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command line arguments to specify output directory
by A A 30 Mar '22

30 Mar '22

Dear All, I would like to ask whether there exists a command line option to the context executable which would allow me to specify the directory in which I would like my output to be dumped. I have noticed that if I call the executable outside the directory in which the .tex file resides, my supporting files (and resulting pdf) are dumped outside the directory in which the .tex file is located. Any help would be most welcome. Thanks for your consideration. Regards, Amine

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Xml - Lua - context
by Thomas A. Schmitz 30 Mar '22

30 Mar '22

And here comes question 2, a very basic one: on A4 landscape pages, I want to place two images next to each other (like the spread pages of a book). What would be the preferred way of the really competent users to do this, again keeping in mind that I want to loop over page numbers in a pdf file and thus am coding in Lua. So far, I have tried or thought about: 1. Embedded xtable This is what I’m using now, an xtable of two columns for every A4 page. It works, but I wonder if it’s a good method. 2. combinations This appeared to be the most natural approach (because it’s what combinations are for), but I ran into expansion problems, added a few “function () end” in my code, but couldn’t make it compile. Combinations, combined with framed and externalfigure, are difficult to write in Lua - or am I too stupid to find the winning combination (sorry for the puns). 3. columns Again, this would seen like a natural approach, having every A4 page set up as two columns, but maybe that’s overkill? I’d be curious to know what you think! All best Thomas

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upload
by Hans Hagen 30 Mar '22

30 Mar '22

Hi, Last night I uploaded a new lmtx: - fix in new strut handling - zint support improved - some more math font tweaks (mikael will enlighten *) - math alignment spacing nornmalized (mikael will explain *) - new simplealignment environmet (mikael will document *) We're now playing a bit more with combining graphics and math (educational usage) Hans * when asked ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Trying to get a simple bibliography
by A A 29 Mar '22

29 Mar '22

Hi All, I'm trying to get a simple bibliography to work with ConTeXt. Here's what I have so far: *test.tex* \usebtxdataset[bibliography.bib] \starttext \startbodymatter See \cite[proofwiki] \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \startsection[title=Bibliography] \stopsection \stopbackmatter \stoptext *bibliography.bib* @misc{ proofwiki, title={{Definition:Collation - ProofWiki}}, author={{ProofWiki}}, howpublished={ \href{https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Definition:Collation}{link} }, journal={{ProofWiki}}, year={2021} } When I compile test.tex it generates a pdf, but the citation is not included in the body matter. Also the actual reference is not present in Bibliography. What am I doing wrong? Regards, Amine

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Fwd: documentation for \cite and \setupcite commands
by A A 28 Mar '22

28 Mar '22

Another question, *Bibliographies, the ConTeXt way *by Hans Hagen and Alan Braslau introduces a parameter not shown in the \cite doc in ConTeXt garden, namely "righttext". Moreover, this answer <https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/73131/how-to-add-page-numbers-to-ap…> introduces an "extras" parameter, also not included in ConTeXt garden. Am I missing something here? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: A A <amine.aboufirass(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 at 20:16 Subject: Fwd: documentation for \cite and \setupcite commands To: <ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl> Nevermind, for \cite there is detailed documentation here <https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/cite> Can I safely assume that \setupcite uses the same arguments? Can I generalize this assumption to all \command and \setupcommand in ConTeXt? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: A A <amine.aboufirass(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 at 20:09 Subject: documentation for \cite and \setupcite commands To: <ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl> Dear All, Does anyone know where I can find more or less detailed information about the \cite and \setupcite commands? I checked ConTeXt garden and the book "ConTeXt: An excursion". I also checked the mailing list search engine and did a couple of generic google searches but found nothing to the level of detail I'm looking for. Thanks in advance for your help. Regards, Amine

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Xml - lua - context
by Thomas A. Schmitz 28 Mar '22

28 Mar '22

Dear all, For a small project, I have two questions (without MWE…) on processing xml via Lua and context. I’ll write two messages so eager volunteers can reply more easily! So question one: given an xml structure like this <section> <sectiontitle> Introduction: the <em>Iliad</em> </sectiontitle> <sectionlist> Introduction: the <em>Iliad</em> </sectionlist> </section> I want to typeset the section title with some added information. Since I’m processing in a loop, I thought this would be easier in Lua, so I have something like this: local i = 0 local sessions = { “April 2”, “April 9”, “April 16” } -- etc. function xml.functions.section(t) i = i + 1 local raw_section = xml.text (t, "/sectiontitle") local section_head = i .. ". session, " .. sessions [i] .. ": " .. raw_section context.startsection { title=section_head } lxml.flush (t) context.stopsection () end However, this means that the section_head is serialized as a string and not processed according to the xml setups, so I have “the <em>Iliad</em>” in my typeset document. How can this be avoided? How can I have the <em>...</em> processed instead of serialized in the section title? Thanks for looking at my code! Thomas

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Line numbering inside display math with mathalign and splitformula
by śrīrāma 28 Mar '22

28 Mar '22

Hi everyone, I have a document with lots of maths. I am using \start...\stoplinenumbering to place line numbers in the inner margins with \setuplinenumbering [location=inner, style=\ttx] The weird thing is I have many display math blocks that break across page(s) using \start...\stopsplitformula with \start...\stopmathalignment. Curiously, the line numbering does not appear in these splitformula blocks alone. (It works for \start...\stopformula) blocks[*]. Below is a MWE: %%% start example \starttext \startlinenumbering \input knuth \startformula\startmathalignment \NC {\mathcal H}_0 \NC : \text { the null hypothesis } \NR \NC {\mathcal H}_1 \NC : \text { the alternate hypothesis } \NR \stopmathalignment \stopformula \startsplitformula\startmathalignment \NC t \NC = f_t(x) \NR \NC m_t \NC = f_m(x) \NR \stopmathalignment\stopsplitformula \stoplinenumbering \stoptext %%% stop example Further, [*]when \start...\stopmathalignment is used, only one (vertically centered) line number appears for the entire block. Is there a way to have the 'usual' line numbering inside the math blocks also? It is not a big problem as such: I can do without it since important equations are numbered anyway in the document (and I can use that to refer to them) but I was just curious if it is possible and/or I have missed something. Many thanks, Sreeram

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Re: [NTG-context] Please could you send me the whole example
by A A 27 Mar '22

27 Mar '22

Dear Helmut, Here is a full working example: *test.tex* \usebtxdefinitions[aps] \usebtxdataset[bibliography.bib] \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \startbodymatter See \cite[proofwiki] \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \startsection[title=Bibliography] \placelistofpublications \stopsection \stopbackmatter \stoptext *bibliography.bib* @misc{ proofwiki, title={{Definition:Collation - ProofWiki}}, author={{ProofWiki}}, journal={{ProofWiki}}, year={2021}, howpublished={ \goto {link} [ url( " https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Definition:Language_of_Propositional_Logic" ) ] } } Hope it helps. Thanks. Regards, Amine On Sun, 27 Mar 2022 at 12:33, Helmut Schwertner <helmut.schwertner(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Amiene, > > I read your "question" in the NTG-Context-Groupe, I try it, but it > doesn't work for me. > > Please could you send me the complete working example? > > Thank you, > > Greetings, > > Helmut > > -- > ************************* > Helmut Schwertner > Kirchweg 154 > 28201 Bremen > 0421 528 58 22 > helmut.schwertner[a]gmail.com > >

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mathcal generates error in ConTeXt
by A A 26 Mar '22

26 Mar '22

Dear All, I am using pandoc to covert a file called test.tex from LaTeX to ConTeXt. Here are the contents of test.tex: *\documentclass{article}* *\begin{document}* *\mathcal{A}* *\end{document}* The file compiles OK with the following command and I see a resulting pdf: *latexmk -pdflatex test.tex* Then I try to convert with pandoc: *pandoc -f latex -t context -o test_context.tex test.tex* Pandoc appears to successfully generate a file test_context.tex containing the following: *\mathcal{A}* Then I try to compile the test_context.tex file: *context test_context.tex* Which unfortunately results in an error: *resolvers | formats | executing runner 'run luametatex format': C:/context/tex/texmf-win64/bin/luametatex --jobname="./test_context.tex" --fmt=C:/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luametatex/cont-en.fmt --lua=C:/context/tex/texmf-cache/luametatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luametatex/cont-en.lui --c:currentrun=1 --c:fulljobname="./test_context.tex" --c:input="./test_context.tex" --c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=9 --c:texmfbinpath="C:/context/tex/texmf-win64/bin"* *system > callbacks > not registering frozen 'local_box_filter'* *system >* *system > ConTeXt ver: 2021.11.02 10:03 LMTX fmt: 2021.11.4 int: english/english* *system >* *system > 'cont-new.mkxl' loaded* *open source > level 1, order 1, name 'C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl'* *system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv* *close source > level 1, order 1, name 'C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl'* *system > files > jobname './test_context', input './test_context.tex', result './test_context'* *fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded* *languages > language 'en' is active* *open source > level 1, order 2, name './test_context.tex'* *tex error > tex error on line 1 in file ./test_context.tex: \textfont0 is undefined in (text) char, font id 0, character 63)* *<line 3.1>* * $\mathcal{A}$* *1 >> $\mathcal{A}$* *2* *Somewhere in the math formula just ended, you used the stated character from an* *undefined font family. For example, plain TeX doesn't allow \it or \sl in* *subscripts. Proceed, and I'll try to forget that I needed that character.* *mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1* Why does ConTeXt not accept mathcal? Why does pandoc not account for this? How can I remedy this with a reasonable amount of effort? Regards, Amine

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zint module on LMTX
by Pablo Rodriguez 25 Mar '22

25 Mar '22

Dear list, using latest LMTX and following the steps from https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Barcodes#Zint_module, I’m afraid I don’t get any barcode either in Linux or Windows. Minimal sample: \starttext \usemodule[zint] \barcode[alternative=isbnx, text=9783865419026, width=4cm] \stoptext Error message is rather weird on Linux: optional > using library '/home/ousia/context/tex/texmf-linux- 64/bin/lib/luametatex/zint/libzint.so' zint > unknown barcode alternative 'isbnx' zint > zint > valid barcode alternatives: zint > [...] zint > isbn zint > isbnx [...] It seems that a valid barcode alternative ends up being unknown to the library. What am I missing here? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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