March 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Overfull boxes using m-cweb
by Edwin Wisse 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Hello, I am running into overfull boxes when including a weaved cweb file into a context document. The original reference to the cwebmac.tex file (the plain TeX macro) is commented out and replaced by \usemodule[cweb]. The cweb macros appear to expand something into \*11ptmmmt* which seems to have something to do with it. Is there anyone here with experience and deep (Con)TeX(t) knowledge who understands what is happening? Regards, Edwin ----------------------------------part of my log file------------------------------------------------ Overfull \hbox (6.4885pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 3--13 \*11ptmmmr* for the ap-pli-ca-tion de-vel-op-ment mod-ule. This is a small ap-p li-ca-tion which loads file \hbox(7.63889+2.13889)x398.33858 .\*11ptmmmr* f .\*11ptmmmr* o .\*11ptmmmr* r .\glue(\spaceskip) 3.66628 .\*11ptmmmr* t .etc. Overfull \hbox (8.38132pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 3--13 \*11ptmmmr* with point and line da-ta and dis-plays it in a win-dow. It pro-vid es a us-er in-ter-face al- \hbox(7.63889+2.13889)x398.33858 .\*11ptmmmr* w .\*11ptmmmr* i .\*11ptmmmr* t .\*11ptmmmr* h .\glue(\spaceskip) 3.66628 .etc.

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compound titles, lists and headers
by Henning Hraban Ramm 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

Dear list, my publisher forces me to set different things as titles, in headers and table of contents. In some cases \nolist and \nomarking aren't enough. here are my actual definitions: ---- \def\Untertitel#1{\blank[3pt]{\ss\bf #1}\blank} % ok \def\Titel#1#2{{\nohyphens\chapter{#1}\Untertitel{#2}}} % ok \def\KomplexTitel#1#2#3{{\writetolist[chapter]{#3}\nohyphens\title{#1}\U ntertitel{#2}}} ---- with ---- \start \setupheadertexts[][manual entry][part][] % normally defined as [][chapter][part][] \KomplexTitel{Main chapter title}{chapter subtitle}{toc entry} Much text \stop % of other headertext ---- Real life example: \start \setupheadertexts [][Vorwort][][] \KomplexTitel{Die neutrale Schweiz und das globale Dorf}% {Vorwort von Prof.|~|Dr.|~|Heinrich Ott}% {Vorwort Prof.|~|Dr.|~|Heinrich Ott:\\Die neutrale Schweiz und das globale Dorf} ... Now there stay two issues: 1. I'd like to get a four-parameter command that can set the header text also. 2. I must get a line feed into the toc, but neither \\ nor \crlf works. Please help! Thanks. Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- www.fiee.net/texnique/ www.ramm.ch/context/

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critical editions in context
by Thomas A.Schmitz 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Sorry if this is a double post; I sent this message on Friday, and I think it somehow got lost. In March/April 2002, Hans and Idris had an interesting exchange about the topic "critical editions in context" here in ntg-context; the main question was whether the functionality of edmac could be implemented in context. I'd be curious to know whether anything came out of it, I couldn't find any follow-up. Best Thomas

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startappendices creates an extra empty page
by Rob van Swol 10 Jul '04

10 Jul '04

Hi, When is use \startappendices \stopappendices to create appendices, I get an extra empty page. Is there a way to solve this? If I put another chapter after the \stopappendices statement, then there is no empty page. See the following test: \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \chapter[]{Chapter} This a chapter \section[]{Section} This a section \startappendices \chapter[]{Appendix} This the appendix \stopappendices % \chapter[]{extra} % This extra \stoptext Any suggestions? Regards, Rob -- _____________________________________________________________ Rob W. van Swol National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Tel. +31 527 248252 P.O. Box 153 Fax +31 527 248210 8300 AD Emmeloord E-Mail vanswol(a)nlr.nl The Netherlands http://www.neonet.nl/

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m-bib sorting, etc.
by Bruce D'Arcus 26 May '04

26 May '04

Another question on m-bib: Is it possible to get the bib list alphabetized? Or is the only way this can work if the bib file itself is so, and I use the bbl sort option? Also, I am getting some weird vertical spacing in the list (like extra blank space between a couple of entries). Is there any suggested workaround for this? Bruce

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\index + \definedescription
by Pavel Stupin 17 Apr '04

17 Apr '04

Hello, In my document, I have a description defined in this way: \definedescription[DictEntry][headstyle=bold,location=serried,width=broad] I use the DictEntry description like this: ***************************************************************** \startDictEntry{Walters, Barbara (1931- )} a US television journalist known especially for her series Barbara Walters Special... \stopDictEntry \startDictEntry{Waterhouse, Keith (1929- )} an English journalist and writer of novels and plays... \stopDictEntry \startDictEntry{West, Rebecca (1892-1983)} an English writer and journalist. She wrote many novels... \stopDictEntry ... etc. ***************************************************************** What I would like to do is to automatically create an \index{} for every DictEntry so that every entry then appear in the register. Probably, I should use 'between' parameter when defining my DictEntry description, but I'm confused with what should be the proper argument in 'between=\index{???}. I would appreciate any help. Thank you in advance. Best, Pavel.

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How to rotate a single character on a line?
by Stefan Wachter 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

Hi all. I want to use some arrows of the ZapfDingbats fonts. Most of the arrows included in this font are directed from left to right. I tried to use \rotate to produce arrows directed to different directions. Yet, rotate produces new lines. Example: \definefontsynonym[ZapfDingbats][zd] \definefont[Zapf][ZapfDingbats at 24pt] \rotate[rotation=180]{\Zapf\char234} {\Zapf\char234} The example is intended to produce an arrow directed to the left followed by an arrow directed to the right. The result however is an arrow directed to the left followed by a new line with an arrow directed to the right. intended: <- -> result: <- -> Does someone know how the new line can be suppressed? Thanks, --Stefan

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Typescript for Helvetica - what's wrong?
by Stefan Wachter 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

Hi all! I tried to write a typescript to use the Helvetica PDF base 14 fonts. Yet, the example below uses the (default) Computer Modern Roman fonts. I wrote the typescript along the lines of the excellent help document at (http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html) Thanks for your attention, --Stefan \enableregime[il1] \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setuplayout[leftmargindistance=0cm] \setupheadertexts[] \starttypescript [sans] [helvetica] [texnansi] \definefontsynonym [Helvetica] [hv] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [Helvetica-Bold] [hvb] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [Helvetica-BoldOblique] [hvbo] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [Helvetica-Oblique] [hvo] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [helvetica] [name] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [Helvetica] \definefontsynonym [SansBold] [Helvetica-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [Helvetica-Oblique] \definefontsynonym [SansSlanted] [Helvetica-Oblique] \definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [Helvetica-BoldOblique] \definefontsynonym [SansBoldSlanted] [Helvetica-BoldOblique] \definefontsynonym [SansCaps] [Helvetica] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [pdf] \definetypeface [MyHelvetica] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[pdf] \setupbodyfont[MyHelvetica] \starttext This is Helvetica, {\bf bold}, {\it italic}, {\bi bold-italic}, {\tfa bigger} and {\tfx smaller}. \stoptext

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news / bold math
by Hans Hagen 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

News: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/magazines/mag-0005.pdf bold math and mixed bold math; only defined for lucida (dunno other bold math fonts yet) I also uploaded new versions. 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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TaBle example fails
by Christopher G D Tipper 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

I am learning the TaBle package and I get the following from a verbatim example from the manual. \handleTABLEerror ...LE {columnspan too large}\SR \or \fillTABLEcolumns \ttt... l.54 " " \use2 control " " \\ ? ! Emergency stop. The \use#1 function always returns an error code. With following input (exercise 5, p.61) \BeginTable \BeginFormat | r | c | c | r | \EndFormat " " \use2 control " " \\ " " alive " dead " " \\+02 " & \use2 \= & " \\0 " low risk | 5 | ~3 | 8 " \\ " & \use3 \= & \\0 " high risk | 4 | 26 | 30 " \\ " & \use3 \= & \\0 " " 9 | 29 | 39 " \\ \EndTable Is there a way around this snafu? Christopher --------------------------------o00o-------------------------------- "Since light travels faster than sound, isn't that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak" - Steve Wright

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