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Re: [NTG-context] registers, how to ignore quote marks
by jbf 30 Jan '22

30 Jan '22

Well done Adam - or should I say well read in the Wiki! For all my reading of it I still hadn't cottoned on to that. There are several of these cases, but I have been able to fix them all now. Thank you. Any thoughts (but I'm pretty sure this isn't fully explained in the wiki) how I can get part of the index entry in italics and part normal? That might be a bit more difficult I think. Julian

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How to stop \placefigure from floating off to some other page?
by Joel 30 Jan '22

30 Jan '22

When I used `\placefigure`, ConTeXt often puts the figure on a completely different page, my readership of young students is getting confused where the image is. How can I have all of my `\placefigure` in the entire document appear exactly where called, even if that means having to place it on a new page with lots of space before it or even a new page afterwards? I need it to show up in the order it was called. I think `\setupexternalfigures[location=]` should provide the solution, but cann't figure what is the correct location, I'm not seeing that in the manual anywhere.

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How to stop columns from splitting up items in a list?
by Joel 30 Jan '22

30 Jan '22

I am writing a workbook that contains a materials list in front of some craft activities. I found that simply displaying a bulleted list can take up lots of space on the page, so instead put the list in three columns. The problem is, if there is an item with a somewhat long description, it can be split across columns. See the example below: \starttext \startcolumns[n=3]% \startitemize[1]% \item pizza cutter \item a word processor (or notebook paper) \stopitemize% \stopcolumns%\stoptext In the example, it split the second item across the columns. How can I create columns that don't allow the item to split across them?

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Why isn't bold + italics working together?
by Joel 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

I am finishing the final touches on a manuscript, which I hope to send to a publisher later today and noticed this problem where bold and italic text isn't rendered at the same time. I am using the EB Garamond font in my document. I set it up exactly as shown below. Strangely, bold works, italics works, but when bold and italics are together, it only display in italics, it doesn't display a bold italic text. I've confirmed the `EBGaramond-BoldItalic.otf` font is present and seems just fine. I've also tried by just using the default ConTeXt font and the error still appears, also in live.contextgarden.net. I tried searching the mailing list, as this seems like something that must have come up, but couldn't find any question about this. Why won't it render both? \starttypescript[serif] [garamond]\definefontsynonym[Serif] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Regular.otf]\definefontsynonym[SerifBold] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Bold.otf]\definefontsynonym[SerifItalic] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Italic.otf]\definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-BoldItalic.otf]\stoptypescript%\starttypescript[sans] [garamond]\definefontsynonym[Sans] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Regular.otf]\definefontsynonym[SansBold] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Bold.otf]\definefontsynonym[SansItalic] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-Italic.otf]\definefontsynonym[SansBoldItalic] [file:~/.fonts/12/EBGaramond-BoldItalic.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]% \starttext\startitemize\item This text has {\bf bold} in it.\item This text has {\it italics} in it.\item Why doesn't this have {\bf\it bold and italics} in it?\stopitemize \stoptext

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How to create multiple PDFs from one TeX file?
by Joel 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

I have several books in a set that have many things I'd like to have linked together, such as page references, shared indexes, shared glossaries, etc. One solution I see is putting all the files together, then using a tool like pdfjam to seperate the pages later, but I'm wondering if ConTeXt can already produce multiple files, or a split in the PDF, already? I tried this code below, as I hoped it would create two PDFs, but it only rendered everything between the first set of `\starttext` and `\stoptext`. --Joel Minimum example: \starttext This is document 1. \input knuth \stoptext \starttext This is document 2. \input knuth \stoptext

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How can I get a section title to change depending on the section content?
by Joel 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

I have a section somewhat like this...I'm replacing the code with something much simpler, but its basically doing a similar thing, running conditionals to check which content to place: \section{Brave Rabbits} \ifnum\somenumber>3 Print this content about rabbits. \else Print this stuff about pigeons instead. \fi Basically the content inside that section can change, either being about rabbits or about pigeons. I need the section title to follow that change, the problem is the section title appears before this code, so defining some variable in the later code won't affect the rendeiring of the section title. Is there a way I can tell the section title to change as well to match what content is inside that section? \section{\thissectiontitle} \ifnum\somenumber>3 Print this content about rabbits. \define\thissectiontitle{Brave Rabbits} \else Print this stuff about pigeons instead. \define\thissectiontitle{Hungry Pigeons} \fi --Joel

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registers, how to ignore quote marks
by jbf 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

I have an issue that has been raised at least twice in this list but as far as I can see it has not received an answer. Perhaps someone can help with the following? I have an index entry that has unicode quote marks either side: ‘Innovative Beings’. I need to retain those quote marks. If I put \index{‘Innovative’} then ‘Innovative’ is sorted under ‘ instead of under the letter I. How do I get my indexing to ignore the quote marks, at the very least the initial one? My index setup at the moment is as follows: \defineregister[index][compress=yes] \setupregister[index][n=1] \defineprocessor[special][style=italic] The only hint I could gain from the wiki was that it might depend on using a method key in \setupregister, but I could not see which to use. Tried a few and got weird results. Julian

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registers - only part of an entry to be italics
by jbf 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

Let me add one more difficulty I have come across with registers. I need the title of a book to be in italics (and know exactly how to do that with \defineprocessor), but the author's name to follow is to be normal, not italic. So I need: /book name/, author name. I tried setting up a second \defineprocessor with style=normal and introducing that after the first one in an index entry, but I can see that only one processor can be introduced in an entry, not two. How can I achieve the desired result? Julian

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new upload
by Hans Hagen 28 Jan '22

28 Jan '22

Hi, Weekend uoload: - more math parameter magic (plus a real ancient bug no one noticed fix): \newdimen \mydimenA \mydimenA 10pt \newskip \myskipA \myskipA 10pt \newmuskip \mymuskipA \mymuskipA10mu \mugluespecdef\mymuskipB 10mu \inherited\Umathfracfracspacing\allmathstyles \mydimenA % dynamic \inherited\Umathfracfracspacing\allmathstyles \mymuskipA % dynamic \inherited\Umathfracfracspacing\allmathstyles \myskipA % dynamic \Umathfracfracspacing\allmathstyles\mymuskipA % frozen % \alltextstyles \allscriptstyles \allmathstyles \allsplitstyles % \resetmathstyles \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=3bp] $\displaystyle\mathfrac {x}\mathfrac {x}$\par $\textstyle \mathfrac {x}\mathfrac {x}$\par $\scriptstyle \mathfrac {x}\mathfrac {x}$\par \stopTEXpage \stoptext so we can have fixed values too .. will be explained in due time by Mikael (in manual) as we're still experimenting with all this - initial indic transliteration support .. recent indic (font) experiences and transliteration tricks will be eplained by kauśika Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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OT world history: other measuring systems?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 27 Jan '22

27 Jan '22

Hi all, just out of curiosity and since some of you are knowledgable in many fields: Were there widely accepted measuring systems in Asia before the introduction of the imperial or metric system? In Europe there was a mess of local miles, feet, cubits, inches etc.; why didn’t "we" stick to the Roman system? (Also Knuth’s Potrzebie system unfortunately couldn’t unite the world... https://webmadness.net/blog/?post=knuth ;)) Hraban

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