Re: [NTG-context] Software upgrade for ntg and contextgarden server 6 April

KUDOS to you guys and thanks a *lot*! W Am 11.04.23 um 22:42 schrieb Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context: Hi, So … the server now runs Ubuntu 22.04. Jay! This was a much harder upgrade though. ... In any case, today was the last of the big software update procedures Best wishes, Taco and Jules

Re: [NTG-context] what happend to \writeline?

\writeline works well again after the next update to version: 2021.05.31 14:13 - *and* my xtables patch in cont-loc persisted. Thank you Hans, Werner Am 28.05.21 um 18:19 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 5/28/2021 6:05 PM, Werner Hennrich wrote: Hello everyone, I'm looking into my environment's

Re: [NTG-context] new page before xtable with repeated headers

sorry, not true: Am 31.05.21 um 12:36 schrieb Werner Hennrich: but the patch isn't loaded any more. my \writestatus\m!system{beware: LOCAL PATCH LOADED FOR xtable} from inside the \else to \fi is indeed still in my console. case re safe update closed - thanks, Werner

Re: [NTG-context] new page before xtable with repeated headers

Hello Hans, loading from cont-loc now works, thank you! Am 31.05.21 um 11:33 schrieb Hans Hagen: you can wrap such a patch in: \ifcsname\??xtableflushsplit\v!repeat\endcsname \else \fi to make sure that it's not overloading something built in if I do this, I get: suggestion  > use

Re: [NTG-context] Side-by-side environment

Hello Tommy, xtable is quite versatile and can do a lot of things - place your cells next to each other by putting them into the same row. If you haven't yet, this might be a good moment to skim through the xtables manual and play

Re: [NTG-context] new page before xtable with repeated headers

I still rely in all my installations on this bit at the bottom to be in cont-new.mkxl. Is there a way to make this patch update-safe? There are comments in ./tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl: %D This file is loaded at runtime, thereby providing an excellent place for

[NTG-context] what happend to \writeline?

Hello everyone, I'm looking into my environment's logging to trace a problem and realize that \writeline is gone mute - that is, the output of subsequent logging lines now gets joined up in the same line, very hard to read... I observe this in version: 2021.05.27 14:15, as well as in version:

Re: [NTG-context] LMTX install

Julian, is the luametatex file in that directory executable? both context and mtxrun are links to it: lrwxrwxrwx 1 xxx xxx  10  context -> luametatex -rw-r--r-- 1 xxx xxx    1315  context.lua -rwxr-xr-x 1 xxx xxx 2957368  luametatex -rwxr-xr-x 1 xxx xxx 7150016  luatex lrwxrwxrwx 1 xxx xxx   

Re: [NTG-context] xtable in def or setups

/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf <https://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xtables-mkiv.pdf>). Adam On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 6:38 PM Werner Hennrich mailto:w...@gmx.at>> wrote: Hello everyone, I'm trying to create an xtable from within a \def (or within a \setups) bu

[NTG-context] xtable in def or setups

Hello everyone, I'm trying to create an xtable from within a \def (or within a \setups) but always run into "runaway error: end of file encountered" whenever the xtable-commands are in there. \definextable[icbtable] \setupxtable[icbtable] [frame=off, top=\vskip7mm]

Re: [NTG-context] new page before xtable with repeated headers

Am 25.04.21 um 10:52 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Yes, some slack is needed to avoid the table being pushed to the next space because not enough space is available. I recommend also to ensure a minimum amount of space (e.g. 5 lines) is available to avoid tables with just a few rows. Wolfgang I

Re: [NTG-context] new page before xtable with repeated headers

Thank you Hans, this works well in my unchanged MWE - I'll do some more rigorous testing on monday and let you know. Thanks a lot and hava a nice weekend! Werner Am 23.04.21 um 21:28 schrieb Hans Hagen: Always tricky this (on my agenda is to look into the engines page builder ...) You can

[NTG-context] new page before xtable with repeated headers

Hello everyone, I'm having an xtable spanning several pages and need to have its headers repeated. For this I've set "split=repeat", but unfortunately this causes the table to start with a new new page leaving the rest of the preceding page empty. Having "split=yes" makes the tabe continue on

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with new ConTeXt in Linux

not a Linux related Problem IMHO - I'm having none of that kind under both Arch and Debian. HTH! W Am 20.03.21 um 08:13 schrieb Jairo A. del Rio: When I update to ConTeXt LMTX version 2021.03.20 01:07, the following happens during format generation: tex error       > tex error on line 25 in

Re: [NTG-context] working on page refs with MP

in MP how would I call TeX (from MP) with a string like "\ref[page][a]" and have the page number stored in a numeric var? Thanks in advance, Werner Am 18.03.21 um 19:55 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 3/18/2021 6:14 PM, Werner Hennrich wrote: metafun > log > metafun  

[NTG-context] working on page refs with MP

Hello everyone, I'm having page references and want to calc / draw 'Page x of y' for some subsections in MP. How can I pass 'em down so I end up with numbers to do calculations with? \setuplayout[header=15mm] \def\myHeader[#1]#2{ \ignorespaces \getdummyparameters[ref=,next=,#1]

Re: [NTG-context] temporary changes to the layout - \startlocal undefined

*great*, that looks clean and useful - thank you very much Wolfgang! cheers, Werner Am 16.02.21 um 17:21 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Werner Hennrich schrieb am 16.02.2021 um 16:29: Hello Everybody, I need to increase my header's space temporarily and according to pg 99 of context_an_excursion

[NTG-context] temporary changes to the layout - \startlocal undefined

Hello Everybody, I need to increase my header's space temporarily and according to pg 99 of context_an_excursion "\startlocal ... \stoplocal" is the way to go - unfortunately my LMTX (2021.02.02 15:49) disagrees:     \setuppapersize[A4][A4]     \setuplayout[     ...     header=15mm,    

Re: [NTG-context] parsing multi-valued parameters

quite nifty, I'll add that to my bag... thank you Wolfgang! cheers, Werner Am 12.02.21 um 12:53 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Werner Hennrich schrieb am 12.02.2021 um 08:26: Hello everyone, please can you give me pointers on how to easiest parse multi-valued \dummyparameter{...} like

Re: [NTG-context] parsing multi-valued parameters

a, so easy - thank you Hans! cheers, Werner Am 12.02.21 um 09:01 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 2/12/2021 8:26 AM, Werner Hennrich wrote: Hello everyone, please can you give me pointers on how to easiest parse multi-valued \dummyparameter{...} like in \something[...,weather={sunshine, rain, hail

[NTG-context] parsing multi-valued parameters

Hello everyone, please can you give me pointers on how to easiest parse multi-valued \dummyparameter{...} like in \something[...,weather={sunshine, rain, hail},...] so that I can test for e.g.  rain, sunshine, wind, hail, mist, fog, storm etc, each if it is present or not? ...so I can keep my

Re: [NTG-context] \doassign variable - updates not picked up

Am 22.01.21 um 23:46 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: I guess you set the value in a local group and at the end of the group your setting is forgotten, ... you're right Wolfgang! I removed a \begingroup-\endgroup pair in the macro that sets the value by calling my \setHeaderVar and now I get the

Re: [NTG-context] new lmtx / fonts

Am 22.01.21 um 09:50 schrieb Hans Hagen: I'm still playing a bit with metafonts so there are two new files context --global meta-imp-clock.mkxl > A crazy examples made in crazy times. made me laugh =:-) Thanks, weHe

[NTG-context] \doassign variable - updates not picked up

value - so the variable is read but it's updates aren't picked up by the header macro. Peeking into console, log & tuc didn't raise any idea yet as to what is going wrong... Any idea what is happening and how I can fix this? Any hints on how I can track this down? Thanks a lot, Werner Henn