[NTG-context] Re: \switchtobodyfont issue

2025-04-11 Thread Alan Bowen
Thank you, Wolfgang! That is very helpful and much appreciated. Re \switchtobodyfont, I see that I misinterpreted the entry on the wiki. All best, Alan On Apr 10, 2025 at 14:06:16, Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am 10.04.2025 um 18:28 schrieb A

[NTG-context] Re: \switchtobodyfont issue

2025-04-10 Thread Alan Bowen
}, pp.\ 504–505). } \stoptext Alan On Apr 10, 2025 at 13:44:01, Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am 10.04.2025 um 18:09 schrieb Alan Bowen: > > I have the following: > > \starttext > > > A. > > \switchtobodyfont[10pt]{ > > F

[NTG-context] Re: \switchtobodyfont issue

2025-04-10 Thread Alan Bowen
Oops. I forgot the macro definition: \def\modCyr#1{{\switchtobodyfont[dejavu]{#1}}} On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM Alan Bowen wrote: > I have the following: > \starttext > > A. > \switchtobodyfont[10pt]{ > First published by Stojan Novaković in 1877 in his anthology >

[NTG-context] \switchtobodyfont issue

2025-04-10 Thread Alan Bowen
I have the following: \starttext A. \switchtobodyfont[10pt]{ First published by Stojan Novaković in 1877 in his anthology \modCyr{\emph{Примери књижевности и jезика старога и српско-словенскога}} (Belgrade/\modCyr{Београд: Издање и штампа државне штампариjе}, pp.\ 504–505). } \blank[big,fixed]

[NTG-context] Re: equation to right margin

2024-10-12 Thread Alan Bowen
th a > > single number, on the right and aligned with the right margin. It would > > also make sense for this number to be aligned with the middle of the > > two equations of the system. > > > > A brace on the right would not introduce the grouping as a system of > > e

[NTG-context] Re: equation to right margin

2024-10-09 Thread Alan Bowen
I can talk to Hans about > it, maybe it is easy on the code side to support it. But I remember > from when we were messing with numbering, and in particular when there > are alignments, that it is a bit complicated. > > /Mikael > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 5:19 PM Alan Bowen wro

[NTG-context] Re: equation to right margin

2024-10-09 Thread Alan Bowen
numbers at the right margin,as I wanted. So how do I get a brace on the left rather than on the right? Or is there documentation that explains this? Alan On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 10:22 AM Mikael Sundqvist wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 11:45 PM Alan Bowen wrote: > >

[NTG-context] equation to right margin

2024-10-07 Thread Alan Bowen
I have the following which works, except for the fact that the equation number does not go to the right margin. \startplaceformula \startformula[align=middle, prefix=no] \startcases[distance=2pt] \NC \[21-(9 - n^2)\NC =□^\prime\]\NR \NC\hfill n^2+12 \NC=□^\prime.\NR[eq04] \stopcases \stopformula \

[NTG-context] Re: \brokenpenalties query

2024-06-21 Thread Alan Bowen
I have found entries on \widowpenalty, \widowpenalties, \orphanpenalty, \orphanpenalities and look forward to learning about vertical expansion. Many thanks, Hans. Alan On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 4:56 PM Hans Hagen wrote: > On 6/20/2024 10:33 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > > Mikael

[NTG-context] Re: \brokenpenalties query

2024-06-20 Thread Alan Bowen
Mikael and Hans— Thank you so much for your help.Your advice regarding \brokenpenalities and \clubpenalities is greatly appreciated and will solve a problem that I was having from time to time in paginating my journal. Alan _

[NTG-context] \brokenpenalties query

2024-06-19 Thread Alan Bowen
I have in the past relied on \setpenalties\brokenpenalties{1}{1}\ to set the penalty for a page break after a hyphen. But with the latest LMTX, when I run the file, I get the error message Errorcount has to be 1 for \brokenpenalties Any advice on how to fix the file would be most welcom

[NTG-context] Re: ConteXt commands in an rtl environment

2024-04-29 Thread Alan Bowen
I discovered what the problem was. Just in case someone else may also wonder how to do this, one way (not necessarily the best) is to insert: {ר}high\ where the letter in parentheses (resh) should be entered in a l2r context, not r2l. Alan On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 4:23 PM Alan Bowen wrote: >

[NTG-context] ConteXt commands in an rtl environment

2024-04-28 Thread Alan Bowen
I am having trouble entering ConteXt commands in an rtl language, in this case Hebrew. How does one make the last(left hand) letter of the Hebrew word אשר a superscript? My experiments with \high{...} have not been successful so far in part, I think, because I have not got the brackets right. An

[NTG-context] Re: last page number for a list

2024-04-03 Thread Alan Bowen
Horrocks wrote: > > > > On 30 Mar 2024, at 19:59, Alan Bowen wrote: > > > > How can I get the last page number of a chapter for a list (ToC)? > > > > Outside of a list, I use \lastpagenumber. > > But that does not work in a list such as the ToC. > >

[NTG-context] last page number for a list

2024-03-30 Thread Alan Bowen
How can I get the last page number of a chapter for a list (ToC)? Outside of a list, I use \lastpagenumber. But that does not work in a list such as the ToC. Any tips or pointers will be gladly received. Alan ___ If

[NTG-context] start/end pages in ToC

2024-03-26 Thread Alan Bowen
Our journal is currently in the process of moving to continuous publication of items in a given volume as they are ready. This entails re-jigging the ToC so that it now includes the start and end page numbers of each item. So far, I have everything pretty much in the right place, but for the page n

[NTG-context] text over text

2023-12-11 Thread Alan Bowen
Alan Bowen schrieb am 11.12.2023 um 19:14: ... <https://mailman.ntg.nl/archives/list/ntg-context@ntg.nl/thread/UGT4DKIJ7OJKDVBHFDBKH6XUZVQV6BNC/#> I am typesetting some transliterated medieval German and need to place one letter, e.g., an “e” in scriptsize over another letter, e.g., a “u” i

[NTG-context] text over text

2023-12-11 Thread Alan Bowen
I am typesetting some transliterated medieval German and need to place one letter, e.g., an “e” in scriptsize over another letter, e.g., a “u” in text size. I have managed to get this in italics using \mathstackers and \definemathmatrix, but I need both letters in roman face and at text size. Is t

[NTG-context] Re: \placeinitial problem

2023-07-19 Thread Alan Bowen
Hans— The latest version fixes the \placeinitial issue. Many thanks! Alan On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 5:09 PM Alan Bowen wrote: > Hi— > \placeinitial seems to fail when there is a footnote in the paragraph. At > least > > \startparagraph > \placeinitial \input ward \f

[NTG-context] \placeinitial problem

2023-07-16 Thread Alan Bowen
Hi— \placeinitial seems to fail when there is a footnote in the paragraph. At least \startparagraph \placeinitial \input ward \footnote{A footnote.} \stopparagraph only works when the footnote is commented out. I am running lmtx [ConTeXt ver: 2023.06.22 LMTX fmt: 2023.6.26] Alan ___

[NTG-context] \setupmathematics oddity

2022-11-18 Thread Alan Bowen via ntg-context
The following \setupmathematics[autopunctuation={all,semicolon}] %\setupmathematics[autopunctuation={all, semicolon}] %\setupmathematics[autopunctuation={all,semicolon,colon}] \starttext \startformula 0,0;2,0,35,17,40,41\textdegree{} \cdot 365;15 \cdot 40 = 2,9;23,14\textdegree{}. \stopformula \st

[NTG-context] synctex problem

2022-10-15 Thread Alan Bowen via ntg-context
At the top of a single source file, I have the lines: % !TEX root = prd_Aestimatio-0301.tex % the root file % !TEX TS-program = ConTeXt2021 % !TEX useAlternatePath % !TEX useConTeXtSyncParser \setupsynctex[state=start, method=max] Syncing works well enough—though I can see no difference betwee

Re: [NTG-context] numbering sections/subsections

2022-07-11 Thread Alan Bowen via ntg-context
Thanks, again, Hraban. This is very helpful. Best, Alan On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 5:53 AM Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context < ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > Am 10.07.22 um 22:25 schrieb Alan Bowen via ntg-context: > > Thank you, Hraban, for the solution and the link! >

Re: [NTG-context] numbering sections/subsections

2022-07-10 Thread Alan Bowen via ntg-context
Thank you, Hraban, for the solution and the link! All best, Alan On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 6:59 PM Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context < ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > Am 10.07.22 um 00:35 schrieb Alan Bowen via ntg-context: > > I’m trying to get my sections numbered with capital

[NTG-context] numbering sections/subsections

2022-07-09 Thread Alan Bowen via ntg-context
I’m trying to get my sections numbered with capital letters and my subsections with Arabic numbers. So far, no joy. What am I missing? Alan Mwe: with ConText ver: 2022.01.21 20:13 LMTX fmt: 2022.2.1. (The problem persists when I run ConTeXt online) \setuphead[section][conversion=A] \setuphead[s

[NTG-context] rtl fontfallback family issue?

2021-06-23 Thread Alan Bowen
With the latest LMTX standalone (ConTeXt ver: 2021.06.18) the Syriac text is not printed. \setupdirections[bidi=global, method=unicode] \definefontfeature [syriac] [syriac] [language=dflt, script=syrc] \definefallbackfamily[mainface][rm][Estrangelo Edessa] [range={syriac}, features=syr

Re: [NTG-context] oldstyle math

2021-06-02 Thread Alan Bowen
which I first mentioned this problem and see if there is any way forward. Alan On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 4:56 PM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen schrieb am 02.06.2021 um 22:07: > > I no longer get oldstyle numerals in the math environmen

[NTG-context] oldstyle math

2021-06-02 Thread Alan Bowen
I no longer get oldstyle numerals in the math environment (ConTeXt ver: 2021.04.29 ) with \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][STIX Two Text] [protrusion=quality, expansion=quality, mode=node, force=yes, features={default, f:oldstyle}, ] \definefallbackfamily[mainface] [mm] [STIX Two Text] [range=d

[NTG-context] updating luametatex

2021-05-19 Thread Alan Bowen
I seem to be stuck at ver. 209.08 (context ver. 2021.04.29). I downloaded context-osx-64.zip and made a clean install following the instructions for macOS on the wiki. context—version showed v. 2021.04.29 So I removed texmf cache and ran mtxrun —generate context —make context —version still showed

Re: [NTG-context] \setcharacterspacing

2021-05-18 Thread Alan Bowen
. Alan On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 4:00 PM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen schrieb am 17.05.2021 um 21:50: > > That is very good to know and it works in simple cases. But I am finding > that in a product/component structure, I get the proper

Re: [NTG-context] \setcharacterspacing

2021-05-17 Thread Alan Bowen
expected behavior? (Before I just \setcharacterspacing[test] in the env file but now it only works when in the component file) Alan On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 3:11 PM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen schrieb am 17.05.2021 um 20:57: > > Wol

Re: [NTG-context] \setcharacterspacing

2021-05-17 Thread Alan Bowen
Wolfgang—Thank you. That works very nicely! Alan On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 2:44 PM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen schrieb am 17.05.2021 um 20:38: > > With > > \definecharacterspacing [test] > > \setupcharacterspaci

[NTG-context] \setcharacterspacing

2021-05-17 Thread Alan Bowen
With \definecharacterspacing [test] \setupcharacterspacing [test] ["00AB] [right=.1, alternative=1] \setupcharacterspacing [test] ["00BB] [left=.1, alternative=1] \startsetups[test] \setcharacterspacing[test] \stopsetups \starttext «anyword» \stoptext there is no additional space after and before

[NTG-context] Syriac (Estrangelo Edessa) query

2021-05-03 Thread Alan Bowen
I am trying to set text in the Syriac font Estrangelo Edessa. Right now, I have the following (taken for the wiki): \definefontfeature[semitic-complete] [mode=node,analyze=yes,language=dflt,ccmp=yes, autoscript=position,autolanguage=position, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=y

[NTG-context] installing luametatex query

2021-05-03 Thread Alan Bowen
I have re-installed the latest luametatex (macOS) following the directions on the wiki ( https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installing_ConTeXt_LMTX_on_MacOS) Though luametatex --version mtxrun --generate are successful, context --version context --make --all gets mtxrun | unknown script 'mtx-

Re: [NTG-context] latest standalone—lua error

2021-04-30 Thread Alan Bowen
I removed and then reinstalled luametex: the problem persists. A. On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 11:21 AM Alan Bowen wrote: > Hi, Wolfgang— > > The mwe is: > \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][STIX Two Text] > [protrusion=quality, > expansion=quality, > mode=node, > force=

Re: [NTG-context] latest standalone—lua error

2021-04-30 Thread Alan Bowen
TIX Two Text. Yet ConTeXt is aware of the STIX Two Math and STIX Two Text fonts. WE had a power failure very recently. I wonder if that has screwed things up. Alan On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 9:45 AM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen schrieb am 30.0

Re: [NTG-context] latest standalone—lua error

2021-04-30 Thread Alan Bowen
stixtwotextnormalstixtwotext stixtwotextitalic STIXTwoText-Italic.otf stixtwotextregular stixtwotext stixtwotextmedium STIXTwoText-Medium.otf On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 2:25 PM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen schrieb am 29.04.2021 um 18:29:

[NTG-context] latest standalone—lua error

2021-04-29 Thread Alan Bowen
With ConTeXt ver: 2021.04.28 18:39 LMTX fmt: 2021.4.29 int, I am now getting the following error on compiling with files that were OK previously. Is there something that I need to change? Alan lua error > lua error on line 232 in file ../../env_Aestimatio-00.tex: registered function ca

Re: [NTG-context] PDF custom properties

2021-03-25 Thread Alan Bowen
, 2021 at 2:57 PM Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > On 3/23/21 10:12 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > > Hi, Pablo— > > > > My inquiry concerns the possibility of getting *custom* properties that > > I could specify using \setupinteraction in a way that would output in > > the PDF file

Re: [NTG-context] PDF custom properties

2021-03-23 Thread Alan Bowen
. Thanks for the PDF spec file. I will check it out for any hints about non-standard metadata. Alan On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 4:33 PM Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > On 3/23/21 8:25 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > > I should like to set the PDf properties so that the Document Info panel > ha

[NTG-context] PDF custom properties

2021-03-23 Thread Alan Bowen
I should like to set the PDf properties so that the Document Info panel has Editor ... Title ... Subtitle ... Subject ... Keyword The problem is that currently \setupinteraction[subtitle=text,] goes to Subject and that there are no keys to get output labelled Subject or Editor. I have experi

[NTG-context] error with recent standalone (luametatex)

2021-03-05 Thread Alan Bowen
Files that ran well with ver ConTeXt ver: 2021.02.20 16:50 LMTX and earlier now fail with the following message: tex error > tex error on line 74 in file c_Review-0201-01_Bojowald.tex: lua error: run callback [36]: [string "/Applications/LuaMetaTeX/tex/texmf-context/te..."]:1343: attempt t

[NTG-context] outputting components in their own PDFs

2021-03-02 Thread Alan Bowen
Denis— Many thanks for your explanation. It works very well in my separating components (chapters) and is going to save me a lot of time. Thanks too to Hans. And my apologies for missing the earlier discussion: my internet access and email has been very flakey of late and I know that I have lost

[NTG-context] outputting components in their own PDFs

2021-03-01 Thread Alan Bowen
I have a project-component setup and need to produce a single PDF file containing all the components as well as a PDF file for each component. The single file is easy. Is there a way to automate the generation of the PDF files for the individual components? Alan ___

[NTG-context] yesterday’s version of luametatex needed

2021-02-12 Thread Alan Bowen
I need to reinstall luametatex version 2.08.13. Is there a page somewhere describing how to do this? Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context

[NTG-context] \setupcolors and \underbar bug?

2021-01-14 Thread Alan Bowen
The mwe \starttext \setupcolors[state=stop] {\darkred Test} \underbar{Here} \stoptext fails: “Here” does not appear above the underbar (which has the correct length). When \setupcolors[state=stop] is commented out, the file runs as it should. Alan __

[NTG-context] \startblockquote…\stopblockquote issue

2020-12-31 Thread Alan Bowen
In the latest standalone ( ConTeXt ver: 2020.12.30 16:45 LMTX fmt: 2020.12.30), \startblockquote and \stopblockquote do not work when I use the key, method=font, or include \setupquotation[method=font]. MWE %\setupquotation[method=font] \setupdelimitedtext[blockquote][ % method=font, before={\

Re: [NTG-context] text alignment issue

2020-12-30 Thread Alan Bowen
Fixed in today’s standalone. Many thanks—and best wishes for 2021!! Alan On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:51 AM Alan Bowen wrote: > In the last few versions of luametatex standalone, paragraphs that were > once justified now appear ragged right. My insertions of > \setupparagraphs[align=wi

[NTG-context] text alignment issue

2020-12-30 Thread Alan Bowen
In the last few versions of luametatex standalone, paragraphs that were once justified now appear ragged right. My insertions of \setupparagraphs[align=wide/normal/yes] and \setupalign[wide/normal/yes] have had no effect. Is there some new coding that is needed to get justified text? Alan

[NTG-context] issue with \cite in ConTeXt ver: 2020.12.22 22:14 LMTX fmt: 2020.12.22

2020-12-22 Thread Alan Bowen
\cite no longer works as expected MWE: \startsetups[tightspace] \spaceskip 0.5\interwordspace plus.5\interwordstretch minus \interwordshrink \stopsetups \def\dostartbibitem[#1][#2]% {\doifsomethingelse{#2}% {\startBibItem[reference={#1},title={#2}]}% {\startBibItem[reference={#1},title={#1}]}

Re: [NTG-context] Scheherazade New loading issue

2020-11-07 Thread Alan Bowen
ce' style 'rm' was ignored because no files where found. And yet Scheherazade New sits beside Scheherazade (which 2020.09.20 finds) in ~/Fonts. I fixed my definition of \definefallbackfamily—thanks for catching that. Alan On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 1:25 PM Pablo Rodriguez wrote: >

[NTG-context] Scheherazade New loading issue

2020-11-07 Thread Alan Bowen
Though Scheherazade New font loads properly with the today’s LMTX, I cannot get it to load with LMTX from 2020.09.20 (which I must stay with for now because the latest one has its own complaints about my files). \definefallbackfamily[mainface][][Scheherazade New] [range=arabic] \definefontfamily[m

Re: [NTG-context] issue with LMTX and itemize

2020-11-07 Thread Alan Bowen
and on mine with today’s standalone. A. On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 10:27 AM Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > On 11/7/20 4:11 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > > Hi, Pablo— > > > > Shouldn’t it be either > > \item a > > or > > \startitem a\stopitem > > ? > Hi Alan, >

Re: [NTG-context] issue with LMTX and itemize

2020-11-07 Thread Alan Bowen
Hi, Pablo— Shouldn’t it be either \item a or \startitem a\stopitem ? Alan On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 9:52 AM Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > Dear list, > > I have the following sample: > > \starttext > \startitemize > \item a\stopitem > \stopitemize > \stoptext > > With latest LMTX fro

Re: [NTG-context] oldstyle numerals in STIX Two Math

2020-10-21 Thread Alan Bowen
STIX Two Text. And that is something I need to take advantage of Wolfgang’s code. Alan On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:31 AM Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > > > Am 21.10.2020 um 15:59 schrieb Alan Bowen : > > > > I am trying to get the STIX Two fonts to display oldstyle nume

[NTG-context] oldstyle numerals in STIX Two Math

2020-10-21 Thread Alan Bowen
I am trying to get the STIX Two fonts to display oldstyle numerals. I have the oldstyle numerals in STIX Two Text, the problem is the math font. So far, my mwe is: \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][STIX Two Text][] %onum=yes does not seem to work \definefontfamily[mainface][mm][STIX Two Math][] \de

Re: [NTG-context] page counter problem

2020-09-30 Thread Alan Bowen
Thank you, Taco, for the fix *and* the helpful explanation. The file now works (and I can now put this project to bed!) Alan On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 7:38 AM Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Hi Alan, > > > On 30 Sep 2020, at 12:50, Alan Bowen wrote: > > > > he page counter

Re: [NTG-context] no frontmatter head on recto page

2020-09-30 Thread Alan Bowen
My apologies for the mixed message. A. On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 8:56 AM Alan Bowen wrote: > Thank you, Taco, for the fix *and* the helpful explanation. > > The file now works (and I can now put this project to bed!) > > Alan > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 7:44 AM

Re: [NTG-context] no frontmatter head on recto page

2020-09-30 Thread Alan Bowen
Thank you, Taco, for the fix *and* the helpful explanation. The file now works (and I can now put this project to bed!) Alan On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 7:44 AM Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > > > On 30 Sep 2020, at 11:46, jbf wrote: > > > > For some reason that I cannot work out, the recto page header

[NTG-context] page counter problem

2020-09-30 Thread Alan Bowen
he page counter does not increase in the first iteration an PDf inclusion but seems to work properly after that. Have attached a sample file (69K) that will serve to show the problem—at least, on my machine. \starttext \setupexternalfigures[location=default] \setuplayer[preset=middlebottom, metho

Re: [NTG-context] numbering pages included by \copypages

2020-09-28 Thread Alan Bowen
, 2020 at 6:12 AM Hans Hagen wrote: > On 9/25/2020 5:53 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Sep 2020, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > >> Aditya Mahajan schrieb am 24.09.2020 um 23:48: > >>> On Thu, 24 Sep 2020, Alan Bowen wrote: > >>>&g

[NTG-context] numbering pages included by \copypages

2020-09-24 Thread Alan Bowen
I need to include several documents in a single paginated file. Treating the source file (.tex) of each document as a component file in a .prd file is one way to go. But I was wondering if it might be possible to do get the same result using the .pdf files of each document instead. \copypages is p

Re: [NTG-context] latest lmtx

2020-09-05 Thread Alan Bowen
;$1" --purgeall > > where I am invoking the file > /context-osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/mtxrun > which is in the folder context-osx-64 where I installed LuaMetaTeX by > running > sh install.sh > > Therefore your LuaMetaTeX.engine file should contain the

Re: [NTG-context] latest lmtx

2020-09-05 Thread Alan Bowen
No, Hraban, and I have never had a directory /Users/bowen1/context-osx-64. Does Luametatex 2.10 (Context 2020.09.03) now require one? Alan On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 10:26 AM Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > > > Am 05.09.2020 um 16:08 schrieb Alan Bowen : > > > > When

[NTG-context] latest lmtx

2020-09-05 Thread Alan Bowen
When I process \starttext Hello, world! \stoptext I get the following error message: /Users/bowen1/Library/TeXShop/Engines/LuaMetaTeX.engine:9: no such file or directory: /Users/bowen1/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin/mtxrun resolvers | formats | executing runner 'run luametatex format':

[NTG-context] fatal error with latest lmtx

2020-08-14 Thread Alan Bowen
Hi— I have just installed (clean) the latest lmtx. Processing \starttext Hello world! \stoptext fails with this error message: Fatal Error > Your format does not match the base files! Format Version > 2020.08.14 18:28 LMTX Files Version > 2020.08.14 18:27 Alan __

Re: [NTG-context] new version

2020-06-10 Thread Alan Bowen
The problem with vertical spacing in \frac and \over is fixed. Many thanks, Hans! Alan On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 4:03 AM Hans Hagen wrote: > Hi, > > I uploaded a new version. There have been no changes to the typesetting > machinery although we're still in the process of finetuning some updated >

Re: [NTG-context] problem with counters (page)

2020-06-10 Thread Alan Bowen
set=2pc] > \input ward > \blank[medium] > > \centerline{\red\tfa\rawcounter[volpage]\incrementcounter[volpage]} > \stopTEXpage} > \stoptext > > > > On 10 Jun 2020, at 15:05, Alan Bowen wrote: > > > > Hi, Taco— > > > >

Re: [NTG-context] problem with counters (page)

2020-06-10 Thread Alan Bowen
10, 2020 at 3:14 AM Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Hi, > > Incrementing the counter outside of the TEXpage should work. > > Best wishes, > Taco > > > On 9 Jun 2020, at 23:34, Alan Bowen wrote: > > > > My efforts to set up a new page counter in the footertexts of a

[NTG-context] problem with counters (page)

2020-06-09 Thread Alan Bowen
My efforts to set up a new page counter in the footertexts of a book are not proving successful. The following code shows the nature of the problem. \definecounter[volpage][type=page, way=bypage] \starttext \setcounter[volpage][5] \dorecurse{3}{\startTEXpage[offset=2pc] \input ward \blank[medium]

[NTG-context] \frac and vertical spacing issue in mathfractions

2020-06-06 Thread Alan Bowen
In the current beta ( LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.06.05), \m{\frac{28}{8\times29}} puts the numerator and denominator too close to the dividing line. Similarly for the variants of \frac and \over. \m{{28}\over{8\times29}} Alan __

[NTG-context] referencing both real and user pagenumbers

2020-05-28 Thread Alan Bowen
I have a collection of papers printed previously that are to go into a single volume so that, while the papers retain their original pagination and internal cross-referencing, they are also paginated continuously. I have managed to do this using userpagenumbers for the individual papers and realpag

[NTG-context] output file name query

2020-05-22 Thread Alan Bowen
In my project, I process a single product file by enabling various modes. What I would like to do is to vary the name of the output PDF file in each instance. So, in processing a file, how does one go directly from prd_filename.tex to myfilename.pdf rather than to prd_filename.pdf—assuming that it

[NTG-context] Project setup query

2020-04-30 Thread Alan Bowen
This is a minor issue—to which I expect the answer will be simple, something I should know by now but do not. I am just trying to see if I can streamline a working directory. In Directory01, I have a number of prd_NameXX.tex files as well as a Directory02 which contains .tex files that are to be

[NTG-context] accessing prd file from component file

2020-04-22 Thread Alan Bowen
When my component files were in the same directory as my component files, the line %! TeX root = prd_whatever allowed processing the component file from the component file. (I use TeXShop for this.) The project structure has been changed: the component files are in a subdirectory of the directory

Re: [NTG-context] developer not verified error

2019-11-18 Thread Alan Bowen
oper cannot be > verified” response again, but the same workaround allowed the script to > run, and the installation was updated. > > Glen Helman > > On Nov 15, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > > Though I was able to download the latest ConTeXt beta without any > pr

[NTG-context] developer not verified error

2019-11-15 Thread Alan Bowen
Though I was able to download the latest ConTeXt beta without any problems, my attempt to update my ConText-LMTX installation was blocked. The error message was *“mtxrun” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified* macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware. Safari dow

Re: [NTG-context] beta

2019-10-02 Thread Alan Bowen
Hi, Hans— The latest lmtx now processes my docs as it should when texmf-cache was deleted before installation. So, where is this zip that has the revised install.sh script? Alan On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 7:06 AM Hans Hagen wrote: > On 9/30/2019 2:11 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > On 29.09.19 16

Re: [NTG-context] odd processing error with latest standalone

2019-09-19 Thread Alan Bowen
, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:54 AM Otared Kavian wrote: > Hi Alan, > > I had an analogous issue and after cleaning the luatex-cache and > re-installing it was solved (working under MacOS 10.14). > > Maybe you can try that too? > > Best regards: OK > > On 18 Sep 2019, at 21

[NTG-context] odd processing error with latest standalone

2019-09-18 Thread Alan Bowen
In processing a book that I have edited, there is no problem using LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.00.0, 2019.07.31 But with LuaMetaTeX, Version 2.00.0, ConTeXt ver: 2019.09.10, the process stops in a specific chapter and quits with a fatal error: tex error > tex error on line 26 in file c_12-01_Gre

[NTG-context] inline fractions

2019-06-26 Thread Alan Bowen
The following mwe \definefontfeature[fraction][frac=yes] \definehighlight[textfraction][style={\feature[+][fraction]}] \starttext a fraction \m{\frac{1}{n}}, \textfraction{1/n}, \vulgarfraction{1}{n} in the text \stoptext works for all but \textfraction in the latest beta (luatex, luametatex). H

[NTG-context] fatal error with latest beta

2019-05-15 Thread Alan Bowen
The following: \setupdirections[bidi=global] \definefallbackfamily[mainface][serif][SBL Hebrew][range={0591-05F4,FB1D-FB4F}] \definefontfamily[mainface][serif][TeX Gyre Termes] \setupbodyfont[mainface, 10pt] \starttext \setupalign[rtl]{ ﬡﬡﬢ } \setupalign[ltr] \stopte

[NTG-context] Lua error in latest beta?

2019-04-29 Thread Alan Bowen
When I process files using the latest standalone ConTeXt ver: 2019.04.29 08:52 MKIV beta fmt: LuaTeX, Version 1.10.0 (TeX Live 2019)), I now get the following error message: lua error > lua error on line 8 in file env_Brill-01.tex: ...eXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-ou

[NTG-context] TeXShop Preview and fatal error bug

2019-04-16 Thread Alan Bowen
Using latest TeXShop, latest ConTeXt beta, and latest Moajve, run the file \starttext \quotation{tufte} \page \quotation[tufte} \stoptext The PDF preview is grey. Fix the error: \quotation[tufte} —> \quotation{tufte} Re-run the file. The PDF preview remains gray. Print the PDF file or view it

[NTG-context] \setupdirections, methods one, two, and three

2019-02-04 Thread Alan Bowen
The latest beta complains and stops when I try to process a book that has \setupdirections[bidi=global, method=one] for several, scattered phrases in Arabic and Hebrew (which I do not read). It works, however, when I set method=two or method=three. What is the difference between these methods and

[NTG-context] problem with \sym?

2019-02-03 Thread Alan Bowen
Processing a table of contents with the latest standalone (ConTeXt ver: 2019.01.28 16:58 MKIV beta fmt: 2019.2.3) fails with the following message: luatex warning > hpack filter: error: ...eXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/typo-dua.lua:422: attempt to compare number with nil tex err

[NTG-context] linking to an external PDF file

2018-10-07 Thread Alan Bowen
A how-to question that has come up: Is there a way to establish to hyperlink to a specific page or footnote in an external PDF document? Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

[NTG-context] latest beta (2018.110.14)

2018-08-15 Thread Alan Bowen
When I run the latest standalone beta, the following \starttext Hello, world! \stoptext fails with the error message: lua error > lua error on line 5 in file /Users/bowen1/Desktop/TestTeX/test-01.tex: ...eXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cldf-ini.lua:1120: no string to print s

[NTG-context] \startregister…\stopregister bug?

2018-08-14 Thread Alan Bowen
In the latest beta (2018.08.10), \defineregister[TesT] \starttext \startregister[TesT]{samples} \input knuth \page \input ward \stopregister[TesT] \blank[3*big] \placeregister[TesT] \stoptext produces on page 2 the index entry *samples 1* when one expects *samples 1–2* Alan _

Re: [NTG-context] latest beta and \seeindex

2018-06-25 Thread Alan Bowen
the other is more efficient. Alan On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 4:08 PM Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 2018-06-24 um 21:57 schrieb Hans Hagen : > > > On 6/23/2018 5:10 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> The latest beta (ConTeXtver: 2018.06.23 12:12 MKIV betafmt: 2018.6.23) > proce

[NTG-context] latest beta and \seeindex

2018-06-23 Thread Alan Bowen
The latest beta (ConTeXt ver: 2018.06.23 12:12 MKIV beta fmt: 2018.6.23) processes without a hitch but \seeindex is still not working as expected. In \starttext \index{sample} \index{fun+games}\index{fun+stuff} %\index{fun} \seeindex{fun}{sample} % now with heading (as it should be) \seeindex{

Re: [NTG-context] error in seeindex sorting

2018-06-15 Thread Alan Bowen
The MWE \index{sample} \index{fun+games}\index{fun+stuff} \index{fun} \seeindex{fun}{sample} % with first subheading, not heading \seeindex{fun}{blah} % shown with heading (as it should be) ONLY if \index{fun} is commented out; otherwise it is not shown \seeindex{fun}{humbug} % not shown \seeinde

Re: [NTG-context] index x-ref problem

2018-05-25 Thread Alan Bowen
This is fixed in the latest beta. Thanks, Hans! Alan On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 8:05 AM Alan Bowen wrote: > IF I am doing this correctly, then, there seems to be problems in the > current standalone​ when there are two x-refs to a single heading. The > space after “and” is missing and s

[NTG-context] index x-ref problem

2018-05-19 Thread Alan Bowen
IF I am doing this correctly, then, there seems to be problems in the current standalone​ when there are two x-refs to a single heading. The space after “and” is missing and should the order of the refs not be alphabetical? MWE \starttext \seeindex{animal}{cat} \seeindex{animal}{quadruped} %\see

Re: [NTG-context] \eqalign not working in latest beta

2018-03-02 Thread Alan Bowen
Excellent, Aditya.This is most helpful. Many thanks. Alan On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 10:49 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 1 Mar 2018, Alan Bowen wrote: > > OK—thanks for the mkiv alternative to \eqalign. >> > > This has been available for a while: > > http://dl.cont

Re: [NTG-context] \eqalign not working in latest beta

2018-03-01 Thread Alan Bowen
Wolfgang—thanks for the link/explanation. Alan On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 4:57 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2018/090856.html > > Wolfgang > > Alan Bowen > 1. März 2018 um 17:41 > \eqalign doe

Re: [NTG-context] \eqalign not working in latest beta

2018-03-01 Thread Alan Bowen
startalign > \NC t_{L,\text{early}} \NC = t_{L,\text{late}} = t_{L,\text{ray}} \NR > \NC\NC = 6\ \mu m \NR > \stopalign > \stopformula > > \stoptext > > Best regards: OK > > On 1 Mar 2018, at 17:41, Alan Bowen wrote: > > \eqalign does not seem to be working in

[NTG-context] \eqalign not working in latest beta

2018-03-01 Thread Alan Bowen
\eqalign does not seem to be working in the latest beta. MWE taken from the garden: \starttext \startformula \eqalign{ t_{L,\text{early}} & = t_{L,\text{late}} = t_{L,\text{ray}} \cr & = 6\ \mu m \cr } \stopformula \stoptext Alan

Re: [NTG-context] synctex and TeXShop problem

2017-11-17 Thread Alan Bowen
Otared, Luigi—many thanks for your help. I read the changes file—I neglected to do this when I downloaded TeXShop 3.89— and have added the line % !TEX useOldSyncParser into my source file. Synctex is now working as it should (with the latest ConTeXt and TeXShop). All best, Alan On Fri, Nov 17, 2

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