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Citing a PhD dissertation
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Dear gang, ConTeXt currently follows archaic BibTeX conventions in labeling doctoral dissertations for bibliography. So we have the tag 'phdthesis' as in \startpublication[k=hamid98, t=phdthesis, a=Hamid, y=1998, s=ISH98] \author[]{Idris Samawi}[I.]{}{Hamid} \title{The Metaphysics and Cosmology of \TeX} \pubname{\TeX\ State University} \pubyear{1998} \stoppublication The tag gets mapped to 'PhD thesis' in the output. But current English style is to use 'thesis' for Masters degrees and 'dissertation' for doctoral degrees [See the Merriam-Webster Style Manual or even google 'phd thesis or dissertation' for lots of confirmation of this]. As development of a new mkiv module continues, I would suggest changing this to the standard usage. In the meantime: How can I change the label in the current bibliography system? I tried the following (also attached): ======== \starttext \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setupbtxlabeltext [en] [apa:phdthesis={Doctoral dissertation}] \startsetups btx:apa:phdthesis \setvariables[btx:temp][label=Doctoral Dissertation] \btxsetup{btx:apa:common:thesis} \stopsetups \startpublication[k=hamid98, t=phdthesis, a=Hamid, y=1998, s=ISH98] \author[]{Idris Samawi}[I.]{}{Hamid} \title{The Metaphysics and Cosmology of \TeX} \pubname{\TeX\ State University} \pubyear{1998} \stoppublication \placepublications [criterium=all] % inherits from \setuppublications % \completepublications[criterium=cite] % only works with criterium=all \stoptext ======== But the output is still 'PhD thesis'. How do I get the changes in the btx labeltext passed on to ConTeXt so I can get the correct output? Thanks and Best wishes Idris -- Idris Samawi Hamid Professor of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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short field no longer accepts control sequences
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Dear Cabal, Things like the following used to work, now give an error: ======== \starttext \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \startpublication[k=corbin81, t=book, a=Corbin, y=1981, s=\hbox{}Corbin81] \author[]{Henry}[H.]{}{Corbin} \title{The Concept of Comparative Philosophy} \pubname{Golgonooza Press} \city{Ipswich, United Kingdom} \pubyear{1981} \stoppublication \placepublications [criterium=all] % inherits from \setuppublications % \completepublications[criterium=cite] % only works with criterium=all \stoptext : [\directlua]:1: invalid escape sequence near '\h' 1 \starttext 2 \setuppublications[alternative=apa] 3 4 \startpublication[k=corbin81, 5 t=book, 6 a=Corbin, 7 y=1981, 8 >> s=\hbox{}Corbin81] 9 \author[]{Henry}[H.]{}{Corbin} 10 \title{The Concept of Comparative Philosophy} 11 \pubname{Golgonooza Press} 12 \city{Ipswich, United Kingdom} 13 \pubyear{1981} 14 \stoppublication 15 16 \placepublications [criterium=all] % inherits from \setuppublications 17 % \completepublications[criterium=cite] % only works with criterium=all 18 \stoptext ======== This is not mission-critical in my case, I can live without it at least for now, but it did used to work. May be worth investigating, and Best wishes Idris -- Idris Samawi Hamid Professor of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] Code that run in Metapost but not in starMPcode enviroment
by Akira Kakuto 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

> Interestingly it seems to work in mkii, probably because > mkii calls external metafun: Sorry, I didn't notice explanation by Hans. Best, Akira

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Code that run in Metapost but not in starMPcode enviroment
by Akira Kakuto 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

> What is wrong with this code? Interestingly it seems to work in mkii, probably because mkii calls external metafun: context --pdftex --passon=--shell-escape test.tex test.pdf is attached. Best, Akira

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Code that run in Metapost but not in starMPcode enviroment
by DesdeChaves 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

I'm trying to draw some random arrows using Metapost. For that I use a piece of code from fpast that in found at stackexchange <http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/179745/generating-random-arrows-in-t…> Unfortunately this code does not work in context (request for a solution <http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/225864/metapost-error-related-with-c…>) because the freelabel() function. If I disable it the result is the expected. What is wrong with this code? \starttext \startMPcode numeric u, nb_vectors, wd; u := 1cm; % unit length nb_vectors := 20; wd = .5; boolean intersect; pair random_origin; color random_color; path candidate, random_vector[]; % vardef bb(expr p) = save orig, extr; pair orig, extr; orig = point 0 of p; extr = point 1 of p; pair v,w; v = wd*unitvector(extr-orig)*u; w = v rotated 90; (orig - v + w) -- (extr + v + w) -- (extr + v - w) -- (orig - v - w) -- cycle enddef; % pickup pencircle scaled 2bp; i = 1; forever: exitunless (i <= nb_vectors); intersect := false; random_length := u*(2+uniformdeviate(1)); random_angle := uniformdeviate(359); random_origin := u*(uniformdeviate(wd*nb_vectors), uniformdeviate(wd*nb_vectors)); random_color := (uniformdeviate(1), uniformdeviate(1), uniformdeviate(1)); candidate := random_origin -- (random_origin + random_length*dir(random_angle)); j := 1; forever: exitif (j = i) or (intersect = true); if bb(random_vector[j]) intersectiontimes bb(candidate) <> (-1, -1): intersect := true; fi; j := j+1; endfor; if intersect = false: random_vector[i] = candidate; drawarrow candidate withcolor random_color; freelabel(btex $v$ etex, point .5 of candidate, point .5 of candidate + dir (random_angle + 90)); i := i+1; fi; endfor; \stopMPcode \stoptext

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More headache with \setuphead
by Rob Heusdens 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Related post: section with \sethupead[section][alternative=text]; other type of section misbehaves.. Hello list, It seems I have more problems with \setuphead, which I can't get hold on. This time content misbehaves in way I can't understand. Here are the relevant definitions/commands: \setuphead[chapter] [header=nomarking, command=\MyChapterCommand, aligntitle=yes, align={flushleft,nothyphenated,verytolerant}] \setuphead[content] [command=, textcommand=\MyContentCommand] What I expect this set of definitions to do is to indeed perform \MyChapterCommand for a chapter to typeset the title of a chapter. For the table of contents, I hoped that it would not do the command, which I set for chapter (by clearing that option with =,), and instead perform the textcommand \MyContentCommand. However from my output it is clear that the table of content still does \MyChapterCommand. As a workaround, I postponed setting \setuphead for chapter till after the content. But why does this not work? Even if content is supposedly doing the same thing as chapter does, it I make thereafter changes to content, and in fact "undo" the command setting and instead direct it to perform a textcommand, I don't expect it to still perform \MyChapterCommand. But it does that. Below the definitions for both commands: \define[1]\MyContentCommand% {\framed[frame=off,offset=none,frameoffset=0pt] {\vbox{\blank[4cm]\Word{#1}}}} \define[2]\MyChapterCommand% {\framed[frame=off,offset=none,frameoffset=0pt] {\vbox{\blank[4cm]{\small \headtext{chapter} #1}\blank\unhyphenated{#2}}}} Can anyone advise? Thanks, Rob

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Interactive table of content -- jumps always 1 page too far
by Rob Heusdens 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Hello list, Having the problem that if I jump to a chapter or section by clicking on the interactive table of content (while the page numbers presented do match the actual page number where the chapter or section begins) always leads me to jumping one page too far. I've tried to produce a MWE, but failed so far, even if I add all the commands and setups which could affect page numbering, it doesn't reproduce the error. I didn't do setting the userpage number by hand. In fact the page number is off by 2 from the real page number, caused by a makeup title page, which does not do page counting (btw. is there a way to force a custom title page makeup to DO count the page number?) and an extra page coming right after it before the table of contents. Setting the right page number on the table of contents page solves that, but clicking an entry in the table of contents still sends me one page too far. Can anyone guid me on where to look or what to try to solve this nasty problem? Thanks. Greetings, Rob

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interactive footnote links
by Pablo Rodriguez 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Hans, I have a proposal for interactive footnote links. First, the sample: \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext a\footnote{b} \stoptext In the PDF file, the two links are defined: << /Subtype /Link /Dest [13 0 R /Fit] /F 4 /Rect [76.725 698.345 80.957 712.772] /Border [0 0 0]>> << /Subtype /Link /Dest [13 0 R /Fit] /F 4 /Rect [61.654 115.692 65.886 127.715] /Border [0 0 0]>> How about changing destination in both links for the following? /Dest [13 0 R /XYZ left top null] BTW, there seems that /Rect dimensions are [left bottom right top]. This would make: << /Subtype /Link /Dest [13 0 R /XYZ 61.654 127.715 null] /F 4 /Rect [76.725 698.345 80.957 712.772] /Border [0 0 0]>> << /Subtype /Link /Dest [13 0 R /XYZ 76.725 712.772 null] /F 4 /Rect [61.654 115.692 65.886 127.715] /Border [0 0 0]>> If this feature were implemented, there would be no change in display after clicking in a footnote link (or clicking back). And that would make ConTeXt even more awesome than it is now :-). Many thanks for your help and for your extraordinary work developing ConTeXt, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Re: [NTG-context] letter booklet
by John Kitzmiller 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

> On Jan 26, 2015, at 4:04 AM, schuster.wolfgang(a)gmail.com wrote: > >> Am 25.01.2015 um 23:15 schrieb John Kitzmiller <kitz(a)inradius.net <mailto:kitz@inradius.net>>: >> >> Desired outcome: a multipage booklet on letter size paper with margins lined up when duplex printed and folded. >> >> Using imposition with [letter][letter,landscape] did not work, so to start I used: >> >> \definepapersize[booklet][width=140mm,height=216mm] >> \setuppapersize[booklet][letter,landscape] >> \setuparranging[2UP,doublesided] >> \setuplayout[width=115mm, >> leftedge=0mm, >> leftmargin=0mm, >> backspace=15mm, >> rightmargin=0mm, >> rigthedge=0mm] >> \showframe >> \starttext >> \dorecurse{8}{\input Ward \page} >> \stoptext >> >> but the inside and outside margins do not line up. Where is the elegant path? > > 1. Set your document doublesided with > > \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] > > > 2. Reduce the width of the backspace > > \setuplayout[backspace=10mm] Thank you Wolfgang. Follow-up question: how to have a right margin appear on the right side of every booklet page? The layouts I have tried with the following mwe put the right margin on the cut side of the paper, but that “reverses” the margin side from the reader’s view when printed and folded. \definepapersize[booklet][width=140mm,height=216mm] \setuppapersize[booklet][letter,landscape] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuparranging[2UP,doublesided] \setuplayout[ width=90mm, leftedge=0mm, leftmargin=0mm, backspace=15mm, rightmargindistaince=3mm, rightmargin=25mm, ] \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{4}{\input ward \page} \stoptext

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publications in footnotes (new bibliography mkiv)
by Jörg Weger 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

I have to prepare a paper in literary science. I need to be able to quote a reference in a footnote instead of a in-text reference. Such a footnote should look the same or similar as the entry in the publications list. I guess that I have to do \setupbtxcitevariant and \definebtxcitevariant but then I am stuck. It would be great if one could put a separate page number/range for every footnote. Is there maybe already a mechanism for that? Greetings Jörg

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