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  • ...o go that far into the inner works of the system, when things are supposed to be easier in ConTeXt. ...t your local ConTeXt installation isn't working after all, you can do most things mentioned in [[http://live.contextgarden.net/ ConTeXt online]]
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  • ...cilitate the creation of minimal examples if you have problems and/or want to ask questions on the list; # provide a bibliography of things related to ConTeXt.
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  • ...s. Dividing the document this way makes it easier for tools (that may want to ignore the postamble, for example). Settings are further tokenized into keys and values, with values able to contain other tokens (more commands, etc.).
    3 KB (367 words) - 00:56, 23 April 2022
  • A few general observations to help you getting started: ...ur xml elements within Lua; <code>lxml...</code> commands pass the content to ConTeXt and typeset it.
    7 KB (1,105 words) - 08:27, 2 July 2022
  • == How to pass over part of the source to an external program? == * {{cmd|executesystemcommand}} is equal to {{cmd|immediate}}{{cmd|write18}} while
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  • ...how to group text or where to break lines and pages. ConTeXt handles such things automatically. ...aks to get just the effect you&rsquo;re after. For example, you might want to:
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  • ...e match the English one. [[User:Hagen|Hans]] provided this example of how to create a new enumeration in ConTeXt, which defines a "Mojcanian" numbering ...; more traditional orderings tend to replace that with a simple <tt>-</tt> to indicate an out-of-range letter.)
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  • ...istributions for ConTeXt MKIV (but should work fine for MKII). If you want to live on bleeding edge, consider using the packages from Debian/unstable, [[ The status of ConTeXt in Debian/unstable is currently up to date with TeX Live 2021, and includes all the necessary bits and pieces, pl
    2 KB (271 words) - 00:46, 14 February 2022
  • ...ents with spaces and linebreaks for maximum readability, instead of having to write a dense macro or, worse, a long in-place definition. You can explicit ...lets you define macros in a setup, and then call the setup inside a group to use the macros as 'local macros' of sorts.
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  • ...re, ConTeXt introduces some symbolic names. This makes it easier to key in things like this: {{note|Beware: if you want to have access to @, !, and ? in macronames, use
    4 KB (515 words) - 16:52, 8 June 2020
  • As TeX’s natural model has some limitations, in mkIV we do things a bit different (but rather well defined). When a set of marks on a page is both : equivalent to first + last
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  • This document is for XML authors who want to use open source software to produce high quality PDF documents--right now.
    7 KB (1,259 words) - 13:21, 9 August 2020
  • ...nsider this page as a part of official documentation or as a recipe of how things should be done. This information might become obsolete. ...ngines, XeTeX interprets the input as UTF-8 by default. In pdfTeX you have to say
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  • ...''}} command lets you input text from a {{code|.tex}} file. You don't have to provide your own dummy text: ConTeXt ships with a number of lovely quotatio The module {{modulesrc|m-visual.mkiv}} contains code to produce word-sized black rectangles in random lengths and numbers.
    4 KB (467 words) - 08:27, 2 July 2022
  • # '''start-stop''': To apply ''something'' to some text, enclose the text in {{code|\start''something''}} {{code|\stop''s # '''setup''': To configure ''something'' for the rest of the document, use {{code|\setup''so
    16 KB (2,522 words) - 14:58, 22 October 2020
  • ConTeXt allows one to define a custom pretty printer, which knows how to possible with MkIV and [[LuaTeX]]. This page does not apply to MkII.
    7 KB (1,208 words) - 14:08, 8 June 2020
  • ...hould help you explore some features of luaTeX/mkiv and should inspire you to find your own solutions. ...venient than they ever were with pdfTeX. So as an exercise, we will do two things: use some of the ligatures, and use old-style numerals.
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  • ...articles are primarily short introductions to specific aspects of ConTeXt. To give My Way articles a consistent look, they are formatted in a specific st Formatting an article for My Way is simple. Just do three things:
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  • ...tanding anything they were able to locate a LaTeX macro that could be used to inspect the next character. ...s meaning with another undefined one, aptly named <code>\undefined</code>. To guarantee correct working of this set of macros, <code>\undefined</code> ma
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  • = How to use fonts in ConTeXt = * If it fits your needs, consider first to use the former [[Simplefonts - Old Content]] module, now in the core as {{s
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