December 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

typing blocks & undesired blank
by VnPenguin 25 Dec '05

25 Dec '05

Hi all, I have a document with many block \starttyping ... \stoptyping. I see some time undesired blank after headers (chaper, section,... see the shot http://people.vnoss.org/~vnpenguin/pub/context/test/test.png) How I can avoid this bad layout ? Source test file : http://people.vnoss.org/~vnpenguin/pub/context/test/test.tex PDF: http://people.vnoss.org/~vnpenguin/pub/context/test/test.pdf Thank you in advance, -- http://vnoss.org Vietnamese Open Source Software Community

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colors in metafont
by Hans van der Meer 25 Dec '05

25 Dec '05

Normally metapost/metafun starts out drawing in black. Is it possible to change this globally, so that "withcolor xyz" is not needed everytime another color is wanted? Also is it possible to "get/save/restore" the current drawing color (a la savepen) in metapost/metafun? I searched through various manuals but I might have missed the reference. yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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developing large numbers of MP files for inclusion in source
by David Arnold 25 Dec '05

25 Dec '05

Hans, Taco, et al, Our intermediate algebra text will require a large number of figures. I have two thoughts. 1. It's really inefficient to compile the entire context source file just to see what will happen to one figure. So, it seems that we should probably have a library of graphs for later inclusion in the main document. One would want to be able to compile all at once or individually if one were just working on one file. 2. The code for many individual figures is quite long and tends to obscure the flow of thought when included in the source. Again, if they were coming from an external document, that would be better. I am not looking to include the files one at a time after development. I know how to do that. Rather, I am looking for a way to gather all the source for figures in a file, compile all of the file, or just one figure from the file, then somehow call that source code into the main .tex doc during compile time. I am open to any suggestions on how to most efficiently develop and include figures (in Metapost, of course) in our main document. Thanks.

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Re: [NTG-context] developing large numbers of MP files for inclusion in source
by David Arnold 25 Dec '05

25 Dec '05

Mojca, You pretty much describe the way I've always worked in the past. I am currently working on a technique where all my graphics for section1 of chapter 3 are inside a file named sectionfigs.tex. I am using MPpage and friends to make these. The file currently contains about 14 graphics and files .1 through .14 are produced when I run the file with texexec. Next, I have a file section1figs.xml that is working as per the directions in xfigures-s.pdf from Pragma. It produces a nice listing of all of the figures for section 1 and their new labels (names). I am now in my main document section1.tex including these figures as per directions in xfigures-s.pdf. I'd be happy to send what I've done when I've finished. Let me know. On Dec 24, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> Do you have one metapost file with many figures in it? Is it possible >> to just compile for the figurein that file that you want? Is there >> a command that will compile then show the result? > > (sorry for not writing to the list) > > If you have an .mp file, it compiles "faster than you can switch from > command line back to the editor". No really, if you work with .mp, you > don't need to wait for hours as you do have to wait if you have > metafun graphics inside text. > > You get figures filename.1, filename.2, ... out of it, so you only > need to have GhostView with "filename.5" (or your desired figure) open > and it also changes instantly. If you need to have a text inside it, > it's an exception since it won't work until you convert the graphic > into PDF (mptopdf), which takes slightly longer, but may still be > acceptable. > > I alway create mp files first and then (eventually) copy the content > into the document if needed since it much faster. > > If you need metafun macros inside .mp files, you can load them with > input mp-tool; > input mp-spec; > (I guess.) > > Metapost files can't give you the flexibility to combine extremely > fancy stuff (typesetting text on paths created by metafun or vice > versa), but I guess you don't need that. > > Ask on the list again if you can inctruct mptopdf to convert into PDF > one figure only. > > Mojca

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section prefix=+
by David Arnold 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hans et al, We'll have different teachers writing different sections of a multi- chapter, multi-section document. The following use of prefix=+, as far as I can see, will keep them from stumbling over each other's references while they are working independently. I wonder how this will work in the project-product-component structure? % output=pdf \environment bookenv \setuphead[section] [prefix=+] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{david} draw unitsquare scaled 2cm withpen pencircle scaled 5mm withcolor red; \stopuseMPgraphic \startbuffer[table] \starttable[|c|c|] \HL \VL This \VL is \VL\FR \VL a \VL table \VL\LR \HL \stoptable \stopbuffer \startbuffer[figure] \startcombination[2*1] {\useMPgraphic{david}}{First caption} {\useMPgraphic{david}}{Second caption} \stopcombination \stopbuffer \completecontent \chapter[quadratic]{Quadratic Functions} \input tufte \section[parabola]{The Parabola} \input tufte \placefigure[][fig:1] {This is the caption of the figure.} {\getbuffer[figure]} \input tufte \placetable[][tab:1] {A very simple example of a table.} {\getbuffer[table]} \input tufte \placefigure[][fig:2] {This is the caption of the figure.} {\getbuffer[figure]} \input tufte In \in{Figure}[fig:1] on \at{page}[fig:1], we see \ldots. \section[vertex]{Vertex Form} \input tufte \placefigure[][fig:1] {This is the caption of the figure.} {\getbuffer[figure]} \input tufte \placetable[][tab:1] {A very simple example of a table.} {\getbuffer[table]} \input tufte \placefigure[][fig:2] {This is the caption of the figure.} {\getbuffer[figure]} \input tufte In \in{Figure}[fig:1] on \at{page}[fig:1], we see \ldots. \chapter[poly]{Polynomial Functions} \input tufte \section[end]{End Behavior} \input tufte \placefigure[][fig:1] {This is the caption of the figure.} {\getbuffer[figure]} \input tufte \placetable[][tab:1] {A very simple example of a table.} {\getbuffer[table]} \input tufte \placefigure[][fig:2] {This is the caption of the figure.} {\getbuffer[figure]} \input tufte In \in{Figure}[fig:1] on \at{page}[fig:1], we see \ldots. \section[zeros]{Zeros} \input tufte \placefigure[][fig:1] {This is the caption of the figure.} {\getbuffer[figure]} \input tufte \placetable[][tab:1] {A very simple example of a table.} {\getbuffer[table]} \input tufte \placefigure[][fig:2] {This is the caption of the figure.} {\getbuffer[figure]} \input tufte In \in{Figure}[parabola:fig:1] on \at{page}[parabola:fig:1], we see \ldots. \stoptext

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MikTeX and font problems (again)
by Mojca Miklavec 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hello, The following code works both under MikTeX and stand-alone ConTeXt (however not under live.contextgarden.net) but I don't know how to enable ec encoding (\ccaron and \Ccaron - č and Č - don't work). \starttypescript [antykwa-poltawskiego] [ec] \definetypeface [antykwa-poltawskiego] [rm] [serif] [antykwa-poltawskiego] [default] [encoding=ec] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[antykwa-poltawskiego][ec] \setupbodyfont[antykwa-poltawskiego,rm] The following code \starttypescript [antykwa-torunska] [texnansi,ec] % already defined in type-exa \definetypeface[antykwa][rm][serif][antykwa-torunska] [default][encoding=\typescripttwo] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[antykwa-torunska][ec] \setupbodyfont[antykwa,rm] works under stand-alone ConTeXt, but not under MikTeX (and not under live.contextgarden.net) It complains about "ec-antt.map - cannot open map file" (and about some other files). It actually doesn't exist since the files are named "antt-ec.map". I'm completely lost regarding font problems and would appreciate any help. Thanks, Mojca

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How to use the module [bib] to get Bibliografia and not References?
by Jilani Khaldi 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hi All, I am using "\usemodule[bib]" for bibliography reference "in an italian environnement" : \mainlanguage[italian] \setupbodyfont[12pt] \setuppapersize[A4] \enableregime[il1] \usemodule[bib] ... but I get as a final result: References ... instead of: Bibliografia ... It seems I have missed some settings. Any hint? Thanks! jk -- Jilani KHALDI http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com

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resume template?
by leon 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Dear all, I need to finish up a CV in 2 weeks. I'd appreciate if you can point out some resources on writing resume using conTeXt. Many thanks. Cheers -- .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. . * . . /.\ Merry Christmas . . /..'\ . . /'.'\ -- Leon . . /.''.'\ . . /.'.'.\ . . /'.''.'.\ . . ^^^[_]^^^ . .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.

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backspace makeupwidth tradeoff
by M.guravage 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hi, I'd like to increase the backspace at the expense of the makeupwidth. I like to do this by adding either a scalar or a percentage of the backspace. In the following bit of code I'd expect both sets of \mybackspace and \mywidth macros to yield identical results, but the don't. The scalar approach seems to work correctly, and the percentage not. I'd appreciate it if somebody could show me where I've gone wrong. It must be embarrassingly simple, but I can't see it - yet. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Michael \showgrid \showframe %\showlayout \def\abcor{1.25cm} % absolute binding correction \def\pbcor{0.5} % percentage binding correction % default backspace is 2.5cm %\def\mybackspace{\dimexpr(\backspace + \abcor)} \def\mybackspace{\dimexpr(\backspace + \pbcor\backspace)} % default makeupwidth is 15cm %\def\mywidth{\dimexpr(\makeupwidth - \abcor)} \def\mywidth{\dimexpr(\makeupwidth - \pbcor\backspace)} \setuplayout [location=middle, backspace=\mybackspace, width=\mywidth] \starttext \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par} \stoptext

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A font question.
by John R. Culleton 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

I use Context for highly formatted non-fiction, but I am a bit reluctant to use it for much of my work because of the strange (to me) font handling arrangements. I see no purpose for the multiple synonyms of the same font. That just adds layers of extra work. And I am used to tweaking both the font size and the baselineskip by fractional amounts to help in getting the pagination just right and the spacing on the individual page correct. For example I have the main body font on a current project defined thus: \font\rm=8r-AGaramond-Regular at 10.5pt and this: \baselineskip 12.0pt plus .25pt If the page comes up a line short because of strict widow prevention then the extra space is distributed imperceptibly among the lines. \parskip is 0 pt for this novel. With a fixed baselineskip the extra space is distributed only at paragraph breaks, which gives an ugly result. This kind of fine tuning by users is perhaps foreign to Context as it now exists. Font sizes are in fixed steps for one thing. However abandoning the typescript etc. process deprives one of the useful feature of using tfa, tfb, tfx etc. to adjust font sizes semi-automatically. So here is my question. If I set up my own font definition system and as part of it I have statements like: \font\tfa bchr8r at 10.45pt \font\tfb bchr8r at 11.37pt ... ... will the rest of Context accept the above tfb font and size in places where a heading macro automatically defaults to tfb? John Culleton

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