2
votes
0answers
27 views
\lettrine causes strange line breaks
Since I updated to ConTeXt 2012 and mkIV, each time I want to write a dropped capital I got a strange result (I mean, that extra line break) with the first line of the paragraph the dropped capital is ...
4
votes
0answers
45 views
Bad layout with both lettrine module and builtin initals in two column setup in ConTeXt
I am seeing broken positioning of letters produced by the lettrine module. Here is my MVE:
\setuppapersize[A4][A4]
\usemodule[lettrine]
\definehead[recipe][section]
\setuphead[recipe][
...
6
votes
1answer
53 views
ConTeXt problems
I am trying to typeset some recipes. I have already tried LaTeX and now I am trying the same/similar with ConTeXt. I am having huge problems with it. I have already been on this for two days and I ...
1
vote
1answer
36 views
How to set the line width of vector graphics in ConTeXt?
I have several vector graphics in PDF format that I want to place in my ConTeXt document. I added them with \externalfigure[graphic.pdf], some scaled to different sizes. All of the lines in these ...
1
vote
0answers
27 views
How to vertically center text on the centerline of short lower-case letters in ConTeXt?
I have a title in my document like this:
Birds of South America
“Birds”, “of”, and “South America” are each in different fonts and sizes, like this:
{\ssc Birds}
{\cga of}
{\ssd South America}
...
1
vote
1answer
28 views
How to use a custom symbol for enumerations in ConTeXt?
I need to make an itemized checklist in ConTeXt. I tried all of the available built-in symbols, which gives a dot, line, star, triangle, small circle, medium circle, and large circle, but I need a ...
1
vote
0answers
37 views
How to create outline text with a solid interior in ConTeXt?
Following the instructions for \definespotcolor at the ConTeXt Garden, I created some outlined text:
\defineeffect[outline][alternative=outer,rulethickness=.25pt]
\starteffect[outline]
This text ...
1
vote
0answers
30 views
How to span the background graphic across verso and recto pages in ConTeXt?
I placed a background behind all of the part titles, like this:
\defineoverlay[pattern][\framed{\externalfigure[southamerica][factor=700]}]
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=pattern]
\part{Birds ...
10
votes
1answer
112 views
+200
How to leave a blank space at the top of each page only for chapter and section titles in ConTeXt?
I have a document that looks like this:
__________________ __________________
| | |
| Chapter Title | Section ....... |
| | ....... ....... |
...
5
votes
1answer
59 views
Why is this CSV form letter code incompatible with the table of contents in ConTeXt?
Using the code in the answer to How to create form letters from spreadsheet data in ConTeXt?, I am building a document from data in a CSV file. I found that some part of the code is incompatible with ...
4
votes
1answer
58 views
Link to start of current section, automatically, in ConTeXt?
I want page headers to link to the start of the current \subject, and – because I am automatically processing an XML document – I want to do this without manually entering the subject label. (This may ...
7
votes
1answer
123 views
Ligatures in (Graphite) TrueType fonts
When using ConTeXt MkIV (i.e. with the LuaTeX engine), I’ve noticed that ligatures don’t work properly for some TrueType fonts, even though they do work in LuaLaTeX or even LibreOffice. As far as I ...
4
votes
1answer
59 views
How to lock a static text in the margin in ConTeXt?
Even though I have a some manuals at hand I can't seem to find a solution for my problem.
Within an invoice I created with ConTeXt (MkIV) I have placed a short paragraph in the right margin. This ...
5
votes
2answers
128 views
ConTeXt: Cannot typeset four consecutive hyphens
I'm having trouble typsetting four consecutive hyphens in a custom font.
Here's a minimal example:
\definesimplefont[myfonthere][myfontname]
\starttext
{\myfonthere ----}
\stoptext
This always ...
2
votes
1answer
51 views
How to get the head number (only a digital) in ConTeXt MKIV?
In my country, we usually don't use number 1, 2 ... as the head number (the section number, the chapter number and so on) but our own characters, for instance, the 一 stands for number 1, the 二 stands ...
2
votes
1answer
108 views
The ConTeXt standalone problem [closed]
Today I installed the ConTeXt standalone by following the Windows Installation: ConTeXt Suite with SciTe. After that, I wrote a test file:
\starttext
hello, world!
\stoptext
But failed, the output ...
10
votes
2answers
201 views
How to put signature number in footer (derived from page number)?
To make my book easier to bind I'd like to automatically put the signature number with small type in the footer of the first page of each octavo signature (except the first one which is given since it ...
0
votes
0answers
89 views
How to change quotation symbols and define them in language (in Context)? [closed]
To get guillemets (», angle quotes) at quotations in my Swedish text I have used the following code with Context mkII:
\setupdelimitedtext[quotation:1][left=»\nobreak,right=\nobreak»]
...
4
votes
1answer
97 views
How to add an APA-style citation with no author in ConTeXt?
I need to cite some articles which were created by some professional organizations, so no authors or editors are listed:
@Article{noname2012,
author = {},
title = {This is the title},
...
8
votes
0answers
159 views
What is the equivalent of Biblatex in Context?
How do I do bibliography in Context, that is more than just bibtex? In the manual there is no explanation of this. Source code doesn't tell me much either...
Are there any "packages" that provide ...
4
votes
1answer
61 views
Why does ConTeXt sometimes ignore surrounding font properties?
I am working on a document which contains a wide range of font styles and sizes. I am using commands such as \ss to change to sans serif, \tfa to set the font size to size "a", and \bf to make text ...
3
votes
1answer
67 views
How to independently set the font properties of each component in section titles in ConTeXt?
I want to make two-line chapter titles such as this:
Chapter 1
Animals
I found instructions in this article about titles at the ConTeXt wiki.
I want to adjust the font properties of each line ...
3
votes
1answer
91 views
How to set font size “e” in ConTeXt?
According to the ConTeXt manuals, there is a font size "e", the largest available font size. Whenever I try to use this, however, the command fails. What is the proper way to enable this font size?
4
votes
1answer
79 views
Why are unplaced part titles creating empty pages in ConTeXt?
I made a book which is divided into parts, with \part{}. I want these parts to appear in the table of contents, but do not need them to appear within the document itself. I added \placehead=no to the ...
2
votes
1answer
139 views
ConTeXt: How to set up interaction mode to emulate hyperref?
I have prepared a self explanatory MWE to check interaction mode for various objects in ConTeXt ver: 2013.01.10 01:04 MKIV. Evince document viewer is used for testing.
Questions:
How to set up ...
7
votes
1answer
257 views
How to span the content across two pages in ConTeXt?
Most of the pages in my document look like this, a layout common in books:
___________________________
| | |
| Title | ........... |
| | ........... |
| ...
4
votes
0answers
127 views
(ConTeXt MkIV) Text in PiechartMP
So I need to include some pie charts in my document. As I'm using Metapost for all graphics I tried using the PiechartMP Metapost package. But for some strange reason no text shows up, just a very ...
3
votes
1answer
68 views
How to place all chapter titles on verso pages in ConTeXt?
I need to set all of the chapters within a document to begin on the verso, or left-hand pages. How can I get ConTeXt to add a blank page before each chapter title if the chapter title does not appear ...
6
votes
3answers
169 views
ConTeXt: Too much hyphenation
I am trying to control the amount of automatic hyphenation in my document. But all the options I specify don't seem to have any effect. The following MWE shows two paragraphs with six hyphenated ...
5
votes
1answer
135 views
Bibliography in ConTeXt
I have two problems with bibliography using ConTeXt ver: 2013.01.10 01:04 MKIV.
I would like to get \citet like behaviour Author name [1]. However, presently the MWE produces only the numbers.
...
4
votes
1answer
100 views
Caption label formatting in Context
I am trying to introduce a linebreak after the caption label so that the caption starts below the caption label in context. However, the suffix key for the \captionsetup only accepts text like : or ...
4
votes
1answer
67 views
Bold math in Context
I am not able to get bold math symbols using context.
Details: I am using Tex-live 2012 distribution. Compiled using context main.tex which means I am using context mkiv. Log file shows the version ...
3
votes
0answers
225 views
Why do fonts no longer work after upgrading ConTeXt? [closed]
After a recent upgrade of ConTeXt, ConTeXt can not longer find the OTF and TTF fonts in my ~/.fonts directory.
Prior to this upgrade, when I ran these three script, it was sufficient to get the fonts ...
8
votes
1answer
107 views
standardmakeup layer in ConTeXt
Need to place a PDF file as a watermark behind the title page and part break pages. These have been laid out using \standardmakeup. Have created the layer and can place it on a normal text page but ...
8
votes
2answers
184 views
How to let text flow around irregular-shaped graphics in ConTeXt?
I have some illustrations which I need to scan and place within a document. The illustrations come in various shapes, with no straight edges, and are bound by lots empty white space, e.g.:
...
9
votes
1answer
183 views
Accessing font ornaments from ConTeXt
I'm having difficulty accessing font ornaments from ConTeXt. I'm using mkiv. I have a font and I know it has fancy ornaments in it because I see them in the spec sheet. I don't understand what to do ...
7
votes
2answers
134 views
Number kerning in ConTeXt math mode is different and worse than normal
Compare these two:
\starttext
\unit{0.01 kilogram}
$ \unit{0.01 kilogram} $
\stoptext
I would naively expect these to produce very similar results, but the latter case—the one in math mode—we get ...
5
votes
2answers
143 views
Abstracting an author list
I am writing an academic paper and have no problem manually formatting an author list like
\startnarrower[middle]
\startalignment[middle]
Author One\thanks{email_one@gmail.com},
Author ...
2
votes
1answer
132 views
How to show additional contact information in t-letter head
I am working on a letter using the t-letter module and have found that only my name and address show in the head layer. Any ideas as to how I can show additional contact information as well?
Here is ...
5
votes
1answer
131 views
Floats that span the text width and the margin
What is the correct way of placing floats that span the text width and the
margin?
If the width of the float content is increased, ConTeXt does not reserve space
in the margin which leads to ...
2
votes
1answer
98 views
Adjust table of content depth in ConTeXt
How to create a table of contents in ConTeXt MkIV with dots? In the wiki there is
\title{Inhalt}
\placelist[section]
But the old way to make dots
\setupcombinedlist[content][level=4, ...
4
votes
1answer
72 views
How to prevent chapter titles from appearing in the header on the first page of each chapter in ConTeXt?
To place the chapter title in the header of my document, I used:
\setupheadertexts[{\getmarking[chapter]}][][][{\getmarking[chapter]}]
My document is not double-sided. Whenever the chapter title ...
9
votes
0answers
104 views
How to renumber and redisplay additional references to a previous footnote if the previous appearance was several pages prior in ConTeXt?
I am using \setnotetext[footnote][0001]{This is a footnote.} to set a footnote's text and \note[footnote][0001] to create multiple references to it. When the footnote's first appearance, and later ...
6
votes
3answers
160 views
How to place a line break between every character in ConTeXt?
I have some text appearing in a macro, like this:
\printascolumn{This is some text.}
How can I place a line break between each letter or printed symbol, such that it appears like this?
T
h
i
s
i
...
5
votes
1answer
156 views
How to make written text within math mode appear using the font of the surrounding text in ConTeXt?
In some parts of my document, I have text inside of math mode, to position text, e.g.:
\math{
\overset{
\text{This text is above.}
}
{
\text{This text is below.}
}
}
...
4
votes
2answers
149 views
Why are my tables running off the edge of the page in ConTeXt?
I need to make a table which fits to the \textwidth, or essentially, the width generally available to text on the page. I have created columns of 20%, 60%, and 20%, which should fit the width, ...
4
votes
1answer
104 views
How to fine-tune the vertical placement of characters in ConTeXt?
I need to insert a dot symbol, such as “•” or a METAPOST circle into my document, at different heights between the baseline and top of characters, like this example:
_____ _____ ...
5
votes
1answer
99 views
How to create multiple references to a single footnote in ConTeXt?
I have some footnotes in a ConTeXt document, which must be referenced too multiple times, i.e., the superscript mark 1 appears in several parts of the document, but the footnote is only displayed ...
5
votes
1answer
110 views
ConTeXt: Styling pagenumbers in registers
I'm using some description paragraphs as definitions for some concepts. I want to add them to my register and typeset their pagenumbers in bold numbers (to recognize where is the definition).
The ...
3
votes
1answer
123 views
ConTeXt mkiv: Footnote inside tabulation
I need to include a \footnote inside a tabulation environment. I adapted the example from ConTeXt wiki, but at compiling the content between \starttabulatehead and \stoptabulatehead doesn't show up ...
