Re: [NTG-context] Questions about \starttext

[John Culleton]

 From: "Wolfgang Schuster" 
Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 2:41 PM
To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" 
Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Questions about \starttext
  Tomas Hala
 20. März 2018 um 12:43

  Hi all,

doing some tests I discovered two interesting facts.

The first is that commands \starttext and \stoptext do not behave as a group.

Minimal example (tested on TL2015, TL2016, TL2017, current CTX from the Garden):

\starttext
text
\starttext
\bf text
\stoptext
text % this text is in bold, too.
\stoptext

Is this the expected behaviour, or not?

Opening a group with \starttext makes no sense because there is nothing after 
\stoptext.

The possibility to nest \starttext is necessary when you \startproduct etc. 
where components
can be be documents on its own and this means \startcomponent includes 
\starttext in its
definition.
The second interesting thing is that the unbalanced document is compiled 
without protests:

Minimal example #1 (tested on TL2015, TL2016, TL2017, current CTX from the 
Garden):

\starttext
text % in this case, the "text" is shipped out

Take a look at the command line when you process a file and you should see 
something like this:

mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="[...]/cont-en" --jobname="test" [...] 
--c:input="./test.tex" [...] "cont-yes.mkiv"

As you can see the luatex engine processes the file cont-yes.mkiv and not your 
document
which put as argument to context. Your document is just read by cont-yes.mkiv 
and at the
end of the document ConTeXt inserts an extra \stoptext which is ignored when 
your document
is valid (equal number of \starttext and \stoptext).
Minimal example #2 (tested on TL2015, TL2016, TL2017, current CTX from the 
Garden):

text % in this case, the "text" is not shipped out
\stoptext

The reason why no text appears is that ConTeXt doesn't load the default fonts
untill \starttext. The reason for this is to is a gain in speed and you save 
resources.

You can test this by adding \setupbodyfont[modern] at the begin of your example.

Wolfgang


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Re: [NTG-context] Questions about \starttext

[John Culleton]

A reasonable approach to a Context file includes preliminary information before 
the first printed page. My basic master file looks like this :



  \input variables.tex\relax
\input layout.tex\relax
\input macros.tex\relax
\input fonts.tex\relax
\starttext\relax
%\showlayout
\startfrontmatter
\input half.tex\relax
\startstandardmakeup
\null
\stopstandardmakeup
\input title.tex\relax
\input copy.tex\relax
\input ded.tex\relax
\input contents.tex\relax
 \input preface.tex\relax
%\startstandardmakeup \relax
%\null \relax
%\stopstandardmakeup  \relax
\stopfrontmatter
\startbodymatter
\input body3.tex\relax
\stopbodymatter\relax
\startbackmatter\relax
\input bib.tex\relax
\input notes.tex
 \input index.tex
\stopbackmatter
\stoptext\relax


 By loading my usual macros in the macros file, standard items like author's 
name in a variables file and so on I save much time,
 typing and errors.






 From: "Wolfgang Schuster" 
Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 2:41 PM
To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" 
Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Questions about \starttext
  Tomas Hala
 20. März 2018 um 12:43

  Hi all,

doing some tests I discovered two interesting facts.

The first is that commands \starttext and \stoptext do not behave as a group.

Minimal example (tested on TL2015, TL2016, TL2017, current CTX from the Garden):

\starttext
text
\starttext
\bf text
\stoptext
text % this text is in bold, too.
\stoptext

Is this the expected behaviour, or not?

Opening a group with \starttext makes no sense because there is nothing after 
\stoptext.

The possibility to nest \starttext is necessary when you \startproduct etc. 
where components
can be be documents on its own and this means \startcomponent includes 
\starttext in its
definition.
The second interesting thing is that the unbalanced document is compiled 
without protests:

Minimal example #1 (tested on TL2015, TL2016, TL2017, current CTX from the 
Garden):

\starttext
text % in this case, the "text" is shipped out

Take a look at the command line when you process a file and you should see 
something like this:

mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="[...]/cont-en" --jobname="test" [...] 
--c:input="./test.tex" [...] "cont-yes.mkiv"

As you can see the luatex engine processes the file cont-yes.mkiv and not your 
document
which put as argument to context. Your document is just read by cont-yes.mkiv 
and at the
end of the document ConTeXt inserts an extra \stoptext which is ignored when 
your document
is valid (equal number of \starttext and \stoptext).
Minimal example #2 (tested on TL2015, TL2016, TL2017, current CTX from the 
Garden):

text % in this case, the "text" is not shipped out
\stoptext

The reason why no text appears is that ConTeXt doesn't load the default fonts
untill \starttext. The reason for this is to is a gain in speed and you save 
resources.

You can test this by adding \setupbodyfont[modern] at the begin of your example.

Wolfgang


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[NTG-context] flowwcharts etc.

[John Culleton]

A decade or so ago I read about a program callable from within Context that 
would create flowcharts etc. Was this Metapost? Or was it a different 
program?
  
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[NTG-context] PDF/X-1a(2001) ourput.

[John Culleton]

I need to have context generate the above format. Any hints?
  
  
 John Culleton
  
  

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[NTG-context] changing pdf type

[John Culleton]

I need to have pdf files for U.S. printers in " PDF/X-1a2001" format. Hans 
gave me the magic formula a few years back but I lost that reply.
 Can someone help me out?
  
 John Culleton
  
  

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Re: [NTG-context] Module for Markdown: any volunteer to make a ConTeXt interface?

[John Culleton]

 
  
  
  


 From: "Hans Hagen" <pra...@wxs.nl>
Sent: Saturday, May 6, 2017 4:30 AM
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Module for Markdown: any volunteer to make a 
ConTeXt interface?   
 On 5/5/2017 9:54 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 4 May 2017, Mojca 
Miklavec wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> There's a really nice module for processing 
markdown: >> https://github.com/Witiko/markdown >> that has been presented 
during the TUG meeting and is included in
  
  
 Pardon my ignorance but what is markdown?
 ____
  
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Re: [NTG-context] Comical error..

[John Culleton]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:44:30 +0100
Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote:

> On 02/12/2017 03:40 AM, John Culleton wrote:
> > [...]
> > Some questions:
> > 1. Where is the basic size of the font family defined in points?  
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> the default font size is 12pt.
> 
> > 2. In the second example which of the many Dejavu fonts is assumed
> > to be the starting point? Is it a ttf or a otf version?  
> 
> As Joseph Canedo explained, the DejaVu font seem to be a TrueType
> font.
> 
> This may be (and I think it is) a font in OpenType format with
> TrueType outlines (instead of PostScript outlines).
> 
> > 3. Can any font family on the system be used or is there a specific
> > context list?  
> 
> Any system font (TTF, OTF and PS at least) can be used with ConTeXt.
> 
> All that ConTeXt (or LuaTeX) requires is the way to find it. The
> safest way is the file name.
> 
> Let us know whether you have further questions.
> 
> I hope it helps,
> 
> 
> Pablo

Thanks to you and Joseph! I am getting back into Context after a long
absence and things are gradually coming back to me. My first new
document is proceeding :<)

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Re: [NTG-context] Comical error..solved

[John Culleton]

On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:51:33 -0500
John Culleton <j...@wexfordpress.com> wrote:

> I am just starting on a new project and haven't fussed with body
> fonts yet. I specified specific fonts for the half and title pages.
> For the copyright page thus far I just used the default whatever that
> is. On that page the
> lower case "e" came out as a lower case "c" in every instance. 
> 
> 
The substitution occurred when I viewed the pdf in xpdf but not in
okular. I will report this to the proper(?) authorities.
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Re: [NTG-context] Comical error..

[John Culleton]

On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 21:08:46 +0100
Here is another example from the Wiki
-
 \definefontfamily
[mainface]
[rm]
[TeX Gyre Pagella]
[it={TeX Gyre Cursor-Italic},
 bf={TeX Gyre Adventor-Bold},
 bi={TeX Gyre Termes-BoldItalic}]

\setupbodyfontenvironment
[default]
[em=italic]

\setupbodyfont[mainface]
\starttext
\startTEXpage[offset=1em]
Roman font {\em italic}

\bf Bold font \em bold italic
\stopTEXpage
\stoptext
---
and another
--
setupbodyfont[dejavu]

\setupbodyfontenvironment
 [default]
 [smallsized=1.25,
  mediumsized=1.5,
  largesized=2.0]

\definefontsize[smallsized]
\definefontsize[mediumsized]
\definefontsize[largesized]

\starttext

\setuphead[chapter]   [style=\bflargesized]
\setuphead[section]   [style=\bfmediumsized]
\setuphead[subsection][style=\bfsmallsized]

\chapter   {Whatever $x-1$}
\section   {Whatever $x-1$}
\subsection{Whatever $x-1$}

\input ward
\blank
Whatever $x-1$
\blank

{\itmediumsized This is italic medium sized. $\cos(x) = {\rm
Re}(\exp({\rm i}x))$}

\blank

{\rmmediumsized This is roman medium sized. \crlf
$\cos(x) = {\rm Re}(\exp({\rm i}x))$}

\stoptext

--
Some questions:
1. Where is the basic size of the font family defined in points?
2. In the second example which of the many Dejavu fonts is assumed to
be the starting point? Is it a ttf or a otf version?
3. Can any font family on the system be used or is there a specific
context list?

All answers appreciated of course :<)

 John Culleton
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[NTG-context] specifying body fonts

[John Culleton]

Reently I saw an example of setting up the various formats of a single
body font such as \rm, \it \bf, \sc etc. with examples of using these in
Gyre font. It may have been in the wiki or here on the list
There were examples of slanted type vs.true italic as I recall. 
I should have copied it but I didn't (at age 84 I forget to do things).

No biggie but does this ring any bells?
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[NTG-context] Comical error..

[John Culleton]

I am just starting on a new project and haven't fussed with body
fonts yet. I specified specific fonts for the half and title pages. For
the copyright page thus far I just used the default whatever that is. 
On that page the
lower case "e" came out as a lower case "c" in every instance. 

I do have the following in my macros.tex subfile which I pass on from
job to job:
-  
\setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic]
\usemodule[simplefonts][size=10pt]
\definefontfeature
  [default]
  [default]
  [protrusion=quality,expansion=quality]
\setupalign[hz,hanging]
-
maybe there is somethng funky there.
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[NTG-context] module simplefonts

[John Culleton]

In a 2013 book this module is called somewhere but unsuccessfully. Does
any one remember it? Is it still relevant?

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[NTG-context] Basic question

[John Culleton]

I have a bunch of old files that were probably created for Mark II. What
is the current command for running Mark II instead of Mark IV?
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[NTG-context] font descriptions no longer work

[John Culleton]

In all my recent books I have this subfile called fonts.tex.
-
\def\Fontsize{11}
\font \rm =
"file:MinionPro-Regular.otf:+liga;expansion=default;protrusion=quality"
at \Fontsize bp

\font \it = "file:MinionPro-It.otf" at \Fontsize bp

\font \bf = "file:MinionPro-Bold.otf" at \Fontsize bp

\font \firstlet = "file:MinionPro-Regular.otf" at 3\Fontsize bp

\font \sc = "file:MinionPro-Regular.otf:+smcp" at 1.5\Fontsize bp

\font \titlesans = "file:MyriadPro-BlackCond.otf" at 30bp

\font \smalltitle = "file:MyriadPro-Regular.otf" at 20bp

%\font \chapfont = "file:Raleway-ExtraLight.otf" at 80bp
-
When I use the \titlesans call in a document it errs off with this
message 
 > tex error on line 2 in file half.tex: ! Undefined control sequence

It can be made to finish the run but the text on page half.tex is
the ordinary body font.

The fonts in question are in the directory where I am running
context on a document in every case. I just installed the
latest context in my home directory. I also have texlive installed.
I copied the fonts to /usr/share/OTF, ran ft-cache as root. ran context
as root. Nothing helped.
Slackware 14.2

I have two book projects stalled.
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[NTG-context] Text wrap around a figure.

[John Culleton]

I need to have text wrap around figures. Is this
automatic? The discussion of placing figures In chapter 16 does not
cover this point.

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[NTG-context] Additional documentation/

[John Culleton]

I have been away from context for a few years and my memory is fading in
any case. I do remember a short tutorial that described how one could
insert a text block in between two text columns or at the side of a
column etc. I have downloaded the big manual today but that little
tutorial would help. My questions:

1.Do you recall what I am referring to?
2. If so, what is its name?
3. Is it current enough to be useful today?

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Re: [NTG-context] put titles in toc

[John Culleton]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2015 20:55:04 +0200
Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote:

> On 09/08/2015 08:25 PM, John Culleton wrote:
> > In thew frontmatter there are several titles
> > headings that i want to see in the TOC
> > Here is a
> > stripped down version of my file:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> I think this might do what you want:
> 
> \definehead[titleintoc][chapter][number=no]
> \starttext
> \noheaderandfooterlines
> \title{Contents}
> \placelist[chapter,titleintoc]
> \chapter{foo}
> \input knuth.tex
> \titleintoc{bar}
> \input knuth.tex
> \stoptext
> 
> I hope it helps,
> 
> 
> Pablo

Simple elegant, works. Thanks for your help!

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[NTG-context] put titles in toc

[John Culleton]

In thew frontmatter there are several titles
headings that i want to see in the TOC
Here is a
stripped down version of my file:
--
\setuphead[chapter]
[header=high,footer=chapter,page=yes,
alternative=middle,
align=normal,
number=yes,
]
%%
\definelist[title]
\definelist[chapter]
\setuplist[chapter][style=bold]
\setuplist[title][style=bold]
\setupcombinedlist[content][chapter,title][level=title,alternative
d,aligntitle=yes] 
\starttext
\noheaderandfooterlines
\title{Contents}
\placecontent
\page[yes]
\chapter{foo}
\input knuth.tex
\page[yes]
\title{bar}
\input knuth.tex
\stoptext

Any sugestions?
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[NTG-context] 16th

[John Culleton]

How do I express this with the "th" in a smaller
font and elevated? It is a character in the font.
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Re: [NTG-context] 16th

[John Culleton]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 15:24:20 -0400
John Culleton <j...@wexfordpress.com> wrote:

> 
> How do I express this with the "th" in a smaller
> font and elevated? It is a character in the
> font.

Already answered My apologies. I couldn't find
the answer to my request of August 25(th!) But I
sumbled across it  today.

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[NTG-context] superscripts th nd rd st on dates etc..

[John Culleton]

Forgot how to do these.

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[NTG-context] Difference between \startmakeup and \startstandardmakeup

[John Culleton]

I have been using \startstandardmakeup etc. for
some years now. I note on the wiki that there is a
command \startmakeup also. It is not covered in my
copy of the Manual. What are the principal
diferences between the two?

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Re: [NTG-context] \math or $ doesn't work.

[John Culleton]

On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:30:04 +0200
Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote:

 On 06/02/2015 05:54 PM, John Culleton wrote:
  On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:45:35 -0400
  John Culleton wrote:
  
  I want to insert the string 8 1/2 x 11 in my
  text. Here is my test file:
  
  \starttext
  \math{8^1_2} × 11 inch, 
  \stoptext
  
  I am using texlive 2014 mkiv.
 
 Hi John,
 
 me too (current version: 2014.05.21 22:04 ;-))
 and both samples (above and below) compile fine.
 
  I also tried this:
  ---
  \starttext
  8 1/2 × 11 inch, 
  \stoptext
  -
  The error message is the same:
  ---
  system   tex  error on line 2 in
  file /usr/local/active/hall/ftp/test.tex:
  String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence ...
 
 Are you sure that character encoding in your
 file is utf8?
 
 I can cause this error message, but only after
 replacing character encoding in file with ISO
 8859-15.
 
 BTW, your file is in /usr/local. I thought that
 in Unix there was no place like /home :-).
 
 I hope it helps,
 
 
 Pablo

We are on the home stretch now. I added
\enableregime  [utf-8] 
as the first line of my
master file. Theoretically I don't need this for a
MKIV run but so much for theory.

 Everything works. But there is
something wrong with my math code. There is no
horizontal bar between the 1 and the 2.  I guess
I will study The TEXbook some more.

Just FYI, I keep personal stuff and also my
political articles in /home/safe but my
typesetting and index work goes in subdirectories
of:
/usr/local/active/
one for each project.

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Re: [NTG-context] \math or $ doesn't work.

[John Culleton]

On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:45:35 -0400
John Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote:

 I want to insert the string 8 1/2 x 11 in my
 text. Here is my test file:
 
 \starttext
 \math{8^1_2} × 11 inch, 
 \stoptext
 
 I am using texlive 2014 mkiv.

I also tried this:
---
\starttext
8 1/2 × 11 inch, 
\stoptext
-
The error message is the same:
---
system   tex  error on line 2 in
file /usr/local/active/hall/ftp/test.tex: String
contains an invalid utf-8 sequence ...

1 \starttext
2   8 1/2 × 11 inch, 
3 \stoptext
4 
5 





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[NTG-context] \math or $ doesn't work.

[John Culleton]

I want to insert the string 8 1/2 x 11 in my
text. Here is my test file:

\starttext
\math{8^1_2} × 11 inch, 
\stoptext

I am using texlive 2014 mkiv.
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[NTG-context] creating multiline paragraph in \tabulate

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Supposedly \tablulate can handle a multiline
paragraph in a single cell. It didn't work for
me. The text just ran off the right edge of
the page. So here is my two column table with a
workaround.
-
\starttext
{\bf Figure 2.3: Specialty Food Store
Classifications}
\setupframed[framecorner=rectanglular,background=none]
\tfx
\placetable[force,none]{}
\starttabulate[|lw(.25\textwidth)|lpw(.75\textwidth)|]
\HL 
...
\NC Housewares \NC Gourmet pots and pans and other cookware, with some 
impulse\NC\NR 
\NC \null \NC and companion food items \NC\NR
...
\HL 
\stoptabulate 
\tf
\stoptext
-
In my version the \null command was necessary to
skip the left column.

Also, I want the title of the table at the top
and not the bottom. So I have to add a separate
title line at the top and blank out the generated
title with a graphic of blank space placed below
the table thus:
\vskip -0.35in
\externalfigure[blanker.pdf]

There ought to be an easier way to get rid of the
title at the bottom of the table but this is the
best I could come up with. The file blanker.pdf
was generated in Scribus 1.5.0
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[NTG-context] Verbatim text.

[John Culleton]

The inline string quoted below produces a correct
result but also generates an error message:
\type{8 1/2 x 11}

Is there a better way to handle this situation?

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[NTG-context] Font problems.

[John Culleton]

On the same source file Texlive 2004  context
(mkiv) can find files that a more recent stand
alone version of context can't. I need to set
something somewhere so that the stand alone
version can find files in /usr/share/fonts/OTF.

I call the stand alone version from a script
called Context in /usr/local/bin:

. /home/safe/context/tex/setuptex
context $1
-
/home/safe is my home directory. Stand alone
context is in /home/safe/context. It is dated Jan
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Re: [NTG-context] Roman numerals in running heads in frontmatter.

[John Culleton]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:27:35 +0200
Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote:

 On 04/20/2015 09:03 PM, John Culleton wrote:
  When I set up running heads in frontmattter
  like this:
  \definestructureconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals]
  \setupheadertexts
  [{\getmarking[title]}] 
  [{\pagenumber}]
  [{\pagenumber}]
  [{\Titlea}]
  (where \Titlea is a string containing the book
  title) everything is fine except the page
  numbers in the running heads are in arabic
  and not roman format. 
  On the footers on \title pages the numbers are
  roman as expected..
  
  How do I fix this?
 
 Sorry, John, but this is only a guess.
 
 This might do what you intend:
 
 \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,
 location=] \def\Titlea{The Book Title}
 \definestructureconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals]
 \setupheadertexts
 [{\getmarking[title]}]
 [pagenumber]
 [pagenumber]
 [{\Titlea}]
 \starttext
 \startfrontmatter
 \dorecurse{10}{\title{My Chapter
 Title}\dorecurse{20}{\input knuth\par}}
 \stopfrontmatter \stoptext
 
 In short, [{\pagenumber}] should read
 [pagenumber].
 
 Please, provide a minimal sample that shows the
 issues you’re confronting with your requiests.
 
 Just in case it might help,
 
 
 Pablo

That was the change I needed. Thanks!

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[NTG-context] Roman numerals in running heads in frontmatter.

[John Culleton]

When I set up running heads in frontmattter like
this:
\definestructureconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals]
\setupheadertexts
[{\getmarking[title]}] 
[{\pagenumber}]
[{\pagenumber}]
[{\Titlea}]
(where \Titlea is a string containing the book
title) everything is fine except the page numbers
in the running heads are in arabic and not roman
format. 
On the footers on \title pages the numbers are
roman as expected..

How do I fix this?

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[NTG-context] Handling line numbers in frontmatter.

[John Culleton]

In the sample shown below I get correct (roman)
line numbers but the very first page, imported
from plug.tex has an unwanted page number. If I
surround that page with:
\startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes]
 and
\stopstandardmakeup

the page number disappears but the page count is
wrong by one. Page numbers are roman. 

I have tried changing the page number sequence
using e.g,:
\setcounter[userpage][-4]
but that has no effect.

I tried iv instead of 4 but that didn't work
either.

MKIV and Texlive 2014.
---
\starttext
\startfrontmatter
\setuppagenumbering[state=start]
%\startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes]
\input plug.tex
%\stopstandardmakeup
\page[yes]
\startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes]
\stopstandardmakeup
\startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes]
\externalfigure[graph1.pdf][width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight] \stopstandardmakeup
%\setcounter[userpage][number=4]
\startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes]
{\obeylines
{\bf From Kitchen to Market-Sell Your Specialty
Food}
 6th Edition Stephen F. Hall
(etc.)
 }
\stopstandardmakeup
\stoptext
---

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[NTG-context] \noheadersandfooterlines

[John Culleton]

The Manual lists this command in the index of
commands  but it seems not to exist on the page
referenced (88). And it I just want to suppress
the page number on the first page but still have
this page count as page number 'i' (I am using
roman numbers for the frontmatter.) 


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Re: [NTG-context] Placing a page without a blank page after.

[John Culleton]

On Thu, 09 Apr 2015 20:34:03 +0200
Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote:

 On 04/08/2015 11:50 PM, John Culleton wrote:
  I have tried various things like
  \start/stop/standardmakeup,
  \start/stop/TEXpage and so on. I am trying to
  place a full sized page including bleeds
  without a blank page following. Sometimes It
  works but mostly it gives me a blank page
  following.
  
  What is the recommended solution?
 
 Hi John,
 
 I don’t know what you intend to do, but this
 might work (if I have done my guesswork
 right ;-)):
 
 \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
 \starttext
 \startstandardmakeup[pagestate=start,
 doublesided=no] This is the page.
 \stopstandardmakeup
 This is another page.
 \stoptext
 
 If it doesn’t work, please send a minimal
 sample that describes what you have in mind.
 
 I hope it helps,
 
 
 Pablo

That worked! I didn't know about the pagestate
parameter.

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[NTG-context] Placing a page without a blank page after.

[John Culleton]

I have tried various things like
\start/stop/standardmakeup, \start/stop/TEXpage
and so on. I am trying to place a full sized page
including bleeds without a blank page following.
Sometimes It works but mostly it
gives me a blank page following.

What is the recommended solution?

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[NTG-context] adjust text width mkiv

[John Culleton]

I am still matching my file with a previous
InDesign layout.

 On one particular page I want to narrow the text
 width a bit to cause the bottom line to fill
 the full text width. I have tried adjusting
 \hsize within braces, and changing setlayout. I
 am considering putting all the text in a
 framedtext but with the frame suppressed.

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[NTG-context] text alignment in table

[John Culleton]

Given this table:
\starttabulate[|l|l]
\NC 8:00\emdash noon \NC Ordering/opening/training\NR 
\NC \NC Food~preparation\NC\NR 
\NC Noon\emdash 2:00 PM \NC Luncheon~sales\NR
\NC 2:00 PM\emdash 7:00 PM \NC General administration/baking \NR
\NC \NC Supplier meeting (this is you) \NC\NR 
\stoptabulate

the Word Food is left justified in the
column (good) and the word preparation
is right justified (bad). The same problem occurs
in the string Luncheon sales. The glyph ~
doesn't help.

I also tried the table variation in chapter
twenty-two of  The TeXbook. That doesn't work
in MKIV. 

My last resort is to introduce a one page pdf from
the InDesign-created pdf. But the must be a
Context solution.


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Re: [NTG-context] overlay or layer for chapter head.

[John Culleton]

On Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:10:19 +0200
Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o.
l...@pontex.cz wrote:

 Hello,
 
 On Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:46:11 +0200, Otared
 Kavian ota...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Hi,
 
  Maybe you need to say state=repeat in the
  definition of your layer:
 
  \definelayer[chapterbackground][state=repeat]
 
 '[state=repeat]' causes all pages have the
 'mill' background.
 
 Best regards,
 
 Lukas
 
 

I am not seeking a background but rather a
foreground. And I only need this for 7 chapter
heads. Here is how I put the page image into my
context file now:
-
\startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no]
\vskip -0.15in
 \hskip -0.7in
\hbox{\externalfigure[chaphead2.pdf][width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]} \stopstandardmakeup
\writetolist[chapter]{2}{Chapter 2: Understanding
the Food Industry}%

This works but I want a less fiddly-more
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[NTG-context] overlay or layer for chapter head.

[John Culleton]

I am redoing a book for a client. Each chapter
head has a fancy design. I want to reproduce that
fancy page but still have the \chapter
statement for running heads, TOC etc. 

Is there a way that I can overlay the entire
chapter first page with a graphic, ideally a one
page pdf file. 

I have tried workarounds with
\startstandardmakeup,\writetolist,
\definemarking etc. but the whole thing is
getting too complicated. I just want to overlay a
the entire page with a graphic yet have
the real content of the page still available for
TOC, running head, indexing terms etc.

Any suggestions?


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[NTG-context] string capacity exceeded

[John Culleton]

I get this message in a file where I am using
many external figures:

error on line 1 in file chapter2.tex: ! TeX
capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=1]

The wiki says:
In texmf.cnf fix the value that has been reported
as too small...

In texmf.cnf I raised this parameter from 5000 to
15000:

stack_size = 5000   % simultaneous input
sources

But got the same message.
 
Any hints? Do I need to reboot something to make
this new size be in effect?

Do I need to reduce the size of some of my
external figures?

do I need to split the output pdf file into
multiples? 

Texlive 2014 Slackware Linux 14.1 three 64k
processors
4 gigs memory.

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[NTG-context] slanting an intermezzo.

[John Culleton]

I am redoing a book originally done in InDesign
and the prior typesetter took delight in using
every trick in the book. I can match all of them
 in context except one. He creates little sidebars
 and sometimes he leans them to the left by a few
degrees. Here is an example of one such sidebar.
How do I cause it to lean to the left about 3
degrees?
--

\starttext
\setupframed[background=screen,framecorner=rectangular,backgroundscreen=0.70]
\placeintermezzo[right,none]{}
\startframedtext[width=3in]

\centerline {\bf RECIPE FOR SUCCESS}

\noindent

\input knuth.tex
\stopframedtext
\input knuth.tex
\input knuth.tex
\input knuth.tex

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I know I am supposed to use \rotate but I can't
figure out how to rotate an intermezzo.

Please help!

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[NTG-context] setting columns in a text frame.

[John Culleton]

I am attempting to emulate a layout of a
customer's book that was set in InDesign.
I have columns inside a \textframe inside an
\intermezzo. I can't get the columns to break.
I get one long column and the seocnd column is
blank.
here is my code:
---
 \setupframed[framecorner=round, frameradius=1em,
background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.70,
backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=1em,
corner=round, radius=1em] \starttext
\placeintermezzo[center,none]{}
\starttext
\startframedtext[] [width=\hsize]
\centerline{\ss\tfb  Interest in Green, Organic,
and Local Foods Is Exploding}
\definecolumns[example][n=2]
\startcolumns[example] Organic foods, locally
sourced foods, and sustainable living or green
enterprises have become part of our mainstream
lifestyles. Organic foods are produced without
the use of conventional pesticides, artificial
fertilizers, human waste, or sewage sludge and
are processed without ionizing radiation or food
additives. There is a growing belief that eating
\column organic is better for our bodies and
better for the planet. Green food producers and
processors are becoming increasingly
environmentally friendly. More importantly, data
suggest that these markets have exceeded 60
percent in compound annual growth. This suggests
a significant demand that specialty food
entrepreneurs can meet. \stopcolumns
\stopframedtext \stoptext

Is this combination of features a bridge too far?

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[NTG-context] Word wrap around framed text.

[John Culleton]

This passage works OK except for the lack of word
wrap around for the framed text.
--
\starttext
\chapter{Introduction}
The specialty food market has exploded. A combination of factors
has led to exciting opportunities for food entrepreneurs. Retail sales
of all specialty foods are generating revenues of more than 88
billion a year and averaging annual growth of more than 8
percent. To some, this means great opportunity. To others, it
represents a formidable challenge.  Your ability to grab a slice
of this pie and make your mark, establish your independence,
achieve success, and acquire wealth will depend on how
effectively you prepare-and prepare you must!  How to prepare for
the opportunities and challenges of taking your food products to
the appropriate store shelves is the subject of this guide. You
need not know the basics of small business operations just yet.
For now, success will depend on your personal and business
vision, drive, talent, and the amount of capital you can raise.
Let's put that last item into perspective: the average cost of
getting national grocery store shelf exposure for a new product
by a branded manufacturer has been estimated at more than \$6
million.  Still reading? Take heart. There is a proven
alternative: the specialty food industry. It has become the
proven vehicle for entry-level food distribution in the United
States. Different market segments and new products can be tested
in the specialty food industry without the initial investment
required of the major food producers. The secret has to do with
superior execution of often ordinary ideas





\section{How Long Does It Take to Be Successful?}
 
\section{How Much Will It Cost You?}
  Depending on your approach, you can
expect to incur minimum start-up costs of approximately \$35,000
to \$100,000 and more each year for the first three to five years.
This includes production, packaging, labeling, advertising, and
promotion of one product. It does {\it not}

\setupframed[framecorner=round,
frameradius=1em,
background=screen,
backgroundscreen=0.70,
backgroundcorner=round,
backgroundradius=1em,
corner=round,
radius=1em]
\startframedtext[right][width=3.2in]
\centerline{\ss\tfb Life Before Specialty}
\centerline{\ss\tfb Food Marketing}
What food entrepeneurs did before starting a specialty food firm (in order of
prevalence):
\startitemize[1]
\item Other business non-food-related (52\%)
\item food-related business (14\%)
\item Medical profession (11\%)
\item Education (8\%)
\item Nonprofit Charity (8\%)
\item Entertainment (3.6\%)
\stopitemize
---{Food Entrepeneur Magazine 2014 pool responses}
\stopframedtext
 include the cost of
success. Many firms that won Outstanding Product Awards were
ill prepared for the next move. Not all of them succeeded in
profiting from their good fortune. This estimated cost also
assumes that you will be doing a lot of the leg work
(administrative, invoicing, database management, and so on).
Our purpose is to explore the inner workings of {\bf niche
marketing.}
Niche marketing entails finding the best combination of product
packaging, pricing, positioning, and promotion that will
encourage the consumer to purchase a product not otherwise
offered by the major suppliers. Imagination is a key ingredient,
but adequate funding is essential. 
\stoptext

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[NTG-context] PLacing framed text.

[John Culleton]

I know how to place an intermezzo, e.g.
\starttext
\setupframed[framecorner=round,
frameradius=1em,
background=screen,
backgroundscreen=0.70,
backgroundcorner=round,
backgroundradius=1em,
corner=round,
radius=1em]
\definefloat[intermezzo]{  }

\placeintermezzo[right]{}
\startframedtext[width=3.2in]

\centerline{\ss\tfb Life Before Specialty}
\centerline{\ss\tfb Food Marketing}
\tfx
What food entrepeneurs did before starting a specialty food firm (in order of
prevalence):
---{\bf\it Food Entrepeneur Magazine}

\stopframedtext
\stoptext

But I don't want the word intermezzo at the
bottom of the frame. In other words I want to
place the framed text but not call it an
intermezzo.

Any suggestions?
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Re: [NTG-context] Get rid of caption on an intermezzo.

[John Culleton]

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:42:56 -0500
John Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote:

 I managed after many trips to the Wiki to get a
 text frame pretty much as I want it, with text
 wrapping around and so on. But the technique
 requires using an intermezzo as a wrapper.
 This feature always puts a title like
 intermezzo 1 at the bottom. How do I get rid
 of this title?
 
 For the curious here is my code segment to date:
 \setupframed[framecorner=round,
 frameradius=1em,
 background=screen,
 backgroundscreen=0.70,
 backgroundcorner=round,
 backgroundradius=1em,
 corner=round,
 radius=1em]
 \definefloat[intermezzo]{  }
 
 \kern 5em\placeintermezzo[right]{}
 \startframedtext[width=3.2in]
 
 \centerline{\ss\tfb Life Before Specialty}
 \centerline{\ss\tfb Food Marketing}
 \tfx
 
 What food entrepeneurs did before starting a
 specialty food firm (in order of prevalence):
 \startitemize[1]
 \item Other business non-food-related (52\%)
 \item food-related business (14\%)
 \item Medical profession (11\%)
 \item Education (8\%)
 \item Nonprofit Charity (8\%)
 \item Entertainment (3.6\%)
 \stopitemize
 ---{\bf\it Food Entrepeneur Magazine 2014 pool
 responses}
 
 \stopframedtext
 
 

Anyone have a solution yet?

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[NTG-context] mkiv document saved as xml.

[John Culleton]

The WIKI is in transition and the other posts
here deawl with advanced details. So I have a
simple question:
Given a mkiv document how do I export it to a
generic xml docuument?

I have another question later. 

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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with framed text.--addendum

[John Culleton]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:56:05 -0500
John Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote:

 On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:57:48 +0100
 Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote:
 
  On 02/22/2015 01:55 PM, John Culleton wrote:
   On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:16:31 -0500 Aditya
   Mahajan wrote:
   [...]
   There should be a comma after 0.1.
   
   With respect, I don't think so. Commas
   separate parameters. the last 0.1 is
   properly followed by a ].
  
  Hi John,
  
  this should work:
  
  \setupframed[framecorner=round,
  frameradius=0.1em,
  background=screen,
  backgroundscreen=0.70,
  backgroundcorner=round,
  backgroundradius=0.1em,
  corner=round,
  radius=0.1em]
  
  Radius, framedradius and backgroundradius
  expect dimensions as values, not mere numbers.
  
  BTW, having a sample that shows the problem
  increases the reply speed :-).
  
  I hope it helps,
  
  
  Pablo
 You had the cure.

I put commands like the one under discussion in a
separate file called macros.tex which is hte
first file called in my standard book.tex
top level file.
For some reason it didn't work. So I copied it to
just before my first text frame in the
'chapter01.tex' file. Then it worked for that
frame and subsequent instances.

Here is my book.tex file as used in my current
project:

\input variables.tex
\input macros.tex
\input fonts.tex
\starttext
%\showlayout
\startfrontmatter
\input half.tex
\input title.tex
\input contents.tex
\stopfrontmatter
\startbodymatter
%\input sample3.tex
\input body.tex
\stopbodymatter
\stoptext

I will add more calls later for acknowledgements,
appendices etc. all in separate subfiles.
\body.tex is a subfile that calls the individual 
chapter subsubfiles.

Variables.tex contains the definitions of title,
subtitle, author, publisher, ISBN etc.

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[NTG-context] Page numbering, new style and running heads.

[John Culleton]

The new method of handling page numbering (roman
and arabic)  using e.g.,

\setupuserpagenumber[numberconversion=Romannumerals]
\setcounter[userpage][5] 


works just fine if you remember
one thing: in running heads the word pagenumber
has to be replaced with userpagenumber. But in
the \chapter setup it is still pagenumber I
spent the morning and a few extra minutes figuring
those two things out.

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[NTG-context] Get rid of caption on an intermezzo.

[John Culleton]

I managed after many trips to the Wiki to get a
text frame pretty much as I want it, with text
wrapping around and so on. But the technique
requires using an intermezzo as a wrapper.
This feature always puts a title like intermezzo
1 at the bottom. How do I get rid of this
title?

For the curious here is my code segment to date:
\setupframed[framecorner=round,
frameradius=1em,
background=screen,
backgroundscreen=0.70,
backgroundcorner=round,
backgroundradius=1em,
corner=round,
radius=1em]
\definefloat[intermezzo]{  }

\kern 5em\placeintermezzo[right]{}
\startframedtext[width=3.2in]

\centerline{\ss\tfb Life Before Specialty}
\centerline{\ss\tfb Food Marketing}
\tfx

What food entrepeneurs did before starting a
specialty food firm (in order of prevalence):
\startitemize[1]
\item Other business non-food-related (52\%)
\item food-related business (14\%)
\item Medical profession (11\%)
\item Education (8\%)
\item Nonprofit Charity (8\%)
\item Entertainment (3.6\%)
\stopitemize
---{\bf\it Food Entrepeneur Magazine 2014 pool
responses}

\stopframedtext


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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with framed text.

[John Culleton]

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:16:31 -0500
Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote:

 
  On Feb 21, 2015, at 12:35 PM, John Culleton
  j...@wexfordpress.com wrote:
  
  In several palces I want to set up framed text
  with a gray background and rounded corners.
  Here is my \setupframed description:
  
  \setupframed[
  framecorner=round,
  frameradius=0.1,
  background=screen,
  backgroundscreen=0.70,
  backgroundcorner=round,
  backgroundradius=0.1,
  corner=round,
  radius=0.1
  ]
 
 There should be a comma after 0.1.

With respect, I don't think so. Commas separate
parameters. the last 0.1 is properly followed
by a ].
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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with framed text.

[John Culleton]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:57:48 +0100
Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote:

 On 02/22/2015 01:55 PM, John Culleton wrote:
  On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:16:31 -0500 Aditya
  Mahajan wrote:
  [...]
  There should be a comma after 0.1.
  
  With respect, I don't think so. Commas
  separate parameters. the last 0.1 is
  properly followed by a ].
 
 Hi John,
 
 this should work:
 
 \setupframed[framecorner=round,
 frameradius=0.1em,
 background=screen,
 backgroundscreen=0.70,
 backgroundcorner=round,
 backgroundradius=0.1em,
 corner=round,
 radius=0.1em]
 
 Radius, framedradius and backgroundradius
 expect dimensions as values, not mere numbers.
 
 BTW, having a sample that shows the problem
 increases the reply speed :-).
 
 I hope it helps,
 
 
 Pablo
You had the cure.

I built a sample and then played with the em
value. Lacking precise guidance I thought that
the value was one of those 0 to 1 ranges. Not so.
setting at 1.0 em gives me what I was looking
for.  The setting 0.1 em gave me rounding that was
imperceptible without magnification. 

Here is my successful sample:
-
\setupframed[framecorner=round,
frameradius=1em,
background=screen,
backgroundscreen=0.70,
backgroundcorner=round,
backgroundradius=1em,
corner=round,
radius1em]
\starttext
Some text.
\startframedtext[middle] 
\centerline{A Vision Example}
 In the year 20xx, our
company is internationally recognized as the premier supplier of
your food products. We regularly exceed customer expectations
by providing innovative and valuable your food products.
\stopframedtext
Some more text
\stoptext
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[NTG-context] Context, index, Syriac.

[John Culleton]

Does Context (any flavor) create indexes for
Syriac, a right to left language? Inquiry is from
the indexing list. 

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[NTG-context] intermezzo/sidebarswith rounded corners.

[John Culleton]

Client has an existing book that I am redoing
with many inserted square boxes of text slightly
protruding in the margin. Main text wraps
around each box. The line around each such box has
rounded corners. Is there an example somewhere in
the manuals or elsewhere?  

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Re: [NTG-context] intermezzo/sidebarswith rounded corners.

[John Culleton]

On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:54:11 +0100
Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote:

 On 2/5/2015 9:38 PM, John Culleton wrote:
  Client has an existing book that I am redoing
  with many inserted square boxes of text
  slightly protruding in the margin. Main text
  wraps around each box. The line around each
  such box has rounded corners. Is there an
  example somewhere in the manuals or elsewhere?
 
 \starttext
 
  \defineframed
[whatever]
[width=1cm,
 height=1cm,
 background=color,
 backgroundcolor=darkblue,
 foregroundcolor=white,
 forgroundstyle=bold]
 
  \dorecurse {100} {
  \starthanging{\whatever{#1}}
  \input tufte
  \stophanging
  }
 \stoptext
 
 

And rounded corners?

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[NTG-context] Simple tocs

[John Culleton]

In this country, and perhaps elsewhere, the front
matter in a technical book will have two tables
of contents, one listing just major titles (e.g.,
just chapters and titles or just parts, chapters
and titles) followed by another one that lists
sections also. 

Using mkiv I came up with this:
\startmakeup
\setupcombinedlist[content][list={chapter}]
\placelist[content]
\stopmakeup
\startmakeup
\setupcombinedlist[content][list={chapter,section}]
\completecontent[content]
\stopmakeup
\startmakeup
\null
\stopmakeup

I get no results at all, just blank pages. 

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[NTG-context] special features in simplefonts.

[John Culleton]

In regular Context font usage I have this
statement that works:

\def\Fontsize{13}
\font \rm =
file:MinionPro-Regular.otf:+liga;expansion=default;protrusion=quality
at \Fontsize bp

How would I use this font  in simplefonts?
it is the trailing parameters that I don't know
how to use in simplefonts, like:
 
:+liga;expansion=default;protrusion=quality
 
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[NTG-context] linking to html etc. documents from pdf.

[John Culleton]

DTP programs like Inkscape and Scribus have
facilities for linking to urls. Pdftex does also.

If this facility exists in Context can some kind
soul point me to the documentation?

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[NTG-context] Two errors in test file.

[john Culleton]

Here is the test file:
--
\definefontfamily [myfamily][serif][MinionPro Serif]
\definefontfamily [myfamily][sans][MyriadPro Sans]
\definefontfamily [myfamily][italic][MinionPro Italic]
\setupbodyfont[myfamily]
\starttext
\rm
foo
\startitemize[a]
\item  {\bf Inkscape}
\item  Scribus
\item  Gimp
\stopitemize
\stoptext
---
First, nothing prints.
Second, if I say 
\startitemize[1]
I get an error on the first \item line.
I suspect that the default font doesn't have the
big dot character.

The system variable OSFONTDIR points
to /usr/share/fonts

Obviously there is something that I am missing
in the font definitions.
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[NTG-context] Separate italic font.

[john Culleton]

Here is the example from the wiki
--
\setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic]
\usemodule[simplefonts][size=10pt]
\setmainfont[TeX Gyre Termes]
\setsansfont[TeX Gyre Heros]
\setmonofont[TeX Gyre Cursor]
-
If the font (e.g., MinionPro) has a separate
italic font should I add it?
If so is the correct command:
\setitalicfont[\setupbodyfont[MinionPro-It]
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Re: [NTG-context] Separate italic font.

[john Culleton]

On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:54:30 +0200
Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote:

 On 09/04/2014 05:55 PM, john Culleton wrote:
  Here is the example from the wiki
  --
  \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic]
  \usemodule[simplefonts][size=10pt]
  \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Termes]
  \setsansfont[TeX Gyre Heros]
  \setmonofont[TeX Gyre Cursor]
  -
  If the font (e.g., MinionPro) has a separate
  italic font should I add it?
  If so is the correct command:
  \setitalicfont[\setupbodyfont[MinionPro-It]
  ??
 
 John,
 
 \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic]
 \usemodule[simplefonts][size=10pt]
 \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Termes][italicfont=TeX Gyre Pagella Italic]
\starttext
 regular \em italics
 \stoptext
 
 I hope it helps,
 
 
 Pablo

That looks like a solution, thanks.



Now I have a related question. When I run:
mtxrun --script fonts * foo
The file foo has three columns. We only use the
word in the right hand column with the suffix
stripped off. So what is the purpose of the the
other two columns? for example:

minionproitalic minionproit MinionPro-It.otf

but we only use MinionPro-It.

Just curious.
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Re: [NTG-context] E-books and XML.

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On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 20:12:25 +0200
Thomas A. Schmitz thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de
wrote:

 
 On 26 Aug 2014, at 20:04, Hans Hagen
 pra...@wxs.nl wrote:
 
  
  Context users have invested time, often
  years, in learning how to write Context
  code. Writing XML is a whole other skillset,
  comparable to writing xhtml.
  
  It's not so different if you're accustomed to
  structure.
 
 To chime in: xml input facilitates the
 separation of content and display. There are
 many tools which will validate xml as you type.
 Your context skills will not be lost - if you
 have invested years in learning to code, you
 will still be able to do this in your
 environment files. John's argument does not
 make sense to me.  If someone new to context
 asked me, I think I would advise her or him to
 use xml input which is more versatile and
 easier to proofread for a beginner. And if one
 day in 20 years she decides she wants to use
 another tool for her files, it’s much easier to
 convert xml.
 
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Some questions:
What tool do you recommend for entering text etc.
in XML format? I have the Bluefish Editor but
usually code html in a plain editor (Gvim).

I downloaded the manual Dealing with XML in
MKIV but it presupposes that the user builds his
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exerimental. Is there a conversion system already
in place somewhere?

For the beginner (me) is the MKII method easier
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[NTG-context] E-books and XML.

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Context is moving toward accepting XML input,
although the filtering process is necessarily
complex. But what is also needed is a version
of Context that produces well formed XML as an
output. That would be a step toward producing a
dual purpose document with Context, for print
and for e-book use. 

Context users have invested time, often years, in
learning how to write Context code. Writing XML is
a whole other skillset, comparable to writing xhtml.

So is writing a Context to XML converter a
possibility? A probability? The commercial
program InDesign already has such a capability.

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[NTG-context] Using simplefonts and font protrusion in MKIV

[john Culleton]

How do I combine simplefonts and font protrusion
using a font family like Minion for the main font
and Myriad for the sans? I have both texlive 2014
and stand alone context dated about June 8. I can
use either. 

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Re: [NTG-context] Prevent hyphenation of the last word on a page

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On Sat, 05 Jul 2014 12:02:11 +0200
H. Özoguz h.oezo...@mmnetz.de wrote:

 If its not possible at all, a small hint to
 this fact would help, too. So I could stop to
 search :)
 
 Huseyin
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The brute force method is to study the output and
wherever a word is hyphenated at the end of a page
enclose it in {}. This is not global of course.

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[NTG-context] chapter title does not show on header.

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I copied \setupheadertexts etc. straight from the
wiki with one change. For the fourth parameter
instead of chapter I substituted \Titlea, which
contains the title of the book. That part works,
But the word chapter as a parameter doesn't.

Here is my pertinent code:

\def\Titlea{Scribus Index Feature }
...
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location=]
\setupheader[leftstyle=bold,rightstyle=bold]
\setupheadertexts
   [{\getmarking[chapter]}] 
   [{page \pagenumber}] 
   [{page \pagenumber}]
   [{\Titlea}] 
\setuppagenumbering[location=]
...
\setuppagenumbering[command=\bf]
\definetext[chapter][footer][pagenumber]
\setupmakeup[standard][page=yes, doublesided=no]
\definepagebreak
  [mychapterpagebreak]
  [yes,header,right]
...
\chapter{Summary}
etc.

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[NTG-context] blank overlay

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I need a graphic (a thumbnail) on the right hand
pages but not on the left hand pages. Following
the instructions in the Metafun Manual page 168 I
have assigned different pairs to the two
overlays: 
\startuseMPgraphic{right page}
...
\stopuseMPgraphic

and 
\startuseMPgraphic{left page}
\stopuseMPgraphic

In the left hand area I want to just create a
minimal structure that replaces the right hand
graphic overlay.

What is the minimal code I can use between the
start and stop statements?

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Re: [NTG-context] blank overlay

[john Culleton]

On Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:47:14 +0200
Peter Rolf indi...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 03.06.2014 16:27, schrieb john Culleton:
  
  I need a graphic (a thumbnail) on the right
  hand pages but not on the left hand pages.
  Following the instructions in the Metafun
  Manual page 168 I have assigned different
  pairs to the two overlays: 
  \startuseMPgraphic{right page}
  ...
  \stopuseMPgraphic
  
  and 
  \startuseMPgraphic{left page}
  \stopuseMPgraphic
  
  In the left hand area I want to just create a
  minimal structure that replaces the right hand
  graphic overlay.
  
  What is the minimal code I can use between the
  start and stop statements?
  
 
 Not sure if I understand you right, but let's
 give it a try :-)
 
 You can use 'Start|Stoppage' in combination
 with your icon, but you end up with a graphic
 as big as the page (not visible and a small
 data footprint, but still some kind of 'layer
 mess'). Probably not the best way to do this in
 ConTeXt. Anyway...
 
 StartPage;
 draw something xyshifted(x,y); % shift to the
 desired position StopPage;
 
 
 Better alternative:
 
 http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layers
 
 Example: placing a logo to the top right corner
 of the page
 
 And for the different setup on left|right pages
 see
 
 http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Alternating_backgrounds_and_repeating_layers
 
 The latter link is also at the bottom of the
 layer related page.
 
 
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One of your examples, the watermark one,
reminded me of what I had left off. It was the
lines:

\setuppagenumbering
 [alternative=doublesided]

Dum de dum dum!

Now I have the thumbnail mark on odd but not on
even pages.

I still have a few more bits to fiddle but that
got me around my problem.

I took Hans' MKIV thumb index example and hacked
away from that point onward.

Thanks so much for your multiple examples! I was
about to retreat to Scribus. The problem with
that program is that the pdf files are about five
times bigger than a corresponding pdf from
Context.
 

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[NTG-context] Thumbnail sample.

[john Culleton]

The wiki shows two thumbnail samples. I like the
first one. But I want to use MKIV. When I do the
first sample blows up on the second chapter entry.
Obviously there is some code in sample 1 that
doesn't work  under MKIV. 
By a process of elimination it centers on the
thumbnail description proper. The file looks
like this:
---
\unprotected
\def\rawsectionnumber#1{\countervalue{\??se#1}}%will be in kernel

\setuppagenumbering
   [alternative=doublesided]

\setupcolors
   [state=start]

\setupbackgrounds
   [page]
   [background=thumbs]

\defineoverlay
   [thumbs]
   [\setups{thumbs}]

\def\NOfChapters{4} % i need to make this one available

\startsetups thumbs

 \definemeasure[thumbheight][\dimexpr\paperheight/\NOfChapters\relax]

 \vbox to \paperheight \bgroup
 \vskip \rawsectionnumber{section-2}
 \measure{thumbheight} \vskip
 -1
 \measure{thumbheight}
 \doifoddpageelse\hfill\donothing \framed
 [background=color, backgroundcolor=darkgray,
  frame=off,
  foregroundcolor=white,
  height=\measure{thumbheight},width=1cm]
 {\bfa \rawsectionnumber{section-2}}
 \doifoddpageelse\donothing\hfill
 \vss
 \egroup

\stopsetups

\starttext

\chapter{first}  \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte  }
\chapter{second} \dorecurse{10}{\input davis  }
\chapter{third}  \dorecurse{10}{\input zapf   }
\chapter{fourth} \dorecurse{10}{\input bryson }

\stoptext
---

It works under MKII but not under MKIV. The error
message occurs after the first chapter. But the
chapters by themselves work OK. 
I will continue to experiment
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Re: [NTG-context] Unable To Render Table With Over 3000 Rows

[john Culleton]

On Fri, 30 May 2014 18:11:46 +0200
Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote:

 On 5/28/2014 6:34 PM, Neal Lester wrote:
  When I attempt to render a table with more
  than about 3000 rows I get the following
  error.  Searching the archives I found one
  message suggesting that [save size] is hard
  coded and cannot be increased.
 
  The application is rendering business
  reports; they are relatively simple documents
  but we definitely need more than 3000 rows.
  Is there a way to configure context to render
  tables of this size?
 
 at some point you will hit other limitations
 
 you can jump the number by changing a line in
 the source code but as that is cumbersome I
 changed the beta a bit so that you can add this
 line in the texmfcnf.lua file in the directives
 section:
 
  [luatex.savesize] = 10,
 
 (i now report the relevant values at the end of
 a context --make run as some need to be saved
 with the format due to startup relationships)
 
 I also set the value to 100K by default.
 
 Hans
 
  Thanks,
 
  Neal Lester
 
  (C:/projects/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv
 
  ConTeXt  ver: 2014.01.03 00:40 MKIV current
  fmt: 2014.5.28  int: english/english
 
  system   'cont-new.mkiv' loaded
  (C:/projects/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv)
  system   files  jobname
  'temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47',
  input
  './temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47',
  result
  'temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47'
  fontslatin modern fonts are not
  preloaded languageslanguage 'en' is
  active
  (C:/projects/jinny/report_builder/temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47.tex{C:/projects/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map}
  fontspreloading latin modern
  fonts (second stage) fonts   
  typescripts  unknown library
  'loc' 
  {C:/projects/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{C:/projects/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}
  fonts'fallback modern rm 12pt'
  is loaded structuresectioning  part
  @ level 1 : 1 - ! TeX capacity exceeded,
  sorry [save size=5]
 
  system   tex  error on line 5025 in
  file
  C:/projects/jinny/report_builder/temp-AF5678CF-250D-4CB8-8505-21D1DAA5FA47.tex:
  TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [ ...
 
  5015 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary
  label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright]
  4,992\eTD \eTR 5016 \bTR \bTD This is an
  arbitrary label\eTD
  \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,993\eTD \eTR
  5017 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary
  label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright]
  4,994\eTD \eTR 5018 \bTR \bTD This is an
  arbitrary label\eTD
  \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,995\eTD \eTR
  5019 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary
  label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright]
  4,996\eTD \eTR 5020 \bTR \bTD This is an
  arbitrary label\eTD
  \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,997\eTD \eTR
  5021 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary
  label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright]
  4,998\eTD \eTR 5022 \bTR \bTD This is an
  arbitrary label\eTD
  \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright] 4,999\eTD \eTR
  5023 \bTR \bTD This is an arbitrary
  label\eTD \bTD[nc=1,align=flushright]
  5,000\eTD \eTR 5024 \eTABLEbody 5025 
  \eTABLE 5026 \stoptext 5027
 
  If you really absolutely need more capacity,
  you can ask a wizard to enlarge me.
 
  !  == Fatal error occurred, no output PDF
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This sounds like a job for a programming language
with printing features, and not a DTP program. In
my days as a COBOL programmer printing a report
from a data file with a million entries was not
unusual. As my father used to say there are
horses for courses. 

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Re: [NTG-context] placement of graphics across coluums.

[john Culleton]

On Wed, 28 May 2014 22:22:44 -0700
Mica Semrick m...@silentumbrella.com wrote:

 John,
 
 Perhaps you may find the columnsets command to
 your liking. See more here:
 http://pragrama-ade.com/general/manuals/columns.pdf
 
 Best,
 Mica

Thnkas doe yor reply.
Here is where I found that manual:
http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/columns.pdf

Unfortunately it does not cover the situation I
mentioned, where a graphic is place in the center
of a two column page but does not span either
column edge to edge but rather protrudes part of
the distance across each each column with text
flowing around it on both sides. In Context as
far as I can tell protrusion is all or nothing
in double columns. But a partial protrusion into a
single column has been available for a long time,
see The Context Manual section 15.2.
  
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[NTG-context] placement of graphics across coluums.

[john Culleton]

In Scribus, (which has many shortcomings compared
to Context for book length documents,) there is
one trick that is pretty easy. In a double column
document one can place a graphic in another
layer that is part in one column and part in
another, but not spanning either column
completely.  Then the texts in each column can
be made to flow around the graphic. I have looked
in It's in the details and the Columns
document but I cannot find this specific example.
I thought I saw one years ago. 

Is such a trick possible in Context without
heroic special coding?  

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[NTG-context] Command for printing back of book index.

[john Culleton]

In the current General Manual section 12.7
Registers the command for actually printing the
back of book index is omitted. What is it? Is it
the same for both MKII and MKIV? 

Does one run the command texutil separate from
the context command (analogous to running the
makeindex command in other versions of TeX)?

I can create an index separate from context using
a front end to makeindex that I wrote years ago
but I prefer an embedded index.
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Re: [NTG-context] Command for printing back of book index.

[john Culleton]

On Mon, 26 May 2014 19:15:48 +0200
Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote:

 On 5/26/2014 6:07 PM, john Culleton wrote:
 
  In the current General Manual section 12.7
  Registers the command for actually printing
  the back of book index is omitted. What is
  it? Is it the same for both MKII and MKIV?
 
  Does one run the command texutil separate from
  the context command (analogous to running the
  makeindex command in other versions of TeX)?
 
  I can create an index separate from context
  using a front end to makeindex that I wrote
  years ago but I prefer an embedded index.
 
 producing an (sorted) index has always been
 integrated
 
 - in mkii texexec handles it (using texutil for
 all multi-pass pre- processing); the use never
 had to run texutil him/herself; in fact, i once
 made a replacement in Lua so that we could
 avoid ruby but never finished it read: had time
 to finish it
 
 - in mkiv sorting the index is done internally
 
 there has never been a reason for using
 something makeindex
 
 Hans
 
 ps. texutil itself went from modula-2 to perl
 to ruby ... so it's a real ancient part of
 context
 

Thanks. Now, what is the command to be placed at
the back of the file to print the index? Section
12.7 just has a blank line after
 
A register is generated and placed in your
document with

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Re: [NTG-context] Command for printing back of book index.

[john Culleton]

On Mon, 26 May 2014 22:41:41 +0200
Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote:

 On 5/26/2014 10:31 PM, john Culleton wrote:
  On Mon, 26 May 2014 19:15:48 +0200
  Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote:
 
  On 5/26/2014 6:07 PM, john Culleton wrote:
 
  In the current General Manual section 12.7
  Registers the command for actually
  printing the back of book index is omitted.
  What is it? Is it the same for both MKII
  and MKIV?
 
  Does one run the command texutil separate
  from the context command (analogous to
  running the makeindex command in other
  versions of TeX)?
 
  I can create an index separate from context
  using a front end to makeindex that I wrote
  years ago but I prefer an embedded index.
 
  producing an (sorted) index has always been
  integrated
 
  - in mkii texexec handles it (using texutil
  for all multi-pass pre- processing); the use
  never had to run texutil him/herself; in
  fact, i once made a replacement in Lua so
  that we could avoid ruby but never finished
  it read: had time to finish it
 
  - in mkiv sorting the index is done
  internally
 
  there has never been a reason for using
  something makeindex
 
  Hans
 
  ps. texutil itself went from modula-2 to perl
  to ruby ... so it's a real ancient part of
  context
 
 
  Thanks. Now, what is the command to be placed
  at the back of the file to print the index?
  Section 12.7 just has a blank line after
 
  A register is generated and placed in your
  document with
 
 did you consult the wiki?
 
 http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Registers
 
 

I finally traced it down in the wiki. I was first
looking under index and not finding the answer.
My American mind didn't think to look under 
Register. That's not what we call a back of
book index. So thanks for the pointer.

But it would be useful also to correct the manual.
Neither section 12.7 nor the list of commands in
the back mention \completeregister nor
\placeregister as the means to create a back of
the book index.

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[NTG-context] pdf X/1-a:2001 format for print output.

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The above format is required for pdf files
containing color for many American printers. I am
looking for the minimal case. In the wiki there
is an example:

\setupbackend
  [format=PDF/X-1a:2001,
   intent=SWOP2006_Coated3v2.icc]

Is this sufficient? Or must I also use this
code:

\setupinteraction
  [title=TITLE,
   subtitle=SUBTITLE,
   author=AUTHOR,
   keyword={{KEYWORD1, KEYWORD2}, KEYWORD3}]

I don't see the relationship of this last example
to non-interactive pdf X/1-a:2001 output for
print. 

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Re: [NTG-context] pdf X/1-a:2001 format for print output.

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On Thu, 22 May 2014 17:59:31 +0200
Peter Rolf indi...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 22.05.2014 16:07, schrieb john Culleton:
  The above format is required for pdf files
  containing color for many American printers.
  I am looking for the minimal case. In the
  wiki there is an example:
  
  \setupbackend
[format=PDF/X-1a:2001,
 intent=SWOP2006_Coated3v2.icc]
  
  Is this sufficient? Or must I also use this
  code:
 
 They are not needed in PDF/X. But its good to
 be able to search PDF documents for a specific
 author or a title. No metadata, no search
 result pointing to your document.
 
  
  \setupinteraction
[title=TITLE,
 subtitle=SUBTITLE,
 author=AUTHOR,
 keyword={{KEYWORD1, KEYWORD2}, KEYWORD3}]
  
  I don't see the relationship of this last
  example to non-interactive pdf X/1-a:2001
  output for print. 
 
 
 Well, there is none. You set the metadata via
 '\setupinteraction'. That's all.
 Interactive features (like links) are even
 forbidden in PDF/X-1a. Also no transparency and
 no RGB colors.
 
 
 HTH,  Peter
 
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[NTG-context] Preparing a weird index.

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I have a customer that uses a publisher that has
truly weird requirements. The weirdness is
that the locaters are not page numbers but
paragraph numbers. And some paragraph numbers
start with the prefix 'BO' and others with the
chapter number.  so a correct sequence would be 
BO.15 3.2

A finished  sequence would be

goddess @@ BO.15 3.2 3.5

The sort order has to be letter by letter,
as defined in the Chicago Manual of Style.

Can Context sort and summarize these locaters?

I can even change the BO sequence to 0 (zero) and
then change it back later on. The key is can
Context sort by paragraph number rather than
page number for an index. 

I have looked into Xindy for this job but the
learning curve is pretty steep and the
documentation pretty opaque. makeindex won't
handle decimals for locators. I don't mind doing
a little reformatting along the way (I already
have for this project) but I don't want to
rewrite makeindex or xindy just for this
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[NTG-context] Page layouts in chapter 3 of manual.

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I am having a bit of trouble matching up the
diagrams in chapter three with the corresponding
\setuparranging statements. For example which
\setuparranging statement matches up with figure
3.21 (8 pages single sided 1 sheet.)? I think it
is [ZFLYER-8] but I am not certain. 

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[NTG-context] Placing marks at edge.

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You have seen them in books from O'Reilly and
even in books like TeX for the Impatient:
markings on the outer edge of each odd page that
bleed past the page edge indicating a particular
chapter. In the last named they are a simple 
box with very fine horizontal black lines. In some
O'Reilly books like Web Design in a Nutshell
they are a black box with the chapter name
(possibly abbreviated) rotated 90 degrees in
small white text. 

No doubt I can do this in Context. The question
is what is the simplest and most foolproof way
home.

Of course the page size will be made larger by
0.125 inch on all sides except the spine edge to
provide a trim. The marker box I describe
protrudes into the trim area. And its location
and the text  change for each chapter of
course. 

It is very hard in this country to get a book
review by the important pre-publication
reviewers like Booklist and Library Journal. But
that review is the key to among other things
library sales and academic sales. Edge markings
like I discuss above will immediately separate my
books from those slapped together in MSWord etc. 

I am just trying to get my books past the clerk in
the mail room who has orders to discard anything
that looks self-published.  

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Re: [NTG-context] Placing marks at edge.

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On Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:49:03 +0100
Willi Egger cont...@boede.nl wrote:

 Hello John,
 
 I was busy to make this some time ago. May that
 the attached file is a base for what you want
 to achieve.
 
 Kind regards
 
 Willi

Compiles correctly. A brilliant solution.

That gets me 3/4 of the way to my objective. The
remainder requires that the margin marks be
shown only on odd pages, or else switched to the
left hand margin for even pages.

Thinks for sharing your solution to
this pesky problem. 

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[NTG-context] Simpleton bibliography

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A very recent (Jan 21) wiki article lists this
example for a simple bibliography:
-
\usebtxdataset
  [mybibfile.bib]
\setupbtxrendering
  [numbering=yes]
-
Now that is simple enough for starters.

Question 1: What are the other options for
\setupbtxrendering and what do they do? (In my
world Bibliographies are seldom numbered.)

Question 2: Suppose I want to follow a different
standard, other than APA, such as harvard or
Chicago or whatever: where do I code that
choice and how? Are bst files still in play?

Question 3: url is mentioned. Does that mean that
url can actually used as a data field name?

I am of the KISS persuasion (Keep It Simple
Silly). All of furbelows and feathers that
fascinate real experts are not my cup of code.
Bless the real experts, without them there would
be no TeX or Context, but I am not of their clan.

All I want to do is: 

A: Create a list of books properly encoded in
bibtex or similar style. Probably all the entries
will be @book types.

B: print items out of that list as I choose them
with \cite or \nocite in a backmatter chapter
called references or bibliography.


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[NTG-context] mkiv bibtex

[john Culleton]

Is the ISBN field supported yet? 

How about the url field?

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Re: [NTG-context] Setting `before` option of chapter breaks header text

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On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:59:32 -0500
john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote:


  
 
 
 If the before option is just for space then how
 do I place a fleuron centered above the chapter
 title? That is what the customer wants.
 
Answered my own question. It seems that
before can be used for more than just spacing.
Here is the pertinent code from my files:

\useexternalfigure[heart][heart.svg][width=1.5in]
\def\fleuron{\centerline{\hbox{\externalfigure[heart]}}}

\setuphead[chapter]
[header=high,footer=chapter,page=right,
alternative=middle,
align=normal,
number=no,
page=mychapterpagebreak,
style=ssbfc,
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Re: [NTG-context] Setting `before` option of chapter breaks header text

[john Culleton]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 20:32:30 +0200
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com
wrote:

 
 Am 03.09.2013 um 20:22 schrieb Michael Scholtz
 scmi...@gmail.com:
 
  I tried `\blank` commands in `before`, but it
  seems to have to effect. A space before
  `\blank` (like `before={\ \blank[5em]}`)
  makes it work, but is not so nice.
 
 TeX ignores a \blank at the begin of a page, to
 force the space you can
 “before=\blank[force,value]”.
 
  But using `toffset` and `boffset` does the
  job, even without `\blank`s:
 
 This is wrong because the toffset and buffet
 control the margins *in* the boy and not around
 the box.
 
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Re: [NTG-context] Invoice Example

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On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 13:49:39 +0600
Henning Hraban Ramm te...@fiee.net wrote:

 
 Am 2014-01-02 um 21:07 schrieb
 hwit...@gmail.com:
 
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There are horses for courses. I write invoices
using plain pdftex. Not much code required, I just
change the data fields for each new iteration. I
also use the antique TeXsis tables for structure.
Here is an example:
--
 \input TXSruled.tex
\def\today{\ifcase\month\or
January\or February\or March\or April\or
May\or June\or July\or August\or 
September \or October\or November\or December\fi
\space\number\day, \number\year}

\nopagenumbers
\parindent=0pt
\parskip=0pt
\font\bigss=cmss17 at 25pt
\centerline{\bigss INVOICE}
\noncenteredtables
\vskip .25in
\hrule height 1.5pt 
\bigskip
\line{\hfill Date: \today}
\vskip .25in
\line{\ruledtable
VENDOR \cr
John Culleton \hfill\crnorule
2401 Haight Avenue\hfill\crnorule
Eldersburg, MD 21784 \hfill\endruledtable
\hfill
\ruledtable
CUSTOMER\cr
Independent Contract Services\hfill\crnorule
Landmark Community Newspapers\hfill\crnorule
Carroll County Times\hfill\crnorule
P.O. Box 346\hfill\crnorule
Westminster, MD 21158\hfill\endruledtable
}
\centeredtables
\bigskip
\ruledtable
Item\dbl Desc|Date |Amount \cr
  1 \dbl \para{Column}| Dec 10 2013|\$40.00*  \cr
  2 \dbl \para{Column}| Dec 24 2013|\$40.00  \cr
\dbl \multispan2 \hfil TOTAL: |
\$80.00\endruledtable \def\uline#1{\vrule height
0pt depth .75pt width #1 in}


\centerline{\bf DIRECT DEPOSIT HAS BEEN REQUESTED}
{\baselineskip=25pt
\vskip 30pt

Signed:\uline{2}
\vskip 30pt

Approved:\uline{2} \hfill Approved Date:\uline{1.5}\break} 
%%Begin addressing code for reverse side.
\vfil\eject\null
\vskip -.5in
\moveleft .75truein
\vbox{{\bf John Culleton}\par
2401 Haight Ave\par
Eldersburg MD 21784\par
}
\vskip 30pt
\moveright 3truein
\vbox{\obeylines
Independent Contract Services
Landmark Community Newspapers
Carroll County Times
P.O. Box 346
Westminster, MD 21158
}\vfill
\bye
--
 I print the first page, flip the
 paper, print the address info, and fold the
 paper into threes. Glue the edge, affix a stamp
 and mail.

Run the above code and look at the results. 

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[NTG-context] Drop folio on first page of chapter.

[john Culleton]

My chapter heads have no headline. For chapter
heads only I want to put the page number on the
bottom of the page centered. How do I do this?

definepagebreak
  [mychapterpagebreak]
  [yes,header,right]


\setuphead[chapter]
[alternative=middle,
header=empty,
align=normal,
number=no,
page=mychapterpagebreak,
style=ssbfc,
before={\blank[2*big]},
after={\blank[2*big]}]



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Re: [NTG-context] context mkiv output options

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On Sun, 13 Oct 2013 00:40:28 +0200
Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote:

 On 10/12/2013 5:12 PM, hwit...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 
  Can  MKIV ConTeXt output image files.  I need
  to create an image file from a document and
  would prefer use Context to output it
  directly if possible and not have to convert
  a pdf file to an image file such as png or
  tiff.
 
 no
 
  Is there a command line option for this.  I
  looked at the outpuf from   $ context
  --help   , but cold find no answer there.  It
  did not even mention the  --pdf option, which
  does exist.
 
 there's only pdf (currently)
 
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file (not too long) and output it in a variety of
formats, including of course pdf again. So you
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[NTG-context] workarounds required for book layouts.

[john Culleton]

For print books the half-title page is backed by a
blank page but the full title page is backed by
the copyright page. The first page of the
bodymatter (chapter 1 in most cases) is recto
faced by a blank verso. 

There are workarounds that obtain this layout.
First   \standardmakeup
command must be modified thus:
\setupmakeup[standard][page=yes, doublesided=no]

Then to get a blank page after the half title
We must insert a dummy page thus:
\startstandardmakeup
\null
\stopstandardmakeup
These two moves put a blank page 
after the half title but forbid it thereafter.

The blank page after \startbodymatter, after
\startbackmatter and after \startappendix is
provided by:
\setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=]
\setupsectionblock[bodypart] [page=]
\setupsectionblock[backpart] [page=]
\setupsectionblock[appendix] [page=]

This combination of workarounds gets the job
done. There may be other combinations that do it
as well.

My suggestion is that all the above setup
commands should be built into context. It takes
some exploration of the mailing list to ferret out
these layout techniques. I have already added
them to my boilerplate macros.tex file that I
insert in every book layout file. But others have
to discover these techniques afresh when they
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Re: [NTG-context] Extra blank page after title page.

[john Culleton]

On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:56:51 -0500 (EST)
Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote:

 On Thu, 21 Nov 2013, john Culleton wrote:
 
 
  Here is the code. first the file title.tex:
  -
  \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no]
  (title stuff)
  \stopstandardmakeup
  ---
  and next the file copy.tex:
  --
  \startstandardmakeup[page=no]
  (contents)
  \stopstandardmakeup
  
  MY master file contains:
  \input title.tex
  \input copy.tex
  --
  An extra blank page is inserted between the
  title page and the title verso.
  If I combine the two files into a new file
  combine.tex, eliminate the two input lines
  above and say
  \input combine.tex
  instead I still get the unwanted blank page
  in between.
 
 (untested). Add doublesided=no.
 
 See http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/122349/323
 for details.
 
 Aditya


It works! Thanks for your help.

I added these lines to my macros.tex file which gets read first:

\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
\setupmakeup[standard][page=yes, doublesided=no]

Then to preserve the blank page after my half
title (where I really want it) I changed my
master file to read as follows:

\input macros.tex
\starttext
\startfrontmatter
\input variables.tex
\input half.tex
\startstandardmakeup %new
\null%new  
\stopstandardmakeup  %new
\input title.tex
\input copy.tex
%\input ded.tex
\stopfrontmatter
\startbodymatter
%\input body.tex
\stopbodymatter
\stoptext

Lines 6-8 in the above file give me a blank page.

This will now be my standard master file. I hope
that the next revision of the manual will
include this fix.

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[NTG-context] Extra blank page after title page.

[john Culleton]

Here is the code. first the file title.tex:
-
\startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no]
(title stuff)
\stopstandardmakeup
---
and next the file copy.tex:
--
\startstandardmakeup[page=no]
(contents)
\stopstandardmakeup

MY master file contains:
\input title.tex
\input copy.tex
--
An extra blank page is inserted between the title
page and the title verso.
If I combine the two files into a new file
combine.tex, eliminate the two input lines
above and say 
\input combine.tex
instead I still get the unwanted blank page in between. 

Using MKIV and TexLive 2013 on Linux.


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[NTG-context] rpcode values in pure?

[john Culleton]

In pdftex we have \rpcode and \lpcode. In context these values
are already defined somewhere. What module/file contains the
Context values for character protrusion?

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt standalone - in what situations is it better?

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On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:57:35 +0200
Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Lars Huttar wrote:
 
  The other issue for me with Standalone is that the only version
  listed for Windows is W32TeX. When I go to the web page for that
  platform, I don't see any information about what W32TeX is; just
  how to install it. It sounds like it's specific to 32-bit systems,
  and mine is 64-bit. But I suppose in that regard it's no different
  from TeXLive -- the executables are 32-bit but they run fine on
  64-bit systems.
 
 http://w32tex.org/
 
 It's another distribution created by a Japanese guru for compiling
 binaries with Visual Studio. You don't need to install W32TeX
 yourself, but those binaries are used in both TeX Live and ConTeXt
 distribution, so you basically get the same binaries (only maybe
 slightly newer version with ConTeXt distribution). And yes, the
 binaries work fine on a 64-bit system. Since recently there are 64-bit
 binaries available, but I didn't manage to fix the scripts yet to
 fetch those binaries when applicable.
 
  Does anybody have advice for me on other reasons for switching from
  TeXLive to ConTeXt Standalone, or reasons not to?
 
 If TeX Live works for you, there is no real need to switch, but if you
 ever need a patch or some new functionality, it would be easier to use
 the latest version.
 
 Mojca
 

There is a problem with using Texlive and a problem with using
Standalone. In the simplefonts area in particular documentation and
examples may rely on changes that weren't in place when Texlive 2103
was put together. This is a rapidly developing area. 

The problem with Standalone is that the full range of fonts found with
Texlive is not available. Standalone has 258 otf fonts and TexLive
has 508 otf fonts. So I am opting for TeXLive, although I have both.

Another dfficulty is that many of the examples for simplefonts
are apparently developed on a Windows system and I use Linux. Font
names are different.
  


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Re: [NTG-context] interesting link

[john Culleton]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:32:57 +0900
Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote:

 Hi,
 
 I just attended a talk about pdf2htmlEX at the tug 2013
 conference ... this looks quite interesting ...
 
 http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/
 
 http://soft.rubypdf.com/software/pdf2htmlex-windows-version
 
 It works (mostly) ok on even complex context manuals like
 metafun-s.pdf and fonts-mkiv.pdf.
 
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1. Is ther a generic Linuz version?

2. Is this a stepping stone towards a path from a pdf to a kindle
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[NTG-context] Using typescripts in Texlive 2013

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I have written a program that generates for each typescript in texlive
2013 a test file like this:
--
\usetypescriptfile[type-imp-charter][all]
\setupbodyfont[imp-charter,18pt]
\starttext
\rm Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow, 1234567890
\rm Roman \bf Bold \bi Bold Italic \it Italic
\sc Small Caps \crlf \crlf
\stoptext
-

Most of these test files can't find the fonts and use the fallback
fonts instead. Only the following actually use the expected font:
junicode
gentium
latinmodern
droid
termesmath-regular

 Here is an extract from imp-charter.log:

fontsbodyfont '18pt' is defined (can better be done global)
fontsbodyfont '21.6pt' is defined (can better be done
global) fontstypescripts  unknown library 'loc'
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-imp-charter.mkiv)
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-imp-charter.mkiv)
fontspreloading latin modern fonts (third stage)
{/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}{/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map}
fonts'fallback modern rm 18pt' is loaded


Also, what causes the reference to an unknown library called loc?
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Re: [NTG-context] open quotation not working

[john Culleton]

On Sun, 13 Oct 2013 11:30:54 +0200
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com wrote:

 
 Am 13.10.2013 um 06:09 schrieb Ciro A. Soto c...@kavyata.com:
 
  sorry, I just saw an old chain of messages about this question... I
  fixed it with the translation module. \usemodule[translate]
  \translateinput[``][“]
  \enableinputtranslation
 
 Better use real quotation marks “ and ” or \quotation{…}.
 
 Wolfgang
 

Why is it better? And why is it so difficult to just reinstall the
traditional TeX method of handling quotes? Even the MSWin version of
smart quotes using the  glyph would be a worthwhile simplification. 


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[NTG-context] list of useful typescripts.

[john Culleton]

I am seeking to create (or download) a list of useful typescripts.
I define useful as those which call upon fonts/typefaces that are
actually distributed with texlive. Perhaps this list exists somewhere.
If so I would appreciate a pointer. 

A list of typescripts that is limited to those calling on fonts in
the context distribution would be useful if the list described above is
not available.

Ultimately I wish to winnow down the list to those fonts containing
serif typefaces suitable for use in the text of a novel. The font
should have at a minimum roman, italic, bold, bold-italic and small
caps typefaces. 

I can if necessary develop this list myself. But I have learned that is
better to ask than to reinvent the wheel. 

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[NTG-context] Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.

[john Culleton]

It is now fashionable in the U.S. (and maybe elsewhere) to use a
spelled-out chapter number in novels. Not finding a function to convert
from a number register to a text string I created a brute force file
that looks like this:
--
\def\chapstring{\ifcase\currentheadnumber\or
One\or
Two\or
Three\or
Four\or
Five\or
Six\or
Seven\or
Eight\or
Nine\or
Ten\or
...
Ninety-eight\or
Ninety-nine\else
One hundred\fi}


This file enables authors to rearrange chapters without worrying
about renumbering the chapters since it depends on \currentheadnumber.

I wonder if there is a function in Context or elsewhere that does this
for me?

If not, anyone who wants the complete file can write me for a copy. It
might save you ten minutes or so :)

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Re: [NTG-context] Spelling out chapter numbers for novels.

[john Culleton]

On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:43:49 +0200
Marco Patzer li...@homerow.info wrote:

 On 2013–10–09 john Culleton wrote:
 
  It is now fashionable in the U.S. (and maybe elsewhere) to use a
  spelled-out chapter number in novels.
 
  […]
 
  I wonder if there is a function in Context or elsewhere that does
  this for me?
 
 \setuplabeltext
   [chapter=Chapter\nobreakspace]
 
 \setuphead
   [chapter]
   [conversion=words]
 
 \starttext
   \startchapter [title=Alpha]
   \stopchapter
 
   \startchapter [title=Beta]
   \stopchapter
 
   \startchapter [title=Gamma]
   \stopchapter
 \stoptext
 
 Marco

Very interesting. I have one further problem. The accepted style is to
use an initial cap as in 
Twenty-three
and not 
twenty-three

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Re: [NTG-context] Feedback wanted on a ConTeXt tutorial

[john Culleton]

On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:22:02 +0300
Mari Voipio mari.voi...@iki.fi wrote:

 Hello!
 
 Inspired by some informal discussions at the recent ConTeXt meeting I
 started to write a *really* basic ConTeXt tutorial. However, before I
 get further than the first six chapters, I'd like to get feedback on
 it, especially on the content, but also on the layout. The file is (at
 least temporarily) available at
 http://www.lucet.fi/pdfs/ctxbasics.pdf.
 
 I know already that there are a few things missing in the existing
 chapters, but I'd like to know if the document is any good and if the
 style is suitable for such a document. I've planned and written it out
 of my own experiences with ConTeXt, so maybe this document could
 become a My Way doc when it is finished (something public domain
 anyway).
 
 
 Thank you,
 
 Mari
 
Thus far you have a good effort. I would add at an early point the
command:
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location=]

or similar. Most documents like books etc. are printed double sided.
And page numbering is generally handled in the header. It is not
obvious to newbies that double sided format is set up by a page
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Re: [NTG-context] Find all words set into the margin

[john Culleton]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:52:52 +0100
H. Özoguz h.oezo...@mmnetz.de wrote:

 I use
 
 \definefontfeature[default][default][expansion=quality,protrusion=quality]
 
 \setupalign[hz,hanging]
 
 \usetypescript[times]
 
 \setupbodyfont[times,11pt]
 
 
 \setuptolerance[verystrict]
 
 
 Is there a command or a macro to find all occurences in a file (or 
 projekt), where some word is printed into the margin? (Maybe because
 of bad hyphenation or something else.) - Would be perfect for manual 
 check-up and corrections!
 
 
 Thanks.
 Huseyin
 
 
You could try setting \overfullrule=5pt
This is an original TeX primitive. Plain TeX sets it at 5pt. You can
then scan pages looking for a black rectangle in the right margin. I
cannot determine which code to search for in e.g., grep but perhaps you
can. 

I just tested it and \overfillrule  works with MKIV context if it is
set for some value other than zero. 


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[NTG-context] Difference between base and third

[john Culleton]

I note that in texlive 2013 the typescripts are found in two
subdirectories, base and third.  Is there a reason for this
subdivision or is it just an accident of history?

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