March 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

TeXutil image processing patch
by Taco Hoekwater 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

Hi all, Attached is a patch that fixes the image file scanners in texutil 8.1 Changes: - Version = 8.1f - Fix "--verbose" offset reporting - Fix TIF Author/Title/Creator discovery - Fix PNG Author/Title/Creator discovery - Support TIF Unit type "1 to 1" (uses 72dpi) - Fix JPG images with broken resolutions (uses 72dpi) -- groeten, Taco

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Re: Re: [NTG-context] Installing 3rd-party metapost macros
by SebastianSturm＠t-online.de 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

> maybe adding > > \forceMPTEXgraphictrue > > helps > > Hans No, unfortunately this doesn't work. It still displays "! Unable to make mpx file. l.39 def Eplus_ = btex $+$etex enddef;". Anyway, thanks for your help. Best regards, Sebastian

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A bug in location=hanging ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Hi, Please have a look at the example below. "\setuphanging[distance=0cm]" does not seem to have an effect at all. If I set "margin=-0.0001cm" it is almost zero, but if I set "margin=0cm" it jumps an undefined step to the right. Why can't it be zero? Did I forget a "%" at the end of some line? Thank you, Steffen ******* Example: \definelist[MyNoteList] \setuphanging[distance=0cm] \definedescription [WhatANote] [style=bold,margin=-0.0001cm,width=5cm,before=,after={\blank[5pt]},location=hanging] \def\MyNoteList#1#2#3{\startWhatANote{#1}#2\stopWhatANote} \setuplist [MyNoteList] [criterium=text, alternative=command, command=\MyNoteList] \newcounter\MyNotes \long\def\MyNote#1% {\ifhmode\unskip\fi \doglobal\increment\MyNotes\relax \high{\MyNotes}% \expanded{\writetolist[MyNoteList]{\MyNotes}}{#1}} \starttext Text \dorecurse{2}{test \MyNote{Whow, {\it another} note \input tufte }\endgraf} \page Text \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text] Text \stoptext

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[Q]�(newbie) typesetting to grid in layer with widgets
by Rolf Marvin B e Lindgren 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

[firt message still waits for moderator approval, here's a new and improved version] I'm giving ConTeXt a first go in typesetting a diploma. I've figured out that I'd like to try to typeset to a five-column grid. Most of the stuff should be centered against the third column, while some stuff should be centered to the second and fourth column. This makes for a very boring diploma, but that's beside the point at this stage. I want 1-inch borders throughout, so before \starttext, I have \setuplayout[paperheight=29.97cm,paperwidth=21cm,leftmargin=1cm,rightmargin=1cm,header=1cm,footer=1cm,textwidth=19cm,textheight=27.97cm] (I pretend that marginpars don't exist. I'm sure they'll come back and haunt me). Furthermore, before \starttext, I set up the layers I think I need with \setuplayout[grid=yes,columndistance=12pt,columns=5]\showgrid \definelayer [text] \setupbackgrounds [text] [background=text] (The showgrid is there because I like to see what I'm doing). Then I have, say, \setlayer[text][column=3,line=7,x=0.5\layoutcolumnwidth,location=c]{% Diploma awarded to} now, _is_ this the smartest way to do this? furthermore, I'd like to allow for input into fields from Acrobat. I have this: \definefield[CertID][text][CertIDSetup][] \setupfield[CertIDSetup][% readonly=no,printable=yes,width=4em,% frame=on,height=8mm,offset=5ex] \myCenter{3}{11}{Sertifikat Nr. DNV-2004-OSL-PERS-\field[CertID]} trouble is, the _field_ is aligned to the baseline, whereas I'd like the text _of_ the field to be thus aligned. any suggestiosn? (as a matter of fact, the problem with this approach is that text cannot ever be centered becaue TeX need to know the dimensions at typesetting time - which isn't known until the user has interacted. is there, say, JavaScript magic that could be done in order to have text centered after it has been input? and on a sitenote, I'd like to have a frame around the entire page. Preferably, I'd like to be able to place it using numerical coordinates (absolute or relative, set to a layer or not). Is this, or something close to it, possible? thank you, -- Rolf Lindgren http://www.roffe.com/ roffe(a)tag.uio.no

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Re: [NTG-context] Installing 3rd-party metapost macros
by Hans Hagen 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

At 20:26 05/03/2004, you wrote: >Hello all, > >I'm still new to ConTeXt, so this might seem trivial to you... > >As I would like to create circuit diagrams without leaving TeXShop, I >downloaded and installed the mpcirc Metapost macro package. When trying >to compile, however (using \startMPinclusions input mpcirc; >\stopMPinclusions), ConTeXt fails with an error message saying >" TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 maybe adding \forceMPTEXgraphictrue helps Hans

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color in hairlines
by pawcoo 11 Mar '04

11 Mar '04

Hello All, please, consider the following simple example of pdftex code: \pdfliteral{0 1 0 0 k} % Magenta (ugly) \hrule height 1pt \hrule height 1.1pt \end The upper hairline remains black. What should I do to colorize thin lines also? Thanks, Pawe/l

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linecorrection and paragraph spacing
by Nigel King 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

Some time ago Hans recommended the use of \startlinecorrection...\stoplinecorrection surrounding a figure. Typically I write a paragraph and then have a double carriagereturn and then a floating figure and then a double carriagereturn. The normal paragraph space does not always appear so I surround the figure by linecorrection and then find that the paragraph spacing is slightly larger than usual. Are there any rules for this. If necessary I will try to produce a minimal example although I tend to notice the problem once a document has become fairly long. TIA -- Nigel

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[Q] (newbie) typesetting layer to column
by Rolf Marvin B e Lindgren 09 Mar '04

09 Mar '04

I'm giving ConTeXt a first go in typesetting a diploma. I've figured out that I'd like to try to typeset to a five-column grid. Most of the stuff should be centered against the third column, while some stuff should be centered to the second and fourth column. This makes for a very boring diploma, but that's beside the point at this stage. I want 1-inch borders throughout, so before \starttext, I have \setuplayout[paperheight=29.97cm,paperwidth=21cm,leftmargin=1cm,rightmargin=1cm,header=1cm,footer=1cm,textwidth=19cm,textheight=27.97cm] (I pretend that marginpars don't exist. I'm sure they'll come back and haunt me). Furthermore, before \starttext, I set up the layers I think I need with \setuplayout[grid=yes,columndistance=12pt,columns=5]\showgrid \definelayer [text] \setupbackgrounds [text] [background=text] (The showgrid is there because I like to see what I'm doing). Then I have, say, \setlayer[text][column=3,line=7]{Diploma awarded to} what do I say in order to have the text centered relative to the column? and on a sitenote, I'd like to have a frame around the entire page. Preferably, I'd like to be able to place it using numerical coordinates (absolute or relative, set to a layer or not). Is this, or something close to it, possible? thank you, -- Rolf Lindgren http://www.roffe.com/ roffe(a)tag.uio.no

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(no subject)
by Adam Tee 09 Mar '04

09 Mar '04

Hi all, Is it possible to place some text in two columns into either the table or figure environments without the columns getting ignored. I have some data which I do not want to put in table form but require it in two columns with either a figure ot table label at the bottom. For example a c b d Table x: foo Will this have to be done manually ?? Also, I'm having some problems with using columns, what is happening is that whenever the columns finish the text afterwards runs off the end of the page. I'm using \startcolumns[n=2, tolerance=verytolerant] Thanks Adam

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Re: multi media once more
by Hans Hagen 09 Mar '04

09 Mar '04

At 11:25 08/03/2004, you wrote: >Hi, > > > Sorry if this is getting to be too much, but the scripts could definitely > > use some testing. > >I have tried your itunes2rl script with saxon. I get a pretty decent >xml file! Great. > >But I can't make med-show to work: > >texexec --use=med-show itunes.xml > > >ConTeXt ver: 2004.2.23 fmt: 2004.2.25 int: english mes: english > >[...] > >[MP to PDF] (./itunes-mpgraph.1) >references : unknown object [PDLN datalayer=>PDLN/datalayer] >! Undefined control sequence. >\next ->\ignorespaces \rob > [StartRendering{mediaclip-\MediaClip }] Start > \\... > >\executeamboxcommands ...cationcommand }\fi \next > \unskip \getvalue > {\??am #... > > >so am I doing something wrong? A private Hans' macro? (I've got the >same error in an old file from Hans but was unable to look into it yet.) ah .. the roll over buttons stuff is in my local cont-loc file ... i'll move it to cont-new and upload a new version Hans

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