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Arabic with ConTeXt
by "H. Özoguz" 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hello, many books I layout have arabic words or complete paragraphs in it - where the main language is german. For example there is a book, which is completely in arabic with german translation. My present method to write in Arabic is, for sure, not the best, f.e. I have problems with arabic numbers (which are printed mirrored), problems with brackets and so on. I have two questions, hopefully there is an expert for questions concerning Arabic or similar quests: First: How to divide the page into a left part and a right part, two wright german on the left side and arabic on the right. Is \paragraph the best way for it? Second: Which is your recommended way to type arabic with ConTeXt? I add mine in this Mail, please give me advises to improve it. Thank you. Huseyin P.S.: If gridsetting with arabic is possible, then I would prefer that. But if not (see my non-gridsetting solution with \placeongrid), it's ok for me. Here an example of Arabic on the right, with german left under it (should be side-by-side, did not implemend the paragraph yet) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++\setuplayout[grid=yes]\setuplayout[grid=yes] \definefont[Sheh][name:Scheherazade*arabic at 17pt] % or file:amiri-regular.ttf*... file:alq.ttf \def\Arab[#1][#2]{ \placeongrid[top]{ \blank[0.2cm] \setupalign[r2l]\Sheh #1 \blank[0.3cm] } {\sl #2} \blank[big] } \starttext \Arab[فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ][Welche der Wohltaten eures Herrn wollt ihr beide verleugnen?] \stoptext ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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pgfplots error
by Thomas Weißschuh 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hi, while trying to use the module pgfplots from latest ConTeXt minimals I encountered the following error: [..] )) (/home/t-8ch/Projekte/context/minimals/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgfplots/libs/pgfplotslibrary.code.tex) (/home/t-8ch/Projekte/context/minimals/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgfplots/oldpgfcompatib/pgfplotsoldpgfsupp_loader.code.tex (/home/t-8ch/Projekte/context/minimals/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgf/libraries/pgflibraryfpu.code.tex)) (/home/t-8ch/Projekte/context/minimals/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgfplots/util/pgfplotsutil.codetex ! LuaTeX error <\directlua >:1: module 'pgfplots.lua' not found: no field package.preload['pgfplots.lua'] no file './pgfplots/lua.so' no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/pgfplots/lua.so' no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so' no file './pgfplots.so' no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/pgfplots.so' no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so' stack traceback: [C]: in function 'require' <\directlua >:1: in main chunk. ConTeXt version: 2012.11.16 23:51 This could be fixed by removing the suffix '.lua' from the argument to `require(pgfplots.lua)` in line 1979 of the file tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgfplots/util/pgfplotsutil.code.tex diff --git a/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgfplots/util/pgfplotsutil.code.tex.old b/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgfplots/util/pgfplotsutil.code.tex index 0ef2cb0..6d504a7 100644 --- a/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgfplots/util/pgfplotsutil.code.tex.old +++ b/tex/texmf-modules/tex/generic/pgfplots/util/pgfplotsutil.code.tex @@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ \catcode`\%=12 \gdef\pgfplotsPERCENT{%}} \pgfutil@IfUndefined{directlua}{}{% - \directlua{require(\pgfplotsDQ pgfplots.lua\pgfplotsDQ)}% + \directlua{require(\pgfplotsDQ pgfplots\pgfplotsDQ)}% }% % swaps the content of two macros Is this report sufficient or should I also contact pgfplots upstream? Regards, Thomas

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Images in MultiMarkdown -> context -> PDF
by Guy Stalnaker 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hello, Thanks to Aditya I have discovered ConTeXt which, thus far, seems to give me much more control over the images than LaTex does. Yay! Before we get the reason for this post, I should note that my workflow is MultiMarkdown file, pandoc output of standalone context file, then context on that pandoc output. I have edited the context file to include a /defineexternalfigure directive to put a frame around all images. The images I have are all screenshots of application usage steps. The crucial output is html that goes into our online Knowledge base. Secondary output is PDF that will be used for our classroom training. The screen shots are mostly jpg with a scattering of png, and are all different sizes. The pandoc html output looks very much as we want it as we can use a css file to customize padding, etc. I get a very good pdf document, but there is one bewildering issue -- the images in the ConTeXt output pdf document are scaled very small. All of them, that is, but two which are more correctly sized in the pdf document. Almost all of them are jpg images created on a MacOS VM using an application called Skitch. I have looked the images over and besides some differing exif data all of them have the expected xy dimension attributes and I can see no difference between the two that are 'right' in the pdf document and the rest that are too small. I've tried playing with scale=1000 and factor=<max,fit,broad> in the /defineexternalfigure directive and none help; scale=1000 changes nothing at all for the small images and scale values above 1000, while modifying the smaller images also make the correctly sized images too large. The factor values make all images scale to fit the textwidth without exception (that is, I can see no difference whatever in the three options), making smaller images far to large and pixelated. I took one image and used GIMP to modify its DPI to 300 thinking perhaps that might be a factor, but the 72dpi and 300dpi images look identically sized in the PDF document. The texexex output only says this about the images: <quote> <./images/group54/26378/CMSLogin_300dpi.jpg> figures : dimensions of images/group54/26378/CMSLogin_300dpi.jpg loaded from figurefile itself ... <./images/group54/26378/CMSSelectProjectDropDown.jpg> figures : dimensions of images/group54/26378/CMSSelectProjectDropDown.j pg loaded from figurefile itself </quote> That output is for both a 300dpi and a 72dpi image. Though is looks like dimensions are being read, both are too small in the pdf output. I quoted texexec because it showed output related to the images. Using 'context <fname>' does not produce a similar console output, but the pdf doc created is the same with the same image size issues. Also of note is that pdflatex output on a pandoc->latex file does almost exactly the opposite of what context does--all images are scaled to fit text width by default (like using factor=max in context). But that is just as unwanted as having the images too small. The html output when viewed in a browser shows the same images as expected. None of these images are the same size and using any width=X value cannot work. Some screen shots may be 1024 pixels wide while others only 150 pixels wide (a shot of a button or tab, for example). I looked through 1.5 years of posts to the comp.tex.context news group looking for anything might be similar, but no luck. I have put several of the files involved on a publicly accessible web server. There are two screen shots of the pdf output showing incorrect image sizing and correct image sizing and the actual image files themselves. There is the markdown, context, html, and pdf documents. https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/jstalnak/web/context/ I know that is a lot. I appreciate any help anyone can provide. Best regards, GuyS -- "There is only love, and then oblivion. Love is all we have to set against hatred." (paraphrased) Ian McEwan Guy Stalnaker, I^2@DOIT, 1210 West Dayton Street, Room 3209 CSS, Madison WI 53719-1220, jstalnak(a)wisc.edu, work 608.263.8035, cell 608.235.4718, fax 608.265.6681, page page-guy(a)watchdog.doit.wisc.edu

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intertext (math): alignment problems
by Andreas Mang 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Dear all, if I set up my formulas with a right alignment that has some indentation to it, I am experiencing problems with "intertext". I would assume the text was flushed left. However, it aligns to the formulas (i.e. it is aligned to the left margin defined in \setupformulas). Minimal example below. If I comment the setupformulas, the equation is aligned to the center and the "intertext" is flushed left. Any suggestions? Cheers, Andreas ConTeXt ver: 2012.11.19 19:04 MKIV fmt: 2012.11.20 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \setupformulas[align=right,leftmargin=3.5em] \starttext \startformula \startalign[n=2] \NC b \NC = Ax\NR \startintertext likewise % should be flushed left \stopintertext \NC q \NC = Ay\NR \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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typefile with absolute path to file
by Erik Margraf 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Dear List, a question about \typefile{}. I tried to use \typefile{ /with/an/absolute/path/to/some_file } and failed Message in the log: Verbatim some_file not found. Also tried with no path at all, assuming it will take the file from the current directory. Same result. Do I miss something? Should this work? Or, if not, how can I achieve this effect (typefile with absolute path to a file. btw. on a Linux system) I'm aware of a similar message thread to this list from May 25th, this year. But I didn't feel that it speaks against my comprehension of \typefile ... Thanks! Erik

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Symbols
by Willi Egger 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hi all, could someone bring light into the way how to use symbols…in MKIV I wanted to extract a symbol from uzdr (Zapfdingbats). In MIII the that worked like this: \definefontsynonym[Dingbats][uzdr] \definesymbol[box][\getglyph{Dingbats}{\char113}] In MKIV this is not the case. I tried to find out with the font-manual, unfortunately it only shows the content of the symb-imp-eur.mkiv. I tried to find the fonts mentioned in that file, but miserably failed. I tried different approaches but get now result, except for the black diamond, but this is defined internally in ConTeXt (\definesymbol[blackdiamond] [\textormathchar{"2666}]. \definefontsynonym[Dingbats][uzdr] \definefontsynonym[MSAM][msam10] \definesymbol[boxA] [\getglyph{Dingbats}{\char113}] %Seems to be changed... \definesymbol[boxB] [\getglyph{Dingbats}{\char"274F}] % U+0274F, 00052, a74 \definesymbol[cuttingscissors] [\getglyph{Dingbats}{\utfchar{"2701}}] \definesymbol[blackdiamond] [\textormathchar{"2666}] \definesymbol[blackdiamondvar][\textormathchar{"25C6}] \definesymbol[diamondfilled] [\getglyph{MSAM}{\utfchar{"F0067}}] \starttext Thanks for support… Willi \symbol{boxA} \symbol{boxB} \symbol{cuttingscissors} \symbol{blackdiamond} \symbol{blackdiamondvar} \symbol{diamondfilled} \stoptext

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incrementnumber vs. prefixsegments
by plink 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hi, i'm trying to combine two features that somehow don't fit together: 1. figure numbering and referring using a chapter.fignr scheme. For this, a setup with \setupcaption[figure][prefix=yes,way=bychapter,prefixsegments=chapter] works fine, as long as i don't have 2. untitled entries below chapter (aka subject or subsubject), that also have to occur in the table of contents. For this, e.g. using \setuphead[subject][incrementnumber=list] \definecombinedlist[content][title,chapter,section,subject] does the trick, but then the figure number prefix gets eaten up at figures in subjects. I'd be glad if anybody could give me a hint on how to solve this. ConTeXt ver: 2012.10.30 21:13 MKIV Below a maximin example. Commenting out the \setuphead line gives back the prefix, but then there is no more subject in the toc, as to be expected: \setuphead[chapter][page=no,continue=yes] \setupcaption[figure][ prefix=yes, way=bychapter, prefixsegments=chapter] \setuphead[subject][incrementnumber=list] \definecombinedlist[content][title,chapter,section,subject] \starttext \placecontent \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section Een} \placefigure[here][fig:a]{figure a}{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=1cm]} Figure \in[fig:a] = 1.1\crlf Figure \in[fig:b] = 1.2?\crlf Figure \in[fig:c] = 1.3\crlf \subject{Subject} \placefigure[here][fig:b]{figure b}{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=1cm]} Figure \in[fig:a] = 1.1\crlf Figure \in[fig:b] = 1.2?\crlf Figure \in[fig:c] = 1.3\crlf \section{Section Twee} \placefigure[here][fig:c]{figure c}{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=1cm]} Figure \in[fig:a] = 1.1\crlf Figure \in[fig:b] = 1.2?\crlf Figure \in[fig:c] = 1.3\crlf \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Section alone on the page
by "H. Özoguz" 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Am 21.11.2012 13:10, schrieb ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl: > And I can not layout with > gridset=yes, too. Sorry: I mean "I can not layout withOUT gridset=yes, too.", of course. Huseyin

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underbar/margin text
by Daniel Schopper 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hi, I have to typeset some underlined text with margin notes by its side. Is there a way to prevent the notes themself to get underlined? I tried putting the note-command in a group, simplifying its content etc. (In my real file I use \defineinmargin, btw.) \starttext \underbar{Test Test Test\footnote{footnote}~Test Test Test\par Test\inleft{marginal} Test Test Test Test Test \par} \stoptext (As one can see, there’s also an issue with the footnote-sign breaking the continued line, which is not urgent for me, at least by now.) Cheers, Daniel

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Indented footnotes in ConTeXt
by "H. Özoguz" 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Am 21.11.2012 08:50, schrieb ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl: > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:28:11 -0600 > From: Adam Khan<loyalchap(a)gmail.com> > To:ntg-context@ntg.nl > Subject: [NTG-context] Indented footnotes in ConTeXt > Message-ID: > <CAAAgs1CcxeJ9Dr2MqNb1JdD3N1Pv3=Yju=GE=uJO6zVwGVrwhQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Greetings! > > I am writing a German critical edition in which I am using endnotes, and I > am encountering severe difficulties with formatting them as I should wish. > > The idea is to indent the entire footnote?marker and text?0.5in. > > In ConTeXt (Mark II) on XeTeX, I can move the footnote marker with this > set-up: > > \definenote[critical][conversion=characters, > way=bychapter, > location=text, > bodyfont=12pt, > margindistance=-.5in, > align=flushleft] > > Then I move the text by adding the unsightly but functional hack > \hskip.5into the beginning of the argument of > \critical or \criticaltext. Unfortunately, the endnotes do not flow from > page to page in Mark II, and, from the comments on the source code, it > appears that this cannot be helped. Given the length and number of > endnotes needed for my project, ConTeXt (Mark II) on XeTeX does not seem > viable. > > In ConTeXt (Mark IV) on LuaTeX, on the other hand, the endnotes do flow > from page to page, but the formatting does not appear to respond to the > margindistance key. From various related posts, the answer appears to lie > in \setupnotation, but, whenever I attempt to pass this command, I get an > ?undefined control sequence? error. > > In short, my question is, How do I code indenting each endnote .5in with > the highest degree of automation and fewest hacks possible? > > Sincerely yours, > Adam Khan You can try, what I use for footnotes, maybe this is what you want or helps? \setupnotation[footnote][ alternative=left, width=2em, numbercommand=\hskip1.6em\high] %Fußnoten werden eingerückt und Nummer hochgestellt Viel Erfolg. Huseyin

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