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Bold Math (slightly improved solution)
by Aditya Mahajan 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Hi, I needed to use \boldsymbol recently, and studied the different solutions that have been posted on the mailing list. Using a \hbox wrapper seems to be the easiest way, but none of the definitions using \hbox took care of spacing around the symbols. Since ConTeXt now has equivalents of amsmath's \binrel@ and \binrel@@ commands, here is an improved definition of \boldsymbol. \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [boldmath] [latin-modern] [modern] [encoding=texnansi] \unprotect \def\boldsymbol#1% {\preparebinrel{#1}% \currentbinrel {\mathchoice {\hbox{\switchtoformulabodyfont [boldmath]$\m@th#1$}} {\hbox{\switchtoformulabodyfont [boldmath]$\m@th#1$}} {\hbox{\switchtoformulabodyfont [boldmath,script]$\m@th#1$}} {\hbox{\switchtoformulabodyfont[boldmath,scriptscript]$\m@th#1$}}}} \protect \starttext $a \times b$ $a \boldsymbol{\times} b$ \stoptext This is equivalent to \boldsymbol of amsbsy.sty. I have added this to the wiki, Aditya

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Enabling write 18 via texmfstart and texexec
by David Arnold 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

All, Is there a way to enable write18 via command line when compiling with texmfstart texexec filename?

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Prepare exams with ConTeXT
by batela 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Hello to all: I need to prepare an exam. The layout must be the following one: Questions ____page Scores ____page Answers For example: \startquestion In a body with mass=2 kg is applied a force of 2N. Which is the body acceleration? \startanswer write F = m a \score[5] solve a = F/m \score[4] find and write correctly a = 1 m/s2 \score[1] \stopanswer \stopquestion The result should be: Question 1: In a body with mass=2 kg is applied a force of 2N. Which is the body acceleration?. Question 2: Question 3: __________ Page___________ Scores Question 1 ..................... 10 points Question 2 ...................... 20 points Question 3 ...................... 20 points ___________Page____________ Criteria Question 1 write F = m a ........................................................ 5 points resolve a = F/m....................................................4 points find and write correctly a = 1 m/s2 ................... 1 points are there any way to make this a easy task? thanks a lot Have a nice day.

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Changing separator after chapter {or section) numbers
by Elliot Clifton 03 Jun '07

03 Jun '07

Hi, I need to change the separator after the number I tried: \setuphead[chapter][separator=.] \starttext \chapter{Chapter Title} \input knuth \stoptext But got: 1 Chapter Title Not the expected: 1. Chapter Title I also tried setting the separator using \setupheads[separator=.] Is the separator option broken, or am I doing something wrong? TIA, Elliot

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Plural Name on definefloat?
by David Arnold 03 Jun '07

03 Jun '07

All, Under what circumstances would you use the plural form of: \definefloat[figure][figures] ? Thanks.

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split rotated TABLE
by Henning Hraban Ramm 02 Jun '07

02 Jun '07

This was asked, but not answered before... I've a big TABLE that needs to be rotated to fit width, but must break over two or three pages. Caption should stay horizontally (but that's not important). I tried several attempts, some didn't display anything, none breaks the table, e.g.: \placetable[here,90][tab:religionen]{Götter}% {\framed[width=\textheight, height=\textwidth]{\getbuffer[tab- religionen]}} % rotation included in the placetable parameters; with "page" instead of "here" it didn't display anything. % another failed attempt: \rotate[width=\textheight, height=\textwidth, rotation=90]{% \placetable[here][tab:religionen]{Götter}{\getbuffer[tab-religionen]}% } As you can guess, the whole table is in a buffer: \startbuffer[tab-religionen] \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTABLEhead \bTR[bottomframe=on]\bTH Land \eTH\bTH Aspekt \eTH\bTH Aspekt \eTH \bTH Aspekt \eTH\bTH Aspekt \eTH\bTH Aspekt \eTH\bTH Aspekt \eTH\bTH Aspekt \eTH\bTH Aspekt \eTH\eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody ... \bTABLE[width=\textheight] sets the width of the first column to \textheight - WHY? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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footnotes not fit in page
by Hector Palacios 31 May '07

31 May '07

Hello I have the following problem with footnotes. I want the footnotes at the end of the document, and i have footnotes very long. But the footnotes placed with \placefootnotes not fit it in the page. I tested the next example in the live.contexgarden: %%%--------------------- \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setupfootnotes[location=text] \starttext Hello world! \dorecurse{6}{ \input tufte \footnote{\input knuth\relax} } \placefootnotes \stoptext %%-------------------------- Thanks by your atention -- Héctor -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kanns mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger

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updated Ubuntu edgy texlive+context backports
by Sanjoy Mahajan 31 May '07

31 May '07

I just updated the Ubuntu edgy backports of the texlive packages (for i386) and have been running them on my feisty laptop for half a day. The 'context' package provides version 2007.04.17 12:51. They are recompilations of the latest Ubuntu gutsy (7.10) packages, which are Norbert's latest Debian packages with a couple additions. Let me know if you have problems. To use the packages, add these lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list : deb http://web.mit.edu/download/sanjoy/texlive-backports/ edgy/ deb-src http://web.mit.edu/download/sanjoy/texlive-backports/ edgy/ Then apt-get update apt-get install cm-super texlive-fonts-recommended \ context context-nonfree context-doc-nonfree ('cm-super comes from the universe repositories) Sorry, no dapper (6.06) backports yet! A few tricky package-version obstacles remain. -Sanjoy

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brace in TABLE
by Henning Hraban Ramm 31 May '07

31 May '07

How do I get a combining brace over the first 5 table rows in this example before "je +8": \bTABLE[split=no] \bTR\bTD Sehen \eTD\bTD[nr=5, align=lohi] je +8 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD Hören \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD Riechen \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD Schmecken \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD Tasten \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD Sechster Sinn \eTD\bTD Zt/25 \eTD\eTR \eTABLE Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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multipars?
by David Arnold 31 May '07

31 May '07

All, I see an example of the use of multipars in a background developed in "It's in the Details," but I can't find any explanation of what multipars represents (or multilocs or friends). Can someone steer me to an explanation of what these things represent and how to use them? Thanks. David.

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