June 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

arranging pages with transpparency color
by Vit Zyka 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hi Hans and others, there is a problem with arranging pages with transparency color. See code: ------------------ \setuppapersize[A5,landscape][A4] \setuparranging[2TOPSIDE] \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[tcBlack][s=0, t=.5, a=normal] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[20pt] \dorecurse{1}{Page \color[tcBlack]{\recurselevel}\page}% \dorecurse{4}{Page \recurselevel\page}% \stoptext -------------------- Acroread (win 6.0.1) is complaining on the resulting PDF obtaining by texexec --arrange The message from AR is: There was an error reading a page. There was a problem processing a document(14). From a previous version of AR I obtained more informative message: Could not find extended graphic state name Tr1 Necessary conditions: 1) transparent color on at least one page 2) arranging pages on sheets 3) number of pages exceeds one sheet Observation: If do not use switch --arrange and compile the file two times the error does not occure. (But the result is not correct due to missing table of content etc.) It seems to me the problem is with managing transparen resources from sheet to sheet. Vit Zyka

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textbackground
by dr. Hans van der Meer 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

Hans, I definitely see problems with the \starttextbackground[]-\stoptextbackground environment (discussed in the "displays"-brochure). When the textbackground falls at a page crossing -- i.e. starts at the top of a page -- the coloring extends backwards on the page just left. It can be remedied by putting a \null just in front of \starttextbackground. The extra vertical space this introduces just manages to constrain the background to its own page. However, this is not a general solution, on other places the extra vertical space is certainly not wanted. I cannot find the exact nature of the problem. I suspect it has to do with the \output-routines, but these are not my speciality, to say the least. So, not much help there, Also, the \starttextbackground does not respect footnotes, these are colored. In contrast, the old \startbackground-\stopbackground does respect footnotes. The coloring stops at the footnote and restarts at the next page. I should like that for \starttextbackground as well. Hans van der Meer

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MathTimes usage
by dr. Hans van der Meer 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

I have the YandY MathTimes fonts and would like to use them in ConTeXt but do not know how to get them into action. In the source there are some references to MathTimes but nothing I try does something simple like for the lucida fonts: \setupbodyfont[lbr] Maybe I missed the magic invocation for \setupbodyfont[MathTimes-magic]? Hope someone can help. Hans van der Meer

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compile problems
by Idris Samawi Hamid 28 Jun '04

28 Jun '04

Hi gang, I'm having trouble compiling the eomega format with the latest ConTeXt (6-21): \texmf-var\web2c>eomega --ini *plain \dump works, but then \texmf-var\web2c>texexec --make --alone en -tex=eomega eomega: unrecognized option `-translate-file=natural.tcx' Try `eomega --help' for more information. fails. On the other hand eomega --ini *cont-en works, but then I get e.g., executable : EOMEGA format : cont-en inputfile : decision output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 EOMEGA: unrecognized option `-translate-file=natural.tcx' Try `EOMEGA --help' for more information. Please help! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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new typeface toy
by Adam Lindsay 27 Jun '04

27 Jun '04

Hey Patrick, all, I like the wiki a lot. Thanks for getting it going! It's a nice, quick way to get hints out there. As a result, I wrote up a little font-usage hack that wasn't quite big enough for a MyWay, but that I wanted to share with folks: <http://members.ping.de:8062/context/show/FlexiFace> But enough of the self-promotion ;) There's a lot of good stuff up there. adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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definemathsymbol and txfonts
by David Munger 26 Jun '04

26 Jun '04

Hi, I can't figure out how to get \definemathsymbol work with txfonts extended-A math fonts: \definemathsymbol [oiint] [op] [txexa] ["09] \starttext I want to get this: \getglyph{txexa}{\char"09} \startformula \oiint f(x,y) \,da \stopformula \stoptext Thanks for any help, David

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command definition
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

is it possible anything like the following ? \def\MySomeTable#1% { \startbuffer #1 \stopbuffer } \MySomeTable{ \starttable blah blah blah... \stoptable } I find it difficult... Jose

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math in ConTeXt
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

is ConTeXt prepared for math? I mean...can I do... $\sum_{i=1}^{n}{x_{i}}$ as I used to in LaTeX ? I don't make the \Sigma to be under and over characterised by i=1 and n. Jose

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metafun
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

I have made texexec --make metafun to generate metafun format. And it said it generated it. But... I always get these messages kpathsea: Running mktexfmt metafun.mem fmtutil: no info for format `metafun'. when doing texexec --pdf to my tex-beauties... it seems that he goes for metapost after that... is there anything wrong here? thanks ! jose

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correction
by dr. Hans van der Meer 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

re: might be an error in ConTeXt file prop-mis.tex I had some difficulty with typesetting backgrounds. It seems there is an error in file prop-mis.tex (version 2004-06-21): token "\popsplitnegativeproperty" is never defined but "\popsplitoverprintproperty" is twice. I think the second one should be \popsplitnegativeproperty, because then the sequence \startbackground some text \stopbackground does typeset after regenerating the formats. Hope this helps. Hans van der Meer

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