November 2002 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

\definedescription[name] [location=hanging] bug
by Nigel King 12 Nov '02

12 Nov '02

I think there is a bug in the description system This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10a-devel-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.9) (format=cont-en 2002.11.7) 10 NOV 2002 18:45 ConTeXt ver: 2002.10.11 fmt: 2002.11.7 int: english mes: english ! Undefined control sequence. \@@definitiehanging ...\leftskipadaption \relax \8 ifdim\leftskipadaption =\z... \dodowithpar ...oordefinitie {ahanging}[]{dawkins} #1\@@stopdefinitie {ahanging} l.7 The minimum file that causes this error is ------- \definedescription [ahanging] [location=hanging] \starttext \ahanging{dawkins}\input dawkins\par \stoptext All the other settings for location appear to work. -- Nigel

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Fwd: [NTG-context] Strange error...
by Hans Hagen 11 Nov '02

11 Nov '02

>Hi Hans, > >while busy to develop more FLOWcharts, I get the following error, which does >not lead to fatal exit. The resulting pdf-file is according to my oppinion >o.k. > >Do you have an idea what is wrong? > >... >systems : end file cenj at line 244 >! pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the same identifier >(name{page:15}) h >as been already used, duplicate ignored ><recently read> fit > ><to be read again> > \egroup >\fakePDFpagedestination ...e:\realfolio }}\egroup > \fi \fi \fi >\actualshipout ...chbox \hbox {\the \everyshipout > \ifnum \realpageno >=\lastp... > >\myshipout ...pout {\thisisrealpage \realfolio #1} > \fi \gotonextrealpage >\nap... > >\dofinaloutput ...pagebody #1#2\setpagecounters }} > \fi \the >\everyaftershipou... >... >l.244 \stoptext > [16.15] ) > > >Groet Willi this is pdftex's way of telling you that you have a duplicate reference 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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(no subject)
by M. Canali 11 Nov '02

11 Nov '02

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Metapost
by Michał Morawski 11 Nov '02

11 Nov '02

I have tried to repeat the example in the file "Creating metapost examples" (mmakempy.pdf) and I receive result as below and empty place in my document. Can anyone give me a hint? This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (mem=metafun 2002.10.31) 31 OCT 2002 22:25 **&metafun mpgraph (mpgraph.mp {randomseed:=3603} (d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/graph.mp (d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/format.mp (d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp) (d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/texnum.mp >> d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/texnum.mp >> texnum.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.14 init_numbers(btex $-$etex, btex$1$etex, btex${\times}10$etex, The two files given above are one of your source files and an auxiliary file I need to read to find out what your btex..etex blocks mean. If you don't know why I had trouble, try running it manually through MPto -tex, TeX, and DVItoMP. Thanks in advance Michal ############################################ ## Michał Morawski ## 95-200 Pabianice, Sempołowskiej 5 m 13 ## tel/fax ++48 42 2262228 ############################################ Zwykle niewinność jest wynikiem szczęścia a nie cnoty. Anatol France

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schimpscheut
by K.H. Wesseling 10 Nov '02

10 Nov '02

Niet al te gemakkelijk antwoorden graag. Het is me wel eens opgevallen dat de rode reus uit redmond zich weinig gelegen laat liggen aan logica of wiskunde of systematiek maar daarentegen juist erg goed is in marketing. Dus het opzetten van de facto standaarden zou ik persoonlijk liever niet aan ze overlaten, terwijl HP en die andere clubs op die punten wel aan mijn elementaire eisen voldoen of deden. Die foto is leuk maar wie is het. Nee niet jij. Jou herken ik wel, maar de non? Ik ben inmiddels aardig op streek in de "non-designers type book" dat je me ooit aanbeval en dat ik Zaterdag kon ophalen. Is leuk. Veel weetjes, veel definities en veel voorbeelden. Aardig op mijn niveau (door de vele voorbeelden). Maar typografisch blaft en brult iedere pagina je aan. Nooit eerder zo'n typografische schreeuw, gezien zou ik bijna schrijven, gehoord. En dat terwijl een van de aanbevelingen in het boek is het rustig te houden. Snap je weer beter hoe hoog de kwaliteit van Siep's werk bijvoorbeeld ligt. Dus dank voor de tip heh...Karel.

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Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: ConTeXt FAQ format, XML with DTD
by Simon Pepping 10 Nov '02

10 Nov '02

On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:22:56AM +0000, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Hello again! > > JM's proposal of FAQ format is only for one FAQ entry. > The following one may contain the whole thing: several "recipes" (FAQ > entries), > each in more than one language. Your DTD has a number of problems. I have skipped most of this discussion, so I do not know what you want. But the content models are very vague: ANY for question and answer, and it seems you assume ANY for code as well. If you do not specify this more precisely, too much will be possible and nobody knows what to expect. A content model like %text;, declared as (#PCDATA|p|code)+, would be better. Schemas have some extra facilities here, but otherwise I am not sure why they would be preferable. The id in %person should be CDATA, as already remarked. Note that this assumes a tightly organized set of documents. You say nothing about the author or editor, so you assume that the id resolves into an entry in another document, and that the renderer knows which document so that it can generate a hyperlink. You might also use XLink language: xlink:href="author#hraban", which already indicates that the author can be found in the document author in the same directory, with the ID hraban. OTOH, this is less flexible w.r.t. the organization of the document set. Note that Docbook has provisions for QandA: qandaset, question, answer. I think docbook is a prime example of too wide a DTD. But it is useful to try and devise a DTD that is a subset of Docbook. It would make your documents processable with generic Docbook tools. Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping(a)scaprea.hobby.nl

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problem: long descriptions
by Zeljko Vrba 09 Nov '02

09 Nov '02

Hi! I'm writing reference manual for a C/C++ library and I have the following problem: When I define a description, long prototypes are not line-broken. For example, I've set up \definedescription [methref] [location=top,headstyle=\tt] When I have \startmethref{a very long prototype.........................} blah blah blah \stopmethref the argument is not line-broken and it goes out of the page boundary. The text shows properly only in the next line. I have something like the following in mind, but I don't know how to do it: I'd like the typeset layout to look something like this a very long prototype proto.. Text describing the method proto proto proto proto proto Text describing the method proto proto Text describinb the method More text describing the method. More text. More text More text. Prototype may be framed. The text widths should be 0.5 and 0.5 of textwidth for both the prototype and the description. I hope you understood what I want :) I was thinking something like typesetting prototype in the box and then using floating mechanism (\startXXXleft, would that work at all?), but is there a more straightforward way? Another unrelated question: is there a bold typewriter (CM) font somewhere?

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Passing a string via texexec
by John Culleton 09 Nov '02

09 Nov '02

This is more of a convenience feature than a necessity, but here goes. I plan to personalize copies of an ebook in pdf format by putting the string: "This copy prepared for Joe Smith" on the page, perhaps in a footer. This means I have to recompile the book for each separate customer. It would save a minute if I could just pass a named string to pdfetex in the same way one passes a mode to the program. I am looking for something like: texexec --mode=ebook --string="Joe Smith" mybook.tex ...and then have a way to pick up that string in the TeX file and use it. All this does is save me from editing the file in every instance. If it is too big a deal forget it. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters, Rowse Reviews, Culleton Editorial Services http://wexfordpress.com

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Is your ConTeXt too slow?
by Jens-Uwe Morawski 09 Nov '02

09 Nov '02

Hi all (or mainly the users of Unix-like systems) after i've bought a new notebook and installed the recent Redhat Linux system i found that an updated ConTeXt runs very slow. First i thought that Hans had too much time and implemented a few thousand new features that need their time, but ... ... it is a queerer story. Here are the run times of an example document (many inline MP graphics, 18 pages, many terminal messages !!) on different terminal programs for X-Windows: gnome-terminal: 2 min 18 sec konsole (KDE-terminal): 1 min 30 sec xterm: 1 min 5 sec directly on the console (no X-Windows): 58 sec Normally i use the first. Hmm... ;-( Don't ask me for reasons, but if your ConTeXt is too slow, ask yourself if you run it on the right terminal -) Jens

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Tabulate and vertical spacing
by mari.voipio＠iki.fi 09 Nov '02

09 Nov '02

Hello! This is a YASQ (Yet Another Stupid Question) that might well have an answer in the mail archives, but they still don't cooperate (at least I cannot find any links to a working archive)... How do I change the vertical line spacing in a tabulation? My default setting is \setupwhitespace[medium], nothing else. Most of my tabulations are fine with this, but in one certain set I'd need to bring the lines vertically closer together - how do I achieve this? BTW, how does ConTeXt understand lines of a tabulation - are they altogether one block or is each line equivalent to a block? (Windows analogy: Word handles the text in each cell as a separate paragraph; but Word isn't exactly a good typesetter, anyway.) Thanks for your patience, Mari Voipio Finland

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