February 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] \placeformula
by Hans Hagen 10 Feb '03

10 Feb '03

At 06:20 AM 2/10/2003 +0100, you wrote: >Hi all, > >is there any documentation of the commands \placeformula, >\startformula, and so on? > >With many thanks for any hint you can find details in core-mat.tex (reminds me to finish updating the main manual -) also, if you don't tell the others, you may peek into www.pragma-ade.com/temp/details.pdf (unfinished, incompleet, unchecked, un*, in*) 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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Re: [NTG-context] reference problem
by Hans Hagen 09 Feb '03

09 Feb '03

At 03:23 AM 2/9/2003 +0100, Albrecht Kauffmann wrote: >Hi all, > >I have a problem with references to equationnumbers. > >Let \the\equationnumber be 1. If I type > >\reference[a]{(\the\equationnumber)}$$ (a formula) $$ >\advance\equationnumber by 1 >\reference[b]{(\the\equationnumber)}$$ (another formula) $$ >... \in[a],\in[b] ... > >I expect to get "... (1),(2) ...". With an older version of Context >(2000.12.14) this works fine. But with the new version (2002.10.23), I get >for both equation a and b the same number (namely the last, 2): >"... (2),(2) ...". looks pretty low level to me -) \startformula[for:a] a formula \stopformula as we see in \in {formula} [for:a] ... 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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m-graph and the definition of \@@expanded
by Adam Lindsay 09 Feb '03

09 Feb '03

Hi ConTeXters... I was wondering if the metapost/fun module "m-graph" was still working for everyone. I worked with it a lot last October/November, but haven't had the need to revisit it recently. For those interested, does: texexec --pdf --mode=demo m-graph.tex ....work correctly? (m-graph is from tex/context/base/m-graph.tex, and the data files it expects are in doc/metapost/base/*.d) Am I the only one having problems, or were the syst-* macros changed after 31 October 2002 so as to conflict with something deep inside graph.mp? I get the same problem with both the latest ConTeXt as well as one from ~5 December. It *might* something else I'm trying to debug, but I get the following when trying to \usemodule[graph]: ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \@@expanded. <to be read again> ( <argument> ...fi ; input graph ; vardef Gsetr_@##( suffix $)(expr l, h) = Gcl... \expanded ...\long \xdef \@@expanded {\noexpand #1 }\@@expanded \theMPinclusions ...A {\the \MPinitializations ;}} \writeMPgraphic {} \startwritingMPgraphic ...untime}\theMPinclusions \else \openMPgraphicfile {... \startMPgraphic ...hic {#1}\startwritingMPgraphic \writeMPgraphic {#1}\stopw... ... l.9 \stopMPpage Sorry to bother the list with something so specialist, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Adam Lindsay +44(0)1524 594 537 atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/atl/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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column woes
by Idris S Hamid 09 Feb '03

09 Feb '03

Dear cell, Here is a table that works in pdfetex mode, but not Plain mode (I hope it survives transmission!). Again, the problem appears to be non-fatal, but very irritating: ===================== \bgroup \tfx\setupinterlinespace %\switchtobodyfont[10pt] \placetable [here][tab:cognition]{The three types of cognition.} \starttable[|l|l|l|l|] \HL \VL \emph{mode of} \VL \emph{locus of} \VL \emph{objects of} \VL \emph{ontological} \VL\FR \VL \emph{cognition} \VL \emph{cognition} \VL \emph{cognition} \VL \emph{rank of} \VL\NR \VL \VL \VL \VL \emph{objects of} \VL\NR \VL \VL \VL \VL \emph{cognition} \VL\LR \HL \VL knowledge \VL bosom \VL forms or \VL the universal \VL\FR \VL \VL \VL images \VL soul \VL\LR \HL \VL certainty \VL heart \VL meanings/ \VL the universal \VL\FR \VL \VL \VL intelligibles \VL nous \VL\LR \HL \VL cognizance \VL heart-flux \VL light of \VL existence \emph{qua} \VL\FR \VL \VL \VL cognizance \VL negatively \VL\NR \VL \VL \VL \VL conditioned \VL\LR \HL \stoptable \egroup ===================== and the error: ===================== ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \convertedargument. <to be read again> \tabskip <argument> ##\tabskip \LeftTabskip & \hfil \startglobalTABLEcolor \vrule \!t... \convertargument ...ng \def \convertedargument {#1 }\dodoglobal \edef #2{\con... \getTABLEnofcolumns ...nvertargument #1\to \ascii \@EA \doglobal \@EA \count... \!ttDoHalign ...LEnofcolumns {\the \!taPreamble }} \halign \the \!taTableSpre... \restartTABLE ...pareTABLEsplitting \restartTABLE \TABLEhead l.10 \starttable[|l|l|l|l|] ? ===================== Idris

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columns in floats
by Hans Hagen 09 Feb '03

09 Feb '03

Hi Chris, >Is there any way to use double-column itemization inside the >figure? I have tried to put it first inside a \vbox but it >doesn't work. Neither enclosing in startcolums..stopcolumns >does. The itemize columns use the multi column otr. There is a not advertized escape: \starttext \startsimplecolumns[n=4] \startitemize \item test \item test \item test \item test \stopitemize \stopsimplecolumns \stoptext No guarantees -) 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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Lost in the murky detail of designing a page layout
by Guy Worthington 09 Feb '03

09 Feb '03

I'm out of my depth, I've looked at the s-*.tex layouts, and have read chapter 3 of the manual, but am not confident in designing a page layout. For instance, I'm not sure how I ensure that vsize comes out as a multiple of baselineskips, or how to ensure that double sided pages are printed correctly. My initial design parameters (for a double sided page) are: 1) paper size = A4 2) hsize = 2.5 times the length of the lowercase alphabet in the default font -- lucida-bright at 12pt. i.e. \setbox0={abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz} \hsize=2.5\wd0 3) vsize = golden-ratio times hsize (rounded to integer baselineskips) = 1.62\hsize 4) backspace margin = hsize divided by seven 5) topspace margin = backspace margin. How do I translate these into my \setuplayout parameters?

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Getting the PDF postscript fonts to work
by Berend de Boer 09 Feb '03

09 Feb '03

Hello Anyone, Has anyone been able to use the standard PDF postscript fonts with context? I recently upgraded to tetex 2.0, latest context, so had to restart with the font stuff. 1. After tinkering I could get the URW stuff working, but I want the Adobe. 2. After even more tinkering I got something that seems to load the Adobe fonts, but when I look with Acrobat Reader it talks about Times New Roman and Arial fonts. Perhaps somebody has the right combination of .map files, pdftex.cfg, typefaces, typescripts, fontfaces/defines/whatever (get crazy of it), so I can just use the standard 15 PDF fonts. -- Live long and prosper, Berend de Boer

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Error running metapost
by Johannes Hüsing 08 Feb '03

08 Feb '03

Dear all, after installing the latest beta I tried to compile my old sources, but the metapost pass called from within a pdfetex run stopped with the error message: ! Equation cannot be performed (numeric=boolean). <to be read again> ; l.24 spotcolors := true ; Looking at the mpgraph file I see the following line: if unknown context_spec : input mp-spec ; fi ; and in my version of mp-spec spotcolors is declared to be boolean. Indeed, when I run 'mpost filename-mpgraph' I get no error message and all mp-* files are included. Any hint on where context_spec et al are set? Groet Johannes -- Johannes Hüsing There is something fascinating about science. One gets hannes(a)ruhrau.de such wholesale returns of conjecture from such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain

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reference problem
by Albrecht Kauffmann 08 Feb '03

08 Feb '03

Hi all, I have a problem with references to equationnumbers. Let \the\equationnumber be 1. If I type \reference[a]{(\the\equationnumber)}$$ (a formula) $$ \advance\equationnumber by 1 \reference[b]{(\the\equationnumber)}$$ (another formula) $$ ... \in[a],\in[b] ... I expect to get "... (1),(2) ...". With an older version of Context (2000.12.14) this works fine. But with the new version (2002.10.23), I get for both equation a and b the same number (namely the last, 2): "... (2),(2) ...". Is this a bug, or has somewhat changed? With many thanks in advance Albrecht

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tip
by Hans Hagen 08 Feb '03

08 Feb '03

Hi \def\bTN#1\eTN{\bTD\digits#1\relax\eTD} % will be in next release will give you digit alignment \bTABLE \bTR\bTD one \eTD\bTN ~25,== \eTN\bTN ~~0,00 \eTN\eTR \bTR\bTD two \eTD\bTN 125,-- \eTN\bTN `00,00 \eTN\eTR \eTABLE see supp-num.tex %D \starttabulatie[|l|l|l|] %D \NC \type{.} \NC , . \NC comma or period \NC \NR %D \NC \type{,} \NC , . \NC comma or period \NC \NR %D \NC \type{@} \NC \NC invisible space \NC \NR %D \NC \type{_} \NC \NC invisible space \NC \NR %D \NC \type{/} \NC \NC invisible sign \NC \NR %D \NC \type{-} \NC $-$ \NC minus sign \NC \NR %D \NC \type{+} \NC $+$ \NC plus sign \NC \NR %D \NC \type{s} \NC \NC invisible high sign \NC \NR %D \NC \type{p} \NC $\positive$ \NC high plus sign \NC \NR %D \NC \type{m} \NC $\negative$ \NC high minus sign \NC \NR %D \NC \type{n} \NC $\negative$ \NC high minus (negative) sign \NC \NR %D \NC \type{=} \NC $\zeroamount$ \NC zero padding \NC \NR %D \stoptabulatie other alignments are discussed there 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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