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Search path for .tex files (mkiv)
by John Devereux 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hi, What is the correct way to set or modify the search path for tex files? I want to make it mode-dependent. For example, for figures I have something like \doifmode{en} {\def\FigDirLanguage{fig/lang_en}\def\DocumentSuffix{EN}\mainlanguage[en]} \doifmode{de} {\def\FigDirLanguage{fig/lang_de}\def\DocumentSuffix{DE}\mainlanguage[de]} [...] \setupexternalfigures[directory={fig,{\FigDirLanguage},{../fig},{../\FigDirLanguage}}] I want to be able to do for example \input disclaimer And have it use the correct version. (There are more complicated scenarios too). In case there is a better way to do it, what I want is to have language- or mode- specific versions of some "boilerplate" texts. These would be in individual files. Documents elsewhere in a directory tree could reference these using a standard name and it would be picked according to the set language/mode. Thanks, John -- John Devereux

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Chinese setuplabeltext
by John Devereux 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hi, There do not seem to be translations for the labels for Chinese, is that correct? Is "zh" the correct language code? \setuplabeltext[zh][figure=CHINESE_HERE ] \mainlanguage[zh] \language[zh] \starttext \labeltext{figure} \stoptext This just displays the English word "Figure". context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2012.09.16 23:18 Thanks, John -- John Devereux

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emtpy TOC (beta)
by Peter Rolf 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hi, I get an empty TOC for my document with the latest beta (works with 2012-10-19). I have deleted the *.tuc file (just to be sure), but still no TOC after a fresh run. Sorry, no small example yet. The document is the draft documentation of a not yet published module (won't compile without the module files). No time to look deeper into this, as I have to finish the documentation... Peter

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Underbar & quotation
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hello, in the following example the space before the leading quotation mark (between 'f' and '"g') is not colored: ---- \definebar[MyBar][color=green,rulethickness=2.8,order=background,offset=1.5,continue=yes] \starttext \MyBar{Abc def \quotation{ghi}.} \stoptext ---- How to make the bar color the uncolored space as well? TIA. Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Re: [NTG-context] align and location in \setupcombination
by Jeong Dal 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Dear Marco and Wolfgang, Thank you for solutions. I have tried \startalignment … \stopalignment, but it is not working. Does it work as same as \midaligned? \startcontent … \stopcontent, \startcaption … \stopcaption seem to me a new commands. Is every command in ConTeXt changed as a form of "\start … \stop"? Thank you again. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Creating a background texture with text/graphic
by Mari Voipio 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hello all! While staring at the pile of ConTeXt instruction book(let)s on my desk, I realized that I should be able to use a logo or a text to create a background texture to use in scrapbooking and cardcraft. The problem is that my skills don't quite stretch that far and I can't remember where I once saw the code for this... The logo I'm thinking of is originally an Inkscape svg file that I've this far used in ConTeXt in pdf format. Other available and compatible vector formats are at least plain svg, ps eps and pdf. Possible solution 1: to insert the logo in MetaPost and use loops, rotate, shft and randomize to create a texture. Loop+shift would make a nice alternating background, randomized with loop and 90degree rotation steps would make a denser texture. The problem: I don't know how to input the logo graphic into Metapost code. This did not work, even though the pdf is in the same directory: externalfigure "vaaka-logo.pdf" scaled 1cm; Don't know if I'm missing something here, this snippet comes from the MetaFun manual p. 199. Unfortunately I don't have pstoedit on my Mac, so the conversion trick on page 198 doesn't work for me. For text there're more ideas and I think I can handle that based on MetaFun manual p. 92 + randomize, but with the external figure I'm at loss on how to do it. Possible solution 2: ConTeXt. Insert here some code I don't have a clue about. Might be ConTeXt only or ConTeXt and Metapost/Metafun together. Inserting the graphic is no big deal in this case, \externalfigure will do that. (I got almost what I wanted by tweaking an older label/imposition file, but I have some weird margin issues there and the positioning system is not very exact and there are a bit too many things that affect the layout. I'd rather put stuff on a grid than just tweak it with the location and margin settings. That's the Word way, in the long run not the smartest way of doing things. I'm planning to use this feature a lot, so I'd rather code something that stands for longer.) Feel free to point me towards the correct wiki pages, my problem may just be that I cannot come up with the correct search term, "background" is not a very good one. And of some reason the garden is not very good at scrapbooking terms (yet). ;-) Note. On the moment I have no need to put text on top of those textures, and I'm not worried about that bit anyway, layers usually work nicely there. Now I'm interested into creating a "personilized" background texture onto which I can e.g. glue a chipboard shape or paper flower or a bit of glitter. It feels stupid to pay for so called digital stamps/textures/backgrounds when I have the tools to create some myself. Running text is easy, but using and reusing one logo would be more fun. :-) Thanks, Mari

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Possibilities for basso continuo figures in a text-line disappeared?
by Robert Blackstone 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hello, The code for including basso continuo figures in a text, added somewhere between may and august this year: \definelow[MyLow][style=\txx,frame=off] \definehigh[MyHigh][style=\txx,frame=off] \definelowhigh[MyLoHi][style=\txx,frame=off] \definelowmidhigh[MyLoMiHi][style=\txx,frame=off] is unfortunately no longer recognized in the minimals I installed today (29-10). They still worked in august (25-08). Have they been changed or accidentally deleted from the source? Could I have them back please? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Multipass Datasets doesn't work
by Martin Fechner 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hello, the simple example from the mailing-list doesn't work with the latest beta. I think the core-dat.lua is corrupted (function commands.datasetvariable) \definedataset[test-1] \definedataset[test-2] \starttext \setdataset[test-1][x=Value X 1,y=Value Y 1] \setdataset[test-1][x=Value X 2,y=Value Y 2] \setdataset[test-2][a][name=Ben Lee User,job=Manager] \setdataset[test-2][b][title=TeX by Topic] \startlines \datasetvariable{test-1}{1}{x}:\datasetvariable{test-1}{1}{y} \datasetvariable{test-1}{2}{x}:\datasetvariable{test-1}{2}{y} \stoplines Name: \datasetvariable{test-2}{a}{name} \par Job: \datasetvariable{test-2}{a}{job} \par \stoptext Kind regards, Martin

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factor=fit fails
by luigi scarso 28 Oct '12

28 Oct '12

Strange error with \externalfigure \starttext \vbox to \textheight{% \vfill Foo\ \vfill \centerline{\externalfigure[cow][width=0.5\textwidth,height=0.5\textheight,factor=fit ]} \vfill } \stoptext ! Missing number, treated as zero. system > tex > error on line 1 in file test.tex: Missing number, treated as zero ... 1 >> \starttext 2 \vbox to \textheight{% 3 \vfill 4 Foo\ 5 \vfill 6 \centerline{\externalfigure[cow][width=0.5\textwidth,height=0.5\textheight,factor=fit ]} 7 \vfill 8 } 9 \stoptext 10 <to be read again> f \p_factor ->f it -- luigi

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\copypages[][n=...] not working
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 28 Oct '12

28 Oct '12

Hello, I've just updated Ctx: " ConTeXt ver: 2012.10.22 23:51 MKIV fmt: 2012.10.23 int: english/english " - it seems \copypages ignores the 'n' specification: ---- \starttext \copypages[t2.pdf][n=1] \stoptext ---- - both t2.pdf pages are inserted. Any command option changed? Fix needed? Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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