Use the {context-mkiv} tag if ConTeXt Mark IV answers would be helpful.
7
votes
1answer
96 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
83 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},
...
0
votes
0answers
50 views
How to setup MacVim for ConTeXt (MkIV) and Skim?
This is a very basic question but I can't figure out how to configure MacVim (v7.3) properly to work with ConTeXt (MkIV) and Skim on Snow Leopard.
Is there somebody who would kindly explain the steps ...
4
votes
1answer
48 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
122 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
44 views
Understanding conditional page background in ConTeXt
How does the following code work? Source: discussion on the mailing list
\setuplayout
[header=0cm,
topspace=1.625cm,
footer=0cm,
width=fit,
height=fit]
\startMPinclusions
numeric ...
2
votes
1answer
49 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
98 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 ...
6
votes
1answer
149 views
Problem with old ConTeXt separated list example
I have been trying to get the following small example from ConTeXt garden to work without success.
\starttext
\usemodule[database]
\def\SendMe#1#2#3#4{\framed
[align={flushleft,lohi},
width=4cm,
...
7
votes
1answer
265 views
ConTeXt mkIV and XML: how do you define a self-closing tag with no content to pass?
I am using TEI Lite, and trying to typeset with ConTeXt. TEI Lite defines <divGen type='toc' /> to signal the Table of Contents, which in ConTeXt is \completecontents
Now I am trying this:
...
10
votes
2answers
189 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 ...
5
votes
1answer
106 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 ...
0
votes
0answers
78 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»]
...
7
votes
0answers
141 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 ...
9
votes
1answer
174 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
1answer
236 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 | ........... |
| | ........... |
| ...
2
votes
1answer
130 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 ...
3
votes
1answer
61 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 ...
4
votes
1answer
60 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
88 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
75 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 ...
4
votes
0answers
117 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
65 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
158 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
126 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
91 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
65 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
223 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
101 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
178 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.:
...
5
votes
1answer
271 views
What is the proper way to prevent text from splitting across columns and pages?
I have some description environments which I do not wish to have split across columns or pages. Is there some command which can be placed around an item to ensure that it will never be split across ...
0
votes
0answers
77 views
Newbie Problem with ConTeXT t-letter module [closed]
I am frustated newbie trying to create my first real document with ConTeXt, I thought: "nice, this is less annoying than LaTeX, let's go for it!".
Now, I am working on a letter using the t-letter ...
2
votes
1answer
129 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 ...
4
votes
1answer
144 views
autopunctuation not working properly
What am I doing wrong? According to my understanding, these two formulae should look different (the second one should have a thin space):
\setupmathematics[autopunctuation=yes]
\starttext
$(2,5)$ ...
7
votes
2answers
133 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
133 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 ...
5
votes
1answer
122 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
89 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, ...
9
votes
0answers
101 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 ...
4
votes
1answer
66 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 ...
6
votes
3answers
153 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
152 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.}
}
}
...
1
vote
1answer
207 views
How to make gray-colored text in ConTeXt beta?
As I know, in ConTeXt stable, one can use \color[gray:3]{} to display the text inside the brackets with a very light gray color, e.g.:
\setupcolor[rgb]
\starttext
\color[gray:3]{This is some ...
4
votes
2answers
142 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
98 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:
_____ _____ ...
6
votes
1answer
256 views
How to switch fonts when the language switches in ConTeXt?
I have a mostly English-language document, with fonts defined like this:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[MinionPro-Regular]
\setsansfont[MyriadPro-Bold]
Occassionally, I need to have some ...
8
votes
1answer
454 views
What is the correct syntax for subfootnote?
After upgrading from ConTeXt stable to beta, any code containing subfootnote does not compile. E.g.:
\definestructureconversionset [footnote] [numbers, Characters] [numbers]
\setupenumerations ...
5
votes
1answer
98 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 ...
3
votes
1answer
118 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 ...
2
votes
1answer
122 views
How to create counters that display and increment dates in ConTeXt?
I need to create a document that has section titles named "October 1, 2012", "October 2, 2012", etc., like this:
\section{October 1, 2012}
This is text for the first day.
\section{October 2, ...
