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Problem Citing a Definition
by Kip Warner 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Hey list, I am trying to cite a definition typeset with a \startdefinition[definition:foo] and \stopdefinition pair. I am doing this by using a \in{definition}[definition:foo]. That works, but in the text I just see linkable text "definition". I'd like it to be more descriptive of the physical location in the book, e.g. "foo in section 10.2". It was my impression according to the manual that it was suppose to already do that, or am I not using \in correctly? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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What’s your favorite command?
by Wolfgang Schuster 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is \donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s one reason why I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code. Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] What?s your favorite command?
by S Barmeier 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

My favourite command chooses to remain anonymous for now. All it has agreed to disclose about itself is that it gives total control over margin notes, in particular placement & page breaking... In case an ID is required for attendance, I think I'll go for \setCJKmainfont, representing Unicode support and simple way of choosing fonts across scripts, which is a "deal maker" for me... Thank you Hans and Wolfgang =) Severin

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New chapters of Manual--Yay!
by john Culleton 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

I note with some joy that there are draft replacement chapters for the MANUAL. The site shows three such: Fonts, typography and page design. Are there more that I missed? I am printing them out with great haste :<) -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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[***SPAM***] simplefonts generating slanted font?
by Pablo Rodríguez 30 Jan '12

30 Jan '12

Hi everyone, I wanted to show the difference between italic and slanted fonts, so I have this minimal example: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Pagella][slantedfont=fakeslanted] \definefontfeature[fakeslanted][default][slant=.25] \starttext {\sl slanted} font \stoptext But I don't get the slanted font working. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.oudeis.tk

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bug with headcommand=type in definedescription?
by Pablo Rodríguez 29 Jan '12

29 Jan '12

Hi there, I have the following sample that works with \type: \definedescription[abc][headcommand=\tfa] \starttext \abc{\type{\startext}} not working \stoptext But if I use the headcommand=type option: \definedescription[abc][headcommand=\type] \starttext \abc{\startext} not working \stoptext it gives an error. Am I doing something wrong or have I hit a bug? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.oudeis.tk

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bug with setuplist alternative?
by Pablo Rodríguez 29 Jan '12

29 Jan '12

Hi there, in the following sample: \setuplist[chapter][alternative=g] \setuplist[section][alternative=d] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{chapter} \section{section} \chapter{chapter} \subsection{subsection} I get the second chapter on the same line as the section. I'm afraid this might be a bug. BTW, how can I get a table of contents with heading that doesn't contain subsections? The wiki only offers the option \placecontent[chapter,section], but I need the heading. Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.oudeis.tk

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Canonical way to escape the square brackets?
by Marco Pessotto 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

Dear list, I swear I searched the internet, but I guess the terms are too generic. The question is: is there a safe way to escape the square brackets, preventing them to be eaten by the previous command? For example: \item [this should be in brackets] My solution is: \define\leftsquarebracket{[} \define\rightsquarebracket{]} \item \leftsquarebracket this should be in brackets\rightsquarebracket I'm pretty sure there is already a built-in command for them, so I'm asking the list. Thanks in advance. Best regards -- Marco

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Scaling of math glyphs
by Aditya Mahajan 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

Hi, In my opinion, the size of the \sum in Cambria in display style is too large. I know that this is a design decision on part of Cambria designers, but I am wondering if I can scale the glyph down. I made a local copy of cambria-math.lfg and changed FixDisplayOperatorMinHeight to local function FixDisplayOperatorMinHeight(value,target,original) table.print(target) local o = original.mathparameters.DisplayOperatorMinHeight if o < 2240 then return 2240.0 * target.parameters.factor else return 0.8 * value -- already scaled end end This works, but as expected, it scales down both \sum and \int. Is it possible to just change the height of \sum? Thanks, Aditya

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Stretch option for fonts doesn’t work
by Wolfgang Schuster 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

Hi, the “stretch” option for \definefontfeature doesn’t work anymore for “slant” does work. \starttext \definefontfeature[slanted] [default][slant=.25] \definefontfeature[stretched][default][stretch=2] \start \definedfont[Serif*slanted at 20pt] \ruledhbox{Test!} \stop \start \definedfont[Serif*stretched at 20pt] \ruledhbox{Test!} \stop \stoptext Wolfgang

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