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Left hanging hyphen
by Tomas Hala 05 Mar '20

05 Mar '20

Hi all, in composed words in Czech and Slovak languages, the hyphen must be repeated at the beginning of the new line. How can I make it hanging at the left margin? Tomáš % for repeating the hyphen \definebreakpoints[czcompound] \definebreakpoint[czcompound][-][nleft=3,nright=3,type=4] \def\mylanguage{cs} \appendtoks \ifx\mylanguage\currentlanguage \setbreakpoints[czcompound] \else \resetbreakpoints \fi \to\everylanguage \def\mylanguage{sk} \appendtoks \ifx\mylanguage\currentlanguage \setbreakpoints[czcompound] \else \resetbreakpoints \fi \to\everylanguage \starttext\showframe \hsize1dd modro-zelený %blue-green \stoptext

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unwanted <break/> with epub
by Hans van der Meer 05 Mar '20

05 Mar '20

In producing epub <break/>s are appearing (on the -raw.xml file) that are unwanted and seem spurious to me. For example aftersome macro's. Can someone tell me what triggers a <break/>? In the pdf output such breaks are absent. dr. Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Capitalize first word of first line within \startlines
by Thangalin 05 Mar '20

05 Mar '20

If it helps, here's why I thought it would work: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definefirstline The wiki page shows that the macro takes a style option. The style option links to: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Style_Alternatives This page has a list of predefined styles and describes how to set up an alternative style: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Style_Alternatives#Defining_a_Style_Alternat… >From the wiki page: \definealternativestyle [head:neat] [\WORD] [] While \definealternativestyle[PoemFirstWord][{\bf\uppercasing}][] will work for my needs, I am concerned that it is inconsistent wrt wiki documentation, and also appears to expose an inconsistent API, as it were. Is there any way to make the two conform to the same usage? That is, it was not obvious (from the wiki) that I could not use "WORD" as an alternative style even though it is literally listed and used as an alternative style. Thanks again!

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qr code generation in ConTeXt
by ml-context 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

Hi there,pretty new to the ConTeXt environment and just had to find out that there is apparently no solution available that allows to generate and insert qr codes from right within ConTeXt.Is there any direction in which you can point me – or an easy path that I have might overlooked?– currently running the latex MacTex distribution 2019.03.21 21:39Thanks a lot in advanceBastian Sent via MXlogin

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Capitalize first word of first line within \startlines
by Thangalin 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

Looking to uppercase the first word of a poem: \setupindenting[yes, 0.75em] \setupinitial[ state=start, n=2, distance=\zeropoint, ] % This does not appear to work? \definealternativestyle[PoemFirstWord][\WORD][] \definefirstline[PoemFirstLine][ alternative=word, style=PoemFirstWord, n=1, ] \definestartstop[poem][ before={\startlines \setfirstline[PoemFirstLine] \placeinitial}, after={\stoplines}, ] \setuplines[indenting=odd] \starttext \startpoem Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. >From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great, And would suffice. \stoppoem \stoptext Any ideas why the first word is not capitalized? Thank you!

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Quick question about dual output pdf and epub
by Christoph Hintermüller 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

Hi Hust not to miss something or mess up every thing. Can i setup my document preamble such that i can without any switching create pdf and epub output at the same time. Want to provide my lecture notes in pdf and epub format. In other words does it have any side effects on pdf output, if i put \setuptoutput command preparing document for xhtml/epub output in my document preamble/main document? Or would i have to enclose this in some \ifelse conditional block? If is there a possibility to control condition from mtxrun command line? Best Xristoph

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body text invades space for notes
by Pablo Rodriguez 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

Dear list, I’m afraid to admit that ConTeXt notes are increasily problematic for me. I don’t think this is special to me and I hope we can discuss the general issue. Bottom notes are somewhat tricky in ConTeXt. The user expects that these notes (either footnotes, or linenotes) aren’t moved to the next page. I mean, no reader expects to find a full footnote in the next page from the one that calls it. (At least, I have never seen that in any book read or paged through.) There may be good reasons for that, but ConTeXt doesn’t enable this by default. Both options "split=verystrict" and "scope=text" have to be used in "\setupnote". This translated in wrong space before notes when paragraph form was used. I was very interested to use these (line)notes for critical editions, but sometimes the text run into the notes. I’m afraid that left linenotes extremely problematic to be used. With the arrival of LMTX, space before footnotes is more problematic than before. No paragraph notes, see the attached sample (wrong-6.png). In other cases, ConTeXt seems to ignore totally that the page bottom contains footnotes. I cannot provide minimal samples. Consider that if it were so easy to reproduce, problably the issue would have been gone long ago. Even when one avoids the problematic bottom partition (which I did in that case by removing the "before" option from "\setupnote[footnote]"), there is clearly an issue with the footnote having its space before remaining blank from the body text (wrong-2.png). My first question is why the bottom notes have problems to preserve the space before them (and simultaneously remain in the same page where they come from). This applies also for paragraph notes. My second question is what can be improved to achieve what may be considered as a basic typographic feature. Sorry for not providing more than output samples. Bear with me. I may not be an expert user, but I think I’m a frequent ConTeXt user. And I don’t think it is totally wrong to consider this a basic feature that needs to be improved. Many thanks for your help in advance, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Documentation/tutorial for xml.collected, xml.first etc.?
by Gerben Wierda 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

I am trying to find documentation for the xml interface in lua. Explanation/tutorial for the use of functions like xml.first, the ‘.’ interface, etc. I see examples of their use but not everything is immediately clear to me. Gerben Wierda Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture <https://ea.rna.nl/the-book/> Mastering ArchiMate <https://ea.rna.nl/the-book-edition-iii/> Architecture for Real Enterprises <https://www.infoworld.com/blog/architecture-for-real-enterprises/> at InfoWorld On Slippery Ice <https://eapj.org/on-slippery-ice/> at EAPJ

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Why mode not recognized?
by Hans van der Meer 03 Mar '20

03 Mar '20

Calling ConTeXt with: mtxrun --autogenerate --mode=epub --script context "$1" and in the tex-file called: \starttext \startmode[epub] Producing EPUB\crlf \stopmode \startnotmode[epub] Not producing EPUB\crlf \stopnotmode \stoptext This produces "Not producing EPUB" Why? dr. Hans van der Meer

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Problem with shading when using rotation (Metapost)
by Fabrice Couvreur 03 Mar '20

03 Mar '20

Hi, Sorry to come back with my match problem. In fact, I do not understand why a rotation of 90 influences the degraded color of the ends of the matches. Thank you. Fabrice \starttext \startMPcode def match (expr alpha, pos) = numeric l; l = 4.6cm; picture pic; pic = image ( fill unitsquare xscaled 4cm yscaled 0.2cm withcolor yellow ; fill origin -- (4cm,0) -- (4.1cm,-0.05cm) -- (0.1cm,-0.05cm) -- cycle withcolor(.6yellow + black); draw origin -- (0,0.2cm) -- (4cm,0.2cm) -- (4cm,0) -- (4.1cm,-0.05cm) -- (0.1cm,-0.05cm) -- cycle ; fill fullcircle xyscaled (0.5cm,0.44cm) shifted (4.125cm,0.1cm) shaded withshademethod "circular" withshadefactor 0.75 withshadecolors (white,red);); draw (fullcircle xyscaled (0.5cm,0.44cm) shifted (4.125cm,0.1cm)); draw pic rotated alpha shifted pos; enddef; picture house ; house = image ( match(90,(0,0)); match(0,(0,0)); match(90,(l,0)); match(120,(l,l)); match(60,(0,l));); draw house; \stopMPcode

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