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separate publication lists for different publication types
by Eidenbenz Michael 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

hi all, is it possible to have separate publication lists for different publication types? eg. one list for the book, booklet, inbooks, manuals and the other list for article, conference, periodicals? I tried to define two different bibliography style files for each list, where I defined \setuppublicationlayout just for the desired types, but this doesn't work. either it gives me a blank line for an undefined record type or it takes the definition from somewhere else. thanks, michael

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Problem with "location=left" (at least) of setlayer
by Cedric Mauclair 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hi Hans, hi list, The following example shouts at me (something about "\syst_boxes_with_next_box", "\pack_layers..." and a bunch of other stuff) if I uncomment the "location=left" part ("right" and others are fine): % Example below \definelayer[page][x=0pt, y=0pt] \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=page] \starttext %% \setlayer[page][location=left]{It doesn't work} \setlayer[page][location=rightbottom]{It works!} \input knuth \stoptext Best regards. -- Cédric

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xtable formatting issues
by Brian Landy 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hi, I’ve been experimenting a bit with converting some natural tables into xtables and ran across two issues. The first has to do with nested xtables and settings. In particular, if you attempt to set a cell’s width on the internal table using \setupxtable the option is lost. In the below example testtable1 doesn’t format properly when nested; testtable2 does. I also included some font and color examples to show they cascade more as I’d expect (the outer table’s settings are used unless overridden by the inner table). The second thing I noticed is that attempting to set the font via foregroundstyle only works when done vie \setupxtable. Attempting to assign this directly to the cell causes compile errors (the commented table in the example). Maybe I should be setting the font some other way? (this is how I always did it with natural tables). Finally, does xtable have something like the aligncharacter mechanism in natural tables? Thanks, Brian \starttext \setupxtable[wd1][background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow,width=1.0in] \setupxtable[wd2][background=color,backgroundcolor=green,width=2.0in] \setupxtable[fnit][foregroundstyle={\switchtobodyfont[modern,ss]\it}] \setupxtable[fnbf][foregroundstyle={\switchtobodyfont[modern,ss]\bf}] \startbuffer[testtable1] \startxtable \startxrow \startxcell[fnbf] bold \stopxcell \startxcell[wd1] 1in? \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stopbuffer \startbuffer[testtable2] \startxtable \startxrow \startxcell[fnbf] bold \stopxcell \startxcell[background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow,width=1.0in] 1in? \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable \stopbuffer \getbuffer[testtable1] \getbuffer[testtable2] \startxtable \startxrow \startxcell[fnit] \getbuffer[testtable1] \stopxcell \startxcell[wd2] \getbuffer[testtable1] \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[fnit] \getbuffer[testtable2] \stopxcell \startxcell[wd2] \getbuffer[testtable2] \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtable % below fails, foregroundstyle set in this fashion must be done through \setuptable %\startxtable %\startxrow \startxcell[foregroundstyle={\switchtobodyfont[modern,rm]\it}] italic \stopxcell \stopxrow %\stopxtable \stoptext

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bold is not working (simplefonts)
by Jan Heinen 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hello, I want to get bold text - without "simplefonts" it is working - with "simplefonts" it does not work. What is wrong and what do I have to do? My example: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Allerlight] \starttext This is not bold! {\bf Is this bold?} This is not bold! \stoptext Regards Jannis

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Questions on \definition
by Kip Warner 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hey list, A couple of questions concerning \definition: (1) What is the difference between \definedescription and \setupdescriptions? (2) What is the difference between \definition and \description? (3) How do I change the colour of the definition header? I tried the following, but it did not work: \setuphead [definition] [color=colour_head] -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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Referencing a \startdefinition
by Kip Warner 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hey list, When I wish to reference some section, I can inline typeset with \in{section}[Some Reference]. In the case of a definition defined with a \startdefinition{Some Definition}, how can I reference it inline? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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\par in macro definition (mkii issue)
by Otared Kavian 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hi, It seems that with the recent updates, I found that the following minimal example does not work in mkii, while it does in mkiv: \define[1]\MyTest{The test variable is #1.\par} \starttext Is this a bug in mkii? \MyTest{3} \stoptext Am I doing something wrong, or mkii has changed despite being officially « frozen », a side effect of the global warming…? :-) Best regards: OK PS: the version I am using is ConTeXt ver: 2012.01.16 18:33 MKII, and the error message says: (/context-minimal/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) Runaway argument? {The test variable is ##1. ! Paragraph ended before \complexdefine was complete. <to be read again> \par l.1 \define[1]\MyTest{The test variable is #1.\par } ? Process aborted

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two problems with natural tables
by Florian Wobbe 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hi, 1) I tried the following minimal example from http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20110109.151431.f774696a.en.html \placetable[split]{Test} {\bTABLE[split=yes] \dorecurse{60}{ \bTR \bTD hello \eTD \eTR } \eTABLE} with the current context versions which works fine. However, if I insert the code in a big project with many setups it fails with the attached error message. So there are setups which cause this error. Unfortunately I couldn't figure out what causes the problem. I could determine the context version at which my big document fails: 2010.12.22 14:07. The example still works in 2010.12.21 10:50. Anyone got an idea which setups might cause this issue? 2) How do I get a small and bold header? This does not work: \bTABLE \setupTABLE[style=\tfx] \setupTABLE[row][1][style=\bfx] % redundant w/ line 5 \bTABLEhead \bTR[style=\bfx] \bTH Header \eTH \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD hello \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD world \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE Thanks! Florian ! Missing number, treated as zero. system > tex > error on line 178 in file test.tex: Missing number, treated as zero ... 173 \placetable[split]{Test} 174 {\bTABLE[split=yes] 175 \dorecurse{60}{ 176 \bTR \bTD hello \eTD \eTR 177 } 178 >> \eTABLE} <to be read again> { \docompletefloat ...\vbox \floatcaptionattribute { \doifelsemainfloatbody \cu... <argument> ...loat {table}{}{split}{Test}\nextbox \else \docompletefloat {ta... \thirdofthreearguments #1#2#3->#3 \xdocompletefloat ...afloat ,#3}{#4}\nextbox \fi } \else \docompletefloat {#1... \dodowithnextbox ...tefloat {table}{}{split}{Test} \doifnotinset \v!text {spl... ... l.178 \eTABLE }

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Counters again
by Felix Ingram 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hello all, I'm now trying to use counters that will tally some values. The value of these could be zero, which the wiki states will be the default value. The following shows that nothing is displayed when the counter is 0. \definenumber[examplecounter] \setnumber[examplecounter]{1} \starttext This is the default value: \getnumber[examplecounter] \incrementnumber[examplecounter] This is the new value: \getnumber[examplecounter] \resetnumber[examplecounter] This is the reset value: \getnumber[examplecounter] \setnumber[examplecounter]{0} This is the set value: \getnumber[examplecounter] \stoptext I can include some conditionals to check this but thought I'd report it in case I'm doing it wrong/the wiki needs updating. Many thanks, Felix

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Using non-math fonts for letters and numerals in formulas
by Nikita Volchenkov 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Hello. I want to use in formulas for letters and numerals my usual text font (Linux Libertine for example) and math font for all other symbols (saying Cambria Math or Computer Modern). It is possible? If so, I would like to see example typescript for MkIV.

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