ConTeXt resembles LaTeX in being a system of TeX macro packages and helper scripts. ConTeXt has a fairly centralised development model, when compared to LaTeX's bazaar model, with much popular functionality provided by user-contributed packages. ConTeXt targets small publishers, aiming to provide ...
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ConTeXt: Page numbering in words for spanish
So I tried to hack the macro given in the ConTeXt wiki to write pagenumbering in words in spanish, my native language. Things were great until I had to reach the 100th page. ConTeXt claims when ...
3
votes
1answer
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Systems of equations in ConTeXt
In LaTeX+amsmath, I can say
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation*}
\left\{
\begin{aligned}
px-y-4&=0\\
2x-2y-6m&=0
...
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4answers
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ConTeXt keeps trying to create “missing” font files
I'm running ConTeXt/XeTeX on a file that uses the Gentium Book Basic font. The problem I'm having is that XeTeX appears to spend a large amount of time trying over and over again to create that font ...
4
votes
1answer
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Preventing page break in register between reference and page number (ConTeXt)
Problem: The page number of an reference in the register is set to th next page - pake breaking between the reference and the page number.
I do not know how to produce a smaller Example:
...
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Preventing line break between a word and comma (ConTeXt) [closed]
In the following example
\definefont[Shehkl][name:Scheherazade*arabic at 15pt] % or file:amiri-regular.ttf*... file:alq.ttf
\definestartstop[Arab][commands=\setups{Arabic}]
\def\Arab{\doArab}
...
2
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0answers
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No gridding for a single paragraph (ConTeXt)?
Is there a possibility to deactive grid=yes in the text for a single paragraph only? It should be something like \nogrid{ paragraph.... }. There is \placeongrid{} - but this does not allow ...
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vote
1answer
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Forbid word breaking (ConTeXt)
In the following example
\definefont[Shehkl][name:Scheherazade*arabic at 15pt] % or file:amiri-regular.ttf*... file:alq.ttf
\definestartstop[Arab][commands=\setups{Arabic}]
\def\Arab{\doArab}
...
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0answers
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Extra space between Arabic and Latin in ConTeXt [closed]
In this example
\definefont[Shehkl][name:Scheherazade*arabic at 15pt] % or file:amiri-regular.ttf*... file:alq.ttf
\definestartstop[Arab][commands=\setups{Arabic}]
\def\Arab{\doArab}
\def\Arab[#1]{
...
3
votes
1answer
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Prevent page break within footnote in ConTeXt
I have the following example of footenotes:
\definepapersize[MyBook][A5]
\setuppapersize[MyBook][A5]
\usetypescript[times]
\setupbodyfont[times,11pt]
\setupbodyfontenvironment [default][em=italic] ...
4
votes
1answer
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Fatal format file error; stymied. fmtutil: infinite recursion
I'm using texlive / ConTeXt / Xetex, but I don't know which of those might be relevant to the problem.
The summary is that when I run TeX, I get a "Fatal format file error; I'm stymied" message. ...
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vote
1answer
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Gridsetting: Space between section and subsection (ConTeXt)
Here is my Minexample
\mainlanguage [de]
\definepapersize[MyBook][A5]
\setuppapersize[MyBook][A5]
\usetypescript[times]
\setupbodyfont[times,10pt]
\setupbodyfontenvironment [default][em=italic] ...
2
votes
1answer
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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, ...
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0answers
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Flushleft and flushright in the same line (ConTeXt)
I have the following macro
\mainlanguage [de]
\definepapersize[MyBook][A5]
\setuppapersize[MyBook][A5]
\definestartstop[Test][commands=\setups{Test}]
\def\Test{\doTest}
\def\Test[#1]{
...
5
votes
0answers
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How to embed videos in pdf with ConTeXt?
I've heard that one can emped with ConTeXt videos in texfiles and in the resulting pdf-file. Hans Hagen wrote very briefly about videos in his manual, but there is no Minexample. I could not find ...
4
votes
2answers
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ConTeXt equivalent of latexdiff
I was just wondering if anyone knows of a ConTeXt equivalent to latexdiff?
For those not familiar with latexdiff: it is a Perl script that marks up differences between 2 latex files. It is included ...
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votes
1answer
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(ConTeXt) Changing to garamond or other typefaces
As far as I understood changing the typeface from the default is hard in ConTeXt. Here is my example of using not the default typeface - first question: Is this the correct way?:
\mainlanguage ...
4
votes
1answer
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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
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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
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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.}
}
}
...
4
votes
2answers
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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
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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:
_____ _____ ...
4
votes
0answers
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\placeongrid and \moveongrid not working in ConTeXt
I am trying to use the grid features in ConTeXt, but some of the commands are somehow not recognized by the compiler.
Whenever I try to use the commands
\placeongrid or \moveongrid, the compiler ...
3
votes
1answer
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Arabic numbers mirrored in Arabic environment (ConTeXt)
In my arabic environment the arabic numbers are mirrored. Minimal Example:
\definefont[Sheh][name:Scheherazade*arabic at 18pt]
\definestartstop[Arab][commands=\setups{Arabic}]
\def\Arab{\doArab}
...
3
votes
2answers
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Font setup in header (ConTeXt)
I use \setupheadertexts [][section][chapter][] to get the section- and chapter-title in the header of the odd- and even pages. How to change the font, like its size, or making it bold or italic? ...
4
votes
2answers
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Italic in ConTeXt
What is the equivalent of the LaTeX-code \textit{} in ConTeX? It sets the text in the brackets italic. There is \it but I am searching for something like \startit...\stopit.
6
votes
1answer
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Center in ConTeXt
What is the equivalent of \begin{center}...\end{center} in ConTeXt? I know \raggedcenter, but that not an environment. I could define one command, but surely there is anything like that predefined.
5
votes
1answer
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Line spacing in Arabic in ConTeXt - how to deactivate gridsetting in an environment
I realize Arabic in ConTeXt with the following environment (to be able to switch between German and Arabic).
\startenvironment arab-besser-sty
\definefont[Sheh][name:Scheherazade*arabic at 15pt] % or ...
2
votes
0answers
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ConTeXt: How to adjust the space before and after a section with respect to gridset
I use
grid=yes
in my setuplayout. With \showgrid I can see, that the space before and after a section is the same as before and after a subsection (3 lines before, and 2 lines after). But it would ...
2
votes
1answer
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Indenting footnotes in ConTeXt
How to modify
\footnote
in ConTeXt, such that the complete footnote is indented?
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Editor for ConTeXt [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
ConTeXt editors
I am searching for a "good" ConTeXt Editor (with engine LuaTeX) for Win7. With LaTeX and pdfTeX I used TeXstudio, but there is no syntax highlightning ...
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votes
1answer
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Minipages in macros for ConTeXt
In LaTex I build the following macro "kum" for translating arabic to german. The result are two minipages, left one with german, right one with arabic (the other two minipages were for design-issues). ...
4
votes
1answer
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Arabic and German in ConTeXt
I'm totally new to ConTeXt; how to use Arabic and German in one document?
\mainlanguage[de]
\definefont[ArabicFont][file:alq2.ttf*arabic at 18pt]
\setuppapersize [A5]
\starttext
\setupalign[r2l]
...
5
votes
1answer
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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 ...
4
votes
1answer
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Altering page setups within postponed blocks
I'm using \startpostponing–\stoppostponing to add two pages that interrupt the flow of normal text. When I was splitting the text manually, the interrupting pages used \setupfooter and ...
1
vote
0answers
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Suppressing pagebreaks within paragraphs [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to avoid page-breaks inside paragraphs?
The style spec for a document requires that pagebreaks come between paragraphs or list items, so paragraphs are never split ...
9
votes
1answer
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Making a centrefold figure
I'm laying out a 16-page booklet that has a two-page MetaPost figure spanning the centrefold. The intention is that the centrefold is "outside" the flow of the text: the image is always on pages 8–9, ...
5
votes
1answer
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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
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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
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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, ...
3
votes
2answers
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How to create tables of contents limited to parts of a document in ConTeXt?
I am working with a multi-volume document within a single PDF and with no reset page or section numbers.
As ConTeXt does not seem to have any \volume title, as it has for \part and \chapter, I just ...
2
votes
2answers
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How to define the beginning and ending of paragraphs in ConTeXt?
The manner of creating paragraphs in ConTeXt appears to differ from that in LaTeX. In LaTeX, one need only create an empty line between two paragraphs, and paragraphs are automatically created, e.g.:
...
4
votes
1answer
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How to create in-paragraph enumerations in ConTeXt?
The ConTeXt wiki article on enumerations shows many solutions for creating an enumerated list, however, I see no examples for creating an in-paragraph enumeration, e.g.:
Five animals lived in the ...
2
votes
1answer
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How to add page numbers to APA citations in ConTeXt?
I have created a basic document with APA citations using the course code for creating bibliographies in MK IV in APA format, as found at the ConTeXt garden:
...
6
votes
2answers
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How to create form letters from spreadsheet data in ConTeXt?
In LaTeX, one can use datatool to build simple form letters. As an example, the data is stored in a spreadsheet or CSV file, like this:
Name,Amount,Date
"Mr. White","$300","Dec. 2, 1911"
"Mr. ...
8
votes
2answers
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How to make a macro which displays different text the last time it appears within a paragraph in ConTeXt?
I have a simple macro which displays the letter “A” in the document:
\define\displayletter{A}
This is some text. \displayletter
This is some more text. \displayletter This is other text.
This is ...
3
votes
1answer
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ConTeXt (mkiv): \seeindex word still appears in english
I need to put a \seeindex in my registry. Although I defined my document language to spanish, ConTeXt is still showing that word as "See" in the registry (in spanish it should be something like "Ver" ...
5
votes
1answer
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Libertine's discretionary and historical ligatures with ConTeXt and XeTeX
I would like activate Libertine's discretionary and historical ligatures with ConTeXt and XeTeX compilation.
Currently, I'm using this:
\definetypeface[Libertine][rm][Xserif][Linux Libertine O]
...
1
vote
1answer
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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 ...
2
votes
1answer
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How to set the page layout dimensions in ConTeXt?
Using the instructions found in the page design chapter of the ConTeXt user manual, I have attempted to set my own page dimensions, but have not been able to understand the instructions. For e.g., ...
