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Kile for ConTeXt
by Jan Heinen 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

Does anyone here uses Kile for ConTeXt? On contextgarden-wiki I read "has native ConTeXt support as well". I installed Kile and as the only thing concerning ConTeXt II found Build -> Compile -> ConTeXt But no highlighting or autocompletion. Google gave no answer. Do I have to install an additional aplugin? Regards Janis

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stoppers in section heading without having stoppers in references?
by Sanjoy Mahajan 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

In MkIV, is there a way to get a stopper (e.g. ".") in the section heading, along the lines of "1. First heading" but without a reference to it having the stopper? Thus, the reference should be just "In Chapter 1 we learn", not "In Chapter 1. we learn"? I have tried many variants of the following minimal example: \setuphead[chapter][sectionstopper=.] \definereferenceformat [inchapter] [text={Chapter~}] \starttext \chapter[one]{First heading} \input knuth \inchapter[one] we learn. \stoptext -Sanjoy

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Re: [NTG-context] Again: LuaTeX error: invalid escape sequence near '\i'
by Jan Heinen 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

In last year Context this worked: >> \define\imagepath {/home/janis/images} >> \externalfigure[\imagepath/test.jpg] Now this change is necesarry: > \defineexpandble\imagepath {/home/janis/images} Where do the change come from: Context, Tex or Luatex? Is there a genereal change which we have to take care off? Last year I made a book with a lot of programming in Context and I would like to use the code for the next book. Regards Janis

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Re: [NTG-context] Again: LuaTeX error: invalid escape sequence near '\i'
by Jan Heinen 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

The following two commands seem to do the same: \defineexpandable\... \def\... And this two also do the same: \define\... \unexpanded\def\... \def is a low-level-command and shouldn't be used. Right? Regards Janis

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Again: LuaTeX error: invalid escape sequence near '\i'
by Jan Heinen 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

An example which was working with ConText (version beginning 2012) - and now I get an error: \define\imagepath {/home/janis/images} \starttext \externalfigure[\imagepath/test.jpg] \stoptext LuaTeX error [string "\directlua "]:1: invalid escape sequence near '\i' Without my parameter \imagepath there ist no problem. And if I want to see the "echo" of the parameter with \imagepath I get "/home/janis/images" which I expect. I need parameters very often. How can I use my parameter \imagepath in \externafigure? Regards Janis

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Is fine-grained grid control possible?
by Tom Ellis 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

I asked a question on tex.stackoverflow, and it was suggested ConTeXt could help and that I should repost my question here. http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/108850/is-fine-grained-grid-control-… I want to make a variety of checklists which are essentially based on a grid layout. I care about having fine-grained control over the exact placement of labels and boxes. I do not care about paragraphs, hypenation, equations, or anything like that which I know TeX is very good at. Is ConTeX a good fit for my needs? How could I do it? I've already though about Tikz and PGF but I don't think they give me enough fine-grained control. If I fail to find a way to solve my problem using TeX I will probably explore SVG and PostScript. Here are some examples of the kind of thing I would like to do that I pulled from an image search for "checklist" * https://studenttechportfolio.wikispaces.com/file/view/checklist.png/3434346… * http://checklisttemplate911.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/checklist-templa… * http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/72289360.png * http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=88940&stc=1 * http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/shop/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/confere… * http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-piQobSY-8Mw/Tcihq580IgI/AAAAAAAAAgE/Fd0AQD1e69Y/s… * http://www.dbh.govt.nz/UserFiles/Image/Publications/building/weathertightne… * http://spxcooling.com/images/M92-1447C-s.jpg Thanks, Tom

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Missing number error, related to setupcolumnsetlines
by Lars Huttar 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hello, I've got a "Missing number error, treated as zero". I've whittled the problem code down to this minimal example: \definecolumnset [abbcolumn] [n=2,distance=5mm,balancing=yes] \setupcolumnsetlines[abbcolumn][1][1][60] \setupcolumnsetlines[abbcolumn][1][2][60] \starttext \startcolumnset[abbcolumn] foo \stopcolumnset \stoptext By contrast, if I remove the \setupcolumnsetlines commands, the error goes away. (But I think I need those commands, in case the text has more than 60 lines.) Also, if I run the example shown on this page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupcolumnsetlines which seems very similar to mine, it works fine; no errors. Based on the latter working example, I tried adding the following to my minimal example that fails: \switchtobodyfont[small] or \setupcolumnsetstart[abbcolumn][1][1][1] \setupcolumnsetstart[abbcolumn][1][2][1] but neither one solved the problem. Here is more of the error output I received when running TeX on the minimal example shown at the start of this email: ! Missing number, treated as zero. system > tex > error on line 8 in file minimalex-133.tex: Missing number, treated as zero ... 1 \definecolumnset [abbcolumn] [n=2,distance=5mm,balancing=yes] 2 3 \setupcolumnsetlines[abbcolumn][1][1][60] 4 \setupcolumnsetlines[abbcolumn][1][2][60] 5 6 \starttext 7 \startcolumnset[abbcolumn] 8 >> foo 9 \stopcolumnset 10 \stoptext 11 <to be read again> \otr:1:43 \OTRSETdoifcellelse ...er #1:\number #2\endcsname \@EA \secondoftwoarguments... \@@ar@@1 ...ellelse {\mofcolumns }\columnlastcell {\global \advance \columnl... \redoloop ->\expandrecursecontent \endofloop <to be read again> { <inserted text> 44 ... l.8 f oo ? Here is some of the earlier output, include the version info: > context --mode=windows,report,border --nomapfiles --verbose minimalex-133.tex resolvers | resolving | creating instance resolvers | resolving | variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to 'c:/texlive/2012/bin/win32' ... resolvers | resolving | resolvers | resolving | unknown configuration file 'C:/Users/huttarl/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua' resolvers | resolving | unknown configuration file 'c:/texlive/2012/bin/win32/texmfcnf.lua' ... This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.2-2012080612 (TeX Live 2012/W32TeX) \write18 enabled. (minimalex-133.tex ConTeXt ver: 2012.05.30 11:26 MKIV fmt: 2013.3.11 int: english/english Thanks for any help! Lars

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ConText on webspace
by Jan Heinen 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Is it possible to instal and runl ConText on webspace? Which requirements and limitations are needed? Have a nice weekend ... in Germany sun is shining :-) Regards Janis

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Lucida doesn't work in TL 2013 / latest ConTeXt
by Mojca Miklavec 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hi, in TL 2013 neither \setupbodyfont[lucida] nor \setupbodyfont[lucidanova] works. The first one gives: !LuaTeX error: Invalid local font in font lbr! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! and the other one complains about ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. (I've set "export TEXMFLOCAL=/path/to/texmf/with/both/lucidas".) When trying the same with latest distribution I get ! LuaTeX error .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-act.lua:101: attempt to perform arithmetic on field 'size' (a nil value) stack traceback: .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-act.lua:101: in function 'mathematics_checkprivateparameters' [string "local mathematics_initializeparameters = math..."]:10: in function 'runner' .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-act.lua:39: in function 'assignmathparameters' .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:917: in function <.../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:537> (...tail calls...) .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:423: in function 'read' .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-ctx.lua:947: in function 'definefont_two' [string "\directlua "]:1: in main chunk. system > tex > error on line 52 in file /Users/mojca/context/gnuplot/mojca/texmf/doc/context/third/gnuplot/gnuplot-context-doc.tex: LuaTeX error ... and with lucidanova I get the same error as in TeX Live. I'm using \sometxt{} inside metapost code to draw labels, so maybe that's connected. Mojca

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Can't make ISBN print in bibliography
by john Culleton 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Still having trouble with that pesky ISBN field in my bibliography. The file makes it to the book.bbl file but never prints no matter what .bst file I reference. Here is an extract from the generated book.bbl file: \startpublication[k=Bah2011,t=book, a={{Bah}},y=2011, n=4,s=Bah11] \author[]{Tavmjong}[T.]{}{Bah} \pubyear{2011} \title{Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program} \isbn{978-0-13-27641-8} \city{Upper Saddle River, NJ} \pubname{Prentice-Hall} \stoppublication Any suggestions? Using MKIV currently. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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