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ConTeXt as a service
by Denis Maier 24 Nov '19

24 Nov '19

Hi everyone, Is it possible to run ConTeXt as a service on a server? If yes, is there documentation about this? Background: I'm currently on the PKP conference, and we are discussing OJS plugins for automated PDF production. I was wondering if ConTeXt could be an option... Best, Denis P.S.: I'll be giving here a brief introduction to XML typesetting with ConTeXt to spread the word... just to let you know.

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NewComputerModern
by luigi scarso 24 Nov '19

24 Nov '19

https://ctan.org/pkg/newcomputermodern """ This is a new assembly of Computer Modern fonts plus glyphs for non latin alphabets which are considered compatible in style to CM fonts. The fonts contain Latin and accented Latin letters and combinations, Greek (monotonic and polytonic), and Cyrillic. """ -- luigi

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Difference between direct use of quotation marks and \quotation
by Tomas Hala 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

Hi all, I have got two "same" documents which differ at the left side when the hanging punctuation has been enabled. The difference is in use of quotation marks. (It seems as a language and font independent problem.) How can I persuade macro \quotation to move the punctuation outside the frame? Best wishes, Tomáš %%% MWE: \setupalign[hz,hanging] \definefontfeature [default] [default] [protrusion=quality, expansion=quality] \starttext\showframe one \hfill two \crlf „three“ four \par one \hfill two \crlf \quotation{three} four \stoptext

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eqalign
by nohop＠posteo.org 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

Dear All, The command \eqalign does not work as described under: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math_with_newmat as the ampersands are typeset (and the equal signs unaligned). The following minimal example shows the issue: ------------- \usemodule[newmat] \starttext \startformula \eqalign{ A & = x\cr & = y\cr} \stopformula \stoptext ------------- (Issue showing up in context 2019.11.14 17:07.) Best regards.

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LuaTeX incompatible with Lua
by Henri Menke 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

Dear list, The following Lua script behaves differently when executed in Lua vs. LuaTeX. print(os.execute("date")) It seems that the definition of os_execute in loslibext.c was copied over from Lua 5.1 and not adapted to newer versions. $ lua5.1 test.lua 0 $ lua5.2 test.lua true exit 0 $ lua5.3 test.lua true exit 0 $ texlua test.lua 0 $ luajit test.lua 0 $ texluajit test.lua 0 As you can see from the example, this comes with the additional complication that LuaJIT has Lua 5.1 behaviour and should also retain that. Cheers, Henri

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ConTeXt as a service
by Brian Ballsun-Stanton 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

In reply to: https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2019/096313.html I personally run ConTeXt as a service (as a sort of do-it-yourself Overleaf). I use floobits (https://floobits.com/Denubis) as an intermediary code server, and their floomatic sevice(https://floobits.com/help/floomatic) running on a server I have. That then calls a shell script that invokes ConTeXt, which writes logs and pdfs to an nginx monitored folder. It's been running for about 4 years now and has been solid enough for me to use without thinking too much about. Happy to share code and details. My deployment is super-hacky, but it works? -Brian

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setup according to total numbers
by Pablo Rodriguez 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

Hi Hans, this is related to a previous message (https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2019/096253.html) I don’t know how hard could to implement them, but it would be useful to be able to setup xtables and lists based on the total number of columns, rows and items. Some cases would be: - Set a different width in list if their total number of items is more than 9 and another one if items are more than 19. - List iwith alphabetic numbering when it contains fewer items than 5 and with digits in other case. - Stretch xtable to width, if it contains more than 4 columns. - Stretch xtable to height, if it contains more than 10 rows. Sure, there may be plenty of other cases in which being able to setup xtables and list based on the total number of their elements would be handy. I wonder whether it would be possible to have commands that provide the number of these elements to be used to set them up. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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two issues with inmargin attachments
by Pablo Rodriguez 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

Hi Hans, I have the following sample, using latest beta from 2019.11.14 17:07: \setuppapersize[A5] \showframe \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen[option=attachment] \starttext a\attachment[file=xml-mkiv.pdf] b\attachment[file=mkiv-publications.pdf] c\attachment[file=onandon.pdf, location=inmargin] d\attachment[file=notnow.pdf, location=inmargin] e\attachment[file=about.pdf, location=text] f\attachment[file=i-context.pdf, location=text] \stoptext The default location seems to be "text", but when specified as option it prevents the attachment. The general configuration for location may be different, but in that case it seems impossible to use "text" for a single attachment. "location=inmargin" seems to place all /FileAttachment annotations on the same place (when from the same line, they have the same /Rect), as shown in the excerpt: 21 0 obj << /Type /Annot /NM (attachment:3) /Subtype /FileAttachment /Rect [ 35.54572 493.13349 41.52002 499.1078 ] >> endobj 22 0 obj << /Type /Annot /NM (attachment:4) /Subtype /FileAttachment /Rect [ 35.54572 493.13349 41.52002 499.1078 ] >> endobj Would it be possible that inmargin attachments allow more than one from the same line? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Exchangeing content of variables between luacode and context
by Rudolf Bahr 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

Hello All! To send variable contents from context to luacode I can put them into the function invocation or use 'tokens.getters.macro("TestA")', an interesting and very nice possibility to let luacode itself getting contents of context macros. The (only?) way back, from luacode to context, could be done by 'tokens.setters.macro("TestA","a")' [1] . Now, to store Luacode's variable contents permanently in context programs I could Luacode let copy my ConTeXt program to another place on disk with a newly defined macro inside. But, does somebody know (by chance) of another, more elegant possibility? I think giving back a value by "return" won't work. Best wishes, Rudolf [1] Hans Hagen, "ConTeXt Lua Documents", January 12, 2018, 7.4, page 63

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[updating LMTX]
by Floris van Manen 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

when updating lmtx using the install.sh script, it seems to be unable to find among others, the web2c . It looks everywhere, except the location where it was put by that script in the first place. /home/vm/data/context/tex/texmf/web2c the $PATH contains /home/vm/data/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin I have no clue as how to interpret the log. Should i define $TEXMF ? .F ... mtxrun | forcing cache reload resolvers | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on given path '/home/vm/texmf/web2c' from specification 'home:texmf/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on given path '/home/vm/data/texmf-local/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-local/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on given path '/home/vm/data/texmf-context/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-context/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on given path '/home/vm/data/texmf-dist/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-dist/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for regular 'texmfcnf.lua' on given path '/home/vm/data/texmf/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on given path '/home/vm/texmf/web2c' from specification 'home:texmf/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on given path '/home/vm/data/texmf-local/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-local/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on given path '/home/vm/data/texmf-context/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-context/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on given path '/home/vm/data/texmf-dist/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf-dist/web2c' resolvers | resolving | looking for fallback 'contextcnf.lua' on given path '/home/vm/data/texmf/web2c' from specification 'selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c' resolvers | resolving | resolvers | resolving | warning: no lua configuration files found resolvers | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF) ... mtxrun | unknown script 'cache.lua' or 'mtx-cache.lua' ...

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