkiv} \stopcolumns \stoptext ---- gives a result where there is new line between "overfull" and "hbox" in normal mode and between "be" and "typeset" and "be" and "overfull" in column mode. Is there a way how to avoid this, how to force continuing on the same line? The (long) line "\definetyping[Std][bodyfont=10pt,style=\tt\setupinterlinespace]" in column mode is typeset exactly how I'd need, i.e. it overlaps to the next column. 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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math: using `align` ⁺ and ⁻ not displayed
by Paul Menzel 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, using the Neo keyboard layout [1] I am able to insert the superscript + and - directly: ^+=⁺ and ^-=⁻. […] ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 22:26 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.27 int: english/english […] mkiv lua stats > math script replacements - U+0207A:⁺ U +0207B:⁻ (n=4) […] The following minimal example demonstrates the problem which is visible when ⁺ or ⁻ is used between `\{start,stop}align`. --- minimal example --- \starttext \placeformula \startformula a⁺ \quad b⁻ \stopformula \placeformula \startformula\startalign a⁺ \NC≠ \NC b⁻ \NR a^+ \NC≠ \NC b^- \NR \stopalign\stopformula It should work though $a⁺$ and $b⁻$. \stoptext --- minimal example --- Please find all files attached. Thanks, Paul [1] http://neo-layout.org/

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beta
by Hans Hagen 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

Hi, I uploaded a beta. New is: - enhanced inheritance in layouts - reimplemented page markings - \setupmathrendering[fontclass][it=somevariant] - upgrade of (content) mathml - prelude to more structured math - a couple of small fixes - a few adaptions to texlive integration - probably some more Also some time has been spend on the export backend: - partially rewritten export code (aka epub pet project) - next iteration of math(ml) export - metadata and ignored content in export (Later I will look again in tagged pdf.) 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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beta
by Hans Hagen 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Hi, New beta. One fix and \unit in the core (\digits need testing before I enable it and kick ou tthe old code). 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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Typo in strc-sec.mkiv
by Wolfgang Schuster 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Hi Hans, \def\dopreventbreakafterheadauto % used after \c!before - {\ifconditonal\autoheadbreak + {\ifconditional\autoheadbreak \vspacing[\v!samepage-\currentheadlevel]% \fi} \def\dopreventbreakafterheadspec#1% see enumerations etc - {\ifconditonal\autoheadbreak + {\ifconditional\autoheadbreak \vspacing[\v!samepage-\the\numexpr\currentheadlevel+1\relax]% todo #1 \fi} Wolfgang

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break strings
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Hi, say I have arbitrary string of alphanumeric characters: \starttext \showframe 9769387937933hhgiuiuziuziduzid93739837fhieuhifeuhfeiu39739837938398zfhfdkuhfiufhz398739837r98z379dihhfiu \stoptext How can I (automatically) force a break at end of line, without manually adding \crlf or \break at break points? Steffen

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Two graphics on the same page
by yoraxe 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Hi. I'm searching for a command that scales two ore more consecutive graphics in that way, that they all fit into one page (without pagebreak). I didn't found anything in the wiki, but I have to admit, that I didn't even know after which keywords I could have searched. Thanks, Yoraxe

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How to typeset current year using \date command?
by Verhaag, G.C.H.M. 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Hi, I was wondering whether it is possible to automatically typeset ONLY the current year using the \date command? From the reference manual I don't think it is possible! Maybe another trick is available! Thanks! Regards, Gerard Verhaag

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Error with \{start,stop}structureblockenvironment
by Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

Hi list, after an upgrade to latest beta today ConTeXt mkiv is failing with ! Undefined control sequence system > tex > error on line 165 in file file.tex: Undefined control sequence ... l.165 \startstructureblockenvironment [frontpart] The corresponding lines from the file.tex are: \definestructureconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals] \definestructureconversionset[bodypart:pagenumber] [][numbers] \setuplist[chapter][pageconversionset=pagenumber] \startstructureblockenvironment[frontpart] \setupuserpagenumber[numberconversion=romannumerals] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \stopstructureblockenvironment \startstructureblockenvironment[bodypart] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \stopstructureblockenvironment \setupbackgrounds[header][text][frame=off,bottomframe=on] \setuppagenumbering[state=start,conversion=romannumerals] \startfrontmatter \completecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \setuppagenumbering[state=start,conversion=] \product prd_file \stopbodymatter I would appreciate any kind of help to get this solved, as the wiki explained that for making use of the romannumbers in the frontpart and normals in the mainpart... Thanks for your help :) -- Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz Auf dem Sattler 4 34516 Ederbringhausen Germany Phone: +49 6454 799623 mobile: +49 176 63301749 Fax: +49 6454 7990138 e-Mail: scholz.m82(a)googlemail.com You ain't learning nothing when you're talking.

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Digits-Module in tabulate does not work
by yoraxe 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

Hi, I'm using the digit-module and enjoy, that I get a nice output using the following: \starttext \digits{30e-3} \stoptext instead of \starttext $30 \cdot 10^{-3}$ or $30 ⋅ 10^{-3}$ \stoptext But now I'm wondering why this module does not work in the tabulate-environment with: \starttabulate[|l|l] \HL \NC first \NC second \AR \HL \NC \digits{30e-3}\NC \digits{30e+3} \AR \HL \stoptabulate In the pdf-file now appears only 30e-3. Thanks, Yoraxe

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verbatim text in MkIV and \installprettytype...
by Julian Becker 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

Recently, I tried to typeset some verbatim MATLAB source codes in MkIV, but I can't seem to be able to grasp the concept of pretty printers. All the sample codes I found on the net/wiki/mailing list don't compile, complaining that "\installprettytype" is an unknown command...?! Is there any module I have to load first or something I missed in the wiki? Or can anyone provide me with a minimalistic example? Best regards, Julian

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Re: [NTG-context] Problem installing minimals on PowerMac G4
by Robert Blackstone 11 Jun '11

11 Jun '11

On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 03:23:54 Mojca Miklavec wrote > > How exactly do you run MKIV? > I always use TeXShop with an engine-file (in ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines), made executable, in this case mkiv-04-06.engine, which reads: #!/bin/bash source /Users/robert/context-minimals-04-06/tex/setuptex context "$1" It works on my other machines. Incidentally, I found that mkiv does not work on this machine with the october minimals either, so maybe it never worked on this PowerMac (Tiger). I failed to notice it because I always used mkii and I only started using mkiv recently. I cannot check it either, since I trashed earlier minimals. Kind regards, Robert Blackstone

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[metafun] MPenvironment / font switching
by Philipp Gesang 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Hi all, I’m struggling with the font used in metapost. The only way to actually change it appears to be enclosing the mp graphic in two statements of \setupbodyfont[…] -- which I need to avoid. In the following example, the background text should be typeset (drawn) as lm sans, whereas the main font should be left untouched (serif). ································································· \startMPenvironment %[global] \switchtobodyfont[sans] %\setupbodyfont[sans] \stopMPenvironment %\start\setupbodyfont[sans] \startuseMPgraphic{bg} verbatimtex \setupbodyfont[sans] etex ; draw btex I wanna get rid of those serifs! etex xysized (21cm, 5cm) withcolor blue ; \stopuseMPgraphic \definelayer[bg][x=0,y=0,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \setlayer[bg]{% %\setupbodyfont[sans] \useMPgraphic{bg} } \setupbackgrounds[paper][background=bg] \setupbackgrounds[state=repeat] %\stop \starttext \dorecurse{42}{I’d really like to keep my serifs! } \stoptext ································································· Wrapping the mp code inside a group is fatal. \[start|stop]MPenvironment doesn’t seem to have an effect at all unless called with the “global” flag -- in which case it will change the main body font as well. Also, inside mp’s “[verbatim|b]tex ... etex” font switches refuse to work. I’m really puzzled here, any hints? Thanks in advance Philipp

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\activatespacehandler
by Aditya Mahajan 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Hi, \activatespacehandler{on} does not work in MkIV. I guess that this is because \controlspace does not give the right glyph in MkIV, possibly because, in opentype fonts, \char 32 is the same as regular space. Any idea how to fix this? Is there a unicode character for visible space. A discussion on the xetex mailing list suggests http://www.tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2006-February/003095.html 0x2423, but that looks very different from \tt\char 32. Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] can't set simplified chinese font (Taco Hoekwater)
by m00nlight 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Yes, I make sure that the Adobe Song Std.otf is in /usr/share/fonts/adobe and OSFONTDIR is director to /usr/share/fonts/adboe

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XeLaTeX or ConTeXt?
by Peter Davis 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

I'm still wrestling with this issue of doing InDesign-like documents. Does ConTeXt provide a way to simulate multiple "stories" or flows of text? For example, suppose I have a newspaper with two articles on page 1. One of them continues on page 2, and the other on page 3. Is there a way to do that? Alternatively, I could consider plain TeX or LuaTeX, but I know very little about either of those. I'm prepared to learn, but I'd like to get some hints about what seems like the likliest path to produce this kind of document. Thank you! -pd ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Davis <pfd(a)pfdstudio.com> Date: Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 5:36 PM Subject: XeLaTeX or ConTeXt? To: texhax <texhax(a)tug.org> I'm looking for a way to produce InDesign-like documents with TeX. By "InDesign-like," I mean, apart from excellent typography, the abillity to have 'stories' automatically overflow from one container to another, either on the same page or on additional pages, to embed graphics into the text, to copyfit, to wrap text around irregular shapes, etc. I've been working with XeLaTeX, using the Textpos package, which is very useful. However, I think I need to switch to (or add?) the Flowfram package to get automatic overflow handling. I think that will let me get the effect of multiple stories by concatenating the stories together into one document environment, and using explicit frame breaks to start a new 'story.' However, I'm wondering if I should be considering ConTeXt at this point. I keep seeing that it's supposed to provide more sophisticated typographic control than LaTeX, but I don't know what. Is there a way to get this multiple story, automatic overflow effect with ConTeXt? Layers seem a little like text frames, but I don't see anything about overflow. What about copyfitting? Wrapping around irregular shapes? I've looked at the ConTeXt docs, but it seems mostly to be a different way to get the same effects as LaTeX, rather than a way to get a whole new range of effects. Thanks, -pd -- ---- The Tech Curmudgeon http://www.techcurmudgeon.com

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[layers] unsolicited “0” after setting background
by Philipp Gesang 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Hi again, when setting a background layer combined with an early font setup there appears a “0” (ascii 0x30) right after “\starttext”: ································································· \setupbodyfont[sans] %%% <-- comment this out and the “0” vanishes \definelayer[bg][x=0,y=0,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] %%% <-- or this \setlayer[bg]{% \startMPcode draw fullcircle scaled (.5*PaperWidth) withpen pencircle xscaled 7 withcolor \MPcolor{gray:7}; \stopMPcode } \setupbackgrounds[paper][background=bg] \starttext \input dawkins \stoptext ································································· Removing either the “\definelayer” or “\setupbodyfont” statement makes it go away. What have I come across this time? Philipp

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