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How to troubleshoot why my document begins with a blank page?
by Joel 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

I created a book that strangely renders with an entirely blank page. There are tons and tons of macros, in dozens of files defined before the document starts, but the document itself starts quite simply with a title page set inside \startfrontmatter. How can I identify what types of preamble information would be causing an entire blank page to render before the document even begins? This minimum working example won't show me the error, but it does show I simply have \starttext followed by my title and nothing is between that should be rendering an entire blank page. --Joel My minimum working example is here: \definemakeup[titlepage][align=middle] \definealternativestyle[titlestyle][\ss\bfd][] \definealternativestyle[subtitlestyle][\ss\bfb][] \definealternativestyle[authorstyle][\ss\tfa][] \starttext % <-- there is no code between \starttext and \startfrontmatter below. \startfrontmatter \startmakeup[titlepage] \titlestyle{My story} \blank[big] \subtitlestyle{\date} \blank[big] \authorstyle{My name} \stopmakeup \stopfrontmatter \input knuth \stoptext

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Simpleslides and LMTX
by Otared Kavian 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

Hi Aditya and Thomas, Following the hint given by Thomas about fixing the behaviour of the visual counter in the simpleslides module, I tried all the possible styles and found that once the PageNumber is changed into RealPageNumber in the s-simpleslides-*.tex style files. All the styles work fine unless three of them which I describe below. I don’t know how the modules are maintained on the wiki or elsewhere, but if you wish I can send you privately the files where I have changed PageNumber to RealPageNumber so that the simpleslides module can be used ot of the box with LMTX. Best regards: Otared PS: Here are the issues with the three styles which don’t work properly: • BigNumber: for the style to be typeset, one has to modify the part where BigNumberFont is defined %\beginOLDTEX %\loadmapfile[qhv-ec.map] %\definefontsynonym [BigNumberFont] [ec-qhvb] %\endOLDTEX % %\beginXETEX %\loadmapfile[qhv-ec.map] %\definefontsynonym [BigNumberFont] [ec-qhvb] %\endXETEX % %\beginLUATEX \definefontsynonym [BigNumberFont] [name:texgyreherosbold] %\endLUATEX Then the file « example.tex » can be typeset, but the big numbers shown are always 1. • Embossed: for the style to be typeset, one has to modify the part where EmbossedFont is defined %\beginOLDTEX %\loadmapfile[qhv-ec.map] %\definefontsynonym [Embossed] [ec-qhvb] %\endOLDTEX % %\beginXETEX %\loadmapfile[qhv-ec.map] %\definefontsynonym [Embossed] [ec-qhvb] %\endXETEX % %\beginLUATEX \definefontsynonym [Embossed] [name:texgyreherosbold] %\endLUATEX • SideToc: the file example.tex can be typeset with this style, but all pages come out in black… the text cannot be seen.

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XML, dealing with whitespace
by denis.maier＠unibe.ch 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

Hi all, I have sources that look like this: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article> <p>Bla Bla Bla</p> <p> <underline> <italic>Bla</italic> </underline>, Bla Bla.</p> </article> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Typesetting this with context gives me a spurious space after the underlined Bla in italics. Complete MWE : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \startxmlsetups xml:test \xmlsetsetup{#1}{*}{-} \xmlsetsetup{#1}{article|p|italic|underline}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:test} \startxmlsetups xml:article \starttext \xmlflush{#1} \stoptext \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:p \xmlflush{#1}\par \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:italic \emph{\xmlflush{#1}} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:underline \underbar{\xmlflush{#1}} \stopxmlsetups \startbuffer[test] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article> <p>Bla Bla Bla</p> <p> <underline> <italic>Bla</italic> </underline>, Bla Bla.</p> </article> \stopbuffer \xmlprocessbuffer{test}{test}{} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% How can I get rid off spurious leading and trailing whitespace. I've found \xmlstrip and \xmlstripped, but I don't really understand how they work. I've also found out about \ignorespaces\xmlflush{#1}\removeunwantedspaces but this has then to be added to every definition, which would be a bit tedious... There have a been a couple of similar questions by Hans van der Meer about a decade ago, but I couldn't find the answer. Then, \xmlstripanywhere is also mentioned in xml-mkiv.pdf, but it's not explained. I found one example in the sources (https://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/modules/mkiv/x-html.mkiv?searc…) but what does that do? Is that sort of need for \xmlstrip and friends to work? So, what would be the best way to deal with that situation? (More details below, perhaps there's an easier solution outside of context, because the problem is actually caused by xslt...) Best, Denis P.S. Background: I convert docx files with pandoc to jats xml. Pandoc does quite a decent job, but I need to tweak a few things with xslt. The actual transformation that I need works ok, but the transformation also causes other problems. This is the original markdown file : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Bla Bla Bla [*Bla*]{.underline} Bla Bla. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Pandoc produces a jats xml file that looks like this (simplified, empty nodes deleted) : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <article> <body> <p>Bla Bla Bla</p> <p><underline><italic>Bla</italic></underline>, Bla Bla.</p> </body> </article> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% I use this xsl for tweaking pandoc's output %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform xmlns:fo=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />  <xsl:template match="*"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template>      </xsl:stylesheet> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% This is again much simplified, I've omitted the templates that do the actual tweaking. Anyway, both versions of the identity transformation produce this (using Saxon): %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article> <body> <p>Bla Bla Bla</p> <p> <underline> <italic>Bla</italic> </underline>, Bla Bla.</p> </body> </article> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% I can get rid off all whitespace with indent="no", but that produces a rather unreadable file. xsl:strip-space has had no effect. Maybe someone knows a solution how to improve that step? Is there a way to convince an xslt-processor not to introduce the newlines after certain tags? Something like, treat paragraphs as a single unit or so. Am I missing something?

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Re: [NTG-context] Changed behavior from \convertnumber{arabicdecimals}{..} as a textcommand for note
by musa furber 16 Jan '22

16 Jan '22

Dear Hans, Thank you for your reply. Here is the missing MWE. (I will also try to attach it.) % mwe % document is an English translation of Arabic text; all annotations are in English. % % concerning footnotes to Arabic text: % numbers in body should use Mashriki numbers (e.g. ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩), and appear between parenthesis % numbers in footer should use Arabic numbers (e.g. 0123456789), and without parenthesis % % MWE uses dejavu for English and Amiri for and Arabic. Amiri is availble at https://www.amirifont.org/ \mainlanguage[en-gb] \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=one] \starttypescriptcollection [amiri] \starttypescript [serif] [amiri] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [file:Amiri-Regular.ttf] [features=arabic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [amiri] \definetypeface [amiri] [rm] [serif] [amiri] [default] [fallbacks=latin-fallback] \stoptypescript \stoptypescriptcollection \define\setarabic{ \setupalign[r2l] \righttoleft \switchtobodyfont[amiri] } \define\setlatin{ \setupalign[l2r] \lefttoright \switchtobodyfont[dejavu] } \setupnotes[footnote][] \setupnotes[arfootnote][] \definenote[arfootnote][footnote] \setupnotation [arfootnote] [before=\setlatin, alternative=text, ] \setupnote [arfootnote] [headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[amiri]}, textcommand=\footnotenotenumbercommand, alternative=text, ] \protected\def\footnotenotenumbercommand#1{{\high{({\convertnumber{arabicdecimals}{#1}})}}} % unexpected results % \protected\def\footnotenotenumbercommand#1{{\high{({\convertnumber{abjadnumerals}{#1}})}}} % \protected\def\footnotenotenumbercommand#1{{\high{({\convertnumber{default}{#1}})}}} % % `\detokenize' variations, for comparison... % % \protected\def\footnotenotenumbercommand#1{{\high{(\detokenize{\convertnumber{arabicdecimals}{#1}})}}} % \protected\def\footnotenotenumbercommand#1{{\high{(\detokenize{\convertnumber{abjadnumerals}{#1}})}}} % \protected\def\footnotenotenumbercommand#1{{\high{(\detokenize{\convertnumber{default}{#1}})}}} \setupbodyfont[dejavu,11pt] \starttext \setarabic مرحبًا\arfootnote{Annotation text.} % expected footnote `(١)`, got `1arabic` مرحبًا\arfootnote{Annotation text.} % expected footnote `(٢)`, got `2arabic` \stoptext %%% end of mwe Thanks, Musa

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no paragraph footnotes when located in text
by Pablo Rodriguez 16 Jan '22

16 Jan '22

Dear list, using current latest (2022.01.15 17:32), I still experience an already reported issue (https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2022/104770.html) \setuppapersize[A6] \showframe\showgrid %~ \setupnote[footnote][paragraph=yes] \setupnote[footnote][location=text, paragraph=yes] \setupnotation[footnote][alternative=serried, width=broad] \starttext \startlinenumbering[step=3] \dorecurse{25} {a\footnote{b} } \stoplinenumbering \placenotes[footnote] \stoptext I don’t get paragraph notes with "location=text". Could anyone confirm the issue or tell me what I’m missing? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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(again) diferent prefixsegments for different references
by Pablo Rodriguez 16 Jan '22

16 Jan '22

Dear list, I asked this some time ago (https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2021/102394.html) Using the following sample: \starttext \definereferenceformat[itsc][in] \setupreferencestructureprefix[itsc][default] [prefixsegments=section] \chapter{Chapter} \section[b]{Section} \itsc[b] and \in[b] \stoptext Is there a way that the prefixsegments for \itsc is only section, without modifying it for \in? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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SimpleSlides and Visual counters
by Otared Kavian 16 Jan '22

16 Jan '22

Hi all, in particular Aditya M. and Thomas A.S., It seems that the visual counter in SimpleSlides module (the version I have from ConTeXt Garden is from 2014) does not work fine with the latest LMTX. Is the issue is known ? If so, is there a new version of SimpleSlides in which the issue has been fixed ? Best regards: Otared

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Changed behavior from \convertnumber{arabicdecimals}{..} as a textcommand for note
by musa furber 15 Jan '22

15 Jan '22

This week I updated ConTeXt minimals. Before then, I used the following code so that footnotes to Arabic passages would have parenthesis around them and use the digits used in Arabic texts in the Middle East (e.g. ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩). \setupnote [arfootnote] [ headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[kitab]}, textcommand=\footnotenotenumbercommand, alternative=text, ] \define[1]\footnotenotenumbercommand{{\high{(\convertnumber{arabicdecimals}{#1})}}} Since the update, for the 123rd footnote, I now get `(123arabic)` instead of `(١٢٣)`. Elsewhere, I do get the expected output (i.e. `١٢٣٢`) when calling \convertnumber{arabicdecimals}{1232} I'm still relatively new to ConTeXt, so I'm unsure if what used really is correct, or if it was wrong and I now need to find the right way to do it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. —Musa

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Itemize columns with MPgraphics: another vertical spacing puzzle
by Gavin 14 Jan '22

14 Jan '22

Hi List, I need to itemize graphics when I use those graphics as the choices in a multiple choice question. When I do that in columns, I am getting excess space below the graphics. See example code and output below. Any suggestions for how I get rid of this space? I’m not sure if this is related to the itemize column spacing in my previous comment. Thanks, again! Gavin \starttext \defineitemgroup[choices] \setupchoices [each] [A,joinedup] [left=(, right=), width=1.7em, stopper=,] \define\choice{\item} \def\mycolor{.625red} \startuseMPgraphic{name} fill fullcircle scaled 40pt withcolor \mycolor; \stopuseMPgraphic \define[1]\mycolordot{\def\mycolor{#1}\framed[location=top,offset=0pt,frame=off]{\useMPgraphic{name}}} What is your favorite color? (There is too much space after these choices.) \startchoices[columns,four] \choice \mycolordot{.625red} \choice \mycolordot{.625blue} \choice \mycolordot{.625green} \choice \mycolordot{.625magenta} \stopchoices A ruledhboxs show the extra space is in the itemize, but not in the item contents. \ruledhbox{\startchoices[columns, four] \choice \ruledhbox{\mycolordot{.625red}} \choice \mycolordot{.625blue} \choice \mycolordot{.625green} \choice \mycolordot{.625magenta} \stopchoices} Putting a ruledhbox around the first item shows that each item has extra space that is not part of the item contents. (The ruledhbox also messes with the horizontal alignment, but I don't care about that.) \startchoices[columns] \ruledhbox{\choice \mycolordot{.625red}} \choice \mycolordot{.625blue} \choice \mycolordot{.625green} \choice \mycolordot{.625magenta} \stopchoices The extra space is not present without columns. \startchoices \choice \mycolordot{.625red} \choice \mycolordot{.625blue} \choice \mycolordot{.625green} \choice \mycolordot{.625magenta} \stopchoices \ruledhbox{My favorite color is:\def\mycolor{.625blue} \framed[location=top,offset=0pt,frame=on] {\useMPgraphic{name}}} \stoptext

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Spacing issue in itemize
by Gavin 14 Jan '22

14 Jan '22

Hi list, When I define an items group, it seems to mess up the spacing for a nested item group. See example below. Any ideas? I’m typesetting with > ConTeXt ver: 2022.01.06 19:51 LMTX fmt: 2022.1.9 int: english/english on an M1 Mac. Thanks! Gavin \usemodule[visual] \defineitemgroup[questions] \setupquestions [each] [n] \starttext This numbered list uses my item group \quotation{questions.} The itemize inside is missing space above item (a). \startquestions \item \fakewords{15}{20} \startitemize[a][left=(,stopper=,right=)] \item \fakewords{10}{15} \item \fakewords{10}{15} \stopitemize \item \fakewords{10}{15} \stopquestions This numbered list uses itemize. The itemize inside has the expected space above item (a). \startitemize[n] \item \fakewords{15}{20} \startitemize[a][left=(,stopper=,right=)] \item \fakewords{10}{15} \item \fakewords{10}{15} \stopitemize \item \fakewords{10}{15} \stopitemize \stoptext

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