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Command line tool for macro definitions
by Henri 14 Jan '18

14 Jan '18

Dear list, For TeX/LaTeX users there is the neat command line tool `texdef` with which you can show the definition of a macro. Here an example: $ texdef -t latex section \section: \long macro:->\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@ }{-3.5ex \@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}{2.3ex \@plus .2ex}{\normalfont \Large \bfseries } Is there something similar for ConTeXt? It is quite tedious to either grep the full source or setup an extra dummy document to use \show or \meaning. Cheers, Henri N.B.: I already asked this long time ago but got no response. https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2016/086249.html

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Label problems with \definelabel and \defineenumeration, in and out of footnotes
by Rik Kabel 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

The example below documents the problems. In short, \definelabel suppresses paragraph indent when the label is at the beginning of a paragraph and fails to print the label or generate references with alternative=inmargin (or inright, or inleft) when in a footnote. \defineenumeration fails to work in a footnote. \setupindenting[yes,small] \definelabel [ID][ %\defineenumeration[ID][ text=, after=, before=, headcolor=red, alternative=inright, ] \starttext \starttitle[title={Label testing}] \startsubject[title={Problems with \tex{definelabel}}] This is a test. It is only a test. \ID[id1]This paragraph should be indented, with an ID number in the margin. When \tex{ID} is placed at the beginning of the paragraph, as it is here, the paragraph is not indented. This paragraph has a footnote.\footnote{% \ID[id2]The ID number is not printed in the margin with {\tt alternative=inright}, {\tt alternative=inmargin}, or {\tt alternative=inleft}. Without any {\tt alternative} the ID number is printed where the macro appears. The positioning is unsatisfactory using {\tt alternative=right}.% } The footnote has an ID number which should be printed in the right margin. This \ID[id3]paragraph has an ID, but it is not at the beginning of the paragraph and the paragraph is properly indented. The value of the ID number indicates that \tex{ID} in the footnote of the previous paragraph incremented the associated counter, but the failure of the references (\tex{in} and \tex{at}) to id2 suggests that there are other problems. \dorecurse{3}{ ID id#1 is \in[id#1] and is on page \at[id#1].\par} References for footnotes are generated without \tt{alternative=}. \stopsubject \startsubject[title={Problems with \tex{defineenumeration}}] When \tex{definelabel} is changed to \tex{defineenumeration}, the example fails to compile. It does not properly handle the \tex{ID} in the footnote, complaining of an extra \} or forgotten \tex{endgroup}. \stopsubject \stoptitle \stoptext -- Rik

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Bug: Paragraph formatting on new page after placefigure
by Andreas Becker 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

ConTeXt version: 2015.08.21 19:57 In the PDF output of the following code, the first text line on the second page only spans half the textwidth. However, below the figure, the text should span the whole width. \starttext \placefigure[right][]{caption} { \externalfigure[nop][width=0.5\textwidth,height=19cm] } \input lorem \input lorem \input lorem \stoptext Regards, Andreas Becker

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Problem with definelabel and footnotes
by Rik Kabel 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

I have a document with hundreds of labels generated by \definelabel. They are used to index quotations in the text. Some of these occur in notes. Previously I had all such notes at the end of the book, as endnotes, but an editor requested a version with the notes as traditional footnotes. When the notes with labels appear in footnotes, the labels are not printed. The MWE below demonstrates the problem. I would expect to see a red 2 at the end of the first line of the footnote. I have tried to use \defineenumeration instead of \definelabel, but I cannot get a comparable result to what I have with definelabel. Is this a bug in the footnote typesetting, or a problem with my expectations? \setuppapersize[A6] \definelabel [Qi][text=,alternative=inright,headcolor=red] \definenote [pagenote] \setupnotation [pagenote][way=bypage,numberconversion=set 2] \definenote [endnote] \setupnotation [endnote][way=bytext,location=none,conversion=numbers] \starttext {\Qi}An index in the margin.\par Text with a numbered endnote with an index\endnote{% {\Qi}The numbered endnote with its index. The numbered endnote with its index. The numbered endnote with its index.% } and a marked pagenote with an index.\pagenote{% {\Qi}The marked pagenote, but where is the index? The marked pagenote, but where is the index? The marked pagenote, but where is the index?% }\par \page The endnote follows.\par \placenotes[endnote] \stoptext -- Rik Kabel

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add to \setbuffer
by dr. Hans van der Meer 10 Jan '18

10 Jan '18

With \setbuffer[ABUFFER] .. \endbuffer I can program a macro to put something in this buffer. But is it possible to add something at the end of this buffer at a later moment? Hans van der Meer

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Bug in math arrows
by Aditya Mahajan 10 Jan '18

10 Jan '18

Hi, There is a bug in extensible arrows. The syntax of extensible arrows is: \xleftarrow{below}{top} but when the optional argument is used \xleftarrow[small]{A}{B} then A ends up on the top and B on the bottom. Thanks, Aditya

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TOC and appendices
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

Hello, I have document which contains Appendices. The part of appendices should be numbered form "A", contrary to the rest of the document (body part), which is to be numbered naturally from 1. Sections, even these in appendices, are numbered OK; the problem is that even sections of appendices in TOC are numbered by NUMBERS, not by letters. In the example, section "Sec A" is numbered well as "A SecA in the document", whilst in TOC it is marked as "1 SecA". So - how to tell TOC to use the same numbers (sectionconversionset?) to sections of appendices? Here is my ME: ---- \starttext \placecontent \startbodymatter \section{Sec1} In sec 1 \stopbodymatter \startappendices \definestructureconversionset[T][][A] \setupheads[sectionconversionset=T] \section{SecA} In sec A \stopappendices \stoptext ---- Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka | mailto:LPr@pontex.cz Pontex s. r. o. | mailto:pontex@pontex.cz | http://www.pontex.cz | IDDS:nrpt3sn Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Mob.: +420 702 033 396

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Re: [NTG-context] xtables: rowwise, columnwise, and cellwise opera
by jdh 07 Jan '18

07 Jan '18

You're right, the manual says what you pasted. I agree that it is logical and makes sense, but the actual program does not do it. My version is: "mtx-context I was using: version: 2017.08.29 19:35 I updated to: version: 2018.01.05 19:26 Reality does not match the manual page you quated. I recommend that you test before you send out manual pages which are not accurate with the actual processing. Regards ---- Alan Braslau <braslau.list(a)comcast.net> wrote: > According to i-context.pdf ($CONTEXTHOME/tex/context/interface/mkiv) > > 1 2 > \startxcell [...] [..,..=..,..] ... \stopxcell > OPT OPT > 1 NAME > 2 nx=NUMBER > ny=NUMBER > nc=NUMBER > nr=NUMBER > inherits: \setupxtable > > > > On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:50:51 -0800 > "jdh" <dhenman(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > No it wont compile with two groups. It takes the second as content. > > It may be a version difference. But it likewise would not work as is > > for me with puting the key=value into the 1st bracket pair. > > > > Version parsing difference? > > > > Alan Braslau <braslau.list(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > No, in ConTeXt one NEVER, EVER mixes key=value lists with simple > > > keywords (parsing would otherwise be very less efficient). > > > > > > The feature to be able to declare a "namespace" (such as the > > > one called "suffix") having particular values of its parameters is > > > really powerful. Think of it as "xtable:suffix" that inherits from > > > the namespace "xtable" but then lives a life of its own... > > > > > > \startxcell takes and optional namespace specification, i.e. > > > [suffix] and an optional key=value list of parameters, i.e. > > > [ny=2,...]. These parameters override locally the values that are > > > otherwise carried by the namespace. > > > > > > ConTeXt gurus: I hope that I have gotten this explanation right. > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:12:40 +0100 > > > Floris van Manen <vm(a)klankschap.nl> wrote: > > > > > > > apparently > > > > > > > > > \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell > > > > > > > > should be > > > > > > > > \startxcell[suffix, ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5 Jan 2018, at 14:32, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 1/5/2018 4:57 AM, Henri wrote: > > > > >> Dear list, > > > > >> The Natural Tables have this great feature that I can control > > > > >> the layout with rowwise, columnwise, or cellwise setups. For > > > > >> example: \starttext > > > > >> \setupTABLE [frame=off] > > > > >> \setupTABLE [r] [first] [topframe=on,bottomframe=on,style=bold] > > > > >> \setupTABLE [c] [2] [style=italic] > > > > >> \setupTABLE [2] [3] [color=red] > > > > >> \setupTABLE [r] [last] [bottomframe=on] > > > > >> \startTABLE > > > > >> \NC A \NC A \NC A \NC\NR > > > > >> \NC B \NC B \NC B \NC\NR > > > > >> \NC C \NC C \NC C \NC\NR > > > > >> \NC D \NC D \NC D \NC\NR > > > > >> \NC E \NC E \NC E \NC\NR > > > > >> \stopTABLE > > > > >> \stoptext > > > > > > > > > > it's also an extremely inefficient method > > > > > > > > > >> How can I do such a thing with Extreme Tables? If it is not > > > > >> yet possible I'd like to request the inclusion of such a > > > > >> mechanism. > > > > > from the manual, named setups: > > > > > > > > > > \setupxtable[suffix][align=middle,foregroundcolor=red] > > > > > \setupxtable[blabla][foregroundstyle=slanted] > > > > > \setupxtable[crap] [foregroundcolor=blue] > > > > > \setupxtable[bold] [crap][foregroundstyle=bold] > > > > > > > > > > \startxtable % [frame=off] > > > > > \startxtablehead > > > > > \startxrow[bold] > > > > > \startxcell[suffix] head a \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell[blabla] head b \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell head c \stopxcell > > > > > \stopxrow > > > > > \stopxtablehead > > > > > \startxtablebody > > > > > \startxrow > > > > > \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell cell b 1 \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell cell c 1 \stopxcell > > > > > \stopxrow > > > > > \startxrow > > > > > \startxcell cell b 2 \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell cell c 2 \stopxcell > > > > > \stopxrow > > > > > \startxrow > > > > > \startxcell[suffix] cell a 3 \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell cell b 3 \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell cell c 3 \stopxcell > > > > > \stopxrow > > > > > \startxrow > > > > > \startxcell[suffix] cell a 4 \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell cell b 4 \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell cell c 4 \stopxcell > > > > > \stopxrow > > > > > \startxrow > > > > > \startxcell[suffix] cell a 5 \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell cell b 5 \stopxcell > > > > > \startxcell cell c 5 \stopxcell > > > > > \stopxrow > > > > > \stopxtablebody > > > > > \stopxtable > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > > > > > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > > > > > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > > > > > entry to the Wiki! > > > > > > > > > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / > > > > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > > > > > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : > > > > > https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : > > > > > http://contextgarden.net > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > > > entry to the Wiki! > > > > > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / > > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > > > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : > > > https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : > > > http://contextgarden.net > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > > entry to the Wiki! > > > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : > > https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : > > http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Re: [NTG-context] xtables: rowwise, columnwise, and cellwise opera
by jdh 06 Jan '18

06 Jan '18

No it wont compile with two groups. It takes the second as content. It may be a version difference. But it likewise would not work as is for me with puting the key=value into the 1st bracket pair. Version parsing difference? Alan Braslau <braslau.list(a)comcast.net> wrote: > No, in ConTeXt one NEVER, EVER mixes key=value lists with simple > keywords (parsing would otherwise be very less efficient). > > The feature to be able to declare a "namespace" (such as the > one called "suffix") having particular values of its parameters is > really powerful. Think of it as "xtable:suffix" that inherits from the > namespace "xtable" but then lives a life of its own... > > \startxcell takes and optional namespace specification, i.e. [suffix] > and an optional key=value list of parameters, i.e. [ny=2,...]. These > parameters override locally the values that are otherwise carried by > the namespace. > > ConTeXt gurus: I hope that I have gotten this explanation right. > > Alan > > > > > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:12:40 +0100 > Floris van Manen <vm(a)klankschap.nl> wrote: > > > apparently > > > > > \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell > > > > should be > > > > \startxcell[suffix, ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell > > > > > > > > > > > On 5 Jan 2018, at 14:32, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > > > > > > On 1/5/2018 4:57 AM, Henri wrote: > > >> Dear list, > > >> The Natural Tables have this great feature that I can control the > > >> layout with rowwise, columnwise, or cellwise setups. For example: > > >> \starttext > > >> \setupTABLE [frame=off] > > >> \setupTABLE [r] [first] [topframe=on,bottomframe=on,style=bold] > > >> \setupTABLE [c] [2] [style=italic] > > >> \setupTABLE [2] [3] [color=red] > > >> \setupTABLE [r] [last] [bottomframe=on] > > >> \startTABLE > > >> \NC A \NC A \NC A \NC\NR > > >> \NC B \NC B \NC B \NC\NR > > >> \NC C \NC C \NC C \NC\NR > > >> \NC D \NC D \NC D \NC\NR > > >> \NC E \NC E \NC E \NC\NR > > >> \stopTABLE > > >> \stoptext > > > > > > it's also an extremely inefficient method > > > > > >> How can I do such a thing with Extreme Tables? If it is not yet > > >> possible I'd like to request the inclusion of such a mechanism. > > > from the manual, named setups: > > > > > > \setupxtable[suffix][align=middle,foregroundcolor=red] > > > \setupxtable[blabla][foregroundstyle=slanted] > > > \setupxtable[crap] [foregroundcolor=blue] > > > \setupxtable[bold] [crap][foregroundstyle=bold] > > > > > > \startxtable % [frame=off] > > > \startxtablehead > > > \startxrow[bold] > > > \startxcell[suffix] head a \stopxcell > > > \startxcell[blabla] head b \stopxcell > > > \startxcell head c \stopxcell > > > \stopxrow > > > \stopxtablehead > > > \startxtablebody > > > \startxrow > > > \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell > > > \startxcell cell b 1 \stopxcell > > > \startxcell cell c 1 \stopxcell > > > \stopxrow > > > \startxrow > > > \startxcell cell b 2 \stopxcell > > > \startxcell cell c 2 \stopxcell > > > \stopxrow > > > \startxrow > > > \startxcell[suffix] cell a 3 \stopxcell > > > \startxcell cell b 3 \stopxcell > > > \startxcell cell c 3 \stopxcell > > > \stopxrow > > > \startxrow > > > \startxcell[suffix] cell a 4 \stopxcell > > > \startxcell cell b 4 \stopxcell > > > \startxcell cell c 4 \stopxcell > > > \stopxrow > > > \startxrow > > > \startxcell[suffix] cell a 5 \stopxcell > > > \startxcell cell b 5 \stopxcell > > > \startxcell cell c 5 \stopxcell > > > \stopxrow > > > \stopxtablebody > > > \stopxtable > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > > > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > > > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > > > entry to the Wiki! > > > > > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / > > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > > > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : > > > https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : > > > http://contextgarden.net > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________

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\setupinteraction "author" adds '"'
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. 06 Jan '18

06 Jan '18

Hello, once the "author" member in \setupinteraction contains ",", Ctx adds (unwanted) quation marks into "author" field in PDF. So - how to avoid these '"'? My MWE: ---- \setupinteraction[author={Foo, Bar}] \starttext A \stoptext ---- Result - see the picture. Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka | mailto:LPr@pontex.cz Pontex s. r. o. | mailto:pontex@pontex.cz | http://www.pontex.cz | IDDS:nrpt3sn Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Mob.: +420 702 033 396

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