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alternative numerical \cite command
by Csikos Bela 05 May '15

05 May '15

Hello list members: For inserting citations ConTeXt offers several \cite command alternatives. If I understand correctly citations can be inserted like: \cite[key], when the document's default cite type is used, or: \cite[authoryear][key], \cite[author][key] etc., where the citation style is set by the first option. These citation styles are predefined in context. What I would like to do is inserting alternative numerical citations: normal superscript citations, like this^1, and occasionally inline citations in brackets, like this one [2]. How could I define alternative numerical citation style, e.g. \cite[inum][key] on the analogy of author, authoryear etc. styles? Thanks, bcsikos

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minimum number of dots in lists (TOC, LOF)
by Csikos Bela 05 May '15

05 May '15

Hello list members: I have set up a document showing the table of contents with dots between section titles and page numbers. (\setupcombinedlist[content][level=3,alternative=c]) Some of the titles are longer and between the title and page number only one dot is inserted, which is not nice. Can it be controlled what is the minimum number of inserted dots (e.g. 3) or what is the minimum width of the distance where dots can be inserted? If the distance is less, empty space should be inserted instead. Is this possible? Thanks,

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preventing hyphenation in headings
by Csikos Bela 05 May '15

05 May '15

Hello list members: I would like to disable hyphenation in headings (chapter, section, etc. titles) while allow it in body text. Is there a setting for this? Or do I have to adjust all the headings manually by inserting line breaks? Thanks, bcsikos

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Willi wins the 2015 W. J. Martin Prize
by luigi scarso 05 May '15

05 May '15

Willi Egger is the 2015 winner of the W. J. Martin Prize, given at the latest BachoTeX conference, for the talk Off topic: The Beauty of Handcrafting a Violin See http://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/wjmartin-en -- luigi

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Invisible floor and ceil math delimiters
by Maggyero 05 May '15

05 May '15

Dear members, Why the floor and ceil math delimiters don't display? Code: \starttext \startformula \Bigl\lfloor \frac{x}{y}\Bigr\rfloor \stopformula \startformula \Bigl\lceil \frac{x}{y}\Bigr\rceil \stopformula \stoptext Thank you in advance. Maggyero

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Compilation error with \ifnum
by Maggyero 05 May '15

05 May '15

Dear list members, Why the following code gives me the following error? Code: \begingroup \catcode`\"=12 \gdef\newmcodes@{\mathcode`\'39\mathcode`\*42\mathcode`\."613A% \ifnum\mathcode`\-=45 \else \mathchardef\std@minus\mathcode`\-\relax \fi \mathcode`\-45\mathcode`\/47\mathcode`\:"603A\relax} \endgroup \definemathcommand[xyz][nolop]{\newmcodes@ \kern\zeropoint\mfunction{fancy-function-name'*.:}} \starttext $\xyz$ \stoptext Error: tex error > error on line 13 in file /Users/maggyero/Desktop/test.tex: ! Extended mathchar used as mathchar (4203026) <to be read again> = \newmcodes ...thcode `\."613A\ifnum \mathcode `\-= 45 \else \mathchardef \std... <argument> \newmcodes @ \kern \zeropoint \mfunction {fancy-function-name'*.:} \486>nolop #1->\mathop {#1 }\nolimits l.13 $\xyz $ Thank you in advance. Maggyero

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Help with \numexpr
by Keith McKay 04 May '15

04 May '15

Colleagues I've written some code which should extract photos from a directory and a add couple of lines of description to each photo. I'm using a variable (\numberText) as a counter which I was hoping to use with \getfromcommalist[string1, string2,...][\numberText] to add one line of text. However when I try to increment the variable using \numexpr (\numberText=\numberText+1) \relax I get the error "You can't use `\numexpr' in vertical mode". I'm not familiar with \numexpr and there does not seem to be much on the wiki on how to use it. Any suggestions would be helpfull. Here is the code \setupexternalfigures [directory={/Path/to/the/Photos}] \defineexternalfigure[photo][maxheight=0.4\textheight] \define \numberText{1} \starttext \dostepwiserecurse{141}{146}{1}/% //\recurselevel is part of photo filename. See below./ { \externalfigure[sam_0\recurselevel.jpg][photo] \par /% //\recurselevel is part of photo filename/ File Name /Path/to/the/Photos/sam_0\recurselevel.jpg\par \getfromcommalist[some text,another text,even more text,much better text,even better text,the ultimate text][\numberText] \commalistelement\par \numexpr (\numberText=\numberText+1) \relax \par \numberText \par } \stoptext Thanks Keith

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Re: [NTG-context] alternative numerical \cite command
by Otared Kavian 04 May '15

04 May '15

Thanks to remarks by Mojca and Alan, I did some testing with mkiv and my old setups for bibliography under mkii, and magically it works also with the new bibliography features of mkiv, that is without saying \usemodule[bib]. However somehow I couldn’t find an equivalent for the command \placepublications[criterirum=all] when one needs to give another title to the section containing the bibliography (as in the attached file). As I understand from Alan’s and Thomas Schmitz’ answers, the new bibliography features are not yet completely « production ready » for those people who need complex requirements (this is not my case…). However it would be nice if the new commands were made known somewhere, even without having a detailed manual (some people use quite elementary features and probably those may be obtained in less than ten commands…). Best regards: OK

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Removing a single ligature and using swash alternates
by Manuel Blanco 04 May '15

04 May '15

Hello, I'm using Minion Pro, and I would like to remove the Th ligature (but only that one). Also, I'm trying to define a \swash command that uses swash from Minion Pro Italic. Any help? \usemodule [simplefonts] [size=11pt] \setmainfont [Minion Pro] [expansion=quality, protrusion=quality] \setupalign [hz,hanging] Thanks!

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bug with \writebetweenlist and bookmarks?
by Pablo Rodriguez 04 May '15

04 May '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \setupinteraction[state=start] \placebookmarks[chapter] \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \writebetweenlist[chapter]{{\blank[3*halfline]}} \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[backpart] \writebetweenlist[chapter]{{\blank[3*halfline]}} \stopsectionblockenvironment \starttext \chapter{Introduction} \startbodymatter \chapter{First Chapter} \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \chapter{Conclusions} \stopbackmatter \stoptext For some strange reason, the \writebetweenlist commands also add bookmarks with a question mark to the PDF bookmarks in the PDF file. Is this a bug or am I missing something? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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