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Re: [NTG-context] tooltips and glossary
by Michael Saunders 04 May '10

04 May '10

> (Preliminary remark to M.S.: please, please, configure your MUA to > correctly reply to the current thread!) (What's wrong with my subject line? I'm merely hitting "reply" in gmail.) > No, it's plain English. Unfamiliar phrases are just one consequence of a > language becoming the world standard. Do you want to flame Italians or > French for not adhering to the norms of classical Latin? You don't. > There's no point at all in even mentioning somebody's stylistic > idiosyncrasies on the internets. Just face it: the world won't adopt > English as a global means of communication without interfering with its > norms. If you don't understand something why don't you contact the > author, his email adress is right there on the first page. I don't mind non-native speakers using bad grammar, strange usages, or odd constructions at all. Things like that are usually no problem for native speakers to understand, although the two sentences I quoted were not "plain English" at all---one was completely indecipherable. The biggest problem with the docs is far more basic---it's the most basic mistake a beginning writer can make. I'm sure documents like the ones I was shown on this thread make perfect sense to their authors---who already know what they mean---but they fail to communicate their message to anyone who doesn't already know it. The reader isn't being given enough information to decode the message and what he is given is in no particular order: it's whatever bits and pieces of the story the author thinks of in the order he happens to think of them. You can't tell the author this. It makes sense to him and he can't understand the criticism. He has to put himself in the place of the reader who doesn't already know the message. If he can't do that, he can't communicate. I'm sure that these documents would be just as bad in the native languages of the authors as they are in English. The fault is far deeper than bad translation. Increasingly, I'm wondering whether the problem with Context is just bad docs or bad language design (it's hard to control, it looks bad most of the time). I still don't know. I'm hoping that Idris's book will shed light on this. > I append a snippet that should allow basic glossaries. It doesn't > provide much functionality (capitalization might have to be implemented > …) but you may fit it to your needs. ... > > (As for the code, it's certainly not context style, I'm aware of that > but don't have the time to care.) > > Awaiting your feedback, Thank you. I'm not quite sure what to do with these files (the .lua file in particular). Unfortunately, I won't be able to get to them until tomorrow. > As for the tooltips, unfortunately > I don't know how to create them. The functionality would be nice, > though, as long as no javascript is involved. It's not done with javascript. As I understand it, the usual way is to place an invisible pdf "forms"-style button over the word you want to gloss and then set its "short description" feature. I think context knows how to make such buttons and to set bounding boxes around words, so I think it should be possible, no?

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Re: [NTG-context] 3D annotations
by gummybears 04 May '10

04 May '10

On Sun, 2 May 2010, gummybears wrote: I read your email (17 april 2010) on the mailing list and applied the two patches to my Context minimal distro (the very latest version). When I run your test.tex through context the preview image test.png is not shown. >did you recreate formats after patch >("context -make" if memory serves me right)? >I will test with current minimals today. Probably not (my mistake), but now I did make the formats and with the current minimals I got the following error (when running your test.tex file) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active systems : begin file test.tex at line 3 floatblocks : 1 placed ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-mis.lua:163: attempt to call field 'timestamp' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-mis.lua:163: in function 'setupidentity' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \synchronizebackendidentity ...akeyword \!!es , }} \actualshipout ...lio \or \the \everyfirstshipout \global \everyfirstshipout... \myshipout ...\@@ppmethod }\gobbleoneargument {#1} \setnextrealpageno \afters... \dofinaloutput ...hbox {\vbox {\dopagebody #1#2}}} \the \everyaftershipout \a... \finaloutput ...EAEAEA \dofinaloutput \fi \fi #1#2 \resetselectiepagina \incr... \sidefloatoutput ...e \else \finalsidefloatoutput \global \sidefloatvsize \n... ... l.23 \stopTEXpage

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get tex-value in lua
by Peter Münster 04 May '10

04 May '10

Hello, How can I get the value of a variable or a mode in the lua part? Example: context --arguments=MyVar=true test And in test.tex: \starttext \startluacode local my_var = loadstring("return " .. get_value_of("MyVar")) if my_var then tex.print("TRUE") else tex.print("FALSE") end \stopluacode \stoptext TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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tooltips and glossary
by Michael Saunders 03 May '10

03 May '10

Does Context have a mechanism for placing tooltips on text? I think the usual PDF way is to put an invisible button over the test and set its "short description". Does anyone know how to do this? Also, is there no Context method to produce a glossary? It might be enough to produce a secondary .bib file with special entries and to print this out as a secondary "References" section, but I don't know how to do this or how to control the appearance of the printed "references".

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Footnote numbers and leftmargin setup [mkIV]
by Thomas Floeren 03 May '10

03 May '10

Hello, in mkII I use to set my left margins to 0pt. When I do this now in mkIV, I get misplaced footnote numbers (at the bottom). Example: \setuplayout [leftmargin=\zeropoint] \starttext just text\footnote{foot text} \stoptext To get correctly placed numbers I have to either set the leftmargin to >= 5pt, or leave out the leftmargin key in setuplayout. Is this a bug or just the mkIV way? Thomas ConTeXt ver: 2010.04.29 22:30 MKIV fmt: 2010.4.30 int: english/english

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Re: [NTG-context] 3D annotations
by gummybears 02 May '10

02 May '10

Hi Michail, I read your email (17 april 2010) on the mailing list and applied the two patches to my Context minimal distro (the very latest version). When I run your test.tex through context the preview image test.png is not shown. Which version of ConText should I use to make it work Thanks in advance

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tt, bold
by R. Bastian 02 May '10

02 May '10

Hello, for printing python scripts, i wish that the code to be \tt and the reserved word \bold. They are but so lightly that the difference is quasi not visible. The normal text is [sansserif, 10 pt]. Is there a solution? Thanks, rb -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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Small bug in Italian hyphenation
by Giovanni Salmeri 02 May '10

02 May '10

I'm using ConTeXt Mk IV and I've found a small problem with the Italian hyphenation. Sequences like "dell'impossibile" are hyphenated "dell'im-pos-si-bi-le" instead of the correct "del-l'im-pos-si-bi-le" (i.e. the first hyphen is omitted, which is sometimes annoying). In the list it.comp.software.tex I was told to add \lccode`\'=`\' in my text: in fact, it works perfectly, but I suppose there is something to be corrected in the ConTeXt files. Could someone tell me which file and how? Thank you very much in advance. -- Giovanni Salmeri http://mondodomani.org/pers/salmeri/

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redefine word "Figure" for a specific language
by Fabio Tiriticco 02 May '10

02 May '10

Hi all, this is my first post here, and only because I couldn't find an answer in the database. I am using ConTeXt for an italian document (I used LaTeX years ago for my thesis and I like ConTeXt much better!) I would like to redefine the word used in figure captions. The default english is "Figure". If I switch to \mainlanguage[it] the word becomes "Fig." How can I arbitrarily decide what to show there? thanks for the attention, Fabio

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Font surprise from the Polish gurus
by Mojca Miklavec 02 May '10

02 May '10

There's a slightly bigger surprise font update in the minimals. Enjoy! (ConTeXt support still to come ... hopefully today ...) Mojca

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right aligned footnote
by Honza Pohanka 01 May '10

01 May '10

Hello, I can't find out, how to place footnote on the right side of the page. \setupfootnotes[location=page] \setupnotedefinition[footnote][location=right] This places the number on the right, but the text remains on the left. greetings Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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table of contents
by Marius 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Hello, There must be two tables of contents in my document, one in a native language and the other in english. In LaTeX I made new commands \enchapter, \ensection, etc., which I use just after the \chapter or \section command. How do I make such commands in ConTeXt, so that these commands just insert a line into the english table of contents, but do not insert chapter or section in the current page? Thanks, Marius

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Referencing a Figure
by Troy Henderson 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

I am trying to reference a figure, and the results are not as expected. Here is my snippet. \placefigure[fig:myfigure]{A beautiful circle}{ \startMPcode draw fullcircle scaled 72; \stopMPcode } Isn't Figure \in[fig:myfigure] beautiful? When this code renders, the text says "Isn't Figure ?? beautiful?" How can I get the correct figure number? Thanks, Troy

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Re: [NTG-context] How to use musical symbols from a font
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

A-ha! The solution that file name should be wingding.ttf versus wingdings.ttf. OSFONTDIR is ok, my installer sets it properly :) Thanks for help. works perfectly. I only cannot understand what the following do: \def\Check% {{\tfa\symbol[box]}} > Apparently the font is not found. So make sure that TeX can find the font. Probably you need to check whether the OSFONTDIR is set correctly. Otherwise copy the to a place e.g. texmf-local en run luatools --generate. > > I hop this helps. -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] How to use musical symbols from a font
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Hi, Thanks, Willi, for the idea, but I cannot get it to work. My version of the script \starttext \definefontsynonym[Wingdings][Wingdings.ttf] \definesymbol[box][\getglyph{Wingdings}{\char113}] %\def\Check% % {{\tfa\symbol[box]}} \symbol[box] \stoptext gives the following error (I have Wingdings.ttf in my Windows/Fonts folder): !define font : forced type ttf of Wingdings not found !define font : font with name Wingdings is not found !define font : unknown font Wingdings, loading aborted ! Font \thedefinedfont=Wingdings.ttf at 12pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad. <to be read again> \relax \symbolicsizedfont ...cale \scaledfontsize \relax \thedefinedfont \getglyph #1#2->{\symbolicfont {#1} \doifnumberelse {#2}\char \donothing #2} \dodosymbol ...bol \csname \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname \relax }\relax \donormalsymbol ...bol \redosymbol \currentsymbol \fi \fi <to be read again> \stoptext l.8 \stoptext ? > > The approach to using symbols could be done along the following line: > > > \definefontsynonym[Dingbats][uzdr] > \definesymbol[box][\getglyph{Dingbats}{\char113}] > \def\Check% > {{\tfa\symbol[box]}} -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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requesting multipass
by Philipp Gesang 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Hi all, how do I trigger another pass? Using md5 and io I want to save data to a helper file and reuse it in a second pass (like e.g. mtx-context.lua) or update the file if appropriate. But I couldn't quite figure out how to request another pass from the lua end. Thanks for any help, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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bibliography overprinting and out of order
by Michael Saunders 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

For example, with this .bbl file: \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={Gob06},totalnumber=3] \startpublication[k=siBrochure,t=techreport, a={{Gobel}},y=2006, n=1,s=Gob06] \author[]{E.}[E.]{}{Gobel} \pubyear{2006} \title{The international system of units} \pubname{Organisation Intergouvernementale de la Convention} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=siNist,t=techreport, a={{Taylor},{Thompson}},y=2008, n=2,s=TT08] \author[]{Barry~N.}[B.~N.]{}{Taylor} \author[]{Ambler}[A.]{}{Thompson} \pubyear{2008} \title{The international system of units ({\addff{sc}si})} \bibtype{{\addff{sc}nist} Special Publication} \volume{330} \city{Washington, {\addff{sc}dc}} \pubname{The National Institute of Standards and Technology ({\addff{sc}nist}), United States Department of Commerce} \note{http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP330/sp330.pdf} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=siGuide,t=techreport, a={{Thompson},{Taylor}},y=2008, n=3,s=TT08] \author[]{Ambler}[A.]{}{Thompson} \author[]{Barry~N.}[B.~N.]{}{Taylor} \pubyear{2008} \title{Guide for the use of the international system of units ({\addff{sc}si})} \bibtype{{\addff{sc}nist} Special Publication} \volume{811} \city{Washington, {\addff{sc}dc}} \pubname{The National Institute of Standards and Technology ({\addff{sc}nist}), United States Department of Commerce} \note{http://www.nist.gov/physlab/pubs/sp811/index.cfm} \stoppublication and these commands: \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=Mydatabase] \setuppublications[numbering=yes,alternative=ams,setupinteraction=start] \startext \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext ...I get 3 and 2 printing out on top of each other (text overprinting text), and out of order. I'd like the references to be alphabetical (so you can find them by looking in the bibliography), numbered in order, and these numbers used to print the citations. I'd also like to prevent text from printing on top of text (that's so you can read it).

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Some short questions
by Antoine Cailliau 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Hi, I'm looking for two specific "tricks": First, declaring one (and only one) page as empty. I mean with no footer/header texts. This is for my cover page, and some page left intentionnaly blank. Second, I want to change the layout (margin, textwidth, etc) of a page. I know there is a "clean" way to declare a new layout for a specific page but I can't find my source again. Thanks in advance for your answers, Antoine

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Why page is breaking after combined itemize list?
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Hi, all. I want make enumeration list as per: 1. a) b) 2. a) b) etc. When I use: \startitemize[n,columns] \item \startitemize[a][stopper=)] \item Pravděpodobnost \item Logaritmická funkce a~její vlastnosti \stopitemize \item \startitemize[a][stopper=)] \item Rovina a~přímka v~analytické geometrii \item Exponenciální rovnice a~nerovnice \stopitemize etc..... \item \startitemize[a][stopper=)] \item Komplexní čísla v~algebraickém tvaru a~operace s~nimi \item Řezy těles \stopitemize \stopitemize %%---------------------------------------- And here is a regular text after the list .... : then page page is breaking afer \stopitemize command (and regular text is on next page) although bottom on page with list is enough place. My pagesetup is : \enableregime[utf-8] \mainlanguage[cz] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \setuplayout[width=middle, topspace=1cm, header=0mm, footer=0mm] Where is a problem? Thankx Jaroslav

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How to use musical symbols from a font
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

Hi, I want to use musical symbols (e.g. rest) in my documents. I have MusicalSymbols.ttf font, and know that the rest is, say "r" symbol. How to make a macro that will place this symbol and possibly crop it? -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Float placement in margin
by Antoine Cailliau 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

Dear all, I would like to put a figure my edge margin, at the bottom of the page. (so, the bottom left corner on my left pages). I tried \inmargin but the figure is not placed in margin but at the top of the page. I tried \placefigure[margin] but it is placed on the top of the margin. This is nearly what I want :) Any clue for me ? Thanks in advance, Antoine

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Help on \dostartbuffer needed
by Antoine Cailliau 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

Hi, I'm trying to deal with \dostartbuffer. I found an old message on the ML about \dostartbuffer http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg08222.html and its is pretty what I want except that I do not know how can I get access to the buffer :) For instance, \def\startLST[#1]% {\def\stopLST{End of #1}% \dostartbuffer[LST][startLST][stopLST]} \starttext \startLST[whatever] bla bla \stopLST alb alb \stoptext will print End of whateveralb alb. I just want to get the content blabla in \stopLST. I guess, it should not be hard :) Antoine

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Questions about \setuphead and \framed
by Michael Ewe 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Hi ConTeXt Gurus, enclosed please find a little snippet of code: %---snip--snip--snip--- \usetypescript[pagella] \setupbodyfont[pagella,rm,11pt] \definefont[FontA][Sans at 36pt] \definehead[ChapterA][chapter] \setuphead[ChapterA][command=\Cmd,style=\FontA] \definehead[ChapterB][chapter] \setuphead[ChapterB][command=\Cmd,textstyle=\FontA,numberstyle=\FontA] \def\Cmd#1#2{% \hbox{% {\framed[frame=on,offset=none,strut=1cm]{#1}} {\framed[frame=on,offset=none,strut=1cm]{#2}} } } \starttext \ChapterA{Test} \Cmd{\FontA 1}{\FontA Test} \hbox{% {\framed[frame=on,offset=none,strut=1cm]{\FontA 1}} {\framed[frame=on,offset=none,strut=1cm]{\FontA Test}} } \ChapterB{Test} \Cmd{\FontA 1}{\FontA Test} \hbox{% {\framed[frame=on,offset=none,strut=1cm]{\FontA 1}} {\framed[frame=on,offset=none,strut=1cm]{\FontA Test}} } \stoptext %---snip--snip--snip--- The code defines 2 chapter headings (ChapterA, ChapterB) and my assumption is, that the effect of setting "style=..." and "fontstyle=..., numberstyle=..." should be the same. As an additional test I included the usage of \Cmd and a manual copy of \Cmd in the normal text. If you run this through ConTeXt MkIV you will see: 1 The frames in the chapter both headings are much bigger than in the normal text. 2 The gap between the chapter number and the chapter name is different for chapter 1 (on page 1) and chapter 2 (on page 2). The word "test" is not aligned 3 The value of "strut" has no effect at all. I am trying to mimic a chapter style in a book of mine, but with the result above I am not sure about the tools to use. Best Regards from Germany, Michael Ewe

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Re: [NTG-context] the grid (MkIV)
by Hans Hagen 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

On 27-4-2010 7:14, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > I was reading spac-ver.mkiv on gridsnapping values ... but didn't find the "local" switch. > > What's it about? using local interlinespace vs bodyfont related ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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the grid (MkIV)
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Hi, how can I exclude a section head from grid? Just compare setuplayout with grid=yes/no. Is there a solution? \showgrid \starttext \setuplayout[grid=yes]% [grid=no] \setuphead[chapter][grid=none] \chapter{one} \page \chapter{one\\line} \page \chapter{one\\line\\line} \stoptext Thanks, Steffen

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ConTeXt name/branding
by Scott Steele 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Sidenote: If anyone has ever considered changing the name of the ConTeXt project, I'd like to support that. Name consistency is important, but there are two unnecessary problems that the current name creates. The first is that the unusual capitalization and pronunciation are a barrier to new users. I've used macro packages in the TeX family for about four years now (though it seems much longer! I can't believe for how long I was putting out such ugly papers!), but I'm now consciously trying to remember to pronounce them as tecks, latecks, zeetecks, conteckst, etc, and to type them as Tex, Latex, Xetex, and Context (outside of this message/forum). The odd capitalization doen't win fans among people who appreciate typographic tradition, and the pronunciation requires that, instead of explaining first how powerful and useful these systems are, one explain the Greek chi and Donald Knuth. It doesn't give a good impression when one's first exposure to TeX involves being told one is wrong in how one pronounces a word that is less than 40 years old (The same goes for many open source projects). Further, if the name is brought up in conversation and piques the interest of a potential user, they will have a difficult time later searching for it when they type in contekt or conteckt. The second problem with the ConTeXt name is its shared spelling with context. When I google context and font, I get so many pages imploring me to consider the context of my document when choosing between Arial, Times New Roman, and Comic Sans. Many of the things I'll be searching for while using ConTeXt yield thousands of irrelevant pages because of how context can pop up in so many topics that share major keywords with the typesetting process. Of course, I myself am in no position to advocate a name change, and if the two issues I listed are the price for having a cutting-edge typesetting system, then I'm still a pretty happy camper. But if any of the people who have actually worked really hard to put this together have ever thought about bringing up a branding change, here's my two pence. Scott ----- This is a work of ﬁction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the writer's imagination or are used ﬁctitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coïncidental.

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Re: [NTG-context] Unicode bibliography
by Michael Saunders 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Mojca Miklavec: > What still makes me wonder is tha fact that there are problems with > Unicode. I don't remember any, though I admit that I'm not sure if I > ever cited any non-English item. Well, using Taco's trick of surrounding every sting with braces, the record won't print out. If I surround only the non-ascii characters in braces, the record will print out, out of order and on top of other records.

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Multiple pleas for help (long)
by Scott Steele 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Hullo, all. I've been trying for 3 months now to get my last 2 years' worth of journal entries satisfactorily typeset for printing on lulu.com. This is my first major project using Context (with the Xetex engine—the current procedures required by Pdftex to set up and manage fonts are too intimidating for me (I {\em did} try it.)) as I'm no longer in school and had typeset the preceding year's worth of entries in Latex. I started to use (xe)Latex again this time but gave up in frustration with all of the predefined formatting, which I've moved away from as I've read more of Robert Bringhurst. Anyway, I have a number of problems. I apologize for putting them all into one message and for failing to find solutions elsewhere on the site. I've looked around a great deal, but am hampered in doing so by my limiting of my internet time with an {\sc ems} PowerCop (otherwise, I'd be on Wikipedia until they decided to lock me away). (I do my writing, editing, and typesetting on a little internet-crippled netbook with CrunchBang and Vim.) I'll include my current preämble information at the end of this message in case it is useful in addressing any of my issues. If they're addressed elsewhere, I'd be thrilled with links. If they're not, I'd greatly appreciate any help. I've found solutions to a number of previous problems, but here are all that I believe are in the way of my finishing this project: 1 How do I make bulleted lists not have lines between items in the list? 2 Is it possible to push the bullets for bulleted lists into the margin (and then have the text of each item start at the same level of indentation as normal text)? Also, given my target printing medium, this would require alteration of the space between the bullet mark and its text—how do I alter this and the glyph used as the bullet mark? 3 Is it possible to alter the way footnotes are displayed? I might want to have new footnotes follow previous ones with a 3-em space rather than starting a new line in the footer. And if I go that route, I'd need a way to pull the footer number in from the margin. 4 How can I adjust the formatting settings for the frontmatter (title page, table of contents) and backmatter (colophon, appendices, index). In general, I need to be able to set whether page numbers are used and what kind and positioning of the text on the page. In particular, how do I change the formatting for items in the table of contents (and what glyph/spacing go between the item's title and corresponding page number as well as how all of those elements are positioned)? 5 How can I have either unnumbered sections, or subjects that appear in the table of contents? 6 Does Xetex or Context have a facility for positioning accents over letters when those particular combinations are not in the font? (Or should I just go ahead and do this manually in Fontforge?) 7 Is there a built-in equivalent of the \fancybreak function from Latex? I think I know now how to put something like it together manually but don't want go the amateur route if there's something more polished available. 8 Since this is just a journal, I have used simple emoticons (don't laugh!). I tweaked a vector smiley from Wikimedia to get a frowny and slashy, and they work well except for when they end up on the first (printed) text line of a page. I have one page that has a subject title on the grid but that is followed by a (logical) line with a smiley that ends up on its first printed line. This printed line and all of the rest of the text on the page (including another subject title) sit several points (approx) lower than where they should (so that the grid lines bisect the bowls of all the lower-case a's). There is another page that does not start with a subject title but directly with a printed line containing an emoticon, and it has exactly the same problem as the first page, with the text sitting just low enough that the grid lines bisect the bowls of the lower-case a's. Pages with emoticons on them do not exhibit this problem when the emoticon is not on the first printed line, and all lines remain correctly positioned on the grid. You can see below how I'm putting in the emoticons. Many apologies for those answers that I failed to find, and thanks reading the whole message, Scott See my current preämble below: \version[final] \definepapersize[pocket][width=4.25in, height=6.875in] \setuppapersize[pocket][pocket] \setuplayout[location=middle, width=0.815\paperwidth, rightmargindistance=0in, leftmargindistance=0in, height=middle, margin=0.08\paperwidth, backspace=0.115\paperwidth, marking=off, grid=yes, topspace=0.018889\paperheight, header=0.044444\paperheight, footer=0.044444\paperheight, bottomspace=0.038889\paperheight] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided, location={footer}] \setupinterlinespace[top=0.0] % `top=0.0' gets rid of unoccupied vertical white space at the top of the first line \setupwhitespace[big] % Turns on blank line between ¶’s \definetypeface[jenson][rm][Xserif][Adobe Jenson Pro] \setupbodyfont[jenson, 12pt] % Emoticons %—————————— \useexternalfigure[frowny][Frowny][factor=8,type=pdf] \def\Frowny{\hbox{\externalfigure[frowny]}} \useexternalfigure[smiley][Smiley][factor=8,type=pdf] \def\Smiley{\hbox{\externalfigure[smiley]}} \useexternalfigure[slashy][Slashy][factor=8,type=pdf] \def\Slashy{\hbox{\externalfigure[slashy]}} \setuptolerance[verytolerant] % Allows TeX to break lines even when doing so would be 'ugly' \showgrid \startfrontmatter \completecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \subject{2/25/08} ... ----- This is a work of ﬁction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the writer's imagination or are used ﬁctitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coïncidental.

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Re: [NTG-context] Unicode bibliography
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

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Re: [NTG-context] Unicode bibliography
by Michael Saunders 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Mojca Miklavec: > Long ago (when I was still using JabRef) I was thinking about creating > support for export into ConTeXt-specific format. What do you use now? Is there something better?

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Re: [NTG-context] ! Undefined control sequence
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

> > What is the following command for: > > > > > \setvariables[tst][set={\setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broa > d] > > }] > > > > This is enough, or are there any problems? > > > > \setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broad] > > > To explain it with simpler macros > > \setvariables[tst][set={...}] is similar to > > \def\tstset{\setupTst[1][n,\tstbroad*broad]} > > and > > \setvariables[tst][broad=5] is similar to > > \def\tstbroad{5} > > but the special thing is now that \setvariables calls \tstset (or to > be concrete the value of the 'set' key in \setvariables after the) value was > assigned to broad. > > In a complete and simple example this is what happens: > > \defineitemgroup[Tst] > > \def\tstset{\setupTst[1][\tstbroad*broad]} > > \starttext > > \startTst > \item text > \stopTst > > \def\tstbroad{5}\tstset > > \startTst > \item text > \stopTst > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang > Hi Wolfgang, my question was: Why is this \setvariables[tst][set=... necessary at all. The following example worked without that. \defineitemgroup[Tst] \setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broad] \starttext \startTst \item text \stopTst \setvariables[tst][broad=5] \startTst \item text \stopTst \setvariables[tst][broad=9] \startTst \item text \stopTst % \showvariable{tst}{broad} \stoptext Wolfgang

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definition in mkiv
by Tomáš Pustelník 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Hi, During my work on bachelor thesis I was running throught source codes and I would like to ask about equivalent of file syst-gen.mkii in MkIV. And if there isn't one. Where I can found definitions of macros define in this file (like \dosingleargument and so on). Also I have another question. In file page-lay.mkii there is definition: \def\addpagecutmarks % #1 {\executeifdefined{\??ly:n:\c!marking:\@@lymarking}\gobbleoneargument} I don't understand this part: {\??ly:n:\c!marking:\@@lymarking}, especially I don't know what ":n:" does or means. Can someone briefly explain it to me? Thanks for your help. Tomas Pustelnik

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Unicode bibliography
by Michael Saunders 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

I'm using JabRef to generate a .bib file in utf8. I'd like to use this with Context to typeset a bibliography. I'm running into a lot of problems with Bibtex's Unicode incompatibility. What is currently the best way to do this? Googling, I came across this tantalizing suggestion from Idris (in 2008): "Can you port your database to bbl format -- \start-stoppublication -- and just use the bib module without bibtex?" That sounds good, but how can I do it?

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Strings [[...]] inside \startluacode \stopluacode
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

Hello. I am experimenting with courious things in LuaTeX (combining TeX and Lua codes) and I have a problem with lua strings containing TeX definitions. When string (containing definition of TeX macro with \directlua call-in) is creating in the separate lua file (reading by command dofile) then script does work OK, but when string is inside \startluacode \stopluacode environment, then does work only when i use text string inside ' ' for example: luastring='\\def\\texmacro\#1\{\\directlua\{luafunction(\#1)\}\}' Script does not work when i use text inside [[ ... ]]! (message undefined control sequence) for example: luastring=[[ \def\texmacro#1{ \directlua{luafunction(#1)} } ]] Where is a problem? Is there any solutions with [[ ... ]] Thanx Jaroslav ============================================ Here are all functioning scripts: 1) all in one file: \startluacode function luafunction(num) if num==nil then num = 1 end for i=1,num do tex.sprint(i..') Hello\\par ') end end luastring='\\def\\texmacro\#1\{\\directlua\{luafunction(\#1)\}\}' tex.sprint(luastring) \stopluacode \def\texmacrotwo#1{ \directlua{luafunction(#1)} \par } \starttext \texmacro{7} \texmacrotwo{10} \stoptext ===================================================== 2) Script in two separates files: %this is file ulet.tex : \directlua{dofile("ulet.lua")} \def\texmacrotwo#1{ \directlua{luafunction(#1)} \par } \starttext \texmacro{7} \texmacrotwo{10} \stoptext And here is content of external file ulet.lua: function luafunction(num) for i=1,num do tex.sprint(i..[[) Hello\par]]) end end luastring=[[ \def\texmacro#1{ \directlua{luafunction(#1)} } ]] tex.sprint(luastring)

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a0 split into a4?
by Xan 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

Hi, Is it possible to "split" a0 paper into a4? I want to write context document in a0 size but printing into 16 a4. Is it possible. If it's, surely it's with ConTeXt! ;-) Xan.

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float at fixed position
by Peter Rolf 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

Hi, in a multi column layout I want to place a figure at a fixed position. Inserting a floating object at a fixed position doesn't make any sense, but I need the correct caption (number) for the graphic. Sadly \placefigure fails with [..] todo : flush notes todo : enable notes ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \@@mc5@@mcwidth \@@ar@@4 ...ace \OTRSETlocalwidth \scratchcounter \relax \OTRSETcheckwidthga... \redoloop ->\expandrecursecontent \endofloop <to be read again> { <inserted text> 2 \dodoloop ...mexpr \recurselevel +\plusone \relax } ... l.16 \stopcolumnset ? Is this a bug or am I misusing the macro too much? Example code at the end of this mail. Peter %----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8 MTXrun | current version: 2010.04.16 21:08 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.60.1-2010042015 (rev 3640) %----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8 \usemodule[visual] \definecolumnset[example][n=4] \definecolumnsetarea[one][left][x=1,y=1,nx=6,ny=6,state=start] \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][left][\setup{test}] \startsetups test \placefigure[here][test]{test}{\externalfigure[cow]} \stopsetups \starttext \startcolumnset[example] \dorecurse{25}{\fakewords{50}{100}} \stopcolumnset \stoptext

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Overfull
by Marius 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

Hello, why there is an overfull in the attached example? Overfull \hbox (25.73416pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 15--16 \**ArialFontXVI** NOTXXXXX THIS THAT WORD PHRASES Thanks, Marius

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Installation on Windows fails with "unknown script 'texexec.lua' or 'mtx-texexec.lua'"
by Linus Källberg 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

Hi, I followed the installation instructions for Windows on "ConTeXt Minimals", http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals. Since I have MiKTeX installed, I used the command line method, as suggested. However, when I try to run context according to the "Usage" section, I get the following error message: MTXrun | unknown script 'texexec.lua' or 'mtx-texexec.lua' Any suggestions on what have gone wrong? Thanks. Kind regards, /Linus _________________________________________________________________ Spela spel i Messenger! http://www.windowslive.se/playground/default.asp

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Re: [NTG-context] Fullpage
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

Hi, >> > The module is now on the garden, it’s Mojcas job to include it in the >> > minimals. > It's there. I just synchronized with beta minimals, and no fullpage module is included :( -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Sorting the content of \startlines
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

Hello, Is there a way to sort the content of \startlines envinroment by the alphabet? I have a list of songs in arbitrary order, and what to output it in alphabetical one. ex.: \starttext \subject{My set-list} \startcolumns\startlinenumbering\startlines Fly me to the moon Hit the road jack Sway Libertango Sunny % and more titles \stoplines\stoplinenumbering\stopcolumns \stoptext -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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! Undefined control sequence
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

Hallo, I have a little problem which I can not solve. The following example works with the definition of \broad in position 1 and it fails in position 2. ------------------------------------- % Position 1 % \def\broad{5*broad} \defineitemgroup[Tst] \setupitemgroup[Tst][1][n,\broad ] % Position 2 \def\broad{5*broad} \starttext \startTst \item Test \stopTst \stoptext ------------------------------------- Why is this? And how can I make it work in position 2? Wolfgang

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Problems with metapost in texlive 2009
by Ram Potluri 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

I had a working installation of texlive 2007 on my opensuse 11.0 machine. I had metapost working nicely converting my *.mp files into *.pdf files. Yesterday, I upgraded to texlive 2009 that is available at http://software.opensuse.org/search/download?base=openSUSE%3A11.0&fil...<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://software.opensuse.org/search/downlo…> I installed all the upgrades of the following packages: texlive texlive-bin-tools texlive-bin-metapost texlive-bin-latex texlive-bin texlive-tools texlive-metapost texlive-latex texlive-context texlive-latex-doc To test my installation, I ran the command mptopdf on some mp files that I had successfully converted to pdf on the earlier installation. Here is the message I am seeing for one such file (blk.mp): ram@linux-94ai:~/Desktop> mptopdf blk.mp MTXrun | kpse fallback with progname 'context' initialized in 0.12 seconds MPtoPDF 1.3.3 : running 'mpost --mem=mpost --tex=latex blk.mp' This is MetaPost, version 1.208 (kpathsea version 5.0.0) ! I can't find file `blk.mp'. <*> blk.mp Please type another input file name: You see, the file blk.mp is very much present in the directory (~/ Desktop). Could someone please help me? Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Ram.

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latest beta Minimals: interactive bookmarks for equations broken
by Ralf. Braun 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

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Re :! Undefined control sequence
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hallo Taco and Wolfgang, > > Why is this? > > Because \setupitemgroup expands its third argument. > > > And how can I make it work in position 2? > > \setupitemgroup[Tst][1][n,\noexpand\broad ] > thank you very much! > \defineitemgroup[Tst] > > \setvariables[tst][set={\setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broa > d]}] > > \starttext > > \startTst > \item text > \stopTst > > \setvariables[tst][broad=5] > > \startTst > \item text > \stopTst > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang What is the following command for: \setvariables[tst][set={\setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broad] }] This is enough, or are there any problems? \setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broad] Wolfgang

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\textvisiblespace
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hallo, shouldn't \textvisiblespace work in mkiv? Wolfgang

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page-break
by Jörg Hagmann 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Dear list members, My biggest problem have always been seemingly arbitrary page breaks occuring every now and then in larger documents; and because I don't see a pattern, I can't create a minimal example. But maybe you can make a suggestion based on the following: The section below produces a page break seen in http://www.ogbasel.ch/version-1.pdf. If the line "\page[no]" is inserted, the page break occurs as shown in http://www.ogbasel.ch/version-page-no.pdf Mark IV, on linux and Leopard Context version 2010.03.02 12:34 The font is Gentium at 10.5 Thanks, Jörg -------------snip------------------ {\bf Grauammer} -- {\it Bruant proyer} -- Emberiza calandra: Am 28.2. konnte LEU einen Sänger in der PCA feststellen. Am 29.3. sah und hörte KEL 3 Ind. in Iselisboden bei Hésingue und 1 Ind. bei der Neudörfler Lache bei Village-Neuf. AMA meldet die Beobachtung eines Ind. am 8.6. in der PCA und KEL eines Ind. am 21.6. in Iselisboden bei Hésingue. OES sah am 3.7. 1 Ind. in einer Buntbrache zwischen Reinach und Aesch. \stoplines %\stoplinenumbering \section{Nachträge zum Jahresbericht 2007} %\startlinenumbering S. 29 Goldhähnchenlaubsänger -- Pouillot de Pallas -- Phylloscopus proregulus: Am 15.12. sah M. Solari 1 Ind. bei St-Louis. Die Beobachtung wurde vom Comité National de Homologation angenommen (mitgeteilt durch BLA). \page[no] %%% <-------- without this line in version-1.pdf, with the line in version-page-no.pdf S. 33 Zwergammer -- Bruant nain -- Emberiza pusilla: Am 5.10. wurde in der PCA 1 Ind. von M.Baumann, B. Scaar et al. gefangen. Die Bestimmung wurde vom Comité National de Homologation angenommen (mitgeteilt durch BLA). %\stoplinenumbering \section{Zitierte Literatur} %\startlinenumbering Volet, B. 2006: Liste der Vogelarten der Schweiz. Ornithol. Beobachter 103: 271-294 %\stoplinenumbering \section[title:abbrev]{Abkürzungen -- Abbréviations} \subsubsubject{Abkürzungen der erwähnten Einsenderinnen und Einsender von Beobachtungen} ------------snip-----------------

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Testing TeX macros through Lua
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hello everybody. Is there any possibility discover through Lua in ConTeXt whether it has been defined in ConTeXt source any regular TeX macros? Be enough for me any simple example or relevant link. Thanx J.Hajtmar

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Problem with \doifelse testing of UTF-8 chars
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hello, I have problem with testing of strings through \doifelse. I am loading data from external CSV file. CSV file is UTF-8 encoding. Data from external file I am reading to ConTeXt macro and I want compare content of macro (it is one utf-8 character) and other character as per example: (\onecharfromcsvfile contains one character from external CSV file) % I compare e.g. "m" character and content of macro \onecharfromcsvfile \def\result{\doifelse{m}{\onecharfromcsvfile}{true}{false} } \result is however always false When CSV file is CP-1250 encoding then macro does work right as well as classical TeX macro: \def\result{\if m\onecharfromcsvfile true\else false \fi} My question is: Just how modify macro as to work right when CSV file is UTF-8 encoding. Thanx Jaroslav PS: I was working up until now only with CP-1250 encoding, but when I started with LuaTeX (MKIV), then I have to use UTF-8. (MKIV dont work corectly with external CP-1250 files).

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\doifinset
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hallo, on the garden at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros/Branches_and_Decisions one can read to the command \doifinset 'If the first string expands 'empty', it is considered to be always in the set.' But \starttext \doifinset{}{A,B,C}{should go} \stoptext seams to show that this is wrong. Is my example wrong or my understanding of the above sentence? Wolfgang

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how to make uppercase characters?
by Marius 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

Hello, There is \uppercase command in tex, but it works just with plane characters. \uppercase{xxx} prints XXX, while \def\xxx{xxx} \uppercase{\xxx} prints "xxx", but I want "XXX". Maybe there is a ConTeXt command of \uppercase, like in LaTeX \MakeUppercase ? Thanks, Marius

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