December 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

TUO loading bug
by Taco Hoekwater 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Hi, Renaud AUBIN wrote: >> >> > [failing \cite commands in a component file] I've found the problem, and it is in fact not related to the bib module (and not really to the project structure either). The real culprit was a bug in the tuo file loader, triggered by your \useencoding[ffr] in the environment file. Your environment file is loaded *after* \startproduct (which implies \starttext), and therefore the switch comes too late. Moving the three french language related lines to the stop of the actual prd_phd.tex file (before \starttext) solves the problem. (What follows is for Hans' benefit mostly) Nasty little bug, this. I only found it because eventually, I decided to test the citations using explicit "\in{}[]" and found out that that didn't work either. I've attached a minimal file demonstrating the bug. Here is the problem in the tuo: \thisissectionseparator{-} % <= NOTE! .... \twopassentry{floatdata}{0}{1::1} % <= WRONG, loading of .tuo aborted \twopassentry{float}{1}{1} When I remove either this float, or the \useencoding line, all is fine, but simple redefining \dosavefloatdata was not enough apparently, because that did not work. Cheers, Taco

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mfun-004.tex \startuseMPgraphic
by David Arnold 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Hans, In mfun-004.tex, I find: \startuseMPgraphic{axis} tickstep := 1cm ; ticklength := 2mm ; drawticks unitsquare xscaled 4cm yscaled 3cm shifted (-1cm,-1cm) ; tickstep := tickstep/2 ; ticklength := ticklength/2 ; drawticks unitsquare xscaled 4cm yscaled 3cm shifted (-1cm,-1cm) ; \stopuseMPgraphic \startlinecorrection[blank] \startMPcode \includeMPgraphic{axis} drawpoint "1cm,1.5cm" ; \stopMPcode \stoplinecorrection If the axis graphic is going to be "reused" over and over again, why didn't you use \startreusableMPgraphic?

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sed question
by David Arnold 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

All, How would I use sed to erase %output=pdf from any file ending with .tex in the current directory and any subdirectories below it?

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drawdot fails?
by David Arnold 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

All, I am wondering why my dots are not filled with the drawdot command. \startuseMPgraphic{yeqx2} %define function vardef f(expr x)= x*x enddef; %define clipping path path cpath; cpath:=(-5,-5)--(5,-5)--(5,5)--(-5,5)--cycle; %create function path path p; p:=(-5,f(-5)); for x=-5 step .1 until 5: p:=p--(x,f(x)); endfor; p:=p--(5,f(5)); %clip function path to clipping path p:=p cutbefore cpath; p:=reverse p; p:=p cutbefore cpath; %initialize scale numeric u; 10u=2in; %draw the grid for k=-5u step 1u until 5u: draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor 0.85white; draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor 0.85white; endfor; %draw axes drawdblarrow (-5.2u,0)--(5.2u,0); drawdblarrow (0,-5.2u)--(0,5.2u); %label axes label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5.2u,0)); label.top(btex $y$ etex, (0,5.2u)); label.bot(btex $5$ etex, (5u,0)); label.lft(btex $5$ etex, (0,5u)); %scale function path p:=p scaled u; %draw function path drawdblarrow p withcolor blue; %draw plotted points for x=-2 step 1 until 2: drawdot ((x,f(x)) scaled u) withpen pencircle scaled 4pt; endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure{The simple parabola.}{\useMPgraphic{yeqx2}}

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Tables --- what is current recommendation?
by David Arnold 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

All, There's a nice summary of Tables on: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview I'm wondering. If one is starting anew with Context, what would users recommend as the best choice of table environment? What choice would I make if I have no need of backward compatibility and am starting on a fresh document?

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textbackground > bug
by Hans van der Meer 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Something strange happens with textbackground (again, I am afraid). I defined: % Java typesetting with background. \definetyping[JAVA] \setuptyping[JAVA][option=JV, before={\bgroup\setupinterlinespace[line=2.2ex]% \testpage[1]\starttextbackground[code]}, after={\stoptextbackground\egroup}] Then I typeset some text: \startJAVA public void setUserManager( UserManager um ) { ...... \stopJava If this falls precisely at the start of a new page I get the following error: ! Undefined control sequence. l.17 \s tartpdffontresource[ec] Forcing the typesetting to run further the output contains the rest of the source of macro \startpdffontresource[ec] . I.e. the output then shows (the \s has disappeared): tartpdffontresource[ec] /CIDInit /ProcSet findresource begin ... --------- and goes on until (the last part of the macro "end end \stoppdffontresource" not appearing) ... CMapName currentdict /CMap defineresource pop Hereafter typesetting is resumed. >>>Introducing something that puts another line of text at the top of the page results in normal typesetting.<<< Further experiment replacing "\startJava" by "\starttextbackground[somecolor]" leads to the same error. Therefore I suspect it has something to do with the output routine where \s is taken as the next macro. A simpe experiment (\def\s{something}) shows that indeed a macro \s is executed. Is someone here messing up the catcode's of the letters? It is of cource very annoying if one constantly has to shift textmaterial up and down to move it away from page breaks! yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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cont-fr interface ?
by Renaud AUBIN 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hi all, I know that ConTeXt supports some interfaces like de, ro, cz, nl, etc. but it seems that nobody has developed a french interface. Am I right ? Since I'm just a user, it's difficult to me to apprehend how much work is needed to write such interface. I'm ready to do this work but I surely need some advice in order to begin. Cheers, Renaud

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Metafun example doesn't work
by David Arnold 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

All, I've always wondered why this Metafun manual example doesn't work. \startMPgraphic draw unitsquare xscaled 5cm yscaled 1cm withpen pencircle scaled 2mm withcolor .625 red; \stopMPgraphic \hbox\bgroup \loadcurrentMPgraphic{width=5cm,height=1cm}\placeMPgraphic\quad \loadcurrentMPgraphic{width=8cm,height=1cm}\placeMPgraphic\egroup

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including swf files?
by Patrick Gundlach 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hi, out of curiosity: how do I include a swf file into a pdf? So I can click on 'play' (or wherever) to start it? I have seen x-res-50.tex and created a PDF file using the example, but I'd like to have such an animation within my other documents. Does anybody know why acroread 7/mac asks for media player for flash? I have done all updates for my mac (10.4.3, qt 7). Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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How to upgrade ConTeXt on a pre-installed version coming with tetex-3.0?
by R S Ananda Murthy 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hello, I am using Slackware 10.2 which comes with tetex-3.0. In this, I want to upgrade ConTeXt to the latest version. How to do this? Thanks for your help, Anand

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