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Inserting a mini toc into the chapter heading
by Guy Worthington 17 Feb '03

17 Feb '03

I'm stymied! I've looked at Hans' code for inserting a local toc into a chapter heading: http://ml-archives.mini.pw.edu.pl/ntg-context/msg04713.html I just can't get it to generate a local toc. Could someone please run the example. % output=pdftex \setuplist [section] [style=boldslanted, align=left, interaction=all, symbol=1, width=1em, pagenumber=no, before=, after=] \setuphead [chapter] [header=empty, style=BigHeadFont, alternative=command, command=\ContentsHead, page=right, after={\blank[2*big]}] \definefont[BigHeadFont][Serif at 36pt] \def\ContentsHead#1#2% {%\setupframed[frame=off] \framed[width=\hsize,offset=overlay] {\placesidebyside {\doifelsenothing{#1} {\framed[width=.6\hsize]{}} % dummy {\framed [width=.6\hsize,offset=1em,strut=no,align=right,background=screen] {In this chapter: \blank \placelist[section][criterium=chapter]}}} {\framed [width=.4\hsize,offset=1em,strut=no,align=left] {#1\par#2}}}} \starttext \title {Berend} \chapter {Berend} \section {Botje} \section {Botje} \section {Botje} \stoptext I've also a related question: Berend mentions a visual debugger, I want one! (by the way what is a visual debugger).

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\setupTABLE commands?
by Bruce D'Arcus 17 Feb '03

17 Feb '03

I've been looking for a summary of available commands in \setupTABLE, but can't find it. I had thought the following (modified from the nattab manual) would get me a table centered on the page, with spacing before and after, but it doesn't: \definecolor[back-1][r=.8,g=.8,b=.4] \definecolor[back-2][r=.8,g=.8,b=.6] \definecolor[back-3][r=.8,g=.8,b=.8] \setupTABLE[background=color, frame=off, framecolor=white, location=middle, spaecbefore=1*medium, spaceafter=1*medium] \setupTABLE[row][1] [rulethickness=2pt,bottomframe=on] \setupTABLE[row][1] [backgroundcolor=back-1] \setupTABLE[row][odd] [backgroundcolor=back-2] \setupTABLE[row][even][backgroundcolor=back-3] Bruce

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hyphenation with accented caharacters
by Henning Hraban Ramm 16 Feb '03

16 Feb '03

According to Hans' mail from 2002-08-29 ("hyphenation of words with accented characters") the following should work, but it doesn't: \hyphenation{ aus-zu-\uumlaut ben Gro\ssharp -bri-tan-nien } I get: ! Not a letter. \@texnansi@ssharp ->\char 223 l.23 \hyphenation{Gro\ssharp -bri-tan-nien} or: ! Improper \hyphenation will be flushed. \dontleavehmode ->\ifhmode \else \ifmmode \else { \mathsurround \z@ \everymat... \smashaccent #1->\dontleavehmode \bgroup \setbox \scratchbox \hbox {#1}\ifdi... l.22 \hyphenation{aus-zu-\uumlaut ben} What's wrong? Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- www.fiee.net/texnique/ www.ramm.ch/context/

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bibtex
by Idris S Hamid 15 Feb '03

15 Feb '03

Dear syndicate, I heard that there is a bibtex module for context somewhere, but I could not find an m-bib module anywhere in tex/base. Is there a bibtex how-to for ConTeXt anywhere? I have a LaTeX file to insert in the journal and I don't want my *.bib database to go to waste;-) Secondary question: Assuming that there IS a bibtex module, can I place separate bibliographies from a single .bib file for separate chapters. That is, from a single journal.bib, can I generate a separate bibliography for each article? Idris

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page references
by Idris S Hamid 15 Feb '03

15 Feb '03

Dear posse, For this journal, I would like to have a description of the journal placed at the bottom of the first page of each article. This description gives the name of the journal, volume, year, publisher, and the range of pages over which the article spans. Here is what I came up with: \def\JSSlogo{\vbox {\noindent{\it \IJSS} {\bf 1} (2003) \at[#1]--\at[#2]}\\ \noindent\copyright{} 2003 {\it by Global Scholarly Publications}} \definelogo[ijss][footer][left][command=\JSSlogo] \setuphead[title][after={\placelogos[ijss]} This seems to work in regular ConTeXt, but is there a simpler way? In Gamma I have a problem: the \at[#1]--\at[#2] line does not work with \pagereference[]. Here is a test: ============ \starttext \at{}[test1]--\at{}[test2] \pagereference[test1] \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \input knuth \par} \pagereference[test2] \stoptext ============= and the error: ============= ! Argument of \dodododoinatreference has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \doifelsenothing #1->\edef \!!stringa {#1} \ifx \!!stringa \empty \expandafte... <argument> ...ce \ignorespaces \rightofreference } {\egroup \dosymbolreferenc... \doifreferencefoundelse ...ce \ifreferencefound #2 \else #3\fi \egroup \dores... \dododododoinatreference ...eference {#1}{#2}[#3]} \referentieinfo <{#3}\glob... ... l.3 \at{}[test1] --\at{}[test2] ? ============= it appears to work if press `q' and enter, but that's no way to run TeX... Idris

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contents pagebreak before new part
by Ron van Ostayen 14 Feb '03

14 Feb '03

Hello all, Our conference proceedings are divided into several sessions (\parts) with several articles (\chapters) in each part. I'm trying to force a page-break at a certain point in a table of contents, just before a new part. However, if I put \completecontent[pageboundaries={3}] in the file, the TOC doesn't page break before part 3 but before every 3rd chapter of each part. Any ideas how to correct this behavior? Ron van Ostayen laboratory of Tribology, WbMT, OCP, TUDelft

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Extraneous spaces in XML documents
by drymartini＠gmx.de 14 Feb '03

14 Feb '03

I'm typesetting some XML text with comments in and for the working version the comments are to go in the margin. For the final version the comments are simply to be ignored. In the end result there is a noticeably larger space between the words where the comma had been. Apparently more than one space is reaching TeX's stomach, though it's beyond me to work out how. I suppose I need a more sophisticated \gobble definition than the simple TeXbook one, yes? ----file minimal.tex %now we will map XML arguments to context ones. \defineXMLargument [title] \title \defineXMLargument [footnote] \footnote \defineXMLargument [section] \section % et cetera.... % this definition for drafts where comments are printed %in the margin %\defineXMLargument [comment] \inmargin %this definition for the final version where the % remaining comments are ignored \def\gobble#1{} \defineXMLargument [comment] \gobble \starttext \processXMLfilegrouped {sample.xml} \stoptext --- file sample.xml <article> <title>Nonsense</title> <text> <section>A section </section> Makes complicated pages by starting with simple individual characters and putting them together in larger units, and putting these together <comment>what does he mean here, putting these together???</comment> in still larger units, and so on. Conceptually, it's a big paste-up job.<footnote>From The TeXbook.</footnote> </text> </article>

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problem with tables
by Martin Kolařík 14 Feb '03

14 Feb '03

Hi Hans, I've found the following problem after I instaled last beta. With my previous version (9,10/2002?) it worked fine. I can debug it on my side, but probably you find the cause and the solution more quickly: <...many lines of log...> ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \localwidth \ExpandBothAfter ...anded {\noexpand #1{#2 }{#3}}\@@expanded \inTBLcell ...width {\v!passend ,\v!ruim } {} {\scratchdimen \gettbla... \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> ...L \relax \ifdim \localwidth >\scratchdimen \settblaut \... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... \eTABLE ...{\row }{\col }}}\eTBL }\endTBL \egroup \egroup \popTBL ... l.409 } ? ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> > <argument> ... \relax \ifdim \localwidth > \scratchdimen \settblaut \c... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). <to be read again> > <argument> ... \relax \ifdim \localwidth > \scratchdimen \settblaut \c... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Missing \cr inserted. <inserted text> \cr <to be read again> } \handleTBLcell ...LL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2}}} \scratchdimen \gettblwid \c... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... \eTABLE ...{\row }{\col }}}\eTBL }\endTBL \egroup \egroup \popTBL ... l.409 } ? ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \cr <to be read again> } \handleTBLcell ...LL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2}}} \scratchdimen \gettblwid \c... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Missing \cr inserted. <inserted text> \cr <to be read again> } <to be read again> \cr <to be read again> } \handleTBLcell ...LL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2}}} \scratchdimen \gettblwid \c... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... ... l.409 } -------- Martin Kolarik Moravske Pristroje, a.s., Masarykova 1148, Zlin 76302 tel. +420 603 498 498, fax +420 577 107 171 web: http://www.mii.cz -------- e-mail: kolarik(a)mii.cz e-mail: kolarik(a)click.cz tel. +420 603 535 593

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interlinespacing
by Idris S Hamid 14 Feb '03

14 Feb '03

Dear Board, It's going to take some work to come up with a test file for this problem (since the font is not publically available), but let me describe it anyway: Arabic visually requires larger font sizes than roman, as well as wider interline spacing, so Arabic insertions in Latin can create lines of mixed interline spacing. Very strangely, this problem is more apparent in itemize environments and the like than in regular text. Question: is there a way to turn off interline spacing completely for my insertions when necessary. Insertions are defined in terms of \startarabictext \stoparabictext environments: \definestartstop [arabictext] [commands=% {\osetarabdirtext % switches to RL mode \arabictextfont % switches to Arabic \vocalizeinsertdefault} % calls default otp list for vocalization ] Idris

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disappearing headers
by Idris S Hamid 14 Feb '03

14 Feb '03

Dear crew, Another e-TeX culprit? Try this in plain tex mode: the heading corresponding to \title disappears, but works in pdfetex: =========== \starttext \setupheadertexts% [][title][\Author][]% \setupheader[style=\sc,state=high] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided, location={footer,marginedge}] \title{Test Chapter1} \def\Author{Author 1} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \input knuth \par} \title{Test Chapter2} \def\Author{Author 1} \stoptext =========== A related problem: I tried doing each article manually, e.g., \setupheadertexts% [][An Article][\Author][]% but the headings start 2 pages earlier than needed. So the last few pages of Article~1 contain the headings for Article~2! Aside from fixing the original problem I'd like to be understand how to handle this manually as well. Idris

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