* List of special characters
@ 2011-08-15 14:31 Cecil Westerhof
2011-08-15 14:47 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2011-08-15 15:05 ` Cecil Westerhof
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From: Cecil Westerhof @ 2011-08-15 14:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
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While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde,
\percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I
use those characters in my document?
Also: is there somewhere a 'complete' list? I found several, but they where
all for LaTeX and are not completely the same. For example LaTeX uses
\textbackslash which does not work in ConTeXt which uses \backslash.
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* Re: List of special characters
2011-08-15 14:31 List of special characters Cecil Westerhof
@ 2011-08-15 14:47 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2011-08-15 15:12 ` Cecil Westerhof
2011-08-15 15:05 ` Cecil Westerhof
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2011-08-15 14:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Am 15.08.2011 um 16:31 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
> While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special' characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde, \percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I use those characters in my document?
>
> Also: is there somewhere a 'complete' list? I found several, but they where all for LaTeX and are not completely the same. For example LaTeX uses \textbackslash which does not work in ConTeXt which uses \backslash.
\starttext
[ ] @ _ ^ % normal characters
\startlines
\textbackslash\ or \letterbackslash
\textbraceleft\ or \letterleftbrace\ or \{
\textbraceright\ or \letterrightbrace\ or \}
\percent\ or \letterpercent\ or \%
\textdollar\ or \letterdollar\ or \$
\letterampersand\ or \&
\letterhash\ or \#
\stoplines
\asciimode
% $ # & %% this is a comment
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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* Re: List of special characters
2011-08-15 14:47 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2011-08-15 15:12 ` Cecil Westerhof
2011-08-15 15:20 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>
> > While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
> characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde,
> \percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I
> use those characters in my document?
> >
> > Also: is there somewhere a 'complete' list? I found several, but they
> where all for LaTeX and are not completely the same. For example LaTeX uses
> \textbackslash which does not work in ConTeXt which uses \backslash.
>
>
> \starttext
>
> [ ] @ _ ^ % normal characters
>
> \startlines
> \textbackslash\ or \letterbackslash
> \textbraceleft\ or \letterleftbrace\ or \{
> \textbraceright\ or \letterrightbrace\ or \}
> \percent\ or \letterpercent\ or \%
> \textdollar\ or \letterdollar\ or \$
> \letterampersand\ or \&
> \letterhash\ or \#
> \stoplines
>
> \asciimode
> % $ # & %% this is a comment
>
> \stoptext
>
I found it also. I new that there was something like it (I had it seen
passing on the mailing list), but could not find it at first.
Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in the
PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.
>
> Wolfgang
>
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* Re: List of special characters
2011-08-15 14:31 List of special characters Cecil Westerhof
2011-08-15 14:47 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2011-08-15 15:05 ` Cecil Westerhof
2011-08-15 15:09 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: Cecil Westerhof @ 2011-08-15 15:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
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2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof@gmail.com>
> While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
> characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde,
> \percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I
> use those characters in my document?
>
> Also: is there somewhere a 'complete' list? I found several, but they where
> all for LaTeX and are not completely the same. For example LaTeX uses
> \textbackslash which does not work in ConTeXt which uses \backslash.
>
I could not find it at first (there are so many things), but one solution I
found:
\startasciimode
%\backslash setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]
\stopasciimode
And while searching a little further I also found:
\type{ %\setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]}
This has the added benefit that it displays somewhat better because of the
increased indentation (for which I misuse spaces).
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* Re: List of special characters
2011-08-15 15:05 ` Cecil Westerhof
@ 2011-08-15 15:09 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2011-08-15 15:29 ` Cecil Westerhof
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Am 15.08.2011 um 17:05 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
> 2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof@gmail.com>
> While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special' characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde, \percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I use those characters in my document?
>
> Also: is there somewhere a 'complete' list? I found several, but they where all for LaTeX and are not completely the same. For example LaTeX uses \textbackslash which does not work in ConTeXt which uses \backslash.
>
> I could not find it at first (there are so many things), but one solution I found:
> \startasciimode
> %\backslash setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]
> \stopasciimode
>
> And while searching a little further I also found:
> \type{ %\setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]}
>
> This has the added benefit that it displays somewhat better because of the increased indentation (for which I misuse spaces).
\setuptyping[margin=yes]
\starttext
before
\starttyping
\setupbackend[export=yes]
\stoptyping
after
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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* Re: List of special characters
2011-08-15 15:09 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2011-08-15 15:29 ` Cecil Westerhof
2011-08-15 15:36 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: Cecil Westerhof @ 2011-08-15 15:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
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2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>
> 2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof@gmail.com>
>
>> While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
>> characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde,
>> \percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I
>> use those characters in my document?
>>
>> Also: is there somewhere a 'complete' list? I found several, but they
>> where all for LaTeX and are not completely the same. For example LaTeX uses
>> \textbackslash which does not work in ConTeXt which uses \backslash.
>>
>
> I could not find it at first (there are so many things), but one solution I
> found:
> \startasciimode
> %\backslash setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]
> \stopasciimode
>
> And while searching a little further I also found:
> \type{ %\setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]}
>
> This has the added benefit that it displays somewhat better because of the
> increased indentation (for which I misuse spaces).
>
>
> \setuptyping[margin=yes]
>
> \starttext
>
> before
>
> \starttyping
> \setupbackend[export=yes]
> \stoptyping
>
> after
>
> \stoptext
>
Very nice. I now use:
\setuptyping[
blank=small,
lines=no,
margin=30pt,
]
I have a bigger margin now. The problem is that there is a lot of white
space above and under the typed text. I tried the blank and lines parameters
to get rid of it, but that does not work. How can I get rid of the unwanted
white space?
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* Re: List of special characters
2011-08-15 15:29 ` Cecil Westerhof
@ 2011-08-15 15:36 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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Am 15.08.2011 um 17:29 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
> 2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>
>> 2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof@gmail.com>
>> While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special' characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde, \percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I use those characters in my document?
>>
>> Also: is there somewhere a 'complete' list? I found several, but they where all for LaTeX and are not completely the same. For example LaTeX uses \textbackslash which does not work in ConTeXt which uses \backslash.
>>
>> I could not find it at first (there are so many things), but one solution I found:
>> \startasciimode
>> %\backslash setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]
>> \stopasciimode
>>
>> And while searching a little further I also found:
>> \type{ %\setupbackend[export=yes,xhtml=yes,css=yes]}
>>
>> This has the added benefit that it displays somewhat better because of the increased indentation (for which I misuse spaces).
>
> \setuptyping[margin=yes]
>
> \starttext
>
> before
>
> \starttyping
> \setupbackend[export=yes]
> \stoptyping
>
> after
>
> \stoptext
>
> Very nice. I now use:
> \setuptyping[
> blank=small,
> lines=no,
> margin=30pt,
> ]
>
> I have a bigger margin now. The problem is that there is a lot of white space above and under the typed text. I tried the blank and lines parameters to get rid of it, but that does not work. How can I get rid of the unwanted white space?
You need \setuptyping[margin=30pt,before=,after=].
Wolfgang
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* List of special characters
@ 2005-02-08 12:46 cormullion
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From: cormullion @ 2005-02-08 12:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
I can’t find a definitive list of the special characters that I need to ‘escape’ when used in a ConTeXt document. I’m writing a short script that converts documents, and I need to catch some characters. Some of the TeX ones I tried didn’t work. Couldn’t see it in the manuals.
I’ve done the obvious ones - \%, \#, \&, \$ - but wondering about some of the others (eg ! \" # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ • º).
thanks!
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