February 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

permissions in texmf/scripts/context/*
by Thomas A.Schmitz 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

I'm wondering if this is a bug: I tried to play around with the texmfstart script, but couldn't get it to work. I think the latest cont-tmf.zip installs those files with wrong permissions. Here's what I got: -rw-r--r-- 1 tas 15k Jan 6 13:41 concheck.rb -rw-r--r-- 1 tas 25k Jan 28 09:28 ctxtools.rb drwxr-xr-x 3 tas 102 Feb 6 21:00 exa -rw-r--r-- 1 tas 21k Dec 20 21:31 texmfstart.rb -rw-r--r-- 1 tas 6.5k Jun 14 2004 texsync.rb -rw-r--r-- 1 tas 23k Oct 15 19:15 textools.rb -rw-r--r-- 1 tas 13k Oct 27 18:27 xmltools.rb drwxr-xr-x 3 tas 102 Feb 6 21:00 xmpl same is true for scripts/perl/ Shouldn't they all have permission 755? Best Thomas

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List of special characters
by cormullion 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

I can’t find a definitive list of the special characters that I need to ‘escape’ when used in a ConTeXt document. I’m writing a short script that converts documents, and I need to catch some characters. Some of the TeX ones I tried didn’t work. Couldn’t see it in the manuals. I’ve done the obvious ones - \%, \#, \&, \$ - but wondering about some of the others (eg ! \" # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ • º). thanks!

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Setting up layout - basic questions
by cormullion 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

Hi there. I’m a newcomer to ConTeXt, and I’m so far really impressed with the power and flexibility I now have access to. I’d be grateful for a few tips - I’ve been reading the documentation over the last few days, and my head’s getting full. Please excuse me if these questions are obvious. I want to make headings in a sans serif font, such as Helvetica, and keep the body text in serif font (such as Times). (I use these font names loosely, I have no idea which fonts I can actually use, since I can’t get XeTeX working yet.) I know that I should do something like this: \setuphead [chapter] [number=yes, style=\ss] \setuphead [section] [number=no, style=\ss] but the sizes of the different levels of heading are lost... So something like 16pt for chapter, 14pt for section, 12 point for subsection? Also, is it generally possible to make all the headings start at the left margin, with everything else (eg paragraphs, lists, etc) indented? Eg: Chapter X Paragraph Section X Paragraph Subsection y Paragraph Thanks for any pointers. I’m more of a FrameMaker user up to now, so I may not yet be thinking the ConTeXt way. :-)

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grid
by Vit Zyka 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

Hallo, I wanted use two-column typesetting, so set grid on. But even this simple minimal example does not fit me to the grid. Am I doing something wrong? ------------------ \setuplayout[lines=40,grid=on] \setuphead[chapter][grid=low,before=\blank,after=\blank] \setuphead[section][grid=low,before=\blank,after=\blank] \showgrid \starttext \chapter{Examples} See this two paragraph examples. \section{Knuth}\input knuth \section{Zapf}\input zapf \stoptext ----------------------

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! Undefined control sequence.
by K. David Prince 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

0. I'm using Debian/Testing. 1. Downloaded: context/current/cont-tmf.zip \ the main CONTEXT distribution \ 2005-02-03 15:19 2356473 from http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm 2. Installed according to: http://levana.de/context/ kdp@yaz:~/Projects/ConTeXt$ ./texversion.pl TeXVersion 0.1 / Taco Hoekwater 2004 texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2005.1.28 mes: english kdp@yaz:~/Projects/ConTeXt$ 3. Created hello.tex: \starttext Hello World \stoptext 4. "texexec --pdf hello.tex" generates errors: kdp@yaz:~/Projects/ConTeXt/Play$ texexec --pdf hello.tex Use of uninitialized value in string eq at -\ /opt/context/2005.01.31/bin/texexec line 344. | I fixed this Use of uninitialized value in string eq at | in the previous /opt/context/2005.01.31/bin/texexec line 348. > version, but I Use of uninitialized value in string eq at | didn't do it because /opt/context/2005.01.31/bin/texexec line 348. / of the error below. TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : hello output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) entering extended mode (./hello.tex{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2005.1.28 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/opt/context/2005.01.31/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ! Undefined control sequence. \@@toks ->\everymathematics \dodoappendtoks ->\dodoglobal \@@toks \@EAEAEA {\@EA \the \@EA \@@toks \the ... l.299 \to \everymathematics ? x <==I just bailed out here. "hello.tex" runs fine under the old version. No pages of output. Transcript written on hello.log. return code : 256 run time : 2 seconds total run time : 3 seconds kdp@yaz:~/Projects/ConTeXt/Play$ Additional info on my setup: kdp@yaz:~/Projects/ConTeXt/Play$ echo $PATH /opt/context/2005.01.31/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games kdp@yaz:~/Projects/ConTeXt/Play$ %%% %%% KDP texmf.cnf Edits for ConTeXt upgrade %%% TEXMFCONTEXT = /opt/context/2005.01.31/texmf TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOLDLOCAL,!!$VARTEXMF,!!$TEXMFCONTEXT,!!$TEXMFMAIN} %%% %%% End KDP ConTeXt Edits. %%%

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alpha + magazine
by Hans Hagen 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Hi, I uploaded a new alpha, in addition to previous changes: - default latin modern in ec encoding instead of default encoding - substantial speedup of typescript loading (when configured as such) - a couple of small fixes related to switching to latin modern there is also a new mag-0009.pdf file, discribing how to use platform fonts etc etc, Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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limit the scope of Chinese
by Fei He 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Hello, I have been working on a document that mixes a little Chinese and more of the rest English. How do I limit the scope of the Chinese module? For example, I want Chinese to show up in the title, which is done by loading the Chinese module. But the date of the document changed to Chinese too, which I do not want. Can I just use one or two Chines character at some certain place while all the rest of the document remains not affected? Thanks a lot.

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Error messages with first attempts to use ConTeXt
by David Wooten 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Greetings all, I'm a LaTeXer who is intrigued by ConTeXt. I'm running Mac OS 10.3, using Gerben Wierda's i-Installer, and have been receiving some error messages with my first attempts that a little searching-around haven't been clarified. Without the latest ConTeXt update from the i-Installer, for a file like: \starttext Hello there. \stoptext when run with texexec = texexec Condy.tex TeXExec 5.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : Condy output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `cont-en'. Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-en.fmt'; will try `context.fmt'. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `context'. I can't find the format file `context.fmt'! return code : 256 run time : 3 seconds total run time : 3 seconds With the update, I get = texexec Condy.tex TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : Condy output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) output format initialized to DVI entering extended mode (./Condy.tex ConTeXt ver: 2001.11.13 fmt: 2005.2.5 int: english mes: english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/Users/wooten/Library/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! system (E-TEX) : [line 473] \ifcsname ) system : cont-old loaded (/Users/wooten/Library/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/Users/wooten/Library/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2-en-2 2-uk-2 2-de-2 2-fr-2 2-es-2 2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : Condy.top loaded (./Condy.top ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \c!directory ={/Users/wooten/} \xprocesscommaitem #1,#2->\if ]#1 \expandafter \gobbleoneargument \else \p!do... \xdogetparameters #1]->\xprocesscommaitem #1,] ,\@relax@ \dosetupsystem [#1]->\getparameters [\??sv ][#1] \setuprandomize [\@@svwillek... l.3 \setupsystem[\c!directory={/Users/wooten/}] ————— I'd appreciate any advice you can give, and perhaps I won't even have to eat crow ;) David Wooten

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Some observations about the URW-Garamond
by Thomas A.Schmitz 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

I played around a bit with the new URW-Garamond that URW donated to the TeX community; as you may have seen on the list, the font files can be downloaded via CTAN at CTAN/fonts/urw/garamond/ If you fetch the entire directory, you'll find 1. the font in .afm, .pfb and .pfm format, 2. support files for LaTeX written by Walter Schmidt, with instructions for installation. After installation, the font worked in LaTeX, but wouldn't work in ConTeXt "out of the box." I didn't spend time to figure out why because creating the necessary files with texfont is a snap. For beginners, a very brief how-to: 1. copy the afm- and pfb-files into a working directory, cd to this directory; 2. run the command for f in ugm*.afm do texfont --fontroot=~/texmf --ve=urw --co=garamond --ma --in (adjusting ~/texmf to wherever you want the font installed) (Of course, you can add other encodings if you wish.) Then I hit a problem. texfont creates map entries in this format: texnansi-raw-ugmm8a GaramondNo8-Med 4 < ugmm8a.pfb texnansi.enc texnansi-raw-ugmmi8a GaramondNo8-MedIta 4 < ugmmi8a.pfb texnansi.enc texnansi-raw-ugmr8a GaramondNo8-Reg 4 < ugmr8a.pfb texnansi.enc texnansi-raw-ugmri8a GaramondNo8-Ita 4 < ugmri8a.pfb texnansi.enc My version of pdfetex (3.141592-1.20b-rc5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3)) refused to read these entries (problems with backward compoatibility?). After I rewrote to the format I found in the map that comes with the font texnansi-raw-ugmr8a GaramondNo8-Reg " TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont " <texnansi.enc <ugmr8a.pfb texnansi-raw-ugmri8a GaramondNo8-Reg " TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont " <texnansi.enc <ugmri8a.pfb texnansi-raw-ugmm8a GaramondNo8-Reg " TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont " <texnansi.enc <ugmm8a.pfb texnansi-raw-ugmmi8a GaramondNo8-Reg " TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont " <texnansi.enc <ugmmi8a.pfb everything was golden. You now have a version of Garamond for those who are too poor or too cheap to buy the real McCoy. The font looks nice to me (I'm not an expert), especially in its italic version. You get regular, italic, semi-bold and semi-bold italics, no expert ligatures, no old-style numerals. I wrote a very basic typescript file: \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \starttypescript [serif] [urwgaramond] [texnansi] \definefontsynonym [URWGaramond-Roman] [texnansi-ugmr8a] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [URWGaramond-Bold] [texnansi-ugmm8a] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [URWGaramond-Italic] [texnansi-ugmri8a] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [URWGaramond-Bold-Italic] [texnansi-ugmmi8a] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [urwgaramond] [name] \usetypescript[serif][fallback] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [URWGaramond-Roman] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [URWGaramond-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [URWGaramond-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [URWGaramond-Bold-Italic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [URWGaramond] \definetypeface [MyURWGaramond] [rm] [serif] [urwgaramond] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript You can then typeset in the new font: \usetypescriptfile [type-urwgaramond] \usetypescript[URWGaramond] \setupbodyfont[MyURWGaramond,11pt] \starttext Hello world! \stoptext HTH Thomas

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Dimensions of a picture
by François Fasoli 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

I have a problem with the following fie : \useexternalfigure[fig1][Mouette1]%1600x1200 \useexternalfigure[fig2][Mouette2]%1024x768 \starttext %the following line gives an error : %Error: pdfetex.exe (file ./Mouette1.jpg): reading JPEG image failed %\externalfigure[fig1] %the following lines runs very well \page \externalfigure[fig2] \stoptext Is there a limitation of the dimensions of a picture ? Or another problem ? Thank you

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