August 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Instructions for m-pstric
by John Culleton 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Since I was mentioned in the code for this module I make bold to ask this question =) Exactly how is this module employed to enable PStricks statements to be used in a Context job? Alternatively, in MPFun, how might one surround the text on a page by a border running symmetrically around the edge, a certain distance in from the page edges? I know how I would do it in PSTricks but not in Metapost/Metafun. A recent memoir by Norman Mailer has a broad gray border with a thin black border just inside it on the title page. Very spiffy. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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\setuplayout[makeup]...\setuplayout[reset]
by darnold＠northcoast.com 09 Aug '03

09 Aug '03

All, In s-mag-01.tex, inbetween \startsetups[titlepage]...\stopsetups, you find a pair \setuplayout[makeup]...\setuplayout[reset] Also, in the same area, there is a \flushlayer[makeup] command whose purpose I do not understand. Could someone explain the purpose of these commands?

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Re: Simple test
by darnold＠northcoast.com 09 Aug '03

09 Aug '03

Hans, comments below: > At 10:04 07/08/2003 -0700, you wrote: >>Hans, as a simple test, I tried saving the following as junk.mp. >> >>input mp-tool; >>beginfig(1); >>picture p; >>p:=textext.rt("Hello, world!"); >>endfig; >>end. >> >>However, >> >>C:\temp>mpost junk >>(junk.mp (C:\texmf\metapost\context\base\mp-tool.mp) >> >> unknown picture p >> >> textext.rt >>! Equation cannot be performed (unknown picture=numeric). >><to be read again> >> ( >>l.7 p:=textext.rt( >> "Hello, world!"); > > you should use/load metafun -) But I have. Indeed, I completely updated Miktex, downloaded the latest Context, refreshed filename database, then ran: texexec --make --alone This rebuilds cont-en.efmt, cont-nl.efmt, and mptopdf.efmt. You can see they are new by their timestamps (08/07/2003 09:38 AM). Directory of C:\localtexmf\miktex\fmt 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> . 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> .. 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 909,544 pdflatex.fmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 437,192 omega.fmt 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 897,952 elatex.efmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 395,368 pdftex.fmt 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 926,688 lambda.fmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 416,704 etex.efmt 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 891,640 latex.fmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 376,968 plain.fmt 12/11/2002 11:05 PM 556,792 amstex.fmt 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 1,100 metafun.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 31,032 cont-en.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 32,231 cont-nl.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 5,373,040 cont-nl.efmt 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 3,809 mptopdf.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 322,768 mptopdf.efmt 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 5,319,424 cont-en.efmt 16 File(s) 16,892,252 bytes 2 Dir(s) 3,497,959,424 bytes free The command texexec --make --alone also builds metafun.mem in this same directory. It has to be moved by hand to a different directory. C:\localtexmf\miktex\mem>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F803-A135 Directory of C:\localtexmf\miktex\mem 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> . 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> .. 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 99,480 plain.mem 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 106,240 mfplain.mem 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 506,752 metafun.mem 3 File(s) 712,472 bytes 2 Dir(s) 3,497,959,424 bytes free But again, brand new. All databases are refreshed after this move. There are no other versions of these format files on my system (I checked). I've even tried texexec --make --alone --tex=pdfetex metafun and moved the resulting metafun.mem file over and refreshed the database. On this file: input mp-tool; beginfig(1); picture p; p:=textext.rt("Hello, world!"); endfig; end. I still get this error: C:\temp>mpost junk (junk.mp (C:\texmf\metapost\context\base\mp-tool.mp) >> unknown picture p >> textext.rt ! Equation cannot be performed (unknown picture=numeric). <to be read again> ( l.7 p:=textext.rt( "Hello, world!"); ? I am aware of the new placement of /metapost/context/base. C:\texmf\metapost>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F803-A135 Directory of C:\texmf\metapost 10/07/2002 11:27 PM <DIR> . 10/07/2002 11:27 PM <DIR> .. 08/05/2003 03:30 PM <DIR> context 08/05/2003 09:47 PM <DIR> base 0 File(s) 0 bytes 4 Dir(s) 3,497,893,888 bytes free C:\texmf\metapost\base>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F803-A135 Directory of C:\texmf\metapost\base 08/05/2003 09:47 PM <DIR> . 08/05/2003 09:47 PM <DIR> .. 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 7,106 boxes.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 7,146 format.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 27,660 graph.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 4,280 marith.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 19,748 mfplain.mp 03/23/1997 01:16 AM 19 mpost.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 16,018 plain.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 1,098 rboxes.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 1,466 sarith.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 794 string.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 331 TEX.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 424 texnum.mp 01/24/1997 08:28 PM 230 troffnum.mp 13 File(s) 86,320 bytes 2 Dir(s) 3,497,893,888 bytes free So, I am absolutely stumped. Is there anything else I can try?

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typescripttwo
by darnold＠northcoast.com 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

All, In this line: \definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] What does \typescripttwo do?

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Amazing!
by darnold＠northcoast.com 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

All, By inserting this line in s-mag-01.tex: \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] Then using the Miktex package manager to install the pxfonts and txfonts, I can now compile this: \usemodule[mag-01] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext This is without any use of texfont.pl. Indeed, I've cleaned out my /localtexmf/fonts directories of all former experiments using texfont. Absolutely amazing. I've still a long way to go with fonts, but I am much improved.

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Simple test
by Hans Hagen 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

At 09:19 08/08/2003 -0700, darnold(a)northcoast.com wrote: >C:\temp>mpost junk >(junk.mp (C:\texmf\metapost\context\base\mp-tool.mp) this is just calling metapost with mp-tool you may try "input metafun" instead > >> unknown picture p > >> textext.rt >! Equation cannot be performed (unknown picture=numeric). ><to be read again> > ( >l.7 p:=textext.rt( > "Hello, world!"); >? texexec --mptex junk.mp or mpost -mem=metafun junk.mp or \starttext \startMPpage some code \stopMPpage \stoptext 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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merging pdf (repost)
by scarso luigi 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

Hello, I use this code to merge file1.pdf, file2.pdf, file3.pdf in file4.pdf % format=english \definepapersize[A3large][width=320mm,height=450mm,offset=0pt] \setuppapersize[A3,landscape][A3large,landscape] \setuplayout [backspace=0pt,marking=on, height=middle,width=middle,location=middle, topspace=0pt, header=0pt, footer=0pt] \starttext'; \insertpages[file1.pdf][width=0pt] \insertpages[file2.pdf][width=0pt] \insertpages[file3.pdf][width=0pt] \stoptext where file1 is 481 031 bytes file2 is 1 277 167 bytes and file3 is 43 574 bytes. I expected ~2 Mbytes for file4.pdf but file4 is 10 601 693 bytes, ie ~five times the size expected. Why ? Thanks in advance luigi PS. I have a context distribution that is 1 year old, but i can't actually upgrade it (well, if I must do it, I will do !)

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Re: [NTG-context] texfont and type-tmf.dat
by Hans Hagen 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

At 17:31 07/08/2003 -0700, you wrote: >It's best to make personal adaptions in the tree texmf-local, as these >changes won't get overwritten when you install new releases of tex. here i use a font tree "tex/texmf-fonts" 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] Trouble with updated Context
by Hans Hagen 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

At 18:14 07/08/2003 -0700, darnold(a)northcoast.com wrote: >All, > >I am having trouble getting the latest edition of Context to allow me to >work through the Metafun manual. i wonder if you have the right metafun texexec --make --alone will generate you an english and dutch interface as well as metafun and mptopdf formats 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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SS Font to go with Charter?
by John Culleton 07 Aug '03

07 Aug '03

I am setting up a book for a customer in Charter and I am wondering what Sans Serif font, preferably already part of TeXLIve distro, would go with Charter? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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