September 2004 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: ConTeXt and Aleph
by Steffen Wolfrum 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

ishamid <ishamid(a)lamar.colostate.edu> wrote: > >There should be no need to add aleph.exe to your path if you just refresh the > >fndb, > > Assuming of course that u put aleph.exe in TeXLive/bin or somewhere similar > > Idris It was in TeXLive/bin/win32-static and now I copied it to the regular TeXLive/bin/win32. Then again I executed the commands you recommended (with aleph as eomega), and tried to texexec my file afterwards, but again it didn't work. The process stopped with a "*" - see log below. Could you have a look, please? Thank you, Steffen C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Ich\Desktop\Neuer_Ordner>texexec alephtest1.tex - -tex=aleph --output=dpx TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 Opt=HASH(0x1b453a4) executable : aleph format : cont-en inputfile : alephtest1 output : dpx interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is Alephk, Version 3.141592--1.15--2.1--RC3 (Web2c 7.5.3) %&-line parsing enabled. Copyright (c) 2002--2004 the Aleph task force entering extended mode (alephtest1.tex ConTeXt ver: 2004.8.15 fmt: 2004.9.16 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (c:/TeXLive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 567] system (E-TEX) : [line 622] ) system : cont-old loaded (c:/TeXLive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (c:/TeXLive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 3:2-uk-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 7:2-it-2 8:2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : alephtest1.top loaded (./alephtest1.top specials : loading definition file dpx (c:/TeXLive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-dpx.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (c:/TeXLive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> system (E-TEX) : [line 2253] \ifcsname <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,dpx loaded )) *

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Re: ConTeXt and Aleph
by Steffen Wolfrum 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > ishamid wrote: > > >Hi > > > > > >>===== Original Message From mailing list for ConTeXt users > >> > >> > ><ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > > > > > >>Then I tried the steps Idris recommend once: > >> > >> > >> > >>>eomega --ini *plain \dump > >>>eomega --ini *cont-en > >>>texexec --make en -tex=eomega > >>> > >>>are the relevant commands. eomega _is_ aleph. > >>> > >>> > > > >I'm sure of course that you replaced `eomega' with `aleph';-) > > > >There should be no need to add aleph.exe to your path if you just refresh the > >fndb, which I'm sure u did also;-)) (I don't know about MacOSX but TeXLive > >contains a shortcut to that command in Programs=>TeXLive=>Maintanence). > > > >I (or Hans) will send you the stuff Hans sent me if all else fails: that will > >work for sure. > > > > > the latest release contains a texexec: > > texexec --make --all --alone --tex=aleph > > you can configure texexec.ini to use the engine subpath which is handy when you run pdfetex along side (the new binaries all have the same suffix now; tetex will not support the tds engine subpath, i dunny yet about fptex and miktex; let's hope that they do) > > (--engine is also possible in texexec 5.0) > > Hans I did that. But it didn't work. See log below, please. Strange last line ... Thank you, Steffen Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Ich>texexec --make --all --alone --tex=aleph TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 TeX hash binary : mktexlsr comment : hashing may take a while ... mktexlsr: Updating C:/TeXLive/texmf-home/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating c:/TeXLive/texmf-var/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating c:/TeXLive/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating c:/TeXLive/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating c:/TeXLive/texmf-extra/ls-R... mktexlsr: your `ls-R' database files have been modified while kpathsea Dll was loaded by other programs. It is recommended that you terminate all of them. in order to reinitialize the shared databases. mktexlsr: Done. This is Alephk, Version 3.141592--1.15--2.1--RC3 (Web2c 7.5.3) (INIALEPH) %&-line parsing enabled. 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RE: [NTG-context] Re: ConTeXt and Aleph
by ishamid 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Hi >===== Original Message From mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> >Then I tried the steps Idris recommend once: > >> eomega --ini *plain \dump >> eomega --ini *cont-en >> texexec --make en -tex=eomega >> >> are the relevant commands. eomega _is_ aleph. I'm sure of course that you replaced `eomega' with `aleph';-) There should be no need to add aleph.exe to your path if you just refresh the fndb, which I'm sure u did also;-)) (I don't know about MacOSX but TeXLive contains a shortcut to that command in Programs=>TeXLive=>Maintanence). I (or Hans) will send you the stuff Hans sent me if all else fails: that will work for sure. Best Idris

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RE: [NTG-context] Re: ConTeXt and Aleph
by ishamid 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

>There should be no need to add aleph.exe to your path if you just refresh the >fndb, Assuming of course that u put aleph.exe in TeXLive/bin or somewhere similar Idris

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: ConTeXt and Aleph
by Giuseppe Bilotta 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Thursday, September 16, 2004 Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Der Befehl "aleph" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder > konnte nicht gefunden werden. > [the command "aleph" is either misspelled or could not be found] > Der Befehl "cont-en" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder > konnte nicht gefunden werden. > [the command "cont-en" is either misspelled or could not be found] It just seems that aleph.exe is not in a folder accessed by your PATH. Since you're using WinXP, right-click on My Computer, select Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables; add the path to aleph into the PATH settings. Reboot to make sure the changes stick, and try again. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Re: ConTeXt and Aleph
by Steffen Wolfrum 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Hi, in order to use Aleph in ConTeXt I switched from MacOSX to WinXP. I installed fptex from the latest TeXLive CD (Sept.2003) installed the recent ConTeXt beta in my local tree, installed also the latest (?) Aleph version from CTAN ("bin-aleph-1.15--2.2--RC2-win32-static.zip") in the main tree and followed the steps Hans once wrote here: > texexec --make --alone --tex=aleph > > texexec yourfile --tex=aleph --output=dpx > > (or first line of file: % tex=aleph output=dvipdfmx) > > > Hans The result was not working: *** TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : aleph format : cont-en inputfile : alephtest1 output : dvipdfmx interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 Der Befehl "aleph" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden. [the command "aleph" is either misspelled or could not be found] Der Befehl "cont-en" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden. [the command "cont-en" is either misspelled or could not be found] return code : 256 run time : 0 seconds total run time : 0 seconds *** Then I tried the steps Idris recommend once: > eomega --ini *plain \dump > eomega --ini *cont-en > texexec --make en -tex=eomega > > are the relevant commands. eomega _is_ aleph. > > ... > > Idris The result was the same error output as above. Could someone who has Aleph successfully running tell me his/her secret, please? Thank you, Steffen

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what fonts I have in my systems?
by ciro 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Is there a set of commands to know what fonts I have in my installation of context? and How do I show them all together without going one by one in the subdirectories... thank you Ciro

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Installatie ConTeXt hapert
by Mike Boldy 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Beste ConTeXt-ers, Ik ben bezig met de installatie van ConTeXt. Ik maak gebruik van MiKTeX op een windows machine. De zip-bestanden zijn uitgepakt, PERL is geinstalleerd, texexec.ini is aangepast op MiKTeX. Nu ben ik zover dat ik formats moet maken met "texexec --make en nl", maar dat lukt niet. De log-file eindigt als volgt: ... ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=470502]. @if ...pandafter if@ string #1#2endcsname newif ...er expandafter edef @if #1{false} {let noexpand #1noexpand if... l.1164 \newif\ifXMLsimpleentities % last resort If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. Weet iemand wat er mis gaat? Overigens, als ik "texexec --make" doe wordt er wel een format aangemaakt, maar dan alleen "mptopdf.efmt". Mike Boldy _________________________________________________________________ Ontvang Hotmail & Messenger op je mobiele telefoon http://mobile.msn.com/?lc=nl-nl

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Placing figure inside a table cell, centered
by Eugene Toporov 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Hello, I'm doing a quest. What I intend to do is a table (using Natural Tables) where one of the columns contains a small icon centered within the cell with no other data there. My table looks like this: \bTABLE \bTR \bTH Operation\eTH \bTH[align=middle] Result\eTH \eTR \bTR \bTD HelloWorld! \eTD \bTD[align=middle] \externalfigure[checkbox] \eTD \eTR \eTABLE "align=middle" for TD gives the expected result for the text, but not for the image. I've managed to center the image using \midaligned command, like below. But the table columns width in this case is set to 50% each. And the only way I found is to add [width=50pt] to each cell. \bTABLE \bTR \bTH Operation\eTH \bTH[align=middle][width=50pt] Result\eTH \eTR \bTR \bTD HelloWorld! \eTD \bTD[width=50pt] \midaligned {\externalfigure[checkbox]} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE I'm afraid I make things too complicated. Is there a simpler way to do what I need? Thanks a lot. -- Regards. Eugene Toporov

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externalfigure
by Jan-Mark Batke 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Dear list, using mptopdf externalfigure "nue-logo-1.jpg" scaled 10; results in a figure that doesn't retain the original image ratio. The hints given on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Using_Graphics would be what I want, but don't work in metapost?! Any help would be appreciated Jan-Mark

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