June 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

pagination problem with \startitemize[columns]
by Nikolai Weibull 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

I sent a response to an earlier thread about this, but I don't know if it got through (my mail was down later that day). Anyway, here's an example of something that gets messed up. Text following the itemize doesn't get paginated properly. Having a new chapter after it seems to fix it from there on, though. \starttext \chapter{One} \dorecurse{7}{\input zapf \par\relax} \startitemize[columns,four] \dorecurse{12}{\nop \type{[:alnum:]}} \stopitemize \dorecurse{7}{\input zapf \par\relax} \stoptext This fails for \startitemize[columns] as well. It seems that the problem arises when the itemize is pushed onto the second page. Remove the first \dorecurse{7}{\input ...} and it works fine... Here's an example where the following chapter will be typeset correctly: \starttext \chapter{One} \dorecurse{7}{\input zapf \par\relax} \startitemize[columns,four] \dorecurse{12}{\nop \type{[:alnum:]}} \stopitemize \dorecurse{7}{\input zapf \par\relax} \chapter{Two} \dorecurse{7}{\input zapf \par\relax} \stoptext 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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update
by Hans Hagen 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

Hi, I uploaded a new version (and will sync the whole site friday). - watch the new magazines (number 6 in show-mag.pdf) : dangerous features (but still fun) - hz support (will be completed when the new pdf comes out) - a few new tools: textools & xmltools - of course some fixes (i'm working on a manual for xmldir support as provided by xmltools/x-dir-*) beware: this tree is already in the new tds Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: ntg-context digest, Vol 1 #784 - 10 msgs
by vinuth madinur 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Hello everybody, Thanks for helping me solve the problem. It was wonderful seeing the metafun manual. One more query : In a two level definition like: def test(expr p)= __temp_call(p) enddef; def __temp_call(expr p)(text t)= ........ enddef; so as to allow definitions for macros like "draw". Now, I want to have a macro similar to "draw" but also I want to have a suffix attached to the macro name. so, I did something like: vardef test@#(expr p)= __temp_call@#(p) enddef; vardef __temp_call@#(expr p)(text t)= ........ enddef; But this will obviously not work. But then I also have to define the macro with "vardef" inorder to have "@#" suffix. Can someone please help me here? Thanks. Vinuth.M.Madinur. P.S :- To Patrick Gundlach, thanks for help. -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Re: Question ConTeXt
by Hans Hagen 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

jimarin(a)bayesinf.com wrote: >Another quick question about ConTeXt. > > you need to use th eproper encoding (say ec or texnansi or .. to get 8 bit input working) you can best ask on the context list what other spanish users use >I understand that using > >\language[es] (or \mainlanguage[es]) > >would select correct hyphenation patterns for Spanish. Is this correct? > >and then... > >can I enter text with proper Spanish accents in it, like in... > >\starttext > >¡No sé cómo explicarlo bien! > >¿Entiendes español? > >\stoptext > >Or do I have to use \{'o} or something on those lines...(that would be >terrible I guess...) > > >Thanks in advance for being there !! > >Jose Ignacio > >================================================================ >Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. >Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > > > > > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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\AtBeginDocument
by Peter Münster 14 Jun '04

14 Jun '04

Hello, is there something in ConTeXt like the \AtBeginDocument in LaTeX ? Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Re: Question abount ConTeXt
by Hans Hagen 14 Jun '04

14 Jun '04

Hi, the en/nl/etc have to do with the interface language and there is no spanisch interface (yet) if you want to typeset spanish, you need spanish patterns and these are loaded by default, so texexec --make --alone will do for you. If you want all patterns: texexec --make --alone --all switching to spanish is done with \mainlanguage[es] Hans >Estimated sirs of Pragma, > >I am a newcomer to ConTeXt, though I used LaTeX for some time. I don't >know if I can pose my question to this e-mail address, if not I would >appretiate indications in order to forward it to a more adequate address. > >I am creating the "en" and "nl" formats with: > >texexec --make en nl > >and everything goes fine. > >My problem comes when I want to do: > >texexec --make es > >to create the Spanish format. > > >I have created a line for "es" into fmtutil file (fmtutil --edit) which >copies the ones dedicated to "en" and "nl". I have also uncommented the >"es" line in texmf/tex/context/config/cont-usr.tex file and created a >cont-es.ini file that mimicks cont.en.ini file in the same directory >(texmf/tex/context/config) > > >Is there something wrong or something else to do in order to get the >Spanish format running? > >Thanks in advance ! > >Jose Ignacio Marín Alberdi > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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MPost: how to pass variables from mpost to TeX.
by vinuth madinur 13 Jun '04

13 Jun '04

Hi everyone, My mpost doesnt have textext macro. So, what are the other ways of doing it? What I want to do is this : %I have a variable GbLableName GbLableName=B_2; %Now I want to use this variable like this: lable.bot( btex GbLableName etex , (0,0) ); But this will just display GbLableName instead of B_2. So can someone please tell how this can be done? I know too little about TeX. Someone suggested about using Textext macro. But my MPost version doesnt have it. So are there any other ways of doing it? Looking forward for it.. Vinuth.M.Madinur. -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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\dogetobject and pdf
by Peter Münster 11 Jun '04

11 Jun '04

Hello Hans, I'm sorry, your patch of the May 17 works well for dvi, but not for pdf: the figure is again shifted down and to the left. Here an example: \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext X\externalfigure[example][width=5cm]X \stoptext example.pdf is attached, also the resulting pdf. Concerning the issus with \useencoding[ffr] and FitBH: Do you think, you could solve the problems? If not, I'll go on trying to find solutions. Greeting, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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MPOST: How to pass variables from mpost to TeX
by vinuth madinur 11 Jun '04

11 Jun '04

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scaling externalfigure in metafun
by Nigel King 10 Jun '04

10 Jun '04

I apologize in advance for asking what I am sure is a repeated question but I cannot find the answer in manuals and archives. In Metafun externalfigure "file.pdf" xyscale(x,y) ; how does one find the size of a graphic in order to scale it appropriately TIA -- Nigel

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