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Disable balancing of page bottoms
by Joshua Krämer 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

Dear list! Context (Mk IV) balances the bottoms of doublesided pages, even if I use \raggedbottom. How can I disable this? I'm thinking of something like "balance=no" for columns, only for pages. My problem is that I have a one-page float (rotated table) with the size of the textheight. The opposite page is not completely filled with text, which makes context crop the height of the page with the float, too, resulting in a shift of the float into the upper margin. That's why I want to disable balancing. Kind regards, Joshua Krämer

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Re: [NTG-context] Unnumbered chapters before the ToC
by Robert Blackstone 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

On 16 Jan 2014, at 12:00 ,Robert Blackstone <r.blackstone(a)planet.nl wrote: > Dear all, > > Is there, in a book-project, a way to place unnumbered chapters, in casu Acknowledgements and Abstract, in the FrontMatter before the ToC, but still mentioned in the ToC? > etc. Please forget this message. The problem is solved. (I assume this was re-posted because initially I used a wrong email address). Robert Blackstone

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Compiling to EPUB
by "H. Özoguz" 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Hi, I tried to compile one of my projects to a EPUB by adding > \setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes] > \setupexport > [title={A nice book}, > author={John Doe}, > firstpage={huhn.jpg}, > ] to the main-file. After that I began the compiling by > C:\Users\diretory>mtxrun --script epub --make filename.specification like I found it in the wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Epub That is the output: > mtx-epub | creating paths in tree main_wilayatfaqih.tree > mtx-epub | copying cover.xhtml to > main_wilayatfaqih.tree/OEBPS/cover.xhtml > mtx-epub | copying toc.ncx to main_wilayatfaqih.tree/OEBPS/toc.ncx > mtx-epub | copying main_wilayatfaqih.xhtml to > main_wilayatfaqih.tree/OEBPS/main_wilayatfaqih.xhtml > mtx-epub | copying huhn.jpg to > main_wilayatfaqih.tree/OEBPS/huhn.jpg > mtx-epub | creating archive > > Der Befehl "zip" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder > konnte nicht gefunden werden. > Der Befehl "zip" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder > konnte nicht gefunden werden. > Der Befehl "zip" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder > konnte nicht gefunden werden. After that I could found the new directorys: "filename.tree", but no EPUB-file in it. What was my mistake? Thank you! Huseyin

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Re: [NTG-context] Unnumbered chapters before the ToC
by Robert Blackstone 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

On 15 Jan 2014, at 21:54 , Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Am 15.01.2014 um 15:36 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert(a)gmail.com>: > >> Dear all, >> >> Is there, in a book-project, a way to place unnumbered chapters, in casu Acknowledgements and Abstract, in the FrontMatter before the ToC, but still mentioned in the ToC? > > \definehead[prechapter][chapter] > \setuphead [prechapter][number=no,incrementnumber=list] > > \starttext > > \prechapter{Unnumbered chapter} > > \title{Contents} > > \placelist[prechapter,chapter] > > \chapter{Numbered chapter} > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang Thank you Wolfgang. This works and it will very likely also work for my project. I'm afrraid though that I left out an important detail, namely that the ToC itself must be mentioned in the ToC. What I'm expected to emulate is the following: (with real pagenumbers of course) CONTENTS Acknowledgements i Abstract ii Contents iii List of Illusttratiions iv List of Tables v Abbreviations and Library sigla vi Preface vii Chapter 1 8 Chapter 2 etc. So my real question should have been: Is there a way to place the ToC in an unnumbered chapter, which should not be at the very beginning of the book? But you have suggested the answer already: Changing \title{Contents} to \prechapter{Contents} does just that. Clean solution for an, imho, odd request. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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apply typing environment to \typebuffer
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Dear list, I have a presentation that defines a typing environment and I would like to know who to apply it to \typebuffer. Here is a sample: \definetyping[TeXcode][option=TEX] \starttext \startbuffer[a] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext \stopbuffer \typesetbuffer[a] \typebuffer[a] \stoptext Of course, the defined typing environment is richer in the presentation. How could I get \typebuffer to use TeXcode? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Setting `before` option of chapter breaks header text
by Michael Scholtz 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

If chapter titles are styled using the `before` option, the header texts on each first page of the documents (body|back|appendix)part are incorrect, because chapter name and number are empty. (Tested with ConTeXt version 2013.05.28 00:36 and 2013.09.03 10:22) Is this a bug? (If not, is there any other way to set `before` without breaking the headers?) Here an example: \setuphead[chapter][ before=\hairline\blank, %<<< headers work, if this line is removed after=\nowhitespace\hairline, ] \setuppagenumbering[location=] % clear page numbers \startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart] \setupheadertexts[chapter][pagenumber] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \setupheadertexts[{Chapter \getmarking[chapternumber]: \getmarking[chapter]}][pagenumber] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[backpart] \setupheadertexts[chapter][pagenumber] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[appendix] \setupheadertexts[{Appendix \getmarking[chapternumber]: \getmarking[chapter]}][pagenumber] \stopsectionblockenvironment \starttext \startfrontmatter \chapter{Front One} Here the header is correct. \chapter{Front Two} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Body One} Incorrect header on this page. \page[yes] Here the header is correct. \chapter{Body Two} \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \chapter{Back One} Incorrect (none) header on this page. \chapter{Back Two} \stopbackmatter \startappendices \chapter{Appedix One} Incorrect header on this page. \chapter{Appedix Two} \stopappendices \stoptext Regards, Michael

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Unnumbered chapters before the ToC
by Robert Blackstone 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Dear all, Is there, in a book-project, a way to place unnumbered chapters, in casu Acknowledgements and Abstract, in the FrontMatter before the ToC, but still mentioned in the ToC? (no idea why this would be required) Thanks in advance for any advice, Robert Blackstone

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reset blocks with dorecurse
by DesdeChaves 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Is there a way to empty the blocks after each recurse cycle. If i make three exams with the command \dorecurse[3], in the first exam i found the hints and the answers of all exams. I try with the commands \resetnumber[hint, answer], but don't work. %%%% begin question-hint-answer-blocks.tex \defineblock[question] \defineblock[hint] \defineblock[answer] \defineenumeration[question] [alternative=hanging, width=2.5cm, text={Question}, headstyle={\bi}, stopper={.}] \defineenumeration[hint] [alternative=hanging, width=4cm, text={Hint for question}, headstyle={\bi}, stopper={.}] \defineenumeration[answer] [alternative=hanging, width=4.5cm, text={Answer to question}, headstyle={\bi}, stopper={.}] \setupblock[question][before={\startquestion},after={\stopquestion}] \setupblock[hint][before={\starthint},after={\stophint}] \setupblock[answer][before={\startanswer},after={\stopanswer}] \keepblocks[question] \hideblocks[hint] \hideblocks[answer] \startsetups examn:make \resetnumber[answer] \resetnumber[question] \resetnumber[hint] \page \setcounter[userpage][1] \centerline{\kap{Maths}} \centerline{\kap{Worksheet}} \crlf Name:\thinrules[n=1]%, interlinespace=big] Evaluation:\thinrules[n=1]%, interlinespace=big] \getbuffer[examn] \stopsetups \starttext \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \startbuffer[examn] \section{Questions} \beginquestion Compute $4\times 5$. \endquestion \beginhint Use the fact that $2\times 5 = 10$. \endhint \beginanswer $20$. \endanswer \beginquestion What is the value of $100 / 10$? \endquestion \beginhint Remember that $10\times 10 = 100$. \endhint \beginanswer $10$ \endanswer \section{Hints to all questions} \useblocks[hint] \section{Answers to all questions} \useblocks[answer] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \stopbuffer \setuprandomize[124] % set a seed \dorecurse{3} {\setups[examn:make]} \stoptext Thanks a lot Jorge

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Unnumbered chapters before the ToC
by Robert Blackstone 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Dear all, Is there, in a book-project, a way to place unnumbered chapters, in casu Acknowledgements and Abstract, in the FrontMatter before the ToC, but still mentioned in the ToC? (no idea why this would be required) Thanks in advance for any advice, Robert Blackstone

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Feature Request: Set Output Directory
by Thangalin 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Hi, Summary: If the --result parameter includes a path then ConTeXt should assume that that directory is writable thus read/write its temporary flies at that location instead of the current working directory (CWD). Consider the following three accounts: - ConTeXt installation account (e.g., "context") - Web server account (e.g., "web") - Application account (e.g., "app") ConTeXt is run using the web server account. The web server's CWD is set to the application directory. For security reasons, the "web" account may not create files in the "app" account. When ConTeXt is called by the "web" account, the CWD is an "app" account subdirectory. This subdirectory contains scores of .tex input files that control various themes for the final rendered document. Many different users, through this web-based application, create different content .tex files. I would like to run context as the web user within the app directory, where the input .tex files are located; effectively, as the "web" account, this would look like: cd /home/app/public_html/book/context source /home/context/bin/context/tex/setuptex /home/context/bin/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/context /home/web/users/1/book.tex --result=/home/web/users/1/book.pdf Since the "web" account cannot write to the "app" directory, this causes the following error: ! I can't write on file `book.log'. The following is also not possible as the "web" account: cd /home/web/users/1/ source /home/context/bin/context/tex/setuptex /home/context/bin/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/context book.tex This fails because the book.tex file includes files that are in the "app" directory, which cannot be found. Since the "book.tex" file will be in a different directory for every user, a symbolic link in each book directory would probably resolve the issue, but that's a bit wasteful. I have updated TEXMFCACHE in texmfcnf.lua to point to /var/cache/context/texmf-cache/ (world-writable), but it didn't help. It seems that ConTeXt assumes write permissions to the current working directory, which is not a valid assumption. Thoughts? P.S. Also, the --result parameter should be listed in the --help page (or the --help page should list --all as a way to see all the options).

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