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[contexttest-Bugs][44] columns does not break
by contexttest-bugs＠foundry.supelec.fr 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Bugs item #44, was opened at 2006-12-05 09:02 You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=44&group_id=21 Or by replying to this e-mail entering your response between the following markers: #+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+ (enter your response here) #+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+ Status: Open Priority: 3 Submitted By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: columns does not break Resolution: None Version: None Category: macros Initial Comment: Dear, final formating of Beginners' manual shows a bug of breaking columns (in setup index). Here is a minimal example: ----------------------- \showframe \starttext \startcolumns [n=2,tolerance=verytolerant,rule=~\vrule height\maxcolumnheight~] \switchtobodyfont[10pt] \framed[height=.3\textheight,width=broad]{.3textheight} \framed[height=.8\textheight,width=broad]{.8textheight} \framed[height=.1\textheight,width=broad]{.1textheight} % \framed[height=.1\textheight,width=broad]{.1textheight} % \framed[height=.1\textheight,width=broad]{.1textheight} \stopcolumns \stoptext ----------------------- If we comment two last lines everything goes well. Uncommenting them the biggest frame leaves in the first column and extents the layout. In the manual it results in some setup syntax is out of the page. Please, could you help Vit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=44&group_id=21

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Incorporating math ligatures in ConTeXt
by Aditya Mahajan 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Hi Hans and Taco, I recently came across mathlig.tex (ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/macros/generic/misc/mathlig.tex) which allows one to write \mathlig {->} {\rightarrow} and then in math mode -> will be equal to \rightarrow so one can just write $A -> B$ I really like this since one does not need to remeber the names of all those operators (>> << >= =< != !< !<= !>= -> => <- <= := ::= ) and the source looks easier to read. The marcos are in plain tex and work with ConTeXt. Do you think that this can be incorporated in ConTeXt as a separate module. This file is way beyond my understanding of TeX. Some parts are easy, but I just keep staring at definitions like \def\actively#1#2{\begingroup\uccode`\~=`#2\relax\uppercase{\endgroup#1~}} without understanding what it means. If you guys get tired of writing lua code, can you have a look into this and see if this can be added to ConTeXt. Aditya

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OpenOffice export
by Idris Samawi Hamid 02 Dec '06

02 Dec '06

Hi gang, I just learned that OOo 2.04 has a LaTeX export (downloading now). Any of you bright programmers up to writing a ConTeXt export (or porting the LaTeX filters to ConTeXt)? I'm quite serious: if anyone is interested I'll write (or help write) a grant proposal for it (I've already had some TeX-related proposals funded so...). Please write me if you are interested in a grant, or else we can just discuss it on dev-context(a)ntg.nl and get it done another way! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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texexec buglets
by Sanjoy Mahajan 01 Dec '06

01 Dec '06

A couple (ruby) texexec buglets: * --ps doesn't work with --listing : $ texexec --ps --listing a.txt produces texexec.dvi and claims to produce texexec.ps (it runs dvips) but texexec.ps is nowhere to be found. $ texexec --listing a.txt works fine (produces texexec.pdf) This is with texexec 6.2.0 (context 2006.11.22). * lingering use of --output= tex.rb, line 1562 has options.push("--output=ps") # options.push("--dvi") but --output=ps has no effect in ruby texexec. Should it be --ps or --dvips passed to options.push ? line 1557 has: options.push("--nomp") For clarity, should that be disambiguated to --nompmode (otherwise it could conflict, if only in the reader's mind, with --nomprun). -Sanjoy `Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.' (John Lennon)

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texexec --scale=2 buglet (PATCH)
by Sanjoy Mahajan 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

In documenting as many texexec switches as I can find, I ran across this buglet: $ texexec --pages=1 --pdfcopy --scale=2 xyz.pdf ... ! Number too big. \@@efscale ->2222222222 22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222... The culprit is line 431 of texexec.rb (v6.2.0): scale = (scale * 1000).to_i if scale.to_i < 10 where the (scale * 1000) should be (scale.to_i * 1000), otherwise ruby is doing like Python: with scale as a string, the * 1000 replicates it 1000 times! While looking at the code, I wondered about the next few lines: f << "\\definepapersize\n" f << " [copy]\n" f << " [width=\\figurewidth,\n" f << " height=\\figureheight]\n" Shouldn't the width be \\figurewidth * (scale/1000), and the same idea for height? Otherwise scale=2000 will expand the figures beyond the page size. -Sanjoy `Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.' (John Lennon)

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texexec vs texmfstart texexec.rb
by Sanjoy Mahajan 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

I'm just checking over the context man pages (which Hans sent me off list) that will go into the next TeXLive. The main change since the old (Perl) days is that texexec is now not a standalone program. Rather, one calls it using texmfstart. So people will be confused when they see a man page for texexec but find no executable with the same name. Similarly, there's a man page for texmfstart but no texmfstart executable. Instead it's a ruby script texmfstart.rb. So I think that the default installation should supply the direct executables. Here's what I do on Linux (no idea whether any of the above or below applies to Windows). For texmfstart: #!/bin/sh ruby `kpsewhich --format=texmfscripts texmfstart.rb` "$@" For texexec: #!/bin/sh texmfstart texexec.rb "$@" Both are in ~/bin but ideally for TeXlive they would go to /usr/bin (or wherever TeXlive puts things). -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.

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Gyre enhancements
by Adam Lindsay 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

The attached file is intended to be a drop-in-replacement for type-gyr. I added (sc/osf) variant support for termes/pagella/bonum (and only under those names, not the normal "Adobe" names). Cheers, adam

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Re: [dev-context] dev-context post from mgb@yosemite.net requires approval
by Taco Hoekwater 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Hi, This reminds me: Hans, can you set the maximum post size for dev-context a bit higher? 40k is so small that the simplest things on this list need to be approved. Taco dev-context-owner(a)ntg.nl wrote: > As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the > following mailing list posting: > > List: dev-context(a)ntg.nl > From: mgb(a)yosemite.net > Subject: Register page number collapse patch for 2006/11/14 beta > Reason: Post by non-member to a members-only list > > At your convenience, visit: > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/admindb/dev-context > > to approve or deny the request. >

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Register page number collapse patch
by Mike Bird 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Greetings, Attached please find a small patch against the Nov 5th beta which fixes a few bugs in register page number compression. --Mike Bird

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<module authors> Contextgarden modules and TeXLive deadline
by Taco Hoekwater 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Hi all, Hans Hagen wrote: >> > > maybe at least have a release before tex live gets frozen ... 20/11 in reply to Mojca. In fact, this is true for all context modules currently in the garden or still on your harddisks only: if you want your module to be on the next TeXLive / TeX Collection, please make sure that: * your module uses a TeX Directory Structure (TDS) compliant disk layout (ask for help if you don't know how to arrange that) * the to-be-used version of it is on the third party section of http://modules.contextgarden.net on November 18th, no later (ask for help if you don't know how to arrange that) * there is some documentation, preferably with TeX sources, included * the license is filled in, and compatible with TeXLive / TeX Collection (LPPL|GPL|BSD|PD are all fine) * email me !* The more ConTeXt stuff we have on TeXLive, the more useful TeXLive will be for other ConTeXt users, so please consider spending a bit of effort on this in the coming week ! Greetings, Taco *(unless your module is already included in cont-ext.zip)

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