[NTG-context] Re: Special charakter

2024-05-18 Thread Herbert Voss
Am 18.05.24 um 14:53 schrieb Thomas Meyer: Thanks to all of you for your hints and comments! I thought \l does work, why \L does not. To type \L is faster than changing the keyboard language when I write in German normally. try \def\L{\char"0141} but I have no real knowledge about Co

[NTG-context] Re: Wiki - test/proposal to further clarify documentation

2024-05-18 Thread Bruce Horrocks
> various sources of documentation : > In one small table he/she has an overview of the documentation for a given > topic, : > - the few key tutorials > - link to one "main wiki page" about the topic > - the few key manuals > - the reference for commands The fonts p

[NTG-context] Re: Why is only the first frame protruding into the margin?

2024-05-18 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 5/17/24 20:46, madiazm.eo...@gmail.com wrote: > [...] > here is the last part of my script (the prior definitions are not > problematic, since they worked when only using "miFuente". It seems to > be something in "miCorm" that produces the protruding Just a comm

[NTG-context] Re: Wiki - test/proposal to further clarify documentation

2024-05-17 Thread garulfo
of the documentation for a given topic, : - the few key tutorials - link to one "main wiki page" about the topic - the few key manuals - the reference for commands I'm not sure I've selected the few documents that are considered by the community as the key tutorials. Thanks for your feedback

[NTG-context] update

2024-05-17 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, This weekends update: - we're currently checking the upcoming math manual and in the process we streamline some mechanisms - as part of the BT presentation about par passes we introduced \toddlerpenalty but we leave it to the user to guess what that is (it fits into widow, club

[NTG-context] Re: Why is only the first frame protruding into the margin?

2024-05-17 Thread madiazm . eoicc
f the page and still worse... It semms that the first frame is good aligned to the specified margin, and it is the rest of the text that gets more than 5mm extra space at the right margin and about 2 mm less in the left margin. I think the printer is a bit involved too, but since in the pdf

[NTG-context] Re: Fwd: outlinetext broken?

2024-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
Hans! Thank you for the update! I'm curious about the following issue: when I use Latin Modern (by default), a thick, filled line is drawn next to the radical. However, when I use another font such as TeX Gyre Schola, I get something similar to outlines-003.pdf, which is, in turn, similar to the result

[NTG-context] Fwd: outlinetext broken?

2024-05-13 Thread Jairo A. del Rio
-- Forwarded message - De: Jairo A. del Rio Date: lun, 13 may 2024 a la(s) 9:53 p.m. Subject: Re: outlinetext broken? To: Hans Hagen Hi, Hans! Thank you for the update! I'm curious about the following issue: when I use Latin Modern (by default), a thick, filled line is drawn

[NTG-context] Re: Metapost limitation ?

2024-05-12 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
rve(suffix f)(expr xmin, xmax, xinc) = for x=xmin step xinc until xmax: (x,f(x)) .. endfor nocycle ; enddef; Then you do not need to think about the first and/or last point separately. __

[NTG-context] Re: Metapost limitation ?

2024-05-12 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
With Okular, it works ! Le dim. 12 mai 2024 à 17:55, Hans Hagen a écrit : > On 5/12/2024 5:36 PM, Fabrice Couvreur wrote: > > Sorry for the comment ! > > I use Evince > so how abo

[NTG-context] Re: Metapost limitation ?

2024-05-12 Thread Hans Hagen
On 5/12/2024 5:36 PM, Fabrice Couvreur wrote: Sorry for the comment ! I use Evince so how about okular or mupdf - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt

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

2024-05-08 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
levels are welcome! Do you have a subject that you’d like to talk about? I’m hoping to hear about BachoTeX (have fun, everyone who’s there)! Looking forward to seeing you, Hraban ___ If your question is of interest

[NTG-context] 18th ConTeXt Meeting, Lutten NL, August 17-23 2024: Registration open

2024-05-07 Thread Taco Hoekwater
&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp The accommodation is near to Pragma ADE; Ton Otten is the local organizer. The theme for this meeting is keeping up but as you know we have never been that strict about a particular theme, so feel free to suggest other topics to talk a

[NTG-context] regular online meet-up

2024-05-03 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
You’re invited to our regular online meet-up, this upcoming Wednesday, May 8th, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2!) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke (same, but shorter: https://u.mtxrun.eu/ctxmtg) ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Do you have a subject that you’d like to talk about? I’m

[NTG-context] Hbox error with itemized list on second page

2024-04-30 Thread Ross Schulman
\ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \item \ipsum[alternative=words, n=10, inbetween=\space] \par \stopitemize \sym{2015--2021}\color[forestgreen]{Other Place About Lorem}\hfill \color[darkgrey]{\tfx Washington, DC} Senior Lorem Counsel \startitemize[packed] \item \ipsum

[NTG-context] Re: statistical charts module re-published

2024-04-28 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
lly missed in the flood of other messages, sorry about that) I was just in the middle of cleaning data and migrating them to other sites. At the same time, Tamara and I fixed some small things and we publish a new version of this module containing our work from the last year. The official site for s

[NTG-context] Re: Define a new command that inherits from multiple other command options

2024-04-26 Thread ai2472206007
Thanks for your reply. The kanji part requires a specific font and typescript file, which I defined on my own computer but forgot to add to this example. This is something I didn't take into account. It's true, I need to think about what exactly my command needs, not build an all-powerful

[NTG-context] Re: wrong spacing after command with optional arguments

2024-04-26 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
...groupempty commands. To have more control about this behavior use the \tolerant modifier for \def to change it. Many thanks for your reply, Wolfgang. I tried this approach (I hope it isn’t wrong): \starttext \expanded\tolerant\def\MyCommand#_#,#_#,#_#,#_{% \doiftextelse{#4

[NTG-context] Re: wrong spacing after command with optional arguments

2024-04-26 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 4/26/24 18:18, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context schrieb am 26.04.2024 um 17:29: >> What is wrong in my definition above? > > There is nothing wrong, this is just a side effect of the scanner used > with the \do...groupempty commands. To have

[NTG-context] Re: wrong spacing after command with optional arguments

2024-04-26 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
right only when the four arguments are provided. What is wrong in my definition above? There is nothing wrong, this is just a side effect of the scanner used with the \do...groupempty commands. To have more control about this behavior use the \tolerant modifier for \def to change

[NTG-context] Re: utiliydata

2024-04-25 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/25/2024 9:25 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Nope, very sorry, can’t figure it out… I see job.register, I see I can access structures.refrences.collected, but what about the next level utilitydata.structures.references.collected={ [""]={ [“REF"]={ What does the empty key

[NTG-context] Re: utiliydata

2024-04-25 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
> > Nope, very sorry, can’t figure it out… I see job.register, I see I can access > structures.refrences.collected, but what about the next level > > utilitydata.structures.references.collected={ > [""]={ > [“REF"]={ > > What does the emp

[NTG-context] Re: utiliydata

2024-04-25 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
> On 24. Apr 2024, at 17:59, Hans Hagen wrote: > > grep for "job." (i bet you can figure it out and compensate the embaressment > that way) > > Hans Nope, very sorry, can’t figure it out… I see job.register, I see I can access structures.refrences.collected, b

[NTG-context] Re: minwidth not working ?

2024-04-22 Thread Denis Maier via ntg-context
dth for external figures? > >>> But this here does not work > >>> > >>> [...] > >>> > >>> Am I missing something here? > >> > >> There are no minwidth/minheight values for \externalfigure. > >> > >> Wolfga

[NTG-context] Re: [off topic] non-English programming languages: Arab and Cuneiform

2024-04-20 Thread Andres Conrado Montoya
--- “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician b

[NTG-context] Re: minwidth not working ?

2024-04-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
here? There are no minwidth/minheight values for \externalfigure. Wolfgang So the wiki is wrong here? https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupexternalfigure Yes the comment at the end of page is wrong and the text about the strut setting can also be removed, only the orientation value

[NTG-context] Re: Weird (?) float placement for specific widths of image

2024-04-19 Thread Denis Maier via ntg-context
them to other values the behaviour disappears. Is this a bug? Anything I can do about this? Best Denis ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context

[NTG-context] Re: How to isolate serious errors from warnings?

2024-04-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/18/2024 8:26 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 18.04.24 um 02:09 schrieb Joel via ntg-context: I'm about to have a lengthy (2,000+ page) document published. Normally if it compiles and looks okay, I regard that as meaning no errors appeared, but I've noticed that sometimes ConTeXt

[NTG-context] Re: How to isolate serious errors from warnings?

2024-04-18 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 18.04.24 um 02:09 schrieb Joel via ntg-context: I'm about to have a lengthy (2,000+ page) document published. Normally if it compiles and looks okay, I regard that as meaning no errors appeared, but I've noticed that sometimes ConTeXt will still compile, even if something isn't displayed

[NTG-context] How to isolate serious errors from warnings?

2024-04-17 Thread Joel via ntg-context
I'm about to have a lengthy (2,000+ page) document published. Normally if it compiles and looks okay, I regard that as meaning no errors appeared, but I've noticed that sometimes ConTeXt will still compile, even if something isn't displayed on screen as it should: (1) I tried placing a table

[NTG-context] Re: Wiki - test/proposal to further clarify documentation

2024-04-17 Thread Garulfo
used it on multiple projects". ;-) - https://www.diataxis.fr/ - 30min video : "What nobody tells you about documentation", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4vKPhjcMZg , from Daniele Procida at PyCon 2017 As I understand it, it can help both readers and writers of the document

[NTG-context] Re: Wiki - test/proposal to further clarify documentation

2024-04-17 Thread Bruce Horrocks
cts". ;-) > - https://www.diataxis.fr/ > - 30min video : "What nobody tells you about documentation", > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4vKPhjcMZg , from Daniele Procida at PyCon > 2017 > > As I understand it, it can help both readers and writers of the documentation &

[NTG-context] Re: Most recent context doesn't like synctex?

2024-04-15 Thread Jim
setupsynctex[state=repeat] > \stoptyping > or > \starttyping > context --synctex=repeat somefile.tex > \stoptyping > This will give a bit larger file that tries to fool the areas resolver in the > library that the viewer uses." Looking at two synctex files, it would se

[NTG-context] Re: Most recent context doesn't like synctex?

2024-04-15 Thread Jim
ne the function in some hook) to replace --synctex=1 with --synctex=repeat I have submitted a bug report to auctex about (b) and another item, but I have no idea if/when the fixes will make it into a new release of auct

[NTG-context] Re: Wiki - test/proposal to further clarify documentation

2024-04-14 Thread Peter Hopcroft via ntg-context
, or ``?). > > Hraban > >> Am 14.04.24 um 13:21 schrieb garu...@azules.eu: >> I just discover the Diátaxis documentation framework : >> - https://www.diataxis.fr/ >> - 30min video : "What nobody tells you about documentation", >> https://w

[NTG-context] Re: Wiki - test/proposal to further clarify documentation

2024-04-14 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
is generally somewhat chaotic (e.g. , , or ``?). Hraban Am 14.04.24 um 13:21 schrieb garu...@azules.eu: I just discover the Diátaxis documentation framework : - https://www.diataxis.fr/ - 30min video : "What nobody tells you about documentation", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t

[NTG-context] Re: Wiki - question about Command/ pages which start with a space character

2024-04-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 14.04.2024 um 14:53: Am 14.04.24 um 14:46 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: garu...@azules.eu schrieb am 14.04.2024 um 12:41: Hi all, Is it on purpose that 128 pages "https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/ " start with a space character ? I didn't find an

[NTG-context] Re: Wiki - question about Command/ pages which start with a space character

2024-04-14 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 14.04.24 um 14:46 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: garu...@azules.eu schrieb am 14.04.2024 um 12:41: Hi all, Is it on purpose that 128 pages "https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/ " start with a space character ? I didn't find an explanation in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command

[NTG-context] Re: Wiki - question about Command/ pages which start with a space character

2024-04-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
garu...@azules.eu schrieb am 14.04.2024 um 12:41: Hi all, Is it on purpose that 128 pages "https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/ " start with a space character ? I didn't find an explanation in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command For example, these two pages exist : -

[NTG-context] Wiki - test/proposal to further clarify documentation

2024-04-14 Thread garulfo
Hi all, I just discover the Diátaxis documentation framework : - https://www.diataxis.fr/ - 30min video : "What nobody tells you about documentation", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4vKPhjcMZg , from Daniele Procida at PyCon 2017 As I understand it, it can help both readers a

[NTG-context] Wiki - question about Command/ pages which start with a space character

2024-04-14 Thread garulfo
Hi all, Is it on purpose that 128 pages "https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/ " start with a space character ? I didn't find an explanation in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command For example, these two pages exist : - https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/startbuffer -

[NTG-context] Re: Back in the 90s

2024-04-13 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/13/2024 2:12 PM, Riviera Taylor wrote: Hello, I was reading about the history of ConTeXt in the Not So Short Introduction To ConTeXt and I have a historical question. I noticed that the PDF specification was published in 1993 yet ConTeXt was invented in 1991. The book suggests that PDF

[NTG-context] Back in the 90s

2024-04-13 Thread Riviera Taylor
Hello, I was reading about the history of ConTeXt in the Not So Short Introduction To ConTeXt and I have a historical question. I noticed that the PDF specification was published in 1993 yet ConTeXt was invented in 1991. The book suggests that PDF output was handled by the PdfTeX engine in MKII

[NTG-context] Weird (?) float placement for specific widths of image

2024-04-10 Thread Denis Maier via ntg-context
this behaviour, and I can't claim to understand what is happening. But it seems to be related to the specific widths of the images. When I change them to other values the behaviour disappears. Is this a bug? Anything I can do about this? Best Denis

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

2024-04-09 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
/ctxmtg) ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Do you have a subject that you’d like to talk about? Looking forward to seeing you, Hraban ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

[NTG-context] Re: international type design

2024-04-07 Thread hf
It is an interesting team. 2024年4月5日 02:52, "Henning Hraban Ramm" 写到: > Have a look at these beautiful font designs: > > https://esadtype.esad-amiens.fr/ > > Unfortunately the fonts are not available (yet). > > Take your time to browse the papers about intent

[NTG-context] Re: Very bizarre bug

2024-04-07 Thread Hans Hagen
sed to say it was in my own environment file, not in the lmtx distribution. I have a Lua function that prints information about the computer model and the operating system into a layer. Unfortunately, there was an "elseif" in there somewhere which should catch exceptions (such as a raspbe

[NTG-context] Re: Very bizarre bug

2024-04-07 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
nment file, not in the lmtx distribution. I have a Lua function that prints information about the computer model and the operating system into a layer. Unfortunately, there was an "elseif" in there somewhere which should catch exceptions (such as a raspberry pi), but instead of concatenating the re

[NTG-context] Re: PDF/UA-2, WTPDF

2024-04-07 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, -- Support for MathML* ha, mml and support for it (comes and goes in browsers) has been if flux for ages (features get added but also removed) so what are we talking about here, maybe in a few decades when people stopped messing with it (and somethign new showed up it might work out

[NTG-context] regular online meet-up

2024-04-07 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
You’re invited to our regular online meet-up, this upcoming Wednesday, April 10th, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke (same, but shorter: https://u.mtxrun.eu/ctxmtg) ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Do you have a subject that you’d like to talk about

[NTG-context] PDF/UA-2, WTPDF

2024-04-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
explain and view them: 1. Questions and Answers about Tagged PDF from PDF association 2. Acrobat Custom File Info Panels by Peter Wyatt Last month saw the release of PDF/UA-2 and the new Well-Tagged PDF (WTPDF) standard - neither of which revokes PDF/UA-1. And none of those are the same as PDF 1.7

[NTG-context] international type design

2024-04-04 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Have a look at these beautiful font designs: https://esadtype.esad-amiens.fr/ Unfortunately the fonts are not available (yet). Take your time to browse the papers about intention, design process etc. I just browsed the dissertation about the (Vietnamese) "Dilinh" font

[NTG-context] Re: last page number for a list

2024-04-03 Thread Alan Bowen
Hi, Bruce— This does not quite work—the page numbers are those of the first page of the chapter, not the last. But thanks for the tip about \writetolist. Perhaps I can get that to work. What I need are ToC entries like AuthorName ShortTitle 1–6 I need this pagination

[NTG-context] Re: error with \sc

2024-04-02 Thread Andres Conrado Montoya
l consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out an

[NTG-context] Re: what about "textdisplay"?

2024-04-02 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 4/2/2024 7:44 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 01.04.24 um 18:54 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 01.04.2024 um 18:29: Am 01.04.24 um 18:21 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 01.04.2024 um 17:19: A while ago, I was pointed (by Wolfgang or

[NTG-context] Re: what about "textdisplay"?

2024-04-01 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 01.04.24 um 18:54 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 01.04.2024 um 18:29: Am 01.04.24 um 18:21 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 01.04.2024 um 17:19: A while ago, I was pointed (by Wolfgang or Hans, I guess) to \start/stoptextdisplay to

[NTG-context] Re: what about "textdisplay"?

2024-04-01 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 01.04.2024 um 18:29: Am 01.04.24 um 18:21 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 01.04.2024 um 17:19: A while ago, I was pointed (by Wolfgang or Hans, I guess) to \start/stoptextdisplay to enhance whitespace handling around images. My guess

[NTG-context] Re: what about "textdisplay"?

2024-04-01 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 01.04.24 um 18:21 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 01.04.2024 um 17:19: A while ago, I was pointed (by Wolfgang or Hans, I guess) to \start/stoptextdisplay to enhance whitespace handling around images. My guess is Mikael because I saw the command the first time in

[NTG-context] Re: what about "textdisplay"?

2024-04-01 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 01.04.2024 um 17:19: A while ago, I was pointed (by Wolfgang or Hans, I guess) to \start/stoptextdisplay to enhance whitespace handling around images. My guess is Mikael because I saw the command the first time in the source of a presentation from him. I

[NTG-context] what about "textdisplay"?

2024-04-01 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
A while ago, I was pointed (by Wolfgang or Hans, I guess) to \start/stoptextdisplay to enhance whitespace handling around images. I wanted to document it, but can’t find it in the sources: $ context --find=textdisplay mtx-context |

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-04-01 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
e. > > -- If you have troubles (crash) you need to wipe the cache due to a > change in lua bytecode storage (no easy way to catch it). > > Hans & Mikael In addition to what Hans wrote, I need to write and apologize. About two years ago I was working on a big math project and

[NTG-context] Re: How to get an image to fill the maximum available space?

2024-03-30 Thread Hans Hagen
h tiny images then I suspect that is a different issue - something to do with the image file and the metadata about the image size maybe? If you can share an affected image then perhaps start another question with an MWE and upload the image somewhere. % \externalfigure % [t:/sources/c

[NTG-context] Re: How to get an image to fill the maximum available space?

2024-03-30 Thread Bruce Horrocks
ernalfigure[#1][frame=on,width=\textwidth,maxheight=1.2\textwidth]% where maxheight imposes the height size limit you mention. If you still have problems with tiny images then I suspect that is a different issue - something to do with the image file and the metadata about the image size maybe? I

[NTG-context] Re: ConTeXt on RPI400

2024-03-26 Thread Andres Conrado Montoya
quitico.org > > Los fines no justifican los medios, porque la medida verdadera de nuestro > carácter está dada por los medios que estamos dispuestos a utilizar, no por > los fines que proclamamos. > > >

[NTG-context] Re: ConTeXt on RPI400

2024-03-26 Thread hf
ion, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, yo

[NTG-context] Re: ConTeXt on RPI400

2024-03-25 Thread Andres Conrado Montoya
utilizar, no por los fines que proclamamos. ---- “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look

[NTG-context] Re: Unknown units es and dk

2024-03-23 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
't work with sizes bigger than about 19 feet (45 Theodores as of 2023), 575 centimeters, Toves, 230 Ediths or 16383 points. Continue and I'll use the largest value I can. You should also take a look at the lowlevel register manual (lowlevel-registers.pdf) which explains how you can define

[NTG-context] Re: Use of marking

2024-03-20 Thread Andres Conrado Montoya
As I understand, Thomas needs a layout in which the header shows something like 1. Chapter title -- 1.1. Section title (including the numbers! *This is the important bit!*) There are a couple things about this: 1. In a section (part, chapter, section, etc.) you can introduce three versions

[NTG-context] Re: command line arguments

2024-03-20 Thread Hraban Ramm
, as used in \dorecurse{\Pages}{…}, but not for the imposition schema. Typesetting \Schema looks right, but \setuparranging doesn’t work. Where's my error? You forgot about expansion and in your case \doifelsedocumentargument is not fully expandable. This doesn't matter for \dorecurse where

[NTG-context] Re: can we do binding correction?

2024-03-20 Thread Hraban Ramm
meters. Then, half the circumference would be 1/2 * 3.14159 * 0.001 meters ≈  0.0016 meters or 1.6mm at the last signature. Unless there was a displacement of more than, say, 4 mm, I wouldn't worry too much about it. E.g. our Bonn architectural guides (https://www.dreiviertelhaus.de/reihen/afb

[NTG-context] Re: can we do binding correction?

2024-03-20 Thread Hraban Ramm
. Unfortunately I threw out my old books on printing technology long ago, and my newer one doesn’t cover bookbinding (I’m not at home anyway). I think, that many printshops do not possess neither old books including bookbinding nor do they care about the wishes of the binder … Pity, that you threw them

[NTG-context] Re: can we do binding correction?

2024-03-19 Thread Andres Conrado Montoya
There is some mention of a mechanism to get binding correction from an old article in the wiki about emulating the Koma TypeArea from LaTeX, you can see it in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/KOMA-scrartcl_Type_Area There is also some discussion about the subject in SE: https

[NTG-context] Re: command line arguments

2024-03-19 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
}{…}, but not for the imposition schema. Typesetting \Schema looks right, but \setuparranging doesn’t work. Where's my error? You forgot about expansion and in your case \doifelsedocumentargument is not fully expandable. This doesn't matter for \dorecurse where the number parser ignores the flag because \setuparranging

[NTG-context] Re: can we do binding correction?

2024-03-19 Thread Willi Egger
hift without applying imposition (setting it up > wouldn’t hurt). I organise this always with correction to the backspace. > > I didn’t think about vertical pageshift, but of course that’s also needed for > cross-folded sheets. > > I'm not sure how (horizontal) pageshift is su

[NTG-context] Re: can we do binding correction?

2024-03-19 Thread Hraban Ramm
Thank you Willi! Generally I know for what binding correction is used, I just never tried to set it up. If I look carefully at one of our printed booklets, the printshop also didn’t. So I'd need pageshift without applying imposition (setting it up wouldn’t hurt). I didn’t think about

[NTG-context] Re: can we do binding correction?

2024-03-19 Thread Willi Egger
ayout (if the printshop does the imposition)? >> >> 1. \definepageshift + \setuppageshift >> >> 2. \setuplayout[horoffset=] >> >>> Also I recognized I'm not sure about the difference of the layout >>> parameters backspace and cutspace. >>

[NTG-context] Re: ck hyphenation in old German orthography

2024-03-18 Thread Hraban Ramm
details about hyphenation. \startexceptions[de] He{k-}{k}{ck}en-e{k-}{k}{ck}en-ze{k-}{k}{ck}en \stopexceptions % \registerhyphenationpattern[de][c1k/k=k] % % \setuphyphenation[method=traditional] \mainlanguage[de] \starttext Heckeneckenzecken = \hyphenatedword{Heckeneckenzecken} \stoptext

[NTG-context] Re: Mikael’s missing math manual

2024-03-18 Thread Hraban Ramm
Am 18.03.24 um 07:36 schrieb Mikael Sundqvist: Hi, On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 10:57 PM Hraban Ramm wrote: … and another thing that came up in my workshops and in discussions at our booth: the math manual is eagerly awaited! (My book too, but I can’t answer most questions about math.) Oh, I see

[NTG-context] Re: can we do binding correction?

2024-03-18 Thread Hraban Ramm
with arranging (imposition) or can I enable it somehow for the layout (if the printshop does the imposition)? 1. \definepageshift + \setuppageshift 2. \setuplayout[horoffset=] Also I recognized I'm not sure about the difference of the layout parameters backspace and cutspace. backspace

[NTG-context] Re: PDF, runner, and TikZ patches

2024-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
file, so I was able to process examples with cmyk colours.) What does the maintainer mean by that ... context The maintainer's comment was about plain TeX, not context. Sorry if that wasn't clear. ah, good to know In any case, I should have sent my request to Max alone, rather than the ntg

[NTG-context] Re: Mikael’s missing math manual

2024-03-18 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
Hi, On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 10:57 PM Hraban Ramm wrote: > > … and another thing that came up in my workshops and in discussions at > our booth: the math manual is eagerly awaited! (My book too, but I can’t > answer most questions about math.) Oh, I see. So, I should really try to g

[NTG-context] Re: PDF, runner, and TikZ patches

2024-03-17 Thread Jim
r plain TeX support at the time in >> the linked^2 message, but I was able to add the definition for cmyk to my >> own macro file, so I was able to process examples with cmyk colours.) > What does the maintainer mean by that ... context The maintainer's comment was about plain TeX, n

[NTG-context] Re: ck hyphenation in old German orthography

2024-03-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
][   hyphenmin=4,   lefthyphenmin=2,   righthyphenmin=2, ] \starttext \hyphenatedfile{aesop-de} \startcolumns Funktioniert die Trennung? Heckeneckenzecken \samplefile{aesop-de} \stopcolumns \stoptext Just as a start, the languages manual provides more details about hyphenation. \startexceptions[de

[NTG-context] Re: can we do binding correction?

2024-03-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
it somehow for the layout (if the printshop does the imposition)? 1. \definepageshift + \setuppageshift 2. \setuplayout[horoffset=] Also I recognized I'm not sure about the difference of the layout parameters backspace and cutspace. backspace is the inner margin and cutspace the outer Wolfgang

[NTG-context] Mikael’s missing math manual

2024-03-17 Thread Hraban Ramm
… and another thing that came up in my workshops and in discussions at our booth: the math manual is eagerly awaited! (My book too, but I can’t answer most questions about math.) One participant tested some math alignment examples from an older paper by Aditya and found them working in her

[NTG-context] can we do binding correction?

2024-03-17 Thread Hraban Ramm
the imposition)? Also I recognized I'm not sure about the difference of the layout parameters backspace and cutspace. Hraban *) 8 participants who endured 3 hours of me mostly talking… Further questions that I couldn't answer for sure were about PDF/A or PDF/UA and how color profiles

[NTG-context] Re: PDF, runner, and TikZ patches

2024-03-16 Thread Hans Hagen
with rgb and cmyk. Maybe I have an old tikz and something changed (wouldn't be the first time). So let's forget about maintainers and ugly hacks, and identify what is the real problem. Hans

[NTG-context] Re: Japanese

2024-03-14 Thread Otared Kavian
etup for writing Japanese: I tested with both > files, and noticed that with the new version the output looks great. > > I have a question about the code in the \directlua{} part of your setup: why, > for instance, the > paperSize = « B5" > is defined « by hand » there, instead of be

[NTG-context] Re: Japanese

2024-03-14 Thread Emanuel Han via ntg-context
gt; files, and noticed that with the new version the output looks great. > I have a question about the code in the \directlua{} part of your setup: why, > for instance, the > paperSize = « B5" > is defined « by hand » there, instead of being retrieved from the command > \setuppapersize[B

[NTG-context] Re: Japanese

2024-03-13 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Emmanuel, Thank you so much for the new setup for writing Japanese: I tested with both files, and noticed that with the new version the output looks great. I have a question about the code in the \directlua{} part of your setup: why, for instance, the paperSize = « B5" is de

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

2024-03-13 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
levels are welcome! Do you have a subject that you’d like to talk about? Looking forward to seeing you, Hraban ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg

[NTG-context] Re: how to include an an svg file?

2024-03-13 Thread Jean-Pierre Delange
MWE will do). \starttext \input tufte \externalfigure[smile03.pdf][conversion=mp] \stoptext It seems to me that Pablo has been struggling with the fine graining of PDF files in recent months, but I think it was more about the information contained in the PDF output than the processing of

[NTG-context] Creating a module for calligraphy practice templates

2024-03-12 Thread Andres Conrado Montoya
not want to clutter the list with too much text. The module is only a single file (t-pauta.mkxl) and some examples of use and documentation that are still somewhat unfinished, but I've tried to document the source code as much as I could. If you need clarification about anything, please let me know

[NTG-context] regular online meet-up

2024-03-10 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
You’re invited to our regular online meet-up, this upcoming Wednesday, March 13th, 19:00 CET (UTC+1) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke (same, but shorter: https://u.mtxrun.eu/ctxmtg) ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Do you have a subject that you’d like to talk about

[NTG-context] Re: Log entries about confusing level change

2024-03-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 3/8/2024 3:38 AM, Rik Kabel wrote: Hello all, The following example produces two log entries that seem a bit odd. The log entries are: backend > bookmarks > confusing level change at level 3 around '1 body1' backend > bookmarks > confusing level change at level

[NTG-context] Log entries about confusing level change

2024-03-07 Thread Rik Kabel
Hello all, The following example produces two log entries that seem a bit odd. The log entries are: backend > bookmarks > confusing level change at level 3 around '1 body1' backend > bookmarks > confusing level change at level 3 around 'back1' and they refer to

[NTG-context] Re: missing metadata in LMTX

2024-03-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
. Also https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupinteraction doesn’t talk about metadata. Sigh. AFAIK the metadata from \setupinteraction is used for everything, as long as you don’t overwrite it elsewhere. Hraban

[NTG-context] Re: Local alternative to \input

2024-03-05 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
or environments are for settings – they handle whitespace differently. Apparently I misunderstood the intention when I gave the answer about environments, sorry! Hraban ___ If your question is of interest to others

[NTG-context] Re: Japanese

2024-03-01 Thread Emanuel Han via ntg-context
is not meeting the needs > > for Japanese (and Chinese) text, which follow a grid pattern. Especially > > the last line of a paragraph is squeezed, which is "hurting the eye". > > When characters need to jump to the next line due to previously discussed > > line breaking

[NTG-context] Re: Japanese

2024-02-29 Thread luigi scarso
st line of a paragraph is squeezed, which is "hurting the > eye". > > When characters need to jump to the next line due to previously discussed > line breaking rules, ConTeXt seems to apply "Line adjustment by > inter-character spacing expansion", which is a valid met

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