March 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Help Wanted: Apple Preview.app and Metafun Manual
by Wendy McKay 09 Mar '04

09 Mar '04

Hi all, We need your help in tracking down a possible bug with the Apple Preview.app when printing the Metafun manual (pdf) <http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf> from page 37 onward. We (and Apple) would appreciate it very much if some of you would do tests on different printers and submit a report on the survey form posted at <http://latex.yauh.de/survey/survey.php?SURVEY_ID=14> Josh Carter made the original discovery and did tests on the following: ----------- HP Color LaserJet 4600dn - Printing page 1-100ish (my original print job), A4 paper scaled to letter: fuzzy pages from page 37 (physical 41) on. - Page 37 only (scaled): fuzzy. - Page 37 only (A4 cropped to letter): fuzzy. HP LaserJet 4050n: - Page 37 only (scaled): fuzzy. - Page 37 only (cropped): fuzzy. Epson Stylus Photo 2000P (note: NOT a PostScript printer): - Page 37 only (cropped): fuzzy. All were printed from my PowerBook G4/550; 512MB/30GB; MacOS X 10.3.2; latest available drivers for Color LaserJet 4600 and Epson 2000P, built-in system driver for LaserJet 4050. I also verified that Acrobat 6 prints correctly on the 4050, but I didn't try the other printers. ----------- Our thanks to Stephan Hochhaus for setting up the MacTeX survey page. -- wendy for the TUG MacTeX Technical Working Group <http://www.tug.org/twg/mactex/>

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Update problems: TOC
by Mari Voipio 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

Hello, all ConTeXters! I finally got around to trying TeXLive2003 and the ConTeXt there. The good news is that it installs into Windows2000 like a charm and all the old font woes are now past worries, the fonts worked the first try. After installing TeXLive I downloaded the newest ConTeXt from Pragma's pages and it seems to be a working installation, too. However, I have a problem to which I didn't find a solution in the mailing list archives: The Table of Contents doesn't work and that hangs the whole thing. If I get rid of the command \placecontent, everything works perfectly, but once I try to compile the file(s) with a TOC, this is what I get: myContents : - Table of contents (./pr-03.tuo ! Undefined control sequence. \exitloop ->\let \endofloop \nodoloop <argument> ...>\zeropoint \unskip \else \exitloop \fi \doloop ...@@arecurse \recursedepth \endcsname {#1 }\global \@EA \let \csname... \removeunwantedspaces ...kip \else \exitloop \fi } \fi \endstrut ...trut \fi \else \removeunwantedspaces \normalpenalty \@M \normal... <argument> ...tentry {\v!hoofdstuk }{Introduction} } ... l.7 ...1}{1}{Introduction}{2::0:1:0:0:0:0:0::1}{5} ? --- Below you'll find a simplified version of my setups etc, maybe that will help to pinpoint the problem. I hope somebody has a solution as I won't be able to upgrade to any newer ConTeXt's until this is fixed. Thanks for any help, Mari % ------ % File starts here % ------ %output=pdftex \definepapersize[a4short][width=210mm,height=11in] \setuppapersize[a4short][a4] \enableregime[il1] \usetypescript[berry][ec] \setupbodyfont[pos,10pt] % This sets the look of the first level headings \setuphead [chapter] [style=\sstfc, prefix=+] % This sets the look of the second level headings \setuphead [section] [style=\sstfb] % Third level headings \setuphead [subsection] [style=\ssbf] % Fourth level headings \setuphead [subsubsection] [style=\ssit] % ------------------------------------------------------------- % Settings concerning the Table of contents (TOC) % ------------------------------------------------------------- % The combination below sets the look of the title of the TOC \definehead [myContents] [title] \setuphead [myContents] [alternative=left, style=\sstfb] % These settings are for the first level (chapter) entries % in the TOC \setuplist [chapter] [criterium=chapter, alternative=c, aligntitle=yes, textstyle={\tfa\cap}] \setuplist [section] [criterium=section, alternative=c, margin=0.7cm, textstyle=bold] \setuplist [subsection] [criterium=subsection, alternative=c, margin=0.9cm] % This sets the fourth level (subsubsection) entries in the TOC \setuplist [subsubsection] [criterium=subsubsection, alternative=c, margin=1.2cm, textstyle=italic] %----------------------------------------------------------------- % TOC settings end here \starttext \startfrontmatter \myContents{Table of contents} \placecontent \stopfrontmatter % --------------------------------------------------------------- % Each chapter is a file of its own, the files are collected % into one document here \input pr-03_ch01/ch01.tex % first chapter (Introduction) \input pr-03_ch02/ch02.tex % second chapter (Sensor) \input pr-03_ch03/ch03.tex % third chapter (IT-R) \input pr-03_ch04/ch04.tex % fourth chapter (Accessory units) \input pr-03_ch05/ch05.tex % fifth chapter (Startup and configuration) \input pr-03_ch06/ch06.tex % sixth chapter (Regular maintenance) \input pr-03_ch07/ch07.tex % seventh chapter (Troubleshooting) \input pr-03_ch08/parts_tables.tex % tables for chapter 8 are loaded first \input pr-03_ch08/ch08.tex % eighth chapter (Sensor % specifications and parts lists) \input pr-03_ch09/ch09.tex % ninth chapter (IT-R specifications % and parts lists) %This part gets alphabets (A, B...) \startappendices \input glossary.tex \input dds.tex % Information on the Delivary Data Sheet \input calibration_data_report.tex % The Calibration data report sheet \input verification.tex % How to do ISO 9000 Verification \stopappendices \startbackmatter % ---------------------- % Index settings % ---------------------- \chapter[index]{Index} \placeindex % --- End of Index ----- \stopbackmatter % Here's where the document ends, nothing comes below this command \stoptext

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Drop capital
by Charles Doherty 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

Dear all, I am preparing a newsletter for our group on the history of settlement in Ireland. I would like to use a drop capital at the start of articles. I think I remember a file explaining how to do this in Context but I can't find it now. Can anyone tell me the code to use or give me the url of the file (if I am not just imagining this). Thanks, Charlie Doherty ************** Charles Doherty, Early Irish History, School of History, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 Ireland Telephone +353 1 7168381

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reverse order sorting
by Vit Zyka 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

Dear Hans and ConTeXters, I go back to this question since it was not answered: > is possible to change sorting order (e.g. sort in reverse order: not A, B, C but C, B, A) in the > mechanism: > > ----- > \definesorting[address][addressbook] > \setupsorting[address][criterium=all] > \address{A} > \address{C} > \address{B} > \placelistofaddressbook > ----- I was looking for something like 'reverse=yes' in \setupsorting definition and texexec perl sort function calling, but it seemed to me, it has not been implemented yet. Am I right? I still do not have insign to setup option passing and parsing mechanism in ConTeXt macros, but who knows, the implementation might be very easy. I would need it for sorting simple scoring points. Using external (Perl or XSLT) engine ia like a hammer to mosquitos. I can solve to problem by forward sorting and TeX macro language but Perl solution is more effective. Thank you Vit Zyka

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Installing 3rd-party metapost macros
by SebastianSturm＠t-online.de 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

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 metapost : mpgraph format : metafun This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.5.2) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/cp8bit.tcx) (mpgraph.mp (mpcirc.mp (ttex.mp) (circlib.mp >> circlib.mp >> circlib.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.39 def Eplus_ = btex $+$etex enddef; Transcript written on mpgraph.log. error in metapost run : mpgraph.mp:39" Enabling \write18 and changing the MPXcommand to texexec --mptex didn't help. I would be very grateful if someone could tell me how to get mpcirc (and maybe even featpost) up and running. I'd also like to know how to enable margin kerning (I tried \setupalign[hanging], didn't work). BTW, I'm running the latest i-installer version of teTeX (including the ConTeXt updater, stable version) on OS X 10.3.2. Best regards, Sebastian

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another question about itemize
by R. Ermers 04 Mar '04

04 Mar '04

Hi Contex'ers, As we are considering itemize, does anyone by any chance know how to tackle this problem? Kind regards, Robert Ermers As you know, the itemize blok can be stopped and resumed by means of [continue]: \startitemize[n] \item abc \item def \stopitemize bla bla \startitemize[continue] \item ghijk \item klmnop \stopitemize I wonder if it is possible to have an itemize block resumed, and have the numbers continue, if another set of items precedes the continuation. Like this: \starttext \section{Personalia} \startitemize[n,packed,joinedup] \item name \item surname \item place of birth \stopitemize \section{Fruits} \startitemize[A] \item appel / apple \item peer / pear \item mango \item kersen / cherries \stopitemize \section{Personalia cont.} \startitemize[n,packed,joinedup] \item Sofi-nummer / social sec. number \item Huwelijksdatum /date of marriage \item Meisjesnaam moeder / maiden name mother \stopitemize \stoptext

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Problem with \startitemize
by Nikolai Weibull 04 Mar '04

04 Mar '04

I'm having a problem with \startitemize. My code is \startitemize[n,columns,four] \item $ S \rightarrow ACaB$ \item $Ca \rightarrow aaC$ \item $CB \rightarrow DB$ \item $CB \rightarrow E$ \item $aD \rightarrow Da$ \item $AD \rightarrow AC$ \item $aE \rightarrow Ea$ \item $AE \rightarrow \epsilon$ \stopitemize and for some reason the rest of the section and the next section continues of the page that the above list is rendered upon. It syncs up on the following section, but it's kind of unacceptable as you may have figured. I have not tried to find a small example that reproduces this as I figured I'd ask if this has happend anyone else before delving into a debugging session (I really don't have the time necessary), nikolai P.S. My first guess was that the math was messing it up somhow, but it fails for simple A, B, C replacements for the above \item's. D.S. -- ::: 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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m-math
by Nikolai Weibull 04 Mar '04

04 Mar '04

does the m-math module still exist? has core-math changed too much for m-math to catch up, or does a version exist somewhere that works with the latest release of CONTEXT? 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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something for you
by pragma＠pi.net 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

your name is wrong

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TaBlE Issues
by Nikolai Weibull 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

Where can I find a comprehensive specification of the TaBlE module? My problem is that I want a paragraph environment in a column, but that doesn't seem to exist/work. In tabulate you can use 'p' in the template, and table doesn't complain when you use it but doesn't obide by it either. Am I missing something, for \starttable[|l|l|] \NC Something \NC Long description ... \NC\AR \stoptable makes for a very wide table (that goes off the paper). 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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