April 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] TeX Live 7
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

> > >This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C > >7.3.7x) > > > >fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of 60000008 bytes). > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >Should I really increase memory to run an one-word job? > > > >There must be an other error. > > > > > > this is an OS problem, if you run some old windows (95/98), make sure > >that > > > there is enough non fragemented disk space left on your c drive (or the > > > disk where the virtual mem file resides); it may help to increase your > > > virtual mem; tex needs some 16-32 M per job (kind of fixed) > > > > > > Hans > > > >I run tetex on linux (debian). > >I have compared the memory settings in the context section of both TeX Live > >6 and 7, they are identical. > >Do you have any ideas? > > the message is not a tex one (say: too less font mem, or hash exceeded) but > an operating system one; this may happen when you rmem settings in the > texmf.cnf file don't match the values stored in the format file; did you > regenerate the format? > > i also wonder where the 60 meg of mem request comes from > > Hans I made the following little experiments with 'simple.tex': ------------------simple.tex---------------- \starttext Test. \stoptext ------------------------------------------------- I hope, that the following command ist �quivalent to 'texexec simple' > pdfetex --efmt cont-en simple This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) entering extended mode (./simple.tex Error: pdfetex (file pdftex.cfg): cannot open config file (The former xmalloc-error is not reported, but 'pdftex.cfg' could not opened!?) > pdfetex This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) **\relax entering extended mode {/usr/TeX/texmf-var/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} *\end No pages of output. Transcript written on texput.log. (Here, 'pdftex.cfg' is found and opened!! ) I created an further pdftedx.cfg in my user-tree and I get: > pdfetex --efmt cont-en simple This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) entering extended mode (./simple.tex Error: pdfetex (file pdftex.cfg): cannot open config file > pdfetex This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) **\relax entering extended mode {/home/wwl/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} *\end No pages of output. Transcript written on texput.log. Is this ok or wrong? Is this the same error as bevor or a second error? Obviously this is format dependend. The format is newly made with: texexec --make en The new format is written to /usr/TeX/texmf-var/web2c/cont-en.efmt Timestamp looks ok! Wolfgang

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placing an accent
by Idris S Hamid 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

Dear gang, A bug or feature? \t oo does not work in ConTeXt! `\t' is undefined. Anyway, I need something else. I want to place an accent midway over two letters. I looked at page 356 of the TeXBook for ideas but I can't seem to get things right. I want to place an extended tilda (\textfont3\accent"65 in Plain TeX) over the character pair `al'. I need a macro like \t{al} that places this character exactly midway over the `al', or any other pair of characters. The procedure analogous to the one Knuth uses for \t \def\t#1{{\edef\next{\the\font}\the\textfont3\accent"65\next#1}} does not work here. Aside: Can TeX be tricked into reading the ahead two characters so I can write \t al ? I realize that Knuth's \t does not really do this but takes a character from an italic font to give the illusion that it does. Thnx 4 your help Idris

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Missing PageNumber in s-pre-03
by David Antos 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

Hello, I've used the s-pre-03 style and I encountered a problem with the generated graphics. The graphics depends on the page number and reads the page number from the PageNumber variable. Nevertheless, the variable does not get updated, it is initialized to 1 in the beginning of mpgraph.mp. It can be solved by putting PageNumber := \realfolio ; into the code, but this is a really ugly hack. Can you please track down where the PageNumber in Start/StopPage MP environment has been eaten? I expect this problem affects any generated graphics that depends on page numbers. Thank you, D.A. -- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein

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a metapost problem
by Severin Obertuefer 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

hi I have again another metapost problem: I made the following picture: \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \setupcolors[state=start] \startMPpage path p; p := fullsquare xysized(2cm,2cm); fill p scaled 2 withcolor blue; path a,b,c; for i=0 step 1 until 9: a:= p enlarged (5mm-10mm*i/9,5mm-10mm*i/9); b:= a enlarged (-10mm/9,-10mm/9); c:= a --reverse b--cycle; fill c withcolor transparent(1,i/9,white); endfor; \stopMPpage \stoptext when I compile it an look at the result then the stripes are overlapping a little bit. how can I do this so that one stripe is next to the other without overlapping,but without a spece between them. greetings severin

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Re: [NTG-context] Metapost problems
by emmanuel.rialland＠sgib.com 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

I am happy to report some progress thanks to your help. reinstalled the context package; \protectbufferstrue is full of black magic; noticed that there shouldn't be any white space between with and color; Making more changes on the logo definition. Not quite there yet, but on the way. All in all getting better. Even the chart has gone back where it should be (I have no idea what the problem is/was). The draft still doesn't appear. Another question: - how to change the font of the logo text? Thanks, Emmanuel ************************************************************************** Have you checked our new corporate website at http://www.sgib.com ? The information contained herein is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). It shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Any unauthorized access, use, reproduction, disclosure or dissemination is prohibited. Neither SGIB nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates shall assume any legal liability or responsibility for any incorrect, misleading or altered information contained herein. **************************************************************************

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Re: [NTG-context] TeX Live 7
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

> >This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) > >fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of 60000008 bytes). > >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >Should I really increase memory to run an one-word job? > >There must be an other error. > > this is an OS problem, if you run some old windows (95/98), make sure that > there is enough non fragemented disk space left on your c drive (or the > disk where the virtual mem file resides); it may help to increase your > virtual mem; tex needs some 16-32 M per job (kind of fixed) > > Hans I run tetex on linux (debian). I have compared the memory settings in the context section of both TeX Live 6 and 7, they are identical. Do you have any ideas? Wolfgang

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Metapost problems
by emmanuel.rialland＠sgib.com 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

Hi, I am trying to insert the same picture in a text at different places and in different sizes. The logo looks like a bicolor square with white text on top of it. After many errands, I wrote the following so that I can size as needed: \def\Logo#1% {\startMPgraphic % Top rectangle drawfill (0,0)--(2cm,0)--(2cm,1cm)--(0,1cm)--cycle with color blue ; % Bottom black rectangle drawfill (0,0)--(2cm,0)--(2cm,-1cm)--(0,-1cm)--cycle with color black ; % White Text draw btex \bf AB etex withcolor white ; % resize to size currentpicture := currentpicture scaled #1 ; \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic \placeMPgraphic} All I get is a frame with "undefined" written in it. Any clues? I also try to have draft written in the right margin. I copied the text showed p156 of the Metafun manual (the second example from the top). Never had any success. Is there anything I am missing? Now weirder (to me at least). A bit further in my doc, I have a chart created with the chart module. I had to comment out the chart code. If I don't, all the logos and all the right margins (where I would like to see DRAFT) are replaced by the chart. And at the location where the chart is included, there is no chart (more precisely, there is no boxes and arrows but the labels are still there, scattered around over the text as an overlay). I am using teXExec 3.1 that comes with Cygwin. Any help is welcome. Thanks in advance, Emmanuel ************************************************************************** Have you checked our new corporate website at http://www.sgib.com ? The information contained herein is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). It shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Any unauthorized access, use, reproduction, disclosure or dissemination is prohibited. Neither SGIB nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates shall assume any legal liability or responsibility for any incorrect, misleading or altered information contained herein. **************************************************************************

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hyphenation: DIC / Composed Words
by Michael Wiedmann 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

Twon questions concerning hyphenation: - I read the section 'composed words' in 'cont-en' and believe I understand it, *but* how do I handle this if my source file is DocBook XML which is typeset using 'DocBook In ConTeXt'? I cannot edit the composed words using the suggested '|' characters (at least not if my source file is processed by some other tool for another output format). - DIC maps the content of the 'url' attribute of <ulink> tags to ConTeXt's '\useURL' and '\goto' which works fine so far. But URLs tend sometimes to be very long and don't wrap at the end of lines automatically. I tried to add '\hyphenation{}' exceptions for every URL but get an error message like '.... is not a character'. Is there a solution for this? Michael -- mw(a)miwie.in-berlin.de http://www.miwie.org mw(a)miwie.org

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meta post problem
by Severin Obertuefer 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

hi all I have another metapost probelem: I would like to have a shade effect like this: circular_shade(p,0,transparent(1,.25,white),transparent(1,.75,white)) ; but it seems that this doesn'n work wiht transparent colors. both of the transparent colors get black in the picture. Is there another simple solution to reach this effect? greez severin

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descriptions and enumerations
by Guy Worthington 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

I'm having trouble developing a coupling. In the code below, you'll see a skeleton example, after which follows a discussion, and then a bit more code. I'm trying to show a that each code snippet is coupled to the first example by using an \exampleContinued macro. ----- \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, text=Example, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bychapter, style=italic] \definedescription [exampleContinued] [location=serried, width=fit, distance=1em, text={Example~\headnumber[chapter].\nummer[example] (continued)}, before=\blank, after=\blank, style=italic] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \chapter{Introduction} \input tufte \example[ex:simpleExample] A Simple Example \startJV // A very simple applet import java.applet.Applet; import java.awt.Graphics; /** This applet just says "Hello World"! */ public class HelloWorld extends Applet { ... } \stopJV \input tufte \exampleContinued[ex:simpleExample:1] The paint() method \startJV /** Just says "Hello World * @param g */ public void paint (Graphics g) { g.drawString("Hello World", 25, 10); } \stopJV \stoptext ----- You'll see that the example (continue) line is all garbled, with the first word (in this case "The") set in wrong type and also in the wrong place. I'm hoping someone can unravel the mess.

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