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Context 2005.11.30 Released (bis)
by Taco Hoekwater 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hello all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip The current release has version 2005.11.30. As usual, there is a page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2005.11.30 New features since 2005.11.24: * A support module for loading DraTex * Itemgroups now accept a command parameter. This allows \item c.s. to work on bits of the following paragraph, like so: \def\MyItemCommand#1{{\bf#1}\quad} \setupitemgroup[itemize][command=\MyItemCommand] \startitemize \item {test} is this okay? \item {test} is this okay? \item {test} is this okay? \stopitemize * Extension for the use of marks in column sets using a new, three-argument, call to \getmarking : \getmarking[subsection][first][1] % column 1 \getmarking[subsection][first][3] % column 3 * A set of font synonyms to enable easy ligature prevention (esp. useful in XML) \usetypescript[serif][handling][noligs] \definetypeface[mine][rm][serif] [latin-modern][default][encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface[mine][rm][serif] [latin-modern][default][encoding=texnansi] \setupbodyfont[mine,10pt] \starttext asjemenou-het--lijkt---te----werken \stoptext * \setupinterlinespace[auto] makes interline (double) spacing work even across bodyfont switches * new system modes for the current language: {\language[nl] \startmode[*en] english \stopmode \startmode[*nl] dutch \stopmode \language[en] \startmode[*en] english \stopmode \startmode[*nl] dutch \stopmode} Bug fixes: * ConTeXt now allows more MP specials, on user request (through \manyMPspecials). This is sometimes needed when MetaPost is called in-between runs instead of using the shell_escape mechanisms * use TEXMFTE and TEXMFGW in type-tmf.dat. This allows texfont to function correctly under gwtex. * Use the new map file names for the font families/typescripts antt, iwona, and kurier. * Footnote markers no longer appear in headings Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater

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enco-pfr.tex - support for Adobe Acrobat [2]
by Richard Gabriel 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

My last e-mail has probably get lost so I'm trying once more... Could anybody give me some clue, please? Many thanks, Richard _____ From: Richard Gabriel [mailto:rgabriel@kerio.com] To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Sent: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:18:56 +0100 Subject: enco-pfr.tex - support for Adobe Acrobat Hello Hans, Taco and others! I would like to know how the "enco-pfr.tex" module works and how to properly use it. Besides of other languages, I also typeset documents in Czech. The search doesn't work (in recent Acrobat 7.0.5) for particular Czech letters (e.g. č,ž etc.). If I try to search for a simple letter (e.g. "č") it stops on every word containing "č", but also "c". If I try to search for a whole word (e.g. "počítač"), nothing is found. :-) I've followed the instructions posted on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Encodings_and_Regimes and in the mailing list thread linked from that page. So I tried: \input enco-pfr \useencoding[pfr] \startencoding [ec] \usepdffontresource ec \stopencoding \setupbodyfont[lbr]% I have typescripts for Lucida Bright fonts, the Czech is typeset OK \starttext A testing Czech sentence follows: Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy. \stoptext Later I've found out that: - \input enco-pfr is already done in context.tex - \startencoding [ec] \usepdffontresource ec \stopencoding is already done at the bottom of enco-pfr.tex - so it seems that the only command I should issue is: \useencoding[pfr] BTW, in the Czech format (cont-cz.tex), I have defined: \setupencoding[default=ec] Doesn't it collide with the \useencoding[pfr] command later in the document? ANY GUESS? Note: The ligatures work OK even if I don't use the \useencoding[pfr] command at all. Thanks to all, Richard

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synonyms
by Ganguin Michel 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hi I want to define synonyms with accentued characters (utf8) how can I do That? \definesynonyms[mysyn][mysans][\mysynfull] \mysyn{wordwithé}{Description of wordwithé} and what is the fourth optional brackets from \definesynonyms? I see that it is a command, but what dos this command? Thanks Mike ----------------------------------------------------- Découvrez Romandie.FM La radio comme vous l'entendez ! http://www.romandie.fm -----------------------------------------------------

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Dropped caps and indenting
by Idris Samawi Hamid 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Dear gang, I am having difficuly getting dropped caps and the new indenting mechanism coordinated; the dropped cap goes into the margin. Try this: =============================================== \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupindenting[medium,next,yes] \def\TextDroppedCaps{% \DroppedCaps% {} % commands (like color) {cmr12} {2.2\baselineskip} % height scale of dropped cap {4pt} % amount of indent wrt dropped letter {\baselineskip} % distance of base of letter from base of first line {2} % number of indented lines } \starttext \TextDroppedCaps In general, Baroque letterforms appear more modern and less {\em written} than Renaissance forms. They give less evidence of the direct trace of the pen. Yet they take many different forms, and they thrived in Europe throughout the seventeenth century, endured through much of the eighteenth, and enjoyed an enthusiastic revival during the nineteenth. \stoptext =============================================== If indenting is commented it works correctly. I ran into this before and worked around it back when indenting had to be declared twice; don't know what to do now... Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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LucidaBright fonts...I'm stumped
by Henk Koster 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

I've been using teTeX - LaTeX - LucidaBright fonts for many years, but am unable to make these fonts work in ConTeXt. My present setup after installing teTeX (a Debian or Ubuntu package): 1. Make a directory /usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/type1/yandy 2. Copy the LB .pfb files to subdirectories lubright, lucida, lucidfax, lucsans and lumath 3. Run texhash and everything works fine in LaTeX -- I only have to specify \usepackage{lucidbry} in the preamble of my documents. Couldn't be easier. I've read through some of the archived messages on this newsgroup for clues for making LB fonts work with ConTeXt, I have even tried following the suggested steps, but no dice. Could someone here please list the precise steps required to get from my above teTeX setup to one that works in ConTeXt? -- H.A.J. Koster "Behavioral axioms are right, but agents make mistakes..." (attributed to L.J. Savage)

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Placing a scaled symbol within the flow of text
by Pearson, Mark (Capita Symonds) 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Hi all, I am attempting to insert a symbol at a reduced size within the text flow but I'm not sure how to achieve this. I've included my test script below. \starttext \definefontsynonym[Dingbats][uzdr] \definesymbol[filledSq][\getglyph{Dingbats}{\char110}] \def\FilledSq{\symbol[filledSq]} \def\FilledSquare{\scale[height=0.5ex]{\symbol[filledSq]}} \switchtobodyfont[20pt] \startlines \FilledSq Here is a line This is one line and this should be another \FilledSq Hello again \FilledSquare and again!! and here are some more lines this is the last one \stoplines \stoptext When a \FilledSq is inserted, the text which follows appears on the same line but when a \FilledSquare is inserted the text which follows appears on the line below. I'm probably using \scale in an inappropriate way and I'm sure don't know my \vbox's from my \hbox's! Any examples of how to reduce the size of a glyph whilst still being able to insert it as a normal character in the text flow would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mark Pearson ********************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may be subject to legal privilege, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error or think you may have done so, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. Please notify the sender immediately and delete the original e-mail from your system. Computer viruses can be transmitted by e-mail. Recipients should check this e-mail for the presence of viruses. The Capita Group and its subsidiaries accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. ***********************************************************************************

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GNU Emacs/ AucTeX configuration for ConTeXt
by Renaud AUBIN 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Hi all, Is there someone using GNU Emacs with ConTeXt. After some googlelyzing, I've learnt : 1. ConTeXt mode from Berend de Boer is now included in AucTeX 2. Some people use Emacs with ConTeXt and METAPOST, but with special .el files that seems not really up-to-date I didn't found usefull information to configure properly AucTeX in order to work well with ConTeXt and METAPOST, even in the auctex mailing list. It's ok for the menu (apparently managed by site) but I don't have syntax highlighting except for comment and indenting doesn't work well. So, my questions are: 1. Since there is a ConTeXt mode, I suppose there is some advanced features like syntax highlighting and indentation rules. Am I right ? 2. If I'm right, how to configure it ? 3. I will use METAPOST in my .tex files, how to manage this within Emacs ? 4. You know advanded features I must know ? ;-) I'm sorry but I'm addicted to Emacs and don't want to use Scite even if it seems ConTeXt-friendly. I'm aware of the fact that this mail is more Emacs/AucTeX related but since I didn't succeed in finding answers yet I submit this issue to the ConTeXt community. Best regards,

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fontvariants
by Hans van der Meer 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

I was probing into the font variant mechanism. This did not work, th Light font could not be made to typeset: \starttypescript [calligraphy] [mathtimeyy] [name] \definefontsynonym [CalligraphyRegular] [Calligraphy] \definefontsynonym [Calligraphy] [MathTimes-Calligraphy] \definefontsynonym [CalligraphyBold] [MathTimes-CalligraphyBold] \definefontvariant [Calligraphy] [light] [-Light] \definefontsynonym [CalligraphyRegular-Light] [MathTimes- CalligraphyLight] \definefontsynonym [CalligraphyBold-Light] [MathTimes- CalligraphyLightBold] \stoptypescript But changing Calligraphy into Serif in the last three lines \definefontvariant [Serif] [light] [-Light] \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-Light] [MathTimes- CalligraphyLight] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold-Light] [MathTimes- CalligraphyLightBold] it seems to work. QUESTION: Is the variant mechanism exclusively tied to the series Serif (\rm) and Sans (\ss)? If otherwise, what am I doing wrong then? yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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Is it possible to automatically determine font size to fit text to a given space?
by Daniel Pittman 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

G'day. One of the things I (ab)use ConTeXt for is printing little text labels to Avery stock. This works quite well, and I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to get working with some hints from Hans in the archives of this list. The labels, over time, have varying lengths of text on them, and to get that to fit on a single label sometimes requires that I vary the font size to avoid the text spilling over outside the bounding box. Is there any reasonable way that I could automate the process of adjusting the font size so that I got the biggest possible size while keeping the text fully fitted to the label? I don't mind automating this outside of TeX/ConTeXt, by using a script to try the font sizes and examine the TeX output for overflow messages, but I don't know quite what to look for. Hints about that, or a native TeX method[1], would be very much appreciated. At the moment it is a relatively slow process of manual trial and error. Regards, Daniel Footnotes: [1] I don't care if it takes ten minutes to run, since this isn't a performance critical job.

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dvipdfmx
by Idris Samawi Hamid 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Dear Hans, Taco, Chof, and all, Just installed 051130, and I am happy to report that, so far anyway, dvipdfmx map files work fine-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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