November 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

problems downloading mswincontext
by Vivek Sharma 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Tried to download and try the stand alone version but the access to it is not allowed from the pragma site. Is this a not a free version? i had previously tried the cd iso image and was hoping to try it on my computer, further the correspondence manual could not be downloaded either. Any comments? vivek

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Bugs
by Dirar BOUGATEF 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

Hi, Is there a special place to report bugs ? I have noticed that align=right aligns text on the left edge of a frame where it should align left as it says (and left aligns right). Is this normal ?

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paragraph with a shape
by Ciro A. Soto 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

I've made paragraphs that have a specific shape (say the shape of a guitar) with e-plain tex. What would be the context macros to do that? thank you Ciro ================== Ciro A. Soto "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution."

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installing context i fedora core 3
by ciro 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

I just switched to Fedora Core 3 (from Mandrake 10), and checked what version of Texexec it had. It is 3.1. So I went to the website, downloaded the cont-tmf.zip file, unzipped it, and tried to figure out how to install context. Boy! that installation manual is confusing. For a novice like me, I need some step-by-step guide. Any link where I can find that? thank you ciro

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Greek Font Problem SOLVED
by Alan Bowen 20 Nov '04

20 Nov '04

Thanks to the very kind and patient efforts of Thomas Schmitz, I no longer get ugly bitmaps in typesetting Greek but lovely script. I am posting the solution to the problem in the hope that it might prove useful to others. PROBLEM: bitmap display of Greek fonts on typesetting. These fonts (Teubner, Oxonia, Leipzig, Ibycus, Kadmos, Bosphoros) come in a package obtained from Thomas. SOLUTION: 1. remove/trash teTeX folder(s) 2. reinstall teTeX (TeXLive 2004) using i–Installer 3. re-install ConTeXt updater • these first three steps were necessary because my installation of teTeX had become corrupted 4. in Terminal execute ruby /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/scripts/context/ruby/textools.rb --fixtexmftrees ~/Library/texmf 5. copy cont-sys.tex into /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/user/ 6. move the file greek.map into ~/Library/texmf/fonts/map/greek.map 7. in Terminal execute sudo updmap --disable greek.map and then sudo updmap --enable Map greek.map I will happy to send those interested a copy of cont-sys.tex. (Thomas prepared this file by modifying cont-sys.rme) Alan

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the url color problem
by Hans Hagen 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

For testing: \def\dodouseURL[#1][#2][#3][#4]% to be redone: not too tricky redefs ad reuse {\iffirstargument \iffourthargument \setgvalue{\v!file:::#1}{\doexternaldocument[#2][#3][#4]}% \else\ifthirdargument \setgvalue{\v!file:::#1}{\doexternalurl[#2][#3][#1]}% \else\ifsecondargument \setgvalue{\v!file:::#1}{\doexternalurl[#2][][#1]}% \fi\fi\fi \fi} \def\doexternalurl[#1][#2][#3]% {\bgroup \doifsomething\@@urstyle{\let\@@iastyle\@@urstyle\let\@@urstyle\empty}% \doifsomething\@@urcolor{\let\@@iacolor\@@urcolor\let\@@urcolor\empty}% \doexternaldocument{#1}{#2}{\url[#3]}% \egroup} (nasty bug to solve in the right way) \setupcolors [state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupurl [color=blue] \useURL[one][http://www.google.com/] \starttext xxxx \from[one] xxxx \url[one] \stoptext 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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font variants
by Adam Lindsay 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

Hi all, I just wanted to run this technique by you all, and get a bit of feedback, both on the utility as well as the style of the solution. I'm a bit unhealthily obsessed by fonts, especially with getting the most out of the various features. Unfortunately, each vendor expresses different features in different ways, so that leads to font-sensitive markup. This problem explodes in the OpenType and XeTeX world, because of the number of features each font exposes. However, it's relevant in the pdfTeX/type1 world as well. Just last night, I discovered the FPL fonts (SC/OsF for URW Palladio) on CTAN (<http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/fpl/>). How does one access the old style figures in this font without knowing intimately about the font? I took inspiration (and code) from the Unicode font mechanisms and the new font effects. The code is in the attached test-psc, the typescript in type-psc. The result is at <http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/test-psc.pdf>. What this does and doesn't do: - generalises font access to features in associated fonts - adapts itself to current size/family/alternative - doesn't allow further adaptation (e.g., \it \Var[osf] 123 \bf 456) - best for short runs of associated fonts (e.g., OsF, sub/superscripts) - can insert arbitrary features into existing typescripts - relies on a couple special naming conventions within typescripts - can be defined based on Serif/Sans/Mono family - is not currently defined based on bodyfont namespace. Is this more desirable with people \switchbodyfont ing in a doc? - allows expansion beyond \tf\bf\it\bi\sl\bs\sc choices. Any thoughts? (If anyone wants to give pointers on the correct usage/relevance of [#1][#2]#3 parameters, pushfont/popfont, and adapting to bodyfont namespaces, please feel free!) [Hans, if you see the general utility of this kind of solution, I'd appreciate the addition of Caps to the \fontstylesuffix.] -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Problem with \completeindex
by Nikolai Weibull 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

In teTeX 2.99.3 (2004.11.09), the following hangs pdfetex: \starttext \index{see}see \completeindex \stoptext They're using context 2004.10.26, 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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Re: [NTG-context] A simple project.
by Dirar BOUGATEF 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

I have installed Texlive8 (Not sure wether it is the latest one. I have used TeXSetup.exe). Am using rsync as you mentioned, but seems like it does not work, this is what i get: C:\>rsync2.5.1-dev -r -v www.pragma-pod.com::mswin mytex receiving file list ... Do i need a user account to do this .. ? Which version of rsync do you use ? Many thanks. Dirar. _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

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\setupURL issues
by Nikolai Weibull 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

\setupURL [color=blue] seems buggy. Try this: \setupcolors [state=start] \setupinteraction [state=start] \setupurl [color=blue] \useURL[one][http://www.google.com/] \starttext Why the hell is \from[one] wrapping so badly? \stoptext You will (hopefully...or something) notice that the http:// appears above and slightly to the left of www.google.com in the sentence. remove \setupurl[...] and it works fine, rendering it green. It also works fine if you remove the color=blue and add style=type instead or whatever. In noninteractive versions this works fine though and in documents without \setupcolors[state=start], 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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