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mkiv and Reverse list of abbreviations
by Otared Kavian 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hi everyone, I have three questions regarding the use of abbreviations in mkiv: it seems that there is a difference between the way in which mkii and mkiv treat the definitions of synonyms. If one considers the minimal example: % ----- begin abbrev-test.tex \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull][\inshort] \starttext \abbreviation{LCTVS}{Locally Convex Topological Vector Space} \abbreviation{EEG} {Electroencephalogram} \abbreviation{ERP} {Event-Related Potentials} \abbreviation{TVS}{Topological Vector Space} Test inshort: \inshort{EEG}, \inshort{ERP}, \inshort{TVS}, Test infull: \infull{EEG}, \infull{ERP}, \infull{TVS}, \infull{LCTVS} \completelistofabbreviations \stoptext % ----- end abbrev-test.tex my questions are the following: 1) How can I tell mkiv that I want \infull{EEG} result in Electroencephalogram not in "ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM"? 2) It seems that the order in which \infull and \inshort are defined in \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull][\inshort] is different in mkii and in mkiv: is this observation correct? 3) Is it possible to obtain, beside the list of abbreviations, another ordered list in which the full variant is in the first column while the short variant is in the second column? That is something like: \completeReverseListOfAbbreviations resulting in Electroencephalogram EEG Event-Related Potentials ERP Locally Convex Topological Vector Space LCTVS Topological Vector Space TVS Thanks in advance for any help or insight. Best regards: OK

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section conversion gets lost in MKIV
by Mojca Miklavec 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Dear list, Here's a minimal example that work correct in MKII, but wrong in MKIV: \setupsection [chapter] [conversion=Characters] \setupsection [section] [conversion=] \starttext \chapter{first} \section{subfirst} \stoptext It results in A first 1.1 subfirst while it should keep "A.1" instead of "1.1" for the section numbering. Mojca

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numbered subitems revisited
by Bowen Alan C. 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Several iterations of MK2 ago (in 2007), I was able to produce: 1. History 1.1 Pre-Greek (Babylonian and Egyptian) sundials 1.2 Greek and Roman sundials 1.3 Byzantine sundials 2. Catalog (descriptions with photos, rough dating, evaluation) 2.1 The Tower of the Winds and its sundials, treated separately 2.2 General remarks on the cataloguing of the other finds 2.3 Catalogue of the remaining finds on the Greek mainland and the Peloponnesus 3. Analysis 3.1 Methodological remarks on the mathematical tools for analysis, and on their status 3.2 Documentation of the results of the mathematical analysis of the measurements, comparison with other evaluations using the following code (thanks to Aditya): \setupitemize[1][fit,broad] \setupitemize[2][width=2em] \setupitemize[each][n] \def\checkforrepeatedlistitem {\ifnum\itemlevel=\plusone \initializeboxstack{item}% \fi \ifconditional\repeatlistitem \savebox{item}{\itemlevel}{\hbox{\copy8}}% \setbox8\hbox %to \wd8 {\setbox\scratchbox\hbox {\scratchcounter\itemlevel \advance\scratchcounter\minusone \dorecurse\scratchcounter{\foundbox{item}{\recurselevel}}}% \ifnum\itemlevel>\plusone \ifdim\wd\scratchbox>\zeropoint %\hskip-\dimen2 \box\scratchbox \fi \fi \box8 }% \fi} \startitemize[repeat,serried, joinedup] \item History \startitemize[width=1.75em, stopper={}] \item Pre{-}Greek (Babylonian and Egyptian) sundials \item Greek and Roman sundials \item Byzantine sundials \stopitemize \item Catalog (descriptions with photos, rough dating, evaluation) \startitemize[width=1.75em, stopper={}] \item The Tower of the Winds and its sundials, treated separately \item General remarks on the cataloguing of the other finds \item Catalogue of the remaining finds on the Greek mainland and the Peloponnesus \stopitemize \item Analysis \startitemize[width=1.75em, stopper={}] \item Methodological remarks on the mathematical tools for analysis, and on their status \item Documentation of the results of the mathematical analysis of the measurements, comparison with other evaluations \stopitemize \stopitemize But using 2010.08.06 22 of the minimals, I now get: ! Undefined control sequence. \checkforrepeatedlistitem ->\ifnum \itemlevel =\plusone \initializeboxstack ... \dolistitem ...rutdepth \checkforrepeatedlistitem \ifdim \dimen 2<\zeropoint... \complexdoitemgroupitem ...obreak \fi \dolistitem \relax \ifconditional \pac... <to be read again> H l.30 \item H istory The redefinition of \checkforrepeatedlistitem was necessary because “serried” ruined the indentation of the subitems. Is there a fix for this? Alan

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questions regarding `\date`
by Paul Menzel 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Dear ConTeXt folks, I have four questions regarding `\date`. I looked at the page in the Wiki [1], in the ConTeXt user manual on page 159 [2][3] and tried some things, but could not figure it out. I am using Debian Sid/unstable and I am a total beginner regarding ConTeXt. 0. I guess the first question is, if `\date` is supposed to be used inside a text anyway or just when for example setting the title page. 1. No space is inserted after using `\date[…]`. text \date[d=29,m=8,y=2099] text result: text 29. August 2099text Is that intentional? A slash after the command fixes it. text \date[d=29,m=8,y=2099]\ text 2. I do not want that one digit months have the zero displayed. But using `m` acts as using `month`. \date[d=29,m=8,y=2099][d,.\,,m] result: 29. August 3. Spacing between numbers. Using LaTeX there were some suggestions to typeset a date using small spaces like `29.\,8.\,2010`. I guess this depends on the fonts used and personal taste? If there is a rule, maybe that could be added to the typesetting chapter in the user manual. Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/date [2] http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf [3] http://foundry.supelec.fr/gf/project/contextman/scmsvn/?action=browse&path=…

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PDF fields
by Andreas Harder 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hi all, please have a look at my attached example. I've two problems. 1) After I fill one field in the PDF-file all other fields inherit the text. How can I prevent this? 2) The text in the left column an the text in the field are not on the same baseline. The field-text is slightly higher. Thank you in advance Andreas

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MKIV and path updated by Mktexlsr...
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hello list, I do not know why, but somehow ConTeXt MKIV stopped (in texlive 2010) look up the my .tex files (my libraries) that I placed to c:/texlive/texmf-local/tex/... etc. .. While MKII works fine. Is Mktexlsr command for MKIV without effect? Knows anyone what may be the problem and how to fix it?? Thanks Jaroslav

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Fwd: Migrations: exactly LaTeX margins --> ConTeXt margins
by Xan xan 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Xan xan <xancorreu(a)gmail.com> Date: 2010/8/30 Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Migrations: exactly LaTeX margins --> ConTeXt margins To: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> There is a technical explanation in "The Not so Short Introduction to LaTeX" [tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf] (page 129) It's too much for me. I supose there are equivalencies in ConTeXt but too bit tech for me. Thanks, Xan. 2010/8/30 Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> > > On 29-8-2010 7:11, Xan xan wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I want to "migrate" one LaTeX document to ConTeXt document. I only want to >> put the _exact_ margins LaTeX use for \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}. >> >> >> Anyone could say me the exact values I have to put in **layout**? > > You first have to figure out what the exact latex values are. I suppose that they are documented somewhere or can be deduced from the document class (maybe make a list for more popular document classes). > > At some point there can be a module doing things like > > \definelayout[latex-article][...] > > 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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parsing custom syntax in lua
by Vianney le Clément 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hello, What is the best way to pass verbatim text to lua for processing? I would like to write a lua parser for non-TeX text with a custom syntax (could be something like Markdown for instance). The interface would be \startMyFormat % custom syntax % \stopMyFormat \processMyFormatfile[external file.custom] % alternative The text between \startMyFormat and \stopMyFormat or the text read from the external file should be passed as one utf8-encoded string to a lua function. Any ideas on how to write these macros? On a side note, does anyone know of a quick way to strip diacritical marks from utf8-encoded strings in lua (i.e., transform them to pure ascii)? Thanks, Vianney

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[PATCH] small corrections for the ConTeXt-correspondence manual
by Paul Menzel 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Dear ConTeXt folks, this is my first post and I am looking forward to get more acquainted with ConTeXt. I read the ConTeXt-correspondence manual (module letter [1]) and attached you will find some formal fixes for the source files gotten from [2]. If I should sent each patch as a separate message, please tell me. I was not able to get a PDF created with my Debian Sid/unstable system, so I could not test my changes. $ texexec correspondence.tex […] ! Undefined control sequence. l.139 \doifolderversionelse \contextversion{\currentmoduleparameter\c!context... I hope this is the right way to contact the authors and to submit the patches. If not, please tell me the preferred way. As a last remark, I would really love to see the sources and documentation of modules under SCM so contributing would be easier. There are some free services for free software projects as for example Gitorious [3]. Thanks, Paul [1] http://modules.contextgarden.net/letter [2] ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/macros/context/contrib/context-letter [3] http://www.gitorious.org/

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Filling boxes
by Cecil Westerhof 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

I have (a long time ago) made the following .tex file: % christmasTree.tex: creates a to-do Christmas tree % Copyright 2009 Cecil Westerhof, Decebal Computing % You are free to use this code when you keep my copyright % This file should be processed with ConTeXt (texexec file) \usemodule[defaults] \setupoutput[pdf] \setuplayout[header=0cm, footer=0.25cm] \defineframed [action][width=5cm, height=3cm, offset=none] \defineframed [base] [width=3cm, height=2cm, offset=none, topframe=off] \starttext \setupheader[state=high] \setupfootertexts[\hfill {\switchtobodyfont[6pt]\copyright Decebal Computing, http://www.decebal.nl} \hfill][] [][] \setupalign[middle]\offinterlineskip {\bold\switchtobodyfont[32pt]De taken kerstboom\switchtobodyfont[16pt]\blank} \noindent\action[bottomframe=off]{} \noindent\action[bottomframe=off, rightframe=off]{}% \action[bottomframe=off]{} \noindent\dorecurse{2}{% \action[rightframe=off]{}% }% \action{} \dorecurse{7}{ \noindent \base{} } \stoptext It makes a 'Christmas tree' made of boxes. What I would like is to put some text, which are given as parameters, into the 13 boxes. But when a text does not fit into it's box, I do not want the PDF to be generated and receive an error code. Is this possible? -- 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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