July 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Strange error ...
by Willi Egger 25 Jul '04

25 Jul '04

Hi, I got a simple drawing madeup in Metapost, which is then compiled into a pdf file with context. Now that I want to include this graphic in a text I stumble over the following: pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2c 7.5.2) ConTeXt ver: 2004.6.30 fmt: 2004.7.21 Error: PDF version 1.5 -- xpdf supports version 1.4 (continuing anyway) Error (0): PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table... Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary Error: Couldn't read xref table subsubject : - De tekst op het Gabarit Error: pdfetex.exe (file ./gabarit.pdf): xpdf: reading PDF image failed ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished! Does anybody have a clue what happens? Kind regards Willi

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Problems with left and right
by Matt Gushee 25 Jul '04

25 Jul '04

Hello-- I have noticed a couple of cases where ConTeXt macros seem to have confused left and right sides: 1) I want to format some text in two columns, where the left column is right-aligned and the right column is left-aligned. I found I had to do this: \defineparagraphs [ingredient] [n=2, before={\blank[small]},after={\blank[small]}] \setupparagraphs [ingredient] [1] [width=.16\textwidth,align=left,style=bold] 2) In order to format format headers for a book so that the book title appears on the left-hand page and the section title on the right, I had to do this: \setupheadertexts [] [section] [title] [] ... which, as I read the documentation, is in the opposite order to what it should be. Is this a bug in ConTeXt, or have I misconfigured something? -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee(a)havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.)

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key=value parameters
by Vit Zyka 24 Jul '04

24 Jul '04

Hallo ConTeXters, I am playing with defining my own macro with key=value parameters. Please, consider definition: \def\setupField[#1]#2[#3]{\getparameters[Field!#1!][#3]} \setupField[name][mykey=value,textwidth=2cm] If you let ConTeXt to show the values by \message{ <mykey=\getvalue{Field!name!mykey}> <textwidth=\getvalue{Field!name!textwidth}> <tekstbreedte=\getvalue{Field!name!tekstbreedte}> } you obtain <mykey=value> <textwidth=\Field!name!textwidth > <tekstbreedte=2cm> While 'mykey' is OK, predefined keys (like textwidth, text, style, ...) lead to undefined parameter, that behave like \relax. I can imagine next solutions: 1) Do not use predefined keys in my macros, e.g. textWidth instead of textwidth [=user unfriendly]. 2) Use original (mostly Dutch) keys inside of my macros [=developer unfriendly]. 3) Define: \unprotect \def\getparametersALL{\dogetparameters\dosetvalueALL} \def\dosetvalueALL#1#2{\@EA\def\csname#1#2\endcsname} \protect and use: \def\setupField[#1]#2[#3]{\getparametersALL[Field!#1!][#3]} \setupField[name][mykey=value,textwidth=2cm] \message{ <mykey=\getvalue{Field!name!mykey}> <textwidth=\getvalue{Field!name!textwidth}> <tekstbreedte=\getvalue{Field!name!tekstbreedte}> } it gives: <mykey=value> <textwidth=2cm> <tekstbreedte=\Field!enname!tekstbreedte> Is there any other (more elegant and not-so-dirty) solution? Thankx Vit Zyka

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(no subject)
by Matt Gushee 24 Jul '04

24 Jul '04

@havenrock.com Subject: Re: [NTG-context] new mailinglist archive Message-ID: <20040724152852.GB18318@swordfish> Reply-To: Matt Gushee <mgushee(a)havenrock.com> References: <m2k6wtd6up.fsf(a)levana.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <m2k6wtd6up.fsf(a)levana.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: <mgushee(a)havenrock.com> On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 12:42:22PM +0200, Patrick Gundlach wrote: > > I have also setup yet another mailinglist archive. I am currently > testing it. Thank you! I'm sure this will be a great help. -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee(a)havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.)

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new mailinglist archive
by Patrick Gundlach 24 Jul '04

24 Jul '04

Hello again, I have also setup yet another mailinglist archive. I am currently testing it. It is located at http://archive.contextgarden.net Why yet another archive? * all (?) messages from May 1 1998 upto now are archived * searchable * quick the ntg archive is not searchable and has only the newest messages, gmane seems to have only the recent messages (but has a nice user interface) and Slavek Zak's one has only very old messages. If anybody has messages from 1997 to May 1998, please contact me off list. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net texshow-web: http://texshow.contextgarden.net

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new wiki
by Patrick Gundlach 24 Jul '04

24 Jul '04

Dear ConTeXt users, I have started the new wiki. All pages from the old one have moved to the new location, except for some user-pages (still to be done). Also, there is a new location for texshow-web. (as usual, please send me *any* kind of comment). Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net texshow-web: http://texshow.contextgarden.net

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side figure and typing
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 24 Jul '04

24 Jul '04

Hi all ! let us imagine we have defined the following command: \def\SideFigure#1#2#3#4#5% { \placefigure[#1]{#2}{\externalfigure[#3][width=#4\makeupwidth]} #5 } which can be used to put a figure aside a companion text... but, what happens if the text is to be typed... ?? I guess this won't work: \SideFigure{right}{pack2}{../figures/tcltk/pack2.jpg}{0.25} { \starttyping pack .ok .cancel .help -side top \stoptyping } How can I make it to work? thanks ! ------------------------------------------------- Jose Ignacio Marín Alberdi Bayes Inference, S.A. c/ Gran Vía, Nº39, 5º, E-28013 MADRID Tfn (91) 532.74.40, Fax (91) 532.26.36 ------------------------------------------------- email: jimarin(a)bayesinf.com -------------------------------------------------

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More about that footnote problem...
by Idris Samawi Hamid 23 Jul '04

23 Jul '04

Dear crew, Here is a concrete example that illustrates the footnote problem. As usual, just compile a ConTeXt format under eomega: ===============mix-dir-foot.tex=========== \input m-gamma.tex \input type-omg.tex \setupbodyfont[omlgc,12pt] \starttext \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth\footnote{test}\par} \startarab \dorecurse{3}{hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN\footnote{hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN}\par} \blank[big] \dorecurse{3}{hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN% \footnote{% \startarab % hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN % \stoparab} \par} \blank[big] \setupfootnotes[numbercommand={\switchtobodyfont[omarb]}] \dorecurse{3}{hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN% \footnote{% \startarab % hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN % \stoparab} \par} \stoparab \stoptext ========================================== Again, the document is globally left-to-right, but for right-to-left documents I want the footnote markers in the right margin, and the rule flush right as well. The relative local eomega direction commands are \textdir TLT (LR text) \pardir TLT (LR paragraphs) \textdir TRT (RL text) \pardir TRT (RL paragraphs) though they are not really needed to create parameter options that give me what I want. I played around with some of the macros in core-not.tex but that stuff is way over my ahead and I could not make any progress:-( NOTE: in the second set of RL footnotes, note that the footnote markers get pushed into the textblock. In the third set of RL fotnotes, we get Arabic markers using \setupfootnotes[numbercommand={\switchtobodyfont[omarab]}] but then we lose the default \setupfootnotes[numbercommand=\high] and the Arabic-script numerals are again pushed into the textblock. I look forward to your suggestions Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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More about that footnote problem...
by ishamid 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

Dear crew, Here is a concrete example that illustrates the footnote problem. As usual, just compile a ConTeXt format under eomega: ===============mix-dir-foot.tex=========== \input m-gamma.tex \input type-omg.tex \setupbodyfont[omlgc,12pt] \starttext \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth\footnote{test}\par} \startarab \dorecurse{3}{hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN\footnote{hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN}\par} \blank[big] \dorecurse{3}{hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN% \footnote{% \startarab % hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN % \stoparab} \par} \blank[big] \setupfootnotes[numbercommand={\switchtobodyfont[omarb]}] \dorecurse{3}{hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN% \footnote{% \startarab % hAdhA 'iimtiHAnuN % \stoparab} \par} \stoparab \stoptext ========================================== Again, the document is globally left-to-right, but for right-to-left documents I want the footnote markers in the right margin, and the rule flush right as well. The relative local eomega direction commands are \textdir TLT (LR text) \pardir TLT (LR paragraphs) \textdir TRT (RL text) \pardir TRT (RL paragraphs) though they are not really needed to create parameter options that give me what I want. I played around with some of the macros in core-not.tex but that stuff is way over my ahead and I could not make any progress:-( NOTE: in the second set of RL footnotes, note that the footnote markers get pushed into the textblock. In the third set of RL fotnotes, we get Arabic markers using \setupfootnotes[numbercommand={\switchtobodyfont[omarab]}] but then we lose the default \setupfootnotes[numbercommand=\high] and the Arabic-script numerals are again pushed into the textblock. I look forward to your suggestions Best Idris

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How to read syntax descriptions
by Salman Khilji 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

In the beginner's manual, we have for \startitemize the following: \startitemize[..,..,..][..,..=..,..] ... \stopitemize I was wondering how do you read this in english? Based on the examples, am I correct to say the following? 1) The \startitemize is optionally followed by a comma separated list of parameters enclosed in brackets. 2) Then a set of key-value pairs enclosed in brackets follows. Again this is optional. If this is correct, then what about \setupitemize?. It says \setupitemize[.1.][..,.2.,..][..,..=..,..] So again let me guess .1. stands for a number The third set could be key-value pairs What about the set in the middle? Can we have an explanation for these please. Salman

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