[NTG-context] Synonyms - feature request?
Folks,
I use the synonym feature heavily as technical documents can have hundreds of
them. It’s great I can produce a list of synonyms I actually use in a document.
Proper style however requires that each synonym be “explained” (shown in full)
the first time it is used — usually in a document, but sometimes in a smaller
scope, like a part or chapter. This is something I frequently get wrong, and is
something document reviewers are quick to complain about.
So it would be great if Context could do this automatically. The attached MWE
shows what I mean — with such a feature, the two paragraphs should come out the
same.
I’ve placed some (commented) guesses as to how this might be configured in
\setupsynonyms. Maybe better key names can be imagined.
Typically I would want synonym \XX\ to be expanded to XX (Xxx Xxx) the first
time it is used (alternative a), but the reverse (alternative b), Xxx Xxx (XX)
might be preferred. However a command could be used for a custom “explanation”.
Internally to Context, I guess this means each group of synonyms actually used
has to be complemented with a list of the synonyms that have been “explained”
(i.e., \infull{}) would add them to this second list). The second list would be
cleared each new scope (chapter, section). The \XX\ macro would explain the
synonym if it wasn’t on the second list (using \infull{}, which would then add
it).
None of this would change the behaviour of \placelistof… where you would
continue to select the criterium for the list you want output, independently of
The only further tweak might be a scheme so that certain common synonyms (a
third list) are never explained automatically (perhaps by example, UK in a
document written in and for a UK audience). This list would silently added to
the second list immediately after it was cleared, I guess. Synonyms for this
this list would be added by a slightly different version of the
synonym definition macro (perhaps \commonabbreviation instead of \abbreviation,
in the MWE).
Anyone think this would be a useful feature addition?
Robin
\definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull]
\setupsynonyms[abbreviation][
state=start,
%explain=first,% first,always,never
%explainscope=text,% text,part,chapter,section...
%explainalternative=a, % a: XX (Xxx Xxx), b: Xxx Xxx (XX), command
%explaincommand=COMMAND#1#2, % to format it yourself
textstyle=normal,
synonymstyle=\cap]
\abbreviation [UN] {UN} {United Nations}
\abbreviation [UK] {UK} {United Kingdom}
\abbreviation [USA] {USA} {United States of America}
\abbreviation [UAE] {UAE} {United Arab Emirates}
%\commonabbreviation [OK] {OK} {okay}
\abbreviation [OK] {OK} {okay}
\setupwhitespace[medium]
\starttext
The \UK\ and the \USA\ are both founding members of the \UN.
And I'm told the \UK\ and \USA\ are both English speaking countries.
But that’s \OK.
The \UK\ (\infull{UK}) and the \USA\ (\infull{USA}) are both founding
members of the \UN\ (\infull{UN}).
And I'm told the \UK\ and \USA\ are both English speaking countries.
But that’s \OK.
\placelistofabbreviations
\stoptext
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Re: [NTG-context] \appendtoks and structuring commands
On 3/24/2015 8:48 PM, Sam Ḥilluc wrote:
Hi list,
I'm trying to leverage the structuring facilities of context. In my previous
setup I added a title page automatically by using:
\appendtoks
\placetitle
\to \everystarttext
But now that I'm using environments and products, it doesn't seem to work.
Here is a minimal (not) working example:
% env.tex
\startenvironment env
\setuppapersize[A5]
\appendtoks
Title page
\to \everystarttext
\stopenvironment
% prj.tex
\startproject prj
\environment env
\stopproject
% prd.tex
\startproduct prd
\project prj
\starttext
Bla bla
\stoptext
\stopproduct
Note that when using \everystoptext rather than \everystarttext, it does work
(it adds the text to the last page)
So what am I doing wrong ?
\startsetups [document:titlepage]
bla bla \documentvariable{title} bla bla
\stopsetups
\setupdocument
[before=\directsetup{document:titlepage}]
\startdocument[title=Some title]
...
\stopdocument
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[NTG-context] Reminder: BachoTeX
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[NTG-context] slanting an intermezzo.
I am redoing a book originally done in InDesign
and the prior typesetter took delight in using
every trick in the book. I can match all of them
in context except one. He creates little sidebars
and sometimes he leans them to the left by a few
degrees. Here is an example of one such sidebar.
How do I cause it to lean to the left about 3
degrees?
--
\starttext
\setupframed[background=screen,framecorner=rectangular,backgroundscreen=0.70]
\placeintermezzo[right,none]{}
\startframedtext[width=3in]
\centerline {\bf RECIPE FOR SUCCESS}
\noindent
\input knuth.tex
\stopframedtext
\input knuth.tex
\input knuth.tex
\input knuth.tex
\stoptext
--
I know I am supposed to use \rotate but I can't
figure out how to rotate an intermezzo.
Please help!
John Culleton
Wexford Press
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[NTG-context] beta
Hi, I uploaded a beta. This is the last one that works with luatex 0.80 but the good news is that the contextgarden has 0.80. I will start moving in some new code now so if you don't want any risks you need to snapshot your context tree. Hans - 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 - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Bug with ligatures (EBGaramond) and \mainlanguage[es]
Hello, list. When I try to use the EBGaramond font (http://www.georgduffner.at/ebgaramond/) in spanish (using \mainlanguage[es]), ligatures disappear. But they only disappear when they belong to a word (when alone, they look fine). See MWE, if you remove the comment in the \mainlanguage command, ligatures get screwed up: %% % remove the comment below to see the effect on ligatures. %\mainlanguage[es] \loadtypescriptfile[ebgaramond] \setupbodyfont[ebgaramond,48pt] \starttext flagrantemente y figurativamente ff fl fi ffi ffl ffii figura ffla fflego \stoptext %% Thanks for any ideas you may have, I'm clueless, and really need to use those ligatures. I can edit whatever needs to be edited, but I can't find any ideas in the source, nor the mailing list. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Help with \setuplist number width (for appendices)
Am 23.03.2015 um 10:29 schrieb
robin.kirk...@csiro.aumailto:robin.kirk...@csiro.au
robin.kirk...@csiro.aumailto:robin.kirk...@csiro.au:
Dear List,
I’m implementing a predefined document style. This requires chapters numbered
1, 2, 3 … and appendices numbered Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, … both in
the actual heads and also the table of contents.
The style also requires the chapter numbers in the table of contents to be set
in a 12mm column. The MWE below does all this, but for the appendices the
number overflows the 12mm width, which is ugly of course. So I need to specify
either a width with some stretch so the list layout will adapt, or somehow be
able to specify a different width for the appendix entries.
Any help appreciated,
Robin
\setuplist[chapter][
width=12mm, % but want 30mm for appendices
label=yes,
alternative=c]
\define[1]\ChapterlistNumber
{\dowithnextbox
{\ifdim\nextboxwd12mm
\simplealignedbox{12mm}{flushleft}{\flushnextbox}%
\else
\simplealignedbox{30mm}{flushleft}{\flushnextbox}%
\fi}
\hbox{#1}}
\setuplist
[chapter]
[width=0pt,
label=yes,
alternative=c,
numbercommand=\ChapterlistNumber]
Wolfgang
Thanks Wolfgang! I actually tried something a bit like this but couldn’t get
it to work. The key is to set the width to 0pt in the \setuplist.
Best wishes from Melbourne,
Robin
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