July 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

\definelinefield
by Vit Zyka 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

Hallo Hans, according to widget manual and logic of the rest fields I think that definition of \definelinefield (in core-fld.tex) should be \def\definelinefield#1#2#3#4#5% {\setfield{#1}{#2}{}{}{\@@DriverFieldKids}{#3}{\@@DriverFieldMode\@@DriverFieldFree\@@DriverFieldAuto}{}{#5}} instead of \def\definelinefield#1#2#3#4#5% {\setfield{#1}{#2}{}{}{\@@DriverFieldKids}{#3}{\@@DriverFieldMode\@@DriverFieldFree\@@DriverFieldAuto}{}{#4}} (it means #4 -> #5, dafault form value is in the #5 parameter not $4) Vit Zyka

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continuous numbering over components?
by Marko Schütz 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Hi, I have a project containing products containing components. For one of the products I want to achieve a continuous numbering (as I get when `texexec`ing the product file) but I want a single pdf per component. I expect that there is an elegant solution, but didn't find it yet. So any hint is appreciated. Thanks, Marko -- Dr. Marko Schütz Lecturer University of the South Pacific Dept. of Mathematics and Computing Science Suva, Fiji Islands Phone office: +679 3212325 fax: +679 3303544 mobile: +679 9292044 schutz_m(a)usp.ac.fj

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Re:
by Ishamid 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

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ftp mirror
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Hi all, I've been away from context for a while - is there currently an ftp mirror of pragma-ade.com? The old ones mentioned in the list archive don't work anymore. Regards, Eckhart

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Re:
by Ishamid 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

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FLOWlines with offset to shapes
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Hi, is there a way to let connection lines in FLOWcharts start and end not directly at the shape border, but with a certain offset. I tried \setupFLOWlines[offset=...], but without effect. -- Eckhart

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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with Figures (Fixed)
by skhilji＠tampabay.rr.com 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

----- Original Message ----- From: Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban(a)fiee.net> Date: Saturday, July 17, 2004 9:08 am Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Problem with Figures (Fixed) > > > That's because you use \placefigure - it must know what your > figure is. > In this case, this bug or typo ought to be fixed in the beginner's manual.

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How to use m-cweb module
by skhilji＠tampabay.rr.com 17 Jul '04

17 Jul '04

I was looking at the CWEB demo off the pdfTeX page. Can someone please tell me how I would use the m-cweb package on TeX, the program web file. The first step would be to create the tex file itself using 'weave tex.web' Than I suppose I have to create an input file for conTeXt. What would be the contents of this file and mods do I have to make to tex.tex before I run it through texexec? Also I am interested in the screen optimized version of it. Salman

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Problem with Figures
by Salman Khilji 17 Jul '04

17 Jul '04

From the beginner's manual, I created the following: \starttext \useexternalfigure [Photo][hass03g] [width=.4\textwidth] \useexternalfigure [Graphic][gracht] [width=.4\textwidth] \placefigure [here,force] [fig:canal] {The Hasselt Canals.} \startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[Photo]} {a bitmap picture} {\externalfigure[Graphic]} {a vector graphic} \stopcombinatie \stoptext I typed the input file exactly as in the manual. I am getting the following error: ! Missing { inserted. <to be read again> \let \noshowargumenterror ->\let \expectedarguments \noexpectedarguments \dodoubleempty #1->\noshowargumenterror \doifnextcharelse [{\dodoubletestemp... l.13 \startcombination [2*1] ?

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fighting with footnotes
by ishamid 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Dear posse, I am having trouble with footnotes. For an article, I want some footnotes to be symbolized by \ast, \dag, etc, but without affecting the numbering of regular footnotes. For example, the title of article may have a footnote symbolized by \ast, but the first footnote in the main text should still be symbolized by `1' (then `2', etc). I tried localfootnotes but I could not get them placed in the footer at the bottom of the page. [location=page] did not help. Related question: can't I just specify a footnote outside the counting mechanism with any symbol I want at any point in the text, without disturbing the regular counted footnotes? I'm also confused by the conversion key. page 93 of the documentation reads: "With the variable conversion you set up the type of numbering. You may even use your own character, for example an emdash (keyed in as ---Â)." But if I do, e.g., conversion={---}, TeX complains of course. What am I missing? Related questions: Where are the conversion keys set 2, set 3, etc. documented? How can I reset the numbering if I make local changes? For example, I am using regular default footnotes, then I switch to conversion=set 2, then I want to reset to the default footnotes without losing my numbering. I thought that [n=0] etc. might help but that key seems to affect the paragraph formatting of the footnotes, not the numbering. I tried using \start-\stop but that does not isolate the counting mechanism apparently. Fighting TeX is really frustrating sometimes, and I'm sure the answers are really simple... Best Idris

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