Re: [NTG-context] underbrace under matrix

2022-08-04 Thread Mikael Sundqvist via ntg-context
On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 2:01 AM Jethro Djan via ntg-context
 wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I want to get underbraces under matrices in a math alignment environment. 
> I’ve reproduced my problem here:
>
>  \definemathmatrix
>[pmatrix]
>[left={\left(\,},right={\,\right)}]
>
>  \starttext
>  \placeformula[-]\startformula\startmathalignment
>\NC\
>A \NC=\underbrace{
>\startpmatrix
>  \NC 5\NC 5\NR
>  \NC -1\NC 7\NR
>\stoppmatrix}\NR
>\NC\NC=\underbrace{
>\startpmatrix
>  \NC 2\NC 1\NR
>  \NC 4\NC 2\NR
>   \stoppmatrix}\NR
>  \stopmathalignment\stopformula
>   \stoptext
>
> How can I achieve this?
>
> Jethro

Hi Jethro,

Temporary workaround: use the simplecommand.

\definemathmatrix[pmatrix][matrix:parentheses][
simplecommand=pmatrix,
]

\starttext
% \placeformula[-]
\startformula
\startalign
\NC A \NC = \underbrace{\pmatrix{5,5;-1,7}}_{B} \NR
\NC\NC = \underbrace{\pmatrix{2,1;4,2}}_{C} \NR
\stopalign
\stopformula

% \placeformula[-]
\startformula
A \alignhere=
\underbrace{\pmatrix{5,5;-1,7}}_{B}
\breakhere
=
\underbrace{\pmatrix{2,1;4,2}}_{C}
\stopformula
\stoptext

But the code you were using should in principle also work.

/Mikael
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[NTG-context] underbrace under matrix

2022-08-04 Thread Jethro Djan via ntg-context
Hello,

I want to get underbraces under matrices in a math alignment environment. I’ve 
reproduced my problem here:

 \definemathmatrix  
   
   [pmatrix]
   
   [left={\left(\,},right={\,\right)}]   
  
 \starttext 

  
 \placeformula[-]\startformula\startmathalignment   
   
   \NC\ 
   
   A \NC=\underbrace{   
   
   \startpmatrix
   
 \NC 5\NC 5\NR  
   
 \NC -1\NC 7\NR 
   
   \stoppmatrix}\NR 
   
   \NC\NC=\underbrace{  
   
   \startpmatrix
   
 \NC 2\NC 1\NR  
   
 \NC 4\NC 2\NR  
   
  \stoppmatrix}\NR  
  
 \stopmathalignment\stopformula 


  \stoptext  

How can I achieve this?

Jethro
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Re: [NTG-context] lmtx and \prime ?

2022-08-04 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context

On 8/4/2022 8:52 PM, Michael Urban via ntg-context wrote:

I get a different result for mkiv and lmtx for the following input:

\starttext
  Even now, a six footer is two
standard deviations from the mean. Remember, 5\prime{}7\prime\prime{} is 50th 
percentile today
for a 15 year old.
\stoptext


With mkiv, the prime marks for inches and feet are where I expect them; in 
lmtx, they are placed almost to the baseline.

Wrong lmtx, or user error?


% you can add this to cont-new.mkxl

\immutable\Umathchardef\minute\zerocount\zerocount\privatecharactercode{prime 
0x2032 1}
\immutable\Umathchardef\second\zerocount\zerocount\privatecharactercode{prime 
0x2033 1}


\starttext

Even now, a six footer is two standard deviations from the mean. Remember,
5\minute7\second\ is 50\high{th} percentile today for a 15 year old.

\stoptext

I need to discuss this with Mikael as it assumes that all math fonts are 
set up that way). In lmtx (luametatex) primes are native features and 
assume dimensions that we can work with (primes and minutes are a 
typical example of messed up math unicode).


Hans

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[NTG-context] lmtx and \prime ?

2022-08-04 Thread Michael Urban via ntg-context
I get a different result for mkiv and lmtx for the following input:

\starttext
 Even now, a six footer is two
standard deviations from the mean. Remember, 5\prime{}7\prime\prime{} is 50th 
percentile today
for a 15 year old. 
\stoptext


With mkiv, the prime marks for inches and feet are where I expect them; in 
lmtx, they are placed almost to the baseline.

Wrong lmtx, or user error?

Mike

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Re: [NTG-context] issue with lpath

2022-08-04 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 8/4/22 17:32, Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context wrote:
> [...]
> PS This sort of confusing filtering is why I do most of my xml
> processing from the lua end, where it is much clearer to me what is
> what.
Many thanks for clarifying the issue, Taco.

BTW, according to the last slide from
https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2019/talks/02-xmlprocessing/02-xmlprocessing.pdf,
you had plans to document how to deal with XML in proper Lua.

I wonder whether you are still interested in adding this information to
the manual.

Many thanks for your help,

Pablo
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Re: [NTG-context] issue with lpath

2022-08-04 Thread Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context


> On 4 Aug 2022, at 16:07, Hans Hagen  wrote:
> 
> On 8/4/2022 12:22 PM, Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context wrote:
>>> On 3 Aug 2022, at 15:54, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> BTW, is there any way to rephrase "{h3 + blockquote}" in proper Lua?
>> I was wondering about that as well, and I really had no clue how to do that. 
>> Some
>> reading and studying later, I realised that there is a preceding-sibling:: 
>> axis.
>> That is not documented in xml-mkiv.pdf I think, but it inherited from xpath, 
>> and that means this works:
>>   \xmlsetsetup{#1}{blockquote/preceding-sibling::h3[-1]/} {xml:section}
>> “Take all blockquotes, then tests their immediate preceding siblings (index 
>> [-1]) that are h3."
>> But the CSS version is nicer. Still, both solutions fail on generic input.
>> Sorry, out of clues
> \startbuffer[demo]
> ...


That puts the whole  content inside the \section, and I don’t think that 
was the intent. I understood that Pablo only wants the “h3” node.

In the original request, the CSS “{h3 + blockquote}” matches a “blockquote” 
anyplace where it is immediately preceded by a “h3” (and nowhere else). 
After that, some trickery was needed to try and get back to the actual “h3”. 

My trick above with preceding-sibling above also gets the “h3” that is 
immediately followed by a “blockquote”, but it got easily
confused if there were multiple “h3” or “blockquote” objects in the input.

Best wishes,
Taco

PS This sort of confusing filtering is why I do most of my xml processing from 
the lua end, where it is much clearer to me what is what.

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Re: [NTG-context] issue with lpath

2022-08-04 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context

On 8/4/22 12:22, Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context wrote:
>> On 3 Aug 2022, at 15:54, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context 
>>  wrote:
>> BTW, is there any way to rephrase "{h3 + blockquote}" in proper Lua?
>
> I was wondering about that as well, and I really had no clue how to
> do that. Some reading and studying later, I realised that there is a
> preceding-sibling:: axis.
>
> That is not documented in xml-mkiv.pdf I think, but it inherited
> from xpath, and that means this works:>
>   \xmlsetsetup{#1}{blockquote/preceding-sibling::h3[-1]/} {xml:section}
>
> “Take all blockquotes, then tests their immediate preceding siblings
> (index [-1]) that are h3."

Many thanks for your reply, Taco.

It isn’t documented, but I have just discovered that it is used inside a
function:

  https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xml-mkiv.pdf#search=sibling

> But the CSS version is nicer.

I agree. But using CSS for LPaths feels like cheating to me.

Many thanks for your help again,

Pablo

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Re: [NTG-context] issue with lpath

2022-08-04 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context

On 8/4/2022 12:22 PM, Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context wrote:




On 3 Aug 2022, at 15:54, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context  
wrote:

BTW, is there any way to rephrase "{h3 + blockquote}" in proper Lua?



I was wondering about that as well, and I really had no clue how to do that. 
Some
reading and studying later, I realised that there is a preceding-sibling:: axis.

That is not documented in xml-mkiv.pdf I think, but it inherited from xpath, 
and that means this works:

   \xmlsetsetup{#1}{blockquote/preceding-sibling::h3[-1]/} {xml:section}

“Take all blockquotes, then tests their immediate preceding siblings (index [-1]) 
that are h3."

But the CSS version is nicer. Still, both solutions fail on generic input.

Sorry, out of clues

\startbuffer[demo]


  One
  Standard paragraph
  
Quoted text
  


  Two
  
Direct quote
  


\stopbuffer

\startxmlsetups xml:initialize
\xmlsetsetup{#1}
  {xml|p|blockquote|div}
  {xml:*}
\xmlsetsetup{#1}
  {/xml/div[contains(@class,'level3')]}
  {xml:section:level3}
\stopxmlsetups

\xmlregistersetup{xml:initialize}

\startxmlsetups xml:xml
\xmlall{#1}{/div}
\stopxmlsetups

\startxmlsetups xml:p
\startpar\xmlflush{#1}\stoppar
\stopxmlsetups

\startxmlsetups xml:blockquote
\startblockquote\xmlflush{#1}\stopblockquote
\stopxmlsetups

\startxmlsetups xml:section:level3
\xmldoif{#1}{/blockquote} {
\xmldoifnot{#1}{/p} {
\section{\xmlflush{#1}}
}
}
\stopxmlsetups

\starttext
\xmlprocessbuffer{main}{demo}{}
\stoptext



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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting 2022 – please register!

2022-08-04 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context

Am 04.08.22 um 14:32 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:

On 8/4/2022 10:22 AM, Max Chernoff via ntg-context wrote:

* The flight would take 14 hours each way (biggest reason)
* The flight would cost more than 2 months of rent


Understandable – I won’t ever fly overseas for a conference.


* It would be a bad idea for me to miss a full week of classes
last year we experimented with some remote attendents but also decided 
that we would only mix that wilt a real meeting with a threshold 
attendance ... personally i will not sit behind a screen and present 
something staring in a camera .. it simply works better with real people 
there ... i don't know what is planned for this year wrt remote


We will do the same as last year, use BigBlueButton for sharing the 
presentation and camera & microphone for the presenter, sometimes an 
additional camera for the room or showing stuff. (No recording, no 
general room camera.)

Someone will watch the chat and relay questions.
We’ll project remote presenters to the screen and use speakers.
Discussion between local and remote participants is always a bit 
difficult, we’ll try again with microphones.


But, also like last year, we have only a household DSL connection. That 
doesn’t limit remote participants, but the locals should not use the 
system as well. I also can’t guarantee that everthings works – last year 
we had big problems with the local DHCP/router.


Hraban
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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting 2022 – please register!

2022-08-04 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context

On 8/4/2022 10:22 AM, Max Chernoff via ntg-context wrote:


Hi Hraban,


but I’d like to know why you (esp. if you attended
previous meetings) decided not to come:


A not-useful answer:

* The flight would take 14 hours each way (biggest reason)
  
* The flight would cost more than 2 months of rent


* It would be a bad idea for me to miss a full week of classes
last year we experimented with some remote attendents but also decided 
that we would only mix that wilt a real meeting with a threshold 
attendance ... personally i will not sit behind a screen and present 
something staring in a camera .. it simply works better with real people 
there ... i don't know what is planned for this year wrt remote


Hans


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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting 2022 – please register!

2022-08-04 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context

On 8/4/2022 8:48 AM, juh+ntg-context--- via ntg-context wrote:

1. I wasn't sure if I can follow the programe. Though I am not a bloody 
beginner, I am still at the basis of the learning curve. Many talks 
seems to be way above my understanding. (The same is true for the 
monthly video meetings.) But I am very interested in learning – I can 
even imagine that my cooperative would pay for it.


There's often plenty in-between time for more personal discussion and 
help. The be together in the room evening sessions are also a good 
oportunity.


And ... from my end I put things on the program that are new or under 
development but when someone asks for a topic ... also, just present 
something and those present will kick in.


Currently the first real life meetings starts again and I have to 
confess that it is not so easy to switch mentally to the pre-corona 
area. My cooperative will be present at the Bitsäume conference in 
Berlin and we are struggling to organize this. This sounds silly but all 
the processes of planning such an event must be restarted.


Yes, one needs to get in the mood again. But last years meetings 
nevertheless went on and were quite nice (they are also anchors in 
development for me). And it helps to mee users (those we've seen in 
person have some advantages later on I guess).


Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] issue with lpath

2022-08-04 Thread Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context


> On 3 Aug 2022, at 15:54, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context  
> wrote:
> 
> BTW, is there any way to rephrase "{h3 + blockquote}" in proper Lua?


I was wondering about that as well, and I really had no clue how to do that. 
Some
reading and studying later, I realised that there is a preceding-sibling:: 
axis. 

That is not documented in xml-mkiv.pdf I think, but it inherited from xpath, 
and that means this works:

  \xmlsetsetup{#1}{blockquote/preceding-sibling::h3[-1]/} {xml:section}

“Take all blockquotes, then tests their immediate preceding siblings (index 
[-1]) that are h3."

But the CSS version is nicer. Still, both solutions fail on generic input.

Sorry, out of clues


Best wishes,Taco


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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting 2022 – please register!

2022-08-04 Thread Max Chernoff via ntg-context

Hi Hraban,

> but I’d like to know why you (esp. if you attended 
> previous meetings) decided not to come:

A not-useful answer:

* The flight would take 14 hours each way (biggest reason)
 
* The flight would cost more than 2 months of rent

* It would be a bad idea for me to miss a full week of classes

-- Max
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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting 2022 – please register!

2022-08-04 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context

Hi JUH!

Am 04.08.22 um 08:48 schrieb juh+ntg-context--- via ntg-context:

Am 03.08.22 um 10:50 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context:
Taco convinced me not to cancel the meeting due to a lack of 
participants, but I’d like to know why you (esp. if you attended 
previous meetings) decided not to come:


short answer. The meeting is in the holidays of my wife and she expects 
me to join her in a travel. ;-)


Well, the date seems to be untimely for several potential participants.
But we decided on it about two years ago (you must book houses at least 
one year in advance; maybe no more). But other dates deter other people...



(In fact I don't found information about accommodations on the website)


On https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2022/location.shtml there’s a link 
to the venue’s website and the hint that we only single-book the bunk 
beds – i.e. it’s youth hostel style.


1. I wasn't sure if I can follow the programe. Though I am not a bloody 
beginner, I am still at the basis of the learning curve. Many talks 
seems to be way above my understanding. (The same is true for the 
monthly video meetings.) But I am very interested in learning – I can 
even imagine that my cooperative would pay for it.


Well, if no beginners attend, nobody will talk for beginners.

Yes, it’s often way over my head, esp. what Hans and Taco explain, but 
after the third time I start to understand ;)
It’s like when I started reading challenging computer magazines like c’t 
in the public library as a 12yo and didn’t understand a lot but found it 
cool enough to continue. YMMV


OTOH we always had talks about not-so-advanced projects, and what you 
did with ConTeXt for Hostsharing would be worth a talk or three. (Just 
repeat your blog entries.) You’d be welcome also as a remote presenter.


2. I always like to combine meetings with my passion to dance Tango. If 
a meeting is in a bigger city, chances are high that I could spend a 
couple of evenings in a local milonga. From Dreifelden to any milonga in 
NRW or Hessen I would need at least an hour by car.


Sorry...


Corona isn't over ...


Yes, of course. I worry about that, too; can’t afford to be sick for a 
week or more...


On the other hand I would really like to get into ConTeXt as I am 
convinced that it is the thing I need for my personal work and my work 
in my cooperative. So I would still like to attend a meeting.


Well, you can start with the next online meetup in a week (August 10th).

While we often had in-depth discussions with Hans, or between Hans and 
Mikael, that was partly due to a lack of simpler questions.
And since we usually were only a few guys, there’s enough space for your 
personal project.



What are the things I am interested in most?

I would like to take an intensive training.


Aside from the core functions I would like to learn more about 
integrations as this is what we are trying to do at Hostsharing at the 
moment. This could cover small things like automated business graphics 
with different tools to printing from TEI-XML to setup a single source 
publishing chain with Pandoc. The problems are in the details. ;-)


Yes, probably in the details manual ;-P
No, not this time. But bring them up in the online meetup.


Another topic:

If we want to promote ConTeXt it would be nice to have small meetings on 
bigger meetings like FOSDEM in Belgium or FrOSCon in Germany. (I was so 
bold to propose a workshop at FrOSCon and alas it was accepted!) At 
FrOSCon and FOSDEM you can get a developer room to make your own 
programe. That would be a good place for introductory workshops.


I agree, but it’s also a matter of people, timing and other resources.
I would have joined you at FrOSCon, but was occupied. And many other 
interesting conferences I can’t afford – financially and nervally.


AFAIK other active ConTeXt users were focused on TeX conferences (and I 
don’t know who contributed talks on ConTeXt subjects besides Hans and 
Taco), and in every discussion about “promoting ConTeXt” we come to the 
conclusion that it’s not really worth the effort – like “if it’s for 
you, then you will find it”. And we want to keep our playground cosy ;)


Some of us made the experience that they couldn’t pierce through the 
prejudices of old LaTeX folks.
And well, let’s face it, the state of our documentation is still not 
very inviting. There’s a lot of it, but it’s often hard to find what you 
need, even for me, who’s not afraid of sourcecode, and ConTeXt changed a 
lot over the years.
(Yes, my book is coming along... But I’m not sure how good it solves 
beginners’ problems. And it’s only in German, of course.)



I hope that this is of some value for you.


Thank you!

Hraban
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2022-08-04 Thread juh+ntg-context--- via ntg-context


Dear Hraban,

Am 03.08.22 um 10:50 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context:
Taco convinced me not to cancel the meeting due to a lack of 
participants, but I’d like to know why you (esp. if you attended 
previous meetings) decided not to come:


short answer. The meeting is in the holidays of my wife and she expects 
me to join her in a travel. ;-)


The long answer.

During the pandemic I stopped planning more than one month ahead. So the 
above mentioned travel isn't booked yet. For this reason I miss the 
early birds and maybe the booking of special things like a private room. 
(In fact I don't found information about accommodations on the website)


Before Corona I wanted to attend a meeting but didn't do it for two reasons.

1. I wasn't sure if I can follow the programe. Though I am not a bloody 
beginner, I am still at the basis of the learning curve. Many talks 
seems to be way above my understanding. (The same is true for the 
monthly video meetings.) But I am very interested in learning – I can 
even imagine that my cooperative would pay for it.


2. I always like to combine meetings with my passion to dance Tango. If 
a meeting is in a bigger city, chances are high that I could spend a 
couple of evenings in a local milonga. From Dreifelden to any milonga in 
NRW or Hessen I would need at least an hour by car.



In this year there are some things that might affect others as well.

Currently the first real life meetings starts again and I have to 
confess that it is not so easy to switch mentally to the pre-corona 
area. My cooperative will be present at the Bitsäume conference in 
Berlin and we are struggling to organize this. This sounds silly but all 
the processes of planning such an event must be restarted.


Corona isn't over and even boostered people have to lay down for at 
least one week and to stay away from work another one to recover from 
covid. So for that reason I am still very cautious – and I expect to 
take over more tasks at work when colleagues got ill from one day to 
another. So it is not a good time too stay away for one week to attend a 
meeting.



On the other hand I would really like to get into ConTeXt as I am 
convinced that it is the thing I need for my personal work and my work 
in my cooperative. So I would still like to attend a meeting.


What are the things I am interested in most?

I would like to take an intensive training.

Aside from the core functions I would like to learn more about 
integrations as this is what we are trying to do at Hostsharing at the 
moment. This could cover small things like automated business graphics 
with different tools to printing from TEI-XML to setup a single source 
publishing chain with Pandoc. The problems are in the details. ;-)




Another topic:

If we want to promote ConTeXt it would be nice to have small meetings on 
bigger meetings like FOSDEM in Belgium or FrOSCon in Germany. (I was so 
bold to propose a workshop at FrOSCon and alas it was accepted!) At 
FrOSCon and FOSDEM you can get a developer room to make your own 
programe. That would be a good place for introductory workshops.




I hope that this is of some value for you.

Thank you very much for organizing the meeting in these challenging times.

juh
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