[NTG-context] Fwd: Re: Context lmtx for 32bit under LUBUNTU 18.04

2024-02-13 Thread Alain Delmotte
écrit : Am 13.02.24 um 17:29 schrieb Alain Delmotte: Hi, A month or so ago Hans provided a new upload (thanks I managed to get and install it on my Windows 10 64b). At that time I was struggling for having my computers back in order (that appends sometimes). Now I'd like to have LMTX

[NTG-context] Re: Context lmtx for 32bit under LUBUNTU 18.04

2024-02-13 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 13.02.24 um 17:29 schrieb Alain Delmotte: Hi, A month or so ago Hans provided a new upload (thanks I managed to get and install it on my Windows 10 64b). At that time I was struggling for having my computers back in order (that appends sometimes). Now I'd like to have LMTX on an ol

[NTG-context] Context lmtx for 32bit under LUBUNTU 18.04

2024-02-13 Thread Alain Delmotte
Hi, A month or so ago Hans provided a new upload (thanks I managed to get and install it on my Windows 10 64b). At that time I was struggling for having my computers back in order (that appends sometimes). Now I'd like to have LMTX on an old but still used (when travelling) portable

[NTG-context] Re: Section numbering does not work

2024-02-13 Thread Oliver Marugg
Many thanks Taco, that works indeed;-) > Am 13.02.2024 um 09:29 schrieb Taco Hoekwater : > > > >> On 13 Feb 2024, at 00:17, Oliver Marugg wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Section numbering does not work until I remove \startbackmatter >> \stopbackma

[NTG-context] Re: removing whitespace

2024-02-13 Thread Michael Guravage
} \stoptext With kind regards, Michael On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 2:54 AM Michael Guravage < gurav...@literatesolutions.com> wrote: > In the example below I pass the macro a string with a space, but the space > should not appear in the url. > > I've tried using \ctxlua to invok

[NTG-context] Re: Section numbering does not work

2024-02-13 Thread Taco Hoekwater
> On 13 Feb 2024, at 00:17, Oliver Marugg wrote: > > Hi > > Section numbering does not work until I remove \startbackmatter > \stopbackmatter. I had a longer text file and I stripped it down until I > found this? IIRC : \setupsectionblock[backpart][number=ye

[NTG-context] Re: regular online meet-up

2024-02-13 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
/wiki/Politischer_Aschermittwoch Hraban Am 12.02.24 um 19:48 schrieb Willi Egger: Hi Hraban, hm there is a incongruence of the date. Either it is Wednesday the 14th of February or Tuesday the 13th of February… Which correct? Cheers Willi On 10 Feb 2024, at 23:01, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote

[NTG-context] Re: regular online meet-up

2024-02-12 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Hraban, hm there is a incongruence of the date. Either it is Wednesday the 14th of February or Tuesday the 13th of February… Which correct? Cheers Willi > On 10 Feb 2024, at 23:01, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > You’re invited to our regular online meet-up, this upcoming &g

[NTG-context] Re: regular online meet-up

2024-02-11 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Oops, yes I meant 14th - Valentine and Ash Wednesday at the same time. Hraban Am 11.02.24 um 12:20 schrieb mf: Hello Hraban, February 13th is Tuesday. Maybe you meant February 14th. Best wishes, Massimiliano Il 10/02/24 23:01, Henning Hraban Ramm ha scritto: You’re invited to our regular

[NTG-context] regular online meet-up

2024-02-10 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
You’re invited to our regular online meet-up, this upcoming Wednesday, February 13th, 19:00 CET (UTC+1) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke (same, but shorter: https://u.mtxrun.eu/ctxmtg) ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Do you have a subject that you’d like to talk about

[NTG-context] Re: OT: interview with John Warnock

2024-02-09 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Many thanks for the reference, Hraban. This is the first part of the interview, which has a second part in: https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2023/08/102738854-05-01-acc.pdf Videos for both (almost five hours in total) are available at https://invidio.us

[NTG-context] Re: OT: interview with John Warnock

2024-02-09 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
This is the first part of the interview, which has a second part in: https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2023/08/102738854-05-01-acc.pdf Videos for both (almost five hours in total) are available at https://invidio.us/fB6UvJLKkWI https://invidio.us/mNhzjz3PhK4&; M

[NTG-context] Re: How to print the book title and section title where \reference is located?

2024-02-09 Thread Bruce Horrocks
> On 7 Feb 2024, at 03:47, Joel via ntg-context wrote: > > I have an extensive multi-book project. Each book has a nickname, like TB for > "Textbook", "WB 1" for the "Workbook, Vol. 1": > > TB -- 01_textbook.tex > WB 1 -- 03_workbook.tex

[NTG-context] Re: Square right aligned

2024-02-09 Thread Ursula Hermann
:10 An: mailing list for ConTeXt users Betreff: [NTG-context] Re: Square right aligned Dear Hraban, Dear Otared! Many Thanks, Hraban: Because of \wordright: I took a look at wordright at the wiki, works perfect. Otared, many thanks too. It also works perfect with your example Uschi

[NTG-context] Re: Square right aligned

2024-02-08 Thread Ursula Hermann
Dear Hraban, Dear Otared! Many Thanks, Hraban: Because of \wordright: I took a look at wordright at the wiki, works perfect. Otared, many thanks too. It also works perfect with your example Uschi Von: Otared Kavian Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. Februar

[NTG-context] Re: \startcolumns and \startcolumnset

2024-02-08 Thread Otared Kavian
Dear Dalyoung,Have you tried \startsimplecolumns\stopsimplecolumns instead of the columnset mechanism?In your example I put the above commands and I got the attached PDF: is this what you want to obtain?Best regards: Otared columns-figures.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document On 9 Feb 2024, at 02

[NTG-context] \startcolumns and \startcolumnset

2024-02-08 Thread Jeong Dal via ntg-context
Dear all,I have a little problem to use “columns” in the following example.If I use “\startcolumnset”, then I have the following problems: 1. The figures is aligned left even though I use \startplacefigure[]. 2. In the second column, the first item located at the end of the page.However, \vfill

[NTG-context] Re: Square right aligned

2024-02-08 Thread Otared Kavian
it seems that in the latest version I have (2024.01.23), the command \qed is broken. Best regards: Otared > On 8 Feb 2024, at 12:23, Ursula Hermann wrote: > > Dear List, > > I am at Home and have the following example.: > > \starttext > \margintext {1.1.1

[NTG-context] Re: Square right aligned

2024-02-08 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 08.02.24 um 12:23 schrieb Ursula Hermann: Dear List, I am at Home  and have the following example.: klar.\startalignment[right]\square\stopalignment}\stoptext} There should be a sign like this □ at the end of the proof. What’s your problem – is the square missing? Then there’s probably

[NTG-context] Square right aligned

2024-02-08 Thread Ursula Hermann
Dear List, I am at Home and have the following example.: \starttext \margintext {1.1.1} {\bf Beispiel 3.2.17 (Vertauschung von All- und Existenzquantor).} \par {\it Sei M die Menge aller Männer und F die Menge aller Frauen. Die Aus-\par sage h(m, f) sei ”m ist verliebt in f“. Unter diesen

[NTG-context] How to print the book title and section title where \reference is located?

2024-02-06 Thread Joel via ntg-context
        \pagebreak          \section{Markers}              \startitemize             \item Requirement A is met \at{page}[markerA].             \item Requirement B is met \at{page}[markerB].             \item Requirement C is met \at{page}[markerC].         \stopitemize          \stoptext I have th

[NTG-context] Re: hyphenation question

2024-02-02 Thread Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
Yes, that is a possibilty that did not escape me. But this is but an example. In those documents such abbreviations are quite common and frequent. I hoped therefore to find a generic solution! yours sincerely dr. Hans van der Meer > On 2 Feb 2024, at 18:25, Hans Hagen via ntg-cont

[NTG-context] Re: chronological TOC

2024-01-29 Thread jbf
10:05: Am 26.01.24 um 23:46 schrieb jbf: I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction for a separate TOC which needs to be in chronological order at the back of the book (i.e. not in page number order, although I need the page numbers to show up in the TOC. There is the normal TOC at the

[NTG-context] Re: chronological TOC

2024-01-29 Thread Bruce Horrocks
On 29 Jan 2024, at 19:15, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 27.01.2024 um 10:05: >> Am 26.01.24 um 23:46 schrieb jbf: >>> I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction for a separate TOC >>> which needs to be in chronological

[NTG-context] Re: chronological TOC

2024-01-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 27.01.2024 um 10:05: Am 26.01.24 um 23:46 schrieb jbf: I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction for a separate TOC which needs to be in chronological order at the back of the book (i.e. not in page number order, although I need the page numbers to

[NTG-context] Re: Own command definition breaks with interaction: Use of \do_my_command doesn't match its definition

2024-01-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
here? I want to make commands like \foo{bla} and \foo[b]{bla} possible at the same time. Here is a minimal example (also attached): ``` \startluacode function userdata.my_command(keywords, text) commands.writestatus("test", string.format("text: %s, config: %s", text, k

[NTG-context] Re: mtxrun.lua:10080: bad argument #9 to 'format'

2024-01-29 Thread Taco Hoekwater
> On 29 Jan 2024, at 01:36, vm via ntg-context wrote: > > while also on linux platform: > > > mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=ibm*" > mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=ple*" > > give correct result

[NTG-context] Re: Own command definition breaks with interaction: Use of \do_my_command doesn't match its definition

2024-01-29 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi, You can try: > \unexpanded\def\do_my_command[#1]#2{% But there is probably a cleaner way to implement optional arguments with lua? Best wishes, Taco > On 25 Jan 2024, at 09:18, Gerion Entrup wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to make a proper definition of a new command to be

[NTG-context] Re: mtxrun.lua:10080: bad argument #9 to 'format'

2024-01-28 Thread vm via ntg-context
="fontname=*" mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=p*" mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=pl*" lua error : function call: /home/vm/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun.lua:10080: bad argument #9 to 'format' (number expected,

[NTG-context] Re: How to stop

2024-01-28 Thread Bruce Horrocks
> On 27 Jan 2024, at 21:29, Joel via ntg-context wrote: > > I have a document that uses ~40 different TABLE configurations, each with > their own special requirements, such as these below, and in total, perhaps > 2000 tables appear in a file, using one of the

[NTG-context] Re: archive.contextgarden.net 404?

2024-01-28 Thread Jim
On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 19:42 (+0100), Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 00:42, Jim wrote: >> Today I ran across three references to archive.contextgarden.net, one in a >> tugboat article and two others in context garden wiki pages. >> I was not able to re

[NTG-context] Re: archive.contextgarden.net 404?

2024-01-28 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 00:42, Jim wrote: > > Today I ran across three references to archive.contextgarden.net, one in a > tugboat article and two others in context garden wiki pages. > > I was not able to reach that site. Is it (long since?) dead or is it just > on vacation t

[NTG-context] Re: How to stop

2024-01-27 Thread Hraban Ramm
nt is impacting later tables. For instance, if one has a frame to the right of column 1, then the next table seems to acquire this setting as well, even if it isn't expected to have any frames at all. Note that each unique table is defined inside a macro. How can I make these table set

[NTG-context] How to stop

2024-01-27 Thread Joel via ntg-context
e, if one has a frame to the right of column 1, then the next table seems to acquire this setting as well, even if it isn't expected to have any frames at all. Note that each unique table is defined inside a macro. How can I make these table settings only apply to the a specific tabl

[NTG-context] Re: \framed{\externalfigure} vs \externalfigure[frame=on]

2024-01-27 Thread Jim
On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 19:12 (+0100), Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote: > On 1/27/24 17:44, Jim wrote: >> The wiki page for \setupexternalfigure says >> "Show frame around image. Most(?) options of \setupframed are usable!" Hi Pablo, > I’m afraid that this

[NTG-context] Re: chronological TOC

2024-01-27 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 26.01.24 um 23:46 schrieb jbf: I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction for a separate TOC which needs to be in chronological order at the back of the book (i.e. not in page number order, although I need the page numbers to show up in the TOC. There is the normal TOC at the

[NTG-context] chronological TOC

2024-01-26 Thread jbf
I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction for a separate TOC which needs to be in chronological order at the back of the book (i.e. not in page number order, although I need the page numbers to show up in the TOC. There is the normal TOC at the front of the book, according to

[NTG-context] Re: Suggestions and problems of the manuals

2024-01-26 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots. Your font set is lacking at least the parameter mentioned earlier. mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 - I tried to find a prebuild version and found https://mirror.contextgarden.net/general/manuals/ma

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-26 Thread Jim
On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 09:55 (+0100), Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Jim wrote: >> The nice thing about your setup above is that it is nice and structured. >> But if a table calls for some row, column or cell to be treated >> differently, I guess I am in

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 22:22 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Jim schrieb am 25.01.2024 um 22:01: >> Hi Henning, >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:16 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: >>> Am 25.01.24 um 16:12 schrieb Jim: >>> > Hi, I was wondering if anyone

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Jim wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:30 (+0100), Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > > I haven't looked at starttable in well over a decade, but I did document > > some of it: > > > https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb28-3/tb90mahajan.pdf

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:30 (+0100), Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Jim wrote: >> In a recent answer on this list, Mikael helped someone by pointing out the >> \HF[...] command. The \HF command is not listed in the \starttable wiki >> page. >> Q2: I

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Jim schrieb am 25.01.2024 um 22:01: Hi Henning, On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:16 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 25.01.24 um 16:12 schrieb Jim: Hi, I was wondering if anyone here could help me with these three things: For a long time I have been using Wichura's TaBle macros (i.e.,

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
Hi Henning, On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:16 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 25.01.24 um 16:12 schrieb Jim: >> Hi, I was wondering if anyone here could help me with these three things: >> For a long time I have been using Wichura's TaBle macros (i.e., w

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
current line. > > Q3: Does ConTexT's \starttable ... \endtable have this feature? > If so, how does one access this feature? I haven't looked at starttable in well over a decade, but I did document some of it: https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb28-3/tb90mahajan.pdf

[NTG-context] Re: Suggestions and problems of the manuals

2024-01-25 Thread Gerion Entrup
x27;t typeset math unless various parameters have been > set. This is > normally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots. > Your font > set is lacking at least the parameter mentioned earlier. > mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1

[NTG-context] Own command definition breaks with interaction: Use of \do_my_command doesn't match its definition

2024-01-25 Thread Gerion Entrup
\foo[b]{bla} possible at the same time. Here is a minimal example (also attached): ``` \startluacode function userdata.my_command(keywords, text) commands.writestatus("test", string.format("text: %s, config: %s", text, keywords)) local cfg = utilities.parsers.setti

[NTG-context] Re: Using plain TeX commands in ConTeXt

2024-01-24 Thread Hamid,Idris
Caution: EXTERNAL Sender ** Yes. On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:08 PM luigi scarso mailto:luigi.sca...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 at 16:55, Shiv Shankar Dayal mailto:shivshankar.da...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thanks for correcting me, Wolfgang. I meant only TeX commands not plan T

[NTG-context] Re: Caching Metafun images and VIM Syntax highlighted code

2024-01-24 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
Dear Hans, Aditya, Thanks for clarifying. In any case, I will process chapter-by-chapter, so runtime should be manageable. On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:32 PM Hans Hagen wrote: > On 1/24/2024 5:50 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Jan 2024, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: > > >

[NTG-context] Re: Using plain TeX commands in ConTeXt

2024-01-24 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
Yes. On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:08 PM luigi scarso wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 at 16:55, Shiv Shankar Dayal < > shivshankar.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for correcting me, Wolfgang. I meant only TeX commands not plan >> TeX macros. >&g

[NTG-context] Re: Using plain TeX commands in ConTeXt

2024-01-24 Thread luigi scarso
On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 at 16:55, Shiv Shankar Dayal < shivshankar.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for correcting me, Wolfgang. I meant only TeX commands not plan TeX > macros. > > TeX primitives ? -- luigi _

[NTG-context] Re: Using plain TeX commands in ConTeXt

2024-01-24 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
Thanks for correcting me, Wolfgang. I meant only TeX commands not plan TeX macros. On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Shiv Shankar Dayal schrieb am 24.01.2024 um 16:37: > > For example: \kern, \parindent and so on.

[NTG-context] Re: Using plain TeX commands in ConTeXt

2024-01-24 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
For example: \kern, \parindent and so on. Rephrasing the question, can LuaMetaTeX/ConTeXt compile plain TeX files. If yes, how can I do that? On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 9:02 PM Hans Hagen wrote: > On 1/24/2024 2:55 PM, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: > > Dear List, > > > > Can we u

[NTG-context] Re: OpenBSD install failed

2024-01-24 Thread Hans Hagen
FORM="openbsd$-amd64" ;; *) instead? I tested it, with and without the typo at openbds$-amd64 Having fixed it to   OpenBSD|openbsd)   case "$CPU" in   i*86)   PLATFORM="openbsd" ;;   amd64)   PLAT

[NTG-context] Re: After Compiling the Context test, there was no PDF.

2024-01-24 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 2:47 PM Ursula Hermann wrote: > Yes, > > I always go to: > > > > pragma-ade.nl/install.htm > > > > I have Windows 10. > Dear Ursula, I just downloaded and compiled the same file on Windows 11 64-bit and it works. I got the PDF output.

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-24 Thread Otared Kavian
. Best regards: Otared > On 23 Jan 2024, at 22:06, Thomas A. Schmitz > wrote: > > Hi Otared, > > I just tried, and my Macbook ran the update without any problem. Does it make > any difference if you chmod +x the script install.sh? > > All best > > Thomas >

[NTG-context] Re: After Compiling the Context test, there was no PDF.

2024-01-24 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
Can you please give the link from where you downloaded it? I will test it on my Windows because on Linux it is producing the PDF. On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 2:29 PM Ursula Hermann wrote: > Dear List, > > > > I am sorry, but once again me: I downloaded the last upload from Hans

[NTG-context] Re: After Compiling the Context test, there was no PDF.

2024-01-24 Thread Ursula Hermann
there was no PDF. I just updated my ConTeXt distribution and it is working fine for me. Try processing the following file: \starttext \input knuth \stoptext On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 5:30 PM luigi scarso mailto:luigi.sca...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 at 12:49, Shiv Shankar Day

[NTG-context] Re: OpenBSD install failed

2024-01-23 Thread Damien Thiriet via ntg-context
Dear Hans, can you test with OpenBSD|openbsd) case "$CPU" in i*86) PLATFORM="openbsd" ;; amd64) PLATFORM="openbsd$-amd64" ;; *) instead? I tested it, with and with

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-23 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi again, I ended up downloading a new version of install.sh for MacOS from the Pragma site: using this allowed me to update to the latest version 2024-01-23:10H02. Thanks for the help to all ! Best regards: Otared > On 23 Jan 2024, at 21:08, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context >

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-23 Thread Otared Kavian
previously. Best regards: Otared > On 23 Jan 2024, at 21:08, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context > wrote: > > Just did 'sh install.sh' a moment ago without problems. > In the past I had to do xattr -d com.apple.quarantaine path-to-executable > once but not anymore. &g

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-23 Thread Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
Just did 'sh install.sh' a moment ago without problems. In the past I had to do xattr -d com.apple.quarantaine path-to-executable once but not anymore. I think the xattr resides in the Apple command tools. Are you sure you have them? yours sincerely dr. Hans van der Meer > On 23

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-23 Thread Bruce Horrocks
On 23 Jan 2024, at 16:29, Otared Kavian wrote: > > I wonder whether other MacOS users have had such a problem. Both Intel and ARM macs updated perfectly for me, just now. Regards, — Bruce Horrocks Hampshi

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-23 Thread Otared Kavian
t I wanted just to inform you about the issue I encountered. I wonder whether other MacOS users have had such a problem. Best regards: Otared > On 23 Jan 2024, at 10:09, Hans Hagen via ntg-context > wrote: > > On 1/20/2024 10:32 AM, Ursula Hermann wrote: >> 32 bits Windows dow

[NTG-context] Re: context version 20240118 ("Registerhaltigkeit")

2024-01-23 Thread Thomas Meyer
get the desired space between the blocks you have to measure the height of the text at the bottom and calculate the number of lines which have to be added in the gap. Below is a simple solution which adds the required number of \blank lines. \def\PlaceAtBottom   {\par    \dowithnextbox  

[NTG-context] Re: Named characters

2024-01-23 Thread Hans Hagen
this an oversight or did they get axed? I assumed that most moved on to utf so ... when i looked at these definitions there were plenty greek, cyrillic, etc that were just there because in mkii we had to follow the 'name' route and it's a waste of memory and hash entries. For now

[NTG-context] Re: OpenBSD install failed

2024-01-22 Thread Hans Hagen
-openbsd7.4-amd64/ I searched the mailing list archive and after reading that post from Mojca https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg92131.html I took a look at mtxrun.lua Don't know if this is the issue, but here is grep bsd /usr/local/context/bin/mtxrun.lua output:  elseif

[NTG-context] OpenBSD install failed

2024-01-22 Thread Damien Thiriet via ntg-context
after reading that post from Mojca https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg92131.html I took a look at mtxrun.lua Don't know if this is the issue, but here is grep bsd /usr/local/context/bin/mtxrun.lua output: elseif name=="freebsd" then bits,platform=64,"fr

[NTG-context] Re: context version 20240118 ("Registerhaltigkeit")

2024-01-22 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
space (multiple of the line distance) between the text blocks and \vfill is a variable space which isn't what you want here. TO get the desired space between the blocks you have to measure the height of the text at the bottom and calculate the number of lines which have to be added in the gap.

[NTG-context] Re: After Compiling the Context test, there was no PDF.

2024-01-22 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
64-bit ConTeXt(or any other executable) won't work on 32-bit systems. On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 6:49 PM Ursula Hermann wrote: > Dear List, > > > > I have now another problem: > > I have downloaded context-win64. But the problem is now, that ConTeXt is > not execut

[NTG-context] Re: After Compiling the Context test, there was no PDF.

2024-01-22 Thread Ursula Hermann
System at work. After trying to compile the test at work, I got in the Folder: Command Line: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64\text\texmf-win64\bin\context.exe --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex" Startup Folder: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64\tex\texmf-context\tex\co

[NTG-context] Re: After Compiling the Context test, there was no PDF.

2024-01-22 Thread Ursula Hermann
, and have Windows 32 System at work. After trying to compile the test at work, I got in the Folder: Command Line: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64\text\texmf-win64\bin\context.exe --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex" Startup Folder: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-win64

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-19 Thread Alain Delmotte
Alain On 19 Jan 2024, at 18:34, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote: On 1/18/24 20:43, Denis Maier via ntg-context wrote: *Von:*Alain Delmotte *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 18. Januar 2024 20:04 *An:* ntg-context@ntg.nl *Betreff:* [NTG-context] Re: upload [...] When I go to https://www.pragma-a

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-19 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Pablo, Indeed the two URL you mention result t a 404 error. I guess the correct URL is https://www.pragma-ade.nl <https://www.pragma-ade.nl/> and there one may go to the appropriate tab. Best regards: Otared > On 19 Jan 2024, at 18:34, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context > wrot

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/19/2024 7:13 PM, Bruce Horrocks wrote: On 19 Jan 2024, at 09:31, Hans Hagen wrote: On 1/18/2024 11:15 PM, Bruce Horrocks wrote: On 18 Jan 2024, at 18:56, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: I understand that why it is slow, but the problem is that the difference is too high. My book has

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-19 Thread Bruce Horrocks
> On 19 Jan 2024, at 09:31, Hans Hagen wrote: > > On 1/18/2024 11:15 PM, Bruce Horrocks wrote: >> On 18 Jan 2024, at 18:56, Shiv Shankar Dayal >> wrote: >>> >>> I understand that why it is slow, but the problem is that the difference is >>

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-19 Thread Hans Hagen
e gain is not linear. After all, tex has to compete with other applications running at the same time (browsers, remote clients, media apps, web polling apps, zoom, etc.) so it's kin dof amazing that it actually performs okay. What boosted performance is for instance ssd's. What might boos

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-19 Thread Taco Hoekwater
> On 19 Jan 2024, at 11:00, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > Am 19.01.24 um 10:31 schrieb Hans Hagen: >> (that said: luametatex runs fine on my mobile phone) > > What’s the smallest/oldest device someone tried LMTX on? > (We were joking about “Hans’ thermostate and Ala

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/18/2024 11:15 PM, Bruce Horrocks wrote: On 18 Jan 2024, at 18:56, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: I understand that why it is slow, but the problem is that the difference is too high. My book has lots of math, so perhaps that is the reason. Option 1: Buy or borrow a faster computer

[NTG-context] Re: LuaMetaTeX code

2024-01-19 Thread Henri Menke via ntg-context
On Fri, 2024-01-19 at 13:56 +0530, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: > Dear Hans, > > I saw the C code of LuaMetaTeX and I saw a lot of gotos which is not > good > coding practice. These potions of code which have goto should be > refactored. https://xkcd.com/292/ > I am a C progra

[NTG-context] Re: LuaMetaTeX code

2024-01-19 Thread Hans Hagen
hey should be like const int luametatex_version=210; const char* luametatex_version_string="2.10.10"; These ensure type-safety in the code and are good coding practice. Good coding practice discussions are wasted on me (you don't want me to look at your tex code -) The version

[NTG-context] Re: LuaMetaTeX code

2024-01-19 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
Dear Taco, I will send new messages to dev mailing lists. Let me join it first. On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 2:11 PM Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Hi Shiv, > > Can you move this discussion to the dev-context list, please? > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/dev-context.ntg.nl/

[NTG-context] Re: LuaMetaTeX code

2024-01-19 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi Shiv, Can you move this discussion to the dev-context list, please? https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/dev-context.ntg.nl/ Best wishes, Taco > On 19 Jan 2024, at 09:31, Shiv Shankar Dayal > wrote: > > I see code like > > # define luametatex_version

[NTG-context] Re: LuaMetaTeX code

2024-01-19 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
210; const char* luametatex_version_string="2.10.10"; These ensure type-safety in the code and are good coding practice. On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 1:56 PM Shiv Shankar Dayal < shivshankar.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Hans, > > I saw the C code of LuaMetaTeX and I saw a lot

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-18 Thread Bruce Horrocks
On 18 Jan 2024, at 18:56, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: > > I understand that why it is slow, but the problem is that the difference is > too high. > My book has lots of math, so perhaps that is the reason. Option 1: Buy or borrow a faster computer. You'll get your desired spe

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-18 Thread Joseph Wright
On 18/01/2024 20:55, Gavin via ntg-context wrote: That’s fast enough for me. That's surely the key statement - 'fast' here is a personal thing, and 40 pages a second is fast enough for many people. It's certainly fast when you look at what LuaMetaTeX is doing, as Han

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-18 Thread Gavin via ntg-context
I’m working I only typeset the component. A typical chapter typesets in 1.6 seconds if I haven’t changed the diagrams. (I just did one to check.) That’s fast enough for me. Hope that helps, Gavin > On Jan 18, 2024, at 10:24 AM, Shiv Shankar Dayal > wrote: > > I can process TeXBook

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-18 Thread Hans Hagen
color, etc etc comes at a price. And, compared to pdftex, in most cases luametatex is faster on documents of average complexity. If you also use xml and/or metapost you migh tbe dragged down to a few pages per second while lmtx doesn't suffer much. Anyway, if you think it can be made f

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-18 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
Hi, On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: > > > > >> In comparison to LaTeX with LuaHBTeX, ConTeXt with LuaMetaTeX is >> lightning fast. >> >> pdfTeX is 8bit, and Knuth’s plain TeX is very low level – for a fairer >> comparison, try

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-18 Thread Otared Kavian
apparently had consequences. In any case everything works fine now. Thanks to Hans, Mikael and all the people on this list! Best regards: Otared > On 18 Jan 2024, at 08:17, Jeong Dal via ntg-context > wrote: > > Dear Otared, > > I installed upload version today. > And, your exa

[NTG-context] Re: context version 20240118

2024-01-18 Thread Thomas Meyer
Am 18.01.24 um 13:51 schrieb luigi scarso: On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 13:00, Thomas Meyer wrote: What is going on? Yesterday I got a perfect on-grid-written document! But today, with the newest context-version (20240118) all changed for the worse. I may not get a reply

[NTG-context] Re: context version 20240118 (was: "Registerhaltigkeit")

2024-01-18 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 13:00, Thomas Meyer wrote: > What is going on? > > Yesterday I got a perfect on-grid-written document! > But today, with the newest context-version (20240118) all changed for the > worse. > > I may not get a reply to this e-mail either! > > >

[NTG-context] Re: [ \copypages ]

2024-01-18 Thread Floris van Manen via ntg-context
On 18/01/2024 12:10, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: yes but experimental and not yet documented I don't mind experimenting with it. e.g. I try to change the font color in existing pdf documents from black to blue. At the moment my workaround is using mutool to export pages t

[NTG-context] Re: Fwd: Re: x mark symbol and general symbol guide

2024-01-18 Thread Gerion Entrup
> Thanks. > > Sure, it was my interest to understand, if the error lays in my > installation or is due to the predefined files. Especially, since I did > not manage to display a single symbol of FontAwesome at all, not even > the one that seems to be explicitly defined. > >

[NTG-context] context version 20240118 (was: "Registerhaltigkeit")

2024-01-18 Thread Thomas Meyer
last subject should be at the end of the page and I shift it with \vfill to the end, the last subject doesn't fit the grid! Can you provide a minimal example where you show what you're trying to place at the bottom of the p

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-17 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
Hi Otared, On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 2:37 AM Otared Kavian wrote: > > Hi Hans, > > Thanks for the new upload which solves the math alignment mechanism. However > I noticed that the classic notation $f’$ for the derivative does not work > anymore, while $f^\prime$ or $f^’$ do

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-17 Thread Otared Kavian
optextBest regards: Otared brouillon.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document On 18 Jan 2024, at 00:13, Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl> wrote:Hi,I uploaded a new version (there is some work in progress but it probably doesn'

[NTG-context] Re: How to obtain older versions of LMTX?

2024-01-17 Thread Otared Kavian
024, at 00:25, Gavin via ntg-context wrote: > > Hi Otared, > > Yes, it contains LMTX. I am using TeX Live 2023 right now for a project, and > it reports "ConTeXt ver: 2023.05.05 18:36 LMTX”. > > Gavin > >> On Jan 17, 2024, at 3:13 PM, Otared Kavian wro

[NTG-context] Re: How to obtain older versions of LMTX?

2024-01-17 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Hans, Many thanks for your attention ! I just saw that you uploaded a new version, which fixes the issue. I am speechless to thank you… Best regards: Otared > On 17 Jan 2024, at 23:47, Hans Hagen wrote: > > On 1/17/2024 11:13 PM, Otared Kavian wrote: >> Hi Gavin, >>

[NTG-context] Re: How to obtain older versions of LMTX?

2024-01-17 Thread Gavin via ntg-context
Hi Otared, Yes, it contains LMTX. I am using TeX Live 2023 right now for a project, and it reports "ConTeXt ver: 2023.05.05 18:36 LMTX”. Gavin > On Jan 17, 2024, at 3:13 PM, Otared Kavian wrote: > > Hi Gavin, > > Thanks for your reply. Does TeX Live contain LuaMetaT

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