September 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] Help! ConTeXt crashed! (was: 2 basic questions on placefigure options)
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 23:05 14/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: > > >Hans, thank you - but now ConTeXt doesn't work anymore (see log below)! > > in that case you need the latest beta version (and on top of that the file > i sent you) OK, now it works. \hangsidefloat[2] \placefigure[left] {}{} \dorecurse{3}{\input ward\par} \hangsidefloat[2] \placefigure[right]{}{} \dorecurse{3}{\input ward\par} As far as I understood I have to count lines, right? My need is, for a huge amount of images, to say somthing like \placefigure[top,left] or \placefigure[bottom,right] regardless how many line befor/after this command may be - just like \placefigure[top]. To make sure the image still is at the top/bottom of a page even iv some changes in the text have to be made. And the only way to simlate this is by \hangsidefloat[x] with x being the lines above the image. There is no faster way, to just say place it left/right at the top or bottom of the textarea? The command \placefigure[top] looks so clear - there is no way to add a sidefloat behaviour for small figures, text floating around them? Steffen

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Interaction color in content
by Michal Kvasnicka 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Good morning. First of all: Many thanks for you last hints -- it solved a lot of my problems. But one more is still present. I want that the ``text'' in the content list to be ``clickable'' (interactive) and of some color. But the color make a problem. Why something like this causes errors? % output=pdf \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start, color=interactioncolor] \definecombinedlist[content] [section, subsection] [criterium=all, level=subsection] \setuplist[section] [interaction=text] \starttext \placecontent \section{First} \input tufte \section{Second} \input tufte \section{Third} \input tufte \stoptext I got this very error message: (./int1.tuo ! Use of \@@lisectioninteractie doesn't match its definition. \doifvalue ...f \!!stringa {\csname #1\endcsname } \edef \!!stringb {#2}\ifx ... \dosomelijstelement ... #1\c!interactie }\v!tekst {\setlistparameter {#1}\c!... \dodolijstelement ...ment {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue l.8 ...tion}{2}{2}{Second}{2::0:0:2:0:0:0:0::1}{1} With many greetings Michal Kvasnicka

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Help! ConTeXt crashed! (was: 2 basic questions on placefigure options)
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > --=====================_34256828==_ > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > At 13:31 14/09/2003 +0200, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > >did you find something into it? > > hm, you are persistent -) > > \starttext > > \hangsidefloat[2] \placefigure[left] {}{} \dorecurse{3}{\input ward\par} > \hangsidefloat[2] \placefigure[right]{}{} \dorecurse{3}{\input ward\par} > > \stoptext > > i have to think about some way to feed such things into \place... directly, > no time now > > Hans > > PS. unzip the new.zip file in .../base and regenerate the format > PS. quite untested on special cases, so only use it in controlled situations Hans, thank you - but now ConTeXt doesn't work anymore (see log below)! What I did: Unzipped it in unzip the new.zip file in /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base and /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base for I don't know which one to use (I have Gerben's tetex distr. in stalled) Then I run sudo mktexlsr and sudo fmtutil --all That's all. Now ConTeXt does not do anything anymore. Help! Steffen TeXExec 3.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : agaramond output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./agaramond.tex{/Users/himmelblau/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.8.21 fmt: 2003.9.14 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-loc.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ! Undefined control sequence. l.434 \long\@EA\def\csname\e!start\e!instellingen \endcsname#1 % ?

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\type doen't type -- with latin-modern fonts.
by Daniel Flipo 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Hi all, See the following test file %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %interface=en output=pdftex %\definetypeface [myface] [tt][mono] % [computer-modern][default][encoding=ec] \definetypeface [myface] [tt] [mono] [latin-modern] [default][encoding=ec] \setupbodyfont[myface,sans,14.4pt] \starttext \starttyping TEXEDIT = emacsclient --no-wait +%d %s \stoptyping \type{TEXEDIT = emacsclient --no-wait +%d %s} \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttyping ... \stoptyping works fine, but \type{} typsets a "single dash" instead of two dashes. The "single dash" is also different (lower and shorter) than the two dashes. The same is true with the AEfonts (Computer-modern with EC ecoding), but not with the default fonts (true CM). Any fix for this? Daniel Flipo

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XML & ConTeXt -- handling many conventions
by Pawel Jackowski na WP 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Hi! There is a lot of ways to build ConTeXt macro which can handle something like i.e: <chapter title="First Chapter"> ... or <chapter> <title>First Chapter</title> ... But is there any way to handle both conventions in one defnition? Regards, Paweł

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texexec doesn't finish
by Boris Tschirschwitz 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Hi. I am writing a short note in the hope that someone else ran into the same problem and can tell me what to do before I have to start thinking: I am using ConTeXt for a few weeks now without major problems. Today I felt like updating to the latest version (Aug 21?). Now when I try to generate even the simplest document (like 'texexec --pdf test.tex), texexec never finishes and spawns huge numbers of perl jobs. Any hint what I did wrong?

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Re: file mlabels.pdf
by Hans Hagen 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

At 12:45 10/09/2003 +0100, you wrote: >Hello, > > I followed a link from your page to a file >/general/manuals/mlabels.pdf, but apparently the link it's broken. > >Can you help me? this is work in progress ... (i need th elink in my version of the docu environment) 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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double-lined Z for meaning "integers"
by Ed L Cashin 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hi. I am having trouble finding the right incantation for summoning the correct Z. There are some doubly-lined versions of N, Z, Q, and R, that are used often to signify the sets of natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, and reals, respectively. Does anyone know how to get those? Here's a pic of the Z and Q. Note that there's white between the lines -- not fill. ----- ------------------- -/ \- / / / | \ / / / | \ / / / | \ | / | | | / | / | \ / / | | | / / | | | / / | | | / / \ | / / / | | | | | \ | / / / \ \ / / / \ |\- / / -\ /- \ ------------------- ----- \ -- --Ed L Cashin | PGP public key: ecashin(a)uga.edu | http://noserose.net/e/pgp/

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Side floats starting in mid-paragraph
by Erik Hetzner 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hello, I'm just putting the finishing touches on this pamphlet, and I was wondering if it was possible now to start side floats midparagraph. \movesidefloat[+2*line] (is that syntax correct?) will push down the side float just right, except that the text at the beginning of the paragraph will not flow around the picture correctly. That is, xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx PPPP xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx rather than as desired: xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx PPPP xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx Any sort of hacky solution would be welcome! Unfortunately, my best shots have not worked. I tried \hangafter and \hangindent, but they do not seem to work in Context. Thanks for all the help. Regards, Erik Hetzner

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: clubpenalty/widowpenalty ignored - a bug?
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Jesus Christ! Now it works!! (Even without \brokenpenalty=0 ) Isn't that strange? TeX settings not in the preamble? But hey, this gives us the very useful advantage (compared to LaTeX) that we now can switch to different clubpenalty/widowpenalty values right in the text. And that's amazing - for in LaTeX you'd need to construct an environment for changing the clubpenalty/widowpenalty values that are set in the preamble! Wonderful. Somebody should write this in a ConTeXt manual. Steffen Thomas A. Schmitz <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> wrote: > I may be wide off the mark--but I tried the reverse (allowing clubs and > widows), and it didn't work until I inserted it AFTER /starttext. Maybe > you can try that! > Best > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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