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Minimals and XeTeX
by Vedran Miletić 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

Hi, I'm a new user of ConTeXt and minimals distribution and first I would like to say to thank everyone involved in it. Like most LaTeX users, I found something that was very hard to do in LaTeX to be fairly trivial in ConTeXt, and gave it a shot. Nevertheless, there is an issue with missing files that might be relevant and worth noting here. When compiling with --xtx, texexec (or xdvipdfmx) warns about missing dvipdfmx.cfg (that should, according to TeX Live structure, be in texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg), and once you manually add that, about missing cid-x.map (texmf/fonts/map/dvipdfmx/cid-x.map). After adding both files, there are no more complains. Can those files be added to minimals distribution? -- Vedran Miletić

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typo in luatex-mplib.lua
by luigi scarso 09 Jan '10

09 Jan '10

line 323 of tex/texmf-context/tex/generic/context/luatex-mplib.lua should be local fignum = tonumber(match(figure:filename(),"([%d]+)$") or figure:charcode() or 0) -- luigi

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sectionstopper
by Wolfgang Schuster 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Hi Hans, how I can i put symbols at both sides of a header, with sectionstopper i can get only on at the right side of the number but not at the left and tricks like numbercommand or setuplabeltext do not affect references and the content entries. In the following example i want the chapter number to be printed as 1) Chaptertitle -> sectionsegments=2:2 and the section number as (1) Sectiontitle -> sectionsegments=3:3 but a reference in the test should show the complete number in the form '1)(1)' and the same should appear in the table of contents. Best regards, Wolfgang \setuphead[chapter][sectionsegments=2:2,sectionstopper=)] \setuphead[section][sectionsegments=3:3,sectionstopper=),numbercommand=(] % How can I print the section number as '1) (1)' in the toc? %\setuplist[section][sectionsegments=2:3,numbercommand=(] \setupreferencestructureprefix[default][prefixsegments=2:100] % uncomment to get the correct result for references in the text, brr %\definestructureseparatorset [default][,(][] \starttext \completecontent \chapter[sec:knuth]{Knuth} \input knuth \section[sec:ward]{Ward} \input ward \page see \in{section}[sec:ward] at \at{page}[sec:ward] \stoptext

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Automated Quotation/Punctuation Placement
by Tad Ashlock 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Hi All, I'm trying to create a command that will apply a consistent style to a word or phrase. For example, when documenting source code, I'd like to be able to mark variables with \Var{var_name}. Then if I want the variable names to be in mono, I can \def\Var#1{\type{#1}}. No problem there. If I want variable names to be in quotes, then \def\Var#1{\quote{#1}}. The problem is that in my ConTeXt code I'd write "This is \Var{var_name}, a variable." Which would get typeset as "This is 'var_name', a variable." where punctuation convention (at least in American English) would have the comma inside the quote like this: "This is 'var_name,' a variable." I've tried four different ways of implementing this, but none of them work consistently. Here's my last attempt: ========================== \startluacode function move_end_punctuation (text, punc, cmd_start, cmd_mid, cmd_end) context(cmd_start .. text .. cmd_mid) if string.find('.,!?', punc, 1, true) then context(punc .. cmd_end) else context(cmd_end .. ' ' .. punc) end end \stopluacode \def\Var#1#2{\ctxlua{move_end_punctuation([==[#1]==],[==[#2]==], '\\quote{\\type{','}','}')}} \starttext This is \Var{var_name}, a variable. \stoptext ========================== This works, until the \Var{} macro appears in the argument of another macro. For example, make the text: \framed{This is \Var{var_name}, a variable.} and the following error results: ========================== systems : begin file test.tex at line 16 ! Missing $ inserted. <inserted text> $ <to be read again> _ l.1 ...spaces quote{unskip ignorespaces type{var_ name} \Var ...=],[==[#2]==], '\\quote{\\type{','}','}')} l.18 \framed{This is \Var{var_name}, a variable.} ? ========================== I think my problem has to do with parameter expansion, but I don't understand the intricacies enough to solve this. I flailed away, unsuccessfully, with various combinations of \unexpanded, \normalunexpanded, luaescapestring, etc. Does anyone have a solution or a pointer in the right direction? Thank you, Tad

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Error with the actual beta
by Andreas Harder 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Hi, the example at the bottom ends up with: ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:1243: attempt to get length of local 'splt' (a nil value) \definefont[test][name:linuxlibertineo] \starttext \test test \stoptext Can someone confirm? Greetings Andreas

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Re: [NTG-context] TeX Gyre and (no) Cyrillic
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Dear Mojca > Did you read the message about TeX Gyre? > Ohhhh! I overlooked it. This will not affect me much since I use standard Windows fonts and sometimes Adobe. But the poor thing is that ConTeXt will not work with Cyrillic "out of the box" anymore. However, since we count Cyrillic users using fingers of one hand :), I think you can drop old Gyre fonts and don't bother yourself with it. Anyone will seek another solution, and Gyre fonts never was of top quality, IMHO. Thank you for caring about us! Vyatcheslav

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Error when using external fonts
by Vladimir Lomov 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Hi. Consider small example: <example file="sample1.tex"> \usetypescriptfile[type-dejavu] \usetypescript[dejavu] %\usetypescript[cambria] \setupbodyfont[dejavu,12pt] %\setupbodyfont[cambria,12pt] \starttext This is default sample text. Текст для пробы. \stoptext </example> I run context from context-minimals but get error: ...skipped... !load otf : loading: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerif.ttf (hash: dejavuserif) !load otf : file size: 328908 !load otf : enhancing ... ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:1243: attempt to get length of local 'splt' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:1243: in function 'enhancer' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:198: in function 'enhance' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:260: in function 'load' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:1565: in function 'otf_to_tfm' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:1781: in function 'read_from_open_type' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:476: in function <...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:456> (tail call): ? (tail call): ? ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:308: in function 'read' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:585: in function 'read' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-ctx.lua:360: in function 'command_2' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \lowleveldefinefont ...dimexpr \textface \relax )} \edef \somefontspec {at \s... \xxdododefinefont ...efont {#4}\newfontidentifier \fi \csname \newfontidenti... \applyfontclassstrategies ...\fontsize \endcsname \else \expandafter \fontcl... \synchronizefont ...lse \applyfontclassstrategies \fi \autofontsizefalse \if... \rm ->\ifmmode \mathrm \else \normalrm \fi \doswitchstyle ...e \csname \@style@ #1\endcsname \edef \fontstyle {#1}\ifmm... ... l.5 \setupbodyfont[dejavu,12pt] ? ...skipped... (log file produced by context --nonstopmode sample1.tex is attached). Same for Cambria. When I run context from TL2009 all works fine (I got pdf file with dejavu font). --- WBR, Vladimir Lomov

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mkII tabulate midline bug
by Thomas Floeren 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

there seems to be a typo in the recent versions of tabl-tbl.mkii: line 1225: \vskip1\topskip\allowbreak1\vskip-\topskip (should probably read: \vskip1\topskip\allowbreak\vskip-\topskip) example: \starttabulate [|l|] \NC text \NC\NR\FL \NC midline ok \NC\NR\ML \NC midline messed up \NC\NR\ML \NC text \NC\NR\LL \stoptabulate ConTeXt ver: 2010.01.05 16:47 MKII fmt: 2010.1.7 int: english/english best wishes Thomas

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TeX Gyre and (no) Cyrillic
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

Dear Cyrillic users, this is just to let you know (in particular Vyatcheslav) that minimals still contain an outdated version of TeX Gyre fonts. Below you can read part of font development history. Simply put: Cyrillic support has been removed a few months ago (I didn't follow closely and didn't notice that right away). We might keep a zip with the old font files somewhere, but support for Cyrillic will be gone by default. Someone would need to take over the development of Cyrillic glyphs if they were to be supported. And someone needs to fix the wiki page. Please do not blame me - we cannot do anything but follow what the Polish have decided. If anyone disagrees, you are welcome to form a team to work on those glyphs. Ver 2.003: 16.09.2009 * this is the first official release of the TeX Gyre Termes fonts since June 22, 2009, when URW++, represented by Dr. Peter Rosenfeld, its Managing Director, kindly agreed to release the original 35 base PostScript fonts as shipped with Ghostscript ver. 4.00 under the LPPL (LaTeX Project Public License). This should be understood so that the 35 base Postscript fonts may be used and developed either under the LPPL or one of the GPL (GNU Public Licence) or AFPL (Aladdin Free Public Licence). The latter were put in force with the initial release of the base fonts with Ghostscript ver. 4.00 in 1996. Hereby we thank Dr. Rosenfeld. The TeX Gyre fonts are being develped from the Ghostscript ver. 4.00 base. For reasons explained elsewhere, we prefer to provide our work under the GUST Font Licence (GFL) which is legally equivallent to the LPPL. However, since 1996 the 35 PostScript base fonts were enhanced under the GNU Public License with Vietnamese glyphs by Han The Thanh and Cyrillic glyphs by Valek Filippov. Han The Thanh kindly permitted his additions to be retained under under GFL/LPPL in this and future TeX Gyre fonts releases. Unfortunately, we were unable to receive a similar permission from Valek Filippov for his Cyrillic glyphs, thus there are no Cyrillic glyphs in any of the TeX Gyre fonts. * with the removal of the Cyrillic glyphs all t2a-*.tfm, t2b-*.tfm t2c-*.tfm files and the relevant LaTeX *.fd files were also removed. Mojca

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Natural Tables Cell Borders
by Curiouslearn 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

Help needed! The fifth \setupTABLE command below reduces the rulethickness of the bottomframe in cells (2,5) and (3,5). Is there a way to avoid that? I just want the rightframe to be thin in these cells, but the bottomframe to be thick. Thanks a ton! \starttext \start \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[column][align={middle,lohi}] \setupTABLE[2,3,4,][1,5][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=1pt] \setupTABLE[1,4][2,3,4,5,][rightframe=on,rulethickness=1pt] \setupTABLE[2,3][2,3,4,5][rightframe=on,rulethickness=0.2pt] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD \eTD\bTD \eTD\bTD[nc=2] {\bf 2} \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD \eTD\bTD \eTD \bTD a2 \eTD \bTD b2 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nr=3] 1 \eTD \bTD a1 \eTD \bTD 2,2 \eTD \bTD 4,5 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD b1 \eTD \bTD 5,4 \eTD \bTD 3,3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD c1 \eTD \bTD 6,6 \eTD \bTD 4,4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stop \stoptext

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What is the luatex version of \pdfescapehex
by Zhichu Chen 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

Hi, I've written a very old module which used a lot of pdf primitives like \pdfescapehex and \pdfescapename etc. and it turns out not they don't work in mkiv. So I just want to know are there any alternatives? TIA -- Best Regards Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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resetting local footnote number (conversion = character)
by Bowen Alan C. 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

Yet another try. I have some local footnotes (conversion = character) and would like to reset set the counter (a) to “a” and (b) to a specific value other than “a”. How can I do this? re (a) \resetnumber[localfootnote] does not work. ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \numberlocalfootnotenumber \setcounter #1#2->\@EA \xdef \csname #1 \endcsname {\the \numexpr #2\relax } l.217 \resetnumber[localfootnote] Am I even right to assume that there is a pre-defined localfootnote counter? Alan

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cutmarks length setting?
by Hans van der Meer 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

I would like to make the cutmarks (those placed around the four corners of a page) a little longer. I have looked into the sources (contextbeta) but could not spot where to set the length of these lines. What do I have to do to vary their length? Hans van der Meer

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startbuffer fails with %
by H. van der Meer 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

\startbuffer[ABC]% {} Braces at beginning fails with buffer \stopbuffer \starttext \getbuffer[ABC] \stoptext Error message: ! File ended while scanning use of \dododowithbuffer. <inserted text> \par Remove the {}'s at the beginning and all is well. The culprit however is the % in the first line; remove and the braces do no harm. I suspect that a missed newline is the cause. If that cannot be remedied, I advise adding a warning in the manual. Hans van der Meer

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Referencing...
by Willi Egger 05 Jan '10

05 Jan '10

Hi, I have small tabulations which contain references to footnotes in the header line. - The footnotes are placed correctly, how ever if I refer to the references I get in 2 out of the three cases ?? i.e. ConTeXt does not know the reference. I am puzzled because it works for the third reference... When extending the list of footnotes again the referencing works only for the last reference. Is there something changed in the approach in MKIV? \starttext \starttabulate[|l|c|r|r|r|] \NC Issue \NC Time \NC Avg.\footnote[av]{Average log\low{10} values} \NC s\footnote[stdv]{Standard deviation} \NC se\footnote[se]{Standard error of the mean} \NC\NR \NC A \EQ 1 \NC 3.85 \NC 1.06 \NC 0.31 \NC\NR \stoptabulate \starttabulate[|l|c|r|r|r|] \NC Issue \NC Time \NC Avg.\note[av] \NC s\note[stdv] \NC se\note[se] \NC\NR \NC B \EQ 1 \NC 1.18 \NC 0.8 \NC 0.23 \NC\NR \stoptabulate Look at s\note[av] \stoptext I am using: This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.50.0-2009122422 ConTeXt ver: 2010.01.03 12:54 MKIV fmt: 2010.1.4 int: english/english Kind regards Willi

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defineenumeration does not work with MKIV. Works with MKII
by Curiouslearn 05 Jan '10

05 Jan '10

Minimal example \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \starttext \defineenumeration[problem][text= ,location=inleft] \setupenumerations[problem][stopper=)] \problem problem 1 \problem problem 2 \stoptext In MKIV there are numbers do not appear. Thanks.

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Cannot make \digits work with palatino
by Alexandre Patry 05 Jan '10

05 Jan '10

Hi, when I use the \digits command with default fonts, everything work fine. However, when I set the fonts to palatino, the following documents print "1:234;56" instead of "1.234,56" 8<--------------------------------- \usetypescript[palatino][ec] \definetypeface [palatino] [mm] [math] [euler] [euler][rscale=1.03] \setupbodyfont[palatino,12pt] \starttext \digits{1.234,56} \stoptext 8<--------------------------------- Am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Alexandre

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resetting local footnote number (conversion = character)
by Bowen Alan C. 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

I have some local footnotes (conversion = character) and would like to set the counter to a specific value other than “a”. How can I do this? Alan

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Thoughts on ConTeXt: ditched
by Manuel P. 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

ConTeXt is a good software. I was impressed with a manual typesetted with it and decided to give it a try. After some small documents, despite my ridicously small knowledge of it I decided to use ConTeXt for my thesis. Bad move. ConTeXt is beautiful because it's very configurable, for the most uses doesn't need any external module (unlike LaTeX), and gives me more power on the presentation of the document. But in a few days of work I've come to realize that it's not suited for me and this project. I've had some unpleasant surprises: - Bibliography doesn't work the way it should on MKIV. Unlike MKII. - MKIV, unlike MKII, doesn't setup any background color: ---- \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbackground[background=screen] \setupbackground[state=start] \def\quotebox#1#2 {\blank \midaligned{\startbackground \quotation{\em #1} \crlf --#2 \stopbackground} \blank} ---- - the above \quotebox command, in some cases, sends pdftex and luatex (MKII and MKIV) to the moon with an infinite loop (100% CPU). One reason for this is probably my very limited knowledge and experience with ConTeXt. It's extremely configurable, and this is a plus. But on the other hand if you don't know how to move, what to do, the system internals and how any configuration affect the typesetting, a lot of thing won't work. And worse, you won't know where to bump your head. I don't have time to read the reference manual (I've already read the excursion) because the deadline is too near, so I have to call defeat and go to the LaTeX camp. I've wasted days of work, now I can't afford more of that. It's a learning experience: don't use an "experimental" (new for me) tool for an important job. Stick to the tried&tested ones, and use new stuff only in a safe context (without a near hard deadline). Maybe, in some future, I'll take again ConTeXt and try to learn it the proper way. But for now, it's "fired". For your patience, time and help: thanks to all of you! A little wish: I hope that when I'll return here there'll be good documentation (user-oriented) and a single (througly tested, see TDD/BDD approaches) reference implementation. -- Manuel P.

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\framedparameter
by Wolfgang Schuster 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

Hi Hans, in MkII the following is possible without problems: \setupcolors[state=start] \startuseMPgraphic{frameborder} drawoptions(withcolor \MPcolor{\framedparameter{framecolor}}) ; draw topboundary OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled \the\dimexpr\framedparameter{toprulethickness}\relax ; draw bottomboundary OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled \the\dimexpr\framedparameter{bottomrulethickness}\relax ; draw leftboundary OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled \the\dimexpr\framedparameter{leftrulethickness}\relax ; draw rightboundary OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled \the\dimexpr\framedparameter{rightrulethickness}\relax ; setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox ; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[frameborder][\useMPgraphic{frameborder}] \defineframed [mpframed] [ toprulethickness=\framedparameter{rulethickness}, bottomrulethickness=\framedparameter{rulethickness}, leftrulethickness=\framedparameter{rulethickness}, rightrulethickness=\framedparameter{rulethickness}, background=frameborder] \starttext \mpframed[width=4cm,height=4cm,toprulethickness=1pt,framecolor=red]{text} \stoptext In MkIV this is no longer possible because \framedparameter accepts only protected keys (e.g. \c!rulethickness) and on the fly key-value-pairs like 'toprulethickness=\framedparameter{rulethickness}' are also useless because you need now \c!toprulethickness to use the value in another command like metapost graphics. Can you provide a mechanism to access these values again on the user side, e.g. \userparameter{framed:toprulethickness}. Best regards, Wolfgang

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A thesis not just using, but on, ConTeXt.
by John Haltiwanger 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

I have narrowed down my subject options for a masters thesis (New Media at Universiteit van Amsterdam) and landed on a software study<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_studies>of TeX through the lens of ConTeXt/LuaTeX (the idea being to document the cutting edge). For instance, the many materialities of a TeX document, the fact that it exists as a source file, an evolving memory heap during compilation, a ready-to-print document, and (often) as a print document. Part of my thesis, and a good reason to investigate ConTeXt, is exploring the material aspects of texts generated specifically for on-screen use/how an interlinked PDF differs from a website/etc. Naturally, a materialist analysis leads to discussing liberational potential, and the entire assemblage of TeX will be examined in light of Benkler's 'virtuous software'. (See Benkler<http://www.nyu.edu/projects/nissenbaum/papers/jopp_235.pdf>or me<http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2009/11/01/git-virtue-github-and-commons-b…>for more.) More, I'm sure, will arise. The second half of the thesis is an operational component: setting up an online collaborative web application (with Ruby Waves <http://rubywaves.com>) that is able to interweave git, reST/markdown/HTML (or a new one of my own that I convert to ConTeXt), pandoc (unless option 2), and ConTeXt to craft a system capable of outputting anything, not the least of which a PDF with layout and typesetting specific to that system (in this case, a new open, post/pure peer review journal of new media studies). I feel this must be possible because I've read that some of you folks are running highly automated typesetting jobs with ConTeXt. However, it occurs to me I should discuss the feasibility of at least the operational component with you folks before I end up trying to develop something impossible come March. The theoretical component relates to the operational component in as much as it seeks to justify it--this part is basically saying 'typesetting matters' but in the sense that a good typeset will a) make the journal feel much more established and allow an easy means to produce an on-demand print version, and b) liberate the information in as much as it is available in both PDF and machine-parsable ASCII, along with everything in between. Hmmm, maybe that _is_ taking a bit on.. Especially sense I don't know much ConTeXt at the moment (for instance, not using them on my final papers this semester). However, I will have significant time to dedicate to this thesis (all day every day starting March), and I've become something of an obsessive about TeX and typesetting, despite not having a lot of free time to dedicate right this second. For instance I find myself reading the Mark IV documentation (perfect for a software studies, btw!) rather than other, perhaps more pressing things. I guess I'm just sending a ping out to see what kind of response you folks have to such a project. I don't feel as if anything is set in stone, per se. The final proposal presentation is yet to happen, so I have time to make changes. Sincerely, John Haltiwanger

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Integrating ConTeXt into TL2009
by Vladimir Lomov 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '10

Hi. I'm newbie with ConTeXt. I followed instruction from contextgarden.net and integrated ConTeXt current into TL2009 (instruction talked about TL2008) http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV but that didn't work (simple example found on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Russian gives not russian letters). Then I setup ConTeXt minimals following instruction on page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals and that installation works fine on the same example. So my question: is a way to intergrate ConTeXt (current or the same as ConTeXt minimals provides) into TL2009 (distributed by tug)? I noticed that (TeX Live distribution root in /usr/local/opt/texlive, ConTeXt minimals root in /usr/local/opt/texlive/context): $ ls -lA /usr/local/opt/texlive/bin/x86_64-linux/luatex -rwxr-xr-x 1 lomov users 4689064 Дек 26 02:39 /usr/local/opt/texlive/bin/x86_64-linux/luatex $ ls -lA /usr/local/opt/texlive/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex -rwxr-xr-x 1 lomov users 4689064 Дек 26 02:39 /usr/local/opt/texlive/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex $ md5sum /usr/local/opt/texlive/{bin/x86_64-linux,context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin}/luatex b59a929dfe2aff9ace6becad5120a340 /usr/local/opt/texlive/bin/x86_64-linux/luatex b59a929dfe2aff9ace6becad5120a340 /usr/local/opt/texlive/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex so seems that both executables are the same (I think that failure of my example in first case was because TL2009 has older files that ConTeXt requires and ConTeXt minimals has newer version of them).

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Columns within a layer
by Oliver Buerschaper 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '10

Dear all, how can I get columns within a layer? I tried --- \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=text] \definelayer [text] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \startbuffer[test] \startcolumns[n=2] \input zapf \stopcolumns \stopbuffer \starttext \startstandardmakeup \setlayerframed [text] [x=1cm, y=3cm] [width=12cm, height=6cm, align=normal, offset=none, framecolor=gray] {\getbuffer[test]} \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext --- with no success :-( I'm running MkIV, by the way. Any help much appreciated! Best wishes, Oliver

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Metapost Font Question
by David Arnold 01 Jan '10

01 Jan '10

All, The attached Metapost file uses the statsmac package by Anthony Phan. http://www-math.univ-poitiers.fr/~phan/statsmac.html And the package: mps.tar.gz To compile the attached file I use: mpost Untitled.mp mptopdf Untitled.1 I've attached the resulting file. I am wondering why the "cm" label is set in a larger font than the ticklabels. Can anyone help? David.

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Happy Newyear
by Taco Hoekwater 01 Jan '10

01 Jan '10

Hi, For each of you, I hope that 2010 turns out better than what you are wishing for right now! Taco

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The problem with structure of heads in MkIV
by Yanrui Li 01 Jan '10

01 Jan '10

hi all, For example: %%%% \starttext \placelist[part,chapter,section,subsection][criterium=all] \part{first} \chapter{alpha} \section{a} \section{b} \subsection{x} \subsection{y} \chapter{beta} \part{second} \chapter{gamma} \section{a} \section{b} \subsection{x} \subsection{y} \chapter{delta} \stoptext %%%% how to get the following head structure in MkIV ? Part 1 first 1 alpha 1.1 a 1.2 b 1.2.1 x 1.2.2 y 2 beta Part 2 second 3 gamma 3.1 a 3.2 b 3.2.1 x 3.2.2 y 4 delta -- Best regards, Li Yanrui

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Random numbers in metapost
by David Arnold 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Hi, Does anyone have any strategies for drawing random numbers from various statistics distributions in Metapost? For example, say, drawing 100 random numbers from a beta distribution? David

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Conflict between blackboard bold font and enumerations
by Ogam Géry 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Hi, I've got a problem with "\blackboard". When I use it in the title of an enumeration (title=yes in setupenumerations), I get this error during compilation: ! Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line x. <inserted text> \fi For instance: \starttext \defineenumeration[hello] \setupenumerations[hello][title=yes] \starthello{$\blackboard{ABCD}$} \stophello \stoptext Yet if I replace "\blackboard{ABCD}" with \reals (or \naturalnumbers, or \integers etc.), it works fine. What's wrong? Thanks. Géry

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Happy new year!
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Dear friends, Happy new year to you! More inspiration and brilliancy in 2010! ) With best regards from Ukraine, Vyatcheslav

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Bug in \Umathlimitbelowvgap?
by Oliver Buerschaper 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Dear list, with LuaTeX beta-0.40.5-2009061123 and ConTeXt 2009.06.13 13:37 the following throws an error: --- \starttext LowerLimitGapMin: \the\Umathlimitbelowvgap\displaystyle UpperLimitGapMin: \the\Umathlimitabovevgap\displaystyle \stoptext --- Unfortunately I can't update at the moment. Can anyone confirm the problem with the latest version? Oliver

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Using Adobe Arno Pro in Mkiv
by Changlin Ai 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Hello, all When I used Adobe ArnoPro font in Mkvi with default font features, I found the memory useage of LuaTeX was very big. These are some tests: \starttypescript [serif] [arno] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [ArnoPro-Bold.otf] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [ArnoPro-BoldItalic.otf] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [ArnoPro-Italic.otf][features=default] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [ArnoPro-Regular.otf] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [arno] \definetypeface [arno] [rm] [serif] [arno] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[arno] \setupbodyfont[arno, 11pt] \starttext \rm test\par \it test\par \bf test\par \bi test\par \stoptext and this is the information in log: mkiv lua stats : fonts load time - 25.328 seconds mkiv lua stats : result saved in file - cont-en.pdf mkiv lua stats : luatex banner - this is luatex, version beta-0.50.0-2009122521 mkiv lua stats : control sequences - 29946 of 165536 mkiv lua stats : current memory usage - 479 MB (ctx: 491 MB) mkiv lua stats : runtime - 27.828 seconds, 0 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 0.036 pages/second SyncTeX written on lua.synctex.gzMTXrun | total runtime: 28.063 When I used these fonts without font feature, I got these: mkiv lua stats : fonts load time - 3.016 seconds mkiv lua stats : result saved in file - cont-en.pdf mkiv lua stats : luatex banner - this is luatex, version beta-0.50.0-2009122521 mkiv lua stats : control sequences - 29946 of 165536 mkiv lua stats : current memory usage - 84 MB (ctx: 86 MB) mkiv lua stats : runtime - 5.344 seconds, 0 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 0.187 pages/second SyncTeX written on lua.synctex.gzMTXrun | total runtime: 5.484 How can I reduce the memory useage in such situation?

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The problematic fonts (reported a while ago) now are dealt with more efficiently. The problem is with the (way too) many kerns. First time loading is also somewhat faster as is the memory footprint for base mode fonts. (for those huge ArnoPro fonts using node mode is much more efficient than base mode). I hope that I didn't break anything else. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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smaller inter line space for headings (on a grid)
by Andreas Harder 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

Hi all, I have three questions: 1) Is there a convenient way to reduce the inter line space for an head on a grid? First I tried \setuphead[section][style={\ssb\setupinterlinespace[line=1ex]}]—no effect. Finally I defined three commands to get it work. Perhaps someone knows a better way. 2) In a manual I found an example \setuphead[section][grid={line,-5pt}], but it doesn’t seem to work. Is it outdated? Is there an MkIV alternative? 3) Is there a MkIV pendant for \showgridboxes? Thank you in advance Andreas

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fonts with non latin file names
by Wolfgang Schuster 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

Hi, i have a problem when i use font which contain non ascii letters in the file name, e.g. the filename of the Hirganino fonts on Mac OS X are a mixture or japanese and latin letters but only the latin part is used to cache the font information. In the following example \definefontsynonym[Mincho][file:ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W3][features=default] % /Library/Fonts/ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W3.otf \definefontsynonym[Gothic][file:ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3][features=default] % /Library/Fonts/ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3.otf \starttext \startlines \definedfont[Mincho]Hiragino Mincho Pro \definedfont[Gothic]Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro \stoplines \stoptext the font information is saved at each run in the font cache under the name '-pro-w3'. fonts : preloading latin modern fonts bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active systems : begin file selectfont-13 at line 3 !load otf : loading: /Library/Fonts/ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W3.otf (hash: -pro-w3) !load otf : file size: 11580728 !load otf : enhancing ... !load otf : saving in cache: /Library/Fonts/ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W3.otf !load otf : loading: /Library/Fonts/ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3.otf (hash: -pro-w3) !load otf : file size: 9362284 !load otf : enhancing ... !load otf : saving in cache: /Library/Fonts/ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3.otf fonts : resetting map file list {/Users/wolf/ctx/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {/Users/wolf/ctx/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {/Users/wolf/ctx/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {/Users/wolf/ctx/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {/Users/wolf/ctx/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: lm-math {/Users/wolf/ctx/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map} fonts : using map file: lm-rm {/Users/wolf/ctx/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} !pages : flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 systems : end file selectfont-13 at line 8 system : cont-err loaded (/Users/wolf/ctx/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-err.tex systems : no file 'cont-sys.tex', using 'cont-sys.rme' instead ) )</Library/Fonts/ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3.otf></Library/Fonts/ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W3.otf></Users/wolf/ctx/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman12-regular.otf> Wolfgang

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simplefonts not found
by Hans van der Meer 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

Freshly loaded contextbeta an hour ago. Retrieved simplefonts from the ConTeXt site. Unpacked the zip and put the t-simplefonts .lua and .tex files inside the directory where all my context (user) input files reside. Read the (somewhat terse) documentation. Ran contextbeta on: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[schoolbook][schola] \setsansfont[helvetica][heros] \setmonofont[courier][cursor] \starttext Hello world! \stoptext Result in the log: system : module simplefonts not found ! Undefined control sequence. <recently read> \setmainfont l.3 \setmainfont [schoolbook][schola] Now what? Why are my files in the same directory found and simplefonts is not? Hans van der Meer

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Fwd: [Dev-luatex] MKIV badly wrong on fonts?
by Hans Hagen 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Dev-luatex] MKIV badly wrong on fonts? Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:33:28 +0100 From: Hans van der Meer <H.vanderMeer(a)uva.nl> To: luatex development list <dev-luatex(a)ntg.nl> Installed contextbeta just a few hours ago. Running it on the following code gives me (according to Adobe Reader) the fonts TeXGyreSchola-Italic and -Regular: \usemodule[hvdm-cas] \usetypescript[schoolbook]\setupbodyfont[schoolbook,10pt] \starttext Hello world, I'm {\it some} font! \page \stoptext However, using the code in my hvdm-cas module gives me LMMono and LMSans, mirabile dictu! \usemodule[hvdm-cas] \usetypescript[schoolbook]\setupbodyfont[schoolbook,10pt] \starttext \startcase[state=draft] % <<<< Hello world, I'm {\it some} font! \page \stopcase % <<<< \stoptext I am fairly sure in the module there are no font setups (see the module in the accompanying zip). What it does, is putting things in framed's within framed's and so. But that shouldn't influence the typesetting of fonts! Could it be that there is something terrible wrong here in context? I might add that in the older context, I did not encounter this "loss of font".

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Removing vertical space before heading within framed layer
by Oliver Buerschaper 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

Hi everyone, slowly getting to grips with layer etc. However, some vertical space at the top of my framed layer appears whenever the first element is a heading: --- \definelayer [text] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=text] \startbuffer[test] \subject{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur, sadipisci\dots} \input zapf \stopbuffer \setuphead [subject] [before=, after=, align=right] \starttext \setlayerframed [text] [x=1cm, y=3cm] [width=7cm, align=normal, offset=none] {\getbuffer[test]} \page[empty] \stoptext --- How do I remove this space? Best, Oliver

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Pretty Printing Python code
by Erik Margraf 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

Hello all, I wanted to typeset some Python code and stumbled across the pretty printing feature of ConTeXt. So far, I think I've learned the following: -- There's no pretty printer for python. Neither in MKII nor in MKIV -- The wiki has an example implementation for a python pretty printer for MKII, i guess. I decided to play a little bit with pretty printing (maybe implement a Python pretty printer on my own) and failed at the start ;-) I tried the following: -- Copied the filename pret-lua.lua to pret-py.lua -- Added a print statement to verify that the respective lua code (pret-lua.lua, pret-py.lua) is actually called. When I ran context on the file below, I could see that "pret-lua.lua" had been called, but "pret-py.lua" had not. I guess, I did wrong something very fundamental. Thanks in advance for any hint Erik Margraf

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Getting font parameters in MkIV
by Oliver Buerschaper 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

Dear all, how can I access font parameters (e.g. the thickness of the fraction rule) of an OpenType font in MkIV? Taco once gave me the solution: --- \usetypescript[cambria] \setupbodyfont[cambria] \def\defaultrulethickness{\the\fontdimen8\textfont3\relax} \starttext \the\defaultrulethickness \stoptext --- which used to work in the old MkII days. Now with MkIV I get: --- ! Font \nullfont has only 7 fontdimen parameters. <to be read again> \relax l.10 \the\defaultrulethickness ? --- What's the new method to obtain the desired parameters? Best wishes, Oliver

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font expansion
by Wolfgang Schuster 26 Dec '09

26 Dec '09

Hi Hans, font expansion is broken in MkIV. \definefontfeature[default][default][expansion=quality] %\setupalign[hz] \usetypescript[modern] \setupbodyfont[modern] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext Wolfgang

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Bibliographic mess
by Manuel P. 26 Dec '09

26 Dec '09

Hi! I'm fighting with the bibliography for hours now. I've a bibtex file with the entries: "bibliografia.bib", and I want to list ALL its entries (whether cited or not). Easy enough: ---- \setupbibtex[database=bibliografia] \setuppublications[alternative=num,criterium=all,numbering=yes] \starttext % Thesis [...] \placepublications[sorttype=bbl,criterium=all] \stoptext ---- I've incorporated a style for typesetting urls stealed from contextgarden: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography Except for the fact that with MKIV (context command) I see only the cited ones. With MKII (texexec) I see all the entries but there isn't any url despite the \setuppublicationlayout command. I would love to have a bibliography chapter with all the entries (cited or not), some of them must display an acrive URL, and possibly filed by type in different sections. For example: ---- \chapter{Bibliography} \section{Books} % books entries \section{Presentations} % Audio-video presentations references with the internet URL \section{Articles and Papers} % Entries with an active URL ---- Is it possible? I've read "bibmod-doc.pdf" without much success. -- Manuel P.

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Ligatures
by Andreas Harder 26 Dec '09

26 Dec '09

Hi, can someone confirm the misbehaviour with ligatures in my example? It’s there since the last three or four betas, perhaps longer. Greetings Andreas

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coverpage with repeated pattern
by Martin Scholz 26 Dec '09

26 Dec '09

Hallo List, just started to create a cover page and now my question is how to create a coverpage like the one of the chemic-manual by Hans. Does one need to draw ever line alone or is there a nice way to create this look and feel with much less on coding work. Thanks for your replies. Greetings and Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of you Martin

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Numbered Labels
by Wolfgang Murth 26 Dec '09

26 Dec '09

Hi all, For a rulebook I wanted to use numbered labels in the margin for each rule like in the manual in chapter 10.5. But I dont get the chapter or section number before the rulenumber. I.e. I only get "Rule 2" instead of "Rule 4.2". How can i manage this? In the Wiki are no hints about that. Below a minimal example of what I tried. Thanks for your help. With sunny greetings from Austria Wolfgang Murth %------------------------------------------------------------------ \definelabel[rule][text=Rule,location=inmargin,before=, after=, way=bysection] \starttext \chapter{test} \rule this is a simple test \section{Section A} \rule[1] this is a simple test \rule this is a simple test \rule this is a simple test \rule this is a simple test \rule this is a simple test \section{Section B} \rule this is a simple test \rule this is a simple test \rule this is a simple test \rule this is a simple test \stoptext %------------------------------------------------------------------

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dictionary
by Horacio Suarez 25 Dec '09

25 Dec '09

hello all I'm typesetting a dictionary and I need to display the first entry of each page in every page header, as usual in any dictionary. Is it possible to do it automatically? where can I look for it? please give me a clue. Thankyou in advance. -------------------- Horacio Suarez Editorial Antropofagia www.eantropofagia.com.ar _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/so…

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subpagenumber starts at 2
by Michael Green 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

On Dec 23, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > > On 23-12-2009 19:04, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >>> \setupheadertexts[\subpagenumber\ -- \nofsubpages] >>>> >>>> \setupsubpagenumber[way=bytext,state=start] >> \setupsubpagenumber[way=bytext,state=start,number=1] > > fixed in next beta (hopefully) > > -- It's not quite there yet (though it now does what I need it to do -- thanks!) Using LuaTeX, Version beta-0.47.0-2009121822 ConTeXt ver: 2009.12.24 17:55 MKIV fmt: 2009.12.24 int: english/ english 1. If I include number=1, the sequence goes like this: subpage 1, realpage 1: <blank> - 3 subpage 2, realpage 2: 1 - 3 subpage 3, realpage 3: 2 - 3 subpage 1, realpage 4: <blank> - 3 subpage 2, realpage 5: 1 - 3 subpage 3, realpage 6: 2 - 3 subpage 1, realpage 7: <blank> - 3 subpage 2, realpage 8: 1 - 3 subpage 3, realpage 9: 2 - 3 \setupheadertexts[\subpagenumber\ -- \nofsubpages] \setupsubpagenumber[way=bytext,state=start,number=1] \def\MakeThreePages{This is the first of three subpages.\page This is the second of three subpages.\page This is the third of three subpages. \page \resetsubpagenumber} \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\MakeThreePages} \stoptext 2. If I take number=1 out, it goes like this: subpage 1, realpage 1: 1 - 4 subpage 2, realpage 2: 2 - 4 subpage 3, realpage 3: 3 - 4 subpage 1, realpage 4: 1 - 4 subpage 2, realpage 5: 2 - 4 subpage 3, realpage 6: 3 - 4 subpage 1, realpage 7: 1 - 4 subpage 2, realpage 8: 2 - 4 subpage 3, realpage 9: 3 - 4 \setupheadertexts[\subpagenumber\ -- \nofsubpages] \setupsubpagenumber[way=bytext,state=start] \def\MakeThreePages{This is the first of three subpages.\page This is the second of three subpages.\page This is the third of three subpages. \page \resetsubpagenumber} \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\MakeThreePages} \stoptext

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luatex 0.50
by Hans Hagen 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

Hi, This afternoon luatex 0.50 has been released. This means that the garden will soon ship this milestone version. I uploaded a beta context release. Next week there will be new current. We're probably not that much online cq. in bug fixing mood in the next couple of days. http://www.pragma-ade.com/2009.pdf Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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strange HLs in tabulate
by Henning Hraban Ramm 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

Hello, trying this: \starttext \starttabulate \dorecurse{200}{\NC Eins \recurselevel \NC Zwei \NC Drei \NC\NR\HL} \stoptabulate \stoptext I get double HLs, and their distance is growing per page. In my actual document, double lines start on the second or third page. Very strange... Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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subpagenumber starts at 2
by Michael Green 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

subpagenumber starts at 2 instead of 1. Perhaps I missed a new way to do this. Thanks! mjg This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.47.0-2009121823 ConTeXt ver: 2009.12.18 11:12 MKIV fmt: 2009.12.21 int: english/ english \setupheadertexts[\subpagenumber\ -- \nofsubpages] \setupsubpagenumber[way=bytext,state=start] \def\MakeThreePages{This is the first of three subpages.\page This is the second of three subpages.\page This is the third of three subpages.\page \resetsubpagenumber} \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\MakeThreePages} \stoptext

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Using pgf graphics in context
by Jos van Gisbergen 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Hi, I would like to use pgf graphics in my context documents. How do I go about it -- I googled for the answer, but can't really find anything useful. Thanks in advance, Jos

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