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\date behaving strange
by martin 10 Feb '19

10 Feb '19

I'm getting a bit confused. The \date function doesn't result in a formatted date. That goes for some files that are a few weeks old. What am I missing? \starttext \date[d=2,m=3,y= 2018] \stoptext results in: d=2m=3y= 2018 An optional formatting parameter has no effect \date[d=1, m=4, y=2018][weekday, {\\}, dd,{-}, mm,-, year] using: mtx-context | current version: 2019.02.07 18:46

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Automatic thousands separation in \unit
by Marco Patzer 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

Hi! I'm wondering if there's a way to have automatic thousands separation in the \unit command? \spaceddigits does that, but it doesn't work inside \unit. And using both would be quite verbose to write. Example: \starttext %% no thousands separation \unit{123456789 volt} %% manual thousands separation works \unit{123,456,789 volt} %% automatic thousands separation, but not using \unit \let\spaceddigitsseparator, \spaceddigits{123456789}\,V %% fails, no output \unit{\spaceddigits{123456789} volt} \stoptext Marco

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Bad names
by Marco Patzer 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

Hi! I was wondering what context considers a “bad” file name and what consequences that might have. From workflows-mkiv.pdf: “Bad names are reported and suitable action can be taken” Indeed, every run context tells me how many files are badly named: mkiv lua stats > graphics processing time: 0.021 seconds including tex, 14 processed images, 14 unique asked, 7 bad names A small test: \starttext \externalfigure [a] %% good \externalfigure [a.png] %% good \externalfigure [a.b.png] %% good \externalfigure [a.1.png] %% bad \externalfigure [a-1.png] %% good \externalfigure [a-.1.png] %% bad \externalfigure [a-b.1.png] %% bad \externalfigure [a-1.b.png] %% good \externalfigure [A] %% good \externalfigure [A.B] %% good \externalfigure [A.b] %% bad \externalfigure [A.B.png] %% bad \externalfigure [A.png] %% bad \externalfigure [a.c-b.b.png] %% bad %% bad names are reported in red \usemodule [s-figures-names] \stoptext I note that “A.png” and “a.1.png” are bad file names and “a-1.b.png” and “a-1.png” are good file names. What's the idea behind that logic? “A.png” and “a.1.png” seem perfectly fine file names to me. The files are included without issues, regardless of context's opinion about the name. What is a bad name for context? Does it have any consequences if badly named files are used? Just being curious. Marco

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404 error: Not found for first-setup.sh
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Dear list, When I try to fetch the file first-setup.sh with wget http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh the server answers with: 404 error: Not found. Marcus Vinicius

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Background color with \showgrid and columns
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Dear list, When processing the attached mwe: \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \setupcolumns[n=2] \starttext \startcolumns \input knuth \column \input knuth \stopcolumns \stoptext in the final result there is a background color. How do I get rid of it? Marcus Vinicius

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outlined font using MetaFun
by Jeong Dal 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Dear all, The following code which is borrowed from MetaFun manual is working nicely. %%%%%% \setupMPvariables[outlineT][tt="Hello"] \startuseMPgraphic{outlineT} draw outlinetext.b (\MPvar{tt}) (withcolor .5white) (withcolor .625blue withpen pencircle scaled .2pt) scaled 3 ; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \useMPgraphic{outlineT} \stoptext %%%%%%%% However, the next example is not working(without \setupMPvariables[]). %%%%%%% \startuseMPgraphic{outlineT}{tt} draw outlinetext.b (\MPvar{tt}) (withcolor .5white) (withcolor .625blue withpen pencircle scaled .2pt) scaled 3 ; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \useMPgraphic{outlineT}{tt=“Hello”} \stoptext %%%%%%%% So, the trial to use above code for chapter title as following didn’t work either. %%%%%%%% \startuseMPgraphic{outlineT}{tt} string tt; draw outlinetext.b (\MPvar{tt}) (withcolor .5white) (withcolor .625blue withpen pencircle scaled .2pt) scaled 3 ; \stopuseMPgraphic \define[1]\myTest{\useMPgraphic{outlineT}{#1}} \setuphead[chapter] [textcommand=\myTest, numbercommand=\myTest, number=yes] \starttext \startchapter[title={First chapter}] Chapter \stopchapter \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%% Is there any way to make it work? thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Metapost graphic in setupbackground
by Jan U. Hasecke 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Hi all, I make my first steps with Metapost. I would like to set the background of all pages to a Metapost graphic. But only the first page has the defined background. I also tried with \startuseMPgraphic with no success --- mwe --- \startreusableMPgraphic{kreis} draw fullcircle scaled 70mm withcolor red withpen pencircle scaled 6mm; \stopreusableMPgraphic \definelayer[kreisbackground][width=70mm,height=70mm] \setlayer[kreisbackground] [x=-3mm,y=-3mm] {\reuseMPgraphic{kreis}} \setupbackgrounds[paper][background=kreisbackground, state=start] \starttext \input lorem \page \input lorem \stoptext TIA juh

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Making ConTeXt stop on all or some errors
by Jan U. Hasecke 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Hi all, yesterday I asked about where to put color profiles. My problem was that ConTeXt for some unknown reason didn't find the color profiles I downloaded. But most annoying was the fact that I didn't saw the error in the log because ConTeXt only complains about not finding the profile. Is there a way to make ConTeXt stop if it does not find the profile like it stops if I use a unknown command? I want to avoid that we send a pdf without a profile to the print shop, because we overlook a message in the logs. juh

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Failure using --jit with latest beta
by Joseph Canedo 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

Dear list, I get a fatal error when using –jit using latest beta. $ ./build.sh Livre.pdf [1/1] context --noconsole --jit --errors Livre.tex FAILED: Livre.pdf context --noconsole --jit --errors Livre.tex mtx-context | run 1: luajittex --fmt="c:/ConTeXt/test/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en" --jobname="Livre" --lua="c:/ConTeXt/test/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" --c:currentrun=1 --c:directives="logs.errors,logs.target=file" --c:engine="luajittex" --c:errors --c:fulljobname="./Livre.tex" --c:input="./Livre.tex" --c:jit --c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=9 --c:noconsole --c:texmfbinpath="c:/ConTeXt/test/tex/texmf-win64/bin" "cont-yes.mkiv" This is LuajitTeX, Version 1.09.2 (TeX Live 2018/W32TeX) system commands enabled. ---! c:/ConTeXt/test/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.fmt was written by luatex (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 It works all fine without --lit option. Was the support LuaJitTeX removed now ? Thanks a lot Joseph

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Adjusting interlinespace in a table
by Mari Voipio 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

Hello all! This may be a really stupid question, but wiki wasn't helpful: Is there a way of adjusting interlinespace in a table? A \setupTABLE command would work as I want to change the line height throughout the table to make it smaller (have the rows closer to each other than in my running text). I don't need to set the cell height or anything like that, I just want to adjust the text inside the cells. I'm fairly certain there's some simple way of doing it... Thanks, Mari

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