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\setbuffer
by Wolfgang Schuster 10 May '09

10 May '09

Hi Hans, why is \setbuffer not defined with \long, I want to use it as part of a macro and need it to allow paragraphs as content. Can you change this? TIA, Wolfgang

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Multiple letters
by Otared Kavian 10 May '09

10 May '09

Hi all, I have to write a letter to a few dozens candidates in which some parts are not identical. I may have the list of the persons, and the changing part for each of them in a file (named for instance "list-of- candidates.tex") on which each line corresponds to one person and the fields are sperated by commas (or any other suitable character). What would be the best way of coding this in ConTeXt? Here is the example I have in mind: %%% begin the body of the letter Dear \MmeOrSir\ \FirstName\ \FamilyName, We have received your application and we thank you for your interest in our institution. \AnswerToApplication. With our best regards, etc… %%% end the body of the letter The four commands \MmeOrSir, \FirstName, \FamilyName, \AnswerToApplication should correspond to the columns 1 through 4 of each line of the file "list-of-candidates.tex" as follows: %%% begin list-of-candidates.tex Madam , Joan , of Arc , {You will be interviewed very soon} Mr , Groucho , Marx , {We are sorry, but this position is only for non smoking candidates} \endinput %%% end list-of-candidates.tex Thank you for help: OK

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Re: [NTG-context] Combining figures
by Robert Blackstone 09 May '09

09 May '09

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > > On May 9, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Robert Blackstone wrote: > > > Both work. Thank you. Stupid of me to forget or neglect a pair of > > empty curly braces. > > > > > I don't know if this is of any comfort to you, but you're not alone: > > http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20050406.125324.0c9e677e.en.html > > Thomas > > Some comfort, yes, thank you. The tricky thing was that I coiuld not find any clue in the logfile: leaving out both empty curly braces generates no error message and the file typesets beautifully except for this one detail, a vertical instead of the desired horizontal arrangement of two figures. But when one leaves out only one of the empty curly braces the file does not typeset at all and there is a clear (well, fairly clear) error message. Like what happens for instance when one leaves out the {} for the caption after \placefigure[][]. A useful experience anyway. Thanks again. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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\savebuffer disappeared
by Mojca Miklavec 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hello Hans, The macro \savebuffer seems to have disappeared from mkiv. What's now the official way to write out chunks of code into a file? \startbuffer[abc] Module stopped working !?#$?!@! \stopbuffer \savebuffer[abc] Thanks, Mojca

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Combining figures
by Robert Blackstone 09 May '09

09 May '09

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM, <ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl>, Mojca Miklavec and Thomas Floeren wrote, respectively: > > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 21:53, Robert Blackstone wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am working on a text that contains many combined figures, some side by > > side, ?some arranged vertically. I use, following ?ConTeXt, an > excursion?, > > \startcombination[1*2] and \startcombination[2*1] respectively. The first > > one works, the second doesn?t, that is, it also places the figures one > above > > the other. It happens both with the ?MacTeX?-version of ConTeXt and with > the > > minimals. > > What can I do to place two figures side by side with a single caption? > > Both variants work for me. > > \starttext > \placefigure{some title} > {\startcombination[1*2] > {\framed[width=5cm]{}}{} > {\framed[width=5cm]{}}{} > \stopcombination} > \placefigure{some title} > {\startcombination[2*1] > {\framed[width=5cm]{}}{} > {\framed[width=5cm]{}}{} > \stopcombination} > \stoptext > > Mojca > > > ------------------------------ > > > For me normally \startcombination[2*1] .. works. MKII; Side by side > with a single caption. > Please tell me if I didnt understand your problem. > > Greetings > Tom Thanks to Mojca and Tom, With Mojca’s commands, {\framed[width=5cm]{}}{}, it works for me too. But I do not want the figures framed. When I replace that piece with {\externalfigure[NameofFigure]}, the figures are placed vertically, both with [2*1] and with [1*2]. I have uploaded a folder with a small testfile, which on my Mac shows this behaviour, as you can see in the pdf. (For convenience I have entered the two possibilities in the testfile, one of them commented out.) It can be downloaded from http://web.me.com/blackstone.robert/filechute/Combining_Figures.zip. Maybe there are some other errors in the file that I do not know of. Thanks for the attention. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Re: [NTG-context] Combining figures
by Robert Blackstone 09 May '09

09 May '09

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > \placefigure{some title} > {\placeontopofeachother > {\externalfigure[figure 1]} > {\externalfigure[figure 2]}} > > > \placefigure{some title} > {\hbox\placesidebyside > {\externalfigure[figure 1]} > {\externalfigure[figure 2]}} > > Wolfgang > and: > > \placefigure > [here,force][fig:Ex6]{Ux zeuhl, ma lamax quolt epp ik, korsa ozlint > vusp urfa,.} > \startcombination[2*1] > {\externalfigure[Ex6a]}{} > {\externalfigure[Ex6b]}{} > ^^ > \stopcombination > > Wolfgang Both work. Thank you. Stupid of me to forget or neglect a pair of empty curly braces.

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Combining figures.
by Robert Blackstone 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hi All,I am working on a text that contains many combined figures, some side by side, some arranged vertically. I use, following “ConTeXt, an excursion”, \startcombination[1*2] and \startcombination[2*1] respectively. The first one works, the second doesn’t, that is, it also places the figures one above the other. It happens both with the “MacTeX”-version of ConTeXt and with the minimals. What can I do to place two figures side by side with a single caption? Thanks in advance, Robert Blackstone

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Obeyspaces in tables
by paul morgan 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hi, Does \obeyspaces work in tables? I cannot determine how to make it do so. In the following example, I am unable to maintain the space between the words "T H E" and "P R O J E C T". \bTABLE[width=.5\hsize,frame=off] \bTR \bTD[align=right] {\it {\vi Contractor:}} \\ {\ss An organization} \\ {\ssx 100 West 27th Street, NY 10001} \eTD \bTD[ny=2][align=middle] {\obeyspaces {\ssa {\bf T H E P R O J E C T}}} \\ 100 East 10th Street, NY 10003 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[align=right] {\it {\vi Sub-contractor:}} \\ {\ss Another organization} \\ {\ssx 100 Stagg St., Brooklyn 11206} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE Thank you for any help or advice.

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good layout for tech manual
by Markus Hubig 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi @all, at the moment I'm writing a tech manual with a loooot of screenshots & plots. I've played around to find the perfect layout for my document but I'm not fully satisfied with what I have till now. --------8<-------schnipp----- \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setuplayout [topspace=25mm, bottomspace=50mm, backspace=30mm, leftmargin=23mm, rightmargin=23mm] --------8<-------schnapp----- The big problem I have is because of the many screenshots there's a lot of unused space in my document. Maybe some of you can give me a tip for a better layout ... Markus -- -------------------"it's like this"------ even samurai have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk

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Switching Layers on and off
by Markus Hubig 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi @all, l'm trying to some vertical text into the margins of my Document. But I don't wanna have this text on every page so I'm looking for a solution to switch it on or off ... I tried this but it doesn't work: *environment File:* \setupbackgrounds [leftpage] [background=Watermark-Left] \definelayer [Watermark-Left] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, state=stop] \setlayer [Watermark-Left] [hoffset=1cm, voffset=1cm] {\scale[sx=2,sy=3]{\rotate[rotation=-90.0]{margintext}}} *Project File:* \startbodymatter \setupbackgrounds[lefttpage][state=repeat] \stopbodymatter Maybe some knows a solution for this ... Markus -- -------------------"it's like this"------ even samurai have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk

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