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Using defaults and indexes
by Cecil Westerhof 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

In my template I have: \long\def\letterclosing#1#2{ \blank[line]#1, \blank[3*line]#2 } And in the main file I have: \letterclosing{Hoogachtend}{Cecil Westerhof} But I would like to have this as the default, so I could use: \letterclosing Beside that I would like to have the possibility to use: \letterclosing{business} or \letterclosing{family} This would then use defined values. When the first parameter is filled, but not with a recognized value, then the second parameter should be filled. If not, the compilation of the file should generate an error. Is this something that can be done? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Litter in the Garden
by John Devereux 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

There appears to be a spam/hacking attack in progress on the context garden, e.g.: <http://texshow.contextgarden.net/command/special> <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaPost> :( -- John Devereux

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Howto make citations work in aps bibtex
by Jan-Erik Hägglöf 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hi All! Have an issue getting \cite command working properly. Working on a undergraduate thesis in physics and the bibliography. I have read in bibmod-doc.pdf(Tacos manual) and also on the wiki about how to make this work properly. So I did set this in the preamble of my document. It sees the referenser.bib and a proper *.bbl file is produced. \usemodule [bib] \usemodule[bibltx] \setupbibtex[database=referenser] \setuppublications [alternative=aps,criterium=all] \starttext \cite[ref] does only display [1] as a result. \stoptext I tried \cite[authoryear][ref] but it gets some annoying results. Because i want the result be like this in the output Example: These statements has been declared by [authorlastname,(year)] Please give a code sample how to make this work! Thanks in advance! //Janneman

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setupindenting
by Cecil Westerhof 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

With setupindenting I can define the level of indenting. But I want a different level of indentation for different paragraphs. How can I do this? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Defining a function
by Cecil Westerhof 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

I defined a command as descriped in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Processing_Lists. (\def\IHaveTo#1#2{I have to #1 on #2.\par}) If I define it in the tex-file that is processed it works. But when I put the definition in the template file that is used, it does not work. What do I need to do to define a command in a template file? -- Cecil Westerhof

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2NUP, spreading a table on 2 pages
by Antoine Junod 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hello List, I'm trying to design a little booklet on the form two A5 pages on a A4 sheet. It's not hard to do as it is well documented. The problem is the following: I would like to add a table (actually a people list with firstname, lastname, mobile, address and so on and so on) that is quite wide. The idea is to put it on a double page (ie, when you open the booklet, the table is on both the left and the right page). The easy way would be to 1) manually cut the table in two tables (a left one and a right one) that fit on a page and 2) to put them each on their own page, beeing sure the left one is on a left page. Here, the difficulty is to align both tables accross the pages. Another way would be to ask context to do that by himself. Is there a way to do that? Thanks for your reply, -AJ

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Re: [NTG-context] colored column
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hallo Hans, > > What is the problem here? > > maybe a typo? \{C{red} looks weird > See: ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Key "\{": Enclose template in braces. \NewFormatKey \{{% \!taDataColumnTemplate=\!thx{\!thx{\the\!taDataColumnTemplate}}% \ReadFormatKeys} ------------------------------------------------------------------- in thrd-tab.tex > > \starttable[o1|C{red}|] > \VL red \VL\SR > \stoptable This doesn't work! Try \starttable[o1|C{red}|c|] \VL red \VL should be black \VL\SR \stoptable Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] colored column
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hallo Hans, > > > What is the problem here? > > > > maybe a typo? \{C{red} looks weird > > > > See: > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > % Key "\{": Enclose template in braces. > \NewFormatKey \{{% > \!taDataColumnTemplate=\!thx{\!thx{\the\!taDataColumnTemplate}}% > \ReadFormatKeys} > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > in thrd-tab.tex Will this FormatKey be repaired? If yes, I would keep this in my example collection. Gruß, Wolfgang

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Layout for writing a letter
by Cecil Westerhof 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

I am just starting with working with ConTeXt. I was wondering if there is a good template for writing letters? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Math alignment problem
by Marcin Borkowski 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi all, I'd like to typeset a system of simultaneous equations. I want it to have a brace on the left (like "cases"), but inside I want it to have two columns aligned like "align". Also, I'd like to have the vertical space between the equations be small (like in cases), not so big as in align. How to do this? -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl)

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