February 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Navigation of pragma-ade.nl site.
by John Culleton 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

I had problems recently navigating the pragma-ade site. I use Slackware Linux but I also have Win 2000. Unfortunately the browsers haven't kept up with pdf navigation of sites, except for Internet Explorer. The others I tested, Konqueror, Opera, Mozilla, Lynx etc. cannot navigate the site because they use external plugins for interpreting pdf code, and the environment for those interpreters is local to my computer and not to pragma-ade.nl. (Lynx of course doesn't have pdf facilities at all.) It is possible to navigate through many Context pdf pages using the forward and back buttons as suggested by Hans but this facility is not universal. Formerly the pages gave a choice between html navigation and pdf navigation. If it is not feasible to restore this dual pattern then perhaps we need to find another solution. Even Windows user often do not want to use IE on line because of security reasons. And of course many present/potential Context users may have Linux or OS X as their base systems. If a change is made in this direction I would be happy to run my various browsers against the Pragma site to make sure everything works as expected. -- John Culleton

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Simple itemize format that eludes me
by cormullion 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

This should be simple, but my brain is currently clogged from reading too many ConTeXt manuals, so please help! I’m trying to make a simple format that I’ve used elsewhere. The first part of each item (a kind of \head) is not indented, but the remaining paragraph(s) of that item are. For example: LONG_UGLY_STRING_LIKE_THIS A few sentences, indented somewhat from the left margin, that relate to the long ugly string above. The indentation allows the reader to scan the ugly strings (which might well be in alphabetical order. ANOTHER_LONG_UGLY_STRING_LIKE_THIS A few sentences, indented somewhat from the left margin, that relate to the long ugly string above. The indentation allows the reader to scan the ugly strings (which might well be in alphabetical order. I just can’t persuade my understanding of ConTeXt facilities to do this for me... :-)

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reference error with startproduct
by Peter Münster 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hello, when I compile the following product, I get this error: "unknown reference [][bla]" \startproduct product \project project \section[bla]{bla} test: \in[bla] \stopproduct This is the project file: \startproject project \useencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] \product product \stopproject Could someone help please? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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bib module: \cite with page numbers
by David Munger 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hello, Is it possible to get page numbers (or a chapter number) displayed in a citation, e.g. \cite[authoryears]{pp. 163-170}[davidson2001] and see \cite[authoryear]{chap. 3}[davidson2001] would format as: (Davidson, 2001, pp. 163-170) and see Davidson (2001) chap. 3 Thanks for any clue, David

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Several questions about format generation
by Stefan Wachter 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hi all, in the diverse documentation about ConTeXt installation I find the instruction "texexec --make ... --language ..." for generating format files. Several questions arise: 1. What is the consequence of selecting specific languages after the --make option? Have the generated formats the same functionality, i.e. do they differ only in the user interface? In particular, do the different formats have the same hyphenation capabilities? 2. In the "How to install ConTeXt" manual I read that the "nl"-format is needed for some postprocessing features built in texexec. Is this still valid? The TeXLive distribution of 2004 contains only the cont-en.fmt file. 3. Is using the --language xy option equivalent to the using the \mainlanguage[xy] macro? 4. In case that several format files exist: which one is selected by texexec? Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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Choosing an encoding - what are the consequences?
by Stefan Wachter 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hi all! I am on the burdensome path to understanding font handling in ConText. Now I wonder what the consequences are with choosing certain encodings. For example if I choose "8a" encoding (called "Adobe standard encoding"): 1. There are lots of empty slots in this encoding. What does ConText do if a symbol that is to be typeset is not contained in an encoding? 2. Can I ommit the 8a encoding in map files when PDF documents are generated (because it is the Adobe standard encoding)? 3. Somewhere I read that "texnansi" is a preferred encoding. Why? Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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URL to d-en-all.pdf
by John Culleton 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

I want to point people to the d-en-all.pdf example on the pragma-ade.nl site. Unfortunately the navigation of the site is now all pdf based and my browsers don't handle that well. Can someone either give me the URI for d-en-all.pdf or tell me how to navigate pragma-ade.nl in html only? -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book packagers/coaches/consultants: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf Printers who are SPAN sponsors: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/printers.pdf

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indenting and \placelocalfootnotes
by Peter Münster 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

Hello, to get the footnotes vertically aligned, a \setupindenting[none] is needed: \setupindenting[small] \starttext \startlocalfootnotes[n=0] bla\footnote{1. note} bla\footnote{2. note} bla\footnote{3. note} {\setupindenting[none] \placelocalfootnotes} \stoplocalfootnotes \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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AntykwaTorunska fonts: how to use ?
by VnPenguin 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

Hi all, Until now, following the guide at http://contextgarden.net/Vietnamese I can use vietnamese UTF-8: --------------------------------------------------------------- \enableregime[utf] \setupencoding[default=t5] \usetypescript[palatino][t5] \setupbodyfont[palatino,12pt] \starttext Vietnamese UTF8 text here \stoptext --------------------------------------------------------------- Just found that the font AntykwaTorunska has also t5 enc (vietnamese support confirmed by font's author too): in file map/dvips/antt/t5-antt.map I see: t5-anttb AntykwaTorunska-Bold "enct5-antt ReEncodeFont" <t5-antt.enc <anttb.pfb t5-anttl AntykwaTorunskaLigh-Regular "enct5-antt ReEncodeFont" <t5-antt.enc <anttl.pfb t5-anttm AntykwaTorunskaMed-Regular "enct5-antt ReEncodeFont" <t5-antt.enc <anttm.pfb t5-anttr AntykwaTorunska-Regular "enct5-antt ReEncodeFont" <t5-antt.enc <anttr.pfb ... But unfortunately I don't know how to use it ? I have a look at mfonts.pdf but this document is too "technical" for a ConTeXt's newbie like me :) Anyone could give me some help to use AntykwaTorunska fonts with t5 encoding please. Thank you in advance, Q.

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paragraphs in starttables
by Peter Münster 16 Feb '05

16 Feb '05

Hello, while playing around with starttables, footnotes and paragraphs in starttables, I found some problems. Here is the first one, I would like to get a paragraph in 2 columns: \def\SomeText{\dorecurse{20}{hallo }} \starttext \starttables[s1|p(13em)|l|p(13em)|] \VL \SomeText \VL xxx \VL \SomeText \postponefootnotes\footnote{a footnote} \VL \AR \VL \SomeText \VL \TWO{Not ok, since too much distance to the line at the left.}\VL\AR \VL \SomeText \VL xxx \VL \SomeText \VL \AR \stoptables \stoptext \def\SomeText{\dorecurse{2}{hallo }} \starttext \starttables[s1|p(13em)|l|p(13em)|] \VL \SomeText \VL xxx \VL \SomeText \postponefootnotes\footnote{a footnote} \VL \AR \VL \SomeText \VL \TWO\JustLeft{\vtop{\setupinterlinespace\hsize 14em Better, but I need to calculate the hsize, and there are other workarounds for correct vertical spacing. Furthermore, the footnote is lost.\strut \blank[small]}} \VL\AR \VL \SomeText \VL xxx \VL \SomeText \VL \AR \stoptables \stoptext TIA for any help! Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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