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Validate (cross)references
by Andreas Schneider 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hello, if I use \in, \about, \at or anything else that generates a cross-reference, and that reference happens to be invalid (typo or whatever), it just prints out "nothing". Is there a way to have context throw an error if a reference is invalid? (That probably would only make sense in the second pass of context, since the first pass has to collect the references first.) If context can't do it by itself, I'll probably just grep for "unknown reference" and use that, but if context could do it by itself, it would be nice for automated builds (I actually have my current ConTeXt project in a Continous Integration system, so anything that leads to a wrong result should throw an error there.) -- Best Regards, Andreas

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First Line After Whitespace Styling
by Marc Trius 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hi, I would like to be able to specify a style that would apply to text that appears on the first line of a paragraph after whitespace. I have no idea how to go about it. Specifically, I have a font with an alternate glyph that can only be used after whitespace, and I would like to have it used automatically when appropriate. Thank you, Marc Trius -- 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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Modifying the header of a Register : \setuphead or \setupregister not working
by Mathieu DUPONT 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hi, How can one modify the header of a Register, after it apparently inherited from Chapter ?In the following example, I try to have the title "INDEX" at the same height as the title "CHAPTER",but neither the \setuphead nor \setupregister commands seem to do anything.Is there another command for that ?I couldn't find it. Thanks for help ! \setupinteraction[state=start] \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPITRE~]\setuphead[chapter][ align=middle, before={\crlf\blank[1cm-4.2ex]}, style={\blank[2cm]}, after={\blank[3cm]}, header=empty, ] \defineregister[MyIndex][MyIndexs]\setupheadtext[MyIndex=INDEX] \setupregister[MyIndex][{\blank[0cm]}] %% not working\setuphead[register][{\blank[0cm]}] %% not working \starttext \startbodymatter\chapter{Chapter}\MyIndex{word}word\stopbodymatter \startbackmatter\completeMyIndex\stopbackmatter \stoptext Mathieu

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line numbers in margin from xml in context mkiv
by Jon Crump 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hans, et alia, Thanks for mentioning typo-mar.mkiv. Once I found it, and figured out what to do with it (put it in my texmf-local directory), it appears to, as you say, "offer more control over margindata". My (rather belated) thanks for offering this extended functionality, though my grasp of context is still too fragile to really understand how to use it. typo-mar.mkiv appears to introduce a bug in my Arabic typesetting. In my bilingual text, my margin data (pg/lb numbers) are placed correctly in the margin of the English text, but the margins of the Arabic text appear to be miscalculated and the margindata overwrites the beginnings of the lines (or disappears beyond the edge if I set margin 'left'). My tyronic fooling around may certainly be at fault, but if you could offer any observations on the following, I'd be grateful. ConTeXt ver: 2011.04.24 15:15 MKIV My environment file is included below, stripped down as far as I could to its essentials. I've attached the ara-style.tex file setting up ScheherazadeRegOT; a stripped down example of my tei/xml source; and the pdf output I'm getting. I hope I violate no convention of the list in attaching these files, but in my naivete I'm not sure how much information is too much. \startxmlsetups xml:teisetups \xmlsetsetup{#1}{*}{-} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{body|p|pb|lb|}{xml:*} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{div[@xml:id='apr_arab']}{xml:div:arab} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{div[@xml:id='apr_engl']}{xml:div:engl} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{pb}{xml:pb} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{lb}{xml:lb} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:teisetups} \environment ara-sty \usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[palatino,10pt] \startxmlsetups xml:body \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:p \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:pb \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:lb \MarText{\tfxx{xml pb/lb numbers}} \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \definemargindata [MarText][right][color=red] \startxmlsetups xml:div:arab \setarabic{\switchtobodyfont[Arabic] \xmlflush{#1}} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:div:engl \setlatin{\switchtobodyfont[palatino, 12pt] \xmlflush{#1}} \stopxmlsetups On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:28 AM, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > On 27-4-2011 1:26, Jon Crump wrote: >> >> All, >> >> After being away from my project for a while I returned to find that >> something that worked now no longer does. I updated the minimals on my >> Mac and context is running as I would expect: >> >> jjc% context --version >> mtx-context | main context file: >> /Users/jjc/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv >> mtx-context | current version: 2011.04.24 15:15 >> >> But now, while running my environment.tex file against my target >> TEI/xml file context complains: >> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> l.77 \defineinmargin >> [lineNumbers] [normal] >> ? > > see typo-mar.mkiv ... more control over margindata and new commands > > 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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compresslevel and png graphics (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hi, I just made a one pager (TEXpage) out of a big png graphic (5900x4094). The compressed size of the graphics is normally around 1.37MB on the highest png compress level (9) and 1.32MB after using optipng (only around 3% reduction this time). To my surprise the size of the final PDF was about 2.3MB. After adding '\pdfcompresslevel9' the size went down to 1.48MB. Still not what I wanted... So I was wondering: is there an option to embed the png graphic as it is (no re-compression)? Otherwise the time consuming usage of optipng would be a complete waste of time. Believe it or not, but size matters :-) MTXrun | current version: 2011.01.26 11:02 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.71.0-2011051112 (rev 4257) Greetings, Peter

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\definehead \setuphead new type included in a list such as TOC
by Mathieu DUPONT 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hi, In the following example, I define 2 new heads, and I want them to : 1- inherits from Title (or Chapter would be fine)2- show in the TOC3- not be counted (CHAPTER should be 1) Is there an option I can put into \setuphead[Abstract][] so it gets included in the TOC ?That would be the easiest way of getting the three desired results. Thanks ! \definehead[Abstract][title]\setuphead[Abstract][]\definehead[Intro][title]\setuphead[Intro][] \starttext \startfrontmatter\placecontent\Abstract{ABSTRACT}\stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter\Intro{INTRODUCTION}\chapter{CHAPTER}\stopbodymatter \stoptext Mathieu

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TOC : Chapter title under its number (separate lines)
by Mathieu DUPONT 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hi, Is there a simple way to obtain the following result in the table of content : ContentsCHAPTER 1Title of chapter 21.1 Title of section 2 (the chapter title underneath its number and left aligned, just like everything else) The following code used to do the job with MkII but it doesn't anymore with MkIV : \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPTER~]\setuplist[chapter][label=yes, style={\blank[0cm]}] \starttext \startfrontmatter\completecontent\stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter\chapter{Title of chapter}\section{Title of section}\stopbodymatter \stoptext Instead, I get something like this (I hope it turns out readable through the email) : Contents CHAPTER 1 Title of chapter 21.1 Title of section 2 where the 2 lines of the chapter, together with their alignment with the frame, get tossed to the right... Thanks in advance ! Mathieu

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\asciimode and cld
by pmlists＠free.fr 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hello, How can one use \asciimode in cld syntax? This does not seem to work: context.starttext() context.asciimode() context"bla % bla" context.stoptext() TIA for any hints! -- Peter

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[metafun] graphictext in mkiv
by Marco 27 May '11

27 May '11

The »graphictext« makro does not work in mkiv, is it a bug or intended? This example works in mkii: \starttext \startMPcode draw image(graphictext "FooBar" scaled 8); \stopMPcode \stoptext Marco

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checking mainlanguage setup
by Jeong Dalyoung 27 May '11

27 May '11

Dear all, Is it possible to check what is the mainlanguage set in document? Now, I use \enablemode[kr] to do something A. But, I'd like to do it automatically if possible. For example, I'd like to do the following type of setup. if mainlanguage == kr then do something A elseif mainlanguage == en then do something B else do something C endif So, if \mainlanguage[kr] is set, then do A, and etc. Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Why \goto not wok in ConTeXt in Win7
by 王雨施 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hi, everyone , I use the newest ConTeXt in Win7 , the version information as follow mtx-context | main context file: d:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/ba se/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2011.05.06 16:52 When I use goto in my document , it does not work, like the following, can anyone help me. Thanks I use context --mode=screen test to compile the document \starttext \title[content]{mulu} \placecontent \chapter{One} \setuppagenumbering [style=\tfx, location=] \startmode[screen] \switchtobodyfont[8pt] \setupfootertexts [{haha}][{\goto{back}[content]}] [{\goto{back}[content]}][{haha}] \stopmode \input knuth \chapter{Two} \input knuth \chapter{Three} \input knuth \stoptext

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\crlf breaks alignment inheritance
by Marco Pessotto 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hello there! I've found a problem with the latest ConTeXt, but I guess it's been present for a while. See the following example: %%%% cut here %%%% \starttext \startalignment[middle,nothyphenated,nothanging,stretch] centered \startalignment[hyphenated] this is centered. No problem \stopalignment \startalignment[hyphenated] Why this is not centered?\crlf Becaouse of the \textbackslash crlf \stopalignment \startalignment[hyphenated, middle] this is centered. \crlf No problem \stopalignment centered \stopalignment regular \stoptext %%%% cut here %%%% Best wishes -- Marco

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Removing page numbering on the first page of a list such as the TOC
by Mathieu DUPONT 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hi, I can't find out how to remove the header on the first page of a list, e.g the TOC. \setuphead[content][header=empty] won't do anything. Anyone has an idea ? Thanks. Mathieu

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linux / tetex
by Hans Hagen 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hi, I don't know who maintains this http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation but the reference to tetex looks obsolete to me 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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TOC : margin size doesn't reset if next section is a chapter
by Mathieu DUPONT 26 May '11

26 May '11

In the following example, I set the margin for subsections to 1.25cm, in order for the subsection number to be aligned with the titles of sections.If the next "section" after a subsection is a section or another subsection, there is no problem.But if (as shown here) the next "section" (after a subsection) is a chapter, it becomes shifted to the right (its margin is 1.25cm).Is there something I could add to my command \ChapterList to "reset" the margin to 0cm ?Thanks ! \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPTER~] \define[3]\ChapterList{ \blank \par\noindent\currentlistsymbol\crlf #2\enspace\listdots\enspace #3\par }\setuplist[chapter][ margin=0cm, % this line doesn't do anything label=yes, alternative=command, command=\ChapterList, ]\setuplist[section][margin=0cm,width=1.25cm]\setuplist[subsection][margin=1.25cm,width=1.25cm] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{CHAPTER}\section{SECTION}\subsection{SUBSECTION} \chapter{CHAPTER}\section{SECTION}\subsection{SUBSECTION} \stoptext Mathieu

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LuaTeX regression?
by Reviczky, Adam 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hi It appears that something went wrong with the svn rev. 4283 (I think 4282 was still ok). Simple hello world tex gives me: mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/reviczky/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/reviczky/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./test.tex" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.71.0-2011052518 (rev 4283) \write18 enabled. mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted Adam

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TOC : Changing the interline spacing of titles, for long titles on multiple lines
by Mathieu DUPONT 25 May '11

25 May '11

Hi, Is there a way to have, in the table of contents, the titles (of chapters, sections, subsections, etc.) with a different interline spacing than the rest of the TOC ?My TOC interline spacing is set at 1.5 (4.2ex), but I would like to have the long titles on multiples lines being only single interline spaced (2.8ex).Is there something I could add in the \setuplist[chapter] command ? Thanks for any hint ! \setupinterlinespace[line=4.2ex] % 1.5 interline \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPITRE~]\define[3]\ChapterList{ \blank\par\noindent\currentlistsymbol\crlf #2\enspace\listdots\enspace #3\par\blank[0.1cm]}\setupcombinedlist[content][level=3,alternative=c]\setuplist[chapter][ label=yes, alternative=command, command=\ChapterList, ] \starttext \completecontent \startbodymatter\chapter{THIS VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG TITLE SHOULD BE SINGLE INTERLINE-SPACED (line=2.8ex)}\section{THIS VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG TITLE SHOULD BE SINGLE INTERLINE-SPACED (line=2.8ex)}\subsection{THIS VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG TITLE SHOULD BE SINGLE INTERLINE-SPACED (line=2.8ex)}\stopbodymatter \stoptext Mathieu

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math: too big space between function and argument
by Paul Menzel 25 May '11

25 May '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, to markup the probability measure and the parenthesis around the argument, I defined the following command. \define[1]\P{{\mathbf P}\left( #1 \right)} Unfortunately the space between the P and the left ( is a little big in my opinion. Is that correct or should/can I fix that somehow? Thanks, Paul

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Current Mk IV doc?
by Peter Davis 25 May '11

25 May '11

Where can I find the most recent ConTeXt documentation? The files I found here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page show November 2001 as the date. Is there anything newer? Thanks! -pd -- ---- The Tech Curmudgeon http://www.techcurmudgeon.com

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Punctuation in bibliography
by Oliver Buerschaper 24 May '11

24 May '11

Dear all, is there a way for the bibliography style to scan back for punctuation marks before it inserts punctuation of its own? Please see --- \startpublication [a={Ellen Dissanayake}, k=DIS:wha, t=book, y=1988] \author{Ellen}[E.]{}{Dissanayake} \lang{en} \pubname{University of Washington Press} \pubyear{1988} \title{What is Art for?} \stoppublication \setuppublications [alternative=apa] \starttext \cite[DIS:wha] \placepublications [criterium=all] \stoptext --- It would be great if I could make the full stop after the question mark disappear… Many thanks for any help, Oliver

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Simplefonts, latest beta and binoms
by Cedric Mauclair 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi list, I have some troubles with the simplefonts module. The following worked fine before (2011.02.25 22:03, need to add '\usemodule[newmat]'), but doesn't anymore (2011.05.18 22:26). Minimal example reproduced here. Whatever font I try, the output of the parentheses is the same. Setting the math font doesn't help either. \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Calluna]% could be Latin Modern Roman %\setmathfont[Latin Modern Math]% as in t-simplefonts.tex \starttext \startformula \binom{1}{2} \stopformula \stoptext Regards. -- Cédric

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alternating items in an itemization
by Jesse Alama 24 May '11

24 May '11

I'd like to define an itemization that has two kinds of items, representing a dialogue between two people. (One could imagine extending this to more than two.) I'd like to have something like this: \startdialogue \john What did you have for breakfast? \mary I skipped breakfast today. \john Oh, why? \mary Because I wasn't hungry. I was too distraught at what had happened the previous night. \stopdialogue The \john and \mary parts would each be their own paragaphs. The paragraphs would be colored with different text backgrounds, and joined up with one another (that is, the blocks of text representing the paragraphs for the different speakers would be adjacent to one another). I've tried doing this using \defineparagraphs, \defineframedtext, and \defineenumerations, but I can't quite get the right effect; \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[john-background][backgroundcolor=green] \definetextbackground[mary-background][backgroundcolor=red] \definestartstop[dialogue] \defineparagraphs[john][before={\starttextbackground[john-background]},after={\stoptextbackground}] \defineparagraphs[mary][before={\starttextbackground[mary-background]},after={\stoptextbackground}] Putting this before the above \start/stopdialogue snippet (suitably enclosed in \start/stoptext) gives me an error about a missing "}"; I suppose I'm overlooking something. An enumeration-based solution would be along these lines: \defineenumeration [chat] \setupenumerations [chat] [joinedup,packed] \define[0]\john{\item John: } \define[0]\may{\item Mary: } I can't figure out how to get the textbackgrounds to work here, and there's a bullet symbol at the beginning of every "dialogue paragraph", which I'd rather get rid of (and I don't want the indent between the bullet and the beginning of the text). A framed-text solution starts to come close: \defineframedtext[john][frame=off,background=color,backgroundcolor=magenta] \defineframedtext[mary][frame=off,background=color,backgroundcolor=lightred] But then the boxed paragraphs are separated from each other by some vertical whitespace. Another idea would be to use tables, but I haven't explored that yet. Any suggestions for how to render "dialogues" as above in ConTeXt? Thanks, Jesse

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Aligning numbers in the footnote block
by Oliver Buerschaper 24 May '11

24 May '11

Dear all, is there a way to align the numbers in the footnote block (flush) right as is done without the key "location=left" in the following? I don't want the numbers in the margin though… --- \setupdescriptions [footnote] [location=left, distance=1ex] \setupnote [footnote] [numbercommand=] \starttext This\footnote{This} is\footnote{is} a\footnote{a} little\footnote{little} test\footnote{test} for\footnote{for} the\footnote{the} look\footnote{look} of\footnote{of} footnotes\footnote{footnotes} \stoptext --- Many thanks, Oliver

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bug in luatex on osx-ppc
by Thomas A. Schmitz 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi all, after updating the minimals to the latest beta on osx-ppc, I can't compile any document, I always get this error: context test mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/Users/tas/context/tex/texmf- cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/ cont-en" --lua="/Users/tas/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/ context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/cont-en.lui" -- backend="pdf" "./test" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051908 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. Could not undump 51859 1-byte item(s): <fd:4>: unexpected end of file. mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1% This happens both with the binary in the minimals (0.70.1) and when I compile the latest trunk (0.71.0), so I'm a bit lost here - it looks like a problem in the executables, right? All best Thomas

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[bibliography] publications layout
by finkler 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi there, in my publication list from the bibliography, every word, except the first starts in small case letters. How can I change this? I am using the beta. regards, finkler

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where to put an \index{foo} ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi, either I set an \index{foo} in front of the word it refers to, or after that word: The second can lead to wrong line wrapping when a full stop follows (see Case 1), and the first can lead into a line ending with a space before wrapping (see Case 2). :o( Is there a third option? Thanks, Steffen ------- \showframe \setupbodyfont[times,10pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \definetolerancemethod [horizontal] [MySpace] {\spaceskip3.02pt plus1.99998pt minus1.0pt\relax} \setupalign[line,block,hanging] \setuptolerance[MySpace] \setupindenting[10pt,yes] \definepapersize[stw][width=14.7cm,height=22.3cm] \setuppapersize[stw][stw] \setuplayout [width=113mm,height=572pt, backspace=17mm,topspace=17mm, header=12pt,headerdistance=6pt, footer=36pt,footerdistance=0pt, location=middle,marking=off] \starttext {\em Case 1: line wrap before dot} \noindent dieses ist dabei typisch für den Bereich der Architekten- oder Ingenieurleistungen\index{Ingenieurleistungen}. Warum? \blank {\em Case 2: line wrap after visible space} Bei den Grünen werden neben den beiden Fraktionsvorsitzenden, Renate \index{Künast}Künast und Jürgen Trittin ... \stoptext

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Non-breakable space in export to XML
by Aditya Mahajan 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi, When exporting to xml (with \setupbackend[export=yes]), the non-breakable space (~) gets exported to regular space 0x32. Shouldn't it rather be exported to 0x00A0? Aditya

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MkIV : MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua'
by Mathieu DUPONT 24 May '11

24 May '11

I followed all these steps to install MkIV on a Mac and to run it with either Smultron or TexShop : http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation However it works fine with Smultron (but I am more used to TexShop to run TeX files), with TexShop I get : MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' Even after running the following command line : luatools --generate it doesn't help at all. Thanks for any hint, Mathieu

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OT: What reference management software do you use?
by Paul Menzel 24 May '11

24 May '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt and not LaTeX you maybe also use a nice reference management software the main stream does not know about. But probably it is not related to ConTeXt at all since it is BibTeX in the end. I found a comparison in Wikipedia [1] and consider to use JabRef. Thanks, Paul [1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_mana…

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getmarking and empty chapter number
by Oliver Buerschaper 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hi all, I'm just trying to wrap my mind around why the following doesn't work as I expect: -- \setupheadertexts [] [{\doifsomething{\getmarking[sectionnumber]}{\getmarking[sectionnumber]\enskip}\getmarking[section]}] [{\doifsomething{\getmarking[chapternumber]}{\getmarking[chapternumber]\enskip}\getmarking[chapter]}] [] -- When this encounters an unnumbered \startchapter (say in the front matter) then this \doifsomething should detect this void and in particular not insert the \enskip. For some reason the space ends up in the PDF nevertheless :-( Any ideas? Many thanks, Oliver

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Re: [NTG-context] Roman numbers for chapters in chapter lines but not in section lines
by Mathieu DUPONT 23 May '11

23 May '11

This code : \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPITRE~]\definestructureconversionset[mathieu][numbers,Romannumerals][numbers]\setuphead[chapter][sectionconversionset=mathieu]\setuplist[chapter][label=yes,width=7em] \starttext \placecontent \chapter{Title of chapter}\section{Title of section}\subsection{Title of subsection} \stoptext results in : CHAPITRE I Title of chapterI.I Title of sectionI.I.I Title of subsection Now everything is in Roman ! Mathieu

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change user interface
by Francois-Xavier Lamure Tardieu 23 May '11

23 May '11

Hello, I want to use french interface user. I looked for in the wiki but I didn't find anything Which are the variables to make it or functions to call ? Thank you.

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Font features for \ss only?
by Oliver Buerschaper 23 May '11

23 May '11

Hi all, how would I make sure that \ss always uses one set of font features while \rm always uses the default feature set? Do I need to specify this in the typescript file? The reason is I'm using Myriad as \ss font and would like to enable the capital spacing (cpsp) OpenType feature for that while activating a different feature set for all \rm instances (Minion in this case)… Many thanks, Oliver

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Re: [NTG-context] Appendix label in TOC (Table of Contents) : APPENDIX instead of CHAPTER
by Mathieu DUPONT 23 May '11

23 May '11

Effectively, now that I've installed MkIV, I get the output I expected. Thank you very much, Wolfgang ! Mathieu

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Table of contents
by Oliver Buerschaper 23 May '11

23 May '11

Dear all, is it possible to have entries in the table of contents not indented at all whenever they stem from unnumbered headings? For example: --- \starttext \startfrontmatter \completecontent \chapter{Preface} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \part{Test} \chapter{Tufte} \chapter{Bryson} \part{Test} \chapter{Tufte} \chapter{Bryson} \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \chapter{Acknowledgements} \stopbackmatter \stoptext --- Many thanks, Oliver

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MPdefinitions
by Vedran Miletić 23 May '11

23 May '11

Hi, compiling example with quadriliterals and \startMPdefinitions{solvers} \stopMPdefinitions from MetaFun manual, regardless of the code that is commented out inside MPdefintions environment, gives: ! You can't use `\relax' after \the. system > tex > error on line 30 in file solvers.tex: You can't use ` ... 20 % z1=0.5[z11,z13] ; z2=0.5[z21,z23] ; 21 % z3=0.5[z31,z33] ; z4=0.5[z41,z43] ; 22 % draw z1--z3 dashed evenly ; draw z2--z4 dashed evenly ; 23 % z0=whatever[z1,z3]=whatever[z2,z4] ; 24 % mark_rt_angle (z1,z0,z2); 25 % if show_labels>0: 26 % draw_problem_labels ; 27 % fi; 28 % endgroup ; 29 % enddef ; 30 >> \stopMPdefinitions 31 32 \starttext 33 %a 34 \stoptext <recently read> \@MPF@::solvers \dostartMPdefinitions ...er {\the \MPinstancetoks #2} l.30 \stopMPdefinitions Is this a bug? Vedran

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Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenating compound words in MKIV & microtypographyy
by Hans Hagen 23 May '11

23 May '11

On 23-5-2011 5:54, Otso Helenius wrote: >> it produces larger files, take more runtime and in most cases does >> not look better at all; for instance one can argue that protrusion >> gives more width but at the same time it introduces the boundary >> condition that some characters have to hang; or take hz (expansion) >> ... when applied so much that it gets visible, it will also lead to >> similar shapes in successive lines to look different >> >> so, just enabling these features assuming that the output looks >> better is debatable (sometimes adding or removing a word is more >> effective) > > I agree, in many cases automatic layout of content can look horrific because the algorithms > aren't able to solve each possible case in a near optimal way (while we as humans are). > And also, there is no question about it, *every* setting should be possible to turn on and off > depending on the situation. > > Just as with WYSIWYG tools such as InDesign, manual adjustment of layout is needed to achieve > optimal results. But my actual complaint is this: the example I pasted was a very trivial > and simple typesetting task. Even the current versions MS Office can automatically achieve > acceptable paragraph look with the given input. In such case there should not be any need > to manually adjust spacing and expansion of words nor forcing the column into a ragged one. > > The output of this MKIV source: > > \mainlanguage[fi] > \language[fi] > \definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality, expansion=quality] > \setupalign[hz, hanging, spacing] > \starttext > \startcolumns[n=2] > \dorecurse{10}{kolmivaihekilowattituntimittari ympäristöliiketoiminta epäjärjestelmällisyydellistyttymättömyydellänsäkään järjestelmällisentelentelemättömyydellänsäkään hääyöaie kolmivaihekilowattituntimittari ympäristöliiketoiminta epäjärjestelmällisyydellistyttymättömyydellänsäkään järjestelmällisentelentelemättömyydellänsäkään hääyöaie} > \stopcolumns > \stoptext > > can be downloaded here: https://pi-xi.net/share/context_hyphen.pdf > > I also wrote a "close as possible" equivalent of the code above in LaTeX and > compiled it with pdfTeX (TL 2011): > > \documentclass[12pt, twocolumn, a4paper, finnish]{article} > \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} > \usepackage[finnish]{babel} > \usepackage{ae} > \usepackage[auto=true, spacing=true, kerning=true, tracking=true, protrusion=true, expansion=true]{microtype} > \usepackage{pgffor} > \setlength{\parindent}{0mm} > \newcommand{\Repeat}[2]{\foreach \n in {1,...,#1}{#2}} > \begin{document} > \foreach \n in {1,...,10}{kolmivaihekilowattituntimittari ympäristöliiketoiminta epäjärjestelmällisyydellistyttymättömyydellänsäkään järjestelmällisentelentelemättömyydellänsäkään hääyöaie kolmivaihekilowattituntimittari ympäristöliiketoiminta epäjärjestelmällisyydellistyttymättömyydellänsäkään järjestelmällisentelentelemättömyydellänsäkään hääyöaie} > \end{document} > > The LaTeX example can be downloaded here: https://pi-xi.net/share/latex_hyphen.pdf > > As can be seen, the neither versions have any specific adjustments done by hand: both > only have the microtypographic features turned on. There is no comparison, the pdfTeX > version looks superior: there are no rivers, all lines are justified to equal length, > and the expansion and spacing are both acceptable. (1) The 'spacing' options does not work and even gives an error in mkiv) so remove that one. What version of context are you running? I've already fotgotten about it but I think it was an experimental pdftesx feature with side effects. In pdftex hz and protrusion is also somewhat tricky as it can bleed from one font instance to another (due to traditional tex's internal font sharing), although context takes some precautions. (2) But, more important: add \setuplayout[width=middle] to give context a more similar opportunity to produce something acceptable. You're now giving context a disadvantage of narrower columns. (3) You can remove the \language as you already set \mainlanguage. (4) In context protrusion and expansion is a font property and applying it globally to all fonts (with some flag) will not happen. Actually, in some situations you need to turn it on explicitly (imaging hanging happening when you're doing a table). I don't know what latex's default layout setup is but if you want to do an experiment, you need to make sure that you use the same widths of columns. 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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query about referring to pdf attachments
by Jesse Alama 23 May '11

23 May '11

Can one refer to PDF attachments as though they were local files? I'd like to treat the PDF as a kind of rudimentary filesystem. Whatever is attached to the PDF can be found under the "root directory" of the PDF. One could then place hyperlinks to these files which, when followed, cause an attachment to be opened (say, a music player, a web browser, etc.). Ideally, one would be able to do something like this: \useattachment[my-video][my-video.mpg] \attachment[my-video] \useURL[my-video-url][file:///my-video.mpg][][Awesome Video] \starttext Follow the link to \from[my-video-url]! \stoptext The "file:///my-video.mpg" URI is a guess; the idea is to somehow refer to a file placed in the PDF's "filesystem". Jesse

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\startquotation and citations
by Oliver Buerschaper 23 May '11

23 May '11

Dear all, I'm struggling with quotation blocks and proper placing of citations… In an ideal world I'd be striving for something like this: \startquotation[source=…] \input tufte \stopquotation where … could be either of: 1. a simple string: {Edward Tufte}, 2. a citation command: \cite[Tuf:yyyy] 3. a footnote: \footnote{See \cite[Tuf:yyyy]} This should be typeset immediately after the closing delimiter and well before \stopnarrower. In the real world (and with a deadline approaching rapidly) I've tried two approaches so far: 1. A hack dating back three years which bypasses the delimitedtext mechanism. --- \long\def\startextendedquotation[#1]#2\stopextendedquotation {\bgroup\par \blank[halfline] \startnarrower[4em] \symbol[leftquotation]% #2\removeunwantedspaces \symbol[rightquotation]#1 \stopnarrower \blank[halfline] \par\egroup} \starttext \input tufte \startextendedquotation[\footnote{See Tufte…}] \input tufte \stopextendedquotation \input tufte \stoptext --- Here the footnote actually appears, however, the beginning of the quotation looks weird (and setting up margins etc. is a bit messy). 2. Another hack which employs delimitedtext but abuses its closing delimiter option: --- \setupdelimitedtext [quotation] [leftmargin=4em, rightmargin=4em, spacebefore=halfline, spaceafter=halfline] \starttext \input tufte \bgroup \setupdelimitedtext [quotation] [right={\symbol[rightquotation]\footnote{See Tufte…}}] \startquotation \input tufte \stopquotation \egroup \input tufte \stoptext --- This approach places the opening delimiter nicely in the margin of the quotation block but sadly swallows the footnote (ordinary strings seem fine though). How to combine the looks of 2 with the footnotes of 1? Many thanks, Oliver

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pdf attachments broken in latest minimal?
by Jesse Alama 23 May '11

23 May '11

It seems that PDF attachments aren't working in the latest minimals: $ context --version mtx-context | main context file: /Users/alama/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2011.05.18 22:26 ======================================== \useattachment[busted][hi.txt] \starttext attachment here: \attachment[busted] \stoptext ======================================== Prepending \setupinteraction[state=start] to the document, and the compiling with, say, xetex, results in a PDF that has the attachment. But not with mkiv. -- Jesse Alama http://centria.di.fct.unl.pt/~alama/

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\type and linebreak (again)
by Andreas Schneider 23 May '11

23 May '11

Hi, I stumbled across the same problem that was discussed earlier this month: \type doesn't break, even if there are opportunities. I tried to follow the suggestions given in that thread, but with no success: \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \starttext \setuptype[space=stretch] %\setupalign[stretch] %\setuptolerance[stretch] \type{cp $SOMEVAR/some/very/very/very/long/directory/WITHFILE $SOMEVAR/other/long/directory} \startitemize \item \type{cp $SOMEVAR/some/very/very/very/long/directory/WITHFILE $SOMEVAR/other/long/directory} \stopitemize \stoptext I tried with and without the \setupalign/\setuptolerance commands, without success; both lines exceed the margins. (Tested with ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 22:26 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.23) Is there anything else I can do/setup to get such long verbatim lines broken? I would also like an option for character-based line wraps; i.e. it should (optionally; not in this particular case for example) break a word even in the middle if necessary, and without hyphenation mark. Especially in similar cases where I have a very very long directory name, I wouldn't care if it gets broken "the hard way". Thanks in advance! -- Best Regards, Andreas

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Hyphenating compound words in MKIV & microtypography
by Otso Helenius 23 May '11

23 May '11

Hi, MKIV seems to have a problem in hyphenating long finnish compound words in MKIV (2011.05.18 22:26). Here is a minimalist example (columns added to exaggerate the problem): \mainlanguage[fi] \language[fi] \starttext \startcolumns[n=3] kolmivaihekilowattituntimittari ympäristöliiketoiminta epäjärjestelmällisyydellistyttymättömyydellänsäkään järjestelmällisentelentelemättömyydellänsäkään \stopcolumns \stoptext Similarly with en-hyphenation and \input knuth, some of the lines stretch out in an ugly fashion. What am I doing wrong? I don't have these problems in LaTeX. P.S. The punctuation characters should be partially hung out in a justified paragraph (similar to what microtype package does on LaTeX). Wikipedia says ConTeXt has "interfaces for handling microtypography" but they don't seem as apparent and as easy as using microtype on LaTeX. The wiki article Protrusion#MkIV presents \definefontfeature but I find it counterintuitive that one has to use \definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \setupalign[hz,hanging] to enable the features. It is unclear if these lines switch the features on globally for all loaded fonts (for example ttf/otf ones defined with \starttypescript). IMHO these features should be enabled by default because they produce better typographic quality by default (which should be the preference), and could be switched off anyway if wanted. The less setup lines one has to add before \starttext to get high quality results the better. Otso Helenius

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Roman numbers for chapters in chapter lines but not in section lines
by Mathieu DUPONT 23 May '11

23 May '11

Hi, I am trying to obtain the following result : CHAPITRE I Title of chapter1.1 Title of section1.1.1 Title of subsection In other words, I need my chapter numbers to be in roman number, but not in the numbers of the sections and subsections (1.1.1 and not I.1.1). Here is the base code : \setuplist [chapter] [label=yes,style={\blank[0cm]}]\setupsection[section-2][conversion=Romannumerals]\setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPITRE~] \starttext \placecontent \chapter{Title of chapter}\section{Title of section}\subsection{Title of subsection} \stoptext which results in : CHAPITRE I Title of chapterI.1 Title of sectionI.1.1 Title of subsection Any idea ?All help is greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch, Mathieu

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Appendix label in TOC (Table of Contents) : APPENDIX instead of CHAPTER
by Mathieu DUPONT 23 May '11

23 May '11

Hi, The following code : \setuplabeltext[chapter=CHAPTER~]\setuplabeltext[appendix=APPENDIX~]\setuplist [chapter] [label=yes,style={\blank[0cm]}] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{Title of a chapter} \startappendices\chapter{Title of an appendix}\stopappendices \stoptext results in : Contents CHAPTER 1 Title of a chapter CHAPTER A Title of an appendix Instead, I would like to get the following result : Contents CHAPTER 1 Title of a chapter APPENDIX A Title of an appendix In other words, this command :\setuplist [chapter] [label=yes]seems not to take this one :\setuplabeltext[appendix=APPENDIX~]into account. Am I forgetting to add another important command in my header ?Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Mathieu

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how to change current directory ?
by 정진기 23 May '11

23 May '11

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[OT] Street-Fighting Mathematics
by luigi scarso 22 May '11

22 May '11

Street-Fighting Mathematics The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving Sanjoy Mahajan Foreword by Carver A. Mead The book is made with ConTeXt mkii (so it's not a 100% off-topic, because we know that Sanjoy uses ConTeXt) -- luigi

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Feature request: setuppapersize
by Aditya Mahajan 22 May '11

22 May '11

Hans, Since we have some leverage with backward compatibility in MkIV, can we make \setuppapersize (slightly) more intuitive. Normally, one would expect \setuppapersize[A5] to be equivalent to \setuppapersize[A5][A5] but currently it is equivalent to \setuppapersize[A5][A4] This is a bit confusing, and means that we always have to specify the printpaper size; even if it is equal to paper size. Can we modify the definition of \dodefinepapersize to change this behavior? \def\dodefinepapersize[#1][#2][#3]% {\ifsecondargument \doifsomething{#1} % to be sure {\doifassignmentelse{#2} {\getparameters [\??pp#1] % geen \c!scale, scheelt hash ruimte [\c!width=\@@ppwidth,\c!height=\@@ppheight,\c!offset=\@@ppoffset,#2]% %AM: Added these two lines \setvalue{\??pp:1:#1}{#1}% \setvalue{\??pp:2:#1}{#1}}% {\setvalue{\??pp:1:#1}{#2}% \setvalue{\??pp:2:#1}{#3}}}% (*) see below \else \getparameters[\??pp][#1]% \setuppapersize % hm. this will freeze ! \fi} Perhaps, in line (*), we should also check if #3 is something, otherwise set ??p:2:#1 to #2: \doifsomethingelse{#3} {\setvalue\??pp:2:#1}{#3}} {\setvalue\??pp:2:#1}{#2}} What do you think? Aditya

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Using text as a clip path for Metafun & free shape paragraphs
by Otso Helenius 22 May '11

22 May '11

Thanks to Wolfgang for the instructions on changing fonts, \switchtobodyfont works as expected. I still have to dig up the exact definitions of both \switchtobodyfont and \switchtotypeface, as the latter command seems to work in Hans' examples (for example showfont.pdf) but not with my installation. Now, I've been trying to use metapost for achieving magazine type layout with ConTeXt, and have a question about the following features: 1) Is it possible to use TeX typeset text as a clipping path for MP graphics? What I would like to achieve is a similar cut mask as seen in this picture: https://modernpost.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/rockstar11091.jpg i.e. the text outline cuts a hole in the brown filled rectangle revealing the bitmap below. I can cut pictures easily with paths in MP like so: \startMPcode fill unitsquare xysized (100mm,100mm) withcolor green; picture cur; cur := currentpicture; currentpicture := nullpicture; fill unitsquare xysized (100mm,100mm) withcolor blue; path mask; mask := unitsquare xysized (100mm,100mm) -- reverse unitsquare xysized (100mm,10mm) shifted (0mm,45mm) -- cycle; clip cur to mask; draw cur; \stopMPcode But I can't cut pictures with pictures (only with masks), nor have I found a way in any of the manuals (mmakempy.pdf, metafun-p.pdf, metapostmanual.pdf) to output text outline as paths which could be used for cutting a hole in the mask picture. Is this possible? 2) MP gives an easy way to format free flowing paragraph shapes similar to this image: http://www.davidlcade.com/images/gropius/g2.png . I have followed the instructions on pages 435-444. The problem with this approach is that the text which will be placed in a freely shaped paragraph will be a separate block which won't flow freely with other text in the document body if the contents on earlier pages change. I guess this drops in the category of big feature requests, but it would be nice to be able to define the shapes and positions of ConTeXt columns/paragraphs with MP graphics. In InDesign columns of any shape anywhere on the page can be connected without having to separate one block of text from the rest. With this feature one could define for example a 2-page spread for a magazine (with free shape graphics and columns) in between two ordinarily defined pages and would not have to manually disrupt the body text flow through the document. Best regards, Otso Helenius

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request for a quick & dirty hack: shift accents in compose=yes
by Mojca Miklavec 22 May '11

22 May '11

Hello, I'm using a feature "compose=yes" \definefontfeature [default] [liga=yes,kern=yes,tlig=yes,compose=yes] in a handwritten font to get ccarons (font SnellRoundhandLTStd-Scr.otf). However the carons are placed way off to the right due to the nature of handwritten font. Is there any simple, very-quick-and-dirty way to fix ConTeXt sources (I need it very soon), so that carons would be placed a bit more to the left? (I don't mind to do it just for this single document and then forget about it?) Thanks a lot, Mojca

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Font selection problem in MKIV
by Otso Helenius 22 May '11

22 May '11

> Try > > \switchtotypeface[LeagueScript][12pt] > \switchtobodyfont[LeageScript] Is \switchtobodyfont the recommended way of changing the typeface temporarily anywhere in a document (for example when making cover page graphics)? Its name implies only document body. Nevertheless, \switchtobodyfont works (at least in the document body, haven't tested yet elsewhere) without setting \setupbodyfont. > \definetypeface[LeagueScript][ss][specsans][League Script Thin] > \definetypeface[Pompadour][ss][specsans][Pompadour] This seems to work for most fonts, with others like Pompadour it fails (pompadour has SubFamily string of "Black" [Mac] and "Regular" [Windows] in the .otf), and spec fails to find pompadour-normal-normal which it is looking for). Pompadour is a serif font, so i tried also with arguments [rm][specserif]. I have looked into co-typography.pdf for help, and while it is very extensive in some parts, in others it is (too) technical and lacks expanations for some parameters. As soon as I get these issues sorted out I'll try if I can make the MKIV font pages in the Wiki a bit more beginner friendly. Best regads, Otso Helenius

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