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Anchoring layer
by Thomas A. Schmitz 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

I'm trying to write a module that will mimick the behavior of crop.sty in LaTeX (providing fancier cropmarks than the ones given by the ConTeXt \setuplayout command). I'm done with the code for the cropmarks, and this is working fine. Now I want to have a status line in between the two top marks. How can I give an absolute position for a layer that will put this line midaligned and exactly, say 0.5cm above the level of the upper corners of the page? What I tried so far is: \composedlayer and something like \setlayer[y=2cm] - will only be on the first page, not repeated; \framed - I can give the frame a height like 1.3\textheight, but then the position will not be fixed, but change with the textheight I guess there must be a trivial solution, but I haven't found it yet... Best Thomas

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esoteric macro expansion bug in t-bib?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

esoteric macro expansion bug. Dear Taco, There is some esoteric macro expansion bug in the bib module (beyond my capability to understand). For example, the \Ibar macro works fine outside of the a= context. \getcommacommandsize can't seem to figure out that ## stands for an alignment preamble. Is there a way to protect the argument of a= ? Please try the following : ================ibar-bib.bbl==================== \startpublication[k=amini93, t=book, a=al-Am\={i}n\~i, y=1993, s=] \author[]{Mu\.hammad H\=ad\=i}[]{}{Al-Am\=in\=i} \title{Mu\`allimu \~a\~l-\v S\=i\`ah: a~l-\v Say\h h al-Muf\=id} %\pubname{} \city{Beirut} \pubyear{{1993}} \stoppublication =========================================== ================ibar-bib.tex==================== % output=pdf interface=en \usemodule[bib] \def\SHIFT#1{\dimen0=.00#1ex \multiply\dimen0 by\fontdimen1\font \kern-.0156\dimen0} % compensate for slant/italic in lower accents \def\USHIFT#1{\dimen0=.00#1ex \multiply\dimen0 by\fontdimen1\font \kern.0156\dimen0} % compensate for slant/italic in upper accents \def\IBAR% {\leavevmode\vbox{\offinterlineskip\lineskip0.295ex% \ialign{##\cr\USHIFT{120}\hfill\hbox to .21243em{\leaders\hrule height .07ex\hfill}\hfill\SHIFT{1}\cr\i\cr}}} \definecharacter imacron {\IBAR} % ConTeXt-dependent! \setupwhitespace[big] \starttext \cite[amini93] M\=irz\=a \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\leavevmode\placepublications}} \stoptext =========================================== I get the following error =========================================== systems : begin file ibar-bib at line 20 ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \commacommand. <to be read again> \cr \IBAR ...lineskip \lineskip 0.295ex\ialign {##\cr \USHIFT {120}\hfill \hbox ... \dohandleaccent ... #1\string #2\empty \endcsname \else \ifcsname \accentpre... \thebibauthors ->{al-Am\={i} n\~i} \getcommacommandsize [#1]->\edef \commacommand {#1 }\scratchtoks \expandafter... \dobibauthoryear ...acommandsize [\thebibauthors ] \@EA \processcommalist \@E... ... =========================================== Please advise-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] esoteric macro expansion bug in t-bib?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

You will need to add the following macro to the example file ibar-bib.tex. Once the expansion bug is fixed the file will compile. \def\h#1{{\oalign{\relax#1\crcr\hidewidth\SHIFT{34}% \vbox to.2ex{\hbox{\char'25}\vss}\hidewidth}}} Best Idris =============================================== =============================================== Dear Taco, There is some esoteric macro expansion bug in the bib module (beyond my capability to understand). For example, the \Ibar macro works fine outside of the a= context. \getcommacommandsize can't seem to figure out that ## stands for an alignment preamble. Is there a way to protect the argument of a= ? Please try the following : ================ibar-bib.bbl==================== \startpublication[k=amini93, t=book, a=al-Am\={i}n\~i, y=1993, s=] \author[]{Mu\.hammad H\=ad\=i}[]{}{Al-Am\=in\=i} \title{Mu\`allimu \~a\~l-\v S\=i\`ah: a~l-\v Say\h h al-Muf\=id} %\pubname{} \city{Beirut} \pubyear{{1993}} \stoppublication =========================================== ================ibar-bib.tex==================== % output=pdf interface=en \usemodule[bib] \def\SHIFT#1{\dimen0=.00#1ex \multiply\dimen0 by\fontdimen1\font \kern-.0156\dimen0} % compensate for slant/italic in lower accents \def\USHIFT#1{\dimen0=.00#1ex \multiply\dimen0 by\fontdimen1\font \kern.0156\dimen0} % compensate for slant/italic in upper accents \def\IBAR% {\leavevmode\vbox{\offinterlineskip\lineskip0.295ex% \ialign{##\cr\USHIFT{120}\hfill\hbox to .21243em{\leaders\hrule height .07ex\hfill}\hfill\SHIFT{1}\cr\i\cr}}} \definecharacter imacron {\IBAR} % ConTeXt-dependent! \setupwhitespace[big] \starttext \cite[amini93] M\=irz\=a \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\leavevmode\placepublications}} \stoptext =========================================== I get the following error =========================================== systems : begin file ibar-bib at line 20 ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \commacommand. <to be read again> \cr \IBAR ...lineskip \lineskip 0.295ex\ialign {##\cr \USHIFT {120}\hfill \hbox .. \dohandleaccent ... #1\string #2\empty \endcsname \else \ifcsname \accentpre... \thebibauthors ->{al-Am\={i} n\~i} \getcommacommandsize [#1]->\edef \commacommand {#1 }\scratchtoks \expandafter... \dobibauthoryear ...acommandsize [\thebibauthors ] \@EA \processcommalist \@E... .. =========================================== Please advise-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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URGENT: ConTeXt Wiki being actively sabotaged!
by Brooks Moses 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

It looks like someone is currently actively going through the Wiki and deleting pages (and creating some blank useless pages, such as the one named "Brooks"). Can someone block this before the damage gets worse? - Brooks

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Re: [NTG-context] Vowels with accent (teTeX - Linux)
by Jilani Khaldi 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

example: \mainlanguage[italian] \setupbodyfont[12pt] \setuppapersize[A4] \starttext perché, sarà, così, totò, più \stoptext texexec --pdf context.tex => PDF output = perch, sar, cos, tot, pi PDF example generated by ConTeXt http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com/context.pdf (6kb) PDF example generated by LaTeX http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com/latex.pdf (gives the expected output.) (6kb) locale => LANG=it_IT LC_CTYPE="it_IT" LC_NUMERIC="it_IT" LC_TIME="it_IT" LC_COLLATE="it_IT" LC_MONETARY="it_IT" LC_MESSAGES="it_IT" LC_PAPER="it_IT" LC_NAME="it_IT" LC_ADDRESS="it_IT" LC_TELEPHONE="it_IT" LC_MEASUREMENT="it_IT" LC_IDENTIFICATION="it_IT" LC_ALL=it_IT on Linux Slackware 10.2 Ciao! jk -- // Jilani KHALDI http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com

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Re: [NTG-context] Vowels with accent (teTeX - Linux)
by VnPenguin 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

On 10/9/05, Jilani Khaldi <jilani.khaldi1(a)virgilio.it> wrote: > Hi, > > >I don't know which "input encoding" do you use ? Me, I use always > >UTF-8 for all my ConTeXt doc here and I have ALWAYS all accented > >characters on it ;-) > > > > > Where can I see/set the "input encoding"? > Thank you. I used: \enableregime[utf] \setupencoding[default=t5] For UTF-8 input encoding with T5 for vietnamese. -- http://vnoss.org Vietnamese Open Source Software Community

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positions in externalfigure
by Alexander Lazic 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Hi, i have try to add a picture in my footer. what i need is: +-----------------------------------------+ | | |\pagenuber / \totalnumberofpages | +-----------------------------------------+ the hole box is the picture in the footer, there is on the left lower corner place for the pagenumbers. i have try: --- \startreusableMPgraphic{filledsquare} vardef redsquare = image ( interim linecap := butt; filldraw unitsquare xyscaled (300,300) withpen pencircle scaled 0 withcolor red ; ) enddef; \stopreusableMPgraphic \startreusableMPgraphic{exhoch} \includeMPgraphic{filledsquare} draw redsquare xysized (ExHeight-1,ExHeight-1) shifted (bbwidth(currentpicture)+.1mm,0) ; \stopreusableMPgraphic \defineoverlay [footbackground] [{\externalfigure[mypic][frame=on,factor=fit,width=\textwidth,height=2.34cm]}] \def\mypagenumber#1% {\rm \txx \useMPgraphic{exhoch} #1 / \totalnumberofpages } \setuppagenumbering[location={footer,left},command=\mypagenumber] \setupfootertexts[][{\framed[background=footbackground,frame=on]{}}] --- and many combinations of inframed + backgrounds from many manuals. I think i'am on the wrong way :-( Please can anyone help me to come to the right way or solution, thanx. greetings al ;-)

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bib module: author-date macros
by Idris Samawi Hamid 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Here are some macros that I use; I was wondering if the new bib module has a better way to implement the following, since this sort of thing is used quite frequently in the author-date system that t-bib defaults to. See the examples in the following file (three depend on \cite[year] which has a problem--see previous mail). I would really appreciate suggestions for improving this-) Best Idris ==========test-bib-macros.tex========== % output=pdf interface=en \setupwhitespace[big] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber={},samplesize=,author={\invertedauthor}] \setupcite[authoryears][left={(},inbetween={ }, right={)}] \def\citeauthoryear[#1]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][right={)},inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeyear[#1]{% {\cite[year][#1]% }% } \def\citeauthoryearpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][right={, #2)},inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeyearpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[year][right={, #2)},inbetween={ }]% \cite[year][#1]% }% } \def\citeauthorout[#1]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={)},inbetween={ (}]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeleft[#1]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={(}, right={, },inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeleftpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={(}, right={, #2; },inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citemiddle[#1]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, },inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeright[#1]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={)},inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citemiddlepage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, #2; },inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citerightpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \input test-bib.bbl \starttext % examples \dots as someone else pointed out \cite[afghani60]. \dots as someone else pointed out\citeauthoryear[afghani60]. %\dots as Afghani points out \cite[year][afghani60]. % crashes %\dots as Afghani points out \citeyear[afghani60]. % crashes %\citeyearpage[afghani60][p.~20]. % crashes \dots as someone else pointed out\citeauthoryearpage[afghani60][p.~20]. See \citeauthorout[afghani60]. See \citeauthoroutpage[afghani60][p.~20]. \dots as others have pointed out\citeleft[afghani60]% \citemiddle[afghani60]% \citeright[afghani60]. \dots as others have pointed out\citeleftpage[afghani60][p.~20]% \citemiddlepage[afghani60][p.~20]% \citerightpage[afghani60][p.~20]. % \citeypage[afghani60][p.~20] %(1956, p. 20) \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\placepublications}} \stoptext ========================================= ==============test-bib.bbl=============== \startpublication[k=afghani60, t=book, a=Afgh\=an\=i, y=1960, s=] \author[]{Sa\high{c}\=id}[]{}{Al-Afgh\=an\=i} \title{Asw\=aqu \~al-\high{c}Arab f\=i \~al-J\=ahiliyya\~h wa \~al-Isl\=am} \pubname{D\=aru \~al-Fikr} \city{Damascus} \pubyear{1960} \stoppublication ========================================= ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\setupregister -> \setupindex
by Giuseppe Bilotta 08 Oct '05

08 Oct '05

I just noticed that \setupindex is not exactly the same as \setupregister[index]; indeed, \setupindex does not allow the syntax \setupindex[form][options=values] whereas \setupregister[index][form][options=values] is valid. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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RE: [NTG-context] bib module: multiple bibs and alphabetical order
by Idris Samawi Hamid 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

Hi Taco, Thnx for working on this! I am confused about a couple of things though... >===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >There is one bbl per article, but only one (global) list >of references & publications, so, for now, your bbl files >need to define bib items with unique keys. I hope this is >workable for now? In the examples I sent there was no global list. Are you saying that I need to 1. move my multiple bbl files into one global bbl file; 2. if one reference is used in more than one article, then that reference must be duplicated in the global bbl file but with a different key each time. That is, if [afghani60] is used in two articles, then I must do something like \startpublication[k=afghani60-i,... \startpublication[k=afghani60-ii,... in the global file. Is this right or am I not getting it?-) >On the project structure: I believe a project file should be >pure virtual, so that: the components are the articles, the >product is the journal issue, and the project is the journals >entire lifespan. Hmm, I have been treating each issue of the journal as a distinct project in itself. Maybe for the next volume I'll try the more abstract approach. But I don't understand how this issue affects the bib issue. >Such a structure would need a different solution from the one >I have implemented now, so we may have to revisit this part >of the module in a few weeks. Is that ok? Ok, I appreciate all u've done up to now... >> 2. Can t-bib extract the references and place them in alphabetical order, or >> do I have to still organize my bbl files alphabetically by hand (I really hope >> not->)? Automatic alphabetizing bbl file data in the output has been one of my >> major wishes for t-bib. > >The current module cannot do this, because it is unfeasible to do >sorting in TeX macros. I will investigate sorting through texutil >or something similiar, but that will need more than a few days/weeks >to implement, so definately will not be ready before tuesday. That's ok, I have to work on the next issue right after the immediate (late) issue-) >Btw, if you use bibtex, then you can do > > \setupbibtex[sort=title] > >because then bibtex does the sorting for me. :-) Does this mean that I have to create a global .bib file instead of a global .bbl file? Do I have to go back to bibtex syntax? I have have been creating bbl files by hand upto now... By the way: I have been using mswincontext.zip as my stand-alone TeX installation, and no longer update fpTeX, etc. Since t-bib is a part of ConTeXt now, does it not make sense that BibTeX also be included, at least until it is no longer needed? I'll test things shortly: Thnx for all your help! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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