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beta
by Hans Hagen 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hi, I uploaded a beta. There have been some changes in the initial font loading code (mostly an experiment and hopefully compatible). The default load->cache method is unchanged (and tagged table') but you can configure others (given tat you run luatex 0.63) There are three optional levels of intermediate garbage collection: \enabledirectives[fonts.otf.loader.cleanup=1] % true|false 1 2 3 The higher the number, the less memory is used (I'm preparing a chapter for hybrid.pdf that discusses these methods and gives some statistics). By default cleanup is turned off. Garbage collection efficiency differs per situation and is somewhat platform dependent. There are three methods but only table and sparse make sense: \enabledirectives[fonts.otf.loader.method=table] \enabledirectives[fonts.otf.loader.method=mixed] \enabledirectives[fonts.otf.loader.method=sparse] In some cases sparse might save a bit of memory but at the cost of runtime and even then it only concerns making a font cache-ready so in practice it is seldom needed to change the defaults. Only mess around with these directives if you are convinced that it will improve your situation. As said, these are the results of an experiment so we keep them around. If no serious problems are found in the beta I will release a current, so that we're nicely in sync with todays luatex beta. 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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numbers missing in subsubsubsubsubsubsection
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hi all, how do I get my numbers in level nine (and higher) back? See example below please. Did someone change module[subsub] ?? Thanks in advance, Steffen [2010.09.05 13:23 MKIV] ===== \usemodule[subsub] \starttext \definehead [LevelSeven] [subsubsubsubsection] \definehead [LevelNine] [subsubsubsubsubsubsection] \setuphead [LevelSeven] [sectionsegments=7:7] \setuphead [LevelNine] [sectionsegments=9:9] \LevelSeven{Seven} \LevelNine{Nine} \stoptext

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[OT] Mensis
by luigi scarso 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

http://mensis.sourceforge.net/ -- luigi

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ConTeXt meeting luggage
by Henning Hraban Ramm 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

Is any participant interested in CAcert assurance? (Otherwise I leave my forms at home.) Should I bring my guitar, or do we spend the nights hacking anyway? (I'd like to learn a Czech folk song or two, even if I'll have a hard time pronouncing it ;-)) Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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tex placeholder for use in metapost/metafun
by Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

Hi everybody, as I like to desing a CI for an publishing Cover for an Organisation, I have a question about usage: What I wanna do is, having placeholders in the metapost coverpage, it should work like \author{} \title{} \swlogo{} in the preamble and should be automatically placed in the metapost graphic at runtime.... what would be the best way to do that? I thought about \def\author{content} and then in metapost \btex\author\etex but not sure if it will work, or is there a more ConTeXtian way to do so... Thanks for your help -- Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz Auf dem Sattler 4 34516 Ederbringhausen Germany Phone: +49 6454 799623 mobile: +49 176 63301749 Fax: +49 6454 7990138 e-Mail: scholz.m82(a)googlemail.com To downgrade the human mind is bad theology. - C. K. Chesterton

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Perfecting my checkbox functionalities
by Cecil Westerhof 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

I am learning to work with ConTeXt. At the moment I have the following defined: \newdimen\CheckBoxMargin \CheckBoxMargin=2em \newdimen\CheckBoxWidth \CheckBoxWidth=2.5em \newdimen\CheckBoxDistance \CheckBoxDistance=.5em \definesymbol[CheckBox][{[~~~]}] \def\startcheckbox[#1]{ \blank \leftaligned{#1} \startitemize[packed, intro, joinedup][margin=\CheckBoxMargin, symbol=CheckBox, width=\CheckBoxWidth, distance=\CheckBoxDistance] } \def\stopcheckbox{ \stopitemize \blank \crlf } \def\GetNiveauOfService[#1]{ \blank #1 {\switchtobodyfont[0.5em](1 = low, 9 = high)} \startitemize[packed, intro, joinedup, columns][n=9, symbol=CheckBox, width=\CheckBoxWidth, distance=\CheckBoxDistance] \dorecurse{9}{ \item \recurselevel } \stopcheckbox } I have a few questions about this. In GetNiveauOfService 9 is used three times. I like DRY, so I was wondering if there would be a better way to do this? Next step would be that the number of checkboxes could be a parameter. The default would be nine and if given, the given value would be used. How would I do this? Then the 'normal' checkboxes. The default is one column. But I would like to have the possibility to use a parameter to for example make checkboxes in three columns. How would I do this? Lastly, in GetNiveauOfService there is text. How can I make this language dependent. For example in English I want: (1 = low, 9 = high) but in Dutch: (1 = weinig, 9 = veel) and properly it would be a good idea to have two optional parameters when you want other descriptions. How would I do this? -- Cecil Westerhof M CLDWesterhof(a)gmail.com O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/

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ctxtools
by Jörg Hagmann 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

I did use ctxtools for purging files. But now the command is not found any longer. I installed new minimals, but that didn't help. context version: MTXrun | current version: 2010.09.05 13:23 platform: Mac OS X 10.6.4 Thanks, Jörg

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Indent after \placefigure
by Andreas Harder 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Hello, if one uses the right-option in \placefigure the paragraph indent is omitted. Example: \setupindenting[small,yes,next] \setupfloats[indentnext=yes] % no effect \starttext \input tufte \par \placefigure [right]{caption} {\framed[width=5cm,height=3cm]{some figure}} \input tufte \par \input tufte \stoptext Best regards Andreas

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Prevent Ligatures
by Andreas Harder 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Hi all, I've two questions. 1. Is f|*|f still the right way to prevent a ligature? 2. \setff{noligs} don't seem to have effect, while the defined font is working. What is wrong? \definefontfeature[noligs] [default][liga=no] \definefont[test][Serif*noligs] \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] ff fi fl fh fk \crlf {\setff{noligs} ff fi fl fh fk } \crlf {\test ff fi fl fh fk } \crlf f|*|f f|*|i f|*|l f|*|h f|*|k \stopTEXpage Best regards Andreas

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Recursive printing letters using Letters module...
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Hello, Can be deployed print letters due t-letter module in the cycle? When I use recursion, then an error occurs. I note that I am going to change the values (from CSV file) in a cycle (that someone thought that I want to write a few the same letters in cycle :-) here is my example: \usemodule[letter] \starttext \dorecurse{5}{ \startletter[ toname={Name}, toaddress={Address}, opening={Dear Name,}, subject={Step by step guide to write a letter}, closing={Greetings from the Author}] Thus, I came to the conclusion ... \stopletter \page } \stoptext Thanx, Jaroslav

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