Re: [NTG-context] Solution to a superscript problem?
\unexpanded\def\WordDef
{\dodoubleargument\doWordDef}
\def\doWordDef[#1][#2]%
{\dontleavehmode\hbox\bgroup
\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#2}%
\raise\strutheight\hbox to
\wd\scratchbox{\hss\rotate[rotation=25]{\tfxx\color[red]#1}\hss}%
\hskip-\wd\scratchbox
\box\scratchbox
\egroup}
Thank you! I will wikify the examples with an explanation on the
syntax. However I would be interested in learning more about the bgrop,
dontleavehmode, raise etc. commands. The cont-eni manual uses them but
without explanation on their exact syntax and use cases.
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[NTG-context] Fwd: Re: Any (other) ConTeXt users in Finland?
Hello! Here's another user from Finland. I'm a student in Helsinki University and also a course teacher in Aalto University. I've switched from LaTeX roughly a year ago and using it for mathematics, essays and my upcoming master's thesis. I would also be interested in sharing experiences. Best regards, Otso Helenius - FROM: Mari Voipio SUBJECT: [NTG-context] Any (other) ConTeXt users in Finland? Hello All! Inspired by the recent ConTeXt meeting where I again enjoyed meeting other users as well as the developers, I'm wondering if there are any other ConTeXt users in Finland? And if so, would you be interested in a mini-meeting for an afternoon or evening, possibly at my work in Vantaa? ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Visual debugging
Hi, I'm in a need for more visual debugging aids. I tried the supp-vis module, but it did not give enough cues. I guess the ruledhbox is bound by ascender and descender height vertically, but I'd like to see also the cap height and x-height lines. Is it possible? Plus, is it possible to display the individual box around each letter similar to Knuth's TeXBook page 65? Best regards, Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Clip and framed not precise in MKIV
Hi,
I've used ConTeXt to chop up a big map svg on separate A4 papers like
this:
\setuplayout[width=190mm,backspace=10mm,height=297mm,topspace=10mm,
header=0mm]
\setupclipping[nx=3,ny=3]
\starttext
\dorecurse{3}{\framed{\clip[x=\recurselevel,y=1]{\externalfigure[map.svg][width=570mm]}}}
\dorecurse{3}{\framed{\clip[x=\recurselevel,y=2]{\externalfigure[map.svg][width=570mm]}}}
\dorecurse{3}{\framed{\clip[x=\recurselevel,y=3]{\externalfigure[map.svg][width=570mm]}}}
\stoptext
I'm using framed to indicate where the pieces should be cut. The
problem is that \framed does not
frame the area produced by \clip precisely. There is a small gap
between the frame border and
the clipped image area and the gap is of different size on the left and
right sizes than
for example on the bottom.
Am I overlooking some default setting? Shouldn't \framed frame the
object inside it without
leaving a padding between them?
Best regards,
Otso Helenius
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[NTG-context] IPA symbols in MKIV
Hello, I'm having a trouble getting IPA symbols to show up with MKIV. I've read through the old threads about using IPA, and it seems there is no module like tipa for ConTeXt for easy input. I've tried also using SIL Gentium as the main font and entering the IPA symbols directly as UTF-8, but only a part of them will render (even though they all exist in the actual font in the right plane and are viewable in other programs). Almost none of the diacritics render. \definetypeface [MyFace][rm][serif][gentium][default][encoding=uc] \setupbodyfont[MyFace, 11pt] \starttext n̥ d̥ ̊ɭ˔ ʎ̥˔ \stoptext only n, d and ̊ will render in the PDF. In other apps using Gentium all the glyphs are visible. Is there a way to output IPA symbols correctly (when they are entered as UTF-8), or would it be possible to introduce a macro/module with an environment like \startipa \stopipa and commands for entering the symbols inside the environment? Entering some of the symbols correctly (such as velarized or pharyngealized diacritics which should appear on top of the letter) is hard when done directly with Unicode, so at least TeX-like shorthands for all the symbols and diacritics would really be appreciated. Best regards, Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] MKIV strange results in Adobe Reader
Hi,
I have now investigated the color errors in Adobe Reader further.
I produced a test PDF without simpleslides with MKIV (mtx-context |
current version: 2011.09.10 12:55).
Here is the source:
\language[fi]
\setupcolors[rgb]
\usemodule[metafun]
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=color,backgroundcolor=black]
\startreusableMPgraphic{variympyrat}
vardef ColorCircle (expr method, factor, ca, cb, cc) =
save u, p ; path p ; p := fullcircle shifted (1/4,0);
image (fill p rotated 90 withcolor transparent(method,factor,ca); fill
p rotated 210 withcolor transparent(method,factor,cb); fill p rotated
330 withcolor transparent(method,factor,cc))
enddef;
draw ColorCircle (normal, 1, cyan, magenta, yellow) xsized 6cm;
draw ColorCircle (darken, .85, cyan, magenta, yellow) xsized 6cm;
currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (0,-6cm);
draw ColorCircle (exclusion, 1, red, green, blue) xsized 6cm;
\stopreusableMPgraphic
\starttext
\startcolor[white]
\title{metafun}
\includeMPgraphic{variympyrat}
\title{svg}
\externalfigure[variympyrat.svg]
\title{png}
\externalfigure[variympyrat.png]
\stoptext
and here is the output:
https://pi-xi.net/share/context_reader_test.png
https://pi-xi.net/share/context_reader_test.pdf
You can also see the original files used in the test here:
https://pi-xi.net/share/variympyrat.png
https://pi-xi.net/share/variympyrat.svg
The gray background effect happens randomly even with only using svg
images straight from inkscape.
When using png images, I noticed it happens more often when there are
multiple layers in the png.
With metafun graphics, the image colors are messed up in addition to
the gray background.
I would like to know:
a) How to avoid it with metafun, png AND svg graphics?
b) What is the cause (Adobe reader bugs? Errors in my source? Erroneous
image files? ConTeXt bug?)
Best regards,
Otso Helenius
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[NTG-context] MKIV strange results in Adobe Reader
Hello, I recently made a SimpleSlides presentation with MKIV (2011.08.27 13:24). It looks ok on numerous PDF readers including Okular, Google Docs, Sumatra PDF. Whenever I open it on Adobe Reader, the results are rather puzzling: 1) The fifth page background is not black but grey, also some later pages have grey background 2) The RGB and CMYK swatch colours are all messed up The picture on page four has been intentionally corrupted with a hex editor and then opened and saved again in Gimp to remove the errors in the file. You can view the source here: https://pi-xi.net/share/colorlecture.tex and the finished PDF here: https://pi-xi.net/share/colorlecture.pdf The only modifications I've made to the simpleslides-s-BottomSquares.tex is replacing the background color, contrast color and variant color with different values ([s=.0], [r=.8,g=.2,b=.2], [s=.15]). I would appreciate if someone could explain if there are bugs in my tex sources, in MKIV or in the Adobe Reader – and in any case how can I fix the erroneous output on Adobe Reader to match it on Sumatra, Google Docs, etc. Best regards, Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Hyphenating compound words in MKIV microtypography
Hi, MKIV seems to have a problem in hyphenating long finnish compound words in MKIV (2011.05.18 22:26). Here is a minimalist example (columns added to exaggerate the problem): \mainlanguage[fi] \language[fi] \starttext \startcolumns[n=3] kolmivaihekilowattituntimittari ympäristöliiketoiminta epäjärjestelmällisyydellistyttymättömyydellänsäkään järjestelmällisentelentelemättömyydellänsäkään \stopcolumns \stoptext Similarly with en-hyphenation and \input knuth, some of the lines stretch out in an ugly fashion. What am I doing wrong? I don't have these problems in LaTeX. P.S. The punctuation characters should be partially hung out in a justified paragraph (similar to what microtype package does on LaTeX). Wikipedia says ConTeXt has interfaces for handling microtypography but they don't seem as apparent and as easy as using microtype on LaTeX. The wiki article Protrusion#MkIV presents \definefontfeature but I find it counterintuitive that one has to use \definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \setupalign[hz,hanging] to enable the features. It is unclear if these lines switch the features on globally for all loaded fonts (for example ttf/otf ones defined with \starttypescript). IMHO these features should be enabled by default because they produce better typographic quality by default (which should be the preference), and could be switched off anyway if wanted. The less setup lines one has to add before \starttext to get high quality results the better. Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] OT: What reference management software do you use?
What is the next step for bibliographies in Context? Surely we won't be chained to BibTeX (which has seemingly been largely been in practice for the sake of BibLaTeX) forever? Perhaps Biber (http://biblatex-biber.sourceforge.net/) could fill the void. It supports Unicode, is BibTeX compatible and has planned SQL and XML support in the future. I'm happy as long as the next de facto scientific standard for references will be open source and not something as horrible as RefWorks. Best, Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Using text as a clip path for Metafun free shape paragraphs
Thanks to Wolfgang for the instructions on changing fonts, \switchtobodyfont works as expected. I still have to dig up the exact definitions of both \switchtobodyfont and \switchtotypeface, as the latter command seems to work in Hans' examples (for example showfont.pdf) but not with my installation. Now, I've been trying to use metapost for achieving magazine type layout with ConTeXt, and have a question about the following features: 1) Is it possible to use TeX typeset text as a clipping path for MP graphics? What I would like to achieve is a similar cut mask as seen in this picture: https://modernpost.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/rockstar11091.jpg i.e. the text outline cuts a hole in the brown filled rectangle revealing the bitmap below. I can cut pictures easily with paths in MP like so: \startMPcode fill unitsquare xysized (100mm,100mm) withcolor green; picture cur; cur := currentpicture; currentpicture := nullpicture; fill unitsquare xysized (100mm,100mm) withcolor blue; path mask; mask := unitsquare xysized (100mm,100mm) -- reverse unitsquare xysized (100mm,10mm) shifted (0mm,45mm) -- cycle; clip cur to mask; draw cur; \stopMPcode But I can't cut pictures with pictures (only with masks), nor have I found a way in any of the manuals (mmakempy.pdf, metafun-p.pdf, metapostmanual.pdf) to output text outline as paths which could be used for cutting a hole in the mask picture. Is this possible? 2) MP gives an easy way to format free flowing paragraph shapes similar to this image: http://www.davidlcade.com/images/gropius/g2.png . I have followed the instructions on pages 435-444. The problem with this approach is that the text which will be placed in a freely shaped paragraph will be a separate block which won't flow freely with other text in the document body if the contents on earlier pages change. I guess this drops in the category of big feature requests, but it would be nice to be able to define the shapes and positions of ConTeXt columns/paragraphs with MP graphics. In InDesign columns of any shape anywhere on the page can be connected without having to separate one block of text from the rest. With this feature one could define for example a 2-page spread for a magazine (with free shape graphics and columns) in between two ordinarily defined pages and would not have to manually disrupt the body text flow through the document. Best regards, Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] OT: What reference management software do you use?
using ConTeXt and not LaTeX you maybe also use a nice reference management software the main stream does not know about. But probably it is not related to ConTeXt at all since it is BibTeX in the end. I can warmly recommend Zotero. It works very well and can fetch content directly from web pages (also recognizes PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Books etc. automatically). The best feature is automatic sync of content to either the Zotero server or your own. The Firefox plugin is nice, and now there is also an alpha standalone app in in development. The software is open source and in use in many universities worldwide. http://www.zotero.org/about/ Best, Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Font selection problem in MKIV
Hello, I'm using ConTeXt minimals MKIV (latest snapshot) on Linux with loads of system ttf otf fonts. Recently I stumbled upon a peculiar problem. The example below outputs three lines in three different fonts, the Computer/Latin(?) Modern, League Script and Pompadour, as expected. However, if I comment out \setupbodyfont line or set anything else as the body font than LeagueScript or Pompadour, all text in the document will be output solely with the default Modern font. Am I missing something here? Is there something wrong with the way I select and use multiple fonts in the same document? \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \starttypescript[Sans][LeagueScript] \definefontsynonym[Sans][name:leaguescriptthin] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[Sans][Pompadour] \definefontsynonym[Sans][name:Pompadour] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[LeagueScript][ss][Sans][LeagueScript] \definetypeface[Pompadour][ss][Sans][Pompadour] \setupbodyfont[LeagueScript,12pt] \starttext 01234567890 \switchtotypeface[LeagueScript][12pt] 01234567890 \switchtotypeface[Pompadour][12pt] 01234567890 \stoptext Best regards, Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Font selection problem in MKIV
Try \switchtotypeface[LeagueScript][12pt] \switchtobodyfont[LeageScript] Is \switchtobodyfont the recommended way of changing the typeface temporarily anywhere in a document (for example when making cover page graphics)? Its name implies only document body. Nevertheless, \switchtobodyfont works (at least in the document body, haven't tested yet elsewhere) without setting \setupbodyfont. \definetypeface[LeagueScript][ss][specsans][League Script Thin] \definetypeface[Pompadour][ss][specsans][Pompadour] This seems to work for most fonts, with others like Pompadour it fails (pompadour has SubFamily string of Black [Mac] and Regular [Windows] in the .otf), and spec fails to find pompadour-normal-normal which it is looking for). Pompadour is a serif font, so i tried also with arguments [rm][specserif]. I have looked into co-typography.pdf for help, and while it is very extensive in some parts, in others it is (too) technical and lacks expanations for some parameters. As soon as I get these issues sorted out I'll try if I can make the MKIV font pages in the Wiki a bit more beginner friendly. Best regads, Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Font selection problem in MKIV
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 07:31:24PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Thank You for clarification on the subject. Though, I still have a few problems for which I haven't found an answer for. \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \starttypescript[Sans][LeagueScript] \definefontsynonym[Sans][name:leaguescriptthin] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[Sans][Pompadour] \definefontsynonym[Sans][name:pompadourblack] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[LeagueScript][ss][Sans][LeagueScript] \definetypeface[Pompadour][ss][Sans][Pompadour] \setupbodyfont[LeagueScript,14pt] \starttext \LeagueScript 01234567890 \Pompadour 01234567890 \stoptext This source works as expected, but if I: a) comment out the \setupbodyfont command or switch [LeagueScript, 14pt) into [modern, 14pt] (or anything else than LeagueScript or Pompadour), all fonts will show up as Latin Modern. This seems very odd. b) specify a font size less than 13pt in \setupbodyfont, all fonts will (again) show up as Latin Modern. It seems that nowhere in the document I'm able to use these external fonts in small sizes. There is no problem with sizes = 14pt. This seems to happen with all ttf/otf fonts I try to use. Could it be possible that these two issues are caused by a bug in MKIV? Indeed, Hans explains in his manuals sometimes too much which can confuse a beginner because these information aren’t necessary to use a certain mechanism, e.g. to load a font. Actually, the biggest problem is that many font related pages on the Wiki are for MKII and many lack information on whether the syntax is for MKII or MKIV. The font docs on Pragma homepages are for MKII only. Syntax for the \switchtotypeface would be nice. showfont.pdf from Pragma homepage shows \switchtotypeface[name][size,type] as one possible calling syntax but a clear explanation of all the parameters is missing. I would like to add this to the Wiki along other tutorials for MKIV font usage, so as much information on the subject as possible is appreciated. Thanks again, Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Font selection problem in MKIV
Sorry, I was in error while referring to the font sizes. The actual limit below which typescripted fonts stop working is 12pt and it is not tied to the \setupbodyfont setting. Any font output with 12pt or less will be formatted as Latin Modern. i.e. \switchtotypeface[Pompadour][ss,12pt] 01234567890 shows as Latin Modern whereas \switchtotypeface[Pompadour][ss,12.1pt] 01234567890 shows as Pompadour. 12pt is the default document font size so I can only guess there is some kind of a conflict. I'm using ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 22:26 MKIV Best, Otso Helenius ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
