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section kills break ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi, Is this a known issue? Without chapter the linebreak "\\" works. With a section header before it fails. Steffen ------- \starttext %\chapter{test} % <- un-/comment \starttabulate[|p|p|] \NC test\\test \NC text \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] page breaks in cells?
by Wolfgang Schuster 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Am 13.10.2010 um 23:41 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: >>> Which kind table supports page breaks in cells? >> >> tabulate > > but there we (still) don't have vertical lines, right? yes, tabulate has no vertical lines but anch-pgr.mkix shows a few ways to make framed cells, e.g. here is a slightly modified example from the source \starttext \definepositionframed[y][frame=off,leftframe=on,rightframe=on,frameoffset=1ex] \starttabulate[|p|p|] \XC[a:y] \input knuth \NC \input tufte \NC\NR \XC[b:y] \input knuth \NC \input tufte \NC\NR \XC[c:y] \input knuth \NC \input tufte \NC\NR \XC[d:y] \input knuth \NC \input tufte \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stoptext Wolfgang

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Custom enumeration
by Bela Mulder 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Dear ConTeXters, A newbie question: I am trying to set up a custom enumeration for exercises in a syllabus. The numbering of these exercises should reflect both part and chapter information, but \defineenumeration does not allow me to write my own custom command for this (unlike \setuphead). Am I missing something, or is there another solution? Thanks in advance for any help. -- Bela Mulder Group Leader Theory of Biomolecular matter FOM Institute AMOLF Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS Tel: + 31 20 7547100 FAX: + 31 20 7547290 web: http://www.amolf.nl/research/theory_of_biomolecular_matter/

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How to center a MP graphics generated by Lua?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hello, I'm trying to center a MP graphics generated by Lua. Although the inline Ctx code is (or seems to be) the same as generated by Lua, I cannot understand why the red line is drawn on the left and not centered. So how to make the Lua->MP graphics centered? My code: --- \showframe \starttext \startalignment[center] AAA\externalfigure[cow][width=4cm]BBB % OK, centered aaa\startMPcode draw (0,0)--(1in,0)\stopMPcode bbb % OK, centered \stopalignment \startalignment[center] \startluacode context.startMPcode() context("draw (0,0)--(1in,0) withrgbcolor (1,0,0)") % Red line LEFT? context.stopMPcode() \stopluacode \stopalignment \startalignment[center] TTT\startMPcode draw (0,0)--(1in,0)\stopMPcode UUU % OK, centered \stopalignment \stoptext --- 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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page breaks in cells?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi, Which kind table supports page breaks in cells? I have a simple, but long table: only two columns, but sometimes very long text in a cell... Thanks, Steffen

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Temporary landscape
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Hello, I need to typeset contents of a wide file. This works: --- \starttext \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4,landscape] \typefile[Dim]{Cha-MMax-iDL.txt} \page % RESTORE ORIGINAL PAGE SETTINGS AAA \stoptext --- And I'd like to find out how to restore previous page settings. I guess I could call something like "\setuppapersize[A4][A4]" at the place of "RESTORE ORIGINAL PAGE SETTINGS", but I'd rather something independent (now I'd have to suppose that previous page is of A4 format). I'm thinking about like enclosing the \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4,landscape] \typefile[Dim]{../../Statics/Dim/Res/Cha-MMax-iDL.txt} into an environment or something. Maybe something like \setupenvironment[MyEnv][...] in the preamble and later \startenvironment[MyEnv] \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4,landscape] \typefile[Dim]{../../Statics/Dim/Res/Cha-MMax-iDL.txt} \stopenvironment Is there something like that? (Wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/startenvironment is a bit empty.) 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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Error in simplefonts
by Aditya Mahajan 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Hi Wolfgang, \definesimplefont fails in the latest beta. Minimal example: \usemodule [simplefonts][size=10pt] \setmainfont[Fontin][expansion=quality,protrusion=quality] \definesimplefont [NameFont] [FontinBold][size=16pt] \starttext \NameFont A \stoptext ... gives <+ /opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/third/simplefonts/t-simplefonts.lua>) ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: attempt to index field 'define' (a nil value) stack traceback: <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > error on line 5 in file test.tex: LuaTeX error ... 1 \usemodule [simplefonts][size=10pt] 2 3 \setmainfont[Fontin][expansion=quality,protrusion=quality] 4 5 >> \definesimplefont [NameFont] [FontinBold][size=16pt] 6 7 \starttext 8 \NameFont A 9 \stoptext \dodefinesimplefont ...1("\luaescapestring {#2}")} \ifcase \scaledfontmode \r... l.5 ...efont [NameFont] [FontinBold][size=16pt] Any ideas? Thanks, Aditya

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OpenType Math
by Andreas Harder 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Hi all, there are still some problems with OpenType math. I've collected some: % \setupbodyfont[palatino] % reference % \setupbodyfont[cambria] % \setupbodyfont[euler] \setupbodyfont[asana] \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] $n\choose k$ \crlf $1+\cdots+n$ \crlf $1+\frac{a}{b}$ \crlf $(a+b)\cdot\cdots\cdot(n+k)$ \stopTEXpage Please compare the output. Greeting Andreas

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\setfontfeature-problem
by Andreas Harder 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Hi all, please have a look at my example: \definefontfeature[default][default][mode=node,onum=yes] \definefontfeature[sc][default][smcp=yes] \def\sc{\groupedcommand{\setfontfeature{sc}}{}} \setupbodyfont[palatino] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] {\sc Abc} 0369 \crlf \sc{Abc} 0369 \stopTEXpage \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] 0369 {\sc Abc} 0369 \crlf 0369 \sc{Abc} 0369 \stopTEXpage \stoptext It seems that if a line starts with \sc{…} the onum-option is ignored. Is there a solution? Greeting Andreas

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vertical space between \framed’s
by Philipp Gesang 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Hi, how do I get rid of the space between two consecutive framed texts? In the following example: ···8<···························································· \def\testbox{\framed[frame=on,width=2em,height=2em]{A\par}} \setupinterlinespace[0pt] \starttext \testbox\testbox \stoptext ···8<···························································· there’s still a vertical gap that I thought I eliminated by switching off the interlinespace. Thanks for any recommendations, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Marginal heads and non-text sections
by Brian Sniffen 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

I'm having trouble understanding space inserted around itemize and TABLE objects. I found some great advice from the mailing list archives, and managed to cobble together a setup that *almost* works. Now I have only two problems. I welcome any help. First: In the example below, the word "monkey" creates no vertical space---even if it's commented out, there's no change in the space between "Title" and "alpha". I'd like to tighten that space up---I've been resorting to \vskip{-10ex}, but surely there's a way to not put that space there in the first place. I'm already using packed,intro,joinedup for the itemize in an attempt to shove it as high as possible; is there another way? Second: in the same example, the "Second" subject does not appear. Uncommenting the llama doesn't make any surprising difference (well, it moves the table down, showing that tables don't have the space-filling property of itemizes), but uncommenting the apricot does cause the "Second" subject to appear. How can I force the "Second" subject to appear next to the table? Thank you for any help. \setuphead[subject][alternative=text,distance=0pt,command=\MyHead] \setupinmargin[style=\setupinterlinespace] \def\MyHead#1#2{\margintitle[low]{\rotate{#1 #2}}} \setupitemize[packed,intro,joinedup,KR] \starttext \title{Title} \subject{First} monkey \startitemize[columns] \item alpha \item beta \item gamma \stopitemize \subject{Second} %llama \bTABLE \bTR \bTD One \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext -- Brian Sniffen http://evenmere.org/~bts/ <bts(a)evenmere.org>

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Re: [NTG-context] Error message wrong when \component is used
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

From: Steffen Wolfrum <context(a)st.estfiles.de> > Date: 13 October 2010 12:03:37 AM AEDT > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Error message wrong when \component is used > Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > > Why do you use start-/stoptext inside start-/stopproduct? > > Steffen Hi Steffen, By mistake! 8-) However, if I take out the start-/stoptext, it makes no difference, Context is still printing text from the wrong file in the error message: file1.tex: \startproduct file1 Bla bla bla. Bla bla bla. Bla bla bla. \component file2 \stopproduct file2.tex: \startcomponent file2 Bleh bleh bleh. Bleh bleh bleh. Bleh bleh bleh. \zorg \stopcomponent and I get: ... systems : begin file file1 at line 1 systems : begin file file2 at line 5 (file2.tex ! Undefined control sequence. system > error on line 5 in file file1.tex: Undefined control sequence ... 1 \startproduct file1 2 Bla bla bla. 3 Bla bla bla. 4 Bla bla bla. 5 >> \component file2 6 \stopproduct l.5 \zorg ? q OK, entering \batchmode MTXrun | fatal error: return code: 1% Robin

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Updating via TLContrib
by Daniel Grycman 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Hi list, I updated my TeXLive 2010 (MacTeX) installation using the TLContrib repository. Now I get the following error message when I use "context --version". MTXrun | forcing cache reload MTXrun | resolvers: skipping configuration file '/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmfcnf.lua' 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-base.lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua' Any ideas? Daniel

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autopunctuations and subscripts
by Aditya Mahajan 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hi, It seems that autopunctuation=no does not affect the spacing in subscripts. Bug or feature? \setupbodyfont[xits] %(also with cambria) \starttext \startformula \min_{(f,g)} (f,g) \stopformula \setupmathematics[autopunctuation=no] \startformula \min_{(f,g)} (f,g) \stopformula \stoptext Aditya

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beta
by Hans Hagen 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hi, I uploaded a beta. This weeks undocumented feature: \starttext test \placefigure{}{} test \placefigure[somewhere:alpha][whatever]{}{} test \placefigure[somewhere:beta] [whatever]{}{} test \placefigure[somewhere:gamma][whatever]{}{} test \placefigure[somewhere:delta][whatever]{}{} test \placefigure{}{} in \in{figure}[whatever] bla bla \placenamedfloat[figure][*l*] \placenamedfloat[figure][gamma] \placenamedfloat[figure][beta] \stoptext Experimental of course. Alan and I are discussing up some more clever mechanisms (follow up on conference chats) but this will probably stay. 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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Mohd Zamri Murah invited you to Dropbox
by Dropbox 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

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missing newline in when mtxrun exits with error
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Dear all, This is a very minor gripe, but when mtxrun reports an error it doesn't seem to print a final newline. At least with my bash setup, this confuses the command-line editing feature, which I use a lot. ... some TeX error happened ... ? q OK, entering \batchmode MTXrun | fatal error: return code: 1% Platform is Mac OS X 10.6, latest minimals. Best, Robin

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Error message wrong when \component is used
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Dear all, I find that when there is an error (at least, "undefined control sequence") in a file included using \component, the supposedly erroneous lines printed are from the calling file, not the file where the error actually is (although the line number seems correct, and there are clues where the error really lies). Minimal example ... file1.tex: \startproduct file1 \starttext Bla bla bla. Bla bla bla. Bla bla bla. \component file2 \stoptext \stopproduct file2.tex: \startcomponent file2 Bleh bleh bleh. Bleh bleh bleh. Bleh bleh bleh. \zorg \stopcomponent When I run "context file1" I get an error: ... ConTeXt ver: 2010.10.12 01:03 MKIV fmt: 2010.10.12 int: english/english ... systems : begin file file1 at line 1 systems : begin file file2 at line 6 (file2.tex ! Undefined control sequence. system > error on line 5 in file file1.tex: Undefined control sequence ... 1 \startproduct file1 2 \starttext 3 Bla bla bla. 4 Bla bla bla. 5 >> Bla bla bla. 6 \component file2 7 \stoptext 8 \stopproduct l.5 \zorg If I replace \component with \input in file1.tex, all works correctly and the error ("\zorg") is correctly pointed out. Best, Robin

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register broken in latest beta!
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hi, todays beta gives an error with this test (taken from strc-reg.kmiv at line 35): \starttext \placeregister[index] test \index{aa} test \startregister[index][x]{bb} test \page test \page test \page test \stopregister[index][x] \stoptext ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-ini.lua:106: attempt to compare nil with number stack traceback: ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-ini.lua:106: in function <...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-ini.lua:105> ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-ini.lua:416: in function 'firstofsplit' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-reg.lua:403: in function 'finalize' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-reg.lua:427: in function 'analyzed' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-reg.lua:789: in function 'process' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > error on line 8 in file index_ff.tex: LuaTeX error ... Greetings, Steffen BTW: I found three invalid characters (form feed?) in strc-reg.mkiv: at line 549, 568, 632.

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"Page-breakable" \subsubsubject?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hello, I'd have one more question. I need to have many \subsubject behind each other (again: actually processing an external file, but a small example is attached): --- \setupbodyfont[11pt] \starttext \subsubsubject{001} \subsubsubject{002} \subsubsubject{003} \subsubsubject{004} \subsubsubject{005} \subsubsubject{006} \subsubsubject{007} \subsubsubject{008} \subsubsubject{009} \subsubsubject{010} \subsubsubject{011} \subsubsubject{012} \subsubsubject{013} \subsubsubject{014} \subsubsubject{015} \subsubsubject{016} \subsubsubject{017} \subsubsubject{018} \subsubsubject{019} \subsubsubject{020} \subsubsubject{021} % Last visible on the page \subsubsubject{022} \subsubsubject{023} \subsubsubject{024} \subsubsubject{025} \subsubsubject{026} \stoptext --- The problem is that typesetting n-th \subsubject doesn't go to the next page, but is typeset on the same page, so that the last ones disappear. So how to setup (?) \subsubject to allow page breaks inside them? (Wiki did not prompt.) 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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Re: [NTG-context] "Page-breakable" \subsubsubject?
by luigi scarso 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau(a)cea.fr> wrote: > On Tuesday 12 October 2010 10:49:18 luigi scarso wrote: >> >> Yes; a good point for three letters for suffix is compatibility with >> old OS and perhaps MIME questions. > > What? You mean DOS? And FAT? yes; more generally I think to customer OS for embedded devices > Maybe we should restrict our coding as well to ascii... As long as you impose the filename to follow the ascii 8.3 convention the OS should be ok. ConTeXt mkii is already able to manage utf-8 bytestreams (it's not a OS issue, becuse it's a binary file for these OSs) > > Alan > > P.S. I am still using some real-time applications > running on computers under DOS, but I would not dream > of trying to put ConTeXt on such a system! Maybe not the full context, but metatex . It's a memory+CPU issue so not too serious nowadays. Also you lua is designed to be small and it's easy to compile luatex for different targets. -- luigi

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Synonyms: difference between mkii and mkiv?
by Otared Kavian 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hi all, When I typeset the following example (ConTeXt version 2010.10.11 16:59, from the Minimals) %%% begin abbrev-test.tex \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull][\inshort] \starttext \abbreviation{LCTVS}{Locally Convex Topological Vector Space} \abbreviation{EEG} {Electroencephalogram} \abbreviation{ERP} {Event-Related Potentials} \abbreviation{TVS}{Topological Vector Space} Test inshort: \inshort{EEG}, \inshort{ERP}, \inshort{TVS}, Test infull: \infull{EEG}, \infull{ERP}, \infull{TVS}, \infull{LCTVS} \stoptext %%% end abbrev-test.tex with mkii I get: Test inshort: Electroencephalogram, Event-Related Potentials, Topological Vector Space, Test infull: EEG, ERP, TVS, LCTVS while in mkiv I get Test inshort: EEG, ERP, TVS, Test infull: ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM, EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, TOPOLOGICAL VECTOR SPACE, LOCALLY CONVEX TOPOLOGICAL VECTOR SPACE I mean in mkii the first command in the definition \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull][\inshort] that is \infull, is considered to be the short version of the synonyms, while in mkiv it is considered to be the long version and CAPITALIZED. Is this a bug or a change between mkii and mkiv? How can one set up the command in mkiv so that it is not all CAPITALS? Thanks for your attention: OK

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Headers must not be the last object on the page
by Brian Wedde 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

I'm getting headers as the last item on a page. Following content appears on the next page. I would like to have headers not be separated from their content by a page break. Is there a way to say "if a header is the last thing on the page, place it on the next page instead"? I am aware of the "before={\testpage[n]\blank}" trick, but this only applies when you need a specific amount of lines. Because the following content may be a figure, float, table, or other large object, the space required will vary. I just want the header to know that it must not be the last object on the page. Is this possible? Thank you very much for your help.

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itemize in TABLE
by Andreas Harder 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Hi all, please have a look at the following example \starttext \showframe \startbuffer \startitemize[n,fit][left={Abb. },distance=.5em] \item \dorecurse{20}{eins } \item \dorecurse{20}{zwei } \item \dorecurse{20}{drei } \stopitemize \stopbuffer \bTABLE % it works if you comment out the table \bTR\bTD \getbuffer \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \getbuffer \stoptext It seems that using itemize in TABLE disturbs the following lists. Is there something I can do about it? Greeting Andreas

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bug in itemize
by Marius 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

Hello, a stopper option resets item to default value. I expect a) and b) instead of big dot in the first itemize. mkiv current version: 2010.10.06 10:20 \starttext \startitemize[a,stopper=)] \item one. \item two. \stopitemize \startitemize[a] \item one. \item two. \stopitemize \stoptext Regards, Marius

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Furigana
by S Barmeier 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

Dear CJK experts, I am looking to add furigana (readings) above the Kanji (Chinese characters) in a Japanese text. In XeTeX I'd be used to something translating to \usemodule[simplefonts] \usemodule[ruby] \starttext \ruby{今日}{こんにち}は \stoptext What would be the correct command for mkiv? Many thanks. Severin

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"Inline" enumerations
by Marcin Borkowski 10 Oct '10

10 Oct '10

Hi, is there an easy way to adapt ConTeXt's enumerations not to start another paragraph? Something like (a) this (b) is (c) a short enumeration. In fact, I'd like to be able to something even more tricky: I would like to be able to prepare a "teacher's version" and a "student's version" of a problem set. Something like this: Teacher's version: 1. <Problem>. Hint: <hint - if present>. Solution: <solution - if present>. Answer: <answer - if present>. 2. <Another problem>. Hint: <hint - if present>. Solution: <solution - if present>. Answer: <answer - if present>. ... Student's version: 1. Problem. (Hint: <hint - if present>) 2. Problem. ... Asnwers ======= 1. Answer. 2. Answer. ... Can blocks and enumerations do this? Regards -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl)

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Question for wiki authors
by Taco Hoekwater 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

Hi, As you may know, Patrick and I are constantly reviewing the edits on the wiki to filter out bad people(tm). In doing so, it is not always immediately obvious who is doing what because the 'recent changes' list quite often does not contain a useful summary message. This is understandable, but it would really help if everybody would at least put something in the Summary field. On a related note: I think it would be nice if the people that use a wildly different ID on the wiki from their emails on the list could create a short wiki page under their user name so that we can easily make the connection to a 'known person'. This is not a requirement at all, but it would be really handy during administration, so if you do not mind putting such a page up, please do. Thanks, Taco

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Announcing TLContrib
by Taco Hoekwater 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

Hello everybody, Please allow me to introduce a new project: TLContrib. TLContrib is a website + repository that hosts contributed packages for TeX Live 2010. The packages on TLContrib are packages that are not distributed inside TeX Live proper for one or another of following reasons: * because it is not free software according to the Debian guidelines; * because it is a binary update; * because it is not available on CTAN; * because it is an intermediate release for testing. In short, anything TeX-related that can not be on TeX Live but can still legally be distributed over the Internet can have its place on TLContrib. The ultimate goal is to provide a companion to the core TeX Live tlnet distribution in much the same way as Debian's non-free tree is a companion to their normal, 100% free software distribution. The goal is not to replace TeX Live: package and updates that can be part of TeX Live itself should stay (or be added) there. TLContrib is simply trying to fill in a gap in the current distribution system. Quick start: to use TLContrib as a TeX Live repository, point the TeX Live package manager to http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/2010/ For more detailed information, visit the website: http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/ The current version of the website is preliminary, and much can still be improved. Even so, both the website and the repository are fully functional and can be used for both the publication of packages and as a repository source for the TeX Live package manager. Currently included in the repository are: * context 2010.07.30 * the context cow fonts * luatex 0.63.0 (but not yet for all architectures) * metapost 1.502 (also not for all architectures) Currently, there are binary updates for i386-linux, universal-darwin win32, x86_64-darwin, and x86_64-linux. Mojca Miklavec and myself are working hard on providing the missing architectures soon. This announcement is also a call for more contributors: if you are the maintainer of a package that you would like to see distributed but that for one reason or another can not or should not be in the core TeX Live distribution, please consider adding it to TLContrib. The website explains the process, and it is of course possible to ask questions on the mailing list: tlcontrib(a)ntg.nl Incidentally, the mailing list's web page is: http://www.ntg.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tlcontrib I hope you will like this new addition to the TeX community, and I also want to take the opportunity to thank the TeX Live and ConTeXt minimals teams for their encouragement and ongoing help in bringing this project to life. Best wishes, Taco

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change register entry separator
by Jano Kula 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi, any way to change register entry and subentry separator from "+" to something else? Preferably to kanji character, so I'm sure it will not appear in the text. Entries and subentries are autoflushed, so it can be really anything. Other way around: I substitute "+" with " PLUS " in index terms before writing into the index, but which command is reading the sorted index entries to change it back to "+" when typesetting the sorted index on pages? Thanks, Jano

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typesetting xml targets
by Thomas A. Schmitz 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi all, I'm currently experimenting with the TEI schema for critical editions. There's one thing that goes beyond my minimal understanding: for internal references, the guidelines strongly suggest defining them with the xml:id attribute. Let's take the example of a textual witness, which could be defined as <witness xml:id="A">manuscript A</witness> Whenever this witness is referenced, it will be done with a target: <rdg wit="#A">Hello</rdg> How can I catch such targets in my ConTeXt setup? Would it be possible to have the #A translated into a macro \WIT:A or something like that? Would it be possible to have ConTeXt read in the value of the <witness> tag to which the taget refers and typset that? There must be something easier than a huge set of nested \doifelse calls, but I can't quite find what would be the best way. I hope this question isn't too confusing... Thanks, and best Thomas

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Feedback on draft manual
by R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

How does one provide feedback on the current draft manual at: http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf Thanks. Chandra

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Broken ConTeXt
by Tom Maynard 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

While I'm pretty sure I didn't do anything wrong, and I'm absolutely certain that it worked perfectly yesterday, ConTeXt is broken: C:\ConTeXt>path PATH=C:\ConTeXt\tex\texmf-mswin\bin;C:\Ruby187\bin;c:\bin;c:\tsepro;c:\program iles\vim\vim72;c:\cygwin\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_18\bin;C:\WINDOWS\ sstem32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ooRexx;c:\program files\MikTex 2.8\mktex\bin;c:\program files\MikTex 2.8\miktex\bin\miktex\bin\ C:\ConTeXt>context --version MTXrun | forcing cache reload MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of 'c:/ConTeXt/texmf' (runtime) MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of 'c:/ConTeXt/texmf-local' (runtime) MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of 'c:/ConTeXt/texmf-context' (runtime) MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of 'c:/ConTeXt/texmf-mswin' (runtime) 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' C:\ConTeXt> And then I deleted it all, reinstalled Minimals, and get exactly the same result. Is my luck really this bad? What to do? Tom.

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calling ConTeXt as a background process
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hi together! I'm trying since about a week to get ConTeXt running as a background process of a web application. It's always hanging, and I get no log. "ps axef" shows the call stack: \_ /var/www/xxx/bin/python /var/www/xxx/releases/current/cerebrale/ manage.py runfcgi method=threaded ... \_ /bin/sh -c cd /var/www/xxx/_textemp && /var/opt/context/tex/ texmf-linux-64/bin/context ... \_ /bin/sh /var/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/context -- purgeall --batchmode --result=/var/www/xxx/_textemp/xxx.pdf \_ texlua /var/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun --script context --purgeall --batchmode --result=/ ... \_ [uname] <defunct> I.e. it looks like texlua calls uname in a way that lets the process hang forever. If I call the same from an active shell everything runs fine. Also uname alone works in the shell command. Any ideas what I could/should check? I don't think it could be the PATH, since ConTeXt's bin as well as all the system tools are in: PATH=/var/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin:/var/www/cerebrale/bin:/ command:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/ usr/X11R6/bin TEXMFOS=/var/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64 TEXROOT=/var/opt/context/tex The user that runs the server process (incl. sub-shell and ConTeXt) owns all the TeX files and the directory. Maybe it's a Python problem, here's my call: subprocess.Popen(cmd.encode('utf-8'), shell=True, stderr=logfile, stdout=logfile) But I can call several other commands in this way without problems. The whole thing (incl. ConTeXt) works on my Mac (OSX 10.5.8) at home. Everything I call before ConTeXt shows up in the logfile. 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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wrong itemize indenting
by Andreas Harder 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hi all, I mentioned it already but so far I couldn't find a solution. Here is an example of my problem: \starttext \showframe \overfullrule=4pt \startbuffer \startitemize[n,fit][left={Abb. },distance=.5em] \item \dorecurse{20}{eins } \item \dorecurse{20}{zwei } \item \dorecurse{20}{drei } \stopitemize \stopbuffer \getbuffer % -> correct indenting \bTABLE \bTR\bTD \getbuffer \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \getbuffer % -> wrong indenting \stoptext If one uses an itemize environment with the "fit"-option in a TABLE the further itemize environments getting disturbed. Is this a bug or is there a workaround? I appreciate your help. Andreas

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Verbatim typing with numbers inside float
by Stefan Müller 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hi list, I defined a float for typesetting algorithms, so I can reference them at other places in the document. \definefloat[algorithm][algorithms] When I now place such a figure with \placealgorithm[here][alg:myalgorithm]{Very neat algorithm.}{ \starttyping some source code \stoptyping } then the numbering I set up with \setuptyping[numbering=line] \setuplinenumbering[location=text] is gone. Is there a way to get around this? I try to not use itemize for this (although it seems to work with itemize), because I'd rather use the more semantically correct approach. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance, Stefan.

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Euler font and context minimals
by Mathieu Boespflug 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hi everyone, I'm using ConTeXt for my PhD thesis and as I'm getting sick of writing up I've been trying to tweak the appearance a bit. I'd like to switch to using Palatino font for main body and Euler font for math. So I tried \setupbodyfont[pagella-euler] \starttext test $f(x) = x^2$. \stoptext But I get errors during processing such as: MTXrun | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/9076a3f5a9f873039eaa5d3001a4c6ac/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/9076a3f5a9f873039eaa5d3001a4c6ac/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend=pdf "./chap-one.tex"This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.63.0-2010090921 \write18 enabled. (chap-one.tex jobcontrol > resuming randomizer with 0.20642945552544 ConTeXt ver: 2010.09.24 11:40 MKIV fmt: 2010.9.25 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv)) system : cont-fil loaded (/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-def.mkiv) (/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-lua.mkiv) (/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv)) system : cont-err loaded (/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-err.tex systems : no file 'cont-sys.tex', using 'cont-sys.rme' instead ) system : chap-one.top loaded (chap-one.top) fonts : preloading latin modern fonts {/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}{/home/mboes/src/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active define fonts > forced type otf of euler not found define fonts > font with name euler is not found define fonts > unknown font euler, loading aborted define fonts > unable to define euler.otf as \*pagella-euler7ptmmmr33* define fonts > forced type otf of euler not found define fonts > font with name euler is not found define fonts > unknown font euler, loading aborted define fonts > unable to define euler.otf as \*pagella-euler9ptmmmr22* define fonts > forced type otf of euler not found define fonts > font with name euler is not found define fonts > unknown font euler, loading aborted define fonts > unable to define euler.otf as \*pagella-euler12ptmmmr11* [...] I noticed that in my (recent) ConTeXt minimals tree, there was no euler.odf, so I grabbed one from somewhere in the tree in http://minimals.contextgarden.net/minimals/current, and placed it $CONTEXTROOT/tex/texmf-fonts, but to no avail. I still get the same error messages. I also ran luatools --generate and that doesn't make a difference. I read through the typography and fonts chapters of the manual but I didn't find specific information about installing fonts. Am I doing it right? How can I get ConTeXt to recognize this standard font? Many thanks, Mathieu

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\seeindex
by Alan BRASLAU 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Wishlist: add interaction to \seeindex Explaination: \seeindex{index_entry}{see_entry} can be used to add entry to an index that refers one to another entry. Example: \seeindex{DNA}{deoxyribonucleic acid} With \setupinteraction [state=start] one gets active hyperlinks on the page numbers of the index entries. It would be nice if \seeindex entries to the index would create an interaction hyperlink to the corresponding real index entry. This is pretty straight-forward, but probably non-trivial to implement, as there is no guarantee that the second entry of \seeindex indeed exists. Of course, \seeindex could create this entry, but it may not have an associated page number or page numbers if \index{deoxyribonucleic acid} was never called. Even more sophisticated, but the bookkeeping on this might get a bit complicated, \index{DNA} could create an index entry under {deoxyribonucleic acid} as \seeindex instructs to "hijack" this label. (currently, it will put "see DNA" followed by a page number.) Alan

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Example Gallery
by R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Dear Folks, When I first started learning to use TikZ-PGF, I was aided a great deal by the varied examples available at: http://www.texample.net/tikz/ Is there any such example gallery for ConTeXt? Thank you. Chandra 07 Oct 10

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Running Mk-IV using TeXLive 2010
by R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Dear Folks, I am a LaTeX user trying out ConTeXt for the first time. I am running TeXLive 2010 (full scheme) on a x86_64-linux platform. I have visited http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV and put the instructions there into an executable file: --- #! /bin/bash # # Manual update for ConTeXt in TeXLive 2010 as suggested at # # http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV # # Update ConTeXt rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/context/current/ /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/ # Update LuaTeX rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/bin/luatex/linux-64/bin/luatex /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/x86_64-linux/ # Run equivalent mktexlsr luatools --generate context --make context --make cont-en --- The last output lines after running this file are: --- LuaTools | runtime: 1.610 seconds .../2010/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/mtx-context.lua:985: attempt to call upvalue 'make_mkiv_format' (a nil value) .../2010/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/mtx-context.lua:985: attempt to call upvalue 'make_mkiv_format' (a nil value) --- When I compiled a trivial file called first.tex using texexec first I got in the output, inter alia, --- ConTeXt ver: 2010.07.30 11:35 MKII fmt: 2010.10.5 int: english/english --- Why am I not seeing Mk-IV yet? I have used LuaLaTeX with fontspec quite successfully and would like to try ConTeXt with LuaTeX support in Mk-IV to compare ease of customization and use. I am happy to furnish more information if necessary. Sorry if my query sounds elementary, but I am new to ConTeXt. Thanks in advance. Chandra

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Algorithms in ConTeXt
by Patrick Gundlach 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Hi, I'd like to ask yet another "LaTeX in ConTeXt" question. Is there something like the algorithm package? It can typeset pseudocode like in the attached graphic. I sort of like the rules on the left side that indicate the scope of the for/while/case statements. Patrick

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question about \inouter cum suis
by Thomas A. Schmitz 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Dear gang, consider the following: \setuppapersize[A6][A6] \setuplayout [width=middle, height=middle, backspace=3cm, margin=1.5cm, location=doublesided] \starttext This nation, \inouter{1}turning 100 years old, had no {\em Odyssey}, no St.~George slaying the dragon, no Prometheus. The emerging American genius for making a lot of money was a poor substitute for King Arthur and his knights (although the Horatio Alger myth of rags to riches was good for a lot of mileage). Without a mythology and set of ancient heroes to call its own, America had to manufacture its heroes. So the mythmaking machinery of nineteenth|-|century American media created a suitable heroic archetype in the cowboys of the Wild West. The image was of the undaunted cattle drivers living a life of reckless individualism, braving the elements, staving off brutal Indian \inouter{2}attacks. Or of heroic lawmen dueling with six|-|guns in the streets at high noon. This artificial Wild West became America's Iliad. This nation, turning 100 years old, had no {\em Odyssey}, no St.~George \inouter{3}slaying the dragon, no Prometheus. The emerging American genius for making a lot of money was a poor substitute for King Arthur and his knights (although the Horatio Alger myth of rags to riches was good for a lot of mileage). Without a mythology and set of ancient heroes to call its own, America had to manufacture its heroes. \stoptext The \inouter{2} is typeset in the INNER margin, both in mkiv and mkii. I assume that's because the paragraph it's in starts on an odd page. Is there any setup command to change this behavior? Or is this the expected behavior? I looked into page-mar.mkiv, but couldn't find anything... All best Thomas

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placepublications does not place publications
by Thomas A. Schmitz 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Hi all, the following code works in mkii. It used to work in mkiv as well, but doesn't anymore with the latest beta (I can't tell at which version it stopped working, sorry). Maybe a side-effect of the new structure code? All best Thomas \startpublication[k=ackermanmyth,t=book, a={{Ackerman}},y=1991, n=34,s=Ack91] \author[]{Robert}[R.]{}{Ackerman} \pubyear{1991} \title{The Myth and Ritual School: J. G. Frazer and the Cambridge Ritualists} \city{New York} \pubname{Garland} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=ackrillaristotle,t=book, a={{Ackrill}},y=1981, n=366,s=Ack81] \author[]{J.~L.}[J.~L.]{}{Ackrill} \pubyear{1981} \title{Aristotle the Philosopher} \city{Oxford} \pubname{Oxford UP} \stoppublication \starttext \section{One} \nocite[ackrillaristotle] \placepublications[criterium=cite] \section{Two} \nocite[ackermanmyth] \placepublications[criterium=cite] \stoptext

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two buglets
by Thomas A. Schmitz 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Hi all, working on a book project with index and bibliography, I discovered two small bugs (at least I think they are bugs): 1. index sorts uppercase letters after lowercase letters. Minimal example: \starttext \index{Aardvark}Aardvark \index{azygous}azygous \page \setupregister[index][n=1] \placeregister[index] \stoptext I would expect azygous to follow Aardvark, but it is sorted before. 2. (Maybe not a bug, but a somewhat unfriendly behavior): When a \cite command refers to a non-existent key and sort=bbl, ConTeXt bombs out with a lua error: ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua:77: attempt to compare nil with number stack traceback: ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua:77: in function <...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua:76> [C]: in function 'sort' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/bibl-tra.lua:84: in function 'flush' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \typesetpubslist ...hacks.flush("\@@pbsorttype ")} \doendoflist \dodoplacepublications ...sttrue \typesetpubslist \inpublistfalse \endgroup ... l.37 \placepublications[criterium=all] minimal example (the typo \cite[clarke199] instead of \cite[clarke1999a] is there on purpose to demonstrate the problem): \setuppublications[state=start, sorttype=bbl, refcommand=authornum, numbering=yes] \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={VSdK90},totalnumber=2] \startpublication[k=champion2004,t=book, a={{Champion}},y=2004, n=10,s=Cha04] \author[]{Craige~B.}[C.~B.]{}{Champion} \pubyear{2004} \title{Cultural Politics in Polybius's {\em Histories}} \city{Berkeley} \pubname{Univ. of California Pr.} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=clarke1999a,t=book, a={{Clarke}},y=1999b, n=9,s=Cla99b] \author[]{Katherine}[K.]{}{Clarke} \pubyear{1999\maybeyear{b}} \title{Between Geography and History: Hellenistic Constructions of the Roman World} \city{Oxford} \pubname{Oxford UP} \stoppublication \starttext \cite[champion2004] \cite[clarke199] \page \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext Could this error be handled more gracefully, i.e. intercepted? All best Thomas

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Stange behavior of \startluacode
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Hi, The following snippet \startluacode -- \undefined why should a comment matter a = 10 \stopluacode fails with system > error on line 4 in file bug.tex: Undefined control sequence ... -- \undefined why should a comment matt a = 10 \dodostartluacode ...and \directlua \zerocount {#1 }} l.4 \stopluacode Bug or limitation? Aditya

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footnotes when using RtL (Arabic)
by Talal Al-Azem 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Dear all, Two quick questions regarding footnotes and Arabic: 1. How do I get a footnote rule/marker to go from right-to-left (i.e. to begin at the right margin instead of the left margin)? 2. I would like some of my footnote streams to run RtL for Arabic, and also for those footnotes to be in paragraph form (i.e. \setupnote[afootnote][paragraph=yes] ). But when I add this command, my footnote instead runs LtR, the letters get cut up (i.e. the Arabic script is not connected), and I lose my footnote marker to add insult to injury. How should I define a footnote stream to run RtL in paragraph form? Many thanks in advance. Kind regards, Talal p.s. Below is my attempt thus far, with the problem of defining paragraph=yes, and with the problem of the footnote rule/marker. Reference to what I should change in this example would be most helpful: ========================== %%% SETUP AREA %% PAGE SETUP \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setuplayout[grid=on] \showgrid \setupinterlinespace[line=3.8ex] \setupindenting[yes,big] %% FONTS \usemodule[simplefonts] \setupsimplefonts[size=12pt] \definefontfeature[default] [default] [mode=node,script=arabic] \setmainfontfallback[Lotus Linotype] [scale=1.33,features=arabic,range={arabic,arabicsupplement}] %% PARAGRAPH DIRECTION & SPACING - ARABIC - ENGLISH \def\arabpar {\textdir TRT\pardir TRT} \automigrateinserts % to ensure that certain levels of footnotes show up (raw MKIV feature) %% FOOTNOTES \setupfootnotedefinition[location=serried] \definenote[afootnote][conversion=set 2] \setupnote[afootnote][paragraph=yes] %%% TEXT \starttext \input knuth \startbaselinecorrection\setupinterlinespace[line=5ex] \arabpar{ هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة ألفه الشيخ الفاضل النحرير هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة ألفه الشيخ الفاضل النحرير هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة ألفه الشيخ الفاضل النحرير هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة ألفه الشيخ الفاضل النحرير هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة ألفه الشيخ الفاضل النحرير هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة ألفه الشيخ الفاضل النحرير \afootnote{هذه فوتنوت.} هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة ألفه الشيخ ألفه الشيخ الفاضل النحرير هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة ألفه الشيخ الفاضل النحرير هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة ألفه الشيخ الفاضل النحرير هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة ألفه الشيخ الفاضل النحرير هذه رسالة جامعة مانعة } \stopbaselinecorrection Thus, I came to the conclusion that the designer\footnote{Such as Knuth himself.} of a new system must not only be the implementer and first large--scale user; the designer should also write the first user manual. The separation of any of these four components would have hurt TEX significantly. \stoptext ==========================

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startdescription
by Patrick Gundlach 05 Oct '10

05 Oct '10

Hi, is \startdescription a valid command? I've found it in the reference section on the wiki (generated cont-en.xml) Or is it meant as a pattern/template for another command? Patrick

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fitting page around content
by Michael Goerz 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hi Everyone! is there a way to tell ConTeXt to fit the page tightly around the content? In LaTeX, I can do this with \usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview} The purpose is to create a standalone tikz figure of potentially unknown size. Thanks, Michael

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Line height for smaller fonts. (Migrating from LaTeX to ConTeXt:) forcing new line and new page
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hello, let's have the following example: --- \starttext \tt \input tufte \hairline \tfx \input tufte \hairline \tfxx \input tufte \stoptext --- When I look at the result, I see the smaller font the bigger "gap" between lines (or this may be taken as "line height" relative to letter height). As I would need to type many datafiles, it's important for me to reduce line height, even if readability of the text becomes a bit worse. Is it possible to achieve this anyhow? Another question: How to force new line and new page to start? - LaTeX provides \newline, \newpage\ linebreak and \pagebreak commands - see e.g. http://www.personal.ceu.hu/tex/breaking.htm. Does ConTeXt provide similar commands? Or how to achieve this? Regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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present state of critical editions with ConTeXt MKIV ?
by Talal Al-Azem 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Dear all, My apologies for flooding the mailing list as I try to come up to speed quickly with some of the perhaps more arcane usages of ConTeXt over the weekend. I have come to understand that ConTeXt MKIV can indeed produce beautiful critical editions (including those of Arabic texts). I've spent some time scouring the mailing list and wiki with things related to critical editions and Arabic (from the early 2000's until now), including the developing CitTeXt project. However, I have some questions. From my (nascent) experiences and readings regarding critically editing texts, the following appear to be necessary tasks for any typesetting software used to produce critical texts [1] (I have placed an + next to those features which seem to already be implemented in MKIV, and a '?' next to those which I am unsure) : 1. Marginal line numbers + 2. Keying lemmas to linenumbers ? Footnote streams where the lemmas are referenced in connection with the line numbers (and thus not by puting a footnote reference number in the body of the text after the variant). I.e., functionality similar to ednotes or Ledmac in LaTeX. From what I've read, it seems this might remain the most problematic matter currently. 3. Formatting the lemma footnote streams in paragraph/block form OR in columnar form ? This mailing list provided direction to using \setupnote[footnote][n=x], where if x=0 makes the footnotes into a single paragraph, and if x=2 or more than 2 or more columns appear. I am unclear, due to my relative inexperience with ConTeXt, whether this is deemed robust enough as part of the solution of keying lemmas to linenumbers (#2 above). 4. Lemma abbreviations ? When the lemma is rather long, it should be displayed partially only preceding the note at the bottom of the page 5. Nested or overlapping lemmas ? 6. Cross references to lines ? 7. Line number switches + I.e. being able to turn line numbering on and off, restart, etc. 8. Multiple footnote streams + 9. Parallel typesetting ? I.e. It seems this was last recently discussed on this list in August 2010, and I assume it is naturally still in development, as these matters surely take time. Thus, the main issues seemingly remaining are related to lemmas. Issues number 2 to 5 are my main concern at the moment. Any advice on currently effecting these and other matters with a '?' after them (or being told that it is currently impossible) would be most appreciated. Alternatively, it would be nice just to know where things stand. Kind regards, Talal Al-Azem Oxford [1] Further discussion of these (and further) tasks can be quickly surveyed in Uwe Lück, "ednotes — critical edition typesetting with LATEX" (ednotugb.pdf, 2005) -- which discusses in section 2.1 the task(s) of digitally-produced critical editions.

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