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Add new unit to \unit comand
by Giuseppe Fierro 07 Oct '13

07 Oct '13

Hi, I'm a civil engineer and I like to use ConTeXt to write my report etc. As engineer i use a lot of units in my writing and the \unit command works nice with this. What I need is a new unit, a quadratic unit like this: Area Moment of Inertia - Metric units mm4 cm4 m4 This kind of units are quite common in civil engineer. This is an example of what i want in ConTeXt \starttext \unit{230.00 m^2} \unit{230.00 m^3} \unit{230.00 m^4} \stoptext Thank you Giuseppe Fierro -- This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of fierro.org. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error.

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on the xcorresp module
by Pablo Rodríguez 06 Oct '13

06 Oct '13

Dear Hans, I’m very interested in using ConTeXt to generate the correspondence at work. I have seen the xcorresp module documentation and I wonder whether it is under development or not. Thanks, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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image vertical positioning in xtable
by Pablo Rodríguez 06 Oct '13

06 Oct '13

Dear list, I have the following sample that places the image below the text in the same cell: \starttext \startxtable \startxrow \startxcell This is an \stopxcell \startxcell image \externalfigure[cow.pdf][height=.5em] \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stoptext How can the image be on the same base as the text? I mean, not below the text. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Questions regarding the placement of figures
by Flavien Lambert 06 Oct '13

06 Oct '13

Dear all, I would like to wrap text around two figures. I tried to use both placefigure and starthangaround without achieving what I wanted. So I moved towards you to get some explanations on the behavior of the commands. I have two figures and one paragraph. If possible, I would like to place one figure on the top left and the other on the bottom right, the text moving smoothly in between, something like (o is figure, x text) ooooo xxxxxxxx ooooo xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx ooooo xxxxxxxx ooooo or even better xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ooooo xxxxxxxx ooooo xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx ooooo xxxxxxxx ooooo xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx I can, of course, slice the text in two pieces and use either placefigure or hangaround but, then, there's a vertical space between the two paragraphs. Related to the subject, is there way to impose a few lines before a figure with hangaround like the second layout example? Thanks a lot, Flavien.

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(again) coloring \tex with [option=TeX]
by Pablo Rodríguez 06 Oct '13

06 Oct '13

Dear list, I would like to have \tex using [option=TEX]. But I cannot get it working, even if I setup \type to [option=TEX]. Here you have the minimal sample: \setuptype[option=TEX] \starttext \type{\ConTeXt} comes from \tex{TeX}. \stoptext How can I have \tex with colored output, the same way \type is colored above? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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flowchart: \comment does not work with background
by Peter Münster 05 Oct '13

05 Oct '13

Hi, The flowchart disappears when using background=mytest here: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \usemodule[chart] \startuniqueMPgraphic{mytest} path p ; p := unitsquare xscaled \overlaywidth yscaled \overlayheight ; fill p withcolor green ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[mytest][\uniqueMPgraphic{mytest}] \starttext \framed[background=mytest]{this works} \startFLOWchart[test] \startFLOWcell \name{test} \text{test} \connection[lr]{test} % \comment[t:0.5]{\framed{this works}} \comment[t:0.5]{\framed[background=mytest]{bla}} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart \FLOWchart[test] \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- How could I get the desired background in the comment please? TIA for any help, -- Peter

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imposition 2SIDE: feature request
by Thomas A. Schmitz 05 Oct '13

05 Oct '13

I know this is a bit silly, but maybe useful for a few people: the 2SIDE arrangement is nice for printing out and previewing book pages on A4 landscape. However, the arrangement has even and odd pages swapped. Would it be possible to define a scheme which does exactly the same as 2SIDE, but adds exactly one blank (unnumbered) page at the beginning of the document so odd pages end up on the right and every arranged page looks like a book spread? Thanks, and all best Thomas -- Prof. Dr. Thomas A. Schmitz Abteilung für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie Universität Bonn Am Hof 1e 53113 Bonn http://www.philologie.uni-bonn.de/personal/schmitz

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Alignment table with comma, and long long space after
by Xan 05 Oct '13

05 Oct '13

Hi, I have this \startsetups table:style \setupTABLE[row][first][background=color, backgroundcolor=tablecolor, color=black, align={middle,lohi},style=ss] \setupTABLE[column][1][align={right,lohi}] \setupTABLE[column][2][align={left,lohi},alignmentcharacter={,},aligncharacter=yes] % \setupTABLE[column][2][width=.20\textwidth] \setupTABLE[loffset=1mm,roffset=1mm] \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[topframe=on,bottomframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][first][leftframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][last][rightframe=on] \stopsetups \placefigure[here]{Diverses mesures}{ \bTABLE[setups={table:header, table:frame, table:style}] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTD Esdeveniment \eTD \bTD Mesura (m) \eTD \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD Distància mitjana Terra-Lluna \eTD \bTD 150.000.000.000 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Diàmetre mitjà terrestre \eTD \bTD 12 800.000 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Distància Palma-Alcúdia \eTD \bTD 75.000 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Diàmetre mitjà de Júpiter \eTD \bTD 140.000.000 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD L'altura d'una persona \eTD \bTD 1,75 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD La distància mitjana entre el Sol i Alfa-Centauri \eTD \bTD 40.790.494.000.000.000 \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE} but ConTeXt produces a lot of space after 1,75. How can I do for second column fits the content? Thanks in advance, Xan. PS: Please CCme

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\setupTABLE strangeness
by Peter Münster 05 Oct '13

05 Oct '13

Hi, Is this wanted or a bug? If it's wanted, then why? --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \starttext \section{Why is the align key not used?} \setupTABLE[width=3cm, height=3cm, align={middle, lohi}] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD bla \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \section{Workaround} \setupTABLE[each][each][width=3cm, height=3cm, align={middle, lohi}] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD bla \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- TIA for any explanation, -- Peter

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ownnumber and incrementing
by Peter Münster 05 Oct '13

05 Oct '13

Hi, After using ownnumber=N, how can I continue incrementing the sectionnumbers with (N + 1) please? Example: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \starttext \startsection[title=number 1] bla \stopsection \startsection[title=number 5, ownnumber=5] bla \stopsection \startsection[title=number 6] How can I get 6 here? \stopsection \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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