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How to create an index that refers to multiple other books?
by Joel 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

I am writing a secondary textbook to be used in public schools. In my state, the textbooks must adhere to standards, such as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It is typical for a textbook to contain an index for teachers to check where in the textbook which standards are used. I've used the following code to create such an index, if I simply place `\learned{}` somewhere containing the standard's ID, it creates a custom index entry, and `\placelearned` displays that index. \defineregister[learned][compress=yes] \setupregister[learned][style=sansbold, textstyle=slanted, n=1, pagenumber=yes] \starttext \learned{CCSS+W.7.3} \input knuth \learned{CCSS+W.7.3} \input knuth \learned{CCSS+W.7.1} \startchapter[title=Standards] \placelearned \stopchapter \stoptext This prints an index like this: Standards c CSS W.7.1 1 W.7.3 1 My problem is my textbook also includes four separate workbooks. I need the index to show my publisher that I've covered all 300+ standards, so I need the index at the back of the textbook to also contain details of which pages in each workbook the standards are found. How can I combine the index so it refers to all books? Something like this: Standards c CSS W.7.1 T 1, Wk.1 3-8, 12, Wk.2 8-9, 60-61 W.7.3 T 1, Wk.1 3-8, 12, Wk.2 8-9, 60-61, Wk.3 1-2, 54, 70, 90, Wk.4 99, 102, 104 ...or possibly like this... Standards c CSS W.7.1 Textbook: 1 Workbook 1: 3-8, 12 Workbook 2: 8-9, 60-61 W.7.3 Textbook: 1 Workbook 1: 3-8, 12 Workbook 2: 8-9, 60-61 Workbook 3: 1-2, 54, 70, 90 Workbook 4: 99, 102, 104 Is there any way to print an index that covers pages across multiple books? --Joel

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Defining new float types fails in LMTX
by Marco Patzer 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Hi! Apologies for spamming this list with my all the floaty stuff. There's an issue with defining new floats in LMTX in combination with bottom placement. The following works in MkIV, but throws an error in LMTX: I'm ignoring this; it doesn't match any \if. mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 256 \setupfloat [figure] [default=bottom] %% fails %% [default=top] %% works \definefloat [foo] [foos] [figure] \starttext \startplacefigure [title=Foo] \framed{Foo} \stopplacefigure \startplacefoo [title=Bar] \framed{Bar} \stopplacefoo \stoptext Marco LMTX 2021.11.26 11:38

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definemathcommand and Lucida OT
by Otared Kavian 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Hi Hans, Some time ago I reported about an issue with \definemathcommand, and the issue is still present, as one can see with following example. Best regards: Otared % begin liminf-Argmin.tex \setupbodyfont[lucidaot] %\setupbodyfont[termes] \definemathcommand [Argmin] [limop] {\mfunctionlabeltext{ArgMin}} \definemathcommand [liminfbar] [limop] {\underline{\mfunctionlabeltext{lim}}} \definemathcommand [limsupbar] [limop] {\overline{\mfunctionlabeltext{lim}}} \starttext The built-in commands \type{\liminf}, yielding $\liminf$, and \type{\limsup}, yielding $\limsup$ do not work properly with LucidaOT: \startformula x_{n} := (-1)^n, \quad\mbox{then} \quad \liminf_{n \geq 0}x_{n} = -1, \quad \limsup_{n\geq 0} x_{n}= +1. \stopformula The user defined commands \type{\liminfbar} and \type{\limsupbar} behave correctly: \startformula x_{n} := (-1)^n, \quad\mbox{then} \quad \liminfbar_{n \geq 0}x_{n} = -1, \quad \limsupbar_{n\geq 0}x_{n} = +1, \stopformula but not the command \type{\Argmin} \startformula \Argmin_{x\in {\Bbb R}} (x^2 - x + 1) = {1 \over 2}. \stopformula \stoptext % end liminf-Argmin.tex

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new uplaod
by Hans Hagen 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Hi, a new lmtx upload - crash with bottom floats probably solved: had to do with tricky interaction between engine insert handling and callback interference (as well as some assumptions in the engine dating that relate to the fact that tex was never written to be opened up this way) - crash due to math initialization: this related to a new mechanism wrt math parameters that Mikael and I are playing with .. think of this: \newmuskip \mymuskipA \mugluespecdef\mymuskipB 0mu \inherited\Umathfracfracspacing\textstyle\mymuskipA \inherited\Umathradradspacing \textstyle\mymuskipB \startTEXpage[offset=3bp] \mymuskipA 10mu \mugluespecdef\mymuskipB 10mu $\mathfrac{x}\mathfrac{x}$\par $\mathrad {x}\mathrad {x}$\par \mymuskipA 20mu \mugluespecdef\mymuskipB 20mu $\mathfrac{x}\mathfrac{x}$\par $\mathrad {x}\mathrad {x}$\par \mymuskipA 30mu \mugluespecdef\mymuskipB 30mu $\mathfrac{x}\mathfrac{x}$\par $\mathrad {x}\mathrad {x}$\par \mymuskipA 30mu plus 10mu minus 10mu \mugluespecdef\mymuskipB 30mu plus 10mu minus 10mu $\mathfrac{x}\mathfrac{x}$\par $\mathrad {x}\mathrad {x}$\par \stopTEXpage tex has a few abstractions (thinmuskip etc) than basically postpone a setting so that they can be adapted by setting these 'special - internal in luametatex speak - mu glue registers' but is is being generalized so that we can group math (integer, dimension, glue) parameters by binding them to registers and constants ... that way we can do simple and efficient switches to different spacing ... just that you know Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Bug in alignment with LMTX version 2022.01.15 17:32
by Otared Kavian 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Hi Hans and Mikael, While investigating the latest version regarding the math environment, I found that the alignments are not correct. Here is an example: % begin bug-alignment.tex \definemathmatrix[alignedcases] [align={right,left,left}, distance=3pt, left={\left\{}, right={\right.}, style=\displaystyle] \starttext \placeformula[eq:1] \startformula \startalignedcases \NC \partial_{t} u \NC = \Delta u + \epsilon^{-2}f(u) \NC\qquad\text{in }\, \Omega\times (0,+\infty) \NR \NC {\partial\phi(u) \over \partial{\bi n}} \NC = 0 \NC\qquad\text{on }\, \partial \Omega\times (0,+\infty)\NR \NC u(x,0) \NC = u_{0}(x)\NC\qquad\text{in }\, \Omega.\NR \stopalignedcases \stopformula \stoptext % end bug-alignment.tex Best regards: Otared

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How to manually adjust the sort order of items appearing in a custom index?
by Joel 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

I created a custom index that displays a list of "Important Dates" appearing in my book. It lists the year, a short description of what happened, and should show the page number. I'm running into two errors though: First, if the date is the same year, it is sorting alphabetically, example,,,, \dateis{1900s+1912}{Yet another event happened} \dateis{1900s+1912}{Another event happened} ...will print the wrong one first in the index.. 1912 - Another even happened 1912 - Yet another event happened. Is there a way to manually tell it to display one first? I don't want to add visible month and day details, that would be even more confusing to the index as I have to print it in American order. Second, when it compiles it is not printing the page number, instead prints "[Entry not flushed]". -- Joel Here is my minimum working example: \defineregister[listdates][compress=yes] \setupregister[listdates][style=sansbold, textstyle=slanted, n=1, pagenumber=yes] \define[2]\dateis{% \listdates{#1~\emdash ~#2}% }% \starttext \dateis{1900s+1911}{Some event happened} \dateis{1900s+1912}{Yet another event happened} \dateis{1900s+1912}{Another event happened} \startchapter[title=Important Dates] \placelistdates \stopchapter \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] \startcolumnset ... \stopcolumnset fatal error: return code 11
by Ben Moon 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

I too get an error trying to run John’s code and my own (I found this after that wouldn’t work) on macOS. My error code is 1 rather than 11. system > ConTeXt ver: 2022.01.15 17:32 LMTX fmt: 2022.1.17 int: English/english mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 Ben

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How to achieve true double space text in ConTeXt?
by Joel 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

I need to display one article within my book that is in double space, like what is a basic requirement in US colleges for turning in papers. Basically, I need readers to have lots of space above the text to be able to write some notes above every line. This is a line of text. % <-- here is the space between lines % <-- this space here is as tall as a line of text. % <-- here is the next space between lines This is the next visible line of text. The closest I can get is the "big" setting in `\setupinterlinespace`, but it isn't big enough. I've also tried manual measurements in cm, but I have no idea which setting is typographically good. \setupinterlinespace[on, big] \startlinenumbering \input article \stoplinenumbering \setupinterlinespace[off] How can I achieve double space text in ConTeXt? --Joel

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How to override ConTeXt-SBL titles, to make all titles everywhere capitalized?
by Joel 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

I am a few days from sending a document to a publisher, and using the Society of Biblical Literature style (via the macro ConTeXt-SBL) as it is very close to what I need, Chicago (numbers style) citations. One glaring difference I notice between the two styles is ConTeXt-SBL presents the titles of articles and books in lower case, but Chicago gives them in upper case (I think SBL should too, but maybe as my entire BibTeX file is lowercase, it is not). How can I tell ConTeXt to override the titles, everywhere they appear, so they are printed in uppercase? I've manually marked all of the words that should not be capitalized in my BiBTeX file as with \word{of} so they will ignore any instructions to become capitalized. --Joel

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three suggestions for the statistical-charts module
by Pablo Rodriguez 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

Hi Tamara, Adriana and Tomáš, this is my first sample using statistical-charts (I attach the CSV file): \setupbodyfont[helvetica] \usemodule[statistical-charts] \starttext \setupframed[dotslabels][loffset=1.1cc, boffset=0.4cc] \linechart[basic][yscale=.25, xscale=1, distance=1, xgridlinesdensity=1, fillcolor=aquamarine, line=yes, linecolor=shamrock, dotscolor=shamrock, dotswidth=5, dotslabels=yes, axesunits=yes, xunit={Measurements}, yunit={Temperature}]% [method=dataset, dsname=main, filename=\jobname.csv, sep=;, cx={A2:A14}, cy=B2:B14] \stoptext I wonder whether this has been already proposed: 1. If the CSV file contains fields with quotes that the module reads, compilation breaks. Would it be possible that quotes could be ignored by the module? 2. Could you add an option to ignore the header (the first row), so that then "cx=A" cwould work without problems? 3. I haven’t found your module in https://modules.contextgarden.net. I think it would be great to have it there. Otherwise, users may not know of its existence. I have other questions, but this will be addressed in a next message. Many thanks for your excellent work, Pablo

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