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Section horizontal space adjustment (LaTeX -> ConTeXt) (reduced attachs)
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Hello all, what is the simplest way how to change the horizontal space between the number and the name of a section (chapter, subsection...)? (Migrating from LaTeX to ConTeXt.) There are two test documents attached - - t-Sec2.pdf - to see the default view of LaTeX section number/text spacing, - t-Sec.pdf - to see the same by ConTeXt (i.e. some less h-space). What is the best (or simplest) way how to adjust this? I tried to work with stopper and/or separator in \setupheads, but - to be honest - I don't know when they go to an action. I achieved the required job by defining a new command \MyCmd - but is this the best way? Or are there better options or commands to achieve this? - See the code (and result): --- \def\MyCmd#1#2{#1\hskip3ex#2} \setupheads[stopper=STOPPER,separator=SEPARATOR,command=\MyCmd] % When are the "stopper" and "separator" applied? \starttext \chapter{AAA} \section{BBB} uuu \stoptext --- Cheers, 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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configuring miktex for context
by piskala upendran 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

dear all, can anyone help me to configure context with update available with miktex. Regards upendran

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Hook environment into head/structure setup
by Andreas Harder 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Hi all, I don't think it is yet possible, but it would be nice if there was something like: \setuphead % or perhaps \setupstructure [chapter] [beforestructure=\startlinenumbering, afterstructure=\stoplinenumbering] Which should result in: \startlinenumbering \startchapter[title=test] Text \stopchapter \stoplinenumbering Is there already a way to achieve this? I've consequently used \start-\stopchapter, maybe one can append \start-\stoplinenumbering to them? I would appreciate any help Andreas

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problem with beta for linux-64
by Vladimir Lomov 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Hi. ** Aditya Mahajan [2010-11-13 21:11:31 -0500]: > On Sat, 13 Nov 2010, Erik Margraf wrote: > >>I get the following error message while running first-setup.sh: >>------------ >>! I can't find file `catc-ini.mkiv'. >><to be read again> >> \relax >>l.42 \loadmarkfile{catc-ini} >>----------- >> >>Strange enough, I find it as >> ..../tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/catc-ini.mkiv >> >>Anything I can do about that? > > I had the same error. I am on linux-64 and the luatex binary in > linux-64/bin did not have the execute permission set. So the wrong > luatex was being used. > > But I use mtx-update directly, so do not know if this is the same > reason for the error in the minimals. I could confirm that there is the problem with context minimal installation on linux-64. The cause of the problem is missing permission for executable. Currently I could build the formats only if I split the actions: update and make. P.S. To ensure that the same problem would not arise in future the 'update' and 'make' procedures should be splitted and between them 'chmod +x bin/texlua tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex' (texmf-$platform) is inserted. --- WBR, Vladimir. -- Perfect day for scrubbing the floor and other exciting things.

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column breaks and TABLE
by Philipp Gesang 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Hi all, with natural tables I can’t seem to get column breaks right. Example: ··8<····························································· \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \definecolumnset[three][n=3] \starttext \startcolumnset[three] \dorecurse{5}{ \subject{Test nr. \recurselevel} Some paragraph.\par \penalty10000 % comment me to get even footer; well, sort of … \bTABLE[split=yes] \bTABLEbody \dorecurse{80}{ \bTR\bTC Nr.\eTC\bTC\recurselevel\eTC\eTR } \eTABLEbody \eTABLE Text after.\par\column } \stopcolumnset \stoptext ··8<····························································· The crude prevention of a column break before the table appears to cause the first column to extend into the footer. However, without the ‘\penalty’ the table will always appear on a new column -- not looking well if there’s not much to typeset besides the table itself. Is there a way to get the best of both worlds: an even footer without a break before the table? I’d be grateful for any hints or suggestions, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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XSL-FO to PDF?
by Peter Davis 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Is there some recent information on using XML, and specifically XSL-FO, with ConTeXt? The pages on the contextgarden wiki appear to be 5 years old or more, and even the archive of this list seem pretty sparse on recent information. I'm trying to find the most direct route from XSL-FO to PS or PDF. I'll be generating hundreds or thousands of XSL-FO documents, and would like to process them. Thank you. -pd

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beta
by Hans Hagen 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Hi, I uploaded a new beta (so the minimals will have it in about an hour): - some cleanup at the lua end as side effect of documenting lua interfacing as part of writing the cld manual - a couple of bug fixed in the lua code that crept in during some optimizations - removal of some old lua code (not needed any more or replaced by better code) - a couple of patches (or extensions) to macros (due to reports on the list); for instance, the HideLayer and VideLayer reference actions were never implemented; also, some animation code has been added (for WS) - definitions like \definedfont[file:lbr.pfb] are ok now (remapped onto afm, a few line harmless extension) - a replacement of the existing marking mechanism (as used for running headers and footers): less interference with typesetting as mark nodes are no longer part of the game; more robust synchronization of chained marks (sectioning); more robust handling of marking in columns and columnsets; experimental marking in arbitrary constructs (thomas might like that one); not all is tested but we have: the usual marking: first, last, previous, current; these are strict in the sense that they take sectioning into account some new, less strict marking: firstpage, lastpage, previouspage; these ignore sectioning related resets some experimental methods: next, nextpage; these concern parts of paragraphs that end up on the next page, so limited lookahead (in there is interest we can make that full lookahead i.e. future marks) the usual column related marking: \getmarking[chapter][first]/ \getmarking[chapter][page][first]/ \getmarking[chapter][column:first][first]/ \getmarking[chapter][column:1][first]/ \getmarking[chapter][1][first] even more expermental: \definemarking[boxmark] \setbox0\ruledvbox{ \marking[boxmark]{tufte} \input tufte \par \marking[boxmark]{ward} \input ward \par } \synchronizemarking[zerobox][0] \box0 \getmarking[boxmark][zerobox][first] \getmarking[boxmark][zerobox][last] anyhow, it might be that something is broken, but at least this implementation has more potential - the properties mechanism is obsolete and replaced by three mechanism that used them (originally properties dealt with specific engine/backend functionality); the most important ones are \defineviewerlayer[name][options] \startviewerlayer[name]....\stopviewerlayer \viewerlayer[name]{...} and \defineeffect[name][options] \starteffect[name]....\stopviewerlayer \effect[name]{...} where we have predefined (as with former properties): \defineeffect [inner] [alternative=inner,rulethickness=.25pt] \defineeffect [outer] [alternative=outer,rulethickness=.25pt] \defineeffect [both] [alternative=both, rulethickness=.25pt] \defineeffect [normal] [alternative=normal] \defineeffect [hidden] [alternative=hidden] \defineeffect [stretch] [alternative=stretch,stretch=1] the properties commands are still there but map onto these so older code should work ok (but somewhat less efficient) 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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why nil argument
by Hans van der Meer 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

In transforming dates through a Lua-call I get a nil error I do not understand. The luatex code = \startluacode hvdm = hvdm or {} require "lpeg" -- Transform date in Lua from yyyymmdd to dd-mm-yyyy with checks hvdm.day = lpeg.R("02") * lpeg.R("09") + lpeg.P("30") + lpeg.P("31") - lpeg.P("00") hvdm.month = lpeg.P("0") * lpeg.R("19") + lpeg.P("10") + lpeg.P("11") + lpeg.P("12") hvdm.year = lpeg.R("12") * lpeg.R("09") * lpeg.R("09") * lpeg.R("09") hvdm.date = lpeg.C(hvdm.year) * lpeg.C(hvdm.month) * lpeg.C(hvdm.day) * -1 / "%3-%2-%1" \stopluacode \def\FormatDate#1{\ctxlua{tex.print(tostring(hvdm.date:match(#1)))}} Calling \FormatDate(1) is OK although it returns "nil" (correct would be #1 = 20101114 Calling \FormatDate(A) is not OK with the error: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: bad argument #1 to 'match' (string expected, got nil) stack traceback: [C]: in function 'match' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. It is no problem if the function returns the string "nil" from tostring() but an error like this I would like to avoid. Hans van der Meer

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Commutative Diagrams
by Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Hi List, I'm looking for a good way to set mathmatical commutative Diagrams in ConTeXt, has anybody of you advices what would be a native/good way to do so? Thanks -- Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz Auf dem Sattler 4 34516 Ederbringhausen Germany Phone: +49 6454 799623 mobile: +49 176 63301749 Fax: +49 6454 7990138 e-Mail: scholz.m82(a)googlemail.com Not only Guinness - Linux is good for you, too. -- Banzai on IRC

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Animations (again, but different)
by Erik Margraf 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Dear Contexters! In the last few days I could read a few posts about "animations" in a resulting PDF document. Some statements mentioned java script as possible means to create an animation. Is it possible to do the following (which is rather simple using html and javascript)? -- Have a bunch of thumbnail pictures -- When you click on a thumbnail you see a larger version of the same picture -- With the next mouseclick the picture vanishes (you see the gallery of thumbnails again) if yes, how? Any hints are welcome. kind regards Erik

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Croatian translation of core-mis.mki[iv] and m-units.tex
by Vedran Miletić 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Hi, I translated the strings in core-mis.mki[iv] and m-units.tex to Croatian. Updated files are here: http://www.inf.uniri.hr/~vmiletic/context/core-mis.mkii http://www.inf.uniri.hr/~vmiletic/context/core-mis.mkiv http://www.inf.uniri.hr/~vmiletic/context/m-units.tex There are many more strings in m-units.tex that could (and probably should) be translated, if this code will remain in use (since Hans and Wolfgang talked about new module for units). Regards, -- Vedran Miletić

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Different fontsizes via simplefonts
by Daniel Grycman 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Hi lists, I'm searching for a possibility to create different fontsizes for chapters, section etc. using simplefonts. Any ideas? Daniel

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t-simplefonts.tex
by Herbert Voss 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Why are there two definitions for math? \def\dodefinesimplefonttypeface[#1][#2][#3]% {\getparameters[\????sf#1][\c!style=\v!serif,#3]% \processaction [\namedsimplefontparameter{#1}\c!style] [ \v!serif=>{\simplefonts@definetextfont [#1][#1][#2][#3]}, \v!sans=>{\simplefonts@definetextfont [#1][#1][#2][#3]}, \v!mono=>{\simplefonts@definetextfont [#1][#1][#2][#3]}, \v!math=>{\simplefonts@definemathfont [#1][#1][#2][#3]}, \v!math=>{\simplefonts@definemathfont [#1][#1][#2][#3]}, \v!handwriting=>{\simplefonts@definescriptfont[#1][#1][#2][#3]}, \v!calligraphy=>{\simplefonts@definescriptfont[#1][#1][#2][#3]}, \s!unknown=>{\simplefonts@definetextfont [#1][#1][#2][#3]}]} Herbert

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Lucida New Math and simplefonts
by Herbert Voss 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Everything works fine with using simplefonts and Lucida, except the math fonts, which are taken from LM \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont [Lucida Bright] \setmathfont [Lucida New Math] \starttext roman $x=3$ \stoptext oss@shania:/opt/context> pdffonts 08-03-3.pdf name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- --------- MDATVQ+LucidaBright CID TrueType yes yes yes 18 0 JWSQRN+LMMathItalic10-Regular Type 1 yes yes no 19 0 ESDBJD+LMRoman10-Regular CID Type 0C yes yes yes 20 0 without simplefonts and using the lucida typescript I have MDATVQ+LucidaBright CID TrueType yes yes yes 18 0 KRKRVS+LucidaNewMath-Italic Type 1 yes yes no 19 0 QYKOLB+LucidaNewMath-Symbol Type 1 yes yes no 20 0 ISGJTO+LucidaBright CID Type 0C yes yes yes 21 0 Herbert

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Centering framed text.
by John Culleton 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Given the following, how do I center the framed text box on the page? -------------------------------- \setupframedtexts[background=screen,width=.6\hsize, align=middle] \setupcolors[state=start] % \starttext \startframedtext \cbox{\bf\ss\tfb WARNING} The text of the warning. % \stopframedtext \stoptext ---------------------------------------- -- John Culleton, Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" $5.95 at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html Free eps format barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/

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Dummy buff-ver.mkiv question
by Renaud AUBIN 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

Hi folks, From http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text#Defining_your_own_set_of_colors and considering the following code snippet from buff-ver.mkiv \definepalet [colorpretty] [ prettyone=colorprettyone, prettytwo=colorprettytwo, prettythree=colorprettythree, prettyfour=colorprettyfour] I conclude that we are limited to a four colors palet for our custom pretty printer… Right or wrong? Ok, from that basis, one solution could be to directly define custom colors within pret-xxx.lua… but how? Any ideas? Renaud

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Footnote links in the body?
by Marco Pessotto 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

Hello there. I notice a strange behaviour with the footnote linking. Let's use the following minimal example: \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext test\footnote{test} \stoptext Compiled with mkiv, the latest beta (ConTeXt ver: 2010.11.12 18:22 MKIV fmt: 2010.11.13), luatex, version beta-0.64.0-2010111215 (Gnu/Linux intel 32bit) The ¹ in the body is green, but it's not clickable, while the backlink is red, is clickable but it reset the zoom at "fit page", which is kind of annoying when reading (if you have to jump between the footnotes and the body). This happens with evince and acroreader. Using mkii the link in the body is green, but doesn't react on click. Am I missing something? Probably it's a known issue, but I couldn't find any post or wiki article (I'll write it if I can understand what's going on). I also find this in the logs: systems : begin file fn.tex at line 3 references : invalid page reference: 0 (which I suppose is the footnote link). Last question en passant: is this list the right place to post bug reports? -- Marco

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simplefonts
by Herbert Voss 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

I want to use \bf and \it with sinplefonts. Is this the only way to get a bold style? Without it I didn't get a bold style. \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[NexusSerif-Regular] \definesimplefont[bf][NexusSerif-Bold][size=12pt] \starttext \bf \input knuth \stoptext the names are: rawname="NexusSerif-Bold", rawname="NexusSerif-Regular", [ ... ] Herbert

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\showcharacters
by Herbert Voss 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

\starttext \showcharacters \stoptext with latest minimal and mkii I get only a one line output: ec ec-lmr12: composed bottom char raw with mkiv the \showcharacters macro is missing. There is no file enco-run.mkiv Herbert

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\startlinetable
by Herbert Voss 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

An example drom the wiki: \setuplinetable[n=6,lines=40] \setuplinetable[c][1] [width=2cm,background=color,backgroundcolor=red] \setuplinetable[c][4] [width=3cm,background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow] \setuplinetable[c][6] [width=3cm,background=color,backgroundcolor=magenta] \setuplinetable[r][odd] [background=color,backgroundcolor=gray] \setuplinetable[r][even][background=color,backgroundcolor=green] \starttext \showframe \showstruts \setupcolors[state=start] \startlinetable \dorecurse{5}{\NC aaa\crlf aaa \NC bb \NC c \NC ddddd \NC eeee \NC ff} \NC \NR \dorecurse{100}{\dorecurse{5}{\NC aaa \NC bb \NC c \NC ddddd \NC eeee \NC ff} \NC \NR} \stoplinetable \stoptext ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> d \!!depth ->d epth \domakeblackrule ...!!height \@@bjheight \!!depth \@@bjdepth \stopcolor \complexblackrule ...[\??bj ][#1]\domakeblackrule \egroup <argument> ...depth }, \c!width =\wd \scratchbox ] \hskip -\wd \scratchbox \b... \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 ... l.16 ...aa \NC bb \NC c \NC ddddd \NC eeee \NC ff} \NC \NR ? current minimal mkii and mkiv Herbert

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table background color in first row
by Manfred Lotz 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

Hi there, I have s simple table like this: \starttext \starttable[|l|l|] \NC \bf Colheader 1 \NC \bf Colheader 2 \NC \SR \HL \NC cell 11 \NC cell 12 \NC \FR \NC cell 11 \NC cell 12 \NC \LR \stoptable \stoptext and like to have a light gray background for the heading row. I found documentation about \setupTABLE which on the one hand I did not fully understand how to use and on the other hand I'm not quite sure how far this is the way it is done nowadays. -- Thanks, Manfred

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Re: [NTG-context] typescripts
by Herbert Voss 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Am 12.11.2010 19:07, schrieb Hans Hagen: > On 12-11-2010 7:00, Herbert Voss wrote: >> that one is no problem, it is the sans serif font. I have problems >> with the Libertine Regular, eg. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 voss users 434528 15. Jun 23:42 LinLibertine_Re-4.7.5.otf > > this one gets included too: > > <c:/data/develop/tex-context/tex/texmf-fonts/fonts/data/libertine/LinLibertine_Re-4.7.5.otf> > > > what does your log say? the problem was the lower case letter of serif in \setups[font:fallback:serif] This was the reason why the serif font (libertine) wasn't used. With \setups[font:fallback:Serif] it is ok. \starttypescriptcollection[mylibertine] \starttypescript[serif][libertine] \definefontsynonym[Serif] [name:linlibertineo] [features=default] \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic] [name:Linux Libertine O Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym[SerifBold] [name:Linux Libertine O Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic] [name:Linux Libertine O Bold Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym[SerifSlanted] [name:Linux Libertine Slanted O] [features=default] \definefontsynonym[SerifSlantedBold][name:Linux Libertine Slanted O Bold][features=default] \definefontsynonym[SerifCaps] [name:Linux Libertine O Capitals] [features=smallcaps] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[sans][biolinum][name] \setups[font:fallback:Serif] ... Herbert

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minimal
by Herbert Voss 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

I just downloaded a minimal with ./first-setup.sh and get symbols : loading symbolset nav (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/symb-nav.tex) ! Undefined control sequence. \@@iafieldlayer ->\currentviewerlayer \doif #1#2->\edef \!!stringa {#1 }\edef \!!stringb {#2}\ifx \!!stringa \!!str... <inserted text> ...}\doif \@@iafieldlayer \v!auto {\def \@@iafieldlayer {\cu... \dodosetupinteraction ...e \everysetupinteraction l.25 \setupinteraction[\c!symbolset=navigation 1] ? Herbert

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typescripts
by Herbert Voss 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

I am still playing with typescripts... In this example I get sans serif and mono but for the roman libertine I get the lm mono. What is wrong? Herbert name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- --------- QNOYJG+LMMonoProp10-Regular Type 1 yes yes no 18 0 IGFPZR+LinBiolinumO CID Type 0C yes yes yes 19 0 JNFQZG+BeraSansMono-Roman CID Type 0C yes yes yes 20 0 \setuppagenumbering[location={}] \starttypescriptcollection[mylibertine] \starttypescript[serif][libertine][name] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [name:linlibertineo] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [name:linlibertineoi] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [name:linlibertineob] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [name:linlibertineobi][features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifSlanted] [name:linlibertineoi] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifSlantedBold][name:linlibertineobi][features=default] % \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [name:linlibertineoc] [features=SmallCaps] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[sans][biolinum][name] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [name:linbiolinumo] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [name:linbiolinumoi] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SansBold] [name:linbiolinumob] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SansSlanted] [name:linbiolinumosl] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[mono][bera][name] \definefontsynonym [Mono] [file:fvmr8a.afm] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[mylibertine] \definetypeface[mylibertine][rm][serif][libertine][default] \definetypeface[mylibertine][ss][sans] [biolinum] [default] \definetypeface[mylibertine][tt][mono] [bera] [default][rscale=0.85] \definetypeface[mylibertine][mm][math] [modern] [default] \stoptypescript \stoptypescriptcollection \starttext \setupbodyfont[mylibertine,12pt,rm] foo bar baz \ss foo bar baz \tt foo bar baz %\showbodyfont \stoptext

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Separate layout and content XML files?
by Peter Davis 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

I want to process documents from two separate XML files. One XML file defines the layout of the page ... placement of text boxes, fonts to use ... even placeholder text. The other XML contains the actual content that gets placed into that layout. Is this possible? Anyone have any examples of something like this? I'm a LaTeX user who's new to ConTeXt. I figured I can learn more quickly by starting with a "recipe" and modifying it to fit my needs. Thank you! -pd

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ConText, TikZ and definecolor: undefined control sequence
by Michael Murphy 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Hi, I've been trying to get colors to work in TikZ, and found a nice fix by Aditya here: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20100120.220124.f2d3f8bc.en.html The problem is that the lua script doesn't work: I get a problem with 'colors'. LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:13: attempt to index global 'colors' (a nil value) stack traceback: <main ctx instance>:13: in function 'registercolor' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. The input file from Aditya (called colorfix.tex) is \startluacode pgfutil = pgfutil or { } local texsprint, format = tex.sprint, string.format local prtcatcodes = tex.prtcatcodes function pgfutil.unsupported_color(name) texsprint(prtcatcodes,format("\\PackageError{pgf}{color %s has unsupported model}{}", name)) texsprint(prtcatcodes,format("\\pgfutil@definecolor{%s}{gray}{0}", name)) end function pgfutil.registercolor(name, attributes) print(name, attributes) local cv = colors.value(attributes) if cv then local model = cv[1] if model == 1 then print("model=1") texsprint(prtcatcodes,format("\\pgfutil@definecolor{%s}{gray}{% 1.3f}", name, cv[2])) elseif model == 3 then print("model=2") texsprint(prtcatcodes,format("\\pgfutil@definecolor{%s}{rgb}{% 1.3f,%1.3f,%1.3f}", name, cv[3], cv[4], cv[5])) else print("no model") pgfutil.unsupported_color(name) end else print("no color") pgfutil.unsupported_color(name) end end \stopluacode \unprotect \def\pgfutil@registercolor#1% {\ctxlua{pgfutil.registercolor("#1",\thecolorattribute {#1})}} \protect and my test file is \usemodule[tikz] \input colorfix \definecolor[mycolor][r=1,g=0,b=1] \starttext \starttikzpicture \fill[mycolor] (0,0) circle (1); \stoptikzpicture \stoptext I'm running the latest beta.

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looking for fonts in a project's subdirectory
by Vianney le Clément 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Hi, In order for some projects (mkiv) to be "self-contained", I want to put the used fonts inside the project directory. Putting them next to the .tex files works fine, but I would like to put them in a subdirectory, e.g., to have the following kind of structure: project/ fonts/ fontA.otf fontB.otf env.tex document1.tex document2.tex I could modify the OSFONTDIR environment variable before calling context, but that's not very editor-friendly. Is there any command or Lua code that I can put in my environment file env.tex forcing context to also look into the fonts subdirectory? Thanks, Vianney

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typescripts
by Herbert Voss 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

I played with typescripts and have a problem. I can use the beramono font in this way: \definefont [Bera] [fvmr8a at 9.5pt] \starttext \Bera \input knuth \stoptext but how would I insert it into a typescript of libertine, where the mono font should used from bera? This did not work: ... \starttypescript[libertine] \definetypeface[libertine][rm][serif][libertine][default] \definetypeface[libertine][ss][sans] [libertine][default] \definetypeface[libertine][tt][mono] [file:fvmr8a.pfb] [default][rscale=0.85] \definetypeface[libertine][mm][math] [modern] [default] \stoptypescript ... Herbert

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A pdf-file per XML-node
by Daniel Grycman 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

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TYPE 1 font
by Herbert Voss 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

I have a pfb and tfm file of the DANTE font, which has only the five characters D,A,N,T,E However, this did not work \definefont[dante][dante at 16pt] \starttext \dante DANTE \stoptext When I create a afm file from the dante.pfb then everything is fine. Does ConTeXt always needs an afm-file for the metrics of an type 1 font? And, of course, a map file? Herbert

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Re: [NTG-context] \usepseudocaps (fwd)
by Herbert Voss 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

> On 8-11-2010 9:00, Herbert Voss wrote: >> Also from the documentation: >> >> systems : begin file latex5 at line 2 >> error: ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/typo-cap.lua:100: >> attempt to call global 'copy_node' (a nil value) >> . >> >> system> error on line 6 in file latex5.tex: ? ... >> >> 1 >> 2 \starttext >> 3 >> 4 \userealcaps \Caps{Herbert Voß} >> 5 \usepseudocaps \Caps{Herbert Voß} >> 6>> >> 7 \stoptext >> >> l.6 > > in typo-cap.lua, add > > local copy_node = node.copy > > somewhere at the top and then remake the format. thanks, it helped Herbert

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Dotted leader in index entries
by Duncan Hothersall 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

[Now with a proper example!] Hello all. I'm using Mk II. I need to set up dotted leaders between an index entry and its page number as show in this runnable sample: \def\Icmd#1{#1\dotfill} \setupregister[index][n=2,textcommand=\Icmd,distance=1em,alternative=A] \starttext \index{Example+This index entry doesn't quite work}\index{This is okay}\index{Example+This is okay}\index{This index entry is not correct at all}\index{Example+This is another example in which the leaders don't work cos of wrapping}A little text.\par \placeindex \stoptext When the entry text is just long enough to fill up the horizontal space it is pushing the number over onto the next line. What I really need is for all page numbers to be at the right hand side, with leading dots. So I'd like a solution to produce either this: Long index entry text ....................123 or this: Long index entry text..............123 At the moment I'm putting forced line breaks before the last word to achieve what I need, but I would really like to automate this! Thanks for any help, hope the issue is clear. Duncan

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itemize and [] question
by Horacio Suarez 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

hello all: I'm shure this is a silly question, but in this code, the second item [Fiesta] disappears -but the dot remains- and in the first item the text inside the brackets is ok. What is wrog? \starttext \startitemize[packed] \item Acto de Apertura [y muestra de emprendimientos]. \item [Fiesta]. \item Acto de cierre. \stopitemize \stoptext Thankyou in advance. -------------------- Horacio Suarez

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Purpose of backend (export=yes)
by Vladimir Lomov 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Hi. (I'm reading this ML but rarely ask questions.) I try to understand the purpose of 'setupbackend'. Consider the following three examples: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <example name="ex1.tex"> \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext This is simple example. No font switching, no math. \stoptext </example> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <example name="ex2.tex"> \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext This is second example. This time we try to use font switching mechanism: This is normal, but this \bold{one is bold}. Normal again. \stoptext </example> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <example name="ex3.tex"> \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext This is third example with 'backend' 'export=yes'. Now we try simple math: This is inline formula $E=mc^{2}$. This is display formula \startformula E=mc^{2} \stopformula \stoptext </example> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I compiled them with context (mkIV, context minimal) and got ex{1,2,3}.export. I thought that I get not only the document content but also its logical structure (for example some markup for font switching). Is it true that 'backend' only output document content not its logic strcuture? Does it work with math? The third example gives for math only not letters. I attached the resulted export files. P.S. Then I saw the announce about 'backend' & 'export=yes' I thought that context would be good tool for notes. I imagine that I could wrote a text file and make from it either pdf (for printing/screening) or html (for screening) or may be convert xml (using existing tools and methods) to other formats (rtf/odt/xhtml) that would contain math, images, tables. But seems that I was wrong or this will be in future of the backend? --- WBR, Vladimir Lomov -- If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think they'll hate you.

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Subject marking in MkIV
by Aditya Mahajan 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Hi I was trying to answer a question on tex.stackexchange (http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/5166/) when I noticed that marking does not work the same way in MkIV as it did in MkII. Consider the following minimal example: \startsetups footer \getmarking[subject][first]\space - \getmarking[subject][last]\space - \pagenumber \stopsetups \setupfootertexts[][\setups{footer}] \starttext \subject{One} \input knuth \subject{Two} \input knuth \subject{Three}\input knuth \subject{Four} \input knuth \stoptext In MkII I get "One - Three - 1" in the footer of the first page. In MkIV, the subject markings are missing. I think that the reason is that for non numbered heads, section key is not set in \definestructurehead, so no marking gets defined for them. What is the easiest way to enable subject marking in MkIV? I am using an old beta from 2010.10.14 but I do not think that anything this fundamental has changed in the last month. Aditya

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helping on "Wiki Command Reference"
by Jonas Stein 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Hi, would it be useful to write examples in the Wiki Command Reference manual, or will there be some automatism that imports that information from some other source? Most keywords have empty descriptions. Should users fill them in? Is there a reliable and complete reference for the commands somewhere? Kind regards, [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference/en -- Jonas Stein <news(a)jonasstein.de>

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Re: [NTG-context] Purpose of backend (export=yes)
by Vladimir Lomov 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Hi Mojca. ** Mojca Miklavec [2010-11-09 08:59:45 +0100]: >> P.S. Then I saw the announce about 'backend' & 'export=yes' I thought >> that context would be good tool for notes. I imagine that I could wrote >> a text file and make from it either pdf (for printing/screening) or html >> (for screening) or may be convert xml (using existing tools and >> methods) to other formats (rtf/odt/xhtml) that would contain math, >> images, tables. But seems that I was wrong or this will be in future >> of the backend? > > Keep in mind that this mechanism is very very very recent. So it > probably needs to be debugged extensively ... Ok, but I'm glad that there is such possibility. I'll see news on the topic. --- WBR, Vladimir Lomov -- Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. -- Benjamin Franklin

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New module: t-gantt-tikz
by Reviczky, Adam 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Hi, I've ported a LaTeX style file[1] for drawing gantt charts over to ConTeXt. Is there any chance that this can be uploaded to contextgarden[2]? (I've tried to do it myself, but couldn't find a way to upload the file while creating a new module: http://modules.contextgarden.net/gantt-tikz) Comments are welcome as this is my first module. I'm attaching the module as well as 4 example files using this module. I am happy to write the appropriate wiki entry for this, once it's uploaded. Cheers, Adam Reviczky [1] http://www.martin-kumm.de/tex_gantt_package.php [2] http://modules.contextgarden.net/

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No line break with math
by Andreas Harder 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Hi all, I'm pretty sure this used to work not long time ago. \starttext \showframe $a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j+k+l+m+n+o+p+q+r+s+t+u+v+w+x+y+z+a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j+k+l+m+n+o+p+q+r+s+t+u+v+w+x+y+z=$ \stoptext Is there a fix? Greeting Andreas

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[OT] QTeXEngine
by John Haltiwanger 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Apparently this software enables exporting of QTPainter classes to Tikz/Pgf http://soft.proindependent.com/qtexengine/

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\switchtobodyfont
by Herbert Voss 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

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Formula not in \displaystyle
by Andreas Harder 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Hi again, consider the following example: \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] \startformula \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty} \stopformula \stopTEXpage The output is not in \displaystyle. Greeting Andreas

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[OT] "ConTeXt-ified" LaTeX (Interfaces)
by Mojca Miklavec 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

http://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=20235 http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/interfaces/ (I don't like the layout, but the idea is interesting.) Mojca

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problems with vertical spacing and boxes
by Thomas A. Schmitz 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Hi all, I need a somewhat unusual vertical setup for typesetting a play. Here is some ASCII art that may show what I want: SP XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX 15 So: beginning of the line has a fixed space for the abbreviation of the speaker (if there is a speaker designation attached to the line). Then comes the line itself, which fills ca. 80 % amount of the linewidth and needs to be broken as a normal paragraph if it is longer than this space. At the end of the line, another fixed space with the line number, flushright; this number needs to be at the bottom of the paragraph. I have tried three different approaches, but all of them have some problem. One thing to keep in mind: there will be around 3000 such lines, so this might affect processing time. So here are the three approaches: 1. low-level, with boxes. Problem: messes up vertical spacing. (I have set the interlinespace to an absurd dimension because this shows the problem in a clearer way). I tried using \strut s at a few places, but couldn't get this to work: 2. tabulate: nice, but I can't get the number to be aligned to the bottom. Is there any parameter or trick for that? 3. baseline between columns is not aligned (maybe I'm missing the right parameter?), extra vertical space is added. Eagerly awaiting your suggestions! All best Thomas \setupbodyfont[termes,12pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=4.5ex] \startbuffer \MyLine{5}{Fa.}{This line is short.} \MyLine{10}{Me.}{This line is slightly longer, so it will be broken into two lines in the output.} \MyLine{15}{Fa.}{This line is short again.} \MyLine{20}{Me.}{Another longer line that will be broken into two lines in the output.} \MyLine{25}{Fa.}{And the last line.} \stopbuffer \starttext \def\MyLine#1#2#3% {\setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\hsize=6cm #3}\hbox{\vbox to \ht\scratchbox{\hbox to 1cm{\bf #2}\vfill}\vbox{\hsize=6cm #3\par}\vbox to \ht\scratchbox{\vfill\hbox to 1cm{\hfill #1}}}} \getbuffer \definetabulate[ELine][|Blw(0.65cm)|p(5.8cm)|rw(0.8cm)|] \def\MyLine#1#2#3% {\startELine \NC #2 \NC #3 \NC #1 \NR \stopELine} \getbuffer \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm,frame=off,offset=0pt,,align={right}] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=6cm,frame=off,align={normal}] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=1cm,frame=off,align={left,low}] \def\MyLine#1#2#3% {\bTABLE \bTR\bTD \bf #2 \eTD\bTD #3 \eTD\bTD #1 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE} \getbuffer \stoptext

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Lucida
by Herbert Voss 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Has someone a working typescript file for the Lucida from TUG? Herbert

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First try with ConTeXt (Win7)
by Peter Davis 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

I've used LaTeX for years, but I'm trying to work with ConTeXt now on a Win7 PC that has already had MikTeX 2.9 installed. I've downloaded the minimal ZIP file, unpacked it and run the first_setup.bat file. (Note, I don't have Ruby installed yet, so I can't use pdfTeX, but I assume some other build is available.) Then I opened TeXworks, created a ConTeXt typesetting option, entered a helloworld.tex program, and tried to ConTeXt it. However, I just get these messages: MTXrun | forcing cache reload MTXrun | resolvers: skipping configuration file 'C:/Users/peterd/AppData/Roaming/MiKTeX/2.9/web2c/texmfcnf.lua' (no file) MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: remembering file 'mtx-context.lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' Any clues available? Thanks! -pd

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letter module, vertical offset of reference line
by Florian Wobbe 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Hi, I need to adjust the vertical position of the reference line (as well as subject, opening etc.) because the info-block is longer than the addressee-block to the left. With alternative=customized I can use \setupletterstyle [firstpage] [topspace=...] However with alternative a and e setting topspace has no effect. Also \setupletterstyle [reference] [voffset=...] changes the offset for alternative=customized, only. Best, Florian

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linebreak in part title
by Michael Goerz 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Hi everyone, I want part titles to appear on the own (empty) page, centered horizontally and vertically, and in small caps. To this end, I've set up the \part command as \def\Partcommand#1#2{\centerline{\smcp #2}} \setuphead[part][ placehead=yes, number=no, page=mychapterpagebreak, header=high, footer=high, before={\hbox{}\vfill}, command=\Partcommand, after={\vfill}, prefix=no, ] However, this does not seem to allow line breaks in a part title, which is a problem with very long titles, e.g. \part{Perspectives on Decision Ethics from the USA, Russian Federation, Egypt, and the Czech Republic} Is there any way to get a line break on the part page? I should note that in the TOC, the part title is broken properly, and also observes \crlf. Thanks, Michael

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FiXme-module
by Andreas Harder 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Hi Wolfgang, I've played a bit with your FiXme-module. First of all, thanks for the work! But I ran into following issues. 1. Something is going wrong if I allow interaction. So the text is marked as a link, but one can't jump to the right location. 2. Instead of margin notes I would like to use PDF annotations, so I tried: \setupfixme [before={\startcomment[FiXme]}, after=\stopcomment] This gives an error. 3. Is it possible to save the FiXme-list in a external text file? Something like \savebuffer[expanded list of fixmes][list.txt] \usemodule[fixme] % \setupfixme % -> error % [before={\startcomment[FiXme]}, % after=\stopcomment] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setuplist[fixme][interaction=all] \starttext \fixme{To be done …} \input knuth \fixme{To be done …} \input tufte \fixme{To be done …} \page \placelist[fixme] \stoptext Best regards Andreas

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MkIV doesn't find font
by Oliver Heins 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

I try to use Minion Pro as main font: \usetypescriptfile[type-adobe] \usetypescript[minion] \setupbodyfont[minion] To my irritation, ConTeXt/LuaTeX complains about not finding the font. […] (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/context/third/typescripts/type-adobe.mkiv) define fonts > font with name minionpro-regular is not found define fonts > unknown font minionpro-regular, loading aborted define fonts > unable to define minionpro-regular as \*minion12ptrmtf* […] However, Minion Pro is installed on the system, running $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=minionpro* shows lots of entries. However, there is no such font as minionpro-regular, but minionproregular (without the hyphen): Running "$ mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=minionproregular" yields "minionproregular minionprocapt /usr/local/share/fonts/MinionPro_Capt.otf", while "$ mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=minionpro-regular" returns an empty result. What am I doing wrong? TIA, olli -- Oliver Heins heins(a)sopos.org http://www.sopos.org/olli GPG: F27A BA8C 1CFB B905 65A8 2544 0F07 B675 9A00 D827 1024D/9A00D827 2004-09-24 -- gpg --recv-keys 0x9A00D827 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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