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running PlainTeX from beta
by Meer, H. van der 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

I have some plaintex code to run from the ConTeXt beta-distribution, because I didn't install the complete TeXp-distribution (and if possible prefer to keep it that way). I did not fare well with running "texexec --make plain" and "mtxrun --script plain myfile.tex" The first command does not give a sign of dumping the plain format somewhere, the second command complains "I can't find the format file luatex-plain.fmt" It looks if I am on the wrong track for using luatex with plain. Will someone please be so kind to turn me in the right direction? Hans van der Meer

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\startframed spurious whitespace
by Rik Kabel 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

There appears to be a bug with \startframed. In the following example, the instance with no optional argument sets correctly, while with the use of an optional argument (even empty []) a whitespace is introduced before the text. \starttext \startframed[] Why a space? \stopframed \startframed This is ok. \stopframed \stoptext -- Rik

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State of documentation of ConTeXt?
by Gerben Wierda 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Hello guys, I am restarting a book project I started a several years back. At that time I set up a copy of another project I am working on in ConTeXt, so with the products/environment/chapters structure, added Mac fonts to my setup, using texexec for compilation. Now that I am restarting, I am returning to ConTeXt. The first thing I did was go to contextgarden and look for updated documentation. What I found was the over 10-year old documentation (contextref.pdf) with green boxes stating things like “TODO: Add some text about recent developments, especially the split between mkii and mkiv”. Is there up-to-date and reasonably complete ConTeXt documentation these days? G

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Why is my output body text in 15pt?
by Gerben Wierda 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

I am typesetting a small pocketbook. I’m using mkii and the standard products/environment/chapters structure. I am trying to create a small paperbook size book with 11pt Optima font (using the converted font on my Mac). Everything works, except the body text is in 15pt in the PDF. Now, I did all this font setup stuff years and years ago (I think the whole GTAMacFonts doesn’t work/exist anymore, I just keep it running on my system) and of course I suspect something not quite right in that part, but when I completely leave out the Optima stuff, I get CMR in 15pt, so that is probably not it. When in CRM, I see log entries like [7.5] Overfull \hbox (4.50882pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 36--46 \*12ptrmtfrm*: rat-ings in-sti-tute are ca-pa-ble of han-dling this amount \hbox(8.26648+2.33331)x258.10477, glue set - 1.0 .\*12ptrmtfrm*: r .\*12ptrmtfrm*: a .\*12ptrmtfrm*: t .\discretionary ..\*12ptrmtfrm*: - .\*12ptrmtfrm*: i .etc. Which seems to indicate that the font is 12pt. But why is the document in 15pt text? My environment contains (amongst other things): \definepapersize[smallpaperback][width=5in,height=8in] \setuppapersize[smallpaperback][smallpaperback] \setuplayout[location=doublesided] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=no] \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=no] \setupsectionblock[appendix][page=no] \setupsectionblock[backpart][page=no] % Every chapter body text starts with lettrine: \usemodule[lettrine] \setuplettrine[Lines=3, Hang=.5, Oversize=0, Raise=0, Findent=0pt, Nindent=0em, Slope=0em, Ante=, FontHook=, TextFont=\sc, Image=no] % Every chapter starts with a quote on the LHS page: \setuphead [chapter] [page=, before={\setups[chapter:before]}, after={\setups[chapter:after]}] \startsetups chapter:before \page[left] \noheaderandfooterlines \startalignment[left,nothyphenated] \startnarrower[4*left] \em \getbuffer[chapter:quote] \stopnarrower \stopalignment \resetsetups[quote:text] \page[right] \noheaderandfooterlines \blank[force,2*big] \stopsetups \startsetups chapter:after \blank[3*big] \stopsetups \setuptolerance[horizontal=strict] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupcolor[rgb] % \setupquote[style=small] \setupnarrower[left=1cm,right=0.5cm] % \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono] [hanging] [normal] % Bypassing type-gtamacfonts.tex \starttypescript [sans,serif] [optima] [texnansi,ec] \definefontsynonym [Optima-Regular] [\typescriptthree-OptimaRegular] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \definefontsynonym [Optima-Italic] [\typescriptthree-OptimaItalic] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \definefontsynonym [Optima-Bold] [\typescriptthree-OptimaBold] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \definefontsynonym [Optima-BoldItalic] [\typescriptthree-OptimaBoldItalic] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \definefontsynonym [Optima-ExtraBlack] [\typescriptthree-OptimaExtraBlack] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans,serif] [optima] [name] \setups [font:fallback:\typescriptone] \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone] [Optima-Regular] \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone Italic] [Optima-Italic] \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone Bold] [Optima-Bold] \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone BoldItalic] [Optima-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix\typescriptone Black] [Optima-ExtraBlack] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[allsans][rm][serif][optima][default][encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface[allsans][ss][sans][optima][default][encoding=texnansi] \loadmapfile [gtamacfonts.map] \setupbodyfont[allsans,11pt]

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framedtext and itemize
by Meer, H. van der 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

I have a question regarding the interplay between framedtext and itemize. Example \startitemize[n]\startitem \startframedtext[left][width=0.5\textwidth]\leavevmode some text \stopframedtext \stopitem\stopitemize The framedtext is put on the next line instead of on the first of the item. [cid:3B8394EB-ADB8-4DA9-9E09-6ACFB9389BB4] How do I get here the top frameline of the framedtext aligned with the 1. of the itemnumber? Playing with the location-parameter on the \startframedtext doesn't seem to make any difference. Especially I would like the baseline of the first line inside the framed text to be at the same level as the itemlabel. Hans van der Meer

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\framed versus \inframed
by Herbert Voss 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

I'd expect a double frame for a nested \inframed, too. And also fog in the last row always on the baseline fort \inframed. \starttext foo\framed{\framed{foo}} \inframed{\inframed{foo}} foo fog\framed{\framed{fog}} \inframed{\inframed{fog}} fog \setupframed[strut=no] fog\framed{\framed{fog}} \inframed{\inframed{fog}} fog \stoptext running current minimal Herbert

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aligning framedtexts inside framed
by Meer, H. van der 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

In search of a nice presentation of two passages of text I am trying to put two \framedtext's inside a \framed with their top at the same level. However, I have not been able to accomplish this. Instead they align their bottom. Example with its result: \framed[location=top]\bgroup \hsize=0.5\textwidth \startframedtext[left][width=0.5\textwidth,location=top]\leavevmode some text \stopframedtext \startframedtext[left][width=0.5\textwidth,location=top]\leavevmode some other text\crlf of more lines \stopframedtext \egroup [cid:B80CDDB1-1D08-4FEE-8B80-B1C0C11AC256] Changing the location parameter made no difference, introducing an align ruined the placement on the same line. How do I get the toplines of the inner frames at the same height? Hans van der Meer

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\underbar
by Herbert Voss 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

>From the contextref.pdf, p 262 \underbar A disadvantage of this command is that words can no longer be hyphenated. This is a nasty side--effect. But we do support nested underlining. This commant is wrong, right? Hyphenation is supported. Herbert

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Caption whitespace overflows page
by Rik Kabel 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

How can I get rid of the space at the top of the first line of text on page three in the following MWE. The \setupfloats[spaceafter=none] masks the problem rather than addresses the problem directly. Playing with the size of the figures (changing them to 3cm) shows that the caption text is not pushed to the second page, just some whitespace imputed to them. This happens with TL2013 and with the latest (20140325) standalone beta. I may be able to get away with the figure overflowing into the footnote space by avoiding footnotes, but the space on the next page is just ugly. \setuppapersize[A6] \setupexternalfigures[location={local,default}] \setupfloats[spaceafter=none] \starttext \input{knuth} \placefigure[left]{Caption} {\startcombination[1*3] {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][height=2cm]}{cow} {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][height=2cm]}{cow} {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][height=2cm]}{cow} \stopcombination} \input{knuth} \input{knuth} \stoptext -- Rik Kabel

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Fonthandling/protrusion question: handling of left margin
by Rob Heusdens 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

Short question about the font feature protrusion. This handles certain characters that get shifted into the right margin to make a more visable straight right margin. But can this font feature also handle left margin? For example, sentences that start in the left margin and begin with a quotation, there you would want the same effect also in the left margin. I currently use \kern-1ex to achieve the same effect for a sentence that commences on the left margin and starts with a quotation. Greetings, Rob

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