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expansion and doifelse
by Mohammad Hossein Bateni 30 Mar '25

30 Mar '25

Hello, Here's a MNWE: ------------------------------- \starttext \def\A{a} %\def\A{b} \ctxlua{LuaA("\doifelse{\A}{a}{ey}{bee}")} \stoptext ------------------------------- I put \expanded and \expandafter here and there, but couldn't get this to work. Is the problem due to \doifelse scanning its input? If yes, how can we handle this? Thanks, Mohammad

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wrong compressmethod=separator as stopper too?
by Pablo Rodriguez 28 Mar '25

28 Mar '25

Dear list, I have the following sample: \setuppapersize[A7] \setuplinenote[paragraph=yes, compressmethod=separator, compress=yes, compressseparator={\|\|}] \starttext \dorecurse{25} {a\linenote{b} } \stoptext The || separator is also used as a stopper. As far as I understood (and ConTeXt behaved like that last time I used this feature) the separator command replaces the repeated line number. It should not be used as an stopper (or to mark the separation with next line). Could anyone be so kind to confirm that this is unintended and that I’m not missing anything? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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Inconsistency in \sc
by Alan Caruanambo 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

\sc gets different results when changing the default font. See attached PDF. \starttext \startbuffer {\sc Use CaPs and SmAll caps (preserve casing)} \stopbuffer \getbuffer \setupbodyfont[dejavu] \getbuffer \crlf \setupbodyfont[ibmplex,rm] \getbuffer \stoptext

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mathmatrix: Aligning row baseline to text baseline
by Kirill Davidov 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

Greetings, This is little more than a pet peeve of mine, but the `location=normal` option for `mathmatrix` has the matrix's center row baseline misaligned with the baseline of the math around. The severity of the misalignment seems to correlate with interline space settings — more space, worse the misalignment. Is it possible to align the baselines? I've been spoiled by LaTeX's `tabularray` package — it has an undocumented value for its `baseline` key. Setting it to `M` does exactly what I want. This MWE demonstrates the misalignment with a double line spacing: % start MWE \setupinterlinespace[line=5.6ex] \startdocument \startformula \showboxes = \matrix{=} \stopformula \stopdocument % stop MWE Kirill

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footnotes with separate lines
by jbf 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

I am wondering if there is a solution to the problem I have just encountered. I have a footnote that requires separate lines. I have achieved that in a straightforward case as follows: \footnote{1770 – the discovery\\ 1778 – the invasion\\ 1824 – the war of extermination\\ 1901 – the Constitution} That works, but if I add \setupinteraction[state=start] to the file it does not. That particular footnote causes the compilation to go into an endless loop. All other footnotes are ok. I tried replacing the \\ with \crlf but that has the same result. I tried \start...\stoplines in the hope that this might work inside a footnote, but it doesn't. Of course, I do not understand what is happening between 'interaction' and what I am doing with this particular footnote, but clearly it is problematic. Any way I can get my separate lines and still have interaction working in that file? Julian

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automatic character comparison
by Pablo Rodriguez 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

Dear list, I have the following sample: \setuppapersize[A7] \starttext \definecolumnset [paral] [n=2] \definesubcolumnset[paral][1][1] \definesubcolumnset[paral][2][2] \startcolumnset[paral] \startsubcolumnset[1] abce \stopsubcolumnset \startsubcolumnset[2] abcd \stopsubcolumnset \flushsubcolumnsets[spread] \startsubcolumnset[1] abc% \inframed [background=color, backgroundcolor=lightgreen, frame=off] {e} \stopsubcolumnset \startsubcolumnset[2] abc% \inframed [background=color, backgroundcolor=lightred, frame=off] {d} \stopsubcolumnset \flushsubcolumnsets[spread] \stopcolumnset \stoptext What I want to achieve is automatic text comparison between versions of the same text (in different subcolumnsets). The first line shows different versions text. I wonder whether there would be an automatic way to get the \inframed highlighting with any character that differs from the other column (it might be different, or just missing or being added). I think this may be possible with ConTeXt, but I don’t know how to achieve it automagically. Any ideas on how to get this automatic text comparison? Many thanks in advance, Pablo

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Problem with: 0.222 222 222_3
by Ursula Hermann 26 Mar '25

26 Mar '25

Dear List, Me again, I have a question to this formula. I want to use 0.222 222 222_3, but I get 0.222222222_3. And another question too: how can I say, that I want not so much place between formula lines? \setuppapersize[A4] \setupbodyfont[thermes, 8pt] \starttext \startformula x_1 = 0.222 222 222_3 \stopformula \stoptext I want to have \startformula x_1= 0.222 222 222 x_1=0.222 222 222 \stopformula , but not \startformula a=b a=b \stopformula Many thanks for your help and tips. Uschi

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Problem with Named setuplayout
by Jethro Djan 25 Mar '25

25 Mar '25

Dear list, There seems to be a problem with setuplayout[name][ .. = ..]. I got this problem when I updated to the newest version. MWE: \setuplayout[examFirstPage][ topspace=7mm, top=5mm, header=10pt, headerdistance=2pt, height=280mm, width=160mm, margin=20mm, footerdistance=0pt, footer=0pt, ] \definemakeup[examFirstPage][ pagestate=start, footerstate=start, top=, ] \starttext Hello \stoptext When I remove "[examFirstPage]', it works fine. Has a change been introduced about how to use it this way? Yours sincerely, Jethro

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non standard tag for structure
by Pablo Rodriguez 25 Mar '25

25 Mar '25

Hans, with the following source, veraPDF-1.29.11 complains about a non-standard tag named /documentpart: \setuptagging[state=start] \setupbackend [format=PDF/A-3a, intent=sRGB IEC61966-2.1, level=0] \starttext whatever \pdfbackendactualtext{abc}{hoh} \stoptext The problematic object reads: 4 0 obj << /K 28 0 R /ParentTree 5 0 R /RoleMap << /break /NonStruct /document /Document /documentpart /DocumentFragment /navigationpage /NonStruct >> /Type /StructTreeRoot >> endobj If I replace (according to https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/pdfstandards/PDF32000_2008…) /documentpart with /Part, validation in veraPDF is perfectly fine. BTW, /DocumentFragment seems not to be included in PDF-1.7 (https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/pdfstandards/PDF32000_2008…) According to https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-model/blob/4c8e855b68546547971121281ff2a…, /DocumentFragment seems to be only available in PDF-2.0. Providing a patch for strc-tag.lmt would be easy, but this would affect to ua-2 (which may use /DocumentFragment). Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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Problem with \reference and \at
by Ursula Hermann 24 Mar '25

24 Mar '25

Dear List, If I compile the following example, \usecolors[svg] \setupinteraction [state=start, contrastcolor=cornflowerblue] \reference[other]{Seite 33} \it Hinweis: Beachten Sie die Konvention aus \at{Seite 33}[other] die Formuloierung. The Link is here, but I get : Seite 33 1. What can I do, to not have the 1, after the page Number? Cause If I try the same example, but use \goto, then it works, but I wanted the page number. Many Thanks Uschi

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