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math symbol: blacktriangle
by Andreas Mang 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Dear all, The \blacktriangle and \blacktriangledown symbol seem to be missing, though \blacktriangleright and \...-left are defined. Is there a quick way to add missing symbols by myself from the knowledge of Unicode / XML identifier (http://www-sop.inria.fr/marelle/tralics/doc-b.html)? Cheers, Andreas

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A "Lorem ipsum" module?
by Marcin Borkowski 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Hi all, in LaTeX, there is quite a useful package called "lipsum", for typesetting varioud amounts of "Lorem ipsum" stuff. Is there anything like that in ConTeXt? (I know about \input knuth, \input tufte etc., but that is not exactly what I have in mind, especially when giving a sample of some design to a customer;).) If not (as I suspect), what should I do to write such a module? I expect this shouldn't be too difficult, and I could learn a few things (like using key-value syntax in ConTeXt, for instance); are there any recommendations for people wanting to learn to write a (simple) module for ConTeXt (other than the relevant wiki page)? For example, which existing modules might I want to take and read the source code of? Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl

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write my own text in the header
by dalyoung 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Dear all, I have two questions. 1. I'd like to write various text in the header differently at every page. It is like "SlideTitle{}" used in the simpleslide module. I tried "\setupheadertexts[text]" at the beginning of every page. But only the text defined at last appeared at the header of every page. Is there a way to do such a job? 2. Is it possible to use my own figure as a background under the simpleslide module? -- Example-- .... \usemodule[simpleslides][style=HorizontalStripes,font=] .... \defineoverlay[yellow-spring][{\externalfigure[./background/yellowspring][width=\paperwidth]}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=yellow-spring] \dontleavehmode \blank[.5cm] \placefigure[none][]{} {\getbuffer[TitleOfSlides]} \blank[1.5cm] \placefigure[none][]{} {\getbuffer[Speaker]} \page \component TestPage ... --Output The background "yellow-spring" is appeared in the first page(Title page), but from the second page only horizontalstripes appeared. Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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floats in margin
by Meer, H. van der 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Trying a \placefigure[inmargin] and other margins settings gives an undefined control sequence error: \strc_floats_caption_set_align ...s_caption_align ]} <argument> ...box {\strc_floats_caption_set_align \hsize \floatcaptionparame… My version in use is ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.10 09:52 MKIV fmt: 2012.7.11 int: english/english Is this problem already solved in a later version? Since when? Hans van der Meer

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\definetext problem?
by Alan Bowen 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

This used to work in earlier versions of MKIV, but does no longer—the page sets without complaint but the footer does not appear. A minimal example: \definehead[BookTitle][title] \setuphead[BookTitle][header=high,footer=BookTitlePage] \definetext[BookTitlePage][footer] [\vbox{\tfx \centerline{Some text}\par } ] \starttext \BookTitle{Title} \input knuth\footnote{\input ward} \stoptext Is there a problem with \definetext? Alan

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Returning...need advice on manuals for MKIV
by john Culleton 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Returning after a long absence... Downloaded a fistful of manuals, concentrating on MKIV. One of these lists commands, and is dated 2012 which is promising. Many of these commands are not included in "Context, The Manual". So is there a manual or guide (or multiples) that expains these new commands? Let me put it a different way. If a person familiar with TeX but not Context wanted to use MKIV what documents beyond "Context the Manual" would that person need to understand and use Context for ordinary documents (like a book on another software project)? I use TexLive 2011 on a Slackware Linux platform. -- John Culleton

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Broken for a while now...
by DB 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

I've noticed two things that seem to be broken in the betas, and they've been broken for a while now. \resetpagenumber \setuppagenumber[number=1] sets the page number to zero rather than 1. Also, the width= setting in \setuplist doesn't work anymore, either. I apologise if I sound like I'm whining. I just wanted to bring it to your attention. --DB

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multi column index register broken
by Andreas Mang 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Dear all, Firstly, thanks for the fixes in the index register. Works nicely... However, I am facing an new problem with this very register: It seems that the current beta only works for index registers put in a single column (see below) or did the interface change? Cheers, Andreas VERSION: ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.16 20:58 MKIV fmt: 2012.7.16 MINIMAL EXAMPLE: %%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext ABC\index{ABC} DEF\index{DEF} GHI\index{GHI} JKL\index{JKL} MNO\index{MNO} % \placeindex[n=1] % works % \completeindex[n=1] % works \completeindex % does not work %\placeindex[n=2] % does not work %\completeindex[n=2] % does not work \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%% ERROR MESSAGE: Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted) … <to be read again> \relax \settotalinsertionheight ...on_height \s!topfloat +\page_insert_insertion_he... \page_mul_set_n_of_lines ...ttotalinsertionheight \d_page_mul_temp \dimexpr ... \page_otr_command_set_vsize ...mul_set_n_of_lines \d_page_mul_temp \nofcolum... \page_mul_start ... >\plusone \page_mul_start_yes \else \page_mul_start_nop ... \strc_registers_place ...rparameter \c!tolerance ] \strc_registers_place_inde... …

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The usual fixes. New is a first version of a new multi column handler. Pretty experimental but eventually it will replace the current multi column routine, which is fact is then an instance, think of \definemixedcolumns [columns] \unexpanded\def\setupcolumns {\setupmixedcolumns[columns]} The simple columns routine is already replaced (by an instance) as is the multi column handler of itemize. Hans ps. Does someone know of a latin font that has different glyphs sets? \definefontfeature [solution-demo] [goodies=demo, % needs version from latest beta featureset=default] \definefont [SomeTestFont] [texgyrepagellaregular*solution-demo at 10pt] \definefontsolution [solution] [goodies=demo, solution=experimental, method={normal,preroll}, % method={normal,preroll,split}, criterium=1] \starttext \enabletrackers [builders.paragraphs.solutions.splitters.colors] \startsimplecolumns \showfontkerns \setuptolerance[verytolerant] \start \SomeTestFont \input zapf \par \stop \column \start \SomeTestFont \startfontsolution[solution] \input zapf \par \stopfontsolution \stop \stopsimplecolumns \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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bad kerning with Garamond
by Peter Münster 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Hi, I've copied the files GARA.TTF, GARABD.TTF and GARAIT.TTF (Monotype Garamond) to the fonts directory and then regenerated the database. This is my test-file: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[garamond] \starttext \input tufte \it \input tufte \bf \input tufte \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The output is here: http://pmrb.free.fr/tmp/test.pdf and it's very ugly. How could I get better results please? TIA for any help! -- Peter

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