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context wiki and luatex.org offline
by Taco Hoekwater 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hi guys, The harddisk of the server that (amongst other things) runs the ConTeXt wiki and various luatex.org websites has apparently crashed. We are trying to get the server running again, but it could take some time before everything is back online. Best wishes, Taco

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bug in current beta?
by Pablo Rodriguez 04 Feb '15

04 Feb '15

Dear list, beta from 2015.01.30 15:28 isn’t able to hyphenate the second word in this sample (also beta from 2014.11.26 21:43 doesn’t hyphenate it): \mainlanguage[es] \setuplanguage[es][patterns={es, agr}] \setupdirections[bidi=on,method=two] \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][FreeSerif] \setupbodyfont[mainface] \starttext \hsize\zeropoint hola χαλεπὰ {\agr χαλεπὰ} \stoptext Beta from 2014.07.14 19:25 hypehantes all three words. I’m afraid this may be a bug. Could someone else confirm it? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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PDF document statistics (character count incl. spaces)?
by Jörg Weger 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Is there a way to report the “character count including spaces” of the resulting PDF in ConTeXt? Greetings Jörg

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Re: [NTG-context] A note on Arabic names in bibliographies and indices
by Alan BRASLAU 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Of course, language of the cited publication. Nothing else makes sense at all. This field is also to be used for hyphenation of the title field. BUT, the author of the TeX document must control and decide if the bibliography will use an eventual language= field or rather use the language rule in vigor for the TeX document; alternately, he/she could impose a particular language for the rendering of a particular dataset. Thomas has argued this point. The explicit parsing of "vons" or particles gives control for the sorting of author names. It is not so complicated: if treated as a particle or von, it does not enter into the sorting; if treated as intimately part of the surname (often, but not always, the case for post-revolution names in French, for example) then it does enter into the sorting. German is the only case that I know where the "von" gets placed after the first names. Here, one must not abbreviate the von, of course, as in: "Laue, M. V." - and I have seen this published!! Nor do I want to see: "von Laue, M." However, to be correct, some publications might appear as "Laue, M." Now, say that I want to cite Laue's work published in English (as well as one or more of his references published in German). Clearly this real case will cause grief. I could set language=german for all of his work, but then how are the titles to be hyphenated (and what about quotation marks if the style uses them)? This is why Hans asks if we should optionally parse 5 part author names. Here is a real case: @Article{Friedrich1912, Title = {Interferenzerscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen}, Author = {Friedrich, W. and Knipping, P. and Laue, M. von}, Journal = {Sitzber. Math-phys. Kl. bayer. Akad. Wiss. Manche}, Year = {1912}, Pages = {303}, Volume = {22}, Language = {german} } @Article{Friedrich1913, Title = {Interferenzerscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen}, Author = {Friedrich, W. and Knipping, P. and Laue, M.}, Journal = {Annalen der Physik}, Year = {1913}, Number = {10}, Pages = {971–988}, Volume = {346}, Doi = {10.1002/andp.19133461004}, ISSN = {1521-3889}, Language = {german}, Publisher = {WILEY-VCH Verlag}, } @Article{Friedrich1913a, Title = {Phénomènes d'interférence des rayons de Röntgen}, Author = {Friedrich, W. and Knipping, P. and Laue, M.}, Journal = {Radium (Paris)}, Year = {1913}, Number = {2}, Pages = {47–57}, Volume = {10}, Language = {french} } @article{PhysRev.37.53, title = {The Diffraction of an Electron-Wave at a Single Layer of Atoms}, author = {Laue, M. v.}, journal = {Phys. Rev.}, volume = {37}, issue = {1}, pages = {53--59}, numpages = {0}, year = {1931}, month = {Jan}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRev.37.53}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRev.37.53} } This last case is directly what I download from: http://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.37.53 Yikes! So some cleaning (and thought) IS necessary! Alan On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 20:40:16 +0100 "Keith J. Schultz" <keithjschultz(a)web.de> wrote: > Hi Alan, > > All of this is fine and good, but what is the language field suppose > to relate to: > Language of the text, > language of the cited publication > language of the citizenship of the author > language of the heritage of the name of the author! > > Sure we can put a lot of heuristics into it, but we still should have > a means to manually set sorting and setting of the fields of the > authors! > > As you said often one has many mixed authors names and languages of > texts! > > regards > Keith. > > > > Am 02.02.2015 um 15:23 schrieb Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau(a)cea.fr>: > > > > The handling of the "vons" issue is cultural and language-dependent. > > The problem with mucking around with vonsep and other parameters is > > that one may very well have a mixture of references in a single > > document (this is often the case for me). I see no solution other > > than trying to identify some common use and to make the behavior > > depend on the language= field (or the document language, by > > default). > > > > Alan > > > -- Alan Braslau CEA DSM-IRAMIS-SPEC CNRS URA 2464 Orme des Merisiers 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex FRANCE tel: +33 1 69 08 73 15 fax: +33 1 69 08 87 86 mailto:alan.braslau@cea.fr

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font search path and subfolders
by Jörg Weger 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

In my Linux home folder I have the usual “~/.fonts/” folder in which I have put subfolders “~/.fonts/opentype/” and “~/.fonts/truetype/”. Inside those subfolders I would like font families to have their own subfolders. When I set the font search path by running export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts;$HOME/.fonts/opentype;$HOME/.fonts/truetype" from the command line followed by mtxrun --script fonts --reload only the fonts in the /truetype/ subfolders are recognised. This means I have to put all my opentype fonts directly into the /opentype/ folder. On Stackexchange I found a solution http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/209705/context-system-font-search-pa… which says that putting “//” after the folder made the search recursive, but neither export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts//;$HOME/.fonts/opentype//;$HOME/.fonts/truetype//" nor export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts//;$HOME/.fonts//" works for me. What am I missing? (Typo maybe?) Being able to put opentype font families into subfolders as well would be a great help to keep a clear view of all my fonts. Greetings Jörg

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Grey background for pages belonging to last section of every chapter
by Rob Heusdens 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hello list, For the last section of every chapter I want a grey background for the text, which otherwise should look the same as every other section, except that it starts on a new page (I can set that by defining my own section command). The last section summarizes the chapter. My current implementation is using a frame: \defineframed[achtergrond] [frame=off, background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, width=fit, height=fit, offset=2ex, align={flushleft,nothyphenated,verytolerant}] And use it as: \achtergrond{ \section{Last section} \startitemize[n] \item ... \stopitemize } But this does not accomodate sections longer then a page. And I can't place \page command in the middle of an itemize, and using \stopitemize, \startitemize[continue] makes the pages vary in sizes. Is there some way to achieve the desired effect (grey background behind the text, and otherwise page layour identical to other sections) without the problem that text exceeds the page size? Greetings, Rob PS. The defined frame is also used elsewhere, but the last section should in fact not have normal alignment like the other sections.

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A note on Arabic names in bibliographies and indices
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Dear Syndicate, The current bibliography handler uses the following for authors: \type{\author[junior]{firstnames}[inits]{von}{surname}} Now in Arabic we have something similar to the 'von' field: the definite article 'al-', 'ibn', etc. Just as with 'von' we want to ignore them in the alphabetical sorting. [On the other hand, ConTeXt cannot currently sort its own bbl files alphabetically]. See the linked picture for a real-life example (the top-right of the page contains both Dutch and Arabic examples): https://www.dropbox.com/s/rnimlactrlqz6ak/arabic-dutch-bib.jpg?dl=0 Now the {von} field works for these Arabic prefixes, but there is an issue: There can be no space between 'al-' and what follows (e.g. 'al-Haq'). But the {von} field by default adds a space (von Corbin). So what to do? One solution is to use \setuppublicationlist[vonsep=] (see also attached): ========== \starttext \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublicationlist[vonsep=] \startpublication[k=corbin81, t=book, a=Corbin, y=1981, s=Corbin81] \author[]{Henry}[H.]{von }{Corbin} \title{The Concept of Comparative Philosophy} \pubname{Golgonooza Press} \city{Ipswich, United Kingdom} \pubyear{1981} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=haq, t=book, a=Haq, y=1994, s=Haq94] \author[]{Syed Nomanul}[S.]{al-}{Haq} \title{Names, Natures, and Things} \pubname{Kluwer} \city{Dordrecht} \pubyear{1994} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=ragep93, t=book, a={Ragep}, y=1993, s=FJRg93] \author[]{F.~J.}[F.~J.]{ibn al-}{Ragep} \title{Memoir on Astronomy} \pubname{Springer Verlag} \city{New York} \pubyear{1993} \stoppublication \placepublications [criterium=all] % inherits from \setuppublications % \completepublications[criterium=cite] % only works with criterium=all \stoptext ========== \setuppublicationlist[vonsep=] kills the space after the prefix, but that means that for every 'von', 'van', 'abu', and the like we have to add the space manually in the {von} field (as in the above example). If we don't want to use \setuppublicationlist[vonsep=] then we have to define a command for 'al-' that gobbles the space: % \define \GobbleSpace{\ignorespaces} % \define \Al{al-\GobbleSpace} If one is using lots of Arabic names and few, e.g., Dutch names, then using the [vonsep=] approach seems better. But in the upcoming bib module we may want a better solution so that bbl files can be more consistent and portable. Any thoughts are appreciated, and Best wishes Idris -- Idris Samawi Hamid Professor of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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2UP Arranging
by John Kitzmiller 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Using 2UP the rightmargin on odd (recto) pages becomes the leftmargin on even (verso) pages. Is there an option for 2UP doublesided to be printed and folded where the rightmargin is always on the righthand side of each ‘page’ from the reader’s viewpoint? Or another layout scheme to get the same result? This mwe shows 2UP default: \definepapersize[booklet][width=140mm,height=216mm] \setuppapersize[booklet][letter,landscape] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuparranging[2UP,doublesided] \setuplayout[ width=92mm, leftedge=0mm, leftmargin=0mm, backspace=15mm, rightmargindistance=3mm, rightmargin=25mm, ] \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{4}{\input ward \page} \stoptext And this gives an image of the desired layout: \definepapersize[booklet][width=140mm,height=216mm] \setuppapersize[booklet][letter,landscape] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuparranging[2UP,doublesided] \setuplayout[ width=92mm, leftedge=0mm, leftmargin=0mm, backspace=15mm, rightmargindistance=3mm, rightmargin=25mm, ] \definelayout[evenside][ width=92mm, leftmargindistance=3mm, leftmargin=25mm, backspace=43mm, rigthedge=0mm, rightmargin=0mm, ] \showframe \starttext \input ward \page \setuplayout[evenside] \input ward \page \setuplayout[reset] \input ward \page \setuplayout[evenside] \input ward \stoptext I would like to avoid the manual switching if possible. Thanks! John

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How to place text to the right of a brace
by Fabrice Couvreur 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hi, Wolfgang wrote, there was some time already, a nice macro to draw a brace. In the code below, how to have the arrow and the text to the right of the brace ? Best regards, Fabrice \startuseMPgraphic{accolade} z1 = (-233,0) ; z2 = (-220,22) ; z3 = (-155,211) ; z4 = (-200,690) ; z5 = (-142,1033) ; z6 = (-97,1106) ; z7 = (-71,1125) ; z8 = (-61,1104) ; z9 = (-80,1077) ; z10 = (-108,1002) ; z11 = (-129,666) ; z12 = (-117,207) ; z13 = (-197,19) ; z14 = (-208,0) ; z15 = (-197,-19) ; z16 = (-117,-207) ; z17 = (-129,-666) ; z18 = (-108,-1026) ; z19 = (-80,-1077) ; z20 = (-61,-1104) ; z21 = (-71,-1125) ; z22 = (-97,-1106) ; z23 = (-143,-1031) ; z24 = (-199,-673) ; z25 = (-155,-211) ; z26 = (-220,-22) ; fill z1 for i=2 upto 14: .. z[i] endfor & z14 for j=15 upto 26: .. z[j] endfor .. z1 & cycle withcolor red ; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[leftbrace] [\leftaligned {\scale[height=\overlayheight]{\useMPgraphic{accolade}}}] \defineoverlay[rightbrace][\rightaligned{\mirror{\scale[height=\overlayheight]{\useMPgraphic{accolade}}}}] \starttext \framedtext[frame=off,loffset=1em,roffset=1em,background={rightbrace}]{ La longueur est \unit{4 centimeter} ; on donne à $L$ la valeur $4$. La largeur est \unit{3 centimeter} ; on donne à $l$ la valeur $3$. } \dontleavehmode\startMPcode drawarrow (0,0)--(2cm,0) withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor red ; \stopMPcode\hskip 1cm \color[red]{Initialisation} \stoptext

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section with \sethupead[section][alternative=text]; other type of section misbehaves..
by Rob Heusdens 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

When using \setuphead[section][alternative=text] I noticed two things: 1. There is an extra space (horizontally) directly after the section heading. I can't get a grip on how to get rid of it. 2. A different type of section (define with \definehead[summary][section] seems to alter it's behaviour due to a \setuphead[section][..]. Shouldn't the summary behaviour be independend of what one sets for section? Here is a MWE that shows the problem: example 1: \defineblank[sprong][.5cm] \definehead[summary][section] \setuphead[section][number=no,style=bold,before={\blank[sprong]},after=,alternative=text,indentnext=no] \setuphead[summary][number=no,style=bold,before=,after={\blank[sprong]},beforesection={\noindentation\page\starttextbackground[SummaryBackground]},aftersection={\stoptextbackground\page}] \setupwhitespace[none] \setupindenting[yes, small, next] \definetextbackground [SummaryBackground] [frame=off,frameoffset=0pt, background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, backgroundoffset=2ex] \starttext \section{First sentence. Second sentence.}\input zapf \summary{Summary}\input zapf \stoptext example 2: \defineblank[sprong][.5cm] \definehead[summary][section] \setuphead[section][number=no,style=bold,before={\blank[sprong]},after=,alternative=text,indentnext=no] \setuphead[summary][number=no,style=bold,before=,alternative=paragraph,after={\blank[sprong]},beforesection={\noindentation\page\starttextbackground[SummaryBackground]},aftersection={\stoptextbackground\page}] \setupwhitespace[none] \setupindenting[yes, small, next] \definetextbackground [SummaryBackground] [frame=off,frameoffset=0pt, background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, backgroundoffset=2ex] \starttext \section{First sentence. Second sentence.}\input zapf \summary{Summary}\input zapf \stoptext Adding [alternative=paragraph] for summary solves this problem, and is at least a workaround, but that should not be necessary. My main problem though is how to get rid of that extra horizontal space after the normal section heading. The next sentence should align just like the section is a normal sentence itself (only typeset as bold). Is there a solution for that? Many thanks. Greeting, Rob -- attached (example 1 = test5a.pdf; example 2 = test5b.pdf)

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