Re: [NTG-context] page[no] not working?

Hi Wolfgang, > \page[no] did work but only when you use it in the correct way. > Aha, page[no] only works directly after a paragraph break. I haven't seen that documented anywhere. I'll put it up on the \page reference page. Is "only after a paragraph break" the right usage instructions, or is i

Re: [NTG-context] page[no] not working?

Hi Wolfgang, > As you don't provide a example with a description where you have the problem > I can't make a test but this could work in MkIV I reckoned that the \page[no] command by itself was already broken, so I first want to fix that before making things more complicated (like doing stuff with

[NTG-context] page[no] not working?

Hi all, I've come to understand taht using the \page[no] command should prevent a pagebreak at that particular spot whenever possible. However, this seems to be not working for me. My actual problem is with a \startframed directly after a description "header", but the problem is easily reproduced

Re: [NTG-context] Selectively not using a font feature

Hi Hans, > it assumes that you know what is provided by the font ... you cam > play with addff and subff and addfs and subfs (individual features > cq. current set) I couldn't get the addff/subff stuff working to remove the font feature, but the following did the trick: \definefontfeature[default

[NTG-context] Selectively not using a font feature

Hi all, I'm currently using old-style numerals in my document using the onum otf font feature: \definefontfeature[default][default][onum=yes] This gives very nice results, except for the cases where a 0 appears by itself in the text. In these cases, it appears just like an o instead of a 0. I'

Re: [NTG-context] Biblography list does not show numbers

Hi Taco, > I have assumed that ConTeXt has more authors that need APA like > citations than bracketed numbers. ConTeXt has never had a very > strong presence in the exact sciences. If that's the case, then the \cite command does the wrong thing by default, since it generates references as bracket

Re: [NTG-context] Biblography list does not show numbers

> I'm trying to use a bibliography, but it seems no numbers are show in the > biblography that is generated. The following example: Ah, using \setuppublications[numbering=yes] solves this. Any reason this is not the default? I'll put this on the wiki (and stress the completeness of the manual

[NTG-context] Biblography list does not show numbers

Hey all, I'm trying to use a bibliography, but it seems no numbers are show in the biblography that is generated. The following example: Test.tex: = \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=Test] \starttext \section{foo} Blaa \cite[foo] Bar \compl

Re: [NTG-context] inothermargin overlaps

Hi Hans, > % \setupinmargin[left][sidemethod=2] > % \setupinmargin[left][sidemethod=3] > % \setupinmargin[left][sidemethod=4] I've tried each of them (with both left and right). In my minimal example, there is no difference. In my complete document, I noticed sidemethod=3 caused on margin text to

Re: [NTG-context] \setupfloat[..][..., after=\stopframedtext] not working?

Hi Hans, > however, floats can have frames anyway so you don't need the framedtext I was not after the frame, but after the width. I want to put some text in a float and have the main body text wrap around that. I can do this by putting the startframedtext inside the placeintermezzo call, but I'd

[NTG-context] \setupfloat[..][..., after=\stopframedtext] not working?

Hi all, the following example is not working for me: \setupfloat[intermezzo][before=\startframedtext[width=10cm],after=\stopframedtext] \starttext \placeintermezzo{Caption}{Text} \stoptext It fails with the following message: ! Undefined control sequence. \stopframedtext ->\dostopf

Re: [NTG-context] inothermargin overlaps

> Try > \starttext > Foo Baz \inmargin {Blerf \\ Baz} > \stoptext Hmm, that might work, but my real case is slightly more complicated. I have the \inmargin wrapped in a \refdef command, that references some topic on some page. So I say \refdef{foo} and it looks up both the text and page number for

Re: [NTG-context] inothermargin overlaps

W00ps, forgot to include the testcase I made: \starttext Foo \inmargin{Blerf} Bar \inmargin {Baz} \stoptext signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please a

[NTG-context] inothermargin overlaps

Hi all, I've been using \inmargin to put some stuff in the margin of my text, but when I use multiple \inmargin's close together, the stuff in the margin will overlap. Is there any way to let ConTeXt just move things down to prevent overlap? I'm not forced to move my \inmargin's around, guessing

Re: [NTG-context] How to not gobble space after a command

Hi Luigi, forget my last post. I was in a hurry last week and put a \def\autoinsertnextspace{} in my document just to get it compiling on context 2009.11.24. If I remove that, it stops working with "texexec --lua" (as well as just "context") with the same undefined control sequence error. It s

Re: [NTG-context] How to not gobble space after a command

Hi Luigi, > >> hm , some problem here > >> # context --version > >> MTXrun | main context file: context.tex > >> MTXrun | current version: 2009.11.10 13:30 > > > > Your example works fine for me on an older beta: > > > >  $ context --version > >  MTXrun | main context file: /usr/share/texmf/tex/co

Re: [NTG-context] How to not gobble space after a command

Hi Luigi, > hm , some problem here > # context --version > MTXrun | main context file: context.tex > MTXrun | current version: 2009.11.10 13:30 Your example works fine for me on an older beta: $ context --version MTXrun | main context file: /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/context.tex MTX

Re: [NTG-context] How to not gobble space after a command

> \autoinsertnextspace is the context version of \xspace (could be mkii > only) Woah, that works (in MkIV). Thanks! Gr. Matthijs signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ If your question is of interest to ot

[NTG-context] How to not gobble space after a command

Hi all, I'm working with a few custom macros to simplify typing a bit, like: \def\VHDL{\small{VHDL}} However, when I use this macro in text, like \VHDL this, it gobbles the space after it. I've seen some references that say to solve this by writing \VHDL{} instead, but that is of course very unp

Re: [NTG-context] \usemodule doesn't complain when module is not found?

> \usemodule{foobar} Right, this should have been \usemodule[foobar] (square brackets instead of curlies...). It would been nice if this would error out, but well... When fixing this, there is a "module foobar not found" message, though it doesn't error out. So, never mind and sorry for the noi

[NTG-context] \usemodule doesn't complain when module is not found?

Hi all, I've been trying my first steps into the land of ConTeXt modules, without much success. What has been particularly annoying is that the \usemodule command seems to give no error or other indication that a particular module was not found. Consider below example: \usemodule{foobar} \st

Re: [NTG-context] Getting the width of an expression inside lua

Hi Hans, thanks for the instant reply :-) I haven't tried your suggestion yet, but I've got a few questions first. > \startluacode > function document.step_one(str) > tex.sprint("\\setbox0\\hbox{",str,"}") Would there be any danger of overwriting an existing box by doing this? I'm not quite s

[NTG-context] Getting the width of an expression inside lua

Hi all, I'm wondering if there is any way to get the width of some TeX (or rather, ConTeXt) expression inside lua, to do some math with it and output it again. I've found the tex macro \setwidthof, which served me well at first, but I need to do some more complex things with this widths (like tak

Re: [NTG-context] \overrightarrow not working in mathmode in Metapost?

Hi Taco, > Have you tried the new current yet? There was a whole bunch of extra > \unexpanded-s in it already. You're right, thanks! I had built the new context but forgot to install it on this particular machine :-) Sorry for the noise, Matthijs signature.asc Description: Digital signature _

Re: [NTG-context] \overrightarrow not working in mathmode in Metapost?

Hi all, > >I've been trying to use the \overrightarrow command within a metapost > >graphic, > >but it doesn't work. Math mode does work, for example \vec works like > >expected. Outside of metapost, \overrightarrow works as expected. This seems to broken for extensible math arrows like \xrightar

Re: [NTG-context] \attachment not working in MkIV

> add > > \registerctxluafile{scrn-int}{1.001} > > to scrn-int.mkiv as it seems that it's not loaded Yup, that removed the error. I even get something icon in the file, but acrobat reader somehow silently fails to open the file... Oh well, let's do without it. Gr. Matthijs signature.asc Descr

Re: [NTG-context] \label equivalent in a section?

Hi Pau, > > \section{Introduction} > \label{intro} > > In Section \ref{intro}, we show an example of labelling > \section[intro]{Introduction} In \in{Section}

[NTG-context] \attachment not working in MkIV

Hi, I've been trying to get \attachment to work, but I get a Lua error. The following example, (taken from scrn-int.mkiv and stripped a bit) provides an error: \setupinteraction[state=start] \useattachment[whatever][test.tex] \starttext \attachment[whatever] \stoptext The tail of the outp

[NTG-context] Lua error on unailable fonts

Hi, after upgrading to the latest context beta, I'm fased with the following lua error: define font | forced type otf of lmmono8-regular not found define font | font with name lmmono8-regular is not found [...] ! LuaTeX error /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:366: table index

Re: [NTG-context] obscure luatex error

Hi luigi, > > Do you think you could compile luatex with CFLAGS=-g, and run it in gdb to > > get > > a backtrace? That might help to see where this comes from... > > changing > STRIP_LUATEX=TRUE > in > STRIP_LUATEX=FALSE > in build.sh isn't enough ? I don't know the luatex build system, I just

Re: [NTG-context] obscure luatex error

Hi, > luatex: ../../../source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/printing.c:266: print: > Assertion `c < 256' failed. > [329.327MTXrun | fatal error, no return code, message: luatex: execution > interrupted A quick glance at the code, shows it's in the following part: /* An entire string is output b

Re: [NTG-context] Figure referencing problems

Hi all, > >The following makes all links black again for me: > > \setupinteraction[state=start,color=,contrastcolor=] > > Thank you. That was the trick. For completeness, I've documented the setupinteraction command a bit better at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Interaction as well. Gr. Matthij

Re: [NTG-context] Figure referencing problems

Hi Wolfgang, > >\setupinteraction[color=] > That does not work in the latest version. The style parameter is recognized, > but ot the color parameter. > Following produces red links, even if green is selected. I've been fiddling with this a bit as well, and found that the color parameter is only

[NTG-context] \setupquotation affecting \quote

Hi, I've been trying to use \setupquotation, but it seems it doesn't just affect \quotation, but also \quote. In particular, setting style to tfb enlarges the font used by \quote and somehow removes the quotes from around it. Seeing that there is also a \setupquote, and from looking at the code,

Re: [NTG-context] OT: Kindle

> I guess the question is whether or not you are happy with being > able to order from the Amazon store alone. Here is a (i think) > useful comparison chart (by iReX, a competitor): I saw a presentation form iRex yesterday, and got to hold a few of their projects. Pretty neat, the latest ones even

Re: [NTG-context] Passing variables into context

Hi Taco, > You should try \the\textwidth Thanks, that works. Could you enlighten me as to what \the does and why this helps? Does Context treat \the specially within metapost code (which seems so, since there are more \the examples in the metafun manual), or is it expanded before getting inserted

[NTG-context] Passing variables into context

Hi all, I've been trying to make a metapost graphic, based on the \textwidth. However, it seems I can't just pass in \textwidth as an option. For example, the following breaks: \startuniqueMPgraphic{HLine} draw origin -- (\MPvar{width}, 0mm); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \starttext \setupMPv

[NTG-context] What does hangsidefloat do?

Hi all, I've been fiddling around with floats a bit, and seeing a lot of references to "hangsidefloat". It seems to be the solution to all sorts of floating problems, but I can't really see what it _does_. Looking around the source doesn't really tell me either, so anyone care to tell me what it

Re: [NTG-context] LinLibertine and MkIV (Was: problem with today's beta)

Hi Thomas, > thanks for this. I guess I could rename the font. I'm trying to > include it in my Greek typescript and was hoping I could simply tell > users "take the otf-files and copy them into your fonts/opentype > directory." Maybe I'll just rename the files and include the font > with the modu

Re: [NTG-context] LinLibertine and MkIV (Was: problem with today's beta)

Hi Thomas, > linlibertineo LinLibertineO > LinLibertine_Re-4.4.1.otf I've been struggling a bit with linlibertine as well, I've found that there seems to be an issue with some characters in the font filenames (probably the _ or ., I haven't figured out which ones exactly). I've got th

Re: [NTG-context] metaobj and luatex 0.42.0

Hi Matthew, > However, I've found that cleaning up your objects when you're done pretty much > solves all my problems. For example, just add a clearObj line to your code > makes it work for me: I've found that using "save" to "declare" the values as local also works. For example: > \startMPinclus

Re: [NTG-context] vardef with @# not working within context

Hi Hans, > it's more that tex likes to duplicate the # internally Ah, yes, I've seen some mentions on @## in error messages, but I thought that was just part of the way metapost handled @#. Apparently not :-) > how about adding > > let @## = @# ; > > to mp-tool.mp (you need to remake the context

[NTG-context] vardef with @# not working within context

Hi all, I've been fiddling around with metaobj a bit, but defining my own objects failed. After some debugging, I've reduced this to a metapost / context MkIV issue (so no metaobj specifics anymore). What happens, is that vardefs that use @# as a placeholder in their name only work when they are

Re: [NTG-context] \overrightarrow not working in mathmode in Metapost?

Hi Aditya, > \let\normaloverrightarrow\overrightarrow > \unexpanded\def\overrightarrow{\normaloverrightarrow} I haven't got a clue what this means, but it worked! Thanks! Gr. Matthijs signature.asc Description: Digital signature _

[NTG-context] \overrightarrow not working in mathmode in Metapost?

Hi, I've been trying to use the \overrightarrow command within a metapost graphic, but it doesn't work. Math mode does work, for example \vec works like expected. Outside of metapost, \overrightarrow works as expected. To illustrate the problem, I've created the following simple testcase: \sta

Re: [NTG-context] metaobj and luatex 0.42.0

Hi Matthew, I've been playing with metaobj and luatex 0.43 for a bit, and faced similar problems. Lots of stuff about "redundant" equations and other stuff I didn't understand. However, I've found that cleaning up your objects when you're done pretty much solves all my problems. For example, just

Re: [NTG-context] oldstyle numbers

Hi, > \definefontfeature[default][default][onum=yes] Just for rerefence, this works for me as well using MkIV and luatex. Gr. Matthijs signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ If your question is of interes

Re: [NTG-context] Using \startalign outside of math mode?

Hi all, >foo = bar >| baz it seems I found some sort of a solution. Using the \setwidthof I found at [1], I wrote the following: \def\setwidthof#1\to#2% {\bgroup \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% \expanded{\egroup\def\noexpand#2{\the\wd\scratchbox}}} foo = bar \setwidthof{fo

[NTG-context] Using \startalign outside of math mode?

Hi, I'm using a custom pretty printer to apply some formatting to a buffer. However, I'm not using a monospaced font, but some sans serif font to display the result. In the original text, I have some lines that are nicely aligned using leading spaces. For example: foo = bar | baz Obvious

[NTG-context] Command version of \em

Hi all, is there any "command version" of \em, like there is for \bold and friends? I can write either \bold{foo} of {\bold foo}, but only {\em foo} and not \em{foo}. Is there any way to do this already, or should I just define \emph myself or something like that? Gr. Matthijs signature.asc De

Re: [NTG-context] Why are pretty printer names uppercased?

Hi Hans, >> according to the wiki, and the current code, the arguments to >> \installprettytype should be uppercased. E.g.: >> >> \installprettytype [PHP][PHP] > because want uppercase > > \startTEX > \stopTEX Well, those would be coming from the first argument of definetyping. AFAIU,

[NTG-context] Why are pretty printer names uppercased?

Hi all, according to the wiki, and the current code, the arguments to \installprettytype should be uppercased. E.g.: \installprettytype [PHP][PHP] Referring to them should be uppercased as well: \definetyping[PHP] [option=PHP] \setuptyping[option=PHP] However, the filename shoul

[NTG-context] Current beta says it needs luatex 0.42, but really needs 0.43

Hi, I just upgraded to the latest beta, and got an error saying I need luatex 0.42. I have 0.42, but a quick glance at context.mkiv shows that it really wants luatex 0.43 (so the error message is wrong). Gr. Matthijs signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [NTG-context] [PATCH] Add begin_of_buffer and end_of_buffer hooks for lua pretty printers

Hi Hans, any chance of replying to this mail? Currently, you only applied half of the patch, so it's not usable yet at all. Gr. Matthijs On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:10:54PM +0200, Matthijs Kooijman wrote: > (I've sent this mail before, but I think the mailing list troubles might ha

Re: [NTG-context] [PATCH] Add begin_of_buffer and end_of_buffer hooks for lua pretty printers

(I've sent this mail before, but I think the mailing list troubles might have eaten it). Hi Hans, > i uploaded a beta zip with two extra hooks I see the hooks, but I can't find the spot where they are called? It seems you missed this part of my patch? Also, I think you didn't update the definiti

Re: [NTG-context] git repository

> well, such messages would not help much unless they would be detailed > (and then should be done for each file); as i work on all files at the > same time it would cost me way to much time and it gains me nothing; > looking at the diff in a git gui is more informative A git commit contains

Re: [NTG-context] git repository

Hi Patrick, > I don't know if you have noticed that the git repository has been > replaced by a newer one. I'm surprised that there is even a git repository at all. On the wiki and all documents I've seen so far, there is only talk about rsyncing from an ftp, git is never mentioned. However, loo

Re: [NTG-context] [PATCH] Add begin_of_buffer and end_of_buffer hooks for lua pretty printers

Hi Hans, > i uploaded a beta zip with two extra hooks I see the hooks, but I can't find the spot where they are called? It seems you missed this part of my patch? Also, I think you didn't update the definition of \type to use the typesingle lua function I proposed, which means that \type{} comman

Re: [NTG-context] [PATCH] Add begin_of_buffer and end_of_buffer hooks for lua pretty printers

Hi, any chance of looking at and perhaps committing this patch? > Is there any place where lua pretty printers are documented? The wiki seems to > say only "wait for lua", but not how to use them. If there isn't, I'll try to > put something useful on the wiki. I've created [1] to document the cre

Re: [NTG-context] support for "SUBSCRIPT THREE" etc. ?

Hi Peter & Khaled, > I think there is a way to use ConTeXt commands inside verbatim > environments, but I don't recall it. I think this is the "option=commands" option for setuptyping & friends. AFAIK this means you need to use /TEX /ETEX around your commands or something, but I'm not completely s

Re: [NTG-context] Mark IV Syntax highlighting support

Hey all, > ./tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/verb-.*\.lua ! Actually, in newer versions (since a month or so), that's pret-*.lua. >> Where to start with this topic (current state in Mark IV, roadmap, ...) ? I've been struggling with this a bit as well lately and found there was next to no docu

Re: [NTG-context] Example of passing unexpanded text between \startfoo ... \stopfoo into Lua?

Hi Kevin, > A colleague and I are experimenting with strategies to implement a literate > programming module for ConTeXt, and we'd like to have something like Im not exactly sure what you're trying to achieve, but perhaps you could do this using a prettyprinter? A pretty printer gets passed each l

Re: [NTG-context] [PATCH] Add begin_of_buffer and end_of_buffer hooks for lua pretty printers

\egroup \gobbleoneargument} % grab last > @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ {} {\doinitializeverbatim \beginofverbatimlines - \ctxlua{buffers.type("_typing_")}% + \ctxlua{buffers.typebuffer("_typing_")}% \endofverbatimlines \getvalue{

Re: [NTG-context] finding out what font are available

Hi Ciro, > How do I solve the problem then? You should probably just install the luatex package (IIRC you were running Ubuntu, which should ship it, Debian does at least). Gr. Matthijs signature.asc Description: Digital signature

[NTG-context] [PATCH] Add begin_of_buffer and end_of_buffer hooks for lua pretty printers

Hi all, while working on a custom pretty printer, I was having the need to keep some state variables for the duration of one buffer, and reset them again for the next buffer. With the current hooks a pretty printer has available, this is not possible, since you never know what the first and last l

Re: [NTG-context] finding out what font are available

Hi Ciro, > I type: > sudo mtxrun -script fonts --list > > and I get: > sudo: unable to execute /usr/bin/mtxrun: No such file or directory Considering that mtxrun exist, I suspect the interpreter of the script does not exist, which is texlua on my system: $ head -1 /usr/bin/mtxrun #!/usr/bin

Re: [NTG-context] Limited with rule?

Hi Hans, > \blackrule[width=10cm,height=1pt,depth=1pt,color=red] That seems to work, thanks! Is there any particular difference between all these line commands (\hairline, \thinrule, \blackrule), apart from the options they support? Are they meant for different situations, or is there some other

Re: [NTG-context] \typebuffer with typing style

Hi Peter, > \setuptyping[option=TEX] This is what I am using now, but this changes the global settings and requires resetting them afterwards. Not so pretty. I was hoping for a better method to achieve this, but I'm starting to doubt there is one currently. I've been trying to give \typebuffer a

[NTG-context] Limited with rule?

Hi all, I've been trying to create a horizontal rule of limited width, using MkIV. My best approach so far is using a \framed with only a bottom frame: \framed[frame=off,bottomframe=on,width=.5\textwidth]{} However, this is not quite elegant. Context provides two commands for drawing lines, \h

Re: [NTG-context] \typebuffer with typing style

Hi all, > Shortly after sending my email, I realized the actual problem I was trying to solve was not the one I posted, so perhaps I can clarify that a bit. What I'm trying to do, is pass some text to a custom command, which should then be displayed in a custom typing style. It seems I can pass

Re: [NTG-context] \typebuffer with typing style

Hi all, > since \startFOO \getbuffer[bar] \stopFOO gives me compile errors. Actually, that turned out to be my own typo. However, this doesn't give me what I want, but just a verbatim "\getbuffer[bar]"... Gr. Matthijs signature.asc Description: Digital signature _

[NTG-context] \typebuffer with typing style

Hi, I'm trying to use a buffer together with a custom typing style using the latest beta with MkIV, but so far I've only managed to do this using \startFOO and \stopFOO inside the buffer: \definetyping[FOO][option=FOO] \startbuffer[bar] \startFOO baz \stopFOO \stopbuffer \getbuffer[bar] Since

[NTG-context] Verbatim / prettyprinting in mkIV

Hi all, I've been struggling with verbatim printing in MkIV for a while now and found some confusing things. I did finally get things working, but after quite some effort. I'd like to hear if my conclusions are correct, perhaps I can put them on the wiki then. I was trying to set up some custom p

Re: [NTG-context] KR itemize fails with latest beta

>> I've downloaded the beta today, which fails on one of my itemizes using the >> KR >> numbering scheme. I'm using MkIV context, with the following file: > fixed in next beta Thanks! Gr. Matthijs signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___

[NTG-context] KR itemize fails with latest beta

Hi, I've downloaded the beta today, which fails on one of my itemizes using the KR numbering scheme. I'm using MkIV context, with the following file: \starttext \startitemize[KR] \item Foo \stopitemize \stoptext When compiling this file, I get the below errors. When using R instead of