[NTG-context] Re: distance in \setupinitial

2024-02-09 Thread Thomas Meyer
Thank you, Pablo, next question: why does it say here https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupinitial default is 0pt? Why does the information not match? Crazy! Am 09.02.24 um 20:02 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: On 2/9/24 09:53, Thomas Meyer wrote: Hi folks, if I understand

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

2024-02-09 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 09.02.24 um 20:15 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: On 2/6/24 14:04, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Hi, I came across this interview with John Warnock (founder of Adobe and developer of PostScript): https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2023/08/102738759-05-01-acc.pdf

[NTG-context] Re: Square right aligned

2024-02-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context schrieb am 09.02.2024 um 20:07: On 2/8/24 22:37, Otared Kavian wrote: Hi Ursula, I think you mean the so-called end of the proof sign, or QED (Quod Erat Demonstrandum). You can use this: \definesymbol[QED][\mathematics{\square}]

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

2024-02-09 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 2/6/24 14:04, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Hi, I came across this interview with John Warnock (founder of Adobe and > developer of PostScript): > > https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2023/08/102738759-05-01-acc.pdf Many thanks for the reference, Hraban. This is the

[NTG-context] Re: Square right aligned

2024-02-09 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 2/8/24 22:37, Otared Kavian wrote: > Hi Ursula, > > I think you mean the so-called end of the proof sign, or QED (Quod Erat > Demonstrandum). You can use this: > > \definesymbol[QED][\mathematics{\square}] > \def\qed{\wordright{\symbol[QED]}} > \starttext > This is the end of our proof. \qed >

[NTG-context] Re: distance in \setupinitial

2024-02-09 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 2/9/24 09:53, Thomas Meyer wrote: > Hi folks, > > if I understand it correct it is not necessary to set default parameters. > In my example it is a difference to set it or not (distance=0pt should > be default): Hi Thomas, the default (as per line 65 in typo-drp.mkxl) is .125\emwidth. This

[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 > WB 2 -- 04_workbook.tex > WB 3 -- 05_workbook.tex >

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

2024-02-09 Thread Jeong Dal via ntg-context
Dear Otared, Thank you for testing. I run the sample after changing the column command to ‘\startsimplecolumns … \stopsimplecolumns’. I got the same result as your output. And it is same as the result using \startcolumns … \stopcolumns. If ‘\vfill’ works, then it is OK for me, but it isn’t.

[NTG-context] distance in \setupinitial

2024-02-09 Thread Thomas Meyer
Hi folks, if I understand it correct it is not necessary to set default parameters. In my example it is a difference to set it or not (distance=0pt should be default): \setupinitial%[distance=0pt] \starttext \placeinitial \input knuth \stoptext Why? Greetings Thomas

[NTG-context] Re: Square right aligned

2024-02-09 Thread Ursula Hermann
Dear Otared and Dear Hraban, So this is my little example: works perfect, after our correspondence. \starttext \startalignment[normal] \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

[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

[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
Hi Ursula, I think you mean the so-called end of the proof sign, or QED (Quod Erat Demonstrandum). You can use this: \definesymbol[QED][\mathematics{\square}] \def\qed{\wordright{\symbol[QED]}} \starttext This is the end of our proof. \qed \stoptext In principle it is included in ConTeXt, but

[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] color profiles

2024-02-07 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Hi, I thought I could finally setup color management properly instead of converting all print PDFs with Acrobat Pro… On the wiki, there’s something in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDFX; I updated it a bit, but we (I?) should combine it with https://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDF/A … How can I

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

2024-02-06 Thread Joel via ntg-context
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.texWB 1 -- 03_workbook.texWB 2 -- 04_workbook.texWB 3 -- 05_workbook.tex WB 4 -- 06_workbook.tex TG -- 08_teachersguide.tex I have to prove to a

[NTG-context] OT: interview with John Warnock

2024-02-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Hi, I came across this interview with John Warnock (founder of Adobe and developer of PostScript): https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2023/08/102738759-05-01-acc.pdf Maybe you already know it. And there’s probably a video version. While the first half about his personal

[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-context >

[NTG-context] Re: \type ignores space between command and bracket

2024-02-02 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 2/2/2024 11:16 AM, wolfgangbackes--- via ntg-context wrote: I have stumbeld across the same bug. Seems to be very elementary, but is still present after many years. Sigh. don't confuse bugs and features ... \starttext here a \type{\test is} done here a \type{\test [is]} done here a

[NTG-context] Re: hyphenation question

2024-02-02 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 2/2/2024 1:03 PM, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context wrote: In the 18th century documents I am transcribing often words are abbreviated as for example /voorschreeve/ becoming /voors:/ In the transcription it is usual to write this as /voors[chreeve]/ indicating to the reader how the

[NTG-context] hyphenation question

2024-02-02 Thread Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
In the 18th century documents I am transcribing often words are abbreviated as for example voorschreeve becoming voors: In the transcription it is usual to write this as voors[chreeve] indicating to the reader how the abbreviation was interpreted. The problem then arises with hyphenation,

[NTG-context] Re: \type ignores space between command and bracket

2024-02-02 Thread wolfgangbackes--- via ntg-context
I have stumbeld across the same bug. Seems to be very elementary, but is still present after many years. Sigh. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist :

[NTG-context] BUG: colour spilling in btxrendering

2024-02-01 Thread Alexandre Christe
Dear list, It seems with one of the latest lmtx this old reported issue (https://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg84988.html) is back. MWE: \setupinteraction[state=start,color=red,style=] \setupbtx[aps:cite][alternative=entry] \usebtxdefinitions[aps] \startbuffer [bib]

[NTG-context] Nested itemize lists: unexpected spacing

2024-02-01 Thread Jim
Consider the following: \starttext Text before. \startitemize[1,nowhite] \item item 1 \item item 2 \startitemize[5,nowhite] \item sub-item 1 \item sub-item 2 \stopitemize \item item 3 \stopitemize Text after. \stoptext Notwithstanding the "nowhite" options, there is a blank line before

[NTG-context] Re: textbackground spacing offset

2024-01-31 Thread Marco Patzer
On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:41:02 +0100 Hans Hagen wrote: > >> How do it get the same spacing as in the framedtext case? > > > > Is there a solution to this? Or an explanation why the spacing > > differs? > these are fundamentally different mechanisms .. you can play with > \inframed in the

[NTG-context] Re: textbackground spacing offset

2024-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/31/2024 7:15 PM, Marco Patzer wrote: On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:52:05 +0100 Marco Patzer wrote: I'm having problems getting the textbackground spacing offset to work. Example: \setupframedtext [offset=overlay, width=max, depthcorrection=off] \setuptextbackground

[NTG-context] Re: textbackground spacing offset

2024-01-31 Thread Marco Patzer
On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:52:05 +0100 Marco Patzer wrote: > I'm having problems getting the textbackground spacing offset to work. > Example: > > \setupframedtext > [offset=overlay, >width=max, >depthcorrection=off] > > \setuptextbackground > [location=paragraph, >%%

[NTG-context] Re: chronological TOC

2024-01-30 Thread BPJ
Den tis 30 jan. 2024 09:06Henning Hraban Ramm skrev: > Am 29.01.24 um 21:45 schrieb jbf: > > And indeed this is the best solution I could find, though it obviously > > meant that something like '29 April 2017' was no good for sorting on... > > it has to be the US date format YY-MM-DD > > How did

[NTG-context] Re: chronological TOC

2024-01-30 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 29.01.24 um 21:45 schrieb jbf: And indeed this is the best solution I could find, though it obviously meant that something like '29 April 2017' was no good for sorting on... it has to be the US date format YY-MM-DD How did you expect a simple sorting algorithm to sort by verbose dates?

[NTG-context] Re: chronological TOC

2024-01-29 Thread jbf
And indeed this is the best solution I could find, though it obviously meant that something like '29 April 2017' was no good for sorting on... it has to be the US date format YY-MM-DD Julian On 30/1/24 06:15, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 27.01.2024 um 10:05: Am

[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 order at the back of the book

[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
Gerion Entrup schrieb am 25.01.2024 um 09:18: Hi, I want to make a proper definition of a new command to be able to process it in Lua. I found something on StackOverflow [1] but that breaks in enumeration _and_ when interaction is enabled and I do not understand why? Can you give me some help

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

2024-01-29 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/29/2024 12:08 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi, I changed line 10066 in mtxrun.lua to templates[i]="%-"..w.."s"..between from templates[i]=“% "..w..”i"..between and that fixed it. thanks, I also changed util-fmt.lua line 79 Hans

[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 (as in listing the available installed ibmplex

[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 able to > process

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

2024-01-28 Thread vm via ntg-context
while also on linux platform: mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=ibm*" mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=ple*" give correct result (as in listing the available installed ibmplex fonts) mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=*" mtxrun

[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 configurations. > >

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

2024-01-28 Thread Garulfo
Hi, return is OK with:     mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=ibm*" but removing the m from the pattern mtxrun --script font --list --spec --filter="fontname=ib*" I get : lua error : function call: ...0-app_context-linux-64/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun.lua:10080: bad

[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 reach that site. Is it

[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 temporarily? It is

[NTG-context] Re: Section number in the margin and the section title followed by paragraph!

2024-01-28 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context schrieb am 27.01.2024 um 18:40: On 1/27/24 17:40, Ali Ali wrote: Thanks, those seems close to what I wanted but not exactly. The ASCII graphic (better in typewriter font) may explain what I desired, ``` text width

[NTG-context] Re: How to stop

2024-01-27 Thread Hraban Ramm
Just use a group (\start ... \stop, \bgroup ... \egroup or {} ) around the setup commands and their table, or use \startsetup mytable ... \stopsetup and \startTABLE[setups=mytable] if you need the same settings for several tables. HR Am 27.01.24 um 22:29 schrieb Joel via ntg-context: I have

[NTG-context] How to stop

2024-01-27 Thread Joel via ntg-context
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 configurations.                        \setupTABLE[r][1][align=raggedleft]                     

[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 is a too generous

[NTG-context] Footnotes in footnotes

2024-01-27 Thread Thomas Meyer
Hi folks, in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Footnotes there is Oblomov's example for footnotes in footnotes: This\footnote{Or that\footnote{Or possibly even the other.}, if you prefer.} is a sentence with a footnote. I get only the footnote number of the inner footnote in the first

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

2024-01-27 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
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 Jim, I’m afraid that this is a too generous statement. https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/qrcs/setup-en.pdf#page=218 shows which keys and

[NTG-context] Re: Section number in the margin and the section title followed by paragraph!

2024-01-27 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 1/27/24 17:40, Ali Ali wrote: > Thanks, those seems close to what I wanted but not exactly. > > The ASCII graphic (better in typewriter font) may explain what I desired, > ``` > text width > |<>| > > ##. SECTION TITLE

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

2024-01-27 Thread Jim
The wiki page for \setupexternalfigure says "Show frame around image. Most(?) options of \setupframed are usable!" I tried to put a frame around a picture (using \externalfigure with frame=on) but I didn't get the frame to play nicely (see example below). I can get the frame where I want it

[NTG-context] Re: Section number in the margin and the section title followed by paragraph!

2024-01-27 Thread Ali Ali
Thanks, those seems close to what I wanted but not exactly. The ASCII graphic (better in typewriter font) may explain what I desired, ``` text width |<>| ##. SECTION TITLE paragraph

[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] Re: Section number in the margin and the section title followed by paragraph!

2024-01-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Ali Ali schrieb am 27.01.2024 um 06:03: I've able to achieve the results I wanted by trial/e using the code shown below. """ \def\subsecnumwrapper#1{\llap{#1\hskip8pt}} \setuphead[subsection][alternative=text,numbercommand=\subsecnumwrapper,distance=0pt] """ I just wanted to know if there

[NTG-context] Section number in the margin and the section title followed by paragraph!

2024-01-26 Thread Ali Ali
I've able to achieve the results I wanted by trial/e using the code shown below. """ \def\subsecnumwrapper#1{\llap{#1\hskip8pt}} \setuphead[subsection][alternative=text,numbercommand=\subsecnumwrapper,distance=0pt] """ I just wanted to know if there already an option defined to achieve 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
Gerion Entrup schrieb am 25.01.2024 um 09:24: Am Mittwoch, 17. Januar 2024, 13:44:51 CET schrieb Gerion Entrup: Hi, I discovered the manuals in the context distribution. My general way to built the manuals were these steps: ``` # execute one time git clone

[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 for some more reading. >

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-26 Thread Aditya Mahajan
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 for some more reading. You can do: \setupTABLE[2][3] to select the formatting for row 3 and

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread vm via ntg-context
On 26/01/2024 01:52, Jim wrote: I won't argue with you about readability of tables, but if I am typesetting something for someone and they want it a certain way, I don't want to get into an argument about it with them either. :-) It all depends on the level of ignorance of your client.

[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 here could help me with these three

[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] archive.contextgarden.net 404?

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
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 temporarily? Thanks. Jim

[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: Is \HF[] documented anywhere?

[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., what

[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., what one >> gets with >>

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
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: Is \HF[] documented anywhere? If so, can someone point me to that/those > document(s)? > >

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
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., what one gets with \input table in plain TeX) and would like to use what appears to be ConTeXt's version of those

[NTG-context] \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread 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., what one gets with \input table in plain TeX) and would like to use what appears to be ConTeXt's version of those (i.e., what one gets with \starttable

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

2024-01-25 Thread Gerion Entrup
Am Mittwoch, 17. Januar 2024, 13:44:51 CET schrieb Gerion Entrup: > Hi, > > I discovered the manuals in the context distribution. My general way to > built the manuals were these steps: > ``` > # execute one time > git clone https://github.com/contextgarden/context.git > cd

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

2024-01-25 Thread Gerion Entrup
Hi, I want to make a proper definition of a new command to be able to process it in Lua. I found something on StackOverflow [1] but that breaks in enumeration _and_ when interaction is enabled and I do not understand why? Can you give me some help here? I want to make commands like \foo{bla} and

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

2024-01-24 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Shiv Shankar Dayal schrieb am 24.01.2024 um 17:06: I am writing two books. One is on Rust programming and another is on geometry, so I have syntax highlighted code and in second has lost of diagrams. Perhaps Aditya Mahajan can tell me how can I cache code snippets. Invoking VIM will have

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2024-01-24 Thread Cron Daemon
receiving incremental file list ./ ctan.lsr document-2.htm download-1.htm download-2.htm install.htm logo-ade.png logo-cts.png logo-pod.png rss.xml show-fil.pdf context/latest/ context/latest/cont-lmt.zip context/latest/cont-mpd.zip context/latest/cont-ppc.zip

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2024-01-24 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, I uploaded a new lmts: - important fix for empty page (pdf, recently introduced) - win32 installer fix - bsd installer fix Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27

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

2024-01-24 Thread Hamid,Idris
Hi Shiv, -- Original Message -- From "Shiv Shankar Dayal" mailto:shivshankar.da...@gmail.com>> To "mailing list for ConTeXt users" mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl>> Date 1/24/2024 9:44:09 AM Subject [NTG-context] Re: Using plain TeX commands in ConTeXt ** Caution: EXTERNAL Sender ** Yes.

[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: > > > >> Perhaps Aditya

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

2024-01-24 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/24/2024 5:50 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Wed, 24 Jan 2024, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: Perhaps Aditya Mahajan can tell me how can I cache code snippets. Invoking VIM will have heavy penalty on highlighting the code otherwise. Have you tried the vim module:

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

2024-01-24 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 24 Jan 2024, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: > Perhaps Aditya Mahajan can tell me how can I cache code snippets. Invoking > VIM will have heavy penalty on highlighting the code otherwise. Have you tried the vim module: https://github.com/adityam/filter/blob/dev/vim-README.md Caching is

[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. >> >> > TeX primitives ? > > -- > luigi > >

[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 ___ If your

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

2024-01-24 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
I am writing two books. One is on Rust programming and another is on geometry, so I have syntax highlighted code and in second has lost of diagrams. Perhaps Aditya Mahajan can tell me how can I cache code snippets. Invoking VIM will have heavy penalty on highlighting the code otherwise. Other

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

2024-01-24 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Shiv Shankar Dayal schrieb am 24.01.2024 um 16:52: Thanks for correcting me, Wolfgang. I meant only TeX commands not plan TeX macros. As I already wrote you can use \parindent etc. in your document but unless you know what you're doing you should keep it to a minimum to avoid conflicts with

[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. Rephrasing the

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

2024-01-24 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Shiv Shankar Dayal schrieb am 24.01.2024 um 16:37: For example: \kern, \parindent and so on. Rephrasing the question, can LuaMetaTeX/ConTeXt compile plain TeX files. If yes, how can I do that? You mix up two different things here. 1. Plain TeX is a collection of TeX macros like ConTeXt or

[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 use plain TeX commands

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

2024-01-24 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/24/2024 2:55 PM, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: Dear List, Can we use plain TeX commands which are available in LuaMetaTeX in an arbitrary manner or are there any restrictions? what do you mean with arbitrary plain tex commands

[NTG-context] Using plain TeX commands in ConTeXt

2024-01-24 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
Dear List, Can we use plain TeX commands which are available in LuaMetaTeX in an arbitrary manner or are there any restrictions? -- Respect, Shiv Shankar Dayal ___ If your question is of interest to others as well,

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

2024-01-24 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/24/2024 9:55 AM, Ursula Hermann wrote: Dear List, I am sorry, but once again me: I downloaded the last upload from Hans yesterday, I downloaded context-win64, and tried the test today . you're using windows 32 so you need to use the 32 mswin installer

[NTG-context] Re: OpenBSD install failed

2024-01-24 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/24/2024 2:00 AM, Damien Thiriet via ntg-context wrote: Dear Hans, can you test with OpenBSD|openbsd) case "$CPU" in i*86) PLATFORM="openbsd" ;; amd64) PLATFORM="openbsd$-amd64" ;; *)

[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. I am not sure why it is not working

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-24 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Thomas, Thank you for your advice: I did add chmod +x install.sh and now the script runs without MacOS complaining. However, since I had downloaded a new script yesterday and had updated to version 2024.01.23, I cannot check whether the issue was adding +x to the file install.sh.

[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 > yesterday, I

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

2024-01-24 Thread Ursula Hermann
Dear List, I am sorry, but once again me: I downloaded the last upload from Hans yesterday, I downloaded context-win64, and tried the test today . Here is the test: \starttext \startmode[mkiv] \startluacode tex.sprint("hello") \stopluacode \startMPcode draw

[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 without the typo at openbds$-amd64

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-23 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
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 On 1/23/24 21:59, Otared Kavian wrote: Hi Dr Hans Van der Meer, Thank you for your help. It seems that since January 18 something

[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 > wrote: > >

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-23 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Dr Hans Van der Meer, Thank you for your help. It seems that since January 18 something has changed (either on MacOS or on the install script), because the last time I could update without doing anything more than sh install.sh. In any case I checked xattr with which xattr and got:

[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 Jan 2024, at

[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 Hampshire, UK

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-01-23 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Hans, I tried to update to your latest version (for MacOS Arm1) with the command sh install.sh but obtained the following message and no update: xattr: bin/mtxrun: No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine install.sh: line 110: 62611 Killed: 9 $PWD/bin/mtxrun --script

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