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Size of the last shipped page by Lua?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. 23 Sep '16

23 Sep '16

Hello, is there a way to detect by Lua what is the size (width and height) of the last shipped page? Especially I'm interested in the situation when page via \start/\stopTEXpage has been shipped, like: ---- \startluacode LastPageSize = function() -- What to come here? return w, h end \stopluacode \starttext \startluacode local w, h = LastPageSize() context("w="..w .. ", h=" ..h) -- Should give "w=210mm, h=297mm" (or other units) \stopluacode \startTEXpage[with=10cm,height=15cm] \stopTEXpage \startluacode local w, h = LastPageSize() context("w="..w .. ", h=" ..h) -- Should give "w=100mm, h=150mm" (or other units) \stopluacode \stoptext ---- This would be very useful when I need to insert a page of size of the last page to move to odd page when A4 and A3 pages are mixed, to allow simple duplex printing on the printer. So - how about 'LastPageSize()' function? 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 Tel: +420 241 096 751 (+420 720 951 172) Fax: +420 244 461 038

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For the Mac users: AppleScript to launch ConTeXt in a flexile way
by Thomas Floeren 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

Hello, Some months ago I wrote a little AppleScript script with one purpose: It should be a flexible script to launch ConTeXt typesetting, independently of the text editor I’m using and it should be capable to typeset the Product file even if I’m currently editing any component file belonging to that Product file. I used it for some time, I improved it, and I shared it with a collegue who also works with ConText on OSX. We’re still using it, many bugs have been fixed and some features were added. The script proved to be very useful for us and I thought, why not share it with the other Mac-ConTeXt people? So here it is: https://www.wuala.com/tflo/Scripts/Ctx%20Typeset/?key=75QkpizhdpFS As already said, the main purpose of the script is to launch the Ctx typesetting process (short: Ctx) on a file. Regarding the “a file” the script is very configurable and flexible: A) It can launch Ctx on a file currently opened in your text editor. It works with many text editors (BBEdit, MacVim, TextMate, etc.) as long as the editor is the frontmost process. B) It can launch Ctx on the parent Product file of the component file currently being edited. Defining a “Product file” can either be done semi-automatically or by hard-definition with two swappable register slots. C) If no eligible file is opend in an editor it will launch Ctx on the currently selected tex file in the Finder. The options added in the course of time are: A) Usage of a ConTeXt-Beta or a ConTeXt-Current installation, swappable B) Typesetting in the non-interactive shell or in the visible terminal C) Notifications D) Selection of PDF viewer (Skim, Preview, Adobe, …) E) Automatically calling the PDF viewer or not F) Optionally excluding generated PDFs from TM backup G) luatex or luajitex H) Beeps or no beeps, and so on I) Many other things, explained in the Description Also some features (“Tools”) have been added: A) Purging files including generated PDFs B) Info on the used Ctx version C) Updating the Ctx Minimal (Beta or/and Current) and archiving the old one D) Syntax Check E) Make formats, listing fonts, other, … F) Some extras added in the Extras folder (synctex with BBEdit etc.) G) Much more in the Description Some caveats: A) It works only on OS X B) The script is designed to work with 10.9 (Mavericks). It should also work with 10.8 (old notification via 3rdParty is still implemented). C) Out of the box it works only with the so called “ConTeXt Minimal Installation” (aka ConTeXt Standalone). It won’t work with TeXLive installations or any other kind of excessively screwed-up installations. But you can go into the script to make it work with anything. D) In order to get access to any text editor the script makes use of GUI scripting: you have to liberate the rights in the corresponding OS preferences. This may sound risky to you but the code is open so you can assure yourself of what the script does. E) You have to (and you really should!) read the Description that comes with the script. If you are enjoing the script please share it here, if the script is buggy, or doesn’t work for you at all please let me know too, please. Thank you best wishes -- Thomas

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Bug with nested itemize
by Aditya Mahajan 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

Hi, There is a bug with nested itemize of two different groups are mixed. For example: \defineitemgroup[legal] \starttext \startlegal[n] \item Level 1 \startlegal[n] \item Level 2 \startitemize[n] \item Level 3 \stopitemize \stoplegal \stoplegal \stoptext gives: 1. Level 1 1. Level 2 0. Level 3 The third level number is wrong. Aditya

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[OT] 2 years of METAFONT
by luigi scarso 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/MFtalk.pdf page 52 page 56 -57 -- luigi

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Problem with Cambria
by Lutz Haseloff 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Hi all, i found a Problem with Cambria. The use of í and ì results in wrong kerning. \setupbodyfont[cambria] \starttext Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez \stoptext gives: Ví ctor Lidio Jara Martí nez in the pdf. I use latest context and luatex on Windows and Linux. Greetings Lutz

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Nested itemize horizontal/column problem
by Mikael P. Sundqvist 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Hi 1) the following code \starttext \startitemize[n] \item \startitemize[a,horizontal,three] \startitem First \stopitem \startitem Second \stopitem \startitem Third \stopitem \startitem Fourth \stopitem \stopitemize \item On the outer level \stopitemize \stoptext generates the error tex error > tex error on line 9 in file /home/mickep/tmp/ctx-listexample14.tex: ! You can't use `\prevdepth' in restricted horizontal mode Isn't it possible to have nested itemize with key horizontal? 2) If I change the horizontal key to columns, then there is an extra line (the extra line in nested itemization has been discussed before, but not with these keys given, as far as I could see). I.e. the file \starttext \startitemize[n] \item \startitemize[a,columns,three] \startitem First \stopitem \startitem Second \stopitem \startitem Third \stopitem \startitem Fourth \stopitem \stopitemize \item On the outer level \stopitemize \stoptext gives the attached pdf file, where I would have exptected the first a. in the inner itemize to be on the same line as the 1. in the outer itemize. Anyone has an idea on what is going on here? Best regards, Mikael

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Bug in \not\in?
by Mohammad Hossein Bateni 18 Sep '16

18 Sep '16

Hi, When using \not\in in math, the two symbols do not overlap as they should. Am I missing something? \starttext $v\not\in S$. \stoptext I am using 2016.09.12 18:27 beta on Linux with LuaTeX Version 0.98.3 (TeX Live 2017/dev). Thanks, ~MHB

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Re: [NTG-context] [metapost] ANN: Updated Vim scripts for METAFONT/MetaPost
by luigi scarso 18 Sep '16

18 Sep '16

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Nicola <nvitacolonna(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > as a Vim user, I was not satisfied with its support for MetaPost > (especially indenting). I have updated the {mf,mp}.vim scripts > in Vim, which you find attached, and which I have forwarded to > the respective maintainers. Hopefully, they will be included in > a future release of Vim. For the time being, just unpack and put > in your .vim folder. Thank you very much ! -- luigi

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Simple input vs component structure
by Malte Stien 18 Sep '16

18 Sep '16

Hi all, I have a set of reference manuals that consist of a number of chapters. Those documents pull in the individual chapters via \input commands. I have just recently discovered that ConTeXt actually DOES support a project/product/component structure. So, I have been experimenting with making the individual reference manuals ‘products’ and converting all chapters into ‘components’. However, I wonder what that actually gains me? What are the benefits of this product/component structure? It looks like I can reference other sections in these other components, but I can do that now even with the simple \input. What am I missing? Another related question in this context is: What do I actually expect when I run the project file, as in: $ context project.tex ConText runs for a little while, and actually states in the log somewhere result saved in file: project.pdf, compresslevel 3, objectcompresslevel 3 but no such file is generated; it also does not build the individual components? What does it do? Or what should I expect it to do? Thank you, Malte -- “The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe. ― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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Re: [NTG-context] ANN: Updated Vim scripts for METAFONT/MetaPost
by Nicola 18 Sep '16

18 Sep '16

On 2016-09-18 10:46:44 +0000, Nicola said: > I have updated the {mf,mp}.vim scripts in Vim > ConTeXt users will benefit from these scripts, too, inside MetaPost > environments. Put these lines in ./vim/after/ftplugin/context.vim: setlocal omnifunc=syntaxcomplete#Complete let g:omni_syntax_group_include_context_mp='mf\w\+,mp\w\+' (note the ..._context_mp) and set the filetype of your document as follows: :set ft=context.mp The only drawback is that indentation rules are applied throughout the whole document, not only to the MetaPost parts. Depending on how many 'if' and 'forever' there are in your novel, it might get annoying. Nicola

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