February 2012 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

error with m-database example
by Martin 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Sorry to pick up an old topic (http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20101221.082006.4dc83f26.en.html) but I seem to have the same problem with m-database at mentioned in this old thread. I am trying to "freely" use the data fields in a layout other than (natural) Tables. An update of context (15.2.2012) doesn't help. The example from the CSV MyWay fails as well as the simplified example below with following error: \doprocessdatabase ...ameter \c!command \!!es , }} l.14 \stopAddressen Modifying m-database.lua as suggested in the old thread seems to have no effect on the error... Though I suspect the file has been changed since anyhow. Thanks for any input, Martin Code used: \usemodule[database] \def\SendMe#1#2{#1\crlf#2} \defineseparatedlist [Addressen] [separator={;},command=\SendMe] \starttext \startAddressen xyz;Maasstraat abc;sometown \stopAddressen \stoptext using the variant doesn't help: \startseparatedlist[Addressen] xyz;Maasstraat abc;sometown \stopseparatedlist

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Unnumbered chapter in table of contents?
by Alasdair McAndrew 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Hello, For my student notes, there are ten numbered chapters, and one unnumbered ("Answers to Exercises"). I want all of these to appear in the table of contents. So: 1. First Chapter 2. Second chapter 10. Tenth Chapter Answers to Exercises I've set up the chapters with \def\chap#1#2{\vbox{Chapter #1\crlf\framed[frame=off,topframe=on]{#2}}} \setuphead[chapter][ command=\chap, style=bfd, after={\blank[1cm]}, ] However, I don't want this heading on the exercises; just the title. How can I easily achieve all of this? I've tried with \title[Answers to Exercises] and \writetolist[content]{}{Answers to Exercises} but these don't seem to work. Thanks, Alasdair -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://sites.google.com/site/amca01/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew

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A bit more help with referencing local filenames
by Ian Lawrence 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

At the moment I have two bits of code that conspire to build a link to a file that is on a website. So, variables set on a per-document basis, giving the folder: swfURLPath={http://some location or other/PN01_media/}, supportURLPath={http://some location or other/PN01_support/}, These combine with a macro, ending with: [url(\swflocation#1/#1.swf)]} and a piece in the actual file that gives the filename to be retrieved \PlaceSWF{ModelACircuit} What I'd like to do is be able to alter swfURLPath to designate a local folder for retrieving the swf and launching it in a browser Same thing for the supportURLPath, which always opens PDFs in a browser. I tried stuff like: swfURLPath={\\PN01_media/}, supportURLPath={\\PN01_support/}, And have trawled the context wiki and documentation, but cannot find anything authoritative on linking to local files using relative references, as you might in html. I'm keen not to try and use the same hooks so that I can switch back and forth between remote and local access to the supporting files. There is a good reason for this - honest. Thanks in anticipation. Ian

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Passing variable values on invoking context
by Ian Lawrence 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

A bit of help, please. I currently have a chunk at the start of a text file, like this \setvariables [Path] [Thread={Ee_01_PN}, ..... Mode=full] \stopbuffer I invoke the file with context filename.tex Is there a way to pass the value of the variable to context on invocation? So the top of the header might read: \setvariables [Path] [Thread={Ee_01_PN}, ..... ] \stopbuffer And the invocation: context filename.tex (bit of magic) Mode=full If so, I could use this a few times...it's not a big deal but would mean I could prepare some fixed command files, rather than a search and replace for Mode=full to Mode=light through al the text files called by this kind of invocation. Thanks in anticipation. Ian

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texgyre termes: no ligatures
by Thomas A. Schmitz 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Hi all, I think this has been around for a while, but I have never gotten round to writing about it: ligatures do not work in tex gyre termes. AFAICS, they do work in the other tex gyre fonts. However, they are most needed in termes (fi without ligature is really ugly in this one), and they do not appear in the current beta. Don't know if this is a luatex or ConTeXt issue. Example: \setupbodyfont[termes,12pt] \starttext office fine flat {\ss office fine flat} {\switchtobodyfont[pagella] office fine flat} \stoptext All best Thomas

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random bookmarks not linked (with example)
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Hi Hans, finally I managed to figure out a "minimal" 3 page example that can reproduce this strange bug! It seems to be an interaction of \cite and \index with sectioning/bookmark generation: Please run "chap_1.tex" and click on the bookmark "1.1.2 SIX" ... no destination is set. (As I explained before, this does not mean that anything strange is going on at \subsection{SIX}. If the minimal file was longer, the missing link would have been somewhere else.) If I delete the used \index entries the bug is gone. And if I delete the used \mycite commands the bug is gone, too. I hope this test file might help ... Steffen -------

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Increment an item number?
by Alasdair McAndrew 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

What is the ConTeXt version of the LaTeX \addtocounter{enumi}{1} ? I want to increment my numbering in an itemize environment, so that the list is typeset as 1. First item 2. Next item 3. Another item 5. Yet another 6. And so on I'm typing out solutions to questions in some student notes, and the missing item is a question for which a written solution is not necessary. Thanks, Alasdair -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://sites.google.com/site/amca01/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew

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groupedcommand with color
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

Hi, due to \color[]{} now needs an argument, groupedcommand doesn't work as before: \define\PlainSwitch% {\groupedcommand{\language[de]\ss}{}} \define\ColorSwitch% {\groupedcommand{\language[de]\ss\color[darkred]}{}} \starttext English: \date {\PlainSwitch German \date} English: \date {\ColorSwitch German \date} Test \date \stoptext Someone knows what to change here (in order to get the red "G" back)? Thanks, Steffen

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[***SPAM***] How to remove white space?
by Peter Münster 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

Hello, Here you see some white space at the left and the right of ".COM": \ss \framed[offset=overlay]{.COM} How can I remove this space in the right, correct, natural, smart, elegant, ConTeXtish manner? I have a workaround, but I find it a bit ugly: \starttext \ss \framed[offset=overlay]{\kern-0.07em.COM\kern-0.07em} \stoptext TIA for any hints! -- Peter

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bug on fallback fonts alternative switching
by Li Yanrui (李延瑞) 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

Hi, I reported the bug, please see: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2012/064858.html It is still exist in the beta 2012.02.08. -- Best regards, Li Yanrui

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