[NTG-context] bug in \over ?

2017-09-09 Thread Alan Bowen
The numerator in \startformula {ΑΒ\over CD} \stopformula should be italicized, should it not? I am using ConTeXt ver: 2017.09.08 17:24. Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an

Re: [NTG-context] Substituting Greek characters in math mode

2017-09-07 Thread Alan Bowen
\emph{δ} (Pagella) \\ \m{δ} (math: Pagella?) \blank π \emph{π} (Pagella) \\ \m{π} (math: Pagella?) \blank Π \emph{ Π} (Pagella) \\ \m{Π} (math: Pagella?) \blank Δ \emph{ Δ} (Pagella) \\ \m{Δ} (math: Pagella?) \stoptext Alan On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.

[NTG-context] Substituting Greek characters in math mode

2017-09-05 Thread Alan Bowen
I should like to have the Brill font substitute for the Greek alphabet (upper and lower cases) as well for the numerals in Tex Gyre Termes Math. So far, I have been able to get the Brill numerals (oldstyle) but nothing more: the Greek letters in math mode are from Termes Math. Here is what I

Re: [NTG-context] semicolon in mathmode

2017-08-25 Thread Alan Bowen
Hi, Hans— Have you decided about treating ; the same as , when enabled in \setupmathematics? Alan On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 5:08 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 8/10/2017 10:34 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > >> On Thu, 10 Aug 2017, Alan Bowen wrote: >> >

Re: [NTG-context] unwanted space after \in

2017-08-19 Thread Alan Bowen
or paper. Is there a better way to do this? Alan On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 10:26 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Aug 2017, Alan Bowen wrote: > > Unlike \goto and \at, \in seems to insert an unwanted space before any text >> that follows. >> >

Re: [NTG-context] unwanted space after \in

2017-08-18 Thread Alan Bowen
Hi, Pablo—I should have been clearer. The issue is the space that \in inserts before the final comma. At that’s what I get using the latest standalone beta. (Do you see it?) Alan On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote: > On 08/18/2017 09:33 PM, Alan Bo

[NTG-context] unwanted space after \in

2017-08-18 Thread Alan Bowen
Unlike \goto and \at, \in seems to insert an unwanted space before any text that follows. MWE— starttext Text\reference[abc]{} \page Text , \in{Text}[abc], \at{Text, p.}[abc], \goto{Text}[abc], \stoptext Alan

[NTG-context] semicolon in mathmode

2017-08-10 Thread Alan Bowen
Is there a way to remove the thinspace after a semicolon when it is followed by a number? It does not seem to be covered by the autopunctuation key in \setupmathematics. Alan ___ If your question is of interest to

Re: [NTG-context] math font problem

2017-08-10 Thread Alan Bowen
Many thanks, Hans, for both tips. I have made the Brill font my math fallback for the letters and numerals, and fixed the name of the Brill italic. And it looks good! Alan On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:08 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 8/10/2017 12:16 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: &g

[NTG-context] math font problem

2017-08-09 Thread Alan Bowen
The aim is to get as much math using the Brill font as I can. I currently have: \definefontfamily[mainface][serif][Brill] %[TeX Gyre Termes] [protrusion=quality, expansion=quality, mode=node, force=yes, ] \definefallbackfamily[mainface][mm][TeX Gyre Pagella]

Re: [NTG-context] \startplacefloat query

2017-07-31 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Aditya. That is a great help! Alan On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 4:43 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2017, Alan Bowen wrote: > > When placing a float to the left or right of text, is there a way to place >> a given number of lines o

[NTG-context] \startplacefloat query

2017-07-31 Thread Alan Bowen
When placing a float to the left or right of text, is there a way to place a given number of lines of text directly above it? Or is this not the right mechanism to achieve this? What I have now is: \starttext \startplacefigure[title=Cow, location={left, 3*line, force, high}]

Re: [NTG-context] \textfraction broken?

2017-07-12 Thread Alan Bowen
, 2017 at 8:09 PM, Henri Menke <henrime...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2017-07-10 at 19:34 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: > > Adding > > > > \definefontfeature[fraction][frac=yes] > > \definehighlight[textfraction][style={\feature[+][fraction]}] > > > &

Re: [NTG-context] \textfraction broken?

2017-07-10 Thread Alan Bowen
Adding \definefontfeature[fraction][frac=yes] \definehighlight[textfraction][style={\feature[+][fraction]}] fixes the problem in the sample just sent. Sorry for the misfire. Alan On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has there been

[NTG-context] \textfraction broken?

2017-07-10 Thread Alan Bowen
Has there been a change to \textfraction? Try 1\textfraction{1/2}. I get 1 /1/2 with ConTeXt ver: 2017.06.30 (and earlier on the wiki) Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

Re: [NTG-context] \definefallbackfamily check and force keywords

2017-07-06 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Hans! I will get my fonts in order yet. Alan On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 7/6/2017 6:39 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> A very simpleminded question, if I may. >> >> What do the keywords, check and force do in \definefa

[NTG-context] \definefallbackfamily check and force keywords

2017-07-06 Thread Alan Bowen
A very simpleminded question, if I may. What do the keywords, check and force do in \definefallbackfamily? Am I right to think that check=yes, force=no will use the fallback font only when characters are missing from the mainfont and check=no, force=yes will use the fallback font whenever it

[NTG-context] splitting a landscape table with local footnotes

2017-06-08 Thread Alan Bowen
I have a very long table (landscape) with local footnotes that I wish to split over two pages so that (a) the table is on a verso page and (b) the notes on the next recto page. Any suggestions about how to do this will be gratefully received. Here is a MWE that is not too small, I hope.

Re: [NTG-context] problem with mathmode in footnotes

2017-05-30 Thread Alan Bowen
Hi, Hans— The problem with mathmode in footnotes is gone with the latest beta. And without any adverse side effects in any of my projects. My thanks to you and Wolfgang for your work on this. All best, Alan On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: [NTG-context] aligning a table alignment with local footnotes

2017-05-30 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks for this too, Aditya. I have some tables that this may work very well with. All best, Alan On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 29 May 2017, Alan Bowen wrote: > > What is the best way to center a table and control/fi

Re: [NTG-context] aligning a table alignment with local footnotes

2017-05-30 Thread Alan Bowen
Many thanks, Hans. This is very fine solution for the tables that I have, since they are quite wide. Alan On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 5/30/2017 12:33 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> What is the best way to center a table and control

[NTG-context] aligning a table alignment with local footnotes

2017-05-29 Thread Alan Bowen
What is the best way to center a table and control/fix the textwidth of the local footnotes? I currently have: \starttext \startbuffer[Tab01] \startlocalfootnotes \bTABLE \bTR\bTD So\eTD\bTD what% \footnote{\input knuth} % <= \eTD\eTR \eTABLE {\placelocalfootnotes} \stoplocalfootnotes

Re: [NTG-context] whitespace before/after \startformula…\stopformula

2017-05-29 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks also, Aditya? Alan On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Mikael. That is just what I needed. > > All best, Alan > > > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist <mic...@gmail.com> > wrote: > &g

Re: [NTG-context] whitespace before/after \startformula…\stopformula

2017-05-29 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Mikael. That is just what I needed. All best, Alan On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist <mic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Den 29 maj 2017 6:13 em skrev "Alan Bowen" <bowenala...@gmail.com>: > > How does one control/suppress the whitespace b

Re: [NTG-context] problem with mathmode in footnotes

2017-05-27 Thread Alan Bowen
The problem persists with ConTeXt ver: 2017.05.25. So, I wonder, is there something that I should fix at my end? Any suggestions will be gratefully received. Alan On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote: > To recap: the aim is to get oldstyle

Re: [NTG-context] problem with mathmode in footnotes

2017-05-17 Thread Alan Bowen
numerals (from Pagella) but no math symbols etc (b) if the line preset=math:digitsnormal is commented out, math symbols etc but but regular numerals. I am using the latest beta of the standalone (05.15.2017). Alan On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com>

Re: [NTG-context] problem with align in natural tables

2017-05-15 Thread Alan Bowen
Aries\eTD\eTR > \eTABLE > \stopmiddlealigned > > \startplacetable[location=none] > \bTABLE > \bTR\bTD Sun \eTD\bTD Aries\eTD\eTR > \eTABLE > \stopplacetable > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang > > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 15. Mai 2017 um 18:44 >

Re: [NTG-context] problem with align in natural tables

2017-05-15 Thread Alan Bowen
The table itself and horizontally. Sorry, should have been clear about that. Alan On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 15. Mai 2017 um 18:44 > I am having trouble centering

[NTG-context] problem with align in natural tables

2017-05-15 Thread Alan Bowen
I am having trouble centering a table: \setupTABLE[align=middle] %flushright] \bTABLE \bTR\bTD Sun \eTD\bTD Aries\eTD\eTR \eTABLE produces a table that is flush left with ConTeXt ver: 2017.05.12. align=middle used to be sufficient. So what has changed or what have I missed? Alan

[NTG-context] problem with mathmode in footnotes

2017-05-08 Thread Alan Bowen
The code \definefontfamily[mainface][serif][Brill] [protrusion=quality, expansion=quality, mode=node, force=yes, ] \definefallbackfamily[mainface][mm][TeX Gyre Pagella] [preset=math:digitsnormal,features=f:oldstyle,scale=0.93] \definefallbackfamily [mainface] [mm] [Brill]

Re: [NTG-context] query re placing a float

2017-04-06 Thread Alan Bowen
Found the answer— location={here,left,3*hang} does what I want nicely. Sorry for the noise. Alan 2017-04-06 14:27 GMT-04:00 Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com>: > I have a paragraph of text and I would like to place a float to the left > so that there a some lines above the

[NTG-context] query re placing a float

2017-04-06 Thread Alan Bowen
I have a paragraph of text and I would like to place a float to the left so that there a some lines above the float, some beside, and some below. Is there a way to do this? What I have so far breaks the paragraph in two: one before the float and one beside it (with a few lines below). If I invoke

Re: [NTG-context] Hieroglyphic font query

2017-04-02 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Wolfgang. That works very nicely! I ended up setting the glyphs at 8pt (to fit the text) and adjusted my list of bodyfont sizes accordingly. A great tip/reminder! Alan On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Alan Bow

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt not finding fonts in OSFONTDIR

2017-04-02 Thread Alan Bowen
Yes, Indeed. It is *Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science and Its Contexts* (Brill). A. On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote: > On 04/02/2017 03:38 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > > Thank you, Pablo! The font files have been discovered and the source > &

Re: [NTG-context] Hieroglyphic font query

2017-04-02 Thread Alan Bowen
] \setupbodyfont[mainface,18pt] \starttext Hello world! 1234 αβγ { ㇼ㋹ } and that is all. \stoptext On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote: > On 04/02/2017 05:23 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > > I have the hieroglyphic font, New Gardiner Medium, in .otf and .

Re: [NTG-context] Hieroglyphic font query

2017-04-02 Thread Alan Bowen
Certainly: see the attached file. A. On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 11:32 AM, kaddour kardio <kaddourkar...@gmail.com> wrote: > ​Can you please copy-past de log file?​ > > On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have the hierogly

[NTG-context] Hieroglyphic font query

2017-04-02 Thread Alan Bowen
I have the hieroglyphic font, New Gardiner Medium, in .otf and .ttf formats. It is installed in my OSFONTDIR and is accessible using other applications. But \switchtobodyfont[newgardiner,14pt]ㇼ㋹ does not work (with either the .ttf or the .otf format). I have checked: “NewGardiner” is the

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt not finding fonts in OSFONTDIR

2017-04-02 Thread Alan Bowen
Thank you, Pablo! The font files have been discovered and the source files now process as they should. You are a lifesaver—this book may still see the light of day! Alan On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 7:29 PM, Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote: > On 04/02/2017 12:37 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: &

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt not finding fonts in OSFONTDIR

2017-04-01 Thread Alan Bowen
that this is a TODO. Alan On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote: > On 04/01/2017 11:17 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > > ConTeXT does not seem to be finding the fonts that I have in my > > OSFONTDIR, which is set in my .bash_profile by the line > > expo

[NTG-context] ConTeXt not finding fonts in OSFONTDIR

2017-04-01 Thread Alan Bowen
ConTeXT does not seem to be finding the fonts that I have in my OSFONTDIR, which is set in my .bash_profile by the line export OSFONTDIR=./Users/bowen1/Library/Fonts/ I have clean-installed the latest beta (ConTeXt ver: 2017.03.26 16:15 MKIV beta) The file processes but substitutes fonts for

Re: [NTG-context] hunting a lua stack error

2017-03-13 Thread Alan Bowen
Hi, Thomas— Fair enough. But I am not using bibtex. What I am using—or so I understand—is the manual bibliography, which suits the sort of publication involved here better. Alan On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz < thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de> wrote: > On 13.03.2017 21

[NTG-context] hunting a lua stack error

2017-03-13 Thread Alan Bowen
This is the error message lua error > lua error on line 112 in file c_09-02_Evans.tex: C stack overflow stack traceback: [C]: in function 'type' ...eXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/lpdf-ini.lua:373: in function

Re: [NTG-context] floats on pages without headers

2017-02-24 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, again, Hans. That is a great help. Alan On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 6:22 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 2/23/2017 10:09 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> I have some large floats that look best on empty pages, i.e., pages that >> do not have headers?

Re: [NTG-context] new lua/stack error

2017-02-24 Thread Alan Bowen
Excellent, Hans. Many thanks! Alan On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 5:21 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 2/23/2017 10:41 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> In my larger document (approx 600 pages, over 1000 references) >> problematic entries like \cite[{{A, B, and C}}

Re: [NTG-context] new lua/stack error

2017-02-23 Thread Alan Bowen
, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Hans! That does work nicely. > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > >> On 2/22/2017 6:21 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: >> >>> Here is the file that I have been

Re: [NTG-context] new lua/stack error

2017-02-23 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Hans! That does work nicely. On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 2/22/2017 6:21 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> Here is the file that I have been working with: >> >> \installlanguage[packed][en] >> \setuplanguage[pac

[NTG-context] floats on pages without headers

2017-02-23 Thread Alan Bowen
I have some large floats that look best on empty pages, i.e., pages that do not have headers? The wiki suggests that location=page will put the float on an empty page but this does not seem to be the case: \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth} \startplacefigure[title=Cow, location={page}]

Re: [NTG-context] new lua/stack error

2017-02-22 Thread Alan Bowen
]\cite[C] \qquad{\red output should be: ABC} \stoptext On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 2/22/2017 4:50 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> Hi, Hans— >> >> The problem is the line \startbibitem[A, B, and C]\stopbibitem. I can >>

Re: [NTG-context] new lua/stack error

2017-02-22 Thread Alan Bowen
the other citations to work. But, then, neither \cite[A, B, and C] nor the \cite[A{,} B{,} and C] works. Alan On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 3:26 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 2/21/2017 8:25 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> The latest beta — ConTeXt ver: 2017.02.19 with Lua

Re: [NTG-context] new lua/stack error

2017-02-21 Thread Alan Bowen
about to address this will be gladly received. A. On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote: > The latest beta — ConTeXt ver: 2017.02.19 with LuaTeX, Version 1.0.3 — > chokes > on entries such as > \cite[author1, author2, and author3 2017] >

[NTG-context] new lua/stack error

2017-02-21 Thread Alan Bowen
The latest beta — ConTeXt ver: 2017.02.19 with LuaTeX, Version 1.0.3 — chokes on entries such as \cite[author1, author2, and author3 2017] and reports an error: e.g., lua error > lua error on line 81 in file c_Brill09-02_Evans.tex: C stack overflow stack traceback: [C]: in function

[NTG-context] \textfraction query

2017-02-18 Thread Alan Bowen
Is there a way to get \textfraction to produce output in cases B or C (either one will do) as it does in case A? If I use \vfrac the output does not sit well beside \textfraction output—and I use the latter elsewhere throughout the document. \definefontfeature[fraction][frac=yes]

Re: [NTG-context] \startlines not working in footnotes

2017-01-31 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Rik. That works very nicely. Alan On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Rik <r...@panix.com> wrote: > On 2017-01-31 15:52, Alan Bowen wrote: > > I am trying to set some poetry in a footnote and have encountered a > problem. > > \starttext > Here is a foot

[NTG-context] \startlines not working in footnotes

2017-01-31 Thread Alan Bowen
I am trying to set some poetry in a footnote and have encountered a problem. \starttext Here is a footnote. \footnote{Some text: \startlines a b c d \stoplines And some more text.} \stoptext produces a b c d (a single line). Is this a wee bug or have I missed something? I am using the latest

Re: [NTG-context] blockquote oddity

2016-10-19 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Wolfgang, for the explanation. Best, Alan On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 19. Oktober 2016 um 17:15 > \starttext > \startblockquote > [w]hile we may > > [

[NTG-context] blockquote oddity

2016-10-19 Thread Alan Bowen
\starttext \startblockquote [w]hile we may [w]hile we may \stopblockquote \stoptext seems to fail with the latest beta (ConTeXt ver: 2016.10.14) unless one replaces the first line with \[w\]hile we may. The error message is tex error > tex error on line 4 in file

Re: [NTG-context] special characters in URLs

2016-07-18 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Hans. The links work now as they should. Best, Alan On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 7/16/2016 4:11 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> I need to establish links to URLs that include the ampersand (&) and >> number sign (#

[NTG-context] special characters in URLs

2016-07-16 Thread Alan Bowen
I need to establish links to URLs that include the ampersand (&) and number sign (#). e.g., http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/collections/imu-search-page/record-details/?TitInventoryNo=40829=field=on=2020 and http://www.davidaking.org/instrument-catalogue-TOC.htm#part6 How does one do this? The best I

Re: [NTG-context] url with umlaut

2016-07-15 Thread Alan Bowen
l 2016 07:25:36 -0400 > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The following link > > > > \goto{ > > > http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/RegiomontanusJohannesMullerVonKönigsbergAstrolabe.html}[url(http://brun

[NTG-context] url with umlaut

2016-07-15 Thread Alan Bowen
The following link \goto{ http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/RegiomontanusJohannesMullerVonKönigsbergAstrolabe.html}[url(http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/RegiomontanusJohannesMullerVonKönigsbergAstrolabe.html)] is broken because of the umlaut

Re: [NTG-context] smallcaps

2016-06-29 Thread Alan Bowen
Hans— Try “ABC {\sc abc}”. Alan On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 4:05 AM, dr. Hans van der Meer wrote: > I do not understand the behaviour of the \sc macro. I thought smallcaps > would turn out to be smaller than capitals. But I see no difference between > them except a subtle

Re: [NTG-context] problem with \setupdelimitedtext

2016-05-16 Thread Alan Bowen
I missed that. Thanks, Wolfgang! Alan On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 16. Mai 2016 um 18:49 > In the following, the indentation using \startblockquote is t

[NTG-context] problem with \setupdelimitedtext

2016-05-16 Thread Alan Bowen
In the following, the indentation using \startblockquote is twice what it should be: \setupdelimitedtext [blockquote] [before={\blank[small,fixed] \setupnarrower[left=1.5pc,right=0pc] \startnarrower[left,right] \noindentation}, after={\par\stopnarrower

Re: [NTG-context] updating ConTeXt standalone

2016-04-23 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Mojca. I understand that there has been a problem and was just curious about the status of the repairs. Many thanks, by the way, for your work on this! Alan On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Mojca Miklavec < mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23 April 2016 at 17:21, Otared

[NTG-context] updating ConTeXt standalone

2016-04-23 Thread Alan Bowen
Are there still problems with servers at the Garden? Running first-setup.sh seems stuck on current version 2016.04.17 11:56, though there have been two updates since then. Alan ___ If your question is of interest to

Re: [NTG-context] font problem

2016-03-14 Thread Alan Bowen
Thomas, Hans—many thanks! That change in the latest beta fixes the problem nicely. Alan On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 6:47 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 3/13/2016 11:37 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > >> On 03/13/2016 11:04 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: >> >>>

[NTG-context] font problem

2016-03-13 Thread Alan Bowen
​I have had trouble processing text with diacritical marks using the more recent betas and the Brill font.​ Some of this can be remedied by re-entering the diacritical marks in the source file. (This works very well with Greek.) But there remain some problem passages. Consider:

Re: [NTG-context] Greek letter fall back for math

2016-03-10 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Mikael, the minunderstanding was mine. I was not aware of the need for \setupmathematics. A great tip! Best, Alan On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Mikael P. Sundqvist <mic...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wr

Re: [NTG-context] Greek letter fall back for math

2016-03-10 Thread Alan Bowen
com> wrote: > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 10. März 2016 um 15:34 > Assuming that it is possible, I have been trying to substitute the Greek > letters of my main font for those used in the math font. (if it works, it > should look better on the page than what I hav

Re: [NTG-context] Greek letter fall back for math

2016-03-10 Thread Alan Bowen
, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Mikael P. Sundqvist <mic...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Assuming that it is possible, I have been trying to substitute the Greek > > letters of my main font for those used in

[NTG-context] Greek letter fall back for math

2016-03-10 Thread Alan Bowen
Assuming that it is possible, I have been trying to substitute the Greek letters of my main font for those used in the math font. (if it works, it should look better on the page than what I have now.) So, what have I missed/messed up in the following? \definefontfamily[mainface][serif][Brill][

Re: [NTG-context] weird behavior of brackets in block quotations

2016-03-07 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Wolfgang! That is very helpful. Alan On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 7. März 2016 um 21:52 > We use “[...]” in quotations to indicate departures from the written text. &

[NTG-context] weird behavior of brackets in block quotations

2016-03-07 Thread Alan Bowen
We use “[...]” in quotations to indicate departures from the written text. In the latest beta, “[...]” is a problem in block quotations and [] does not appear in the output. \setupdelimitedtext [blockquote] [before={\blank[small,fixed]}, after={\blank[small,fixed]}] \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] oldstyle numerals in mathmode

2016-03-04 Thread Alan Bowen
As I feared, Hans. But thanks. I must re-code the math for the publisher, then. Alan On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 3/3/2016 11:11 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> I am am using for my mainface, a font that has only oldstyle numerals. >&

[NTG-context] oldstyle numerals in mathmode

2016-03-03 Thread Alan Bowen
I am am using for my mainface, a font that has only oldstyle numerals. For math, I am using Latin Modern for math. How do I get output in oldstyle numbers starting with \definefontfamily[mainface][math][Latin Modern Math]? Alan

[NTG-context] new lua error (latest beta)

2016-02-29 Thread Alan Bowen
I have a number of docs that have processed properly until the latest beta. Now I get this complaint in each very early in the processing: lua error > lua error on line 39 in file xxx: ...eXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/strc-not.lua:324: attempt to index field '' (a nil

Re: [NTG-context] problem with page number on last page

2016-02-29 Thread Alan Bowen
lfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 29. Februar 2016 um 15:37 > Thanks, Wolfgang. This does solve the problem but is not so good for a > chapter in a book, where headers with pagenumbers are the norm. So, is > there a solution that prints the correct p

Re: [NTG-context] problem with page number on last page

2016-02-29 Thread Alan Bowen
wrote: > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 28. Februar 2016 um 20:27 > To prevent empty pages in a double-sided page environment, I have been > using > \setuppagenumbering[page=]. > > This does not work as it should, however, when there is no body text but > only a

[NTG-context] problem with page number on last page

2016-02-28 Thread Alan Bowen
To prevent empty pages in a double-sided page environment, I have been using \setuppagenumbering[page=]. This does not work as it should, however, when there is no body text but only a continuing footnote on the last page. Then, though there are still no empty pages, the pagenumber on the last

Re: [NTG-context] internal hyperlinks in latest beta

2016-02-25 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Hans. That is good to know, though I am not in a hurry 8-) Alan On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 5:36 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 2/24/2016 11:06 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> The links for cross-references within a document do not seem to be >> working. >&

[NTG-context] internal hyperlinks in latest beta

2016-02-24 Thread Alan Bowen
The links for cross-references within a document do not seem to be working. \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext some text\reference[text]{} \page \goto{some text}[text], \at{on page}[text] \stoptext produces links that work in previous betas but not in the most recent. Alan

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting Arabic (Scheherazade)

2016-02-05 Thread Alan Bowen
Acch. Sorry for the noise. It should be \definefallbackfamily[mainface][serif][Scheherazade][range=0600-077F, features=arabic] Alan On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 6:28 AM, Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> wrote: > currently have: > > \definefontfeature > [arabic] > [mode=node

[NTG-context] Typesetting Arabic (Scheherazade)

2016-02-05 Thread Alan Bowen
currently have: \definefontfeature [arabic] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes, liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,tlig=yes, calt=yes,trep=yes,mark=yes,mkmk=yes, kern=yes,curs=yes]

Re: [NTG-context] Greek diacriticals (combining perispomenon displaced)

2016-01-20 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Hans and Thomas. The problem is at my end. I have done more testing and suspect that the the culprit is the Greek keyboard that I am using. I have a few other keyboards (which I like much less) and there is no problem with them. (Deleting caches and so on had no impact.) Alan On Mon,

[NTG-context] Greek diacriticals (combining perispomenon displaced)

2016-01-18 Thread Alan Bowen
​There is an oddity in processing Greek. The combining diacritical perispomenon is not positioned properly, though it appears as it should in the source file. This diacritical is placed properly if one inserts the appropriate character directly. The PDF file produced by this sample shows the

[NTG-context] \quote inside \emph

2016-01-16 Thread Alan Bowen
When used in inside \emph, \quote puts the words cited into roman face. Thus, \starttext \emph{The \quote{Problemata} in Medieval Times} \emph{The \quote{\emph{Problemata}} in Medieval Times} \stoptext This seems odd. Should \quote not leave the style of the text as it is? That is, should the

Re: [NTG-context] \quote inside \emph

2016-01-16 Thread Alan Bowen
I am inclined to agree, Aditya. At least it *is* odd in English typography. Still thanks for the fix. Alan On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 16 Jan 2016, Alan Bowen wrote: > > When used in inside \emph, \quote puts the words c

Re: [NTG-context] \quote inside \emph

2016-01-16 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Wolfgang! Alan On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 16. Januar 2016 um 15:26 > When used in inside \emph, \quote puts the words cited into roman face. > Thus, > > \

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word space in bibliographies

2015-12-23 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Wolfgang. It does indeed! Season’s Best, Alan On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 17. Dezember 2015 um 18:06 > The appended code is supposed to allow reduction o

Re: [NTG-context] Synchronize ERROR: unknown node type 12

2015-12-20 Thread Alan Bowen
, Mojca Miklavec < mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 20 December 2015 at 22:48, luigi scarso wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> > >> Great—so how does one turn on/off synctex? > > > > synctex should be disabled by

Re: [NTG-context] node error in latest beta

2015-12-20 Thread Alan Bowen
e type 12 (repeated more than 50 times). The “Hello, world!” lines process but anything much longer simply goes into a catatonic hang. Alan PS I am running Mac OSX 10.11.2. On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 12/19/2015 5:15 PM, Alan Bowen wr

Re: [NTG-context] Synchronize ERROR: unknown node type 12

2015-12-20 Thread Alan Bowen
Will this update also appear in the ConTeXt standalone version? Alan On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Akira Kakuto wrote: > indeed, as synctex used different node numbers than luatex (and is >> maintained outside the luatex source tree) ... btw as i never use synctex

Re: [NTG-context] Synchronize ERROR: unknown node type 12

2015-12-20 Thread Alan Bowen
Great—so how does one turn on/off synctex? Alan On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 12/20/2015 5:05 PM, Lukáš Procházka wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm getting many error messages: >> >> " >> Synchronize ERROR: unknown node type 12 >> " >> >> with the latest

Re: [NTG-context] node error in latest beta

2015-12-19 Thread Alan Bowen
[string "local nodes_references_handler = nodes.refere..."]:11: in function <[string "local nodes_references_handler = nodes.refere..."]:6> (...tail calls...) 1 >> \starttext 2 3 Hello, world! 4 5 \stoptext ? Process aborted Letting the pro

[NTG-context] node error in latest beta

2015-12-18 Thread Alan Bowen
In the latest beta, processing \starttext Hello world! \stoptext produces many lines of Synchronize ERROR: unknown node type 12 between the lines fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded and backend > xmp > using file

Re: [NTG-context] node error in latest beta

2015-12-18 Thread Alan Bowen
Hans— Just did and the error is still reported. Alan On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 12/18/2015 1:51 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> In the latest beta, processing >> \starttext >> >> Hello world! >>

Re: [NTG-context] node error in latest beta

2015-12-18 Thread Alan Bowen
I did do a clean installation and the problem remains. Alan On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 12/18/2015 2:01 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> Hans— >> >> Just did and the error is still reported. >> > > hm,

Re: [NTG-context] node error in latest beta

2015-12-18 Thread Alan Bowen
Darn. How do I tackle this, then? Alan On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 12/18/2015 4:18 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> I did do a clean installation and the problem remains. >> > > weird, given the simple example you use and that

[NTG-context] inter-word space in bibliographies

2015-12-17 Thread Alan Bowen
The appended code is supposed to allow reduction of the inter-word spacing in my bibliographies but it does not. Adjusting the \spaceskip in the setups for [tightspace] does not seem to make any difference. Any suggestions will be most welcome. I am using the latest beta (ConTeXt ver:

Re: [NTG-context] meaning of error message?

2015-11-29 Thread Alan Bowen
wrote: > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 25. November 2015 um 17:33 > Hi, Wolfgang— > > The lines from the file are: > > > \startextract <— LINE 43 > \startparagraph > \startlines > . > . > \footno

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