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Re: [NTG-context] fatal error: there is no valid writable cache path
by Damien Thiriet 16 Nov '19

16 Nov '19

Hello, Thanks for those precisions regarding whiping the cache. For the sake of future debugging, which mtxrun option should I run to check what is the cache-path in my personal account, having a system-wide install? Regards, Damien Thiriet

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fatal error: there is no valid writable cache path defined
by Damien Thiriet 16 Nov '19

16 Nov '19

Hi, I ran into trouble with caches. First I updated the new binaries and they compiled fine under OpenBSD6.6-amd64. Then I uploaded some binaries Hans asked me to test, moved this luametatex to /usr/local/context/tex/texmf-openbsd6.6-amd64/bin/, deleted files inside /usr/local/context/tex/texmf-cache (but not texmf-cache itself, since I understand whipe as cleaning inside it) and ran mtx-run --generate then context --auto. When I tried afterwards to compile those new binaries, I get this error This is LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.01.0 resolvers > caches > fatal error: there is no valid writable cache path defined Running mtx-run --generate on my user account did not solve the problem. I certainly did something wrong. I tried to revert to the standard lmtx binaries running install.sh but those errors are still here. Regards, Damien Thiriet

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Cross references to column numbers
by Oliver von Criegern 16 Nov '19

16 Nov '19

Dear list members, how can I create cross references to column numbers? I have a two column layout with column numbers in the header instead of page numbers (actually, these column numbers are calculated from the page numbers). Now I want to create a cross reference that returns the column number of the target. How can I achieve this? Of course, I can get the page number with \pagereference (for the target) and \at (for the reference), but for calculating the column number (according to what I did in the header), I would also need to know whether the target is in the left or in the right column, and I can't see how I can get this information. For an example, see the question posted by me at stackexchange: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/502944/context-cross-references-to-… Besides, I am wondering, regarding the generally very regular and consistent naming of commands in ConTeXt, why this is not so in the case of references. For example, to refer to a page, I need \pagereference (for the target) and \at (for the reference); to refer to a line, I need \someline (for the target) and \inline (for the reference), but only if I want it to automatically add the word "line" or something else before the number, otherwise I have to use \inlinerange. It took me some time to find that out. Wouldn't it be easier to have just one command for the target and another one for the reference, and everything else, as counters and headers to be returned, text to be added etc. to be configured by options? Best regards, Oliver.

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fatal error: there is no valid writable cache path defined
by Damien Thiriet 15 Nov '19

15 Nov '19

Hello, I solved the problem deleting the luametatex binaries (that wheren't deleted during my reinstallation) and running ./install.sh once more. Troubles may be connected with the experimental binaries. Regards, Damien Thiriet

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no vertical line between columns
by Floris van Manen 15 Nov '19

15 Nov '19

Using the latest nov 14 version of context i get now separating line between columns. \startcolumns[n=2,rule=on] \input knuth \stopcolumns Has the syntax changed? mtx-context | main context file: /home/vm/data/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkxl mtx-context | current version: 2019.11.14 17:47

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maths simplifying fractions
by Martin Althoff 15 Nov '19

15 Nov '19

Hi all, I am writing some maths exercises that include simplifying fractions. For that reason I would like to cross out some numbers. Unfortunately overstrike doesn't do the trick, eg with a 4 the overstrike is practically invisible. Is there any way to get a diagonal stroke like the latex module "cancel" can do? Thanks for any suggestions, Martin \starttext \startformula \frac{\overstrike{2}}{\overstrike{4}} = \frac{1}{2} \stopformula \stoptext

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packed list only if items > 5
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Nov '19

15 Nov '19

Dear list, I have the following sample: \starttext \startitemize[\ifnum\currentnofitems>5 packed\fi] \dorecurse{7} {\startitem\currentitemnumber/\currentnofitems\stopitem} \stopitemize \stoptext Is there any way to get a packed list if and only if it contains more than a given number of items? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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MKIV: error, no format found with name: cont-en, aborting
by luigi scarso 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

sent from context(a)rik.users.panix.com Note from admin: the email is in defer state because "Message body is too big: 159549 bytes with a limit of 100 KB" I have kept the initial part. """"" Dear list, Since the 20191029 update I have not been able to create a document via MKIV, suffering from the subject error message (error, no format found with name: cont-en, aborting). I have tried cache clearing, regeneration, and complete fresh installs. None work. I suspect it is something on my system, but cannot think of a relevant change except possibly a Win10-64 system update. Attached is the log from the latest install try (with filenames of copied files removed). LMTX has no problems. All suggestions welcome. -- Rik Kabel """"""

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Right-to-left Documents
by Marc Trius 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

I'm trying to create a two-sided document in an RTL language. I'd like to reverse the margins and the page flow, so that the first page has the binding on the right side, rather than on the left, and the documents display correctly in pdf readers. I posted this question on TeX Stack exchange, and was informed by Wolfgang Schuster that it is currently impossible to do. He suggested that I use \setcounter[realpage][2] to simulate a document that starts with a left page, but warned that this might cause unwanted side effects. Would it be possible to properly implement document-level right to left direction? I am not an expert ConTeXt user, but I would be happy to assist in testing as much as I am able. Thank you, Marc Trius

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Referencing equation, missing dot
by Mikael P. Sundqvist 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

Hi, The following example used to work. But with an LMTX updated today, the numbering \eqref produces is (11) instead of the expected (1.1). The numbering in the equation itself is fine. Did something change on purpose? /Mikael %%% TEST FILE \definereferenceformat[eqref][left=(,right=)] \starttext \chapter[title=Foo] \placeformula[eq:bar] \startformula 1+1=2 \stopformula We see in \eqref[eq:bar]. \stoptext

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