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Re: [NTG-context] Getting ToC to match page numbering
by Duncan Hothersall 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

> \start > \setuppagenumbering[numberseparator=/] > \placecombinedlist[Xontents] > \stop Ah, I see, \placecombinedlist uses the value of numberseparator active at the time it is called! Thanks. > indeed, since left/right is cosmetics an dit's easier to add that than > to remov eit when you dont wan it, so: > > \setuplist[Appchapter][pagecommand=A] > > % or cleaner: pagecommand=\AppPrefix and \def\AppPrefix#1{A\enspace#1} I had experimented with that, and it certainly works (I chose the second option, but dropped the \enspace), BUT... the page numbers column in the table of contents is now mis-aligned. I've pasted my revised minimal test file below, and if you run that you can see that things have gone squiggly. The frontmatter and appendices are aligned further to the right than the chapters and backmatter. Weird. I looked at the source and as far as I can tell the default pagecommand is just \strut#1, so I don't understand how alignment has been changed by redefining it, but it certainly seems to have. > wikiable: Will do; would be great to fix (or at least understand) the alignment before I do though, for completeness. :-) Thanks, Duncan Minimal test, now mostly working thanks to Hans: ---- %% Tested on live.contextgarden \setupoutput[pdftex] %% change appendix numbering from Character to numbers \setupsection[section-2][appendixconversion=numbers] %% define new chapter-like heads for different sections \definehead[Frontchapter][chapter] \definehead[Appchapter][chapter] \definehead[Backchapter][chapter] %% set up individual content lists and labels \setuplist[Frontchapter][pagenumber=yes] \setuplabeltext[en][chapter={Module }] \setuplist[chapter][pagenumber=yes,chapternumber=yes,label=yes] \setuplabeltext[en][Appchapter={Appendix }] \def\AppPrefix#1{A#1} \setuplist[Appchapter][pagenumber=yes,chapternumber=yes,label=yes,pagecommand=\AppPrefix] \def\BackPrefix#1{I/#1} \setuplist[Backchapter][pagenumber=yes,pagecommand=\BackPrefix] %% set up the combined list \definecombinedlist[Xontents] [part,Frontchapter,chapter,Appchapter,Backchapter,section] [level=section,criterium=local] \setupcombinedlist[Xontents][alternative=b,aligntitle=yes,distance=4em] %% page numbering is output using the explicit \completepagenumber %% command in the footer because the final output has rather %% complicated footers which incorporate the page number. \setupfootertexts[text] [][{\inframed{\kern.3em\completepagenumber\kern.3em}}] [][{\inframed{\kern.3em\completepagenumber\kern.3em}\hfill}] \starttext \startfrontmatter %% page numbering is set up for each section \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative={singlesided,doublesided}, location=,chapternumber=no,partnumber=no,conversion=romannumerals] \title{Contents} \setuppagenumbering[numberseparator=/] \placecombinedlist[Xontents] \Frontchapter{Test Intro} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte\par} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter %% for the body and appendices we prefix the chapternumber and a '/' \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative={singlesided,doublesided},location=, way=bychapter,partnumber=no,chapternumber=yes,numberseparator={/}] \chapter{Test Chapter} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte\par} \chapter{Another Test Chapter} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte\par} \stopbodymatter \startappendices \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative={singlesided,doublesided},location=, way=bychapter,partnumber=no,left=A,chapternumber=yes,numberseparator={/}] \Appchapter{Test Appendix} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte\par} \stopappendices \startbackmatter %% for the backmatter we just prefix I/ (it's going to be the index) \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative={singlesided,doublesided}, location=,way=bychapter,left={I/}] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \Backchapter{Index} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte\par} \stopbackmatter \stoptext ----

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Re: [NTG-context] Getting ToC to match page numbering
by Duncan Hothersall 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

I have three issues where page number formatting in the table of contents is wrong compared to the pages themselves: 1. The separator character in the actual pagenumbers is "/". In the ToC it displays as a "-". 2. I used "left=A" on the pagenumbering command in the appendices because appendices are numbered A1, A2 etc. This gives the required output for the actual pagenumbers, but there is no 'A' prefix in the ToC. 3. Similarly in the backmatter I have added a 'I/' prefix to the pagenumber ("left={I/}"), which works on the pages but is not reflected in the ToC. The overall question is how to get each of these page numbering features repeated in the table of contents? Thanks. Minimal file follows. Duncan ---- %% Tested on live.contextgarden \setupoutput[pdftex] %% change appendix numbering from Character to numbers \setupsection[section-2][appendixconversion=numbers] %% define new chapter-like heads for different sections \definehead[Frontchapter][chapter] \definehead[Appchapter][chapter] \definehead[Backchapter][chapter] %% set up individual content lists and labels \setuplist[Frontchapter][pagenumber=yes] \setuplabeltext[en][chapter={Module }] \setuplist[chapter][pagenumber=yes,chapternumber=yes,label=yes] \setuplabeltext[en][Appchapter={Appendix }] \setuplist[Appchapter][pagenumber=yes,chapternumber=yes,label=yes] \setuplist[Backchapter][pagenumber=yes] %% set up the combined list \definecombinedlist[Xontents] [part,Frontchapter,chapter,Appchapter,Backchapter,section] [level=section,criterium=local] \setupcombinedlist[Xontents][alternative=b,aligntitle=yes,distance=4em] %% page numbering is output using the explicit \completepagenumber %% command in the footer because the final output has rather %% complicated footers which incorporate the page number. \setupfootertexts[text] [][{\inframed{\kern.3em\completepagenumber\kern.3em}}] [][{\inframed{\kern.3em\completepagenumber\kern.3em}\hfill}] \starttext \startfrontmatter %% page numbering is set up for each section \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative={singlesided,doublesided}, location=,chapternumber=no,partnumber=no,conversion=romannumerals] \title{Contents} \placecombinedlist[Xontents] \Frontchapter{Test Intro} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte\par} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter %% for the body and appendices we prefix the chapternumber and a '/' \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative={singlesided,doublesided},location=, way=bychapter,partnumber=no,chapternumber=yes,numberseparator={/}] \chapter{Test Chapter} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte\par} \chapter{Another Test Chapter} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte\par} \stopbodymatter \startappendices \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative={singlesided,doublesided},location=, way=bychapter,partnumber=no,left=A,chapternumber=yes,numberseparator={/}] \Appchapter{Test Appendix} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte\par} \stopappendices \startbackmatter %% for the backmatter we just prefix I/ (it's going to be the index) \setuppagenumbering[state=start,alternative={singlesided,doublesided}, location=,way=bychapter,left={I/}] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \Backchapter{Index} \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte\par} \stopbackmatter \stoptext ----

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Sparklines to be in ConTeXt?
by Tobias Wolf 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Hey, what do you people actually think about E. Tufte's Sparklines?² They are a great and innovative thing in my mind; both in the information mediating and the typographic sense. There's a bare-bones LaTeX package on CTAN, but when I think about it, this technique could find a perfect place in ConTeXt's framework (say MetaPost, XML, Scripting and so on. There's even some kind of Ruby implementation³). - Tobias ² http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR&topic_id=1 ³ http://redhanded.hobix.com/inspect/sparklinesForMinimalists.html

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\placelist is influensed by \completeregister ??
by Vit Zyka 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Dear Hans, Taco, ... I noticed strange behaviour. When I use \completeregister lists I have defined are ignored: ------------------------------ \defineregister[letter][letters] \definelist[somelist] \starttext Hello! \letter{Letter S} \writetolist[somelist]{List entry, part A}{List entry, part B} %\placeregister[letter] \completeregister[letter] \placelist[somelist] \stoptext --------------------------------- I discovered that the source of the bug is probably \headtext the line \expanded{\systemsuppliedchapter[\currentregister]{\noexpand\headtext{\currentregister}}}% in the \completeregister definition. Please can somebody have a look on it? vit ---------------------------------- \unprotect \def\docompleteregister[#1][#2]% {\iffirstargument \begingroup \edef\currentregister{#1}% % the expansion is needed because we don't want \v!'s in the tuo file (french) % \expanded{\systemsuppliedchapter[\currentregister]{\noexpand\headtext{\currentregister}}}% \placeregister[\currentregister][#2]% \page[\v!yes]% \endgroup \fi} \protect -- ======================================================= Ing. Vít Zýka, Ph.D. TYPOkvítek database publishing databazove publikovani data maintaining and typesetting in typographic quality priprava dat a jejich sazba v typograficke kvalite tel.: (+420) 777 198 189 www: http://typokvitek.com =======================================================

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Re: [NTG-context] Getting ToC to match page numbering
by Duncan Hothersall 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

> My guess would be (untested): > > \setuplist [part] [separator={/}] > \setuplist [chapter] [separator={/}] > \setuplist [section] [separator={/}] > \setuplist [subsection] [separator={/}] > \setuplist [subsubsection] [separator={/}] > \setuplist [subsubsubsection] [separator={/}] > \setuplist [subsubsubsubsection] [separator={/}] > > Taco Has no effect - tried this early on. Thanks for the suggestion. Seems like this *should* be the answer though... My current test file is a bit large, because I'm developing a whole style, but I'll work on a small one to demonstrate. Any other thoughts? Duncan

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Getting ToC to match page numbering
by Duncan Hothersall 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Hello all. I have set up page numbering for the bodymatter and appendices of my document with: \setuppagenumbering[way=bychapter,chapternumber=yes,numberseparator={/}] so that \completepagenumber in my footer lines shows, e.g. 1/3 for chapter 1 page 3. This works well for the actual page numbering, but in the table of contents the separator is shown as the default '-' rather than '/', and I can't seem to change it using separator={/}, numberseparator={/} or anything I can think of. Can anyone tell me how to get the table of contents to match the pages? Thanks! Duncan

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new minimals
by Hans Hagen 31 Jul '05

31 Jul '05

I uploaded new minimals etc. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Non-square roots?
by Brooks Moses 31 Jul '05

31 Jul '05

LaTeX offers the following way to write a cube root: $\sqrt[3]{x}$. Is there a way to do this in ConTeXt other than the TeX way of $\root 3\of x$? Also, Hans, if there isn't a direct way to do this, the following code is pretty much how LaTeX implements it, with an extra line at the top to make it work in ConTeXt. Would it be reasonable to put something like this (or something that implements this syntax) in m-newmat? \let\sqrtsign=\sqrt \def\sqrt{\@ifnextchar[\@sqrt\sqrtsign} \def\@sqrt[#1]{\root #1\of} - Brooks

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A couple more suggestions for m-newmat.
by Brooks Moses 31 Jul '05

31 Jul '05

While I'm thinking about it, here are a couple more things from LaTeX's math stuff that might be useful to include in m-newmat: The \stackrel command is listed as "a disguise for plain TeX's \buildrel", much like \frac is a "disguise" for \over: \def\stackrel#1#2{\mathrel{\mathop{#2}\limits^{#1}}} There's also the \lefteqn command: \def\lefteqn#1{\rlap{$\displaystyle #1$}} The \lefteqn command is useful for doing partly-aligned equations, of the sort that get displayed as: long left-hand-side = long right-hand-side part 1 + long right-hand-side part 2 + long right-hand-side part 3 Essentially, you'd write that in an eqalign (or something like it), as: \placeformula \startformula \eqalign{% \lefteqn{long left-hand-side}\qquad & \cr &= long right-hand-side part 1 \cr &\quad {}+ long right-hand-side part 2 \cr &\quad {}+ long right-hand-side part 3 \cr } \stopformula As can be seen, \lefteqn lets the long left-hand-side overlap the alignment point, without shifting it excessively to the right. It's not perfect -- for one thing, if the left-hand-side extends farther to the right than the right-hand-sides, the equation won't be centered -- but it's a good start and works right most of the time. :) - Brooks

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Adding webpage to the bibliography entries
by Mojca Miklavec 30 Jul '05

30 Jul '05

Hello, (mostly) Taco, I don't know what the whole functionality of the urlbst (CTAN/biblio/bibtex/contrib/urlbst/) package is, but it offers an entity @webpage for bibiliography style, with url, author, title, year, lastchecked and note. I think it also adds a field url to every(?) other entity. It would be great to be able to use something like \cite[url][our nice garden], which would be equivalent to something like \useURL[bib:our nice garden][http://contextgarden.net][][http://contextgarden.net] \from[bib:our nice garden] and also add URLs to the list of publications (if requested) at the end of the file. Support would probably only make sense in the ConTeXt-wrapped bibliographies (actually is url often already present in usual bib files). Perhaps some other users have some more comments/suggestions about it. Mojca

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