December 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

IPA/TIPA support in Context?
by Jason Knight 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

What support is there for IPA/TIPA in Context at this point? I've had a look through the mailing list archive and the last comment I saw about it was from the first half of 2004. Has anyone done more hacking on this? Jason -- Jason Knight Systems-Analyst-at-large "They fix 'em, I break 'em. Thus, analysis."

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The whole (sub)section on a single page
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Hello, I would like to have the whole (sub)section on a single page unless it doesn't fit on one page (in this case I don't mind if it starts on a new page or simply continues on the old one, but it should break somewhere, that's why putting the content into a \vbox doesn't solve the problem). This is perhaps already described somewhere in the documentation, but I don't know where to look for it (well, I could start reading the source code for split=yes; perhaps \vsplit could help, but don't know how exactly to apply it). I can solve the problem temporary by manually placing page breaks, but I guess that there exists some really short, simple & elegant solutions for it. It doesn't need to automatically determine the subsection boundaries automatically (although this would be great), so I can write something like this: \startmaterialforonepage \subsection{split only if too long for one page} \dorecurse{10}{whatever comes here \dots } \stopmaterialforonepage Thank you, Mojca

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Back to sidebars.
by John R. Culleton 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Some time back (maybe three years ago) Hans showed me a way to create a sidebar, with optional background and hanging out half way into the margin. Now I would like to encapsulate the commands into a simple \start \stop sequence. But I don't know how to do it. Hans started off with some definitions: \setupfloat [intermezzo] [leftmargindistance=-\outercombitotal, rightmargindistance=-\outercombitotal, default={outer,high}] \setupcaption[intermezzo][location=none] \defineframedtext [myohmy] [width=6cm,bodyfont=small, frame=off, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=16pt,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.7] Then he called these two definitions with a sequence like: (some text) \placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy\input dawkins \relax\stopmyohmy} (some text) What I would like to do is boil down the last mentioned command sequence into \startsidebar (some text) \stopsidebar But I am stumped by the task. If there were a \startintermezzo and \stopintermezzo pairing then the task would be simpler. John Culleton

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PhD Style for ConTeXt
by Renaud AUBIN 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Hi all, I'm starting writting my phd thesis with ConTeXt in french. According to the fact that I'll write it in french, I need to design a specific style and consequently, I'll surely submit style-related questions soon. Some advices ? Best regards,

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lot of newbie questions
by toto＠tots-ns.net 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Hello list, I've got a lot of newbie questions. I'm writing a technical document with context for the first time to try it. I come from a TeX/LaTeX world. -> How to print a tilda? I'm trying to write an URL with a tilda in it with the font \tt. \widetilda, \tilda do not output any character. Even \~{} do not print anything. And it does not seem to appear somewhere in the wiki or in the "special characters" section of the "ConTeXt an excursion" excellent document. -> How could I do french guillemets (<< and >>)? Is it possible? -> I would like to make a glossary, ie an index with a definition for each entry. Many parts of the manual could help me but i don't really now in which direction to dig: is it a list of definition? Should I use registers? -> I'm trying to put a metapost graphic in the margin like te example in the manual reference (page 47) using the following command: \definestartstop[important][command={\inmarge{\useMPgraphic{bang}[width=\marginwidth]}}] But (of course :) it does not work at all and put some blank pages. Any idea? Thanks a lot for your help. And thanks a lot to all the developpers od ConTeXt: it is thought in a really smart way! -AJ

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context live @ contextgarden.net doesn't support Chinese
by Xiao Jianfeng 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Hello, When I tried to create PDF on the fly in the wiki, I found that context live @ contextgarden.net doesn't support Chinese -_- Is it possible that context live @ contextgarden.net is reconfigured with Chinese support ? Regards, xiaojf

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mfonts.tex from manuals
by David Arnold 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

All, I was able to texfont the demofont and texfont the palatino and compiled test files for each. But when I try to compile mfonts.tex, I get the stuff below. I obviously need help. I have no uplr8t anything on my system. 011-101:~/Desktop/SVNContextManuals/manuals/fonts davidarnold$ texexec mfonts.tex TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : mfonts output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./mfonts.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.11.16 fmt: 2005.11.20 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:2 uk->ec:ec->2->2:2 de- >texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:2 fr- >ec:ec->6->2:2 es->ec:ec->7->2:2 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 pt->ec:ec->9->2:2 it- >texnansi :texnansi->10->2:2 it->ec:ec->11->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:2 nl->ec:ec- >13->2:2 cz->il2:il2->14->2:2 cz->ec:ec->15->2:2 sk->il2:il2->16- >2:2 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:2 pl->ec:ec->19->2:2 pl->qx:qx->20->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : mfonts.top loaded (./mfonts.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) systems : begin file ../allkind/mcommon.tex at line 5 (./../allkind/mcommon.tex system : module abr-02 loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/s-abr-02.tex system : module abr-01 loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/s-abr-01.tex check : logo AMSTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo CONTEXT replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo ETEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo LAMSTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo LATEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo MATHML replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAFONT replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAPOST replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PDFETEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PDFTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PICTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PPCHTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PRAGMA replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TABLE replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXADRES replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXEDIT replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXEXEC replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXFORM replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXSPELL replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXUTIL replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo XML replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo XETEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAFUN replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! )) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) kpathsea: Running mktextfm uplr8t mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input uplr8t This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf uplr8t ! I can't find file `uplr8t'. <*> ...:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input uplr8t Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input uplr8t Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: uplr8t.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input uplr8t' failed to make uplr8t.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*palatino12ptrmtf*:=uplr8t at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file no t found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.43 \stopMPenvironment ? David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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columnset & layers
by Vit Zyka 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Hello, there is some collision between columnset and layer. See following example: ----------------------------------------------------- \newdimen\tgrX \newdimen\tgrY \tgrX=3cm \tgrY=2cm \starttext \startcolumnset \definelayer[tgr-cow][position=no,corner=top] \setlayer[tgr-cow][x=.0\tgrX,y=.0\tgrY,location=middle]{O}% \framed [width=fit,height=fit,offset=none, background={foreground,tgr-cow},frame=off] {\externalfigure[cow][width=\tgrX,height=\tgrY]}% \stopcolumnset \stoptext ------------------------------------------------------- I got the error: ! Bad character code (361). <recently read> \@@layerboxtgr-cow I am a bit puzzled by strange error message. If the columnset is commented, the code is proceeded as expected. Vit

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Weird godown, dorecurse, colors and page-fitting interaction
by Adam Lindsay 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Hi all, What's happening here? \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startTEXpage \dorecurse{2}{abc\godown[0pt]} \stopTEXpage \startTEXpage \startcolor[yellow] \dorecurse{2}{abc\godown[0pt]} \stopcolor \stopTEXpage \stoptext -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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[Newbie] Fonts!
by Fabio Mancinelli 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Hello all. Maybe this is a trivial question but I cannot understand what's going on. I've read the mfonts.pdf and I tried to compile the following file: \usetypescript[palatino] \switchtobodyfont[palatino,11pt] \starttext Hello world \stoptext It works. Changing palatino to whatever other font name (even non-existant ones like hfdjfh!) produces the same output. I used also the \setupbodyfont but same result. texexec always says bodyfont: 12pt rm is loaded no matter what I specify. So the question is: how do I actually change the font my document is typeset in? Thank you. Fabio

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