Draft mode in ConTeXt

Question

Is there the draft mode in ConTeXt (to highlight overfull/underfull boxes and stuff)? If not, how can I re-create its features?

I've searched through ConTeXt wiki and all I found is --draft commandline option which doesn't seem suitable for ConTeXt Mark IV.

@Aditya: for overfull boxes - pretty much) But what about underfull ones? In the wake of your answer I've found this question. Does this have to be some large extra routine too? — The_Keeper, Jan 21 '16 at 06:30
LaTeX doesn't show underful boxes either :-). I don't know TeX internals well enough to understand the link that you posted. So I don't know how to translate it to ConTeXt — Aditya, Jan 21 '16 at 14:38
@Aditya: well, neither do I) thanks for your help... again ^^ — The_Keeper, Jan 22 '16 at 09:25

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '16 at 19:12

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There is a new feature in ConTeXt to show overfull and underfull boxes!

\enabletrackers[visualizers.justification] % overfull/underfull
\enabletrackers[typesetters.suspects] % suspicious spacing


\setuppapersize[A8]
\setuplayout[width=3mm] \showframe

\starttext

\hsize 3mm

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxx
x

$x$x

x:$x$

\stoptext

With just the visualizers.justification, you get:

With just typesetters.suspects, you get:

And with both, you get:

answered Feb 15 '16 at 19:12

Aditya

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that's pretty neat! and I guess that solves the problem... but it gives a lot of false positives (perhaps caused by hanging punctuation)... is there a way to set some visibility threshold?) – The_Keeper Feb 15 '16 at 20:58
Not sure. You can ask on the mailing list where this was announced – Aditya Feb 15 '16 at 23:09

Draft mode in ConTeXt

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