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introduction to interaction
by Hans van der Meer 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Where can I find some introduction/reference for interacion macro's in ConTeXt? I rroamed the wiki, but either overlooked or missed the right keywords ;-) Hans van der Meer

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Topic-list not becoming active
by Hans van der Meer 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

In the spirit of the presentationstyle s-pre-02 I meticulously copied the relevant statements into my module but the Topics-list is not becoming active. That is, the list of Topic-sheets appears but clicking on them does not bring one to the destination. Nor do the list items get the color given on the \setupinteraction macro. Of course I tried the same with the unmodified s-pre-02 style, but got the same negative result. Is here something changed from mkii->mkiv? Things like buttons for jumping to the next page or to a specific page are still working. It is as if the generated list of Topic's does not contain active items. I have prepared a small example. It shows on the second page uncolored Topic's ABC, PQR and XYZ. They should have been green (the OrnamentColor) and are not active. \usemodule[s-pre-02] \setuppapersize [S6][S6] \setupinteractionscreen[option=max,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \starttext \TitlePage{ \vfill\vfill\bf College \vfill\vfill\vfill\bfxx \currentdate\hfill\null} \par \Topics {ONDERWERPEN} \par \Topic{ABC}abc\par \Topic{PQR}pcr\par \Topic{XYZ}xyz\par \stoptext Hans van der Meer

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symb-was?
by Hans van der Meer 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

In mkii I used the module sym-was. In the current distribution there is the file: ./tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/symb-was.mkii but not a corresponding mkiv variant, as is the case for the other symb-files in that directory. Could it be this file is missing? Or are the wasy symbols now coming in other way? Hans van der Meer

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math: `\overbar` with fractions and subscripts
by Paul Menzel 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, I do have some problem with the following example (also attached, executed with `context test`). \starttext \startformula \overbar{q} = \frac{\overbar{q}}{\overbar{α_0}} \stopformula In text $\overbar{q} = \frac{\overbar{q}}{\overbar{α_0}}$. \startformula \overbar{q_0} = \frac{\overbar{q}}{\overbar α} \stopformula \stoptext I am using the latest ConTeXt Minimals distribution. $ context --version MTXrun | main context file: /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv MTXrun | current version: 2011.02.04 10:01 1. The bar divides for subscripts/indices. 2. If you look at the first fraction, the bar is as long as the stroke from the fraction and therefore I think too long. 3. When inlining the fraction in text the bar fuses with the stroke from the fraction. Are these know problems or do I just use the wrong commands? Thanks, Paul

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Bug in letter module.
by Cedric Mauclair 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Hi Wolfgang, hi everyone, Using the beta from saturday (but it bugged before too, don't know the date though), the letter module fails with "! You can't use `\dimexpr' in horizontal mode." when using the french letter style. Minimal example included and reproduced below. (At some point, it also complained that ExpandSecondAfter didn't exist in MkIV (which it doesn't indeed).) [start example] \usemodule[letter] \% \mainlanguage[fr] useletterstyle[french] \starttext \startletter \encl{Anything.} \stopletter \stoptext [stop example] Regards. -- Cédric

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conversionsets fall back in bookmarks
by Steffen Wolfrum 06 Feb '11

06 Feb '11

Hi, own conversionsets can be defined eg. like this: \define[1]\TestConversion {(\characters{#1}\characters{#1})} \defineconversion [TestCon] [\TestConversion] As expected this gives "aa" and "bb" etc. Only when using PDF bookmarks these conversions fall back to numbers (see example below). A workaround could be to write these conversions explicitly: \defineconversion [TestCon][{aa},{bb},{cc},{dd},...] Here the "aa" etc conversion is preserved in bookmarks too. Only, it is not very elegant and for long documents with many sections it may lead to typos. Hence, my question: Is there a low-level trick to preserve conversionsets, defined like {(\characters{#1}\characters{#1})}, so they appear in bookmarks, too? Thanks, Steffen ------ \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen [option=bookmark] \placebookmarks[chapter,section][chapter,section] %This does nots work: \define[1]\TestConversion {(\characters{#1}\characters{#1})} \defineconversion [TestCon] [\TestConversion] % % This works: %\defineconversion [TestCon][{aa},{bb},{cc},{dd},{ee},{ff},{gg},{hh},{ii},{jj},{kk},{ll},{mm},{nn},{oo},{pp},{qq},{rr}] % \definestructureconversionset [default] [ , TestCon,characters] [numbers] \starttext \chapter{one} \section{two} test \stoptext

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Updated vim module
by Aditya Mahajan 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Hi all, I have released a new version of t-vim that relies on the t-filter module. The 2context.vim script that generates a ConTeXt file has changed. The generated file is now much cleaner (and read under a simplified catcodes). You should be able to update to a new version using ConTeXt minimals. This version supports - a syntax highlighting environment - an inline syntax highlighting macro - a macro to syntax highlight external files. See https://github.com/adityam/filter/blob/vim/doc/context/third/vim/vim.txt for brief documentation. The new syntax is not completely backwards compatible! Hopefully, this version will work correctly on all operating systems (No more quotes mess like the previous versions). Aditya

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formatting title pages and table of contents
by Paul Menzel 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, how do you set a title page? I took [1] as an example where `\title{}` is formatted using `\setuphead[title][…]`. But then if I want to use ` \completecontent` to insert the table of contents [2] – I need it with the title – then »Contents« is also formatted using the definition for ` \title{}`, i. e., in my case a second page is inserted. ;-) [1] does not have to deal with this problem using `\placecontent`. Could you advise me of a “best practice” method how to accomplish both in a reusable manner? Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Law_Faculty_University_of_Ljubljana_Styling_a… [2] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Table_of_Contents

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Re: [NTG-context] chapter head and placelist
by Jeong Dalyoung 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Dear Andreas, Thank you for your code. I'll try it. The other day, Wolfgang suggested me the same page in wiki. But, It looks a little bit complicate, so I use another simple method. Now, it is the time to look at it once more. Thanks again. best regards, Dalyoung

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chapter head and placelist
by Jeong Dalyoung 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Dear all, The otherday, I asked about three line chapter head and got a solution. \chapter{\tfd Title \\ \tfc subtitle} Then, in the table of contents, it also listed as a big fonts. How to make the contents with a normal fonts? I tried \setuplist[style=normal, textstyle=normal], but no differences. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] about alignment in itemize
by Jeong Dalyoung 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Dear Li, Thank you for the solution. It works fine. In ConTeXt, there are so many hidden jewelry for a simple user like me. But it is a joy to find one by one. Best regards, Dalyoung > > Hi Dalyoung, > > ??? (happy new year)? > > You can try "\setupitemize[symalign=flushright,distance=0.5em]". > > -- > Best regards, > > Li Yanrui >

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[PATCH] tex/context/base/strc-ref.mkii: Typo. s/mechsnism/mechanism/
by Paul Menzel 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 15:46:02 +0100 Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter(a)users.sourceforge.net> --- The same typo is present in the ConTeXt user manual [1] in chapter 13 »Figures«. There is also a wording issue in my opinion. Normally, users need not concern themselves … I would change that to Normally, users do not need to concern themselves … or Normally, users need not to concern themselves …. But I am no native English speaker. I would have prepared a patch, but I did not find any sources for the user manual. [1] http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf --- tex/context/base/strc-ref.mkii | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/tex/context/base/strc-ref.mkii b/tex/context/base/strc-ref.mkii index 4550f71..3b84b49 100644 --- a/tex/context/base/strc-ref.mkii +++ b/tex/context/base/strc-ref.mkii @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ %D This token list is expanded after the references are loaded. %D This hook can be used to initialize mechanisms that depend -%D on the reference mechsnism. An example can be found in the +%D on the reference mechanism. An example can be found in the %D field module. \def\checkreferences -- 1.7.2.3

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Re: [NTG-context] about alignment in itemize
by Jeong Dalyoung 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Dear Li, Thank you for the solution. It works fine. In ConTeXt, there are so many hidden jewelry for a simple user like me. But it is a joy to find one by one. Best regards, Dalyoung > > Hi Dalyoung, > > ??? (happy new year)? > > You can try "\setupitemize[symalign=flushright,distance=0.5em]". > > -- > Best regards, > > Li Yanrui >

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[OT] MathJax (finally nice math for web browsers)
by Mojca Miklavec 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

http://www.mathjax.org/ Mojca

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Issues with bibtex
by views63 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Hi all, the bibtex is not worked in latest beta (MkIV) example: test.tex \setupbibtex[database=ref] \starttext The word form \cite[art]. \title{Ref} \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext ref.bib @article{art, author = "author", title = "test", journal = "test", volume = "25", number = "7", pages = "95-98", year = "2005" } -- Best regards, Huang Ze

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\useexternaldocument
by Otared Kavian 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Hi all, How can I open a PDF file from within a presentation? For example, assuming that the file intermezzo.pdf is present in the same directory, I thought I could say this \starttext \useexternaldocument[intermezzo.pdf] As one may see in the example \from[intermezzo.pdf] \stoptext But this does not work as I would expect. Thanks in advance for any help. Best regards: OK

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Issues with SyncTeX
by views63 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Hi all, The SyncTeX has an issues with the beta 2011.02.04 00:30. example: \synctex=1 \starttext test \stoptext log: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: ')' expected near '\'. \ctxcommand ...\directlua \zerocount {commands.#1} \synctexwarning ...se \writeline \writestatus \m ! systems{BEWARE: synctex fu... <inserted text> \synctexwarning \loadmapfile [mkiv-base.map]\globallet \igno... \doateverystarttext ->\the \everystarttext \global \everystarttext \emptytoks \starttext ->\doateverystarttext \ifcase \textlevel \registerfileinfo [begin... l.2 \starttext ? r -- Best regards, Huang Ze

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about alignment in itemize
by Jeong Dalyoung 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Dear all, First, yesterday was the new year's day in Lunar calendar, and it is the biggest holiday in a year for us. So I'd like to say "Happy New Year!" again. I use the following code to list some items and avoid the overlapping (viii) and letters: \startitemize[r, broad][left={(},right={)},stopper=] \item it is a test lihe. \item it is a test lihe. \item it is a test lihe. \item it is a test lihe. \item it is a test lihe. \item it is a test lihe. \stopitemize In the output, the roman numerals left aligned. However, is it possible to make it right aligned as following? (iii) (iv) (v) (vI) (vii) Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Latest beta, simpleslides, and font loading
by Aditya Mahajan 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

In the latest beta if I use the simplefonts module, the font database is regenerated at each run! For example, this file For example with this file: \usemodule [simplefonts][size=10pt] \setmainfont[Cambria] \setmathfont[Cambria] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext the font database is regenerated at each run. If I replace the simplefonts setup with \setupbodyfont[cambria,10pt] the database is not regenerated. Any idea what is going wrong? (In my actual document, I am using system fonts, I would like to use simpleslides module rather than write my own typescript). Aditya

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interaction color ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Hi, when running (MkIV) the example below I get darkred instead of blue. What can I do to change these? \setupinteraction[state=start,color=blue] \starttext test\footnote{test} \stoptext Thanks, Steffen

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JS in widgets still not working with mkiv
by Reviczky, Adam 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Dear Hans Everything I use around widgets works now, except JavaScript. Please find attached a minimal example (js.tex). I don't see any errors running mkiv and the PDF is generated, but when I enter for example "\'a" into the field I am expecting to get "á" (as you can see with mkii), but it just inserts the keys I pressed, eg. "\'a". I've attached two PDF's, one made with mkii and one with mkiv. The input with the mkii PDF works as expected, the mkiv PDF does not work like expected. Can you have a look at this? Best wishes Adam

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Re: [NTG-context] error updating beta WAS: beta
by Hans Hagen 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

On 2-2-2011 10:00, Hans van der Meer wrote: > Looking at these variables doesn't look good, I suspect: > MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to '/Users/hans/Bin' > MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTODIR' set to '/Users/hans' > MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOPARENT' set to '/Users' > MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMFCNF' set to '' > MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMF' set to '/Users/hans/TeX/ConTeXt/beta' > MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXOS' set to 'hans' > MTXrun | resolvers > MTXrun | resolvers: unknown configuration file '/Users/texmf-local/texmfcnf.lua' > MTXrun | resolvers: unknown configuration file '/Users/texmf-local/web2c/texmfcnf.lua' > MTXrun | resolvers: unknown configuration file '/Users/texmf/texmfcnf.lua' > MTXrun | resolvers: unknown configuration file '/Users/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua' > MTXrun | resolvers: unknown configuration file '/Users/texmfcnf.lua' > MTXrun | resolvers > MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found > > If for example TEXOS has to be the name of an operating system or machine, than it is far beyond the mark. > And /Userstexmf-local... ?? These are not users in the system! > How and where are these variables acquired? texos is only used to guess the texmf-[texos]/bin path so, indeed, if you don't conform to the minimal structure it is not that meaningful anyhow, you have no configuration file in a known place so you can try to set it yourself (TEXMFCNF=path_to_your_cnffile) you cannot expect the minimals to work with arbitrary tree setups normally this problem is just a side effect of putting binaries in a spot that the SELF* variables cannot relate to you can have extra bins of course, for instance I have (as i need to test it): texmf-mswin texmf-mswin-new texmf-mswin-texlive and set up my console with: SET PATH=%MYTEXROOT%\texmf-mswin-live\bin;%PATH% SET PATH=%MYTEXROOT%\texmf-mswin\bin;%PATH% SET PATH=%MYTEXROOT%\texmf-mswin-new\bin;%PATH% so, the newest bins are taken first (under texroot are also the regular minimal paths as wel as texmf-mine that has some dev files) ... so there are plenty of ways to extend the minimals also, I have a couple of dev paths added to the regular paths and do that in a local extra texmfcnf.lua file (multiple files are supported) 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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embedding swfs in pdfs
by Ian Lawrence 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Any experts out there - with access to code (or the ability to assemble such code) that can do what acropro ( advanced options) offers on embedding swfs? -load in swf at x,y location relative to a fixed 1026 by 768 px background -set size correctly (native size of swf) -set poster frame (provided at fixed location) -load in a folder or directory full of assets (several subfolders are involved) -set up the launch settings for the swf So needs more than InDesign CS5 currently offers. Not just loading in a freestanding swf movie clip. THX Ian

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beta/problem with layers
by Andreas Harder 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hi, it seems there go something wrong with layers. \definelayer[test-layer][width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \setlayer[test-layer][preset=middle]{why is this text not visible?} \setlayerframed [test-layer] % [preset=topright] [width=5cm,height=3cm,background=color,backgroundcolor=red] {why is this text not visible?} \defineoverlay[test-overlay][\framed{test-overlay}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background={test-layer,test-overlay}] \starttext \page[empty] \stoptext Greeting Andreas

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beta
by Hans Hagen 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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mtxrun --find-file
by Hans van der Meer 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Why does --find-file gives an error: 106 beta: mtxrun --find-file catc-ini.mkiv ...rs/hans/TeX/ConTeXt/beta/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/mtxrun:14558: attempt to call field '?' (a table value) 107 beta: mtxrun --find-file catc-ini ...rs/hans/TeX/ConTeXt/beta/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/mtxrun:14558: attempt to call field '?' (a table value) 108 beta: Hans van der Meer

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\useURL broken in mkiv
by Otared Kavian 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Dear Hans, It seems that with ConTeXt beta 2011-01-31, the command \useURL is broken in mkiv, while it works fine in mkii (it worked fine until 2011-01-26 in mkiv). Here is a minimal example %%%% begin bug-useURL.tex \starttext See Prgma's site \useURL{http://www.pragma-ade.nl/} \stoptext %%%% end bug-useURL.tex and here is the error message: \nextoptionalcommandnop ->\doquadrupleemptyNOPone \douseurl <to be read again> I hope these are useful to fix the issue. Best regards: OK

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mtxrun issue in new beta
by Florian Wobbe 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hi, I get mtxrun:12090: bad argument #1 to 'gsub' (string expected, got nil) with texexec (mtxrun --usekpse) in current beta. Best, Florian

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Differences for \Vert in mkii and mkiv
by Otared Kavian 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Dear Aditya, dear Hans, I noticed a serious difference between what one gets for \left\Vert in mkii and in mkiv. Probably this is due to the fact that in mkiv the glyph for \Vert is constructed in a different manner, but as far as I know from what I see in the mathematical printed materials, the correct one, or the expected one, is the output from mkii. I join two small PDF files obtained with the typesetting of the following minimal example: %%% begin test-Vert.tex \let\|=\Vert \starttext Look at the differences between mkii output and that with mkiv: \startformula \left\Vert\int_0^1 G(\cdot,s)ds\right \|_{L^q} \lesssim \|G\|_{L^p}. \stopformula \stoptext %%% end test-Vert.tex Is there a way to redefine locally \Vert (or \|) so that in mkiv one gets the same output as with mkii? Thanks in advance: OK

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Letters in a square frame
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hi, How can put this "A" in a square frame? \starttext \inmargin{A} \stoptext This kind of marking (A, B, C...) can be seen in sheet music, e.g. http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs38/f/2008/336/3/2/Dr__Who_Sheet_Music_1_by_DOO… Regards, Vyatcheslav

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\date format according to ISO 8601
by Marco 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hi, in my opinion it makes sense to display the date in ISO 8601 format. now: \date results in: January 31, 2011 ISO 8601: \date would result in: 2011–01–31 In case Hans does not like this idea, is it possible to change it to make ISO 8601 the default. Something like \setupdate [format={year, –, mm, –, day}] Regards Marco

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Image libraries / figure libraries / resource libraries
by Willi Egger 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hello! Under MKII we had already the opportunity to create figure libraries. In the meantime Hans has added this functionality to MKIV. There are slight changes in the setup of the xml-databases and the command to create such a library is changed. I have added the new aspects to the Wiki under the existing page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image_Database. These libraries are great, you get a good overview over images present in a project, you can find images in the library with the index, you can find info over the contained images. Further you can load an image from the library with the label given into your tex-source. I created just for testing a library containing 250 images, scans and drawings in mixed format as png, jpg and pdf. Works like a charm. Kind regards Willi

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Conversion sets broken with newest beta
by Andreas Harder 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi, \starttext \startitemize[set 2] \item test \item test \item test \stopitemize \stoptext stops with ! Undefined control sequence. \@@cvset 2 ->\docheckedconversion … Can someone confirm? Greeting Andreas

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empty [-] footnote marker needed
by Steffen Wolfrum 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi, even though you can't compare apples with oranges ... here is another MkIV question: Running the code below I expected an empty footnote marker (as in MkII, see attached). Instead I got the sectioning structure "1.1" How can this be switched off? Thanks, Steffen ------- \starttext \chapter{a} \section{b} test\footnote[-]{only this} text \stoptext

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beta
by Hans Hagen 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi, I uploaded a beta. Tho most important change is that mkii and mkiv are now completely separated, only a couple of modules and styles are shared. Another change is that language related information is now organized differently. Labels and such are in lang-txt.lua and easier to maintain. For those writing pretty printers: pluggable code is now under xxxx-imp-* i.e. the imp subnamespace. I have considered -base, -user etc but that would lead to too much testing. Users can put their extensions (when part of third party modules) under for instance buff-imp-t-<somename> which is unique enough. Anyway, by using an additional -imp- we have less change of clashing with core modules. Some more will probably follow. Hopefully all files are in the zip. 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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TTF fonts and MKIV
by John Culleton 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Is there a short, simple guide somewhere that shows how to use TTF and OTF fonts in Context? I downloaded the new Fonts chapter but it goes deep into the weeds on typescripts etc. I am looking for a method that allows me to do in Context what I can already do in most other DTP programs: simply designate for use a font or font family that exists in /usr/share/fonts without typescripts, complex and confusing aliasing schemes or tfm files. -- John Culleton Create Book Covers with Scribus: http://www.booklocker.com/p/books/4055.html Typesetting and indexing http://wexfordpress.com book sales http://wexfordpress.net Free barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/

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prevent gobbling of spaces when omitting optional argument
by Florian Wobbe 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi, please consider the following minimal example: \def\before{\dodoubleempty\dobefore}% \def\dobefore[#1][#2]{before} \starttext \before[] after (should be: \before[]\ after without explicit \type{\ })\par \before[]after\par \before[][] after\par % this works \before[][]after\par \stoptext How can I prevent gobbling the following space, when the second optional argument is not given (i.e. first line). The macro itself should not insert space if the command is followed by any other character (2nd and 4th line). Thanks, Florian

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showing and hiding layers
by Skip Collins 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

I am trying to create a layer to contain letterhead graphics. I would like the letterhead to appear by default when a pdf is opened and printed. But I would also like to be able to hide the letterhead layer in Acrobat when printing on pre-printed paper. My simplistic, always-displayed letterhead looks like: %%% start code %%% \definelayer[letterhead] [x=0in,y=0in,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight,state=start] \setlayer[letterhead] [hoffset=1in,voffset=0.5in] {LetterHeadMark} \setupbackgrounds[page][background={letterhead}] \starttext Hello, World! \stoptext %%% stop code %%% But there is no obvious way to turn this off when printing. Contextgarden suggests using \defineproperty to create a pdf layer. I can show and hide this layer in acrobat, but it always opens up hidden. I am also not sure how to place the letterhead exactly on the page using this method. Any suggestions?

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problem with \date in beta 2011.01.31 16:59
by Florian Wobbe 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi, \date still used to work in beta 2011.01.26 11:02 now I get only "v!". What is wrong? \starttext \date, \date[][year,--,mm,--,dd] \stoptext Thanks, Florian

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Too many column gaps in TABLE
by Stefan Müller 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hi list, please consider the appended example. I get a gap in the first row after the first column because of the \setupTABLE command. However, I also get a gap after the second column, because in the second row the first cell just ended. Can this be considered a bug? (Mk IV) If it's not a bug, how can I change this behavior? I only want to have one gap right after the first cell in the first row and no other gaps between the columns (so the second row shall have no gap at all). Do I have to insert a dummy column with "width=1em" after the first cell and change "nc=2" to "nc=3"? Thanks in advance! Stefan \starttext \setupTABLE[c][1][distance=1em] % Both \setupTABLE commands yield the same %\setupTABLE[1][1][distance=1em] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD gap after this column \eTD \bTD two \eTD \bTD we don't want a gap \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=2] first cell in second row \eTD \bTD \dots before the third column \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext

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startMPgraphic?
by Hans van der Meer 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

I just started the conversion of my presentation sheets to ConTeXt mkIV. As could be expected, some inconsistencies will turn up. However this one escapes me. What I am missing that \startMPgraphic results in ! Undefined control sequence. I thought that installing the minimals of ConTeXt-beta also installed the metafun module. Or has this one macro been deprecated? Hans van der Meer

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Left/right justification and interline-spacing inside natural tables (TABLE)
by Stefan Müller 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hi list, this is probably pretty easy to solve, but I didn't find anything about in on wiki or mailing list about it. I'm using ConTeXt MkIV. How can I get the text in the following example to be left and right justified, i.e. the default alignment behaviour of text outside a TABLE ("\starttext \input knuth \stoptext")? \starttext \bTABLE \bTR[width=10cm] \bTD \input knuth \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext In addition: is it possible to increase or decrease the interline-spacing of the text inside the TABLE cell? How? Thanks in advance, Stefan

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Re: [NTG-context] Problem switching fonts in MKII
by Tom 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hi, On 01/30/11 19:18, Tom wrote: > Kudos for the new documentation chapters on Typography and Fonts. However, I > still can't completely get my hands around it. Running the following code > under TexLive MKII doesn't give the desired results in that defining font > synonyms and switching to those typefaces doesn't seem to work. Obviously, > I'm doing something wrong. As far as I know, you cannot define fontsynonyms to typefaces. If you want to use names like 'TextFont' as a typeface, you have to use \definetypeface. Best wishes, Taco Thanks, Taco. That did the trick. Now to experiment with more of the fonts included in the TexLive distribution. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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Re: [NTG-context] Multiline formula numbering problems
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

> In fact you should say \NR[+] at the end of each line in \startalign in > order to get numbers. > This works for me: > \starttext > > \placeformula > \startformula > \startalign > \NC \dot{x}(t) \NC=f(x(t), u(t)) \NR[+] > \NC y(t) \NC=h(x(t), u(t)), \NR[+] > \stopalign > \stopformula > > \stoptext Wow, that's pure magic! Thanks! ) -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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what about \super and \suber ?
by pmlists＠free.fr 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hello, What about \super and \suber¹? Are these commands replaced by other commands, obsolete, broken,... ? ¹ http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf section 19.6, page 340 -- Peter

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Multiline formula numbering problems
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hi, I cannot understand why, but multiline formulas are not numbered. \starttext % has number \placeformula \startformula f(x_0, u_0)=0. \stopformula % has no number \placeformula \startformula \startalign \NC \dot{x}(t) \NC=f(x(t), u(t)) \NR \NC y(t) \NC=h(x(t), u(t)), \NR \stopalign \stopformula % no numbers even here \startsubformulas \placeformula \startformula \dot{x}(t)=f(x(t), u(t)) \stopformula \placeformula \startformula y(t) =h(x(t), u(t)), \stopformula \stopsubformulas \stoptext Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Problem switching fonts in MKII
by Tom 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Kudos for the new documentation chapters on Typography and Fonts. However, I still can't completely get my hands around it. Running the following code under TexLive MKII doesn't give the desired results in that defining font synonyms and switching to those typefaces doesn't seem to work. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong. \usetypescriptfile[type-gyr] \usetypescript[palatino][ec] \setupbodyfont[palatino,11pt] \definefontsynonym[AltTextFont][palatino] \usetypescriptfile[type-one] \usetypescript[bookman][default] \setupbodyfont[bookman,11pt] \definefontsynonym[TextFont][bookman] \starttext \switchtotypeface[TextFont] \showbodyfont \input knuth \blank[big] \switchtotypeface[AltTextFont] \showbodyfont \input knuth \blank[big] \switchtotypeface[bookman][11pt] \showbodyfont \input knuth \blank[big] \switchtotypeface[palatino][11pt] \showbodyfont \input knuth \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: Title Case/Start Case
by Reviczky, Adam 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

>>\definestartstop[TitleCase][style=\Words] >>\starttext >>\Words{What to capitalize in start case}\par >>\TitleCase{What to capitalize in start case}\par >>\startTitleCase What to capitalize in start case\stopTitleCase >>\stoptext Excellent, thank you Wolfgang! Adam

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Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: Title Case/Start Case
by Reviczky, Adam 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

>>\setuphead[title][style=\Words] >>\starttext >>\title{What to capitalize in start case} >>\stoptext Thanks, yes, I've seen that, but I was just wondering if this can be done in a paragraph, outside a section element. Adam

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Feature request: Title Case/Start Case
by Reviczky, Adam 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hi, May I ask for supporting Title Case or Start Case in core ConTeXt? Eg: The first letter of each word is capitalized, the rest are lower case. It would be nice to have something like these: \TitleCase{What to capitalize in title case} resulting in "What to Capitalize in Title Case" \StartCase{What to capitalize in start case} resulting in "What To Capitalize In Start Case" If something like this doesn't belong to the core, then can somebody tell me how to achieve that as a macro (I've just briefly looked at the typo-cap)? Thanks, Adam

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