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FreeBSD 13.2
by Roger Mason 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

Hello, I've been away from ConTeXt for some time but now I want to install it on my FreeBSD 13.2 system(s) (I have not switched any machines to 14.0 yet). After unpacking, running the install scripts results in: ld-elf.so.1: /home/rmason/Software/Context/bin/mtxrun: Undefined symbol "__libc_start1(a)FBSD_1.7" I assume this is because mtxrun is compiled for FreeBSD 14.0. Thus, I need (I think) to compile it for 13.2. Are there instructions somewhere on how to do this? If I get a working installation I'm happy to contribute the FreeBSD 13.2 binaries back to the project, if someone will tell me how. Thanks, Roger

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Struggling with the distance and right margin text
by Ursula Hermann 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

Dear List, On the first page I had this example: \definepapersize[MyBook][width=19cm,height=29.7cm] \setuppapersize[MyBook][MyBook] % Prints on paper the size of MyBook %\setuppapersize[MyBook][A4] %Would print MyBook-size pages on A4 paper \setupbodyfont[modern, 12.50pt] \definemargindata [MyInMargin][inleft] \definemarginframed[MyInMargin][topframe=on,bottomframe=on,rulethickness=1pt,width=1.90cm] \defineenumeration [theorem] [ text=Theorem, title=yes, width=fit, distance=0.2em, alternative=serried, ] \definetextbackground[GrayBackground][ location=paragraph, background=color, backgroundcolor=lightgray, leftoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, rightoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, topoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, bottomoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, frame=off,] \margintext{\blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=1cm]\\} \blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=13.50cm] \starttext \margintext {1.1.1} {\bf Beispiel 3.2.17. (Vertauschung von All- und Existenzquantor).} \par So I have here an example from the second page: \definemargindata[inrightmargin][right][margin=margin,width=.50em\rightmarginwidth,style=,color=] \definemarginframed[MyInMargin][topframe=on,bottomframe=on,rulethickness=1pt, width=.90cm] \blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=13.40cm] {\blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=1cm, distance=.90cm]\par \defineenumeration [theorem] [ text=Theorem, title=yes, width=fit, distance=0.2em, alternative=serried, ] \inright{3.2.22} {\bf Theorem 3.2.22 (Rechenregeln für Quantoren)}. Seien \m P(\m x)und My problem here is that there is not the same distance between the the text and the margintext . And now the margintext should be on the right side. So maybe someone could help me please. Many thanks.

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Use of marking
by Thomas Meyer 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

HI folks, yesterday while reading along I learned how to suppress the chapter numbers in sections. That was something I was looking for myself. But how do you use marking correctly in startsection? I would like to see "1. Kapitel - 1. Aufgabe" in the header on the right. How can I automate this with marking? And how can I reduce the space between the number (1.) and the title (Kapitel or Aufgabe)? Thanks for your help Thomas

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offset with \copypages
by Peter Münster 21 Mar '24

21 Mar '24

Hi, When inserting pages with \copypages, the included pages are slightly shifted to the left and to the bottom. Minimal example: % test-file.tex: \setuplayout[page] \starttext \input tufte \vfill \input tufte \stoptext % test.tex: \starttext \copypages[test-file.pdf] \stoptext How could I avoid this offset please? TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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issue with \xmlinlineprettyprinttext
by Pablo Rodriguez 20 Mar '24

20 Mar '24

Dear list, I have the following sample: \startbuffer[demo] <doc> <code>a --b c</code> <inlinecode>a --b c</inlinecode> </doc> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:initialize \xmlsetsetup{#1}{doc|code|inlinecode}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:initialize} \startxmlsetups xml:doc \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:code \xmlprettyprinttext{#1}{none} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:inlinecode \xmlinlineprettyprinttext{#1}{none} \stopxmlsetups \definefontfamily[mainface][tt][TeX Gyre Cursor] [features={default, quality}] \setupbodyfont[mainface] \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{demo}{} \type{a --b c} \stoptext Using current latest (from 2024.03.11 09:34), LMTX transforms "--" in "–" (en-dash) only with \xmlinlineprettyprinttext (LuaTeX writes the en-dash in the three cases). This issue has been driving me crazy, since it took me a while what was different here. Is there something I can do to get \xmlinlineprettyprinttext as \xmlprettyprinttext in this point? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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command line arguments
by Hraban Ramm 20 Mar '24

20 Mar '24

Following up on the other imposition question, I'm trying to make an example file that shows an imposition schema according to command line arguments. This way it works for the number of pages, as used in \dorecurse{\Pages}{…}, but not for the imposition schema. Typesetting \Schema looks right, but \setuparranging doesn’t work. Where's my error? \def\Schema{\doifelsedocumentargument{schema}{\getdocumentargument{schema}}{1*8}} \def\Pages{\doifelsedocumentargument{numberofpages}{\getdocumentargument{numberofpages}}{16}} \setuparranging[\Schema] Find the full example attached, I call it like context --autopdf=auto --arrange impositiontest.tex --schema=TRYPTICHON --numberofpages=32 Hraban

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Re: can we do binding correction?
by Andres Conrado Montoya 20 Mar '24

20 Mar '24

There is some mention of a mechanism to get binding correction from an old article in the wiki about emulating the Koma TypeArea from LaTeX, you can see it in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/KOMA-scrartcl_Type_Area There is also some discussion about the subject in SE: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/38682/rules-of-thumb-for-size-of-bi… However, that discussion is 12 years old and the links referenced as sources are dead now. I have found with experience that a formula to calculate the binding correction for a saddle stitch binding, not more than 4 pages in a signature (only one fold in the middle) usually is 1/2 the circumference of a circle with radius *r*, being *r* the thickness of the paper times the amount of physical signatures. Something like: \frac{π \times t \times s}{2}. I have not tried a formula for more folds in a signature. The thing is, you have to recalculate for each signature fold. The innermost will have displacement zero, the second one a little bit more, the third a little bit more, and on and on until we reach the outermost signature. However, it is necessary to say that unless you are using a particularly thick paper, or you are using too many pages for a saddle stitch bind (my personal and professional opinion would be no more than 80, but better 60), the displacement is usually negligible. For example, let's say the paper thickness is 0.1 mm (which is 0.0001 meters) and there are 40 pages in 10 signatures. The radius would be 0.0001 meters per signature * 10 signatures = 0.001 meters. Then, half the circumference would be 1/2 * 3.14159 * 0.001 meters ≈ 0.0016 meters or 1.6mm at the last signature. Unless there was a displacement of more than, say, 4 mm, I wouldn't worry too much about it. -- Andrés Conrado Montoya Andi Kú andresconrado(a)gmail.com http://sesentaycuatro.com http://messier87.com http://chiquitico.org ---------------------------------------- Los fines no justifican los medios, porque la medida verdadera de nuestro carácter está dada por los medios que estamos dispuestos a utilizar, no por los fines que proclamamos. ---------------------------------------- “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’” — Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell

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can we do binding correction?
by Hraban Ramm 20 Mar '24

20 Mar '24

Hi, this question was rised in my ConTeXt beginners workshop* at Chemnitz Linux Days today: Can I configure binding correction for saddle-stitched or thread-bound booklets, and if, does it only work with arranging (imposition) or can I enable it somehow for the layout (if the printshop does the imposition)? Also I recognized I'm not sure about the difference of the layout parameters backspace and cutspace. Hraban *) 8 participants who endured 3 hours of me mostly talking… Further questions that I couldn't answer for sure were about PDF/A or PDF/UA and how color profiles are handled within ConTeXt and at printshops (my monitor is profiled, but I know I have to edit images "too bright" to have them look right in print). I need to investigate further before I can ask precise questions. When JUH yesterday had his shorter talk about "corporate publishing with Markdown and ConTeXt", the lecture hall was stuffed.

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Suppress the Chapter Number in the Section Numbering
by Jeroen 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

I am trying to suppress the chapter number in a section number as below as in 1., 2., etc instead of 1.1, 1.2, etc. Is there a simple way to achieve this? 1. The First Chapter 1. The First Section ... 2. The Second Section ... 2. The Second Chapter 1. The Third Section ... 2. The Fourth Section ...

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Comments placed in the margin
by Jeroen 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

For comments that are placed in the margin, the \inleft{}, \inouter{} etc will place text in the margin in bold. Can this text be placed in the margin in regular text or possibly in slightly smaller font size compared to the regular text in the document?

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