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Why is my custom bullet point not rendering?
by Joel 27 Oct '24

27 Oct '24

\starttypescript[serif] [garamond] \definefontsynonym[Serif] [file:/home/joel/.fonts/EBGaramond-Regular.otf] \definefontsynonym[SerifBold] [file:/home/joel/.fonts/EBGaramond-Bold.otf] \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic] [file:/home/joel/.fonts/EBGaramond-Italic.otf] \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic] [file:/home/joel/.fonts/EBGaramond-BoldItalic.otf] \definefontsynonym[SerifCaps] [file:/home/joel/.fonts/EBGaramond12-AllSC.otf] \stoptypescript % \starttypescript[sans] [garamond] \definefontsynonym[Sans] [file:/home/joel/.fonts/EBGaramond-Regular.otf] \definefontsynonym[SansBold] [file:/home/joel/.fonts/EBGaramond-Bold.otf] \definefontsynonym[SansItalic] [file:/home/joel/.fonts/EBGaramond-Italic.otf] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldItalic] [file:/home/joel/.fonts/EBGaramond-BoldItalic.otf] \definefontsynonym[SansCaps] [file:/home/joel/.fonts/EBGaramond12-AllSC.otf] \stoptypescript % \starttypescript[garamond] \definetypeface[garamond] [rm][serif][garamond][default] \definetypeface[garamond] [ss][sans][garamond][default] \definetypeface[garamond] [mm][math][modern][default] \stoptypescript % \setupbodyfont[garamond, 12pt] \definesymbol[bighand][{{☞}}] \define[1]\prompt{% \startitemize[symbol=bighand] {\it #1} \stopitemize }% \defineitemgroup[prompt][symbol=bighand, style=italic] \starttext Why does this work? ☞☞☞☞ \prompt{\startitem But not here?\stopitem} \stoptext I am trying to make a pointing finger the bullet point symbol. When I put the bullet point into the document, it works just fine. But when defined as the pointer, it somehow isn't showing up. What am I doing wrong?

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Spacing issue in \digits with mode=3
by Kirill Davidov 26 Oct '24

26 Oct '24

Greetings, I have been making a table with \digits aligned cells and noticed that in mode 3 (thin mu skips as group separator, comma as decimal separator) a specification like {_X.=} causes the single digit number to be misaligned, it's like there's about 2mu worth of space just before the number. I don't have much of an idea as to what causes it. It doesn't seem to be an issue in mode 1, although it may be simply not as noticeable. This also affects \unit. MWE: \setdigitmode{3} \startdocument \showglyphs \enabletrackers[visualizers.glue] \startxtable[align=center] \startxtablehead \startxrow \startxcell Data \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablehead \startxtablebody \startxrow \startxcell \digits{10.001==} \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell \digits{_1.=====} % weird spacing issue here \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell \digits{20.34909} \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablebody \stopxtable \halign{% \hss\alignmark\hss\cr \digits{10.001==}\cr \digits{_1.=====}\cr % weird spacing issue here \digits{20.34909}\cr } \stopdocument Kirill

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setting up the interline space
by David Roderick 26 Oct '24

26 Oct '24

i am processing: \startotherverse % Verse God fashioned the ship of the world carefully. \stopotherverse \startotherverse % Verse With the infinite skill of an All-Master \stopotherverse \startotherverse % Verse Made He the hull and sails, \stopotherverse I wish to change the spacings between these output lines. \definenarrower[OtherVerseIndent][ default={left,right}, before=\switchtobodyfont[crane], after=\switchtobodyfont[mainfamily]\noindentation ] \definelines[otherverse][ after=\stopOtherVerseIndent, before=\startOtherVerseIndent, ] How do I achieve this? David Roderick

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Some suggestions for the current lang-txt.lua file and some questions about setting the labeltext and date
by ai2472206007＠yeah.net 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

hi, As the title suggests, below my suggestions and questions %%%%%%%%%% \mainlanguage[cn] \language[cn] \starttext \section{Some suggestions about lang-txt} The words are aligned in my editor because of the font, but it's not perfectly aligned because of the browser. Sorry for that % % lang-txt.lua % language label current translation more common one % chinese intermezzi => 퉣 => 间奏曲 or 插曲 % japansese tables => 机 => 表 % % while logos means (principle?) % japanese logos => 理性 => 理法 or 理性 or 論理 % chinese logos => 徽标 => 理性 or 理念 % % while logos means logo,brand trademark % japanese logos => 理性 => ログ % chinese logos => 徽标 => 徽标 % japanese line => 線 => 行 % japanese lines => 線 => 行 % chinese pubs => 参考文献 % japanese pubs => 参考文献 % japanese section => {"第","項"} => {"第","節"} % japanese subsection => => {"第","項"} % %%% date related % % All Chinese months should be changed to Arabic numerals. % % Although month originally corresponded to a long name % % Because it is possible to switch to Chinese capital numbers % % in its entirety by argument “conversion”--> cn-d % % chinese january => 1 etc % %%%%%%%% % chinese monday:mnem => 一 % chinese tuesday:mnem => 二 % chinese thursday:mnem => 三 % chinese wednesday:mnem => 四 % chinese friday:mnem => 五 % chinese saturday:mnem => 六 % chinese sunday:mnem => 日 % %%%%%%%%% % japanese monday:mnem => 月 % japanese tuesday:mnem => 火 % japanese thursday:mnem => 水 % japanese wednesday:mnem => 木 % japanese friday:mnem => 金 % japanese saturday:mnem => 土 % japanese sunday:mnem => 日 % %%%%%%%% %%%%%%%% \section{Some questions} \definefontfamily[fangsong][rm][stfangsong][tf=style:regular] \setupbodyfont[fangsong]%can be changed to other CJK font In addition, I found that title's labeltext(chapter,section) in Chinese or japanese has been set in this file, but why is it not displayed by default? Please let me know if I'm missing anything to use correctly. I apologize for my carelessness % \chapter{Title} will show : 1 title % why not 第一章? % Do I have to set it up again via labeltext? \currentdate % show 2024 年十月 24 日。 % This is confusing because the dates are mixed with different formats. % The format below may be more common \setuplanguage[cn] [date={year,年,mm,月,dd,日},] \currentdate % show 2024 年 10 月 24 日 \stoptext %%%%%% Muyik

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Why didn't I get the correct ordinal number, after defining an environment via command "installcounterassociation".
by ai2472206007＠yeah.net 23 Oct '24

23 Oct '24

hi, everyone I defined a command to unite counters by the method of defining counters that I saw on other posts. When I wanted to modify the start parameter of the counter, I found that it did not inherit the settings of the current environment, but inherited the settings of the previous environment. For example, in the first chapter, I set the counter for the environment to start counting from 5, but it inherited the original count of 9, and in the second chapter, it inherited the setting from the first chapter, and its counter became 5. The same happens in Chapter 3. Pls can someone fix this? Since the command to unite with the counter is what I found through previous posts and source files, I don't know exactly how it is used. If my question or the mistake I made was too stupid, be sure to let me know. Many thanks. Muyik. %%%% example %%%% I've cut out other parts of the environment that aren't relevant to this issue. \unprotect \installnamespace {material} \installcommandhandler \????material {material} \????material \installcounterassociation {material} \appendtoks \registermaterialcounter\currentmaterial \definecounter[\currentmaterial]% \to \everydefinematerial \appendtoks \synchronizematerialcounters \to \everysetupmaterial \definematerial [material] \definematerial [number] \setupmaterial [\c!title=, \c!author=, \c!source=, \c!start=8,] \setupmaterial [\c!number] [\c!before={(},\c!after={)}, \c!prefix=no,\c!start=9, \c!numberconversion=n, \c!way=\v!by\v!chapter] \def\material_counter_parameter#1% {\begingroup \def\currentmaterial{#1}% \usematerialstyleandcolor\c!style\c!color \namedmaterialparameter\currentmaterial\c!before \convertedcounter[\currentmaterial]% \incrementcounter[\currentmaterial]% \namedmaterialparameter\currentmaterial\c!after \endgroup} \def\startmaterial{\begingroup\dosingleempty\startmaterial_indeed} \def\startmaterial_indeed[#1]{% \iffirstargument\setupcurrentmaterial[#1]\fi \usematerialstyleandcolor\c!style\c!color% \convertedcounter[\currentmaterial]% number seq=(5 3 3) : real num=\material_counter_parameter\c!number => get previous parameter,not right start number\\ number seq=(5 3 3) : real num=\namedmaterialparameter{number}\c!start => get right number\\ material seq=(8 8 8) : real num=\convertedcounter[material] => work well %%%%%%%%%%But I don't want to set the number directly by \setupmaterial, %%%%%%%%%%because there are other elements of this environment, %%%%%%%%%%and they are set by their respective names,like "title" and so on. \incrementcounter[material]} \def\stopmaterial{\par\blackrule% \endgroup} \protect \setuplayout[margin=5mm,width=fit,] \setuphead[chapter][page=no] \starttext \chapter{} \setupmaterial[number][style=tfb,color=red,start=5] \startmaterial \color[gray]{ knuthmath } \stopmaterial \startmaterial \color[gray]{ knuthmath } \stopmaterial \chapter{} \setupmaterial[number][way=bychapter,start=3] \startmaterial \color[gray]{ knuthmath } \stopmaterial \startmaterial \color[gray]{ knuthmath } \stopmaterial \chapter{} \startmaterial \color[gray]{ knuthmath } \stopmaterial \startmaterial \color[gray]{ knuthmath } \stopmaterial \stoptext %%% example

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italian words with apostrophe - hyphenation and discretionary
by mf 22 Oct '24

22 Oct '24

Hello list, I'd like to know how to specify the following rules of the Italian language. Feminine words starting with a vowel change the preceding indefinite article ending with a vowel: the article loses the ending vowel, that is replaced by an apostrophe. Example: una opera => un'opera ("a work", but also "an opera") una opera => un’opera (with the unicode curly single quote) In case of definite articles, that is true also for masculine words starting with a vowel. la opera => l'opera ("the work", also "the opera", feminine) lo operaio => l'operaio ("the worker", masculine) This extends to articulate prepositions (preposition+article), like nella opera => nell'opera ("in the work", "in the opera") dello operaio => dell'operaio ("of the worker") HYPHENATION In Italian you can't hyphenate after an apostrophe: un'opera => un'o-pe-ra nell'opera => nel-l'o-pe-ra so these are the allowed hyphenations: un'o- pera typographically rather ugly un'ope- ra better nel- l'opera typographically the best (preposition-article split) nell'o- ugly pera nell'ope- ra but, though it's not used much anymore, you can go back to the version without apostrophe, as long as the uncut article or preposition is the last word in a line: una opera nella opera These are seldom used, but they would be a good solution, especially when the line break occurs across pages. Sometimes it's also the finest typographical solution when you have narrow columns. The reason it is seldom used is because there's no automatic solution in typesetting software. You can do it manually, but when a change in the text modifies the line breaking, the article/preposition could move away from the end of the line, and you'd get "una opera" or "nella opera" in the middle of a line, which is grammatically correct but definitely not something you would expect in a printed text, considered almost an error. THE QUESTION Is there a way to encode such rules with \hyphenation and \discretionary? I tried \hyphenation{nel{-l'o}{la}{o}-pe-ra} but it does not seem to work. Massi

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changing the symbol used in \footnote{}
by David Roderick 21 Oct '24

21 Oct '24

I want to use the crucifix symbol as a footnote symbol on the title page of a book. I don't want this to increment the footnote counter. The best I can do is: \setupnotation[footnote][way=bypage, state=stop, number=†] but this does not produce any symbol at all. If I do: \setupnotation[footnote][numberconversion=set 2] then I get an asterix, not a crucifix, and I don't know how to prevent or otherwise reset the footnote counter for subsequent footnote numberings. David Roderick.

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fake slant for definefallbackfamily
by Sylvain Hubert 20 Oct '24

20 Oct '24

I can define fake slant for a font with \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][My Fancy Font][sl=features:slanted] How can I do it with \definefallbackfamily? According to https://wiki.contextgarden.net/index.php?title=Command/definefallbackfamily , the following should work, but it actually doesn't: \definefallbackfamily[mainface][rm][My Fancy Font][preset={range:chinese},sl=features:slanted] Besides, the wiki page lists an option `range=...` in the last bracket, but what's actually used is `preset=range:...`. Are they mistakes?

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It seems that command “fillintext” is broken.
by ai2472206007＠yeah.net 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

hi, It seems that command “fillintext” is broken. (ConTeXt ver: 2024.09.25 11:53 LMTX) here is a MWE: %%% \starttext \fillintext[width=3cm]{start of field}{extra argument} \stoptext %%%% Muyik

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Artifact in flow cell connection
by Bernd Donner 17 Oct '24

17 Oct '24

Hi, I have a broken flow cell connection in this minimal example. The broken flow cell is only triggered when drawn within a subsection with an overlay. The logic to create the underlined subsection is by the way copied from the metafun manual source. I do not have the slightest clue what is going wrong in this example. Thanks for ideas. Best, Bernd \usemodule[chart] \startuniqueMPgraphic{SectionUnderline} path p; p:= unitsquare xscaled OverlayWidth yscaled OverlayHeight; draw llcorner p -- lrcorner p; setbounds currentpicture to p; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[SectionUnderline][\uniqueMPgraphic{SectionUnderline}] \starttexdefinition unexpanded ChapterCommand #1#2 \framed [background=SectionUnderline] {#2} \stoptexdefinition \setuphead [subsection] [command=\ChapterCommand] \starttext \subsection[title=Introduction] \startFLOWchart[toolchain] \startFLOWcell \location{1,1} \connection [bt] {compiler} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name {compiler} \location{1,2} \shape{product} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart \FLOWchart[toolchain] \stoptext

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