November 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Recommended Books on Typesetting
by Nikolai Weibull 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hi! I was wondering if anyone has any books to recommend, mainly in the area of typesetting, i.e., on TeX, typography, and so on. Personally, I can recommend Donald E. Knuth's "The TeXbook" and also his book on MetaFont. I am thinking of getting "The Complete Manual of Typography" by James Felici, which seems to be a very good book on the subject. I have also been looking for books by Hermann Zapf, but most seem to be out of print and very, very expensive where available; anyone know if they are worth their steep prices? nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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\setupsystem[random]
by Christopher Creutzig 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Salvete, the line \setupsystem[random=261113] causes an error for me: ./CDaufdruck.tex:10: Arithmetic overflow. \verynormalnextrandom ...al \multiply \randomi 31 \global \advance \randomi ... \normalnextrandom ...alyear \verynormalnextrandom \egroup \nextrandom ->\bgroup \normalnextrandom \gdef \nextrandom {\ifcase \randomse... <argument> ...ormaltime =\@@svrandom ]\nextrandom \egroup \firstofoneargument #1->#1 \dosetupsystem ...1]\setuprandomize [\@@svrandom ] \beforesplitstring \@@svre... ... ConTeXt ver: 2004.10.07 fmt: 2004.10.29 int: english mes: english regards, Christopher

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New context Release notes
by Taco Hoekwater 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hi there, For those of you who are interested, Hans has released a new ConTeXt last week, and I've created a release notes pages for it here: http://contextgarden.net/Context_2004.11.23 Highlights: * The XML interface description files for texshow have been updated, extended and moved to a private directory. * New support for the Vietnamese langauge and Vietnamese (t5) encoded fonts. * Extended support for the XeTeX executable (largely contributed by Adam Lindsay) * Support for the commercial font families Sabon (Monotype), Industria (Linotype) and Stone (ITC). * FoXeT improvements * a series of minor bugfixes and extensions, follow the link for those. Greetings, Taco

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Re: [NTG-context] columnset BUG - (urgent!)
by Steffen Wolfrum 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

thanks, that works now. but do you also know the answer to the second bug: When you uncomment the lines (testfile below) the columnset gets 2 lines shorter! I experienced this when I added before the literature component a catalogue component that uses a structure like the commented lines do. So I had two separate files actually! Steffen \starttext \showframe \showgrid % oiuoiuoiuoiuoi \footnote{aaaa} % \startcolumns[balance=yes,rule=off,n=2,distance=1cm] % text \par % text % \stopcolumns % gfdgfdgfdgfdgfdgfd \footnote{bbb} % \page \definecolumnset[litera][n=2,distance=1cm] \startcolumnset[litera] \dorecurse{10}{test \input zapf \input ward} \stopcolumnset \stoptext h h extern <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > please have a look at testfile below: > > without a footnote everything works fine, > > but with the footnote the columnset gets crashed! > > this is a tricky situation: > > - the note is built in one column mode > - but flushed in column mode (dus to postponing) > - so actually what you see is a mixture > > you may try: > > \starttext > > \chapter{Heading\notesymbol[x]} > > \definecolumnset[litera][n=2,distance=1cm] > > \startcolumnset[litera] > > \footnotetext[x]{xx}\dorecurse{10}{test \input zapf \input ward} > > \stopcolumnset > \stoptext > > or > > \starttext > > \definecolumnset[litera][n=2,distance=1cm] > \definecolumnsetspan[litera][n=2] > > \startcolumnset[litera] > > \startcolumnsetspan[litera] > \chapter{Heading\notesymbol[x]} > \stopcolumnsetspan > > \footnotetext[x]{xx}\dorecurse{10}{test \input zapf \input ward} > > \stopcolumnset > \stoptext > > > > > I noticed this bug in a bigger book project: > > The columnset is at the end as a seperate document (\component). > > And the footnote was added 300 pages and 5 component files before !!! > > > > As this footnote was one of the last changes that were done > > before I wanted to send the book to the printer > > a fast help would be very much appreciated. > > > > Sorry, but it's really quite urgent - > > > > Steffen > > > > %&context > > \starttext > > \chapter{Heading\footnote{x}} > > > > \definecolumnset[litera][n=2,distance=1cm] > > > > \startcolumnset[litera] > > > > \dorecurse{10}{test \input zapf \input ward} > > > > > > \stopcolumnset > > \stoptext > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Re: Re: [NTG-context] pagenumbers in margin
by GEERT＠telefonica.net 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hello, As I told before, I want the grey box as defined in the page numbering (see below) to appear with its outer border aligned to the outer border of the outer margin. Right now, it aligns with its inner border to the inner border of the outer margin. I tried with uitlijnen=buiten but without success. Here is a minimal file, as asked for : \def\mijnpaginanummer#1% {\startkleur[wit] \inlijnd kader=uit,achtergrond=kleur,achtergrondkleur=middelgrijs,breedte=2.5cm,h oogte=1.1cm]% {#1} \stopkleur} \stelnummeringin [variant=dubbelzijdig,plaats={onder,inmarge},% commando={\mijnpaginanummer}] \stellayoutin [breedte=19cm, hoogte=14.9cm, kopwit=0cm, rugwit=1cm, hoofd=2.5cm, linkermarge=1.2cm, rechtermarge=1.2cm, linkermargeafstand=0cm, rechtermargeafstand=0cm] ....... Geert

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Problem with \defintion.
by Dirar BOUGATEF 28 Nov '04

28 Nov '04

Hi all, I have 2 definitions in my document and every thing compiles until i add a third one, i get the following error: ! Undefined control sequence. <write> ... \twopassentry {\s!list }{\currentlist }{\currentlist :\noflistel... <inserted text> }\endwrite \immediatewriteutilitycommand ...ti {c \string #1} \stopitemgroup ...th =\zerocount \dolistreference \fi \iffirstlist \else \en... l.312 \stopitemize What does \stopitemize do here ? I use items with heads etc. but it comes later after my third definition, and the problem appears only after i add a third defintion. Hm ... Any help would be valuable. Thanks in advance. Dirar. PS What does l.312 mean.? I assume it is the line number. Is that right ?

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start with XeTeX
by Henning Hraban Ramm 28 Nov '04

28 Nov '04

Hello Adam et al! I just tried to use XeTeX (installed with Gerben's i-Installer, after that updated ConTeXt) and followed your instructions in the wiki (http://contextgarden.net/XeTeX) but I get always this error: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (INITEX) (/Volumes/Silmaril/tex/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) output format initialized to DVI entering extended mode ! I can't find file `cont---xtx'. <*> *cont---xtx Must I change some config files? Or do you know what else is wrong? Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net

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pagenumbers in margin
by GEERT＠telefonica.net 28 Nov '04

28 Nov '04

Hello, After a long period of "Context inactivity", I am again into document preparation. I want to put the pagenumbers in a doublesided document in the outer margin. So far no problem at all... but I want the number to be placed in a 3cm wide grey box, wich I do with an inframed command within the pagenumbering setup. This also works more or less, but (see if I can explain this in plain english without using figures !!.....) : The grey box with the pagenumber aligns its inner border with the inner border of the outer margin. What I want is the grey box to align its outer border with the outer border of the outer margin..... Any suggestion ? Geert Dobbels.

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RE: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting
by ishamid 28 Nov '04

28 Nov '04

Here is a start: http://members.aol.com/willadams/books-typography.html http://members.aol.com/willadams/books-free-type.html If you only get one get The Elements of Typographic Style. Bringhurst, Robert. Best Idris >===== Original Message From mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> ===== >Hi! > >I was wondering if anyone has any books to recommend, mainly in the area >of typesetting, i.e., on TeX, typography, and so on. Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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website pod
by h h extern 28 Nov '04

28 Nov '04

Hi, I restarted the webservlet and it seems to respond ok now. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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