June 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

encodings
by Matthew Huggett 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Hi: Not a direct ConTeXt question, but I was wondering if Hans or someone else could suggest a good resource for learning about encodings. Thanks Matt

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XML attributes
by Jedrzej Nasiadek 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Hi, So I've got to use this modern XML thingy.. ;-) I tried to set up ConTeXt to typeset processed XML data. What goes wrong is the \XMLpar which sometimes gives default value instead of the real one. See the code below: \starttext \defineXMLpickup [log] {\starttabulate[|p(7cm)|p|] \HL\NC ObjectID \NC Value \NC\NR\HL} {\stoptabulate} \defineXMLenvironment [var] {\NC \XMLpar{var}{name}{blah} \NC } {\NC\NR } \startXMLdata <log> <entry date="1054844187"> <var name=".1.3.6.1.2.1.5.16.0"> 28674524 </var> </entry> <entry date="1054844247"> <var name=".1.3.6.1.2.1.5.16.0"> 28674677 </var> </entry> <entry date="1054844307"> <var name=".1.3.6.1.2.1.5.16.0"> 28674824 </var> </entry> <entry date="1054844367"> <var name=".1.3.6.1.2.1.5.16.0"> 28674963 </var> </entry> </log> \stopXMLdata \stoptext If I remove the \NC before \XMLpar -- it gives the real value of the name attribute. Jedrzej

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texexec
by Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

Hello there, I love working with ConTeXt, and never had to think about it much since SuSE makes it realy easy ... but now I switched to Debian, and all of a sudden have to face some trouble :-)) I run Debian Woody 3.01r and if I call texexec --make de it says "warning : texexec.ini not found; try 'texexec --verbose' TeXExec 2.5 -ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997 - 2001 locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich locating ini file : not found by searching locating ini file : no environment variable set locating ini file : not found in own path so, what am I going to do? I found "texexec" in /usr/share/texmf/context/config ... am I to make a link? Let's say to /home/user/texmf? Thanks in advance ray

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Tables, footnotes and references
by Maarten Sneep 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

Hi, I want to make a table with some footnotes belonging to that table. As an extra, one of the footnotes needs to be referenced to multiple times: bla bla bla* bla bla bla* bla bla bla *blabla Questions: - which of the table formatting commands in ConTeXt is most suitable for this? - Can I just use a footnote command to create footnotes for a table (or do I need to do something special?) - How do I reference a footnote (or get the symbol for a specific footnote)? Regards, Maarten Sneep The problem with the global village is all the global village idiots.

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handling & compound||words
by Adam Lindsay 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Hi folks. I've been wondering if I've been missing something here. When I activate hanging, the hyphens (or whatever the hyphenmark is set to) in compound||words refuse to hang. When that happens, it makes the margin look worse than if there were no hanging. Is it not implemented yet? [using pdfeTeX (Web2C 7.3.7x) 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1] Here's an example with a bit of nonsense that pretty much forces the issue: \setupfontsynonym[cmr10][handling=pure] \setupfontsynonym[Serif][handling=pure] \setupfonthandling[normal][left=1,right=1] \usetypescript[cmr] \setupbodyfont[10pt] % tried this and many variations: \setuphyphenmark[sign=-] \setupalign[hanging] \starttext \dorecurse{3}{ I find the very thought of it appalling. I wouldn't describe myself as stuck||up, up||tight, or snoot||nosed, but neither do I get down||and||dirty, higgledy||piggledy, loosey||goosey, or left||wing. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. \input tufte } \stoptext -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Itemize columns
by Nigel King 08 Jun '03

08 Jun '03

Hi ConTeXtnicians, When I use \startitemize[n,packed,columns,three] The list is produced in a nicely packed three column format, however when the n is left out for bullets the three columns become one. \startitemize[n,packed,columns,three] Is this the intended operation? TIA -- Nigel

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combine two features in \setuphead[][]
by Helmut Schwertner 08 Jun '03

08 Jun '03

Hello, if I use the \setuphead[][] command like this way \definehead [section] [section] \setuphead [section] [alternative=inmargin, numberstyle=bold, textstyle=bold] I can use features how > normal, bold, slanted < and so on. What is to do, if I want to combine two features e.g. bold _and_ 18pt (Fontsize)? Thanks and best wishes, Helmut

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ColorBrewer palettes
by Johannes Hüsing 08 Jun '03

08 Jun '03

Hi all, I have adapted the colour palettes suggested in http://www.colorbrewer.org for ConTeXt, see http://www.panix.com/~derwisch/hannes/tex/brewercomp.pdf and http://www.panix.com/~derwisch/hannes/tex/colo-brw.tex. As can be seen from the document, I still have font def problems. Without the redefinition of the monospace font, I keep getting a "Font ectt1000 at size 645 not found". Greetings 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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Re: [NTG-context] how to use designsize
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 07 Jun '03

07 Jun '03

> > > Problem: 'ecrm2074 at 600', which exists, should be used! > > > 'ecrm1200 at1036.8' is used instead! > > > > > > How can this be corrected? > > > >Is this my question too silly or too difficult to answer? > ... > (2) if this is a well known size, make sure that it's mentioned in a map > file for pdftex I can not find any example about mapping a metafont to a symbolic name. There are mappings of postscript (pfb) files to symbolic names only. Who can point me to the documentation about this? Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] how to use designsize
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

> >Hallo! > > > > > Problem: 'ecrm2074 at 600', which exists, should be used! > > > 'ecrm1200 at1036.8' is used instead! > > > > > > How can this be corrected? > > > >Is this my question too silly or too difficult to answer? > > depends on your settings: > > (1) either you should configure tex (in texmf.cnf) to generate the missing > bitmaps, or The problem is not, that the bitmaps are not produced, but that tex doesn't ask for the RIGHT bitmaps! > (2) if this is a well known size, make sure that it's mentioned in a map > file for pdftex How should this be done? > also 1200*1036.8 is not 2074 so ... 1036.8 is not the magnificationfactor, it is an magnificated resolution. So calc: 12pt * 1036.8/600 --> 20.74pt Gru�, Wolfgang

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