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crash with new beta (2015.03.09 19:27)
by Pablo Rodriguez 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

Hans, I’m afraid that the following sample crashes ConTeXt: \starttext \input knuth \stoptext Error message is the following: tex error > error on line 1 in file /home/ousia/a.tex: ! Undefined control sequence \anch_backgrounds_text_initialize ...ositionsused \enableparpositions \donot... <inserted text> ...erytopofpage \anch_backgrounds_text_initialize \font_preloads_at_start_te... \dostarttext ...ttext \relax \the \everystarttext \global \everystarttext \e... l.1 \dostarttext \ctxcommand #1->\directlua {commands.#1} l.1 \starttext Could you fix this? Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Re: [NTG-context] Does a "half-space" or small space exist in ConTeXt?
by Robert Blackstone 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

On 8 Mar 2015, at 23:17 , Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote > On Sun, 08 Mar 2015 05:24:51 -0600, Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com> wrote >> I would like to use something like a "half-space" or small space in > All the suggestions you have received are good, but ultimately you might > want to look at the spaces that Unicode provides, for example 202F. Not > sure sure which Unicode space character best suits your needs, but once > you have determined that, you can map it to one of the commands suggested > by others, or even define it to the exact width you want. For example, I > use imacron (U+012B) so much that it clashes with other characters. So I > map it to an alternate version that has a thinner macron: > > \defineactivecharacter ī {\fontchar{imacron.alt}} > > So what you want is a unicode space character that you can enter in your > editor, then define it in ConTeXt to exactly what you want. and Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote > fyi: the list that Wolfgang shows with verbose space names ... these are > in fact unicode characters. Thanks to both of you for pointing this out to me. Up till now I have never used unicode characters the way Idris proposes and I’m not sure that I already have the skills to make it work. For the moment I’m quite happy with the many possibilities that were given by Wolfgang and Hans. Best regards, Robert

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Bibliographies in mkiv - announcement and WARNING!
by Alan BRASLAU 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

ANNOUNCEMENT The MKII bibliography module (\usemodule[bib]), described in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography has undergone, first a re-write, keeping up with MKIV, then a complete re-conception of the handling of bibliographies. We introduced into the core of MKIV a dataset subsystem, not necessarily limited to the generation of bibliographic lists. This new subsystem has been part of the distribution for some time and an early first draft of its documentation had been made available. After putting the new system to heavy use in a real, bibliographic-intensive book project, and after much fighting back-and-forth over specifications and design choices, the upcoming beta standalone distribution will finally contain this completely revamped subsystem. Note that it is not yet complete, but has been stabilized enough to make this revision available. The rewritten documentation is not quite ready yet either, but a completely rewritten new draft will be made available in a very short time. We promise! * WARNING * As details of the interface have changed and the documentation is not quite there yet, do not attempt to use this for any serious project for the moment. And if you are presently using the pre-beta version of the new subsystem that has been distributed with the standalone, DO NOT UPDATE your standalone unless you are prepared to see some changes. Hans and Alan (also with the help of Thomas and Luigi). MWE Below is a minimal working example: \startbuffer [test] @Article{article, Title = {Article title}, Author = {ArticleLastnameA, FirstnameA} # { and ArticleLastnameB, FirstnameB} # { and ArticleLastnameC, FirstnameC} # { and ArticleLastnameD, FirstnameD} # { and ArticleLastnameE, FirstnameE} # { and ArticleLastnameF, FirstnameF} # { and ArticleLastnameG, FirstnameG}, Journal = {Journal name}, Year = {YYYY}, Note = {note...}, Number = {number}, Pages = {ff--tt}, Volume = {volume}, Doi = {doi|-|specification}, Keywords = {keyword1; keyword2; keyword3}, } @Book{book, Title = {Book title}, Title = {Title2}, Author = {BookAuthorLastnameA, Firstname and BookAuthorLastnameB, Firstname Middle and BookAuthorLastnameC, Firstname-Combined}, Editor = {EditorLastname, Firstname}, Editor = {EditorLastname2, Firstname}, Publisher = {Publisher}, Year = {YYYY}, Address = {Address}, Edition = {edition}, Keywords = {book}, } \stopbuffer \usebtxdataset[test.buffer] \starttext \cite[article,book] \startbackmatter \startchapter[title=Bibliography] \placelistofpublications \stopchapter \stopbackmatter \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] paragraph footnotes line height
by massifr＠fastwebnet.it 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

>On 03/07/2015 10:59 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >>> Am 07.03.2015 um 00:08 schrieb mf: >>> I'd like to know how I can set the line height of paragraph footnotes. >>> [...] >> >> \startsetups[footnote:interlinespace] >> \setupinterlinespace[line=10pt] >> \stopsetups >> >> \setupnote[footnote][setups=footnote:interlinespace] > >Wolfgang, > >this doesn’t work with paragraph footnotes: > > \startsetups[setups:footnote] > \setupinterlinespace[line=8ex] > \stopsetups > > \setupnotation[footnote][ > alternative=serried, > numbercommand=\high, > numberconversion=a, > way=bypage, > width=0pt, > ] > \setupnote[footnote][ > paragraph=yes, > inbetween= \emdash{} , > setups=setups:footnote, > ] > > \starttext > \dorecurse{2}{These are footnotes\footnote{\input knuth}. } > \stoptext > >Is it a bug? > > >Pablo This problem was already outlined here: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2007/024384.html Is it a bug or a feature that has not been implemented? I know that paragraph footnotes are less common, but a smaller font with the same line space of the main text is ugly. Is there a workaround? Where should I look for a solution? I tried to modify the interline space in "before" parameter, without success. I looked at strc-not.mkvi, but it's too difficult for me (at least for now), since I'm new to ConTeXt (and TeX). Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Massi

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bug in \setupsectionblock and page={yes, blank}
by Pablo Rodriguez 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

Dear list, I have just discovered a weird issue: \setuppapersize[A6] \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page={yes, blank}] \setupsectionblock[bodypart] [page={yes, header, footer}] \setupsectionblock[backpart] [page={yes, blank}] \starttext \startfrontmatter \dorecurse{2}{\chapter{Front Matter}\input knuth} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \dorecurse{2}{\chapter{Body Matter}\input knuth} \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \dorecurse{2}{\chapter{Back Matter}\input knuth} \stopbackmatter \stoptext Page number is removed from the first chapter after the sectionblock when the page={yes, blank} is used. Page numbers are kept with page={yes, header, footer}. Is this ia bug or is it intended? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Re: [NTG-context] Does a "half-space" or small space exist in ConTeXt?
by Robert Blackstone 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

On 8 Mar 2015, at 14:12 , Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)gmail.com> wrote > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Does a "half-space" or small space exist in > ConTeXt? > Message-ID: <49AC1148-387A-4934-932A-334CADBB5E89(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > >> Am 08.03.2015 um 13:55 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: >> >> >> On 8 Mar 2015, at 13:04 , Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)gmail.com> wrote >> >>>> 12:24 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I would like to use something like a "half-space" or small space in a situation where neither no space, nor a normal space is ideal. >>> >>> You can use \thinspace or \, which is the short form of \thinspace. >>> >> >> >> Oddly enough, \, gives no comma and a normal space, \. gives no period and no space with mkiv, and a superscript period with mkii. >> Could these forms for \thinspace perhaps be obsolete? > > > I have no problem to use \, as a space command but when you use don’t put a space between the command and the following character. My mistake: I forgot to add a comma after \, ! \,, indeed works beautifully for my purpose. And thanks for the list of possibilities for spaces of various sizes. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Does a "half-space" or small space exist in ConTeXt?
by Robert Blackstone 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

Hi all, I would like to use something like a "half-space" or small space in a situation where neither no space, nor a normal space is ideal. See the ME: --------------------------------- \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Verdana] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \starttext On the third beat a 6th between bass and tenor, {\em \lohi{B}{g}}, moves to the octave {\em \lohi{A}{a} . \medskip On the third beat a 6th between bass and tenor, {\em \lohi{B}{g}} , moves to the octave {\em \lohi{A}{a}} . \stoptext -------------------------------- Without a space after {\em \lohi{B}{g}}, the normal situation, the comma is too close to the B, (and the period too close to the A), suggesting some superscript. A normal space does not look nice (but if necessary I could live with it) Is there an intermediate size for a space somehow? Thanks in advance. Bets regards, Robert Blackstone

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Re: [NTG-context] Does a "half-space" or small space exist in ConTeXt?
by Robert Blackstone 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

On 8 Mar 2015, at 13:04 , Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)gmail.com> wrote >> 12:24 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I would like to use something like a "half-space" or small space in a situation where neither no space, nor a normal space is ideal. > > You can use \thinspace or \, which is the short form of \thinspace. > > BTW. The context version of \medskip is \blank[medium]. Thanks Wolfgang. “\thinspace” works perfectly for my purpose. Oddly enough, \, gives no comma and a normal space, \. gives no period and no space with mkiv, and a superscript period with mkii. Could these forms for \thinspace perhaps be obsolete? Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Update text variables inside metapost
by DesdeChaves 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

Why the metapost not updated the value of text variables that are generated inside luacode environment? In the code below, If I have \startitemize[columns,two] then metapost draw: 1. \Bolha[size=6cm]{text1}{text2}{text3}, 2. and four \Bolha[size=4cm]{text1}{text2}{text3}, but text1, text2 and text3 is not updated in every call; If I omit the itemize environment or with \startitemize metapost only draw: 1. the first call of Bolha that is: \Bolha[size=6cm]{text1}{text2}{text3} 2. and four call of \Bolha[size=6cm]{text1}{text2}{text3} %% all new information is omited Jorge %%%%% code \def\Bolha[#1]#2#3#4% {\setupMPvariables[bolha][#1]% \setMPtext{labelcima}{#3}% \setMPtext{labelesquerda}{#2}% \setMPtext{labeldireita}{#4}% \useMPgraphic{bolha}} \startuniqueMPgraphic{bolha} path p, q, cima, esquerda, direita, vertical; pair A, B, C; p:=fullcircle scaled \MPvar{size}; A:= (point 4 of p); B:= (point 8 of p); C:= (point 6 of p); q:=A--B; vertical := .5[A,B]--C; cima := buildcycle(q, subpath(4,8) of reverse p); esquerda := buildcycle(subpath(4,6) of p, vertical, subpath(0,.5) of q); direita := buildcycle(subpath(6,8) of p, subpath(0,.5) of reverse q, vertical); draw p; draw q; draw vertical; label(textext( \MPstring{labelcima} ), center cima); label(textext( \MPstring{labelesquerda} ), center esquerda); label(textext( \MPstring{labeldireita} ), center direita); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \starttext \placefigure[center, nonumber]{}{ \Bolha[size=6cm]{$C_m$ (g/dm\high{3})}{mass (g)}{V\low{s} (dm\high{3})} } \startitemize[columns,two] %% try only \startitemize \startluacode flasks={20,25,50,100,200,250,500,1000} k=1 repeat Cm=math.random(1,10)/10 Vs=flasks[math.random(1,8)]/1000 mass=Cm*Vs --incognita=math.random(1,3) incognita=1 context.item() if incognita==1 then context("\\Bolha[size=4cm]{$C_m$}{%.2f g}{%.1f dm\\high{3}} mass=%.2f g", mass, Vs, mass) elseif incognita==2 then context("\\Bolha[size=5cm]{%.1f g/dm\\high{3}}{m}{%.1f dm\\high{3}} mass= hidde", Cm, Vs, mass) elseif incognita==3 then context("\\Bolha[size=5cm]{%.1f g/dm\\high{3}}{%.2f g}{V\\low{s}} mass=%.2f g", Cm ,mass, mass) end k=k+1 until k==5 \stopluacode \stopitemize \stoptext %%% stop code

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page breaks before titles
by mf 07 Mar '15

07 Mar '15

Hello, I'm trying to typeset a book made of letters with ConTeXt. Every letter has a title a subtitle and a date, before it starts with "Dear ..." Like this: --------------------------------- Title subtitle where, when Dear ..., the rest of the letter ... --------------------------------- The letters are very different in length -- some are long, some are made of a couple of lines --, so I'd like to typeset them continuously, without skipping to a new page every new letter (\setuphead[LetterTitle][page=no]). This way a letter could finish beyond the half of a page, and the next one could have no space left to get the part from Title to the first lines of the body on the same page. That's why I disabled page breaks from Title to the first paragraph after "Dear ...": it would be ugly having only the title in one page and the rest in the next ones. But there's a side effect: the title of the new letter "pulls" the last two lines (the penalties are set to avoid one-line widows) of the previous letter to the new page, even when there's room for them on the previous page. In this case I would like ConTeXt to break the page at the end of the previous letter, before the next letter title. That's why I've set before={\blank[2*line]\page[preference]} in LetterTitle. But it does not work. Example: --------------------- --------------------- text of the previous text of the previous letter with room to be letter with room to be all typeset here all typeset here page 11 last two lines of the [room for >2 lines] the previous letter page break------------------- ==> ------------------- last two lines of the Title the previous letter subtitle ... page 12 Title subtitle ... -------------------- -------------------- Is there a way to know the vertical location where the previous letter ends, to decide whether to skip to a new page? Thanks in advance, Massi

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