Re: [NTG-context] \setupsectionblock and \setupbackgrounds page-break problem

2016-02-29 Thread Robin.Kirkham
> From: Wolfgang Schuster > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] \setupsectionblock and \setupbackgrounds > page-break problem > Date: 29 February 2016 8:11:01 AEDT > >> robin.kirk...@csiro.au 28. Februar 2016 um 14:49 >> Folks, >> >> I want \startfrontmatter to trigger a

[NTG-context] \setupsectionblock and \setupbackgrounds page-break problem

2016-02-28 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Folks, I want \startfrontmatter to trigger a background image, but I can only get this to appear if I use page=yes (see example below). However, I don’t want any page break between the front-matter and body-matter. If I use page=no (as in the line commented out) this page break disappears —

[NTG-context] \starttyping font changes when option=color

2015-04-09 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Folks, Switching the option to “color” in \setuptyping has the effect of resetting the font from typewriter (constant width) to paragraph font (if you uncomment it in the following MWE). I don’t see why that should be. Is it a bug or can someone explain? My intent was to use syntax

Re: [NTG-context] Textbackgrounds interrupted by floats

2015-04-08 Thread Robin.Kirkham
On 7 April 2015 21:53:40 AEST, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 07.04.2015 um 13:31 schrieb robin.kirk...@csiro.au: Here is problem that must have been asked about before, but I can’t seem to find a solution on the archive or anywhere else. I want a colour background for verbatim text (for

[NTG-context] Textbackgrounds interrupted by floats

2015-04-07 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Folks, Here is problem that must have been asked about before, but I can’t seem to find a solution on the archive or anywhere else. I want a colour background for verbatim text (for code), and floating figures. However if a figure floats to the bottom (as in the example below), and the

Re: [NTG-context] overlay or layer for chapter head.

2015-04-02 Thread Robin.Kirkham
From: John Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com Subject: [NTG-context] overlay or layer for chapter head. Date: 2 April 2015 1:19:03 AEDT I am redoing a book for a client. Each chapter head has a fancy design. I want to reproduce that fancy page but still have the \chapter statement for running

Re: [NTG-context] Figure references seem broken in latest beta

2015-03-28 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Am 28.03.2015 um 11:09 schrieb robin.kirk...@csiro.au: Since the latest beta (2015.03.26 22:52 MKIV beta fmt: 2015.3.28), no figure numbers are being output by at least \in and also \placelistoffigures, although page references seem ok. Works here. mtx-context | current version:

[NTG-context] Figure references seem broken in latest beta

2015-03-28 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Since the latest beta (2015.03.26 22:52 MKIV beta fmt: 2015.3.28), no figure numbers are being output by at least \in and also \placelistoffigures, although page references seem ok. Robin \starttext \startplacefigure[location=bottom,reference=cow] \externalfigure[cow] \stopplacefigure

Re: [NTG-context] Customising referencing failures (\in, etc)

2015-03-27 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Am 27.03.2015 um 14:22 schrieb robin.kirk...@csiro.au: Is there a way to customise the ?? that is substituted in the output when a reference does not work out (nonexistent reference label, etc)? I’d like to make it more obvious for proofreading (like making it red, putting a marker in

[NTG-context] Synonyms - feature request?

2015-03-25 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Folks, I use the synonym feature heavily as technical documents can have hundreds of them. It’s great I can produce a list of synonyms I actually use in a document. Proper style however requires that each synonym be “explained” (shown in full) the first time it is used — usually in a document,

Re: [NTG-context] Help with \setuplist number width (for appendices)

2015-03-25 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Am 23.03.2015 um 10:29 schrieb robin.kirk...@csiro.aumailto:robin.kirk...@csiro.au robin.kirk...@csiro.aumailto:robin.kirk...@csiro.au: Dear List, I’m implementing a predefined document style. This requires chapters numbered 1, 2, 3 … and appendices numbered Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix

[NTG-context] Help with \setuplist number width (for appendices)

2015-03-23 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Dear List, I’m implementing a predefined document style. This requires chapters numbered 1, 2, 3 … and appendices numbered Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, … both in the actual heads and also the table of contents. The style also requires the chapter numbers in the table of contents to be

Re: [NTG-context] bibliography MKiV

2014-07-09 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Dear Flavien, This version works — note “dataset=document” and the “document::” in the citation. The clue is in the log: publications cite non-existent entry 'batty' in '' publications no field 'num' for tag 'batty' in dataset ‘' The second big “1” is because \completebtxrendering has

[NTG-context] \nocite not working (new publications system)

2014-06-21 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Hans, I think \nocite stopped working one or two betas ago, see example: no Cleveland reference turns up in the list. Robin \definebtxdataset [document] \usebtxdataset [document] [mkiv-publications-graph.bib] \definebtxrendering [document] [dataset=document] \setupbtxrendering

[NTG-context] Publications output broken in latest beta

2014-06-18 Thread Robin.Kirkham
The following minimal example worked a few days ago, but appears broken now (2014.06.17 16:53 MKIV beta) — no publications list appears. Robin \definebtxdataset [document] \usebtxdataset [document] [mkiv-publications-graph.bib] \definebtxrendering [document] \setupbtxrendering

[NTG-context] Improved publ-imp-test.bib

2014-06-18 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Hans, I am using the attached .bib file while working on improving publ-imp-apa.mkvi. The test .bib file contains a short and long version of each publication category, and while it is not an exhaustive test of publications list formatting it is a good start. Perhaps you can consider this to

Re: [NTG-context] Publications working in latest beta?

2014-06-02 Thread Robin.Kirkham
I’m still not having luck with the new publications system. The behaviour of the original minimal example has changed in the most recent beta (2014.06.01 13:44); now the example renders (author:Eijkhout1991)” for the citation, and there is still no rendering of the publications list, which

[NTG-context] Publications working in latest beta?

2014-05-27 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Dear List, After some time absent from Context-land, I thought I’d try the new non-BibTeX publications system. However I can’t get the following minimal example to work … \cite seems to expand to a () and there is no rendering of the publications list. Is the problem my example, or is it a

[NTG-context] Number formatting in \unit

2011-12-11 Thread Robin.Kirkham
All, I have put together some suggestions to extend the number formatting capability in \unit, particularly for scientific and engineering purposes, including basic support for tolerances and uncertainties. It is a bit long, so source is attached and a PDF is at

Re: [NTG-context] [ntg-context] beta

2011-12-03 Thread Robin.Kirkham
On 3 December 2011 Hans Hagen wrote: - concerning unicode celsuis and fahrenheit symbols: lm has only one of them hence the inconsistent rendering. I now check for both being present and fallback in case one of them is missing. I thought it might be a font thing - dB (A) : I've added that

Re: [NTG-context] [ntg-context] beta

2011-12-02 Thread Robin.Kirkham
On Friday, 2 December 2011, Ian Lawrence wrote: New units are a great improvement. Thanks. Ian On 29 Nov 2011, at 17:57, Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The usual fixes (as reported to/suggested on this list) and an updated unit mechanism. I'll also upload the new (but yet

Re: [NTG-context] \unit and Hertz, lux, and degrees/minutes/seconds

2011-11-27 Thread Robin.Kirkham
On 25 November 2011, Hans Hagen [pra...@wxs.nl] wrote: I uploaded a new beta. ... - Hz, dB (actually deci + bel so megabel also works), lx, permille, t, k, Da added Actually decibel is an odd one, a logarithmic unit, so prefixes other than deci are never used. However the implementation is

[NTG-context] space between number and units in \unit

2011-11-15 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Dear Context folks, Could I request a parameter in \setupunits to control the space between the number and the units that is placed by \unit{}. In phys-dim.mkiv it looks like there is an intention to do so (parameter space) but it's commented out. I actually would like about half the space

[NTG-context] Error message wrong when \component is used

2010-10-12 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Dear all, I find that when there is an error (at least, undefined control sequence) in a file included using \component, the supposedly erroneous lines printed are from the calling file, not the file where the error actually is (although the line number seems correct, and there are clues where

[NTG-context] missing newline in when mtxrun exits with error

2010-10-12 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Dear all, This is a very minor gripe, but when mtxrun reports an error it doesn't seem to print a final newline. At least with my bash setup, this confuses the command-line editing feature, which I use a lot. ... some TeX error happened ... ? q OK, entering \batchmode MTXrun | fatal error:

Re: [NTG-context] Error message wrong when \component is used

2010-10-12 Thread Robin.Kirkham
From: Steffen Wolfrum cont...@st.estfiles.de Date: 13 October 2010 12:03:37 AM AEDT To: mailing list for ConTeXt users ntg-context@ntg.nl Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Error message wrong when \component is used Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users ntg-context@ntg.nl Why do you use

Re: [NTG-context] calling ConTeXt as a background process

2010-10-07 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Posted by Henning Hraban Ramm [hra...@fiee.net] Am 2010-10-07 um 10:42 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: On 10/07/10 09:34, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: mtxrun --script context prd_paket --batchmode --once When I run that last thing on the command line, I get: ! I can't find file `./prd_paket

Re: [NTG-context] bib module -- \completepublications inside \start|\stopbackmatter (FWD)

2007-01-11 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Taco wrote: I've noticed that when using numerical citations, if the \completepublications is inside the back matter (which is where I would think it would normally be), then the citations themslves (in the body matter) disappear from the text (they turn into empty brackets, []). The

Re: [NTG-context] bib module -- \maybeyear

2007-01-10 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Taco wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: \setuppublicationlist[ authoretallimit=100, artauthoretallimit=100, maybeyear=off ] The solution is really simple. Move the closing bracket to the previous line, like so: \setuppublicationlist[ authoretallimit=100,

[NTG-context] bib module -- \maybeyear

2007-01-09 Thread Robin.Kirkham
Hi all, I'm using numerical citations and reference lists, and I have the bib module doing almost everything I want, except that the years in the reference list have a, b, c ... appended. On this mailing list, it was suggested that maybeyear=off as an argument to \setuppublicationslist should