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Guttenberg's dissertation typeset in ConTeXt
by Johannes Kuester 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Did anyone on this list know (or did anyone notice yet) that the print version of the much-discussed dissertation by Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was (allegedly) typeset in ConTeXt? See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verfassung_und_Verfassungsvertrag._Konstitutio… (in section "Äußere Form"). -- Johannes Kuester typoma mailto:jk@typoma.com http://www.typoma.com

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Learning LuaTeX : Invoice
by Henning Hraban Ramm 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Maybe similar to the "spreadsheet" question: I'm trying to use Wolfgang's letter module for my invoices and would like to use Lua for the sums. But I fail already at the beginning: \startluacode userdata = userdata or {} userdata.invoice = userdata.invoice or { sum = 0 } -- global table for sums function userdata.singlesum(hours, perhour) amount = hours * perhour userdata.invoice.sum = userdata.invoice.sum + amount global.context(string.gsub(string.format("\%.2f", amount), "%.", ",")) return amount end \stopluacode gives: (virtual://viafile.1 unknown preamble key [the character )] unknown preamble key [the character )] unknown preamble key [the character )] ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: '=' expected near '<eof>'. system > tex > error on line 11 in file invoice.tex: LuaTeX error ... 4 \startluacode 5 userdata = userdata or {} 6 7 userdata.invoice = userdata.invoice or { sum = 0 } 8 9 function userdata.singlesum(hours, perhour) 10 amount = hours * perhour 11 >> userdata.invoice.sum = userdata.invoice.sum + amount 12 global.context(string.gsub(string.format("\%.2f", amount), "%.", ",")) 13 return amount 14 end I can't see what's wrong!? I tried local and usercode, but didn’t get further. 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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filtering xml
by Thomas Schmitz 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Hi all, this must be easy, but I don't find the solution. Given an xml structure like this: <X> <A>dog</A> <A><B>cat</B></A> <A><B>mouse</B></A> </X> which \xmlfilter expression do I need to get the first <A> element which has a subelement <B>? I.e., the filter should only return "cat," not "dog" or "mouse." There can be 0 or more elements without <B> before and after the one I want to retrieve. Sorry if this is elementary, but I looked at xml-mkiv.pdf and mk.pdf and couldn't find an answer. Thanks Thomas

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itemize in smaller font size
by Andreas Harder 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Hi all, consider the following example. I there a proper way to hook \tfxx in an itemize environment? \starttext \showframe \startitemize[n,packed][before=\tfxx,distance=5em] \dorecurse{12}{\item test} \stopitemize Desired output is: \tfxx \startitemize[n,packed][distance=5em] \dorecurse{12}{\item test} \stopitemize \stoptext Regards Andreas

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Simplefonts
by Charles Doherty 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Dear Wolfgang, The file from which the extract is taken worked fine a few months ago. I have since updated minimals and also simplefonts but I now have a problem. This update was today. The main font is typeset as Gentium Basic as requested but the Gaelic font is set as a roman italic. The switch to Mionchló does not happen. If I reverse the two fonts and make the Mionchló the main font it typesets correctly as the Gaelic font but the switch in this case to Gentium Basic gives the same roman italic. I have not changed the file since it worked correctly. Thanks, Charlie \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[Gentium Basic] \starttext Transcription of gloss on fol. 18 begins here: \blank[2*big] {\switchtobodyfont[14pt]{\simplefont[Mionchló]{Luan cengcegeise i(n)diu duī ingliid dalacha iſ tɼua ī ſcel tuathal do bith dithɼe {\high{\simplefont[Mionchló]{īdiu}}} ⁊ iſ tɼuagiu a hec a{\high{\simplefont[Mionchló]{ɼ}}}ɼaíɼ ⁊ a adnucul īnoſa}}} \blank[big] Luan cengcegeise i(n)diu dui(n) i ngliid dalacha is trua i(n) scel Tuathal do bith dithre \high{i(n)diu} \low{7}\ is truagiu a hec a\high{r}raír \low{7}\ a adnucul i(n)nosa \blank[big] It is Whit Monday here in Glendalough today. Sad is the news today that Tuathal is dying. It is even sadder that he died last night and just now is being buried. \stoptext

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Unexpected indentation
by Richard Lennox 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Hi, getting unexpected o/p with the following (both locally and on http://live.contextgarden.net/: It took me a while to come across the second incantation to get my desired o/p but I would be obliged if anyone would care to comment on why the first does not work as (I) expected. I would expect both addresses to be indented the same amount but only the first line of the first address appears indented as expected: \starttext % define skip before paragraphs (default is no skip) \setupwhitespace[3.5mm] %\setupwhitespace[big] \hskip 2cm 9/99 Addr Line 1 Street\hfil\break \hskip 2cm Addr Line 2\hfil\break \hskip 2cm City\hfil\break \startnarrower[2*left] \startalignment[right] 2/99 addr line 1\hfil\break addr line 2\hfil\break addr line 3 \stopalignment \stopnarrower \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] metapost fill between outlines
by Reviczky, Adam 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

The only letter ("g") I have left in the logo has two spaces that I want to cut out. I can't make a single path out of it so that it doesn't go through the entire letter, so what to do in this case? Here's the example: %%% \starttext \framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=red,height=fit,width=fit]{ \startMPcode path gb[],gf[],gc[]; gb1 := (100.023003,46.691399)..controls (100.023003,47.015598) and (100.348000,47.203098)..(100.969002,47.203098) ..controls (101.859001,47.203098) and (101.859001,46.855499)..(102.371002,46.855499) ..controls (102.695000,46.855499) and (102.991997,47.015598)..(102.991997,47.582001) ..controls (102.991997,48.066399) and (102.530998,48.230499)..(102.101997,48.230499) ..controls (101.616997,48.230499) and (100.996002,48.093800)..(100.348000,47.664101) ..controls (100.188004,47.527302) and (99.781197,47.339802)..(99.539101,47.500000) ..controls (99.027298,47.851601) and (98.570297,48.093800)..(97.355499,48.093800) ..controls (96.144501,48.093800) and (94.363297,47.367199)..(93.230499,45.828098) ..controls (92.421898,44.695301) and (92.261703,43.886700)..(92.261703,43.078098) ..controls (92.261703,42.269501) and (92.585899,41.675800)..(92.828102,41.355499) ..controls (92.878899,41.273399) and (92.906197,41.218800)..(92.906197,41.136700) ..controls (92.906197,40.949200) and (92.664101,40.812500)..(92.261703,40.707001) ..controls (91.531197,40.464802) and (90.320297,39.761700)..(90.320297,38.523399) ..controls (90.320297,37.714802) and (90.964798,36.933601)..(91.695297,36.445301) ..controls (91.695297,36.445301) and (90.210899,36.042999)..(89.023399,35.394501) ..controls (88.109398,34.882801) and (87.082001,34.101601)..(87.082001,32.968800) ..controls (87.082001,31.675800) and (88.191399,29.570299)..(92.746101,29.570299) ..controls (95.414101,29.570299) and (97.085899,30.539101)..(97.734398,31.269501) ..controls (98.218803,31.835899) and (98.296898,32.484402)..(98.296898,32.886700) ..controls (98.296898,34.343800) and (96.683601,35.718800)..(94.902298,36.687500) ..controls (93.769501,37.335899) and (92.097702,38.117199)..(92.097702,39.277302) ..controls (92.097702,39.574200) and (92.179703,39.898399)..(92.503899,40.085899) ..controls (92.718803,40.250000) and (93.070297,40.328098)..(93.445297,40.328098) ..controls (93.957001,40.328098) and (94.605499,40.167999)..(95.066399,40.167999) ..controls (96.519501,40.167999) and (98.488297,40.652302)..(99.703102,43.242199) ..controls (100.023003,43.968800) and (100.160004,44.695301)..(100.160004,45.316399) ..controls (100.160004,46.125000) and (100.023003,46.316399)..(100.023003,46.691399) --cycle; drawdot (100.023003,46.691399) withcolor blue withpen pencircle scaled 2pt; gf2 := (92.960899,30.351601)..controls (89.968803,30.351601) and (89.078102,32.078098)..(89.078102,32.941399) ..controls (89.078102,33.750000) and (89.402298,34.261700)..(90.210899,34.828098) ..controls (90.777298,35.234402) and (91.613297,35.636700)..(92.261703,35.878899) ..controls (92.988297,35.558601) and (94.093803,34.910198)..(94.445297,34.585899) ..controls (96.062500,33.453098) and (96.386703,32.808601)..(96.386703,32.242199) ..controls (96.386703,30.703100) and (94.093803,30.351601)..(92.960899,30.351601) --cycle; drawdot (92.960899,30.351601) withcolor green withpen pencircle scaled 2pt; gf1 := (98.867203,46.367199)..controls (98.867203,45.585899) and (98.570297,44.535198)..(97.894501,43.402302) ..controls (96.628899,41.355499) and (95.628899,40.949200)..(94.769501,40.949200) ..controls (94.039101,40.949200) and (93.714798,41.542999)..(93.714798,42.406200) ..controls (93.714798,43.160198) and (94.039101,44.132801)..(94.605499,45.019501) ..controls (95.468803,46.394501) and (96.683601,47.527302)..(97.761703,47.527302) ..controls (98.488297,47.527302) and (98.867203,47.175800)..(98.867203,46.367199) --cycle; drawdot (98.867203,46.367199) withcolor yellow withpen pencircle scaled 2pt; gc1 := gb1 -- gf1 -- cycle; gc2 := gc1 -- gf2 -- cycle; fill gc2; \stopMPcode } \stoptext %%% How do I get rid of the crossing line? Adam

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Compilation problem with latest beta
by Michael Goerz 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Hi everyone, I was compiling a document with the version of ConTeXt that comes with TeXLive 2010, and now tried to compile it the latest beta of the Minimals installation. The compilations fails with the following error: [...] pages > flushing realpage 6, userpage 1 pages > flushing realpage 7, userpage 1 ) system > end file vol_vii_3/frontmatter at line 14 pages > flushing realpage 8, userpage 1 ! Missing control sequence inserted. system > tex > error on line 11 in file vol_vii_3/vol_vii_3.tex: Missing control sequence inserted ... 1 %\overfullrule5\points % show overfull boxes 2 \startproduct vol_vii_3/vol_vii_3 3 \project project 4 5 \enablemode[doublesided] 6 7 %\showframe % show the layout boxes on each page 8 9 \startfrontmatter 10 \setupheadertexts[{}][{}][{}][{}] 11 >> 12 \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] 13 14 \component vol_vii_3/frontmatter 15 16 \page[yes, odd] 17 18 { % ToC 19 \IJDEvol{Summer 2011}{Volume VII.3} 20 \FMTitle{Contents} 21 \blank[big] <inserted text> \inaccessible <to be read again> { \currentconvertfont ...tchtobodyfont [14pt]\edef { smallcaps}\attribute \zero... \dosetfontattribute ...me #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi \empty \dosetlistattributes ...bute \fontattributehash #1 \fi \ifx \colorattributeha... <argument> ...setlistattributes \c!style \c!color \!!widthb \hsize \doifelse... ... l.23 \page [left] ? I have absolutely no clue what the error message is trying to tell me, or how to go about making the document compile. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Michael Goerz

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some equivalent of latex beamer \item<uncover@1>?
by Pau 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Hello, I am trying to implement a similar effect to latex beamer's \begin{itemize} \item<uncover@1> \item<uncover@2> \item<uncover@3-> \end{itemize} What'd be the equivalent/similar/better of that in ConTeXt? thanks!

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textcommand=\uppercase in setuphead is propagated to lower level settings
by Dinh Tran 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Hello. I apply textcommand=\uppercase to a section heading but it is propagated to subheadings. Is there a good reason for this. Some other notes in this test design: 1) textcommand=\uppercase does not work with luatex engine 2) textcommand=\WORD works in the luatex engine, but the propagation of uppercase to subheadings is also encountered. 3) numbercolor=red only works with luatex. I submit the pdf's also. Thanks, Dinh --- Code: %%% CHAPTER AND SECTION STYLING \def\BookchapterCommand#1#2{\framed[frame=off,rightframe=on]{#1\space}\framed[frame=off]{\space#2}} %\setuphead[chapter][command=\BookchapterCommand,page=chapter,numbercolor=red,alternative=inmargin] \setuphead[chapter][command=\BookchapterCommand,numbercolor=red,alternative=inmargin] \setuphead[section][numbercolor=red, after=\nowhitespace, style={\ss\bfa},textcommand=\uppercase] %% textcommand also applied on lower level headings. Why? %% Note: \WORD does not seem to work with textcommand for xetex and pdftex engines, but \uppercase, \Words, \lowercase work. %% For luatex, textcommand=\uppercase does not work. Use \WORD. But encounter same problems of propagating the uppercase to lower levels. %% also, numbercolor \setuphead[subsection][number=no,style={\ss\bf},after=\nowhitespace] \setuphead[subsubsection][style=slanted,number=no,before={\blank[big]},before={\testpage[1]},after=\nowhitespace] \environment env_basic \starttext \chapter{First Chapter} \input knuth \section{First Section} \input douglas \subsection{First SubSection} \input davis \stoptext

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Switchting between betas
by Michael Goerz 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Hi everyone, I've been using ConTeXt (MKIV) through TeXLive 2010 until now, but wanted to try to use the Minimals installation. The installation went fine, but the latest beta version was not able to compile my document (I'll be posting about that separately). What I'm confused about is this: Does only the beta-version have MkIV/LuaTeX support? It seems that I cannot make the MKIV format if I install one of the "dated" versions: goerz@ophelia:~/context> ./first-setup.sh --context=2010.07.30 [ ... ] goerz@ophelia:~/context> mtxrun --selfupdate MTXrun | forcing cache reload MTXrun | resolvers: loading configuration file '/Users/goerz/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua' MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated MTXrun | resolvers: to be replaced old script /Users/goerz/context/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/mtxrun MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: unable to locate new script Is there a way of getting a version of minimals that has MKIV and is equivalent to the TeXLive 2010 installation, so that I can compile my document? More generally, is there a way to switch to the beta version of a specific date? Considering that new betas might break the compilation of existing documents, there would have to be a way for me to tell people "compile this document with version xxxx" -- even if it's just a specific revision number. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any reproducible way of compiling documents. Thanks, Michael Goerz

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a bug in the scrp-cjk.lua
by Li Yanrui (李延瑞) 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Hi Hans, The 'get_attribute' function is not be replaced with 'has_attribute' in the second 'process' function of 'hanzi' section in the scrp-cjk.lua. -- Best regards, Li Yanrui

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Re: [NTG-context] metapost fill between outlines
by Reviczky, Adam 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

So with this method, I can cut out some fillings of letters in a logo, but for this example it draws a small line through the letter: %%% \starttext \framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=red,height=fit,width=fit]{ \startMPcode path db[],df[],dc[]; drawoptions (withcolor (0.000000,0.329412,0.560784)); db1 := (86.812500,0.519531)--(92.457001,0.519531)--(92.457001,32.386700) --(86.812500,32.386700)--(86.812500,19.679701)--(86.722702,19.679701) ..controls (85.390602,21.589800) and (82.816399,22.718800)..(79.929703,22.718800) ..controls (73.976601,22.718800) and (69.800797,17.253901)..(69.800797,11.617200) ..controls (69.800797,4.683590) and (73.664101,0.000000)..(79.484398,0.000000) ..controls (82.949203,0.000000) and (85.257797,1.820310)..(86.722702,3.640620) --(86.812500,3.640620)--cycle; df1 := (81.437500,19.246099)..controls (84.992203,19.246099) and (86.812500,15.734400)..(86.812500,11.964800) ..controls (86.812500,7.625000) and (85.128899,3.464840)..(81.171898,3.464840) ..controls (77.753899,3.464840) and (76.062500,7.542970)..(76.062500,11.746100) ..controls (76.062500,15.953100) and (77.621101,19.246099)..(81.437500,19.246099) --cycle; draw db1; draw df1; dc1 := db1 -- df1 -- cycle; fill dc1; \stopMPcode } \stoptext %%% Can this be solved somehow? Adam

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Re: [NTG-context] metapost fill between outlines
by Reviczky, Adam 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

>> Maybe you can know why now, from the above code. The direction of the >> path is important. I get it now, thanks for your help!

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Re: [NTG-context] metapost fill between outlines
by Reviczky, Adam 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

> \startMPpage > path p ; > p := fullcircle scaled 1cm ; > path q ; > q := fullcircle scaled .5cm ; > path r ; > r := p -- reverse q -- cycle ; > drawarrow r withcolor green ; > fill r withcolor red ; > \stopMPpage > > This works here. Based on this I can now cut out the smaller one from a fullcircle, but it still fails with two paths having controls (or maybe because of something else). Here are the examples: %%% \starttext \framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=red,height=fit,width=fit]{ \startMPcode path p[]; p1 := fullcircle scaled 2cm; p2 := (7.488280,12.293000)..controls (4.933590,12.293000) and (1.265620,6.226560)..(1.265620,2.531250)..controls (1.265620,1.562500) and (1.695310,0.835938)..(2.722660,0.835938)..controls (5.230470,0.835938) and (8.972660,7.035160)..(8.972660,10.296900)..controls (8.972660,11.269500) and (8.703120,12.293000)..(7.488280,12.293000)--cycle; p3 := p1 -- reverse p2 -- cycle; fill p3 withcolor black; \stopMPcode } \stoptext %%% This works. %%% \starttext \framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=red,height=fit,width=fit]{ \startMPcode path p[]; p1 := (6.949220,13.046900)..controls (9.539060,13.046900) and (10.023400,10.781200)..(10.023400,8.679690)..controls (10.023400,5.335940) and (6.949220,0.000000)..(3.234380,0.000000)..controls (0.890625,0.000000) and (0.000000,1.886720)..(0.000000,3.828120)..controls (0.000000,8.492190) and (3.316410,13.046900)..(6.949220,13.046900) --cycle; p2 := (7.488280,12.293000)..controls (4.933590,12.293000) and (1.265620,6.226560)..(1.265620,2.531250)..controls (1.265620,1.562500) and (1.695310,0.835938)..(2.722660,0.835938)..controls (5.230470,0.835938) and (8.972660,7.035160)..(8.972660,10.296900)..controls (8.972660,11.269500) and (8.703120,12.293000)..(7.488280,12.293000)--cycle; p3 := p1 -- reverse p2 -- cycle; fill p3 withcolor black; \stopMPcode } \stoptext %%% This doesn't work. (It fails already if "p1 := (0,0)..(0,20)..(20,20)..cycle;" or similar.) Any hints? Adam

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Re: [NTG-context] metapost fill between outlines
by Reviczky, Adam 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

> You can fill out the bigger one, than clips the smaller one. Can you give me an example with the clip? I can't get it work in a way I want to have it. I've found another thread here: http://www.tug.org/pipermail/metapost/2006-September/000650.html But I fail to see the conclusion there too. > And alternately, you can construct the path of the difference out of the > two circles, and fill the constructed path. As for the path of the difference, how do you mean that? Example? Adam

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Re: [NTG-context] attachment attaches twice
by Reviczky, Adam 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

> to be precise, the attachment is attached once > (can be seen if one inspects the sample PDF files in uncompressed form with > any text or binary editor - if you do not have Adobe Acrobat), but is > listed twice by Adobe Reader. Thanks, but the question is still why the beta produces this while it is fine with the current. Adam

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cldf-int.mkiv loads wrong lua file
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

Hi Hans, - \registerctxluafile{mult-clm}{1.001} + \registerctxluafile{cldf-int}{1.001} Wolfgang

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metapost fill between outlines
by Reviczky, Adam 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

Hi Is it possible to fill out a space between two outlines? As for an example, I'd like to draw two circles (same center, one bigger than the other) and fill out the difference. Something like the letter "O". Here's a concrete example: %%% draw (6.949220,13.046900)..controls (9.539060,13.046900) and (10.023400,10.781200)..(10.023400,8.679690) ..controls (10.023400,5.335940) and (6.949220,0.000000)..(3.234380,0.000000) ..controls (0.890625,0.000000) and (0.000000,1.886720)..(0.000000,3.828120) ..controls (0.000000,8.492190) and (3.316410,13.046900)..(6.949220,13.046900) --cycle; draw (7.488280,12.293000)..controls (4.933590,12.293000) and (1.265620,6.226560)..(1.265620,2.531250) ..controls (1.265620,1.562500) and (1.695310,0.835938)..(2.722660,0.835938) ..controls (5.230470,0.835938) and (8.972660,7.035160)..(8.972660,10.296900) ..controls (8.972660,11.269500) and (8.703120,12.293000)..(7.488280,12.293000) --cycle; %%% I want to fill out the space between these two draw lines. Is this actually possible? The only reference to this I found was on wikipedia: "Most notably, paths can have only one segment (so that regions are simply connected), (...)" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaPost) I thought I ask here before I put this aside. As a workaround I fill out the bigger one with color black and the smaller one with color white, but I need to put this on different background colors, so the use of this is very limited. How does it work with fonts (Metafont)? Who's filling that out, because thats also just based on outlines, right? Thanks Adam

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Re: [NTG-context] [tex-live] simplefonts module of context fails to work in TL2010
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

Am 17.02.2011 um 14:37 schrieb xiebin: > After a fresh web installation, the simplefonts module fails to work. There is a fixed version available, just update your installation. Wolfgang

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Latest beta: Can't compile a document with lists (with no math fonts)
by Marco Pessotto 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

I think the same happened some time ago when the not-loading (horrible word, my english is rotting) of Latin Modern was still an experimental feature. Anyway, minimal example: %%%% start %%%% \usetypescript[libertine] \setupbodyfont[libertine,10pt] \starttext \startitemize[1] \item fail \stopitemize \stoptext %%% stop %%% It compiles just fine commenting the first 2 lines or with ConTeXt version 2011.01.26 09:01 While with the latest 2011.02.18 ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. system > tex > error on line 8 in file fail.tex: Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set ... 1 \usetypescript[libertine] 2 \setupbodyfont[libertine,10pt] 3 4 \starttext 5 6 \startitemize[1] 7 8 >> \item fail 9 10 \stopitemize 11 12 \stoptext \mathematics ...rmalstartimath #1\normalstopimath \fi \dodosymbol ...bol \csname \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname \relax }\relax \donormalsymbol ...bol \redosymbol \currentsymbol \fi \fi \dodosymbol ...bol \csname \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname \relax }\relax \donormalsymbol ...bol \redosymbol \currentsymbol \fi \fi <to be read again> } ... l.8 \item f ail ? Sorry, but I can't typeset math unless various parameters have been set. This is normally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots. Your font set is lacking at least the parameter mentioned earlier. Best wishes -- Marco

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Re: [NTG-context] EPUB workflow from ConTeXt source?
by Mica Semrick 19 Feb '11

19 Feb '11

Have you considered authoring in something besides context? Say TEI XML or Docbook, or even markdown (if possible)? If markdown is suitable, then you can end up with both epub and context at the end. Or if using TEI or docbook, you can write a map file (something I have been trying to do) and typeset the xml file directly with context. I'm always happier knowing that I can get as many different output types from a single source as possible. BR, Mica > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:10:42 -0700 > From: Daniel Lyons <fusion(a)storytotell.org> > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] EPUB workflow from ConTeXt source? > Message-ID: <D7225CF0-F6CF-485F-BE01-C8A254EFCA93(a)storytotell.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > On Feb 17, 2011, at 12:59 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > > > On 17-2-2011 8:14, Gerben Wierda wrote: > >> On 16 Feb 2011, at 17:47, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Am 16.02.2011 um 17:42 schrieb Gerben.Wierda(a)rna.nl: > >>> > >>>> I'd like to keep working in one format so I was wondering if there is > a > >>>> ConTeXt based workflow/setup that can produce EPUB (next to normal > PDF)? > >>> > >>> With MkIV you can get a xml version of document with > \setupbackend[export=yes]. > >> > >> But that XML is not ePUB's XML, I assume. > > > > no, but one can of course convert one kind of xml into another > > > > for epub one has to provice css etc anyway (and epub is not much more > than packaged html + css) > > This would also be useful to me. In my experience, the unpleasant part of > generating ePub is making correctly formatted manifests and putting them in > the right places inside the right kinds of zip files. If ConTeXt could do > this for me, it would certainly make life easier. On the other hand, it may > not be appropriate to bother because there are other tools that will convert > HTML to ePub for you and make the manifests (Calibre, for example). > > I consider CSS intractable so that's not something I would worry about > ConTeXt generating for me, if it were on the table. > > > going the other way around, processing an epub file also demands some > handywork as the source code is not by definition well structured > > > ePub is definitely structured. I would say too structured, since it makes > you provide both a ToC manifest and a navigation manifest that necessarily > must include almost identical information ;) Of course, depending on a > simplified browser for your document viewing and having lots of secret > failover modes to handle poorly formatted documents makes the structure less > meaningful than it ought to be. > > You are free to break your document into as many HTML chunks as you wish, > but you are limited to fairly prosaic HTML and CSS. I'm of the impression > the HTML documents generally map onto chapters so as not to distress the > hardware's memory constraints too much. > > Overall, ePub and Kindle's format strike me as too much and too little > respectively. I should be able to change the font and the formatting, but I > definitely consider HTML + CSS is too much complexity. > > ? > Daniel Lyons > > > > ------------------------------ > >

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\switchtobodyfont does not work inside of \startsetups layer ?
by Vnpenguin 19 Feb '11

19 Feb '11

Hi, I have a following test: ================================================= \setuppapersize[S8][S8] \setuplayout [width=fit,height=fit, rightmargin=1.5cm,leftmargin=1.5cm, backspace=15mm,topspace=23mm,top=10mm, header=0mm,footer=0mm,bottom=5mm, margin=0mm] \usetypescript[palatino] \switchtobodyfont[palatino,20pt] \setupcolors[state=start] \definelayer[myLayer] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \startsetups layer \setlayer[myLayer][preset=lefttop,x=0.9\paperwidth,y=0.96\paperheight] {\switchtobodyfont[10pt]\pagenumber\ of \lastpage} \stopsetups \setupbackgrounds [page] [setups=layer,background={myLayer},state=start] \starttext \page \setlayer[myLayer][preset=leftttop,x=7mm,y=6mm]% {\switchtobodyfont[48pt]\bf Page One} blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah \page \setlayer[myLayer][preset=leftttop,x=7mm,y=6mm]% {\switchtobodyfont[48pt]\bf Page Two} blah blah blah \stoptext ======================================== The command \switchtobodyfont[10pt] inside of my \startsetups layer ...\stopsetups does not work for me. In the final PDF I have not page number at 10pt. Here are the files: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7959896/context/test2/test2.tex http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7959896/context/test2/test2.log http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7959896/context/test2/test2.pdf I use on WinXP : E:\User>context --version mtx-context | main context file: C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2011.02.18 17:17 Any help ? Thanks in advance,

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mtxrun --script texworks --start doesn't work as expected
by Peter Wüsten 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Dear Hans, dear list, I have tried starting Texworks as I usually would via "mtxrun --script texworks --start", but it doesn't load any Context-specific configuration-files anymore. Instead the script creates a new directory tree in whatever directory I was when I ran it: "selfautoparent:texmf-context/context/data/texworks" with empty subdirectories for the config files. I'm running the minimals (MKIV only) on Ubuntu Lucid with context version 2011.02.16 19:30. Could the bug be related to this thread on the mailing-list? http://archive.contextgarden.net/thread/20110209.135337.8b79518c.en.html#20… Best regards, Peter

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drop-cap quote character
by Daniel Lyons 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Ideally, \DropCap would notice a piece of leading punctuation and drop it as well. Instead, it seems to look at the punctuation and give up. Example: \def\Drop {\DroppedCaps {} {Serif} {4\baselineskip} {2pt} {2\baselineskip} {3}} \starttext {\Drop A} \input knuth \page {\Drop “A} \input knuth \page \stoptext Advice? Thanks again, — Daniel Lyons

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Parsing HTML entities
by Khaled Hosny 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Is there built-in support to parse HTML entities, I've some vague memory about it but I don't seem to find much useful results. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Egyptian

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simplefonts module in TL2010 fails to work
by Xie, Bin 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

After a fresh web installation, the simplefonts module fails to work. Here is the related info: system : module simplefonts loaded (C:/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/context/third/simplefonts/t-simplefonts.tex loading : ConTeXt User Module / Simplefonts ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: unexpected symbol near ')'. <argument> ....loadluafile("t-simplefonts",\par )} \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 l.144 ?

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problem with bibliography
by Thomas A. Schmitz 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Hi Hans and all, the current beta has a problem with a bibliography entry I have in my project. I can't quite put my finger to it, but here's a fairly minimal example. It compiles without problems with an older version I happen to have on my disk (2011.01.06 17:08), but not with the current beta (2011.02.16 19:30): \startpublication[k=malkin2001,t=book, a={{Malkin}},y=2001, n=444,s=Mal01] \editor[]{Irad}[I.]{}{Malkin} \pubyear{2001} \title{Ancient Perceptions of Greek Ethnicity} \city{Cambridge (MA)} \pubname{Harvard UP} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=said2001,t=incollection, a={{Sa{\"\i}d}},y=2001, n=443,s=Sa{\"\i}01] \artauthor[]{Suzanne}[S.]{}{Sa{\"\i}d} \pubyear{2001} \arttitle{The Discourse of Identity in Greek Rhetoric from Isocrates to Aristides} \editor[]{Irad}[I.]{}{Malkin} \crossref{malkin2001} \pages{275--99} \pages{275--99} \pubname{Harvard UP} \stoppublication \setuppublications [refcommand=authoryear] \starttext \startsection[title=Test] \cite[said2001] \placepublications[criterium=all] \stopsection \stoptext It looks like it's the author's name Sa{\"\i}d, but this works in normal text, just not in a bibliography. Can you see what's wrong? Thanks, and best wishes Thomas

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Buffers can’t be loaded as figure
by Wolfgang Schuster 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Hi Hans, buffers in \externalfigure are broken. \startbuffer[foo] FOO \stopbuffer \starttext \externalfigure[foo][type=buffer] \stoptext Wolfgang

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Problem with typing to the grid
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Hello ConTeXist, Is there a way to achieve alignment all of texts in a grid lines? The attached example shows, that inserting of picture violate fixed spacing inside the \startframedtext \stopframedtext environment (on left on line 22 ) and final sequel of the text is not right too. (from line 25) It's way at some point the rate of return text back to the grid? Or it is necessary to determine the amount of Figures to match multiples of \lineheight? Thanx Jaroslav \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \starttext \input tufte \placefigure[here,none]{} \startframedtext[width=13cm, offset=none] \startsimplecolumns Sed congue quis porta senectus Proin hendrerit platea In at Vivamus. Lorem lacus dolor orci wisi faucibus iaculis in ut nibh sit faucibus iaculis in. \externalfigure[myfig][width=4cm, height=2.3cm, frame=on] Pretium lacinia sapien vel vitae eget tempus natoque lacinia convallis ultrices. Pretium lacinia sapien vel vitae eget tempus natoque lacinia convallis ultrices. Tellus libero ultrices Ut lacus tincidunt euismod nulla ultrices faucibus leo. Pretium lacinia sapien vel vitae eget tempus natoque lacinia convallis ultrices. Pretium lacinia sapien vel vitae eget tempus natoque lacinia convallis ultrices. \stopsimplecolumns \stopframedtext \input tufte \stoptext

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strange spaces after placefigure
by Steffen Wolfrum 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Hi, even though I didn't manage to reproduce the problem in a minimal example, I would like to report the following problem: Using any other value than "force" with placefigure, like this ... \placefigure[force,no,fit,00]{...}{{\externalfigure[fig_1][frame=off,width=\dimexpr(\textwidth-00pt)]}} ... adds an extra vertical space (1.5 lines) above all section headings that come after this placefigure! (recent beta, MkIV, no grid mode) Does someone can confirm this? Sorry for the missing example, Steffen

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Format of included PNG images
by Marco 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Hi, I read that most programs convert PNG images to JPEG images while creating PDF files. Is this also true for ConTeXt/LuaTeX? What happens when PNG images are included? Regards Marco

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EPUB workflow from ConTeXt source?
by Gerben.Wierda＠rna.nl 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

I'd like to keep working in one format so I was wondering if there is a ConTeXt based workflow/setup that can produce EPUB (next to normal PDF)? Thanks, G

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Creating documentation from source-files
by Willi Egger 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Hi, I do still struggle with the creation of documentation derived from a source file. I tis quite difficult to nail down the hicking point. When I run context --ctx=s-mod test.tex I get the following error: pages > flushing realpage 4, userpage 2 structure > sectioning > subject @ level 3 : 0.0.0 -> Introduction .Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table... Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary Error: Couldn't read xref table !LuaTeX error: xpdf: reading PDF image failed I do not know where to look... The file test.run looks normal The file test.tex.prep looks normal Please refer to the test.tex file for testing. Willi

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\setupalign[hz,hanging] breaks verbatim text
by C. 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

I have a strange problem in one of my documents. When I uncomment the line with \setupalign[hz,hanging] everything works fine. When I use it, I get this error because of a verbatim typing segment: \obeyedline ->\par \doverbatimendofline ->\dostoptagged \obeyedline \par \ifconditional \verbat... l.10 \dodisplayverbatimstop \ctxcommand ...\directlua \zerocount {commands.#1} \dodotypeblockverbatim ..., nature = "display", }} \dostoptagged \endofverbat... l.71 \stoptyping ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 Here is the troublemaker: \starttyping test; äüöAR \test \Context \stoptyping Interestingly I was not able to produce a real minimal example, because when I remove everything except these lines, its working fine again. So there has to be at least some lines of text to break stuff. Oh yeah, and it seems that using simplefonts and Minion also plays a role. Can somebody have a look at this, please? The attached file like it is does not compile here.

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HTML-like "title" attribute
by Khaled Hosny 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

I'm playing with some lua markdown parser[1], already added ConTeXt output support except for two minor features. HTML links and images can have a "title" attribute that shows like a tooltip, but I don't seem to find a way to do similar trick in ConTeXt, any ideas? \tooltip seems to be the closest but it requires JS which means AR only, also seems one have to click for the tooltip ti show which is not exactly the same behaviour. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Egyptian

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bug in \definestructureconversionset[footnote] ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Friends, todays current beta (20110211) writes "number" in front of the actual footnote number! Please run example below: \definestructureseparatorset [footnote][][] \definestructureconversionset[footnote][number,characters][numbers] \setupenumerations[footnote][numberconversionset=footnote,numberseparatorset=footnote] \setupfootnotes[way=bytext] \starttext test \footnote{xxxx} text test \startfootnote note \stopfootnote test \startsubfootnote subnote \stopsubfootnote test \startfootnote note \stopfootnote \stoptext How can this be fixed? Steffen

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What is preloaded by “mtxrun --script”?
by Philipp Gesang 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Hi all, I noticed that although mtxrun preloads some of the context libs that doesn’t cover everything available during an ordinary mkiv run. What would be the canonical way to load additional libs like “luat-ini” &c. on demand? “environment.loadluafile()”? Can this be configured globally? Is it wise to mess with “own.libs” in mtxrun? Example: This snippet checks the global env for some tables. “mtxrun --script” doesn’t find any while some of them are there when processed as cld. ···8<···························································· -- http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/054982.html local testme = { "userdata", "thirddata", "moduledata", "documentdata", "parametersets", --"document" } for _,item in next, testme do local i = _G[item] if i then print(item, table.serialize(i)) else print(item, "Nope!") end end -- Comprehensive: --for _,k in next,table.sortedkeys(_G) do --print(k,_G[k]) --end ···8<···························································· (My issue is that I’m testing the lua internals of module code without having to startup the whole big typesetting environment. Would be much easier if everything normally accessible from inside an mkiv session was there as well.) Thanks for any insights, Philipp

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set-/finishregisterentry is killed
by Steffen Wolfrum 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Hi, in current beta (2011.02.11 18:18 MKIV) set-/finishregisterentry is killed: Empty pagenumbers only! Please run attached example. Steffen ------- \placeindex[method=first,criterium=all,compress=yes] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[50pt] START\setregisterentry[index][label={Index_Label}]% Test\dorecurse{10}{This is one long, long paragraph. }% STOP\finishregisterentry[index][label={Index_Label},entries={Index entry}] Test \stoptext

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using ConTeXt/LuaTeX instead of a spreadsheet program
by Paul Menzel 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, could you please share your experiences with or point me to a resource dealing with the following issue. I need to evaluate some physics experiments where I have some values which got measured. I thought I could use ConTeXt with LuaTeX to do all the calculations instead of the calculator and enter the results by hand or a spreadsheet program. Would I enter the values (not many) at the top of the TeX document and refer to them in the other places? Is an extra file a better approach? Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Programming_in_LuaTeX

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Braces in TexLive MKIV
by Tom 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

When I recently upgraded to TexLive MKII, I learned that \lq, etc. no longer worked in that version but that \lbrace still did. Today, I tried MKIV and find that \lbrace does not work in MKIV. So, I tried \braceleft because \quoteleft worked in TexLive 2010 MKII. Neither \lbrace nor \braceleft work in MKIV. What is now the proper representation for this character? Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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Table of Contents issues
by Tom 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Using a very recent download of TexLive 2010 (MKII) on my PC, my success generating a useful table of contents has been somewhat limited. I can't figure out how to put the title, "Contents," in the font I desire. The various parameters I found in the documentation affect the chapter titles and the page numbers but nothing I've found allows me to control the title of the ToC. What am I overlooking? I would also like for the unnumbered "chapter" titles, such as introduction or preface, to align with the other chapter titles, not with their numbers. Aligntitle seems to have no effect on anything from what I have seen. \definehead [intro][chapter] \setuphead [intro][number=no,textstyle=\ss\bf] \setuphead [chapter][textstyle=\ss\bf,numberstyle=\ss\bf] \definecombinedlist [content][intro,chapter,section] \setupcombinedlist[content][style=\ss\bf,textstyle=\ss\bf,pagestyle=\ss\bf,n umberstyle=\ss\bf,aligntitle=yes] \setuplist [intro][headnumber=no] \starttext \completecontent \intro{Introduction} \input knuth \chapter{First chapter} \input knuth \chapter{Second Chapter} \input Knuth \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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conditional evaluation and section names
by Daniel Lyons 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Hi again, I have this in my environment \startsetups[sectioninfo] \ss \rlap{\userpagenumber} \hfill § \getmarking[sectionnumber][current] \emspace \bf \getmarking[section][current] \hfill \llap{} \stopsetups \setupheadertexts[\setups{chapterinfo}][] [] [\setups{sectioninfo}] This seems to be working, but there are a couple improvements I'd like to make and I'm not quite sure where to start: 1. If I'm in a later chapter than the current section is defined in, it shows up anyway. I'd like to prevent that. 2. If I'm in a chapter that doesn't have sections, I'd like the chapter name to show up instead (without the §). I'm not sure at all how to go about doing this. I suspect the answer is to use plain TeX but I don't understand TeX's conditional system well enough to figure out how to make it work (nor ConTeXt's marking system). If anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it! Thanks again, — Daniel Lyons

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Re: [NTG-context] curly bracket different values (entries)
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Thank you for the clear answer. The only thing I wish that there was more information about mathcolumn (/MC) command on the wiki. > with \startmathcases ... \stopmathcases you get a curly bracket to the > left of "...", see [1]. If you just want to have multiline equations, > then \startalign ... \stopalign could be want you need (it's also on > page [1]). There's also a "My Way" [2] about mathalign. -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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problem with doifolderversionelse and correspondence module
by Florian Wobbe 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Hi, since beta 2011.02.14 23:30 the correspondence module complains that context is too old. Florian

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Re: [NTG-context] curly bracket different values (entries)
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Hi, Sorry for stealing the tread, but what "mathcases" do and how it is different from mathalign? Sometimes, I need to typeset multiline equations, and have to admit that this an obscure subject. Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] references
by Hans Hagen 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

On 14-2-2011 8:32, Florian Wobbe wrote: > Of cause, but I didn't want to include "Figure" in the link. Never mind, as long as I can work around this with a reference format. fyi: you can say autocase=yes so that e.g. page becomes Page when it ends up at the beginning of a line. 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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Chapters not sowing up in ToC
by Tom 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

When attempting to place only the chapter number on the first page of a chapter, the chapters do not appear in the ToC & the ToC does not display. Inserting #2 just before the last } in the definition for MyChapterCommand causes the ToC to appear with chapter names although it and the chapters are ugly. Is it necessary to include chapter names at the beginning of chapters? Perhaps this is intended because leaving chapter names off the beginning of chapters would reduce the value of the ToC. Maybe ToCs are not desired in such situations. %insert #2 before last } to cause ToC to appear although %very ugly \def\MyChapterCommand#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\framed[frame=off] {\vbox{\centerline{\headtext{chapter} #1}}}} \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommand, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, after={\blank[0.5in]},before={\blank[force,1.0in]}] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{The First Chapter} \input knuth \chapter{The\\Second\\Chapter} \input knuth \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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Stretching chapter titles - MKII
by Tom 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Follows is some code that executes. The lines immediately following \starttext create a sample of the desired output format. However, I want to accomplish similar results for chapter titles via the passing of arguments containing the chapter title and number. Numerous attempts at that have resulted in abject failure. I am clearly missing something. \def\MyChapterCommand#1#2 {\switchtobodyfont[ss,30pt] \hbox to \hsize {\stretched{Chapter\\One}} \blank[small] \switchtobodyfont[sansbold,20pt] \hbox to \hsize {\stretched{It\\Was\\The\\Best\\Of\\Times}}} \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommand, header=empty,footer=chapter,page=mychapterpagebreak, after={\blank[0.5in]},before={\blank[force,1.0in]}] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[sans,30pt] \hbox to \hsize {\stretched{Chapter\\One}} \blank[small] \switchtobodyfont[sansbold,20pt] \hbox to \hsize {\stretched{It\\Was\\The\\Best\\Of\\Times}} \chapter{It\\Was\\The\\Best\\Of\\Times} \input knuth \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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Re: [NTG-context] [OS X TeX] \ne in a definetyping environment in context
by Wolfgang Schuster 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Am 14.02.2011 um 01:37 schrieb David Arnold: > All, > > I have the following in a Context file: > > \definetyping[XXX] > > \startXXX > If int(N/2) \ne N/2 > > Then > Disp "N MUST BE EVEN" > Stop > End > \stopXXX > > Is there an easy way to replace the \ne with code that will produce the normal "not equals" symbol produced by amsmath? Use the \startlines environment. MkII: \startlines\tt If int(N/2) $\ne$ N/2 Then Disp "N MUST BE EVEN" Stop End \stoplines MkIV: \definelines[XXX][style=mono] \startXXX If int(N/2) $\ne$ N/2 Then Disp "N MUST BE EVEN" Stop End \stopXXX or \startlines[style=mono] If int(N/2) $\ne$ N/2 Then Disp "N MUST BE EVEN" Stop End \stoplines Wolfgang

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