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array ?
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 12 Sep '04

12 Sep '04

Hi everyone, in latex is possible to work with matrices. How can I have matrix, array o something similar in ConTeXt ? I have been trying with \starttabulate \stoptabulate but my results are frankly poor? I also tried some suggestions from the wiki...about importing ams package from the distro and wrapping \begin \end latex macros with the equivalent ConText ones but I was not able to make it work with the info provided there. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks in advance !! Jose Ignacio Marín

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Typo in core-mis.tex
by Christopher Creutzig 11 Sep '04

11 Sep '04

Dear Hans, in core-mis.tex: \appendtoks \def\MetaPost{MetaPost}\to\simplifiedcommands \appendtoks \def\MetaPost{MetaFont}\to\simplifiedcommands \appendtoks \def\MetaPost{MetaFun}\to\simplifiedcommands I assume the macro commands should be \MetaFont and \MetaFun. regards, Christopher Creutzig

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new stuff for brave users
by Patrick Gundlach 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

Dear ConTeXt users, I have started another service. Please note that this is not finished yet and might change or get out of service once in a while (I have no experience with such a service). You can process your ConTeXt documents online. Just point your browser to http://live.contextgarden.net and type in your favourite ConTeXt document. Click on "typeset" and you will be able to donwload the pdf file. Please report any errors to me! And again: this service is still some kind of "beta". Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net texshow-web: http://texshow.contextgarden.net List archive: http://archive.contextgarden.net

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Another question regarding Fourier
by SebastianSturm＠t-online.de 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Hi, I noticed that \rightrightarrows still produces the CM double arrows when using the Fourier fonts. I know that it is possible to combine two single arrows and position them vertically using \raise and \lower, but I guess that there has to be some less clumsy solution. Or maybe the Fourier distribution is already supposed to include double arrows, in which case it would be a configuration issue? Best regards, Sebastian Sturm

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baseline alignment
by Vit Zyka 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Hallo, for text positioning in a layer I needed alignment to baseline. I do not known if I missed something but I did not find it in the current ConTeXt. So I did that. Baseline is choosen by capital 'B' in the position parameter. ('B' is adopted from grahicx LaTeX/plain package.) Also I add \ctop, \ltop, and \rtop in sence of \cbox, \lbox, and rbox, respectively. I suggest to add the macros to core-box and supp-box. Vit Zyka %-------------------------------------------- baseline alignment \setvalue{\??ab\??ab B}{\baselinebox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab Bl}{\baselineleftbox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab Bc}{\baselinecenterbox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab Br}{\baselinerightbox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab lB}{\leftbaselinebox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab cB}{\centerbaselinebox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab rB}{\rightbaselinebox} \def\baselinecenterbox#1% {\normalhbox {\setbox0\placedbox{#1}% \global\boxhdisplacement-.5\wd0 \global\advance\boxhdisplacement-\boxoffset \global\boxvdisplacement-\boxoffset \boxcursor\hskip\boxhdisplacement\raise-\boxvdisplacement\box0}} \def\baselineleftbox#1% {\normalhbox {\setbox0\placedbox{#1}% \global\boxhdisplacement-\wd0 \global\advance\boxhdisplacement-\boxoffset \global\boxvdisplacement-\boxoffset \boxcursor\hskip\boxhdisplacement\raise-\boxvdisplacement\box0}} \def\baselinerightbox#1% {\normalhbox {\setbox0\placedbox{#1}% \global\boxhdisplacement\boxoffset \global\boxvdisplacement-\boxoffset \boxcursor\hskip\boxhdisplacement\raise-\boxvdisplacement\box0}} \let\baselinebox=\baselinecenterbox \let\leftbaselinebox=\baselineleftbox \let\rightbaselinebox=\baselinerightbox %------------------------------ \ltop, \rtop, \ctop \def\lrctop#1#2#% {\vtop#2\bgroup \let\\=\endgraf \forgetall#1\let\next=} \def\ltop{\lrctop\raggedleft} \def\rtop{\lrctop\raggedright} \def\ctop{\lrctop\raggedcenter}

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column balancing question
by Michal Kvasnicka 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Good morning. One reason for me to switch to ConTeXt were its macros for typesetting in columns that are highly superior to any such macro I have ever seen. (I typeset almost all my documnts in two columns.) But I am not able to supress one strange feature: some pages are one more line longer than they should be. It happen randomly -- or at least I was not able to find out when it happens. Therefore I'm not able to prepare an minimal file. I thougth that setting \widowpenalty=0 \clubpenalty=0 \brokenpenalty=0 \normalbottom may help, but it does not. Can you tell me how to fix this very problem? Well, it does so on all versions of ConTeXt I have ever tried and both with teTeX and TeXLive distribution. Many thanks for your attention and help. Yours Michal Kvasnicka P.S. my document setting is like this (some example can be found at http://www.econ.muni.cz/~qasar/tmp/delba_prace.pdf) % output=pdf \setupbodyfont[ss,10pt] \setuplayout [topspace=2cm, height=fit, lines=55, backspace=15mm, width=fit, margin=0pt, header=3\baselineskip, footer=0pt, grid=yes] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setupheader[style={\em}] \setupheadertexts[Axel Leijonhufvud: Jednotlivec, trh a průmyslová dělba práce][pagenumber] \setupindenting[medium] \indenting[first] \setupfootnotes [location=columns, rule=off, before={\blank[3*line,small]}, after=] \setupfootnotedefinition [location=left,width=fit, sample={\mathematics{\star\star\star}\ },hang=1] \setupcolumns[balance=no] \widowpenalty=0 \clubpenalty=0 \brokenpenalty=0 \setuphead[section] [number=no, style={\bf}, before={\blank[3*line]}, after={\blank[line]}, indentnext=yes]

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row background (TABLE)
by Peter Rolf 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Hello, I need a way to set the background for a complete row in the TABLE environment. TABLE uses \framed for every single entry. But if I set the framed parameters right after \bTR, it sets the defaults for all the \bTD \eTD entries and not for that row. See example below to give you an idea. So what I need is an additional \framed for every row entry.... or any other miracle :) Greetings, Peter % interface=en output=pdftex \setupcolors[state=start] \startuniqueMPgraphic{row} save ow,oh,p ; path p ; ow:= \overlaywidth ; oh:= \overlayheight ; p:= unitsquare xyscaled(ow,oh) ; fill p withcolor yellow ; draw origin--(ow,0) yshifted oh withcolor blue ; clip currentpicture to boundingbox p ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[rowbg] [\uniqueMPgraphic{row}] \starttext % what I want (but in a TABLE) \framed[background={rowbg}, align={middle,lohi}, strut=no, offset=0pt]{% \setupframed[frame=off] \framed{Just}\framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=white]{a stupid}\framed{test}} \blank[big] % what I get \bTABLE \bTR [background={rowbg}, offset=0pt] \bTD Just \eTD \bTD [background=color,backgroundcolor=white] a stupid \eTD \bTD test \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext

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[BUG] location=hanging and frames
by Nikolai Weibull 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Frames with width=broad in something (enumeration) with a location=hanging don't abide to the adjusted width of the text, it is simply shifted to the left: \version[temporary] \setupframedtexts [width=broad] \defineenumeration [example] [location=hanging, text=Example] \starttext \startexample \startframedtext \starttyping % ls \stoptyping \stopframedtext \stopexample \stoptext To me it sounds like a simple bug, but perhaps this is intentional? nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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Absolute positioning of graphics on the page
by Giuseppe Bilotta 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Is this possible without using layers? IOW, it there some kind of command that allows: \somecommand[some setups]{content} where the setups specify where the content should be positioned, and towards where it should extend? (e.g., positioned in the top right corner, extending to the bottom left) This can be achieved via layers, but is it possible without? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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footnotes and tables
by Peter Münster 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

Hello, is there a possibility to use footnotes in tables? Unfortunately, the table gets printed over the footnote in the following example: \def\Line{\NC \tex{HL} \NC horizontal line \NC\AR} \starttext \starttablehead \HL \NC command \NC meaning \NC\SR \HL \stoptablehead \starttabletail \HL \stoptabletail \starttables[|l|l|] \NC \tex{NC} \NC next column\footnote{A footnote}\NC\AR \dorecurse{40}{\Line} \stoptables \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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