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Comma separating multiple footnotes
by Kip Warner 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Hey list, Is there any means of setting up footnotes such that whenever they are tangential, they are automatically separated by a comma delimiter? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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[***SPAM***] Resetting Page Backgrounds
by Raymond LeClair 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

I have written Python classes to automate reading a Tumblr blog and writing a file for processing by ConTeXt. No manual editing of the ConTeXt input file is allowed. Photos are incorporated in a graphic created using METAPOST commands embedded in the ConTeXt input file. Then the graphic is used as a background. I need this background to appear only on one page. My current solution is to use TeX conditionals to test if the page number has incremented, then reset the background to empty. This approach fails in many cases. The code below provides a minimum working example of a failure. Photos are shown as squares to reduce the size of this post. Is there a better way to reset the background? ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.13 int: english/english this is luatex, version beta-0.70.1-2011051908 (rev 4277) % == Start Minimum Working Example == \pdfminorversion=5 \definepapersize[LG1][width=8.5in,height=8.5in] \definepapersize[LP1][width=8.5in,height=8.5in] \setuppapersize[LG1][LP1] \definelayout[contents_1] [backspace=3.25in, leftmargin=2.25in, leftmargindistance=0.25in, width=4.75in, rightmargindistance=0.25in, rightmargin=0.25in, topspace=0.5in, header=0.25in, headerdistance=4.75in, height=7.75in, footerdistance=0.25in, footer=0.25in] \definelayout[contents_2] [backspace=3.25in, leftmargin=2.25in, leftmargindistance=0.25in, width=4.75in, rightmargindistance=0.25in, rightmargin=0.25in, topspace=0.5in, header=0.25in, headerdistance=3.5in, height=7.75in, footerdistance=0.25in, footer=0.25in] \definelayout[contents_4] [backspace=3.25in, leftmargin=2.25in, leftmargindistance=0.25in, width=4.75in, rightmargindistance=0.25in, rightmargin=0.25in, topspace=0.5in, header=0.25in, headerdistance=1.0in, height=7.75in, footerdistance=0.25in, footer=0.25in] \setupwhitespace[small] \setupfloats[spacebefore=none] \setuppagenumbering[location=footer,style=\white] \starttext \setupheader[state=start] \setupheadertexts[\hbox to 2.5in{MARCH}THESOUNDARABBITMAKES][][][] \setuppagenumber[state=start] \setupfooter[state=start] \setupfootertexts[\pagenumber][] \page \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{}}] \setuplayout[contents_4] \hskip1em \page \startuniqueMPgraphic{2e31ddc5-43da-4879-a223-61674e0df438} page_width := 8.5in; page_height := 8.5in; draw (0, 0)--(page_width, 0) withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor white; draw (0, 0)--(0, page_height) withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor white; photo_grp_x_shift := 3.25in; photo_grp_y_shift := 3.25in; photo_grp_width := 4.75in; photo_grp_height := 4.75in; draw (photo_grp_x_shift, photo_grp_y_shift) --(photo_grp_x_shift, photo_grp_y_shift + photo_grp_height) --(photo_grp_x_shift + photo_grp_width, photo_grp_y_shift + photo_grp_height) --(photo_grp_x_shift + photo_grp_width, photo_grp_y_shift) --(photo_grp_x_shift, photo_grp_y_shift) withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor black; photo_grp_x_shift := 0.75in; photo_grp_y_shift := 5.75in; photo_grp_width := 2.25in; photo_grp_height := 2.25in; draw (photo_grp_x_shift, photo_grp_y_shift) --(photo_grp_x_shift, photo_grp_y_shift + photo_grp_height) --(photo_grp_x_shift + photo_grp_width, photo_grp_y_shift + photo_grp_height) --(photo_grp_x_shift + photo_grp_width, photo_grp_y_shift) --(photo_grp_x_shift, photo_grp_y_shift) withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor black; photo_grp_x_shift := 0.75in; photo_grp_y_shift := 3.25in; photo_grp_width := 2.25in; photo_grp_height := 2.25in; draw (photo_grp_x_shift, photo_grp_y_shift) --(photo_grp_x_shift, photo_grp_y_shift + photo_grp_height) --(photo_grp_x_shift + photo_grp_width, photo_grp_y_shift + photo_grp_height) --(photo_grp_x_shift + photo_grp_width, photo_grp_y_shift) --(photo_grp_x_shift, photo_grp_y_shift) withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor black; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[2e31ddc5-43da-4879-a223-61674e0df438][\uniqueMPgraphic{2e31ddc5-43da-4879-a223-61674e0df438}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{2e31ddc5-43da-4879-a223-61674e0df438}}] \setuplayout[contents_1] \edef\lastpagenumber{\pagenumber} {\bf November 08, 2010} ({\bf Enryakuji}) \ifnum\pagenumber>\lastpagenumber \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{}}]\setuplayout[contents_4] \fi\pagenumber\par My labmates, professor, and I visited this temple in Shiga prefecture last weekend to see the 紅葉 ({\bf kouyou} , autumn colors). Amazingly even though it is November, many of the trees had not changed yet. But the trees whose foliage had changed were beautiful! \ifnum\pagenumber>\lastpagenumber \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{}}]\setuplayout[contents_4] \fi\pagenumber\par When we saw the trees, we all exclaimed in our native languages: \ifnum\pagenumber>\lastpagenumber \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{}}]\setuplayout[contents_4] \fi\pagenumber\par Tres jolie! \ifnum\pagenumber>\lastpagenumber \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{}}]\setuplayout[contents_4] \fi\pagenumber\par Tres jolie! \ifnum\pagenumber>\lastpagenumber \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{}}]\setuplayout[contents_4] \fi\pagenumber\par Tres jolie! \ifnum\pagenumber>\lastpagenumber \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{}}]\setuplayout[contents_4] \fi\pagenumber\par Tres jolie! \ifnum\pagenumber>\lastpagenumber \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{}}]\setuplayout[contents_4] \fi\pagenumber\par Wow. So pretty! \ifnum\pagenumber>\lastpagenumber \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{}}]\setuplayout[contents_4] \fi\pagenumber\par \page \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{}}] \setuplayout[contents_4] \hskip1em \stoptext % == Stop Minimum Working Example ==

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New version of ConTeXt package for Notepad++ available
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Dear Gang, I have made a new ConTeXt package for Notepad++ (Npp). Unfortunately the wiki is not letting me update the zip file (Patrick? Mojca?): "Upload warning | Files of the MIME type "application/zip" are not allowed to be uploaded." So for now, here is a dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k77ggveqdkfrevk/Npp-ConTeXt-120418.zip ========================== The zip contains two directories: 1) \AppData\Roaming\Notepad++ 2) \Program Files (x86)\Notepad++ AFTER you install Npp, copy the folder 1) into C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming And copy folder 2 into C:\Program Files (x86) if your system is 64-bit, and into C:\Program Files if it is 32-bit. XP directory structure uses "\Application Data" instead of \AppData. There may be other things to watch out for (I use Vista). Important: Back up your contextMenu.xml whenever you update to a newer version of Npp proper. For some reason, Npp overrides the user-defined contextMenu.xml and replaces it with the default. In fact, it's a good idea to back up your \Roaming\Notepad++ directory whenever you update Npp itself to a new version. Notes: 1. This updated package contains a new feature: You can wrap selected text with ConTeXt tags. Just select some text and right-click: Then choose what you want to do to the text. This has already saved me lots of time in my own writing, and lessens the risks of brace-mismatch etc. It also works if no text is selected. 2. You can also start projects, components, etc from the right-click menu. 3. You'll see the ConTeXt command shortcuts under the Macro menu. They used to be the same as Hans's Scite setup, but there are probably some differences now. I'll look at this matter later. 4. In future versions I may get rid of any and all references to mkii; deadenders ;-) can make their own shortcuts etc. But I am gearing this package towards new users who should not have to deal with mkii at all. 5. The toolbar has been modified. You can use the Customize Toolbar menu to bring back some default Npp buttons that I removed, etc. 6. The ConTeXt icons are quick and dirty. I welcome help from anyone who would like to help me with some nicer 16x16 ConTeXt icons. Eventually I want to expand this to a much richer palette of buttons. 7. Tooltips for commands are supported, but right now there is only one implemented: \startitemize[] Try it! Eventually I want to have descriptions of all autocomplete commands, literally at your fingertips in the editor! ======================== This is still a work in progress. There are a few missing commands from autocompletion/syntax highlighting, and there may be a private command or two of mine lurking in the highlighting. Eventually I want to move most of the functionality of this package to a lexer. I have used the extensive plugin/user-defined functionalities of Npp to get this package far, but a dedicated lexer-plugin would be the ideal thing. Any volunteers more than welcome, since lexer writing is outside of my skill-set. Once this is uploaded to the wiki I'll remove the dropbox link. Have fun! and Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Problem with placefigure in a new page with latest beta
by Charles 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Hi, In the latest beta (2012.04.17, and it was working in version 2012.02.21), the first figure in the following example is ignored: \starttext See in \in{Figure}[refA]. \placefigure[page][refA]{Figure legend A}{\externalfigure[]} \placefigure[here][refB]{Figure legend B}{\externalfigure[]} \stoptext Any idea why? Thanks Charles

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Including font with document source
by Kip Warner 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Hey list, Is there a way to include a set of font files with a ConTeXt document's source files such that a path to the directory containing the font can be directly specified in the environment? I was thinking that if it were possible to do this already, the simplefonts module might have a setup for this. The reason why I'd like to consider this is to make it easier on my users who wish to build my document from source without them having to manually download a font and figure out how to install it on their given platform. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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MLA Bibliography
by Kip Warner 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Hey list, I'd like to use an MLA style bibliography with MKIV. The style is available here: www.reed.edu/cis/help/latex/bibtexstyles.html Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether it is that one or any that supports MLA already that ships with ConTeXt. In my environment file, I tried the following: \setuppublications[alternative=mla] That didn't appear to change anything, so I did what I normally do when I don't trust the output of ConTeXt. I changed the "mla" to a garbage string and it still compiled. So it must be either ignoring the style or I am doing it wrong. How can I use an MLA bibliography? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Escaping newlines in \usepath
by Marco 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Why do the newlines in \usepath to be escaped? % fails \usepath [ chapters, environments, ] % works \usepath [% chapters,% environments,% ] A bug? Marco

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Buffers vs. \def
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hello, a question - I'm just curious: What is advantage (or maybe intension) of using buffers over \def? Compare: ---- \def\BufA{This is buffer A.} \startbuffer[BufB] This is buffer B. \stopbuffer \starttext \BufA \getbuffer[BufB] \ifx\BufC\undefined No buffer C.\else\BufC\fi \stoptext ---- Both ways give the required effect. Moreover, when using \def, I can also test its existence (maybe it's also possible with buffers, but I don't know how). 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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How to get \structurenumber and \structuretitle by Lua?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hello, values of number and title of the current (sub...)section can be received by \structurenumber and \structuretitle commands. Is there a way how to get these values by Lua? Suppose: ---- \starttext \section{Sec 1} % Now "\structurenumber" yields "1" and "\structuretitle" gives "Sec 1" % How to get "1" and "Sec 1" from Lua? \startluacode print(0, context["structuretitle"]) print(1, context["structuretitle"]()) print(2, context.getvalue("structuretitle")) print(3, context.constants("structuretitle")) print(4, context.variables("structuretitle")) \stopluacode \stoptext ---- My attempts don't give any useful value (or some of them are even erroneous). I have no idea how to get the texts "1" and "Sec 1". Any hints would be appreciated... 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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Fwd: [tldev] tlmgr multi repository support
by Martin Schröder 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Date: 2012/4/18 Subject: [tldev] tlmgr multi repository support To: tldev(a)tug.org Dear all, with today's update tlmgr multi repository support has entered into the tlcritical repository and the main svn branch. We will not ship that for TL2011, but keep it already now in tlcritical for testing. Everyone is invited to *actually* test it. Here a short recipe: 1* update tlmgr/texlive.infra to the version in tlcritical: tlmgr --repository ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical update --self if that has succeeded, you should now have a multi-repository capable installations, but set up to work in normal single repo mode as before. To add repositories you have to two two things: 2a* add another repository: tlmgr repository add ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical tlc (the tlc is just a tag name, you can give it any reasonable and unique one that is not "main" and not used already) If you installation was up2date before, you will see no change but a slightly different output, and a strange line: $ tlmgr update --list tlmgr: package repository: main = http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet tlc = ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical tlmgr: saving backups to /home/norbert/tltest/2011/tlpkg/backups keep: texlive.infra : local: 26004, source: 24419@main tlmgr: no updates available $ Why? Because there is the missing step 2b* which tells tlmgr which packages are taken from which repository. By default *ALL* packages are taken from the main repository, the first entered. You will see now two repositories if you have followed me up to here: $ tlmgr repository List of repositories (with tags if set): ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical (tlc) http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet (main) $ Now how do you tell that you *always* want texlive.infra from tlcritical: 2b* Declare pinning rules For the full documentation read tlmgr help, in principle you have to add a file TEXMFLOCAL/tlpkg/pinning.txt which contains lines repo:pkg[,pkg] where repo is either the full URL or the tag you gave, and pkg is a package name and can contain shell globs. So to tell tlmgr that you want all texlive.infra packages from tlcritical, you have to create a file TEXMFLOCAL/tlpkg/pinning.txt containing only the line tlc:texlive.infra* (where tlc is the name you gave above). After that the output of tlmgr will change: $ tlmgr update --list tlmgr: using pinning file /home/norbert/tltest/2011/../texmf-local/tlpkg/pinning.txt tlmgr: package repository: main = http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet tlc = ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical tlmgr: saving backups to /home/norbert/tltest/2011/tlpkg/backups tlmgr: no updates available $ You can inquire about different candidates for installation via: $ tlmgr candidates texlive.infra tlmgr: using pinning file /home/norbert/tltest/2011/../texmf-local/tlpkg/pinning.txt tlmgr: package repository: main = http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet tlc = ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical Install candidate for texlive.infra from tlc (26004) Other repositories providing this package: main (24419) $ etc etc. Please read the full man page of tlmgr for more details. I hope that helps some people to try it out, and give me feed back. This was a long term project and is now simmering in my local repository for more than half a year, but still a wider test is very much needed before TL2012 is released. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norbert Preining preining(a){jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org} JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PUDSEY (n.) The curious-shaped flat wads of dough left on a kitchen table after someone has been cutting scones out of it. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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