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[***SPAM***] problem with \setuptyping[option=LUA, escape=//]
by Peter Münster 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hello, The "escape=//" option is ignored here: \setuptyping[option=LUA, escape=//] \starttext \starttyping bla // \em sometex \stoptyping \stoptext What could be done, to make it work? TIA for any help! Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Trouble with percent character in ConTeXt text (programm code typing)
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hello all... I am converting any manual from HTML to ConTeXt. There are a lot of programm code. and in the code is very often % character. Ther is no problem in \startyping - \stoptyping environment, but I need using this in text ... for example The sequence \type{%0} stands for the whole match. The sequence \type{%%} stands for a single~\type{%}. or For instance, the call \type{string.format('%q', 'a string with "quotes" and \n new line')} will produce the string: ... etc.. 1. It is clear that this can not work, but is there any satisfactory solution?? Something like \startypingintext ... \stoptypingintext i.e. intext typing environment.. 2. in html code is often emphasis found inside the program code for example: <code>\<em>ddd</em></code>, Maybe it's a dumb question, but may be inside emphasis inside verbatim (\startyping - \stoptyping) environment?? Thanx Jaroslav

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footnote numbering reset bychapter
by Horacio Suarez 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

hello all in the sample bellow, when a \part have only one \chapter inside, the footnote number does not reset properly, but if there is more than one chapter in a part, it resets fine. thankyou %%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext \setuphead[chapter][number=no,page=no]\setuphead[part][placehead=yes,number=no,page=no]\setupfootnotes[way=bychapter] \part Part I \chapter Chapter 1 Text Chapter 1\footnote{footnote 1 chapter 2} \part Part II \chapter Chapter 2 Texto chapter 2\footnote{Footnote 1 chapter 2. This footnote should be 1!!} \chapter Chapter 3 Texto chapter 3\footnote{footnote 1 chapter 3} \part Part III \chapter Chapter 4 Texto chapter 4\footnote{footnote 1 chapter 4} \part Part IV \chapter Chapter 5 Text chapter 5\footnote{footnote 1 chapter 5. This footnote shlould be 1 too.} \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -------------------- Horacio Suarez

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Virtual math
by Oliver Buerschaper 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hi all, I need directions on how to get started with a virtual math font... I'd like to take an existing math font, say Latin Modern, and replace certain glyphs by their corresponding ones from an OpenType font, say Minion Pro. (Proper math kerning won't be an issue at the moment since I'm having in mind a proof-of-principle type of thing.) How would I do that? Many thanks, Oliver

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Items with head
by Andreas Harder 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hi all, in strc-itm.mkiv I found the following example: \def\MyItemCommand#1{{\bf#1}\quad} \setupitemgroup[itemize][command=\MyItemCommand] \startitemize \item {test} is this okay? \item {test} is this okay? \item {test} is this okay? \stopitemize Is it deprecated? Is there an alternative? Greeting Andreas

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting Lua tutorials
by Hans Hagen 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

On 25-8-2010 12:14, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > Am 25.08.2010 um 11:37 schrieb Hans Hagen: > >> On 25-8-2010 11:22, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >>> >>> Am 25.08.2010 um 11:17 schrieb Hans Hagen: >>> >>>> On 25-8-2010 10:05, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Am 24.08.2010 um 20:37 schrieb Oliver Buerschaper: >>>>> >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Today I started preparations for my activities at the ConTeXt meeting. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There are two small lua tutorials in the program, and I am looking >>>>>>> for input on both. There is one that is supposed to be a general >>>>>>> beginner's introduction, and one specifically about fonts. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For both, I am looking for input on what subjects I should cover? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Since both tutorials will end up as articles/wiki pages, it makes >>>>>>> sense to ask everybody on the list for input (but requests by actual >>>>>>> attendees will be scored considerably higher). >>>>>> >>>>>> Perhaps some example to modify a font at runtime? I don't know whether that's possible at all, but if yes, it would be great to see how one could modify kerning tables etc. Often a font needs to be groomed but its license places some restrictions on modifying the file itself... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> +1 >>>> >>>> This is somewhat tricky. Actually I had a mechanism for that but I discarded the code. However there will be a feature like that some day as it needs a rather tight integration in the core of context's font handling. (btw, there is a feature for type 1 fonts that adds 'missing' kerns based on shape codes). >>> >>> Great! How can this feature be triggered? >> >> happens automatically >> >> \usetypescriptfile[type-ghz] >> >> \enabletrackers[afm.features] >> >> \starttext >> >> \definetypeface[main][rm][serif][melior][default] >> >> \setupbodyfont[main] >> >> test >> >> \stoptext >> >> reports (when not cached): >> >> load afm> add ligatures >> load afm> add tex-ligatures >> load afm> add extra kerns > > > Where does it report these lines? > > I looked at terminal output and compared the log files (no difference with/without enabletrackers) in vain. > > "when not cached" does mean the first time typesetting, no? fonts are cached so you will only see this if you erase the font cache ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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\typefile without the last n lines
by Peter Münster 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hello, Here a little feature request: \starttext \typefile[start=1, stop=-3]{test.tex} % printing this file without the % last 3 lines % line to print \stoptext % don't print this line % don't print this line % don't print this line TIA for any help! Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Mysterious space in first table column
by Adam C.M. Solove 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

I am trying to typeset a simple table with very tight spacing. The first column of the table is wider than the others with a mysterious amount of extra space added on the left. You can reproduce this with a simple example: \starttext \starttable[|s1l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|] \HL \VL4\NC 1\NC 7\VL\AR \VL6\NC 3\NC 2\VL\AR \VL9\NC 5\NC 8\VL\LR \HL \HL \stoptable \stoptext I assume the problem is that I don't understand the "s1" declaring the amount of space for the cells. Reading through the docs (which have examples of tables but not a lot of introductory material), I haven't been able to find a way to remove the extra left-hand space while leaving the spacing of the remaining cells the same. --- Also a quick note, I have spent the last month converting to ConTeXt from my previous background in LaTeX and have really been amazed. I'm currently typesetting a new journal, aimed at computer programmers ( http://codequarterly.com/) and I was very quickly able to get my otf fonts working, format complicated documents, and create reusable named styles. If we're happy users of ConTeXt, what is the best way to give back to the community? Blog posts talking about it? Documentation? Conferences? Thanks, Adam Solove

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varying headers, footers, page numbers
by Michael Goerz 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hi, I'm trying to create a book where the front matter has no headers/footers, except roman numeral page numbers at the top outside of the page. The main matter should have Arabic numeral page numbers (restarting with '1') at the top outside of each page, plus the name of the book in the header of each even page and the name of the chapter in the header of each odd page, with no footer. However, on the pages where a new chapter starts (which is set to always be an odd page), there should be no header, and the page number should appear centered at the bottom of the page. I'm quite confused about how to achieve this in ConTeXt. An excerpt from the project structure is ./env.tex ./project.tex ./book/book.tex ./book/chapters/chapter1.tex The following is a shortened excerpt from book.tex: \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] % nothing for now, should be roman page % numbers later \component book/frontmatter % ToC ... \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \setuppagenumber[number=1] \setupheadertexts [{Name of Chapter}] [{}] [{}] [{Name of Book}] \setuppagenumbering[ alternative=doublesided, % mirrored even/odd pages location={header,margin}, style=small] \component vol04_1/articles/azimov \stopbodymatter This leads to my first question: I generally try to keep all formatting definitions in env.tex. However, it seems to me that since I want to have different settings in the frontmatter compared to the mainmatter, I need to put the \setuppagenumbering and \setupheadertexts in book.tex, which slightly bothers me. The way I intuitively feel it should work is that I would define various headertexts and pagenumberings under some label in env.tex, and then activate the different configurations in book.tex via that label. Is there anything in ConTeXt that I may have overlooked that makes something like that (centrally defining several alternative header/footer/pagenumber configurations) possible? Next, the problem of having a different header/footer/pagenumber on pages where a new chapter starts. In env.tex, I have \setuphead[chapter][ page=mychapterpagebreak, number=no, alternative=c, align={center, nothyphenated, verytolerant}, style={\switchtobodyfont[16pt]}, header=high, footer=none, ] This causes the chapter pages to have no header/footer/pagenumber at all, which is halfway what I want. But actually, I don't really understands why that works either. My understanding is that "header=high" means there should be no header on the first page and the normal header on all subsequent pages. The way I've set it up though, the page number is not really part of the header (it's separately set up through \setuppagenumbering). So why does the page number disappear as well? And, of course, the main question: How do I get the page number centered in the bottom of that page? Again, I feel if there was some way to define different configurations for the header/footer/pagenumbers under different labels, e.g. a label 'chapterfooter', it would then make sense to do something like 'footer=chapterfooter', instead of 'footer=none'. But I guess that's not the way it works -- so how *does* it work? Thanks, Michael

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attempt to index global 'references' (a nil value)
by Peter Münster 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hello, Here a minimal example that generates that error: \usemodule[pre-stepwise] \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext bla \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] Summary of user wishes for streams (Salil Sayed)
by Michael Saunders 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

This reminds me. Two columns of text over three columns of footnotes. Is it possible?

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OT: map of the world
by Taco Hoekwater 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hi, Check this out: http://nmap.org/favicon/ contextgarden.net is at (29.353, 29.233) and is 8 × 8 pixels. tug.org is at (4.520, 21.067) and is 32 × 32 pixels. Best wishes, Taco

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[***SPAM***] Re: Summary of user wishes for streams
by Michael Saunders 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

>>> This reminds me. Two columns of text over three columns of footnotes. >>> Is it possible? Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl>: >indeed, just multicolumns with page notes in 3 columns My footnotes all end up at the bottom of the last column.

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textext vs. btex ... etex
by Oliver Buerschaper 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hi, I've been trying to troubleshoot a problem with TeX labels I ran into the other day... finally I discovered that 1. MkIV (textext) includes TeX material as one single chunk apparently while MkII (btex ... etex) used to include a decomposable picture and that 2. the anchor point is completely different! Is there any way to restore both the "individual addressing" of glyphs and the MkII anchor point in MkIV? This would be crucial for a customized labelling macro... Best, Oliver P.S. Why is "h," included as one piece in MkII?

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Tikz calendar: \pgfutil undefined
by Fabrice Larribe 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hello, I have a problem to use the calendar from the Tikz/Pgf module; here is a minimal example: %--------------------------------------- \usemodule[tikz] \usetikzlibrary[calendar] \starttext This should works: \blank \tikz \calendar[dates=2000-01-01 to 2000-01-31,week list]; \blank but this does not ! \stoptext %--------------------------------------- I'm using MKII (2010-05-24) from TeX Live 2010 (Note however that I had the same problem with TeXLive 2009). The error is when the calendar library is loaded: ! Undefined control sequence. l.36 \let\tikz@atbegin@day=\pgfutil @empty I have tried the Tikz distribution from TexLive, the latest Tikz distribution from the suport Tikz page, and the distribution from the module made for ConTeXt, but the problem remains. In the past (last academic year, in may), this worked well, but I'm not able to find what has changed. Thanks for hints and help ! Fabrice L.

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graphics "styles"
by Yury G. Kudryashov 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hi! In tikz I can say \draw[help lines] (0, 0) circle (1cm); and setup what does "help lines" mean (color, linewidth etc.) in the environment file with \tikzset{help lines/.style={...}}. Is there any way to do something similar with ConTeXt+MetaPost? Should I add drawoptions(\MPvar{another-style-name}) before each draw/fill command, and drawoptions() after it?

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text looseness-tightness
by Horacio Suarez 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

hello all I have a 2 column A4 document, each 71,5mm wide. text is CMR 9pt. there is a paragraph 12 lines long. the 12th are the 3 last letters from the word "procesos", or "sos". I really need that 3 letters go up. I need 11 lines. they are just 3 characters in 11 lines. a single syllable. \looseness=-1 is not enough. I also tried inserting discretional hyphens where they can be more usefull, some times helps me but not now. How can I FORCE spacing bettween characters, words (or both). I don't care if it looks too tight. I know that this can seems sacrilegious, but nobody will notice it! thankyou in advance for you generous people. --------------------Horacio Suarez

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Summary of user wishes for streams
by Salil Sayed 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hi, We have rather few suggestions and they are not coming anymore. So I am summarizing what we have so far. Since my typesetting vocabulary is meager I choose to present it graphically. Then again my apologies for poor graphics as I did not attempt it in metapost. Below is the collection of the posts and attached is a pdf of a drawing generated in inkscape. I can send the original svg if needed. Best regards, Salil______________________________________________________________ Salil:Being able to flow multiple texts in parallel. A simple case is a translation of the same text running on opposite page while the original runs on left/right page. In my thesis these are not translations, but correlated texts written for different audiences. (think of levels in a CG game) So the texts need to be designed differently. To extrapolate this facility, if columns on one page can run such parallel texts then we can have multiple translations running together. Khaled:Old Arabic book, essentially all early Bulaq Press books used to typesettwo books in one, one is the main book running on the body of the page,while the other is a loosely related book running in the margins of thepage, the second book can be a commentary on the main book, but oftenthey just discuss the same subject with no direct correlation (not acritical edition). I'd like to be able to reproduce such layout. Taco:I would like to do something slightly more general: it would be nice ifcolumnset blocks could take their input from streams, even if the blockis not a full column (or multiple columns). Philipp:three items I'd like to add: * horizontal split page layout (upper and lower parts instead of columns), * asymmetric stream combinations (e.g. two streams on the left page, another stream on the facing page), and * easy reprinting (i.e. a photographic reproduction as one stream on the left and a text stream on the right page).I've seen all of this in printed books so it would be a pity to live ina world where the best typesetting system can't do that. Some of this Ialready mentioned to Hans a while ago, maybe he remembers. Kevin:I second the request to support horizontally split page layouts with one stream typeset above another on each page. Hans:it would help to see mockups for such requests Salil:I think this is good example of this function. http://books.google.com/books?id=qdltz8N9qSEC&lpg=PP1&dq=the%20body%20multi… Philipp:I got a less complex example from the library, in contrast to Salil'sexample this one is a translation: http://bayimg.com/oaoPpaaChhttp://bayimg.com/PAOpAAaChhttp://bayimg.com/pAo… Shows clearly that the streams are synced at every section (and thattranslation to English is a good compression for German…).

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Fwd: Troubles with indentation in ConTeXt
by Taco Hoekwater 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hi, Forwarded to the context mailing list. Best wishes, Taco > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Troubles with indentation in ConTeXt > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:17:55 +0200 > From: Ogam Géry <maggyero(a)gmail.com> > To: info(a)bittext.nl > > Dear Mr Hoekwater, > > I'm a French ConTeXt user and I've found an issue with the ConTeXt command > “\setupindenting[yes,medium]” which removes usual spacing between formulas. > Mr Mahajan reported the same problem on a post from 2007 > (http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg20692.html) so I'm > wondering if it has been solved now in 2010 (it doesn't seem so, but > maybe there's a trick or something). > > Yours faithfully. > > Géry Ogam

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current head title and current number
by Peter Schorsch 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hi, I need to get the current *section/chapter title and number. I figured out that \fullstructureheadnumber gives the current number. But I can not figure out what gives the current head title. In strc-sec.mkiv I found this comment: \def\currentheadtext {obsolete, use marks} Is this a hint to use getmarking? I tried \getmarking[current] \getmarking[currentsection] \getmarking[currenthead] without success. Does anyone know how to access the current title?

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Ubuntu and Context MKIV
by Xan 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hi, I have installed context package [http://packages.ubuntu.com/hu/lucid/context] in ubuntu. In theory it's the MKIV package. But when I run context I get: MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' How can I fix it? I have 10.04. Regards, Xan.

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My mtx-fonts.lua script is broken?
by Zhichu Chen 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

It may have happened a long time ago. I just updated my context and could not compile my document with \setupbodyfont[lucida], something like: =========================================== define fonts > forced type afm of stmary10 not found define fonts > font with name stmary10 is not found load otf > loading: d:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroma n8-bold.otf (hash: lmroman8-bold) load otf > font loaded okay load otf > file size: 112404 load otf > enhancing ... load otf > saving in cache: d:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/l m/lmroman8-bold.otf report | lua: compiling d:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/04a4119 fb83ff6c1c1b215f165317af6/fonts/otf/lmroman8-bold.tma into d:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf -cache/luatex-cache/context/04a4119fb83ff6c1c1b215f165317af6/fonts/otf/lmroman8 -bold.tmc virtual math > font LMMath8-Regular, no parameters set ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [parameter stack size=60]. \xdodefinebodyfont [#1][#2][#3]-> \checkrelativefontsize {#2}\ifcsname #2\end... \dododododefinedefaultbodyfont ...csname {4pt}{rm} \fi \next7 #1,->\dododododefinedefaultbodyfont {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... \next6 #1,->\dodododefinedefaultbodyfont {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.22 \setupbodyfont[lucida] ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! MTXrun | fatal error: return code: 1 =========================================== Last time I saw this message, I was preparing a document in a hurry so I just download an old cont-tmf.zip and it's okay again. I got a font AdobeSongStd-Light.otf and after ========================================== mtxrun --script fonts --reload ========================================== I still could not find it: ========================================== Zhichu@ZHICHU-PC /context/tex $ mtxrun --locate AdobeSongStd-Light.otf tree:///d:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-fonts/fonts/opentype/public/Adobe/AdobeSongStd-Light.otf Zhichu@ZHICHU-PC /context/tex $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern=Adobe* Zhichu@ZHICHU-PC /context/tex $ ========================================== Well, can you give me a hint what's wrong here? -- Best Regards Chen

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Issues with MetaPost boxes
by Andreas Schneider 22 Aug '10

22 Aug '10

Since some weeks I have strange problems with MetaPost in MKIV (beta). The attached example should (and did in the past) output a central box ("Fakt") surrounded by five boxes named "Dimension". However some of them (in that particular example one) is drawn wrong: the box is on the right spot, but the label seems to be at 0,0. It seems to happen whenever the boxes are drawn from within a loop - at least all of my problems with boxes show similar symptoms and only occur within loops. Any ideas what goes wrong here?

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Typeface - simple example
by Peter Schorsch 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Hi, I reactivated my interest in Context. A lot changed since then... so I am became a beginner again. E.g. I don't know / understand how to use that Typescript-Framework. I tried to build a simple example, but I do not get it to work. I crosschecked successfully with simplefonts that the fonts itself are working (via \simplefont[..]). In this example I wanted to put the Nimbus Sans fonts on the rm-Definitions (just to see that it is working). I like what I was reading in the wiki, examples, posts and manuels about the Typescript-framework - but can anyone help me to understand it really / help me to get this simple example to work? Thanks ------ simple example environment --- Nimbus fonts are stored under /usr/share/fonts OSFONTDIR is correct, fonts via mtxrun imported mtxrun --script fonts --list --all pattern=nimbuss* shows all the nimbus fonts I used in the example ------ simple example ---------- \enableregime[utf] \setupencoding[default=uc] \setupcapitals[sc=yes] \definefontsynonym [Nimbus-Sans-Regular] [nimbussanlregu] \definefontsynonym [Nimbus-Sans-Bold] [nimbussanlbold] \definefontsynonym [Nimbus-Sans-Italic] [nimbussanlreguital] \definefontsynonym [Nimbus-Sans-Slanted] [nimbussanlreguital] \definefontsynonym [Nimbus-Sans-BoldItalic] [nimbussanlboldital] \definefontsynonym [Nimbus-Sans-BoldSlanted] [nimbussanlboldital] \definefontsynonym [Nimbus-Sans-Caps] [nimbussanlregu] \starttypescript [Nimbus] \definetypeface [Nimbus-whatIsThisFor] [rm] [whatIsThis] [Nimbus-Sans-Regular] \definetypeface [Nimbus-whatIsThisFor] [rm] [whatIsThis] [Nimbus-Sans-Bold] %here: how to access / define rm,bf? \definetypeface [Nimbus-whatIsThisFor] [tt] [whatIsThis] [Nimbus-Sans-Italic] \definetypeface [Nimbus-whatIsThisFor] [ss] [whatIsThis] [Nimbus-Sans-Bold] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[Nimbus] \setupbodyfont[Nimbus-whatIsThisFor,rm,12pt] \starttext Regular {\it Italic} {\bf Bold} {\bi Bold-Italic} \showbodyfont \stoptext

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Adding supplemental information to entry in list of figures
by Elias Oltmanns 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Hi all, \nolist{}, I understand, is used in headings and presumably in captions as well to exclude parts of the heading / caption from the automatically generated list of contents or floats. Now, my question is what the canonical way would be to add information to an entry in a list of figures that doesn't appear in the caption to that figure; indeed, it might be desirable sometimes to specify the entry in the list of figures independently of the caption, very much like the LaTeX command \caption[entry text]{caption text} does. Thanks for your help, Elias

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collecting user wishes for streams related functionalities
by Salil Sayed 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Hi All, Hans will starting looking into the development of 'streams' for mkvi soon. So let us gather our wishes for these functions so that the interface can be well thought of beforehand. Please respond to this thread with your wishes and I might compile them later in one place if doing so makes sense. To begin with here is my first wish: Being able to flow multiple texts in parallel. A simple case is a translation of the same text running on opposite page while the original runs on left/right page. In my thesis these are not translations, but correlated texts written for different audiences. (think of levels in a CG game) So the texts need to be designed differently. To extrapolate this facility, if columns on one page can run such parallel texts then we can have multiple translations running together. Best regards, Salil

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Re: [NTG-context] Numbering in Table of Content
by Martin Althoff 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

> and it doesn't work. The title and subject parts never get > into the generated TOC. Any idea why? Thanks very much! Not sure, seems to work for me. Though I do get two TOCs, one for front matter, one for body matter -- the limit of my knowledge is reached here. Are you all current and updated? Martin

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Problems with the minimals
by Florian Baudach 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

Hi, I have installed the minimals for Linux. If I am using texexec now I am getting the following error: /usr/bin/mktexfmt: 926: /home/florian/context/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: not found fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! I am a little bit confused, becaus the minimals worked just fine for me :-(. How can I fixed it? Greetings Florian

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\lowerbox
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

Hi, the \lowerbox macro from supp-box.tex use \raise instead of \lower in it’s definition: \def\lowerbox{\doraiselowerbox\raise} Wolfgang

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Does Makempy still work?
by Cedric Mauclair 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

Hi everybody, I tried to make a Metapost outline by following the mmakempy manual but it didn't work. As I saw that "makempy" and "makempy.bat" files were removed in 2010 (I don't remember the date), my question is: is it still usable/valid feature? I processed the example from the manual, both from a standalone mp file and a tex file (which follows): \starttext \startMPcode input mp-grph ; beginfig(1) ; graphictext "$e=mc^2$" scaled 10 dashed evenly withdrawcolor .7blue withfillcolor .7white withpen pencircle scaled 2pt ; endfig ; \stopMPcode \stoptext It sucessfully created the test-mpgraph.pdf with the text processed by TeX but the result page is blank, though it seems the "graphic" is on a line by itself (seen from another document where all the lines go down). When the mp file is processed with "mtxrun --script mptopdf", it warns of a width and height of less than 1in when it tries to convert from ps to pdf. When the tex file is processed with "mtxrun --script context", it complains that metapost had a problem flushing a literal and that it couldn't find pstoedit. Of course, this could be the problem, but I have no idea of how I could get around this. By the way, I use the TeXlive 2010 pretest. Thanks. -- Cédric

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Inserting non-standard TeX macro parameters to Lua variables
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

Hello all, I'm looking for a way to insert any character (CSV separator) into a variable. Manually insert a double (or single) quote is not a problem, but how to use the universal way to not have to change the macro definitions? Is there another possibility to insert a macro parameter into a Lua variable than the use double or single quote? Any "universal" alternative is unfortunately impossible: For example: \def\setseparatorC#1{\directlua{Sep=#1 }} ??? Thanx Jaroslav Here is my minimal example: \def\setseparatorA#1{\directlua{Sep="#1"}} \def\setseparatorB#1{\directlua{Sep='#1'}} \starttext \setseparatorA{'} % OK \directlua{tex.sprint(Sep)} \setseparatorB{"} % OK \directlua{tex.sprint(Sep)} % BUT \setseparatorA{"} % Error \setseparatorB{'} % Error \stoptext

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Minimals & Windows PowerShell
by luigi scarso 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

With cmd.exe call C:\luatex\minimals-beta\context\tex\setuptex.bat C:\luatex\minimals-beta\context\tex does it's job correctly. I would like to know the same for Windows PowerShell: . C:\luatex\minimals-beta\context\tex\setuptex.bat C:\luatex\minimals-beta\context\tex & C:\luatex\minimals-beta\context\tex\setuptex.bat C:\luatex\minimals-beta\context\tex don't work and call doesn't exist in PowerShell. -- luigi

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\startinterface and module documentation
by Wolfgang Schuster 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi Hans, there is a clash between \startinterface from mult-ini to set constants and variables and module documentation. The file s-mod-02.tex defines a paragraphe environment with the same name and as a result of this it's not possible to use a module in it's docu for examples. Run this example with 'context --ctx=s-mod foo.tex' to reproduce it: <foo.tex> %M \usemodule[foo] \unprotect \startinterface all \setinterfacevariable {foo} {foo} \stopinterface \v!foo % should give 'foo' but '\v!foo' is undefined \protect \endinput </foo.tex> Wolfgang

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new beta
by Thomas A. Schmitz 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi all, I just ran the latest beta and saw a new way of indicating errors, indicating and quoting line numbers. Is this all new and improved? I hadn't seen this before. Maybe I'm making a complete ass of myself, but I just wanted to mention that this looks incredibly helpful and informative. Kudos! All best Thomas

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Fwd: Minimal example (was Re: Footnote text like layer?)
by Xan 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

-------- Missatge original -------- Assumpte: Minimal example (was Re: [NTG-context] Footnote text like layer?) Data: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:16:03 +0200 De: Xan <dxpublica(a)telefonica.net> A: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Sorry, but the reply does not work for me 8-| The minimal example, Wolfgang, % interface=en output=pdftex % Regime %\enableregime[utf] %\input arxiv-header.context %\setupheadertexts[\midaligned{Títol de l'article}][][\midaligned{Xavier Bordoy}][] \definedelimitedtext [abstract] [leftmargin=yes, spacebefore=line, before=\smallbodyfont] % Start the text \starttext %\version[concept] %\startbodymatter % Title \startalignment[center] \blank[force,2*big] {\bfb Títol de l'article} \blank[3*medium] {\tfa Xavier Bordoy} % \blank[2*medium] % {\tfa \currentdate} \blank[3*medium] \stopalignment % Abstract \startabstract {\midaligned{\bf Abstract}} We examine the geometry of the word problem of two different types {\bf groups}: those satisfying weak almost-convexity conditions and those admitting geodesic combings whose width satisfy minimally restrictive, non-vacuous constraints. In both cases we obtain an n! isoperimetric function and $n2$ upper bounds on the minimal isodiametric function and the filling length function. \stopabstract \footnotetext[-]{Date: } Posar caixeta tipus footnote amb: \startitemize \item date (mirar nathanson) \item keywords \item llicència (CC-By-sa) \item al típic comentari de què l'autor ha rebut suport de X i X, posar que es basa en el la memòria de final de màster (i posar el link). \item math subject classification 2010: 20F65, 20F10 primary, 20F05 20F06 secondary \item E-mail (llevar del final amb l'adreça) \stopitemize \section{Resultats principals} En aquest capítol es detallarà la meva contribució al camp de la Teoria Geomètrica de Grups i, en concret, al problema de la paraula. De forma general, aquesta contribució consisteix en la millora de l'ordre de la funció de Dehn per als grups que admetin una secció geodèsica $\sigma$ tal que $\varphi_{\sigma}(n) < n-1$, per a $n$ suficientment gran, i en diverses generalitzacions de l'amplada d'una secció. \stoptext I receive: ! You can't use `\unskip' in vertical mode. \dosetnote [#1][#2][#3]->\unskip \def \currentnote {#2}\dochecknote \ifcase ... l.39 \footnotetext[-] {Date: } ? x Regards, Xan.

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Error in minimals beta
by Andreas Schneider 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi, I sent this mail before, but it seems to have been lost on it's way to the mailing list ... (I hope so, otherwise this might be a double post). When I compile my current project, luatex fails with the following error: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: attempt to index global 'structure' (a nil value) stack traceback: <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > error on line 47 in file Diplomarbeit.tex: LuaTeX error ... 37 \stopproject 38 39 \stoptext <argument> ...rs.record("userpage", 1).last - 1) } {}{}{} \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 <argument> ...rd("userpage", 1).last - 1) }{}{}{}} \fi \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dosingletexts ...ts {\??tk #1#2#5}{#6{}{}{}}\fi } \dostopattributes \fi \egr... \thelayouttextline ...xtline \v!text #3\endcsname \ifcase #5\or \@@nmpos \th... ... l.47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seems like it's not directly related to my file (which worked fine in an older version). In case it matters: I'm on Linux x86 currently. Hoping for a fix, Andreas.

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Re: [NTG-context] sharp (#) and flat (b) signs
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

On 19.08.2010 16:20, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: >> Currently I use F\#m7b5 sequence, but # and b symbols look unnatural, >> I want real ones. > You can use \sharp and \flat. Indeed, so simple and out-of-the box! ))) I'm happy. -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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sharp (#) and flat (b) signs
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi, Maybe someone has an idea how to insert sharp (#) and flat (b) signs in the chord names? Example: F#m7b5 Currently I use F\#m7b5 sequence, but # and b symbols look unnatural, I want real ones. I use Minion Pro and standard Windows fonts. Regards, Vyatcheslav

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polish sorting
by Philipp Gesang 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi, I'm creating some sorting tables. While researching this topic I stumbled on the Polish dictionary sorting rules: if two strings are equal except for case then the one gets precedence that begins lowercase.[1] (This seems to apply to the Swedish order as well but I have no means to verify that. Apparently, my German dictionary (from 1991) follows the same rule without explicitly stating so.) Context seems to prefer it the other way round, so I modified two functions from sort-ini.lua to handle that; but I'm not happy with this solution. So my question: is there already, or could we have some mechanism to influence the details of sorting in context? Thanks for your help, Philipp [1] <ftp://ftp.gust.org.pl/pub/GUST/bulletin/03/02-bl.pdf>, p. 7. -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Fwd: Minimal example (was Re: Footnote text like layer?)
by Xan 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Al 19/08/10 12:25, En/na Xan ha escrit: > There is a conflict between abstract and footnotetext. > If we comment abstract, all is fun. A \blank[big] also conflict: ! You can't use `\unskip' in vertical mode. \dosetnote [#1][#2][#3]->\unskip \def \currentnote {#2}\dochecknote \ifcase ... l.45 {\footnotetext[-] {Date: }}

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issue with "nodes.skipcodes"
by Li Yanrui (李延瑞) 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi Hans, I notice the "scrp-cjk.lua" have been great changes in latest beta. Thanks for your hard work! It seems that we can adjust the parameters of glue by nodes.skipcodes. Could you give me an minimum example how to set the value of the skipcodes table in user's module? -- Best regards, Li Yanrui (李延瑞)

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Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Debian_installation - repositories not found
by Norbert Preining 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi Mojca, hi everyone, On Mi, 18 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > # for texlive > > deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ > > deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ src/ That is fine. > > Err http://people.debian.org lmodern/ Packages > > 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] > > Err http://people.debian.org lmodern/ Sources > > 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] > > Err http://people.debian.org context/ Packages > > 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] > > Err http://people.debian.org context/ Sources > > 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] Ah, yes, lmodern and context packages are gone. Don't remember why, but I assume because there were no differences anymore and people could simply install the versions from Debian/stable ... John, what are you running (Debian release) and what do you want to install? Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norbert Preining preining(a){jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org} JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PABBY (n.,vb.) (Fencing term.) The play, or manoeuvre, where one swordsman leaps on to the table and pulls the battleaxe off the wall. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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ConTeXt header oddities
by Peter McFarlane 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi, hoping someone can help me with these couple of oddities I notice when processing some ConText documents: 1. Bodymatter and appendix header logo doesn't get printed on the last page of the section. Here are the relevant sections of the document: \def\HeadLogo% {\externalfigure[clean.png][height=20pt]} ... \startfrontmatter % logo on page of frontmatter - this one seems to work for all pages of frontmatter \definelogo[aitlogo][header][right][state=start,command=\HeadLogo] ... \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter % logo on page of bodymatter - this one puts the logo in the header of all but the last page of bodymatter \definelogo[aitlogo][header][right][state=start,command=\HeadLogo] ... \stopbodymatter \startappendices % logo on page of appendix - this one also puts the logo in the header of all but the last page of appendix \definelogo[aitlogo][header][right][state=start,command=\HeadLogo] ... \stopappendices Very strange and reproducible. Originally, I was using TeXLive 2005 when I inherited the project... since then I have upgraded to TeXLive 2009 but no change in behaviour. 2. There is _always_ a blank page at the end of the document, no matter how many pages there are, an extra one gets printed, with header but minus logo in the header, as described in 1 above.... Any help much appreciated, Regards, Pete

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xits font in ~/.fonts
by Aditya Mahajan 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi, I cannot use xits fonts if they are placed in $HOME/.fonts. For example, if I use \setupbodyfont[xits] I get a series of messages define fonts > forced type otf of xits-regular not found define fonts > font with name xits-regular is not found define fonts > unknown font xits-regular, loading aborted define fonts > unable to define xits-regular.otf as \*xits11ptrmtfc* I also tried to use the fonts with simplefonts. \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[XITS] \setmathfont[XITS Math] falls back to LM math while \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[XITS] \setmathfont[XITS] gives XITS-Regular as the math font (and not XITS-Math). Other fonts in $HOME/.fonts, in particular cambria, work with both methods. \setupbodyfont[cambria] and \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Cambria] \setmathfont[Cambria] both work. Here is the output of mtxrun --script font --list "cambria*" --all cambria cambriabold /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambriab.ttf cambriabold cambriabold /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambriab.ttf cambriabolditalic cambriabolditalic /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambriaz.ttf cambriaitalic cambriaitalic /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambriai.ttf cambriamath cambriamath /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambria.ttc index: 0 cambriamathnormal cambriamath /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambria.ttc index: 0 cambrianormal cambriaitalic /home/adityam/.fonts/microsoft/cambriai.ttf and mtxrun --script font --list "xits*" --all brushscriptxitalic brushscriptxitalic BrushScriptX-Italic.afm venturissansadfexitalic venturissansadfexitalic VenturisSansADFEx-Italic.otf venturissansadfno2exitalic venturissansadfno2exitalic VenturisSansADFNo2Ex-Italic.otf xits xits /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-regular.otf xitsbold xitsbold /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-bold.otf xitsbolditalic xitsbolditalic /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-bolditalic.otf xitsitalic xitsitalic /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-italic.otf xitsmath xitsmath /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-math.otf xitsmathnormal xitsmath /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-math.otf xitsmathregular xitsmath /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-math.otf xitsnormal xitsitalic /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-italic.otf xitsregular xits /home/adityam/.fonts/xits-math/xits-regular.otf Any idea what is going on. If I move the fonts inside $TEXMF everything works. Aditya

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Footnote text like layer?
by Xan 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi, Some time ago, Wolfgang answer me how to put a layer as footnote with footnotetext, but I did not work for me: All is perfect except footnotetext: ! You can't use `\unskip' in vertical mode. \dosetnote [#1][#2][#3]->\unskip \def \currentnote {#2}\dochecknote \ifcase ... l.28 \footnotetext[-] {Date: } I tried to answer in the same thread but nothing is send. 8-|. Can any of you help me? The final result should be as in [http://arxiv.org/abs/0901.1458] Thanks, Xan. PS: I hope this arrive...

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Typescripts for MathTimePro 2? (was MathTime Lite fonts for free)
by Vnpenguin 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

2009/12/17 Boštjan Vesnicer <bostjan.vesnicer(a)gmail.com>: > Do the typescripts for the MathTime fonts exist? I have the same question. Anyone could give us some typescripts for MathTimePro 2 please. Thanks, > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Wolfgang Schuster > <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> FYI, >> >> http://www.texdev.net/2009/12/16/mathtime-lite-fonts-for-free/ >> >> Wolfgang >>

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(Open) Solaris & minimals
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Based on the following message: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-turns-its-back-on-OpenSolaris… ... is there still any interest for OpenSolaris support in minimals? (At the moment OpenSolaris binaries are supposed to work, even though most probably nobody uses them.) Mojca

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Debian_installation - repositories not found
by John Magolske 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

In attempting to install ConTeXt on Debian sid as per http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Debian_installation I added these to my /etc/apt/sources.list : # for texlive deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ src/ # for lmodern deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ # for context deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ But when running aptitude update: Err http://people.debian.org lmodern/ Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] Err http://people.debian.org lmodern/ Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] Err http://people.debian.org context/ Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] Err http://people.debian.org context/ Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 206.12.19.5 80] Are there other repositories to point to for the most recent packages? Maybe these are just temporarily unavailable? Or am I missing something else? Thanks for any suggestions, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact

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Fwd: complicated layout - impostion
by Willi Egger 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hi Jan, Indeed a demanding layout. --- As I see it, this will become a two step build: Create two documents containing the recto layout and the verso layout. 1st document made up with \setuparranging [2*4] 2nd document made up with \setuparranging[2UP] In the second step you can combine the two documents into one: \starttext \insertpages [sample1.pdf][width=0pt] \insertpages [sample2.pdf][width=0pt] \stoptext Kind regards Willi Begin forwarded message: > Subject: [NTG-context] complicated layout - impostion > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:29 +0200 > From: Jan Pohanka <xhpohanka(a)gmail.com> > Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > > Hallo, > I need to create a document with complicated layout. > > four A6 pages on one side of A4 sheet (two upper ones with bottom up) > two A5 landscape pages on back side of A4 sheet (upper one with bottom up) > > How can I reach this in Context please? > \setuppapersize[A6][A4] > \setuparranging[2*4] > This code works fine for A6 pages, but I'm not sure how to include also A5 > landscape pages. > > Whole work should end with a document similar to > http://www.eprona.com/kdp/data/skladacka2010.pdf > > greetings Jan > > > -- > Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: > http://www.opera.com/mail/ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Protrusion and expansion in simplefonts not working in latest beta?
by Vianney le Clément 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hello, Protrusion and expansion seem to be not working anymore when using the simplefonts module in the latest betas. I used to write something like \usemodule[simplefonts][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \setupalign[hanging,hz] \setmainfont[Tex Gyre Bonum] but that doesn't give me any of the nice effects anymore. Has something changed in the interface to access those features? BTW, I would definitely love an option in simplefonts to take care of this whole setup at once. Something like \setupmodule[simplefonts][microtypography=yes] to take care of the first two lines of the previous example. Or at least imply \setupalign[hanging] when setting the protrusion parameter and similarly for the expansion parameter. Thanks, Vianney

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