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macOS: Spotlight indexing of manuals?
by Gerben Wierda 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Spotlight on macOS can help me to find the right documentation. When I copy the contents of the folder (the manuals for ConTeXt) from its original location /usr/local/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-context/doc/context/documents/general/manuals to ~/Downloads/TestFolder they are indexed and found by Spotlight. But not in their original location. Why? And how do I fix this, because I want the manuals and such in /usr/local to be found. Any Mac user who knows? G

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Fwd: Is de string interpretatie van het lua context() commando separaat benaderbaar?
by Gerben Wierda 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

The lua context() command has a string interpretation, e.g. function moduledata.test( astring) local testone = "{Hello}, \"(a)\" [World]!" context( "%!tex!", testone) end Two questions: - Have all the lua commands been documented somewhere e.g. in a reference manual? Especially the basic context() command? - Is this string+arguments interpreter of context() available separately? I could use this to first let the string interpreter create a TeX-safe string after which I can manipulate the result before offering it to the context() command. G

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Primes far too high in Lucida Type1
by Tim Steenvoorden 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Hi all, I’m trying to typeset a document using Lucida Type1 fonts. Primes are put way too high. Also, kerning with punctuation characters placed after a prime are too wide. This can be seen in attached rendering of below example. $e,\sigma \rightarrow e',\sigma’$ Is there a quick way to fix this? I don’t have access tot the OTF unfortunately. Running ConTeXt TeXlive 2019 on macOS 10.15.3. Cheers, Tim –––– context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.02 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /usr/local/texlive/2019basic/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2019.03.21 21:39

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Table-bug in lmtx?
by Christian Prim 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Hello list following MWE gives a strange error "(interwoven alignment preambles are not allowed)" when processed with lmtx: \definetabletemplate[fosa][s0|xp(3.5cm)|lw(0.7cm)|xp(5cm)s2|lw(2.5cm)|] \starttext \starttable[fosa] \NC Cell 1 \NC\Use3[p(8cm)]{A longer cell}\NC\AR \MR \NC Cell 1 \NC Cell 2 \NC Cell 3 \NC Cell 4 \NC\AR \stoptable \stoptext No problems in mkiv. I think Use3 is the problem, but I'm not sure... Many thanks for your help Christian

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What alternative for scantokens( "btex " & texcommands & " etex")?
by Gerben Wierda 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

I’m trying in METAPOST to build a command to pass on to ConTeXt using btex/etex. picture p; p := scantokens( "btex " & texcommands & " etex”); with texcommands a variable that holds a string of TeX commands doesn’t work. The METAPOST parser complains about not finding etex. I’m using MetaFun actually. An example string in texcommands would in the end be something like string texcommands; texcommands := "\type-{Hello}, [World]!-"; Minimum example of my vardef that fails (the outcommented alternative to the scantokens line works and typesets “{Hello}, [World]!”): vardef makeTeXLabel( expr w, h, name) = show "NAME:", name; save p; picture p ; save s; string s; s := "btex " & name & " etex"; show "SCAN:", s; p := scantokens s; %p := btex p := btex \type-{Hello}, [World]!- etex; p enddef; Log: metapost log > >> "NAME:" metapost log > >> "My Application (Component)" metapost log > >> "SCAN:" metapost log > >> "btex My Application (Component) etex" metapost log > ! No matching 'etex' for 'btex'.. metapost log > <to be read again> metapost log > ; metapost log > makeTeXLabel->...x";show"SCAN:",s;p:=scantokens.s; metapost log > save.b;path.b;b:=boundingb... metapost log > <argument> ...(53),("My Application (Component)")) Thanks in advance, G

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infinite loop with a huge document
by Pablo Rodriguez 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Dear list, I’m afraid I have a huge document (combination of more than 80 individual documents) that triggers an infinite loop. All of them are Markdown sources that I convert to HTML4 and compile with ConTeXt latest. Individual documents compile fine, in about 3 or 4 runs. The single document goes always for the maximum number of runs. There were 9 runs, which is the default number. I set "--runs=30" and compilation ran through 30 cycles. So I use now "--runs=5". The document is huge and its compilation process is complex. Is there any way in which I can investigate what triggers the compilation in endless cycles for this document? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Box of certain width (and height?) containing a paragraph of text?
by Gerben Wierda 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Does ConTeXt have a command to create a (non framed) box from a line of text, where the text is typeset as a paragraph inside a box of certain size? G

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placelistofsynonyms without tabulate
by Benjamin Buchmuller 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Following Aditya’s recommendation on making a glossary with ConTeXt (https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/152248/make-a-glossary-with-context) and have looked through several older and newer manuals under “abbreviations” and into the source. However, I cannot figure out if there is a simple way to define my own command to achieve the following: \definesynonyms[glossary][glossaries][\fullgloss]%[#4] % I wonder also what #4 is supposed to do? \setupsynonyms[glossary][headstyle=bold] \glossary[US]{United States}{The US is a country in the Americas.} \glossary[UK]{United Kingdom}{The UK is a country in Europe.} % CURRENT RESULT (guessing from what I understand from the source this is converted internally to): \placelistofglossaries \starttabulate[|||] \NC {\bf United Kingdom} \NC The UK is a country in Europe. \NC \NR \NC {\bf United States} \NC The US is a country in the Americas. \NC \NR \stoptabulate % DESIRED RESULT \unexpanded\def\myglossary#1#2#3{{\bf #1}#2} % or similar \placelistofglossaries[command=\myglossary] {\bf United Kingdom.} The UK is a country in Europe. Nice would be even if this could be indented at some point, but tastes may vary on indention for sure. {\bf United States.} The US is a country in the Americas. % or using itemize etc. I am aware that \placelistofsynonyms has a command=... option, but it doesn’t do anything for me. Also, the location=inmarigin option (which I suppose could be used to tweak the desired result in a way) stopped working in MKIV (?) and I can see in the source that it has a “fixed” assignment to location=left. Any hints very welcome. :)

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unknown references
by Hans Hagen 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

We've added a tracker: \enabletrackers [structures.referencing.show] \starttext Take a look at \at{page}[unknown:1]. This line has a reference.\pagereference[unknown:2] Take a look at \at{page}[unknown:2]. \stoptext Experimental till documented in the interface files. 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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How to make page break & headers in XY arrangements?
by Mojca Miklavec 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Hi, Stupid question: what's the proper way to introduce an actual page break and put some header on the paper holding the XY arrangement of smaller pages? I know I can create the second document which includes the first one and adds page numbers on top, but I'm sure there's a more elegant way to achieve the same. Thank you, Mojca \setuppapersize [XY][A4] \setuppaper [topspace=10mm,backspace=10mm,dx=0mm,dy=0mm,nx=5,ny=13] \setuplayout [page] [topspace=2mm,backspace=2mm] \setuplayout [page] \setuplayout [location=middle] \setuparranging [XY] \showframe \setupbodyfont [8pt] \def\somecontent#1{\startpagemakeup #1 \stoppagemakeup} \starttext % I want to mark the page with label numbers \setupheadertexts[1][1][1][1]% \dorecurse{50}{\somecontent{Label ONE}} % I want an actual page break here \page \setupheadertexts[2][2][2][2]% \dorecurse{70}{\somecontent{Label TWO}} \stoptext

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