March 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

new version, new manuals, new files
by Hans Hagen 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hi, I uploaded a new version (stable and beta are now the same). This version inclused a few patches/extensions discussed recently. There is quite some new support for side floats, column sets have become rather stable (a manual will follow soon). Although a lot of functionality is still 'my little secret' to be revealed when users request it, you can ready find some info in www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals.details.pdf so, this manual has now moved from temp. It has currently some 80+ pages, and will probably tripple in size over time. This manual provides you some info about how to apply the relatively new layer and related things. The idea is that this kind of detailed trickery and/or thinsg not related to structuring will be discussed in details.pdf, while the structuring ends up in the ref manual (i'll pick up that thread soon). I also updated www.pragma-ade.com/show-fil.pdf (made nicer, watch the new image archive), www.pragma-ade.com/show-man.pdf (more manuals, not all yet on the site but i need the file here and it gives you an idea of what is coming), www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf Next in my list of manuals is finishing the correspondence manual (letters and envelops and alike), the pstopdf manual, and a few more. Happy reading and contexing, 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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ConTeXt beta installation issue
by Bruce D'Arcus 16 Mar '03

16 Mar '03

I've been using Simon's installer script successfully of late to install betas, but just ran into the following error (see below). Any ideas or suggestions? The command I used was: sudo perl install_context.pl --textree /Users/darcusb/Library/texmf /Applications/Installers/ConTeXt/cont-tmf.zip I do note that the pdfetex.pool it says it can't open is in this directory: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/ Bruce ======================== Making formats for languages en nl TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 running `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-en -progname=context *cont-en.ini' ... ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-en -progname=context *cont-en.ini' failed ######################################################################## ####### fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully. Visit the log files in directory /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c for details. ######################################################################## ####### This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-en -progname=context *cont-en.ini' failed ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? running `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-nl -progname=context *cont-nl.ini' ... ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-nl -progname=context *cont-nl.ini' failed ######################################################################## ####### fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully. Visit the log files in directory /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c for details. ######################################################################## ####### This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-nl -progname=context *cont-nl.ini' failed ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? TeX binary : pdfetex format(s) : en nl total run time : 8 seconds Failure executing texexec --make en nl

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fake columns -- ignore the last message
by Matthew Huggett 16 Mar '03

16 Mar '03

Sorry, The fake columns example works fine now. It appears I hadn't copied the example as exactly as I thought I had. Matt

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fake columns
by Matthew Huggett 16 Mar '03

16 Mar '03

Hi: I'm playing with fake columns as described on page 9 of details.pdf . I've copied the example exactly, but the text doesn't show up. \showgrid lets me see the columns, but the text that I want set in the columns is not there. Any ideas? Thanks Matt

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Font and index trouble (was Re: mathpple-a-like for ConTeXt?)
by Magnus Lie Hetland 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl>: > > At 11:56 PM 2/20/2003 +0100, Magnus Lie Hetland wrote: > > >I guess I'm just too green with ConTeXt, but I can't get this to > >work... Must i call \usetypescriptfile[somethingorother] first? > >(Actually, I get "undefined control sequence"...) > > What version do you run? Well, texexec --version returns 1.9. I'm using the version that comes with Gentoo Linux. I may well be missing something basic here -- I simply slapped your \usetypescript commands at the beginning of my ConTeXt file (before \starttext), and I get the following error messages: ! Undefined control sequence. <recently read> \usetypescript l.1 \usetypescript [berry][ec] ! Undefined control sequence. l.2 \usetypescript [palatino][ec] bodyfont : unknown variant palatino The commands were: \usetypescript[berry][ec] \usetypescript[palatino][ec] \setupbodyfont[palatino] Another thing that surprised me (not font-related) is that the \index command gobbles up the following space, even when I use braces; i.e. Foobar, babar\index{indexentry} krangas is typeset as Foobar, babarkrangas Is this normal behaviour? Must I manually insert a space there? > (let's move this discussion to the context list since it's not > related to pdftex) OK. > Hans -- Magnus Lie Hetland "Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist." http://hetland.org -- Indiana Jones

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m-bib question
by Bruce D'Arcus 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

IIRC, isn't it the case that texexec should take care of the bibtex run needed for mbib? Am finding I need to run bibtex before texexec to get it to work... Bruce

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module: t-layout now available
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Dear ConTeXt hackers, I have just uploaded a first version of my layout module. It displays the layout of the current page as well as some dimensions. Get it at http://levana.de/context/ Or directly at http://levana.de/context/layout/t-layout.tex An example pdf is at http://levana.de/context/layout/testlay.pdf Use it with \usemodule[layout] and show the layout with \layout Have fun and please don't hesitate to send comment. Patrick

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breaking text in mp code
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Hello all, I try to get a label in metafun that is broken into two lines: some text the following \break is silently ignored. Putting the textext inside a vbox did not help. ================================================== % interface=en output=pdf \starttext \startMPcode label (textext("some\break text"),origin); \stopMPcode \stoptext ================================================== How do I get the some text in two lines? Patrick

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Newspaper in ConTeXt?
by Giuseppe Bilotta 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

I seem to recall from various discussions that ConTeXt has some features that would come useful to typeset newspaper and similar stuff (columnsets being one of them, IIRC). Are there example of their usage, and possibly some kind of manual? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Interactive TOC bug?
by varheit＠gmx.de 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

Hi, In a larger project, I set up an interactive menu that links to the sections of the current chapter. Running out of screen estate, I changed the layout of the TOC to alternative=d. Now all I got was the error message at the bottom of this mail. The error message can be avoided, if the line ...interaction=all.. is commented. Also, keeping that line and using a different alternative=... works. This may be a bug. I searched the mailing list for this, without success. So I do apologize, if this problem had been discussed earlier. Vik \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupcolors[state=start] \setuplist[chapter][interaction=all] \starttext \placecontent[alternative=d] \chapter{Donald} \input knuth \stoptext ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \makelijstelement \v!paginanummer {\dolistattributes {\v!hoofdstu... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 \dosomelijstelement ...\translatednumber [#5]}}}}} }\donetrue \doifnothing {#... \dodolijstelement ...ment {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue l.8 ...pter}{1}{1}{Donald}{2::0:1:0:0:0:0:0::2}{2} -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!

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