Re: [NTG-context] how to insert symbols into document?

13 Apr 2015

      Hi,

There is no \blackdiamond defined beforehand, but there is \diamondsuit (as well as \heartsuit, \spadesuit, \clubsuit):

If you want a filled black diamond, you may use \blacklozenge, or find its corresponding UTF code and then insert it with a special command:

%%%% begin diamond.tex
\define\blackdiamond{\utfchar{"2666}}
\starttext
This is \type{$\diamondsuit$} $\diamondsuit$

This is \type{$\diamond$} $\diamond$

This is \type{$\blackdiamond$} $\blackdiamond$
\stoptext
%%%% end diamond.tex

Best regards: OK
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On 13 Apr 2015, at 13:14, Csikos Bela  wrote:
Otared Kavian  írta:
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On 13 Apr 2015, at 01:29, Csikos Bela  wrote:
Hello context users:
I would like to insert symbols into my document, especially black-diamond and losenge
symbols. I read symbols page at contextgarden but still don't know how to do it.
I also tried \showsymbolset[was] etc but the symbols but I did not find these (and many
other symbols either) in the output pages.
I found that symb-imp-mis.mkiv file defines this symbol (line 49) but I don't know how to
make it show. Do I have to load specific symbol fonts? If yes how can I find out which font has the given symbols?
What I tried so far included:
% begin code
\usesymbols[imp-mis]
\starttext
◆
\blackdiamond
\symbol [blackdiamond]
% end code
None of these show anything.
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Hi,
You can use the mathmode to access those characters, as in the following example:
\starttext
This is \type{$\blacklozenge$} $\blacklozenge$
This is \type{$\lozenge$} $\lozenge$
\stoptext
Hi,
The above example works.
But if I try it with \blackdiamond, I get error and context stops:
This is the tex file:
% begin code
\starttext
This is \type{$\blackdiamond$} $\blackdiamond$
This is \type{$\diamond$} $\diamond$
\stoptext
% end code
And the compilation:
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context symbols.tex
mtx-context     | run 1: luatex --fmt="/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en" --jobname="symbols" --lua="/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" --no-parse-first-line --c:currentrun=1 --c:fulljobname="./symbols.tex" --c:input="./symbols.tex" --c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=8 "cont-yes.mkiv"
This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.80.0 (TeX Live 2015/dev) (rev 5195)
\write18 enabled.
(/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv
ConTeXt  ver: 2014.01.03 00:40 MKIV current  fmt: 2015.3.31  int: english/english
system          > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded
(/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv)
system          > files > jobname 'symbols', input './symbols', result 'symbols'
fonts           > latin modern fonts are not preloaded
languages       > language 'en' is active
(..../symbols.tex{/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map}
fonts           > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage)
fonts           > typescripts > unknown library 'loc'
{/usr/local/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/usr/local/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}
fonts           > 'fallback modern rm 12pt' is loaded
fonts           > treatment > fixing some wrong widths
! Undefined control sequence
system          > tex > error on line 4 in file ......./symbols.tex: Undefined control sequence ...
1
2
3     \starttext
4 >>  This is \type{$\blackdiamond$} $\blackdiamond$
5
6     This is \type{$\diamond$} $\diamond$
7     \stoptext
8
9
?
backend         > xmp > using file '/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml'
pages           > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1
))
mkiv lua stats  > used config file: selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
mkiv lua stats  > used cache path: readable: '/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e' | readable+writable: '/tmp/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e'
mkiv lua stats  > resource resolver: loadtime 0.019 seconds, 1 scans with scantime 0.002 seconds, 5 shared scans, 14 found files, scanned paths: ..../texmf
mkiv lua stats  > stored bytecode data: 338 modules (0.450 sec), 69 tables (0.010 sec), 407 chunks (0.460 sec)
mkiv lua stats  > cleaned up reserved nodes: 42 nodes, 9 lists of 442
mkiv lua stats  > node memory usage: 2 glue, 2 penalty, 9 attribute, 28 glue_spec, 3 attribute_list
mkiv lua stats  > node list callback tasks: 6 unique task lists, 6 instances (re)created, 45 calls
mkiv lua stats  > used backend: pdf (backend for directly generating pdf output)
mkiv lua stats  > loaded patterns: en::2, load time: 0.000
mkiv lua stats  > jobdata time: 0.000 seconds saving, 0.000 seconds loading
mkiv lua stats  > callbacks: 145 direct, 174 indirect, 319 total
mkiv lua stats  > result saved in file: symbols.pdf, compresslevel 3, objectcompreslevel 3
mkiv lua stats  > loaded fonts: 3 files: latinmodern-math.otf, lmmono12-regular.otf, lmroman12-regular.otf
mkiv lua stats  > fonts load time: 0.653 seconds for 5 fonts, 2 shared in backend, 2 common vectors, 0 common hashes
mkiv lua stats  > used platform: linux-64, type: unix, binary subtree: texmf-linux-64
mkiv lua stats  > luatex banner: this is luatex, version beta-0.80.0 (tex live 2015/dev) (rev 5195)
mkiv lua stats  > control sequences: 38352 of 65536 + 100000
mkiv lua stats  > current memory usage: 49 MB (ctx: 49 MB)
mkiv lua stats  > runtime: 6.433 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 0.155 pages/second
mtx-context     | fatal error: return code: 1
How can fix this?
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