July 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

a problem with \defineprotrudefactor
by Bill McClain 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

After a long lull, I have installed a recent Context (ver: 2004.6.30) and find that my typescripts that do margin kerning are having trouble. Invoking a typescript that uses \defineprotrudefactor will cause the job to stop; I don't see any error messages. When the problem line is commented out the job completes. I've attached a minimal example. -Bill -- Sattre Press Curiosities of the Sky http://sattre-press.com/ by Garrett Serviss info(a)sattre-press.com http://sattre-press.com/csky.html

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could be interesting for xml adicts
by Hans Hagen 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hi, I'm going to SF now, the practical tex conference, so don't expect to much input from me for a week. Some time some after i'm back, i will add basic support for xml formatting objects to the context distribution. Because this is not of interest to everyone, especially not if you want high quality output and/or control etc etc i've set up a dedicated list for this http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/foxet So, feel free to join. There will not be much trafic in the beginning because i want to start discussion when those who are interested are on the list. And yes, there will be a paper and a screen manual (sample attached). And no, i will not code the documents in xml -) The basic idea is the following: x-fo.tex : base module x-fe.tex : a few basic extensions x-fd.tex : definitions (fonts, color) and later: x-fx.tex : more interesting extensions and maybe on your own machine: x-fu.tex : user extensions The x-fx is something we have to discuss on the list since we need format specs for that. For those not interested, you may consider xml-fo support to be yet another graphic format since one day or the other you may end up with placed xml-fo (tex and xml-fo can therefore be used mixed). 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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[Fwd: Please forward]
by Hans Hagen 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

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example online
by Hans Hagen 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hi, I got the example service running on the new NTG server: http://www.ntg.nl:8061/exalogin There are a few nice things there, like fonttest, pstopdf, mathml, and of course impose, the page imposition interface Because the server is being set up, the service may not always be available. In you get in by http://www.ntg.nl:8061/login you will get a login screen, just hit submit then since there are no special projects installed. 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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Enhanced Enumeration?
by Richard Rascher-Friesenhausen 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hello, i'm currently writing a script on biosignal analysis. And therefore i need such things as definitions, lemmas, theorems, remarks and so on. One can easily define numbered versions of these using \defineenumeration. But i need two extra fetures: first: Some theorems have names, some not. Is it possible to introduce a new optional argument to the enumeration (a 'named enumeration')? Something like \startTheorem[Shannon Sampling Theorem] You have to select $f_s\ge2 f_h$. \stopTheorem to get Theorem 1.1: (Shannon Sampling Theorem) You have top select fs\ge fh. Nevertheless it should be possible to label the theorem: \startTheorem[thm:shannon][Shannon Sampling Theorem] You have to select $f_s\ge2 f_h$. \stopTheorem \in{Theorem}[thm:shannon] we have seen.... Second: Is it possible to generate a content list of all named theorems? Thanks a lot in advance richard rascher-friesenhausen -- ============================================================================== Dr. Richard Rascher-Friesenhausen MeVis -- Centrum fuer Medizinische Diagnosesysteme und Visualisierung GmbH Universitaetsallee 29 D-28359 Bremen email: richard(a)mevis.de ==============================================================================

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Beginner problem with Itemize
by Salman Khilji 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

I am trying to run the following example from the beginner's guide: \starttext Hasselt lies in. \startitemize \head kraamschudden \hfill (child welcoming) When a child is born \head nabuurschap (naberschop) \hfill (neighbourship) Smaller communities. \stopitemize \stoptext I get the following error: systems : begin file new at line 1 ! Argument of \complexdoitemgrouphead has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \doattributes ...A \csname #1#2\endcsname \fi {#4} \dostopattributes \complexdoitemgrouphead ...leur {\ignorespaces #2} }\iftextitems \removeunwan... l.11 ? salman@linux:~/Softdev/ConTeXt> pdftex --version pdfTeX (Web2C 7.4.5) 3.14159-1.10b kpathsea version 3.4.5

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synopsis / column(set)s?
by Alexander Klink 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Hi all, I am trying to make a synopsis, i.e a text where in the leftmost column the original document can be read, in the middle the changes and in the right column the reasons for the changes. So basically I want to typeset first some text in the leftmost column (over several pages, on a grid), and then the one in the middle and then the one on the right. Is there an easy way to do this using column(set)s? Any help greatly appreciated ... Greetings, AleX

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passing arguments to commands while typing
by Johan Sandblom 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

While documenting some Matlab code for barely computer literates I wish to use the positional graphics described in the MetaFun manual. Not sure if this is possible of course. I am not at all successful so far since I cannot get the escaping mechanism to accept my code. It appears that the /hpos works just fine but the {} generate problems. I have tried using <<>> in all ways I could think of but haven't been lucky yet. Is this possible? Minimal example: \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setuptyping[option=commands] \starttext \starttyping test /hpos{word}{test} test \stoptyping \stoptext -- Johan Sandblom N8,MRC "Good judgment comes Karolinska sjh from experience. t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm Experience comes m +46735521477 Sweden from bad judgment."

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\mathpunctuationtrue and latest beta
by Peter Münster 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Hello, for some reasons I need something like this: \mathpunctuationtrue \def\MyMacro#1{\stoptable\par#1} \starttext \starttable[|c|] \NC1\NC\AR \MyMacro{Peter, Olivier} % problem with comma \stoptext But with the latest beta version, this works no more. Could you help please? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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TeX capacity exceeded
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 12 Jul '04

12 Jul '04

After some time off...back in charge... I have got this line from texexec when trying to put a logo in: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [hash size=35000]. can the hash size be changed? 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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