[NTG-context] About vertical typesetting in ConTeXt

Hi list! I'm curious about vertical typesetting in ConTeXt. As far as I know, LuaTeX supports four text directions, but LTL is broken for Manchu script (letters are displayed unjoined in LTL mode) and LuaMetaTeX does not support vertical directions anymore, at least as primitives. I found the

[NTG-context] problem with counters (page)

My efforts to set up a new page counter in the footertexts of a book are not proving successful. The following code shows the nature of the problem. \definecounter[volpage][type=page, way=bypage] \starttext \setcounter[volpage][5] \dorecurse{3}{\startTEXpage[offset=2pc] \input ward \blank[medium]

Re: [NTG-context] Bar within math (amended)

Lukas/ConTeXt schrieb am 09.06.2020 um 20:28: Hello, it seems that bar (even with option 'continue=yes') is not rendered in place of '~' within math. See the sample: \definebar[MyBar][color=green,rulethickness=2.8,order=background,offset=1.5,continue=yes] \starttext 1 + 2 =

[NTG-context] Bar within math (amended)

Hello, it seems that bar (even with option 'continue=yes') is not rendered in place of '~' within math. See the sample: \definebar[MyBar][color=green,rulethickness=2.8,order=background,offset=1.5,continue=yes] \starttext 1 + 2 = \startbar[MyBar]3~kN\stopbar % OK $1 + 2 =

Re: [NTG-context] start/stop executed conditionally on mode ?

> Le 9 juin 2020 à 03:37, Hans Hagen a écrit : > > On 6/8/2020 9:53 PM, Fabrice L wrote: >>> Le 7 juin 2020 à 23:19, Aditya Mahajan >> > a écrit : >>> >>> On Sun, 7 Jun 2020, Fabrice L wrote: >>> Dear List, I would like to insert a page using

Re: [NTG-context] accessing xml element attributes in lua, how, if you do not want to use the .at scheme?

Il 09/06/20 15:31, Gerben Wierda ha scritto: I’ve been trying to find out how I can access XML node properties/attributes in lua other than via the .at syntactic scheme but using the property/attribute name as a string. E.g., currently I do: someVar = someNode.at.someProperty but I would

[NTG-context] accessing xml element attributes in lua, how, if you do not want to use the .at scheme?

I’ve been trying to find out how I can access XML node properties/attributes in lua other than via the .at syntactic scheme but using the property/attribute name as a string. E.g., currently I do: someVar = someNode.at.someProperty but I would like to do something like someVar =

[NTG-context] \startplacefigure and \startframedtext in lmtx

Hi all, I just noticed that in lmtx, the commands \startplacefigure and \startframedtext, when used together, do not behave in the same way as they do in mkiv. I wonder whether this is a permanent change or rather a buglet. I found a fix around the issue, but since in my document I have a

Re: [NTG-context] start/stop executed conditionally on mode ?

On 6/8/2020 9:53 PM, Fabrice L wrote: Le 7 juin 2020 à 23:19, Aditya Mahajan > a écrit : On Sun, 7 Jun 2020, Fabrice L wrote: Dear List, I would like to insert a page using (ideally) start/stop instructions. The problem is that this page should be inserted only

[NTG-context] Bug in lmtx or wrong setup?

Hi all, I encountered a very strange problem. I want to have section headlines expanding the whole textarea, but the following copy text of the section shall be typeset in columns. I have this setup and it works fine. \setuphead [section] [ insidesection=\startcolumns,