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vertical alignment in the header text
by Jeong Dalyoung 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

Dear all, In the following sample, header text located at the top of the header. But, I'd like to align the header text in vertical center. I tried \dontleavehmode, \vfill, top=\vss, etc, but I couldn't succeed. %%%%%%%% \setuplayout[header=1cm, width=18cm, backspace=1.5cm] \setupbackgrounds[header][text][bottomframe=on,topframe=on] \setupheadertexts[][header\hfill header\hfill header] \setuppagenumbering[location=footer] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext %%%%%%%% How to control the vertical alignment in the header? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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tables
by Hans Hagen 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

Hi, two table mechanisms now have the textwidth (max available width) set to local which makes it work inside for instance text backgrounds \starttext \starttextbackground \input ward \bTABLE % [textwidth=local] \bTR \bTD \input ward \eTD \bTD \input ward \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \startxtable % [textwidth=local] \startxrow \startxcell \input ward \stopxcell \startxcell \input ward \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stoptextbackground \stoptext Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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figures
by Hans Hagen 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

Hi, I probably forgot to tell, but since a fee betas we have \setupexternalfigures [order={pdf,png,jpg}, directory={./images}, ..] i.e. the order key can enforce the quality order as well as limit the amount of lookups (which saves time when images are -still- missing) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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widow and orphans in columns
by Pavel Dohnal 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

Hello, I am trying to avoid widow and orphans in multicolumn document. My settings: \clubpenalty=10000 \widowpenalty=10000 does not any effect, and last row of the paragraph is on the only row of the second column. Column is is started by this command: \startcolumns[n=2,distance=1cm,balance=no,tolerance=stretch,ntop=2] Can you help me with this problem? Thank you Pavel Dohnal

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\externalfigure and factor=max
by Marco 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

Hi, according to the wiki the \externalfigure key “factor” has the options: max: aspect ratio is kept, the image is scaled to the bigger (oversized) variant fit: aspect ratio is kept, the image is scaled to the smaller (fitted) variant In the following example I expect the third image to have a width of 4cm and a height of 4cm. However, both values are 3cm. The aspect ratio is kept, but “max” and “fit” behave the same. \startbuffer [img] \useMPlibrary [dum] \startTEXpage \externalfigure [dummy] [width=5cm,height=5cm] \stopTEXpage \stopbuffer \ctxcommand{runbuffer("img", "img", true)} \starttext \externalfigure [\jobname-img] [width=3cm, height=4cm] \blank \externalfigure [\jobname-img] [factor=fit, width=3cm, height=4cm] \blank \externalfigure [\jobname-img] [factor=max, width=3cm, height=4cm] \stoptext Is this a bug or am I misunderstanding the wiki? Anyhow, is there a clean solution to keep the aspect ratio and scale the image to whichever value is larger? Marco

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On an odd page?
by Bill Meahan 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

I must be having a bad day since I can't find the answer to this simple question on the wiki. I'm sure it's me but... How do I test if I am on an odd or even page? I need the equivalent of: PSUEDO COMMAND \doifoddpageelse{what to do on oddpage)(what to do on even page} This is _not_ in a header, BTW -- Bill Meahan K8QN "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." -- William Arthur Ward This message is digitally signed with an X.509 certificate to prove it is from me and has not been altered since it was sent.

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wrong German hyphenation for Nietzsche?
by Pablo Rodríguez 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

Hi there, using both \de and \deo, ConTeXt hyphenates Nietzsche as Nietz[-]sc[-]he. I'm not a native speaker, but I guess that hyphenating “sch” (at least in that case) is wrong. Isn't it Nietz[-]sche the right hyphenation? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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TABLE & lines (frame)
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

Hello, I'd need to create table with a head and a body, and with horizontal lines between rows disabled, excluding the head. Something like (ASCII art trial): +------+------+ | Head | Head | +------+------+ <- Line here bellow the head is wanted (and can be thicker than the outer lines)... | 11 | 12 | | | | <- ... but no horizontal line between body's rows. | 21 | 22 | +------+------+ I played with *frame settings (guided by wiki), but no success. My trial code: ---- \starttext \bTABLE[split=repeat,option=stretch,align=middle,frame=off,leftframe=on,rightframe=on] \bTABLEhead[bottomframe=on] \bTR\bTD Head \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD Head \eTD\eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \bTR\bTD 11\eTD\bTD 12\eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD 21\eTD\bTD 22\eTD\eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stoptext ---- How to specify rules (frame) to get the desired look? TIA. Kind 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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directory structure
by Jan Pohanka 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

Hello, here's next of my newbie questions. I have a template for some sort of documents, lets say a report in one file as an environment. It contains also a definition for a footer with an image. I'd like to have the image on some other path than documents together with the template so I have to use \setupexternalfigures, but is it possible to specify a path independently of the env file and document file location. I mean some kind of global variable $TEMPLATES_DIR. Is it also possible to set some global path, where context will search the env files and not to use the full path in document file? Is enviroment good aproach to define templates? I have read Han's document about project structure, but it does something a bit different I think. template file in some directory on the system: \startenvironment myreport ... \setupexternalfigures[directory=???] \setupfootertexts[{\externalfigure[mypic]}] ... \stopenvironment document file in some other directory: \enviroment myreport \starttext \stoptext best regards Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratnou poštovní aplikací Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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preventing page breaks after headings
by Alan Bowen 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

Is there a way in MKII to ensure that there is never a page break between a heading and the following text? \setuphead[after={\page[no]}] does not seem to work without entering vertical mode before \page. But, so far, I have not found a way to enter vertical mode in after={…} that does not add interlinespace and thus place the text too far from the heading. Any suggestion or alternatives? Alan

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