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== Description ==  
 
== Description ==  
  
The following four symbol files invocations are predefined
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The following four symbol fonts are available with ConTeXt:
* {{cmd|usesymbols|[jmn]}} % [[source:symb-jmn.tex]]
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* [[Symbols/jmn|Navigational symbols by Janusz M. Nowack]] {{cmd|usesymbols|[jmn]}}
* {{cmd|usesymbols|[mvs]}} % [[source:symb-mvs.tex]]
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* [[Symbols/mvs|Martin Vogel symbols]] {{cmd|usesymbols|[mvs]}}
* {{cmd|usesymbols|[nav]}} % [[source:symb-nav.tex]]
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* [[Symbols/nav|ConTeXt navigation symbols]] {{cmd|usesymbols|[nav]}}
* {{cmd|usesymbols|[was]}} % [[source:symb-was.tex]]
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* [[Symbols/was|Roland Waldi's symbols]] {{cmd|usesymbols|[was]}}
 
 
See {{cmd|showsymbolset}} for a list of available symbolsets in these files.
 
  
 
== Example ==
 
== Example ==

Revision as of 07:06, 4 July 2012

\usesymbols

Syntax

\usesymbols[...]
[...] name

Description

The following four symbol fonts are available with ConTeXt:

Example

\setuppapersize[A5]
\usesymbols[nav]

\section{navigation 2}
\showsymbolset[navigation 2]

The default \type{nextpage} symbol: \symbol[nextpage]

The \type{nextpage} symbol in \type{navigation 2}: \symbol[navigation 2][nextpage]

(Setting \type{navigation 2} as the default set \setupsymbolset[navigation 2])

The new default \type{nextpage} symbol: \symbol[navigation 2][nextpage]

See also

  • \showsymbolset to inspect a symbol set, and for a list of all symbol sets in the abovementioned symbol files
  • \symbol to use a symbol from a symbol set.

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