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column sets and column breaks
by David Arnold 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

All, What's the best way to do a column break with column sets? I am just using \column. Is that OK?

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columns -> columnsets introduces problems
by David Arnold 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hans et al, When we discovered that \column doesn't work reliably with \startcolumns[n=2] ... \stopcolumns, we made some changes to our style files: %\setupcolumns % [tolerance=stretch, % balance=yes, % blank=flexible, % rule=off, % distance=2.5em] \definecolumnset[exercises][n=2] \setupcolumnset [exercises] [distance=2.5em, balance=yes] \definecolumnset[answers][n=2] \setupcolumnset [answers] [distance=2.5em, balance=yes] %\def\startquestions{\exercises{Exercises}\startcolumns[n=2]} %\def\stopquestions{\stopcolumns} \def\startquestions{\exercises{Exercises}\startcolumnset[exercises]} \def\stopquestions{\stopcolumnset} %\def\placeanswers{% % \bgroup % \doifmodeelse{short} % { % \keepblocks[shortsubanswer,longsubanswer] % \answers{Answers}\vskip 1em\startcolumns[n=2] % \selectblocks[shortanswer][criterium=section] % \stopcolumns % } % { % \keepblocks[shortsubanswer,longsubanswer] % \answers{Solutions}\vskip 1em % \selectblocks[longanswer][criterium=section] % } % \egroup %} \def\placeanswers{% \bgroup \doifmodeelse{short} { \keepblocks[shortsubanswer,longsubanswer] \answers{Answers}\vskip 1em\startcolumnset[answers] \selectblocks[shortanswer][criterium=section] \stopcolumnset } { \keepblocks[shortsubanswer,longsubanswer] \answers{Solutions}\vskip 1em \selectblocks[longanswer][criterium=section] } \egroup } We can now no longer compile what we could formerly compile: systems : end file chapter0/equations at line 77 systems : begin file chapter0/equationsexercises at line 79 (../chapter0/equationsexercises.tex system : module newmat (line 31) already loaded system : module math=ext (line 32) already loaded system : module fig-base (line 33) already loaded [24.24] exercises : - Exercises ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> y \v!yes ->y es \doindecrement ...ned \else \ifx #2\relax \else #2 \fi \fi +#1\relax } \doifelse ... \!!stringa {#1}\edef \!!stringb {#2} \ifx \!!stringa \!! stringb... \doregister ...sterparameter \c!ownnumber }\v!yes {\dosingleempty \dodoregis... \Tindex #1->\index {#1}#1 ... l.104 \setnumber [page]{\pagenumberExercisesOneTwo} If I go into the offending file and comment out the line: \startquestions %\setnumber[page]{\pagenumberExercisesOneTwo} Compiling again: systems : end file chapter0/equations at line 77 systems : begin file chapter0/equationsexercises at line 79 (../chapter0/equationsexercises.tex system : module newmat (line 31) already loaded system : module math=ext (line 32) already loaded system : module fig-base (line 33) already loaded [24.24] exercises : - Exercises ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> y \v!yes ->y es \doindecrement ...ned \else \ifx #2\relax \else #2 \fi \fi +#1\relax } \doifelse ... \!!stringa {#1}\edef \!!stringb {#2} \ifx \!!stringa \!! stringb... \doregister ...sterparameter \c!ownnumber }\v!yes {\dosingleempty \dodoregis... \Tindex #1->\index {#1}#1 ... l.105 ? We are at a complete loss of what to do.

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lucida bold and startalign
by Renaud AUBIN 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hi all, Considering the following example, there is a problem with \bfm \omega in the align environment... I observed the same problem with the matrix environment... Any idea how to solve the problem ? \starttext \usetypescript[lucida] [texnansi] \usetypescript[lucidabfm] [texnansi] \usetypescript[lucidaboldmath][texnansi] \setupformulas[method=bold] \startformula[lucida] \tilde{\bfm \omega} \stopformula \startformula[lucida] \startalign[n=2, align={right,left}] \NC \tilde{\bfm \omega} \NC = a \NR \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext Renaud

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Column problem
by David Arnold 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hans et al, In making the final pass at our book, I have a problem with the \column command. In trying to start a new column to avoid a widow, I put a \column command at the end of the first of two columns on a page. The result is I get a start of a new column, but it is on a new page. Thus, page 1 has 1 column, the second column is blank, and the rest continues on page 2 in two column format! Help!

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Footnote not marked in narrative
by David Arnold 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

All, How can I have a footnote that is not marked in the narrative?

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Context 2006.08.04 released
by Taco Hoekwater 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Hello all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip The current release has version 2006.08.04 A very short list of changes is given below. As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes New features since 2006.07.28: * \framed (and -text) now support an [indenting=] key * support for russian hyphenation * new version of the bib module * \[lL]commaaccent character definitions Bugfixes: * column alignment in natural tables * image inclusion: * bounding box discovery using rli files fixed * fix for Aleph in global TRT documents * some still-needed definitions from former supp-pdf re-instated * disappearing subtextblocks * unicode table 002 fix * some identation problems removed Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater

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marking files for delition in the next "texutil/ctxtools --purge" run
by Mojca Miklavec 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Hello, is it possible to mark the files somehow, so that they are deleted in the next run of ctxtools --purge[files]? (I create a lot of temporary files with different macros and would like to get rid of them at the end.) Thanks, Mojca

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hyphenation by default off in lists ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Hi, is hyphenation by default off in lists? If so, why doesn't align={hyphenated,right} start the hyphening? \starttext %\setuplist[section][align={hyphenated,right}] \completecontent \section{\input tufte} \stoptext Steffen

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environment files and indenting
by Sanjoy Mahajan 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Not sure what I'm doing wrong here, but this is the minimal example I could make. The environment file ne.tex contains \startenvironment ne \setupindenting[medium,yes] \stopenvironment And the test file is \environment ne \starttext \placeformula\startformula x = 10 \stopformula \stoptext texexec'ing test.tex says: Overfull \hbox (17.62474pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 4--4 [][] But if I inline the environment file, to get \startenvironment ne \setupindenting[medium,yes] \stopenvironment \starttext \placeformula\startformula x = 10 \stopformula \stoptext then texexec doesn't produce any overfull \hbox. My guess is that the 17.6247pt overage is the amount of medium indenting, and somehow the display math mode is getting confused and trying to indent itself? -Sanjoy

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safe way of writing arguments
by Jano Kula 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Hi! Is it safe to leave spare comma at the end of the key=value list or other list of arguments? It is not nice, but when adding/commenting arguments in readable way (one per line) it's faster and while experimenting with parameters one doesn't have to care about the last comma adding or removing it back and forth, for example: \setuplayout[ grid=yes, %header=0mm, footer=7mm, %footerdistance=10mm, %cutspace=12mm, ] or \setuphead[ chapter, section, %subsection, %subsubsection, ][ textstyle=\ss, numberstyle=\ss, ] Thanks. Jano Kula

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