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caption on layoutgrid
by Eidenbenz Michael 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

hi all, is there a way to typeset a caption on the layout grid? thanks michael \showgrid \setuplayout [grid=yes] \starttext \setupfloats [figure] [location=left] \setupcaption [figure] [location={low,right},width=fit] \input tufte \reservefigure[height=4cm,width=10cm,frame=on]{\placeongrid{How do I place this caption on the grid (bottom aligned with figure)?}}{} \reservefigure[height=4cm,width=10cm,frame=on]{How do I place this caption on the grid(bottom aligned with figure)?}{} \input tufte \stoptext

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A trouble with setupbodyfontenvironment
by Alasdair McAndrew 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

So I've come back to using ConTeXt after a year away from it (publishers preferring LaTeX, y'know), and in revising some student notes I'm getting errors which seem new. For a collection of overheads, I've set up \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em={\slanted\color[red]}] However, when I run context on my files, a command such as {\em elephant} produces: l.3 The {\em elephant} is a large gray animal ? h The control sequence marked <to be read again> should not appear between \csname and \endcsname. What's going on here, and how do I fix it? Thanks, Alasdair

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vertical position in itemize and math
by Mikael P. Sundqvist 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hi, I have two problems with vertical position, one in itemize and one in math. The example below show them both. \starttext \startitemize[n] \item \startitemize[a][left={},right={)},stopper=] \item Bla bla $\theta = \arctan\bigl(\frac{\bar{y}^2}{\bar{x}^2}\bigr)$ % comment this line out to see the problem disappear \stopitemize \stopitemize Let \startformula A=I-2\frac{NN^T}{N^TN}\,N=\frac{1}{9}X. \stopformula \stoptext The first one is the vertical position of the a) and the following formula. This is pushed down (because of the formula it seems). What if I want the a) aligned with the 1.? (I wrote about this problem some time ago, and it got solved, but that time no math was included) The second one is the "division line" in \frac{NN^T}{N^TN} that look pushed down to me. I'm not sure how it should be, but my guess is aligned with the minus sign or so. All this with the latest ConTeXt suite. /Mikael

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[***SPAM***] float placement riddle
by Meer, H. van der 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Please can someone explain why the column before the floating figure is empty? I thought that the figure would float through the text to the first location with sufficient space. That appears not te be the case: the input behind the figure does not typeset before it although there is ample space for the text that now follows the picture. The code is roughly: \setupcolumns[n=2] \startcolumns <several paragraphs> \placefigure[][figuur:zw]{Street.} {\externalfigure[zw][width=0.8\textwidth]} \par <small paragraph following picture> <several paragraphs extending to next page> \stopcolumns How to get Hans van der Meer [cid:796264A3-FA21-43EB-894F-3C74D1E4D519@fritz.box]

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Arranging framed text without gaps
by Matthias Weber 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Dear all, I am trying to create a table where the entries have determined width and height. They typically are something like \framed[width=5cm,height=4cm,align={center,middle}{Text} and I understand that I will be responsible for making the dimensions so that everything fits nicely. After playing around without much success with the various tables, I came up with the following which is not exactly ConTeXt-like: \setupframed[ width=5cm, height=4cm, location={middle}, align={center,middle} ] \setupbodyfont[24pt] \starttext \hbox{{\framed{Jim}}{\framed{Mary}}{\framed{John}}} \hbox{{\framed{Patsy}}{\framed{Bob}}{\framed{Linda}}} \hbox{{\framed{Mike}}{\framed{Babsy}}{\framed{Bill}}} \hbox{{\framed{Liz}}{\framed{Dave}}{\framed{Jenny}}} \hbox{{\framed{Dick}}{\framed{Sue}}{\framed{Chuck}}} \hbox{{\framed{Maggie}}{\framed{Joe}}{\framed{Dolley}}} \hbox{{\framed{Tom}}{\framed{Lisa}}{\framed{Chris}}} \hbox{{\framed{Nancy}}{\framed{Paul}}{\framed{Betty}}} \stoptext I get small gaps between the horizontal rows which I don't like. Also, in my (possibly not quite up to date) MkIV, the texts isn't centered. In MkII it is. My questions: How do I -- achieve the desired layout (exact dimensions, frames, no gaps) the right way, -- without gaps between horizontal rows -- with text centered in the frames also in MkIV? Thanks a lot - Matthias

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startitemize[joinedup] killed?
by Meer, H. van der 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

What has happened to the joinedup parameter of \startitemize? As can be seen in the following minimal example, the \setupwhitespace effectively kills the effect of the joinedup. Making it impossible to typeset preceding text and item list close together. I can barely believe that this side effect of \setupwhitespace is inentional. Hans van der Meer % test joinedup % ConTeXt ver: 2013.01.27 21:24 MKIV fmt: 2013.2.24 int: english/english \starttext This is text before the itemize. \startitemize[n,joinedup] \startitem item one\stopitem \startitem item two\stopitem \stopitemize \blank \setupwhitespace[big] This is text before the itemize. \startitemize[n,joinedup] \startitem item one\stopitem \startitem item two\stopitem \stopitemize \stoptext

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default parameter in \definefont
by john Culleton 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Some time back Wolfgang advised me to use statements like this: \definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp] I cannot find what the *default parameter does. Can someone educate me? -- 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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float placement
by Meer, H. van der 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

I would like to place a figure (float) on a page by itself, at a specific point. Using \placefigure[force] gives me the figures at that point but not on separate page, whereas \placefigure[page] puts it on a page but not at the point where it should appear. Finally \placefigure[force,page] nor \placefigure[page,force] did help. Howto? Hans van der Meer

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distance between footnotes
by Meer, H. van der 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

I find the distance between my footnotes too large: 1 first foornote <too much space> 2 second footnote Trying \setupfootnotes[after={\blank-2mm]}] does not change anything as is the case with \setupnotation[footnote][after={\blank[-2mm]}] A strange phenomenon I noticed when wxperimenting for this post: \setupnotes[bodyfont=12pt] does change the font in the footnotes, but \setupnotation[footnote][bodyfont=12pt] does not. I thought that in mkiv \setupnotation[footnote] should completely replace \setupnotes. How is that? Hans van der Meer

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Apparent error in wiki example
by john Culleton 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

I copied verbatim the example found here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Typescript_Example This line caused an error: \setupencoding[default=uc] When I commented it out the doc ran fine. -- 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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