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Simplefonts and math fonts
by Khaled Hosny 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

Though there is a \setmathfont command, it doesn't seem to work. The following example still typeset in LM. \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmathfont[Asana Math] \starttext $\sqrt{x+y}=z$ \stoptext Any idea? Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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Adjusting the size of a figure when using placefigure
by Curiouslearn 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

Please see the figure generated by the following minimal example. Due to the dimensions chosen in the figure, the figure is wider than the text width. Is there an option in \placefigure or another command that can help to make this figure smaller (without changing the code of the original figure)? Thank you. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setuplayout[leftedge=0in,leftmargin=1in,leftmargindistance=0in,rightmargin=1in,rightmargindistance=0in,rightedge=0in,leftedgedistance=0in,rightedgedistance=0in,topspace=0.5in,width=6.5in,height=10in] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{firstFig} numeric u; u:=1in; draw (0,0)--(4u,0) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor red; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{secondFig} numeric u; u:=1in; draw (0,0)--(4u,0) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor blue; \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[here]{Two figures next to each other} \startcombination[2*1] {\useMPgraphic{firstFig}}{(a)} {\useMPgraphic{secondFig}}{(b)} \stopcombination It can be seen that due to the dimensions in the figure, the figure is wider than the text. Is there a way to make the figure as wide as the text by setting some option of "\placefigure". \stoptext

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Chicago citations in endnotes; short titles in bibliographies
by Peter Park Nelson 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

I was just looking at the documentation for the Bibliography module and wondering if anyone has tried to implement the full-on Chicago Manual of Style "Author-Title" documentation format for endnotes/footnotes in books -- i.e. citations of the form "Author, Full Title, Publisher, page" followed in subsequent references by "Author, Short Title, page" plus support for "Ibid," "op.cit," and so forth. Seems like this would be hard, but there are a lot of books out there that follow this style (at least in the U.S.), especially in history/social sciences. To do so would require supporting a "\shorttitle" field and adding mechanisms to keep track of what has been cited (in order to implement switching between full and shortened reference forms and enable ibid/op.cit. ). As an editor, this is probably beyond my technical abilities. Even so, if I wanted to mess around with this, where would I start learning about the internals of bibliography support in Context (beyond the documentation for the bib module)? Thanks, PPN -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nelson(a)gmail.com

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MetaPost integration: default parameters
by Oliver Buerschaper 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Hi, ConTeXt already passes quite a few length parameters on to embedded MetaPost code ... BodyFontSize, CurrentWidth etc. Would it be possible to add some more font/math related parameters to the default definitions? I'm thinking of exposing math OpenType parameters like AxisHeight FractionRuleThickness UpperLimitBaselineRiseMin UpperLimitGapMin LowerLimitGapMin LowerLimitBaselineDropMin etc. of the surrounding text to MetaPost as well. This would be very handy for me since I need to draw diagrammatic expressions to be used in formulas and I'd like them to adapt to the current math font and fontsize automatically. At the moment I set these variables manually... Also, is there a way to directly get the glyph outlines of, say, $ \bigotimes$ in MetaPost code and use it to derive some length unit from it? Oliver

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EnglishRule and Lua / Simplefonts module
by Charles Doherty 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Dear Hans and Wolfgang, I have started experimenting with the Lua engine through TeXShop. I use \EnglishRule in a Newsletter to separate major items. When I use it in the attached file it works as always when I use the ConteXt engine (TL2009) and in my minimals installation it works fine using MinimalsConTeXt engine and MinimalsXeConTeXt engine. When I switch to using the simplefonts module in MinimalsLua engine the \EnglishRule does not behave properly. Also the text switches to italic. I have attached a small file and if you comment out the lines and switch between the engines you can see what I mean. Thanks for any help, Best wishes, Charlie

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setuptex files broken in the latest release 2009-11-24
by Otared Kavian 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Hi all, maybe more particularly Mojca, I noticed that in the latest release of the minimals (ConTeXt version 2009.11.24 10:13) something is broken: neither mkii nor mkiv work (actually this happened also with the release of Friday November 20, then it was solved with November 23 release and again it appeared today…). I could solve the problem by replacing the setuptex files coming with the latest release by those of ConTeXt version 2009.11.13 12:45: now I can typeset my files even with Math-Times and mkiv… (Working on a macBook Pro and Mac OS X 10.6.2). Has anyone else noticed this problem? Thanks in advance: OK

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Problems with wide floating tables in context mkIV
by Massimiliano Lambertini 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Hello, all Maybe this problem has been already addressed before, but I didn't find anything about it in contextgarden and ML archives. So, here you are. I have a document laid out in two columns, and some wide tables laid out using Natural Tables syntax. These tables are then placed on the document this way: \placetable[top][table-1020]{Intersystem Travel Times}{\getbuffer[tablebuffer-id]} When I compile my files using XeTeX engine, the table is placed at the top of the page, spanning two columns. When I use the LuaTeX engine, the table is placed in the middle of a column and cut off by its page margin or overwritten by the neighbouring column text. I define column sections by using the \startcolumns...\stopcolumns directives. Do I have to switch to columnsets? A sample of the problem I depicted here can be found at: http://www.lambertini.org/testfloats.zip . The zip file contains two pdf (one compiled with XeTeX, another with LuaTeX) and the TeX source. Thanks in advance for your responses, Massimiliano Lambertini

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bib module problem with mkiv
by Chen Shen 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Hi all, I was trying the following bib example on MkIV beta 2009.11.20 and luatex beta-0.44.0-2009103007. There isn't an apparent error message, but neither the bib reference or the publication list appears in the pdf. Observations: 1. In MkII, it works well. 2. In MkIV, if you use the [criterium=all] option, both bib ref and pub list show properly. Other criterium, e.g. [criterium=section] doesn't work. thanks a lot. regards, shenchen ========= test.tex =========== \usemodule[bib,bibltx] \setupbibtex[database=xampl] \starttext \cite[a] . \completepublications %\completepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext ============================ ========= xampl.bib =========== @Book{a, editor = {John D. Barnsford and Ann L. Brown and Rodney R. Cocking}, title = {{How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school}}, publisher = {National Academy Press}, year = {2000}, address = {Washington, DC} } ============================

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Re: [NTG-context] local footnote (Tables) problem
by Bowen Alan C. 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Please excuse my persistence. The following is a minimal file illustrating a problem that I am having with a multipage table with local footnotes. Setting split=yes or split=repeat in \setuptables produces obviously unsatisfactory results. What I need is a multipage table that has good page divisions and puts the table's label on the last page only. I have been unable to find documentation that would help with this yet. I am using MK2 in today’s Context in the Context Minimals. Alan \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} \start \setuptables [bodyfont=9pt, width=\textwidth, rulethickness=0.03em, distance=big, split=repeat] \placetable [split,top,nonumber] [tab:Table03] {Table 3} {\startlocalfootnotes[conversion=character,bodyfont=9pt] \placelegend {\startframedtext[frame=off,offset=none,width=fit] \starttablehead \HL[3] \NC \REF[c]{Column A} \NC \REF[c]{Column B} \NC\SR \HL \stoptablehead \starttable[|p(11.5pc)|p(11.5pc)|] \NC \REF[c]{1[4].341||345 [= F21.82||86]} \NC\REF[c]{6.29.3||4} \NC\SR \NC Text A\note[a] \NC Text B\note[b] \NC\SR \NC \input knuth \NC \NC\AR \NC \NC \input knuth \NC\AR \NC \input knuth \NC \NC\AR \stoptable \stopframedtext} {\footnotetext[a]{A local footnote.} \footnotetext[b]{Another local footnote.} \hskip2pc\mbox{\placelocalfootnotes}} \stoplocalfootnotes} \stop \stoptext

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Heros Condensed
by Wolfgang Murth 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi all, I need a condensed font and Heros Condensed came into my mind. But I haven't any clue how to use that font. How can I use that font with mkiv? Thanks for your help Wolfgang Murth

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