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

2024-04-15 Thread Jim
Hi Mikael (and other synctex users), On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 22:28 (+0200), Mikael Sundqvist wrote: > Hi, > On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 7:54 PM Jim wrote: >> Thanks for the quick reply. >> On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 09:18 (+0200), Hans Hagen wrote: >>> On 4/13/2024 1

[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: Most recent context doesn't like synctex?

2024-04-13 Thread Jim
Thanks for the quick reply. On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 09:18 (+0200), Hans Hagen wrote: > On 4/13/2024 12:39 AM, Jim wrote: >> Hi, >> I have both TeXlive 2024 and the stand-alone ConTeXt distribution on my >> system. >> Recently, the stand-alone ConTeXt distr

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

2024-04-12 Thread Jim
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[NTG-context] Re: PDF, runner, and TikZ patches

2024-03-17 Thread Jim
On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 15:20 (+0100), Hans Hagen wrote: > On 3/16/2024 2:10 PM, Jim wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 01:53 (+0100), Aditya Mahajan wrote: >>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024, Jim wrote: >>> > Max (et al), >>> > were you hoping the ConTeXt dis

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

2024-03-16 Thread Jim
On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 09:44 (+0100), Hans Hagen wrote: > On 3/15/2024 12:53 AM, Jim wrote: >> Max (et al), >> were you hoping the ConTeXt distribution would ship its own >> pgfutil-context.def, or were you hoping that someone could convince Henri >> to put the RGB ch

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

2024-03-16 Thread Jim
Hi Max, On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 01:30 (-0600), Max Chernoff wrote: > Hi Aditya, Jim, > On Fri, 2024-03-15 at 01:53 +0100, Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024, Jim wrote: >>> were you hoping the ConTeXt distribution would ship its own >>> pgfutil-c

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

2024-03-16 Thread Jim
On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 01:53 (+0100), Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 14 Mar 2024, Jim wrote: >> Max (et al), >> were you hoping the ConTeXt distribution would ship its own >> pgfutil-context.def, or were you hoping that someone could convince Henri >> to put the RGB

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

2024-03-14 Thread Jim
@#1\endcsname {\noexpand\xcolor@ {}{}{rgb}{\@red@,\@green@,\@blue@}} } I don't see that it would hurt anything, even if it doesn't give complete cmyk support. Cheers. Jim On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 17:18 (-0600), Max Chernoff wrote: > Hi all, > I've had

[NTG-context] Re: .jpx and .jxl

2024-03-05 Thread Jim
On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 15:18 (+0100), Taco Hoekwater wrote: >> On 4 Mar 2024, at 15:30, Jim wrote: >> Recently I've been trying to make some PDFs smaller by using better >> compression of JPEG pictures. >> I was happy to see that \externalfigure cheerfully accepts .

[NTG-context] .jpx and .jxl

2024-03-05 Thread Jim
. Bonus question: is there any plan to support JXL files in ConTeXt? Thanks. Jim ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg

[NTG-context] Re: An announcement of my new book.

2024-02-14 Thread Jim
t yet have any projects that big. Anyway, good luck with the project. Jim On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 22:22 (-), Sir Coleman via ntg-context wrote: > I'm glad to know there's a demand for this book. > Hopefully soon I'll upload a draft of it to GitLa

[NTG-context] Nested itemize lists: unexpected spacing

2024-02-01 Thread Jim
too, but 2 doesn't \protect then I get the spacing I want. Q2: \c_strc_itemgroups_spacing_mode seems to be an undocumented "feature". Is there a "documented" way of making the unwanted blank line go away, without introducing unwanted blank lines

[NTG-context] Re: archive.contextgarden.net 404?

2024-01-28 Thread Jim
On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 19:42 (+0100), Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 00:42, Jim wrote: >> Today I ran across three references to archive.contextgarden.net, one in a >> tugboat article and two others in context garden wiki pages. >> I was not ab

[NTG-context] Re: \framed{\externalfigure} vs \externalfigure[frame=on]

2024-01-27 Thread Jim
On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 19:12 (+0100), Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote: > On 1/27/24 17:44, Jim wrote: >> The wiki page for \setupexternalfigure says >> "Show frame around image. Most(?) options of \setupframed are usable!" Hi Pablo, > I’m afraid that this

[NTG-context] \framed{\externalfigure} vs \externalfigure[frame=on]

2024-01-27 Thread Jim
e result I was looking for is the second figure in this example.) Thanks. Jim %%% cut here % \setuppapersize[legal] \starttext fr[ef] with frameoffset=1cm: This preceding text ends up inside the frame. \fr

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-26 Thread Jim
On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 09:55 (+0100), Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Jim wrote: >> The nice thing about your setup above is that it is nice and structured. >> But if a table calls for some row, column or cell to be treated >> differently, I guess I am in

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 22:22 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Jim schrieb am 25.01.2024 um 22:01: >> Hi Henning, >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:16 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: >>> Am 25.01.24 um 16:12 schrieb Jim: >>> > Hi, I was wondering if anyone

[NTG-context] archive.contextgarden.net 404?

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
Today I ran across three references to archive.contextgarden.net, one in a tugboat article and two others in context garden wiki pages. I was not able to reach that site. Is it (long since?) dead or is it just on vacation temporarily? Thanks. Jim

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:30 (+0100), Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Jim wrote: >> In a recent answer on this list, Mikael helped someone by pointing out the >> \HF[...] command. The \HF command is not listed in the \starttable wiki >> page. >> Q2: I

[NTG-context] Re: \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
Hi Henning, On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 17:16 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 25.01.24 um 16:12 schrieb Jim: >> Hi, I was wondering if anyone here could help me with these three things: >> For a long time I have been using Wichura's TaBle macros (i.e., w

[NTG-context] \starttable questions

2024-01-25 Thread Jim
\endtable have this feature? If so, how does one access this feature? Thanks. Jim ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

[NTG-context] Re: Looking for itemize help

2024-01-16 Thread Jim
On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 01:15 (+), Bruce Horrocks wrote: > On 15 Jan 2024, at 16:15, Jim wrote: >> I would like >> something which automagically "does the right thing". > Not pretty, but... :-) > \setupwhitespace [big] > \setuppapersize [letter] >

[NTG-context] Re: Looking for itemize help

2024-01-15 Thread Jim
On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 20:33 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 15.01.24 um 17:15 schrieb Jim: >> "after" does the trick, but not in an automatic way. I would like >> something which automagically "does the right thing". > With “automagically”,

[NTG-context] Re: Looking for itemize help

2024-01-15 Thread Jim
On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 17:39 (+0100), Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Jim schrieb am 15.01.2024 um 01:42: >> I have >> \setupwhitespace [big] >> so that I get "a blank line" between paragraphs. >> I would like to *not* have "blank lines" before and af

[NTG-context] Re: [External] Re: Looking for itemize help

2024-01-15 Thread Jim
Hi Michael, thanks for getting back. But the problem is not the text in front of the items, but rather vertical whitespace that I don't want. (Or, with 'nowhite', vertical space that I might want not being there.) Cheers. Jim On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 15:51

[NTG-context] Re: Looking for itemize help

2024-01-15 Thread Jim
Two replies in one... On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 15:47 (+0100), Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jan 2024, Jim wrote: >> Thoughts? > \startitemize[nowhite, after] > . . . > \stopitemize > See: https://adityam.github.io/context-blog/post/spacing-in-item

[NTG-context] Re: Looking for itemize help

2024-01-15 Thread Jim
Hi Hraban, thanks for your response. But... On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 08:17 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 15.01.24 um 01:42 schrieb Jim: >> Some text preceding the list of items: >> a. Item one. >> b. Second item. >> This sentence is part of the same paragr

[NTG-context] Looking for itemize help

2024-01-14 Thread Jim
to do this, or (b) a document that would tell me this, if I knew to read it? I've looked in the wiki, the not-so-short intro to ConTeXt, and "ConTeXt: an excursion" with no luck. Thanks. Jim ___

[NTG-context] Re: mtx-synctex.lua question

2023-12-08 Thread Jim
On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 21:18 (+0100), Hans Hagen wrote: > On 12/8/2023 7:51 PM, Jim wrote: >> Hi Hans (and anyone else interested in synctex), >> 282a284,285 >>> locate( 0, s) if fi ~= 0 then tl = s ; goto done end >>> locate( 0,-s) if fi ~= 0 then tl = s ;

[NTG-context] Re: mtx-synctex.lua question

2023-12-08 Thread Jim
Hi Hans (and anyone else interested in synctex), On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 11:38 (-0400), Jim wrote: > Hi Hans, > On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 15:03 (+0100), Hans Hagen wrote: >> On 12/7/2023 7:23 PM, Jim wrote: >>> Hi, >>> In mtx-synctex.lua, inside >>> lo

[NTG-context] Re: mtx-synctex.lua question

2023-12-08 Thread Jim
Hi Hans, On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 15:03 (+0100), Hans Hagen wrote: > On 12/7/2023 7:23 PM, Jim wrote: >> Hi, >> In mtx-synctex.lua, inside >> local function findlocation(filename,page,xpos,ypos,tolerance) >> there is the following code: >> for s=1,tolerance,max

[NTG-context] mtx-synctex.lua question

2023-12-07 Thread Jim
~= 0 then tl = s ; goto done end end Is the omission of the locate(0, s) ... and locate(0, -s) ... cases intentional, or is that an oversight? If intentional, can someone explain the rationale to me? Thanks. Jim

[NTG-context] Re: context not producing synctex output that my synctex program can use

2023-11-15 Thread Jim
Henning and Hans, thanks for the replies. I have two follow-up questions below, as well as some other comments which other synctex users might find useful. On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 10:26 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 12.11.23 um 00:59 schrieb Jim: >> Hi, >> I'v

[NTG-context] context not producing synctex output that my synctex program can use

2023-11-11 Thread Jim
for now. Thanks very much. Jim ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3

[NTG-context] Re: Double sided pages leave a thin white line on the right side

2023-10-28 Thread Jim
pdf. > Which OS and PDF reader do you use and have you checked with a different > reader? For what it's worth, I see a white line at the very left side on Slackware 15.0 using acroread 9.5.5. Jim _

[NTG-context] Bug(?) in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tabulate#Spanning_Multiple_Pages

2023-09-11 Thread Jim
cification to title={\color[red]{Fenchurch St. Paul}}, as well as title={{\color[red]{Fenchurch St. Paul}}}, but both of these reward me with a runaway context process. Can someone point out the correct way to do what the wiki intended? Thanks. Jim P.S. Bonu

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

2023-09-10 Thread Jim
Hi Lutz, thanks very much for that example, it does show me a way to answer my question. Although the messages from Wolfgang had already solved my problem, your solution in instructional in a different way, and so quite helpful. Cheers. Jim On Sat, Sep 9, 2023

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

2023-09-09 Thread Jim
Hi Wolfgang, On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 23:12 (+0200), Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Jim schrieb am 09.09.2023 um 22:34: >> Wolfgang, >> thanks very much for your help. As a long-time plain TeX user, but a >> ConTeXt n00b, that would have taken me a long time to figure

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

2023-09-09 Thread Jim
this both with the context distribution (updated a few minutes ago) and with the version that is in texlive (also updated a few minutes ago). Do all three items show up in your contents listing? Thanks. Jim On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 21:17 (+0200), Wolfgang Schuster wrote

[NTG-context] Table of contents of unnumbered titles

2023-09-09 Thread Jim
he "No number" entry in the \completecontent. I find it hard to imagine that I am the only Context user who wants to do this. Can anyone point me in the direction of a working example? And am I misinterpreting the wiki, or is the wiki page broken? Thanks.

Re: [NTG-context] Super slow installation

2023-05-30 Thread Jim via ntg-context
0.06s user 0.61s system 4% cpu 13.780 total So that is 13.78 seconds from Dartmouth, NS (that's the "far east" for those of you who don't know Canadian geography :-). Jim

Re: [NTG-context] \setupitemize[indentnext=auto] broken?

2023-04-16 Thread Jim via ntg-context
On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 12:35 (-0400), Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote: > On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, Jim via ntg-context wrote: >> In the wiki page https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Indentation there is the >> fo

Re: [NTG-context] \setupitemize[indentnext=auto] broken?

2023-04-16 Thread Jim via ntg-context
On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 08:28 (-0400), Carlos via ntg-context wrote: > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 02:27:56PM -0300, Jim via ntg-context wrote: >> In the wiki page https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Indentation there is the >> fo

[NTG-context] https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Enumerations problem

2023-04-15 Thread Jim via ntg-context
"joinedup" when you use "nowhite". Is this indeed the case (in which case the wiki page could use an edit) or are there case where both "joinedup" and "nowhite" are needed together (in which case the wiki page could stand a little more informati

[NTG-context] \setupitemize[indentnext=auto] broken?

2023-04-15 Thread Jim via ntg-context
is not, in both my test and the wiki page itself. Is this a documentation bug, a ConTeXt bug, or something else yet? Cheers. Jim ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

Re: [NTG-context] contextgarden wiki

2023-03-30 Thread Jim via ntg-context
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 09:31 (+0200), Taco Hoekwater wrote: >> On 30 Mar 2023, at 00:23, Jim via ntg-context wrote: >> At https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Wiki:About there is a Contact section, >> including >> For general questions (any questi

[NTG-context] contextgarden wiki

2023-03-29 Thread Jim via ntg-context
. However, that sounds like a decision for senior management, and I was going to ask them, but I couldn't find the right corner office. Thoughts? Jim ___ If your question is of interest

Re: [NTG-context] Spacing problem around decimal point

2023-03-28 Thread Jim via ntg-context
have this feeling that Apple is slowly iterating towards a state where they sell you an expensive computer with a beautiful acrylic and polished stainless steel stand and ask you just to admire it, but don't touch it. :-) Jim On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 14:56 (-0600

Re: [NTG-context] Spacing problem around decimal point

2023-03-26 Thread Jim via ntg-context
Hi all, Regrettably, I see the same problem and Gavin. I am using TeXlive 2023 on Slackware64 15.0, for what that is worth. Jim On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 17:36 (+0200), Günter Kolousek via ntg-context wrote: > Hi, > I can confirm that the x64_64-linu