August 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

math-ams.tex: \triangleup?
by Christopher Creutzig 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Dear Hans, math-ams.tex defines \triangledown, but for symmetry it should imhoalso define \triangleup: \definemathsymbol [triangleup] [ord] [ma] ["4D] The symbol is currently only defined as \vartriangle, but that is a relation. regards, Christopher Creutzig

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How to implement a changing navigation bar?
by Stefan Wachter 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Hi all, I use an overlay to implement a navigation bar in the left margin of a document. It seems to me that the processing of the overlay is done only once and not for every page again. In addition, the \lastpage is not available. Does anyone know a solution? Maybe headers/footers are a solution. But how is absolute positioning accomplished with them? Thanks for your attention, --Stefan PS: Here is my current implementation: \definelayer[navbar] \setupbackgrounds[text][leftmargin][background=navbar] \setlayer[navbar][x=0cm,y=10cm]{\the\pageno}

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patterns
by Hans Hagen Outside 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Hi, The last few years we have encountered problems with changes in pattern files and names (dutch was dropped, czech was invalid, and us filenames also changed in undocumented ways). To get a bit more control over this can of worms, we need a test file that can be added to the tex live test suite. So, what i need is for each language a couple of words that hyphenate in unique ways (i.e. they must hyphenate differently than related languages) \language[xx] \hyphenatedword{..} can be used to test 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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Typo in core-mis.tex
by Christopher Creutzig 11 Sep '04

11 Sep '04

Dear Hans, in core-mis.tex: \appendtoks \def\MetaPost{MetaPost}\to\simplifiedcommands \appendtoks \def\MetaPost{MetaFont}\to\simplifiedcommands \appendtoks \def\MetaPost{MetaFun}\to\simplifiedcommands I assume the macro commands should be \MetaFont and \MetaFun. regards, Christopher Creutzig

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new stuff for brave users
by Patrick Gundlach 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

Dear ConTeXt users, I have started another service. Please note that this is not finished yet and might change or get out of service once in a while (I have no experience with such a service). You can process your ConTeXt documents online. Just point your browser to http://live.contextgarden.net and type in your favourite ConTeXt document. Click on "typeset" and you will be able to donwload the pdf file. Please report any errors to me! And again: this service is still some kind of "beta". Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net texshow-web: http://texshow.contextgarden.net List archive: http://archive.contextgarden.net

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baseline alignment
by Vit Zyka 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Hallo, for text positioning in a layer I needed alignment to baseline. I do not known if I missed something but I did not find it in the current ConTeXt. So I did that. Baseline is choosen by capital 'B' in the position parameter. ('B' is adopted from grahicx LaTeX/plain package.) Also I add \ctop, \ltop, and \rtop in sence of \cbox, \lbox, and rbox, respectively. I suggest to add the macros to core-box and supp-box. Vit Zyka %-------------------------------------------- baseline alignment \setvalue{\??ab\??ab B}{\baselinebox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab Bl}{\baselineleftbox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab Bc}{\baselinecenterbox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab Br}{\baselinerightbox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab lB}{\leftbaselinebox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab cB}{\centerbaselinebox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab rB}{\rightbaselinebox} \def\baselinecenterbox#1% {\normalhbox {\setbox0\placedbox{#1}% \global\boxhdisplacement-.5\wd0 \global\advance\boxhdisplacement-\boxoffset \global\boxvdisplacement-\boxoffset \boxcursor\hskip\boxhdisplacement\raise-\boxvdisplacement\box0}} \def\baselineleftbox#1% {\normalhbox {\setbox0\placedbox{#1}% \global\boxhdisplacement-\wd0 \global\advance\boxhdisplacement-\boxoffset \global\boxvdisplacement-\boxoffset \boxcursor\hskip\boxhdisplacement\raise-\boxvdisplacement\box0}} \def\baselinerightbox#1% {\normalhbox {\setbox0\placedbox{#1}% \global\boxhdisplacement\boxoffset \global\boxvdisplacement-\boxoffset \boxcursor\hskip\boxhdisplacement\raise-\boxvdisplacement\box0}} \let\baselinebox=\baselinecenterbox \let\leftbaselinebox=\baselineleftbox \let\rightbaselinebox=\baselinerightbox %------------------------------ \ltop, \rtop, \ctop \def\lrctop#1#2#% {\vtop#2\bgroup \let\\=\endgraf \forgetall#1\let\next=} \def\ltop{\lrctop\raggedleft} \def\rtop{\lrctop\raggedright} \def\ctop{\lrctop\raggedcenter}

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bug fix for ppchtex
by Hans Hagen 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Hi, Concerning the problem with mp graphics in ppchtex, change: \def\pushMPdrawing {\globalpushmacro\MPdrawingdata \globallet\MPdrawingdata\empty} \def\popMPdrawing {\globalpopmacro\MPdrawingdata} in supp-mps.tex (recompilt ormat) or put those def's in cont-new.tex (no new format needed) 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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alpha version low level english
by Hans Hagen 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Hi, I uploaded the upcoming release, http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/alpha This version is low level english (commands, keywords, values). It is possible that some functionality is not working, but as far as i can see most should work as expected. If you find low level dutch in the source code, (1) if it is dramatic, let me know asap, (2) if it's just an indirect command, collect them first. For Taco: you need to adapt your m-* modules! (I'll send you a script that will make it a bit more comfortable, but some manual work may be needed). 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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metafun manual
by Hans Hagen 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Hi, I'm going to 'finish' the metafun manual, so if you have topics that need to be covered ... 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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verbatim pseudo-code
by Nikolai Weibull 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

I would like to create a verbatim environment for writing pseudo-code in. Anyone have any suggestions/hints on how to go about it. I've looked at verb-*.tex, but they don't enlighten much. I basically want simple stuff like pseudo-code you'd find in one of Knuth's books or anything by Aho, Sethi, Hopcrof, and/or Ullman and those kinds of books. 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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