March 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

module and environment
by Peter Münster 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Hello, what is the difference between a module and an environment? What are the guidelines to decide where to put some code? TIA for any hints, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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\def\sectionseparator{:}
by Peter Münster 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Hello, in core-sec.tex, I read: \def\sectionseparator{:} % was : but is now - I there any inconvenience, to change it to "-" ? I've tried it out, and all my problems to get French spaces before punctuation and project structure and so on, were gone. Could we patch core-sec.tex ? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX
by Gerben Wierda 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Would someone be able to take lettrine.sty as an example and produce a version that works with ConTeXt (and plain TeX)? Thanks, G

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Lettrine, \sc, and a font without proper small capitals (Modified by Gerben Wierda)
by Gerben Wierda 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

When I use the Optima font I do not have real small capitals. It seems \sc does not try to emulate them and also the new \lettrine ignores it. Is there a way I can still have my SC? Maybe faked by using a smaller size capitals? Thanks, G

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m-bib bug?
by ishamid 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Dear posse, Some settings of \setupindenting[] cause the first line created by \placepublications to be offset to the left; is this a bug? is there a workaround? (And thank you Taco/Hans for helping me with my ``sneaky'' accent redefinitions!) Best Idris ===============test-bib.tex================= \setupoutput[pdftex] \def\SHIFT#1{\dimen0=.00#1ex \multiply\dimen0 by\fontdimen1\font \kern-.0156\dimen0} % compensate for slant/italic in lower accents \unexpanded\def\h#1{{\oalign{\relax#1\crcr\hidewidth\SHIFT{34}% \vbox to.2ex{\hbox{\char'25}\vss}\hidewidth}}} \unexpanded\def\~#1{{\struttedbox{\accent"7E #1}}} \def\AHSAI{A\d hs\=a'\~\i} %\setupindenting[medium,next] \setupindenting[medium] \usemodule[bib] \starttext \cite[ahsaif] \cite[ahsaijk] \cite[ahsaism] \section{references} \blank[big] {\tfx\setupinterlinespace \placepublications } \stoptext ============================================ ===============test-bib.bbl================= \startpublication[k=ahsaif, t=book, a=\AHSAI, y=1856, s=\AHSAI1856] %\author[\v Say\h h]{A\.hmad Ibn Zayni \Al-D\={i}n}[A.]{}{Al-\AHSAI} \author[\v Say\h h]{A\.hmad Ibn Zayni \Al-D\={i}n}[A.]{}{Al-\AHSAI} \title{\v Sar\.hu \~al-Faw\={a}\'id} \pubname{n.p.} \city{Tabriz} \pubyear{1856} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=ahsaijk, t=book, a=\AHSAI, y=1856--59, s=\AHSAI1856--59] \author[\v Say\h h]{A\.hmad Ibn Zayni \Al-D\={i}n}[A.]{}{Al-\AHSAI} \title{Jaw\={a}mi\`u \~al-Kalim} \pubname{n.p.} \note{Two volumes} \city{Tabriz} \pubyear{1856--59} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=ahsaism, t=book, a=\AHSAI, y=1861a, s=\AHSAI1861--1] \author[\v Say\h h]{A\.hmad Ibn Zayni \Al-D\={i}n}[A.]{}{Al-\AHSAI} \title{\v Sar\.hu \~al-Ma\v s\={a}\`ir} \pubname{n.p.} \city{Tehran} \pubyear{1861} \stoppublication ============================================ ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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TOC indenting
by David Arnold 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

All, In my table of contents, I have: \definecombinedlist [content][section,subsection] \setupcombinedlist [content] [alternative=c,aligntitle=yes,width=2.5em] How do I set up my TOC so that subsections are indented slightly more than sections in which they are contained?

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How to switch between fonts?
by Stefan Wachter 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Dear font experts! For some weeks I try very hard to generate minimal PDF documents using the PDF base 14 fonts. Now the following problem popped up: The Helvitica, Times, and Courier fonts have "8a" as their default encoding. Unfortunately, the 8a encoding is somewhat incomplete because it misses some characters (eg. the degree character). In TeX I use texnansi encoding because it offers most of the special characters that I need. If I use 8a encoding for the PDF document (in order to avoid reencoding) then the degree symbol is typeset by an embedded "txsy" font. The bad thing about this solution is that this degree character does not take care of \bf, \it, or \bi. Therefore the result is unsatisfactory. If I use texnansi encoding for the PDF document then the degree symbol is typeset nicely. The disadvantage of this option is that now the built-in fonts are always reencoding which make some additional 2kb for the PDF document. I would like to have the reeconded font to be used only if it is really necessary. Now I see two problems: 1. A particual problem in this situation Is it possible to define font synonymes locally (i.e. inside a group)? In that case I could map the virtual fonts that are base on 8a encoded raw fonts into virtual fonts that are based on texnansi reencoded raw fonts. I tried that but it seems that font synonymes are accepted only at the beginning. 2. A general problem Provided that I write a set of typescripts for defining a typeface similar to the postscript typefaces of ConTeXt but based on other (virtual) fonts: is it possible to switch between these two typefaces. The switch must respect the current font characteristics (i.e. \ss, \rm, \tt, \bf, \it, \bi, and size). Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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Problems with new beta
by Thomas A.Schmitz 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Just installed the new beta. Now every run of texexec dies with lots of messages like this: kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-lmcsc10 ! I can't find file `ec-lmcsc10'. <*> ...four; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmcsc10 Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...four; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmcsc10 Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: ec-lmcsc10.log: No such file or directory What gives? Thomas

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hyphenation not working
by Paul Tremblay 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

I've noticed that hypenation is not working in my test ConTeXt documents. I have looked repeatedly at the manual and searched the wiki. It seems that hyphenations should be automatic? I am testing simple files with the language as English. Does one have to turn hyphenation on? Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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Palatino?
by Thomas A.Schmitz 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Hi gang, I have a problem on my system with the Palatino font. In type-enc, it's mapped to \definefontsynonym [Palatino] [\typescriptthree-uplr8a] [encoding=\typescriptthree] However, on my system (Gerben Wierda's installation), there is no texnansi- or EC- or whatever-uplr8a. Palatino works flawlessly with LaTeX, mapped to pplr8t, and of course, it works with ConTeXt if I create the tfms myself with texfont, but I thought there was some default support for Palatino. Am I missing something? Best Thomas

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