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No widows and orphans
by Cecil Westerhof 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I do not want to have widows and orphans. Because of this I use: \clubpenalty=10000 \widowpenalty=10000 But this has no effect. Still the last two lines of a paragraph are put on the next page instead of the complete paragraph. I somewhere read about using: setups=*strict so I now have: \setuplayout[ header=0mm, setups=*strict, ] This makes it a little better. Now three lines are put on the other page. Is it possible to get the complete paragraph on the other page? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Re: [NTG-context] playing colors more
by Taco Hoekwater 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

On 03/01/2011 03:43 PM, Hans van der Meer wrote: > Oeps, I must have been spoiled by the \startxmlsetups where spaces at line end seem to be harmless. > > By the way, how can one get rid of the black bar under the color bars? It looks like a black background that has been shifted down somewhat. I don't know (and yes, I get that bottom bar as well). Best wishes, Taco

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playing colors more
by Hans van der Meer 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Why is the second color in the palet not showing up? I foolowed the example in the manual (section 6 page 6). Strange: adding a third color in the palet (see comment) now shows the first two! Off by one error in a loop? Hans van der Meer \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \switchtobodyfont[20pt] \definepalet[dvb][ colorone=blue, colortwo=green %,colorthree=red ] \setuppalet[dvb] \showpalet[dvb][] \starttext \color[colorone]{hello} \quad \color[colortwo]{hello} \quad \stoptext

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references
by Hans Hagen 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Hi, I uploaded a beta. New: - Improved \textxt behaviour (for Mojca's code). - Korean labels and index tagging (with help from Jeong Dalyoung). - Cleaned of referencing (formats). \setupinteraction[state=start] \startbuffer[definitions] \definereferenceformat [PageOne] [left=(,right=),text=sometext] \definereferenceformat [PageTwo] [label=page] \definereferenceformat [PageThree] [label=*] \definereferenceformat [PageFour] [label=both] \setuplabeltext[en][page=page~] \setuplabeltext[en][chapter=chapter~] \setuplabeltext[en][both={chapter~,~retpahc}] \stopbuffer \getbuffer[definitions] \starttext \chapter[one]{One} \typebuffer[definitions] \startbuffer \PageOne[two] \PageTwo[two] \PageThree[two] \PageFour[two] \at{(}{)}[two] \at{!}[two] \at{page}[two] <<\at[two]>> \stopbuffer \typebuffer \startlines \getbuffer \stoplines \chapter[two]{Two} \typebuffer[definitions] \startbuffer \PageOne[one] \PageTwo[one] \PageThree[one] \PageFour[one] \at{(}{)}[one] \at{!}[one] \at{page}[one] <<\at[one]>> \stopbuffer \typebuffer \startlines \getbuffer \stoplines \stoptext -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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problems with bib
by Stefan Müller 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Hi list, until now I used the bib module for my bibliography in a rather large document in MkIV by calling \usemodule[bib]. Today I updated to version 2011.02.25 22:03 and the document does no longer compile. I removed the above line from my document and it ran again, but the "References" section was empty and I got "[[error 1]]" everywhere I used \cite. So I changed \completepublications to \completepublications[criterium=all]. Now I have the complete list of references (I know, I asked for it) but instead I only want to have those references in the list that I cited in the document. Some questions: (1) Is the bib module obsolete? If so, can someone provide me with a small example how to properly make bibliographies now, preferably from a .bib-file? (2) If this is not already answered by the first question: How do I get the references list to display only the cited entries from my bibliography, "[criterium=?]"? (3) What do I have to do to let context find the sample.bib database? I get "I couldn't open database file sample.bib.bib" or "I couldn't open database file sample.bib" in the output depending on whether I added ".bib" or not. My current setup is this: %\usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database={mybibdatabase.bib}] \setuppublications[alternative=ams, refcommand=num] \setupcite[num][lastpubsep={, }] \setupcite[author][left=, right=] ... \completepublications[criterium=all] Any help appreciated, Stefan

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Screen document design
by Ian Lawrence 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Morning all, Quick question. I want to design a screen document at 1024 by 768 pixels, so ideally work in pixels as units, and not mm / cm. I know pdfs are scalable and about \setuppapersize[S6][S6], but I'd prefer to work in pixels (I have swfs / images to embed, and these come in x by y pixels). Anyone have an easy answer? ...nothing I have found in the selection of downloadable documentation or on the wiki suggests that it is possible... Thanks Ian

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Labels, offsetting the layout...
by Willi Egger 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Hi all, I should prepare a couple of sticky-labels. The label-sheet however has a top margin of 21 mm as also a bottom margin of 21 mm. At the left and right side there is a margin of 8 mm. The size of the label is 42.3 x 97mm. There are 16 such labels on each sheet. In order to get the prints correct I wanted to move the layout 8 mm to the right and 21 mm down... I had no success to complete this. Could someone enlighten me what I am doing wrong? Willi I have the following setup for testing: \definepapersize[Label][height=42.3mm,width=97mm] \definepapersize[Mypaper][A4] \setuppapersize[Label][Mypaper] \setuppaper [paper=Mypaper, topspace=21mm, backspace=8mm, dx=2mm, dy=0mm, nx=2, ny=6, margin=0pt, width=194mm, height=255mm, location=middle] \setuplayout [page=Label, topspace=4mm, backspace=5mm, margin=0mm, width=87mm, height=34.3mm, header=0mm, footer=0mm] \definelayer[Label][width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \setuparranging[XY] \starttext \dorecurse{12} {\setlayerframed [Label] [preset=leftbottom,y=.9cm,x=0mm] [frame=off, style=\tfx] {NTG-secretary} \startstandardmakeup \placelayer[Label]\page \stopstandardmakeup} \stoptext

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Comma spacing in math mode
by S Barmeier 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

I don't know if anyone feels the same, but I'm not happy with the spacing of commas in math mode (pictures attached). For instance, typesetting H^1(X,F), the comma seems to be closer to the F than to the X. Equal spacing on both sides or setting the comma closer to the X are I guess a matter of taste (inserting a \neghairspace after the X achieves the latter). In any case, I would kind of prefer equal spacing. Also, it seems odd that adding a negative space \neghairspace does not change the length of the total formula - I had expected the modified one to be slightly shorter...? On a related issue, the spacing for lists, e.g. (0,0,...,0), is not satisfactory. LaTeX provides a command \dotsc for dots between commas (and other commands like \dotsm, \dotsi, \dotsb). I don't know if all of these are necessary, but \dotsc and its cousins are not defined in ConTeXt and both using \ldots or just ... give unsatisfactory results. (It is also curious that the spacing after the first comma and the spacing after the last comma in (0,0,...,0) is evidently different...) Personally, I think I favour something approximating (0, 0, ..., 0) and I find \ldots is spaced too widely, ... too closely, and in any case, the spacing of the dots doesn't match with the spacing of the commas. Any second opinions? Best wishes, Severin P.S.: I'm also confused about \colon and : - the latter looks better to me in $i: A \to B$. The spacing for projective coordinates [1:0: ... :0] is wide but still acceptable. The index of a subgroup |G:H| is far too widely spaced, but \colon only gives asymmetrical spacing. The semicolon seems to undergo the same spacing as the comma, with the same problems mentioned above. P.P.S.: \hairspace does not seem to have any effect in math mode, while \neghairspace does. Bug or feature?

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Non-stretching or slow-stretching spaces?
by S Barmeier 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

I was wondering if there are any kind of spaces which (partly) fix the spacing between characters. For example, typesetting "Chapter 1", I would like to keep the space from stretching at the same rate as the surrounding spaces (just like ck ligatures in old German texts would be prevented from stretching, or the space in do n't (sic) in early 20th century American texts). I currently use "\ " to prevent a line break "~" to prevent extra space after a period \, \; etc. as fractions(?) of the normal space (i.e. they change at the same rate as the normal space when stretched) Are there any other types of spaces I should be aware of? I would be most grateful for any comments, especially concerning the existence of a slow-stretching (or non-stretching) space... Thank you, Severin

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DejaVu in minimals
by Vedran Miletić 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Kudos for including DejaVu in minimals. Regards, Vedran Miletić

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Bibliography bug
by Pontus Lurcock 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Greetings everyone, Since this is my first post here, I would like to start by saying thank you to all the ConTeXt developers and documenters for a great system. I'm using ConTeXt to typeset my doctoral dissertation, with (so far) reasonable success. But I've run into what I think is a minor bug in the default bibliography style. Minimal example: ---8<--- \startpublication[k=test,t=inproceedings,a=Smith,y=2000] \author[]{John}[J.]{}{Smith} \pubyear{2000} \arttitle{A fascinating exposition} \editor[]{Adam}[A.]{}{Jones} \title{Proceedings of Something} \city{London} \pages{123--132} \organization{Institute of Whatever} \stoppublication \starttext \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext ---8<--- Using Linux minimals, context Mark IV, v. 2011.02.25 22:03, this gives me: Smith, J. (2000). A fascinating exposition. In Jones, A., editor, Proceedings of Something, pages 123–132. London.: Institute of Whatever I think that "London.: Institute of Whatever" should be "London: Institute of Whatever." with full stop after organization rather than city. I assume the fix is simple, but I swiftly got lost when I tried jumping into the bibliography code, so I hope that someone else can help here. Thanks, Pont

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Letters in the first level head instead of numbers
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Hello, maybe already questioned in the past, but I cannot find the answer: How to change the numbering style for a particular head (e.g. section) from numbers (1, 2...) to letters (A, B...) - which option and value (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/setuphead)? Thank you in advance. Kind 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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\externalfigure can't find svg files in the path specified by \setupexternalfigures
by Hongwen Qiu 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Hi, If I put the Dna-SNP.svg file in the current directory, it works fine: \starttext %\setupexternalfigures[directory=figure] \externalfigure[Dna-SNP.svg] \externalfigure[Dna-SNP.png] \stoptext If I put the Dna-SNP.svg file in the figure subdirectory, then it broke: \starttext %\setupexternalfigures[directory=figure] \externalfigure[Dna-SNP.svg] %\externalfigure[Dna-SNP.png] \stoptext And If I convert the Dna-SNP.svg in the figure subdirectory into Dna-SNP.png, and comment the .svg line, while uncomment the .png line, it works again. So the problem is that \externalfigure can't find svg files in the path specified by \setupexternalfigures. Dna-SNP.svg is attached in case somebody want to test it.

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[***SPAM***] \type works differently in MKIV than MKII
by Tom 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

The following code creates the desired output in MKII but the \par commands appear to be ignored by MKIV: \starttext \type+{\framed[frame=off,align=middle]+ \par \type+ \{\placefigure [here]+ \par \type+ {none}+ \par \type+ {\externalfigure[frontispiece][width=\textwidth]}}}+ \par \par \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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Re: [NTG-context] how to make chapter starts from odd page always?
by Jeong Dalyoung 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Dear Hans and Wolfgang, Thank you for the help. The contents of a book is already fixed and nowI tired to make a book in a better shape. Best regards, Dalyoung

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ConTeXt and Drupal
by Bowen Alan C. 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Does anyone know of a project or literature addressing the possibility of running ConTeXt in a Drupal environment? There is a DruTeX module already in place but that, so far as I can tell, it is limited to LaTeX. Alan

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[t-vim] Line numbers
by Marco 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hi everybodyoy Hi Aditya I like your t-vim module. I think it's a nice concept not te reinvent the wheel and to take advantage of the hundreds of syntax files of the vim contributors. 1) You have »Add line numbers« on your TODO list. What's the progress? 2) To set the font size I do the following, is there a better solution like bodyfont=xyz for definetyping or is it just fine like this? \definevimtyping [PHP] [ syntax=php, before={\switchtobodyfont[small]}, ] Marco

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MathML broken in mkiv?
by Reviczky, Adam 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hi I'm trying to use MathML with mkiv (latest beta), but I'm getting errors. I'm attaching the minimal example (borrowed from the wiki) and the log file. Adam

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how to keep inmargin texts above the base of the page
by Dinh Tran 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hello. If I have a lot of inmargin or margintext, they will extend into the base of the page (defined by bottomspace). Is there a way to remedy this by some setup? This was compiled with xetex option b/c inmargin stack doesn't fully work in mkiv. Thanks, Dinh ------ \setuppapersize[letter][letter] % margins etc. \setuplayout[location=middle, topspace=1.87cm, header=0cm, width=middle, cutspace=3.1cm, %From right edge of paper to right of text area height=fit, backspace=6.1cm, %from left edge of paper to left of text area rightmargin=1.5cm, leftmargin=3.7cm, leftmargindistance=1cm, %from right of leftmargin to left of textbody bottomspace=1.62cm, footer=1.49cm, % grid=yes, % to align text on a grid. If this is on, setupwhitespace and setupinterlinespace doesn't work. setup=strict] \showframe \setupinmargin[stack=yes] \starttext \dorecurse{25}{This is some text in the page.\margintext{This is text in the margin.} \par} \stoptext

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howto set maxitemdepth
by Florian Wobbe 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hi, what is the preferred way to set the maximum item depth for itemization with symbols? I can decrease the default value of 6 with \setcounter. However, increasing to values higher than 6 results in an error: "Missing number, treated as zero". Thanks, Florian

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\definelistplacement + margin
by Andreas Harder 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hi all, please have a look at the following example. The first chapter entry in the table of contents looks good, but the following entries adopt the margin setting from \setuplist[section][margin=3em] and I can't get rid of it … Any hint? \definelistplacement[ChapListItem][none]#1#2#3% {\inframed[width=broad]{#1\emspace #2\hfill #3}} \setuplist[chapter][alternative=ChapListItem] \setuplist[section][margin=3em] \starttext \showframe \placelist[chapter,section] \dorecurse{3}{\chapter{Chapter}\dorecurse{3}{\section{Section}}} \stoptext Greeting Andreas

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defined symbols - question/feature suggestion
by Florian Wobbe 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hi Hans, in symb-mis.mkiv you define most symbols with \mathematics. I don't know why you take these symbols from the math font. Just in case the symbol does not exist in the regular font, I would guess. Problem is only, that you will loose most symbols when switching the math font to something else than computer-modern (I tested with euler and cambria). BTW: I wonder how many contexters use modern for math... Anyway it appears most fonts have geometric shapes and common symbols and dingbats. So I end up redefining the symbols: \definesymbol [bullet] [\textbullet] \definesymbol [dash] [--] \definesymbol [star] [\char"2734] \definesymbol [triangle] [\char"25B6] \definesymbol [square] [\char"25A0] \definesymbol [diamond] [\char"25C6] \definesymbol [checkmark] [\char"2713] Also it looks nicer when you use item symbols matching the text font. Maybe you would consider this and prefer symbols from the text font rather than those from the math font and keep \mathematics only as fall back should the glyph be unavailable. Cheers, Florian

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Spacing for unnumbered equations
by S Barmeier 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

The spacing for numbered and unnumbered equations is different: \input tufte \placeformula[-] \startformula a=b \stopformula \input tufte \placeformula \startformula a=b \stopformula \input tufte \placeformula[-] seems to insert extra space after the displayed equation. Removable feature? Thank you, Severin

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Missing space between numbers in \showcolor (MkIV only)
by Vedran Miletić 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

\starttext \showcolor[rgb] \stoptext Numbers are next to each other. In MkII (with \setupcolors[state=start]) it looks OK. Regards. Vedran Miletić

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how to make chapter starts from odd page always?
by Jeong Dalyoung 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

Dear all, I'd like to start every chapter starts from an odd page. page=right or page=left doesn't affect the page setting. I tried it using pagenumbering, but not succeed. I also want to put "counting" + pagenumber at the header of everypage. How to make it work? Here is my setting. Corrections for better shapes are welcomed. Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung \definestructureconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals] \definestructureconversionset[bodypart:pagenumber] [][numbers] \setupheadertexts[][{\tfx COUNTING}] \startstructureblockenvironment[frontpart] \setupuserpagenumber[numberconversion=romannumerals] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \setuphead[chapter][command=,number=no,page=right] \stopstructureblockenvironment \startstructureblockenvironment[bodypart] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \setuppagenumbering[alternative={singlesided,doublesided},location={header,left}]%singlesided,right] \setuphead[chapter][command=\Myheader, page=left] \stopstructureblockenvironment \startstructureblockenvironment[backpart] \setuphead[chapter][command=,number=no,page=left] \stopstructureblockenvironment

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Configuration files
by eythanweg＠gmail.com 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Hi, Where can I find information about the contents of following files? context.cnf contextcnf.lua texmf.cnf texmfcnf.lua Also I used to have cont-sys.tex in ~/texmf/tex. What is the analogous file for mkiv? Thank you. Eythan

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\halign
by eythanweg＠gmail.com 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Hi, I have just installed beta. The line: \starttext \halign{&\hfil#\hfil\quad\cr This& That\cr1&2\cr} \stoptext is not typeset and the & are left in place. What could be the problem? Thank you. Eythan

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Hyphenation patterns and adjusted kerning: ConTeXt vs. LuaTeX
by Heilmann, Till A. 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Am Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:41:10 +0100 schrieb Ulrike Fischer: >> In base mode kerning and and hyphenation >> happen in the traditional tex way, so there is not much extra trickery >> taking place. > > Well, as you mention "base mode": This reminded me that I had to > force base mode to get my reencoding to work in latex. So I tried in > context + latex/luaotfload (with german hyphenation patterns): > > [...] > > And bingo: with mode=base it works in both formats, with mode=node > the kern disappears. Without mode declaration the kern disappears in > latex. Ah, yes, the transcript of my first example clearly shows fontspec operating in node mode. Please excuse my naive asking: Is there any way to continue using fontspec's setmainfont command (it is convenient for someone unexperienced like me) and at the same force luaotfload into using base mode? Thanks, - Till

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Hyphenation patterns and adjusted kerning: ConTeXt vs. LuaTeX
by Heilmann, Till A. 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Maybe the ConTeXt community can be of assistance to the LuaTeX bunch ... As a new LuaTeX user, I came across the following problem: Using Lua(La)TeX, customized kerning of letter pairs (via the FeatureFile capability of fontspec) is ignored when it coincides with a possible hyphenation of a word (e.g. between 'f' and 'h' in German words like 'aufhalten'; see first minimal example below). Ulrike Fischer was so kind to point out two things (http://tug.org/pipermail/luatex/2011-February/002569.html) First, the problem seems to be the break points between the adjusted kerning pairs. Second, ConTeXt seems to handle this case correctly (see second minimal example below; feature file bonum.fea from first example required). I am no expert in neither LuaTeX nor context, but Ulrike suggested I post here and ask if the (typographically correct) ConTeXt behavior or solution can be reproduced with Lua(La)TeX. Thanks, - Till 1. Lua(La)TeX \begin{filecontents*}{bonum.fea} languagesystem DFLT dflt; languagesystem latn dflt; feature kern { pos f h 100; } kern; \end{filecontents*} \documentclass{article} \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont[FeatureFile=bonum.fea]{TeX Gyre Bonum} \begin{document} fh aufhalten \end{document} 2. ConTeXt \mainlanguage [de] \definefontfeature[test][featurefile=bonum,kern=yes] \definefont[test][name:texgyrebonum*test] \starttext \test fh aufhalten \stoptext

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Hyphenation patterns and adjusted kerning: ConTeXt vs. LuaTeX
by Heilmann, Till A. 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Am Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:45:31 +0100 schrieb Ulrike Fischer: >> Please excuse my naive asking: Is there any way to continue using >> fontspec's setmainfont command (it is convenient for someone >> unexperienced like me) and at the same force luaotfload into >> using base mode? >> > > The following seems to work: > > \documentclass{article} > \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} > \usepackage{fontspec} > \setmainfont[RawFeature={mode=base},FeatureFile=bonum.fea]{TeX Gyre > Bonum} > \begin{document} > fh aufhalten > \end{document} Oh joy! Thank you all, once again, for your help. It is much appreciated. (The downside: Now that I can, I have no choice but to actually fix all the terrible kerning mistakes in TeX Gyre Bonum. Hours and hours of work. Sigh...) - Till

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post_linebreak_filter in context
by Patrick Gundlach 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Hi, how do I install a custom post_linebreak_filter in ConTeXt? I have this LaTeX file: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{scrartcl} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{blindtext} \usepackage{fontspec} \directlua{ show_hyph = function(head) while head do if head.id == 0 or head.id == 1 then % hlist, vlist show_hyph(head.list) % should be head.head in a newer luatex than 0.64 elseif head.id == 7 then % disc local n = node.new("whatsit","pdf_literal") n.mode = 0 n.data = "q 0.3 w 0 2 m 0 7 l S Q" n.next = head.next n.prev = head head.next = n head = n end head = head.next end return true end luatexbase.add_to_callback("post_linebreak_filter",show_hyph,"show_hyph") } \begin{document} \begin{minipage}{5cm} \blindtext \end{minipage} \end{document} ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ which registers a function "show_hyph" as the post_linebreak_filter (the rest is not really interesting). How would I do this in ConTeXt? (also asked on tex.se: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/11960/how-to-register-a-callback-in-…) Thanks Patrick

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Float option “top” affects page break (on following pages)
by Andreas Harder 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Hi all, consider the following example. \starttext \showgrid Try to comment the \tex{placefigure} command, there will be 40 lines on the second page. If you uncomment it again there are 41 lines! \placefigure[top,nonumber]{}{\externalfigure[dummy]} \page \dorecurse{30}{line \recurselevel\par} \blank[medium,small] \dostepwiserecurse{31}{50}{1}{line \recurselevel\par} \stoptext It's really a problem if compiling a component file which ends up with another page breaking than the corresponding product file. I hope there will be soon a fix for that … is there already one? Regards Andreas

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btex and DeclareGraphicsRule question
by Rebecca Searls 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Why does stmt, label(btex Au dessus etex, (0,0)); fail when using stmt, \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{} but works with stmt, \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{eps}{*}{} I am running texlive/2010. Here is the error msg I get when using mps. >/usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/i386-linux/mpost xtest.mp This is MetaPost, version 1.211 (TeX Live 2010) (kpathsea version 6.0.0) (./xtest.mpfatal: Command failed: etex --parse-first-line --interaction=nonstopmode mpIYqrrH.tex; see mpxerr.log >> xtest.mp >> xtest.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.15 label(btex Au dessus etex, (0,0)); Transcript written on xtest.log. -- xtext.mp % verbatimtex %&latex \documentclass{book} \usepackage{dvidrv} \usepackage{hrefout} \usepackage{xbookjh} \usepackage{xstyle} \usepackage{verbatim} \begin{document} etex beginfig(1); label("Au dessus ",(0,0)); label(btex Au dessus etex, (0,0)); endfig; bye; --- xbookjh.sty \ProvidesPackage{bookjh}[2001/05/24 Material for _Linear Algebra_ (JH)] \usepackage[\dvidrv]{color} \usepackage[\dvidrv]{graphicx} % \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{} % make pdflatex take fig.1 as metapost. % \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{eps}{*}{} % make pdflatex take fig.1 as metapost. \endinput --- xstyle.sty \AtBeginDocument{\newlength{\heightofcdot} \newlength{\widthofcdot} \settoheight{\heightofcdot}{$\cdot$} \settowidth{\widthofcdot}{$\cdot$} \newsavebox{\dotprodcircle} \savebox{\dotprodcircle}{\includegraphics{dotprod.1}} \newcommand{\dotprod}{\mathbin{\raisebox{.5\heightofcdot}{ \makebox[\widthofcdot]{$\smash{\usebox{\dotprodcircle}}$}}}}} Alternatively if I use stmt, \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{} and comment out all the lines in xstyle.sty no error is generated when mpost is run. I don't understand what in xstyle.sty can be having an affect on \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{}. Can anyone provide any helpful information? My preference is to use mps and not eps.

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reencode fonts with fonts.trigger
by Ulrike Fischer 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Hello, Khaled had another idea to manipulate (reencode) fonts: He suggested to put a function in fonts.trigger. (Example below). I have some questions regarding this example: 1. Is there a basic flaw in the idea? 2. Is the interface more or less stable or will it probably change in the future? If not 3. which tables/values in tfmdata must be copied/reassigned beside the indices information? (There seem to be quite a lot informations more than once in tfmdata. E.g. I find the boundingbox in two places (descriptions and shared.otfdata.glyphs)). 4. Which tables/values must be created if I try to move a char to a place which is currently empty (like the "z" in the example)? 5. What is the recommanded lua-code to copy/reassign/remap the tables? Does a library or some helper functions exist which would make it easier to move the tables around? \directlua{ local function chess(tfmdata,value) if value then tfmdata.characters[122]={} tfmdata.indices[75],tfmdata.indices[81],tfmdata.indices[122]=tfmdata.indices[81],tfmdata.indices[75],tfmdata.indices[81] table.tofile("filechess.lua", tfmdata, true) %show table end end table.insert(fonts.triggers,"chess") fonts.initializers.base.otf.chess = chess fonts.initializers.node.otf.chess = chess } \font\test="file:SkakNew-Figurine.otf:chess=yes" \starttext \test KQzK \stoptext \bye -- Ulrike Fischer

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\em around \placefigure (bug?)
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Hello, the \em statement being placed as the first command of a paragraph to flow around a \placefigure seems to SCRATCH the figure instead of to flow around (bug?). See the minimal example: --- \starttext \placefigure [left,none] {} { \startMPcode draw (0,0)--(6cm,6cm); \stopMPcode } 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 {\em 01234656789} 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 {\em 01234656789} 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 \input tufte \stoptext --- 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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inmargin problem in mkiv with luatex when specified with stack
by Dinh Tran 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Hello, Running the following context code doesn't seem to work with "context --luatex". Works with "context --xetex" however. ------ \setuplayout[backspace=5cm,margin=3cm,margindistance=.5cm,width=middle] \setupinmargin[stack=yes] \starttext A\margintext{A} B\margintext{B}. C\inmargin{C} D\inmargin{D}. \stoptext ----- I get the following error: 11 >> C\inmargin{C} D\inmargin{D}. 12 13 \stoptext 14 \ctxcommand ...\directlua \zerocount {commands.#1} \@@ar@@1 ...se \currentposition \previousposition {\scratchskip \dimexpr \MP... \redoloop ->\expandrecursecontent \endofloop <to be read again> { <inserted text> 2 \dodoloop ...mexpr \recurselevel +\plusone \relax } ... l.11 C \inmargin{C} D\inmargin{D}. %Dinh

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Question regarding registertempfile
by Aditya Mahajan 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Hi Hans, Currently, luat-run.lua defines registertempfile as: function luatex.registertempfile(name) name = name .. ".mkiv-tmp" -- maybe just .tmp if trace_temp_files and not tempfiles[name] then report_tempfiles("registering temporary file: %s",name) end tempfiles[name] = true return name end Can you remove the first line of this function? (That is, do not modify the name at all). This will allow me to use this functionality to remove temporary files created by t-filter and t-vim. These files, do not end in .mkiv-tmp or .tmp. Thanks Aditya

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How to disable hyphenation?
by Cecil Westerhof 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

I have a Dutch document where I use the word genereren. Because it is on the end of the line ge- is put on the end and nereren is put on the beginning of the next line. I find this quit ugly. Can I disable hyphenation, or let it behave more 'beautiful'? I searched on ContextGarden, but did not find anything. -- Cecil Westerhof

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lilypond module error with mkiv beta
by Lutz Haseloff 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Hi all, with newest ConTeXt MKIV beta from Minimals following file (from the doc) failes to compile: \usemodule[lilypond] \starttext \subject{Telemann, TWV 40:11} \startlilypond \relative c' { \set Staff.instrumentName = flute \key fis \minor \time 3/4 \partial 4 r8 fis'8 | fis4. cis8 a cis | fis, a cis fis a fis | b, d fis b d b | eis,, gis cis eis gis b, | a fis' gis, fis' cis eis | fis,4 r8 a' gis fis | e gis, a e' fis cis | d fis, gis b e d | cis4 \trill r8 cis b a | b dis e gis cis, b | a e' dis fis b, a | gis4 \trill r8 } \stoplilypond \stoptext The errormessage is: fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active resolvers > modules > loaded: 'lilypond' (C:/contextminimal/texmf-local/tex/context/third/lilypond/t-lilypond.tex loading > LilyPond module ){C:/contextminimal/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) (C:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (C:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv){C:/contextminimal/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{C:/contextminimal/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded system > begin file lily.tex at line 3 structure > sectioning > subject @ level 3 : 0.0.0 -> Telemann, TWV 40:11 ! Undefined control sequence. \dodostartlilypond ...ily!filename {\bufferprefix lilypond-\lily!figures }\e... l.19 \stoplilypond Is this a bug in the lilypond module? Greetings Lutz

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git repository in sync with minimals
by Marco 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Is the git repository git://gitorious.org/context/context.git in sync with the minimals? If not, is there another revision control system repository for context that is? Marco

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TaBlE from Lua
by Daniel Lyons 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Is there a convenient way to create TaBlE tables from Lua? If so, where can I read about it? Thanks, -- Daniel

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increase space on the left of pages included using \copypages
by Curiouslearn 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Hello, I am trying to use the \copypages command to include a pdf file, say file3pages.pdf with three pages in my context document. First, I issued the command: \copypages[file3pages.pdf] The pages from file3pages.pdf are too close to the left margin. There is not enough white space on the left whereas, there is a lot of space on the right of the included pages. So, I tried \hskip 0.5in \copypages[file3pages.pdf] This creates appropriate space on the left of the included pages, but only for the first page of file3pages.pdf. The second and third pages of file3pages.pdf are the same as before (too close to the left margin). How can I apply \hskip 0.5in to each of the pages included from the file3pages.pdf. Can someone please suggest if there is a better way to increase the space on the left. Please note that the included pages do not respect the margins I have set for the document. Thanks a lot.

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including pdf
by Andrea Valle 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Hi list! I have to create the proceedings of a conference. I'm collecting A4 pdfs (from word/latex templates), and I have to stick them together, adding cover, toc etc Now, I've used copypages. The fact is that the included pdfs do not bleed over all the page, their inclusion seems to depend on some dimension I'm not able to control via setuplayout. So, I tested startpagefigure. Works fine but I can include (well, I'm able to) a single page. More, it seems that numbers of page disappear (while I need them) Any hints? Thanks a lot -a-

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Setting starting chapter number
by Tom 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

I have the need to start a document on a chapter number greater than 1 but cannot find the command that sets the starting chapter number. I assume that such a command exists and have probably overlooked the right one. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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\stretched in chapter titles in MKII
by Tom 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

I am trying to stretch two lines of text to the same width for use as a chapter head. I have two major problems: 1. The second line of text is appended to the end of the first line instead of being placed below it. 2. I get errors when using #1 and #2 as values, i.e {Chapter #1} and {#2}. Because of these errors I have hardcoded the values in the example that follows: \def\MyChapterCommand#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\hbox to \hsize {\ss\stretched{Chapter 1}} \par \hbox to \hsize {\ss\bf\stretched{Test Chapter Title}}} \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommand] \starttext \chapter{Test Chapter Title} \input knuth \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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Latest betas break tikz matrix
by Mathieu Boespflug 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Hi all, This code used to compile in versions of context prior to January, though I can't quite pin down the versions. \usemodule[t-tikz] \usetikzlibrary{matrix} \starttext \tikzstyle{description}=[fill=white,inner sep=2pt] \starttikzpicture \matrix(m)[matrix of math nodes, row sep=3em, column sep=3em, text height=1.5ex, text depth=0.25ex] {x&y\\ z&u\\}; \path[->] (m-1-1) edge node[description] {$*$} (m-1-2) edge node[description] {$*$} (m-2-1) (m-1-2) edge[dashed] node[description] {$*$} (m-2-2) (m-2-1) edge[dashed] node[description] {$*$} (m-2-2); \stoptikzpicture \stoptext (compilation error at the bottom of this email) I thought at first that this was a luatex problem, but I've ruled that out with the following plain tex file, which compiles just fine in plain luatex and in plain pdftex: \input tikz.tex \usetikzlibrary{matrix} \tikzstyle{description}=[fill=white,inner sep=2pt] \tikzpicture \matrix(m)[matrix of math nodes, row sep=3em, column sep=3em, text height=1.5ex, text depth=0.25ex] {x&y\\ z&u\\}; \path[->] (m-1-1) edge node[description] {$*$} (m-1-2) edge node[description] {$*$} (m-2-1) (m-1-2) edge[dashed] node[description] {$*$} (m-2-2) (m-2-1) edge[dashed] node[description] {$*$} (m-2-2); \endtikzpicture \end I have no idea what the error is telling me and what could be causing it. Any ideas? Many thanks, Mathieu Compile log: ! Only one # is allowed per tab. system > tex > error on line 10 in file testcontext.tex: Only one # is allowed per tab ... 1 \usemodule[t-tikz] 2 \usetikzlibrary{matrix} 3 4 \starttext 5 \tikzstyle{description}=[fill=white,inner sep=2pt] 6 \starttikzpicture 7 \matrix(m)[matrix of math nodes, 8 row sep=3em, column sep=3em, 9 text height=1.5ex, text depth=0.25ex] 10 >> {x&y\\ 11 z&u\\}; 12 \path[->] 13 (m-1-1) edge node[description] {$*$} (m-1-2) 14 edge node[description] {$*$} (m-2-1) 15 (m-1-2) edge[dashed] node[description] {$*$} (m-2-2) 16 (m-2-1) edge[dashed] node[description] {$*$} (m-2-2); 17 \stoptikzpicture 18 \stoptext 19 \pgf@matrix@cont ...ell ##\pgf@matrix@endcell }&## \pgf@matrix@padding &&\pgf... l.10 { x&y\\ ?

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Re: [NTG-context] about the line break after \inframed
by Jeong Dalyoung 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Dear Hongwen, \dontleavehmode make it work. The answer is always around me but not for my eyes. Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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\useexternalfigure globally? (+minor issues)
by Philipp Gesang 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Hi all, [1] in grph-fig.mkiv, “\useexternalfigure” is declared twice in exactly the same way (ll. 124 and 132). [2] “\showexternalfigures” does not seem to work in mkiv (fails at “\startXMLmapping”), is there an alternative? [3] Is there a way to globally declare an externalfigure from inside a group? So that in the following example, the second reference to “kuh” succeeds. ···8<···························································· \starttext \bgroup \useexternalfigure[kuh][cow] \externalfigure[kuh] \egroup \externalfigure[kuh] \stoptext ···8<···························································· Thanks in advance, Philipp

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about the line break after \inframed
by Jeong Dalyoung 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Dear all, I tested the following code from Metafun. \startuseMPgraphic{lions b} picture pic; path p ; p := fullsquare xyscaled (\overlaywidth,\overlayheight) randomized 5pt ; pickup pencircle scaled 1pt ; fill p withcolor .850yellow ; draw p withcolor .5yellow ; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[leopard][\uniqueMPgraphic{lions b}] \def\nota#1 {\inframed[frame=off,background=leopard]{#1}} \starttext \nota{test 1:} This is a test for line separation. %\midaligned{\nota{test 2}} \stoptext Then the sentence "This is a test." is written in a new line as following. test 1: This is a test. Q1. I'd like to have it in the same line as "test 1: This is a test." How to surpress the line break after test? Q2. Also, if I try to add \midaligned{}, then an error occured. .... ! Argument of \nota has an extra }. ... ... <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } l.15 \midaligned{\nota{test 2}} How to put it midaligned? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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errors processing context manual
by pmlists＠free.fr 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Hello, There are 3 errors when processing the context manual: 1.) ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/core-con.lua:178: attempt to call local 'mapper' (a table value) \starttext \startitemize[g] \item a \type{g} for Greek characters \item a \type{G} for Greek capitals \stopitemize \stoptext 2.) ! Undefined control sequence: \showcharacters \starttext \showcharacters \stoptext 3.) ! Undefined control sequence: \@@xysx ->\@@lysscale \starttext \showprint[][][scale=1.5] \stoptext What can be done? TIA for any help, -- Peter

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