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Microtype in ConTeXt
by Yan Zhou 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

Dear all, I am thinking about moving from LaTeX to ConTeXt. But there is one thing make this particularly difficult. That is the microtype LaTeX package. More specifically I have the following questions (assuming I will use MKIV and luatex) 1. I understand that ConTeXt can do margin kerning and font expansion, but is there a way to setup a configuration file for each font set. Like the mt-foo.cfg file for font family foo when using microtype in latex. 2. Is there a way to do letterspace in ConTeXt. I understand there is a command called \stretched. But what I want is the feature like the tracking option in microtype package, which can automatically letterspace all small caps. Moreover is there a way to define new sets of fonts for letterspace. For example I defined a new font shape called \capshape, which use case tags of OpenType, and I want to use letterspace this shape with certain amount all the time because I am not satisfied with the space provided by the cpsp tag of OpenType. I am sorry for using and LaTeX terminology. I haven't start learning ConTeXt at all at this stage. I want to first know if it provide all the features I need before I spend my time on learning a new language.

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Importing program text.
by John Culleton 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

I want to import the text of several programs in my latest book. My requirements are: 1. Monospaced font. 2. Courier or similar typeface 3. Smaller than normal typeface (to avoid wraparound.) I have been fiddling with \typefile but I am having trouble accomplishing the above. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com ------------------------------------------------------- -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

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Re: [NTG-context] letter-module: reference
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

Hallo Wolfgang, > > I am trying to make a simple invoice with Wolfgangs letter-module > and > > have some questions: > > > > I have the following reference in mind > > > > \setupletterstyle[reference][ > > alternative=d, > > list={invoice,taxnumber,phone,date}] > > > > 1) How can one position this horizontaly and verticaly? > > > Manual: Section 9.3 and 9.7 This means, that one has to make a customized reference? > > 2) How can I define additional keys like 'taxnumber'? > > > > I have found a key 'frombank' but it is to long for the ref-line and > > > Manual: Chapter 5 Sorry, I must have tomatoes on my eyes but I can not find a command in this chapter which defines a new key. I found \setuplabeltext which sets the labeltext of a defined key and I found \setlettervalue which sets label and value at once. Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] URL setup
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

Hi Wolfgang Nice, and your example works. But why mine does not?? > \setupinteraction > [state=start, > color=red] % \goto and \from > > \setupurl > [color=orange] % \url > > \useURL[149][http://xkcd.com/149/][][I prefer hot dogs.] > \useURL[224][http://xkcd.com/224/] > > \starttext > \startlines > \goto{In Lua, array indices start from one.}[url(http://www.xkcd.com/163/)] > \from[149] > \url [224] > \stoplines > \stoptext > > Wolfgang -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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marginal note problems
by Michael Saunders 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Thank you for the help with headers---it worked. My marginal note problems continue: If I have a two-column text with margins on either side, is there a way for \inmargin{} or something like it to place text in the margin next to the column where it occurs? I haven't been able to avoid it overprinting the text in the opposite column. I tried using margin blocks but I couldn't get anywhere with them. Even: \startmarginblock test \stopmarginblock produces no output. And there is a new wrinkle: \setupinmargin[align=outer] ruins my footnotes. It causes the footnote marks that occur before the notes themselves to appear one margin-length left of where they should be, even if the overprint text.

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letter-module: reference
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Hallo, I am trying to make a simple invoice with Wolfgangs letter-module and have some questions: I have the following reference in mind \setupletterstyle[reference][ alternative=d, list={invoice,taxnumber,phone,date}] 1) How can one position this horizontaly and verticaly? 2) How can I define additional keys like 'taxnumber'? I have found a key 'frombank' but it is to long for the ref-line and I will put this in the footer, but \setupfootertexts[bla][blub] does not work 3) I have found a variable 'foot'. How can this be used? 4) Is it possible to use 'frombank' in other positions than the ref- line, in the footer per example? Thank you Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] margin text
by Robert Blackstone 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:00 PM, luigi scarso <luigi.scarso(a)gmail.com> wrote: > for expected behavior must be > backspace >= margin + margindistance > Try > backspace=23mm,margin=21mm,margindistance=2mm, > backspace=23mm,margin=23mm,margindistance=0mm, > backspace=23mm,margin=18mm,margindistance=0mm, > backspace=23mm,margin=2mm,margindistance=21mm, > luigi and Alain Delmotte <esperanto(a)swing.be> wrote: > When I tested some of the page layout possibilities I did read in * that > the margin and the text are *not* at the same level, so the margins can > be *under* the text. > This also means that changing the margin will not affect the text width, > and so on. > > Alain Thank you Luigi and Alain, This helped. This matter is clear to me now. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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URL setup
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Hello, \setupurl[color=blue] does not work in mkiv again. Also, please look how I use \useURL and \goto to typeset the link. Is there a way do it less verbose? Regards, Vyatcheslav %====================EXAMPLE============================= \chapter{Modelling of Continuous-Time Dynamic Systems} \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupurl[color=blue] \starttext \subject{Introduction} \useURL[aurl][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_algebraic_equation)] [] [\hyphenatedurl{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_algebraic_equation}] \from[aurl] Our concern in this lecture is with exploring the modelling process of continuous-time dynamic systems (CTDS). The essential distinguishing feature of this category of system is the fact that a conceptual model can be formulated as a set of differential equations, possibly augmented with a set of algebraic equations\footnote{\goto{\hyphenatedurl{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differ…. For the most part, such models emerge from a deductive process that has its basis in physical laws that are known to govern the behaviour we seek to explore, that is, the behaviour of the SUI. \stoptext

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status of node.write
by Michail Vidiassov 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Dear All, I notice that broken code for inserting movies uses node.write in codeinjections.insertmovie (in back-pdf.lua), while figures.checkers.mov (in grph-inc.lua) expects text return from codeinjections.insertmovie to feed to "texsprint(ctxcatcodes". The 3D annotation code (it also seems not to work) has node.write variant commented out and replaced with "texsprint(ctxcatcodes" with "brrrr" comment! local annot, preview, ref = backends.pdf.helpers.insert3d { ...... } -- node.write(pdfannotation(width,-height,0,annot())) texsprint(ctxcatcodes,format("\\pdfannot width %ssp height %ssp {%s}",width,height,annot())) -- brrrr --~ if ref then -- wrong ! a direct ref should work --~ texsprint(ctxcatcodes,format("\\smash{\\pdfrefximage%s\\relax}",ref)) -- brrrr --~ end texsprint(ctxcatcodes,"\\stopfoundexternalfigure") And the question is: does it make sense to try to make the current 3D annotation handling code work by complaining to the maintainers and/or fixing it myself or nothing is supposed to work till migration to from "texsprint(ctxcatcodes" API to "node.write" API is complete? Sincerely, Michail

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Re: [NTG-context] Bibtex change short key
by Hubertus 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Dear Taco, > > I use the excellent BibTex module with this setup: > > \setupbibtex[database=biblio,sort=author] > > \setuppublications[alternative=apa,refcommand=short,sorttype=bbl,criterium=cited] > > So if I have something like this > > @ARTICLE{Akimoto2005, > > author = {R. Akimoto and B. S. Li and K. Akita and T. Hasama}, > > ... > > } > > in my *.bib file, the \cite[Akimoto2005] results in [ALAH05]. Is there a way > > to > > get only the first author with three letters and the year ([Aki05]) in the > > citation? > > Patch the generated .bbl file by hand. after its initial creation, it > will not be modified by context itself anymore. May be I should have tried it first, before editting about 200 entries as you suggested. As far as I can judge from the timestamp, at my system the bbl file is generatet every time I run texexec. Have I missed something? Thanks Hubertus

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