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Right float and grid
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

When using right float with grid, paragraphs do not wrap correctly arround the figure. Consider the following example and compare the output with and without \setuplayout[grid=on] \setuplayout[grid=on] \starttext \startplacefigure[location={right,none}] \externalfigure[cow][width=0.3\textwidth] \stopplacefigure \input knuth \stoptext Aditya

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ConTeXt-- does it make sense for my needs?
by Chris Lott 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Many years ago I used LaTeX quite a bit for academic work, including a fair amount of Memoir class. Back then ConTeXt was quite new, so I didn't mess with it much. Now I'm back and sick of Word/etc for the documents I need to produce as print/pdf and for interaction with colleagues. What I can't figure out is if ConTeXt makes the most sense... and if it does, I have a few questions... 1) My work is primarily in the humanities and end-user technologies, with small amounts of coding. So mathematics isn't an issue. I do a fair amount of highly academic writing (aka: many sections, citations [handling this in a sensible way is really important], footnotes) with the occasional need for charts, graphs, and photos. In other words, I'm not doing the kind of layout one might associate with InDesign or the like. I also write many paper letters (personal), poetry, fiction, essays, and the like. 2) That said, I (obviously) have a keen interest in typography, and that includes wanting to use some particular typefaces... I've paid good money for many of them, so why not? 3) PDF is my primary medium of exchange, though I would like to efficiently exchange docs with colleagues, which might mean getting them into something they can open with their beloved Microsoft Word... is there an RTF output for ConTeXt? this isn't super-high on my list, but it would be nice. 4) How about X/HTML? this is my lowest level need but, again, it would be nice. 5) I generally use a Mac for everything, but I am pretty comfortable in the shell. I've done a bit of programming in PHP. I don't mind monkeying around, and I am interested in creating layouts that suit my needs, but digging into internals is not for me. I used Emacs extensively for years, now using mostly Vim (MacVim) and a variety of GUI editors depending on what I had for breakfast that day. So, do you think ConTeXt makes more sense than LaTeX? And *what* is the deal with xetex? It seems to be the easiest way for accessing all my fonts, but it also hasn't been updated for years and, since it is tied to an old version of ConTeXt (as far as I can tell) it doesn't seem like much of a winner. Finally, if ConTeXt is the way to go, are there any fairly comprehensive materials in one place for learning to use it? What I find on the wiki seems to go from basic to advanced without a lot of in between, and what I find on the web seems a bit fragmented. but at this point my head is in a whirl, so I might just be missing some obvious material. Thanks in advance... c -- Chris Lott

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Layer preset: leftbottom
by Andreas Harder 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Hi Hans, it seems that the layer preset "leftbottom" is broken. \definelayer[page] [width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \setlayer [page] [preset=leftbottom] {\red TEST} % error % \setlayer [page] [preset=rightbottom] {\red TEST} % OK \setupbackgrounds[page][background=page] \starttext \page[empty] \stoptext Regards Andreas

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beta (again)
by Thomas A. Schmitz 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Hi, I'm experiencing problems with the latest (today's) beta, and I suspect they are caused by the "bold math" change. The error is: (/mnt/shared/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv){/mnt/shared/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/mnt/shared/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}{/mnt/shared/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} ! LuaTeX error ...ontext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-file.lua:34: bad argument #1 to 'match' (string expected, got nil). and then <to be read again> \scriptscriptfont \dosetboldmathfamilyindeed ...#3\scriptscriptfont #1\font \let \currentmaths... \dosetboldmathfamily ...oldmathfamilyindeed #1#2#3 \fi \else \dosetboldmathfa... \completeboldmathstrategyyes ...bfam \c!mb \mrfam \textfont \mbfamrl \textfo... \applycompleteboldmathstrategy ...mathstrategyyes \fi \else \completeboldmat... <inserted text> ...\applycompleteboldmathstrategy \edef \currentmathfontmr {... ... l.241 used as a fallback}} Not sure where to look though, I have defined a proper math font in my typescript. Thomas

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Export itemize
by Andreas Harder 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Hi Hans, many thanks fort the itemize fixes! I’ve found another problem with the latest beta. \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \startitemize \item test \stopitemize \stoptext Regards Andreas

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pdf arrange
by Hans van der Meer 17 Dec '11

17 Dec '11

I think I saw in the recent past here something about rearranging the pages of a pdf. However, I cannot find it, therefore I take the liberty to place this question. The idea is to change the pages from 1,2,3,4,etc, into 1,3,2,4,etc. Can it be done with one of the tools in the ConTeXt distribution, or else..? Thanks in advance Hans van der Meer

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A problem with Tikz from ConTeXt
by Alasdair McAndrew 17 Dec '11

17 Dec '11

I recently posted a problem to the TeX Stack Exchange list, about a problem I was having with Tikz within ConTeXt: http://t.co/qFpMDPA2 The view seems to be that my code is correct, but somehow the version of ConTeXt (or its maths engine pgf) was somehow at fault. Can this be checked in any way? Thanks, Alasdair -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://sites.google.com/site/amca01/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew

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optical centering...
by Chris Lott 17 Dec '11

17 Dec '11

I've seen some discussion about creating a verse environment in ConTeXt that handles the alignment of long (broken) lines of text. But I can't find anything about optical centering as can be done in LaTeX using the gmverse package: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gmverse Is there something like this available for ConTeXt? c -- Chris Lott <chris(a)chrislott.org>

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Minion Pro - em and slant?
by Chris Lott 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

I found a bunch of code that sets up Minion Pro (and Myriad) typefaces that seems to work (once I modified MinionPro-Italic and the rest to be MinionPro-It as it is on my system: http://pastebin.com/muSg4dZN However, neither \em nor \slanted make any change to the text. Since I'm basically blindly copying and pasting the typeface setup (is there a better way to use different fonts? The documentation is bewildering), I'm not sure what I need to do to get \em and \slanted working, though I really only care about the former... c -- Chris Lott <chris(a)chrislott.org>

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simplefonts: math in headers
by Philipp A. 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

hi, i have the following setup: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Cambria] \setsansfont[Ubuntu] \setmonofont[Envy Code R][regularfont=envycoder] \setmathfont[Cambria] \setuphead[section][style={\ss\bfb}] \starttext \section{Wat? $y=x^2$} \stoptext why is the math in the header typeset in computer modern instead of ubuntu and how do i fix it? PS: preferrably it should be bold, too. there is a wiki page, “Bold Math in Section Titles <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bold_Math_in_Section_Titles>” but it doesn’t explain how to do it with simplefonts.

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