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ConTeXt is a TeX macro package like LaTeX and eplain. It provides a consistent, key-value driven user interface, supports all TeX engines, is tightly integrated with LuaTeX & Metapost, and supports grid-typesetting, PDF/A, PDF/X, XML/XHTML & ePub export.
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Manage page layout in r2l text direction
How can page layout be managed correctly in an r2l text direction? Which mechanism is used? Does the backspace option become a cutspace? What about left, right, etc.? I would like a detailed ...
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A \BufA[<i>]{<text>} command which reveals all entries up to <i>=<num> when I increment the <num>. [ConTeXt]
I am making a video in ConTeXt which reveals text slowly, so readers can follow along more easily. Currently, I need to make a new buffer for every change. I would like to just write one, and follow ...
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Use of plural abbreviations in ConTeXt
Is there a way to define and call plural forms of acronyms? For example, let's suppose that we define an acronym with the code below: \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull] \...
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How to use right-to-left alignment in drop caps in Context?
Problem When trying to set up drop-cap for the first word of a paragraph, the characters do not maintain the right-to-left alignment. Questions How do you align Right-to-Left in the setupintial ...
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How do I use \cite correctly in ConTeXt?
I am trying to integrate my Bibtex bibliography in a simple ConTeXt file: \setupbodyfont[8pt] \starttext \samplefile {ward} \cite{Pettersson2018} \usebtxdataset[Pieces/BibliographyMWE.bib] \...
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passing metapost parameters to Lua as strings
My apologies in advance for what is probably a trivial issue. I have been trying to debug this MWE for a while now, and despite my best efforts (and an old MWE that still works to go off of), I was ...
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Positioning of figures in ConTeXt columns
In my previously posted question (see here) I asked how to wrap text around a figure of a document. I was adviced to employ the \startcolumnsetsheet...\stopcolumnsetsheet environment to position my ...
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ConTeXt: wrap text around figures that span more than one column of text
I would like to know whether ConTeXt implements a function to wrap figures embedded in multiple-column texts, whose dimensions is not a multiple of the column width. For instance, when I use a code ...
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How to place a headrule in ConTeXt?
I am attempting to create a headrule spanning the width of the text. The ConTeXt document with which I am working is formed by two files: (i) A main one, containing the code below: \mainlanguage[en] \...
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In ConTeXt, is it possible to use bibliography styles different from the default ones?
I am having some difficulties in managing the bibliography in ConTeXt. I would like to print a bibliography along the lines of the one provided by the package achemso in LaTeX. To the best of my ...
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How do I setup fonts in ConTeXt
I am typing my first document. I am facing some difficulties in selecting at will the fonts of my headings and of the main text. For now, my document contains two files, a main and a layout-devoted ...
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Vertical distance between bibliographic items in ConTeXt
I am trying to convert a normal bibliography into an endnote at the end of each chapter. I use \placelistofpublication[criterium=chapter, repeat=yes] in a section titled References, but I cannot ...
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ConTeXt: Ajust formule chemistry [closed]
I try make used PPCHTeX example and molecule out figure below What would be the problem with this module? \starttext \startchemical[width=fit,frame=off,scale=small] \chemical[SIX,B,R36,RZ36][\SL{...
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ConTeXt - how to change footnote numbering format [duplicate]
Instead of having the footnotes displayed in the footer numbered with a superscript, I would like to follow the Chicago Manual Style; i.e., having the number the same size as the content text of the ...
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ConTeXt: Change last line's justification
Background Looking to dynamically change the justification for the last line in a quotation. Problem The setupalign wiki page notes that \setupalign takes an end parameter meaning, "justified, ...
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