[NTG-context] lpdf.registerfontmethod

2023-07-06 Thread Max Chernoff
Hi Hans, In lpdf-emb.lmt, there's a commented-out definition of lpdf.registerfontmethod that I'd like to use. I've uncommented this in my installation and it's worked pretty well for me, so can you please uncomment/enable this by default in the distribution? If you want further background, this

[NTG-context] Re: text width shadow background

2023-07-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 06.07.23 um 21:27 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: * I don’t understand why the white fill is not opaque. Posted too early. I do understand now (overlapping outlines). Tried to fix it by overwriting the text again in white, but now I don’t understand how to calculate the shifting: """

[NTG-context] text width shadow background

2023-07-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Hi, maybe you remember that I wanted this since 2017... I finally managed to get a fuzzy background behind text: """ \setupbodyfont[ss,24pt] \definecolor[tshade][t=.05,a=1,k=1] \starttexdefinition MyCaption #1 \startMPcode{doublefun} steps := 10 ; rulesize := BodyFontSize/steps/3; for step = 1

[NTG-context] Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-06 Thread Carlos
On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 09:16:58AM -0400, Carlos wrote: > On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 06:52:30PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > > On 7/5/2023 6:38 PM, Carlos wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 06:12:32PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > > > > On 7/5/2023 5:53 PM, Carlos wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jul 05, 2023

[NTG-context] Re: Title pages makeup extra blank pages

2023-07-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Alan Braslau schrieb am 06.07.2023 um 17:14: On 06/07/23 06/07/23, 17:07, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Add "doublesided=no" to your makeup settings. Wolfgang Thank you. I have doublesided=no in the makeup, but this makeup is not used by \startpagefigure. The problem is with \startpagefigure

[NTG-context] Re: Title pages makeup extra blank pages

2023-07-06 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
On 06/07/23 06/07/23, 17:07, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Add "doublesided=no" to your makeup settings. Wolfgang Thank you. I have doublesided=no in the makeup, but this makeup is not used by \startpagefigure. The problem is with \startpagefigure that is outside of makeup, that is it is

[NTG-context] Re: Title pages makeup extra blank pages

2023-07-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Alan Braslau via ntg-context schrieb am 06.07.2023 um 11:58: On 06/07/23 06/07/23, 10:14, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 06.07.23 um 09:34 schrieb Alan Braslau via ntg-context: inserts a "blank" page (with header/footer) between the two Coverpages and a second "blank" page after the backside

[NTG-context] Re: Title pages makeup extra blank pages

2023-07-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Alan Braslau via ntg-context schrieb am 06.07.2023 um 09:34: Hello, Trying to use: \startdocument \startpagefigure[Coverpages.pdf][page=1]\stoppagefigure \startpagefigure[Coverpages.pdf][page=2]\stoppagefigure % before \startmakeup [titlepage] front \stopmakeup \startmakeup [titlepage]

[NTG-context] Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-06 Thread Carlos
On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 07:37:56PM +0200, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > On 7/5/2023 7:05 PM, Carlos wrote: > > > And I don't want to stir up anything here either, but if the convention of > > using non-official vs official fonts is the new de facto under lmtx, > > I guess my opening

[NTG-context] Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-06 Thread Carlos
On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 06:52:30PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 7/5/2023 6:38 PM, Carlos wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 06:12:32PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > > > On 7/5/2023 5:53 PM, Carlos wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 04:43:56PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > > > > > On 7/5/2023 3:18

[NTG-context] Re: Title pages makeup extra blank pages

2023-07-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 06.07.23 um 11:58 schrieb Alan Braslau: Maybe it’s also a problem of \startdocument – I always get a first empty page and don’t understand why. One gets an empty first page if there is *any* text content anywhere in the setups or environment files before the \startdocument. My problem

[NTG-context] Re: MPcode inserts page

2023-07-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 06.07.23 um 12:02 schrieb Alan Braslau: On 06/07/23 06/07/23, 11:23, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Hi, if I use \startMPcode to declare variables etc. that I need in several MP graphics, it always inserts an empty page. How can I avoid that? (Actually, I load an external mp file, and for

[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. I've tested

[NTG-context] Re: MPcode inserts page

2023-07-06 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
On 06/07/23 06/07/23, 11:23, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Hi, if I use \startMPcode to declare variables etc. that I need in several MP graphics, it always inserts an empty page. How can I avoid that? (Actually, I load an external mp file, and for random value reasons I must load it only once.

[NTG-context] Re: Title pages makeup extra blank pages

2023-07-06 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
On 06/07/23 06/07/23, 10:14, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 06.07.23 um 09:34 schrieb Alan Braslau via ntg-context: inserts a "blank" page (with header/footer) between the two Coverpages and a second "blank" page after the backside title page. I don’t know if it helps, but did you set

[NTG-context] MPcode inserts page

2023-07-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Hi, if I use \startMPcode to declare variables etc. that I need in several MP graphics, it always inserts an empty page. How can I avoid that? (Actually, I load an external mp file, and for random value reasons I must load it only once. But the MWE already shows the problem.) """ \startMPcode

[NTG-context] definedocument, begin & closing

2023-07-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Hi, if I use \startdocument, the setups "document:start" and "document:stop" get inserted at the beginning and end. But if I define my own document, it doesn’t work. What’s wrong? """ \definedocument[presentation] \startsetups[presentation:start] {\bfd\documentvariable{title}} \stopsetups

[NTG-context] Re: Title pages makeup extra blank pages

2023-07-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 06.07.23 um 09:34 schrieb Alan Braslau via ntg-context: inserts a "blank" page (with header/footer) between the two Coverpages and a second "blank" page after the backside title page. I don’t know if it helps, but did you set \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=no] ? Maybe it’s also a

[NTG-context] Title pages makeup extra blank pages

2023-07-06 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
Hello, Trying to use: \startdocument \startpagefigure[Coverpages.pdf][page=1]\stoppagefigure \startpagefigure[Coverpages.pdf][page=2]\stoppagefigure % before \startmakeup [titlepage] front \stopmakeup \startmakeup [titlepage] back \stopmakeup \startfrontmatter ... \stopfrontmatter ...