[NTG-context] Re: \par and \startlines

2024-04-27 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 26.04.24 um 18:24 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: BTW: ConTeXt has a module for poems which can be loaded with \usemodule[format]. Never heard of it. Version says “ancient” ;) https://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/modules/mkiv/m-format.mkiv What’s the advantage of all this markup over

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

2024-04-16 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
over new frontiers: NTS, MetaFun, Oriental TeX, LuaTeX, mplib, LuaMetaTeX… They’re also dubbed the incisors (AKA cutting edge) of the dinosaur of Open Source. ConTeXt is aimed at creative users, known for advanced features like extensive font control and direct XML processing, with a deep

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

2024-04-15 Thread Jim
te=start] >>> \setupsynctex[state=repeat] % less efficient but gets around issue >> I haven't been using either of those, since auctex does The Right Thing for >> me. Or, at least, it used to. >>> - when context is run 'headless' (on a server) it's of

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

2024-04-14 Thread Peter Hopcroft via ntg-context
enough where a subject/tutorial page would make more > sense than examples spread over several single command pages. > > We could also define if the “main” reference page (with examples) is > \definestuff, \setupstuff, or \stuff – IMO \setupstuff makes the most sense, > si

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

2024-04-14 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
. tutorials! Often examples make sense in the reference pages, so the distinction is a bit fuzzy, but there are enough where a subject/tutorial page would make more sense than examples spread over several single command pages. We could also define if the “main” reference page (with examples

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

2024-04-13 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
to. > > > - when context is run 'headless' (on a server) it's often done in > > batchmode because one knows that the style works and in that case synctex > > makes no sense so we disable it; this avoids the need to patch the style > > I (think I) see what you are

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

2024-04-13 Thread Jim
it used to. > - when context is run 'headless' (on a server) it's often done in > batchmode because one knows that the style works and in that case synctex > makes no sense so we disable it; this avoids the need to patch the style I (think I) see what you are saying, but if one exp

[NTG-context] Re: unknown script 'mtx-context.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-context.lua

2024-04-11 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 4/11/24 17:39, Denis Maier via ntg-context wrote: > [...] > Ok. It wasn't there. I have now copied it from my Miktex installation, but > it still does not work. (Looks like some path issue. The luatex binary from > the miktex installation seems to take priority over the one now in t

[NTG-context] Re: unknown script 'mtx-context.lua' or 'mtx-mtx-context.lua

2024-04-11 Thread Denis Maier via ntg-context
/nt/where.html). > > I hope it may help, > > Pablo Ok. It wasn't there. I have now copied it from my Miktex installation, but it still does not work. (Looks like some path issue. The luatex binary from the miktex installation seems to tak

[NTG-context] Re: Fwd: Re: how to apply gradient color to a piece of text?

2024-04-07 Thread Hans Hagen
; bb := boundingbox tt ; path pp ; pp := bb enlarged 2cm ; fill pp withshademethod "linear" withshadedirection down withshadecolors (red, blue) ; draw tt withcolor green ; \stopMPpage no need to loop over tt But the intention was to get a grad

[NTG-context] Re: Fwd: Re: how to apply gradient color to a piece of text?

2024-04-07 Thread Keith McKay
hshademethod "linear" withshadedirection down withshadecolors (red, blue) ; draw tt withcolor green ; \stopMPpage no need to loop over tt But the intention was to get a gradient _within_ the text. Might there be a problem with the latest

[NTG-context] Re: Fwd: Re: how to apply gradient color to a piece of text?

2024-04-07 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
p := bb enlarged 2cm ;     fill pp     withshademethod "linear"     withshadedirection down     withshadecolors (red, blue) ;     draw tt withcolor green ; \stopMPpage no need to loop over tt But the intention was to get a gradient _within_ the text. Might there be a p

[NTG-context] Fwd: Re: how to apply gradient color to a piece of text?

2024-04-07 Thread Hans Hagen
withshademethod "linear" withshadedirection down withshadecolors (red, blue) ; draw tt withcolor green ; \stopMPpage no need to loop over tt -

[NTG-context] context editor support / syntax highlighting for Pulsar

2024-04-01 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
r = r + 1 ; result[r] = format("\t\tdescriptionMoreURL: 'https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/%s'\n",commands[i]) end io.savedata(format("language-context-%s.cson",interface), concat(result),"\n") end end --- Also, the "en" interfa

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-04-01 Thread Otared Kavian
right but the attached file works fine in the viewers that we tested).-- We like to hear from users what other demands wrt accessibility there are. We're not interested in the (commercial) big money aspects (of pdf and tagging) nor in the politics behind it (changes over time). What are the deman

[NTG-context] Re: upload

2024-04-01 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
ring right but the attached file works fine in the viewers that > we tested). > > -- We like to hear from users what other demands wrt accessibility there > are. We're not interested in the (commercial) big money aspects (of pdf > and tagging) nor in the politics behind it (

[NTG-context] upload

2024-04-01 Thread Hans Hagen
not interested in the (commercial) big money aspects (of pdf and tagging) nor in the politics behind it (changes over time). What are the demands, so that we can see how to make it work or just work around it (as it's kind of boring to cook uyp complex features , esp compared to playing with metapost

[NTG-context] command line arguments

2024-03-19 Thread Hraban Ramm
=footer] \setupheadertexts[\CONTEXT\ imposition test] \showframe \setupbackgrounds [text][text][background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray] % Where the block of pages is placed on the sheet % (relevant if there is space left over.) \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=on] \startbuffer[Fakepage

[NTG-context] Re: \intertext and highlighting with \alignhere/\breakhere

2024-03-13 Thread Max Chernoff
Hi Hans, Mikael, On Wed, 2024-03-13 at 13:06 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 3/13/2024 12:26 PM, Mikael Sundqvist wrote: > > I can confirm that it works over \alignhere. Hans is doing some black > > magic, but I guess he did not want to show off by including the whole > > li

[NTG-context] Re: \intertext and highlighting with \alignhere/\breakhere

2024-03-13 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
t not seeing it in the example. Thanks again, -- Max I can confirm that it works over \alignhere. Hans is doing some black magic, but I guess he did not want to show off by including the whole line. Indeed, no need to show of the obvious \definebar [mybar] [backgroundbar] [height=\struth

[NTG-context] Re: \intertext and highlighting with \alignhere/\breakhere

2024-03-13 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
d I'm just not seeing it > in the example. > > Thanks again, > -- Max I can confirm that it works over \alignhere. Hans is doing some black magic, but I guess he did not want to show off by including the whole line. /Mikael

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

2024-03-12 Thread Andres Conrado Montoya
carefully and made as many tests as possible, and in general it works fine, but I have ADHD and things frequently get over my head. There are still some things that don't work as they should, and things that need improvement: 1. I use top/bottom areas to display some info. These areas are not being

[NTG-context] Re: manuals

2024-02-18 Thread Jean-Pierre Delange
ch (https://fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/ConTeXt/Qu%27est-ce_que_ConTeXt_%3F). I took things written by Bertrand Masson and was partially taken over by Garulfo and so on. Fortunately, the ConTeXT discussion list offers MWEs: all you have to do is to test them and save these examples on your system in the

[NTG-context] Re: manuals

2024-02-16 Thread Tommaso Gordini
I add to the list the articles on ConTeXt that have appeared in TUGboat issues over the years. https://tug.org/TUGboat/Contents/listkeyword.html#CatTAGConTeXt Ciao Tommaso Il giorno gio 15 feb 2024 alle ore 17:39 Alain Delmotte < alain.delmo...@leliseron.org> ha scritto: > One could

[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] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
n points above the current line and/or m >> points below the current line. >> Q3: Does ConTexT's \starttable ... \endtable have this feature? >> If so, how does one access this feature? > I haven't looked at starttable in well over a decade, but I did document some > of

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
ne. > > Q3: Does ConTexT's \starttable ... \endtable have this feature? > If so, how does one access this feature? 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 https://www.tug.org

[NTG-context] Re: context version 20240118 ("Registerhaltigkeit")

2024-01-23 Thread Thomas Meyer
That's it! Many thanks to Hans, Hraban and especially Wolfgang for his solution. This environment should become part of ConTeXt! I have been a LaTeX/XeTeX/LuaLaTeX user for over 30 years and used it to write my papers during my studies and use it for almost all my writing. Now I wanted to try

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-19 Thread Hans Hagen
monitor. I'd be curious to know how much these new processors impact performance over time because the ages of dohbling performance every year are past. I mentioned the Mac M3 because it's not the cores that make the difference but the speed of the SSD. So reading the source and writing out

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-19 Thread Bruce Horrocks
(1920x1200, 2560×1440, 4096×2160) and > performance also depends on the connected monitor. > > I'd be curious to know how much these new processors impact performance over > time because the ages of dohbling performance every year are past. I mentioned the Mac M3 because it's n

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-19 Thread Hans Hagen
one should not underestimate Taco's effort of going from basically unreadable and useless C output by web2c (pascal -> c) to what became the luatex C code base (with embedded original documentation). From that we added more functionality gradually over a decade till luametatex spun off, wh

[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

2024-01-19 Thread Hans Hagen
use a 2017 laptop with a reasonable fast intel xeon. I have a few docks spread round with different resolution monitors (1920x1200, 2560×1440, 4096×2160) and performance also depends on the connected monitor. I'd be curious to know how much these new processors impact performance over time

[NTG-context] How to Create Asymmetrical Continuous Columns in ConTeXt?

2024-01-18 Thread seyal . zavira
Hi all, I have a lengthy text that I wish to seamlessly incorporate using the \input{mytext} command in ConTeXt. Additionally, I aim to present it in asymmetrical continuous columns, where the text flows over several pages. I have tried paragraphs and columns, but in paragraphs, I can't flow

[NTG-context] Re: How to obtain older versions of LMTX?

2024-01-17 Thread Otared Kavian
that is still the old one (it should be possible to get by push date but > i'm not fluent in git). > > Make a copy of your tex tree and copy teh donloaded files over it and see if > a format can be made. > &

[NTG-context] Re: How to obtain older versions of LMTX?

2024-01-17 Thread Hans Hagen
/contextgarden/context as that is still the old one (it should be possible to get by push date but i'm not fluent in git). Make a copy of your tex tree and copy teh donloaded files over it and see if a format can be made. Anyway, I'lll see if I can update one of these days. Hans

[NTG-context] Limit of the size of the email message is 100KB.

2024-01-15 Thread luigi scarso
Hi all, the ml has (as always as far as I can remember) the limit of 100KB for the maximum size of the message. I have noticed that lately several messages are over the limit, and all I can do is write to the sender and discard the message, and this could happen a couple of days later

[NTG-context] Re: MetaFun path joiners && and &&&& do not like single point paths

2023-12-31 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
; -- actually we could have proper keywords which makes it less clumsy. Or 'recycle' that does the ugly eps job when we have a zero length path but we can move that over the year boundary.) Hans -

[NTG-context] Re: install-modules script and git URLs

2023-12-19 Thread Bruce Horrocks
Firstly, apologies for any confusion: Apple Mail has decided it knows best and has doubled-up the URLs containing { placeholders }. Since the URLs contain placeholders then they can't be used directly anyway but you knew that. :-) Secondly, on re-reading, it comes over as instructions

[NTG-context] Re: Problem with the paragraph

2023-12-18 Thread Ursula Hermann
:44, Ursula Hermann wrote: > > If I change the name of the textbackground with my example, I sent yesterday, > there is no color in the paragraph. > Try the following version of your example which incoporates Hraban's and Wolfgang's suggestions. Also take care over changing sty

[NTG-context] Re: Problem with the paragraph

2023-12-15 Thread Bruce Horrocks
> On 14 Dec 2023, at 09:44, Ursula Hermann wrote: > > If I change the name of the textbackground with my example, I sent yesterday, > there is no color in the paragraph. > Try the following version of your example which incoporates Hraban's and Wolfgang's suggestions. Also

[NTG-context] text over text

2023-12-11 Thread Alan Bowen
Alan Bowen schrieb am 11.12.2023 um 19:14: ... <https://mailman.ntg.nl/archives/list/ntg-context@ntg.nl/thread/UGT4DKIJ7OJKDVBHFDBKH6XUZVQV6BNC/#> I am typesetting some transliterated medieval German and need to place one letter, e.g., an “e” in scriptsize over another letter, e.g., a “u” i

[NTG-context] Re: text over text

2023-12-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Alan Bowen schrieb am 11.12.2023 um 19:14: I am typesetting some transliterated medieval German and need to place one letter, e.g., an “e” in scriptsize over another letter, e.g., a “u” in text size. I have managed to get this in italics using \mathstackers and \definemathmatrix, but I need

[NTG-context] text over text

2023-12-11 Thread Alan Bowen
I am typesetting some transliterated medieval German and need to place one letter, e.g., an “e” in scriptsize over another letter, e.g., a “u” in text size. I have managed to get this in italics using \mathstackers and \definemathmatrix, but I need both letters in roman face and at text size

[NTG-context] Fractions (was \placefigure[location=here...] problem)

2023-12-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
on an oblique plane defined by $l=\sqrt{\frac{3}{13}}$, $m=\sqrt{\frac{1}{13}}$, and $n=\sqrt{\frac{9}{13}}$. Complete working minimal examples are preferred over code snippets. To avoid single lines with different spacing you can either increase the line spacing for all lines

[NTG-context] Re: xmlpos values doubled

2023-11-22 Thread Hans Hagen
nstance #1 itself is rather unique (but the same even over runs i.e. when it goes via the tuc file) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The N

[NTG-context] Re: ConTeXt Group Subscriptions

2023-11-19 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi Keith, > On 18 Nov 2023, at 18:16, Keith McKay wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering if the reminder for the ConTeXt Group Membership > subscriptions had been sent out? It's been over a year since I took out > membership and I thought I would have had a reminder by

[NTG-context] Re: learning about the grid

2023-11-19 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 19.11.23 um 13:27 schrieb Miguel Diaz: 1. Why are the lines printed one over the other when grid=no? how do profis then use context without grid? That usually only happens in one of the column modes that requires the grid. It doesn’t happen in usual one-column typesetting. There must

[NTG-context] Re: learning about the grid

2023-11-19 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
ium] \starttext \input knuth \setuplayout[grid=yes]\page \input knuth \stoptext > 1. Why are the lines printed one over the other when grid=no? how do > profis then use context without grid? As said, ConTeXt is \setuplayout[grid=no] by default. As far as I can recall it, the defa

[NTG-context] learning about the grid

2023-11-19 Thread Miguel Diaz
of a section are printed one over the other. Playing with the options and setupinterlinespace I got the unhappily desired 1.3ex that may school requieres for the teaching programs (grid=line, interlinespace=1.3ex), but I somehow feel that's not the right way to go. 1. Why are the lines printed one over

[NTG-context] ConTeXt Group Subscriptions

2023-11-18 Thread Keith McKay
Hi, I was wondering if the reminder for the ConTeXt Group Membership subscriptions had been sent out? It's been over a year since I took out membership and I thought I would have had a reminder by now. I hope I haven't missed the email. Best Wishes Keith McKay

[NTG-context] Re: [ metapost -> svg ]

2023-11-07 Thread Lutz Haseloff
Hi Floris, directly generating SVG with ConTeXt LMTX is not possible. But, using LMTX to generate SVGs has some advantages over MPOST. You can use ConTeXt's advanced color management (transparency and more) and you can use the very nice font management. So my "metapost" file is: \s

[NTG-context] Re: Adobe Source Typescript With Design Sizes

2023-11-03 Thread Hans Hagen
'designed for s specific purpose like display' .. so typesetting a 16 pt bodyfont in display is not a good idea ... otherwise, if someone watched the text on a beamer you'd have to use the display variant for everything as that definitely goes over 10pt I think I see your point. I think we can still

[NTG-context] Re: Adobe Source Typescript With Design Sizes

2023-11-02 Thread Vincent Hennebert
the regular one, presumably for better on-screen rendering in terminals). Design sizes can be disabled by adding -nodesignsize- to the typescript name: adobesource-nodesignsize-extralight, etc. Finally, I thought it would be cool to over-engineer the typescript a little bit and provide direct

[NTG-context] Re: Adobe Source Typescript With Design Sizes

2023-11-01 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
-extralight, etc. Finally, I thought it would be cool to over-engineer the typescript a little bit and provide direct access to the design sizes (in case one would want a narrower version for body text, or a bolder and more expanded version for titles, etc.). Here they are, again in all their weights

[NTG-context] Adobe Source Typescript With Design Sizes

2023-10-31 Thread Vincent Hennebert
- to the typescript name: adobesource-nodesignsize-extralight, etc. Finally, I thought it would be cool to over-engineer the typescript a little bit and provide direct access to the design sizes (in case one would want a narrower version for body text, or a bolder and more expanded version

[NTG-context] Re: Inline mathematics is stretched

2023-10-30 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
will try to come to the best solution by using stretch and shrink and therefore stretch and shrink in interatom spacing wins over little or none in mono spacing Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA

[NTG-context] Re: sidebar and marginrule not working

2023-10-24 Thread Hamid,Idris
f \stopsidebar \stoptext == In the output, either i) the rules do not appear at all (most attempts); or ii) the rules appear for a split-second then disappear (using sumatrapdf as the viewer, so the pdf updates on the fly). Is is a bug? A second question: Is either mechanism preferab

[NTG-context] Re: sidebar and marginrule not working

2023-10-24 Thread Otared Kavian
he rules appear for a split-second then disappear (using sumatrapdf as > the viewer, so the pdf updates on the fly). > > Is is a bug? > > A second question: Is either mechanism preferable over the other? That is: In > LMTX, what is the best mechanism to use? > >

[NTG-context] Re: sidebar and marginrule not working

2023-10-24 Thread Hamid,Idris
ates on the fly). Is this a bug? A second question: Is either mechanism preferable over the other? That is: In LMTX, what is the best mechanism to use? Thank you in advance for any guidance. Here is the pdf that is a result of the MWE above: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r18ao8dhpz8m

[NTG-context] sidebar and marginrule not working

2023-10-23 Thread Hamid,Idris
as the viewer, so the pdf updates on the fly). Is is a bug? A second question: Is either mechanism preferable over the other? That is: In LMTX, what is the best mechanism to use? Thank you in advance for any guidance. Best wishes -- Idris Samawi Hamid, Professor Department of Philosophy

[NTG-context] Re: colors for links

2023-10-14 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
) and for external destinations (/URI). With the current document I write now, I have over a hundred links in twenty pages. Being able to visually distinguish each link helps interaction with the document (reading or even writing it). Would it be possible that \setupinteraction could have

[NTG-context] colors for links

2023-10-12 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
now, I have over a hundred links in twenty pages. Being able to visually distinguish each link helps interaction with the document (reading or even writing it). Would it be possible that \setupinteraction could have a bordercolor key, such as the color one? Many thanks for your help, Pablo

[NTG-context] Problems with line numbered program listings

2023-10-04 Thread Bruce Horrocks
does work and works in \columns as well. This is great until my listing is too long to fit on a page and then I'd rather have the column continue onto the next page but \columns balances of course. 3) \tabulate allows a single cell to continue down over the page exactly as I'd like

[NTG-context] Re: Offline documentations

2023-10-02 Thread Juliano David Hilario
time if it's not that a heavy of a task. >> > Something like this would be convient, since some like to search by >> > topic. Though since we probably have the common ground of liking >> > writing, we, or most of us, prefer referring to current manuals out >> there. >>

[NTG-context] Re: Offline documentations

2023-10-02 Thread Juliano David Hilario
obably have the common ground of liking > > writing, we, or most of us, prefer referring to current manuals out > there. > > Well, the documentation is spread over several PDF files, and the wiki > is not usable offline, of course. > > You can grep through the

[NTG-context] Re: Offline documentations

2023-10-02 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
time if it's not that a heavy of a task. Something like this would be convient, since some like to search by topic. Though since we probably have the common ground of liking writing, we, or most of us, prefer referring to current manuals out there. Well, the documentation is spread over several

[NTG-context] Re: Toggling the symbol for the zero-width joiner and related Unicode control characters

2023-09-22 Thread Hamid,Idris
nly there (with some non interfering rendering i guess) and even then it's probably an additonal pass over the node list Ok, that would be good. b. we want all Unicode control symbols to be suppressed in final pdf output (for, e.g., printing). they basically are unless some font features keeps t

[NTG-context] Re: Toggling the symbol for the zero-width joiner and related Unicode control characters

2023-09-22 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
up in verbatim or in \typebuffer (as in a text editor); only there (with some non interfering rendering i guess) and even then it's probably an additonal pass over the node list b. we want all Unicode control symbols to be suppressed in final pdf output (for, e.g., printing). they ba

[NTG-context] Re: Table of contents of unnumbered titles

2023-09-09 Thread Jim
r of those two people, although I did help the originator trace where the nbsp's got into his message.) It's like deja vu all over again. Did you insert your helpful solution into the wiki somewhere, or just test them in the wiki compiler? I just reloaded https://wi

[NTG-context] Re: out of order sectionsblocks

2023-09-05 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 9/5/2023 4:06 AM, Rik Kabel wrote: The following example generates a log file which begins with the line    structure   > lists > out of order sectionsblocks, maybe use    \setsectionblock My larger document has over a hundred of these at the beginning.    \setupnote [e

[NTG-context] out of order sectionsblocks

2023-09-04 Thread Rik Kabel
The following example generates a log file which begins with the line structure   > lists > out of order sectionsblocks, maybe use \setsectionblock My larger document has over a hundred of these at the beginning. \setupnote [endnote] [location=none] \sta

[NTG-context] Re: Fallbacks for design sizes in the current typescripts regime

2023-08-22 Thread Hamid,Idris
ics. Once some fine-tuning and additional testing is done, will donate the results to ConTeXt. (Thus some large typescript collections painstakingly built over the years are now obsolete and have to be rewritten. Oh well..) Well, i suppose one can still setup/use the typescripts but it's less fun

[NTG-context] Re: Fallbacks for design sizes in the current typescripts regime

2023-08-22 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
fonts nor use them. (Thus some large typescript collections painstakingly built over the years are now obsolete and have to be rewritten. Oh well..) Well, i suppose one can still setup/use the typescripts but it's less fun. The old definefont mechanism is still there. As a side note: we hav

[NTG-context] Fallbacks for design sizes in the current typescripts regime

2023-08-21 Thread Hamid,Idris
the right size to Lua." (Thus some large typescript collections painstakingly built over the years are now obsolete and have to be rewritten. Oh well..) But there is an issue in the new regime: In the old system, every typescript mapping to a font within a design-size range could h

[NTG-context] Re: redefine space to be the same as \␣ similar to knuthian approach

2023-08-21 Thread Carlos
nt ConTeXt inserts an extra > > \stoptext which is ignored when your document > > is valid (equal number of \starttext and \stoptext). > > The bonus \starttext is just there so that we can use \startTEXpage etc > without wrapper and a second bonus is that it catches slopp

[NTG-context] Re: zint 2.12.0 barcode generator

2023-08-20 Thread Keith McKay
Thanks Michal! I'll give this a try over the next few days and report back. Best wishes Keith On Sun, 20 Aug 2023, 18:38 Michal Vlasák, wrote: > On Sun Aug 20, 2023 at 6:28 PM CEST, Keith McKay wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've updated the zint barcode generator on my mac m

[NTG-context] Re: redefine space to be the same as \␣ similar to knuthian approach

2023-08-20 Thread Hans Hagen
really do. But we can't go over this, over and over again. Do you know who said the above? Not me. You. Do you know whose remarks are those? Not mine. Yours. Replace cont-yes.mkiv with the newer equivalent. And you're right though. \starttext is not even needed most of the times. Wolfgang tries

[NTG-context] Re: redefine space to be the same as \␣ similar to knuthian approach

2023-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
and at the end of the document ConTeXt inserts an extra \stoptext which is ignored when your document is valid (equal number of \starttext and \stoptext). Wolfgang. I do appreciate your emphasis and your input on all of this. I do. I really do. But we can't go over this, over and over again. Do you know

[NTG-context] Re: redefine space to be the same as \␣ similar to knuthian approach

2023-08-20 Thread Carlos
red when your document is valid (equal number of \starttext and \stoptext). Wolfgang. I do appreciate your emphasis and your input on all of this. I do. I really do. But we can't go over this, over and over again. Do you know who said the above? Not me. You. Do you know w

[NTG-context] backend not forcing 1000 width units on fonts; em size must be applied or else fails

2023-08-20 Thread Carlos
all the answers instead; just kidding :) But It seems as if any other font without the correct width units causes kerning to be thrown off most noticeably on control sequences such as \TeX\ and presumably, this, in turn, rightly so, also causes those extra spaces all over When I read the log it

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2023-08-18 Thread Thomas Floeren via ntg-context
implementer and first > large||scale user; the designer should also write the first > user manual. > \setupbodyfont[12.895pt] > > {\ss The separation of any of these four components would have > hurt \TeX\ significantly. If I had not participated fully in > all these activi

[NTG-context] Re: redefine space to be the same as \␣ similar to knuthian approach

2023-08-18 Thread Carlos
it off but then again, anything less than that 12.895 font size, throws off the kern of \TeX\ too. As a result, I can't use any lower font size, before everything, including kerning of \TeX\ and spaces after sentences, are completely off. I mean. obeylines serve a better function than having extra spac

[NTG-context] Re: Experiments with \doloopoverlist

2023-08-17 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
}} % \quad % \imghref % {\externalfigure[gscholar.pdf][logo]} % {\datasetvariable{autores}{\recurselevel}{nombre}} % \quad % \datasetvariable{autores}{\recurselevel}{nombre}\par % \stopsetups Just loop over the set and call up the variables in the setup: % \startdocument

[NTG-context] new upload

2023-08-15 Thread Hans Hagen
of abstraction. It might evolve over time but don't expect the 600+ units possible to show up because one needs sensible shortcuts. Already built in unit always win and you cna only bind to already defined quantities. Here's one for those who want to go beyond the normal: \newdimension \FooA \FooA

[NTG-context] Re: split align in formulas

2023-08-14 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
\NR > \NC x = k - D = \NC \pm \sqrt{ D^2 - \frac{c}{a}} - D\quad \text{desfeim el > canvi} \NR > \stopalign > \stopformula > on $D = (\frac{b}{2a})$ i $x = k-D$. > > > and then the formula goes to next page. Is there any way to split align > environment? In wiki I could not fin

[NTG-context] Font switching, default features, and a request

2023-08-13 Thread Hamid,Idris
الْأَسْمَرُ السَّرِيعُ يَقْفِزُ فَوْقَ الْكَلْبِ الْكَسُولِ! The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog! \stoplines \stopbuffer {\tfxx \type{\tfxx} \getbuffer} {\tfx \type{\tfx} \getbuffer} \type{\tf} \getbuffer {\tfa \type{\tfa} \getbuffer} {\tfb \type{\tfb} \getbuffer} {\tfc \type{\tfc} \getbuffer

[NTG-context] Re: Why overbar is so big

2023-08-12 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 8/12/2023 10:10 AM, Xavier B. wrote: The font is the default: \setupbodyfont [modern, 12pt] % modern o cmr, 11pt I use Linux (arch derivative). if you want nicer math switch over to lmtx as mkiv is sort of frozen and efforts wrt math go into lmtx Hans

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-08 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
. only by texies who don't know that they are pronounced differently and i bet the publisher of the latex companion preferred a rather boring cover over a more tantalizing one but it would have made a nice experiment i hope it's not the only joke they make about tex as there is plenty to joke

[NTG-context] Re: Typing with text wrapping

2023-08-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
like my snippets to wrap when the lines are too long. The snippets can un over several pages so that recipe[^1] doesn't work for me. [^1]: https://www.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_with_line_breaks> Is there a way to do that? it will wrap but there is nothing to break here, i'd use s smaller f

[NTG-context] Re: Can ConTeXt write its pdf to a different directory?

2023-08-06 Thread Jethro Djan
driven > in the file itself: > >% language=us runpath=texruns:manuals/musings > > in combination with > >TEXRUNS=c:\data\temporary\texruns > > so that I don't overwrite a stable manual in the source path. Over the > decades that context evolved there have

[NTG-context] Typing with text wrapping

2023-08-05 Thread Alex Leray
are too long. The snippets can un over several pages so that recipe[^1] doesn't work for me. [^1]: https://www.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_with_line_breaks> Is there a way to do that? Here is my code: ``` \definepapersize[page][width=105mm,height=148.5mm] \setuppapersize[page, portrait][p

[NTG-context] Re: enhancing MetaPost presentation progress graphics

2023-07-19 Thread Duncan Hothersall
> center horizontally > > There was still an error that I introduced: > The boat on the first page is already way in, while on the last page it > falls over the edge of the world. > > I fixed sev

[NTG-context] Re: enhancing MetaPost presentation progress graphics

2023-07-19 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
))); iangle = direction (xpart itime) of wave[3]; boatpos = (point (xpart itime) of wave[3]) shifted (-5,0); % shift to center horizontally There was still an error that I introduced: The boat on the first page is already way in, while on the last page it falls over the edge of the world. I

[NTG-context] Re: text width shadow background

2023-07-08 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
text = "\bf\strut #1", %style = "bold", color = "white", ] yshifted (BodyFontSize*2/3); % TODO \stopMPcode \stoptexdefinition \starttext % this is OK \startMPcode draw lmt_outline [ text = "\bf\strut The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.&

[NTG-context] SVG converter bugs

2023-07-06 Thread Max Chernoff
Hi Hans, I've been using the SVG->MP converter and I've found a few bugs. Most of the bugs are with "weird" SVG input, but I have no control over the input, and the metadata on most of the files shows that it was exported from Adobe Illustrator which is (unfortunately) quite popular

[NTG-context] Re: mplib: identifiers starting with units

2023-07-05 Thread Hans Hagen
; In MetaFont/MetaPost pt# is an allowed identifier, but in mplib this results in a parse error. Unfortunately, pt# is used all over the cmr sources... would it make sense to allow using this again? won't change .. maybe you have to define # somehow? or replace that one in the mf source Hans

[NTG-context] mplib: identifiers starting with units

2023-07-05 Thread Leah Neukirchen
, but in mplib this results in a parse error. Unfortunately, pt# is used all over the cmr sources... would it make sense to allow using this again? -- Leah Neukirchenhttps://leahneukirchen.org/ ___ If your

[NTG-context] Re: {\rm foo {\it bar}}

2023-07-04 Thread Gerben Wierda
fox jumped over the lazy dog {\it Optima}} \setupbodyfont[helvetica] {\rm The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog {\it Optima}} \stoptext > On 4 Jul 2023, at 22:52, Bruce Horrocks wrote: > > > >> On 30 Jun 2023, at 10:47, Gerben Wierda > <mailto:gerben.wie...@rna

Re: [NTG-context] TikZ \shade broken

2023-06-26 Thread Gavin via ntg-context
ified form just for this purpose because >> the performance penalty is less now.) > > If you have a chance to add a dir keyword, that would be great. Since the > keyword is used inside a TikZ macro, I don’t see any way I can work around it > in my document. > > I am gr

[NTG-context] context-on-web broken

2023-06-25 Thread Miguel Diaz via ntg-context
have no copy of the very simple sample file on which i would like to continue with my practice. So, will context-on-web be back? or is there a way to access my files? I can begin again, but it took me over 3 weeks to get the most basic layout! thanks in advance Miguel D

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