Re: [NTG-context] arranging vs. \page[last]

2013-01-28 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mari Voipio writes: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: >> >> What would you suggest to put something onto the last (i.e. back) page? > > The wiki has a trick, but I think it stopped working at some stage - > maybe somebody can fix it (if it is broken): > http://wiki.c

Re: [NTG-context] [test suite] two linenote related testfiles fail

2012-10-23 Thread Marco Pessotto
FAILING: https://github.com/melmothx/context-unofficial-test-suite/blob/master/src/mkiv/critical/testlinenotes-007.tex and https://github.com/melmothx/context-unofficial-test-suite/blob/master/src/mkiv/critical/testlinenotes-008.tex Also, it appears that \linenote was not present in TL12, so

Re: [NTG-context] [test suite] Column-related fails to compile

2012-10-23 Thread Marco Pessotto
https://github.com/melmothx/context-unofficial-test-suite/blob/master/src/mkiv/columns/sets-001.tex fails to compile, but it's not a regression since TL, where it fails too. Cheers system > tex > error on line 20 in file sets-001.tex: Missing number, treated as zero ... 10 11

Re: [NTG-context] [test suite] Bidi and line numbering

2012-10-22 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. https://github.com/melmothx/context-unofficial-test-suite/blob/master/src/mkiv/bidi/linenumbers-001.tex The line numbering positioning is messed up and overlaps the text, or is on the wrong side. With TL12 the output was good. Cheers -- Marco ___

Re: [NTG-context] Bug in math integral

2012-10-22 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > Keep in mind that mkiv and mkii will never produce the same results > (e.g.: more granularity in font metrics in mkiv, less juggling with > combined shapes in mkiv, etc). SO, it can never be the pixel wise > reference. I'm well aware of this, but having something at least si

[NTG-context] [test suite] Bibtex-related test fails to compile.

2012-10-22 Thread Marco Pessotto
I've imported most of the testfiles kindly provided by Hans. Now the test suite has grown to ~900 files. I'm running them in chunks and I'll keep reporting, even if I don't need the feature. If you prefer me to post to another list, please let me know. https://github.com/melmothx/context-unoffici

Re: [NTG-context] Test suite report

2012-10-21 Thread Marco Pessotto
> Any clue about which directory can be safely dropped? Nevermind, I'm finding the way. -- Marco ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.

Re: [NTG-context] Test suite report

2012-10-21 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > there is s zip with lots of test files, it might make sense to take > some from them (not all make sense in a visual compare) There are more then 800 files in http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/latest/cont-tst.7z Any clue about which directory can be safely dropped? -- Mar

[NTG-context] Test suite report

2012-10-21 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. Aditya added a couple of testfiles. Thanks a lot. I encourage anyone reporting bugs to send a minimal example to me too, via mail or via pull requests on github, so people running the tests can catch regressions. I modified the code, so a unique filename for each test is not require

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt unofficial test suite stub

2012-10-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 17-10-2012 20:08, Marco Patzer wrote: >> 2012-10-17 Marco Pessotto: >> >>> Ok, this is my first bug report. I noticed that the column width/margin >>> is quite altered since TL12. There are some other problems, tough. >>> >&g

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt unofficial test suite stub

2012-10-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Ok, this is my first bug report. I noticed that the column width/margin is quite altered since TL12. There are some other problems, tough. Full report here: https://github.com/melmothx/context-unofficial-test-suite/commit/8575456ae9e5dfe1f5dea5ac1224f75b5d1eb0a2 (It's stored in the commit log).

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt unofficial test suite stub

2012-10-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Marco Patzer writes: >> Looking at the diffs, many of the differences are really tiny, but >> differences exist nevertheless. It will take me some time to sort out >> which ones are just tiny space shifting, and which ones give really >> different output. > > That's why I use a header for each te

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt unofficial test suite stub

2012-10-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
luigi scarso writes: > It's not a huge difference, but it can integrated better with mkiv; see > http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/talks/day1_05_luigi_graphicmagick/ > (if you like these kind of things) I think I'll have to run some benchmark to see if it can save some resources and speed up

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt unofficial test suite stub

2012-10-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
luigi scarso writes: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Marco Pessotto wrote: > > Aditya Mahajan writes: > > > It may be worthwhile to merge the two repos. > > I'm on my way. I'll keep you posted. > > Can you use graphicsmagick ? So

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt unofficial test suite stub

2012-10-16 Thread Marco Pessotto
Aditya Mahajan writes: > It may be worthwhile to merge the two repos. I'm on my way. I'll keep you posted. -- Marco ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! mailli

[NTG-context] ConTeXt unofficial test suite stub

2012-10-07 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there! TL;DR: https://github.com/melmothx/context-unofficial-test-suite A week ago I had a conversation with mpfusion and another user over IRC about the ConTeXt test suite. mpfusion had a tarball with some test and an elaborate machinery to see if the testfiles compile. He kindly provided

Re: [NTG-context] modules.contextgarden.net internal error on /gfsdidot

2012-09-01 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > but that is a very old package written in 2005 to support using Greek > fonts in ConTeXt MKII. The author (Thomas) would probably suggest you > to use MKIV instead of this package for MKII. Ok, no problem, I just stumbled on that error browsing the wiki and thought it wo

[NTG-context] modules.contextgarden.net internal error on /gfsdidot

2012-08-31 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. I get an internal error pointing the browser to http://modules.contextgarden.net/gfsdidot : > Internal error, please contact p...@contextgarden.net I tried the address above, but it fails: Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.1.1 : Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local rec

Re: [NTG-context] TeXlive 2012 (testing again)

2012-06-11 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 10-6-2012 18:39, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> >> Hello there. >> >> I can't get (again) the fonts installed in the texmf-local directory in >> the TeXlive 2012 pretest. >> >> It's quite possible I'm doing somethi

[NTG-context] TeXlive 2012 (testing again)

2012-06-10 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. I can't get (again) the fonts installed in the texmf-local directory in the TeXlive 2012 pretest. It's quite possible I'm doing something wrong (but I recall that putting the files under texmf-local/fonts/data was enough to get them imported). Setup: find texmf-local/fonts/data/

Re: [NTG-context] line break after “/” (no hyphen)

2012-06-06 Thread Marco Pessotto
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2012, Alan Bowen wrote: > > I dimly recall discussion of linebreaking after “/”, but have > not been able to retrieve it from the archives. Also \setbreakpoints[compound] should do the trick without typing the pipe symbols. Cheers -- Marco _

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-31 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 31-5-2012 10:43, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> Hans Hagen writes: >> >>> there is no 'duplex' in context, only 'doublesided' >> >> Ok, this just means there is an error in the “Layout in ConTeXt” manual, >> p.9

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-31 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > there is no 'duplex' in context, only 'doublesided' Ok, this just means there is an error in the “Layout in ConTeXt” manual, p.97. Do you want me to create an Errata page on the wiki? -- Marco

Re: [NTG-context] Is it possible to define a custom imposition schema? (sure it is, but how?)

2012-05-30 Thread Marco Pessotto
As a follow-up, just in case someone will search the archive for a similar problem, this is my “solution”, regardless of the question if the imposition scheme is really suitable for binding or not. It's quite an hack, but it seems to work and is way simpler for a profane like me to create a custom

Re: [NTG-context] Is it possible to define a custom imposition schema? (sure it is, but how?)

2012-05-29 Thread Marco Pessotto
Willi Egger writes: > To my knowledge the printer will have more hand-work than accepting > that e.g. the 2*4*2 or the 2*2*4 scheme is used. - Again, if I > understand you correctly, then the folding machine can only do a > single fold. So after assembling the section with two folded sheets > sti

Re: [NTG-context] Is it possible to define a custom imposition schema? (sure it is, but how?)

2012-05-29 Thread Marco Pessotto
Willi Egger writes: > Hi Marco, > > If I understand correctly what you need is a system which is basically > based on booklet-printing but each booklet should be restricted to 16 > pages. In this case you might try > > \setuparranging[2*2*4] > > This scheme put two pages on the front and two pag

Re: [NTG-context] Is it possible to define a custom imposition schema? (sure it is, but how?)

2012-05-29 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 29-5-2012 19:06, Marco Pessotto wrote: > >> 3. page-imp.mkiv would be the best solution (obviously). I've dug a bit >> into the code, but I'm in deep waters. I can't understand where the >> sequence of the pages is defined. the \

[NTG-context] Is it possible to define a custom imposition schema? (sure it is, but how?)

2012-05-29 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. I'd need a custom imposition schema, just like the 2*4*2, but first the sheets will be folded, then inserted in signatures of 16 pages, and then finally bound. (They said the machine can fold only one sheet). I came up with 3 "solutions" (or 3 hacks, as you wish): 1. psutils/pstops

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-29 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Am 29.05.2012 um 10:10 schrieb Marco Pessotto: > > You can set “location=doublesided” but “duplex” isn’t a valid argument > and even then it works only when you have a double sided document. Well, I took it from the printed manual (Layouts in ConTeXt, p.9

[NTG-context] \setuplayout[location=duplex] not working? (probably since a year)

2012-05-29 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. I'm messing around with imposition schemas and I think I've hit a bug or a dropped feature (but documented in the printed manual). Minimal example: \setuppapersize[A5][A4] \setuplayout[location=duplex] \starttext \dorecurse{20}{ \input knuth } \stoptext As far as I can see, the du

Re: [NTG-context] \footnote numbering starting with 3

2012-05-28 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Am 28.05.2012 um 19:36 schrieb Marco Pessotto: > >> >> Ok, here we are: >> >> \starttext >> >> \placelist[chapter,section] >> >> hello\footnote{ciao} >> >> \chapter{Hello\footnote{weird!}} >

[NTG-context] \footnote numbering starting with 3 [Was: ConTeXt MKIV 2012.05.22 and \footnote]

2012-05-28 Thread Marco Pessotto
Ok, here we are: \starttext \placelist[chapter,section] hello\footnote{ciao} \chapter{Hello\footnote{weird!}} \section{Hello\footnote{another fn}} hello\footnote{ciao} \stoptext The first footnote will start at 3 by itself. There is some weird interference between the placelist and the fo

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt MKIV 2012.05.22 and \footnote

2012-05-28 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Am 28.05.2012 um 19:05 schrieb Marco Pessotto: > >> >> Hello there >> >> Some further testing shows problems with footnotes: >> >> %% start minimal >> \setupfootnotes[way=bychapter] > > \setupnotation[footnote][

Re: [NTG-context] Missing "missing character" warning

2012-05-28 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 28-5-2012 18:26, Marco Pessotto wrote: > >> After a lot of mumbling by myself... Is there a reason not to have the >> fonts.missing tracker enabled by default? Performance hit? > > indeed but you can enable it in your local cont-sys.tex file o

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt MKIV 2012.05.22 and \footnote

2012-05-28 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there Some further testing shows problems with footnotes: %% start minimal \setupfootnotes[way=bychapter] \starttext \chapter{chap} hello\footnote{ciao} \chapter{chap} hello\footnote{ciao} \stoptext %%% stop The numbering is not by chapter any more. (from TeXlive pretest) mtx-conte

Re: [NTG-context] Missing "missing character" warning

2012-05-28 Thread Marco Pessotto
Marco Pessotto writes: > Hans Hagen writes: > >> On 25-5-2012 09:45, luigi scarso wrote: >> >>> enabletrackers[fonts.missing] >>> \mainlanguage[hr] >>> \starttext ȃ\stoptext >> >> indeed better After a lot of mumbling by myself... Is the

Re: [NTG-context] Math fonts in TeXLive 2012

2012-05-28 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > Another weird observation: Kurier is not working at all. > > Plus, Asana-Math and Xits are not installed as part of ConTeXt scheme. > Should I add them? (It's size is 0.5 + 1.5 MB while in tar.xz.) If you feel like adding some packages to the ConTeXt scheme, I'd strongly

Re: [NTG-context] Missing "missing character" warning

2012-05-25 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 25-5-2012 09:45, luigi scarso wrote: > >> enabletrackers[fonts.missing] >> \mainlanguage[hr] >> \starttext ȃ\stoptext > > indeed better > Wikified. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX#Get_a_warning_if_the_glyph_is_missing Cheers -- Marco ___

Re: [NTG-context] Missing "missing character" warning

2012-05-25 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > You can add this: > > \checkcharactersinfont > > and get missing characters reported to the terminal. Unfortunately I > forgot () when adapting this command to the command namespace ... > > \unexpanded\def\checkcharactersinfont > {\ctxcommand{checkcharactersinfont()}} > > (fi

[NTG-context] Missing "missing character" warning

2012-05-25 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello all. Reading the manual “Fonts in ConTeXt” I found the following statement (p.97): “In both cases we end up with a message in the log file and a resulting file with missing data”. [When the font doesn't provide a glyph]. Now, the only case when the warning is issued is using mkii with xet

Re: [NTG-context] updated binaries, please keep testing TL 2012

2012-05-24 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > Hello, > > the majority of binaries in ConTeXt distribution have been updated > from TeX Live 2012 now (missing are only linux-64, linux-ppc by Thomas > S., and possibly some from windows). I've synced the repo, reinstalled all from 0 (scheme full) [because I read about

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt MKIV 2012.05.22 and \footnote

2012-05-23 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 23-5-2012 09:12, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> Alan Bowen writes: >> >>> The latest ConTeXt MKIV (standalone) does not produce footnotes. >>> >>> \startcomponent >>> Stuff\footnote{a note.} >>> \stopcom

[NTG-context] Local texmf directory in TeXLive 2012

2012-05-23 Thread Marco Pessotto
Going ahead with the TeXlive testing, I found the following problem. Probably I'm doing something wrong, but as far as I can see, the texmf-local directory is ignored. Best wishes. [09:35] melmoth@universe:~/progetti/debug$ which context /home/melmoth/progetti/texlive2012/bin/i386-linux/context

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt MKIV 2012.05.22 and \footnote

2012-05-23 Thread Marco Pessotto
Alan Bowen writes: > The latest ConTeXt MKIV (standalone) does not produce footnotes. > > \startcomponent > Stuff\footnote{a note.} > \stopcomponent > Confirmed on the latest pretest TeXlive too. \starttext \input knuth \footnote{a note} \stoptext Best wishes -- Marco __

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-21 Thread Marco Pessotto
Marco Pessotto writes: > Checked out, compiled and tested. And it works (of course :-). I spoke too early. I have at least three issues with images. First case: failing, but no crash. % minimal \starttext \externalfigure[cow] \stoptext % stop The second and the third case are under

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-21 Thread Marco Pessotto
Taco Hoekwater writes: > On 05/18/2012 08:20 PM, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> Mojca Miklavec writes: >> >>> You can try to checkout revision 26300 from TeX Live repository. That >>> should give you a good reference. >>> http://tug.org/svn/texlive?vie

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > You can try to checkout revision 26300 from TeX Live repository. That > should give you a good reference. > http://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=26301 > [...] > If you could also try to build revision 26300 with debugging symbols > (and possibly try to up

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Taco Hoekwater writes: > I guessed as much. Unfortunately, as I cannot reproduce the bug, this is > where it ends for me. Perhaps Hartmut has a 32-bit system somewhere (CC). > > Best wishes, > Taco > > PS Hartmut: full thread is here: > http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20120516.012657.49e

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > quick hack that you can put in cont-new.mkiv > > \def\handlearrangedpageTWOUP > {\splitoffarrangedpagesTWO >\ifconditional\arrangedswapstate > \global\setbox\arrangedpageA\hbox >{\box\arrangedpageA > \box\arrangedpageB}% > \setfalse\arrangedswa

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > is there a simple test file > Sure: %% start \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \dorecurse{20}{ \input knuth } \stoptext % stop This produces 6 white pages with the latest beta (while output c

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Henning Hraban Ramm writes: > 2012/5/18 Marco Pessotto : >> Version 2011.11.29 23:11 works. I think you can get it on the git >> repository. There was a thread recently about how to fetch it from >> there. > > Yes, e.g. "my" thread. I'm working with suc

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Taco Hoekwater writes: > On 05/17/2012 07:31 PM, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> >> Anyway, I think I got the backtrace: > > Nice backtrace. > > You could try to print these in the debugger > > (gdb) p static_pdf > (gdb) p static_pdf->posstruct > (gdb) p

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Henning Hraban Ramm writes: > Am 2012-04-23 um 20:10 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: > >> Am 2012-04-20 um 17:58 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: >> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> like in January (see mail by Mari), the latest beta produces only >>> empty pages with 2UP imposition schema; others work (tested 2SI

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article >> that has been posted to gmane.comp.tex.context as well. Gmane today hates me... >> Mojca Miklavec writes: >> >>> (

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > (But that luatex is probably stripped.) So the next question is: how can I build luatex from those sources with the debug symbols? -- Marco ___ If your question is of interest to others a

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> Hans Hagen writes: >> >>> On 16-5-2012 21:02, Marco Pessotto wrote: >>> >>>> mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution >>>>

Re: [NTG-context] Local modules not found

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
"Rogers, Michael K" writes: > Hi, > > I upgraded to the latest beta from the 2011 stable version for the > first time. Now my local modules are not found. Having searched the > wiki and the mailing list, I can find no help. Any ideas? Try to put the modules in /path/where/the/new/context/live

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 16-5-2012 21:02, Marco Pessotto wrote: > >> mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution >> interrupted[21:00] > > looks like a crashing luatex I forgot to report the architecture and the platform, which is Gnu/Linux i386

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2012

2012-05-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Mojca Miklavec writes: > Dear ConTeXt users, > > TeX Live 2012 is going to be released soon. After the first successful > year of ConTeXt in TeX Live, it would be great to get enough testers > before the release (to make sure that it works flawlessly) and to get > rid of as many bugs as possible.

Re: [NTG-context] "Typescripts for Dummies"

2012-05-15 Thread Marco Pessotto
Bill Meahan writes: > Is there a document anywhere that would be the equivalent of > "Typescripts for Dummies?" (as if such a book really existed) I guess real documentation is a fantastic booklet: http://www.h2o-books.com/node/11 Cheers -- Marco _

Re: [NTG-context] \footnote in \startlines[space=on] overflows

2012-04-22 Thread Marco Pessotto
Philipp Gesang writes: > On 2012-04-22 19:38, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> Thanks! Still there is the problem of the footnote. I can live with some >> random space (expecially if there is the workaround!), but the footnotes >> are quite an issue. > > Took some code diggi

Re: [NTG-context] \footnote in \startlines[space=on] overflows

2012-04-22 Thread Marco Pessotto
Philipp Gesang writes: > On 2012-04-22 17:16, Marco Pessotto wrote: > n> I remember I brought this up a while ago: > http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20100916.124413.0e12af0e.en.html > Seems like one can avoid the spaces through grouping (or with > “\gobbleoneargume

[NTG-context] \footnote in \startlines[space=on] overflows

2012-04-22 Thread Marco Pessotto
Dear list, I use \(start|stop)lines[spaces=on] to typeset poetry, which seems the right thing to do to preserve eventual initial whitespace. Anyway, I encounter the following issues: = cut here = % \starttext this is normal text. \startlines[space=on] this is

Re: [NTG-context] hyphenation of hyphenated words

2012-03-10 Thread Marco Pessotto
S Barmeier writes: > non-standard breaks as > > non-stan- > dard > > Is there a way to tell context to break the word at the hyphen that > already exists? \setbreakpoints[compound] should do the trick. Cheers -- Marco __

Re: [NTG-context] Scribus vs ConTeXt

2012-02-29 Thread Marco Pessotto
Martin Schröder writes: > 2012/2/29 William Adams : >> I wrote up a longer comparison once upon a time --- Scribus isn't that much >> different from InDesign and Quark, so the criticism holds: > > wikify please! http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Comparison_between_ConTeXt_and_other_typesetting_pro

Re: [NTG-context] Scribus vs ConTeXt

2012-02-29 Thread Marco Pessotto
William Adams writes: > With a graphical tool, one is limited to the automation which the > developers are willing to build into the tool and sentenced to > handling manually _everything_ else, _every_ time that there's a > change, e.g., if you have a keyword block on your opening article > pages

Re: [NTG-context] \startstopcomment fails on latest beta

2012-02-03 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Am 03.02.2012 um 10:13 schrieb Marco Pessotto: > >> This is better, as the compilation doesn't fail and the comment appears >> as comment, but on the page there is a literal "[title=,]" (in the first >> example) or "[

Re: [NTG-context] \startstopcomment fails on latest beta

2012-02-03 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 1-2-2012 19:31, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> >> Hello there. >> >> See the following minimal example. Without the \setupinteraction the >> document compiles just fine. > > as there is no beta this week, you can patch yourself ..

[NTG-context] \startstopcomment fails on latest beta

2012-02-01 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. See the following minimal example. Without the \setupinteraction the document compiles just fine. %% begin \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext hello \startcomment This won’t be published \stopcomment \stoptext %% end Best regards. Error log: mtx-context | run 1:

Re: [NTG-context] setupheads[sectionnumber=no] (and retrocompatibility issue)

2012-02-01 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Am 01.02.2012 um 12:36 schrieb Marco Pessotto: >> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/setupheads says that the >> right command is sectionnumber, but it's obviously outdated. > > The reference pages (and also the other wiki pages) exp

[NTG-context] setupheads[sectionnumber=no] (and retrocompatibility issue)

2012-02-01 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. See this minimal example. %% cut here \setupheads[sectionnumber=no] \starttext \placecontent \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section} \subsection{Subsection} \stoptext %% end With version: 2012.01.25 14:16 the numbers are there (and if I tweak the ToC listing I get a mess). With t

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Hi all, > > to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even > non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides > dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe > also functionality). \startmode & company

Re: [NTG-context] Canonical way to escape the square brackets?

2012-01-28 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Am 28.01.2012 um 16:41 schrieb Marco Pessotto: > >> Dear list, >> >> I swear I searched the internet, but I guess the terms are too generic. >> The question is: is there a safe way to escape the square brackets, >> preventing them

[NTG-context] Canonical way to escape the square brackets?

2012-01-28 Thread Marco Pessotto
Dear list, I swear I searched the internet, but I guess the terms are too generic. The question is: is there a safe way to escape the square brackets, preventing them to be eaten by the previous command? For example: \item [this should be in brackets] My solution is: \define\leftsquarebracket{

Re: [NTG-context] pdf arrange

2011-12-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
"Meer, H. van der" writes: > I am afraid I did not phrase my question clear enough. The problem is > producing a rearranged pdf from an existing one. > > Hans van der Meer > AFAIK, nothing bundled. But you can create a new PDF selecting and rearranging the pages. You could use pdfjam, which is

Re: [NTG-context] pdf arrange

2011-12-17 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans van der Meer writes: > I think I saw in the recent past here something about rearranging the pages > of a pdf. However, I cannot find it, therefore I take the liberty to place > this question. > The idea is to change the pages from 1,2,3,4,etc, into 1,3,2,4,etc. > Can it be done with one o

Re: [NTG-context] \placelist and \writetolist

2011-12-13 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Replace \setuplist with \definelist, before you use a list you should create > it. I knew I was missing something obvious... Thanks a lot, it works. Best wishes -- Marco ___ If your

[NTG-context] \placelist and \writetolist

2011-12-13 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello! I can't understand what I'm doing wrong here: % \setuplist[mylist] [alternative=c, width=0mm, style=\tfx, criterium=all] \starttext \placelist[mylist] \page[yes] \input knuth \writetolist[mylist]{}{Item} \stoptext % The docume

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta) [FIXED]

2011-11-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
On version: 2011.11.17 23:31 it works again. Thanks Hans! -- Marco ___ 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/

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta)

2011-11-15 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: >> %% start minimal example >> >> \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] >> \setuparranging[2UP] >> >> \setupnotedefinition[footnote][location=serried] >> >> \showframe >> >> >> \starttext >> >> test\footnote{\input knuth} >> \inmargin{this is in the margin} >> >> \stoptext >> %% st

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta)

2011-11-15 Thread Marco Pessotto
Willi Egger writes: > Hi, > > Thanks for spotting this. I tested with my project where there are only few > footnotes, indeed the reference-numbers are gone once arranging is set on. > It looks like it's a in-margin material problem, not a footnote one. See the next example: %% start minimal e

Re: [NTG-context] "doublesided=no" ignored on \startstandardmakeup with the latest beta

2011-11-12 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Am 12.11.2011 um 17:42 schrieb Marco Pessotto: > >> Wolfgang Schuster writes: >> >>> The argument of makeup commands are processed after context switch to >>> the right page and your setting “page=no” comes to late. Make the >

Re: [NTG-context] "doublesided=no" ignored on \startstandardmakeup with the latest beta

2011-11-12 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > The argument of makeup commands are processed after context switch to > the right page and your setting “page=no” comes to late. Make the > changes at the begin of the document with \setupmakeup and you don’t > get the extra page. > Thanks for your reply. With the fol

[NTG-context] "doublesided=no" ignored on \startstandardmakeup with the latest beta

2011-11-12 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hi! See the next minimal example (copied from "Layout in Context"): \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no] ...the front \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup[page=no] ...the back \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext The manual says it

Re: [NTG-context] Help on centering text inside the standard makeup

2011-11-11 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > As a new feature in MkIV there is also a layout with the same name as the > makeup > environment and you can control the margins of your new title page environment > with \setuplayout[titlepage][…]. > > Wolfgang > This looks like the real right solution(tm). Thanks W

Re: [NTG-context] Help on centering text inside the standard makeup

2011-11-11 Thread Marco Pessotto
Andreas Harder writes: > On 11.11.2011, at 13:27, Marco Pessotto wrote: > >> >> Hello! >> >> I have some problem centering the text inside the standardmakeup. The >> resulting alignment is centered, yes, but relative to the text block of >> the define

[NTG-context] Help on centering text inside the standard makeup

2011-11-11 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello! I have some problem centering the text inside the standardmakeup. The resulting alignment is centered, yes, but relative to the text block of the defined layout, and being a doublesided document, the left space is lesser then the right space (which is not what I wanted, as it's supposed t

[NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta)

2011-11-10 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. With the latest beta, the following example fails to show the footnote number. Commenting the setuparranging shows it again. %% start minimal example \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \starttext test\footnote{this is the note} \stoptext %% stop. Current (201

Re: [NTG-context] highlight problems on xml export

2011-11-08 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 7-11-2011 17:48, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> >> Well, after some trial and errors, I think I get what is going on with >> the highlight. When on the generated pdf the is at the edge >> of the paper, the space is eaten. Hacky workaround follows

Re: [NTG-context] highlight problems on xml export [hacky workaround included]

2011-11-07 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > On 7-11-2011 17:48, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> >> Well, after some trial and errors, I think I get what is going on with >> the highlight. When on the generated pdf the is at the edge >> of the paper, the space is eaten. Hacky workaround follows

Re: [NTG-context] highlight problems on xml export [hacky workaround included]

2011-11-07 Thread Marco Pessotto
Aditya Mahajan writes: > TeX does finite precision arithematics, so infinity is not > possible. But you can set paper width (and paper height) to \maxdimen, > which is the maximum dimension TeX can handle. > > \definepapersize[max][paperwidth=\maxdimen, paperheight=\maxdimen] > \setuppapersize[ma

Re: [NTG-context] highlight problems on xml export [hacky workaround included]

2011-11-07 Thread Marco Pessotto
Well, after some trial and errors, I think I get what is going on with the highlight. When on the generated pdf the is at the edge of the paper, the space is eaten. Hacky workaround follows: %% start example \setupbackend[export=yes] \definehighlight[emph][style=italic] \startmode[huge] \defin

Re: [NTG-context] highlight problems on xml export (Was: Missing while exporting to xml before )

2011-11-07 Thread Marco Pessotto
I think I'm hitting another bug with highlights: See this following example: %%% start example \setupbackend[export=yes] \definehighlight[emph][style=italic] \starttext \startparagraph Published on \dontleavehmode\emph{Dissonanze} vol. I \stopparagraph \startparagraph Published on vol. I

Re: [NTG-context] Missing while exporting to xml before

2011-11-06 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hi! The highlight seems to act strangely. In addition to the previous report, I get an unwanted : %%% start example \setupbackend[export=yes] \definehighlight[emph][style=italic] \starttext \section{test} \emph{Hello} world! \stoptext %%% stop example And the output is: http://www

[NTG-context] Missing while exporting to xml before

2011-11-06 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hi! See the following minimal example: %%% start example \setupbackend[export=yes] \definehighlight[emph][style=italic] \starttext Hey, hello! \emph{Hello world!} \stoptext %%% stop example And the output is: http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML";> Hey, hello! Hello world! Best

[NTG-context] \unknown lost on xml export

2011-11-05 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. While exporting the ellipses are completely lost. Is there a workaround for cases like that (I have the feeling this is the top of the iceberg)? The following minimal example should be clear enough: %%% start example \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext Hello\unknown{} world! \

Re: [NTG-context] Layouts in ConTeXt book finished and available

2011-07-14 Thread Marco Pessotto
Taco Hoekwater writes: > PS > We have received a cease&desist for http://www.boekplan.nl/ from the > company that owns http://www.boekenplan.nl/, we have switched to the new > name "H2O Boeken" (H2O Books). This new name is based on the first > letters of the last names of the owners of the compa

Re: [NTG-context] \crlf breaks alignment inheritance

2011-05-26 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Am 26.05.2011 um 16:02 schrieb Marco Pessotto: > >> In the example I provided, I can't break the line without starting a new >> paragraph and without messing it, unless I reset the "middle" in the nested >> alignment. So I belie

Re: [NTG-context] \crlf breaks alignment inheritance

2011-05-26 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Am 26.05.2011 um 16:02 schrieb Marco Pessotto: > >> So what's the correct way to force a line break without starting a new >> paragraph, like \\ in LaTeX? Maybe the paragraph is marked also by more >> spacing, and that particular l

Re: [NTG-context] \crlf breaks alignment inheritance

2011-05-26 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Am 26.05.2011 um 15:25 schrieb Marco Pessotto: > >> Wolfgang Schuster writes: >> >>> Am 26.05.2011 um 10:53 schrieb Marco Pessotto: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello there! >>>> >>>> I'v

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