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Re: [NTG-context] overlay or layer for chapter head.
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

> From: John Culleton <John(a)wexfordpress.com> > Subject: [NTG-context] overlay or layer for chapter head. > Date: 2 April 2015 1:19:03 AEDT > > I am redoing a book for a client. Each chapter > head has a fancy design. I want to reproduce that > fancy page but still have the "\chapter" > statement for running heads, TOC etc. > > Is there a way that I can overlay the entire > chapter first page with a graphic, ideally a one > page pdf file. > > I have tried workarounds with > \startstandardmakeup,\writetolist, > \definemarking etc. but the whole thing is > getting too complicated. I just want to overlay a > the entire page with a graphic yet have > the real content of the page still available for > TOC, running head, indexing terms etc. > > Any suggestions? > > -- > John Culleton > Wexford Press Hi John, I did this recently by defining a layer and putting an image in it using \setlayer, in a macro called just before chapters are started: \definelayer[chapterbackground] \setupexternalfigures[location=default] \unexpanded\def\chapterbefore{ \setlayer[chapterbackground]{% \externalfigure[mill.png] [width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] } \setupbackgrounds[page] [background=chapterbackground] } \setuphead[chapter][before=\chapterbefore] \starttext \chapter{Knuth} \dorecurse{5}{ \input knuth \par } \chapter{Dawkins} \input dawkins \stoptext No doubt there is a neater/better way to do it than that. In fact I tried to set up the background only once, like this: \definelayer[chapterbackground] \setupexternalfigures[location=default] \setlayer[chapterbackground]{% \externalfigure[mill.png] [width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] } \setuphead[chapter] [before={ \setupbackgrounds[page] [background=chapterbackground] }] \starttext \chapter{Knuth} \dorecurse{5}{ \input knuth \par } \chapter{Dawkins} \input dawkins \stoptext But it looks like the layer “forgets” the image each time it is used, and the second chapter does not have the image. I’d be pleased to know the “right way” to do this too ... Robin

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[***SPAM***] small space before some characters (: ; ! ?)
by Csikos Bela 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

Hello: Hungarian typography requires inserting small spaces before :, ;, ! and ? characters. The width of this small space should be equal to that of the period (.). In latex magyarlatex (magyar.ldf) module (part of biblatex) contains definitions to achieve this. How could I set this in context? Thanks in advance, bcsikos

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lua code prevents compilation
by Pablo Rodriguez 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

Dear list, I have the following sample: \startluacode function document.addfunnyhyphen(tfmdata) local underscore = utf.byte("_") local char = tfmdata.characters[underscore] tfmdata.characters[0xFE000] = { width = 0, height = 0, depth = 0, commands = { { "right", -char.width }, { "down", char.depth }, { "slot", 1, underscore }, } } end utilities.sequencers.appendaction("aftercopyingcharacters","after","document.addfunnyhyphen") \stopluacode \def\CoverImageFile{}%\externalfigure[TypeWriter][width=\textwidth]} \definefontfamily[ornamenta][rm][FontAwesome] \def\CoverImageFont{\scale[width=\textwidth]{\ornamenta }} \def\CoverImage{\doifsomethingelse{\CoverImageFile}{\CoverImageFile}{\CoverImageFont}} \starttext \CoverImage \stoptext For some reason unknown to me, the only way to compile the sample is to remove the luacode snippet. I need the lua code to have underscore hyphenation in type commands. And I need two extra \definehyphenationfeatures and \sethyphenationfeatures to invoke it. Have I hit a bug or what am I missing? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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overlay or layer for chapter head.
by John Culleton 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

I am redoing a book for a client. Each chapter head has a fancy design. I want to reproduce that fancy page but still have the "\chapter" statement for running heads, TOC etc. Is there a way that I can overlay the entire chapter first page with a graphic, ideally a one page pdf file. I have tried workarounds with \startstandardmakeup,\writetolist, \definemarking etc. but the whole thing is getting too complicated. I just want to overlay a the entire page with a graphic yet have the real content of the page still available for TOC, running head, indexing terms etc. Any suggestions? -- 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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Fwd: My posts.
by Hans Hagen 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: My posts. Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 14:21:41 -0400 From: John Culleton <John(a)wexfordpress.com> Organization: WexfordPress To: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> Recently my posts don't appear on the list. If I send you a cc you are kind enough to answer. But is there a reason why my recent posts don't appear on the mailing list? Here is the text of my most recent post: ---------------------------------------- I am redoing a book for a client. Each chapter head has a fancy design. I want to reproduce that fancy page but still have the "\chapter" statement for running heads, TOC etc. Is there a way that I can overlay the entire chapter first page with a graphic, ideally a one page pdf file. I have tried workarounds with \startstandardmakeup,\writetolist, \definemarking etc. but the whole thing is getting too complicated. I just want to overlay a the entire page with a graphic yet have the real content of the page still available for TOC, running head, indexing terms etc. Any suggestions? --------------------------------------------- As always your assistance is appreciated. -- 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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question on bibliography generation in context stable
by Csikos Bela 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Hello: I installed a standalone context system on my linux OS by running the install script: sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all --context=current --engine=luatex For getting the install script I followed the link given at contextgarden install wiki page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone % the wiki page http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh % link to the install script The version of this installed context is: > context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /usr/local/context/stable/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2014.01.03 00:40 My questions are related to bibliography production. For setting up bibliography I used the manual mentioned and linked at the contextgarden Bibliography MkIV wiki page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography_mkiv % the wiki page http://www.let.rug.nl/alfa/texmf/tetex30/context/bib/bibmod-doc.pdf % link to the manual dated 2009 March 02 I want a numbered bibliography list for which I use the following setup in the document preamble: \setuppublications[alternative=num,refcommand=num,sorttype=cite,numbering=yes,autohang=yes] Questions: 1. The above setting results in a numbered bibliography list where the numbers are aligned left and don't have period, like (use monotype font to see the correct alignment): 1 Authors 25 Authors 134 Authors I would like to make the list item numbers right aligned and having a period, like: 1. Authors 25. Authors 134. Authors I also would like to know how I can change the distance between the numbers and text (authors). 2. I am confused how to use the autohang, totalnumber and samplesize options. For exmample I have the following setup: \setuppublications[alternative=num,refcommand=num,sorttype=cite,numbering=yes,autohang=yes] \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={MMMMMM}] or \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber=220] or \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber=220,samplesize={MMMMMM}] Whatever setting I use for totalnumber and samplesize, they don't have any effect on the output. The bbl file always has the same in the first line: \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={PGABMN{\etalchar{+}}02},totalnumber=220] The only option that makes a difference is autohang on/off. With autohang=on the 3-digit numbers hang onto the list entry texts (authors) and partially overlap them. With autohang=no they don't overlap but are still too close to the list item text. It seems it behaves the opposite to what is expected. What is the correct use of these options? It's not explained in the manual. 3. There are 4 bst files in context from which context chooses one for generating the list. How context decides which bst file is used? Is it possible to use a bst file with another name? (Just to make it clear: I don't want to use completely different bst file, only to modify one, eg cont-no.bst, save it with a different name and use that file.) Thanks in advance, bcsikos

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Latest beta: reference to items broken in mkiv
by Otared Kavian 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Hi Hans, It seems that referencing to items is broken in the latest beta mkiv: for example in the example below the command \in{Item}[ref:2] does not show item number 2. However it works fine in mkii and previous releases. Best regards: OK PS: a minimal example follows %%% begin ref-item-broken.tex \starttext \startitemize[n] \startitem[ref:1] Item 1, reference 1 \stopitem \startitem[ref:2] Item 2, reference 2 \stopitem \startitem[ref:3] Item 3, reference 3 \stopitem \stopitemize See \in{Item}[ref:2] above. \stoptext %%% end ref-item-broken.tex

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Vertical space after \head
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Hello, is it possible to affect simply vertical space being generated after \head? Here: ---- \starttext \startitemize[][headstyle=bold] \head Something\par \input knuth \stopitemize \stoptext ---- I'd like to have space of size \blank[medium] between the head and the following text. But it seems nothing of "joinedup", "after", "before" or "inbetween" affects the space. So - is it possible somehow? Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka | mailto:LPr@pontex.cz Pontex s. r. o. | mailto:pontex@pontex.cz | http://www.pontex.cz Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 241 096 751 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Spurious registers log entry?
by Rik Kabel 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

The following code: \setupregister[index][n=1] \starttext \index{A}\index{A+A}AA\seeindex{AA}{A+A}. \placeindex \stoptext generates the following log entry. structure > registers > invalid see entry in register 'index', reference 'AA' No similar entry is produced for a non-+ target. This does not appear to cause a problem in the output, but the log message is annoying, and may point to incorrect logic in the source (strc-reg.lua). -- rik

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beta
by Hans Hagen 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

Hi, I uploaded a new beta (with again a bunch of low level interface changes) + some fixed. Wolfgang: can you check selectfont? Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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