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Re: [NTG-context] How to do this in ConTeXt
by FabriceL. 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

Hi, Hans, it's so instructive to read yout post... I have learned from this last post 2 new commands ! However, I think the original poster wish a line who run to the right margin, so I added to your code in the "defineenumeration" a "inbetween=\vskip-4pt{\hrule height 1.5pt}\blank". This is not very elegant, but this works. By the way, I'm interested to know if there is a better solution. > Hans wrote: > one of you has to wikify this answer ... I'm not sure how to do this, but I can try how this works. The complete code follows. FL. \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbackgrounds[text][text][background=color,backgroundcolor=darkred,backgroundoffset=3pt] \defineenumeration [example] [way=bychapter, separator=\compoundhyphen, chapternumber=yes, color=white, command=\exampleframed, inbetween=\vskip-4pt{\hrule height 1.5pt}\blank] \defineframed [exampleframed] [background=color, backgroundcolor=black, foregroundcolor=white, style=bold, frame=off] \starttext \chapter{One} \input tufte \startexample \input tufte \stopexample \input tufte \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] float/figure and wrapping text
by Randolph Bertin 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

On Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at 05:00 AM, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > you can move the graphic with: > > \starttext > > \hangsidefloat[3] \placefigure[left]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf > \input zapf > > \movesidefloat[3*line] \placefigure[left]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf > \input zapf > > \stoptext > > this is still page bound > > \movesidefloat[x=10pt,y=-30pt] > > also works, as does: > > \placefigure[left,3*line]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf \input zapf > > and in the next version: > > \placefigure[left,3*hang]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf \input zapf > > will work as well (i cannot post a patch because i first need to upload > the version with the french interface) > > Hans > > I tried all of the above examples, but all end up with the same result I already have, namely, if there is not enough room to fit the figure (in my project, this is an image) on the current page, a page break is issued (leaving the bottom portion of the page blank). What I would like to happen, is to go ahead and begin the next paragraph to fill the current page, and then place the graphic on the subsequent page (with text to the side). Again, the issue only arises when there is not enough room on the current page to fit the figure. In my project, the figures are about 1/2 the height of the main body text, so anytime the paragraph breaks below the midpoint of a page, any image placed there will cause a page break leaving the rest of the page blank. Also, in the examples given, the ones using 3*line also set the image down three lines from the beginning of the paragraph. And while I might think that those first three lines should print across the full width of the main body text (directly above the image area), they only appear to the side of the image area, leaving three partially blank lines just above the image. Is that what is supposed to happen? Regards, Randolph

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difficult fonts again
by Henning Hraban Ramm 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

I'm playing with special fonts again... \starttypescript [map] [delitsch] [\defaultencoding] \loadmapfile [\defaultencoding-klein-delitsch.map] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [handwriting] [delitsch] [\defaultencoding] \definefontsynonym [DelitschAntiqua] [\defaultencoding- delitschantiqua] [encoding=\defaultencoding] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [handwriting] [delitsch] [name] \definefontsynonym [Handwriting] [DelitschAntiqua] \stoptypescript \def\DelitschC#1{\getglyph{\defaultencoding-raw-delitschantiqua} {\char#1}} %\def\DelitschC#1{\getglyph{Handwriting}{\char#1}} % no metrics \definetextmodediscretionary D {\DelitschC{198}} % ... \definetextmodediscretionary t. {\DelitschC{209}} With the "Handwriting" definition of \DelitschC I get the chars, but without metrics. Is that normal behaviour? I need one big title and defined \definefont[MainTitleFont][Handwriting at 36pt] But in {\MainTitleFont |D|ie Winternach|t.|} my "discretionary" characters stay in bodyfont size. Is there a way to let these adapt to the actual size? (I know I should solve this with virtual fonts etc., I'll try that later, if I stay unemployed...) Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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e-trema
by Willi Egger 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Good evening! While typesetting a Dutch text I am confronted with the problem, that in case of a hyphenation of the word poëzie must become po-ezie. Does anybody know a solution in order to keep automatic hyphenation? Kind regards Willi

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Re: [NTG-context] How to do this in ConTeXt
by Fabrice Larribe 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Hi, R S Ananda Murthy wrote: > Hello, > > I need the format shown below: > > ------------- > |Example 1-1| > ----------------------------------------- > \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors[state=start] Here is (almost) what you want to acheive, but without any macros: \blank \starttext %\def\Ex#1{ \line{\framed{\red #1}} } \line{ \framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=black]{ { {\white Exemple 1.1\ }}}\hfill } \hrule \blank To have numbers, you should use ennumeration.. And a try.. but I don't know how to adjust things... Others have to complete... \defineenumeration[Exemple][location=serried,headstyle=bold,width=broad, text={\framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=black]{\red\sc Exemple}\textrule},margin=0.5cm,before=\blank,after=\blank] \startExemple This is a nice exemple. \stopExemple This is the end. \stoptext F.

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About 'repeat' option of \startitemize
by Radhelorn 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Hello All! A while ago Hans introduced 'repeat' option for \startitemize to make nested items. I've decided to give it a try: \startitemize[repeat] \item item1 \startitemize \item item1.1 \item item1.2 \item item1.3 \stopitemize \item \startitemize \item item2.1 \item item2.2 \item item2.3 \item item2.4 \stopitemize \stopitemize gives: 1. item1 1. item1.1 2.2. item1.2 3.3. item1.3 2.1. item2.1 2.2. item2.2 3.3. item2.3 4.4. item2.4 should: 1. item1 1.1. item1.1 1.2. item1.2 1.3. item1.3 2.1. item2.1 2.2. item2.2 2.3. item2.3 2.4. item2.4 From my observations of mysterious box manipulations in core-itm I think that fix for repeating first digit can be as simple as removing one of these \plusone's somewhere. But it is possible to make both 1.1 and 2.1 work as in my example? And it seems that space after dot in nested lists is slightly bigger. Is this intentional? -- Radhelorn <radhelorn(a)mail.ru>

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\input inside of modules
by Peter Rolf 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Hi, I've some trouble with modules and their (nested) input. The module is found (in context/user), but the input file, that is called inside that module (same dir), is not found. example: \usemodule[foo] % is found inside [t-foo.tex]: ... \input foo-bar \relax % same dir, but it's not found ... It seems, that only typescripts and modules are found inside my user dir. How can I change this behaviour? kpsewhich can find all files. Currently I'm using CTXDEVTXPATH to fix this, but there must be a better way. Thanks in advance Peter

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How to do this in ConTeXt
by R S Ananda Murthy 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Hello, I need the format shown below: ------------- |Example 1-1| ----------------------------------------- Here Example 1-1 should be in a black box and text should be in white. The line attached to this box should run up to the right margin. I need a counter for examples to count up and display the example number as shown above for more examples. I am new to ConTeXt. So, I need help. Thanks for your help. Anand

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th nd and rd
by John R. Culleton 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

It is common to express certain numerals with the suffixes st, nd, rd, th, with the suffix in a smaller type and raised about .5em eg: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th. It is of course possible to cobble these expressions up in macros. But it would be handy if they were built in to Context. Any thoughts? -- John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf

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\celsius and \inch
by Peter Münster 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Hello, a suggestion for \celsius in core-mis.tex: \def\celsius#1{#1\,\mathematics{^\circ}\kern-0.1emC} The symbol for \inch is strange: "}". What is \char125 supposed to be, doesn't it depend on the font encoding? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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How to do this in ConTeXt
by R S Ananda Murthy 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Hello, I need the format shown below: ------------- |Example 1-1| ----------------------------------------- Here Example 1-1 should be in a black box and text should be in white. The line attached to this box should run up to the right margin. I need a counter for examples to count up and display the example number as shown above for more examples. I am new to ConTeXt. So, I need help. Thanks for your help. Anand

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widgets in layers (property)
by Peter Rolf 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

New year, old problem... Hi all, I want to use widgets (tooltip, buttons,..) in some stacked pdf layers. My problem is, that the widgets are somehow not bound to the state of their layer. They are still active, even if the surrounding layer is deactivated. I add a mimimal example (it's best to open the 'Layers' tab in acrobat). The first layer with tooltip is not active, the second one is active, but has no tooltip. Just move the mouse over the text and you can see the tooltip from the deactivated layer one. I have also tried it with a fieldstack, but 'annotations cannot be inside an XForm'. Any hints are welcome. Peter % interface=en output=pdftex % Time-stamp: <Freitag, 30 Dezember 2005 13:54:11; test.tex> % \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \def\Stackbox#1{\nointerlineskip\vbox\bgroup\wd#1=\zeropoint\ht#1=\zeropoint\dp#1=\zeropoint \dontleavehmode\noindent\box#1\egroup} \defineproperty[layer1][layer][title={one}, state=stop] \defineproperty[layer2][layer][title={two}, state=start] \newbox\Layerbox \startproperty[layer1] \setbox\Layerbox\vbox{\framed[width=160mm,height=120mm,framecolor=red] {\tooltip{First Layer with tooltip}{widget of layer one is active}}} \Stackbox\Layerbox \stopproperty \startproperty[layer2] \setbox\Layerbox\vbox{\framed[width=160mm,height=120mm,framecolor=green,frameoffset=1pt] {Second Layer without tooltip}} \Stackbox\Layerbox \stopproperty \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: "" %%% End:

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float/figure and wrapping text
by Randolph Bertin 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

I am typesetting books, primarily text and images. My original background is Quark/InDesign, but quite recently, I decided to look into TeX/LaTeX (LaTeX because that is just what most of the TeX references refer to). I first spent some time trying to learn LaTeX and although I was able to accomplish a number of my desired goals, I began to run into some problems related to maintaining text on a baseline grid. When searching for solutions, I came across a reference to ConTeXt. My first impressions are that ConTeXt looks great, and would handle most of what I would like to accomplish with a nice uniform approach. I haven't explored many of the features I will need to use, but am trying to read the manuals and listserv archives and basically trying things out to see how things function. So, I am sure I will have a number of questions that will later turn out to seem obvious (often the case, I guess for the uninitiated). Eventually, I might even be able to answer a couple of questions.... But, to begin, one thing I would like to do for a project I am working on is to wrap continuous text around an image (placed on one side of the main text body), and I am encountering a little difficulty. The basic situation in my document is that the figure can float, to be inserted at the next available spot, placed at the left or right margin, with text above (if there is space), to the side, and below (if there is space). First, it appears that TeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt can only place a figure next to text at the beginning of a paragraph. Is this correct? Second, using ConText, when I use \placefigure, if there is enough space on a page, it appears to place it, and wrap text around the side. Everything looks fine. But, if there is not enough space remaining on the page, the remainder of the page is left blank, and then the figure is placed at the beginning of the next page, with text wrapped around it. (That is both what I observed, and also I read in the "Details" document as the expected behavior). If I use \placefloat, if there is not enough space remaining on the page, the text will continue printing on the page and the float will be placed on the next page, BUT without any text to the side of it. What I would like is to be able to combine these two behaviors when placing a floating figure: If there is enough space on the page, it would place the figure there and wrap text around it (as it currently does for \placefigure). If there is not enough space, it will 'float' the figure and continue with the text on the current page (as it does with \placefloat, but not with \placefigure) and insert the figure on a subsequent page when there is space, wrapping the text around the figure at that point (again as it does with \placefigure, but does not seem to do with \placefloat). Is it possible to do this using a current set of ConTeXt control sequences and maybe I am just missing something? If not, is this something that can be implemented? (I don't have any experience with lower level TeX macro programming). All of what I am looking for is already there, but not all in one control sequence. Thank you very much for any help, Randolph

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headers of multiple pages toc
by Renaud AUBIN 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Hi all, I have multiple pages toc, lof and lot and I want to write headers on pages after the first... I have succeeded in writting headers (chapter or section titles) in other parts of my product but I dunno how to manage this in special part (i.e. in \placecompletecontent). Cheers,

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page references (varioref)
by Peter Münster 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Hello, I tried to implement something like the LaTeX varioref package, but without success. In detail: I would like to create a command like \at[], say \VarioAt[], that outputs a text in function of the page-number, for example: * if page is the same as the current page: "on the current page" * if page is next page: "on the following page" * if page is previous page: "on the preceding page" * else "on page XX" (XX is page-number) I tried with something like \doifelse{\expanded{\at[myRef]}}{\expanded{\currentpage}}% {same page}{different pages} But it seems, that this does not work... :( Could you help please? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] float/figure and wrapping text
by Randolph Bertin 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

David Arnold wrote: > Have you seen this document? > > http://pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/details.pdf > > Look in the section "Fine Tuning Graphics" and see if there is > anything there that will help. > > Yes, I had looked through that document, which is where I found the statement (on p. 25): When the figure does not fit on the page, a page break is issued. This, as I mentioned, is a result of \placefigure I would like to get around (and, in fact, \placefloat DOES seem to get around, but with the drawback of not having text wrapped to the side). While I don't understand all the "details" of that manual, (which I am sure will be very helpful for me in fine tuning the placement of a graphic relative to the surrounding text, if I can overcome my current placement difficulty), the remaining "details" do not appear to address the matter. I feel like I am missing something pretty basic, here, but just can't seem to come up with the right combination. Any other thoughts? Regards, Randolph

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BBEdit and Context
by David Arnold 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

All, Has anyone designed any macros or glossaries to work with Context in BBEdit?

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TeX terminology
by Mojca Miklavec 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hello, Sorry for a questioin that is a bit off-topic. I'm a bit confused about the TeX terminology. I know what is what, but I don't know how all these programs/packages/macros are officially called in English. How would you explain those in an encyclopedy with no more than one sentence? * plain TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt are ... ? TeX formats ? (but ConTeXt is not just that) * TeX, eTeX, pdf(e)TeX, Aleph, Omega, XeTeX are ... ? TeX engines/extensions, an extended version of TeX ? * pdflatex is ... ? * texexec is ... ? * texutil, texfont are ... ? scripts/utilities for [whateverthetask] * MikTeX, TeX Live, teTeX are ... TeX distributions * PPCHTeX, XymTeX, MusicTeX are ... ConTeXt module(s) / LaTeX package(s) * PicTeX is ? TeX drawing environment * BibTeX is ... ? * TeXCeH is ... TeX user group Thanks a lot, Mojca

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Big Manual
by David Arnold 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hans, Taco, Any news on releasing source for the "big manuals?"

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Title page of french phd thesis
by Renaud AUBIN 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hi all, I want to obtain something like this on my title page : Composition du jury : Président : M. Prénom NOM Rapporteurs : M. Truc BIDULE de paris Mme Machin CHOUETTE blabla Examinateurs : M. Ano NYME I would have macro to do this (inspired from thloria LaTeX package) like : \President = {M. Prénom NOM} \Rapporteurs = {M. Truc BIDULE&de Paris\\ Mme Machin CHOUETTE&blabla } \Examinateurs = {M. Ano NYME} I have some ideas on how to do this but I need advices to know what's the best way to manage this issue. Cheers,

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serial definition
by Henning Hraban Ramm 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hi ho! This is a part of Holger Schöner's letter style (see http:// wiki.contextgarden.net/Letter_style) \def\lettersenderkeyone{} \def\lettersendervalone{} \def\lettersenderkeytwo{} \def\lettersendervaltwo{} % etc. \def\lettersenderkeynine{} \def\lettersendervalnine{} \def\senderone#1#2{\def\lettersenderkeyone{#1}\def\lettersendervalone {#2}} \def\sendertwo#1#2{\def\lettersenderkeytwo{#1}\def\lettersendervaltwo {#2}} % etc. \def\sendernine#1#2{\def\lettersenderkeynine{#1}\def \lettersendervalnine{#2}} \startsetups sendertablesetup \bTABLE \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[x][1][width=\senderkeywidth, align=left, style= {\keystyle\strut}] \setupTABLE[x][2][width=\sendervalwidth, align=right, style= {\valstyle\strut}] \bTR\bTD\doiftextelse{\lettersenderkeyone} {\lettersenderkeyone:}{}\eTD\bTD\lettersendervalone\eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD\doiftextelse{\lettersenderkeytwo} {\lettersenderkeytwo:}{}\eTD\bTD\lettersendervaltwo\eTD\eTR % etc. \bTR\bTD\doiftextelse{\lettersenderkeynine} {\lettersenderkeynine:}{}\eTD\bTD\lettersendervalnine \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stopsetups Is there a more programmatical way for such? (Does TeX know something like arrays or dicts?) Sorry, I still can't program in TeX... Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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Bib Module: bibl-ssa
by David Wooten 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Greetings all, Taco, I've just run across a small bug in the bibl-ssa style for the bib- module. The (wonderful) mechanism for deleting subsequent identical names goes a little too far if the first item in the bibliography is an edited book---that is, editor(s) only, and no author(s). "A little too far" meaning the first item is printed without the editor's name. Current set-up: \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=ssa,refcommand=authoryears] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl,criterium=all] \setupbibtex[sort=author] \sortbycitefalse Kind regards, David Wooten

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nice examples
by Hans Hagen 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hi, I dunno how many of you know this, but the next site gives examples (in pdf) of column handling http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~naw/serie5/index.php Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] Questions about the rsteps module.
by Fabrice Larribe 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Peter Münster wrote: > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, Fabrice Larribe wrote: > > > 2) I wish to use the same text to print (wihout steps) and with slide > > (with steps). If I comment the "\usemodule [rsteps]", the instructions > > \StartSteps \NextStep.. are unknown of course, so how should I redefine > > them ? I guess I should provide new definitions only for screen mode ? > > Is there a simpler solution ? . > > \UseStepsfalse > Cheers, Peter > Thanks for the answer. Mojca Miklavec also mentionned this which I did not know. This resolves one of my problem. I'm still working on the others ! Fabrice L.

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Re: [NTG-context] Questions about the rsteps module.
by Fabrice Larribe 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Hi, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > I may be wrong, but I'm afraid that I have to disappoint you for > almost all the request that you mentioned unless someone implements > them in the near future (I guess that many people would need this > functionality anyway). t-rsteps is still experimental in a way. It > works, but not for very advanced usage. Hans wrote some modules to > provide similar functionality, but they all rely on JavaScript. > Thanks for your feed-back. I wish somebody will work on this or a similar macro one day, and we have in Context a way to deal with these simple animations, like what offers the beamer package in Latex. About the javascript macro wrote by Hans, it is a little risky, since when you made a presentation, you have nerver sure what computer and acrobat version you are going to present. > > 1) When I define a theorem in a slide with steps, my theorem 1 is > > theorem 2 at the second step. How to control this ? > > As far as I know, the code is implemented in such a way that it only > controls at which step to process the code. It means that if you write > a theorem once on the first slide and once on the second, it will be > processed twice and TeX will see it as a new theorem. > > Some code was written to hack treating the equation numbers and > chapter/section numbers. I don't know how you write and number > theorems, but you can manually reset the theorem number to one number > less the the current one and then increment it again at the end of > slide, although this is tedious. > > I don't know to which extent you can read the TeX source code (it's > much uglier than for any other usual programming language). It should > be possible to mimic the behaviour of resetting equation numbers, but > don't ask me how to do that. > > Yet another approach would be to save everything in a box and then > output only the box. I don't know how well this works (if it works at > all). > > \setbox2=\vbox{ here comes your theorem } > \FromStep[2]{\copy2} > > All the mentioned solutions are ugly. > I have tried your solutions based on putting the theorem in a vbox, but this does not work. Yes I have seen a discussion on this mailing list where the author of t-rsteps modify the macro to handle equations numbers. So this may be possible. I had a look on the macro, perhaps I will try to do something, but this is a huge work since I'm not so fluent in Tex macro... Perhaps ths simple solution is to number theorem manually, but this pose a problem, since I have others enumerations in the document (Definition, Exemples...). I can cheat and adjust counters at each step in screen mode, but I'm not sure how to do this: there is a command \setEnumeration{value} and \nextEnumeration, but no \previousEnumeration... > > 2) I wish to use the same text to print (wihout steps) and with slide > > (with steps). If I comment the "\usemodule [rsteps]", the instructions > > \StartSteps \NextStep.. are unknown of course, so how should I redefine > > them ? I guess I should provide new definitions only for screen mode ? > > Is there a simpler solution ? . > > There is a switch \UseStepsfalse. (I don't know if this satisfies your > needs - there are some differences, ie: there may be problems with > Table of Contents or similar.) > I did not know the \UseStepsfalse option. This seems to work nice. Thanks. > > 3) On each slide, the header contains the page number, which appears > > only at the last step of the slide.The same effect occurs with the > footline > > which appears only at last step of a slide. Is there a way to correct > > this ? ie I wish the header and footer do not change, so the steps are > > more transparent. > > No idea. > > Sorry for being of almost no help and for bringing bad news only, > Mojca > > > Thanks anyways for your answers, sometimes to know that something is impossible and likely difficult is valuable ! Fabrice L. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >

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Danielle Steel module (t-firstline)
by Taco Hoekwater 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Hi, Attached is a module that can (automatically) do special processing on just the first line of a paragraph. It is based on a question about Danielle Steel novels on c.t.t. by John Culleton. For John: I've renamed the macro to \Firstline Cheers and a happy newyear to all, Taco

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Mptopdf batch
by David Arnold 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

All, I am wondering why this only compiles one file. How can I compile section3figs-mpgraph.# of #=1-7 in one command? figures $ ls figlibSection1.xml section3figs-mpgraph.log figlibSection2.xml section3figs-mpgraph.mp figlibSection3.xml section3figs-mpgraph.mpo junk5.tex section3figs-mpgraph.mpt mpgraph.mp section3figs-mpgraph.mpx mptrace.tmp section3figs.log section1figs.tex section3figs.pdf section2figs.tex section3figs.tex section3figs-mpgraph-1.pdf section3figs.tmp section3figs-mpgraph.1 section3figs.tui section3figs-mpgraph.2 section3figs.tuo section3figs-mpgraph.3 tmpgraph-mpgraph.mp section3figs-mpgraph.4 tmpgraph.bck section3figs-mpgraph.5 tmpgraph.log section3figs-mpgraph.6 tmpgraph.tmp section3figs-mpgraph.7 tmpgraph.tui figures $ mptopdf section3figs-mpgraph.* This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) [MP to PDF] (./section3figs-mpgraph.1{/Users/darnold/Library/texmf/ fonts/map/pd ftex/updmap/pdftex.map}) [1]</usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/ type1/blu esky/cm/cmsy10.pfb></usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/ bluesky/cm/c mr12.pfb>{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm- ec.enc}</usr /local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb></usr/ local/teTe X/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi12.pfb> Output written on section3figs-mpgraph.pdf (1 page, 24994 bytes). Transcript written on section3figs-mpgraph.log. MPtoPDF 1.3 : section3figs-mpgraph.1 is converted to section3figs- mpgraph-1.pdf figures $ I also tried: figures $ mptopdf section3figs-mpgraph.[1-7]This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) [MP to PDF] (./section3figs-mpgraph.1{/Users/darnold/Library/texmf/ fonts/map/pd ftex/updmap/pdftex.map}) [1]</usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/ type1/blu esky/cm/cmsy10.pfb></usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/ bluesky/cm/c mr12.pfb>{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm- ec.enc}</usr /local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb></usr/ local/teTe X/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi12.pfb> Output written on section3figs-mpgraph.pdf (1 page, 24992 bytes). Transcript written on section3figs-mpgraph.log. MPtoPDF 1.3 : section3figs-mpgraph.1 is converted to section3figs- mpgraph-1.pdf figures $

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Aleph - description & more info
by Mojca Miklavec 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Dear ConTeXt-ers, I have Many people know something about Aleph, but I guess that not so many are using it. I've seen some

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Questions about the rsteps module.
by Fabrice Larribe 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

Hi, I'm presently trying to do slide, and I need to make things appear by steps. So, I've found the rsteps module, but I'm having some problems to use it. Here are my questions. I appreciate any hints or help. 1) When I define a theorem in a slide with steps, my theorem 1 is theorem 2 at the second step. How to control this ? 2) I wish to use the same text to print (wihout steps) and with slide (with steps). If I comment the "\usemodule [rsteps]", the instructions \StartSteps \NextStep.. are unknown of course, so how should I redefine them ? I guess I should provide new definitions only for screen mode ? Is there a simpler solution ? . 3) On each slide, the header contains the page number, which appears only at the last step of the slide.The same effect occurs with the footline which appears only at last step of a slide. Is there a way to correct this ? ie I wish the header and footer do not change, so the steps are more transparent. Thanks for help. Fabrice.

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\placepublications in appendix
by Peter Münster 31 Dec '05

31 Dec '05

Hi, strange: \startbackmatter \placepublications \stopbackmatter works, but \startappendices \placepublications \stopappendices doesn't work. Any ideas? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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How to realize this?
by R S Ananda Murthy 31 Dec '05

31 Dec '05

Hello, I want a new chapter to begin as shown below: Chapter No Title of the Chapter How to realize this in ConTeXt. Thanks for your help. Anand

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hanging=normal and hz
by Peter Münster 31 Dec '05

31 Dec '05

Hello, what is the syntax to get "hz,normal" ? I tried \setupfonthandling[highquality] and \setupalign[hanging,hz] but these two commands don't seem to change anything: \starttext \input tufte \setupfonthandling[highquality] \setupalign[hanging,hz] \input tufte \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Standalone graphics
by David Arnold 31 Dec '05

31 Dec '05

All, If you have: \starttext \startMPpage metapost code \stopMPpage \startMPpage metapost code \stopMPpage \startMPpage metapost code \stopMPpage \startMPpage metapost code \stopMPpage \stoptext Is there a way to change all four output files directly to pdf without invoking a separate run of mptopdf?

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2 m-bib questions
by Peter Münster 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Hello, here my m-bib questions: * The lost space after \cite[...], is it a bug or a feature? * I'm going to add some multi-lingual support to m-bib. My idea is, to replace in cont-XX.bst and bibl-XXX.tex "page" by "\pagename", "and" by "\andname" and so on. Is this method ok? If not, how should I do it (not too complicated please ;) ? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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pushed text in description
by Peter Münster 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Hello, Taco said on http://context.literatesolutions.com/collector/66 that the new \txt should solve my problem, but I cannot find the right way. If nobody knows a solution, perhaps I'm going to translate the LaTeX macros to ConTeXt (at least trying to ...). Here is the LaTeX-code, that does the thing I'm looking for: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mdwlist} \begin{document} \begin{basedescript}{\desclabelstyle{\pushlabel}\desclabelwidth{6em}} \item[Short] This is a shorter item label, and some text that talks about it. The text is wrapped into a paragraph, with successive lines indented. \item[Normal] This is a normal item label, and some text that talks about it. The text is wrapped into a paragraph in the same manner as above. \item[Rather longer label] This is a longer item label. It's somewhat an exception. As you can see, the text is pushed to the right, to leave some place for the label. \end{basedescript} \end{document} I would be glad about a ConTeXt-solution. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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widgets in layers (property)
by Peter Rolf 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Hi all, I want to use widgets (tooltip, buttons,..) in some stacked pdf layers. My problem is, that the widgets are somehow not bound to the state of their layer. They are still active, even if the surrounding layer is deactivated. I add a mimimal example (it's best to open the 'Layers' tab in acrobat). The first layer with tooltip ist not active, the second one is active, but has no tooltip. Just move the mouse over the text and you can see the tooltip from the deactivated layer one. I have also tried it with a fieldstack, but 'annotations cannot be inside an XForm'. Any hints are welcome. Peter % interface=en output=pdftex % Time-stamp: <Freitag, 30 Dezember 2005 13:54:11; test.tex> % \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \def\Stackbox#1{\nointerlineskip\vbox\bgroup\wd#1=\zeropoint\ht#1=\zeropoint\dp#1=\zeropoint \dontleavehmode\noindent\box#1\egroup} \defineproperty[layer1][layer][title={one}, state=stop] \defineproperty[layer2][layer][title={two}, state=start] \newbox\Layerbox \startproperty[layer1] \setbox\Layerbox\vbox{\framed[width=160mm,height=120mm,framecolor=red] {\tooltip{First Layer with tooltip}{widget of layer one is active}}} \Stackbox\Layerbox \stopproperty \startproperty[layer2] \setbox\Layerbox\vbox{\framed[width=160mm,height=120mm,framecolor=green,frameoffset=1pt] {Second Layer without tooltip}} \Stackbox\Layerbox \stopproperty \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: "" %%% End:

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bold sc again
by Peter Münster 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Hello, finally I got bold small caps with the attached module. It's certainly a bad hack, but unfortunately I don't know nothing about typescripts, variants and other details about fonts in ConTeXt (it looks too complicated to me...). If somebody knows a cleaner way, feel free to update the wiki. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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'Glossary' on every page
by Gilles Pérez-Lambert 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Hello to all, I have a problem: I want to add a kind of glossary on a book. It will be, in fact, an explanation of acronyms ('NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation' for instance). But... I'd want it on every page, only for the acronyms used on the current page (and alphabetically sorted if possible)... I tried using layers (with or without tying them to backgrounds), blocks (\begin... \end...), buffers, list of synonyms, etc. but I had problems with one of the requirements or another. :-) My first idea was to use blocks for each page : \beginABREV[1] NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation \endABREV \beginABREV[1] BLOB: Binary Large Object \endABREV and to use them with \useblocks[ABREV][\pagenumber] in the footer. To be sure to give the right page number to \beginABREV, I tried to define a label and use it, something like (from memory, I don't have my code near to me): \reference[abbrev\ABREVcount]% Put a label \beginABREV[{\ref[r][abbrev\ABREVcount]}]% and use the label to get the current page on subsequent runs. but I went on a nightmare of expansion problems... Plus it didn't eliminate duplicates nor sort the acronyms. But it would have been a start... :-) Can someone point me to the right direction? Thanks in advance, Gilles.

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patch for symb-eur.tex
by Peter Münster 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

Hello, I need a \relax in symb-eur.tex to keep the space after the euro-symbol: \definecharacter texteuro {\symbol[euro]\relax} Test-file: \usemodule[symb-eur] \useregime[il9] \enableregime[il9] \starttext X € X \stoptext Two other questions: - What is the best way, to get never the serif version of the euro, only the sans? - Is this the right way, to activate the euro-variations: "\usemodule[symb-eur]" ? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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How to realize this?
by R S Ananda Murthy 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

Hello, I want a new chapter to begin as shown below: Chapter No Title of the Chapter How to realize this in ConTeXt. Thanks for your help. Anand

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mathml
by Hans Hagen 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

Hi, I'm currently reimplementing the mathml modules (a bit more trendy and flexible implementation). In a couple of weeks i need testers. I also wonder if we can set up a repository with test files. Hans

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color in textext
by Hans van der Meer 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

I'm trying to play with colors in textext inclusions: \setupcolors[state=start] \setupMPpage[offset=2mm] \startuseMPgraphic{test} label(textext("\color[green]{XYZ}"), (0,0)); \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \forceMPTEXgraphictrue \startMPpage \includeMPgraphic{test} \stopMPpage \stoptext This label does not appear in green, although the intermediate files contain: % figure 1 : texpictures[1] := btex \color [green]{XYZ} etex ; Is it possible that \setupcolors[state=start] is not communicated? If so, how and where should this be done? \setupcolors[state=start] cannot be put inside the textext as it is a preamble thing (tried it) (note: although one could do: "label(textext("XYZ"), (0,0) withcolor green;" this interferes with other macro operations I want to perform) yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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function machine
by David Arnold 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Hans, Taco, et al, This is getting pretty close to the limit of my expertise. The good stuff of it is stolen from Metafun and mp-func.mp. Because of the way I handle clipping the path, p:=p cutbefore cpath; p:=reverse p; p:=p cutbefore cpath; this will only work on functions (like lines, quadratics, and polynomials, maybe sinusoids) that both enter and leave the region inside the clipping path. I proceed the in the order I do because I want the axes layered atop the grid and the functions layered atop the grid and axes. It's actually a pretty cool routine for teachers as it almost works like a TI83 calculator. Just change xmin, xmax, xscl, ymin, ymax, and yscl to determine domain and range and tick marks, then adjust the number of points for a smooth graph, then set the width of the figure you want. There's an option to label the axes differently from the usual x and y, if needed. Finally, thanks to Hans' expertise, the drawfcn routine allows for a parametric definition of the intended curve. All you need to do to make another graphic is copy and paste everything between \startMPpage ... \stopMPpage and adjust the parameters described above. Now you have a second plot. You can run texexec with texexec filename or texexec --page=2 filename if you only want your second graphic. When I compile all, I write an xml database file (very cool) and use \usemodule[fig-base] \usefigurebase[figures/figlibSection1] in my document. Very cool working arrangement. Here's some lines from my xml file: <figurelibrary language="en"> <description> <organization>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</ organization> <project>Intermediate Algebra Text</project> <product>Chapter 1</product> <comment>Figures for Section 1</comment> </description> <figure> <file>section1figs-mpgraph.1</file> <label>yeqx2</label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> <figure> <file>section1figs-mpgraph.2</file> <label>yeq2x2</label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> ... </figurelibrary> And here's my function machine. I'd love to hear any suggestions for improvement. Thanks to all who have helped me the last week (Taco has been especially patient). I've learned a lot. %output=pdf \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[gridlines][s=0.7] \startMPinclusions color gridlines; gridlines:=\MPcolor{gridlines}; vardef create_grid (expr l,r,h,b,t,v,wid,ht)= save ux, uy; numeric ux, uy; (r-l)*ux=wid; (t-b)*uy=ht; for k=b step v until t: draw (l*ux,k*uy)--(r*ux,k*uy) withcolor \MPcolor{gridlines}; endfor; for k=l step h until r: draw (k*ux,b*uy)--(k*ux,t*uy) withcolor \MPcolor{gridlines}; endfor; enddef; vardef create_axes (expr l,r,b,t,wid,ht) (text xlbl,ylbl) = save ux, uy; numeric ux, uy; (r-l)*ux=wid; (t-b)*uy=ht; textextoffset:=3pt; drawdblarrow (1.05*l*ux,0)--(1.05*r*ux,0); draw textext.rt(xlbl) shifted (1.05*r*ux,0); draw textext.bot(decimal r) shifted (r*ux,0); drawdblarrow (0,1.05*b*uy)--(0,1.05*t*uy); draw textext.top(ylbl) shifted (0,1.05*t*uy); draw textext.lft(decimal t) shifted (0,t*uy); enddef; vardef drawfcn (expr ind,dep,l,r,b,t,wid,ht,n) text txt = save x, dx, ux, uy; numeric x, dx, ux, uy; dx:=(r-l)/n; (r-l)*ux=wid; (t-b)*uy=ht; save cpath; path cpath; cpath:=(l,b)--(r,b)--(r,t)--(l,t)--cycle; save p; path p; hide (x:=l;) p:=(scantokens(ind),scantokens(dep)); for xx:=l step dx until r: hide (x:=xx;) p:=p--(scantokens(ind),scantokens(dep)); endfor; hide(x:=r;) p:=p--(scantokens(ind),scantokens(dep)); p:=p cutbefore cpath; p:=reverse p; p:=p cutbefore cpath; p:=p xyscaled (ux,uy); drawdblarrow p txt; enddef; \stopMPinclusions \starttext \startMPpage %initialize window parameters numeric xmin, xmax, xscl, ymin, ymax, yscl; xmin:=-10; xmax:=10; xscl:=1; ymin:=-10; ymax:=10; yscl:=1; %initialize number of points numeric num_points; num_points:=100; %initialize dimensions of image numeric width, height; width=3in; height=3in; %create the grid create_grid(xmin,xmax,xscl,ymin,ymax,yscl,width,height); %create the axes create_axes(xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,width,height)("$x$")("$y$"); %draw the function %drawf(xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,width,height,num_points); drawfcn("x","x*x",xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,width,height,100) ; %to add another function with extra formatting, try: % drawfcn("x","(x+1)*(x+1)",xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,width,height,100) % withpen pencircle scaled 2pt dashed evenly withcolor red; \stopMPpage \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End:

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textext funny error
by David Arnold 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Hans, Taco, et al, I have a funny error involving textext. If I do two compiles of the following code, saved a junk6.tex, with: texexec junk6 texexec junk6 This produces a file junk6.pdf that looks as it should. However, if I compile the junk6-mpgraph.mp that is produced with the above runs, I get: (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/metapost/context/base/mp-core.mp) >> unknown picture p >> textext.rt ! Equation cannot be performed (unknown picture=numeric). <to be read again> ( create_axes->...pt;save.p;picture.p;p:=textext.rt( (TEXT8));p:=p.shifted(1.05... l.148 ...max,ymin,ymax,width,height)("$x$")("$y$") ; ? Very perplexing. Any comments? Helpful corrections? Here's the file: %output=pdf \startMPinclusions vardef create_axes (expr l,r,b,t,wid,ht) (text xlbl,ylbl) = save ux, uy; numeric ux, uy; (r-l)*ux=wid; (t-b)*uy=ht; textextoffset:=3pt; save p; picture p; p:=textext.rt(xlbl); p:=p shifted (1.05*r*ux,0); save q; picture q; q:=textext.top(ylbl); q:=q shifted (0,1.05*t*uy); drawdblarrow (1.05*l*ux,0)--(1.05*r*ux,0); draw p; drawdblarrow (0,1.05*b*uy)--(0,1.05*t*uy); draw q; enddef; \stopMPinclusions \starttext \startMPpage %initialize window parameters numeric xmin, xmax, xscl, ymin, ymax, yscl; xmin:=-5; xmax:=5; xscl:=1; ymin:=-5; ymax:=5; yscl:=1; %initialize dimensions of image numeric width, height; width=3in; height=3in; %create the axes create_axes(xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,width,height)("$x$")("$y$"); \stopMPpage \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End:

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accents in math
by Peter Münster 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Hello, \enableregime[il1] \starttext This used to work once upon a time, but now the ö is not ok: $\hbox{löslich}$ This seems to be a workaround: $\displaystyle\text{löslich}$ \stoptext Bug or new feature? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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problem with starttable and subscript
by Peter Münster 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Hello, the problem with the following example is, that the last X touches the line. \starttext \starttable[|p(2em)|] \NC $X^X$ $X_X^-$ \NC\AR \HL \stoptable \stoptext TIA for any help! Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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start-stop consistency
by Gilles Grégoire 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Hello, I was wondering why ConTeXt doesn't use a syntax like \startsomething \stopsomething for chapters, sections, etc. So I had a look on Google and found this: > At 03:46 PM 6/21/2002 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > > >one of the main features of both ConTeXt and LaTeX over plain TeX > >is their heavily "object-oriented" approach to source writing, > >giving a large set of useful tools to build well-structured > >documents. > > > >There is though one aspect which has not been addressed in either: > >structuring of the sections. One still uses \chapter, \section, > >\subsection etc to denote the start of any of these, while > >structured writing would call for \startchapter ... \stopchapter, > >\startsection ... \stopsection etc. > > > >My proposal is to switch to such a method, while still retaining > >compatibility with the old-style sectioning (maybe we can use some > >flag like the one used to left left/right alignment use the > >_correct_ term --what was the switch name?). > > actually, this is on my to do list, for most of the project that we run > currently we use this approach since it gives you the options > > (1) to skip a chapter / section > (2) to attach hooks to the end-of-some-section > > >How should it work: > > > >\startchapter[optional reference name] > > > >Possible stuff before the title (e.g. an epigraph) > > > >\title{Title of the chapter} > >Optional commands to set alternative forms of the title (see > >below) > > no, just \startchapter[ref]{title} is ok, since i don't want to pick up the > title separately (imagine that you want \startchapter to trigger a complex > title page > > also, we currently test (play with) some mechanism to have section (or > whatever) dependent variables, thereby introducing more convenient ways to > tune typo behaviour. > > * easy way to set different titles for ToCs, running heads, (PDF) > >bookmarks etc. Consider the following hierarchy of titles: > > > >title listtitle markingtitle bmtitle > > that's for variables (since here we also have things like several graphics > to be used in typesetting the chapter page) > > >write anything to the .tuo file; this ought to be done by the > >\stop<section-name> command, which would save all of them together > >with the appropriate counter values and beginning/ending page. > > hm, i'm not sure if i like that > > >* easy way to put things before the title (e.g. an epigraph) while > >still within the structure of the section. > > > >* also comes from the above: currently, when using the /XYZ method > >for PDF references, link targets end out-of-the-window because the > >TeX cohordinate used is that of the baseline. This means that the > >visible part of the page does not include the target reference > >(which is rather uncomfortable). Instead, with the new approach > >the mark could be set "right before everything else, but still > >within the correct structure", with optimal PDF navigation. > > that is a whole different matter, (1) output format/driver dependent and > (2) can handled now by moving things around and (3) we don't want those > funny nodes to screw up the spacing [actually, since i never use that xyz > way of viewing docs [too inconstent auto scaling in viewers] i never felt > the need to look into it; maybe something for a cold winter night] > > >Hans, do you think you can implement this easily? > > the \start-\stop thing will certainly be there I see you planned to include the \start-\stop thing in ConTeXt, I even understand that you already implemented this method. Did you change your mind or is it something you just don't have time to do? Would it be possible to retrieve the macro you use? I think this kind of feature would really be an improvement since it allows to learn faster. Thanks a lot. -- Gilles Grégoire -- Gilles Grégoire

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byte order marks in utf-8 (old)
by Taco Hoekwater 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Hi, A long time ago, Hans wrote: > Patrick Gundlach wrote: > >> are you sure that your scite does not use utf-16 and puts the BOM (byte >> order mark) there? > > scite indeed does this (kind of annoying) It is the BOM, in utf-8 file encoding. A bit pointless (utf-8 is based on opcodes instead of byte ordering), but is allowed by the unicode specification. > context can handle that for xml files > > i can consider handling it automatically (i.e. when BOM before first start-stop, > then assume utf-8) It is a safe bet that any document that starts with the three bytes 0xEF 0xBB 0xBF is encoded as UTF-8, esp. if it is supposed to be text input. Cheers, Taco

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expert font access
by Henning Hraban Ramm 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Ahoi! One decorative font that I use contains some additional (swashed etc.) characters. At the moment I access them like this: \def\DelitschC#1{\getglyph{\defaultencoding-raw-delitschantiqua} {\char#1}} \definetextmodediscretionary A {\DelitschC{197}} So I get the alternative A as |A|, and that's enough for me. But in this way |A| always takes this character from the same font. How could I solve this more generally, two cases: 1. if several fonts use the same "expert" encoding 2. if I change the font, I'd like to get a simple A instead of |A| At the moment I need (2.), because I'd like to use something like \chapter{|A|nfang}; that's ok with my definition of chapter style=\hw (Delitsch font being defined as handwriting), but not in the ToC (rm font). Further (don't know how different), how could I define "take this special character always at the end/beginning of a word" or the like, e.g. how could I enable the different 's' of gothic fonts? Another one: How can I define additional ligatures, e.g. if my font provides a "Qu" or some other unusual ligature? Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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description question (bis)
by VnPenguin 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hi, I have another question about description list : How to make description list with idented text, not header ? Example: This is header This is the text of description. This is the text of description. This is the text of description. This is the text of description. This is the text of description. This is the text of description. Thank you in advance, Cheers, -- http://vnoss.org Vietnamese Open Source Software Community

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