[NTG-context] (natural) TABLE bug?

MWE: \starttext \bTABLE [offset=0pt,columndistance=1em] \bTR \bTD[nc=2] header \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext The columndistance is ignored after [nc=2]. Is this a bug? Alan

Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure question

On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:42:25 +0100 Hans Hagen wrote: > sx= > sy= > > iir small scales are also seen as fractions Like for the chemistry module, this can be confusing. Also, sx=,sy= muck with the aspect ratio, don't they? As we know, there is also an inconsistency in the

Re: [NTG-context] strange crash

On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:56:55 +0100 "j. van den hoff" wrote: > just to avoid confusion: my initial report concerned x86_64 linux. I have no problem with your MWE under 64bit linux. Hans did point-out that there might be some instability today as we are in the process of

Re: [NTG-context] a question on setuptex

On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 23:38:09 +0100 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > would it be possible that a 32bit ConTeXt Suite can be used with a > 64bit architecture in Linux? > > Sorry, but yesterday I was surprised to see that setuptex isn’t able > to find any binaries in Linux if they are 32bit

Re: [NTG-context] LuaTeX 1.0.3 announcement

On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 14:59:14 +0100 luigi scarso wrote: > On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Henri Menke > wrote: > > On 02/18/2017 09:42 AM, luigi scarso wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Henri Menke > >> wrote: >

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography issue, @ELECTRONIC editor

roceedings. This follows the bibtex documentation and the standard tools used for maintaining bib files. Of course, we could add this, or any other field, but I find no entry either in the APA Specifications describing this. Alan -- Alan Braslau CEA DSM-IRAMIS-SPEC CNRS UMR 3680 Orme des Merisi

Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure question

On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:04:27 +0100 "j. van den hoff" wrote: > On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:43:29 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: > > > * if `scale=' is not the way to achieve invariant and unambiguous > > size of images embedded in the document, what is? `width=XXX

Re: [NTG-context] strange crash

I confirm this (with a different error message) on 32bit linux, but it compiles fine on 64bit linux, 64bit freebsd and 64bit osx. Alan On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:51:25 +0100 "j. van den hoff" wrote: > in a pristine standalone context (installed yesterday) under ubuntu I >

Re: [NTG-context] strange crash

On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:40:40 +0100 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > On 02/16/2017 07:51 PM, j. van den hoff wrote: > > hi, > > in a pristine standalone context (installed yesterday) under ubuntu > > I see a seemingly consistent crash of luatex if the document > > contains footnotes [...] >

Re: [NTG-context] Using key as numbering in \placepublications

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:19:03 +0100 Antoine Cailliau wrote: > How can I adjust the publication list to display [Kup03a] instead of > [2] ? The numbering option does not offer "key" apparently. Using the mkiv publications mechanism, you can get short \cite keys by

Re: [NTG-context] Columns with different width.

You should refer to the manual that Hraban gave as a link. Alan On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 12:10:52 -0300 Jose Luis Arellano wrote: > Thanks for the answer Henning. Can you please write an example? > > 2017-02-24 9:47 GMT-03:00 Henning Hraban Ramm : > > >

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with usemodule[graph]

On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 09:33:38 +0100 Antoine Cailliau wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to use graph to draw my plots with metapost. However, the > following minimal file does not work: > > \usemodule[graph] > > \starttext > > \startMPcode > > draw begingraph(3in,2in); > >

Re: [NTG-context] APA formatting and reference questions

On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:43:03 -0600 Todd DeVries wrote: > In this excerpt, the following APA style formatting > errors occur: > > 1. The first reference is cited as “Hartley, M.T. (2013).” There is > usually a space separating these initials. Between the M. and T. in > this

Re: [NTG-context] [NTG-Context] Problem with \usemodule[graph] and El Capitan (mac OS)

No, this is a feature, not a bug! According to the original graph macros, the data files are kept open, and thus subsequent reads will pick up successive data sets in a single file. This is explicitly stated in the documentation. A consequence for us in ConTeXt mkiv, where the metapost code is

Re: [NTG-context] How do I compile a "flat" pdf?

Also pdftk But, it is naive to believe that a pdf can be "protected" from copying or extracting, isn't it? Alan > On Oct 7, 2016, at 09:08, Hans Hagen wrote: > > On 10/7/2016 4:50 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > >> The only way to "protect" contents from editing are the

Re: [NTG-context] Overfull boxes in bibliography

Hello, It turns out that "alignment" of the bibliography lists does not take the document global settings, but rather, like in other cases such as a framed environment, alignment is reset to the default value: strict alignment does not give the best results for the bibliography list rendering,

Re: [NTG-context] Text editors

I used to be very proficient at writing in machine code and reading punch tape output, too... Alan > On 25 Oct 2016, at 10:19, Nicola wrote: > > > cat > file.tex > > Mandatory xkcd at this point: https://www.xkcd.com/378/

Re: [NTG-context] Vim wiki page updated

Hans, Nicola, Being a vim user (and not presently taking much advantage of the syntax highlighting), and a MP fan, I will take care of this (in coordination with Hans, eventually). Alan > On 3 Nov 2016, at 08:37, Nicola wrote: > > On 03/11/2016 12:28, Hans Hagen

Re: [NTG-context] Framedtext in a float

Sounds something like how PowerPoint works (but adjusting point size to fit a frame...). Alan > On 1 Nov 2016, at 04:17, Piotr Kopszak wrote: > > You mean, you effectively want ConTeXt to choose best proportions for > the framed text on its own? I guess very few designers

Re: [NTG-context] Chemical reaction...

\startplacechemical \startchemicalformula ... \stopchemicalformula \stopplacechemical Alan On Tue, 8 Nov 2016 20:06:27 +0100 Willi Egger wrote: > I am busy to edit an older article in which there are a couple of > chemical fromulas and reactions. > > However, I am

Re: [NTG-context] Text editors

Hi, You forgot my favorite editor: cat > file.tex ;-) More seriously, the SciTe syntax highlighting depends on a lpeg DLL that presently is only available on Windows - unless someone has succeeded in compiling the shared library on another system. Alan > On Oct 24, 2016, at 05:41,

Re: [NTG-context] A question about \startcombination[3*1] \stopcombination (again)

Try \startcombination [nx=3,ny=1] Alan > On Oct 25, 2016, at 08:14, Fabrice Couvreur > wrote: > > I can not make three columns and one row. But three rows and one column ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] PDF/A generation

Hello, You can very easily download the beta/standalone installation that can very happily coexist with TL release. All that is needed to choose the standalone version is to modify your PATH appropriately (by sourcing the setuptex script). In fact, we recommend even downloading an installation

Re: [NTG-context] FreeBSD binaries - was: Systemwide installation does not work

Mailing list: There was some fluctuation in the FreeBSD binaries being distributed on contextgarden.net. With the recent introduction of FreeBSD 11.0, the GPL3-tainted GNU libstdc++ has been dropped in favor of a new, clean libc++. This follows on the switch from gcc to clang that took place

Re: [NTG-context] Communative diagrams with TikZ & ConTeXt

Hello, I wrote some very simple MetaPost helpers to create commutative diagrams: natural.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document Alan > On Oct 6, 2016, at 15:45, Hans Åberg wrote: > > >> On 6 Oct 2016, at 15:52, Mojca Miklavec >>

Re: [NTG-context] Parsing ConTeXt errors

Of course, I *never* make MetaPost errors... ;-) However, you can search the log file for metapost> error: Alan > On Oct 11, 2016, at 07:27, Nicola wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm trying to parse ConTeXt errors. TeX and Lua errors seem easy to parse > (search for

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

On Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:25:39 +0200 Saša Janiška wrote: > > then start making your own ... such styles are rather simple and not > > much coding in the document source is needed .. just develop your > > own look and feel after a while > > It’s clear you’re not into

Re: [NTG-context] index(register) from an XML source

On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 15:52:25 +0100 MF wrote: > Now an alternative approach I thought, because the index I'm working > on is a biographical index, I mean a index of cited people, with a > biographical profile. One can create an index with the publications module as

Re: [NTG-context] Bug: \textext inside \*MPinclusions causes error

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:06:09 +0100 Hans Hagen wrote: > you can use > > \startMPinitializations > \stopMPinitializations > > as these are expanded each graphic run > > action pass 1 pass 2 > > definitions yes > extensions yes > inclus figure yes >

Re: [NTG-context] rotating some pages of a pdf

On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 23:47:00 -0500 Cesar Romani wrote: > The quality of the rotated pdfs, which are images, drops off a little. > For example, some characters are not so sharp as in the original pdf. > > If I use GraphicsMagick I would remedy this with the parameter >

Re: [NTG-context] Asymptote or Metapost and ConTeXt parameters.

On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 08:19:25 -0800 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > The ability to pass parameters to metapost has been around since the > beginning. See the metafun manual for details (search for MPvar). Hans has developed tools making it quite easy to pass data back and forth

Re: [NTG-context] integral symbol

\frac{1}{2}$} > \stoplines > > \startformula > a = > \autointegral{t}{b}1 + > \autointegral{t}{b}{\frac{\frac{3}{4}}{\frac{1}{2}}} + > \autointegral{t}{b}{\frac{\frac{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{2}}{2}}{2}} > \stopformula > > \stoptext -- Alan Braslau CEA DSM-IRA

Re: [NTG-context] startstop, narrower and switchtobodyfont gives strange interlinespace

On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:38:01 +0100 "Mikael P. Sundqvist" wrote: > What am I doing wrong? Any ideas to solve it Add a \par: \input knuth\par Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as

Re: [NTG-context] processing very big tables

On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:02:38 +0200 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Hm, at the meeting it looked like we should/could now use xtables for > everything? Did I misunderstand you, Hans, that xtables can replace > all the other kinds of tables? Perhaps this is a bug that could be

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: xtables extensions

On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:29:52 +0100 Henri Menke wrote: > Natural Tables are quite handy but their syntax is a little verbose. > > \bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD ... \eTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > > There exist nice extensions which make the format less verbose by > mapping > >

Re: [NTG-context] hunting a lua stack error

ntext@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/list > > info/ntg-context > > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > > > ___ --

Re: [NTG-context] openBSD (was: which command would give the same effect as \pause in beamer ?)

Karl: read the bottom of this email... Hans: please update mtx-update.lua (attached) On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:46:29 +0100 kaddour kardio wrote: > OpenBSD? is context standalone available for this platfrom ? Yes! ...but Hans or Mojca need to update mtx-update.lua using

Re: [NTG-context] description renders unintended results (LUATEX BUG?)

You can see from your log that context --pdftext is running the MKII macros and context is running MKIV macros. The two systems are very different, MKII being "frozen" and MKIV having evolved in some ways significantly. It is not a question of TeX engines, but rather of entire

Re: [NTG-context] description renders unintended results (LUATEX BUG?)

On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 18:04:34 +0100 Floris van Manen wrote: > The incorrect nesting seems to be connected to the luatex engine. > If i have the same source compiled by pdftex, it works as intended. > > So is the different rendering an intended feature of luatex, or a > simple

Re: [NTG-context] Aligning subsection head with following paragraph in tagged pdf output

Have you tried: On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 20:20:02 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > Tagging PDFs the way you seem to be trying might be impossible. Here > is my sample: > > \setuppapersize[letter] > \setuptagging[state=start] > \starttext > \startsubsection[title=First

Re: [NTG-context] (My) problem with percent sign in URLs -- about Wiki

Is there not some way to "protect" a literal string to be taken verbatim where no character be active, for it is messy to have to "clean-up" data such as a url. Alan On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:07:54 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Are there some other predefined

Re: [NTG-context] tilde in math

On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:15:06 +0200 Hans Hagen wrote: > Question: does anyone rely on ~ being active and a nbsp in math mode? Hi Hans, This is quite common practice in the TeX world. I have configured my text editor to highlight the utf-8 nbsp, and I use it largely in text mode.

Re: [NTG-context] Interaction in bibliographies

On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 20:31:23 -0400 Rik Kabel wrote: > MKIV Publications > , > page 46, states: > > If interaction is active (\setupinteraction[state=start]), then > these page numbers will be

Re: [NTG-context] combined / compressed / collapsed page and numbered citation references in bibliographies

On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 20:32:17 -0400 Rik Kabel wrote: > I noticed that in bibliographies, page indexing combines runs of two > or more pages (pp. 150­–151), as does page number compression in > registers, while it takes three or more numbered citations to cause a >

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography in MKIV, custom rendering

On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:58:53 -0400 Rik Kabel wrote: > The lack of either an author or an editor is currently flagged in > ConTeXt as an error for books and perhaps other bibtex entry types as > well. Or do you mean to apply this recommendation to only the >

[NTG-context] Bibliography in MKIV, custom rendering

Hello, You find a need to modify the rendering of the bibliography as you are misusing the bibtex data entry. Here is your example, corrected: 1) @electronic is more appropriate than @misc; 2) Apple Inc. is not a name so you should not be using author: organization is more appropriate. Note

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography in MKIV, custom rendering

On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 23:13:08 -0400 Rik Kabel wrote: > So organization will simply become a stand-in for author but with > different parsing rules. A book will require an author or editor or > organization. The first two will be parsed for surname, given name, > and

Re: [NTG-context] No cross-references in scrollmode

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:58:24 +0200 Andreas Becker wrote: > cat source.tex | context --pipe > > Instead of the number, "??" is printed in the PDF document. Do you expect TeX to make several passes on piped input? Also, see Hans' previous answer. Alan

Re: [NTG-context] Extensible arrows in ConTeXT

On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:33:14 +0200 Mathias Schickel wrote: > Dear list, > > I want to typeset an extensible arrow as described in this document: > http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/matharrows.pdf > Sadly I get errors >

Re: [NTG-context] Footnote in TABLE isn't rendered anywhere

On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 19:05:26 +0200 Hans Hagen wrote: > best play with textbackgrounds > > \starttext > > \starttextbackground > \dorecurse{10}{test\footnote{tufte}: \input tufte\par} > \stoptextbackground > > \stoptext > I have found the following to be necessary when using

Re: [NTG-context] Extensible arrows in ConTeXT

On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 12:31:33 +0200 Mathias Schickel wrote: > > $\xrightarrow{}{}$ > > This throws errors. Any idea why? > > > $\xrightoverleftarrow{}{33°C}$ > > This does work. Sadly it is not the arrow I want to have. MWE: \starttext $A \xrightarrow{}{} B$

Re: [NTG-context] Metafun: setting pen size in properties

withproperties is an experimental, metafun extension that appears to cover color and pre/postscripts. It could be extended to cover withpen, etc. Look at mp-mplib.mkiv. properties() returns an image object that can hold many things. The graph package does similar tricks. Alan On Sun, 23 Jul

Re: [NTG-context] Metafun: setting pen size in properties

On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:26:25 +0200 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 7/24/2017 1:40 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is it possible to set pen width using properties(...)? The > > following does not work (the color is set, but not the pen width): > > > > \starttext > >

Re: [NTG-context] BUG: Colour spilling in btxrendering

Hans has made changes to interaction in the latest beta, that I am only now starting to test. Indeed, using the APS specification in bibliographies, interaction was not limited to specific fields such as titles or urls as is intended. This will be fixed. Alan On Tue, 8 Aug 2017 23:33:19 +0200

Re: [NTG-context] (again) issues with typing

On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 23:45:30 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > I have to explain to newcomers (in my Spanish introduction to ConTeXt) > what comments are and multiple lines don’t affect the final PDF > document. For such a document, it can be very useful to put code snippets into

Re: [NTG-context] Footnote in TABLE isn't rendered anywhere

Perhaps try: \automigrateinserts this is needed to handle footnotes within a box. Alan On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:15:49 +1000 Brian Ballsun-Stanton wrote: > Hey folks, trying to be a good citizen, I added (And quoted) this > message onto the wiki: > >

Re: [NTG-context] getting the glyph of a character

On Mon, 1 May 2017 21:20:33 -0400 Mohammad Hossein Bateni wrote: > MetaPost's documentation mentions that glyph operator works on Adobe > Type 1 fonts.  Does it also work with OpenType fonts when used from > within LuaTeX and CONTEXT? The metafun manual gives many ways of

Re: [NTG-context] mathradical defaults to "normal", should it perhaps be "default"?

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 18:03:35 +0200 Hans Hagen wrote: > > I have been massacred on this list for ever preferring \over to > > \frac... > > and because of the many {} you then need you get these mismatch > errors ... but, you can make > >

Re: [NTG-context] Position of standard footnotes that are set-up in floats

On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:46:06 +0200 Hans Hagen wrote: > > and create a footnote with the graphic's source, that I want to be > > placed as simple footnote at the bottom of the page. CTX, LuaTX do > > this just fine. ... > that's pretty hard to achieve (maybe some day) Are you

Re: [NTG-context] APA Bibliographic refs. | Hyphenated first names | Lower case first letter of Title

On Mon, 22 May 2017 11:41:57 +1200 Richard Mahoney | Indica et Buddhica wrote: > 2.) And for the initial letter of the title, SGam.po.pa not > sGgam.po.pa: > > @Book{guenther:sgam, > title = "{s}{G}am.{p}o.{p}a, The Jewel Ornament of >

Re: [NTG-context] mathradical defaults to "normal", should it perhaps be "default"?

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 17:12:44 +0200 Otared Kavian wrote: > The results are correct using \over in both cases, while the first > one is weird when using \frac and I have been massacred on this list for ever preferring \over to \frac...

Re: [NTG-context] BUG: % is comment in btx fields

; http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : > https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : > http://contextgarden.net > ___

Re: [NTG-context] BUG: % is comment in btx fields

omments, and do we really care about Scribe? We made the choice NOT to remain *strictly* bibtex compatible, after all bibtex is limited to ASCII 7-bit! The % comment is *universal* in TeX, Metapost, etc. so we chose to respect this, much stronger in my opinion, convention. Alan -- Alan Braslau C

Re: [NTG-context] how to prevent stupid typos?

My favorite is: \startext ;-) On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 22:02:24 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > Dear list, > > I have the following sample: > > \starttext > This is \linenote{abed intended. > \stoptext

Re: [NTG-context] Metafun "Structure-Trees"

What exactly do you mean? (we can build tree diagrams with Metapost) Alan > On 13 Sep 2017, at 12:43, Ursula Hermann wrote: > > Hello! > > My question is: Is it possible to make „Structure Trees“ for English > Sentences with „Categorial Grammar“? Sorry, I have

[NTG-context] ANNOUNCEMENT: ConTeXt "nodes" module (in core).

Gentle ConTeXt users: Following the presentation made at the ConTeXt users' meeting in September in Maiburg, Germany, we are pleased to announce the introduction of a new ConTeXt module for the drawing of nodal diagrams. Thanks to the efforts of Hans Hagen, it has been integrated into the core

Re: [NTG-context] Troubleshooting pdf bookmarks

On Thu, 28 Sep 2017 13:55:29 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > > As most of my > > customers are likely to use Acrobat Reader, I'm not really worried > > about the bookmarks not showing up in other readers. Why SumatraPDF > > shows bookmarks in test environment, but not in the proper

[NTG-context] How to "terminate" or break from a side float?

Hi, Below is a MWE achieving the desired behavior, but is a messy solution. Given a side float, how can one "terminate" filling text or break to after the side float? There *must* be a very simple and proper command to do this, but I have not found it. Alan \starttext \startplacefigure

Re: [NTG-context] Troubleshooting pdf bookmarks

> On 29 Sep 2017, at 00:24, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > >>> >>> Does the latest version of MuPDF show the bookmarks? >> >> mupdf shows bookmarks? > > MuPDF-1.11 displays bookmarks (see attached image). > > This is the GL version, I don’t know how to do that in the X11 version >

Re: [NTG-context] compiling the mkiv-publications manual

> On 4 Oct 2017, at 15:06, luigi scarso <luigi.sca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:55 PM, Alan Braslau <braslau.l...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> You must not be looking at the latest version. The latest version of the manual

Re: [NTG-context] compiling the mkiv-publications manual

You must not be looking at the latest version. > On 4 Oct 2017, at 04:29, luigi scarso wrote: > >> tex error > tex error on line 58 in file publications- >> database.tex: ! Undefined control sequence >> >> l.58 \startBTX > hm it seems that it's defined only if

Re: [NTG-context] flowwcharts etc.

Besides the charts module, I am working on a "nodes" (MetaPost) module, presented at the last ConTeXt meeting. The documentation is almost completed. Alan > On 30 Sep 2017, at 13:50, Hans Hagen wrote: > > On 9/30/2017 8:57 PM, John Culleton wrote: >> A decade or so ago I read

Re: [NTG-context] Adjust rendering of BibTeX entries

You are trying to use the obsolete mkii bibtex module. The documentation for mkiv-publications is included with the distribution. Alan On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 12:29:07 +0100 Dr. Thomas Möbius wrote: > Dear list, > > I would like to render BibTeX-entries with the

Re: [NTG-context] \listfigures in context..

AKA \placelistoffigures [criterium=all] Alan On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 18:26:10 +0100 Otared Kavian wrote: > Hi John, > > You are maybe looking for > > \placelist[figure] > > Best regards: OK > > > > On 16 Dec 2017, at 18:13, John Culleton > > wrote: >

Re: [NTG-context] \cite not working with notes in xtables

Michael, Hans seems to have fixed this problem, which was an obscure lua issue having to do with collecting references interacting badly with trial typesetting, as is done in xtables. The correction should make it to the beta soon. Alan On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 21:06:59 +0100 Michael Eidenbenz

Re: [NTG-context] problems with XML export

Hans made some changes a while ago. Enabling export, floats are handled differently, notably side floats become location=here. Hans tells me that this derives from how the xml export is constructed, and this makes handling certain bugs with the export possible. I have urged Hans to consider, if

Re: [NTG-context] Reproducible PDF output

On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 09:37:33 +0100 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 2017-11-11 um 21:06 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez : > > > I always use contextjit instead of context, because it’s faster. > > > > Other than speed, I think there is no other difference. > > Sometimes

[NTG-context] Problem with \seeindex and two + entries

Hello, I wish to confirm the following "bug" (or feature request). Alan https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2017/087966.html > ConTeXters, > > An index register entry with two + components does not get set > properly. With the following example, the text “/see Mmm+Plus/” > should be

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with \seeindex and two + entries

On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 09:55:04 -0700 Alan Braslau <braslau.l...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I wish to confirm the following "bug" (or feature request). > > Alan > > > https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2017/087966.html > > > ConT

Re: [NTG-context] How to remove that "Oxford Comma" in a bibliography?

\setupbtx [apa:list:author] [separator:3={\btxnobreakspace\textampersand\space}] % last of a list (But note that the "Oxford" comma is now not only officially accepted, but it is also part of the APA specification, often not fully respected.) Alan On Wed, 8 Nov 2017 13:49:23 +000 Tobias

Re: [NTG-context] \cite not working with notes in xtables

Hans, Including the second \caption (note) leads to: publications> no entry 'tufte' found in dataset 'bib' publications> no entry 'tufte' found in dataset 'bib' Strange... Alan On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 21:06:59 +0100 Michael Eidenbenz wrote: > Hello List, > > I

Re: [NTG-context] Typefile with Chinese, Korean or Japanase text

On Wed, 06 Dec 2017 23:32:45 +0100 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > You’re using the command \cornflowerbluein in your setups (probably > for the header or footer) > to change the color of the page number but ConTeXt doesn’t create > individual commands > anymore for

Re: [NTG-context] [CG-members] Free fonts for ConTeXt discussion @ Maibach meeting

On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:29:43 +0200 Hans Hagen wrote: > % quite old feature > > \enabletrackers[fonts.missing=replace] > > % or (deleting them) > > \enabletrackers[fonts.missing] This is *really* useful. Some missing glyphs can be corrected by putting certain characters in math

Re: [NTG-context] Two requests for new btx subsystem

On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:00:24 -0400 Rik wrote: > The most recent update (ConTeXt  ver: 2017.10.29 15:44 MKIV beta > fmt: 2017.10.30  int: english/english) has broken \cite processing. I > now get the author name (poorly formatted) instead of the translator, > and instead of the

[NTG-context] table and tabulate "negative" extra spacing

Hello, In \starttable and \starttabulate, one can add extra blank space between rows using \TB[...]. Is there some way to add "negative" spacing, that is to tighten or reduce the spacing between any two rows? Thanks, Alan

Re: [NTG-context] table and tabulate "negative" extra spacing

On Mon, 21 May 2018 15:47:41 -0400 (EDT) Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 21 May 2018, Alan Braslau wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > In \starttable and \starttabulate, one can add extra blank space > > between rows using \TB[...]. > > >

Re: [NTG-context] question about followtext in MP

On Wed, 23 May 2018 21:06:42 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote: > On 05/23/2018 07:19 PM, Alan Braslau wrote: > > On Wed, 23 May 2018 18:40:14 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > >> > >> I have tried to add the shifted option to the path definition and &g

Re: [NTG-context] Trim blank space of a PDF page

Do these tools work vectorally, that is identify the drawing extent and adjust the boundingbox appropriately, or do they (especially gs) convert to an image and then crop? I use MP to read the pdf and then crop, but to a fixed closed path. The problem here appears to seek an autocrop. Alan On

Re: [NTG-context] question about followtext in MP

On Thu, 24 May 2018 18:11:05 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > paging through the manuals, Metafun seems easier than MetaPost. > > I think it will take me a while to understand the basics of it. Metafun is an extension to MetaPost, providing some useful tools and improving on some

Re: [NTG-context] Defining command with optional and mandatory arguments

On Thu, 24 May 2018 11:24:34 +0200 Christoph Reller wrote: > Thank you Hraban for pointing me to the wiki. I was aware of this page > but it contains only the case of mandatory arguments in curly braces > {} not in brackets []. One must *not* confuse with the LaTeX

Re: [NTG-context] question about MP drawing with dir

On Thu, 24 May 2018 21:01:59 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > dir seems magic to me. I don’t understand how it works, not even how > it can be used for drawing not having an origin. All MP drawings have an origin (0,0). (dir angle) returns a pair on a unit circle surrounding the

Re: [NTG-context] question about followtext in MP

On Wed, 23 May 2018 17:50:27 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > Is there any way to set origin to another value than (0, 0) in MP? What does this mean, mathematically that is? Of course, you can always shift an image anywhere (or in general apply any transformation), thus effectively

Re: [NTG-context] question about followtext in MP

On Wed, 23 May 2018 18:05:07 +0200 Hans Hagen wrote: > > Is there any way to set origin to another value than (0, 0) in MP? > > > > I realize it might sound weird, but it would make things easier in > > an example that I’m working on. > redefining origin is a bad idea

Re: [NTG-context] \vfrac (math mode)

On Tue, 22 May 2018 14:30:16 -0400 (EDT) Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 22 May 2018, Alan Braslau wrote: > > > \Unskewed is undefined/unrecognized. > > It is \Uskewed (not\Unskewed). > > Aditya My typo! Also, requires extra braces:

Re: [NTG-context] \vfrac (math mode)

Hi Massi, \Unskewed is undefined/unrecognized. Enabling Opentype math (somehow) or perhaps an experimental version of luatex is needed? Alan On Tue, 22 May 2018 18:29:30 +0200 MF wrote: > Hi Alan, try this: > > \def\vFrac#1#2{#1 \Uskewed / #2} > > \starttext >

Re: [NTG-context] question about followtext in MP

On Wed, 23 May 2018 18:40:14 +0200 Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > I have the following sample: > > \starttext > \edef\TextInside{Just follow the tokens} > \startMPpage > path p ; p := reverse halfcircle scaled .6TextWidth; > path q ; q := halfcircle rotatedaround (origin,

[NTG-context] \vfrac (math mode)

Is there a version of the vulgarfraction that works in math mode? MWE: \starttext $\vfrac{2_1}{m}$ \stoptext Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist :

Re: [NTG-context] \seeindex with subentries

This has been reported before... BTW, how should cat+Siamese be formatted? cat 1 Burmese 1 obese, see Siamese or cat 1 Burmese 1 obese, see cat, Siamese Clearly the second case would be needed for \seeindex{pet+obese}{cat+Siamese} with pet obese, see cat, Siamese Alan On Fri,

Re: [NTG-context] Questions to PDF/A compliant documents: missing ICC files?

On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:20:15 +0200 Tomas Hala wrote: > Hi all, > > at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDF/A I found the following: > > " > In ConTeXt mkiv, in order to create such a compliant PDF/A file, one > can do as follows: first install (or check that they are present) the > following

[NTG-context] 12th ConTeXt Meeting (2018)

Gentle ConTeXt user, * Do you still struggle with lua? (I do, because it is magic and mysterious) * Are you baffled by MetaPost? (because MetaPost is beautiful and particular) * Are you itching to get Hans to fix this or fix that? (or are you willing to learn what you are doing wrong) *

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