December 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Synchronization (.tex <-> .pdf)
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

Hi, I don't now how many ConTeXt user are aware of the idea of synchronization. In the LaTeX area of TeX it has a kind of tradition (Textures, srcltx, ...) for dvi output. For PDF output Jérôme Laurens has now written a package (for use with iTeXMac and TeXShop) that makes the advantages from source-output synchronization also available for the todays standard PDF. But as so many things in the TeX world it is written as a "plug-in" for LaTeX. Does anybody has an idea how to use this great achievement also with ConTeXt? For those who would like to have a look at Jérôme's great work, I insert his code at the end of this email. Thank you very much, Steffen Wolfrum %%%% This is pdfsync.sty %%%% 2003-12-08: %%%% There is a bug in using everyvbox... novbox is now the default %%%% bug fixed: $0$ was no visible %%%% 2003-11-28: %%%% comment characters added to fix an error. Don't know exactly the cause... %%%% Default option is all... %%%% Could not use \everydisplay... (bug in eqnarray) %%%% 2003-11-19 %%%% first version %%%% usage: \usepackage[display,cr,vbox]{PDFSYNC} %%%% appends reference points before each \par and at each \hbox, inline math; %%%% optionally also at every displayed math, with the option [display] %%%% optionally also at every \cr, with the option [cr] %%%% optionally also at every \vbox, with the option [vbox] %%%% %%%% If you want additional files to be parsed, please use the command %%%% \include (which is redefined below) %%%% This file is due to Piero D'Ancona and jlaurens(a)users.sourceforge.net %%%% iTeXMac is supporting pdfsync %%%% Copy this file to ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex or ~/Library/TeX/texmf/tex/latex if available %%%% This file is distributed under the GPL and the "smart licence": please make things better if you can %%%% © 2003, jlaurens(a)users.sourceforge.net % \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}% \ProvidesPackage{pdfsync}[2003/12/08 v0.3]% \newif\ifPDFSYNCOK% \newif\ifPDFSYNCStar% \newif\ifPDFSYNCPar \PDFSYNCPartrue% \newif\ifPDFSYNCMath \PDFSYNCMathtrue% \newif\ifPDFSYNCCr \PDFSYNCCrtrue% \newif\ifPDFSYNCHBox \PDFSYNCHBoxtrue% \newif\ifPDFSYNCVBox \PDFSYNCVBoxfalse% \newif\ifPDFSYNCExtra \PDFSYNCExtratrue% \newwrite\PDFPOS% \newcount\PDFSYNC@folio\PDFSYNC@folio=0% \newcount\PDFSYNC@rder\PDFSYNC@rder=0% \DeclareOption{nopar}{\PDFSYNCParfalse}% \DeclareOption{nomath}{\PDFSYNCMathfalse}% \DeclareOption{nocr}{\PDFSYNCCrfalse}% \DeclareOption{nohbox}{\PDFSYNCHBoxfalse}% \DeclareOption{novbox}{\PDFSYNCVBoxfalse}% \DeclareOption{vbox}{\PDFSYNCVBoxtrue}% \DeclareOption{noextra}{\PDFSYNCExtrafalse}% \DeclareOption{nothing}{\let\pdfsyncstart\pdfsyncstop}% \ProcessOptions\relax% \RequirePackage{everyshi}% \ifx\pdfsavepos\undefined% \wlog{Synchronization is only available with pdf. Use a dvi viewer instead.}% \let\pdfsyncstart\relax% \let\pdfsyncstop\relax% \let\pdfsync\relax% \let\@PDFSYNC\relax% \else% \def\pdfsyncstart{\global\PDFSYNCOKtrue}% \def\pdfsyncstop{\global\PDFSYNCOKfalse}% \EveryShipout{\@PDFSYNC\global\advance\PDFSYNC@folio by 1\immediate\write\PDFPOS{s\space\the\PDFSYNC@folio}}% \immediate\openout\PDFPOS\jobname.pdfsync% \immediate\write\PDFPOS{\jobname}% control info \immediate\write\PDFPOS{version 0}% control info \let\PDFSYNC@include\include% \def\PDFSYNC@@include#1{% \immediate\write\PDFPOS{(#1}% \PDFSYNC@include{#1}\immediate\write\PDFPOS{)}}% \let\include\PDFSYNC@@include% \def\@PDFSYNC{% \ifPDFSYNCOK% \pdfsavepos% \immediate\write\PDFPOS{l\space\the\PDFSYNC@rder\space\the\inputlineno}% \def\position{\the\pdflastxpos\space\the\pdflastypos}% \ifPDFSYNCStar% \edef\argument{{p*\space\the\PDFSYNC@rder\space\noexpand\position}}% \else% \edef\argument{{p\space\the\PDFSYNC@rder\space\noexpand\position}}% \fi% \expandafter\write\expandafter\PDFPOS\argument% \global\advance\PDFSYNC@rder by 1% \fi}% \def\pdfsync{\global\PDFSYNCStartrue\@PDFSYNC\global\PDFSYNCStarfalse}% \def\PDFSYNC@Extra{% % \let\PDFSYNC@maketitle\maketitle\def\maketitle{\pdfsyncstop\PDFSYNC@maketitle\pdfsyncstart} \let\PDFSYNC@newline\\\def\\{{\@PDFSYNC}\PDFSYNC@newline}% \global\let\PDFSYNC@verse\verse \global\def\verse{\PDFSYNC@verse\let\PDFSYNC@newline\\\def\\{{\@PDFSYNC}\PDFSYNC@newline}}% }% \AtBeginDocument{% \pdfsyncstart% \ifPDFSYNCPar\global\let\p@@r\par\gdef\par{{\@PDFSYNC}\p@@r}\fi% \ifPDFSYNCMath\everymath{{\@PDFSYNC}}\fi% \ifPDFSYNCCr\everycr {{\@PDFSYNC}}\fi% \ifPDFSYNCHBox\everyhbox {{\@PDFSYNC}}\fi% \ifPDFSYNCVBox\everyvbox {{\@PDFSYNC}}\fi%there is a bug here \ifPDFSYNCExtra\PDFSYNC@Extra\fi% }% \fi% \endinput

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\hyphenatedurl problem
by Tobias Burnus 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

Hi, I'm sure I miss something obvious but I have no clue what it is. I have: \def\gotoDOI#1{\hyphenatedurl#1} \gotoDOI{10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01361-6} \hyphenatedurl{10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01361-6} and I redefined supp-lan.tex's \scanurl to hyphenate at '(' and ')'. The strange thing is: Using gotoDOI the linebreak comes after the last '-' ('...01361-' // '6') while using hyphenatedurl it's '...(01)' // '01361-6' (the latter is desired). See attached test case. The real definition of gotoDOI will be: \def\gotoDOI#1{\useURL[doi][#1]\useURL[doiurl][http://dx.doi.org/#1]% \goto{\url[doi]}[url(doiurl)]} MERRY CHRISTMAS (or happy holidays) AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Tobias PS: Hans, can you include ( and ) as places where a hyphenation may happen?

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texexec changes drives
by David Arnold 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

All, I have Miktex and context installed on my F: drive (partition). My path: C:\Temp>path PATH=F:\MIKTEX\CONTEXT\PERLTK;F:\MIKTEX\MIKTEX\BIN;C:\GS\GS7.04\BIN;C:\GS\GS 7.04 \LIB;C:\PERL\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\YANDY\YANDYTEX\ ;E:\ MATLAB6P1\BIN\WIN32;C:\EMACS\BIN;;C:\GHOSTGUM\GSVIEW\;;F:\MSYS\1.0\MINGW\BIN ;F:\ IMAGINE\BIN;;E:\J2SDK1.4.0_02\BIN;E:\MATLAB6P5\BIN\WIN32 Look what happens every time I run texexec. C:\temp>texexec --version TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 total run time : 1 seconds F:\Temp> The drive changes! I am using Miktex, have deleted texexec from /Miktex/bin, and have pointed my path at /Miktex/context/perltk as you can see above. Has anyone else experienced this strange behavior of changing drives?

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vertical spacing in tabulate
by Patrick Gundlach 20 Dec '03

20 Dec '03

Dear ConTeXt users, I'd like to reduce the vertical spacing in the following tabulation. How do I do this? I couldn't find an answer in the up-to-date (4). \starttext \tfxx \starttabulate[|r|l|r|] \NC 1\NC Testbild (Mittagspause)\NC 2:42\NC \NR \NC 2\NC Innenstadtfront (Mittagspause)\NC 1:11\NC \NR \NC 3\NC Risikofaktor 1:X (Male)\NC 1:31\NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext Patrick -- mon transistor j'adore

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bookmarks, accented caracters, breaking URLs
by Tobias Burnus 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

Hello, (first: Thanks, Hans for the answer, I added some space in \unknownreference and a $\blacktriangleright$, but otherwise I won't miss any reference anymore; fingers crossed.) (a) I fail somehow to produce bookmarks (or 'outlines') for the Acrobat Reader. I tried \placebookmarks[chapter,section,subsection] \starttext \chapter{foo} \stoptext but the outline is completely empty. This is with pdfeTeX (Web2C 7.4.5) 3.14159-1.10b-2.1, ConTeXt ver:2003.11.27 and acroread 5.0.5 for Linux. I don't insist on bookmarks, but I think they are nice if you get them for free. (b) Accented characters in bookmarks (I think) or the 'general info' dialog An {\"a} is shown as 'dobuildtextaccent char 127 a'. Having a 'ä' would be nice since then the indexer would find this. Since it is only 'Universität' (a proper name) this is not an important search term, though. (c) With some URLs in my literature reference list, I run into the problem that they are not (properly) hyphenized. I use \def\gotoURL#1{\useURL[foo][#1]\goto{\url[foo]}[url(foo)]} for this purpose. I would like to see a linebreak at '/' and in long words (with out printing a '-'). I get ('|' denotes the column width and the page width): | | DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01361-6 | | | | http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CylindricalCoordinates. html. Tobias

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\loadfontfileoncetrue?
by David Arnold 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

Hmmm,... I haven't tried included graphics for a while, so I downloaded the new beta into my Miktex system, regenerated formats, and attempted to compile the code below. I got the following error: ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \global \loadfontfileoncetrue % ! You can't use a prefix with `\shipout'. <to be read again> \shipout l.2 \shipout \hbox{\smash{\hbox{\hbox{% line 226 C:\temp\junk-mpgraph.mp [1] ) (see the transcript file for additional information) I have write18 enabled in miktex.ini, and adjusted cont-sys.tex: % Enabling run time \METAPOST\ (also enable \write18 in % texmf.cnf): \runMPgraphicstrue \runMPTEXgraphicstrue % This saves some runtime, but needs a format, which you can % make with 'texexec --make --alone metafun'. Make sure that % the mem files are moved to the used web2c path (locate with % 'kpsewhich plain.mem'). \useMETAFUNformattrue % Enabling nested pretty printing: \newprettytrue % This can be a way to get things working on system with % name clashes. (Some \TeX's tend do search system wide.) \protectbufferstrue Anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong? \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \section{Including the MPcode in the placefigure mechanism} \placefigure [here] [] {the label} {\startMPcode label.top(btex Some label 1 etex, (1cm,1cm)) ; \stopMPcode} \section{startMPgraphic -- placeMPgraphic} \startMPgraphic label.top(btex Some label 2 etex, (1cm,1cm)) ; \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic{width=15cm} \placeMPgraphic \section{startuseMPgraphic -- useMPgraphic} \startuseMPgraphic{Label2} label.top(btex Some label 3 etex, (1cm,1cm)) ; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{Label2} \section{startreusableMPgrpahic -- reuseMPgraphic} \startreusableMPgraphic{Label3} label.top(btex Some label 4 etex, (1cm,1cm)) ; \stopreusableMPgraphic \reuseMPgraphic{Label3} \stoptext

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Re: Active points on a ground plan (CD-ROM catalogue)
by Steffen Wolfrum 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Very nice, thank you Hans! Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 16:33 11/12/2003, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'd like to make the CD-ROM catalogue (PDF) of an architectural exhibition > >in ConTeXt. > > > > > >In short the general idea is: > > > >- First you have a page with a map showing the locations of the different > >buildings. > >- Then you should point on location you are interested in and jump to the > >page where this particular building is described in detail. > >- Then again you should be able to jump back to the point (centered?) on > >the map where you have started. > > > > > >My main question now is: > > > >Is it possible in ConTeXt to locate/define on the map (one image) certain > >points/areas that will contain the links to respective the detail page? > > Ha, when i tried to locate that old code, i ran into a bug (\dosingleempty > is less tolerant than 5 years ago), so first a patch: > > \unprotect > > \def\dodostartfigure[#1][#2][#3]#4\stopfigure > {\doifelse\v!test\@@exoptie > {\teststartfigure[#1][#2][#3]#4\teststopfigure > \let\@@exhokjes\v!aan} > {\let\@@exhokjes\v!uit}% > \setvalue{\??ef\??ef#1}% > {\def\next{\placestartfigure[#1][#2][#3]#4\placestopfigure}% > \dosingleempty\next}% > \doifundefined{#1}{\setvalue{#1}{\getexternalfigure{#1}}}} > > \protect > > > Now you can do things like: > > \setupinteraction > [state=start] > > % \setupexternalfigures > % [option=test] > > \startfigure[TheProces][work016a][factor=200] > \referring (10.7,9.4) (4.3,2.3) [r:psfile] > \referring (16.5,16.5) (4.3,2.3) [r:pdffile] > \marking (10.7,9.4) (4.3,2.3) [m:psfile] > \marking (16.5,16.5) (4.3,2.3) [m:pdffile] > \stopfigure > > \starttext > > \title{Files} > > \placefigure > {Whatever files we use.} > {\TheProces} > > \title[r:psfile]{PostScrip Files} > > We're talking about PostScript files, see \in[m:psfile]! > > \title[r:pdffile]{PDF Files} > > We're talking about PDF files, see \in[m:pdffile]! > > \stoptext > > Uncommenting the test will provide you a suitable test bed. > > (Sorry for the bit oldfashioned code; it originates from the pre pdf time) > > Hans > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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pdf[e]tex formats
by Pawel Jackowski na Onet 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Hi all! The question is not about ConTeXt, but... I need to generate non-standard pdf[e]tex format. To do so I prepared pro.ini file which contains: \pdfoutput=1 \input plain \input my-set-of-macros \dump \endinput Then I run pdftex with command: pdftex -ini -jobname=pro pro.ini The format has been successfully generated. However, when I use generated format, the following error message appears: Error: pdftex.exe (file pdftex.cfg): cannot open config file ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished! I don't have such problem with any standard formats. Could somebody tell me what is wrong? Thanks, Pawe/l

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Re: [NTG-context] MP figures in the background
by Hans Hagen 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

>Hi Hans! >I'm in trouble with this method. (I supose the error is mine). >I can draw the MP graphic using \useMPgraphic, but when i use > >\defineoverlay[bihotzak][\useMPgraphic{bihotz}] >\setupbackgrounds[paper][background=bihotzak] > >I get the following error >systems : randomizer starts with 150693575 >[MP to PDF] (./mpgraph.1) >layout : calculating backgrounds >[MP to PDF] (./mpgraph.4000 >! Dimension too large. >\handleMPboundingbox ... 2 \advance \dimen 0 #4bp > \dimen 0=\MPxscale >\dimen ... >l.2 %%BoundingBox: -6 -141 --32768 --32768 strange, it works here; anyhow, you use very smalls numbers and (0.017mm) on the one end and big ones later on, and somehow you end up with a boundingbox of 32K bp which is pretty large, The solution is in changing some dimensions: roughly design at the size you want and use xysized(..,..) to scale thing sto proportions Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] MP figures in the background
by Hans Hagen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:24 15/12/2003, you wrote: >Hi, > >I'm doing a christmars card in ConTeXt!. I've the following setup > >\setuppapersize[CD][A4] >\setuplayout[marking=on,location=middle] > >\starttext >\startuseMPgraphic{dummy} >... >... >\stopuseMPgraphic > >\defineoverlay[backfigure][\useMPgraphic{dummy}] >\setupbackground[paper][background=backfigure] >\hbox{} >\stoptext >\starttext >\startuseMPgraphic{dummy} >... >... >\stopuseMPgraphic > >\defineoverlay[backfigure][\useMPgraphic{dummy}] >\setupbackground[paper][background=backfigure] >\hbox{} >\stoptext \defineoverlay[page][\useMPgraphic{dummy}] \setupbackground[page][background=page] \startstandardmakeup some text \stopstandardmakeup \setupbackground[page][background=] rest of text on next page or: \definelayer[page] \setlayer[page]{\useMPgraphic{dummy}] \startstandardmakeup some text \stopstandardmakeup rest of text on next page Hans (who right now is going to print this years christmas card -)

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