June 2007 - dev-context - NTG Mailing Lists

last release broken?
by Patrick Gundlach 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Hi, my automatic install script failed. There is no tex/context/base in the zip file. Or am I missing something? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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New Debian TeX packages for Etch
by Norbert Preining 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Hi all! The new packages uploaded yesterday by Frank to Debian unstable have been backported to etch are as usual available on people.debian.org. Don't forget that you will also need lmodern and context for texlive-full. Binaries of texlive-bin 2007-12 are currently only for i386, I hope to get powerpc binaries soon. If there is need for amd64 I can do them, too. texlive and tex-common deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ src/ lmodern deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ context deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLONMULT (n.) A yellow ooze usually found near secretions of buldoo (q.v.) and sadberge (q.v.) --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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unzipping error on garden
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hi Patrick, I uploaded a new version of my mathsets module on the garden, and got an error: Unzipping (for CTAN) returned with an error As far as I can tell, the unzipping went fine. IS the error message a bug in the garden scripts? I had generated the zip file using textools --tpmmake t-mathsets Thanks, Aditya

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Month missing in inproceedings in cont-no
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hi Taco, Month is missing from inproceedings in cont-no.bst. It should be (if I understand the bst language correctly) FUNCTION {inproceedings} { start.entry format.authors format.year format.arttitle crossref missing$ { format.in.booktitle.or.series format.number.series "" "\city" address do.out format.pages } { format.incoll.inproc.crossref format.pages } if$ + "" "\month" month do.out "" "\pubname" publisher do.out "" "\organization" organization do.out stop.entry } Also, in the bib module, can setuppublicationlayout be made to accept sets, so that one can write \definepublicationlayout[conference,inproceedings]{....} rather than repeating the instructions. (Why does bibtex provide two data types for the same thing?) Aditya

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Agressive deleting by texexec
by Aditya Mahajan 17 Jun '07

17 Jun '07

Hi Hans, texexec seems to be a bit too agressive in deleting files. Here is an example touch texexec.vim texexec --module test ls texexec* The file texexec.vim has been deleted! I could not figure out why this is happening, but texexec must should delete non tex related filename extensions. Aditya

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\setlayer + \externalfigure problem
by Peter Rolf 15 Jun '07

15 Jun '07

Hi, I ran into a \setlayer problem while including a bitmap graphic from a figure database. The position of the gfx was slightly shifted to the right. No problems, if I included the identical graphic from a single file. \setlayer[foo][x=0pt,y=0pt ]{\externalfigure[gfx_from_a_db.png]}% shift! \setlayer[foo][x=0pt,y=50pt]{\vbox{\externalfigure[gfx_from_a_db.png]}}% ok \setlayer[foo][x=0pt,y=100pt]{\externalfigure[gfx.png]}% ok \setlayer[foo][x=0pt,y=150pt]{\hbox{\externalfigure[gfx.png]}}% shift The result of \externalfigure differs (mode) for the two inclusion methods. Also it looks like \setlayer does not ensure, that the content is in the (position neutral) vertical mode. Is there a reason for this? Currently I fixed it locally with \ifhmode\vbox\bgroup#1\egroup\else#1\fi , but a more global approach would be prefered. Any comments welcome. Greetings, Peter

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Ubuntu pkgs: new edgy backports
by Sanjoy Mahajan 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

I just updated the Ubuntu edgy backports of the texlive packages (for i386) and have been running them on my feisty laptop for half an hour and they pass my usual 'compile textbook in ConTeXt' test. The 'context' package provides version 2007.04.17 12:51. They are recompilations of the latest Ubuntu gutsy (7.10) packages, which are Norbert's latest Debian packages with maybe a couple additions (on the other hand, Ubuntu and Debian look like they are in sync right now). Let me know if you have problems. To use the packages, add these lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list : deb http://web.mit.edu/download/sanjoy/texlive-backports/ edgy/ deb-src http://web.mit.edu/download/sanjoy/texlive-backports/ edgy/ To add my key (to use the security features of apt-get): wget http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sanjoy/sanjoy.asc sudo apt-key add sanjoy.asc Then apt-get update apt-get install cm-super texlive-fonts-recommended \ context context-nonfree context-doc-nonfree ('cm-super comes from the universe repositories) If you've been using them before, you don't need the install line with explicit pkgs. Instead just update with apt-get upgrade -Sanjoy gpg DSA: 0x3FCDAAA3 gpg fp: 9722 56B0 F787 12A9 164E 34B7 09C9 E543 3FCD AAA3

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delimitedtext indentnext bug
by Aditya Mahajan 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Hi, There is a bug in delimitedtext with indentnext. For example \setupdelimitedtext[quotation][indentnext=no] \setupwhitespace[big] \setupindenting[big,yes] \starttext \input knuth \startquotation \input tufte \stopquotation \input knuth \stoptext The text after the quotation is indented. This is a bug. I think that this can be corrected by \def\dostartdelimitedtextpar[#1]% {\let\dostopdelimitedtext\dostopdelimitedtextpar \doifsomething{\delimitedtextparameter\c!spacebefore} {\blank[\delimitedtextparameter\c!spacebefore]}% \delimitedtextparameter\c!before % nicer: % \doadaptleftskip {\delimitedtextparameter\c!leftmargin}% % \doadaptrightskip{\delimitedtextparameter\c!rightmargin}% % backward compatible: \doifelsenothing{#1} {\endgraf \doadaptleftskip {\delimitedtextparameter\c!leftmargin}% \doadaptrightskip{\delimitedtextparameter\c!rightmargin}% \let\dodostopdelimitedtextpar\endgraf} {\startnarrower[#1]\let\dodostopdelimitedtextpar\stopnarrower}% % so far % \dochecknextindentation{\??ci\currentdelimitedtext}% AM: not here \dostartattributes{\??ci\currentdelimitedtext}\c!style\c!color\empty \leftdelimitedtextmark \ignorespaces} \def\dostopdelimitedtextpar {\removeunwantedspaces \removelastskip \rightdelimitedtextmark \dostopattributes \dodostopdelimitedtextpar \delimitedtextparameter\c!after \doifsomething{\delimitedtextparameter\c!spaceafter} {\blank[\delimitedtextparameter\c!spaceafter]}% \dochecknextindentation{\??ci\currentdelimitedtext}% AM: here \dorechecknextindentation}%AM: This was missing! Aditya

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todo template on Contextgarden
by Aditya Mahajan 03 Jun '07

03 Jun '07

Hi Patrick, It seems that the update at the garden broke down todo and note templates. See for example http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeXExec Can this be corrected? Aditya

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Enhancements to core-des for theorems
by Aditya Mahajan 03 Jun '07

03 Jun '07

Hi Hans, I am attaching my enhancements for core-des. This takes care of most of the needs for theorems with ConTeXt. I hope that I have not broken anything. I have tested this with a 40 page documents, while Oliver, Olaf, and Dalyoung have tested this with bigger documents. The test files show different features. It takes care of a few bugs in enumerations, (and introduces new ones... there is a suprious space somewhere which I can not find) Basically, more enhanced support for titles, and end of proof markers, and makes sure that conversion=whatever works correctly. If you want a "title" for the theorem, say \defineenumeration[theorem] \defineenumeration[theorem][title=yes] titledistance, titlestyle, titlecolor, titleleft, and titleright control the appearance of the title. To use a title, say \starttheorem[label]{title} both the label and the title are optional, so you can have \starttheorem[label] This is a theorem with no title \stoptheorem and \starttheorem {title} this is a theorem with no label \stoptheorem \starttheorem this is a theorem with neither a title nor a label \stoptheorem For end of proof markers, say \definetheorem[theorem][endmarker=\math{\square}] or whatever symbol you want. Then a end of proof marker with will be placed at the \stoptheorem. Sometimes, for example after an itemize, the end of thoerem marker may appear on a line of its own. Then say \placenedmarker just before \stopitemize To couple two enumerations \defineenumeration[theorem] \defineenumeration[proposition][theorem] To couple just the numbers \defineenumeration[theorem] \defineenumeration[proposition][usenumer=theorem] I cannot use number=theorem because number=yes|no is to enable disable numbering. Maybe a better choice will be numbering=yes|no, and number=counter. But that will break backward compatibility :( The main thing that needs to be done is to get end of proof markers to work with formulas, but that is a bit difficult, so I have left it for the future. Aditya

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