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table cell frames
by hwitloc＠gmail.com 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Is it possible to have different colored table cell border frames? I tried using the \setuptables[rulecolor=...] but it didn't work. Here is a minimal example: %---------------- \setuptables[rulecolor=red] \starttext \starttable[|l|c|] \NC Column \#1 \VL Column \#2 \SR \DL \DC \DR \NC City \VL Prefecture \LR \stoptable \stoptext %---------------- Please advise.

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Kashide in ConTeXt
by Vafa Khalighi 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Hi How do you use automatic and manual Kashide for Arabic in ConTeXt? I could not find any documentation on this. Thanks Vafa Khalighi

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Replacement with a predefined table?
by "H. Özoguz" 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

Is the following possible in ConText? I want to define a table like this: 1: Hans 2: Wolfgang 3: Aditja 4: Marco ... in which I can look up by a function, which allows the following command: \name{number}. E.g. "This is \name{3}" should compile to "This is Aditja". For my purpose, the table would have 114 entries. Thanks for help. Huseyin

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add bib category
by Meer, H. van der 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

I am in need of a reference to a "bachelor thesis" but the file bxml-apa.mkiv only provides "phdthesis" as a possibility. Adding the following code to bxml-apa.mkiv doesn't work or is not enough to add the "bachelorthesis" as an extra. I did search for "phdthesis" in the ConTeXt base files and was found once: in the bxml-apa.mkiv file. How to? \startxmlsetups bibtex:apa:bachelorthesis \setvariables[bibtex:temp][label=Bachelor thesis] \bibxmlsetup{bibtex:apa:common:thesis} \stopxmlsetups used in the .bib file as: @bachelorthesis{rijneveld:13, Author = {A. Author}, School = {Excellent University}, Title = {{How the Dutch.}}, Year = {2013}} Hans van der Meer

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Gray unit
by Christian Prim 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

Hello the physical unit Gray has Gy as symbol (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_(unit) ). Context returns Gr. MWE: \starttext \unit{1 Gray} \stoptext Thanks for fixing this little bug. Christian

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devanagari rendering (2 errors)
by Peter Graif 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Hello, I recently learned that ConTeXt-mkiv and LuaTeX now support devanagari fonts. An enormous thank you to Kai and Hans and anyone else involved in making that happen. I know it's a niche application, but for some of us it makes all the difference. I ran some tests on the output and the rendering is lovely, even on the extremely complex ligatures. I noticed only two errors, both of which are simple to describe and consistent: 1) Conjuncts of the form (consonant + virama + र "ra") render the opposite sequence intended. For example: [U+0915] [U+094D][U+0930] (क्र "kra") incorrectly produces the glyph intended for [U+0930][U+094D][U+0915] (र्क "rka"). 2) Word-final virama causes words to render with a half-consonant at the end. They should instead display the whole-consonant with the virama diacritic. Half-consonants should be used only when conjoining with another subsequent consonant in the same word. A picture, in case it's more helpful: http://i.imgur.com/MpIwd9w.png I tried to look at the code in hopes of offering a fix, but I'm afraid it was way over my head. If there's anything else I can do to help, I'd be happy for the opportunity. Best regards, Peter

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new mp trickery / next challenge for alan and mari
by Hans Hagen 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Hi, There's now a convenient way to pass data back from an mprun to the tex instance: \starttext \startMPcode passvariable("version","1.0") ; passvariable("number",123) ; passvariable("string","whatever") ; passvariable("point",(1,2)) ; passvariable("triplet",(1,2,3)) ; passvariable("quad",(1,2,3,4)) ; passvariable("boolean",false) ; passvariable("path",fullcircle scaled 1cm) ; draw fullcircle scaled 20pt ; \stopMPcode \ctxlua{inspect(metapost.variables)} \ctxcommand{mprunvar("number")} \ctxcommand{mprunvar("string")} \stoptext the inspect shows: table={ ["boolean"]=false, ["number"]=123, ["path"]={ { 10.02177, 10.02177, 12.67969, 7.36386, 7.36386, 12.67969 }, { 0, 14.17323, 3.75914, 14.17323, -3.75914, 14.17323 }, { -10.02177, 10.02177, -7.36386, 12.67969, -12.67969, 7.36386 }, { -14.17323, 0, -14.17323, 3.75914, -14.17323, -3.75914 }, { -10.02177, -10.02177, -12.67969, -7.36386, -7.36386, -12.67969 }, { 0, -14.17323, -3.75914, -14.17323, 3.75914, -14.17323 }, { 10.02177, -10.02177, 7.36386, -12.67969, 12.67969, -7.36386 }, { 14.17323, 0, 14.17323, -3.75914, 14.17323, 3.75914 }, }, ["point"]={ 1, 2 }, ["quad"]={ 1, 2, 3, 4 }, ["string"]="whatever", ["triplet"]={ 1, 2, 3 }, ["version"]="1.0", } the mprunvar pips a value or concatination to tex ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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beta
by Hans Hagen 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Hi, I uploaded a beta with additional bidi code. There are now three methods: default : the original one, the fastest, wil be improved a bit one : unicode bidi, derived from khaleds t-bidi, cleaned up and optimized plus some thingies, but in working still close to the original two : unicode bidi, the version that will evolve All methods come with the usual context kind of tracing. Some of these methods have different options (default has local and global behaviour), one has no options, and for two one can disable fancy fences heuristics. More will follow once we have investigated all upcoming changes, circulating wishes, conflicting demands etc. Eventually there will be a manual about these matters. Here is an example (follow up on some post about hebrew on this list): \starttext \definefont[arabicfont][arabtype*arabic at 20pt] \definefont[hebrewfont][arial*hebrew at 12pt] \startbuffer[fences] \hebrewfont ש)ל(א none\par ש(ל]א none\par ש(ל)א 2-4\par ש(ל[א)כ] 2-6\par ש(ל]א)כ 2-6\par ש(ל)א)כ 2-4\par ש(ל(א)כ 4-6\par ש(ל(א)כ) 2-8, 4-6\par ש(ל[א]כ) 2-8, 4-6\par \stopbuffer \startbuffer[junk] \hebrewfont \dorecurse{100}{ \dorecurse{20}{ שלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) $ $ כותבשלום (אני) $x$ כותבשלום (אני) \ruledhbox {hans כותבשלום} (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותבשלום (אני) כותב } \par } \stopbuffer \setupalign[r2l,verytolerant] \start \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=default] \getbuffer[fences] \blank \stop \start \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=one] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.one] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.one.details] \getbuffer[fences] \blank \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.one] \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.one.details] \stop \start \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=two,fences=yes] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two.details] \getbuffer[fences] \blank \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two] \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two.details] \stop \start \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=two,fences=no] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two] \enabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two.details] \getbuffer[fences] \blank \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two] \disabletrackers[typesetters.directions.two.details] \stop \page \start \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=two] \getbuffer[junk] \blank \stop \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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extra - in reference
by Meer, H. van der 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Doing \in{Figure}[fig:figname] neatly typesets for example: "figure 1.4" Defined as: \startplacefigure[title=figure-title,reference=fig:figname] But if I define:\startchapter[title=chapter-title,reference=chap:chapname] Then \in{Chapter}[chap:chapname] produces: "chapter 6 - " Thus an extra space + minus sign + space are put behind the chapter reference. This is annoying, because I would like my chapter reference to be "chapter 6" without any additions. Besides, the figure reference and chapter reference behave differently, an unexpected phenomenon. It seems the \startchapter defines a reference different from the reference in \startplacefigure. Is this difference in behaviour intentional? Is it a bug? How can I revert my chapter references to the form without the trailing characters? Thanks in advance Hans van der Meer

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How to typeset two columns with longer text
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Hello, suppose we need to typeset text into two (generally: several) columns. Depending on the length of the text in the first (generally: i-th) column we need to choose an alternative: 1) Short-text Some-text-in-the-second-column Another-text Some-other-text or: 2) Very-long-text-in-the-1st-column Some-text-in-the-second-column Another-text Some-other-text So, when the text in the first (or i-th resp.) column is too long, we need to go to the next row (generally: leaving all remaining columns empty) and skip the first column (generally: all columns being too long so far) automatically. Is there a way how to achieve this automatically, without manual check? (Suppose typesetting columns with \tabulate command(s) with width of the first column specified, like "|lw(2in)|p|".) Thanks in advance. Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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