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new beta
by Hans Hagen 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. Most changes / updates / new features will go unnoticed until documented (column sets, more float placements and control, more clever and efficient text backgrounds -also in tables, and floats); since i use these features in some styles, they finally will be documented -) Of course there are also some fixes. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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epigraph
by Simon Pepping 29 Nov '02

29 Nov '02

I am trying to find out how to format a so-called epigraph, a motto at the start of an article or section. I have made this construct: \tabskip=0pt plus 1fill \halign to\hsize{#\hfil\tabskip=0pt\cr ``The sky is blue''\cr ``The sky is very blue''\cr \noalign{\vskip 6pt} \hfill {Simon Pepping}\cr } It is very plain TeX. Is there a higher level Context construct that would be appropriate here? Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping(a)scaprea.hobby.nl

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Automating a letter module style
by Nigel King 29 Nov '02

29 Nov '02

I have been using a letter format and gradually improving the macro format and style each time I use it. It makes a lot of use of backgrounds to set elements on the page. I would like to improve some other elements. The target structure of a letter source would be as follows. \usemodule[lett-01] \setupletter [address=...\\...\\.., signature=Nigel King, thedate=\currentdate, ......] \starttext \opening Further to your ...... %main letter content \closing[Yours ...,] \encl[...] \cc[...] \ps[...] \stoptext A lot of this works quite well using the following typical "macros" in u-lett-01.tex typical parts of which are shown below ---------- \unprotect \def\setupletter{% \dosingleargument\dosetupletter} \def\dosetupletter[#1]{% \getparameters[letter@][#1]} Some other \defs.... \def\opening{ \definelayer [letter@layer@toaddress] \setlayer [letter@layer@toaddress] [x=\backspace,y=50mm] {\framed [height=37.6mm, width=89mm, frame=on, align={right,lohi}, strut=no, offset=overlay] {\getvalue{letter@toaddress}}} \setupbackgrounds [page] [background={letter@layer@toaddress}] }% end of opening \protect ----------- The main problems that I have follow; 1. \usemodule[lett-01] has to be \input u-lett-01 because the definitions are not recognized properly otherwise. "no macros found", I have not found any documentation on macros. I had a look at m-chart.tex but it was too long and complicated to get the simple idea from. Is there another 2. I cannot find a way of defining elements which are effectively in the running text like \openingline=Dear ..., in the setupletter because \getvalue{letter@opening} seems not to pick up the value. A similar problem occurs with closing which has a number of formatting constraints which deosn't want to be seen in the letter source. The only way I have been able to achieve the objective has been to use the following type of construct. In the source letter \signature[Nigel King] In the module \def\signature[#1]{\def\fromsig{#1}} \def\closing[#1]{\par\framed[width=\textwidth,frame=off]{\rbox{ \blank[2*big] #1 \blank[6*big] \fromsig\par}}} Any help would be much appreciated. -- Nigel

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DTD for education
by Gour 29 Nov '02

29 Nov '02

In the ConTeXt documentation on the web site, I've seen that there is a work in progrees for some DTDs for educational use. I'm interested if there is already something available sicne soon I'll have to start working on some courses and would be glad to take a look at something in regards? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493

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Convert Context to HTML
by viktorvarheit＠gmx.de 27 Nov '02

27 Nov '02

The manual "XML in ConTeXt" (example.pdf) says: When you want to convert TEX documents into xml (or html) counterparts, it makes sense to use TEX itself, because that way we have the full engine at our fingertips. In ConTEXt we use a strange but charming way to handle this conversion: we simply typeset xml. The typeset document (with lots of angle brackets) is then converted into raw text. A complication is math, but given that you can embed MathML in your document, this can be passed on directly. How can this be done?

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updates to Help Page
by Bill McClain 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

I recently finished a large project and have added new material to my ConTeXt Help Page at http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html. * Marginal notes. See a sample double-page spread at http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/csky-sample.pdf * X-Y positioning of graphics with layers and overlays. Sample jpeg version of a page at: http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/csky-cover-large.jpg * Using \definestartstop. Example for blockquotes. * Table of contents with different sections. * Dropped caps. * Little things: \index placement, passing variables on the command line, using line numbering. * How to install the FontSite-500 CD font collection for ConTeXt, with an archive of scripts and sample files. * * * I just uploaded all this; please let me know if you see any errors. -Bill -- Sattre Press Tales of War http://sattre-press.com/ by Lord Dunsany info(a)sattre-press.com http://tow.sattre-press.com/

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Re: [NTG-context] setupinteraction breaks moving from 2001.11.13 to 2002.1.28
by Hans Hagen 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

At 11:37 AM 11/25/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Interactions in a simple document that work under ConTeXt version >2001.11.13 break under 2002.1.28. The simple document and logs for >both ConTeXt versions ("old" and "new") are attached - note the >entry "check : missing '=' after '\let...'" in "new". > >Any suggestions about how to fix this would be most appreciated. see previous mail, use \startinteractionmenu .... (see s-pre-* files) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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setupinteraction breaks moving from 2001.11.13 to 2002.1.28
by Daniel Graham 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

Interactions in a simple document that work under ConTeXt version 2001.11.13 break under 2002.1.28. The simple document and logs for both ConTeXt versions ("old" and "new") are attached - note the entry "check : missing '=' after '\let...'" in "new". Any suggestions about how to fix this would be most appreciated. -Dan

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additional structures, DocBook, etc.
by Bruce D'Arcus 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

Another issue that's periodically come up, and would seem all the more relevant with the DocBook project (which will hopefully be incorporated into ConTeXt itself at some point): There are a number of structures that, AFAIK, do not yet exist in ConTeXt, but should. Ones that are a) in DocBook, b) broadly useful, and c) useful to me :-): subtitle author abstract (and other such meta info) epigraph Any plans to add these? It'd certainly make customizing DocBook output, ConTeXt stuff itself, easier as well as... And here's a wild thought (though I don't know if a good one): Why not link the meta info stuff to the forthcoming new bib system? I have a new article I'm working on in ConTeXt: I enter it in the bib database complete with abstract and a status of draft, and the meta information gets imported into the document. Bruce

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more on block quotes
by Bruce D'Arcus 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

This came up a few weeks back, but I quickly lost the conversation. Shouldn't the quotation environment work as it does in LaTeX? If one has a \startquotation after a paragraph break (white space, or \par) and a break after the \stopquotation, then the following paragraph should understood to be new, and hence requiring a first line indent. If, however, there are no breaks, then the quote is understood to be a part of the larger paragraph on either side of it, and hence the text after block quote is not indented. (And might this be default behavior? Relevant, say, if typesetting a DocBook doc with its blockquote element.) Seems to me this is easier and more elegant than specifying some option every time one wants to use the command... Bruce

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