February 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Cover: how to make it ?
by VnPenguin 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Hi all, I would like to make a cover for my document (print mode) like the one of minstall.pdf or mlabels.pdf. Anyone could give me some examples please. Thank you in advance, Q.

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Can't install ConTeXt
by Paul Tremblay 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

I've just dowloaded the ConTeXt form the website http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm I've downloaded both the "the main CONTEXT distribution" as well as "the minimal CONTEXT distribution (linux)" Both distributions give me a bunch of directories and scrits, but no instructions on where to put what. With the linux distrubtion, I was given a setuptex script. I ran this, and got nothing. I opend this script and uncommented the following lines and put them at the bottom of the script: # mktexlsr # texexec --make --alone I seemed to get a successful make, but then when I ran texecec I got the following message: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-HO20020731-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.efmt fmtutil: no info for format `cont-en'. Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-en.efmt'; will try `context.efmt'. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.efmt fmtutil: no info for format `context'. I can't find the format file `context.efmt'! I got the same exact message when I ran perl texecec.pl with the main CONTEXT distribution. I already have a working distribution of TeX on my system. I know I need to move some directories around and set up PATH to find the executable, but I am at a loss what to move. Thanks Paul PS Could you cc me? I am not a part of the mailing list yet. I subscribed yesterday and am waiting for the moderator to approve me. -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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help needed with special macro
by Peter Münster 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hello, could someone help me please with the following little macro? Every line in the table should be different, but all are as the last one. I've tried a lot with commands like \expanded{} or \expandafter etc, but without results... Perhaps the only solution is a temporary file? \newcount\MyVersion \def\MyMacro#1{% \getgparameters[XXX][#1] \global\advance\MyVersion by 1 \bTR\bTD \the\MyVersion \eTD \bTD \XXXDate \eTD\eTR } \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Version \eTD \bTD Date \eTD \eTR \MyMacro{Date=1.2.2005} \MyMacro{Date=3.4.2005} \MyMacro{Date=5.6.2005} \eTABLE \stoptext TIA for any hint! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Strange interaction of \chapter and \AutoDroppedCaps
by Slawek Zak 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hi, In this document: \setupindenting[medium] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupbodyfont[16pt] \starttext \chapter{This is a test} \AutoDroppedCaps \input tufte \input tufte \stoptext I get output attached in gif file. It works fine without \chapter before. Any thoughts? Regards, /S

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lucida fonts
by Hans Hagen 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hi, Now that yandy has gone into a more fancy business (www.yandy.com, looking at the menu it looks like they now also sell special latex stuff -) i wonder where one can get the usual bunch of lucida fonts needed for tex; any ideas? 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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Unconventional page number placement
by Matt Gushee 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hello, all-- Sorry about the repost, but I asked about this several days ago and didn't get any response. If there is a documented way to do what I want, feel free to just give me a hint as to where it is documented; or if there is no way to do it without deep hackery, please just let me know that. Thanks! %% I am creating a layout for electronic books in which all the body text is in a single, fairly narrow column, with minimal space at the top and bottom of each page. I would like to place page numbers in the left margin, aligned with the bottom of the text, and the running heads (if any) also in the left margin, aligned with the top of the text. Is there a way to do this in ConTeXt? I can see that the standard page numbering and header commands don't support this kind of placement. I can come very close to the desired effect with the following: * Place the page numbers in the margin area of the footer, e.g.: \setuppagenumbering [...,location=inleft] * Place the header text in the margin area of the header, e.g.: \setupheadertext [margin] [section] [] * Use negative dimensions to cause the header and footer to overlap the text area, e.g.: \setuplayout [...,headerdistance=-0.35in,footerdistance=-0.5in] As I said, this comes very close to the desired effect, but it seems impossible to correctly align the header text and page numbers with the main text. Also, the header texts are mostly too long to fit on a single line in the margin, and I have not found a way to induce line wrapping. Your suggestions are greatly appreciated. -- Matt Gushee Englewood, CO, USA

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strange color change
by Peter Münster 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hello, could anybody explain, why the last 2 subsections have another color? \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \placecontent \dorecurse{6}{\section{a section}} \dorecurse{6}{\subsection{a subsection}} \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Problems with font encodings
by Stefan Ohletz 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hello, I'm working on some XSL stylesheets for translating XML documents into Context. Although I've read the document "Fonts in Context" and understood that one could use typescripts for managing fonts, in the context of my stylesheets I'd rather like to stick to the \definebodyfont command, because so far it works and I'm a bit confused about all those indirections one has to use when defining typescripts. The only thing which doesn't seem to work are font encodings. Please, take a look at the following document: %-------------------------------------------- \enableregime[il1] \mainlanguage[de] \language[de] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \definefontsynonym[NewCenturySchoolbook][pncr8r][encoding=texnansi] \definebodyfont[4pt,5pt,6pt,7pt,8pt,9pt,10pt,11pt,12pt,14.4pt,17.3pt][rm] [tf=NewCenturySchoolbook sa 1] \definefont[nctr][NewCenturySchoolbook at 10pt] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \starttext {\nctr \showcharacters} {\showcharacters} \stoptext %-------------------------------------------- Defining the font "directly" with \definefont leads to a texnansi-encoded table of characters, so that I could use the special German umlaut characters (which is my intention, of course). The definition of the font with \definebodyfont produces a default-encoded table with characters, which are *not* texnansi-encoded, because all the umlaut characters are missing. At least using Windows XP, TexLive 2004 distribution (MikTeX). I don't understand why this happens for two reasons: 1. Both commands (\definebodyfont and \definefont) use the same synonym for the font, with an explicitely defined texnansi-encoding. 2. The default encoding of the whole document was set to texnansi. It is getting even more disturbing when I'm setting the body font size to 12pt. (Using the command \setupbodyfont[12pt]). Then both tables are showing a texnansi-encoded font. What has font size to do with encodings? Since I don't want to use a body font size of 12pt in all of my documents, only to be able to use German umlaut characters, any hints to what I'm doing wrong here would be appreciated very much. Thanks in advance, Stefan Ohletz

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Code to product several versions PDF with different fonts
by VnPenguin 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

Hi, I'm preparing a document and I would like to product several versions PDF with different fonts. I dont know how to organize it : is there simple structure "if-then-else" ? could I use ConTeXt's "mode" or "environment" for this goal ? Any idea or example is very appreciated. Thank you in advance, Q.

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Which version is best for MSWindows users.?
by John Culleton 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

I am writing some e-books on free software. I am recommending TeX (of course) and Context instead of LaTeX. The vast majority of my readers will be using some flavor of MSWindows. Unfortunately there have been problems in synchronizing Context releases and Miktex releases, in re. hyphenation and fonts in general. I need to recommend a download package for readers who will be newcomers to the world of TeX. Which is the safest pointer? I see Miktex as a possibility but also the stripped versions of the TeX distribution maintained on the Context site. So how would you start an absolute newbie to e.g., Context and pdfetex? Where would you point them for their first download? -- John Culleton

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