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Error using xtable
by Dmitriy Tokarev 19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13

Hello all, I experimented with xtables and found the following effect: This code is ok: \starttext \startxtable \startxrow \startxcell \input ward \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stoptext But this compiled with an error: \starttext \startxtable %\startxtablebody \startxrow \startxcell \input ward \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stoptext Log file: system > tex > error on line 0 in file : Emergency stop ... <empty file> <*> cont-yes.mkiv *** (job aborted, no legal \end found) ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Is this a bug or a feature? -- Dmitriy

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Short notice: Gentium in distribution
by Mojca Miklavec 19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13

Hi, Gentium fonts have been updated recently, but I forgot to fix the scripts in distribution (arghhhh, CTAN now prevents TDS, so it took me a while to reconstruct it) and today's updates deleted the old fonts. I fixed that now, but please let me know if there are any problems left. (I left the Type1 fonts out of ConTeXt distribution). Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] Some questions about the letter module
by Michael Ash 19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13

Dear Wolfgang, Thank you very much. This is very helpful. One note is that to center the footer required \setupletterframe[foot][align=middle] (NOT \setupletterlayer. Per http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Letter#Setup) A couple more questions. (1) is there a more efficient way to indent only the content of the letter: \setupindenting[yes,small] \setuplettersection[opening][indenting=no] \setuplettersection[subject][indenting=no] \setuplettersection[closing][indenting=no] \setuplettersection[signature][indenting=no] (2) The following did not properly left-justify the date (the date was towards the left but was not perfectly aligned with the other left-justified text): \setupletterlayer[reference][alternative=e] Thank you again. Best, Michael On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfgang(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Am 15.07.2013 um 18:34 schrieb Michael Ash <mash(a)econs.umass.edu>: > > Dear all, > > (This is a repeat post. I apologize if that's rude, but I would appreciate > some assistance with the letter module or a pointer to documentation. > Thanks.) > > > I am using the letter module that came with context. A sample of a basic > letter is below; I have put in "dummy" for the logo and the signature, but > these are working fine when I include the files. > > I have several questions: > > 1. to center the footer. > > You can use the align key but you have to use a valid value, e.g. middle. > > \setupletterlayer[foot][align=middle] > > > 1. to lower the footer (closer to the bottom of the page) > > You can control the distance between the margins and the footer block with > the x and y keys for \setupletterlayer. > > \setupletterlayer[foot][y=10pt] > > > 1. to delete the word "Date" above the date. > > There is no key for \setupletterstyle etc. to disable/enable the label but > you can clear the label text. > > \setuplettertext[en][date=] > > > 1. to put the date *above *the recipient address (and how in general > do I adjust the vertical space here). > > Move the layer up with the \setupletterlayer command. > > \setupletterlayer[reference][y=4cm] > > > 1. to left-justify the date. > > When you want only the date in the reference line without the label use > alternative “e” (you don’t even have to clear the label because it isn’t > used). > > \setupletterlayer[reference][alternative=e] > > \setupletter[reference=\currentdate] > > > 1. to control the foldmarks (for US-letter-size paper, omit, etc.) > > You can disable the marks with \setupletteroptions[marking=no], the > position can be changed with \setupletterlayer[topmark][y=7cm] > and \setupletterlayer[topmark][y=14cm]. > > I have consulted http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Letter but there are many > things I don't understand. What is the meaning of "alternative=example"; > > > With the alternative key you select one of the predefined or used defined > styles for the reference, footer etc. blocks. > > what is the option "preset=" in \setuplayer[foot] ? > > > When you want to change the origin for a layer from the top left margin to > the bottom left you have to change the value of the location and corner > keys. As there are few often used combination for the four corners Hans > predefined the with the \definelayerpreset command. These predefined setups > can be loaded with the preset key which saves some typing. Below is a short > example where I set first the arguments myself and later use the predefined > setups. > > \definelayer[test][width=\textwidth,height=\textheight] > > \starttext > > \setlayer[test][corner={left,top},location={right,bottom}]{LT 1} > > \setlayer[test][corner={right,top},location={left,bottom}]{RT 1} > > \setlayer[test][corner={left,bottom},location={right,top}]{LB 1} > > \setlayer[test][corner={right,bottom},location={left,top}]{RB 1} > > \flushlayer[test] > > \setlayer[test][preset=lefttop]{LT 2} > > \setlayer[test][preset=righttop]{RT 2} > > \setlayer[test][preset=leftbottom]{LB 2} > > \setlayer[test][preset=rightbottom]{RB 2} > > \flushlayer[test] > > \stoptext > > > Also is there a better way to manage color? I \definecolor, \startcolor, > \stopcolor, but maybe there is a better way to indicate that certain > sections of the letter should be in a color. Thanks. > > > All block elements provide color and style keys which can be used to set > the font and color for them, e.g. > \setupletterlayer[foot][color=blue,style=sans]. > > Wolfgang > > -- Michael Ash, Chair, Department of Economics Professor of Economics and Public Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003 Email mash(a)econs.umass.edu Tel +1-413-545-2590 Twitter https://twitter.com/michaelaoash

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weird interaction in linenotes command (again)
by Pablo Rodríguez 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

Dear list, sorry for posting this again, but I don’t know how to solve this issue and I really need your help. I have the following sample: \setuppapersize[A6] \newcounter\LineNote \setupnote[linenote][paragraph=yes] \setupnotation[linenote][alternative=serried] \define[2]\Variant {\increment\LineNote \startlinenote[LineNote:\LineNote]{#2}#1% \stoplinenote[LineNote:\LineNote]} \starttext \startlinenumbering \dorecurse{10}{\Variant{\showhyphens{legislation}not original}{variant} \Variant{\showhyphens{legibility}origin} {variants} } \stoplinenumbering \stoptext The problem here is that \Variant gets always #1 not hyphenated, although \showhyphens works fine in that argument. The cause of this is the \increment command within \Variant. I don’t know why this happens, but the increment is required by \Variant to make sense at all. I guess this might be a bug. Is there no possible workaround for this? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Re: [NTG-context] Some questions about the letter module (Wolfgang Schuster)
by Michael Ash 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

Thank you very much; this was again very helpful. I am still having a problem with left-justifying the date: \setupletterlayer[reference][alternative=c] does not properly left-justify the date; the date is towards the left but is aligned several mm to the right of the other text. (This was true on the mwe that Wolfgang sent.) BTW are the values for the "alternative" key (example, e, c, etc.) documented somewhere? Thank you again. Best, Michael > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:57:33 +0200 > From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)gmail.com> > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Some questions about the letter module > Message-ID: <AAEC0B67-CA76-4B98-95ED-E3BBC7916E16(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > > Am 18.07.2013 um 03:12 schrieb Michael Ash <mash(a)econs.umass.edu>: > > > Dear Wolfgang, > > > > Thank you very much. This is very helpful. > > > > One note is that to center the footer required > > > > \setupletterframe[foot][align=middle] > > Of course, the alignment is a framed feature. > > > (NOT \setupletterlayer. Per http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Letter#Setup) > > > > > > A couple more questions. > > (1) is there a more efficient way to indent only the content of the > letter: > > > > \setupindenting[yes,small] > > \setuplettersection[opening][indenting=no] > > \setuplettersection[subject][indenting=no] > > \setuplettersection[closing][indenting=no] > > \setuplettersection[signature][indenting=no] > > You can use \setupletteroptions[indenting=?] which only passed to the > content section. > > > (2) The following did not properly left-justify the date (the date was > towards the left but was not perfectly aligned with the other > left-justified text): > > \setupletterlayer[reference][alternative=e] > > This should be alternative c and not e. > > > \usemodule[letter] > > \setupletterlayer[reference][alternative=c] > > %\setupletterlayer[reference][alternative=c,list=reference] % default: > list=date > %\setupletter[reference=\currentdate] > > \setupletteroptions[indenting={yes,medium,next}] > > \startletter > \input knuth > \stopletter > > > Wolfgang >

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Re: [NTG-context] Linecorrection and distances
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

> it always depends on the content > > you can influence it with options ... see teststuite for examples (in > spacing path) Sorry, I did not get you. Which options, to influence this behaviour? (I could not find any options, parameters, for "startlinecorrection"). And to which testsuite do you refer to? Huseyin

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Re: [NTG-context] Linecorrection and distances
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

> you only switch the font so the distance between lines is determines by > the size of glyphs + interlineskip .. best use: > > \big \setupinterlinespace My Problem is NOT the bad interlinespacing of the big font in my example. Of course I can correct that with your suggestion, but thats not the topic. These big font sentences are only examples for "elements", which are not set on the grid. The question is: How to achieve same distances between every normal text (set on the grid) and the "elements" (not set on the grid)? It is clear that not all before-distances and all after-distances respectivley can be the same simulatously, thats trivial. But at least all before-distances (so the distance between the text and the elements, in this order!) should be the same in the complete book. How to?

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A very simple macro that does not work...
by Andres Conrado 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

Hello, list. Also posted this to: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/124494/simple-macro-does-not-work-wi… ConTeXt version: 2013.06.10 22:51 MWE: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \define[1]\anios{{\tfx \inmagin{#1}}} \starttext {\tfx \inmargin{2008-2012}}This is what has been done so far in this years. % this works... \anios{2008-2012}This is what has been done so far in this years. % this doesn't work... \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Error message: system > tex > error on line 5 in file [...]/MWE.tex: Undefined control sequence ... Any ideas? Maybe is something stupid, but it doesn't work. I have other `\define` commands in the same file and they work very well.

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Linecorrection and distances
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

I use grid-setting, but have elements, which should not be set on the grid (because it is impossible, because of different interlinespaces, bigger fonts, or whatever). For these elements I use \startlinecorrection Elements \stoplinecorrection After these elements the normal text is continued, set on the grid again. That is all working and fine. But: The distances between these "\startlinecorrection Elements \stoplinecorrection" blocks and the text (both distances, before and after) are not always the same, they seem to be random. How to correct that without inserting "\vksip+-Xpt" manually before/after the linecorrected blocks? For testing: \showgrid \setuplayout[grid=yes] \definefont[big][name:Arial at 25 pt] \def\kurztext{Dies ist ein kurzer Text. Die anderen Standardtexte sind deutlich zu lang.} \starttext \kurztext \startlinecorrection \big \kurztext Und noch Zusatztext. \stoplinecorrection \kurztext \startlinecorrection \big \kurztext \stoplinecorrection \kurztext \stoptext In the above example you can see it, the distances between the grid set and the not grid set text are different. Thanks for your help once again. Huseyin

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About last question... please forget it...
by Andres Conrado 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

I'm so ashamed. I found the typo thanks to marco in tex.sx Thanks. Andrés

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