Re: The ConTeXt book

[Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>]

On Sat, 3 Apr 2010, Michael Saunders wrote:

>>> 1. columns and marginal notes conflict:
>>
>> For some of the issues, it would be perhaps a good idea to make proper
>> bug-reports (with minimal example of course).
>
> In some other venue?

In a separate thread, with a minimal example, that one can copy-paste and 
see the error. Trying to guess what is wrong is difficult.

>> P.S.: Please consider fixing or changing your email client: it breaks the threads.
>
> Gmail.  This is broken?

For some reason, none of your responses contain a References: header. So, 
threading gets broken. Normally, gmail works fine, so I don't know why the 
headers are beings stripped in this case.

>>> 2. leftward protrusion fails
>>> \definefontfeature[...][default][...,protrusion=quality,expansion=quality]
>>> \setupalign[hanging,hz]
>>> \showgrid  % or \showframe
>>> There is no leftward protrusion at all.  Everything on the left edge
>>> is flush with the margin, even 'T' and 'J'.  Similarly:
>>>
>> Don't know what you mean, works here.
>>
>> \definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality]
>>
>> \usetypescript[modern]
>> \setupbodyfont[modern]
>
> The only difference I see is that I'm trying to use a different font
> than modern:
>
> \usetypescriptfile[type-garamond]
> \starttypescript [MTbook]
>    \definetypeface[MTbook][rm][serif][garamondMD][optical]
> ...

These details are important. Also a link to which Garamond you are using.

> \stoptypescript
>
> \usetypescript[MTbook]
> \setupalign[hanging,hz]
> \setupbodyfont[MTbook,12pt]
>
> So, leftward protrusion only works with Latin Modern?
>
>
>>> 3. protrusion fails in footnotes:
>>> Even on the right edge.  Hz isn't happening in them either.
>>>
>> You have to enable it separate for notes.
>
>> \setupnote[footnote][align={normal,hanging}]
>
> I got rightward protrusion with that, but it looks like no hz.
> Why are the key-values different? I also tried {quality,quality} and
> got nothing.

Again, a minimal example is needed.

>>> 5. footnotes break between pages
>>> How do I stop this?
>>>
>> No example, no help!
>
> Imagine:
>
> <one page full of lorem ipsum... containing \footnote{half-page of
> lorem ipsum...} >
>
> The footnote will begin on page one, break halfway through, and
> continue on the following page.  I want to prevent footnotes from
> breaking in this way.
> If you really need to see 1.5 pages of concrete "lorem ipsum" posted
> to understand the problem, I can provide it.

I don't know this

>>> 9. \raisebox?
>>> What is the proper way to raise or lower a bit of text?  I just spent
>>> ...
>
>> \raisebox{1ex}{?}
>
> When I try:
>
> \raisebox{1ex}{--}
>
> Context stops on the error:
>
> "A <box> was supposed to be here
>
> \raisebox{1ex}{
> 		--}"

Provide a box :-) \raisebox{1ex}{\hbox{--}} (untested)


>> Yep. But when you actually run into one of these problems in LaTeX, you
>> are often more or less left alone - unlike ConTeXt and this list.
>
> I'm pursuing it with the hope of more beautiful results, but I'm not
> getting my problems solved here so far.

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=minxampl

Aditya
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