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Continuous chapter numbering
by Randall Skelton 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hi all, I have a technical manual setup in ConTeXt whereby the manual itself is a ConTeXt 'project' and each chapter is a different component. Within this, I need to group some chapters together so these grouped chapters are products. Thus, I have: project: MyManual component: Chapter 1 component: Chapter 2 component: Chapter 3 product: Example 1 component: Chapter 4 component: Chapter 5 product: Example 2 component: Chapter 6 component: Chapter 7 product: Example 3 component: Chapter 8 component: Chapter 9 ... Is there a way to have the chapter numbers be continuous rather than resetting at the beginning of each product? I have already disabled product numbers in a setupheader command but I'm stumped at how to make the chapter numbers continuous. I've tried playing with "incrementnumber=file" but I'm not sure this appropraite... any hints here would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks! Randall \setuphead [part] [textcommand=\MyPartText, textstyle={\switchtobodyfont[Titling, 11pt]\sc}, placehead=yes, color=black, number=no, page=right, continue=no, header=empty, distance=0pt, before=\setups{part:before}, after=\setups{part:after}] \setuphead[Topic,chapter] [ numbercommand=\MyChapterNumberText, incrementnumber=prj_thesis, textcommand=\MyChapterText, textstyle={\switchtobodyfont[Titling, 11pt]\sc}, color=black, number=yes, page=right, continue=no, header=empty, distance=0pt, before=\vbox to 3cm\bgroup, after=\vss\egroup ]

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xml and context
by Wolfgang Zillig 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hello, I'am starting with a PhD and I'm thinking about using xml/mathml and context. I'm a bit confused with all the different ways to combine xml and context, native xml, fo, xslt, texml, docbook, ... What is the most promising way to do this? Is it possible to use mechanisms like bibtex when going that way? Thanks for any suggestions. Wolfgang

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saving cell content in macro
by Peter Münster 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hello, how could I save the cell of a table in a macro? I tried the following, but it does not work: \starttext \def\StartScanning#1\StopScanning{\def\MyValue{#1}} \starttable[|b{\StartScanning}la{\StopScanning}|l|] \NC 123 \NC 456 \NC\AR \stoptable Test: \MyValue \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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MathML: Please ignore <mo>⁡</mo>
by Christopher Creutzig 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Salvete, I just started to think about using ConTeXt on XML input files, so I've got a question which should be easy to answer: My MathML source generates presentation code which includes <mo>⁡</mo> between a function symbol and its arguments. I get a black rectangle for that; I'd like ConTeXt to ignore this character, where do I define it as “nothing”? regards, Christopher

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font scaling in typescripts
by Thomas A. Schmitz 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

This may be a bug, or I may be missing something... I have defined a typescript for my Adobe Garamond, and I want Courier as the monotype font accompanying it. Since Courier is a bit too big compared to Garamond, I want to scale it down, so I have this line in my typescript (yes, I have adapted my own Courier, I have given up on all the changes in names etc. in the latest teTeX releases): \definefontsynonym [Courier] [texnansi-Courier sa 0.9] [encoding=texnansi] This works almost perfectly; Courier is scaled exactly like I want it. There's one small problem: the first occurrence of monotype in the document will print "sa 0.9 at 12.0pt" just before the passage in monotype. This happens only once in the document, but it doesn't look very nice. Bug or feature? Best Thomas

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Interactive things and exact placement of graphics
by Jessica Holle 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hi, I have some questions again. :-) I want to draw a figure with metafun and place this on an exact place like x=3cm,y=4cm. This figure will be build of some figures which I draw with Metafun. In which way I do this? Whith layers? How should it looks like? Get some small layer with only one figure together in a big layer? And when I've build this graphic I want to put text into it and the whole graphic should be interactive. I want to lay a hyperlink over this to the web or another page in my document. Is this possible and in which way? thx jessica

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Getting icelandic letters (eth and thorn) to work.
by Kári Hreinsson 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hello. I am trying to get the icelandic letters thorn (þ) and eth (ð) to work but nothing seems to do. These letters work correctly in LaTeX and I am using ConTeXt and LaTeX from the TeTeX distribution. The file I currenty have is like this (It's in ISO 8859-1 encoding): ========= % interface=en output=pdftex \enableregime[il1] % sets input encoding il1 = ISO 8859-1 \mainlanguage[is] % Á að setja á íslensku \setupencoding[default=ec] \useencoding[ec] \starttext aábcdðeéfghiíjklmnoópqrstuúvxyzþæö AÁBCDÐEÉFGHIÍJKLMNOÓPQRSTUÚVXYZ\Thorn{}ÆÖ \stoptext ========= And it gets run (although I had to change Þ to \Thorn{} to get it running) but when I view the .pdf file I just see question marks where the thorns and eths should be. Some version info from texexec: TeXExec 3.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) ConTeXt ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2005.10.15 int: english mes: english If anyone knows what could be wrong I would very much appreciate some help! Thanks in advance, Kári Hreinsson

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interaction between header texts and typing environments
by Marko Schütz 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

I'm trying to have header texts on every page. There are also some long typing environments in the document. It seems that when the page breaks within the typing environment processing the header texts leads to an error. If I put a \ifprocessingverbatim\else .... \fi around the table in the header text, I do not get the error. So I should turn off the typing environment temporarily to get the header text out. How should I do that? \stoptyping ... \starttyping do not do it. Thanks, Marko \startproduct test \setupheadertexts[{\starttable[|w(.8\textwidth) l|w(.15\textwidth)l|] \HL \VL \VL page \pagenumber\ of \totalnumberofpages \VL\FR \VL \VL \VL \LR \HL \stoptable}] \starttyping test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test \stoptyping \stopproduct

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presentation styles empty front page
by Hans van der Meer 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

I have a problem with the presentation styles s-pre-xx. Since I used them previously (about 2-3 years ago) now an EXTRA blank page appears up at the front of the series of sheets. I am positive this did not occur in the past, since I did not change my files. Because I tried some different presentation styles and they all show the extra page, my suspicion is that it could originate somewhere in s-pre-00 (pre-general). However, I cannot find something suspicious in that file. What has happened? dr. H. van der Meer

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processing of setvariables/getvariables again
by Thomas A. Schmitz 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

Hi all, excuse me for being so pig-headed, but I'm running into the same problem I had two weeks ago. Peter Rolf was incredibly helpful, but I couldnt get things working. It is more a problem of architecture and general choices, IMHO, than of actual code. I tried every single part of what I want to achieve, and it works. The difficulty lies in getting the variables to work... Basic problem: I want to refine my greek module. It provides a command \setupgreek[font=,scale=] which sets variables fonts and scale in the namespace Greek. The command is defined in the module, so in order to use it, the module has to be read. BUT: I want to use the result [i.e. \getvariable {Greek}{font} and \getvariable{Greek}{scale}] within the module itself. Is this possible? Details: I want to organize the fonts in a typescript to be more flexible. So the module first defines the setupcommand: \def\setupgreek{\setvariables[Greek]} then it calls the typescript \usetypescriptfile[type-tasgreek] where all the Greek fonts are defined in this form: \starttypescript [serif] [GreekGentium] [agr] \definefontsynonym [Greekgentium-Roman] [genagr-GentiumAlt] [encoding=agr] \definefontsynonym [Greekgentium-Italic][genagr-GentiumAItI] [encoding=agr] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [GreekGentium] [name] \usetypescript[serif][fallback] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Greekgentium-Roman] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Greekgentium-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Serif] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Serif] \stoptypescript So the module calls the typescriptfile (or would it be more elegant to include these typescripts in the module itself?) I then have the definition for the command \localgreek which contains, among other things, a call of the Greek font. I had been planning to implement it in this form: \definetypeface [My\getvariable{Greek}{font}] [rm] [serif] [\getvariable{Greek}{font}] [default] [rscale = \getvariable{Greek} {font},encoding=agr] and then, in the setups for \localgreek, \switchtobodyfont[My\getvariable{Greek}{font}] And that's where I'm banging my head against the wall: the module would be used like this \usemodule[t-greek] \setupgreek[font=GreekGentium,scale=0.9] Which means: the entire module will be read BEFORE the \setupgreek command. But I would need the values of the setupgreek command WITHIN the module. Is that possible at all? Would I have to call a third file where the values are then processed? I tried to look into the source how \setup commands work, but I do get the impression that collecting the values and processing them is done in different files. Is this necessary? And how could I implement it in one module? Sorry if this sounds confusing, but I'm pretty confused, and hoping for enlightenment from the wizzards. All best Thomas

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