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Visually balanced columns
by Alexey Kryukov 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Hi list, I'd like to know if its is possible to get visually balanced mixedcolumns in lmtx. For example, if I have \blank's between paragraphs, I would like them to be stretched or expanded by a such way that the bottommost lines have the same vertical position -- no matter, how many lines there are in each column and how exactly they are aligned. If I understand correctly, that's how the multicols environment in LaTeX works, and that's how old-multicolumns worked -- but this module seems to be no longer supported in lmtx. I tried to disable gridfitting for startcolumns, but it produces a completely distorted output. -- Regards, Alexey Kryukov <anagnost at yandex dot ru> Moscow State University Faculty of History

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New example with both sides margin
by Ursula Hermann 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Dear Pablo, Here is my example: \setuppapersize[A4] \setupbodyfont[termes, 12.50pt] \setuplayout[backspace=2.9cm, width=fit] \ininnermargin{\blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=1cm]\\{3.2.2}} \dontleavehmode \blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=13.50cm] \showframe \starttext Me\par \blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=13.50cm]\dontleavehmode \inoutermargin{\blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=1cm]\\{3.2.2}} \par Me Many thanks for your help. Uschi Hermann

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Headertext
by Thomas Meyer 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Hi folks, I know, with \setuphead[chapter][header=high] I can suppress the header text on the first page. But what can I do if I still want to have part of the header text on the first page? Is there something I can do with \definetext and if so, how? Thanks for any help Greetings Thomas

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start/end pages in ToC
by Alan Bowen 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

Our journal is currently in the process of moving to continuous publication of items in a given volume as they are ready. This entails re-jigging the ToC so that it now includes the start and end page numbers of each item. So far, I have everything pretty much in the right place, but for the page numbers I am getting only “??”. I am not sure why this is happening and would be grateful if someone could tell me why or point me to documentation that explains the problem and how to solve it. Many thanks in advance. My minimalish working example: \definehead[SourceTitle][chapter] \setuphead[SourceTitle][page=yes, footer={ItemData}] \definehead[StudyTitle][chapter] \setuphead[StudyTitle][page=yes, footer={ItemData}] \definetext[ItemData][footer][ {\at[\Reference]– \at[\namedstructureuservariable{}{authorInitials}endPage]} ] \setuplist[SourceTitle][ state=start, textcolor=black, alternative=startendpages, criterium=all, headnumber=no, interaction=page, numberalign=flushright, before={\blank[2.2ex, fixed]}, inbetween=\endgraf, ] \setuplist[StudyTitle][ state=start, textcolor=black, alternative=startendpages, criterium=all, headnumber=no, interaction=all, numberalign=flushright, before={\blank[2.2ex, fixed]}, inbetween=\endgraf, ] \define\ToCEntry{% \structurelistuservariable{author}\crlf \structurelistuservariable{title}\hfill% \at[\structurelistuservariable{reference}]–% \at[\structurelistuservariable{authorInitials}endPage] } \definelistalternative[startendpages] [renderingsetup=list:startendpages] \startsetups[list:startendpages] {\ToCEntry} \vglue1pc \stopsetups \starttext {\tfa\bf Contents} \blank[line, fixed] \WORD{Sources} \blank[halfline, fixed] \placelist[SourceTitle][criterium=all] \blank[line, fixed] \WORD{Studies} \blank[halfline, fixed] \placelist[StudyTitle][criterium=all] \page[makeup] \setnumber[userpage][1] \def\Reference{RefSo01} \startSourceTitle[reference={\Reference}, bookmark=Source01, title={}][ title=Source01, author=Author01, authorInitials=ABC, reference={\Reference}, ] \input knuth \page \dorecurse{25}{\input ward\par} \reference[ABCendPage]{} \stopSourceTitle \page[makeup] \setnumber[userpage][1] \def\Reference{RefSo02} \startSourceTitle[reference={\Reference}, bookmark=Source02, title={}][ author=Author02, title=Source02, authorInitials=PQR, reference={\Reference}, ] \input knuth \page \dorecurse{10}{\input ward\par} \reference[PQRendPage]{} \stopSourceTitle \page[makeup] \setnumber[userpage][1] \def\Reference{RefSt01} \startStudyTitle[reference={\Reference}, bookmark=Study01, title={}][ author=Author03, title=Study01, authorInitials=XYZ, reference={\Reference}, ] \input knuth \blank[big] \page \dorecurse{15}{\input ward\par} \reference[XYZendPage]{} \stopStudyTitle \page[makeup] \stoptext Alan

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ConTeXt on RPI400
by hf＠hongfeng.ch 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

Hello, I have installed ConTeXt on my Raspberry Pi 400 (aarch64), tried to typeset this simple file: ``` \starttext First tex file to make, hello, world! \stoptext ``` but the test failed: ``` $context hello-world.tex mtxrun | forcing cache reload resolvers | resolving | configuration files already identified resolvers | resolving | skipping configuration file 'selfautoparent:/texmf-context/web2c/texmfcnf.lua' (no valid format) resolvers | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF) resolvers | resolving | mtxrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | remembering file 'mtx-context.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-context.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | remembering file 'mtx-contexts.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-contexts.lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-context.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | remembering file 'mtx-t-mtx-context.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-t-mtx-context.lua' resolvers | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua' resolvers | resolving | remembering file 'mtx-t-mtx-contexts.lua' using hash 'lua::mtx-t-mtx-contexts.lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-t-mtx-context.lua' resolvers | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-context.lua' mtxrun | unknown script 'mtx-context.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-context.lua' ``` What's wrong with my installation? Best, Hong Feng

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(again) \xmlinlineprettyprinttext double hyphens
by Pablo Rodriguez 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

Dear list, I have the following sample: \startbuffer[demo] <code>mtxrun --script check file</code> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:initialize \xmlsetsetup{#1}{code}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:initialize} \startxmlsetups xml:code \xmlprettyprinttext{#1}{none} \xmlinlineprettyprinttext{#1}{none} \stopxmlsetups \definefontfamily[mainface][tt][TeX Gyre Cursor] [features={default}] \setupbodyfont[mainface] \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{demo}{} \stoptext Current LMTX (2024.03.11 09:34) is giving different results for double hyphens with \xmlprettyprinttext and \xmlinlineprettyprinttext. Since the output of \xmlinlineprettyprinttext is a wrong argument (in the sample), what am I missing here to get the right output with \xmlinlineprettyprinttext? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

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Unknown units es and dk
by Jan Ulrich Hasecke 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

I saw this in (the btw great) bachotex-stepbystep presentation \definepapersize [example] [width=8.5es, height=11es] \setuptextbackground [location=paragraph, backgroundcolor=MyColors:4, backgroundoffset=1dk, frame=off] The units "es" and "dk" are unknown to me. What does they mean? TIA juh

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FreeBSD 13.2
by Roger Mason 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

Hello, I've been away from ConTeXt for some time but now I want to install it on my FreeBSD 13.2 system(s) (I have not switched any machines to 14.0 yet). After unpacking, running the install scripts results in: ld-elf.so.1: /home/rmason/Software/Context/bin/mtxrun: Undefined symbol "__libc_start1(a)FBSD_1.7" I assume this is because mtxrun is compiled for FreeBSD 14.0. Thus, I need (I think) to compile it for 13.2. Are there instructions somewhere on how to do this? If I get a working installation I'm happy to contribute the FreeBSD 13.2 binaries back to the project, if someone will tell me how. Thanks, Roger

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Struggling with the distance and right margin text
by Ursula Hermann 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

Dear List, On the first page I had this example: \definepapersize[MyBook][width=19cm,height=29.7cm] \setuppapersize[MyBook][MyBook] % Prints on paper the size of MyBook %\setuppapersize[MyBook][A4] %Would print MyBook-size pages on A4 paper \setupbodyfont[modern, 12.50pt] \definemargindata [MyInMargin][inleft] \definemarginframed[MyInMargin][topframe=on,bottomframe=on,rulethickness=1pt,width=1.90cm] \defineenumeration [theorem] [ text=Theorem, title=yes, width=fit, distance=0.2em, alternative=serried, ] \definetextbackground[GrayBackground][ location=paragraph, background=color, backgroundcolor=lightgray, leftoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, rightoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, topoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, bottomoffset=.5\bodyfontsize, frame=off,] \margintext{\blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=1cm]\\} \blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=13.50cm] \starttext \margintext {1.1.1} {\bf Beispiel 3.2.17. (Vertauschung von All- und Existenzquantor).} \par So I have here an example from the second page: \definemargindata[inrightmargin][right][margin=margin,width=.50em\rightmarginwidth,style=,color=] \definemarginframed[MyInMargin][topframe=on,bottomframe=on,rulethickness=1pt, width=.90cm] \blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=13.40cm] {\blackrule[color=black, height=0.10ex, width=1cm, distance=.90cm]\par \defineenumeration [theorem] [ text=Theorem, title=yes, width=fit, distance=0.2em, alternative=serried, ] \inright{3.2.22} {\bf Theorem 3.2.22 (Rechenregeln für Quantoren)}. Seien \m P(\m x)und My problem here is that there is not the same distance between the the text and the margintext . And now the margintext should be on the right side. So maybe someone could help me please. Many thanks.

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Use of marking
by Thomas Meyer 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

HI folks, yesterday while reading along I learned how to suppress the chapter numbers in sections. That was something I was looking for myself. But how do you use marking correctly in startsection? I would like to see "1. Kapitel - 1. Aufgabe" in the header on the right. How can I automate this with marking? And how can I reduce the space between the number (1.) and the title (Kapitel or Aufgabe)? Thanks for your help Thomas

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