January 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Texutil
by Willi Egger 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Dear Hans, I am trying to convert a couple of EPS pictures into PDF files. Viewing those figures in gostview shows their content on screen as expected. Unfortunately the conversion with texutil results in some of the files in a rotation of 90 degrees. I tried to tweak texutil.pl with adding a line to the $GSCommandLine $GSCommandLine = "-q " . ... "-dAutoRotatePages=/None " . ... I also tried to put there ... "-dPDFSETTINGS=/printer " . ... But the figures remain rotated. - Do you have a clue how to prevent this? If you edit texutil.pl would you then have also look at the code line 2079: Report ( "PdfFile", "$FileName".".pdf" ) ; instead of Report ( "PdfFile", "$SuppliedFileName" ) ; Kind regards Willi

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midaligned tabulate?
by Patrick Gundlach 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hi, I just wonder how to center a table.... -------------------------------------------------- \starttext \startalignment[middle] this is centered? \stopalignment \startalignment[middle] \starttabulate[|l|l|] \FL \NC Platz 1--12 \NC Block A\NC\NR \NC Platz 7--18 \NC Block B\NC\NR \NC Platz 13--24 \NC Block C\NC\NR \NC Ab Platz 19 \NC Block D\NC\NR \LL \stoptabulate \stopalignment \stoptext -------------------------------------------------- Patrick -- Es wird kein Wunder geschehen

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columnset error
by Patrick Gundlach 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hi out there, what is wrong with the following code? \starttext \definecolumnset[twocol][n=2] \startcolumnset[twocol] \dorecurse{10}{\section{hello} \dorecurse{8}{\input tufte \par}} \stopcolumnset stoptext it gives me: !: Missing number, treated as zero. --- TeX said --- <to be read again> \@@vn-footnote \doflushsavednotes ->\ifvoid \currentsaveins \else \insert \currentnoteins {... \next1 ...doprocessnotes {\doflushsavednotes }{#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> \relax footnote, linenote \doprocesscommalist ...aitem \gobbleoneargument #1 ,]\relax \global \advance ... \OTRSETflushsavednotes ... \else \flushsavednotes \fi ConTeXt ver: 2004.1.2 fmt: 2004.1.7 int: english mes: english Patrick

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Reducing fontsize for some equations (\startformula), how done best
by Tobias Burnus 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hi, I have several equations. But for some of them (lengthy and uninteresting calculations) in the appendix the default fontsize is too big. What is the best way (command) to reduce their size consistently? Tobias

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Re: [NTG-context] endnotes: ! Dimension too large. ?? (another problem)
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

A big problem is that the \MyNote notes seem to be not "brakeable" If such a note is half a page long and all the notes are set at the end of the text it happens quite often that there is half a page empty (because the next note is too long). Do you also have a clue for this? Thank you, Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 01:09 10/01/2004, you wrote: > > >OK, I have more than 700 footnotes - but when using "location=page" > >everything works fine. > > > >I was trying to find whether there is something missing when I just > >continue, and I found the TableOfContent is cut. > >But the text and the footnotes as well seem to be OK. > > > > > >Is there a patch helping me to avoid this error? > > Why not use the following mechanism: > > \starttext > > \definelist[MyNoteList] > > \newcounter\MyNotes > > \long\def\MyNote#1% > {\ifhmode\unskip\fi > \doglobal\increment\MyNotes\relax > \high{\MyNotes}% > \expanded{\writetolist[MyNoteList]{\MyNotes}}{#1}} > > \dorecurse{1000}{test \MyNote{Whow, another note}\endgraf} > > \page \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text] > > \stoptext > > You can format the list any way you like, e.g.: > > \def\MyNoteList#1#2#3{#1\quad#2\endgraf} > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text,command=\MyNoteList] > > also, you can now cal lthem per chapter, > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=chapter] > > etc > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Re: [NTG-context] endnotes: ! Dimension too large. ??
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

OK, but what should I do if I have a \MyNote in a \MyHeading ? See error-log below: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument>) systems : end file SetupEnvironment at line 3 structure : begin of sectionblock frontmatter title : - \headtext {content} (./HSLN_1.tuo ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> Influences in the 20th century\MyNotes {: an introduction} \limitatetext ...it \empty \normallimitatetext {#1 }\leftlimit {#3}\else \spe... \lijsttekstcommando #1->\begstrut #1 \endstrut \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes <argument> ...entury\MyNotes {: an introduction}}} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 ... l.8 ...: an introduction}}{1::0:0:0:1:0:0:0::7}{1} ? Influences in the 20th century\MyNotes {: an introduction} \sanitizePDFdocencoding ...docencoding \edef #2{#1 } \doPDFinsertbookmark ...oding #3\to \bookmarktext \scratchcounter #4\advance... \doplacebookmarks ...okmarkelement \flushbookmark \egroup \else \expanded {\... <to be read again> \par l.238 ? Thank you, Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 01:09 10/01/2004, you wrote: > > >OK, I have more than 700 footnotes - but when using "location=page" > >everything works fine. > > > >I was trying to find whether there is something missing when I just > >continue, and I found the TableOfContent is cut. > >But the text and the footnotes as well seem to be OK. > > > > > >Is there a patch helping me to avoid this error? > > Why not use the following mechanism: > > \starttext > > \definelist[MyNoteList] > > \newcounter\MyNotes > > \long\def\MyNote#1% > {\ifhmode\unskip\fi > \doglobal\increment\MyNotes\relax > \high{\MyNotes}% > \expanded{\writetolist[MyNoteList]{\MyNotes}}{#1}} > > \dorecurse{1000}{test \MyNote{Whow, another note}\endgraf} > > \page \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text] > > \stoptext > > You can format the list any way you like, e.g.: > > \def\MyNoteList#1#2#3{#1\quad#2\endgraf} > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text,command=\MyNoteList] > > also, you can now cal lthem per chapter, > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=chapter] > > etc > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Re: [xsl] Telling parser to ignore DTD
by Joerg Heinicke 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hello Manny, we don't have a solution for this, we have the same problem. With a doctype-system, which Xalan can't find, Xalan throws an exception. It doesn't validate the XML against the DTD, but it MUST find it. Until now we solved the problem with an empty DTD-file at the place, where the file is searched. If you found a solution or anybody knows one, we would appreciate to get to know it. Regards, Jo

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Re: [NTG-context] endnotes: ! Dimension too large. ?? (another attempt)
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Jan '04

12 Jan '04

Hi, still searching for a working solution how to deal with my 757 footnotes I tried to avoid the error by using buffers. But again: ! Dimension too large. Is there really no way of emptying that "cache" - and maybe split it in footnote 1-350 and footnote 351-757? Thank you, Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 01:09 10/01/2004, you wrote: > > >OK, I have more than 700 footnotes - but when using "location=page" > >everything works fine. > > > >I was trying to find whether there is something missing when I just > >continue, and I found the TableOfContent is cut. > >But the text and the footnotes as well seem to be OK. > > > > > >Is there a patch helping me to avoid this error? > > Why not use the following mechanism: > > \starttext > > \definelist[MyNoteList] > > \newcounter\MyNotes > > \long\def\MyNote#1% > {\ifhmode\unskip\fi > \doglobal\increment\MyNotes\relax > \high{\MyNotes}% > \expanded{\writetolist[MyNoteList]{\MyNotes}}{#1}} > > \dorecurse{1000}{test \MyNote{Whow, another note}\endgraf} > > \page \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text] > > \stoptext > > You can format the list any way you like, e.g.: > > \def\MyNoteList#1#2#3{#1\quad#2\endgraf} > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text,command=\MyNoteList] > > also, you can now cal lthem per chapter, > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=chapter] > > etc > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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german sharp s in Metapost Labels
by Lutz Haseloff 12 Jan '04

12 Jan '04

Hi all, if i use another Font as cmr to typeset labels in MetaPost the german sharp s is typeset with wrong width. The same text direct typeset by tex (pdfetex) without MetaPost looks right. Is this a bug in tex or in metapost (i dont believe) or is it a font problem? Greetings Lutz My File: \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \useencoding[win] \mainlanguage[de] \starttext \startMPgraphic verbatimtex \useencoding[win] \mainlanguage[de] etex; draw fullcircle scaled 4cm; label(btex Hans Maaß, Berlin etex(center currentpicture)); \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic \placeMPgraphic Hans Maaß, Berlin \startMPgraphic verbatimtex \usetypescript [berry][ec] \definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \definetypeface [palatino] [mm] [math] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \setupbodyfont [palatino, 10pt, rm] \useencoding[win] \mainlanguage[de] etex; draw fullcircle scaled 4cm; label(btex Hans Maaß, Berlin etex(center currentpicture)); \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic \placeMPgraphic \usetypescript [berry][ec] \definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \definetypeface [palatino] [mm] [math] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \setupbodyfont [palatino, 10pt, rm] Hans Maaß, Berlin \startMPgraphic verbatimtex \setupencoding [default=ec] \usetypescript[berry][ec] \definetypeface [postscript] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] \definetypeface [postscript] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [rscale=..9] \definetypeface [postscript] [tt] [mono] [courier] [default] [rscale=1.1] \setupbodyfont [postscript, 11pt] \useencoding[win] \mainlanguage[de] etex; draw fullcircle scaled 4cm; label(btex Hans Maaß, Berlin etex(center currentpicture)); \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic \placeMPgraphic \setupencoding [default=ec] \usetypescript[berry][ec] \definetypeface [postscript] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] \definetypeface [postscript] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [rscale=..9] \definetypeface [postscript] [tt] [mono] [courier] [default] [rscale=1.1] \setupbodyfont [postscript, 11pt] Hans Maaß, Berlin \stoptext

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Mac Way: Apple Symbols
by Adam Lindsay 11 Jan '04

11 Jan '04

Hi again. The Mac-specific followup to the Unicode Symbols My Way is now up on my site. http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/ This Mac-specific My Way documents some fonts available exclusively on MacOSX 10.3, "Panther," and makes them available to Mac users with fairly minimal installation effort. I do not distribute the fonts themselves. These include Mac-specific support files for the below Unicode Symbols package. It depends on Mac fonts, but might be interesting to other folks. If anyone finds this useful or interesting, I could use some help completing the naming of the other symbols. adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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