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mtxrun error
by Alan BRASLAU 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Latest minimals: mtxrun:9289: attempt to concatenate local 'v' (a table value) Alan

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Shaded frame with colored text
by Tom 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

I haven't had any luck filling in the background of a frame with any color other than black and with changing the color of the text in the frame to white or gray. What needs to be added to this mkii code? \def\MyChapterCommand#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\framed[frame=on,align=middle] {\vbox{\headtext{chapter} #1\blank#2}}} \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommand,textstyle=\ss\bf, header=empty,footer=chapter, numbercommand=\ss\bf\em\tfd,after=\vskip 0.5in,before=\vskip 1.0in] \starttext \chapter{Test Chapter} \input knuth \stoptext Thanks, Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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"Large paper" dimensions detecting
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hi All Is there a way to detect of paperheight and paperwidth of "large paper", when I print a "small page" to "large paper" ?? When I use \paperwidth and \paperheight commands, then I get dimensions of "small paper", but I want get dimensions of "large papers" too. (I need this dimensions for next calculations) Thanx, Jaroslav My min. example: \definepapersize[MyPap][width=300pt,height=200pt] \definepapersize[MyPaper][width=1000pt,height=500pt] \setuppapersize [MyPap][MyPaper] \starttext Small paper dimensions: MyPap paper width - \the\paperwidth MyPap paper height - \the\paperheight \blank[big] Large paper dimensions: MyPaper paper width - ????? %\the\commandforMyPaperwidthdetect MyPaper paper height - ???? %\the\commandforMyPaperheightdetect \stoptext

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Centering labels on A4 page
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

H..All..o... I am trying centering (horizontaly and verticaly too) labels on the A4 paper, but without success. Is there any possibility make it? Here is example code (see [NTG-context] XY arranging ignores dx/dy Angus Lees): \definepapersize[label][width=30mm,height=20mm] \setuppapersize[label][A4] \setuppaper[dx=1mm,dy=1mm,nx=5,ny=10] \setuparranging[XY] \showframe[edge] \starttext \dorecurse{50}{\page} \stoptext Labels are placed on left and top. I want to placed it to vertical and horizontal center (I want print doublesided cards) It certainly will be some pablum isnt it? :-) Thanx Jaroslav

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nomarking function in MKIV
by John Devereux 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hi, I gather the \nomarking function has been removed from MKIV. All I can find out about this is a note on the Wiki, towards the end of http://wiki.contextgarden.net/MkIV_Differences Unfortunately I don't understand the example given. What I want is to replace things like \chapter{Short Title \nomarking{Rest Of Title}} ....so that "Short Title Rest Of Title" appears as the chapter title, but just "Short Title" appears in the TOC, PDF bookmarks and footers. Thanks, -- John Devereux

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top layer / numbered layers?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

While I wait for a solution of the mtxrun error, another question: I know how to use layers or overlays as backgrounds. How can I get a layer *above* the "normal" text plane? say... \definelayer[PageTop][x=0mm,y=0mm,width=\paperwidth,height= \paperheight,repeat=yes] \setupforegrounds[page][background=PageTop] \setlayer[PageTop][hoffset=10mm, voffset=10mm]{% \externalfigure[koe][with=40mm]} I just found that \framed knows "foreground=", but as far as I could find there's nothing like \setupforegrounds or \setuplayers. An idea: It would be nice if we just could use some number defining above or below main text like in: \definelayer[PageTop][x=0mm,y=0mm,width=\paperwidth,height= \paperheight,repeat=yes,layer=1] positive numbers would be above main text, layer=-1 would be below; 0 is reserved for main text. This way we could stack layers more easily, similar to z-index in CSS. What do you think? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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XY arranging
by Henning Hraban Ramm 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Is XY arranging supposed to work in MkIV? I call "context --arrange myfile", but get only one paper per sheet. Other imposition schemas are working ok. \setuppapersize [A7][A4] \setuparranging [XY] \setuppaper[nx=2,ny=2] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location=footer] \setuplayout [margin=0pt,width=fit] \setupbackgrounds [text][text][background=screen,backgroundscreen=0.7] \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=on] \def\Style{[XY 2*2]} \startbuffer[Fakepage] \strut \blank \midaligned{\Style} \vfill \midaligned{This is page \recurselevel} \vfill \stopbuffer \setupheadertexts[\CONTEXT] \starttext \dorecurse{16}{\getbuffer[Fakepage]\page} \stoptext Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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centralized bib database
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Hi all, AFAIK with the bib module one can't specify the database by an URL. I believe such feature would be great in allowing users to centralise all the bibliographical stuff in one place even when they work on several machines/places. regards, -- Jean

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blurred shadow on images?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

I'd like to place some plain photos rotated (say 12°) and with a blurred shadow above some colored elements, i.e. the shadow must use transparency. I guess I could get such using ImageMagick, but is there a possibility using ConTeXt or one of its favourite friends? I'd prefer a solution that works with CMYK data. If there isn't - is the transparency of PNG usable? Since all of the pictures will have almost the same size, I could probably also use the shadow as a single PDF picture and place that behind with a small offset. Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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\numstr errors out in chapter star logic
by Tom 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

\numstr seems to work fine in the body of text but errors out as if #1 was not a number when it is used in chapter start loc. Here is an example: %\numstr begins here \unprotect \def\numstring#1{\expandafter\@numstring\csname c@#1\endcsname} \def\@numstring#1{\ns@numstr{#1}\ns@nineteens{null}{}} \let\numstr\@numstring% \def\ns@numoutofrange#1#2{\number#1#2} \def\ns@numstr#1#2#3#4% {\ifnum\number#1<\plusone% #3% \else\ifnum\number#1<1000000000 % \expandafter\ns@numstring\expandafter{\number#1}#2% \else% \ns@numoutofrange{#1}{#4}% \fi\fi} \def\ns@numstring#1#2{% \expandafter\ns@@numstring% \ifcase% \ifnum#1<10 1% \else\ifnum#1<100 2% \else\ifnum#1<\@m 3% \else\ifnum#1<\@M 4% \else\ifnum#1<100000 5% \else\ifnum#1<1000000 6% \else\ifnum#1<10000000 7% \else\ifnum#1<100000000 8% \else9% \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi % \or00000000#1% case 1: Add 8 leading zeros \or0000000#1% case 2: Add 7 leading zeros \or000000#1% case 3: Add 6 leading zeros \or00000#1% case 4: Add 5 leading zeros \or0000#1% case 5: Add 4 leading zeros \or000#1% case 6: Add 3 leading zeros \or00#1% case 7: Add 2 leading zeros \or0#1% case 8: Add 1 leading zero \or#1% case 9: Add no leading zeros \or% \@nil#2% \fi} \def\ns@@numstring#1#2#3#4#5#6#7\or#8\@nil#9% {\ifnum#1#2#3>\z@ \ns@million#1#2#3% \ifnum#4#5#6>\z@\space\fi% \fi% \ifnum#4#5#6>\z@% \ns@hundred#4#5#6{#1#2#3}{#4#5}\ns@nineteen% \ifnum#4#5#6>\z@\space\fi% thousand% \ifnum#7>\z@\space\fi% \fi% \ns@hundred#7{#4#5#6}1#9} \def\ns@million#1#2#3% {\ifnum#1#2#3=\plusone% \ns@hundred#1#2#301\ns@nineteene% \space% million% \else% \ns@hundred#1#2#301\ns@nineteens% \space% millions% \fi} \def\ns@hundred#1#2#3#4#5#6% {\ifnum#1>\z@% \ifnum#4#1>\z@\ns@nineteen#1\space\fi% hundred% \ifnum#2#3>\z@\space and\space\fi% \fi% \ifnum#2#3<20 % \ifnum#5#2#3>\z@#6{#2#3}\fi% \else% \ns@ninety#2\ifnum#3>\z@-\ns@nineteen#3\fi% #60% \fi} \def\ns@nineteen#1% {\ifcase#1\empty\or one\or two\or three\or four\or five\or six\or% seven\or eight\or nine\or ten\or eleven\or twelve\or thirteen\or% fourteen\or fifteen\or sixteen\or seventeen\or% eighteen\or nineteen\fi} \def\ns@nineteens#1{\ns@nineteen{#1}} \def\ns@nineteene#1{\ns@nineteen{#1}} \def\ns@ninety#1% {\ifcase#1 \or \or twenty% \or thirty% \or forty% \or fifty% \or sixty% \or seventy% \or eighty% \or ninety% \fi} \protect \def\MyChapterCommandA#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\numstr{#1}} \def\MyChapterCommandB#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {#1 #2} \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommandA] %change A to B to eliminate \substr call \starttext \chapter{First Chapter} Some sample text. Chapter \numstr{1} numstr logic works correctly when embedded in the text. Chapter title displays correctly when numstr not in chapter start logic. Errors out when numstr is in chapter start logic as if parameter is not a number. \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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