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verify if you are already postponing notes
by mf 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Dear list, I'm typesetting XHTML and there is a couple of cases (tables and math), where I use \postponenotes ... \flushnotes in both their XML setups. The problem arises when I have math inside the cell of a table, so I get those commands nested: \postponenotes % <table> element \postponenotes % <span class="math"> element inside a cell \flushnotes % </span> closing math \flushnotes % </table> closing table With CSS selectors or XML machinery I can find those corner cases, but something like this would be better because more general: \doifnotpostponingnotes{\postponenotes} \dofipostponingnotes{\flushnotes} Is there a way to define those \doif... macros? Massi

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LMTX problem with XML
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Hans, the following sample breaks compilation with latest after release from 2021.02.05 17:45: \startbuffer[demo] <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <body> <div id="in" class="section level1 frontmatter"> <h1>In</h1> </div> <div id="body" class="section level1 bodymatter"> <h1>Body</h1> </div> </body> </html> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:initialize \xmlsetsetup{#1} {html|body|div|h1} {xml:*} \xmlsetsetup{#1} {[contains(@class,'frontmatter')]} {xml:frontmatter} \xmlsetsetup{#1} {[contains(@class,'bodymatter')]} {xml:bodymatter} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:initialize} \startxmlsetups xml:html \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:body \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:frontmatter \startfrontmatter \xmlflush{#1} \stopfrontmatter \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:bodymatter \startbodymatter \xmlflush{#1} \stopbodymatter \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:h1 \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{demo}{} \stoptext Current latest from 2021.02.13 00:28 complains about argument of \xmlw having an extra }. I think this may be a bug in ConTeXt. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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tikzpicture in margin
by Jigé 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Hi all. I'm trying to place a TikZ picture in the margin. Here is a small example: \usemodule[tikz] \setuplayout[backspace=4cm, topspace=2cm, height=middle] \starttext \input{lorem} \margintext{I have discovered a truly marvelous proof ... but this margin is too narrow to contain it.} \input{lorem} \inmargin{\externalfigure[cow] [width=\marginwidth]} % The above works. % The following does not: \input{lorem} \inmargin{ \starttikzpicture \draw[gray] (-2,0) grid (2,2) ; \draw plot [domain=-2:2, samples=50, smooth] (\x,{\x * \x}); \stoptikzpicture } \stoptext -> Undefined control sequence I tried using \startfigure, \hbox... no success. Actually the command \startmarginblock ... \stop... described in the ConText reference works with a TikZ picture. But the picture, in the margin, gets near the top of the page. I don't understand the meaning of the options (especially the difference between `location' and `align'). And is it `\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]'-aware ? Example: \usemodule[tikz] \setuplayout[backspace=4cm, topspace=2cm, height=middle] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \input{lorem} \inmargin{\externalfigure[cow] [width=\marginwidth]} \pagebreak \input{lorem} \input{lorem} \blank We would like the picture to go the the left of this paragraph. \setupmarginblocks[location=left,align=inner] \startmarginblock \starttikzpicture[scale=0.2] \draw[gray] (-2,0) grid (2,2) ; \draw plot [domain=-2:2, samples=50, smooth] (\x,{\x * \x}); \stoptikzpicture \stopmarginblock \stoptext Best regards

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Question about parsing XML and attributes (normally var.at.attrib) with a name with ':' in it
by Gerben Wierda 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

If I have an XML element like this: <A x=“one” attribute:B=“two"/> and it has been read in a lua variable foo, I can get at attribute x with foo.at.x But how do I get at attribute:B? Gerben Wierda (LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerbenwierda>) R&A Enterprise Architecture <https://ea.rna.nl/> (main site) Book: Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture <https://ea.rna.nl/the-book/> Book: Mastering ArchiMate <https://ea.rna.nl/the-book-edition-iii/>

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scope
by Hans Hagen 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

Hi, When you allocate a new register (with e.g. \newdimen) that is always a global definition (kind of a tex tradition). As a (likely to stay) experiment I added \newlocaldimen \foo \setnewlocaldimen \foo 123pt and comparable helpers. Some more can be found in lowlevel-scope.pdf in the distribution. The idea is that users who write their own macros that need 'variables' can define them locally without the danger for clashing with system ones (or each others macros). Actually, global assignments only affects that variable, so one can do \bgroup \newlocaldimen\foo \bgroup \global\foo=456pt \egroup ... use \foo \egroup Best use names like \mydimena etc in order nnot to clash with system ones (that can be protected against overload). In spite of redefinitions each time a macro using it gets expanded, performance is quite okay. It falls in the category "interesting hacks but maybe not needed because never asked for", but on the other hand, sometimes availability creates retrospective demand. (I also did \newlocalread and added some extra random access hackery to \read, so who knows what users will abuse that feature for.) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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parsing multi-valued parameters
by Werner Hennrich 13 Feb '21

13 Feb '21

Hello everyone, please can you give me pointers on how to easiest parse multi-valued \dummyparameter{...} like in \something[...,weather={sunshine, rain, hail},...] so that I can test for e.g. rain, sunshine, wind, hail, mist, fog, storm etc, each if it is present or not? ...so I can keep my number of parameters down and my parameter list as simple as possible. I have no idea what to search for in the docs or (better) in the test cases / samples. Would be great if you could just let me know where to look or what to sarch for Thank you very much! Werner

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Loop?
by Angel M Alganza 13 Feb '21

13 Feb '21

Hello: I am trying to print a list of names always followed by the same info (generated by a new command). At the moment, I have all the names followed by the command like so: Person Number One \mycommand Person Number Two \mycommand Person Number Three \mycommand Person Number Four \mycommand Person Number Five \mycommand . . . I'd rather have the list of people stored somewhere (a list? an array?) and loop through it and then inserting \mynewcommand at compilation time. That way, when I need to replace the list of people with a new one, I'd just do that instead of building the above structure again and again. Is it possible to do that with just ConTeXt or would I need to resort to Lua. I guess it should be possible both ways, but I haven't figure out how to do it. Any pointer, please? Thank you so much in advance. Cheers, Ángel

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Font issue with page header with latest LMTX beta 2021-02-12 18:48
by Joseph 13 Feb '21

13 Feb '21

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[pagenumbers in pdf]
by Floris van Manen 13 Feb '21

13 Feb '21

When I generate a serie of TEXpages, those pages end up with the same page number in the pdf. 1, 1, 1 \starttext \def\blz{\begingroup \startTEXpage 1 2 3 \stopTEXpage \endgroup} \blz \blz \blz \stoptext If I insert a \strut at the start, I get pagenumbering 1, 2, 3, 1 \starttext \def\blz{\begingroup \startTEXpage 1 2 3 \stopTEXpage \endgroup} \strut \blz \blz \blz \stoptext As in most software, there is a probable reason for that :-) But how to get the pages numbered 1, 2, 3 without an empty page at the start? .F

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style option not working for headings
by Pablo Rodriguez 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

Dear Hans, I’m afraid that style doesn’t work for headings in current latest (2021.02.12 18:49): \setuphead[chapter][style=\it] \setuphead[section][style=\it] \starttext \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section} \input zapf \stoptext Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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