January 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

OmniOutliner>ConTeXt Export plugin available
by Adam Lindsay 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

[apologies for the cross-post.] Hi all, My export plugin for OmniOutliner is now available for use with both OmniOutliner Professional and Standard: <http://oo2contml.sourceforge.net/> It exports structural markup to an XML file that's able to be processed directly by the ConTeXt TeX macro package. (That is to say, you can simply type this at the command line: texexec --pdf MyOutline.xml ...and you get a pdf.) There's a lot of documentation (but basic operation is really simple). Omni's support people have asked that I take plugin support questions off the OO-Users list, so there's a support mailing list at the above link as well. I'm also soliciting feedback on further directions for this plugin. I can imagine three possible directions: 1) Output in ConTeXt's TeX syntax, 2) Output a simplified structural XHTML (OO3's current offerings, while gorgeous, are not so easy for hacking up a basic web page for use with your own CSS), 3) Input the ConTeXt-XML format for basic round-tripping from Outline to ConTeXt to Outline. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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new technote
by Hans Hagen 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/technotes/tfmetrics.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: No bonds visibel with ppchtex
by Kai Straube 09 Jan '05

09 Jan '05

Am Mittwoch, 5. Januar 2005 18:03 schrobst Du: > Kai Straube wrote: > > Am Freitag, 31. Dezember 2004 22:22 schriebst Du: > >>Kai Straube wrote: > >>>% original texmf.cnf -- runtime path configuration file for kpathsea. > >>>% Enable system commands via \write18{...}? > >>>shell_escape = f > >> > >>shell_escape = t > >> > >>Hans > > > > Thank you for your engagement! But after I changed it nothing new was > > happend ;-(( > > what does your logfile say? Here are the sample file and that what are produced: Kai

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acro bat 7
by Hans Hagen 09 Jan '05

09 Jan '05

Hi Willy, [cc to context list] Long ago we mailed about acrobat messing up colors when using transparencies. Well, it looks like it happens again. When transparencies are used, all colors are affected (become darker). In previous versions, the pag ecache was the troublemaker, dunno what causes it now, since i cannot influence the cache. Can you test this on your machine as well? 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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NTG-Context, Robots and Privacy ..
by Dirar BOUGATEF 09 Jan '05

09 Jan '05

Hi, Because of my mails on the archive, the search engine robots got my email adress, blablabla ... I have contacted google and this is their answer: Thank you for your note. In order to remove content from Google's index, the webmaster must either change the content of the page itself or use a robots.txt file or meta tags to block us from including the site in our search results. Since you are not the webmaster of this site, please contact the webmaster with your request. Once he removes the page or changes its content, our search results will automatically reflect this change in a matter of weeks. Regards, The Google Team Am not sure wether it is Patrick who deals with this ... Many thanks.

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pragma web site error
by Peter Münster 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hello, I get the following error message on URL http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/ : Example Server Report Fri Jan 07 22:31:20 CET 2005 Something is wrong. Maybe you need to login. Do I have to register somewhere? Happy new year, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Acrobat Reader 7.0(beta) for Linux
by Tobias Burnus 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hello, as Heise.de is informing (06.01.2005 10:44), Adobe offers now AR7. "Adobe provides Acrobat Reader 7 for Linux [Update] Adobe provides a beta version of the free Adobe Reader 7 for Linux, shortly after the release of the PDF generator Acrobat 7. Interested parties can register for the beta program at the reader-download page [1]. [...] As previously announced, in Acrobat Reader 7 a Yahoo toolbar is installed, which blocks pop ups and aids with the internet search." [1] http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html I've to admit that I couldn't find it there, but I was told that one can find it here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=unix (though I fail to open that page, maybe to many people read heise.de). Tobias PS: A bit late happy new year wishes to all.

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optional arguments, if(nth)argument
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hello again! Today I'm trying a lot of new (to me) things... This time, a macro with optional arguments and \if...argument : \def\SkillField{\dodoubleempty\doSkillField} \def\doSkillField[#1][#2]#3{\bTR\bTD #3 \iffirstargument\hfill (#1)\fi % don't print when no optional argument \eTD \bTD \ifsecondargument % if second optional arg is provided \definefield[#2][line][Skill][#1]\field[#2] \else % if no second optional arg \definefield[#3][line][Skill][#3]\field[#3] \fi \eTD\eTR} e.g. \SkillField[+8][Aergern]{Ärgern} % works \SkillField[+1]{Labern} % does nothing instead of "else" \SkillField{Testen} % does "\hfill (#1)", but should do nothing Apparently, the \if...argument ... \else don't work as they should. Where's my mistake? Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net

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function that purges 8 bit text?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hi there! I try to typeset a roleplaying character sheet as PDF form; it contains a table of skills, each line is a \SkillField after this def: \def\SkillField#1#2{\bTR\bTD #1\hfill (#2) \eTD \bTD \definefield[#1][line][SkillSetup][#2]\field[#3]\eTD\eTR} e.g. \SkillField{Climbing}{+8} becomes a table line like: Climbing (+8) [+8] Now there are a lot of skills that contain e.g. umlauts, so that \definefield[#1] fails. I don't like to introduce a third parameter. Is there a possibility to strip all invalid chars from a string, so that \SkillField{Erzählen}{0} can define a field named "Erzaehlen" or "Erzhlen" or "Erzahlen"? (Sorry, I can't program in TeX.) If this is not possible, I'll try an optional parameter. Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net

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bibdemo.tex
by Willi Egger 06 Jan '05

06 Jan '05

Hi, Testing the file provided by Taco before installing the new alpha-Context did not result in a reference from \cite[don], only a () is typeset. After installing the new alpha-Context, the problem with the \section command is indeed solved. Still there is only a () from the citation. What is going wrong? Kind regards Willi

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