October 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: Installing context
by r.ermers＠hccnet.nl 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Hi Taco and Upendran, Thanks a lot for your kind help. I'm elsewhere now, so I will only be able to try this evening. Thanks again. Robert Op Ma, 3 oktober, 2005 3:32 pm schreef piskala upendran: > hi ermers, > > I am attaching afile for your help in updating the > miktex.ini. hope this will be helpful. I never had problem after this. A > note. I update context what ever supplied alog with miktex package only. > > Best wishes > > > Upendran > > > ___________________________________________________ > copy miktex.ini into localtexmftree and amend as given below. > > increase 'pattern memory ops' size. in miktex.ini. > > set as follows. > > trie_op_size=35111 trie_size=250000 > > > Under the heading [ConTeXt] add: > pool_size=1000000 write18=enable > > The problem is that the write18 setting is not seen by > MiKTeX if put > under a format-specific section :( Rather, in texexec.ini change the > TeXPassString for MiKTeX to > > > for miktex set TeXPassString to --alias=context --enable-write18 > > > Under [pdfeTeX] add: > openout_any=a shell_escape=t allow_multiple_suffixes=f > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > > % It should work. If not I do not know. Iam also > % novice in context. > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > >

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bib module: doubling publications list
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Dear Taco and gang, Ok, I'm migrating my journal over to the new bib module (ConTeXt from 8-31). First issue: Under some strange circumstances (perhaps if the bbl file and tex file have the same name?), sometimes the list of publications gets repeated. I cannot always repeat this though; seems capricious. Here are test files: =============test-bib.tex=============== % output=pdf interface=en \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \input test-bib.bbl \starttext \cite[afghani60] \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\placepublications}} \stoptext ======================================== ==============test-bib.bbl============== \startpublication[k=afghani60, t=book, a=Afgh\=an\=i, y=1960, s=] \author[]{Sa\high{c}\=id}[]{}{Al-Afgh\=an\=i} \title{Asw\=aqu \~al-\high{c}Arab f\=i \~al-J\=ahiliyya\~h wa \~al-Isl\=am} \pubname{D\=aru \~al-Fikr} \city{Damascus} \pubyear{1960} \stoppublication ======================================== If the \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] line is commented, the problem disappears. If I change the name of the tex file to test-bib-dbl.tex, the problem disappears. Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] bib module: \setupcite macro
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

>===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >> Please forgive my cluelessness, but what is "year compression" and how do I >> turn it on? > > \setupcite[year][compress=yes] Great, it works now! Thnx for the full explanation as well-) >PS I've seen the rest of your comments as well, but no chance >of doing something with them today. :-( Ok, but I hope/pray that, at least, I don't have to make more clones of the t-bib module; journal is due to the publisher next tuesday (or I'm a dead man)... Thnx again for all of your help. Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] bib module: \setupcite macro
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Hi Thomas, >===== Original Message From "Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> ===== >Just add an extra pair of braces: > >\def\citeyear[#1]{% > {{\cite[year]}[#1]% > }% >} Ok, does not crash but now I lose the reference completely in the output-( Best Idris ================================================ % output=pdf interface=en \setupwhitespace[big] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] % %\setuppublicationlist[totalnumber={},samplesize=,author={\invertedauthor}] \def\citeyear[#1]{% {{\cite[year]}[#1]% }% } \input test-bib.bbl \starttext \dots as Afghani points out \citeyear[afghani60]. \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\placepublications}} \stoptext ================================================ ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] bib module: \setupcite macro
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Hi Taco, >===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >> My definition for \citeyear crashes. This used to work-) > >First: this problem is caused by the fact that year >citations are by default uncompressed. if year compression >is turned on, then different code is used, and the problem >never happens. Please forgive my cluelessness, but what is "year compression" and how do I turn it on? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Metapost Problem
by Wolfgang Zillig 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Hello, wat to convert a metapost file to pdf by mptopdf: my command: mptopdf.pl grid.mp then grid.1 is created but no pdf. The output on the command line is: C:\Documents and Settings\s0167070\Desktop\grid>mptopdf.pl grid.mp TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 unknown file type: texmfscripts metapost : grid format : metafun (grid.mp [1] metafun 2005-6-13 14:28 ) 1 output file written: grid.1 Transcript written on grid.log. total run time : 0 seconds -fmt=mptopdf: unknown option MPtoPDF 1.3 : grid is converted to grid-1.pdf Any suggestions what goes wrong? Thanks Wolfgang

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bib module: \setupcite macro
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Another issue: My definition for \citeyear crashes. This used to work-) \def\citeyear[#1]{% {\cite[year][#1]% }% } log: ========================================== ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode. \p!doifinstringelse ...tringelse \@EA ##\@EA 1#1## 2##3\war {\unless \if ##2@... \rawdodoifinsetelse ...ingelse \@@@instring {,#1,} \@EA \firstoftwoarguments ... \addtocommalist #1#2->\rawdoifinsetelse {#1}#2 \resetglobal {\dodoglobal \ede... \donormalbibauthoryear ...yauthor }\thebibauthors \@EA \doglobal \@EA \addto... \next1 #1,->\donormalbibauthoryear {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.24 \dots as Afghani points\citeyear[afghani60] ========================================== See attached test file test-bib-year.tex. Best Idris =============test-bib-year.tex=============== % output=pdf interface=en \setupwhitespace[big] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] % %\setuppublicationlist[totalnumber={},samplesize=,author={\invertedauthor}] \def\citeyear[#1]{% {\cite[year][#1]% }% } \input test-bib.bbl \starttext \dots as Afghani points\citeyear[afghani60]. \cite[afghani60] \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\placepublications}} \stoptext ======================================== ==============test-bib.bbl============== \startpublication[k=afghani60, t=book, a=Afgh\=an\=i, y=1960, s=] \author[]{Sa\high{c}\=id}[]{}{Al-Afgh\=an\=i} \title{Asw\=aqu \~al-\high{c}Arab f\=i \~al-J\=ahiliyya\~h wa \~al-Isl\=am} \pubname{D\=aru \~al-Fikr} \city{Damascus} \pubyear{1960} \stoppublication ======================================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Couple of index questions/bugs
by Thomas A. Schmitz 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

I have a couple of index questions and bugs to report. Here comes: 1. When I use newtexexec, the sorting disregards an initial capital letter, sorting Hans under a; 2. Again in newtexexec, \seeindex is broken. The outpput it produces is see XXX, :0]-, and it gives an error message that I append at the end of the mail. The same file ran with texexec.pl compiles fine and produces correct ouptut. 3. In makeidx, it is possible to give the pagereference in the index a certain format with code like this \index{keyword|textit} so that the page-number will appear in Italics. Is anything like this possible in ConTeXt? That's it for now. Anu help will ne appreciated Best Thomas ===== error message for \seeindex ! Argument of \@@filterlevelpart has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \doifprevlevelelse ...tor \@@filterlevelpart [#1]} \edef \@@tocsectiontype {\... \dosetpageregisterpage ...->\doifreglevelelse [#5] {\dodosetpageregisterpage ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? 0:0:0:0:0:0:0] ! Paragraph ended before \@@filterlevelpart was complete. <to be read again> \par <to be read again> } \doifprevlevelelse ...tor \@@filterlevelpart [#1]} \edef \@@tocsectiontype {\... \dosetpageregisterpage ...->\doifreglevelelse [#5] {\dodosetpageregisterpage ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} ! Argument of \@@filterblockpart has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \doifprevlevelelse ...pe {\@@filterblockpart [#1]} \ifcase \alltoclevels \ifn... \dosetpageregisterpage ...->\doifreglevelelse [#5] {\dodosetpageregisterpage ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? 0:0:0:0:0:0:0] ! Paragraph ended before \@@filterblockpart was complete. <to be read again> \par <to be read again> } \doifprevlevelelse ...pe {\@@filterblockpart [#1]} \ifcase \alltoclevels \ifn... \dosetpageregisterpage ...->\doifreglevelelse [#5] {\dodosetpageregisterpage ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} ! Argument of \@@filternumberpart has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \pageprefix ...stprefix {\@@filternumberpart [#2]} \let \donexttrackcommando ... <argument> ... {\??id \v!index }[2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0] \translatednumber [2::0:0:... \doregisterpagehowto ...??id #1\c!pagecommand }{#2 }\dostopattributes <argument> ...erpage {\v!index }[2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0] \ifnum 1=2\/\fi ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? 0:0:0:0:0:0:0] ! Paragraph ended before \@@filternumberpart was complete. <to be read again> \par <to be read again> } \pageprefix ...stprefix {\@@filternumberpart [#2]} \let \donexttrackcommando ... <argument> ... {\??id \v!index }[2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0] \translatednumber [2::0:0:... \doregisterpagehowto ...??id #1\c!pagecommand }{#2 }\dostopattributes <argument> ...erpage {\v!index }[2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0] \ifnum 1=2\/\fi ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \@@dofilterheadpart was complete. <to be read again> \par \@@filterheadpart ... \@@dofilterheadpart \@EA [#1 :0] <argument> ...ix {\@@filterheadpart [\postprefix ] }\edef \postprefix {\@@fil... \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \donexttrackcommando #1->\dodopageprefix {#1} \donexttracklevel {#1} \pageprefix ...\donexttrackcommando \firstsection \egroup ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \@@dofiltertailpart was complete. <to be read again> \par \@@filtertailpart ... \@@dofiltertailpart \@EA [#1 :0] <argument> ...ix {\@@filtertailpart [\postprefix ] }\let \uchar \normaluchar ... \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \donexttrackcommando #1->\dodopageprefix {#1} \donexttracklevel {#1} \pageprefix ...\donexttrackcommando \firstsection \egroup ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \@@dofiltertailpart was complete. <to be read again> \par \postprefix ->\par :0] \@@filtertailpart ... \@@dofiltertailpart \@EA [#1 :0] <argument> ...ix {\@@filtertailpart [\postprefix ] }\let \uchar \normaluchar \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \donexttrackcommando #1->\dodopageprefix {#1} \donexttracklevel {#1} ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \@@dofiltertailpart was complete. <to be read again> \par \postprefix ->\par :0]:0] \@@filtertailpart ... \@@dofiltertailpart \@EA [#1 :0] <argument> ...ix {\@@filtertailpart [\postprefix ] }\let \uchar \normaluchar \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \donexttrackcommando #1->\dodopageprefix {#1} \donexttracklevel {#1} ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \@@dofiltertailpart was complete. <to be read again> \par \postprefix ->\par :0]:0]:0] \@@filtertailpart ... \@@dofiltertailpart \@EA [#1 :0] <argument> ...ix {\@@filtertailpart [\postprefix ] }\let \uchar \normaluchar \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \donexttrackcommando #1->\dodopageprefix {#1} \donexttracklevel {#1} ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \@@dofiltertailpart was complete. <to be read again> \par \postprefix ->\par :0]:0]:0]:0] \@@filtertailpart ... \@@dofiltertailpart \@EA [#1 :0] <argument> ...ix {\@@filtertailpart [\postprefix ] }\let \uchar \normaluchar \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \donexttrackcommando #1->\dodopageprefix {#1} \donexttracklevel {#1} ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \@@dofiltertailpart was complete. <to be read again> \par \postprefix ->\par :0]:0]:0]:0]:0] \@@filtertailpart ... \@@dofiltertailpart \@EA [#1 :0] <argument> ...ix {\@@filtertailpart [\postprefix ] }\let \uchar \normaluchar \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \donexttrackcommando #1->\dodopageprefix {#1} \donexttracklevel {#1} ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \@@dofiltertailpart was complete. <to be read again> \par \postprefix ->\par :0]:0]:0]:0]:0]:0] \@@filtertailpart ... \@@dofiltertailpart \@EA [#1 :0] <argument> ...ix {\@@filtertailpart [\postprefix ] }\let \uchar \normaluchar \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \donexttrackcommando #1->\dodopageprefix {#1} \donexttracklevel {#1} ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} ! Argument of \@@filterpagepart has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \doregisterpagehowto ...?id #1\c!pagecommand }{#2} \dostopattributes <argument> ...erpage {\v!index }[2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0] \ifnum 1=2\/\fi \showlocation ...iacolor ]{#1\presetgoto }\else #1 \fi <argument> ...}[2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0]\ifnum 1=2\/\fi } }\gotonextinternal {\s!ind... ... l.58 ...isterpage{index}{,}{6}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Runaway argument? 0:0:0:0:0:0:0] ! 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Re: [NTG-context] bib module: multiple bibs
by Idris Samawi Hamid 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

>1. Does t-bib now support multiple bibliographies? For past issues of the >journal, I had to define a new bib-env file for each article that required a >bibliography, otherwise the bibliography of, say, article two would include >the bibliography for article one. Is there a general solution for this? Just to be clear: What I had to do before was make duplicates of the bib module: m-bib2.tex, m-bib3.tex,..., m-bib<n>.tex, where <n> is the number of articles needing bibliographies. Then, for each m-bib<n>.tex, I replaced each [pubs] with another name like [pubst] (for m-bib2), [pubstt] (for m-bib3), [pubsttf] (for m-bib4), and so forth. (I don't know dutch, but I guessed that \definieerlijst[pubs] was the key list-governing macro->) This was the only way I could get multiple bibliographies in one document. Isn't that just insane?-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] bib module: \setupcite macro
by Idris Samawi Hamid 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

I thought it was my macro but the following fails also: ========================================== \starttext \dots as Afghani points out \cite[year][afghani60]. \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\placepublications}} \stoptext ========================================== Best Idris ========================================== ========================================== Another issue: My definition for \citeyear crashes. This used to work-) \def\citeyear[#1]{% {\cite[year][#1]% }% } log: ========================================== ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode. \p!doifinstringelse ...tringelse \@EA ##\@EA 1#1## 2##3\war {\unless \if ##2@... \rawdodoifinsetelse ...ingelse \@@@instring {,#1,} \@EA \firstoftwoarguments .. \addtocommalist #1#2->\rawdoifinsetelse {#1}#2 \resetglobal {\dodoglobal \ede... \donormalbibauthoryear ...yauthor }\thebibauthors \@EA \doglobal \@EA \addto... \next1 #1,->\donormalbibauthoryear {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... .. l.24 \dots as Afghani points\citeyear[afghani60] ========================================== See attached test file test-bib-year.tex. Best Idris =============test-bib-year.tex=============== % output=pdf interface=en \setupwhitespace[big] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber={},samplesize=,author={\invertedauthor}] \def\citeyear[#1]{% {\cite[year][#1]% }% } \input test-bib.bbl \starttext \dots as Afghani points out\citeyear[afghani60]. \cite[afghani60] \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\placepublications}} \stoptext ======================================== ==============test-bib.bbl============== \startpublication[k=afghani60, t=book, a=Afgh\=an\=i, y=1960, s=] \author[]{Sa\high{c}\=id}[]{}{Al-Afgh\=an\=i} \title{Asw\=aqu \~al-\high{c}Arab f\=i \~al-J\=ahiliyya\~h wa \~al-Isl\=am} \pubname{D\=aru \~al-Fikr} \city{Damascus} \pubyear{1960} \stoppublication ======================================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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