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ExecWrapper.pm
by Taco Hoekwater 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Hi, Inspired by (but not borrowed from) J.Fine, this is ExecWrapper.pm, a perl module that runs external programs through a user-supplied stdin/stdout filter. Usage should be clear from the example program, but I intend to add some more documentation later (as well as an extension/demo program that mimics QaTeX). Greetings, Taco

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texexec --autopdf
by Patrick Gundlach 13 Mar '05

13 Mar '05

Dear fellows, it looks as if I have wasted my time again trying to make texexec --autopdf work on Panther (Mac OS X 10.3). I found out that Adobe Reader 7.0 and Apple's Preview.app are not (Apple-)scriptable, so reloading the pdffile don't work with these two. TeXshop's previewer is scriptable, and I was able to write a small script that opens and reloads the file while keeping the view when a document got typeset with texexec. Yeah, I was happy, because this is a nice feature. Then I found out that TeXshop already has this feature built in (same with TeXniscope), and there is no need for --autopdf on the Mac. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net

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mirror question
by Taco Hoekwater 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

Hi Hans, A question: can you change the "home" link on the login page: http://www.pragma-ade.com:20080/login so that it links to http://www.pragma-ade.com/index.htm instead of http://www.pragma-ade.com:20080/index.htm ? My mirror does not 'do' port 20080, but wget did, so it now a) downloadedthe website twice, and b) creates a broken link on the mirror My mirrored http server will only do port 80 (unless Pragma-ADE can afford/is willing to pay for full-blown duplication services, of course :-)). I will switch to using only rsync this afternoon, that will get rid of the wget weirdness, but the the 'broken link' problem will remain. At the same time, I intend to move the mirroring frequency up, perhaps to once an hour. Greetings, Taco

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m-layout
by Adam Lindsay 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

Hey there. I've been playing with m-layout, and I think there's a bug in preset-2-1. I only found it because I was trying to implement the exact same layout, and because I really was struggling with the computational order of precedence in the \dimexpr's (anyone have a good reference for that?) The final line of preset-2-1 should be: \c!bottomspace=\dimexpr((2\layoutvstep)-\layoutparameter\c!header- \layoutparameter\c!headerdistance) [(2\layoutvstep) should be grouped. I don't entirely know why.] ...if it's doing what i think it wants to do! -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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[Fwd: Re: [NTG-context] "uninitialized value"]
by Taco Hoekwater 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Hi Hans, Would you apply this fix please? The problem only shows up using Patrick's install script, because the 'normal' distributions use a stub that always calls perl without the -w switch (<sigh>). Also, it would be prudent to start the scripts with an explicit "use warnings;" line to prevent these problems in the future. Greetings, Taco -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [NTG-context] "uninitialized value" Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:18:31 -0500 From: Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> References: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0502021731360.24505@localhost> K. David Prince wrote: > What am I missing? > > Dave Your system is fine, so no worries. Those warning lines are annoying but harmless. They'll be fixed in the next release, but in the mean time, you can change lines 344 and 348 of texexec.pl yourself, if you dare: $ diff texexec.pl.old texexec.pl 344c344 < if ($ENV{openin_any} eq 'p') { --- > if (defined $ENV{openin_any} && $ENV{openin_any} eq 'p') { 348c348,349 < if (($ENV{shell_escape} eq 'f') || ($ENV{SHELL_ESCAPE} eq 'f')) { --- > if ((defined $ENV{shell_escape} && $ENV{shell_escape} eq 'f') || > (defined $ENV{SHELL_ESCAPE} && $ENV{SHELL_ESCAPE} eq 'f')) { Greetings, Taco

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Re: [NTG-context] next version
by Taco Hoekwater 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

FYI: I won't be using the alpha release for a while. The coming two or three weeks I have to wait for potential last-minute problems with Maps #31 (sent to the printer yesterday). Greetings, Taco Hans Hagen wrote: > Hi, > > The next release will -apart from bug fixes and a few new things as well > as the bib module- also miss a few things: the interface setup files, we > now definitely move to the xml variants; as a result, texshow has been > swapped for taco's texshow which handles the xml files directly; this is > all part of a cleanup. The alpha relese already has these changes. > > Expect also cleanup in the font area: > > - csr/plr/aer/vnr will be dropped in favor of lmr (also makes minimals > smaller) > - i consider run time map entries instead of file based ones > - some unused macros will be removed > > btw, there is a new 'manual': tiptrick.pdf; will be extended over time > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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cont-en.xml
by Patrick Gundlach 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hi, the following commands are duplicated in cont-en.xml: placecombinedlist defineinteractionmenu placeregister setupfillinrules setupstrut Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net

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cont-de.xml incorrect translated
by Patrick Gundlach 06 Jan '05

06 Jan '05

Hello Hans, the cont-de.xml gets incorrect translated in 2004.11.24: (see inherit) en: <cd:command name="completecombinedlist" generated="yes"> <cd:sequence> <cd:string value="complete"/> <cd:variable value="combinedlist"/> </cd:sequence> <cd:arguments> <cd:keywords> <cd:constant type="cd:name"/> </cd:keywords> <cd:assignments list="yes"> <cd:inherit name="setupcombinedlist"/> </cd:assignments> </cd:arguments> </cd:command> de: <cd:command name="completecombinedlist" generated="yes"> <cd:sequence> <cd:string value="vollende"/> <cd:variable value="combinedlist"/> </cd:sequence> <cd:arguments> <cd:keywords> <cd:constant type="cd:name"/> </cd:keywords> <cd:assignments list="yes"> <cd:inherit name="setupcombinedlist"/> </cd:assignments> </cd:arguments> </cd:command> should be: <cd:command name="completecombinedlist" generated="yes"> <cd:sequence> <cd:string value="vollende"/> <cd:variable value="combinedlist"/> </cd:sequence> <cd:arguments> <cd:keywords> <cd:constant type="cd:name"/> </cd:keywords> <cd:assignments list="yes"> <cd:inherit name="stellezusammengestelltelisteein"/> </cd:assignments> </cd:arguments> </cd:command> I have not checked the other languages. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net

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Re: symb-uni.tex (was: degree sign)
by Duncan Hothersall 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Maybe the dev list is a better place for this follow-up. I'm trying to understand (a) what exactly the task is to create the maths vectors, and (b) what is really going on with the degree sign. Taking (b) first... Looking in unic-000.tex (the degree sign is #00B0 = char 176 in vector 0) I see two vector definitions. Does the second supersede the first or are both needed? Looking at the second vector definition, it starts at char 159 and so looking down to position 176 there appears to be the correct code - namely \textdegree. This presumably explains why it appears correctly in running text in my sample posted to the ConTeXt list. But why does it not work in the XMLdata section? Is it the case that there is another unicode processing system for data being processed as XML? Is this where the fix is required? As to question (a) - for example what exactly should I put into, say unic-034.tex to denote #222A (character 42 in vector 34) as \cup? Do I need two \startunicodevector commands? Or do i just do \startunicodevector 34 \unknownchar \or ... [repeat 41 times] ... \cup \or ... \stopunicodevector ? Sorry if this betrays a lack of understanding. Look forward to clarification. Duncan Adam Lindsay (23/11/2004 13:42) said: >>Duncan Hothersall wrote: >> >> >>>I have been searching in the base files but can't see the hook. Can >>>anyone point me in the right direction to fix this? Thanks. >> >>we (you -) need to define unic-*.tex vectors for the math ranges, > > > The attached symbol file might be a place to start. > (didn't bother with list, cos file's to big)

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confused with keys-xx.xml files
by Patrick Gundlach 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Hi, in cont-en.xml: reservefloat: <cd:parameter name="frame"> <cd:constant type="on"/> <cd:constant type="off"/> in keys-de.xml: <cd:constant name="frame" value="rahmen"/> <cd:variable name="on" value="an"/> Why is "on" a constant in cont-en and a variable in keys-de.xml? What is a variable and what is a constant? In my understanding, "frame" here should be a variable, because it can be either "on" or "off". Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net

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