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inserting other pdf's
by free 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi, I want to Know if it's possible to add others pdf files to a former one resulting from a ConteXt compilation. It's because I make technical drawings with Autocad wich are printed (at the right scale !) to a pdf file (By Distiller or Amunyi converter), and I want those in more general (text+drawings) documents. One solution is openoffice, but it's not the right place! Thanks a lot, olivier Turlier

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setupcolors
by Henning Hraban Ramm 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Ahoi! I installed the latest beta this afternoon, and all of my colored flowcharts went black. After some searching I recognized, that \setupcolors syntax has changed, the "system" parameter is dropped. That is, where I had \setupcolors[state=start, system=cmyk] I now must write \setupcolors[state=start, cmyk=yes, mpcmyk=yes, rgb=no] Perhaps someone can use this hint also... Hans, I thought you were a backward compatibility freak? Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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scite
by Matthew Huggett 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi: >>I have the same trouble as Willi. My SciTEUser.properties is definitely >>not being loaded. If I put the import statements in my >>SciTEGlobal.properties, I get the ConTeXt menu items plus replacement of >>commands while I type. However, there is no colouring and "compile" calls >>LaTeX. Two questions: >>1) Can we use the ConTeXt stuff with the SciTE distribution from the main >>SciTE website, or must we use the one from Pragma? >>2) The standard SciTE distribution's SciTEGlobal.properties imports the >>main latex.properties. Should we delete this? >I wonder why the user props are not loaded, this file should be in you >Document And Setting \ SomeUserName path. If you open the file (options >menu) you can see in the heading where it is located >Hans Setting an environment variable SciTE_HOME to the path of all my SciTE properties files helped. I also changed the "import latex" statment in my SciTEGlobal.properties to "import tex" so that Hans' new tex.properties is loaded instead. I'm almost happy I have some work to do tonight so I can try it out. :-) Best wishes, Matt

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XML command synonyms
by Pawel Jackowski na Onet 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi Hans, hi Simon! First of all THANKS a lot for both of you for helpful hints and sugestions. After many tests and experiments I decided to use construction: \def\XMLsynonym#1#2{% \letcsnamecsname\csname\@@XMLelement:#1/\endcsname\csname\@@XMLelement:#2/\e ndcsname \letcsnamecsname\csname\@@XMLelement:#1\endcsname\csname\@@XMLelement:#2\end csname \letcsnamecsname\csname\@@XMLelement:/#1\endcsname\csname\@@XMLelement:/#2\e ndcsname} It works ok and suits me best since I (almost) understand HOW it works :) Using constructions which I don't understand makes me a little bit frustrated. I'll do my best to understand other constructions as well. Thanks a lot, Pawe/l

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XML command synonyms
by Pawel Jackowski na Onet 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi all! Is there any way to define XML command synonyms? Assume that one defined \deifneXMLenvirnment[subsubsubsubsection] {.......} {.......} How to define 'SSSS' as a synonym of 'subsubsubsubsection' without wrtiting the same code twice? Thanks, Pawe/l

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Kind of \setupfootnotes[way={bychapter,bychapterB}] ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi, instead of chapters I use \definehead[LevelOneA][chapter] \definehead[LevelOneB][chapter] As I would like the footnotes numbering reset with new chapters I use \setupfootnotes[way=bychapter] But reseting just works for LevelOneA. How can this be? What would be the right way to reset by two different sections? Thank you, Steffen

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\starttable...\stoptable
by Bernd Militzer 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi, is there a function like cline{1-2} in LaTeX to produce a frame around a special cell? thanks Bernd

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minimal button width
by Peter Rolf 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

I want some small empty buttons with exact dimensions. Is there a way to do this with \button or must I use fields (ughh) instead? % interface=en output=pdftex % \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \setupbuttons[strut=no, offset=overlay, framecolor=green, empty=yes] The minimum width of a button depends on the actual bodyfont size. I'm sure that there are good reasons for it. \blank[big] \switchtobodyfont[20pt] But I want smaller {\bf empty} \textreference[test]{test}buttons! \button[width=25mm, height=2.5mm]{Please, print me!}[test] \button[width=2.5mm, height=25mm]{Not this time!}[test] \blank[big] \switchtobodyfont[40pt] Help at 40pt... \button[width=25mm, height=2.5mm]{Now?}[test] \button[width=2.5mm, height=25mm]{Nope!}[test] \stoptext Regards, Peter

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one page only in doublesided document?
by Patrick Gundlach 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi, while looking at Steffen's problem I came across this: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext test \stoptext How do I get *one* page only? Patrick -- You are your own rainbow!

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Re: Again: How to make empty pages by default empty?
by Steffen Wolfrum 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum <st.wolfrum(a)estfiles.de> writes: > > > > This \setupsectionblock[...part][page=no] is a good idea, > > but the pagebreak definition was wrong. See this: > > > > \definepagebreak > > [chapter] > > [yes,header,right] > > > I can't see any difference here. I also can't see the difference between \definepagebreak[chapter][empty,header,right] and \definepagebreak[chapter][yes,header,right] But the first one gives three additional pages where just one is needed, and the control over the empty page's header (empty or not) gets lost. The [yes,header,right] solution gives just the page that is needed (for the next chapter to start on a right page) and this page is empty, finally. Steffen

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ConTEXT editor for ConTeXt
by Pawel Jackowski na Onet 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi all! Sorry, if somebody have already wrote about it -- I haven't traced 'editor thread'. Yesterday I came across small, quite suitable and FREE editor named ConTEXT. This editor has many adventages (like possibility to definining own highlighting templates). The only disadventage I found is lack of regular expresions... So it is powerfull notepad rather than strong editor. Anyway, if somebody is interested in: http://fixedsys.com/context/ Regards, Pawe/l

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Re: Again: How to make empty pages by default empty?
by Steffen Wolfrum 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi, Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum <st.wolfrum(a)estfiles.de> writes: > > > If I use the \startfrontmatter cum suis then there is a numbered > > page after the TOC and the last page if even and empty is also > > numbered. Inside the \startbodymatter \stopbodymatter the emptypages > > at new chapters are empty pages with an empty header, thus no > > pagenumber. > > > except for the last page: see if this solves your problem: > > \definepagebreak > [chapter] > [empty,header,right] > > > \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=no] % not needed? > \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=no] > \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] > > \starttext > \startfrontmatter > \completecontent > \stopfrontmatter > \setuphead > [chapter] > [page=chapter, > ] > > > \startbodymatter > \chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par} > \chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par} > \chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par} > \stopbodymatter > \stoptext > > > Patrick This \setupsectionblock[...part][page=no] is a good idea, but the pagebreak definition was wrong. See this: \definepagebreak [chapter] [yes,header,right] Now it's fine. Thank you, Steffen

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TeX capacity exceeded in MikTeX
by ^Nitram^ 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

Hi, I have the same problem as was reported at 8.04.2003 - anybody resolved it ?... I have a document (about 80 pages) and error when I compile whole. Below I attach my log file - anybody have any good idea - I need this paper today ;((( log file: [cut] ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [hash size=35000]. If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 6324 strings out of 67199 81075 string characters out of 744379 601426 words of memory out of 1165764 35000 multiletter control sequences out of 35000 41684 words of font info for 101 fonts, out of 500000 for 1000 96 hyphenation exceptions out of 607 63i,21n,91p,1354b,3886s stack positions out of 1500i,500n,5000p,200000b,32768s 973 PDF objects out of 65536 480 named destinations out of 20000 9 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 65536

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Re: Do typescripts slow down ConTeXt?
by Steffen Wolfrum 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 12:39 29/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: > >Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > > > > > i admit that typescripts are not fast, but the advantages of the current > > > method is that i can change them easily as well as use different criteria > > > when loading them; i did some experiments with (memory hungry) preloading, > > > but on my system it made no real difference; normally the filesystem caches > > > the files quite well; file searching may take a while when the file table > > > (mktexlsr) is not up to date > > > >OK, but how can I at least switch off loading parts (typescripts, map > >files... see below) that I don't need? > > > >I didn't dare to go to the source and comment in/out lines myself. > > you can of course make a minimal typescript file and then load only that > one by setting: > > \def\typescriptfiles{yourfile.tex} > > Hans Thank you. Much better now! Steffen

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Re: Do typescripts slow down ConTeXt?
by Steffen Wolfrum 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > i admit that typescripts are not fast, but the advantages of the current > method is that i can change them easily as well as use different criteria > when loading them; i did some experiments with (memory hungry) preloading, > but on my system it made no real difference; normally the filesystem caches > the files quite well; file searching may take a while when the file table > (mktexlsr) is not up to date OK, but how can I at least switch off loading parts (typescripts, map files... see below) that I don't need? I didn't dare to go to the source and comment in/out lines myself. Steffen Or does ConTeXt needs those map file internally? pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map fonts : [AGaramondOldStyle] [] [] (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/user/type-agaramondminimini.tex pdftex : needs map file: texnansi-adobe-agaramond.map fonts : [AGaramondOldStyle] [rm] [serif] [agaramond-oldstyle] fonts : [map] [ec] [] (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-euler.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-adobe-utopia.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-bit-charter.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-public-antp.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-public-antt.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-bookman.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-courier.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-helvetica.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-palatino.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-times.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-zapfchan.map pdftex : needs map file: original-youngryu-px.map pdftex : needs map file: original-youngryu-tx.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-bh-lucida.map pdftex : needs map file: fourier.map pdftex : needs map file: fourier-utopia-expert.map

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Re: [NTG-context] TeX capacity exceeded in MikTeX
by ^Nitram^ 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

Hi, > > ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [hash size=35000]. > In MiKTeX the file is miktex.ini, not texmf.cnf; you should > find a hash_size= entry there. There was no entry like this ;( But I created it (and also hash_size_def) in section MikTeX, pdfeTeX... I created new section Magic, too - and try changing other values, but nothing has effect with this size ;( I compared the simlest document in LaTeX with the simpliest document in ConTeXt - there was: - about 3000 multiletter control sequences out of 35000 in LaTeX - about 30000 ! in ConTeXt Why MikTeX don't support ConTeXt?... Why... ;) -- Best regards Martin

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Do typescripts slow down ConTeXt?
by Steffen Wolfrum 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

Hi, since I switched from LaTeX to ConTeXt I am wondering why ConTeXt (actually pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) \write18 enabled) gets so extremely slow when I use my own PostScript font. Here is my little statistics (ConTeXT with default/my font - the same in LaTeX): 1) \starttext W619Q \stoptext (5 seconds) 2) \usetypescriptfile[type-agaramond] \usetypescript[AGaramond] \setupencoding[default=ec] \setupbodyfont[AGaramond,10.5pt]% \starttext W619Q \stoptext (12 seconds) 3) \documentclass{book} \begin{document} W619Q \end{document} (less then 1 second) 4) \documentclass[pdftex]{book} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage[scaled,osf]{xagaramon} \begin{document} W619Q \end{document} (1 second) So it's 12 seconds compared to 5 seconds (or just 1 with LaTeX). Is this normal? Do I have a good chance that my typescript (see below) could be speeded up, or is this -unfortunately- the regular way ConTeXt deals with PostScript fonts? I'd be very happy for any help, Steffen "type-agaramond.tex" (for AGaramond Type1): \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] % \starttypescript [serif] [agaramond] [ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-Regular] [padr9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-Italic] [padri9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-Bold] [padb9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-BoldItalic] [padbi9e] [encoding=ec] % \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-Regular-OSF] [padr9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-Italic-OSF] [padri9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-Bold-OSF] [padb9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-BoldItalic-OSF] [padbi9d] [encoding=ec] % \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-Semibold] [pads9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-SemiboldItalic] [padsi9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-Semibold-OSF] [pads9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-SemiboldItalic-OSF] [padsi9d] [encoding=ec] % \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-RegularSC] [padrc9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-SemiboldSC] [padsc9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-RegularSC-OSF] [padrc9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-SemiboldSC-OSF] [padsc9d] [encoding=ec] \stoptypescript % \starttypescript [serif] [agaramond] [name] \usetypescript[serif][fallback] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [AGaramond-Regular] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [AGaramond-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [AGaramond-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [AGaramond-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SemiBold] [AGaramond-Semibold] \definefontsynonym [SemiBoldItalic] [AGaramond-SemiboldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [AGaramond-RegularSC] \definefontsynonym [SerifSemiCaps] [AGaramond-SemiboldSC] \definefontsynonym [OldStyle] [AGaramond-RegularSC-OSF]% the regular old-style figures are in the small-caps file \stoptypescript % \starttypescript [AGaramond] \definetypeface [AGaramond] [rm] [serif] [agaramond] [default] [encoding=ec] \stoptypescript

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Problems with bibliography
by Adam Tee 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

Hi all, I'm having a few problems with my bibliography. All the citations in the text are correct but when they are place in the bibliography chapter sometimes the author is missing. I'm using \placepublications. Does anyone know of a solution Thanks Adam

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Re: Pagebreaks
by Thomas A.Schmitz 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

Kudos to Patrick for pointing out what was wrong with my file--he helped me immensely, and I'm very grateful to him. The solution is: in addition to \clubpenalty and \widowpenalty, there is also \brokenpenalty, which enforces the good old typographical rule that no page should be broken after a hyphenated word. When I set it to 0, all my pages had exactly the same number of lines. Thanks to Patrick, and may others find it useful! Thomas

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math in context
by gmorais 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

I woul like to know where I may find a complete list of symbols like $\Bbb{R}$ to use in context while I am typing maths. The main hurdle that I have today in change my personal typset work from latex to context is a lack of a reference manual in this area. Do you know where I may find one? Thanks in advance Gonçalo Morais

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Re: Again: How to make empty pages by default empty?
by Steffen Wolfrum 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> wrote: > Hi, > > Steffen Wolfrum <wlfrm(a)estfiles.de> writes: > > > may I also ask you for an idea or a statement on this old problem? > > > > It is about numbered empty pages that are generated when using a > > front-, body-, backmatter project structure. > > Have you tried the suggestions from willi? What is the current state > of the problem? Could you post your efforts so far? Yes, sure: This works for me, if no \startfrontmatter and \startbodymatter and the \stop... equivalents are used. If I use the \startfrontmatter cum suis then there is a numbered page after the TOC and the last page if even and empty is also numbered. Inside the \startbodymatter \stopbodymatter the emptypages at new chapters are empty pages with an empty header, thus no pagenumber. So if I use the recommended project structure I still have the generated-numbered-empty-pages problem at the end of each matter block. Does someone know how to avoid this, and how to make generated empty pages by default empty? Hans, you must know your child best, no? Steffen

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strange message
by Hans Hagen 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

Hi, (e:\context/sources/ward.tex) (e:\context/sources/ward.tex) Underfull \hbox (badness 3138) in paragraph at lines 10--10 /cmr12/wat kor-te tekst (e:\context/sources/ward.tex) (e:\context/sources/ward.tex) > \The key mentioned above can't be used in a . <to be read again> } l.21 }}\showthe\toks0} has anyone ever seen that message (\The ... <nothing>.) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Again: How to make empty pages by default empty?
by Steffen Wolfrum 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

The following message was sent by "Willi Egger" <w.egger(a)boede.nl> on Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:16:01 +0200. > Hi Steffen, > > From: "Steffen Wolfrum" <wlfrm(a)estfiles.de> > Subject: [NTG-context] Again: How to make empty pages by default empty? > > > > > > So I don't have to post so many (unanswered) questions any more... > > > > > > Posting ConTeXt questions is fun, so don't stop doing this. > > > > > > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > > Alright! So maybe I am also allowed to send again > > one of my favorite problems from last week? > > > > Still unanswered. Still unsolved. Very interesting! > > > > To whom it may concern - don't hesitate to post an answer... > > > > Thank you all, > > Steffen > > > > > > > > Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > > > > > At 10:05 19/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: > > > >Hi Steffen, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > \definepagebreak > > > > > [chapter] > > > > > [yes,header,right] > > > > > > \definepagebreak > > > [chapter] > > > [empty,header,right] > > > > > > Sorry, but that doesn't work. > > > > When changed the minimal example to... > > > > \definepagebreak > > [chapter] > > [empty,header,right] > > > > \setuphead > > [chapter] > > [page=chapter,] > > > > \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] > > > > \starttext > > \startfrontmatter > > \completecontent > > \stopfrontmatter > > \startbodymatter > > \chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } > > \chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } > > \chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } > > \stopbodymatter > > > > \stoptext > > > > > > ... we have page numbers on (empty) page number 4, 18 and 19! > > > > Plus there are two strange empty empty pages before the TOC?! > > If you want to get a doublesided tzpeset document you should add also > \setuplayout[location=doublesided]. > > I am not shure, whether the following is correct! > > Empty pages at the beginning: > > You start the frontmatters with the \completecontent. - I could imagine > that > this is a consequence of the fact that the TOC starts always on a righthand > page. - Thus at the moment of \startbodymatter tex is already on the first > page. But after identifying the \completecontents command will create two > page breaks in order to be able to typeset the TOC on a righthand page. > > Pagenumbers on empty pages before starting a new chapter > > Chapters begin on a right hand page. If the lefthand page is empty, there > is > correctly still the pagenumber. I do not know whether it is possible to > check whether the page before a new chapter is completely empty. Hi Willi, I hope that it can't be to difficult: Cause the page before a new chapter is actually completely empty JUST BECAUSE it is generated by (Con)TeX(t) - for chapters should begin on a right page. So I only ask for empty pages (without pagenumbers) that are generated by (Con)TeX(t). That's not possible in ConTeXt? Steffen

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Three basic questions on alignment
by Steffen Wolfrum 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

May I add something to the previous "Alignment" thread? I have 3 cases where the usual command "align=left|right|... doesn't work: 1) \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location={header,inmargin}] The page number is aligned left on a right page and vice versa. How can I change this to align left on left pages and right on right pages? (So the page number doesn't rag when flipping from page 1 to 100) 2) \setupheader[style=\MyStyle] \setupheadertexts[section][][][chapter] The chapter title behaves like the pagenumber. How can I change the alignment from inner to outer here? 3) \setupfootnotedefinition[location=inleft] The footnote's numbers here are aligned left, both on the left and the right page. What would be the command to align them right, with a constant distant to the note's text? In all cases I couldn't use align=left|right|..., so I guess there must be the same other syntax suitable for all three? Does anybody has an idea? Grazie, Steffen

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Pagebreaks
by Thomas A.Schmitz 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

Dear colisters, is there a way to tel Context to be dumb about pagebreaks? I mean to say "fill every page with the exact same number of lines, no matter what, regardless of clubs, widows, women and children"? Here's my setup: \setuplayout[lines=17,footer=0.7cm] \starttext \clubpenalty=0 \widowpenalty=0 Nevertheless, some pages are 1 or even three lines shorter than the rest (there are no tables, floats, pictures etc.). Can this be prevented? Thanks Thomas

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Support bei Einstieg in ConText
by ml-context＠dr-kopp.com 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

Nach langem Winword-Leiden habe ich mich nun entschlossen für längere Texte auf ConTeXt umzusteigen. Aus Zeitgründen überlege ich, mir für den Umstieg Unterstützung zu leisten. Bevor ich bei uns an der FH Studenten dafür anspreche, versuche ich es hier über das Forum. Wer ist interessiert, gegen finanzielle Unterstützung bei folgenden Aufgaben zu leisten? - Unterstützung bei der Einrichtung einer TeX/ConTeXt-Umgebung - Beraten beim Layout für ein längeres Dokument - Bestehende Winword-Texte Schulungsunterlagen konvertieren und formatieren - Evtl. beraten bei Auswahl einer Digitaldruckerei Gruß Jörg

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Re: Fwd: [NTG-context] Re: Which Beta Version ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

>The following message was sent by Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:32:27 +0200. > >> Hi, >> >> > But in which file is a note which version this beta actually is - >> > in order to know before installing that it is the recent one? >> >> in context.tex: >> \def\contextversion{2003.9.24} >> >> Patrick >> -- >> I really should post my ConTeXt-install-o-matic Hmm, looking at this gives me \contextversion{2003.9.25}. Hans's website offers > ConTeXt Beta Version > size: 2015146 > date: 2003.9.24.19.0 Can I be sure now to have the current version? Or even a super-current version... Steffen (P.S. I asked cause my modem is to slow for downloading wrong versions)

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Re: Support ... (was: Support bei Einstieg in ConText)
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

>The following message was sent by Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 07:32:02 +0200. > >> Steffen Wolfrum <wlfrm(a)estfiles.de> writes: >> >> Hi, >> >> > Gibt es etwa B¸cher zum Thema ConTeXt? >> >> come on, guys. Posting in a wrong language can happen. So what. >> Answering (an obviously private mail posted in the ML) here in the >> same language on this mailinglist is not the best thing, but this can happen, >> too. But we should not keep up this german thread. It is not polite >> for the other non-german speaking people out there, that get >> completely bored. So I'd suggest: >> >> \if\language\en\postonthismailinglist=1 >> \else >> \dontexpand & \keepitprivate >> \bye >> \fi >> >> Patrick >> -- >> You are your own rainbow! Hi Patrick, Somehow I really felt like walking on thin ice when I wrote the email you mention. Well, I knew it will be difficult to serve the different aims of communication: - politeness and - political correctness I asked some friends, and we discussed on this topic, trying to find a suitable way, to get the message transferred, and not to hurt anybodies feelings - as the later is very quickly done, and it's a pity, cause often quite unnecessary. So finally, after carefully looking at the pro and cons, I decided to write a bi-lingual answer, exactly one sentence each: > Gibt es etwa Bücher zum Thema ConTeXt? > (Did you ment editing books *on* ConTeXt?) Sure, I have to admit that I used brackets for the second sentence. Btw.: Why didn't you quote that second sentence? So it might have given you the feeling that I made a *main* answer and a less important. But my intention was only to stay in the logical structure of the mail I was answering to: - Jörg once started a threat in German - ok, as you told him this was an initial mistake. - Willi (a typical multilingual Dutch) also answered in German So I wrote my contribution also in the main language of this thread, AND, to stay in the rules of the mailing list, I translated it, as best as I could, into a kind of international English. Obviously my mistake were the brackets. I knew I am walking on thin ice ... and so I forgot to look on my orthography carefully. Thank you Patrick for pointing me to that. Steffen P.S. Who got bored?

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Re: Fwd: [NTG-context] Re: Which Beta Version ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

>The following message was sent by Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:32:27 +0200. > >> Hi, >> >> > But in which file is a note which version this beta actually is - >> > in order to know before installing that it is the recent one? >> >> in context.tex: >> \def\contextversion{2003.9.24} >> >> Patrick >> -- >> I really should post my ConTeXt-install-o-matic Hmm, looking at this gives me \contextversion{2003.9.25}. Hans's website offers > ConTeXt Beta Version > size: 2015146 > date: 2003.9.24.19.0 Can I be sure now to have the current version? Or even a super-current version... Steffen (P.S. I asked cause my modem is to slow for downloading wrong versions)

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Re: Support ... (was: Support bei Einstieg in ConText)
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

>The following message was sent by Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 07:32:02 +0200. > >> Steffen Wolfrum <wlfrm(a)estfiles.de> writes: >> >> Hi, >> >> > Gibt es etwa B¸cher zum Thema ConTeXt? >> >> come on, guys. Posting in a wrong language can happen. So what. >> Answering (an obviously private mail posted in the ML) here in the >> same language on this mailinglist is not the best thing, but this can happen, >> too. But we should not keep up this german thread. It is not polite >> for the other non-german speaking people out there, that get >> completely bored. So I'd suggest: >> >> \if\language\en\postonthismailinglist=1 >> \else >> \dontexpand & \keepitprivate >> \bye >> \fi >> >> Patrick >> -- >> You are your own rainbow! Hi Patrick, Somehow I really felt like walking on thin ice when I wrote the email you mention. Well, I knew it will be difficult to serve the different aims of communication: - politeness and - political correctness I asked some friends, and we discussed on this topic, trying to find a suitable way, to get the message transferred, and not to hurt anybodies feelings - as the later is very quickly done, and it's a pity, cause often quite unnecessary. So finally, after carefully looking at the pro and cons, I decided to write a bi-lingual answer, exactly one sentence each: > Gibt es etwa Bücher zum Thema ConTeXt? > (Did you ment editing books *on* ConTeXt?) Sure, I have to admit that I used brackets for the second sentence. Btw.: Why didn't you quote that second sentence? So it might have given you the feeling that I made a *main* answer and a less important. But my intention was only to stay in the logical structure of the mail I was answering to: - Jörg once started a threat in German - ok, as you told him this was an initial mistake. - Willi (a typical multilingual Dutch) also answered in German So I wrote my contribution also in the main language of this thread, AND, to stay in the rules of the mailing list, I translated it, as best as I could, into a kind of international English. Obviously my mistake were the brackets. I knew I am walking on thin ice ... and so I forgot to look on my orthography carefully. Thank you Patrick for pointing me to that. Steffen P.S. Who got bored?

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substitute for hangafter
by John Culleton 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

I have a classic \hangafter situation in a bibliography. However this TeX primitive seems to be crippled in Context. What should I use instead? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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Which Beta Version ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

> or in the beta i just posted: > > ... > > Hans Well, I do have a folder on my desktop that is a lately downloaded beta: cont-tmf.zip But in which file is a note which version this beta actually is - in order to know before installing that it is the recent one? Lost in the versions, Steffen

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Presentationstep in pre-fuzzy
by Shivkumar Chandrasekaran 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

Hi, I have tried every combination of presentationstep and the NextStep button in pre-fuzzy presentation style, and nothing seems to work. I have the latest (ConTeXt ver: 2003.9.25 fmt: 2003.9.26 int: english mes: english) running on Mac OS X (10.2.8) with Gierben Wierda's teTex distribution. Can some one help me get presentationstep working in pre-fuzzy? Thanks, --shiv--

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Please: \adaptlayout[*here*][height=...] needed!
by Steffen Wolfrum 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

Hi, I really need a way to enlarge some certain pages. Because the pagenumbering is not fixed yet I cannot use \adaptlayout[71,82][...] in the preamble. What's the command to place \adaptlayout (or something similar) right at that position in the text where the page needs to be larger? Something like \enlargethispage{15pt}. Again, thank you for your help, Steffen

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\setupblock[name][file=name]
by Bernd Militzer 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

Hi, the example \setupblock[homework][file=student] that Hans describes in his docu does not work for me! Help needed! Thanks in advance Bernd

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Re: [pdftex] Including \textcolor in metapost in pdf
by Hans Hagen 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

At 18:40 26/09/2003 +0200, Jean-Christophe Dubacq wrote: >I would like to include colored text in metapost, but dvitomp does not >manage color. > >I saw solutions using ConTexT --- but I do not know ConTexT (not this >year, maybe next year). I use only the mptopdf macros from ConTexT >(loaded automatically by the pdfdriver). > >Do people out ther know how to do that ? > >(btw, my metapost is something like >label(btex The answer is \textcolor{\teacheronly}{42} etex,(0,0)); > >However, the color specification is in the dvi used as an intermediate >format by mpost, just the dvi -> MP extraction does not work good. > >Remark: there seems to exist a patch on a spanish speaking page, but >this is a patch in C, not web. The following code can give you a clue on how to do this; keep in mind that specials (used to switch color) get lost in mp! \starttext \setupcolors[state=start] \startMPpage draw image ( draw btex The answer is etex ; draw btex { }42 etex shifted (xpart lrcorner currentpicture,0) withcolor red ; ) ; \stopMPpage \stoptext or if you need more of that: \starttext \setupcolors[state=start] \startMPpage def append expr txt = draw btex \strut{ }\strut etex shifted (xpart lrcorner currentpicture,0) ; draw txt shifted (xpart lrcorner currentpicture,0) enddef ; draw image ( draw btex The answer is etex ; append btex 42 etex withcolor red ; ) ; \stopMPpage \stoptext (the mp code should work with any-mp/tex) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Support bei Einstieg in ConText
by ml-context＠dr-kopp.com 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

I try it again in english: I stopped a long suffer with Winword - and want to write/print longer documents with Context now. Since I don\'t have enough time do learn Context properly at this moment - but need some documents printed for students I ask you for some payed support: - Install a Context Environment - tips for layouting my documents - converting some of my existing winword-documents to context (I think there will be a lot of handwork for you) - tips and suggestions: \"digital-printer-company\" (Digitaldruck-Firma) and how to work together with them. I am german and have to use \"deutsche Umlaute\" - therefore I think it will be the best to get support from a german speaking person. > [for those who are interested: The rest of the original posting was > about support request for layout, converting documents, etc.] > Patrick Please excuse me, Patrick. It\'s my first time in a mailing-list ... and I made another mistake: I\'ve send my question twice. So, please be patient with me. I promise less mistakes :-) best regards Jörg mailto: ml-context(a)dr-kopp.com

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Support bei Einstieg in ConText
by ml-context＠dr-kopp.com 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

Nach langem Winword-Leiden habe ich mich nun entschlossen für längere Texte auf ConTeXt umzusteigen. Aus Zeitgründen überlege ich, mir für den Umstieg Unterstützung zu leisten. Bevor ich bei uns an der FH Studenten dafür anspreche, versuche ich es hier über das Forum. Wer ist interessiert, gegen finanzielle Unterstützung bei folgenden Aufgaben zu leisten? - Unterstützung bei der Einrichtung einer TeX/ConTeXt-Umgebung - Beraten beim Layout für ein längeres Dokument - Bestehende Winword-Texte Schulungsunterlagen konvertieren und formatieren - Evtl. beraten bei Auswahl einer Digitaldruckerei Gruß Jörg

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penalties
by Hans Hagen 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

Hi, There have been some requeste / demands / cries for more control over penalties lately. Since i needed something myself, i've implemented a mechanism for controling this. For the moment only at the outer level, but i'll add more hooks later. I have uploaded a beta that implements setups (well, this was already there, occasionallly even broken, but let's consider it public now). % output=pdftex interface=en \startsetups [something] \widowpenalty \maxdimen \clubpenalty \maxdimen \brokenpenalty\maxdimen \parfillskip \rapfillskip \stopsetups \startsetups [something] \setups[reset] \setpenalties\widowpenalties2\maxdimen \setpenalties\clubpenalties 2\maxdimen \brokenpenalty \maxdimen \stopsetups \starttext \setuplayout[lines=7,grid=yes,setups=something] \showgrid \nohyphens \dorecurse{2}{\input ward \endgraf} \page \stoptext The source-lovers may taker a look in cors-spa.tex and search for \startsetups; there they will see the two defaults, as well as that they may notice that the setups may depend on the grid being active. I'm not yet sure if i keep it that way. Now, the next thing is to decide how to deal with all those penalties; i can imagine that we collect interesting collections of penalties and so. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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How \adaptlayout[*here*][height=+.5cm] ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

Hi, is there a way to achieve \adaptlayout[*thispage*][height=+.5cm]? Maybe a kind of \adaptlayout[\getvalue{\pagenumber}][height=+.5cm] ? (Sorry, I am not so familiar with TeX commands...) Again, thank you for your help, Steffen

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strange tabulate
by Patrick Gundlach 25 Sep '03

25 Sep '03

Dear ConTeXt users, I have a question (well, it was not really my question in the beginning, but I could not find any answers). The first tabulate gives me rules, the second does not. Which would not harm if this is documented. But in the MAPS article mentioned recently and in the up-to-date the examples clearly show that \HL should give me a horizontal line. What is going on? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext \starttabulate[|l|p|] \HR \NC small \NC They say, small is beautiful. \NC \NR \HR \NC medium \NC It seems that the medium is the message. \NC \NR \HR \NC large \NC Large T||shirts are always sold out. \NC \NR \HR \stoptabulate \starttabulate[|l|p|] \HL \NC small \NC They say, small is beautiful. \NC \NR \HL \NC medium \NC It seems that the medium is the message. \NC \NR \HL \NC large \NC Large T||shirts are always sold out. \NC \NR \HL \stoptabulate \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Patrick -- nothing here

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What about \framed[align=outer] ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Sep '03

25 Sep '03

Hi, does anybody know a way to achieve something like \framed[align=outer] or \framed[align=inner] ? I would be very happy of this is possible! Steffen

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Editor for ConTeXt ?...
by ^Nitram^ 25 Sep '03

25 Sep '03

Hi, Anybody know about any editor with ConTeXt support ?... For windows unfortunately... TeXnicCenter looks good, but there is support only for LaTeX... -- Best regards Martin

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block question
by Patrick Gundlach 25 Sep '03

25 Sep '03

Hi ConTeXt users, I have a question concerning blocks: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% hello.tex %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \beginhiho Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec hendrerit tempor tellus. Donec pretium posuere tellus. Proin quam nisl, tincidunt et, mattis eget, convallis nec, purus. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nulla posuere. Donec vitae dolor. Nullam tristique diam non turpis. Cras placerat accumsan nulla. Nullam rutrum. Nam vestibulum accumsan nisl. \endhiho %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% test.tex %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext \defineblock [hiho] \setupblock [hiho] [file=hello] Test \useblocks[hiho] \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% gives no sensible output (only "Test"). What am I doing wrong? Patrick -- You are your own rainbow!

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Re: [NTG-context] \let \def \relax ?
by Giuseppe Bilotta 25 Sep '03

25 Sep '03

Thursday, September 25, 2003 Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Hi, > for reasons of consistency I'd like to define a kind of master-line. > So I have everywhere the same proportions even when changing this master value. > My idea was > \def\MyGrid{15pt} > and to use it for example like > width=1.5\MyGrid > But this doesn't work (error massage mentions problem with units). > What is the right syntax for definitions like this? \newdimen\MyGrid MyGrid=15pt -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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\let \def \relax ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Sep '03

25 Sep '03

Hi, for reasons of consistency I'd like to define a kind of master-line. So I have everywhere the same proportions even when changing this master value. My idea was \def\MyGrid{15pt} and to use it for example like width=1.5\MyGrid But this doesn't work (error massage mentions problem with units). What is the right syntax for definitions like this? Steffen P.S. I'd like to use it in ConTeXt, but I guess this way of defining is pure TeX, right?

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Hans, why don't you...
by Pawel Jackowski na Onet 25 Sep '03

25 Sep '03

Hi Hans! I found the following XML tabulate environment implementation in xcont-ml.tex file: ... \defineXMLsingular [context:tcell] [align=] {\appendtoks|\to\XMLtabtoks \processaction [\XMLop{align}] [left=>\appendtoks l\to\XMLtabtoks, right=>\appendtoks r\to\XMLtabtoks, center=>\appendtoks c\to\XMLtabtoks, middle=>\appendtoks c\to\XMLtabtoks]} ... How about para=>\appendtoks p\to\XMLtabtoks It makes it a little bit more flexible. Is there any reason You didn't add 'p' template token to the \processaction list? Regards, Pawe/l

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ref: \defineenumeration
by Willi Egger 24 Sep '03

24 Sep '03

Hans, thanks for the updated version. It works no perfectly! Willi

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texfont bugs
by Adam Lindsay 24 Sep '03

24 Sep '03

Hi folks. Looks like the current texfont is a bit broken right now. I believe it's the introduction of the "if ($IsWin32) " block: the pragma "use Win32::API" doesn't seem to work within the conditional block. Furthermore, I'm not sure the else block that follows comes to a sane ending, so I was unsure of the fix. I take it the change was to address embedded spaces on windows systems? I'm all in favour of tying up loose x-platform ends (esp those I may have left in my wake), but I think there's been a step backwards. Cheers, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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How to adress footnote's numbers in main text?
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 Sep '03

24 Sep '03

Dear colisters, as I typeset my text with oldstyle figures I also have the footnote's numbers in oldstyle. But those figures look quite strange when set superscript in the text. Changing the footnote's numbers in the footnote area (bottom) was possible by: \definefont [MajuskelFNfont][OldStyle at 8.5pt] \setupfootnotes[numbercommand=\MajuskelFNfont,rule=\MyRule] But how can I adress the superscript footnote's numbers in the main text?? Happy for any reply, Steffen

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