February 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

new beta/details
by Hans Hagen 11 Feb '03

11 Feb '03

Hi, I uploaded a new beta + details.pdf (in /temp). It demo's some background things and quite some new side float options. 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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\setupitemize does no longer work?
by Berend de Boer 11 Feb '03

11 Feb '03

Hello All, The following example behaves differently then previously: ============================== \setupitemize [packed] \starttext This is a test: \startitemize \item First line. \item Second line. \item Third line. \stopitemize \stoptext ============================== Adding [packed] to startitemize gives the desired result. It seems packed is no longer inherited. How to achieve this with the latest release? -- Live long and prosper, Berend de Boer

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: lowerleftdoubleninequote
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 11 Feb '03

11 Feb '03

> another solution is to make a specific font handler (like the hanging one) where is it hanging? > for a class of fonts like cmr, in that case you can link such a handler to > for instance a cmr10 font (see hand-*) hand-* what? Sorry, I am not at all able to guess, what you will say with the above! Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] \placeformula
by Hans Hagen 11 Feb '03

11 Feb '03

At 10:08 PM 2/10/2003 -0500, Ed L Cashin wrote: >Did you mean for that to be a private email to Albrecht Kauffmann? I >hope not, because I peeked at details.pdf, and I noticed pseudo >columns. I was going to ask about them on the mailing list, but then >I realized that you might not have been joking about not wanting >everyone to see details.pdf. no problem, i'll upload a newer one later (more examples of the extended side float support) >Anyway, the first thing that occurred to me when seeing pseudocolumns >is that this might solve the column balancing problem, where context >could not balance columns that contained vboxes with lots of very >stretchy glue. That is, although the glue could stretch all you want, >the column bottoms would still be uneven. Like this: > > > > +----------------------------------+ > | | > | +-----------+ +-----------+ | > | | | | | | > | | | | | | > | | | | | | > | +-----------+ +-----------+ | > | | > | +------------+ | > | | | | > | | | +-----------+ | > | +------------+ | | | > | | | | > | +------------+ +-----------+ | > | | | | > | | | | > | +------------+ | > | +-----------+ | > | +------------+ | | | > | | | | | | > | | | | | | > | | | | | | > | | | | | | > | +------------+ +-----------+ | > +----------------------------------+ > > >Could the pseudocolumns feature solve that problem? I'm thinking that >maybe they could, because the problem before was that it was too >difficult to get the otr to do it. But I'm also thinking maybe >pseudocolumns won't solve it, since the above example could not be >achieved with the grid feature. i can probably build that into columnsets one day; on the other hand, columnsets provide you a means to position graphics directly \definecolumnset[mine][n=3] \setuppapersize[A3][A3] \setuptolerance[verytolerant] \setuplayout[backspace=1cm,topspace=1cm,width=middle,height=middle] \setuplayout[grid=on] \showgrid \tracecolumnsettrue \starttext \startcolumnset[mine] \placefigure[rltb]{}{} \placefigure[fxtb:2*13]{}{} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par} \stopcolumnset \stoptext this works ok with the beta i just uploaded 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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Screen background in two columns
by Michal Kvasnicka 10 Feb '03

10 Feb '03

Good afternoon. I'm typesetting a document in two columns. I'd like to typeset examples in it just in the rest of the text but with a screen background. I tried this: \setupcolors[state=start] \setupscreens[screen=0.8] \setupbackground [background=screen, leftoffset=1em, rightoffset=1em, topoffset=1em, bottomoffset=1em] \setupframedtexts [frame=off, background=screen, width=fit] But both \startbackground and \startframedtext does not allow column/page break. I want the background to start e.g. on the bottom of the left column and to go to the top of the right one. How can I get what I want? (Well, maybe a hard task in the TeX. Some time ago I would suppose it to be unpossible---but then I've seen such a wizardry in the ConTeXt that made me to think that everything is possible---at least for Mr. Hagen.) :-) Many greetings to all of you. M.K.

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next about expanding attributes and newly about clipping
by Martin Kolařík 10 Feb '03

10 Feb '03

Hi all, thanks for responses to \expanded{\bTD[align={...}]}. After reading this I remembered I have this issue solved -- BUT -- this did not work for me if I use ContML -- <table>, <td>, etc. from it. Now I have not tested this yet, so it probably already works (e.g. <table><tr><td align="left, lohi"></td></tr></table>). I'll try it. Second -- is it possible to define, when using \clip, some overlay? If I use \clip[nx=2,x=1]{\externalfigure[gif]} \page[yes] \clip[nx=2,x=2]{\externalfigure[gif]} I get two precisely clipped figures, but I would get/define something like \clip[nx=2,x=1,width=55% (or absolute value)]{\externalfigure[gif]} \page[yes] \clip[nx=2,x=2]{\externalfigure[gif]} to get the first image slightly overlayed over the second image. If I define width absolutely (e.g. 100mm), the clipped pieces ignore x=... parameter. Maybe, I should achieve overlay if I can define range of clipped areas like \clip[nx=20,x=1-11]{\externalfigure[gif]} \page[yes] \clip[nx=20,x=9-20]{\externalfigure[gif]} There both clipped figures overlay the second one. Is this possible anyhow? Thanks, Martin -------- Martin Kolarik Moravske Pristroje, a.s., Masarykova 1148, Zlin 76302 tel. +420 603 498 498, fax +420 577 107 171 web: http://www.mii.cz -------- e-mail: kolarik(a)mii.cz e-mail: kolarik(a)click.cz tel. +420 603 535 593

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combinations ins XML
by varheit＠gmx.de 10 Feb '03

10 Feb '03

Dear all, I would like to use the combination feature from an XML source. My XML environment file includes the following definitions: \defineXMLenvironment[combination] {\expanded{\startcombination[\XMLpar{combination}{layout}{2}*\XMLpar{combination}{rows}{1}]}} {\stopcombination} \defineXMLpickup[combinationentry] {\defineXMLpush[combinationitem]\defineXMLpush[combinationcaption]} {\expanded{\bgroup\XMLpop{combinationitem}\egroup\bgroup\XMLpop{combinationcaption}\egroup}} The XML source that I use looks like this: <combination columns="2" rows="1"> <combinationentry> <combinationitem>Image A</combinationitem> <combinationcaption>Caption for image A</combinationcaption> </combinationentry> <combinationentry> <combinationitem>Image B</combinationitem> <combinationcaption>Caption for image B</combinationcaption> </combinationentry> </combination> When I process this file I always get the following error: ! Missing { inserted. <to be read again> \def \parseXMLelement #1#2 #3>->\def \currentXMLarguments {#3}\if #1/\chardef \ki... l.5 <combinationentry> ? I have tried different variations without any success. Maybe somebody can help me. Vik -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen!

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Index sorting in Czech
by AlterEgo Qasars 10 Feb '03

10 Feb '03

Good morning. I have to typeset a document in Czech with index. How can I make the ConTeXt to sort it according to a Czech custom/norm? I tried to learn it from the ConTeXt source but I failed. Is there any help/documentation for it? To show what I need, see this please: 1) accutes: A and Aaccute goes in one section, but Aacute is after A (the same holds for E/Eacute, I/..., O/..., Y/...; U is special, since there is U, Uaccute and Uring). 2) carons: Ccaron, Dcaron etc. have thier own section. So there is one section for C, one for Ccaron, then is there D, then Dcaron etc. 3) Ecaron is no problem, since no Czech word can begin with it. But it goes in one section with E and Eaccute in a following order: E, Eaccute and Ecaron. 4) CH is in Czech supposed to be one letter. It stands after H. (There are some words where CH is two letters, but it can be ignored.) 5) There are much more rules, but they can be hardly algorithmized since they depend on a meaning. I can ignore them. Can some of you send me an example how to do it? Then I would try to implement it myself. Many thanks and greetings. Michal Kvasnicka

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tables for invoice again
by Roef Ragas 10 Feb '03

10 Feb '03

Goodmorning, Almost ready to send invoices to the world, the day we are all longing for ;) Somehow I can't get the \getvariable right within the table. On top of the file I've got: -snip \setvariables [getallen] [uurtarief=300, buy-out=399, agency=20] -snip Then I want to use these figures, which are fictional by the way, in the table, so I tried to incorporate them in the table with the \getvariable command. Please look at the attached file, and tell me what I'm doing wrong here. Thanks, Roef

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Re: [NTG-context] typescripts again (was to keep you busy ...)
by Hans Hagen 10 Feb '03

10 Feb '03

At 11:21 AM 2/8/2003 -0800, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: >On Sat, 08 Feb 2003 17:22:03 +0100, "Hans Hagen" <pragma(a)wxs.nl> said: > > At 06:59 AM 2/7/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > >On Fri, 07 Feb 2003 09:13:03 +0100, "Hans Hagen" <pragma(a)wxs.nl> said: > > > > > > > > > > > this means that it cannot find it on th elocal path but the file is > found > > > > elsewhere (there are some 5 strategies for locating files in context) > > > > > > > > can you send me the file + test file? > > > > > >Which "file"? I'll assume the typescriptfile, etc... > > > > your problem is related to a naming inconsistency: > > > > you map serif's in a typescript called > > > > [minionpro] > > > > but in defining the typeface use: > > > > [minionpro-osf] > > > > so, either name the typescript -pro as well, or call it up using: > > > > [minionpro,minionpro-osf] > > > > Seems that halefway defining you lost the -osf -) > >Well, this is just the start of the typescript. What I want in the end >is to have typescripts to call four different fonts: Minion, Minion-SC, >Minion-OSF, and Minion-SCOSF. So how do I deal with *that*? As you can >see, I don't quite understand some piece of this puzzle, though I'm not >really sure which! in that case, say things like [minionpro,minionpro-osf] and another typeface [minionpro,minionpro-whow] >Also, I just changed the name of the first typescript to add the -osf, >ran the file, adn got this error: > >! Font \*maintext5ptrmbs*:=MinionPro-BoldIt-OSF-8y at 5.0pt not loaded: >Not eno this can be solved by enlarging the mem settings in texmf.cnf and regenerating the format 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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