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\sc missing in Antykwa Torunska
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Jul '10

18 Jul '10

Dear list, I didn't yet figure out why, but small caps font for Antykwa Torunska doesn't work in MKIV: \usetypescript[antykwa-torunska] \setupbodyfont[antykwa] \starttext abc \sc def \stoptext The bug is also present in TL 2010. It works fine with MKII. Mojca

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meta post query (MK2) re underlining
by Bowen Alan C. 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

I have been using \definetextbackground[underline] [location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] for underlining in my documents and \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:columnset} \iftracepositions show_multi_pars \else draw_multi_pars \fi ; path p ; p := boundingbox currentpicture ; currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (0,-StrutDepth/2) ; setbounds currentpicture to p ; \stopuseMPgraphic to control the depth of the underlining. Unfortunately, this underlining is still sometimes too far beneath the word underlined. I had thought the problem is the -StrutDepth/2. But even if I change it to an absolute value, the underlines to not appear at the same distance even when the word. Try this test file: \definetextbackground[underline] [location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:columnset} \iftracepositions show_multi_pars \else draw_multi_pars \fi ; path p ; p := boundingbox currentpicture ; currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (0,-.50) ; setbounds currentpicture to p ; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. Donec \startunderline{gravida}\stopunderline{} posuere arcu. \stoptext What I need is underlining that occurs at a fixed/constant distance below the words underlined (allowing for descenders, of course, when they are present). Any suggestions? Alan

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Using stylistic sets in math
by Khaled Hosny 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

In XITS I have stylistic sets (ss01-07) for accessing additional alphabets not bresent in Unicode, or variants of exising ones. For example, ss01 maps the script alphabets to an alternate calligraphic one, so I did: \starttext \setupbodyfont[xits] \ctxlua{fonts.otf.features.register_base_substitution('ss01')} \definefontfeature[ss01][mode=base,script=math,ss01=yes] $\addff{ss01}\cal ABCDEFG$ \stoptext (I was not expecting \addff to work in math, but anyway). This works, however, but I don't want to set the feature globally: \starttext \ctxlua{fonts.otf.features.register_base_substitution('ss01')} \definefontfeature[math-text][mode=base,script=math,ss01=yes] \setupbodyfont[xits] $\cal ABCDEF$ \stoptext Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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imbalanced columns
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 16 Jul '10

16 Jul '10

Dear fellow gangsters, MkIV: \starttext \starttables[|c|c|c|c|c|] \HL \VL Sevens \VL \Use{2}[c]{Al-Yaʿqūbī} (d.~283{\sc ah})\VL \Use{2}[c]{Al-Munādī} (d.~334{\sc ah}) \VL\AR \HL \VL \VL ʿAlī \VL Zayd \VL ʿAlī \VL Zayd \VL\AR \HL \stoptables \stoptext In row 2, the space between columns 2-3, and 3-4 are not even. Is this a bug? If not, how do I balance them? Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 16 Jul '10

16 Jul '10

Hi, I uploaded a beta to the website (so the garden will follow in an hour). Apart from a few fixes and experimental features, the most important change is in the language department. The following should work \starttext \setupbodyfont[xits,12pt] \setuplanguage[ru][patterns={ru,us}] \setuplanguage[en][patterns={us,ru}] \setuplanguage[de][patterns={de,ru}] \start \language[ru] \dorecurse{50}{Multilingual }\dorecurse{50}{русский текст } \par \stop \start \language[en] \dorecurse{50}{Multilingual }\dorecurse{50}{русский текст } \par \stop \start \language[de] \dorecurse{50}{Multilingual }\dorecurse{50}{русский текст } \par \stop \stoptext you can add more patterns to an existing set so \setuplanguage[en][patterns=ru] will use us+ru patterns. You can say {reset,ru} if needed. Also available is: \startexceptions[en] xxx-yyy-zzz \stopexceptions \hyphenatedword{xxxyyyzzz} ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [NTG-context] Custom metaobj object in context
by Stefan Müller 16 Jul '10

16 Jul '10

On 15.07.2010 07:21, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Can you post a complete metapost file that gives some output.I tried the > following mp file: > input metaobj; Now that's a good start... It didn't occur to me, that I need to "input metaobj" as in your example. Thank you very much for that hint. My examples now work in ConTeXt with \startMPinclusions input metaobj; \stopMPinclusions I assume posting the complete example is needless now. Possibly, it might have been a good idea to drop a note on this in the metaobj manual, as it is not working without that input line. Stefan

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Wrong Pi and Gamma with XITS
by Khaled Hosny 16 Jul '10

16 Jul '10

I get double struck instead of regular ones. \setupbodyfont[xits] \starttext $\mathit{Γ\quadΠ}$ \stoptext -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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require("module.so") on cygwin
by Peter Münster 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

Hello, How can I load a lua-lib in cygwin? Example: file test.tex: \startluacode package.cpath = "?.so" require("testmod") \stopluacode \starttext bla \stoptext file testmod.c: #include "lua.h" #include "lauxlib.h" static int l_test(lua_State *L) { int n = luaL_checknumber(L, 1) * 100; lua_pushnumber(L, n); return 1; } static const struct luaL_Reg mylib[] = {{"test100", l_test}, {NULL, NULL}}; int luaopen_testmod(lua_State *L) { luaL_register(L, "testmod", mylib); return 1; } file testmod.so generated under cygwin with: gcc -shared -o testmod.so testmod.c /usr/lib/liblua.dll.a The problem: "context test" hanges after "language en is active". TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Wrong upright Greek instead of Italic
by Khaled Hosny 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

This gives me upright Greek, but I was expecting italic: \setupbodyfont[xits] \starttext $\mathit{ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ}$ $\mathbi{ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ}$ \stoptext -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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Custom metaobj object in context
by Stefan Müller 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

Hi, I just tried to build my own object in metaobj but for some reason I cannot figure out it does not work. I tried the example from the metaobj manual in a tex document (it works in a metapost file): \startuseMPgraphic{objecttest} vardef newSegment@#= assignObj(@#,"Segment"); ObjPoint a,b; ObjCode "@#b-@#a=(1cm,2cm)"; enddef; \stopuseMPgraphic When processing this with context (MkIV) I get ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \@MPG@objecttest. <to be read again> = <argument> vardef newSegment@##= assignObj(@##,"Segment"); ObjPoint a,b; Ob... \dostartuseMPgraphic ...leuseMPgraphic {#1}{#2}{#3 }} l.7 \stopuseMPgraphic My first wild guess is that it has something to do with the "evil" @-symbol. But even if this is the case I don't know what to do to fix this. Any help appreciated and thank you very much in advance. Stefan.

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\AR in Tables
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Dear gang, In Tables: \NR, \SR, \FR, \MR, \LR those I understand. But what does \AR do? When is it used? Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Return value of context call
by Marco 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Hi, when there's a mistake in the context code then the context call returns »1«. When there's a mistake in the metapost code then the context call returns »0«. This is annoying for me, since I use the return value as indicator for my pdf reader to refresh. This seems like a bug to me. Is there a workaround? Best regards Marco

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Re: [NTG-context] change numeral to string in Metafun
by Jeong Dalyoung 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Dear Wolfgang, It is nicely working. Thank you for your help. best regards, Dalyoung

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change numeral to string in Metafun
by dalyoung 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Dear all, I'd like to draw boxes with a label in a certain rule. I define drawbox macro for it. It receives 3 numbers, (the height of box, x position, y position). I'd like to label the height of the box in the middle of the box. I tired label( h ,(3s*u+u, t*u + h*u/2)); %h is a received numeral. But it is not working. If I change h to "letter" in label command, it is working. So, I'd like to know how to put received numeral(the height of the box) as a label. Or, how to change the value of a variable to a string. Here is a working sample code. \startuseMPgraphic{sample} numeric u; u := 0.5cm; def drawbox (expr h, s, t) = %numeric h,s,t; draw unitsquare xyscaled (1cm, h*u) shifted (3*s*u, t*u); label("1",(3s*u+u, t*u + h*u/2)); enddef; drawbox (3, 0, 0); drawbox (6, 0, 3); drawbox (2, 1, 0); drawbox (1, 1, 2); drawbox (3, 2, 0) drawbox (4, 2, 3) \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \placefigure[here][]{sample} {\useMPgraphic{sample}} \stoptext Thank you. Dalyoung

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metafun problem
by Albrecht Kauffmann 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Dear ConTeXtuals, the following MP-inclusion produces fatal error (! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [parameter stack size=6000].): starttext \startMPcode label(btex $\underbrace{a}_{b}$ etex,(0,0)); \stopMPcode \stoptext I use mkii, but the code should work. Has anyone an explanation? With many thanks for any hint Albrecht

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Re: [NTG-context] Better support for Croatian in lang-sla.tex (patch included)
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

On 12.07.2010 21:23, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > we need to define what that means then ... as i can imagine only > combining multiple languages with respect to hyphenation Much anticipated! -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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\frac with Cambria
by luigi scarso 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

\usetypescript[cambria] \setupbodyfont[cambria,8pt] \starttext \inlinemath{\displaystyle\frac{(1-0.1) - 0.89803921568627}{1-0.1}}% {\switchtobodyfont[modern,8pt] \inlinemath{\displaystyle\frac{(1-0.1) - 0.89803921568627}{1-0.1}}} \stoptext IMO the numerator with cambria is too much distant from fraction's line: the same with LatinModern looks better. Denominator looks ok. -- luigi

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parsing issue with \math{} inside natural table
by Brian R. Landy 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Hi, I ran into a case where a natural table has an issue when it contains inline math and an alignment character is used. Here's a small example which triggers the problem: \starttext< \bTABLE< \bTABLEbody< \bTR< \bTD[alignmentcharacter={.},aligncharacter=yes]{\le 4.0\math{-}}\eTD< \eTR< \eTABLEbody< \eTABLE< \stoptext< However, if I replace \math{-} with $-$, the file works. Am I correct that $-$ and \math{-} should be interchangeable? Thanks, Brian

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Re: [NTG-context] Better support for Croatian in lang-sla.tex (patch included)
by Vedran Miletić 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

Here is a better patch, with new strings translated and v!appendix commented as in lang-ger.tex. I could also add support for Serbian latin, but I have no idea how to add new language that will allow both latin and cyrilic. -- Vedran Miletić

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Serbian: Latin vs. Cyrillic
by Mojca Miklavec 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

2010/7/11 Vedran Miletić wrote: > > I could also add support for Serbian latin, but I have no idea how to > add new language that will allow both latin and cyrilic. It would be great if ConTeXt supported: \mainlanguage [serbian] [script=latin | cyrillic] as well as \mainlanguage [english] [variant=american | british] etc. This is what Polyglossia does and I find it nice. Mojca

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How to sort in Lua using locale?
by Mojca Miklavec 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

Hello, I would like to create a document using some functionality that is pretty close to creating an index, but the built-in index creation code doesn't suffice. My main question is: how do I sort strings using the built-in sorting rules for the current language? Here is an example with a table of names: names = { {first="Hans", last="Hagen"}, {first="Hartmut", last="Henkel"}, {first="Taco", last="Hoekwater"}, {first="Caron", last="Haček"} {first="Ančka", last="Car"} {first="Ana", last="Car"} {first="Anita", last="Car"} {first="Matija", last="Čop"} } and I want to print out the following: \section{C} \person{Car}{Ana} \person{Car}{Ančka} \person{Car}{Anita} \section{Č} \person{Čop}{Matija} \section{H} \person{Haček}{Caron} \person{Hagen}{Hans} \person{Henkel}{Hartmut} \person{Hoekwater}{Taco} The following code works for English and needs a fix to respect local sorting rules. I would be grateful for any hint before reinventing the wheel (the hint can also be a pointer to the right line of ConTeXt source code that does the sorting; I was a bit lost in the code). \mainlanguage[sl] \setuphead[section][style=\bf,before=\blank,after=,number=no] \def\person#1#2{\hbox{{\sc #1}, #2}} \starttext Code that needs fixing: \startluacode names = { {first="Hans", last="Hagen"}, {first="Hartmut", last="Henkel"}, {first="Taco", last="Hoekwater"}, {first="Caron", last="Haček"}, {first="Ančka", last="Car"}, {first="Ana", last="Car"}, {first="Anita", last="Car"}, {first="Matija", last="Čop"}, } -- this should sort with local sorting rules; how? function sort_names(a,b) if (a.last == b.last) then return a.first<b.first else return a.last<b.last end end -- this is extremely ugly and needs to be fixed -- with some UTF-8 library function first_letter(str) if (string.byte(str,1)>127) then return string.sub(str,1,2) else return string.sub(str,1,1) end end table.sort(names, sort_names) for k,v in pairs(names) do -- nested tables would also be an option; but are not required if (k==1) or (k>1 and (first_letter(names[k-1].last) ~= first_letter(v.last))) then tex.print(string.format('\\section{%s}', first_letter(v.last))) end tex.print(string.format('\\person{%s}{%s}', v.last, v.first)) end \stopluacode \crlf\crlf Desired result: \section{C} \person{Car}{Ana} \person{Car}{Ančka} \person{Car}{Anita} \section{Č} \person{Čop}{Matija} \section{H} \person{Haček}{Caron} \person{Hagen}{Hans} \person{Henkel}{Hartmut} \person{Hoekwater}{Taco} \stoptext Thanks a lot, Mojca

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Example ConTeXt document: PS output
by Michael Talbot-Wilson 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

I've just installed ConTeXt "minimal" and had a look at "ConTeXt, The Manual". I typed in the example document that starts at the bottom of page 13 (called it eg.tex) and ran context. It produced the file eg.pdf and I notice that it ran luatex with the option "--backend=pdf". Thanks, those who have done massive amounts of advanced work on ConTeXt and luatex, huge projects which are costing me nothing. But, I have a problem. I have a PostScript printer. I'd prefer not to have to run pdf2ps. How can ps output be produced directly? "context --backend=ps eg" doesn't do it and there is nothing about --backend or other options in the index, of "ConTeXt, The Manual", as far as I can see. There's no Reference/en/backend on the wiki.

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horizontal alignment
by Michael Goerz 11 Jul '10

11 Jul '10

Hi everyone, I'm trying to do some horizontal alignment, for typesetting poetry. There are lines that are continuations of the previous line, and should be aligned to the end of that previous line. Currently, I'm doing this by using \phantom text, which for some reason I also have to wrap into an \mbox to avoid a line break. As an example: \startlines here we now see you ~~ already in grief as you see ~~ yourselves ~~ as the last of the lasts we are mirrors of your consciousness \mbox{\phantom{we are mirrors of your consciousness} as you see the end} and you see us ~~ deep in the spring of the universe seeing you deep ~~ in the gravity well of the heat death we are dying ~~ in the spring as we watch you die we are grieving in the spring as you begin to grieve for all we are talking about bone-dry at the bottom of the well of time we are already parched \mbox{\phantom{we are already parched} for time is transparent} and we are all rats in the glassy \mbox{\phantom{and we are all rats in the glassy} labyrinth of time. \stoplines How would you solve this kind of problem? I've considered defining a macro \BrokenLine[line1][line2] that does the above. But, there are also instances where there are two or more lines as a continuation of one previous line. Maybe there is a possibility to mark a horizontal position temporarily, and then jump to that position later? Thanks, Michael

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Better support for Croatian in lang-sla.tex (patch included)
by Vedran Miletić 10 Jul '10

10 Jul '10

Hi, I made some modifications to lang-sla.tex that improve support for Croatian language (quotes, quotations and translations). Hope this can be included in ConTeXt. Regarding translations, I assume existing were done by Mojca, and they are certainly much better than Slovenian tranlsations that I would make :-) -- Vedran Miletić

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installing metauml in context
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

Hi, I am running ConTeXt mark IV. I need to use metauml for my work. However, I could not get it installed. Please help. The install file which comes with it does not work for context. -- Best regards, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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m-barcodes error
by Michael Green 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

I can’t get the example in the m-barcodes module to work. I have no urgent need to print barcodes; I was just curious. I'm writing in case I found an easily corrected bug. The release notes from 2010.05.08 call this module mkiv only. But according to the log, the file m-pstricks.mkii is used. And that seems to be the proximate cause of the error. mjg ------------------------------------- ConTeXt ver: 2010.06.23 12:45 MKIV fmt: 2010.7.6 int: english/english ------------------------------------- command: context "barcode-test.tex" ------------------------------------- file: barcode-test.tex \usemodule[barcodes] \starttext % this is copied straight from m-barcodes.mkiv \startPSTRICKS \pspicture(-4mm,-1mm)(38mm,26mm) \psbarcode{9781860742712}{includetext guardwhitespace}{ean13}% \endpspicture \stopPSTRICKS \stoptext ------------------------------------- log before the error: systems : begin file barcode-test-pstricks-0001 at line 1 system : module pstric loaded (/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/m-pstricks.tex (/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/m-pstricks.mkii ! I can't find file `multido'. <argument> \input multido \relax \input pstricks \relax \input pst-plot \rel... \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 l.47 ...s}{using indirect method; enable write18}}

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Installing Context Minimals on Windows
by John Devereux 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

Hi, I normally use linux, but I now need to install context on Windows (7). Right now the minimals installation fails for me in various ways, depending on how I do it. Running the graphical installer I get two dialogs "update failed error code 1" and "make failed error code 1". Using the command line method I get a message about a vtable error when I try to run context. (It looked like the one mentioned in earlier postings, sorry I don't have the exact message now). I want just MKIV + extras (and intend to try TexWorks). Any hints appreciated. Thanks, -- John Devereux

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Best version of ConTeXt
by Tom 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

What would be the best version of ConTeXt to recommend to a friend who writes novels on a PC running Windows? The person has no programming skills. He would probably require some assistance installing Tex-Live or whatever and would need a stable version because he couldn't manage frequent updates. Problems would far outweigh additional features for him. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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writetolist causes mystery blank
by Michael Murphy 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Hi all, I'm having a but of a problem using writetolist. In principle, I want to insert something into the table of contents, but I don't want to disturb the flow of the text. Unfortunately, the following code seems to generate a blank at the top of the page: \showframe \showmakeup \starttext \writetolist[section]{}{}% \framed{This box has been pushed down} \stoptext I've also tried using a section command where the output has been set to empty: \showframe \showmakeup \setuphead[section][ before=, after=, command=\mydonothing] \def\mydonothing#1#2{} \starttext \section{}% \framed{This box has been pushed down} \stoptext but that also gets me a blank. Incidentally, the same thing happens with writebetweenlist, (except that this seems to sometimes push content onto a new page for some reason). Any ideas? -- Michael Murphy

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OT: mailing list activity
by Alan BRASLAU 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

This is totally off-topic: but given the fairly strong Dutch implication in creating ConTeXt, it may not be surprising that traffic on the mailing list has slowed-down recently. Not to ruffle the feathers of everyone else on the mailing list, either... Alan

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context vs texinfo
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Hi, I was using context and I had to wait for 16 seconds for one run approximately. I switched to texinfo and it barely takes 2 seconds. Can you please explain the diffrence? I know context is complex but still? -- Best regards, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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\definecolumnsethsize
by Richard Stephens 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

I'm using columnsets for a paper with 2 columns and copied an examples from the wiki and the columnsets documentation to give the following commands: \definecolumnset[colset][n=2] \setupcolumnset[colset][2][distance=5mm] \definecolumnsethsize{colset}{1}{1}\One \definecolumnsethsize{colset}{1}{2}\Two ... \placefigure[btlr][fig:ex1]{caption1}{\externalfigure[example1][width=\One]} % One column figure \placefigure[btlr][fig:ex2]{caption1}{\externalfigure[example2][width=\Two]} % Two column figure The figures appear okay, but they are quite a bit smaller than the textwidth of the columns. Can someone explain the workings of \definecolumnsethsize? I've looked at the code and it means nothing to me! The columnsets document only gives examples, no definition. Thanks verily, Richard Converteam UK Ltd. Registration Number: 5571739 and Converteam Ltd. Registration Number: 2416188 Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: Boughton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1BU. CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. http://www.converteam.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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A problem with combining characters
by luigi scarso 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

In this example \N{COMBINING CARON BELOW} looks bad -- a font problem ? \usetypescript[libertine] \setupbodyfont[libertine,rm,10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=2.6ex] \starttext %%echo '\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER A}\N{COMBINING DOT BELOW}\N{COMBINING CARON BELOW}' |./uconv -t utf-8 -x "name-any ạ̬ \stoptext -- luigi

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underscore in index entry
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Hi, I tried to put _ in index entry and am unable to do it. I tried following 1. \index{_shiv} 2. \index{\type{_shiv}} 3. \index{\textunderscore{} shiv} Please help. -- Best regards, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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Newbie: floats with Context 2009 (Ubuntu). How do I use this workaround?
by Pascale Julia 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hello, I am completely new to Context. I am using 2009 Context, Tex packages from Ubuntu ppa packages. >From the mailing list I got this workaround in the form of this attachment.tex file, but I can't figure in which file I have to put the macros. http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/049964.html Rogutės Sparnuotos wrote: >* Marius (2010-06-04 11:30): *>>* Hello, I can't get it to work too. When we could expect it to be *>>* fixed? Or maybe somebody knows a work around to place two floats side *>>* by side? * Looks like the bit of page-str.mkii that dealt with local floats is not included in page-str.mkiv (which makes sense, as it looks like it does not belong there). Copying those macros verbatim into the test file works, so it is probably just an oversight that they do not appear elsewhere in mkiv. (see attachment) Best wishes, Taco

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Fwd: Problem with ConTeXt minimal
by M A 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Dear ConTeXt experts, I followed the steps in: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals to install to the conTeXt minimals. After completing the installation and when I run "texexec.exe" I get the following error: mtxrun:9289: attempt to concatenate local 'v' (a table value) What is the problem? and how to solve it? Note: My operating system is Windows 7. Regards, M. Ali

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TUG 2010
by Wolfgang Schuster 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hi all, http://river-valley.tv/conferences/tug-2010 Wolfgang

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mkiv: \setupblank
by Wolfgang Schuster 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hi Hans, \setupblank does not work with mkiv: \starttext text\blank text \hairline text\blank[2*line] text \page \setupblank[5cm] text\blank text \hairline text\blank[2*line] text \stoptext Wolfgang

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feature request: callback for \installprettytype
by Peter Münster 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hello, It would be nice, if we could have a function in pret-XXX.lua, that is called at the moment of \installprettytype. (I need it for http://modules.contextgarden.net/pret-c ) Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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List of all bibliography items is empty in mkiv
by Nicola 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hi, the following code results in an empty output when typeset by MKIV on my system: \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[criterium=all] \setupbibtex[database=mypublications] \starttext \placepublications \stoptext \end The same code typeset with MKII produces the list of all bibliography items in the .bib file, as expected. Is it a bug or is MKIV different in some respect? If it is a bug, is there a workaround? What I use: ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKII ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV LuaTeX, Version beta-0.60.1-2010042810 Below you find the log file. Nicola (/Users/nicola/Documents/test.tex publications : loading formatting style from bxml-apa (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/bxml-apa.mkiv) ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV fmt: 2010.6.3 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv)) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-config/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-def.mkiv) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-lua.mkiv) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv)) system : test.top loaded % % begin of optionfile % % % runtime options files (command line driven) % \unprotect % % special commands, mostly for the ctx development team % % feedback and basic job control % % handy for special styles % \startluacode % document = document or { } % document.arguments={ % ["syntex"]="1", % } % document.files={ % "test.tex", % } % \stopluacode % % process info % \setupsystem[inputfile=test.tex] % \setupsystem[\c!n=1,\c!m=1] % % modes % % options (not that important) % \startsetups *runtime:options % \setupoutput[pdftex] % \stopsetups % % styles and modules % \startsetups *runtime:modules % \stopsetups % % done % \protect \endinput % % end of optionfile % (test.top) fonts : preloading latin modern fonts {/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/usr/ local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}{/usr/local/te xlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active system : module bib loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/m-obsolete.tex systems : skipping obsolete module ) publications : wrote a new auxiliary file cont-en.aux systems : begin file test.tex at line 7 systems : end file test.tex at line 9 ) mkiv lua stats : used config path - /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf.cnf;/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf/web2c/tex mf.cnf mkiv lua stats : used cache path - /Users/nicola/Library/texmf mkiv lua stats : input load time - 0.114 seconds mkiv lua stats : stored bytecode data - 213 modules, 53 tables, 266 chunks mkiv lua stats : loaded tex modules - 1 requested, 1 found (*-obsolete), 0 missing mkiv lua stats : node list callback tasks - 6 unique task lists, 1 instances (re)created, 286 calls mkiv lua stats : cleaned up reserved nodes - 29 nodes, 9 lists of 410 mkiv lua stats : node memory usage - 19 glue_spec mkiv lua stats : used backend - pdf (backend for directly generating pdf output) mkiv lua stats : loaded patterns - en:us:pat:exc:2 mkiv lua stats : startup time - 0.579 seconds including runtime option file processing mkiv lua stats : callbacks - direct: 373, indirect: 4334, total: 4707 mkiv lua stats : result saved in file - test.pdf mkiv lua stats : loaded fonts - 32 files: lmmono12-regular.otf lmmono8-regular.otf lmmono9-regular.otf lmroman12-bold.otf lmroman12-regular.otf lmroman7-bold.otf lmroman7-regular.otf lmroman9-bold.otf lmroman9-regular.otf lmsans12-regular.otf lmsans8-regular.otf lmsans9-regular.otf eufb10.tfm eufb7.tfm eufm10.tfm eufm7.tfm msam10.tfm msam7.tfm msbm10.tfm msbm7.tfm lmex10.tfm lmmi12.tfm lmmi7.tfm lmmi9.tfm lmmib10.tfm lmmib7.tfm lmsy10.tfm lmsy7.tfm lmsy9.tfm rm-lmr12.tfm rm-lmr7.tfm rm-lmr9.tfm mkiv lua stats : fonts load time - 0.304 seconds mkiv lua stats : luatex banner - this is luatex, version beta-0.60.1-2010042810 mkiv lua stats : control sequences - 30645 of 265536 mkiv lua stats : current memory usage - 51 MB (ctx: 52 MB) mkiv lua stats : runtime - 1.389 seconds

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unicode no-break spaces
by Peter Münster 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hello, This used to work with MKIV, but with today's version, it does not: \starttext X X THIN SPACE (U+2009)\blank X X NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE (U+202F)\blank X X NO-BREAK SPACE (U+00A0)\blank \stoptext Should this work, or should we rather use "~" and "\," as in the past? Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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8th BayTeX in Munich (July 31, 2010)
by Mojca Miklavec 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

On Saturday July 31 there is a Bavarian TeX meeting in München: <http://www.siart.de/typografie/stammtisch.xhtml#bayerischer> Is any ConTeXt advocate going to be present? Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] minimal example of some problems
by Michael Saunders 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

>>>> 1. Leftward protrusion doesn't work. >>>> 2. I don't think hz is working in footnotes. >>> >>>> The font I'm using is Adobe Garamond Premiere Pro. If you think there >>>> might be a problem with the typescript, I can show you that too. >>> >>> These two are related to font. Either show that something is wrong with >>> default typescripts (lmodern, times, palatino, etc) else it means that >>> tosmething is wrong with your typescript. But first you have to narrow >>> down the problem >> >> I take your word for it that it works for the default typescripts; >> therefore, the problem must be somewhere in my typescript, but I have >> no idea where. It is as follows: > >I don't have the font, so I cannot test it. I should not have been so fast to take your word for it. If I use the default LM fonts, I get the same problems---no leftward protrusion and no hz in the footnotes. >You can prevent notes from splitting across pages by > >\setupenumerations[footnote] > [before=\vbox\bgroup, after=\egroup] > >The footnote may still appear on a different page. If you want to prevent >that add > >\setupfootnotes[split=verystrict] This doesn't work. I'm still getting footnotes appearing on the wrong page. >>> 4. Notice the overprinting near the top of p.2 c.1. That is a >>> marginal note that should go into the right margin. >> >> \starttext >> \startcolumns >> >> \input knuth >> \input tufte >> \column >> \input tufte >> \inmargin{This is in wrong margin} >> \input knuth >> \stopcolumns >> \stoptext >> >> The marin note in 2nd column is displayed in the 1st column. This is >> artifact of the way in which TeX constructs columns: first creating a >> long and narrow page and then splitting it into two. I don't know at >> what stage of the OTR are margin notes inserted, and if there is a >> workaround. Maybe others can help. > >this is the first time someone needs it so indeed there is no mechamism > >it's not that complex to deal with it (but i'd only do it in mkiv) gien >time and motivation ... you can put a feature request in the tracker so >that i can look at it when i'm reworking marging notes the mkiv way >(first come floats) Where is the tracker I should put this in? I have found another problem which is probably related. In the same sort of arrangement, two columns with margins on either side, I would like to place floats like this: 1. If they appear on the left side, they should end at the right edge of the left column. 2. If they appear on the right side, they should begin at the left edge of the right column. Using \placetable[inmargin] (my best guess), this works fine for case (2), but case (1) begins at the left edge of the left column and can overprint the right column.

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Unnumbered titles in table of contents
by Tom 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

I modified the sample code for creating unnumbered table of contents entries to include a title page for the appendices. It does create the unnumbered appendices entry as desired, but increments the "chapter number" to B for the first appendix "chapter." How does one accomplish this without this unwanted incrementing? Also, is it possible to have the unnumbered entries align with the chapter titles rather than the chapter numbers? \definehead [intro] [chapter] \setuphead [intro] [number=no] \definecombinedlist [content][intro,chapter,section] \setuplist [intro] [headnumber=no] \starttext \completecontent \startfrontmatter \intro{Preface} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Text of the Book} \stopbodymatter \startappendices \intro{Appendices} \chapter{Supporting Data} \stopappendices \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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Metapost: union test of two paths
by Marco 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Hi, two arbitrary paths are given. A small path and a larger path, both cycled. How to find out if the smaller path lies completely »inside« the larger path? If this is too complicated, it might help if I can find out if a given point lies inside a given cycled path. I hope it's understandable what I want to achieve. Marco

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Setuparranging[XY] and arrangement of labels
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Hello all, I have a reason to print labels to page in "vertical mode". This means, that labels are place to page underneath first and then abreast (ie top to bottom first and then subsequently left to rigth). According to the example of the way they are now labels numbered : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 but I want to be numbered: 1 6 11 2 7 12 3 8 13 4 9 14 5 10 15 Exist any simple way in \setuparranging [XY] mode (not in columns mode) for this? If it will not somehow just does not matter. Otherwise I'll do sort of data that I print to the labels (but otherwise I find it quite helpful as I could keep my original gear mechanism). Thanx Jaroslav Here is my minimal example: \newdimen\labelwidth\labelwidth=30mm \newdimen\labelheight\labelheight=20mm \newdimen\disthor\disthor=1mm \newdimen\distvert\distvert=1mm \newcount\counthor\counthor=5 \newcount\countvert\countvert=10 \definepapersize[label][width=\labelwidth,height=\labelheight] \setuppapersize [label][A4] \definemeasure[topspace] [\dimexpr(\printpaperheight-(\labelheight + \distvert)*\countvert+\distvert)/2\relax] \definemeasure[backspace] [\dimexpr(\printpaperwidth-(\labelwidth + \disthor)*\counthor+\disthor)/2\relax] \setuppaper [topspace=\measure{topspace},backspace=\measure{backspace},dx=\disthor,dy=\distvert,nx=\counthor,ny=\countvert] \setuplayout [page] [topspace=\measure{topspace},backspace=\measure{backspace}] \setuplayout [page] \setuplayout [location=middle] \setuparranging [XY] \showframe[edge] \starttext \dorecurse{50}{{\recurselevel\page}} \stoptext

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mtxrun error
by Alan BRASLAU 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Latest minimals: mtxrun:9289: attempt to concatenate local 'v' (a table value) Alan

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Shaded frame with colored text
by Tom 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

I haven't had any luck filling in the background of a frame with any color other than black and with changing the color of the text in the frame to white or gray. What needs to be added to this mkii code? \def\MyChapterCommand#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\framed[frame=on,align=middle] {\vbox{\headtext{chapter} #1\blank#2}}} \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=chapter, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in,before=\vskip 1.0in] \starttext \chapter{Test Chapter} \input knuth \stoptext Thanks, Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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"Large paper" dimensions detecting
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hi All Is there a way to detect of paperheight and paperwidth of "large paper", when I print a "small page" to "large paper" ?? When I use \paperwidth and \paperheight commands, then I get dimensions of "small paper", but I want get dimensions of "large papers" too. (I need this dimensions for next calculations) Thanx, Jaroslav My min. example: \definepapersize[MyPap][width=300pt,height=200pt] \definepapersize[MyPaper][width=1000pt,height=500pt] \setuppapersize [MyPap][MyPaper] \starttext Small paper dimensions: MyPap paper width - \the\paperwidth MyPap paper height - \the\paperheight \blank[big] Large paper dimensions: MyPaper paper width - ????? %\the\commandforMyPaperwidthdetect MyPaper paper height - ???? %\the\commandforMyPaperheightdetect \stoptext

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Centering labels on A4 page
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

H..All..o... I am trying centering (horizontaly and verticaly too) labels on the A4 paper, but without success. Is there any possibility make it? Here is example code (see [NTG-context] XY arranging ignores dx/dy Angus Lees): \definepapersize[label][width=30mm,height=20mm] \setuppapersize[label][A4] \setuppaper[dx=1mm,dy=1mm,nx=5,ny=10] \setuparranging[XY] \showframe[edge] \starttext \dorecurse{50}{\page} \stoptext Labels are placed on left and top. I want to placed it to vertical and horizontal center (I want print doublesided cards) It certainly will be some pablum isnt it? :-) Thanx Jaroslav

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