December 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: ConTeXt question
by Hans Hagen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 20:13 08/12/2003, you wrote: >Dear Mr. Hagen, > >I am looking for articles, books, dissertations, etc that were typeset >with ConTeXt. Is there an archive of such documents and their ConTeXt >source code? > >Thanks for any help you can provide. The best thing you can do is to post a message to the context list, i'm sure that there are users out there who can show you / point you to their work ... Hans

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Re: cont-doc module
by Hans van der Meer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On woensdag, okt 9, 2002, at 16:30 Europe/Amsterdam, Hans Hagen wrote: > At 03:54 PM 10/9/2002 +0200, Hans van der Meer wrote: >> Waar vind ik het bestand cont-doc.zip? >> Volgens MAPS 24 p.88 heb ik dat nodig om met texexec --module de >> documentatie te kunnen zitten. >> Ik kan deze module niet vinden in de context download en ook niet op >> de pragma site. > > these files are now in theregular distribution, so > > texexec --modu --pdf somedoc.tex > > should work > Well, I now type "texexec --modu --pdf font-ini.tex" (one of the files in the ConTeXt distribution) and this results in an execution that has to be finished with Control-D, the pdf produced puts Adobe Acrobate into an infinite loop. How can I produce the documentation if the recipe given does not seem to work (anymore). The above call gives the following output (the last series of lines only): > kleur : kleur wordt vertaald in grijs > interactie : actief > ) > systems : begin file texexec at line 4 > (./font-ini.ted > systems : randomizer starts with 1268411200 > This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.4.5) > (texexec-mpgraph.mp [1] > metafun 2003-12-13 21:38 > ) > 1 output file written: texexec-mpgraph.1 > Transcript written on texexec-mpgraph.log. > [MP to PDF] (./texexec-mpgraph.1) > interactie : pdftex code tussengevoegd > [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/dvips/config/pdftex.map}{/ > Users/hans/Li > brary/texmf/pdftex/config/texnansi-yandy-lucida.map}{/Users/hans/ > Library/texmf/ > pdftex/config/texnansi-yandy-mathtime.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/ > pdftex/con > fig/texnansi-adobe-courier.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/pdftex/ > config/texnans > i-adobe-helvetic.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/ > texnansi-adobe-pa > latino.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/texnansi-adobe- > times.map}{/ > Users/hans/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/texnansi-adobe-utopia.map}{/ > Users/hans/L > ibrary/texmf/pdftex/config/texnansi-urw-courier.map}{/Users/hans/ > Library/texmf/ > pdftex/config/texnansi-urw-helvetic.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/ > pdftex/confi > g/texnansi-urw-palatino.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/ > texnansi-u > rw-times.map}] > ! Argument of \next1 has an extra }. > <inserted text> > \par > <to be read again> > } > \expanded ...long \xdef \@@expanded {\noexpand #1} > \@@expanded > \executepagebreakhandlers ...cesscommacommand [#1] > > \executepagebreakhandler > \dopagebreak ...tes \executepagebreakhandlers {#1} > \else \flushnotes > \execute... > > \processnextcommalist ...doprocesscommaitem #4#5,] > \relax \global > \advance \c... > ... > l.12 ...yright={PRAGMA / Hans Hagen \& Ton Otten}] Someone knows what is the problem here? Thanks in advance. Hans van der Meer

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problem with nested tables
by Hans Hagen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi Willi, \unprotected \def\@@tblprefix{\@@tbl:\ifnum\TBLlevel>1 :\TBLlevel:\fi} is the magic line; some time ago i added yet another auto span detection trick and one of the internal variables clashes when a nested table is used; so the solution is in a more discriminating nested prefix 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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\goto with references which don't exist, how to spot?
by Tobias Burnus 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hello, I use something like \goto{chapter}[some-reference] where this chapter is not yet written (and thus I have later to check whether it is indeed called 'some-reference' and not by chance 'some-other-reference'). Unfortunally, ConTeXt writes 'chapter' and not e.g. chapter~{\bf ??} or chapter~$\blacksquare$ or something else which is easily spotable. (I like the square, a '\bf ??' is too easily be overlooked.). How can I make ConTeXt show such a sign if it cannot resolve a reference? Tobias

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Re: [NTG-context] spanish
by Hans Hagen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:20 05/12/2003, you wrote: >HI > >I have been reading lang-ita.tex to see how a language is >defined. There are some errors. I have compare the translation with those >done by Javier Bezos in >spanish for babel ( he has studied spanish typesetting to build the style) So, you suggest: \setupheadtext [\s!es] [\v!tabellen=Cuadros] \setupheadtext [\s!es] [\v!figuren=Figuras] \setupheadtext [\s!es] [\v!intermezzos=intermedios] \setupheadtext [\s!es] [\v!afkortingen=Abreviaci\'ones] \setupheadtext [\s!es] [\v!eenheden=Unidades] \setuplabeltext [\s!es] [\v!tabel=Cuadro ] \setuplabeltext [\s!es] [\v!figuur=Figura ] \setuplabeltext [\s!es] [\v!intermezzo=intermedio ] % for instance some intermdiate (often framed) textual intermezzo \setuplabeltext [\s!es] [\v!january=enero] \setuplabeltext [\s!es] [\v!september=septiembre] \setuplabeltext [\s!es] [\v!december=diciembre] Are there other spanish users out there who disagree? If not, i'll patch ... Hans

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Selecting a page as a figure from a pdf
by Nigel King 15 Dec '03

15 Dec '03

All, I am aware of \filterpages but I would like to be able to insert part of a single page from a multi page pdf and I have not been able to find anything on the list of manuals. (\clip does not seem to work with \filterpages). Does anybody have any ideas? TIA -- Nigel

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MP figures in the background
by Zunbeltz Izaola 15 Dec '03

15 Dec '03

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 I need the \hbox{} because there has to be something to typeset. The next thing i want to do is to have a second page. I use the \page[yes] command. The problem is that with this the background apears to in the second page, and i don't want that. How can i define a background figure only for certain page? Thanks in advance, Zunbeltz

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Converting Latex style files for use in Context
by Adam Tee 15 Dec '03

15 Dec '03

Hi all, I have an ebnf grammar which I need to put in a context doc and have a specific style file (ebnf.sty). Is there an easy way to convert it for use in context. Thanks Adam

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MetaPost with etex/btex
by David Munger 14 Dec '03

14 Dec '03

Hello, The following code results in no label output: \starttext \startMPcode label.top(btex Some label etex, (1cm,1cm)) ; \stopMPcode \stoptext I'm using ConTeXt 2003.12.12. By the way, why don't \startMPgraphic and \stopMPgraphic do anything? David

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texexec page selection changes output?
by karl＠freefriends.org 14 Dec '03

14 Dec '03

(Sorry if this is the wrong list, I could not find a better one.) I recently used texexec to select a given page from a file (attached) of three pages: texexec --pdfselect --selection=2 --result=cover2-tx.pdf covers.pdf It worked fine, but bnb noticed that the resulting cover2-tx.pdf was different then the original: it is offset to the right by a pica or so, and the "TUGboat" is moved down a similar amount. When I extract the same page from the same file with gs: gs -q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=cover2-gs.pdf \ -dFirstPage=2 -dLastPage=2 covers.pdf -c quit the result is correct, i.e., the extracted page is identical (as far as I can tell) to the original. This happens with texexec 4.0 (and also with 2.8 and 3.1). This is just FYI in case it's a bug you want to fix ... karl

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