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Re: [NTG-context] What do you miss in ConTeXt?:
by Robert Blackstone 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 09:29 PM, David Rogers) wrote: .... ConTeXt > itself has beautiful support for side-by-side translations. It makes me > happy every time I look at the results. But... it works only on separate > pages. Making it work on columns as well would make my life easier. (May > be impossible, but you asked...) > > |Original Language|First Translation|Second Translation| > |Bla bla bla ... |Blu blu blu ... |Ble ble ble ... | Hi David, For what it is worth, I have done side by side Italian-English texts in columns with the help of paragraphs. I wanted the Italian original slanted. So In the preamble I have \defineparagraphs[mypar] [n=2,distance=1em] \setupparagraphs[mypar][1][style=slanted] \setupparagraphs[mypar][2][style=normal] In the text: \startmypar Some text in language Italian, slanted. \mypar The text translated in English, regular. \stopmypar etc. So your example could be done as follows \defineparagraphs[mypar] [n=3,distance=1em]%or some other distance \setupparagraphs[mypar][1][style=slanted]%or \setupparagraphs[mypar][2][style=normal] \setupparagraphs[mypar][3][style=normal] \starttext This is a side by side translation in columns. \startmypar Original Language \mypar First Translation \mypar Second Translation \stopmypar \startmypar Bla bla bla \dots \mypar Blu blu blu \dots \mypar Ble ble ble \dots \stopmypar \stoptext Maybe you could teach me how to do side by side translations on opposite pages. Regards, Robert Blackstone

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Re: [NTG-context] floatrow
by Hans Hagen 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

On 8-2-2010 22:16, Bernhard Rosensteiner wrote: > Am 08.02.2010 um 19:42 schrieb Hans Hagen: > >> On 8-2-2010 18:52, Bernhard Rosensteiner wrote: >> >>> thanks for the hint with \defineexternalfigure… - indeed useful. >>> The „automatic“ feature of floatrow is nice but not so important that i will ever switch back to LaTeX. >> >> it's no big deal to make some scaler but the problem is what to take as reference, specify it etc etc. If it's not the first image, then we need multiple passes. too much automatism with graphics is a bit tricky > > it would be nice to have something like: > > \startfloatcombination[3*2, width=.8\textwidth] > \externalfigure…. > \externalfigure…. > \externalfigure…. > \externalfigure…. > \externalfigure…. > \externalfigure…. > \stopfloatcombination > > and all graphics fit in the given width with same height in one row. I found this feature in floatrow useful because i had a lot of graphics in different widths and heights so it was easy to „stitch“ them together. On the programming side i have no idea how complicated something would be (i´m only a happy context user). Maybe you consider something to implement in future? it's not that complex to make something like that (but there's a bit more to it, like distances and so we always end up with a bit more code) also, this does not really fit into the user interface ... (mixed keywords and key/values) as it should be a generic feature i.e. not only for images, we more end up with something \definecombination [whatever] [width=.8\textwidth, height=equal, distance=1em] \startcombination[whatever][3*2] {\externalfigure...} {} {\externalfigure...} {} {\externalfigure...} {} ... \startcombination where equal will eventually scale up the heights of the content looking at combinations, i have to mkiv-ize that code anyway so at that time i could add that feature (i have to take a look at some project styles as we often do combination trickery) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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level setting has no effect in TOC
by zs 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Hello, it seems like the "level" parameter has no effect in mkiv. It works as expected in mkii. Is it a bug or there is different way how to do that in mkiv? Ragards Zdenek example: \starttext \setupcombinedlist[content][level=1,alternative=c] \completecontent \chapter{A} \section{a} \section{b} \subsection{I} \subsection{II} \chapter{B} \section{a} \section{b} \subsection{I} \subsection{II} \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] floatrow
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Hi Bernhard, Did you ever try \startcombination? I feel like it could solve your problem, but not sure... > there is a nice LaTeX package called floatrow. Most of the things what it does you can do with ConTeXt much more easily expect (i think) one thing: placing more than one picture in a given width with automatic rescaling of the images so all images in one row have the same height. This feature is really handy for me. Maybe there is something in ConTeXt which does the same and i´m missing something? Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Error using Minimal with TeXworks
by Alain Delmotte 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Hi! After a long time without having time to play with ConTeXt, I reinstalled a new Minimals using the manual method with rsync, added TeXworks in the proper folder. Under Texworks, I also pointed to the bin folder of Context. But when compiling a document, I get: MTXrun | fileio: no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) MTXrun | fileio: remembering file 'mtx-context.lua' MTXrun | fileio: remembering file 'mtx-contexts.lua' MTXrun | fileio: remembering file 'mtx-context.lua' MTXrun | fileio: remembering file 'context.lua' MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' Any solution? Also, is it possible to run ConTeXt from MikTeX 2.8? Regards, Alain Delmotte

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xpdf segmentation fault
by Peter Münster 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Hello, I don't know, if this is a ConTeXt problem (wrong PDF) or an xpdf problem. Here the test-file, whose pdf-result xpdf cannot read: \setupinteraction[state=start] \placebookmarks[chapter] \starttext \chapter{bla} \stoptext Should I report this to the xpdf-authors? Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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colors without \definecolor
by Philipp Gesang 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Hi all, I understand that in order to use a color with \color[somecolor]{colored text} I first have to \definecolor[somecolor][r=.4,g=0,b=1]. Currently I'm trying to do automated colorizing with the help of some lua code and I'd like to make up rgb vectors on the spot without having to \definecolor them first, e.g. something like \color[r=.4,g=0,b=1] {colored text}. Is there a way to achieve this in mkiv? (Right now I'm assigning new rgb values to the same color "name" whenever the function is called that concatenates the next \color[]{} statement. This seems a bit verbose and hacky to me.) Thanks in advance, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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blanks with glue in mkiv
by Aditya Mahajan 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Hi, Blanks with glue do not work with MkIV. For example, \defineblank[test][3pt plus 1pt minus 1pt] \starttext some text \blank[test] some text \stoptext gives ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> p <argument> p lus \addaskedblankskip ...nce \blankskip #1\dimexpr #2 \relax l.11 } \dovspacingyes ...ument #1\else \s!default \fi ")} \fi l.5 \blank[test] Aditya

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DIY toc (or similar list)
by Thomas A. Schmitz 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Hi experts, I'm thinking about a new presentation style and need some general advice from the TeXperts. I would like to have a list of topics on some area of the slide (similar to s-pre-19.tex). However, if at all possible, I would like it to be a bit fancier. Let's say I want the list of topics typeset in gray frames in a black font, but the current topic in a blue frame with a white font. Would this be possible with something like \definelist? Is there any notion of "currentlistitem" or "currentmarking" in such lists? Or, even better: would it be possible to have access to the single members of a list and maybe compare them to a current value and then typeset them accordingly? Something like this pseudocode: for member in topiclist do if member == currentvalue <some fancy framing and metapost stuff with member> else <less fancy but still nice-looking metapost stuff> end end Or am I trying to reinvent the wheel here? I would be happy to hear any ideas on that. All best Thomas

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simple usage of \hpos
by Peter Münster 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

Hello, How can I place an element as background at a previously defined position? Here a test-file to show what I'm looking for: \definelayer[graphics][position=yes] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=graphics] \starttext Here is some text. I would like to appear a graphics exactly behind \hpos{XXX}{HERE}. How can I do this, without measuring by hand the x- and y-offsets, and perhaps also without using metapost? Such a command would be fine: \type{\placeatpos[XXX]{my background figure}}, or \type{\setlayer[graphics][location=XXX]{...}}. \setlayer[graphics][dx=128mm, dy=-27mm]{\externalfigure[hacker.jpg][width=1cm]} \stoptext TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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