ntg-context May 2004

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Internal documentation of Context modules.
by John Culleton 06 May '04

06 May '04

I have figured out that there is a way to print out the internal documentation of the various Context modules in a manner that makes some sense. I first use grep to extract all the %D lines of a module into a separate file e.g., foo.tex. Then I eliminate the %D tag from all lines using Vim. I add \starttext and \stoptext statements. Then I run texexec --pdf foo.tex. The result is imperfect but more or less intelligible. It seems to me that there might be a script buried somewhare in the system that does this better. If so, what is it called? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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eps images
by techw＠siritech.com 05 May '04

05 May '04

Hello all! I have been using Context only recently. I need to import eps images into the documents(a lot of them). Despite running texutil and setting the path for Ghost Script, I am getting only blank eps images or gray boxes in the pdf. Is there a driver that I need to do the conversion from eps to pdf ? I am able to import jpg images. Do I have to convert the eps images to pdf externally and then import them using context tags? I have been stuck on this problem for amonth now.Help please! Thanks and regards, -priya.

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special characters and \startuseMPgraphic{FunnyFrame}
by Helmut Schwertner 03 May '04

03 May '04

Hello, the following example does not work if the text in the \FrameTitle{Blockflötenspielen} contains special characters like öäßé etc. Has someone a solution for this problem? Thanks a lot, Helmut *********************************************************** \mainlanguage[de] \language[de] \enableregime[windows] \setuppapersize[a4][a4] \setupoutput[pdftex] \pdfcompresslevel=0 \runMPgraphicstrue \setupcolors[state=start] \startuseMPgraphic{FunnyFrame} picture p; numeric w, h, o; p:=textext.rt(\MPstring{FunnyFrame}); w:=OverlayWidth; h:=OverlayHeight; o:=BodyFontSize; p:=p shifted (2o,h-ypart center p); draw p; drawoptions (withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor .625blue); draw (2o,h)--(0,h)--(0,0)--(w,0)--(w,h)--(xpart urcorner p, h) ; draw boundingbox p; setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare xyscaled (w,h); \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[FunnyFrame][\useMPgraphic{FunnyFrame}] \defineframedtext[FunnyText][frame=off,background=FunnyFrame] \def\StartFrame{\startFunnyText} \def\StopFrame{\stopFunnyText} \def\FrameTitle#1% {\setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{\hbox spread 2em {\hss\strut#1\hss}}} \setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{} \starttext \FrameTitle{Blockflötenspielen} \StartFrame These: Blockflötenspielen macht Spaß! \StopFrame \stoptext

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Re:: \filbreak OK--TOC again--dupes in index.
by John Culleton 01 May '04

01 May '04

Taking the last question first, when I switched over to eplain and makeindex the error of my ways became apparent--- a spurious space in an \index statement which in makeindex sorts that item ahead of the letter "A". The Context reaction to the error was different. But it was clearly user error. Since I have a job to get out the door this week, and tomorrow is Friday, I will continue with makeindex. I will also use the eplain macro for the TOC. An answer to my earlier question in re. spacing in the TOC would be welcomed however for future reference. I will try \filbreak and see if anything breaks. To make the eplain macros coexist with Context requires commenting out one line in eplain.tex: %\def^^L{\par}% What this line does I have no idea. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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