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Column not Balancing, Footnote is Missing
by Art Chimes 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Greetings, list. My first post here. Please be gentle! The command \contextversion reports I am using 2020.09.03 20:03 on Windows 10. The MWE below produces a column and a half of text, not balanced (despite the \setupcolumns [...balance=yes...] command. Also, the footnote *number* appears on the PDF, but the *text* of the footnote doesn't. However, when I use the online compiler (live.contextgarden.net, reported version 2020.06.30 17:30, older than mine), the footnote text *does* appear, though the columns are still not balanced. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \usemodule[ipsum] \setupfootnotes[location=page,rule=on,bodyfont=8.5pt] \setupcolumns [n=2,balance=yes,blank=line] \starttext \chapter{Footnote Test — \contextversion} \startcolumns \ipsum Cursus metus aliquam eleifend mi in nulla posuere sollicitudin aliquam. Id aliquet risus feugiat in ante metus dictum at tempor.\footnote{Thor, A.U.: {\it Latin 101 for Dummies} (Rome, Dummies Pub., MCMLXXIX)} \ipsum[alternative=lines,n=20] \end columns \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Question (1) : Why don't the columns balance, and how can I fix it? Question (2) : Why does the footnote appear only with the online compiler? What am I doing wrong? Question (3) : For extra credit: How can I get the footnotes to stretch the entire width of the text block instead of the width of one column? I did try to parse the somewhat opaque (to me) information in the wiki and looked in the mailing list archives, but I didn't find the information I needed. Thank you for any help you can offer. Art in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

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Appendix question
by jbf 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

A (hopefully) simple question this time: Why would my appendices be labelled as Appendix One, Appendix Two etc., instead of Appendix A, Appendix B? I thought Appendices would normally be labelled alphabetically, not numerically. So I get APPENDIX as the label, I have: \setuplabeltext [en] [chapter={\bf Chapter }, appendix=APPENDIX ] But elsewhere I have: \setupheads[chapter][indentnext=no,conversion=Words,distance=.25em] So is that what is affecting my appendices, and if so how do I do it so that Chapters get words (One, Two, etc) and Appendices get letters (A,B, etc)? Julian

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Fullwidth topfigure with caption in the margin
by Mikael Sundqvist 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Hi, Is there a way to have a fullwith topfigure with caption in the margin so that the figure does not interfere with the text? My try is %%%%%%% \setuplayout[ rightmargin=2in, rightmargindistance=0.375in, width=4.125in, ] \showframe \definecolor [transparentred] [r=1,t=.5,a=1] \definefloat[topfigure][topfigures][figure] \setupfloat[topfigure][ default={margin}, location=flushleft, maxwidth=6.5in, ] \setupcaption[topfigure][ number=no, location=bottom, style={\switchtobodyfont[8bp]}, ] \starttext \dorecurse{4}{\samplefile{knuth}} \startplacetopfigure[title={\samplefile{ward}}] \blackrule[width=6.5in,height=2in,color=transparentred] \stopplacetopfigure \samplefile{knuth} \stoptext %%%%%% but, as one can see on page two, the text from the previous page just continues under the image. I want the "larg-scale user..." to start below the image. It would be good if it was also possible to configure the distance between the image and the text. (I guess one option would be to not use a margin figure, and use default=top, but then I don't know how to handle the caption.) /Mikael

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Fwd: Re: styling individual parts of ToC entry
by jbf 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [NTG-context] styling individual parts of ToC entry Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 12:39:05 +1000 From: jbf <roma83537(a)gmail.com> To: Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists(a)gmail.com> Wolfgang, I have tried an MWE below but I think I am hopelessly lost at this point. It is not producing anything like what I want. But at least let me indicate what I have tried: (1) I have defined two different 'title' items (Foreword and Preface unnumbered) since both of these require an author name of the kind produced by the \ChapterListCommand. Do I also need a \TitleListCommand for these? The \ChapterListCommand seems to call in a chapter number, and I don't want one in the Frontmatter items like foreword and preface. I didn't know how to adjust that definition to leave out the number. I did try a renamed copy of it, leaving out the line: \hbox to 3cm{\currentlistsymbol\hss}, but that made no difference. (2) And since I also need some sections with an author (but the chapter they are in has no author), I defined a 'mysection', though I have only tried to 'call in' the Foreword so far in the text below, to see if that at least worked - but it doesn't. (3) I also assumed that having defined foreword, preface and mysection, they would need to be in a \setupcombinedlist. (4) And finally, I thought I would then need a \setuplist and \setuplabeltext for Foreword (as indeed I might for the other two as well, but to start with, I wanted to get one of them working at least). MWE: \definehead [foreword] [title] \definehead [preface] [title] \definehead [mysection] [section] \setupcombinedlist[chapter,foreword,preface,mysection,section, subsection] \define[3]\ChapterListCommand {\hbox\bgroup \hbox to 3cm{\currentlistsymbol\hss}% number + labeltext \vtop\bgroup \hsize\dimexpr\makeupwidth-3cm\relax \doifsomething{\rawstructurelistuservariable{year}} {{\it\structurelistuservariable{year}}\crlf}% \currentlistentrytitle % title \doifsomething{\rawstructurelistuservariable{author}} {\crlf{\bf\structurelistuservariable{author}}}% \hfill\currentlistentrypagenumber % pagenumber \egroup \egroup} \define[3]\TitleListCommand {\hbox\bgroup \hbox to 3cm{\currentlistsymbol\hss}% number + labeltext \vtop\bgroup \hsize\dimexpr\makeupwidth-3cm\relax \doifsomething{\rawstructurelistuservariable{year}} {{\it\structurelistuservariable{year}}\crlf}% \currentlistentrytitle % title \doifsomething{\rawstructurelistuservariable{author}} {\crlf{\bf\structurelistuservariable{author}}}% \hfill\currentlistentrypagenumber % pagenumber \egroup \egroup} \definehead [foreword] [title] \definehead [preface] [title] \definehead [mysection] [section] \setupcombinedlist[chapter,foreword,preface,mysection,section, subsection] \setuplist [chapter] [label=chapter, alternative=command, command=\ChapterListCommand] \setuplabeltext [en] [chapter=Chapter ] \setuplist [foreword] [label=foreword, alternative=command, command=\TitleListCommand] \setuplabeltext [en] [title=Foreword ] \starttext \completecontent \starttitle [title={Foreword}] [author={Author Name}] \unknown \stoptitle \startchapter \startchapter [title={Chapter title}] [author={Author Name},year={1980--2000}] \unknown \stopchapter \stoptext %%% Let me remind you of what I am trying to achieve. If I can grasp some basic principles about this layout, I can experiment further. Foreword A. Uthor pg no. Preface A. Uthor " A note on Contributors " Chapter One Chapter Title A. Uthor " Chapter Two Chapter title A section Context A. Uthor " Another section Reflection A. Author " Julian On 7/9/20 4:57 pm, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > \definehead [forward] [chapter] > \definehead [preface] [chapter]

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Re: [NTG-context] Can't output direct glyphs either in MKIV
by Andres Conrado Montoya 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi Taco, thanks for the input. Your example works, and produces the glyphs. Pdf attached, I hope this system allows it (only 36.3 kB). "u101F2" is the unicode name for the glyph. I would guess, according to what you told me, that the code point would be "00024", but honestly, I have no idea. This used to work some months ago. -- Andrés Conrado Montoya Andi Kú andresconrado(a)gmail.com http://sesentaycuatro.com http://messier87.com http://chiquitico.org ---------------------------------------- Los fines no justifican los medios, porque la medida verdadera de nuestro carácter está dada por los medios que estamos dispuestos a utilizar, no por los fines que proclamamos. ---------------------------------------- “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’” — Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell

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About Metapost and patterns, tessellations, fractals, etc.
by Jairo A. del Rio 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi, list! I have a problem with some graphics in Metapost. I've tried to replicate the Koch curve cited here using ConTeXt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system To my own amusement, the patterns seem to appear. However, when I try with a number from 6, ConTeXt stops doing anything or output looks wrong (see attached PDF, please). \startluacode userdata = userdata or {} function userdata.koch(n) local init = "F" local base = init local replacement = "F+F-F-F+F" for i = 1, n do init = init:gsub(base, replacement) end return init end function userdata.kochlen(n) return string.len(userdata.koch(n)) end function userdata.kochchar(k, n) return string.sub(userdata.koch(n),k,k) end function MP.kochlen(n) mp.print(userdata.kochlen(n)) end function MP.kochchar(k,n) mp.quoted(userdata.kochchar(k,n)) end \stopluacode \startMPpage[instance=doublefun] def koch_curve(expr n, u) = save p; save q; save angle; pair p, last; path q; numeric angle; p:= origin; q := origin; angle := 0; for i = 1 upto lua.MP.kochlen(n): if lua.MP.kochchar(i,n) = "F": q := q -- ((point infinity of q) + dir(angle)); else: if lua.MP.kochchar(i,n) = "+": angle := (angle + 90) mod 360; else: if lua.MP.kochchar(i,n) = "-": angle := (angle - 90) mod 360; fi fi fi endfor; draw q scaled u; enddef; koch_curve(5, 5mm); %koch_curve(6, 5mm); does not give a right output \stopMPpage Maybe there's a fabulous trick to make it work with larger numbers, but I don't know it. I'm aware of a TikZ library for Lindenmayer systems, but it's not a possibility for me in this case (I add the remark just in case). Thank you in advance, Jairo :)

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Can't output direct glyphs either in MKIV or LMTX
by Andres Conrado Montoya 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hello list. I'm trying to call a direct glyph from the Phaistos font, but it seems it doesn't work. The font is loaded, the log file says it so: system > 12: filename=/home/vantta/.fonts/Phaistos.otf format=otf foundname=/home/vantta/.fonts/Phaistos.otf fullname=/home/vantta/.fonts/Phaistos.otf usedmethod=direct However, the glyph is not displayed in the pdf. I've tried both in MKIV and LMTX with no luck. Maybe someone here will have a clue. MWE: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \definesymbol[arbol] [\getnamedglyphdirect{phaistos}{u101F2}] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[72pt] \symbol[arbol] \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- Andrés Conrado Montoya Andi Kú andresconrado(a)gmail.com http://sesentaycuatro.com http://messier87.com http://chiquitico.org ---------------------------------------- Los fines no justifican los medios, porque la medida verdadera de nuestro carácter está dada por los medios que estamos dispuestos a utilizar, no por los fines que proclamamos. ---------------------------------------- “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’” — Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell

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Problems with tikz plot file
by Christian Prim 06 Sep '20

06 Sep '20

Hi everyone Following MWE produces an error on newest lmtx (current version: 2020.09.03 20:03): \usemodule[tikz] \starttext \placefigure[here][]{}{\hbox{\starttikzpicture \draw plot file {data.table}; \stoptikzpicture}} \stoptext with data.table: 150 -0.102 150.1 -0.15 150.2 -0.389 150.3 -0.15 150.4 -0.389 150.5 -0.15 150.6 -0.293 150.7 -0.341 150.8 -0.485 150.9 -0.293 (data.table could be any x-y-pair) The error says: tex error on line 5 in file ./plot.tex: Argument of \pgf@parsexyline has an extra } It doesn't seem to be directly related to https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10267/how-to-find-unmatched-bracke… as I have tested to convert data.table to dos-Format with unix2dos. No success. I'm working on linux (debian). What am I missing? Or is this a bug? Many thanks Christian

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\setupuserpagenumber not working as expected
by jbf 06 Sep '20

06 Sep '20

Am seeking to have frontmatter pages in roman numerals and from Chapter 1 onwards in arabic numerals. I have achieved something of the kind, but page 1 (arabic) is appearing on the last page of the frontmatter and not the first page of Chapter 1. I do not know why this is happening. My setup for page numbering is as follows (something I found somewhere - wiki? elsewhere? Not sure. I didn't make it up!): \definestructureconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals] \definestructureconversionset[bodypart:pagenumber] [][numbers] \startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart] \setupuserpagenumber[numberconversion=romannumerals] \setuplist[chapter][pageconversionset=pagenumber] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \stopsectionblockenvironment The frontmatter is some 16 pages worth (ends on a verso page but that verso carries the arabic number 1 instead of page xvi which it should be, since the final paragraph on that page ends with \stopfrontmatter. That means Chapter 1 (immediately after \startbodymatter) is now page 2 instead of page 1! I tried a slightly simpler version of the above which I found on Stackexchange: |\definestructureconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals]|| | |\startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart]| |\setcounter[userpage][1]\stopsectionblockenvironment| but it gave me the same result. Any idea how I can get the correct result? Julian

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Combining modes and MetaFun
by Jan Willem Flamma 06 Sep '20

06 Sep '20

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