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preventing column break after section title
by Peter Münster 18 Apr '24

18 Apr '24

Hi, How could I prevent a column break after the second section title please? Minimal example: \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \section{title 1} \dorecurse{22}{bla\par} \section{title 2} % Here starts a new column. \startitemize \dorecurse{15}{\item bla} \stopitemize \stopcolumns \stoptext I’ve tried "\setuphead[section][after={\columnbreak[no]}]", but it does not help. TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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Most recent context doesn't like synctex?
by Jim 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

Hi, I have both TeXlive 2024 and the stand-alone ConTeXt distribution on my system. Recently, the stand-alone ConTeXt distribution seems to not create a synctex file any more. Specifically, /usr/local/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/context --once --texutil --synctex=1 --nonstop file.tex does not create a .synctex file (and deletes it, if it is there), whereas the TeXlive version /usr/local/texlive/2024/bin/x86_64-linux/context --once --texutil --synctex=1 --nonstop nwg_newsletter_2024_04.tex does create the .synctex file. The ConTeXt distribution version *does* create the file if --nonstop is *not* used. Knowing that, I can work around this for now, although emacs+auctex probably won't be happy without --nonstop. I updated the stand-alone ConTeXt a few minutes ago, so I'm up to date on that. Is this a bug introduced by some recent change? Thanks. Jim

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[ using horizontal table lines ]
by vm 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

I'm probably using the \starttable incorrectly: with this code I only get only *one* horizontal line in the header \starttable[|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|l|r|r|r|r|][bodyfont=9pt] \NC step\NC frac\NC ival\NC \NC\Use{4}[cI]{freq (Hz)}\NC~\NC\Use{4}[cI]{wavelength (m)}\AR \NC\DC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[4]\AR \NC 0 \NC 0.00 \NC 0.000 \NC 12.50\NC 13.75\NC 15.00\NC 12.25\NC A\ \NC 27.20\NC 24.73\NC 22.67\NC 27.76\AR \NC 1 \NC 0.08 \NC 0.115 \NC 13.94\NC 15.34\NC 16.73\NC 13.66\NC A\#\NC 24.38\NC 22.17\NC 20.32\NC 24.88\AR \NC 2 \NC 0.17 \NC 0.222 \NC 15.28\NC 16.81\NC 18.34\NC 14.97\NC B\ \NC 22.25\NC 20.23\NC 18.54\NC 22.71\AR \stoptable with this code I get two horizontal lines, but the second is too short. \starttable[|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|l|r|r|r|r|][bodyfont=9pt] \NC step\NC frac\NC ival\NC \NC\Use{4}[cI]{freq (Hz)}\NC~\NC\Use{4}[cI]{wavelength (m)}\AR \NC\DC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[3]\AR \NC 0 \NC 0.00 \NC 0.000 \NC 12.50\NC 13.75\NC 15.00\NC 12.25\NC A\ \NC 27.20\NC 24.73\NC 22.67\NC 27.76\AR \NC 1 \NC 0.08 \NC 0.115 \NC 13.94\NC 15.34\NC 16.73\NC 13.66\NC A\#\NC 24.38\NC 22.17\NC 20.32\NC 24.88\AR \NC 2 \NC 0.17 \NC 0.222 \NC 15.28\NC 16.81\NC 18.34\NC 14.97\NC B\ \NC 22.25\NC 20.23\NC 18.54\NC 22.71\AR \stoptable with this code I get two horizontal lines, with correct length, but above the wrong columns \starttable[|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|l|r|r|r|r|][bodyfont=9pt] \NC step\NC frac\NC ival\NC \NC\Use{4}[cI]{freq (Hz)}\NC~\NC\Use{4}[cI]{wavelength (m)}\AR \NC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[4]\AR \NC 0 \NC 0.00 \NC 0.000 \NC 12.50\NC 13.75\NC 15.00\NC 12.25\NC A\ \NC 27.20\NC 24.73\NC 22.67\NC 27.76\AR \NC 1 \NC 0.08 \NC 0.115 \NC 13.94\NC 15.34\NC 16.73\NC 13.66\NC A\#\NC 24.38\NC 22.17\NC 20.32\NC 24.88\AR \NC 2 \NC 0.17 \NC 0.222 \NC 15.28\NC 16.81\NC 18.34\NC 14.97\NC B\ \NC 22.25\NC 20.23\NC 18.54\NC 22.71\AR \stoptable diff: \NC\DC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[4]\AR \NC\DC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[3]\AR \NC\DC\DC\DL[4]\DL[4]\AR There is (probably) a correct way to solve this. .Floris

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\getmarking for top at the current page
by Biblio＠mail.de 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

Dear list, I've got a problem. Not the first one, but the first one to contribute to the list. ;) system> ConTeXt ver: 2024.04.01 08:59 LMTX fmt: 2024.4.12 int: english/english system> 'cont-new.mkxl' loaded %========== %========== \definehead[Datum][subsubsubject] \startsetups[Test] Pr=(\getmarking[Datum][previous])~ Nx=(\getmarking[Datum][next])~ Fi=(\getmarking[Datum][first])~ La=(\getmarking[Datum][last])~ Tp=(\getmarking[Datum][top])~ Bt=(\getmarking[Datum][bottom])~ Cu=(\getmarking[Datum][current])~ \stopsetups \setupheadertexts[text] [\setups{Test}][] [\setups{Test}][] \setuppagenumbering[location=footer] \starttext \startDatum[title={secA}]% \dorecurse{50}{aaa } \pagebreak \dorecurse{50}{aaa } \stopDatum \startDatum[title={secB}]% \dorecurse{630}{bbb } \stopDatum \startDatum[title={secC}]% \dorecurse{50}{ccc } \stopDatum \startDatum[title={secD}]% \dorecurse{50}{ddd } \stopDatum \startDatum[title={secE}]% \dorecurse{50}{eee } \stopDatum \stoptext %========== %========== I'd like to write the marking of the very first text at the current page to the header. That seems to be a bit tricky, at least for me. (I'm afraid that \getmarking[xxx][top] was intended for that and it is not feasible at all.) At page 1 the header should read "secA", at page 2 again "secA" (because the very first text belongs to "secA"), and at page 3 "secC" (because the very first text (the section title) belongs to "secC"). Unfortunatly \getmarking[][] does not behave like I expacted. I understand the keywords of \getmarking in the wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/getmarking) as listed below: • previous: marking at the bottom of the page BEFORE the current page (no page before then empty) • next: marking at the top of the page AFTER the current page (no page after then bottom of current page) • top: marking at the top of the current page • bottom: marking at the bottom of the current page • first: first marking that starts at the current page (no first than behaving like top) • last: last marking that starts at the current page (no last than behaving like bottom) • current: last stored marking while deciding on pagebreaking between the current page and the (potential) following page • default: first According to these thoughts, I started with \getmarking[Datum][top]. But "top" seems not to work, there is no difference between "top" and "first", "top" behaves like "first". My second thought: Generally \getmarking[Datum][first] would be perfect, so I've thought something like \doifelse{\fetchmark[Datum][next] of the page before the current page}{\fetchmark[Datum][previous]} {\getmarking[Datum][previous]} {\getmarking[Datum][first]} could work. (Honestly I don't know how to do "\fetchmark[Datum][next] of the page before the current page}". The first page would need a special treatment too.) But: At page 2 \getmarking[Datum][next] (Nx) contains "secB" but at top of page 3 is not "secB" but "secC". So \getmarking[Datum][next] does not seem to contain the correct information I need, therefore I don't get any further. Any ideas: How do I write the marking of the very first text at the current page to the header? Thank you in advance, Matthias

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Is TIFF image no longer supported?
by Joel 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

I have a document with PNG, JPG, and TIFF. When I try using \externalfigure[filename][frame=on, width=.6666\textwidth] it displays JPG and PNG fine, but the TIFF files don't render. Is TIFF not supported in ConTeXt anymore? --Joel

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Wiki - question about Command/ pages which start with a space character
by garulfo＠azules.eu 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

Hi all, Is it on purpose that 128 pages "https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/ xxxxxxxx" start with a space character ? I didn't find an explanation in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command For example, these two pages exist : - https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/startbuffer - https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/_startbuffer If it is on purpose: - What is the purpose, and which page should contain which documentation? If it is not: - Is there a way to automatically merge the content of the couple of pages, and to remove the "wrong" pages, or should it be done manually ? Thanks for your help. List : Command/ attachment Command/ background Command/ bar Command/ beginblock Command/ button Command/ characterkerning Command/ comment Command/ completecombinedlist Command/ completelistoffloats Command/ completelistofsorts Command/ completelistofsynonyms Command/ completeregister Command/ copylabeltext Command/ ctxfunction Command/ ctxfunctiondefinition Command/ currentlabel Command/ delimitedtext Command/ description Command/ enumeration Command/ fence Command/ fraction Command/ framed Command/ framedtext Command/ getbuffer Command/ hbox Command/ help Command/ high Command/ highlight Command/ label Command/ labellanguage Command/ labeltext Command/ labeltexts Command/ language Command/ leftlabeltext Command/ linenote Command/ low Command/ lowhigh Command/ lowmidhigh Command/ margindata Command/ mathcommand Command/ mathdoubleextensible Command/ mathextensible Command/ mathframed Command/ mathmatrix Command/ mathornament Command/ mathoverextensible Command/ mathovertextextensible Command/ mathradical Command/ mathtriplet Command/ mathunderextensible Command/ mathundertextextensible Command/ mathunstacked Command/ nextparagraphs Command/ note Command/ ornament Command/ paragraphs Command/ placecombinedlist Command/ placefloat Command/ placelistoffloats Command/ placelistofsorts Command/ placelistofsynonyms Command/ placement Command/ placepairedbox Command/ placeregister Command/ presetlabeltext Command/ referenceformat Command/ register Command/ rightlabeltext Command/ script Command/ section Command/ seeregister Command/ setupcombinedlist Command/ setupitemgroup Command/ setuplabeltext Command/ setuppairedbox Command/ setupregister Command/ shift Command/ sorting Command/ startattachment Command/ startbackground Command/ startbuffer Command/ startcolumnset Command/ startcomment Command/ startdelimitedtext Command/ startdescription Command/ starteffect Command/ startenumeration Command/ startfittingpage Command/ startfloattext Command/ startformula Command/ startframedtext Command/ starthelp Command/ startindentedtext Command/ startitemgroup Command/ startlabeltext Command/ startlinenote Command/ startlines Command/ startmakeup Command/ startmathalignment Command/ startmathcases Command/ startmathmatrix Command/ startmixedcolumns Command/ startnarrower Command/ startnote Command/ startpagecolumns Command/ startparagraphs Command/ startparallel Command/ startplacefloat Command/ startplacepairedbox Command/ startsection Command/ startsectionblock Command/ startstartstop Command/ startstop Command/ startstyle Command/ starttabulate Command/ starttextbackground Command/ starttyping Command/ startviewerlayer Command/ startxtable Command/ stoplinenote Command/ style Command/ synonym Command/ textbackground Command/ textnote Command/ tooltip Command/ type Command/ typebuffer Command/ unit

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unknown script 'mtx-context.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-context.lua
by denismaier＠mailbox.org 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

Hi, I wanted to test my earlier example (float placement) also with MKIV, but context ---luatex . give me this error message : unknown script 'mtx-context.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-context.lua How can I make it work? Best, Denis

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Back in the 90s
by Riviera Taylor 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

Hello, I was reading about the history of ConTeXt in the Not So Short Introduction To ConTeXt and I have a historical question. I noticed that the PDF specification was published in 1993 yet ConTeXt was invented in 1991. The book suggests that PDF output was handled by the PdfTeX engine in MKII in 2005. What sort of output did the software produce before PdfTeX was introduced? Was this the same as the output produced by the software before the publication of the PDF specification? Kind regards, Riviera she, her, hers https://wiki.contextgarden.net/User:River

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\luaescapestring in proper Lua
by Pablo Rodriguez 11 Apr '24

11 Apr '24

Dear list, I have the following sample: \starttext \startluacode function document.print_the_thing(str) context(str) end \stopluacode \unexpanded\def\PrintTheThing#1{% \ctxlua{document.print_the_thing([[\luaescapestring{#1}]])}} \PrintTheThing{a \em b {c}} \stoptext I wonder whether there is a proper way in the Lua code to avoid [[\luaescapestring{}]] in \ctxlua. BTW, [[\luaescapestring{}]] in \ctxlua works better for me, since in my real world document, I’m using str:match() to check whether the string ends with interrogation or exclamation marks ("%?!$"). Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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Figure reference failing
by Willi Egger 10 Apr '24

10 Apr '24

Hello, It seems, that the referencing mechanism is failing. I detected this with the January version and the current version: 2024.04.01 08:59. Could some one confirm this? Kind regards Willi

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