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What does \s! do?
1st example:
\starttypescript [\s!serif] [paratype]
\definefontsynonym [ParatypeSerif-Regular] [\s!name:PTSerif-Regular] [\s!features=\s!default]
\definefontsynonym [ParatypeSerif-Italic] ...
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Get confused about the `command` option in some ConTeX \setup*
Since I switched to ConTeXt from plain TeX, I always get confused about macros in it. Now it is the command option in \setup* of ConTeXt.
In ConTeXt, some macros, like \setuphead, \setuplist, have ...
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votes
2answers
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Macro for the average width of a character
How can i made a macro similar to \averagecharwidth of ConTeX in LaTeX, that calculates the average width of a character based on the frequency of that character into my document ? that macro is show ...
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votes
1answer
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How to check if it is the first time or last time a macro has been used in ConTeXt?
I have some text in my document which appears repeatedly many times throughout the document, so I have defined a custom macro, e.g.:
\define\mymacro{
\section{A}
There is some text.
...
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votes
2answers
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How can a macro know how many times a value has appeared and will appear?
Using ConTeXt, I have a macro which can be given a unique key value:
\macro{000010}
\macro{000011}
\macro{000010}
\macro{000010}
\macro{000012}
\macro{000011}
I need to be able to access ...
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votes
2answers
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Printing only the text that appears between two symbols
I have a macro which contains some text:
\textmacro{This is some text.}
Normally, when compiled, it should just print text, like this:
This is some text.
Sometimes, the text contains “①”and “②”, ...
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votes
3answers
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Can I make a command not gobble spaces?
(I'm using ConTeXt, but I suspect the answer will lie in plain TeX.)
I've created an environment that takes one argument myBufferName, and stores its contents in a buffer of that name. Unfortunately, ...
3
votes
2answers
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Using macro variables with Lua in ConTeXt
I need to make some macros in ConTeXt. I have tried to use Lua code, but I do not understand how to mix ConTeXt source and Lua source together. Here is an example:
\define[3]\textmacro{
\startlua
...
5
votes
1answer
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How to delete/undefine macros in Context?
How can one delete or undefine macros in Context?
Is there a difference if i've used \def or \define to create a macro?
