October 2002 - ntg-context

Tooltips
by Giuseppe Bilotta 18 Oct '02

18 Oct '02

Hello, I notice that the "active area" that triggers tooltips is a little misplaced to the bottom right. Is this a "wanted" effect? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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problem with texfont
by Henning Hraban Ramm 18 Oct '02

18 Oct '02

Ahoi! I discovered a little problem while installing fonts: Actual Linotype AFMs contain overlong lines (copyright information), about 450 characters. That confuses texfont, so that the following lines are not recognized. It helps to delete these lines manually, but would it be possible to enhance texfont to handle such nasties? Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.angerweit.de http://www.fiee.net http://www.ramm.ch ---

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Re: [NTG-context] Bug in supp-pdf.tex/supp-mis.tex (?)
by Hans Hagen 18 Oct '02

18 Oct '02

At 02:30 PM 10/18/2002 +0200, Andreas Fieger wrote: search in supp-pdf for you name, and patch: \def\dodo##1% Andreas Fieger's bug: (\304...) {\edef\!!stringa{##1}% and another one: ( 11) -> \ifx 11 \ifx\!!stringa\MPspacechar\MPspacechar\else\expandafter##1\fi}% please test this with previous files as well >Hello, > >though this is only partly a context question, I think this is the >best place to ask. I am creating MetaPost figures containing text. >When these are included in a TeX document processed by pdfLaTeX, >context's supp-pdf.tex is loaded to perform the conversion. > >Consider the simple MP file (the space is essential) >-------------------------------------- >defaultfont:="ptmr8r"; >beginfig(1); > label(" 11", origin); >endfig; >-------------------------------------- > >This will result in a file like >%%Page: 1 1 >-6.25003 -3.38997 moveto >( 11) ptmr8r 10.00005 fshow >showpage >%%EOF > >If this MP file is included in a context document, >everything is fine. >-------------------------------------- >\starttext >\placefigure[][]{}{\externalfigure[minimal.mps]} >\stoptext >-------------------------------------- > >If it is included in a LaTeX document >-------------------------------------- >\documentclass{article} >\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx} >\begin{document} >\includegraphics{minimal.mps} >\end{document} >-------------------------------------- >converted to ps with dvips, still everything >is fine. > >When using >-------------------------------------- >\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx} >-------------------------------------- >and pdfLaTeX to compile the file (this is >when supp-pdf.tex is used), the " 11" disappears. > >I found this problem with every number from 11, 22, >to 99 with a leading space -- even in the middle of >a string: "Text: 118" would come out as "Text: 8". > >I don't have any clue what's going wrong. >Any ideas? > >PS: Hans was so kind to provide a new supp-pdf.tex > after a similar problem with labels > startimg with an umlaut? > > file=supp-pdf.tex version=2001.07.27 > file=supp-mis.tex version=1997.01.04 > are used. > > >Thanks, >Andreas >-- >Dr. Andreas Fieger >ServiceBarometer AG >Tel (089) 896669-17 >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ref.ntg.nl >http://ref.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >================================================================ >Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd >op virussen. >Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst >waar op wordt gecontroleerd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Bug in supp-pdf.tex/supp-mis.tex (?)
by Andreas Fieger 18 Oct '02

18 Oct '02

Hello, though this is only partly a context question, I think this is the best place to ask. I am creating MetaPost figures containing text. When these are included in a TeX document processed by pdfLaTeX, context's supp-pdf.tex is loaded to perform the conversion. Consider the simple MP file (the space is essential) -------------------------------------- defaultfont:="ptmr8r"; beginfig(1); label(" 11", origin); endfig; -------------------------------------- This will result in a file like %%Page: 1 1 -6.25003 -3.38997 moveto ( 11) ptmr8r 10.00005 fshow showpage %%EOF If this MP file is included in a context document, everything is fine. -------------------------------------- \starttext \placefigure[][]{}{\externalfigure[minimal.mps]} \stoptext -------------------------------------- If it is included in a LaTeX document -------------------------------------- \documentclass{article} \usepackage[dvips]{graphicx} \begin{document} \includegraphics{minimal.mps} \end{document} -------------------------------------- converted to ps with dvips, still everything is fine. When using -------------------------------------- \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx} -------------------------------------- and pdfLaTeX to compile the file (this is when supp-pdf.tex is used), the " 11" disappears. I found this problem with every number from 11, 22, to 99 with a leading space -- even in the middle of a string: "Text: 118" would come out as "Text: 8". I don't have any clue what's going wrong. Any ideas? PS: Hans was so kind to provide a new supp-pdf.tex after a similar problem with labels startimg with an umlaut? file=supp-pdf.tex version=2001.07.27 file=supp-mis.tex version=1997.01.04 are used. Thanks, Andreas -- Dr. Andreas Fieger ServiceBarometer AG Tel (089) 896669-17

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MP keyval interface
by Jens-Uwe Morawski 18 Oct '02

18 Oct '02

Ahoi MP experts, i've tried to implement a keyval-interface in MP. Currently it looks like def keyvalFunc (text t) = begingroup; save status, col ; numeric status; string col ; t ; show status; show col ; endgroup; enddef; keyvalFunc(status=1.0; col="Hallo" ) ; This works, of course, but i would prefer if i could use a comma instead of the ";" to separate the keyval-pairs. Any ideas, how i can make "," be locally like ";"? Thanks in advance. Jens

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Re: Yet Another Bug
by Hans Hagen 17 Oct '02

17 Oct '02

At 08:48 PM 10/16/2002 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: >Hi, > >I found a bug in the core-fld stuff, the tooltip definition; there >is a missing = for \ifdim in the line that reads > > \dimen0=\ifdim\wd0\zeropoint 3em\else\wd0\fi > >(missing = between \wd0 and \zeropoint) thanks, this comes from occasional clean ups (i do that kind of automatically when i look into files: nice side efect is that the fmt file occasionaaly becomes smaller and context a bit faster) keep testing -) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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heads and headers
by Matthew Huggett 17 Oct '02

17 Oct '02

Hi: Two questions: 1. How do I get section numbers in roman numerals instead of the default? 2. How do I get header texts to appear on every page AFTER the first page? The answers must be in the documentation but I haven't been able to them. I probably need new glasses :-) Thanks Matthew

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Itemgroups settings
by Giuseppe Bilotta 17 Oct '02

17 Oct '02

Hello, I tried the following code: \defineitemgroup[numbers] \setupnumbers[each][intro,broad,packed,joinedup][left=$(,stopper=)$,symbol=n,margin=standard] \defineitemgroup[bullets] \setupbullets[each][intro,broad,packed,joinedup][symbol=1,margin=standard] \starttext Some text first \startnumbers \item One \startbullets \item Two \stopbullets \stopnumbers \stoptext Using the 2002.10.11 version of ConTeXt, the inner itemization (bullets) does not "use" the joinedup setting. The same happens if startbullets is the external and startnumbers is the internal. It doesn't happen if both itemgroups are of the same time, nor at the first level. Any ideas? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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figure libs
by Jens-Uwe Morawski 16 Oct '02

16 Oct '02

Ahoi, i have some questions about figure libs: 1) i can only access figures from a figure-lib if the file is in the same directory as the document that should embed the figures. For documents in different variants (screen, print) i would prefer that i can have the figure lib in the parent directory. 2) is the XML-file that describes the figure-lib really required to access the figures in the figure-lib: Suppose the following entry: <figure> <file>Figures.1</file> <label>fig-one</label> <copyright>Jens-Uwe Morawski</copyright> <comment>first firgure</comment> </figure> that can be accessed with \externalfigure[fig-one] The page of this figure can be found via: a) looking for the object that declares the destination "about: fig-one": 6 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /Border [0 0 0] /A <</S /GoTo /D (about: fig-one)>> /Rect [0 0 333.797 108.797] >> endobj b) looking for the /Page object that uses this object in /Annots: 8 0 obj << /Type /Page /Contents 9 0 R /Resources 7 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 333.797 108.797] /TrimBox [0.0 0.0 333.79617 108.7967]/CropBox [0.0 0.0 333.79617 108.7967] /Parent 12 0 R /Annots [ 6 0 R ] c) find out at which position this page is declared in the /Pages dictionary: 12 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Count 5 /Kids [8 0 R 17 0 R 29 0 R 56 0 R 68 0 R] >> endobj Maybe this could be done once for all "about:" destinations for every \usefigurebase[...]. Thus only the figure-lib-pdf is required. Btw, while looking in the PDF-file i found: 86 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 12 0 R /Names 85 0 R /OpenAction <</S /GoTo /D (page:2)>>/PageMode /UseNone\relax /PTEX.Fullbanner (This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211) >> endobj The \relax after the page-mode looks very TeXish. Is this correct? Thanks, Jens

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New version solves one problem, creates another
by Rob van Swol 16 Oct '02

16 Oct '02

Hi, The new version of Context (ver: 2002.10.11) solves my \tfx problem. However I get another problem instead: The following produces an error message (was working before). \definedescription [definit] [location=hanging, margin=standard, headstyle=bold] \starttext \definit{definitie1} this is one. \par \definit{definitie2} this is two. \par \stoptext Tis is the produced error: ! Undefined control sequence. \@@definitiehanging ...\leftskipadaption \relax \8 ifdim\leftskipadaption =\z... \dodowithpar ...rdefinitie {definit}[]{definitie1} #1\@@stopdefinitie {definit} l.17 this is one. \par ? ! Emergency stop. \@@definitiehanging ...\leftskipadaption \relax \8 ifdim\leftskipadaption =\z... \dodowithpar ...rdefinitie {definit}[]{definitie1} #1\@@stopdefinitie {definit} l.17 this is one. \par End of file on the terminal! Regards, Rob -- _____________________________________________________________ Rob W. van Swol National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Tel. +31 527 248252 P.O. Box 153 Fax +31 527 248210 8300 AD Emmeloord E-Mail vanswol(a)nlr.nl The Netherlands http://www.neonet.nl/

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