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unicode and out-of-box usability
by Adam Lindsay 11 Jan '04

11 Jan '04

Hi, folks, I've been struggling through, trying to learn Unicode in ConTeXt. It's been instructive, at least. (Hope to make a MyWay about it...) There are a few weird things that made it difficult to learn, and I was wondering if someone could help explain why things are the way they are. In unic-ini: \chardef\utfunihashmode=0 % 1 = enabled Actually, if I understand things correctly, '1' means "disabled", which is what I preferred, having not yet created any unicode vectors. So the internal documentation there seems wrong, and I would argue the default case (0) makes it harder for beginners. More confusingly, in font-uni: \def\enableunicodefont#1% {\definefontsynonym[\s!Unicode][\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!file}]% \def\unicodescale {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!schaal}}% \def\unicodeheight {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!hoogte}}% \def\unicodedepth {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!diepte}}% \def\unicodedigits {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!conversie}}% \def\handleunicodeglyph {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!commando}}% %%%%%%%%%%% NEXT LINE \enableregime[unicode]% the following \relax's are realy needed \doifvalue{\??uc#1\c!interlinie}\v!ja\setupinterlinespace\relax \getvalue{\??uc#1\c!commandos}\relax} The \enableregime[unicode] runs in direct opposition with the \enableregime[utf] that normally goes at the start of (some of my) documents. As it stands, with the regime hard-coded, users have to put an \enableregime[utf] *after* the font declaration. That's awkward. The last proposed change/complaint is back in unic-ini, and came from my attempts to match the main body font with the unicode font. \def\utfunifontglyph#1% {\xdef\unidiv{\number\utfdiv{#1}}% \xdef\unimod{\number\utfmod{#1}}% \ifnum#1<\utf@i %%%% \unicodeasciicharacter\unimod \char\unimod % \unicodeascii\unimod \else\ifcsname\@@univector\unidiv\endcsname \csname\doutfunihash{\unidiv}{#1}\endcsname \else % so, these can be different fonts ! \unicodeglyph\unidiv\unimod % no \uchar (yet) \fi\fi} Basically, I'd like to use the \unicodeasciicharacter hook with this definition: \def\unicodeasciicharacter{\uchar{0}} (I'm not certain the above is release-quality code, but I've been testing it with a stripped down \utfunifontglyph that should be functionally equivalent.) Working with the unicode code makes me appreciate that it's really powerful part of ConTeXt. Thanks, Hans! gelukkig nieuwjaar, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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endnotes: ! Dimension too large. ??
by Steffen Wolfrum 10 Jan '04

10 Jan '04

Hi, when using \setupfootnotes[way=bychapter,location={text,none}] I get the following ERROR: <snip> ! Dimension too large. <recently read> \@@vn+footnote \placenotesasnone #1->\ifdim \ht #1 >\zeropoint \noteparameter \c!voor \setno... \dodoplacenotes ...tesintext \localpostponednotes \fi \fi \else \ifdim \ht \... \next1 #1,->\doprocessnotes {\dodoplacenotes }{#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... \doplacenotes ...2} \processnotes \dodoplacenotes \egroup ... l.8315 ? H I can't work with sizes bigger than about 19 feet. Continue and I'll use the largest value I can. <snip> OK, I have more than 700 footnotes - but when using "location=page" everything works fine. I was trying to find whether there is something missing when I just continue, and I found the TableOfContent is cut. But the text and the footnotes as well seem to be OK. Is there a patch helping me to avoid this error? Thank you, Steffen

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bold small caps
by Peter Münster 09 Jan '04

09 Jan '04

Hello, I just tried the Latin Modern font, but there are no bold small caps available, as in the EC fonts. Is it possible to add EC support to ConTeXt? TIA for any hint, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ------------------------------------ Film Search site: http://f-s.sf.net/

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extended ascii characters
by Gonçalo Morais 09 Jan '04

09 Jan '04

I would like to know how I may use extended ascii characters in context, for example character number 167. Thanks in advance Gonçalo -------------------------------------------- IPLNet WebMail http://www.mail.ipl.pt -------------------------------------------- "Campus Virtual" do IPL - Já Aceite ! http://www.net.ipl.pt/index.html#WIRELESS --------------------------------------------

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arabtext in Context
by R. Ermers 09 Jan '04

09 Jan '04

Hi Context users, A number of flaws in the ArabicTeX support for ConteXt (working under Miktex) have kept me from migrating to Context thus far. I guess I am not the only one. I sincerely hope that they can be fixed! Kind regards. Robert Ermers

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Re: footnotes are lost!! endnotes don't work ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 09 Jan '04

09 Jan '04

Uff ... Hans, thank you very much for this super-fast help! This was really first aid. Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 18:23 09/01/2004, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >as the commands "location=text" and "\placefootnotes" seemed to be > >unproblematic I decided to edit a book in ConTeXt with footnotes as > >endnotes - at the end of each chapter. > > > >Unfortunately there seems to be a bug: > >My first chapter has 57 footnotes. > >The first 17 footnotes fit (touching the bottom edge) on the first page > >(after the chapters end) > >and the following 40 are lost! > > > >Is this a known bug? > > > >Does anybody know what to do? > > For the moment use: > > \setupfootnotes[location={text,none}] > > \starttext > > \dorecurse{100}{test \footnote{test} \endgraf} > > \placefootnotes > > \stoptext > > else the notes get boxed and treated as a whole (so that they can have > backgrounds and so). > > Hans

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Problems with pagenumbering using frontpart/bodyart/...
by Holger Schöner 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

Hi, I think that I either found a bug, or am using some commands in an invalid way. What do you think about the following code: \setuplayout[location=duplex] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuppagenumbering[way=bytext,partnumber=no] \startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart] \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,left={--~},right={~--}] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] % \setuppagenumber[number=1] % *1 \setuppagenumber[number=0] % *2 \stopsectionblockenvironment \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=no] % *2 \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=no] % *2 \setupsectionblock[appendixpart][page=no] % *2 \setuphead[part][placehead=yes,alternative=middle,number=no,ownnumber=no,resetnumber=no] \definepagebreak [chapter] [yes,header,footer,right] \setuphead [part,chapter,title] [page=chapter] \starttext \startfrontmatter \title{abstract} \completecontent \page[yes,header,footer,left] % *2 \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Introduction} \chapter{Algorithms} \chapter{Discussion} \stopbodymatter \startappendices \chapter{Appendices} \stopappendices \stoptext I want to exclude only unmarked lines and those have a "*1" in their comment, but not the lines marked with "*2" at the end. Unfortunately then the empty page between the contents and the chapter introduction is not (as intended) completely emtpy, but has a page number: "-iv-". To avoid this I am using (following a tip posted here some months ago, I think) the lines \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=no] \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=no] \setupsectionblock[appendixpart][page=no] Unfortunately, now (and this, I think, is the bug) the last chapter or title before the end of the frontmatter (in this case the table of contents) does no longer receive roman page numbers, but already the normal ones (and page numbering also starts at this chapter, not with the "Introduction"). To compensate for this I am currently using a workaround (all the lines marked with "*2" instead the one marked with "*1"), basically avoiding the described effect by forcing a page break (found using trial and error such that it works regardless of the length of the table of contents). Can I somehow get rid of these workarounds, without the otherwise empty pages being numbered? Unfortunately, pages 6, 8, 9 still are numbered, although otherwise empty (and the last two are unnecessary anyway), but I guess the problem is the same as for the pages between frontmatter and bodypart. (Probably fiddling with the backmatter and using some forced page breaks could solve those as well.) I am using: ConTeXt ver: 2003.10.5 fmt: 2003.10.19 int: english mes: english -- Holger F. Schoener TU Berlin; Dept. IV: EE and Computer Science hfsch(a)cs.tu-berlin.de http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~hfsch/ Rooms FR2525 Tel: +49-30-314-73115, Fax: -73121 Office FR 2-1 Franklinstr. 28/29, D-10587 Berlin, Germany

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educational quiz check-in boxes
by olivier Turlier 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

Hi ConTeXers, Does anybody can show me a minimal but complete example of a quiz, using java, since I feel too old (big/wrong excuse!) for trying to understand javascript. My aim is to introduce a short auto-evaluation test after a theorical course + examples, in an interactive form (no server side storage of the results), in the way of acrotex package. I will share it (in french!), once working, on the the ConTeX ploned site. Thanks a lot. olivier Turlier

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how to produce an irregular typesetting area
by Ole Schoening 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

Hallo all, I'm trying to produce an irregular (more than 4 corners) typesetting (main text) area of the following shape: ... (header) .... _____________________________________ ( logo / | ... text area ... | overlay background) | | ________________________| | | | ... ... | | | | | ________________________| | |(logo | | /overlay background) | ... text area ... | |___________________________________| The reason of this wish is not to overwrite the displayed logos or overlay pictures, which are used to form a common layout for a brochure. Btw., the orientation of the logos / pictures changes from even to odd pages. The measures of the logos / pictures prohibit a solution just by putting them in the header or footer. Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance, Ole P.S.: Thanks a lot for this great software !

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ConTeXt at San Francisco conference?
by karl＠freefriends.org 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Dear ConTeXt folks, The TeX Users Group is sponsoring a user-oriented regional conference on the practical uses of TeX, July 19-22, 2004 in San Francisco. For the sake of publicity and announcements, we were wondering if there is sufficient interest in ConTeXt to list it as a conference topic. The primary topics of the conference will be LaTeX and AMS-LaTeX. However, we do want to include other TeX documentation systems, so that TeX users will be aware of and know how to use other tools. In previous TUG conferences Hans Hagen has held workshops on ConTeXt, which have been well-received. Some preliminary information is available at http://tug.org/practicaltex2004. We would like to hear from anyone who would like to attend, as either a speaker or delegate. Please reply to conferences(a)tug.org if you are interested. Thanks! Karl Berry (current TUG president, in this, um, context :)

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