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Re: [NTG-context] Aligning Part-Title in TOC
by "H. Özoguz" 25 Oct '13

25 Oct '13

Any ideas ... ? :)

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ConTeXt standalone - in what situations is it better?
by Lars Huttar 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

Hello, I was looking into simplefonts (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/simplefonts) and noticed the clause > if you’re running ConTeXt Standalone > <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone> (which is a better > option) Well I'm using TeXLive, but am happy to take good advice, so I looked at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone to see why it would be a better option. The basic reason I can see is that Standalone is updated more frequently. So if you're using bleeding-edge features of ConTeXt (including recent fixes to simplefonts?), I can see wanting to use Standalone and have access to the latest features and fixes. On the other hand, if you're working on a large production project that has to be careful of stability, is there any advantage to Standalone over TeXLive? Sure, you can keep a standalone version frozen in place, but then that seems equivalent to staying with an existing version of TeXLive. The other issue for me with Standalone is that the only version listed for Windows is "W32TeX". When I go to the web page for that platform, I don't see any information about what W32TeX is; just how to install it. It sounds like it's specific to 32-bit systems, and mine is 64-bit. But I suppose in that regard it's no different from TeXLive -- the executables are 32-bit but they run fine on 64-bit systems. Does anybody have advice for me on other reasons for switching from TeXLive to ConTeXt Standalone, or reasons not to? Thanks, Lars

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Mavericks and Standalone ConTeXt
by Alan Bowen 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

After installing Mavericks and attempting to update to the latest Standalone— Problem 1: with sh ./first-setupsh I get Context current version: 2013.10.15 13:52. though it should. I think, be version 2013-10-20 07:11. Problem 2: (noted before?) compiling with this Standalone (ConTeXt ver: 2013.10.15 13:52 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.10.24) fails at/with fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'ttf' fonts > names > globbing path '/Users/alancbowen/Library/Fonts/**.ttf' fonts > names > globbing path '/Library/Fonts/**.ttf' mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted Curiosity 1: compiling with the same version of the Standalone (ConTeXt ver: 2013.10.15 13:52 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.10.15) which had been installed *before *upgrading to Mavericks works. I fear Mavericks is living up to its name. Alan

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Nested itemize (spaces before and after inside environment)
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

Hello ConTeXist. I tried convert plainTeX source code into ConTeXt source code so that the output PDF gave the same (or approximately the same) result. I did it for one of plainTEX developers (Mr. Olšák), which compared results of PlainTeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt. However, I encountered the following problem. Is there a way to adjust the spacing before internal itemize environment when the external itemize environment is set as PACKED? Thanx JaroslavHajtmar Here is my minimal example: \setupitemize[1][packed][symbol=n,before={\blank[medium]},after={\blank[medium]}] \setupitemize[2][packed][symbol=a,stopper=),before={\blank[big]},after={\blank[big]}] \starttext This is normal text before itemize list. \startitemize \item First 1 level \item Second 1 level \startitemize \item First 2 level (before this line should be big space) \item Second 2 level \item Third 2 level (after this line should be big space) \stopitemize \item Third 1 level \item Fourth 1 level \stopitemize This is normal text after itemize list. \stoptext

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nested itemize in margin
by John Kitzmiller 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

To enumerate answer blanks in the right margin to match the question, thanks to Marco: \define\ansblank{\inright{\getnumber[itemgroup:itemize]. \thinrules[n=1]}} \setupitemgroup [itemize] [n,style=bold,right=\ansblank] I am trying to augment this to handle nested itemizations so that the \getnumber in the right margin is from the parent itemize but the "\getletter" is from the child: \starttext \startitemize[n] \item First \item Second \startitemize[a] \item Related problem % Would like this to show 2 a. before the marginrule \item Related question % Would like this to show 2 b. before the marginrule \stopitemize \item Third \stopitemize \stoptext Desired output: 1. First 1. _________ 2. Second a. Related problem 2a. ________ b. Related question 2b. ________ 3. Third 3. _________ My attempts have been to define a new "blank" and use [conversion=Character] along with stabs from cont-eni.pdf, but I am flailing and failing. Thanks for any help, John

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interesting link
by Hans Hagen 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

Hi, I just attended a talk about pdf2htmlEX at the tug 2013 conference ... this looks quite interesting ... http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/ http://soft.rubypdf.com/software/pdf2htmlex-windows-version It works (mostly) ok on even complex context manuals like metafun-s.pdf and fonts-mkiv.pdf. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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dejavu: inline math fraction spacing too tight?
by Alan BRASLAU 23 Oct '13

23 Oct '13

Hello, Using the dejavu font, inline math fractions (e.g. $a/b$) look to me to be spaced too tightly. Below are some minimal examples: \setupbodyfont [dejavu,12pt] \starttext $a/b$ $1/2$ $π/3$ \stoptext Is this indeed the desired spacing? What do others think? Thanks. Alan

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\setuptyping[lines=yes] bug in beta?
by Pablo Rodriguez 23 Oct '13

23 Oct '13

Dear list, the following sample: \showframe \setuppapersize[S6] \setuptyping[option=TEX,lines=yes] \starttext \starttyping \startvariante[MRU]{{\em om} X}En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor.\stopvariante[MRU] \stoptyping \stoptext gets lines broken wrong in beta from 15.10 (I have just updated the ConTeXt Suite, but I get no newer beta), but lines are broken right with MkIV in http://live.contextgarden.net. I think this may be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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issue with layers and layouts
by Pablo Rodriguez 23 Oct '13

23 Oct '13

Dear list, I have the following sample and two issues that I must solve: \showframe\setuplayout[margin=20mm, width=fit, topspace=45mm, bottomspace=25mm, height=fit] \definelayout[first][topspace=70mm, bottomspace=30mm] \definelayer[avoidasfloat][x=0mm, y=0mm, hoffset=8mm, voffset=101mm, location={right,bottom}, state=start] \setlayer[avoidasfloat]{\startMPcode draw (0mm,0mm)--(55mm,0mm) ; draw (0mm,0mm)--(0mm,-86mm) ; draw (0mm,-86mm)--(55mm,-86mm) ; draw (55mm,-86mm)--(55mm,0mm) ; \stopMPcode } \setupbackgrounds[page][background={avoidasfloat}] \starttext \dorecurse{40}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext First, the layout is right on the first two pages, but it is wrong from page three. The text doesn’t reach the bottom frame. I have the info on multiple layers from the wiki (it isn’t a complete example, though). After Wolfgang’s reply last Friday, I spend hours searching on the mailing list trying to find relevant information to know what I was doing wrong. If this isn’t a bug, what am I missing here? My second question is about the layer: is there no way to force the text to avoid it as if it were a float? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Check
by Magnus J 23 Oct '13

23 Oct '13

Hello list, I'm using the bib module for a project and have some references where the article title ends with a question mark. How can I suppress the period that is added with the insertarttitle command for these references? \insertarttitle{\bgroup }{\egroup. }{}% ^--------- (suppress this period) Regards, Magnus

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