[NTG-context] Transition from ConTeXt mark II to mark IV

[NTG-context] Transition from ConTeXt mark II to mark IV

[Michal Kvasnička]

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Hallo.

I need some help. I have all my teaching materials (slides, worksheets, and
everything, including many MetaPost figures) in ConTeXt mark II. After the
transition to Ubuntu 24.10, I found that the texexec is not a part of the
ConTeXt distribution anymore. I tried to compile my stuff with context
instead and failed. This is probably because the macros in my old modules
(created by myself many years ago) are not compatible with mark IV. Hence
my question:

Is there any document on the transition from mark II to mark IV?

Many thanks for your kind help.

Best wishes,
Michal

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[NTG-context] Re: Transition from ConTeXt mark II to mark IV

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context]

On 12/6/2024 1:56 PM, Michal Kvasnička wrote:
> Hallo.
> 
> I need some help. I have all my teaching materials (slides, worksheets, 
> and everything, including many MetaPost figures) in ConTeXt mark II. 
> After the transition to Ubuntu 24.10, I found that the texexec is not a 
> part of the ConTeXt distribution anymore. I tried to compile my stuff 
> with context instead and failed. This is probably because the macros in 
> my old modules (created by myself many years ago) are not compatible 
> with mark IV. Hence my question:
> 
> Is there any document on the transition from mark II to mark IV?

You can just unzip mkii into the tree and it should work.

Anyway, what is failing? The main difference is in fonts (opentype) and 
encodings (should work). I assume your macros don't hack low level 
mechanisms.

Hans

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[NTG-context] Re: Transition from ConTeXt mark II to mark IV

[Michal Kvasnička]

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Hallo.

Many thanks for a fast reply.

Honestly, I'm not certain what isn't working. With my slides, it seems that
my macros are not loaded from my modules. With figures, I may not know how
to compile them.

Slides:
I created three modules many years ago: m-lect.tex, s-pre-mi.tex, and
s-pre-qq.tex. I load them in the slides to set the presentation style and
to produce several versions of the slides (slides, handouts, teacher's
notes, etc.). In these modules, I define \TitlePage macro. In mark ii,
texexec finds the macro. In mark iv, context doesn't. I ran the slides with
texexec --pdf --nomprun mic-slide01.tex; I tried context --pdf --nomprun
mic-slide01.tex. I included the modules and one slide (not the figures
included).

Figures:
I have my figures in .mp files where I include my style in figuremac.mp and
use verbatimtex ... etex. Therefore, I compile it with texexec --mptex
charts01.mp. For some reason, when I try context --mptex charts01.mp, no
figures are created. (I have many chart files like this, most with very
many relatively complex figures.) I include a sample figure with the TeX
and MP macros used.

I have similar problems with the handouts and the rest of the stuff, but if
you can hint me how to proceed, I might find the way for the rest.

(I didn't follow the progress of the ConTeXt, and now I'm stuck with the
old version of the old Ubuntu in a virtual machine. I definitely have to
upgrade my knowledge over Christmas. Hence any transition guide would be
most appreciated, too.)

Many thanks for your kind help.

Best wishes,
Michal


pá 6. 12. 2024 v 14:22 odesílatel Hans Hagen via ntg-context <
ntg-context@ntg.nl> napsal:

> On 12/6/2024 1:56 PM, Michal Kvasnička wrote:
> > Hallo.
> >
> > I need some help. I have all my teaching materials (slides, worksheets,
> > and everything, including many MetaPost figures) in ConTeXt mark II.
> > After the transition to Ubuntu 24.10, I found that the texexec is not a
> > part of the ConTeXt distribution anymore. I tried to compile my stuff
> > with context instead and failed. This is probably because the macros in
> > my old modules (created by myself many years ago) are not compatible
> > with mark IV. Hence my question:
> >
> > Is there any document on the transition from mark II to mark IV?
>
> You can just unzip mkii into the tree and it should work.
>
> Anyway, what is failing? The main difference is in fonts (opentype) and
> encodings (should work). I assume your macros don't hack low level
> mechanisms.
>
> Hans
>
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[NTG-context] Re: Transition from ConTeXt mark II to mark IV

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Michal Kvasnička schrieb am 06.12.2024 um 15:58:
> Hallo.
>
> Many thanks for a fast reply.
>
> Honestly, I'm not certain what isn't working. With my slides, it seems 
> that my macros are not loaded from my modules. With figures, I may not 
> know how to compile them.
>
> Slides:
> I created three modules many years ago: m-lect.tex, s-pre-mi.tex, and 
> s-pre-qq.tex. I load them in the slides to set the presentation style 
> and to produce several versions of the slides (slides, handouts, 
> teacher's notes, etc.). In these modules, I define \TitlePage macro. 
> In mark ii, texexec finds the macro. In mark iv, context doesn't. I 
> ran the slides with texexec --pdf --nomprun mic-slide01.tex; I tried 
> context --pdf --nomprun mic-slide01.tex. I included the modules and 
> one slide (not the figures included).

1. When you apply a custom section style with the command key, e.g.

\setuphead
   [section]
   [command=\MyTopic]

you have to use either the \protected prefix for \def or use \define 
instead, this means you should use

\protected\def\MyTopic#1#2%
   {...}

or

\define[2]\MyTopic
   {...}


2. \color expects an argument.

You use \color at the begin of your title page

\def\StartTitlePage[#1]%
   {\bgroup
    ...
    \startalignment[right,broad]
    \TitleFont\color[LightColor]\ss\bfc\setupinterlinespace[big]}

which doesn't work anymore, the correct method is to use 
\startcolor[...] at the begin and \stopcolor at the end.

\def\StartTitlePage[#1]%
   {\bgroup
    ...
    \startalignment[right,broad]
    \TitleFont\startcolor[LightColor]\ss\bfc\setupinterlinespace[big]}

\def\StopTitlePage
   {\stopcolor
    \stopalignment
    ...}


3. \setupinteraction fails when you pass \currentdate to the date key.

\setupinteraction[date=\currentdate]


4. Active characters for quotation marks.

To get proper quotation marks use direct input with the correct symbol 
or use \quotation{...} which add the quotation marks set for the current 
language.


Wolfgang
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