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Synonyms - feature request?
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Folks, I use the synonym feature heavily as technical documents can have hundreds of them. It’s great I can produce a list of synonyms I actually use in a document. Proper style however requires that each synonym be “explained” (shown in full) the first time it is used — usually in a document, but sometimes in a smaller scope, like a part or chapter. This is something I frequently get wrong, and is something document reviewers are quick to complain about. So it would be great if Context could do this automatically. The attached MWE shows what I mean — with such a feature, the two paragraphs should come out the same. I’ve placed some (commented) guesses as to how this might be configured in \setupsynonyms. Maybe better key names can be imagined. Typically I would want synonym \XX\ to be expanded to XX (Xxx Xxx) the first time it is used (alternative a), but the reverse (alternative b), Xxx Xxx (XX) might be preferred. However a command could be used for a custom “explanation”. Internally to Context, I guess this means each group of synonyms actually used has to be complemented with a list of the synonyms that have been “explained” (i.e., \infull{}) would add them to this second list). The second list would be cleared each new scope (chapter, section). The \XX\ macro would explain the synonym if it wasn’t on the second list (using \infull{}, which would then add it). None of this would change the behaviour of \placelistof… where you would continue to select the criterium for the list you want output, independently of The only further tweak might be a scheme so that certain common synonyms (a third list) are never explained automatically (perhaps by example, UK in a document written in and for a UK audience). This list would silently added to the second list immediately after it was cleared, I guess. Synonyms for this this list would be added by a slightly different version of the synonym definition macro (perhaps \commonabbreviation instead of \abbreviation, in the MWE). Anyone think this would be a useful feature addition? Robin \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull] \setupsynonyms[abbreviation][ state=start, % explain=first, % first,always,never % explainscope=text, % text,part,chapter,section... % explainalternative=a, % a: XX (Xxx Xxx), b: Xxx Xxx (XX), command % explaincommand=COMMAND#1#2, % to format it yourself textstyle=normal, synonymstyle=\cap] \abbreviation [UN] {UN} {United Nations} \abbreviation [UK] {UK} {United Kingdom} \abbreviation [USA] {USA} {United States of America} \abbreviation [UAE] {UAE} {United Arab Emirates} %\commonabbreviation [OK] {OK} {okay} \abbreviation [OK] {OK} {okay} \setupwhitespace[medium] \starttext The \UK\ and the \USA\ are both founding members of the \UN. And I'm told the \UK\ and \USA\ are both English speaking countries. But that’s \OK. The \UK\ (\infull{UK}) and the \USA\ (\infull{USA}) are both founding members of the \UN\ (\infull{UN}). And I'm told the \UK\ and \USA\ are both English speaking countries. But that’s \OK. \placelistofabbreviations \stoptext

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next beta
by Hans Hagen 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

in next beta \starttext \pushpath[foo] \pushpath[foo/bar] \input test % . wins over /foo wins over foo/bar \poppath \poppath \stoptext -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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bug in \setupreferencestructureprefix?
by Pablo Rodriguez 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Dear list, I have just discovered another issue with latest beta from 2015.04.14 19:03: \setupreferencestructureprefix[default][prefixsegments=2:4] \setuphead[section][sectionsegments=section] \starttext \in[mysection] \chapter[mychapter]{My Chapter} \section[mysection]{My Section} \stoptext Reference should be 1.1 and not only 1. It works fine with beta from 2015.03.25 22:13. I’m afraid it may be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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New command: \showreferences
by Otared Kavian 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Hi all, Many thanks to Hans who cooked up in a very short notice a new command named \showreferences which does what its names suggests: it shows the points at which a cross reference is invoked. This command works in interactive documents. There is a Wiki page about how to use it, and also about other features associated with this command. Please have a look at: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/%5Cshowreferences <http://wiki.contextgarden.net//showreferences> Best regards: OK

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bug in \setuptype?
by Pablo Rodriguez 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Hans, I have this sample: \definetype[TeXcode][option=TEX] \starttext \TeXcode{\ConTeXt} \stoptext With beta from 2015.04.14 19:03, there is no color, no bold font or monospace typeface. I’m afraid it may be a bug. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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output file size with repeated image
by Pablo Rodriguez 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \setupexternalfigure[location=default] \starttext \startmode[repeated-image] \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \externalfigure[cow]\input zapf\par}}} \stopmode \startmode[single-image] \externalfigure[cow] \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \input zapf\par}}} \stopmode \startmode[no-image] \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \dorecurse{10}{ \input zapf\par}}} \stopmode \stoptext Output file sizes with different modes are the following: --mode=repeated-image 745KB --mode=single-image 303KB --mode=no-image 302KB Although the image is the same (and it is only embedded once) file size with repeated image is almost two and a half times that the version with a single image. Is this right or am I missing something? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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\noheadersandfooterlines
by John Culleton 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

The Manual lists this command in the index of commands but it seems not to exist on the page referenced (88). And it I just want to suppress the page number on the first page but still have this page count as page number 'i' (I am using roman numbers for the frontmatter.) -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!

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(hindi) font questions
by Harald Koenig 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

Hi, I'd like to type set a single hindi/devanagari word in a chapter heading (using standalone MkVI), where I need your help for some questions/problems: - which (free) font do you suggest ? right now I'm using "Lohit-Devanagari". text font is 11pt Palatino, Lohit doesn't match too good, and a bold version would be nice for the chapter head. - font size: how do I define this font to get automatic/matching font sizes for both the chapter head and the title of contents ? right now I use \definefont [hindib] [Lohit-Devanagari at 24pt] ... \mychapter{Danke -- {\hindib धन्यवाद}} which gives a reaosonable font size for the chapter title, but of course that's way too large for the TOC:-( what's the right way to define a "scalable" single font (or two, if you have a suggestion for a normal+bold devanagari font) in ConTeXt ? thanks, Harald -- "I hope to die ___ _____ before I *have* to use Microsoft Word.", 0--,| /OOOOOOO\ Donald E. Knuth, 02-Oct-2001 in Tuebingen. <_/ / /OOOOOOOOOOO\ \ \/OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\ \ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO|// \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Harald Koenig // / \\ \ koenig(a)tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de ^^^^^ ^^^^^

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Character spacing and url
by Wolfgang Schuster 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

Hi Hans, the character spacing mechanism should be disabled for certain commands because it produces unwanted spaces when you want to typeset a URL. \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \useurl[google][https://www.google.com] \starttext text: «text» \goto{\hyphenatedurl{https://www.google.com}}[url(https://www.google.com)]\vrule \goto{\resetcharacterspacing\hyphenatedurl{https://www.google.com}}[url(https://www.google.com)]\vrule \url[google]\vrule \resetcharacterspacing\url[google]\vrule \stoptext Wolfgang

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\hyphenatedurl problem
by Rik 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

With versions from 20150325 and earlier, the following example code produced nicely wrapped URLs. With current betas, the URLs do not wrap. (Perhaps this is what Wolfgang meant when he wrote, in a reply in the thread _Turning off French character spacing_: The \url and \hyphenatedurl need to be fixed but I do not know that for sure.) \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttexdefinition href #1 \goto{\hyphenatedurl{#1}}[url(#1)] \stoptexdefinition \useURL[aUrl][https://Some.awfullylong.net/url_with_lots_of_places_to.html?make=a_reasonable] \useURL[bUrl][https://Some.awfullylong.net/url_with_lots_of_places_to.html?make=a_reasonable][][\hyphenatedurl{https://Some.awfullylong.net/url_with_lots_of_places_to.html?make=a_reasonable}] \starttext goto href macro: \href{https://Some.awfullylong.net/url_with_lots_of_places_to.html?make=a_reasonable}\par useURL without hyphenatedurl \from[aUrl]\par useURL with hyphenatedurl \from[bUrl]\par \stoptext -- Rik Kabel

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