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new module uploaded: handlecsv
by Pablo Rodriguez 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Dear list, I have uploaded a new module to https://modules.contextgarden.net/cgi-bin/module.cgi/action=view/id=86. It allows reading data from CSV files and it is useful for document merging. The problem is that the ConTeXt Suite skips the download because it is an unknown module. Sorry for insisting, but must the module obtain an approval or something similar? What should I do to make the module available for the ConTeXt Suite distribution? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Request for GitHub template on Wiki
by N. Raghavendra 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

The template {{src|FILE}} on the Wiki now produces a link to FILE in the `context' repository at repo.or.cz. It would be nice to be able to link to files in the `context-mirror' repository on GitHub from the Wiki, because it is perhaps more current than the one at repo.or.cz, and because some users may prefer the GitHub interface to the GitWeb interface at repo.or.cz. A MediaWiki template for GitHub links is described at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Github I request the Wiki administrators to consider adding this template to the Wiki. Thanks and regards, Raghu. -- N. Raghavendra <raghu(a)hri.res.in>, http://www.retrotexts.net/ Harish-Chandra Research Institute, http://www.hri.res.in/

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Problem with Wiki skin
by N. Raghavendra 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

I have created an account in the Wiki, and accidentally chose the `Erudite' skin in the Appearance section of the Preferences page. Since then, every page has been displayed as an empty page. I am working in Linux, with Firefox. I disabled the style (View -> page style -> no style), but I still got an empty page. The source of every page (Ctrl-u) was empty. I tried with text based browsers (w3m and Emacs EWW) but with the same effect: empty page, no source. It seems to be related to the particular skin. If I add the "?useskin=default" suffix to every URL, I can see it properly, e.g., http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Special:Preferences?useskin=default shows the preferences page properly. But if I follow any link from it, I again hit a blank page. I request one of the Wiki administrators to reset my preferences to the default ones. The user name is "raghu". More generally, it may be a problem with Erudite that needs to be looked into. Thanks and regards, Raghu. -- N. Raghavendra <raghu(a)hri.res.in>, http://www.retrotexts.net/ Harish-Chandra Research Institute, http://www.hri.res.in/

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Problem using nested \processcommalist and \startparagraphs columns
by Rik Kabel 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

I am having a problem with the combination of nested \processcommalist and \startparagraphs columns and I do not see any obvious issues. Run the example below with "--mode=unroll" and it works fine. Run it without that mode, and it fails. Remove the lines tagged "problematic" and run it without that mode and it completes, although without the columns. % macros=mkvi \defineparagraphs [Col] [n=3] \setupparagraphs [Col] [1] [width=.31\textwidth] \setupparagraphs [Col] [2] [width=.31\textwidth] \setupparagraphs [Col] [3] [width=.31\textwidth] \starttexdefinition doOuter #OUTERVALUE \define\Outer{#OUTERVALUE} \startparagraphs[Col] %%% problematic \doifmodeelse{unroll} {\startparagraphscell \Outer XX \stopparagraphscell \startparagraphscell \Outer YY \stopparagraphscell \startparagraphscell \Outer ZZ \stopparagraphscell} {\processcommalist[XX,YY,ZZ]\doInner} \stopparagraphs %%% problematic \stoptexdefinition \starttexdefinition doInner #INNERVALUE \startparagraphscell %%% problematic \Outer #INNERVALUE \par \stopparagraphscell %%% problematic \stoptexdefinition \starttext \startsubject[title={Nested processcommalist}] \processcommalist[aa,bb,cc,dd,ee]\doOuter \stopsubject \stoptext Any assistance that can be provided would be much appreciated. -- Rik

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 160, Issue 40
by Christoph Reller 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:31:24 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez <oinos(a)gmx.es> wrote: > > On 10/24/2017 07:05 AM, Christoph Reller wrote: > > [...] > > Thank you Pablo for confirming this! > > > > Does anybody know whether this is a bug or whether it is the wrong way > > to enable font-based kerning for quotations? > > Hi Christoph, > > from the devel mailing list > (https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/dev-context/2017/003422.html) this is > a bug and it there is a fix for it. > > It will be applied in one of the next betas (but you can patch your > ConTeXt distribution yourself). > Thank you Pablo for pointing me to the developer's mailing list. I have not thought about searching through that. So, this is good news for me and I will wait for the fix. Cheers, Christoph >

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Undesirable space with mixedcolumns
by Fabrice Couvreur 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

Hello, I notice a space when I use \definemixedcolumns with the command \math{\lim\limits_{n \to +\infty} 0,8^n=0} and mixedcolumns. Thanks. Fabrice ##################################################### \definemixedcolumns [sectioncolumns] [ n=2, separator=rule, rulecolor=, balance=yes, ] \setupalign[verytolerant,stretch,hanging] \starttext On a \math{0< 0,8 < 1} donc \math{\lim\limits_{n \to +\infty} 0,8^n=0}. Comme pour tout entier naturel \math{n}, on a : \math{u_n=-500\times 0,8^n+2\,000}, on en déduit que la limite de la suite \u est égale à 2\,000. Si l'évolution des utilisateurs se maintient à long terme, le nombre de calculatrices vendues se stabiliserait autour de 2 millions. \blank \startsectioncolumns On a \math{0< 0,8 < 1} donc \math{\lim\limits_{n \to +\infty} 0,8^n=0}. Comme pour tout entier naturel \math{n}, on a : \math{u_n=-500\times 0,8^n+2\,000}, on en déduit que la limite de la suite \u est égale à 2\,000. Si l'évolution des utilisateurs se maintient à long terme, le nombre de calculatrices vendues se stabiliserait autour de 2 millions. \startsectioncolumns \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Quotation with method=font produces error
by Christoph Reller 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:21:25 +0200, Pablo Rodriguez <oinos(a)gmx.es> wrote: > On 10/23/2017 09:03 AM, Christoph Reller wrote: >> [...] >> Could you please confirm (or deny) that the following MWE produces an >> error with the currently latest version of ConTeXt: >> >> \setupquotation[method=font] >> \starttext >> \quotation{A} >> \stoptext > > Hi Christoph, > > I’m afraid it fails: > [...] Thank you Pablo for confirming this! Does anybody know whether this is a bug or whether it is the wrong way to enable font-based kerning for quotations? Cheers, Christoph

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problem downloading a module
by Pablo Rodriguez 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Dear list, I have just updated the beta (with --modules=all) and I get the following message: mtx-update | skipping unknown modules: t-handlecsv I released the module (which is written by Jaroslav Hajtmar). What should I do to make the module known? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Difficulties with learning about ConTeXt
by N. Raghavendra 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

I am a mathematician, and have been using LaTeX on a daily basis since 1992, when I was a graduate student. I have recently started using ConTeXt, and am very happy with the facilities it provides, and with its self-contained system which does not require one to load external packages with subtle interactions. One problem that I am facing is that the documentation of ConTeXt is often not enough for me to figure out what to do when a problem arises. I understand that documentation is perhaps not a priority for the project. As Hans Hagen wrote in `? Context', "... writing can get a lower priority in a time when quick and dirty answers can be found on the internet, mailing list or wiki. ... For what it's worth: whenever I have to solve a problem with a program (or language implementation) I run into cases where I have to look long to ﬁnd (non conﬂicting) information. It just comes with the problems one wants to solve and TeX (ConTeXt) is not diﬀerent." However, there is not a great deal of information on the Internet about solving ConTeXt problems. Whenever I ran into a LaTeX problem in the last several years, I used to find a solution, or a substantial step towards one, that was already documented on the TeX-LaTeX Stack Exchange. Unfortunately, it does not contain a similar amount of information about ConTeXt. In any case, I have started posting ConTeXt questions there, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/397463/146025 and https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/397607/146025 As for the mailing list, I posted three requests for help here in the last one week. When I bumped my first message after more than a day without any response, Tomas Hala kindly came to my rescue. The other two messages, posted four and two days ago, have not elicited any response yet. This contrasts with Aditya Mahajan's experience, which he describes in his interview at http://tex-talk.net/2012/08/textalk-an-interview-with-aditya/: "Most questions on the context mailing lists are answered within minutes ... look in the main manual and the wiki to see how to achieve the particular effects that you wanted, and if you cannot figure it out, ask on the context mailing list." I understand that we are all busy, and it is not easy to find time to answer novice queries on the list. Lastly, I found the Wiki useful sometimes for quick and dirty solutions to problems, and sometimes as a source of documentation. Yet there have been several cases where I could not find what I wanted in it. For example, I could not find the answers to my last two queries on this list and to my two questions on SE, in the manual, on the archives of this list, or on the Wiki. These problems mean that I have to spend much more time experimenting and searching before I find a reasonable way to get the things I want with ConTeXt. Given the beauty of the results that ConTeXt returns, I don't mind that. However, I wonder if there are others who have similar problems learning about ConTeXt, and if they have some words of advice for me. I am also interested in ways to help people with similar difficulties. Regards, Raghu. -- N. Raghavendra <raghu(a)hri.res.in>, http://www.retrotexts.net/ Harish-Chandra Research Institute, http://www.hri.res.in/

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Default setups
by N. Raghavendra 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Is there a command which prints to the log file the default values of the keys in the setups that are used in a document? For example, when I define a new document division with \definehead [mysection] [section] [style=...] it helps to know the default value of the `style' key for `section' headings. Thanks and regards, Raghu. -- N. Raghavendra <raghu(a)hri.res.in>, http://www.retrotexts.net/ Harish-Chandra Research Institute, http://www.hri.res.in/

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