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  1. ConTeXt group @context ·

    Another update for ConTeXt:
    – bugfixes
    – \externalfigure[foo.png][gray=yes]
    – context --extra=compare --colors=red,blue one.pdf two.pdf
    – new "squeeze" keyword for left and right justification
    – align=fixed:small / broad:small (small penalty for interpunction)
    – \pbsp as “possibly keep together space”

    Details see
    mailman.ntg.nl/archives/list/n

    #context #texcontext #lmtx
  2. ConTeXt group @context ·

    The latest update (a few minutes ago) is deemed the 2026 snapshot of .

    #texlive #context #lmtx #texcontext
  3. ConTeXt group @context ·

    The announced update has happened.

    Beware of changes WRT footnotes!

    Full announcement:
    mailman.ntg.nl/archives/list/n

    Another addition is:
    \setuplayout[grid=snapping]
    different grid snapping model that delegates more to the TeX engine. Some info in beyond-snapping.tex; still experimental. Some mechanisms (like section heads & math) accept a snapping parameter.

    Several bug fixes & small enhancements.

    Wolfgang updated the interface definition files!

    Prep for 26

    #texlive #context #texcontext #lmtx
  4. ConTeXt group @context ·

    ⚠️ The upcoming ConTeXt update has changes WRT footnotes.

    Better install it beside your current one instead of just updating and check if everything works as intended.

    Full announcement in mailman.ntg.nl/archives/list/n

    Maybe also have a look in the manual “beyond-inserts”.

    #context #texcontext #lmtx
  5. ConTeXt group @context ·

    Last night’s bugfix update for should fix a broken Mac binary and wrong frames around columns.

    #context #lmtx
  6. ConTeXt group @context ·

    The latest update has:

    ❧ a few bugfixes
    ❧ new parinject feature*
    ❧ new tabulate column key P
    ❧ shaping penalties*
    ❧ improvements in \column uses in column sets
    ❧ prelim. Gaelic language support (waiting for users)
    ❧ a bit more documentation

    *) see tex.stackexchange.com/question

    #context #lmtx
  7. ConTeXt group @context ·

    ConTeXt’s sourcecode is slowly moving from github to codeberg!
    (ATM the cb repo is secondary and needs to get updated manually, but it will become the main one over time.)

    codeberg.org/contextgarden

    #context #luametatex #lmtx #texcontext #codeberg
  8. ConTeXt group @context ·

    It’s this time of the year when everyone asks for donations.
    Here’s how you make an EPC QR code for SEPA transfers in :

    \startluacode
    local sum = 50.0
    local subject = "Donation"
    local qrtext=string.format([[BCD
    002
    1
    SCT
    RABONL2U
    ConTeXt Group
    NL04RABO0163223726
    EUR%.02f
    CHAR
    %s
    ]], sum, subject)
    figures.qrcode(qrtext,"blue",tex.sp("5cm"))
    \stopluacode

    According to
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPC_QR_c
    it works with banks in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, and The Netherlands.

    #context #lmtx
  9. ConTeXt group @context ·

    There’s a new update for , it fixes a few bugs – nothing known about new features.

    #context #lmtx
  10. ConTeXt group @[email protected] ·

    We now officially have 3 new units. These were introduced at the 2023 #BachoTeX meeting in a presentation where the chair of the four person strong team also did the final live calibration (using the edithorial calibration instrument made for that purpose). An upcoming article in #TugBoat will explain the details of the process and also a careful mathematical analysis of how we reached the right value with a high precision. The actual implementation is the most boring part.

    #ConTeXt #LMTX

    🧵 …

    #bachotex #tugboat #context #lmtx