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afterpage
by Paul Jones 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hello, I have used Latex in the past and have the following code that inserts information on certain pages using afterpage. Is there some way to do a similar thing in context? \usepackage{afterpage} \newcommand{\insertpagea}{\vbox to \textheight{\vfill This page inserted on page 3 \vfill}} \newcommand{\insertpageb}{\vbox to \textheight{\vfill This page inserted on page 4 \vfill}} \newcommand{\incpage}{\ifthenelse{\value{page}=3}{\insertpagea}{% \ifthenelse{\value{page}=4}{\insertpageb}{% \afterpage{\incpage}}}} \afterpage{\incpage} \begin{document} . . . \end{document} I am not sure if this could be done at a different level also, maybe with texexec or something. I basically have a requirement to insert content into a document on a specific page. After doing so the table of contents must still be correct. I am still fairly new in the Tex world so any help you can give will be very much appreciated. Paul

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strutheight and (german) umlauts
by Peter Rolf 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hi, I just run into the problem, that \strutheight is lower than the height of some german umlauts (ÄÖÜ). % ----- \setupoutput[pdftex] \mainlanguage[german] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \showstruts \def\FOO#1{\framed[frame=off,background=color,backgroundcolor=green]{#1\strut}} \hbox{\FOO{AOU}\FOO{ÄÖÜ}} \stoptext % ----- Is this intended (and if so, why)? I need this for several boxes with a mp overlay as background and centered text. The height of the boxes is equal, so all text should be placed on the same baseline. Currently I box the text and set the height manually to \strutheight. But a more "global" solution would be prefered. Should I define my own gfx strut or just add one of those umlauts to \setfontstrut or ...? Dunno what is the best solution. Greetings, Peter

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comment flush?
by nico 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hello, There's a strange behaviour with comments when using \startcomment...\stopcomment. In some cases the comments are skipped. The comment always appears with \comment{...}. Here is a summary of the tests I've done: Case OK: comment starting a paragraph Case KO: comment at the end of a single paragraph Case OK: another paragraph follows the comment Case KO: the comment is within a single paragraph Case NOK: the comment appears (not in the last paragraph), but not in the middle of the paragraph, but at the end. Case OK: comment starting a paragraph \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen[options=max] \starttext \startcomment blah blah blah blah blah blah \stopcomment \input tufte \stoptext Case KO: comment at the end of a single paragraph \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen[options=max] \starttext \input tufte \startcomment blah blah blah blah blah blah \stopcomment \stoptext Case OK: another paragraph follows the comment \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen[options=max] \starttext \input tufte \startcomment blah blah blah blah blah blah \stopcomment \input tufte \stoptext Case KO: the comment is within a single paragraph \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen[options=max] \starttext \input tufte \startcomment blah blah blah blah blah blah \stopcomment \input tufte \stoptext Case NOK: the comment appears, but not in the middle of the paragraph, but at the end \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen[options=max] \starttext \input tufte \startcomment blah blah blah blah blah blah \stopcomment \input tufte \input tufte \stoptext Regards, BG

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Re: [NTG-context] Layout and textwidth/textmargin
by wwl＠musensturm.de 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

> Well, I start from the beginning with odd/even layout setting, and > the > following does not work. The behaviour I see is that only the odd > setting > is used. What is wrong in there? > > \definelayout[odd] > [width=middle, > backspace=7cm, > cutspace=5cm] > > \definelayout[even] > [backspace=8cm, > cutspace=2cm, > width=middle] > > \setuplayout > > %\showlayout > > \starttext > \dorecurse{4}{ > \section{Hello} > \input knuth \endgraf > \subsection{Sub Hello} > \input tufte \endgraf} > \stoptext Hallo! This doesn't work here, too! The wiki said it should work. So, maybe there ist something broken in the meantime. In 'page-lay.tex' I found something with \setuplayout[odd][state=stop] \setuplayout[even][state=stop] so a.) Not alone \definelayout but also \setuplayout should work with odd|even. b.) Because there is something to stop here, there may be some need to start it? Btw. \definelayout[1][] doesn't work too. Wolfgang

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XML-lookahead
by Sjoerd Siebinga 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

Hi all, Is it possible to use something like \doifnextcharelse for xml- environments or is there a clever work-around? I need to know what the next tag is in order to decide if a linebreak needs to be inserted. For example: \defineXMLenvironment [av] {} {} % linebreak unless followed by <liste>-tag \defineXMLenvironment [liste] {} {\crlf} % always a linebreak \startXMLdata <av> text </av> <liste> 15 </liste>  <av> text </av>  \stopXMLdata Regards, Sjoerd

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\definesomething?
by Pepe Barbe 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

Hello, In the ConTeXt manuales there is a reference to \definesomething as a way to create new commands(?)/variables(?). The truth is that I haven't bee able to truly understand if this is a generic example or I can define my own commands with this and how the syntax would be used. I would appreciate if anyone can clarify this to me. Thanks, Pepe

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Layout and textwidth/textmargin
by nico 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

Hello, I wonder if it is possible to setup a layout with these requirements: - it can be doublesided, that is, when doublesided the left margin (LM) and right margin (RM) are different and mirrored on right/left pages. - the headings (section, etc.) start just after the left margin. - the text body has an extra left text margin (TM) that is not mirrored. Here is an example of the expected output in doublesided mode: Left Page: LM TM RM |<--7--><-- 8--> <-5->| | 1. This is a Title | | | | This is the text body | | that has a bigger left | | margin. | Right Page: RM TM LM |<-5-><-- 8--> <--7-->| | The test continues on | | This page. | | | | 2. Another Title | | | For singlesided documents I can play with a setup like this (the margindistances should be taken into account too): \setuphead[section][margin=-TM] \setuplayout[leftmargin=TM+LM, rightmargin=RM, backspace=TM+LM, width=\paperwidth-(RM+TM+LM)] For doublesided documents I thought about using textwidth or textmargin, but in this case the text margin is applied on left and right (the text is in the middle). Should I play with other setup parameters? What is the best way to achieve this? Thanks for any hint, Regards, BG

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Mixed Case Abbreviations
by Pepe Barbe 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

Hello, Is it possible to have different cases in an abbreviation? For example mRNA. Thanks, Pepe

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part
by Horacio Suarez 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

Hello I need a head type, a Part. Centered With some space abobe As big as \chapter or bigger Appear in that part left page headers Should I Define a new head \part based? I canŽt erase the part number in the header. Appears the partnumber-pagenumber. or define a new paragraph? Or modify \part? thankyou very much. _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/

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Re: [NTG-context] 2DOWN imposition gives blank pages
by wwl＠musensturm.de 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

> The following produces a first page with p.1 on the right half, but > a blank 2nd page: > > \setuppapersize[A5,landscape][A4,landscape] > \setuparranging[2DOWN,rotated] > \starttext > \input tufte > \stoptext > > That looks okay, except for the blank 2nd page. This makes sense only with duplex printing. So the second blank page is ok. > \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] > \setuparranging[2UP] > \starttext > \input tufte > \page > \input tufte > \stoptext > > produces a two-page document: > > p.1: | | 1 | (i.e. blank left half, and original p.1 on the right > half) > p.2: | 2 | | (i.e. original p.2 on left half, blank right half) This is ok, too. Print it in duplex (flip over short side) fold it and you will see. > So in case I've confused the directions of 2UP and 2DOWN, I also > tried: > > \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] > \setuparranging[2DOWN] > \starttext > \input tufte > \page > \input tufte > \stoptext > > It produces: > > p.1: | | | > p.2: | 2 | | This makes no sense. > \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] > \setuparranging[2UP] > \starttext > \null\page > \input tufte > \page > \input tufte > \stoptext > > produces the following arrangement, which is close to what I > expect: > > p.1: | | 1 | (where the original p.1 is blank except for the page > num) > p.2: | 2 | 3 | Ok, too. Print it. Wolfgang

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