Re: [NTG-context] Critical Editions?

2022-01-09 Thread hanneder--- via ntg-context
I was just writing a mail (below) and saw: They do indic scripts and Kai made the first version of the devanagari code for the context fontloader code that I then optimized. Fascinating. Where can I learn more about that or is that user-unfriendly (my technical knowledge is rather limited).

Re: [NTG-context] How to create cell data that spans four rows in a table?

2022-01-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
Willi Egger via ntg-context schrieb am 08.01.2022 um 23:57: I would suggest not to use \starttable at all. To me the most suitable table environment for such a table is \bTABLE \eTABLE. It gives you all kind of control over layout, dimensions, frames on and off etc. I agree natural tables

[NTG-context] Get Current Section Number

2022-01-09 Thread Michael Urban via ntg-context
I want to put a book title above the Chapter title for the first chapter of a book. I suppose that this can be accomplished with a 'before=' clause that checks to see if it is the first chapter... but how do I look at the chapter number in order to set up the conditional? Mike

Re: [NTG-context] Critical Editions?

2022-01-09 Thread Robert via ntg-context
Dear list, I am currently working on a critical edition as well, and follow the discussion with interest. For the time being, I prefer Latex over Context for this project. In addition to Jürgen's remarks on transcription fonts, a small contribution: Arabists and turcologists working with

Re: [NTG-context] How to let a macro check the previous value of #1 the last time the same macro was called?

2022-01-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
Joel via ntg-context schrieb am 09.01.2022 um 15:16: Is there a way for a macro to check the previous value of #1, the last time that same macro was called? Here is a minimum working example, pretending that `\previousvalue` is equal to #1 from the last time the same macro was called: [...]

Re: [NTG-context] Radius attribute and scaling in lmt_shade[ ]

2022-01-09 Thread Keith McKay via ntg-context
Since "a picture paints a thousand words", I attach a pdf showing the results of the execution of the code. Are these bugs or... ? Best Wishes Keith On 06/01/2022 15:57, Keith McKay wrote: Hi In the code below you will see that I have created a closed path and performed scaling, and

[NTG-context] Fonts for transliteration (was: Critical Editions?)

2022-01-09 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
Den sön 9 jan. 2022 13:22Robert via ntg-context skrev: > Dear list, > > I am currently working on a critical edition as well, and follow the > discussion with interest. For the time being, I prefer Latex over Context > for this project. > > In addition to Jürgen's remarks on transcription fonts,

Re: [NTG-context] Get Current Section Number

2022-01-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
Michael Urban via ntg-context schrieb am 09.01.2022 um 17:25: I want to put a book title above the Chapter title for the first chapter of a book. I suppose that this can be accomplished with a 'before=' clause that checks to see if it is the first chapter... but how do I look at the chapter

Re: [NTG-context] Radius attribute and scaling in lmt_shade[ ]

2022-01-09 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 1/9/2022 4:53 PM, Keith McKay via ntg-context wrote: Since "a picture paints a thousand words", I attach a pdf showing the results of the execution of the code. Are these bugs or... ? more interplay between parameters ... draw lmt_shade [ trace = true,

[NTG-context] How to setupbtx to get short citations?

2022-01-09 Thread Mikael Sundqvist via ntg-context
Hi, In the example below I can do \cite[short][hh2010] to get the citation in the short format. But I thought that would also be the standard with \setupbtx[aps][alternative=short] (so that I can write \cite[hh2010] instead). What do I miss? (Except for the fact that I should probably define my

Re: [NTG-context] Critical Editions?

2022-01-09 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 1/9/2022 11:23 AM, hanneder--- via ntg-context wrote: 2. Fonts that contain all necessary diacritics have become sparse. (This is more a lamentation, not    much one can do about it, I guess).    When I started TeXing people were used to writing aṭavī as a\d{t}av{\=\i}. Not user

Re: [NTG-context] Critical Editions?

2022-01-09 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 1/9/2022 11:23 AM, hanneder--- via ntg-context wrote: 1. In Sanskrit prose it is possible to produce compounds that span a few lines. The concept of    "word" or "word division" fails here, as are the TeX mechanisms.    What we need in practice would be a "hyphenation" for the language

Re: [NTG-context] Get Current Section Number

2022-01-09 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 1/9/22 5:25 PM, Michael Urban via ntg-context wrote: > I want to put a book title above the Chapter title for the first > chapter of a book. I suppose that this can be accomplished with a > 'before=' clause that checks to see if it is the first chapter... but > how do I look at the chapter

Re: [NTG-context] Critical Editions?

2022-01-09 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 1/9/2022 11:23 AM, hanneder--- via ntg-context wrote:    Thank god, we have many TeX fonts derived from older ones that still work, but many entries in    the TeX Font Catalogue do not! It's often not that bad when you use context ... % \enabletrackers[*comp*]

[NTG-context] How to let a macro check the previous value of #1 the last time the same macro was called?

2022-01-09 Thread Joel via ntg-context
Is there a way for a macro to check the previous value of #1, the last time that same macro was called? Here is a minimum working example, pretending that `\previousvalue` is equal to #1 from the last time the same macro was called:     \define[1]\mymacro{     \if\previousvalue=#1