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Updated My Way on math alignment
by Aditya Mahajan 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

Hi, I have updated myway on using alignment. It now also explains features of matrix (similar to array of latex), cases, substack and intertext. Most of the discussion on mathalignment (similar to align and gather environments of latex) is the same as before. http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/mathalign.pdf source http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/mathalign.tex Taco, I am also describing how to use style=... feature of matrix that you sent a while back, hoping that it will make to the core :-) Aditya

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\in
by Renaud AUBIN 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

Hi all, Is that possible to setup the \in command to obtain: - \in[fig:fig_ref] returns figure 1.1 - \in[eq:eq_ref] returns (1.1) _ \in[sec:sec_ref] returns section 2.1 Up to now I have used: - \in{figure}[fig:fig_ref] - \in{(}{)}[eq_eq_ref] (but there is an extra h space just after "(" ) - \in{section}[sec_sec_ref] Moreover, how could I set the face of the output ? Cheers, Renaud

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Re: [NTG-context] index (again)
by Steffen Wolfrum 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Hi, today evening is the deadline and I need to know a solution to the following request. If there is *NO* solution possible in ConTeXt please tell me today (!) so I can think of a complete different workaround. Thank you. Steffen When I set my document with the settings (see deeptextcommand) below then a entry looks like this: Ministererlaubnis 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 75, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 159, 222, 222, 222, 227, 228, 228, 228, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 248, 260, 261, 265, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 286, 289, 304, 311, 318, 323, 324, 328, 330, 333, 335, 339, 343 That makes sense when using the resulting PDF as a interactive document. But I need the resulting PDF for printing only - so now interactive "jump to page and index mark" is wanted. What I want instead is a more readable version of my index entries like the following: Ministererlaubnis 12, 15-18, 29-35, 37-39, 75, 82-87, 159, 222, 227-229, 231, 232-236, 238-239, 248, 260-261, 265, 277-280, 282-283, 286, 289, 304, 311, 318, 323-324, 328, 330, 333, 335, 339, 343 You see? For example 222 doesn't show up 3 times but 1 time only. And it's not 37, 38, 39 but 37-39, for example. This is what I need, and what I need help for. Steffen Am 03.08.2006 um 00:08 schrieb Hans Hagen: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hans, >> >> what about you? > i'm not sure what you want, what is "real document" > > Hans >> >> Steffen >> >> >> >> Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: >> >>> Von: Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> >>> Datum: 2. August 2006 11:47:27 MESZ >>> An: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> >>> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] index (again) >>> Antwort an: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> >>> >>> >>> >>> Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >>>> >>>> It's like this: >>>> >>>> \unprotect >>>> >>>> \def\dosetpageregisterentrya#1#2% >>> >>> Unf., I do not know much about register prosessing, so >>> I cannot say whether it can do this. I hope someone else >>> knows. >>> >>> Taco >> >> >> >> >> Am 02.08.2006 um 10:14 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: >>> Am 02.08.2006 um 10:01 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: >>>> Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I need to know if the following is possible in ConTeXt. >>>>> >>>>> If it's not, please don't hesitate to tell me, so I can think of a >>>>> work-around. >>>>> It it is possible, it would be great to tell me how! >>>> >>>> Is this is inside a register or keyed directly into your document? >>>> >>>> Taco >>> >>> >>> It's like this: >>> >>> \unprotect >>> >>> \def\dosetpageregisterentrya#1#2% >>> {\edef\currententrylevel{1}% >>> \global\let\c!entryb\relax >>> \global\let\c!entryc\relax >>> \gdef\c!entrya >>> {\iffirstregisterentry\else\endgraf\fi % new >>> \global\firstregisterpagetrue >>> \hangindent1em\noindent\c!entryreference >>> \dohandleregisterentry{\executeifdefined >>> {\??id#1\c!deeptextcommand}\firstofoneargument{#2}}% >>> \global\firstregisterentryfalse >>> \global\firstsubentrytrue >>> \global\firstsubsubentrytrue}} >>> >>> \def\HowUgly#1{\doHowUgly#1\relax} >>> >>> \def\doHowUgly#1#2\relax{\iffirstregisterentry{\bf#1}\else#1\fi#2} >>> >>> \setupregister[index][indicator=no,deeptextcommand=\HowUgly] >>> >>> \starttext >>> >>> \chapter{First Chapter} >>> Some text...\index{word} >>> >>> \section {First Section} >>> Some text...\index{word} >>> Some text...\index{another entry} >>> Some text...\index{ansi} >>> Some text...\index{another entry} >>> >>> \page[yes] >>> >>> \completeindex >>> >>> \stoptext >>> >>> >>> ... but in my real document looking like this: >>> >>> Ministererlaubnis 12, 15, 16, 17, >>> 18, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, >>> 37, 38, 39, 75, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, >>> 87, 159, 222, 222, 222, 227, 228, >>> 228, 228, 228, 229, 231, 232, >>> 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, >>> 248, 260, 261, 265, 277, 278, >>> 279, 280, 282, 283, 286, 289, >>> 304, 311, 318, 323, 324, 328, >>> 330, 333, 335, 339, 343 >>> >>> >>> Steffen >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ntg-context mailing list >>> ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >>> >> >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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New bib module release
by Taco Hoekwater 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Hi all, I have just uploaded a new version of the bib module to http://modules.contextgarden.net/bib It should become automatically included in the next ConTeXt release, as always. New features: * Added support for configuration of \completepublicationlist, using \setuppublicationlist[title=\chapter] * The module now uses the expansion of \headtext{pubs}, so that PDF bookmarks should come out alright. * A hook is added for support of repeated author suppression in the publication list: \setuppublicationlist[artauthorcommand=\threeargs] (see the manual for a bit more information) * The bracketed arguments of \artauthor, \author and \editor (bbl commands) are now optional. * Minor updates to the documentation Happy TeXing, Taco

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\startMPenvironment : personal font weirdness
by David Wooten 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Greetings all, I've been experimenting with MetaPost/Fun of late. It is indeed fun. In trying to have a uniform font in both text and MP areas, however, I am running into some difficulty. With a little file like this: --- \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \startMPenvironment [global] \usetypescript[palatino][ec] \switchtobodyfont[palatino,12pt] \stopMPenvironment \starttext The following example should be very interesting: \blank \startuseMPgraphic{very-interesting} z40 = (2cm,0cm) ; z41 = (3cm,0cm) ; z42 = (3cm,1cm) ; z43 = (2cm,1cm) ; z46 = (2.5cm,.5cm) ; path F ; F := (z40--z41--z42--z43--cycle) ; linejoin := mitered ; drawpath F ; label("very", z46) ; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{very-interesting} \stoptext --- everything works very nicely (fonts identical). When I use my own typescript file, however: --- \startMPenvironment [global] \usetypescriptfile[minionpro-diss] \usetypescript[Minion] \switchtobodyfont[Minion,12pt] \stopMPenvironment --- The text appears in the correct font, but the MP section, _while at first showing the correct font_, then changes to CM before my eyes. (my pdf viewer auto-updates). Any clues? Many thanks, David

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Re: [NTG-context] fullpage graphic
by wwl＠musensturm.de 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

> > The difference to the example that I have posted is, that you gave > > the options [page,none] explicitly with \placefigure and I have > used > > \setupfloat[figure][page,none]. > > > \setupfloat[figure][default={page,none}] > > may work (untested) > > Hans Yes, this works! Thank you for your help! But where are such things documented? I tried to access 'http://texshow.contextgarden.net/' some times the last days. I saw the left frame and the topics home and help are functioning, but all the other stuff gave me an error. Is this me alone? Wolfgang

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Conflict with chapter definition and header
by Confused Scientist 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Hello, I'm trying to put together a couple of examples I found in the ConTeXt manual, the wiki and the maling list archive. Unfortunately, I've broken my headers/footers in the process. What I am trying to do is have a double-sided layout where (at the beginning of each chapter) a famous quote is given on the left page and the chapter begins on the right. I do not want any header/footer on the left, but I would like the footer (page number) on the right. My problem is that I cannot seem to control the page headers and footers for the left/right chapter page. Also, I cannot seem to get the section name to reliably appear after using setupheadertexts? I am using: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2006.02.03 21:03 cont-en : ver: 2006.02.03 21:03 fmt: 2006.2.10 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2006.02.03 21:03 fmt: 2006.2.10 mes: dutch total run time : 9 seconds and below is an example of what I have. Any ideas on what I've done wrong. Thanks, Dave %%% Layout \setuppagenumbering[ alternative=doublesided, style={\sc}, location={footer, marginedge}, partnumber=no, way=bytext] \setuppapersize[a4][a4] % paper size (210 x 297 mm) \definelayout[even] % Even = Left [topspace=14mm, % at the very top of the page bottomspace=14mm, % at the very bottom of the page header=6mm, % for header headerdistance=4mm, % between body and header footer=6mm, % for footer footerdistance=4mm, % between body and footer backspace=38mm, % binding edge space cutspace=32mm, % opposite to binding edge leftmargin=25mm, % space for margin notes rightmargin=25mm, % space for right margin notes width=fit, height=fit] \definelayout[odd] % Odd = Right [topspace=14mm, % at the very top of the page bottomspace=14mm, % at the very bottom of the page header=6mm, % for header headerdistance=4mm, % between body and header footer=6mm, % for footer footerdistance=4mm, % between body and footer backspace=38mm, % binding edge cutspace=32mm, % opposite to binding edge leftmargin=25mm, % the space for margin notes rightmargin=25mm, % the space for right margin notes width=fit, height=fit] \setuplayout [location=doublesided] % double-sided pages \setupheader[style={\it}] \setupheadertexts [] % even left [section] % even right [chapter] % odd left [] % odd right \definetext[chapter][footer][pagenumber] \setupheadtext [chapter=Chapter] \setuphead [chapter] [command=\MyChapterText, style={\sc\tfc}, placehead=yes, color=black, number=yes, continue=no, page=, header=high, footer=chapter, distance=0pt, before=\setups{chapter:before}, after=\setups{chapter:after}] \def\MyChapterText#1#2{\vbox{\sc\tfc\headtext{chapter}~#1\blank[small]#2}} \startsetups [chapter:before] \page[left] \vbox to 35mm{}\vbox{\blank \noheaderandfooterlines \startalignment[left,nothyphenated] \noindent \setups[chapter:quote] \stopalignment} \resetsetups[quote:text] \page[right] \vbox to 35mm\bgroup \stopsetups \startsetups [chapter:after] \vss\egroup \stopsetups \showframe %%% Text \starttext \startsetups[chapter:quote] \vbox{My quote goes here\par \it{---author from ``source'', 1900.}} \stopsetups \chapter{This is a split chapter title\blank[small]% On two lines} \input tufte \section{Section One} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par} \section{Section Two} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par} \startsetups[chapter:quote] \vbox{My quote goes here\par \it{---author from ``source'', 1900.}} \stopsetups \chapter{A short title} \input tufte \section{Section One} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par} \section{Section Two} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par} \stoptext

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"e" sends error to bbedit
by David Arnold 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

All, I have an error here: \setupcolors[state=start] \startuniqueMPgraphic{demo circle} path p; p:=fullcircle xscaled \overlaywidth yscaled \overlayheight; fill p with color .85whwite; draw p withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor .625red; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[demo circle][\uniqueMPgraphic{demo circle}] \starttext \input tufte \framed[background=demo circle]{This text is overlayed.} \input tufte \stoptext When I press "e" at the question prompt when the compiles stop, vi opens the file overlay-mpgraph.mp and deposits me at the end of this file. What I'd rather have is to be taken to the line in overlay.tex in bbedit. I tried this in my .bash_profile: export TEXEDIT="bbedit +%d %s" To no avail. Any other Mac users on this list have bbedit set up correctly?

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Re: [NTG-context] cdwincontext
by wwl＠musensturm.de 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

> If the batch file is still functionally equivalent, it would > make sense to include it in the distribution. I vaguely recall > that I had removed all of the 'smart' stuff from the batch > file to please command.com, making it much less functional, > but perhaps that is more an indication of how well I know > command.com ;-) As I remember, most, if not all of the smart stuff mentioned has to do with automatic recognition of the install-directory. All this smartness is nice, if things work. In the other cases smartness is a jungle and it would be easier to check a dumb but simple list of set commands. These batch-files for example are not smart enough to recognize if they are running under the right command- prozessor and a normal windows 98 user might be very helpless what had gone wrong. But the settings in scite had to be altered too. Wolfgang

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Specify the part/chapter number
by Confused Scientist 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Hello, I'm working on a project with a few other people and we are each responsible for writing a single chapter/component of a larger document. I am, for example, responsible for chapters 2 and 6. Unfortunately, when I run pdftex on my component, the chapter number always begins from 1 which means all my sections, equations, figures, and tables are all numbered as 1.x.x.x. Is there a way to force a component to use a different chapter number? Thanks, James

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setupcaptions
by Thomas A. Schmitz 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

There has been a discussion about this three months ago, but I can't figure it out: I have \setupcaptions[separator={:}] in my document and would expect something like "figure 1: a figure," but I don't get a colon, the same for stopper={:}. Isn't this supposed to work? Thomas

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Natural Tables with verbatim text
by Confused Scientist 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Hello Is it possible to use \type{} in a natural table cell? The example below seems to generate an error for me. Thanks! % example \starttext This is a quick \type{test_run} of the problem. \bTABLE \bTR \bTD first \eTD\bTD {\bf alpha} \eTD\bTD one \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD {\em second} \eTD\bTD beta \eTD\bTD two \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD third \eTD\bTD gamma \eTD\bTD \type{three_ex} \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stoptext

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setuppublicationlist
by Renaud AUBIN 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Hi all, How to control vertical spaces between references ? (\setuplist options ? I have tried some but nothing happened...) Renaud

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Newbie installation problems
by Vincent De Groote 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hello, I've just installed teTex and Context packages (no previous installations). When I run texexec on a sample file (\starttext \framed{Does it work?} \stoptext), texexec stops with the following lines: > bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded > kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-lmr12 > mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 > This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) > > kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-lmr12 > ! I can't find file `ec-lmr12'. > <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 > > Please type another input file name > ! Emergency stop. > <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 > > Transcript written on mfput.log. > grep: ec-lmr12.log: No such file or directory > mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12' failed to ma ke ec-lmr12.tfm. > kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. > ! Font \*12ptrmtfrm*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. > <to be read again> > \relax > \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier > \let \localrelativefontsiz... > > \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname > \tryingfontfalse \fi > <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize > \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... > > \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies > \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... > <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } > \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... > ... > l.1 > \starttext > ? I suppose it's a font problem, but where can I find these fonts, and how should I install them ? I also have a problem with "texexec --version" which reports: > TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > > texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 > tex : unknown > context : ver: 2006.07.28 23:56 > cont-en : unknown > cont-cz : unknown > cont-de : unknown > cont-nl : unknown > cont-uk : unknown > > total run time : 1 seconds > > warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead Can anybody help me ? Thanks for your replies. Vincent De Groote

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Re: [NTG-context] cdwincontext
by wwl＠musensturm.de 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

> > Same batch file, so yes. > > > > It would be possible to convert the batch file into a perl or > ruby > > scripts plus a one-line batch that starts the interpreter + > script, Hmm, aren't you shutting with 'Kanonen auf Spatzen'? I have running the standalone-context here on WindowsME. I have modifyed the original batch-files a bit and I had to adapt some entrys in scite, where cmd.exe is called. (btw isn't it possible to call the command interpreter via COMMSPEC? So the whole thing is not depending on the command interpreter.) Wolfgang

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whitespace and paragraphs
by Hans van der Meer 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

This I don't get right about whitespace between paragraphs made with \defineparagraphs. \starttext \setupwhitespace[none] a\par b\par c\par % the above close spaced thus behaving as expected % these do not obey setupwhitespace[none]: \defineparagraphs[param][n=2,before={\setupwhitespace[none]}] \setupparagraphs[param][1][width=2cm] \startparam first \param {\sl contents} \stopparam \startparam second \param {\sl contents} \stopparam % I tried other things, remembering a recent question about a similar problem with framed texts. % Neither of the following made a difference: \defineparagraphs[param][n=2,before={\setupwhitespace[none]}] \setupparagraphs[param][1][width=2cm,before={\setupwhitespace[none]}] \setupparagraphs[param][2][before={\setupwhitespace[none]}] % height=... seems not to influence the distance between the paragraphs \stoptext How can one for these paragraphs the wanted distance apart? Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Figures disappear with subtextblocks
by David Arnold 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hans, What does generate formats under tools mean? I have to do something more than: texmfstart texexec --make all ? I'm afraid I don't know what "tools" are yet. On Aug 2, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > David Arnold wrote: >> Hans, Gerben, >> >> Thanks. >> >> However, this raises another issue. I've never rebuilt the formats >> in Gerben's distro of Context. I always just use his updater.� > generate formats under tools > > (first put the patched file in the right spot) > > 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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Re: [NTG-context] fullpage graphic
by wwl＠musensturm.de 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hallo! > > \setuppapersize[a4][a4] > > \setupfloat[figure][none,fit,here,always,top,bottom,force,page] > > \setupcaption[figure][number=no] > > \setuplayout[grid=yes]% Problem doesn't exist with grid=no > > \starttext > > \input tufte > > \placefigure{}{\framed[offset=none]{% > > > \externalfigure[float.png][width=\makeupwidth,height=\textheight]}} > > > > \dorecurse{10}{\par\input tufte} > > \stoptext > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe I am missing something here. But \placefigure[page].... seems > to work fine for me. Even larger dimensions do not seem to be a > problem. > > \input tufte > > \placefigure[page,none]{}{\blackrule[width=\textwidth,height=0.9\tex > theight,color=green]} > \input tufte > \placefigure[page,none]{}{\blackrule[width=\textwidth,height=1.0\tex > theight,color=green]} > \input tufte > \placefigure[page,none]{}{\blackrule[width=\textwidth,height=1.1\tex > theight,color=green]} > \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte} You are right! Your example works! The difference to the example that I have posted is, that you gave the options [page,none] explicitly with \placefigure and I have used \setupfloat[figure][page,none]. So, what is wrong with using \setupfloat? Please try my example exactly as given and you will see what I mean. Wolfgang

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A bug in character alignment?
by Nicolas Grilly 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hello, I use ConTeXt natural tables to produce reports, and I use character alignment to align numbers in these tables. For example: \setupTABLE[column][each][align={middle,lohi}, aligncharacter=yes, alignmentcharacter={.}] But I have a little issue with character alignment. I have several tables following each other. First and second tables are well aligned. But following tables have some columns mis-aligned. You can see the result in the attached file report_with_bug.pdf (look at column 4 of tables 3, 4, 5 and 6). If I comment table 2, then the problem disappears. You can see the result in the attached file report_without_bug.pdf. If I uncomment table 2, but move it to end of file, then the problem disappears too. It seems there is some side effect in code managing character alignment: perhaps a global variable is not reset each time a new table starts? The attached file character_alignment_bug.tex contains the code producing the first example, where the bug is visible. I looked through core-ntb.tex and supp-ali.tex but was unable to understand where is the problem. We have lot of tables like this in our production, and some are horribles because of this character alignment issue... Thanks for your help! Nicolas Grilly

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couple of metafun questions
by Thomas A. Schmitz 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hi all, I'm experimenting with some metafun code and positional graphics to produce a nice illustration for an article. There's some basic questions I haven't been able to solve (and I remember that I couldn't solve them before but found workarounds, but this time it looks like I'm stuck): 1. Is it possible to have a MPpositiongraphics anchored to more than two positions? Like draw position1 -- position2 .. position3 ? 2. Related to 1.: Is it right that you can't anchor more than 1 MPpositiongraphic to one anchor? If I have: drawsomething position1 -- position2 I can't then say drawsomething position1 .. position3 but must work around by reversing drawsomething position3 .. position1 3. Is it possible to get a line/arrow dashed in two different colors, like red and blue? Sorry if these are silly questions, but I just dabble into metafun! Thanks, and best Thomas

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column overflow at times --- any thoughts?
by David Arnold 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hans et al, Any thoughts on this? We are using: \setupcolumns [tolerance=stretch, balance=yes, blank=flexible, rule=off, distance=2.5em] However, once in a while we get column overflow. See page 55 on: http://msenux.redwoods.edu/IntAlgText/chapter0/chapter0.pdf Are we doing this correctly? Any suggestions?

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Re: [NTG-context] fullpage graphic
by wwl＠musensturm.de 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hallo! > Can you try to create a minimal file to play with? > > Inventing test documents from scratch takes a lot of time, time > that is often not available (like today). Having a small but > full document will greatly improve your chances of getting a > quick response. > > Cheers, > Taco > Sorry Taco, here comes a small testfile which hopefully resamples the situation: --------------------------------------------------------------------- \setuppapersize[a4][a4] \setupfloat[figure][none,fit,here,always,top,bottom,force,page] \setupcaption[figure][number=no] \setuplayout[grid=yes]% Problem doesn't exist with grid=no \starttext \input tufte \placefigure{}{\framed[offset=none]{% \externalfigure[float.png][width=\makeupwidth,height=\textheight]}} \dorecurse{10}{\par\input tufte} \stoptext --------------------------------------------------------------------- I can not find a solution for the following problem: I would like to place a floating, framed graphic at the next page following the \placefigure[]{}{\framed[]{...}} command. Problem: The graphicdimensions are (\makeupwidth,\textheight). Neither the options page, here, force or always help. If the graphic is a little smaller, so that at least one line of text fit on the page, than the graphic gets placed at the right page, else the graphic is placed behind the end of the chapter. Second question: How can I place a fullpage graphic (\paperheight+epsilon,\paperwidth+epsilon) as above at the next page, and how can I count, but don't display pagenumbers for such graphic pages? Wolfgang

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cdwincontext
by David Arnold 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

All, Does anyone know if cdwincontext works with Windows98?

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texmfstart texexec --make all on the Mac
by David Arnold 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

All, Looks like: texmfstart texexec --make all Put the format files in: ~/Library/texmf/web2c/pdfetex/ I'll have to remember to delete these when I update using Gerben's Context updater.

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units: \spacedimensionstrue fails when using unit powers
by Sanjoy Mahajan 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

I'm considering switching from my units macros to the units module. In doing that I'm trying \spaceddimensionstrue (found in the m-units.tex source), which is the most common convention in physics tables and books, rather than using \Times to separate quantities with a dot. But it seems not to take account of the exponent in the first unit when putting space between the first and second units. Here's a minimal example: \usemodule[units] \spaceddimensionstrue \starttext % this looks fine \startformula \Meter\Second \stopformula % this needs a thinspace after the superscripted 2 \startformula \Square\Meter\Second \stopformula \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] cdwincontext
by wwl＠musensturm.de 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

> Does anyone know if cdwincontext works with Windows98? You have to adapt some batch-files (cmd.exe --> command.com) Wolfgang

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Rebuild formats in Gerben's context distro
by David Arnold 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

All, Has anyone ever rebuilt the formats in Gerben's context distro for the Mac? Usually, I just wait for and update and use the Context updater, but I have need to know how to rebuild the formats today. If anyone knows how on the Mac, please advise. Thanks.

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Indentation bug ?
by Renaud AUBIN 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hi all, Considering the following example: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \setupindenting[medium,yes] \setupformulas[indentnext=yes] \setupheads[indentnext=yes] \setupfloats[indentnext=yes] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{mympgraph} numeric u; u:=2cm; draw (-u,-u)--(u,u); draw ((-u,-u)--(u,u)) rotated 90; \stopuseMPgraphic \section{A section} La liaison inter-modulaire conçue par TDA pour le prototype est une liaison pivot d'axe vertical. En effet, même si elle dispose de possibilités de débattements angulaires, ces débattements admissibles sont relativement faibles. De plus, seul la rotation suivant l'axe de la liaison pivot peut être actionné et, en l'état, les débattements ne peuvent en aucun cas être pilotés. Néanmoins, le problème posé par cette articulation ne se pose pas si l'on se restreint à des déplacements sur des surfaces planes ou régulières relativement aux grandeurs du robot. Nous ne présenterons pas ici la conception mécanique de cette liaison. \placefigure[bottom]{none}{\useMPgraphic{mymmpgraph}} La liaison inter-modulaire conçue par TDA pour le prototype est une liaison pivot d'axe vertical. En effet, même si elle dispose de possibilités de débattements angulaires, ces débattements admissibles sont relativement faibles. De plus, seul la rotation suivant l'axe de la liaison pivot peut être actionné et, en l'état, les débattements ne peuvent en aucun cas être pilotés. Néanmoins, le problème posé par cette articulation ne se pose pas si l'on se restreint à des déplacements sur des surfaces planes ou régulières relativement aux grandeurs du robot. Nous ne présenterons pas ici la conception mécanique de cette liaison. \page \section{A second section} \input knuth \placefigure[bottom]{none}{\useMPgraphic{mymmpgraph}} \input knuth \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Paragraphs next to \placefigure calls are not indented when [bottom] is used. They are indented correctly when one use [top] or [here]. Strange... ;) Cheers, Renaud PS to Hans: U3D ?

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Context alternative for Latex's \overset & \underset
by WN 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hi, In doing my Latex to Context conversion, I stumbled on two Latex math commands : \overset and \underset as in \mathcal{T} = \overset{\infty}{ \underset{r,s = 0}{\cup} } \: \mathcal{T}^{r}_s The page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math_with_amsl mentions the commands stackrel and underset when using the AMSL module from Giuseppe Bilotta. I tried to load the AMSL module with \usemodule[amsl] like to test its workings. \usemodule[amsl] \starttext \startformula T = { \underset{r,s = 0}{\cup} } \: T^{r}_{s} \stopformula \stoptext but the log file indicates it cannot find the module amsl ??? Is the AMSL module not part of the standard Context distribution ? I thought it was. I am using ConTeXt ver: 2006.07.24 10:49 fmt: 2006.7.27 int: english mes: english. Kind regards Wim Neimeijer

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index (again)
by Steffen Wolfrum 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hi, I need to know if the following is possible in ConTeXt. If it's not, please don't hesitate to tell me, so I can think of a work-around. It it is possible, it would be great to tell me how! For example a set index entry (an index paragraph in the set pdf) looks like this: Ministererlaubnis 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 75, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 159, 222, 222, 222, 227, 228, 228, 228, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 248, 260, 261, 265, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 286, 289, 304, 311, 318, 323, 324, 328, 330, 333, 335, 339, 343 As I need an non-interactive pdf for printing only could it also be made more readable like the following? Ministererlaubnis 12, 15-18, 29-35, 37-39, 75, 82-87, 159, 222, 227-229, 231, 232-236, 238-239, 248, 260-261, 265, 277-280, 282-283, 286, 289, 304, 311, 318, 323-324, 328, 330, 333, 335, 339, 343 Steffen

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scite line endings
by David Arnold 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

All, I know where the line endings choice is on the menu in scite. Seems to default to cr+lf in windows regardless of the file it is reading, or am i mistaken? Is there way to have it interpret the line endings and keep whatever form is used when the file is opened?

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problems with \lcommaaccent
by Mojca Miklavec 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hello, I've been trying to use \lcommaaccent, but with no success until I commented out the following line in enco-cas: % \defineULcharacter Lcommaaccent lcommaaccent Any ideas how to solve that problem (otherwise the temporary workaround will disappear as soon as I update ConTeXt)? The only remedy that came to my mind was adding additional two lines to enco-def. (Hans, would it be possible to add them to the distribution as well?) \definecharacter lcommaaccent {\buildtextbottomcomma l} \definecharacter Lcommaaccent {\buildtextbottomcomma L} \starttext \lcommaaccent\Lcommaaccent \stoptext Thanks, Mojca

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fullpage graphic
by wwl＠musensturm.de 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hallo! I can not find a solution for the following problem: I would like to place a floating, framed graphic at the next page following the \placefigure[]{}{\framed[]{...}} command. Problem: The graphicdimensions are (\makeupwidth,\textheight). Neither the options page, here, force or always help. If the graphic is a little smaller, so that at least one line of text fit on the page, than the graphic gets placed at the right page, else the graphic is placed behind the end of the chapter. Second question: How can I place a fullpage graphic (\paperheight+epsilon,\paperwidth+epsilon) as above at the next page, and how can I count, but don't display pagenumbers for such graphic pages? Wolfgang

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updating context on Ubuntu 6.06
by Sanjoy Mahajan 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Here's what I had to do to update to the latest Context (2006.07.14) on Ubuntu 6.06 (i.e. 2006.06) distribution of Linux. It comes with tetex 3.0. The commands below assume a working Context already installed in your ~/texmf, and the commands use bash syntax, which is almost like 'sh' but has the ~ idiom for $HOME. Beforehand I had been using the 2006.04.17 beta and had put off upgrading because I was scared of the change from perl texexec to ruby texexec. 1. (optional cleanup) Delete the old Context-installed files in ~/texmf/. This step is optional, but I do it so that I can track the versions using an SCM. I use mercurial (hg is the program name), but it could have been svn, cvs, etc. The command (done in ~/texmf): hg locate -0 | xargs rm -0 2. (download, unpack) Download cont-tmf.zip, cont-fnt.zip, and cont-img.zip. Probably you need only the first zip file, but I'm reporting exactly what I did just in case any substep is the crucial one. The command: cd /tmp/ # no need to save them long-term wget http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-{tmf,fnt,img}.zip Unzip the zip archives into ~/texmf, appending the giant list of files to /tmp/a.log: cd ~/texmf for f in /tmp/cont-{tmf,fnt,img}.zip ; do unzip $f >> /tmp/a.log ;done 3. (stubs, part 1) Create ~/bin/texmfstart containing two lines: #!/bin/bash ~/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb "$@" Then make it executable with chmod +x ~/bin/texmfstart From what I can tell from reading the ruby code, using the full path to texmfstart.rb helps texmfstart.rb find the other .rb programs, like texexec.rb. (texmfstart.rb uses the path it was called with and looks in that directory, but Hans can correct me if I'm wrong here.) 4. (stubs, part 2) texmfstart will run texexec, so create texexec as a symlink to ~/texmf/scripts/context/stubs/unix/texexec: cd ~/bin ln -s ~/texmf/scripts/context/stubs/unix/texexec chmod +x texexec Hans: Could texexec be made executable in the distribution's zip file, to avoid the chmod? 5. (test 1) A first check is that texexec works. So change to a random directory, e.g. where you keep some Context files: cd ~/tmp/xy ; texexec --version That produces: TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD which looks good 6. (formats) Remake the formats with texexec --make --all 7. (test 2) Try a simple file. I use ~/tmp/xy/t.tex containing one line, "\starttext abc \stoptext". Here goes: texexec t fails with ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. 8. (dreaded lmodern) Ack, it's the dreaded lmodern problem. I thought I had avoided this issue on my previous laptop, which ran Debian testing/unstable and got reincarnated as an Ubuntu laptop. And I had fixed it, by installing the 'lmodern' package. But Ubuntu lmodern is v0.92, at least as of Ubuntu 6.06, and Debian unstable uses v1.00, which includes the necessary .tfm files for ec-lmr*. The beta Ubuntu ('edgy eft') uses the new version, so I downloaded its .deb via http://packages.ubuntu.com, which eventually pointed me to a monster url and I did: cd /tmp wget http://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/lmodern/lmodern_1.00-2… Note that the package version may change, so the easiest way is to download the latest .deb from http://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/lmodern/ Installing it is a bit painful. The first try (done as root) of dpkg -i /tmp/lmodern_1.00-2_all.deb complains with Usage error: unrecognized option Usage: update-fonts-dir DIRECTORY ... 'update-fonts-dir' is some X program that updates X's ideas of where its fonts are, and the package isn't calling it correctly. But I don't care whether X knows about the lmodern fonts, since I'm using them for documents viewed with gv or xpdf, not directly as an X font. So I shut up update-fonts-dir for the moment, installed, and undid the shutting up (all as root): chmod -x /usr/bin/update-fonts-dir dpkg -i /tmp/lmodern_1.00-2_all.deb chmod +x /usr/bin/update-fonts-dir 9. (test 2 again, not as root) Now 'texexec t' works fine, as does 'texexec --check' So I think all is well, and I didn't need to set RUBYLIB. Let me know of any corrections or improvements; if there's interest I'll wikifi. >From now on, I hope I can update using texmfstart ctxtools --updatecontext -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' - Bertrand de Jouvenal

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context grid and \textrule
by wwl＠musensturm.de 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

> You can wrap that whole stuff inside > > \startlinecorrection > ... > \stoplinecorrection > > The stuff inside that environment will not be grid-aligned, > but the final resulting box will be. Thank you, that works. Wolfgang

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Figure number off one time
by David Arnold 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

All, I would like to use: \placefigure [right][fig:pythagoras] {An early portrait of Pythagoras.} {\getbuffer[figure]} And I would like to turn off the figure number in this caption, but just for this graphic, not for any other I place. I want the number off, but I want to keep the caption "An early portrait of Pythagoras." The following didn't work. \startbuffer[figure] \setupcaptions[number=no] \externalfigure[Pythagoras][width=4cm] \stopbuffer \placefigure [right][fig:pythagoras] {An early portrait of Pythagoras.} {\getbuffer[figure]} Pythagoras was a Greek mathematician and philosopher, born on the island of Samos somewhere near the year 582 BC. He founded a number of schools, one in particular in a town in southern Italy called Crotone, whose members eventually Any ideas?

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colums
by Hans van der Meer 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

When I do: \setupcolumns[n=2,balance=no,tolerance=verytolerant,rule=on] % and variations \startext \startcolumns abc \column def \stopcolumns \stoptext This produces two columns when typeset on the upper half of the page. Suddenly about halfway the page the columns are not put side by side but below each other! Is this something known are am I becoming mad? Hans van der Meer

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grid and \textrule
by wwl＠musensturm.de 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

Hallo! I use \setuplayout[grid=yes] and a chapterdefinition which looks like: Author ------------------------------------------------- Title Text text text ... The hor. Line above is a \textrule and the vert. spacing between author and line and line and Title resp. should not depent on the grid. So I can not use \placeongrid{textrule} in my chapterdefinition. I have to do this afterwards. \blank[force,3.9pt] In short: \setuplayout[grid=yes] \def\Sync{...} \showgrid \starttext Bla Blub \textrule \Sync Bla Blub \stoptext How should \Sync be defined to snap on the next gridline? My solution is \def\Sync{\blank[force,7.4pt]}% try and error isn't there a better solution? Wolfgang

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Figure 1.
by David Arnold 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

All, Anyone know how to put a period after Figure 1 in a figure caption?

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Rule under length of last line
by Duncan Hothersall 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

I've had a last-minute impossible request for a typesetting style, and having already told the person it can't be done in the time available, wondered whether it can actually be done at all. The request is for a subsection heading to have a continuous horizontal rule under both its number and title, at a distance of about 6pt from the baseline (i.e. not underlining), extending just the length of the heading. I can do that by setting both number and title in a TABLE, setting the offsets and specifying the bottom frame to be on - no problem. However, the tricky part is that where a longer title runs beyond one line, the line should only appear under the last line, and only to the length of the last line of text. In other words, for viewers with fixed width fonts: 1.1.1 Short title ----------------- 1.1.2 Longer title which wraps onto a second line like this --------------------------- We generate the ConTeXt code from XML, so ideally a solution wouldn't require the last line to be set separately, but would just work whether the heading was single or multiple line. What I'm really looking for is a subsection setup that will automatically do this whatever length of title. I have to say I think it's quite ugly, but can anyone give me a pointer as to how it could be done? Is there a box left at the end of a par which shows the width of the last line? As I say, I've already said no, so this is just out of interest, no urgency. Thanks, Duncan

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Lucida Bright Font Problem
by Helin Gai 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Hi all, I'm trying to set up ConTeXt to use the Lucida Bright Font. I've already installed the font in the "LaTeX way" and it works pretty well in LaTeX. But when I use the following: \usetypescriptfile [type-buy] \loadmapfile[texnansi-bh-lucida.map] \usetypescript[lbr]%[texnansi] \setupbodyfont[lbr,11pt] The font used in the document is still computer Modern. Does ConTeXt require special setup? Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Sincerely, Colin

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Re: [NTG-context] Rule under length of last line
by Duncan Hothersall 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Wow, very cool. Will adapt and wikify. Thanks - it's even better to say no and then do it anyway. :) Thanks again. Duncan

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column overflow at times
by David Arnold 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Hans, We are using: \setupcolumns [tolerance=stretch, balance=yes, blank=flexible, rule=off, distance=2.5em] However, once in a while we get column overflow. See page 55 on: http://msenux.redwoods.edu/IntAlgText/chapter0/chapter0.pdf Are we doing this correctly? Any suggestions?

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setuphead
by Steffen Wolfrum 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Hi, I was sure it should be quite standard, but I couldn't figure our how to set a heading like this: "Chapter label/number" (centered,small,italic) (linebreak) "Chapter titel" (centered,bigger,bold) Is there a command=... to be written, or could it be achieved by combining the various options that setuphead has predefined? Steffen

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Another q, about setups
by The Wizard 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

All - I have a small block which creates a "DRAFT" watermark as the page background: % Create "Draft" watermark for later use \doifmode{draft}{ % Put a "DRAFT" watermark in Sun Blue \defineoverlay[Draft][{\sunbluet \scale[factor=max]{\rotate[rotation=60]{~DRAFT~}}}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=Draft] } % End watermark Is there a way I can put it into a "setup" or "command" so I can turn it on/off by page/section? -- Mark Almeida mark.almeida(a)sun.com Solutions Architect (707)398-9524/x81132 Sun Client Solutions (707)429-0341 Home Office (707)480-5038 Cell

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No page break
by David Arnold 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

All, Anyone know why my Answers and Exercises don't break to a new page? \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupindenting[medium,yes] \usemodule[colors] \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[gridlines][s=0.7] \definecolor[exercolor][r=0.0,g=0.3,b=0.7] \definecolor[oceanfoam][b=1,g=0.75,t=0.12,a=1] \definecolor[tingedblue][g=0.25,b=0.9,t=0.125,a=1] \definecolor[icicle][c=0.4,y=0.1,t=0.125,a=1] \definecolor[middlegreen][c=0.5,y=0.5,t=0.5,a=1] \definecolor[heavygreen][g=0.35,b=0.15] \definecolor[heavyblue][g=0.15,b=0.35] \definecolor[lightred][r=0.7,t=0.15,a=1] \definecolor[lavender][r=0.25,b=0.75,t=0.095,a=1] \definecolor[darklavender][r=0.25,b=0.75] \definecolor[lightgreen][r=0.86,g=0.99,b=0.77,t=0.75,a=1] \definehead [exercises,answers] [subsection] \setupheads [alternative=inmargin, prefix=+] \setuphead [chapter,section] [style=bold, color=heavygreen, before=\blank, after=\blank] \setuphead [chapter] [align={right,nothyphenated,broad}, style=\tfd] \setuphead [section] [prefix=+, style=\tfc] \setuphead [subsection] [style={\tfb\sl}, before=\blank, after=\blank, color=heavyblue, number=no, incrementnumber=yes] \def\ExerciseHead{\headnumber[section]} \setuphead [exercises] [incrementnumber=no, page=right, command=\ExerciseHead, after=\hairline\blank] \def\AnswerHead{\headnumber[section]} \setuphead [answers] [incrementnumber=no, page=right, command=\AnswerHead, after=\hairline\blank] \starttext \chapter{Hello} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \section{One} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \section{two} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \exercises{Exercises} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \exercises{Asnwers} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stoptext

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TOC and "Contents" entry
by The Wizard 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

All - Although the manual seems to imply that \completecontent will include the "Contents" page entry itself in the TOC, it does not. I would like the "Contents" page itself to be included, in both the table of contents, and the navigation entries in the generated pdf output. I normally set it up like this: \completecontent[alternative=c,pagestyle=slanted,interaction=pagenumber] Pretty simple, but it doesn't do what I'd really like. The other style \placecontent[alternative=c,pagestyle=slanted,interaction=pagenumber] doesn't do what I want either. Is there an additional option that I'm missing. I'd like something like <page header> Contents Contents..............................................................iii Section 1.............................................................1 etc.... <page footer> Can I get this with either \completecontent or \placecontent, or will I have to use some other method? TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 tex : pdfeTeXk, 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2006.07.24 10:49 cont-en : ver: 2006.07.24 10:49 fmt: 2006.7.26 mes: english total run time : 1 seconds -- Mark Almeida mark.almeida(a)sun.com Solutions Architect (707)398-9524/x81132 Sun Client Solutions (707)429-0341 Home Office (707)480-5038 Cell

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whitespace
by Hans van der Meer 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Why does \startframedtext does not honor the outside setting by \setupwhitespace? And do I have to use inner? Here follows a minimal example \starttext \setupwhitespace[big] line1\par line2\par % next no big space between the lines \startframedtext line1\par line2\par \stopframedtext % next has big space between the lines \startframedtext[inner={\setupwhitespace[big]}] line1\par line2\par \stopframedtext \stoptext Hans van der Meer

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Russian letters transliterated
by Arkady Shraer 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Hello, I updated ConTeXt as in "updating context on Ubuntu 6.06" post and it worked, moreover I got russian hyphenation working out of the box. But I have a little problem: all my cyrillic letters displayed as transliterated latin letters (or letter codes). What should I do in this case? Arkady

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Bug in ctxtools --documentation
by Aditya Mahajan 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Hi Hans, ctxtools.rb says that %D is the documetation marker. However, while matching it uses when /^[%\#]D/io then Doesn't /i stand for ignorecase, which means that %d is also matched? Is this a bug or a feature? Try generating documentation of core-fnt.tex for an interesting manifestation of this. You have %def\uppercased#1{{\forceunexpanded\xdef\@@globalcrap{\uppercase{#1}}}\@@globalcrap} %def\lowercased#1{{\forceunexpanded\xdef\@@globalcrap{\lowercase{#1}}}\@@globalcrap} %d gets matched, %de gets deleted and the following is written in core-fnt.ted \startdocumentation f\uppercased#1{{\forceunexpanded\xdef\@@globalcrap{\uppercase{#1}}}\@@globalcrap} f\lowercased#1{{\forceunexpanded\xdef\@@globalcrap{\lowercase{#1}}}\@@globalcrap} \stopdocumentation when context processes this it complains ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \@@expanded. <to be read again> } \uppercased ... \xdef \@@expanded {\uppercase {#1} }}\@@expanded l.251 f\uppercased# 1{{\forceunexpanded\xdef\@@globalcrap{\uppercase{#1}}}\@@... ? ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode. <recently read> ## \@@expanded ->\uppercase {##} l.251 f\uppercased# 1{{\forceunexpanded\xdef\@@globalcrap{\uppercase{#1}}}\@@... Aditya

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