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Re: [NTG-context] How to Determine the Current File Name and Line Number in the ConTeXt Source?
by Tad Ashlock 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Hans Hagen wrote: > Tad Ashlock wrote: > > Is there a convenient way within a Lua block to determine the current > > file name and line number of the source file being processed by ConTeXt? [snip] > i have no time now to figure out while filenames are not known but > here's a (wikifyable) hack: [snip] > line = status.linenumber, > file = status.filename From the luatex 0.40.6 sources (luatex/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/lstatslib.c): ---------------------------------------------------------- /* hack, I really should implement the makecstring */ char *getfilename(void) { integer t; t = get_current_name(); if (t > (1 << 21)) return makecstring(t); else return xstrdup(""); } ---------------------------------------------------------- Looks like we're always getting the xstrdup() branch of the conditional. Hans, would you like me to submit this as a luatex bug? Tad

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Module installation
by Wolfgang Schuster 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Installation of modules ======================= Basics –––––– The installation of extra files in TeX (called modules in ConTeXt) can be hard for people how are new in TeX or aren't interested in TeX programming themselve. According to the TDS (TeX directory structure) and the ConTeXt developers user written files reside under the path $TEXMF/tex/context/third/<modulename>/<files> in the private TeX directory ($TEXMF), private directories can have the names • texmf-local • texmf-extra • texmf-project but there existence depend on the TeX distribution and texmf-local is the most common one. Installation by hand –––––––––––––––––––– When you want to install a new module which is available as file only create the subdirectories in the way described above and place the file there, for modules which are available as zip files with precreated subdorectories you can unzip the archive in the top-level directory (e.g. texmf-local/) and all files are on the correct place. After the files are placed at the right place you have to update TeX's database to let it know where it can find the files, this is done for MkII with mktexlsr (command name depends on the TeX distribution) and for MkIV with context --generate ConTeXt minimals –––––––––––––––– Users of the ConTeXt minimals dont't have to download the module files and unzip them in the local directory because they can use the 'first-setup' for this. To install for example the simpleslides modules you write first-setup.sh --extras="t-simpleslides" To install more modules at the same time write first-setup.sh --extras="t-simpleslides,t-french" The complete list of availables modules in minimals is: • f-urwgaramond • f-urwgothic • t-account • t-algorithmic • t-bib • t-bnf • t-chromato • t-cmscbf • t-cmttbf • t-construction-plan • t-degrade • t-fixme • t-french • t-games • t-gnuplot • t-layout • t-letter • t-lettrine • t-lilypond • t-mathsets • t-simplefonts • t-simpleslides • t-taspresent • t-tikz • t-typearea • t-typescripts • t-vim TeX Live –––––––– # description required The following modules are available: • context-account • context-bnf • context-chromato • context-construction-plan • context-degrade • context-french • context-games • context-gnuplot • context-letter • context-lettrine • context-lilypond • context-mathsets • context-simpleslides • context-taspresent • context-typearea • context-vim

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[Fwd: trying to run ontext]
by Hans Hagen 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

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simplefonts?
by Andrea Valle 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

Hi, I'm installing minimals on my new macbook, and luckily, my instructions on wiki still works :) I've been able to build the font tree and I've seen with great pleasure that there's a simplefonts module. If I run from minimals this (from wiki): \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[Delicious] % set Delicious as main (serif) font \starttext \rm\tf roman \it italic \bf bold \bi bolditalic \sc smallcaps \stoptext I have ! Undefined control sequence. <recently read> \setmainfont l.2 \setmainfont [Delicious] % set Delicious as main (serif) font ? ! Emergency stop. <recently read> \setmainfont l.2 \setmainfont [Delicious] % set Delicious as main (serif) font ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! MTXrun | run 1: luatex --fmt="/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf- cache/luatex-cache/context/aac20ce207a097b4b480d7b5eb76554a/formats/ cont-en" --lua="/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex- cache/context/aac20ce207a097b4b480d7b5eb76554a/formats/cont-en.lui" -- backend=pdf "/Users/andrea/Desktop/test.tex" MTXrun | fatal error, return code: 1 Have I to install simplefonts? (How?) Thanks Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderaalle/ --> http://www.youtube.com/user/vanderaalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- " This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous." (Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski)

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pdf with password/security
by Ciro Soto 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

Hi all, I am planning to offer a poetry book in electronic format as well as paper format. How would I produce the pdf file with security/password using context? thank you Ciro -- Links of your interest: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~cirosoto/ http://www.TheGuitarMakerExploration.com http://www.myspace.com/sotoaguirre

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[OT] pelgrimage-to-pragma
by luigi scarso 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/tools/pelgrimage-to-pragma Is it Hans's library ? I don't remember.... -- luigi

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bold math
by Mojca Miklavec 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Hello Hans, I wanted to use \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [boldmath] [latin-modern] [default] \starttext $\boldsymbol θ$ \stoptext but it seems to fail in mkii and has no influence in mkiv. (The workaround in mkii is to use \theta instead of θ, in mkiv it makes no difference.) 1. Is there any simple patch that could make θ work in mkii? (I'm working with mkii at the moment) 2. I have no idea what to do in mkiv case. Some of symbols (including bold greek) exist is the same font, some don't and might require another ("bolder") font. Maybe fixing the behaviour of \boldsymbol and a few mappings for greek could be enogh to start with. I have tried to enter "MATHEMATICAL BOLD ITALIC SMALL THETA" directly with LM, but it didn't work (probably there are some mappings still missing, but it's a bit uncomfortable to type proper mathematical symbols anyway as editor is somehow lacking the characters and keyboard would have to be reconfigured heavily). Mojca

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Unwanted empty last page in doublesided document
by B. Tommy Jensen 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

I am using Context mkII and have the following challenge: I am using a doblesided layout and want to have an even total number of pages. The last chapter should have an empty trailing page (if necessary) to add up to the right number. The problem is that I always get an ODD number of pages, and there are _two_ empty last pages at the end of the document. I have tried \installpagebreakhandler with no effect. The attached sample shows the problem - two empty pages at end. I would have expected the document to stop at page 10, but there is an empty page 11 as well. Does anyone have a clue here? Regards, Tommy Jensen Sample text follows: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \startbodymatter \chapter[]{Kap 1} \chapter[]{Kap 2} \chapter[]{Kap 3} \chapter[]{Kap 4} \chapter[]{Kap 5} \stopbodymatter %----------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Necessary to suppress emtpy last page in doublesided pagenumbering mode (no effect!) \installpagebreakhandler{last}{} \stoptext

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letter/correspondence module
by Henning Hraban Ramm 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Hallo Wolfgang! ;-) Since my old letter and CV environment doesn't work anymore in MkIV, I'm trying to reproduce it with t-letter. At the moment I struggle with the reference keys: \setupletterstyle[reference][ alternative=d, list={name,street,city,,phone,skype,email,,date}, ] \setupletter[name,street,phone,date,skype,email][ separator={: }, titlestyle={\ss\tfxx}, ] The keys street, city and skype aren't defined in your module. I found where the other keys are defined (and I guess I could mine in or use a similar approach in my environment), but I'm clueless, where the translation comes from - I grepped eg. after "Telefon" without results, and I think I looked into every file of your module. I guess it would be interesting how to define your own keys, maybe some IM adresses etc., also for other users. Would it be possible to use unknown keys just unchanged? I.e. if I say \setupletter[ Skype={fiee.visuelle} ] to get just "Skype: fiee.visuelle"? More questions will follow... I'll try to get my logo at the right place by myself before... 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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Re: [NTG-context] How to Determine the Current File Name and Line Number AND PAGE NUMBER in the ConTeXt Source?
by ivo welch 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

is there also a way to determine the current output page number on which typesetting is currently being made? (I know this is a difficult problem in LaTeX, and I presume the same is the case for ConTeXt, because it uses the same underlying TeX engine.) /iaw

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Problem with \atopwithdelims & Co.
by Lutz Haseloff 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Hi Hans, Hi Taco, Hi all, a couple of days ago I complained about not adapted delimiters around constructions with \atopwithdelims. With LuaTeX, Version beta-0.41.0-2009070222 (Web2C 2009), this problem persists. After reading the last luatexref-t.pdf I tried following: \starttext \Ustartmath\Ustack {a \atopwithdelims() b}\Ustopmath \startformula \Ustack {a \overwithdelims[] b} \stopformula \stoptext Greetings Lutz

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Re: [NTG-context] Turning slides in unattended presentation
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

> > > Isn't the /Dur entry in the page table for that purpose? > > > indeed (set by the 'delay' key in context) > Excuse me, I already found excellent command: \setupinteractionscreen [option=max, delay=5] Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Turning slides in unattended presentation
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

> > Isn't the /Dur entry in the page table for that purpose? > > > indeed (set by the 'delay' key in context) > > Thank you. Cannot find the command to apply this key. Where is it? Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Page Break Events
by Andreas Schneider 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Hello, since that question has probably gone by unnoticed in my other posting, I'll ask more directly here: How can I react on page breaks (in MkII)? More specifcally: I need to reset a variable whenever a pagebreak occurs (atleast when automatic page breaks occur ... but it would be nice, if it also works for manually broken pages). The only thing that I was able to find was \insertpagebreakhandler ... but it seems as if this can only be triggered manually with \page. Thanks in advance! Andreas.

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How to Determine the Current File Name and Line Number in the ConTeXt Source?
by Tad Ashlock 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Is there a convenient way within a Lua block to determine the current file name and line number of the source file being processed by ConTeXt? For example: (test.tex) --------------------------------- \def\ShowLineNumber{% \ctxlua{print('current line number:', tex.current_line_number()) print('current file:', tex.current_file_name())}} \starttext a line \ShowLineNumber another line \ShowLineNumber \stoptext --------------------------------- With the following displayed: --------------------------------- current line number: 6 current file: test.tex current line number: 9 current file: test.tex --------------------------------- I've considered hooking into the open_read_file callback and tracking the file name and line number (via reader) myself. But that seems a bit heavy handed if the file name and line number information are available more directly. And since that information is needed for error reporting, I'm thinking there's a good chance it is accessible. (Just in case you're interested, the purpose of this is to be able to assemble code segments during the ConTeXt processing into external files with #line directives ala the C preprocessor. That way if the subsequent compilation of the external file results in an error, the error message can refer back to the line of code in the ConTeXt source file. This is part of the literate programming module that Kevin Robbins has been describing in another thread.) Thanks, Tad

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Re: [NTG-context] Turning slides in unattended presentation
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

> >> Hello, >> >> Is it possible to make slides (i.e., PDF pages) to turn >> automatically, say, every 10 seconds (and start again, in loop)? >> I suppose that Reader is in full-screen mode (Ctrl+L). >> > > Adobe Reader has a option to switch to the next slide all xx second > (full screen mode only). > > Wolfgang Can it be commanded from LuaTeX? Vyatcheslav

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Turning slides in unattended presentation
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Hello, Is it possible to make slides (i.e., PDF pages) to turn automatically, say, every 10 seconds (and start again, in loop)? I suppose that Reader is in full-screen mode (Ctrl+L). I already have nice transitions between slides, making the presentation unattended is the main thing I lank now. Vyatcheslav

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Conditional commands
by Andreas Schneider 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Hi, I'm currently trying to make a command that outputs different text depending on the situation it has been called, but I'm absolutely stuck there (I'm not very familiar with TeX, so it's probably obvious to most of you :-/). It currently looks like this: \doassign[mycite][last=] \def\mycite[#1]{% \footnote{% \doifelse{\mycitelast}{#1}{Ebenda}{\cite[alternative=data][#1]}% } \doassign[mycite][last=#1] } The idea is as follow: if I cite the same citation two or more times in a row (e.g. Some text\mycite[chan_genetic_2005] ... more text\mycite[chan_genetic_2005]) it should only output the whole quotation the first time, and "Ebenda" all the other times. But as it seems, the \doifelse always evaluates to false and therefore outputs the whole citation every time. Does someone see what I might be doing wrong? Or is there even a better way to do this? Thanks, Andreas.

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Example of passing unexpanded text between \startfoo ... \stopfoo into Lua?
by Kevin D. Robbins 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Hi Hans and others, I've been searching the mailing list and source code for one or more examples of passing unexpanded text appearing between a \startfoo ... \stopfoo block into Lua, but without luck. Is there such an example you could point me to? A colleague and I are experimenting with strategies to implement a literate programming module for ConTeXt, and we'd like to have something like \startcodeblock[language=c,file=foo.c, etc.][blockname] // This is the main routine... int main() { return 0; } \stopcodeblock We would appreciate any thoughts you have about how to implement such a module. Thanks, Kevin

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Re: [NTG-context] figure captions in the margin
by Richard Weickelt 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Hello, I want to have captions for figures, listings and other stuff inside the document margin. I saw that somone asked a very similar question 3 years ago: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20061025.211202.c2e04f8c.en.html > > Does somebody know whether it is possible and how it is possible to > > place the caption of a figure in the margin? > > > yes, actually i implemented this last week but i need to update the details manual; captions can go in margins, hang in centered figures, there is support for all kind of inner/outer alignments etc Hans said, that he had already implemented that feature, but in fact it still doesn't work. So the code \setupcaptions[location=outermargin] \starttext \placefigure{Caption}{\framed{Figuur}} \stoptext still prints no caption at all. Am I missing something? Thank You. Best regards Richard

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Can't change typeface without type size
by Maurício 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

This seems to be a small bug. This works well: %%%% \usetypescript[pagella] \usetypescript[chorus] \setupbodyfont[pagella,22pt] \starttext Text on body font. { \switchtobodyfont[chorus,21pt] Text on special typeface. } \stoptext %%%% However, if I either remove '21pt' from \switchtobodyfont or just change it to '22pt' (i.e., no change from body font size) I don't get text for the other font. (This is not specific to pagella and chorus, I've checked this same problem with all other combinations I tried. I'm using latest version in minimals, i.e., did 'sh first-setup.hs' just half an hour ago.) Best, Maurício

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spanish tilde-n lost
by Ciro Soto 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Hi all, I finally got around the intallation of context minimals. Thank you for those who helped. I ran my old tex files (in spanish) and found that \~n is not working now. It should create an n with a tilde on top, but what happens is that there is no letter printed at all. What is the fix for this? Any switch? (I know I could use \char but I am looking for a more elegant solution) thank you Ciro

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Footnotes in multiple columns broken
by Khaled Hosny 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

The 'n=' option to \setupnote doesn't have any effect, more ever 'n=0' will give an "Arithmetic overflow" error. Minimal example: \setupnote[footnote][n=0] \starttext This\footnote{one} and this\footnote{two} and this\footnote{three}. \stoptext Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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\typefile with filenames with $ characters in their name
by Gerben Wierda 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

\typefile balks on filenames with $ characters in their names. Anything I can do about that? G

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Why no page numbering here?
by Gerben Wierda 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

Question. With \definetyping[SQL][option=color,numbering=line,bodyfont=9pt] \defineoverlay[ifsqoverlay][\overlayfigure{IfSQ-overlay.pdf}] \setuplayout[leftmargin=10mm,rightmargin=0mm,footer=0mm,header=5mm] \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][a4,landscape] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=ifsqoverlay] \setuptyping[SQL][palet=colorpretty] \setuppagenumbering[location=inleft] \def\typeSQLfile{\typefile[SQL]} \starttext why do I not see page numbers? Has this to do with my margins (I need to use as much space on the page as possible)? Thanks, G

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add layer to page
by Thomas A. Schmitz 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

Hi all, I have a vague memory that there was a message (by Wolfgang Schuster?) about this a couple of months ago, but I'm unable to find anything in the archives. What I want: add a layer on top of the current page. This page is created with the simpleslides-module, so it already contains several layers. I want something on top of all that, and I seem to remember that there was some option to say "typeset the current layers + this additional one." Can somebody help my memory? All best Thomas

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Referencing Broken in MKIV?
by Tad Ashlock 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

From <http://texshow.contextgarden.net/> (\reference): \starttext See page \ref[p][myref 1] and \ref[p][myref 2]. \page \reference[myref 1]{} This is the first reference. \page \reference[myref 2]{} This is the second one. \stoptext Works in MKII (at least on ConTeXt online), but produces the following first page in MKIV: --------------------- See page and . --------------------- MTXrun | current version: 2009.06.14 21:01 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.6-2009062621 (Web2C 2009) luatex.web >= v13958 Thanks, Tad

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Re: [NTG-context] get rid of placefigure and startcombination captions
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello I used \placefigure just for centering the figure. And even if I put \startcombination directly, won't it reserve blank space for empty subcaptions? Actually, I found nice snipped that works like a charm for my needs: \hbox to \hsize{ \externalfigure[serg1][width=3.5cm] \hss\externalfigure[serg2][width=3.5cm] \hss\externalfigure[serg4][width=3.5cm] \hss\externalfigure[serg3][width=3.5cm]} ...and no combinations needed! )) Vyatcheslav > Hello, > > > > Another urgent problem: > > > > how to get rid of placefigure and startcombination captions > > altogether? > > > > When I use the following, I get too much wasted space after the > > illustration. > > > > \placefigure > > [fit] > > {none} > > {\startcombination[4*1] > > {\externalfigure[serg1][width=4cm]} {} > > {\externalfigure[serg2][width=4cm]} {} > > {\externalfigure[serg3][width=4cm]} {} > > {\externalfigure[serg4][width=4cm]} {} > > \stopcombination} > > > > Best, > > Vyatcheslav > > > I'm not sure I understand your problem. If you don't want a caption > and don't want the figure to float, why do you use \placefigure at > all? Just remove the wrapper and put \startcombination etc. directly > into your source file. > > Thomas >

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formula references missing
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello, References to formulas don't work in MKIV: \placeformula[bla] \startformula a+b \stopformula \in[bla] Mojca

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external figures directory hierarchy not working properly in MKIV
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello, I have been using the following concept in MKII that fails in MKIV: \setupexternalfigures[directory={img,../povray/img}] % OK % desired figure located in "img/fig1.png" \externalfigure[fig1][width=\textwidth] % fails % desired figure located in "../povray/img/x/fig2.png" \externalfigure[x/fig2][width=\textwidth] Mojca (PS: enough MKIV bughunting for today ... back to MKII for a while :)

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uppercase Greek in math: roman or italic?
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello, I'm probably among the guilty ones ... in MKII and in LaTeX all the lowercase greek letters come out in italic, but all uppercase letters come out in roman shape. In MKIV now they both come out in italic. This has probably been done almost on purpose (or better: I knew about it, but didn't dare to care enough), but it would be nice to solve the issue somehow. It might make sense to allow or enable uppercase italic Greek letters in special cases, but it would be nice to have compatible behaviour. TeX has been there for a while and it has always behaved in some specific way (roman uppercase Greek in this particular case). It's funny if ConTeXt MKIV chooses another way with no particular reason. This question is not related to implementation so much (changing the default behaviour is easy; only enabling both variants would require some more configuration ...), I would only like to hear opinions. Mojca

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problem with boldmath and MKIV
by Peter Münster 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello, The following test file doesn't give bold sections no more with latest beta: \definetypeface[boldmath][mm][boldmath][modern] \setuphead[section][style=\boldmath\rm\bfb] \starttext \section{bla $bla$} bla \stoptext Could you help please? Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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missing -- ligatures
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello, In the following example the "--" ligature is missing in MKIV 2009.06.14 21:01 (in MKII it works OK after adding encoding): \starttypescript [iwonam] \definetypeface [iwonam] [ss] [sans] [iwona-medium] [default] \definetypeface [iwonam] [mm] [math] [iwona-medium] [modern] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[iwonam] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[iwonam,ss,30pt] bla -- bla \stoptext Mojca

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Command to perform after every page
by Gerben Wierda 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Is there a way I can run a command (in my case to recreate an overlay with slightly different content) at every page break? G

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Re: [NTG-context] RTF to ConTeXt
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hello Idris, Under Windows, try my TexPaste application http://ul.to/hmpy60 Looking for suggestions. Best, Vyatcheslav >> I have a RTF document I like to convert to a ConTeXt document. Are >> there tools for this? >> >> I would also like the other way around, but I understood that this is >> only possible through ConTeXt -> PDF -> RTF, or has the situation >> changed. >>

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On creating my own fonts
by Maurício 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

I've been doing some searching on how to create my own fonts. If possible, I would like to be able to write my own program to at least draw glyphs, even if I have to resort to other tools to describe hinting, kerning and ligatures. My current knowledge is this. I read that OpenType fonts are actually Type 1 fonts embedded in an archive. So I used this 't1disasm' tool I found after wikipedia article on postscript fonts and used it to decode one of ConTeXt minimal distribution font file into a nice to read text file that looks like the transcript below, and it seems to be something I could easily understand if I find a reference. I would like to ask you if I'm in the proper direction. There are some issues I can't understand, like how can I make OpenType fonts out of Type 1 fonts when the later are supposed to only contain 256 characters (aren't they?). Or how to understand this text file format so I can write my own glyphs. Do you think I'm in the right direction. Do you think there's an easier or better way if I want to create fonts without using existing graphical tools? Thanks, Maurício %%%% Converted file excerpt: (...) /char03 { -25 625 hsbw -64 21 hstem 564 -20 hstem 0 175 vstem 150 -64 rmoveto 14 11 12 13 hvcurveto 246 vlineto 462 -267 rlineto 4 -2 4 -2 5 0 rrcurveto 9 0 8 5 5 8 rrcurveto 2 3 1 5 0 4 rrcurveto 578 vlineto 0 4 -1 4 -2 4 rrcurveto -5 8 -8 5 -9 0 rrcurveto -5 0 -4 -2 -3 -2 rrcurveto -463 -267 rlineto 246 vlineto 13 -11 12 -14 vhcurveto -125 hlineto -14 -11 -12 -13 hvcurveto -578 vlineto -13 11 -12 14 vhcurveto closepath endchar } ND /char04 { (...)

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Delayed expansion of macro?
by Gerben Wierda 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

I need to use a macro like this: \def\typeSQLfile#1{% \startsetups header:margin \framed [frame=off, orientation=90, width=2\leftmarginwidth, height=\textheight, align={top,middle}] {#1\hfil\pagenumber\hfil\IfSQprojectname} \stopsetups \typefile[SQL]{#1}} In the following setting: \starttext \typeSQLfile{Library-procedures/details.pls} \typeSQLfile{Library-procedures/hlx$requery.pls} \stoptext This results in two problems; 1. The pagenumber is the same on each page for a file 2. The file name with the $ in it crashes the typefile argument (file not found), where \typefile itself handles the name OK. How do I solve these? In LaTeX I would probably use \protect on \pagenumber. G

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RTF to ConTeXt
by Cecil Westerhof 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

I have a RTF document I like to convert to a ConTeXt document. Are there tools for this? I would also like the other way around, but I understood that this is only possible through ConTeXt -> PDF -> RTF, or has the situation changed. -- Cecil Westerhof

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt version of LaTeX's article class
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hello Thomas, Thanks for reply. My idea about the buttons came from student diploma presentations. One student does the presentation, while his friend turns the slides. Sometimes it's necessary to go back, so it will be handy to have buttons... But I don't insist; this may be my whim ) When I'm in hurry, I solve problems faster them I get solutions )) Unfortunately, I've already dropped the project I worked on (not by my will), so I loose any interest in it and don't try anything. Thanks for hinting me about this delicate matter. Vyatcheslav >> Btw, I most like small navigation buttons in the bottom ) Good idea >> to something alike to Simpleslides. >> > > Well, for one thing, the module clearly says in its manual that this > is not its aim: "The module is meant for presentations which will be > shown on a digital projector. They have no interactive elements (such > as buttons or hyperlinks) and no navigational tools (such as table of > contents)." Hence the name "simple-slides." I have never understood > what these navigation buttons are good for when I watched > presentations. But of course, if users think it's a good idea, Aditya > and I may consider adding them. > > And another thing that's on my mind: Vyatcheslav, you have been asking > a ton of questions lately. You have received quite a few answers, but > you have never replied (unless to ask further questions). I'm not > complaining about a lack of manners, but it would be good to know if > your problem has been solved, if the solutions work etc. > > Thomas > > >

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Document Titles
by Gerben Wierda 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

I followed the wiki http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Document_Titles but the last part "Adding markings to headers and footers" does not work. I suspect "In ConTeXt: A more advanced solution" was put in later and the instructions in Adding Markings does not work in that solution. So, how do I add the markings in the "advanced solution" in the wiki instructions? G PS. This is what I would really like to have in ConTeXt. A gooed set of modules like a t-title, t-article, etc. Why after all these years has this not been added? It would make ConTeXt so much more usable for conceptual writers like myself.

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Re: [NTG-context] should \getmarking[title] work?
by Michael Green 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

On Jun 25, 2009, at 3:00 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 25.06.2009 um 00:51 schrieb Michael Green: > >> I expected \getmarking[title] to give me the contents of \title. It >> used to work (as of late spring). Perhaps something has changed. >> >> MTXrun | current version: 2009.06.14 21:01 >> This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.5-2009061123 (Web2C 2009) >> luatex.web >= v2471 >> >> Test file: >> >> \starttext >> \title{This is the title} >> >> The title should be here: \getmarking[title]. But it's just a blank >> space. >> >> \stoptext > > \starttext > > \title[sec:title]{This is the title} > > The title should be here: \ref[s][sec:title]. > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang > Thanks! That worked using Mk II but not with Mk IV. Is that to be expected? Michael

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Math problem
by Lutz Haseloff 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hi all, I'm trying out ConTeXt Math. The very most of the samples of the TeXbook work very nice. I only found one problem, \atopwithdelims seems not to work o.k. That results in not adapting delimiters for \choose, \brack and \brace. My file: \usetypescriptfile[type-lucida] \starttext ${n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k}$ \startformula {n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k} \stopformula \blank[5*big] \usetypescript[cambria] \setupbodyfont[cambria] ${n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k}$ \startformula {n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k} \stopformula \blank[5*big] \usetypescript[lucida] \setupbodyfont[lucida] ${n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k}$ \startformula {n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k} \stopformula \stoptext Luatex: This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.41.0-2009062123 (Web2C 2009) ConTeXt: 2009.06.14 21:01 MKIV fmt: 2009.6.26 int: english/english Greetings Lutz

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Referencing formulae
by Willi Egger 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hi, Hm, it looks like that the referencing mechanism is broken: in context beta 2009-06-14 Luatex 0.40.5 \starttext \startformula \startalign \NC a_1 x + b_1 y \NC = c_1 \NR[eq:1] \NC a_2 x + b_2 y \NC = c_2 \NR[eq:2] \stopalign \stopformula As seen from (\in[eq:1]) and (\in[eq:2]), referring equations is straight forward. \stoptext Kind regards Willi

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt version of LaTeX's article class
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Btw, I most like small navigation buttons in the bottom ) Good idea to something alike to Simpleslides. > can i also ask, does simple-slides offer something like this? > > http://people.cs.uu.nl/andres/NixOS-IFIP.pdf > Vyatcheslav

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ConTeXt version of LaTeX's article class?
by Gerben Wierda 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Is there a ConTeXt way of doing an article a la LaTeX's article class? Thanks, G

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Re: [NTG-context] Simpleslides question
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Thanks for asking. The problem is so simple from PowerPoint view. I want to place a logo of my academic institution on the front page, above the slide title. I can guess its x,y coordinates, but cannot understand how to place it there. I know something about overlays, but it seems that they can add an image to a text already placed somewhere. I have no text, I just want to place an image at arbitrary location at one page. >> > Hello, >> > >> > Can I arrange*multiple* images per a page in specified positions (x,y) using >> > simpleslides module? >> > > Can you elaborate? Do you want the same images to appear in all slides in > the background (like a corporate design), or do you want to include > multiple images on a single page, say two images side by side? > > Aditya Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] label, caption and eps in figures?
by Pau 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hello, thanks for the hint. The legend worked very well. Nevertheless, I still have not understood what the equivalent in ConTeXt of LaTeX \ref{} <---> \label{} is --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{equation} 1 + 1 = 2 \label{eq.1} \end{equation} In Eq. \ref{eq.1}, we show that one plus one equals two ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- How would you write that in ConTeXt? And for a figure? thanks for your patience, Pau >>> "Fig. 1" on it) and with the label. \ref{fig.mylabel} is not >>> recognised (see below). >> > > \setuplabeltext[en][figure=Fig. ] > >> \starttext >> >> \placefigure > [fig.MyCaption] >> {My Caption} >> {\externalfigure[MyFigure.eps][factor=broad]} >> >> \stoptext > -- Let there be peace on earth. And let it begin with misc

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should \getmarking[title] work?
by Michael Green 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

I expected \getmarking[title] to give me the contents of \title. It used to work (as of late spring). Perhaps something has changed. MTXrun | current version: 2009.06.14 21:01 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.5-2009061123 (Web2C 2009) luatex.web >= v2471 Test file: \starttext \title{This is the title} The title should be here: \getmarking[title]. But it's just a blank space. \stoptext ------------------------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned by Postini anti-virus software.

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How to "unfill" a picture?
by Zhichu Chen 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Hi, I got a problem in metapost. If I want to draw a ring, and use the code: fill fullcircle scaled 2cm ; unfill fullcircle scaled 1cm ; The inner part is not transparent, it has the color of "background" variable which is "white" by default. This case is a minimal example, I actually wanna draw something more complex, like the glyph "Q" and I know the inner path and outer path. How can I fill the ring without jeopardizing the area inside the inner path? -- 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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should footnote columns work?
by Michael Green 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Footnotes are not put into columns in the test file below. In longer files, the line separating footnotes from the text overlaps the last line or two of the text. MTXrun | current version: 2009.06.14 21:01 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.5-2009061123 (Web2C 2009) luatex.web >= v2471 test file: \setupfootnotes[n=2,columndistance=3em] \starttext \input bryson\footnote{Bryson} \input davis\footnote{Davis} \stoptext ------------------------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned by Postini anti-virus software.

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