Am 15.08.2011 um 17:12 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:

Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in the PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.

Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to put comments in your document you can use “%%”. Wolfgang

Am 15.08.2011 um 17:33 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:

2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster

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Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in the PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.

Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to put comments in your document you can use “%%”.

Does not work on my side. Both percentage signs and the text after it are displayed in my document.

Does this work? \asciimode \starttext % this is visible %% and this is not \stoptext When you can read the text after “%%” you need a newer context. Wolfgang

Am 15.08.2011 um 18:05 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:

2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster

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Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in the PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.

Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to put comments in your document you can use “%%”.

Does not work on my side. Both percentage signs and the text after it are displayed in my document.

Does this work?

\asciimode \starttext % this is visible %% and this is not \stoptext

When you can read the text after “%%” you need a newer context.

I can read it, but I doubt it that I need a newer ConTeXt. I just this morning executed: first-setup.bat --context=current --extras=al

It can not be much newer I would think.

ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.8.15 int: english/english

^^^^^^^^^^ You use a ConTeXt from May and comments for asciimode where added in Juli. I guess you have TeXLive 2011 installed which interferes with ConTeXt Standalone. Wolfgang

2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof

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Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in

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the PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.

Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to put comments in your document you can use “%%”.

Does not work on my side. Both percentage signs and the text after it are displayed in my document.

Does this work?

\asciimode \starttext % this is visible %% and this is not \stoptext

When you can read the text after “%%” you need a newer context.

I can read it, but I doubt it that I need a newer ConTeXt. I just this morning executed: first-setup.bat --context=current --extras=al

It can not be much newer I would think.

ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.8.15 int: english/english

^^^^^^^^^^

You use a ConTeXt from May and comments for asciimode where added in Juli.

I overlooked the first date. :-{

I guess you have TeXLive 2011 installed which interferes with ConTeXt

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Standalone.

I thought I only installed ConTeXt Standalone. (The one from http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip.) How can I find the problem?

I just checked with my version on Linux, there it works like it should. Now I have to make sure it works also under Windows.

I found the problem. On Windows I installed the current version (for a client looks like the better option), while on Linux (where I work) I always use the latest version. -- Cecil Westerhof

Am 15.08.2011 um 17:05 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:

2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special' characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde, \percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I use those characters in my document?

Also: is there somewhere a 'complete' list? I found several, but they where all for LaTeX and are not completely the same. For example LaTeX uses \textbackslash which does not work in ConTeXt which uses \backslash.

I could not find it at first (there are so many things), but one solution I found: \startasciimode %\backslash setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes] \stopasciimode

And while searching a little further I also found: \type{ %\setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]}

This has the added benefit that it displays somewhat better because of the increased indentation (for which I misuse spaces).

\setuptyping[margin=yes] \starttext before \starttyping \setupbackend[export=yes] \stoptyping after \stoptext Wolfgang

Am 15.08.2011 um 17:29 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:

2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster

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2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special' characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde, \percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I use those characters in my document?

Also: is there somewhere a 'complete' list? I found several, but they where all for LaTeX and are not completely the same. For example LaTeX uses \textbackslash which does not work in ConTeXt which uses \backslash.

I could not find it at first (there are so many things), but one solution I found: \startasciimode %\backslash setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes] \stopasciimode

And while searching a little further I also found: \type{ %\setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]}

This has the added benefit that it displays somewhat better because of the increased indentation (for which I misuse spaces).

\setuptyping[margin=yes]

\starttext

before

\starttyping \setupbackend[export=yes] \stoptyping

after

\stoptext

Very nice. I now use: \setuptyping[ blank=small, lines=no, margin=30pt, ]

I have a bigger margin now. The problem is that there is a lot of white space above and under the typed text. I tried the blank and lines parameters to get rid of it, but that does not work. How can I get rid of the unwanted white space?

You need \setuptyping[margin=30pt,before=,after=]. Wolfgang