Re: [NTG-context] local footnotes and captions

If I combine the examples from the different threads (see attachment) – local and postponed footnotes – the local footnotes get repeated in global scope after the postponing. Hraban footnote-local.tex Description: TeX document

Re: [NTG-context] Foonotes in Captions ... again

Am 16.06.22 um 13:09 schrieb Denis Maier via ntg-context: Hmmm, I probably was to quick. Does not really work in my real document... I'll try to solve the issue now by integrating the notes into the caption. Let's see if the authors accept it. Anyway, maybe that would be a nice topic for the

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes in captions -> "inherit" textwidth from floatntg

It’s the same with footnotes in columns – they use the local width as default. Hraban Am 16.06.22 um 11:57 schrieb Denis Maier via ntg-context: Yes, that works. But it’s still strange, isn’t it? Denis *Von:*ntg-context *Im Auftrag von *jbf via ntg-context *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 16. Juni

Re: [NTG-context] Why are some images rendered very tiny?

Am 15.06.22 um 18:11 schrieb Joel via ntg-context: I wrote this macro to display images in my book. It should place the image to the left, filling ~50% of \textwidth, then the caption is to the right. \setupcaption[location=right, minwidth=.5\textwidth] \define[4]\figureis{%     

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting modern Greek (UTF8) with ConTeXt

Am 07.06.22 um 19:30 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: On 6/7/22 18:32, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: [...] \installlanguage [\s!gr] [\s!patterns=\s!agr] % ok? \installlanguage [\s!greek] [\s!gr] So it seems that is wrong / incomplete. AFAI understand, "el&qu

Re: [NTG-context] Workshop at FrOSCon

Am 08.06.22 um 07:18 schrieb juh via ntg-context: For the Developer Room we need at least three people willing to attend the whole time at least for one day. If anyone would help me to organize a 2h-Bootstrap Workshop for ConTeXt I would be very happy. Due to my holidays I am only available

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting modern Greek (UTF8) with ConTeXt

Am 07.06.22 um 17:42 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: On 6/6/22 22:59, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: I can’t remember where I found the information that el-monoton (synonymous to el and gr) and el-polyton (synonymous to agr and grc) should be available. Hyphenation

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting modern Greek (UTF8) with ConTeXt

Am 06.06.22 um 19:14 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: \language[gr], but beware since it uses patterns for ancient Greek. That is documented in the manual languages-mkiv.pdf I can’t remember where I found the information that el-monoton (synonymous to el and gr) and el-polyton

Re: [NTG-context] Improving pandoc's ConTeXt output

Am 05.06.22 um 16:30 schrieb Albert Krewinkel via ntg-context: 2. Similarly, I'd like to start wrapping paragraphs with     `\startparagraph`/`\stopparagraph`. It is important for me to get     properly tagged PDF, \startparagraph can lead to unwanted side effects (I can't remember the

[NTG-context] Regular online-meetup

You’re invited to join this Wednesday, June 8th, 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Hans will probably give a Q session again – please announce subjects you’d like to discuss ASAP, so that he can prepare. (Same blurb

Re: [NTG-context] issue with scite module

Am 01.06.22 um 19:45 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: But I don’t know which file deals with it (so I could try to submit a patch). That would be texmf-context/tex/context/modules/mkiv/m-scite.mkiv and texmf-context/context/data/scite/context/lexers/scite-context-lexer-xml.lua and

Re: [NTG-context] issue with scite module

Am 01.06.22 um 18:47 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: Dear list, I have the following sample: \usemodule[scite] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] \type[option=xml]{} \type[option=xml]{<áñß/>} \stopTEXpage \stoptext Using scite, I don’t get the second element

Re: [NTG-context] issue in Lua syntax formatting

Am 01.06.22 um 02:39 schrieb Max Chernoff: the formatting of Lua multi-line strings messes up the source structure, in the following MWE, the "one" is displayed after "[[": I can reproduce this. As a workaround, you can insert a non-breaking space (U+00A0) immediately after the "[[": Good

[NTG-context] stacking of marginals

If you have many marginals, they tend to conflict. The option stack=yes should enhance the situation. I don’t expect wonders – if there’s not enough space, then ConTeXt can’t solve it. But it used to work better, as I can see in my magazines from the last years. Now I can’t see a difference

Re: [NTG-context] Align headings on the left

Am 30.05.22 um 18:37 schrieb Jürgen Althaus via ntg-context: Von meinem Commodore 64 geschickt Hallo Jürgen, ich meine mich zwar zu erinnern, dass es eine TeX-Distribution für C64 gab, aber mit LuaMetaTeX wird das nix... ;) Grüßlinge, Hraban

[NTG-context] issue in Lua syntax formatting

Hi, the formatting of Lua multi-line strings messes up the source structure, in the following MWE, the "one" is displayed after "[[": \starttext \startLUA words = [[ one two three ]] \stopLUA \stoptext (Denis recognized that in his MAPS/CGJ article on ligature handling.) Hraban

Re: [NTG-context] How to include a file with table data within a table?

Did you try \input{file.tex} ? (Just an idea, didn’t try.) Hraban Am 29.05.22 um 18:34 schrieb Joel via ntg-context: After a recent update to ConTeXt, the code no longer seems to allow me to \input a file within a table: \starttext \starttabulate[|p(.3\textwidth)|p(.7\textwidth)|]     \HL  

Re: [NTG-context] Small caps as a separate font

Am 25.05.22 um 22:23 schrieb Stefan Nedeljkovic via ntg-context: Dear list, A quick question about a font that has a separate file for small caps. I have the following: \starttypescript [sans] [dtl-documenta-sans-t] \definefontsynonym[Sans] [name:dtldocumentasanst][features=default]

Re: [NTG-context] Help needed with Custodia typescript

asemibold Custodia-SemiBold.ttf custodiasemibolditalic   custodia     custodiasemibolditalic Custodia-SemiBoldItalic.ttf I tried a different name, but the result was the same. On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 7:12 PM Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context mailto:ntg-context@ntg.n

Re: [NTG-context] Help needed with Custodia typescript

um weights, as it is not standard. I took my solution from Wolfgang, here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/303648/context-font-weights <https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/303648/context-font-weights> On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 6:32 PM Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context ma

Re: [NTG-context] Help needed with Custodia typescript

Hi Stefan, I never used \definebodyfont but either \definefontfamily or typescripts with \definefontsynonym. Did you try \definefontfamily[custodia][rm][Custodia] ? https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definefontfamily Hraban Am 25.05.22 um 18:20 schrieb Stefan Nedeljkovic via

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with column sets?

Am 24.05.22 um 20:43 schrieb T. Kurt Bond via ntg-context: Given the following file that uses definecolumnset and startcolumnset/stopcolumnset (largely from the wiki ) for input:

Re: [NTG-context] Issue with interactive checkboxes[solved]

Am 24.05.22 um 18:43 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: But what I experienced in Acrobat Reader DC (on a borrowed computer) is that you get the standard image (only when field is enabled) when you click elsewhere in the document. I guess that this may be related to a missing

Re: [NTG-context] font question re U+00336

Hi Julian, Am 24.05.22 um 02:30 schrieb jbf via ntg-context: I wonder if someone can help me interpret this message in the log file fonts   > start missing characters: /home/jbf/bin/context/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/tex-gyre/texgyrepagella-regular.otf fonts   >   88 

Re: [NTG-context] Interactive checkbox in ConTeXt

Am 20.05.22 um 12:01 schrieb Jan-Erik Hägglöf via ntg-context: How do I accomplish a similar funktion like this, that is written in latex, but in context instead? LATEXCODE |\documentclass{article} \usepackage{hyperref} \begin{document} \begin{Form}

[NTG-context] overthinking overprinting

A question on TeX-D-L reminded me to look into this subject. At the moment, there is \setupcolors[intent=overprint|knockout] with \startoverprint|knockout, as defined in colo-ext.mkxl|mkiv. I’m not sure what that does as a general setting – usually you need overprinting for black text and

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting 2023(!)

Am 19.05.22 um 00:22 schrieb br...@scorecrow.com: On 17 May 2022, at 07:49, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: Would that make a difference for you? Seven days is a big time commitment, unless you are a major user of ConTeXt. Is there a possibility to split it up

[NTG-context] PDF/A-3, XMP and Factur-X

Hi again, I’m looking into extending my ConTeXt-made invoices with embedded XML data according to the DE/FR Factur-X standard (in Germany also known as ZUGFeRD). Does anyone have some experience with that? For that, I need PDF/A-3(a) compliant documents – current documentation is only on

[NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting 2023(!)

Hi y’all, at the latest online meeting as well as within the CG board, we were discussing the ConTeXt meeting in 2023, since nothing is planned yet. [date] The usual fall date makes it difficult for students and teachers to attend. We were discussing a date in August (or even July). Would

[NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting 2022: registration is open!

The sixteenth ConTeXt meeting will take place in Dreifelden, Germany on September 12–18, 2022 You are cordially invited to join the 16th ConTeXt meeting. The meeting will host ConTeXt and Lua(Meta)TeX developers and users and gives you the opportunity to present your results, experiences and

Re: [NTG-context] issue with two recently added PDF manuals

Am 15.05.22 um 17:35 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: On 5/15/22 10:48, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: Am 15.05.22 um 10:36 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: I’m experiencing issues to open the following documents added in one of the recent latests. $ mupdf-gl

Re: [NTG-context] issue with two recently added PDF manuals

Am 15.05.22 um 10:36 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: I’m experiencing issues to open the following documents added in one of the recent latests. $ mupdf-gl onandon.pdf $ mupdf-gl columnsets.pdf Would anyone be so kind to confirm the issue? While I can confirm that onandon.pdf

Re: [NTG-context] Simple question

Am 10.05.22 um 00:15 schrieb Gerben Wierda via ntg-context: What is the easiest way to have a ‘database’ of translations for strings and maybe links? I now have 4 languages and 2 versions so 8 documents, but I’d like to have all translatable strings together so I can maintain these in a

Re: [NTG-context] a cross-reference query

Hi Julian, while I can’t help you with the real issue, a few hints: * Look into the .tuc file for the references. Do you find differences between working and not-working examples? * Do the examples work if you take them out of your big document or if you change the order? * There are

[NTG-context] Regular online-meetup

You’re invited to join this Wednesday, May 11th, 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Hans will probably give a Q session again – please announce subjects you’d like to discuss ASAP, so that he can prepare. E.g. we can

Re: [NTG-context] Crediting copyright on photographs

Am 04.05.22 um 23:59 schrieb Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context: I need to include the copyright acknowledgement / photographer credit on an image but I'm not sure what's the best way to do it. Option 1: I can add the acknowledgement to the end of the \placefigure caption text: e.g.

Re: [NTG-context] how to choose a font variant "book" / LMTX

Do I understand correctly that you want the "Book" variant as regular? Or do you need both? Have a look into typescripts, e.g. https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Alegreya_Typescript You probably won’t need the features. Hraban Am 04.05.22 um 18:44 schrieb Heinrich Paeßens via ntg-context: Hi

[NTG-context] recursion in a table

Hi, I was playing with the example from https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Scaling_Rotating_Mirroring_Clipping#Location_parameter and tried to put it in a tabulate: \useMPlibrary[dum] \setupexternalfigures[width=3em,height=2em,frame=on,] %\def\TXT{\ruledhbox{\bf(XyX)}}

Re: [NTG-context] lua-widow-control module error in LMTX

Am 28.04.22 um 12:54 schrieb Eduardo Bohoyo via ntg-context: Hi Max: Here testing that beta version. As you know, my book is in grid mode, but I get the same error message as Hraban when the compilation crashes. However, when I comment grid again in my document, it does compile the pdf.

[NTG-context] installing modules

Hi, while the rsync installation shown in https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modules#ConTeXt_LMTX works well, it doesn’t install all available modules listed in modules.contextgarden.net. E.g. lua-widow-control and metaducks are missing. Why, and how can we change that? Has it to do with the t-

Re: [NTG-context] lua-widow-control module error in LMTX

Am 28.04.22 um 09:25 schrieb Max Chernoff via ntg-context: I _think_ that I've fixed it now. Can you try the beta version at https://github.com/gucci-on-fleek/lua-widow-control/releases/tag/release-47ff19d9804f6ecea64dda59426664680d9756e0 please? Hopefully this solves the issue. Hi

Re: [NTG-context] cropoffset reduces paper size

Hi, I’d like to know if the changed behavior is intentional and will stay this way – in that case I’d need to change my environments and update the documentation. Hraban Am 15.04.22 um 21:31 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context: Hi, at least in the current and previous LMTX beta

Re: [NTG-context] How do I define a smallcaps font?

Am 24.04.22 um 16:21 schrieb Joel via ntg-context: I have a font that already comes with a smallcaps variant. How do I define it? I've tried the following, which I think should work from the documentation I've seen, but doesn't: \starttypescript[serif]                            [garamond]

Re: [NTG-context] placing (on) layers

of the \setlayerframed command . — What would be possible is to attach the layer as a background to one of the different areas of the paper. I hope this gives you a hint how to proceed.. Willi On 15 Apr 2022, at 21:51, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: Hi again, I’m always struggling

[NTG-context] placing (on) layers

Hi again, I’m always struggling with putting stuff on layers, since these just never start where I’d expect them to, and the offsets changed a few times within the last years. Please explain how I should define a layer that covers the whole page, since the following MWE is wrong (the layer

[NTG-context] cropoffset reduces paper size

Hi, at least in the current and previous LMTX beta, the paper size gets reduced if I use cropoffset as well as \setupinteractionscreen. (It is known that the PDF box settings only work with the latter.) In the MWE below, paper size gets reduced by cropoffset: \setuppapersize[A4]

Re: [NTG-context] Regular online meet-up

You’re invited to join next *Wednesday*, April 13th, 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) (Beware, we changed the weekday!) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Hans will probably give a Q session again – please announce subjects you’d like to discuss ASAP, so

Re: [NTG-context] Switching fonts changes framedtext justification

Am 08.04.22 um 02:25 schrieb Thangalin via ntg-context: Works flawlessly, thank you! Here's a demo with left and right speech bubbles: Thank you for the speech bubbles! This is something I need for the messenger chats in my novel. Will be a good learning experience to adapt your solution to

Re: [NTG-context] two requests for ConTeXt

Am 06.04.22 um 17:02 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: The first one is to allow that ConTeXt LMTX also downloads the available modules. The second feature would be the addition of an "emoji" range for font fallbacks. +2 Hraban

Re: [NTG-context] Switching fonts changes framedtext justification

Am 04.04.22 um 01:21 schrieb Thangalin via ntg-context: Confirmed there is a font issue with LMTX. $ context --version mtx-context | current version: 2022.04.01 09:37 The issue was also present with version 2021.11.30. Are you sure it's not a tolerance issue? Pablo's example also

Re: [NTG-context] new upload / more math

Oh, great work, thank you! (While I keep working with WebCMS and avoid math...) And I guess you forgot to mention that you discontinued the support for non-metric measures like the obsolete inch, except Potrzebie, of course. Hraban Am 01.04.22 um 10:02 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:

Re: [NTG-context] \figuresymbol with underlying hyperlink?

)]\autoinsertnextspace} \chapter{a\Link} text \stoptext Steffen Am 29.03.2022 um 09:56 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context : Am 28.03.22 um 21:08 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum via ntg-context: Hi, is it possible to combine figuresymbol with some kind of \useurl? The goal is to have an inline symbol

Re: [NTG-context] \figuresymbol with underlying hyperlink?

Am 28.03.22 um 21:08 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum via ntg-context: Hi, is it possible to combine figuresymbol with some kind of \useurl? The goal is to have an inline symbol that provides a http url link. AFAIK there’s nothing ready-made in that regard, but just define your own macro. E.g. I

Re: [NTG-context] Trying to get a simple bibliography

Am 26.03.22 um 14:51 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz via ntg-context: On 26. Mar 2022, at 14:04, A A via ntg-context wrote: The next question I guess is whether ConTeXt support other specs like MLA or Chicago style. I tried MLA but without sucess. Is MLA possible in ConTeXt? One (admittedly

Re: [NTG-context] \setupheadertexts for chapters with different authors

but don't appreciate why. Julian On 18/3/22 18:52, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: The *list* variables work only in lists. There’s also \structurevariable and \structureuservariable. Make sure you use setups for the header, otherwise the variable gets expanded only once

Re: [NTG-context] \setupheadertexts for chapters with different authors

Am 18.03.22 um 10:13 schrieb jbf via ntg-context: Off list for the moment. Late at night where I am. I will take a look at this more closely on the morrow. Thanks. You’re welcome. BTW I answered with some German last time since I mixed up jbf and juh – the latter I know to be German.

Re: [NTG-context] \setupheadertexts for chapters with different authors

Am 18.03.22 um 01:48 schrieb jbf via ntg-context: I thought this should work, since \structurelistuservariable{author} works fine to call the author name into the TOC, but the same does not work for header texts it seems: \setupheadertexts

Re: [NTG-context] Calling in chapter number in list={}

Am 17.03.22 um 11:31 schrieb Jean-Pierre Delange via ntg-context: Which could be translated in English ! Yes, I was a bit lazy and Thunderbird also messed up the line breaking. HR ___ If your question is of

Re: [NTG-context] Calling in chapter number in list={}

Hi Julian, have fun with: \currentlistentrylocation = Laufende Nummer des Listeneintrags \namedstructureheadlocation{section} = Abschnittsnummer der angegebenen Hier­archiestufe (chapter, section usw.) \currentlistentrynumber = Abschnittsnummer des aktuellen Listen­ eintrags

Re: [NTG-context] Force a hyphenation

Am 16.03.22 um 16:48 schrieb Willi Egger via ntg-context: Hi, at the moment I am dealing with a German text. Although I have \mainlanguage[de] in the preamble the word 'des Eiweißes' is hyphenated as 'des Eiwei-ßes'. Of course this should be 'des Eiweis-ses'. How can I make sure that ConTeXt

Re: [NTG-context] tilde character

Am 14.03.22 um 18:45 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: On Mon, 14 Mar 2022, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: Hi, I’ve a stupid question: How do I get the default tilde character from a font? ~ is a fixed space \texttilde gives a tilde accent \utfchar{0x007E} yields a space (probably the same

[NTG-context] tilde character

Hi, I’ve a stupid question: How do I get the default tilde character from a font? ~ is a fixed space \texttilde gives a tilde accent \utfchar{0x007E} yields a space (probably the same as ~) Hraban ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] \asciimode and MetaPost in LMTX result in “Isolated expression”

Am 12.03.22 um 18:08 schrieb Marco Patzer via ntg-context: Maybe someone else with more MetaPost-heavy workflows¹ can test this, too? Marco ¹ Hraban? nudge, nudge… My use of MetaPost is very simple, I still don’t understand much... My current and most MP-heavy project so far, fails in

Re: [NTG-context] new upload

Am 12.03.22 um 00:16 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: Hi, It has been a while since there was an updaste but there it is. The most significant 'changes' are: Thank you so much! Finally log files of reasonable size again. My latest book (with a lot MetaPost and image trickery) ran

[NTG-context] interlinespacing in margin notes – solved

Hi all, esp. Hans and Massimiliano, yesterday in the online meeting we discussed (again) my margin notes problems. A quite minimal setup is shown below. My remaining problem was that the footnotes always used the interlinespacing (baseskip) of the main text. Finally I found the reason in my

Re: [NTG-context] Regular online meet-up

That’s NOW, BTW. ;) Am 06.03.22 um 13:28 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context: You’re invited to join next *Wednesday*, March 9th, 15:00 CET (UTC+1) (Beware, we changed the weekday!) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Hans

Re: [NTG-context] What’s wrong with installation?

Am 08.03.22 um 14:03 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: On 3/8/2022 12:55 PM, Stephen Gaito via ntg-context wrote: Hans, I am having the same problem on an XUbuntu 21.10 : hm, maybe the server has some issue ... i rebooted the machine Thank you! I can confirm it’s working again – and the

Re: [NTG-context] help with facing page image

Am 07.03.22 um 21:08 schrieb Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context: On 7 Mar 2022, at 03:49, jbf via ntg-context wrote: I wonder if someone can help me untangle the current little mess I seem to be creating! Author wants an image on facing page to each of 10 chapters in the bodypart of the

[NTG-context] What’s wrong with installation?

Hi, I just tried to install a new instance of LMTX without success. """ $ unzip -l *.zip Archive: context-osx-64.zip Length DateTimeName - -- - 0 03-05-2019 22:50 bin/ 19082 01-21-2022 20:13 bin/mtx-install.lua 693184 01-21-2022

[NTG-context] Regular online meet-up

You’re invited to join next *Wednesday*, March 9th, 15:00 CET (UTC+1) (Beware, we changed the weekday!) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Hans will probably give a Q session again – please announce subjects you’d like to discuss ASAP, so

Re: [NTG-context] shapepar for ConTeXt

Am 14.02.22 um 12:20 schrieb Peter Münster via ntg-context: Hi, Is there something like shapepar (LaTeX-package) for ConTeXt? I would like to do the same as "\heartpar{text}" (see http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/shapepar/shapepar.pdf page 9) with ConTeXt. You can use plain

[NTG-context] LuaMetaLa(!)TeX

WTF, someone wrote a LaTeX format for LuaMetaTeX already 3 years ago: https://github.com/zauguin/luametalatex (Herbert Voss just pointed me to it.) Hraban ___ If your question is of interest to others as well,

Re: [NTG-context] Regular online meet-up

FYI: We decided to move the date to Wednesday, so next time will be Wednesday, March 9th! HR Am 05.02.22 um 13:51 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context: You’re invited to join next Tuesday, February 8th, 15:00 CET (UTC+1) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke ConTeXt users

Re: [NTG-context] Regular online meet-up

. And if there are more fundamental questions, my can wait. See you on Tuesday. Regards, Alain Le 5/02/2022 à 13:51, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context a écrit : You’re invited to join next Tuesday, February 8th, 15:00 CET (UTC+1) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke ConTeXt users of all levels

[NTG-context] Regular online meet-up

You’re invited to join next Tuesday, February 8th, 15:00 CET (UTC+1) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Hans offered to give a Q session again – please announce subjects you’d like to discuss ASAP, so that he can prepare. Regarding the

Re: [NTG-context] control cite - bibliographical references

Am 30.01.22 um 10:25 schrieb Robert via ntg-context: Dear list, I am struggling with the color of bibliographical references. I found (Ulrike’s) hack to render the items in the bibliography the regular color (black): \appendtoks \iflocation \letinteractionparameter{color}\empty \fi \to

Re: [NTG-context] How to stop \placefigure from floating off to some other page?

Am 30.01.22 um 00:44 schrieb Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context: On 29 Jan 2022, at 21:30, Joel via ntg-context wrote: When I used `\placefigure`, ConTeXt often puts the figure on a completely different page, my readership of young students is getting confused where the image is. How can I have

Re: [NTG-context] registers, how to ignore quote marks

Am 29.01.22 um 06:23 schrieb jbf via ntg-context: Any thoughts (but I'm pretty sure this isn't fully explained in the wiki) how I can get part of the index entry in italics and part normal? That might be a bit more difficult I think. If you want to format the page number or the whole entry,

Re: [NTG-context] OT world history: other measuring systems?

Am 25.01.22 um 18:45 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: On 1/25/2022 6:27 PM, Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote: Some of the units, particularly for measurement of land area, are still in use as they are effectively codified in the land records. Wikipedia has some summary of the ancient

Re: [NTG-context] OT world history: other measuring systems?

Am 25.01.22 um 18:27 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: On Tue, 25 Jan 2022, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: why didn’t "we" stick to the Roman system? All you need to do is look at the definitions of roman imperial units to understand why we didn't stick to that: An inch was

[NTG-context] OT world history: other measuring systems?

Hi all, just out of curiosity and since some of you are knowledgable in many fields: Were there widely accepted measuring systems in Asia before the introduction of the imperial or metric system? In Europe there was a mess of local miles, feet, cubits, inches etc.; why didn’t "we" stick to

Re: [NTG-context] How to add entire chapter's page ranger for index entry?

Am 23.01.22 um 22:40 schrieb Joel via ntg-context: I am adding items to an index simply using `\index{word}`. There are a few cases where instead of printing just the page number where `\index{word}` is placed, I need the entire page range for that chapter to be displayed. For instance, if

Re: [NTG-context] Credit in DTK

Salut Jean-Pierre, ich werde nicht versuchen, dir ebenso polyglott zu antworten. (Mein Latein ist arg eingestaubt, wegen Altgriechisch wäre ich damals beinahe sitzen geblieben, mein Russisch, Italienisch und Französisch reicht zum Einkaufen, von Schwedisch ist nicht mehr viel übrig, an

Re: [NTG-context] May I credit you in DTK?

Am 23.01.22 um 13:58 schrieb śrīrāman: I am flattered that you want to credit me, but am not sure why you would want to do so: I am just a beginner here (relatively) and only recently from a month or two back got involved with the indic things. Well, you are very active in this discussion and

[NTG-context] May I credit you in DTK?

Hi, I’m writing an article for DANTE’s magazine “Die TeXnische Komödie” (DTK) about the current discussions and developments in ConTeXt, and I’m planning to do that regularly. Find attached the current version (in German / LaTeX). I’d like to give credit to people involved and mention some of

Re: [NTG-context] new upload

Am 21.01.22 um 20:28 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: so we can have fixed values too .. will be explained in due time by Mikael (in manual) as we're still experimenting with all this - initial indic transliteration support .. recent indic (font) experiences and transliteration tricks will

Re: [NTG-context] Iterating over MP paths (was: Fuzzy lines)

Am 03.09.21 um 18:04 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context: Would it make sense to check if a point is an edge point (without curve controls)? In a private reply to my old message, Hans explained to me why this was not possible like I thought (check if the point has control points

Re: [NTG-context] How to create an index that refers to multiple other books?

Am 18.01.22 um 14:27 schrieb Joel via ntg-context: One possible solution I see, since the textbooks and workbooks share the same macros, formatting, fonts, etc. is to just render them as a single file, resetting the page number at the start of each new book, then later use pdfjam to split the

Re: [NTG-context] How to manually adjust the sort order of items appearing in a custom index?

Am 17.01.22 um 16:53 schrieb Joel via ntg-context: I created a custom index that displays a list of "Important Dates" appearing in my book. It lists the year, a short description of what happened, and should show the page number. I'm running into two errors though: First, if the date is the

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

Am 10.01.22 um 20:21 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context schrieb am 10.01.2022 um 09:52: Would it make more sense, or would it be “cleaner” to use a variable? You can get rid of the temp variable before the command definition but now you have to access

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

Am 09.01.22 um 16:03 schrieb 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? To check is the current value differs from the last one you need a temp

[NTG-context] Regular online meet-up (tomorrow!)

You’re invited to join Tuesday, January 11th, 15:00 CET at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Hans offered to give a Q session again – please announce subjects you’d like to discuss ASAP, so that he can prepare. I guess we can talk more

Re: [NTG-context] \its disappeared

Am 08.01.22 um 17:34 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context schrieb am 08.01.2022 um 16:53: strc-itm.mklx -\protected\tolerant\def\strc_itemgroups_start_items_indeed[#1]% +\protected\tolerant\def\strc_itemgroups_start_items[#1]% Thank you for the quick fix! It’s also

[NTG-context] descriptions with long titles

Hi again, I tried to use a description for a list of organizations with partly long titles. * title and description should both use linebreaking (works) * title should have a fixed width (doesn’t work) * description should run beside a multi-line title, without a gap (doesn’t work) Is this

[NTG-context] \its disappeared

I don’t know since when the questionnaire item command \its doesn’t exist any more: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/its \starttext \startitemize[5,packed][items=7,width=5em,distance=1em] \ran{\ss\tfx 1 \hss 7} \its \CONTEXT\ or \LaTeX? \its Tofu or sausage?

Re: [NTG-context] critical fun

Am 06.01.22 um 20:00 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: Hi, Maybe this is of interest to critical users: \setupsynchronize [paralleltext] [color=darkblue] % \setupsynchronize [paralleltext] [style=\tx,color=darkred] % \setupsynchronize [paralleltext] [style=\txx,color=darkgreen] I played a

Re: [NTG-context] critical fun

Am 06.01.22 um 22:09 schrieb Jean-Pierre Delange via ntg-context: This ‘CriticalFun’ test failed, and CTX complains that \setupsynchronize was never defined (see the log, It works (for me) with the latest LMTX. Hraban

Re: [NTG-context] Critical Editions?

Am 06.01.22 um 19:41 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: there was a time when publishers did typesetting and printing themselves in which case they might have some interest in tools but afaik that time is long gone (and i admit that i never met a publisher where investing in know how and

[NTG-context] zint doesn’t work in "lines"

Hi, while the zint module generally works well, I run into "TeX capacity exceeded" as soon as I try a barcode within \startlines ... \stoplines: \usemodule[zint] \starttext \startlines My homepage: \barcode[alternative=qr code,text={www.fiee.net},width=2.5cm] \stoplines \stoptext What’s

Re: [NTG-context] Critical Editions?

Am 05.01.22 um 12:54 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context: On 1/5/22 9:43 AM, luigi scarso via ntg-context wrote: [...] quite old (2014),  but perhaps still interesting: embedding of a tei-xml into a tagged pdf https://www.guitex.org/home/images/ArsTeXnica/AT018/teitagged.pdf Luigi, if

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