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Set default background color or pattern for tables
by Nicola 30 May '16

30 May '16

I'd like to set a default background color for all the tables in my document. This is what I have tried (using the latest beta): \setuptables[background=color,backgroundcolor=red] \starttext \starttable[|cm|] \HL \NC \bf R \NC \AR \NC A \NC \AR \HL \NC \bot \NC \AR \NC 1 \NC \AR \stoptable \stoptext No red background, though. What am I missing? The next step would be how to use a hatched pattern, but for now I'd be happy with a flat color. Nicola

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Incorrect math kerning
by Aditya Mahajan 30 May '16

30 May '16

Hi, This is based on a question about latex on tex.stackexchange: http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/312098/323 but context shows the same behaviour. The subscript "i" in the following example is kerned incorrectly (it is too far away from W). Is this a bug in the font, or with the fontloader? \setupbodyfont[cambria] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=2mm] $W_i^i$ \stopTEXpage \stoptext Thanks, Aditya

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How to start the demo in modules
by Mojca Miklavec 30 May '16

30 May '16

Hi, MKII uses \doifnotmode{demo}{\endinput} to enter the demo mode in modules. I see that MKIV now switched to \continueifinputfile{s-something.mkiv} The question arises: What should I suggest to a module writer for a relatively simple file that doesn't use any MKIV features and provides just the module file t-something.tex? Is it OK to keep using "\doifnotmode{demo}{\endinput}" also in MKIV? Thank you, Mojca

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Error: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'ex' (a nil value)
by Nicola 30 May '16

30 May '16

I have started to get the error in the subject when typesetting the following document with recent betas: \starttext $P\/$) \stoptext Removing \/ (or the parenthesis) fixes the error. Is this a regression? Nicola

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Fonts distributed with a ConTeXt document
by Freddy Omar López Quintero 30 May '16

30 May '16

Hello! Sorry if the answer is obvious but I have no found how solve this problem. I would like share a document written using ConTeXt that employes different fonts, but the recipients have no possibilities to install those fonts in their computers. It is possible use fonts that are in the same directory that the .tex document? My folder is something like: ./context.tex ./font1.ttf ./font2.ttf ... ./fontn.ttf Thanks in advance! -- «...my role is to be on the bottom of things.» Donald Knuth

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Allow for hyphenation in 'firstline' ConTeXt feature ?
by josephcanedo＠gmail.com 29 May '16

29 May '16

Dear all, I use the nifty ‘firstline’ feature ConTeXt offers (using a larger font size, line mode, 1 line only) and I notice that the last word of the first line is never hyphenated even if doing so could reduce underful in the first line. From typo-fln.lua it looks like that’s expected as the decision to break the first line happens only at nodes which are not glyphs, disc_nodes or kern nodes. There is a comment saying it could be added some option to handle disc nodes. I’d be happy to add such option but do not have enough knowledge in nodes manipulation in luatex, especially those related to hyphenation. Would it be very difficult to add such option please ? I post a MWE showing some extreme non real non sensible case, to double check that hyphenation is never performed. \definefirstline[FirstLine][alternative=line, style=\tfd] % exegerate size \starttext % exagerated case as MWE \setfirstline[FirstLine] A few words larger largestwordwordlongwordthatcouldbehyphenated bar bar. A few words larger largest word word foo bar word bar bar. A few words larger largest word word foo bar word bar bar. A few words larger largest word word foo bar word bar bar. \stoptext Thanks a lot, Best regards Joseph Canedo

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Tabulate \NN not working
by Hans Åberg 29 May '16

29 May '16

For some reason, the use of \NN as in the first table below is not working. It works fine using math columns, though, as in the second table below. \setupbodyfont[xits,10pt] \starttabulate[|c|c|] \NN x \NN ¬x \NR \HL \NN 𝕗 \NN 𝕥 \NR \NC 𝕥 \NN 𝕗 \NR \stoptabulate \starttabulate[|mc|mc|] \NC x \NC ¬x \NR \HL \NC 𝕗 \NC 𝕥 \NR \NC 𝕥 \NC 𝕗 \NR \stoptabulate

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orphan headline
by Andrea Valle 29 May '16

29 May '16

Dear all, I’m finishing a book, and getting the following undesired result. Many times I have section or subsection title at the bottom of a page, with no text. Text starts on the next page. I have looked at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Widows_and_orphans_control but I wasn’t able to solve. I guess it could depend on the formatting of my headlines. Here they are: \setuphead[section] [style=\ss\tfa, before={\blank[0.5cm]\startframedtext[offset=0.25cm,framecolor=black, rulethickness=0.01cm, frame=off, topframe=off, bottomframe=on]\crlf},after={\stopframedtext\noindentation\blank[1cm]}] \setuphead[subsection] [style=\ss, before={\blank[0.5cm]\startframedtext[offset=0.25cm,framecolor=black, rulethickness=0.01cm, frame=off, topframe=off, bottomframe=on]\crlf},after={\stopframedtext\noindentation\blank[1cm]}] thanks Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - StudiUm Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.fonurgia.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderaalle/sets/ --> http://vimeo.com/vanderaalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- "This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous." (Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski) -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - StudiUm Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.fonurgia.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderaalle/sets/ --> http://vimeo.com/vanderaalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- "This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous." (Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski)

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extended printing options in ConTeXt
by Pablo Rodriguez 29 May '16

29 May '16

Hans, would it be possible to implement two extended printing options defined in the PDF specification? You have kindly implemented duplex printing and page scaling options. At my workplace, we are it on a daily basis for mail merging (I had to make an “extension” to distinguish between duplex printing and page scaling [it isn’t an option for me]). In the present implementation, page, portrait and landscape values sets page scaling to none. In most of the documents we generate, we have to fit page contents to printer margins. It is a must for us, since corporate templates are the way they are (wrong designed). Would it be possible to have the PDF printing options in different keys than the one used for the the viewing options? It would be also extremely useful to be able to specify the number of copies and select page size from PDF document. These are the keys /NumCopies and /PickTrayByPDFSize (described on page 365 from the PDF specification). The keys and their values would be: duplex page portrait landscape (only a duplex key required) fixed (no value is required) copies number pdfsize yes no This way, the user has only to press the OK button in the printing dialog or enter (and forget about selecting which kind of document requires which options). I’m asking this for my own needs (it is essential for us at work, where none knows what ConTeXt might be). But this implementation benefits any ConTeXt user. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Adjusting Kerning/Spacing between Letter
by Malte Stien 27 May '16

27 May '16

Hi, I am trying to typeset some strings in {\tt ...}, but they turn out to be pretty wide. So, I would like to compress those bits of text a little. Any hints on how I could do that locally, that is without adjusting the entire font. Thank you, Malte.

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