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aligned equation numbers in nath
by David Munger 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Hi Giuseppe, I know it's still work in progress, but could you suggest me some workaround in order to number individual aligned equations in nath? Maybe some \label command that would work like this way: \[ \startalign x^2 + y^2 &= a^2 \\ \label[eq:bogus] a^2 &= R^2 \stopalign \] In \in{equation}[eq:bogus], blah blah No matter wether the other aligned equations are numbered or not. All I wish is to be able to refer to a single equation. Or maybe there is a way to set a kind of anchor? \[ x^2 + y^2 \setanchor= a^2 \] \placeformula[eq:bogus] \[ a^2 \getanchor= R^2 \] so that both equal signs be aligned. Something like this would be very nice. Thanks in advance, David

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blank page in doublesided mode
by Alan Bowen 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

In doublesided mode ConTeXt seems to insert a blank page at the end of a document when there is an odd number of printed pages. I have checked the English documentation and so far I have only found out how to force a page in order to produce an even paged document. I have yet to come across anything that seems to show how to stop ConTeXt from adding a blank page. Any pointers will be very gratefully received. Alan

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bfmath in nath
by David Munger 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Hello, The following outputs a nice bold displayed omega (the first one), and a thin normal inline one (the second one): \usemodule [nath] \setupbodyfont [12pt] \definebodyfont [12pt] [mm] [mibf=cmmib10 sa 1] \starttext \[\bfmath \omega\] $\bfmath \omega$ \stoptext Note that replacing nath with amsl in \usemodule[nath] results in two bold omegas, so the problem has to be in t-nath.tex. Btw, this nath module is very useful to me. If I'd be able to do some debugging into it, I sure would. Could you please point me to some ConTeXt hacking references? Thanks in advance, David

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How to setup german documents?
by Stefan Wachter 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Hi all! I have a very basic question which occupies me for more than a week now: How to setup documents for german language properly, such that: 1. the used input encoding is ISO-8859-1, 2. german special character are available, and 3. german hyphenation patterns are used. The setup shown below does not work: TeX is not able to hyphenate "Änderungsabnahme" and the \quotedblbase symbol is broader than its counterpart the \quotedblleft symbol. Thanks for your attention and help, --Stefan \setupoutput[pdftex] \enableregime[il1] \usetypescript[times][ec] \mainlanguage[de] \starttext äÄöÖüÜß quotedblbase: \quotedblbase quotedblleft: \quotedblleft \showhyphens{Änderungsabnahme} \stoptext

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Again: "hanging" for a lot of paragraphs?
by Steffen Wolfrum 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Hi friends, there are for sure more sophisticated and more urgent problems, but my question to me is really a big problem. Isn't there anybody that knows a command or a work-around that could help? Thank you very much, Steffen Steffen Wolfrum <st.wolfrum(a)estfiles.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I know there is \starthanging xxxx \stophanging and \hangafter=1 \hangindent=1em xxxx. > Both commands need to be added to each affected paragraph again and again, right? > > Is there a way to have this hanging first line for a series of paragraphs - with just a kind of > > > \starthangingarea > > aaaaaa > > bbbbbb > > cccccc > > \stophangingarea > > > > In cases like bibliographies and alike this would speed up work a lot!! > > Thank you very much, > > Steffen Wolfrum > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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newbie question about xml
by Thomas A.Schmitz 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

It would be wonderful if I could find an easy way to translate my ConTeXt source-files to html. So I was wondering if going via xml would be a viable method. Unofrtunately, I know next to nothing about xml. I played a bit with Emacs nxml mode and tried to understand "xml in context," but a couple of stupid questions remain: 1) even with specialized tools like onyx or Emacs xml mode, will writing these source files ever be as easy as writing TeX-source? Is it worth the extra effort? 2) Can anybody point me to an example document written in xml that can be processed by ConTeXt? 3) If I understand "xml in context" correctly, one has to specify quite a few of the xml commands in a dtd so ConTeXt understands them. I had a look at x-contml.tex to see what such definitions should look like. So I wonder: if I have to tell ConTeXt about these commands anyway, wouldn't it be easier to simply write a perl script that does these conversions and translates TeX into xml? Sorry if these are dumb questions, but these are my very first attempt at xml. All best Thomas

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Re: Again: "hanging" for a lot of paragraphs?
by Steffen Wolfrum 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Hi Patrick, this indeed was a VERY quick hack! But just was I was looking for. Once again thank you very much for you help, Steffen Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> wrote: > Hi, > > Very quick hack: > > \starttext > \def\hangover{\hangafter=1\hangindent=1em }% sorry for the stupid macro name > > \definestartstop[hangingarea] > [before={\bgroup\appendtoks\hangover\to\everypar}, > after=\egroup] > > \starthangingarea > \input tufte > > \input tufte > > \stophangingarea > > \input tufte > \stoptext > > > > Patrick > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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problems with / bugs in naturals tables?
by Stefan Wachter 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Hi all! I try to use ConTeXt to set tables specified with the CALS table model. Everything that is needed for this task is provided by the natural tables. Yet, the results are rather unsatisfactory. In particular I encounter the following problems: 1. The table header that is to be repeated after every page break includes a lot of whitespace. This white space is not contained in the provided input. 2. The frames of cells are extended bellow the bottom margin if there is a nr-attribute greater than one and a page break is necessary. In order to illustrate these problems, I attach a ConTeXt file and the produced pdf. Does anyone know about these problems? Is there a workaround? Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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t-nath difficulty
by Gary Pajer 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

I'm taking a look at nath (via t-nath). Here's the very first thing I tried: In the following code, the first formula typesets as I want, and the second doesn't. But the syntax in the second looks correct. Bug or feature? or setup problem? \usemodule[nath] \starttext $ y = (1 + \frac{}{a}{b}) $ $ y = (1 + \frac{a}{b}) $ \stoptext

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live ConTeXt
by kopszak＠mnw.art.pl 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Good evening, As there are plenty of live linux distributions on CDs I was wondering if there is one that includes ConTeXt. It should be relatively easy to make one based on KNOPPIX (my computer is too weak though). Please, let me know if you find one. Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/

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