March 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

RE: [NTG-context] Times New Roman
by ishamid 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

>===== Original Message From "Thomas A.Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> ===== >hmm, I have zero experience with Windows and wouldn't get near a >computer running Windows if you payed me for it, I certainly agree with this sentiment, and will make yet another attempt to switch to Linux this year; kde3.4 is looking nice... >but I guess there must >be a central configuration file somewhere. On linux and unix systems, >it's called texmf.cnf. It's the same here; I'll look into it. There may be some os-related syntax issues, though, since kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL gives kpsewhich: unrecognized option `-var-value' But I'll keep working/learning. Thnx! Idris That's where you define which tex-trees you have >and in what order they should be searched. So if you want to have your >new C/Context searched first, your C/Texlive second, one of them should >be set as TEXMFLOCAL, the other as TEXMFMAIN. What does > Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] Times New Roman
by ishamid 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

>===== Original Message From "Thomas A.Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> ==== >Moreover, are you sure that your system is finding texnansi.enc? >What does >kpsewhich texnansi.enc >produce? Ok I realize that my texfont problems are almost certainly related to my upgrade problems: a. From C:\TeXLive (old system) \system_fonts\timesnewroman>kpsewhich texnansi.enc c:/TeXLive/texmf/dvips/ly1/texnansi.enc so far so good b. From C\:ConTeXt (latest system) \system_fonts\timesnewroman>C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\bin\kpsewhich texnansi.enc \system_fonts\timesnewroman> nothing found So I think my problems in part go back to something I asked before: how do I get my C\:ConTeXt tree to secondarily search the TeXLive tree? Thnx for all your help! Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] Times New Roman
by ishamid 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

>===== Original Message From Adam Lindsay <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> ===== >A few comments/hints: Thank you! >On 16 Mar 2005, at 14:40, ishamid wrote: > >> TeXFont 1.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2001 (STILL BETA) > >The TeXfont I'm running is 2.2.1! (I know I added a little bit of .ttf >processing code after 2.1) Ok, I've got 2.2.1 running... >> I tried things manually without the --pattern option and got a >> >> texnansi-microsoft-times.tex > >If this file was generated, that's a good sign that the files were >installed. What do you see in: >(texlocal)\fonts\tfm\microsoft\times ? ok, there are tfm files there, produced by the beta TeXFont, in TeXLive\texmf-local\... But now I can't seem to repeat this with the latest version, and TeXFont does not find the afm files. As I told Taco: =========================================================== C:[...]\system_fonts>C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\bin\texfont --vendor=microsoft --collection=timesnewroman --encoding=texnansi --pattern=times*.afm --rootlist=C:[...]\system_fonts TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 mktexlsr: Updating c:/TeXLive/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. encoding vector : texnansi vendor name : microsoft source path : . font collection : timesnewroman texmf font root : c:/texlive/texmf-local pdftex map file : texnansi-microsoft-timesnewroman.map processing files : all in pattern times*.afm locating afm files : using otf files processing aborted : no afm files found =========================================================== But the afm files are right there in \system_fonts!?! Any further suggestions will be appreciated! Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Conflict ConTeXt & new LM?
by Gerben Wierda 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

I just installed the latest LM fonts from TL Master on top of a teTeX 3.0 + recent ConTeXt and tried to re-run my project. This fails. I reinstalled the old LM and it works, Is this known? G ConTeXt ver: 2005.03.02 fmt: 2005.3.15 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded kpathsea: Running mktextfm cork-lmr12 mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cork-lmr12 This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) kpathsea: Running mktexmf cork-lmr12 ! I can't find file `cork-lmr12'. <*> ...four; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cork-lmr12 Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...four; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cork-lmr12 Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: cork-lmr12.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cork-lmr12' failed to make cork-lmr12.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=cork-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.1 \startproduct prd_book

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RE: [NTG-context] Times New Roman
by ishamid 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

>===== Original Message From Adam Lindsay <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> ===== >On 16 Mar 2005, at 15:39, ishamid wrote: > >> But the afm files are right there in \system_fonts!?! >> >> Any further suggestions will be appreciated! >> >I'm pretty mac-centric, but I thought the TNR fonts were .ttf. That's right. >If texfont gets pointed to .ttf files, it runs ttf2afm itself, I thought. Well, I just followed the instructions in mag-0009.pdf. I created my own \system_fonts folder to do the work, then manually generated the afm's per Hans' instructions. After generating all four afms I called upn TeXFont from within the same directory with the generated afm's. In any case, I'm not sure that TeXFont generates the afm's, since it seems to be looking for them, or at least Hans' instructions do not use this method... >Also, did you run the generated test file? Yes, but that was created by the old TeXFont1.5. >Deadline or no, take it slowly and methodically: >pas de panique! C'est tres vrais, and always good advice! Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] Times New Roman
by ishamid 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

>===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >I do not know much about the font installation process, but I did >notice that your TeXFont banner indicates that you use a really old >version. Ok, I've worked around this (still having upgrade troubles...) but there is still a problem. I created all afm files in a local directory system_fonts> but TeXFont does not seem to see them: ================================================================ [...]\system_fonts>C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\bin\texfont --vendor=microsoft --collection=timesnewroman --encoding=texnansi --pattern=times*.afm --rootlist=C:\[...]\system_fonts TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 mktexlsr: Updating c:/TeXLive/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. encoding vector : texnansi vendor name : microsoft source path : . font collection : timesnewroman texmf font root : c:/texlive/texmf-local pdftex map file : texnansi-microsoft-timesnewroman.map processing files : all in pattern times*.afm locating afm files : using otf files processing aborted : no afm files found ================================================================ Why are "no afm files found"? And why does my new C:\ConTeXt tree recognize texmf font root : c:/texlive/texmf-local when I have not configured it to recognize my TeXLive tree (since I do not know how->) Best Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Times New Roman
by ishamid 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

[I know that all of us and Hans in particular is quite busy but if anyone can give me some guidance on this, before I get into trouble with my editor...] Dear consortium, I'm having trouble preparing times new roman for ConTeXt. I'm trying to follow the instructions in mag-0009.pdf, but TeXfont does not want to behave:-( =========================================================== \system_fonts>texfont --vendor=microsoft --collection=times --encoding=texnansi --pattern=times*.afm TeXFont 1.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2001 (STILL BETA) processing aborted : unknown option --pattern=times*.afm =========================================================== I tried things manually without the --pattern option and got a texnansi-microsoft-times.tex file, from which I manually constructed a texnansi-microsoft-times.map file with four lines: =================================================== texnansi-raw-times 4 < times.pfb texnansi.enc texnansi-raw-timesbd 4 < timesbd.pfb texnansi.enc texnansi-raw-timesbi 4 < timesbi.pfb texnansi.enc texnansi-raw-timesi 4 < timesi.pfb texnansi.enc =================================================== I then tried manually constructing the tfm files with afm2tfm but alas... \system_fonts>afm2tfm times[bd|bi|i] ! no Adobe characters % LIGKERN ff l =: ffl ; ^ and empty tfm files Not sure where to go from here... I'm also going to need Arial from WINNT\Fonts as well... Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] Upgrading...
by ishamid 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

>===== Original Message From Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> ===== >> ======================================================= >> C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\web2c>aleph --ini *plain \dump >> This is Alephk, Version 3.141592-1.15-2.1-0.0-rc4 (Web2c 7.5.3) (INIALEPH) >> %&-line parsing enabled. > >this is a plain tex issue ... looks likemanfnt is not on your system 1. ok, how do I get C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\bin to secondarily search C:\TeXLive, where manfnt is located? 2. Also, I need both pdfetex and aleph; how do I get both, since both texexec --make en -tex=aleph and texexec --make en -tex=pdfetex produce the same file, cont-en.fmt? Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file
by Ciro A. Soto 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

Thank you. This should work. Ciro --- Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > luigi.scarso wrote: > > Ciro A. Soto wrote: > > > >>I have a pdf file with 660 letter-size pages. > >>I would like to save toner in my printer by > >>printing 2 or 4 pages in one single sheet of > paper. > >> > >>Is it possible to do this with context? > >>or any other alternative? > >> > >>Remember, I don't have the source file, only the > pdf > >>file. > >> > >>thank you > >> > >>Ciro > > texexec --pdf --pdfcomb --comb=2*2 manypages.pdf > > >>_______________________________________________ > >>ntg-context mailing list > >>ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > >>http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >> > >> > >> > > As usually, not a direct answer... > > > > Play with these script > > %% > > %% save it as test.tex > > %% > > \setupcolors[state=start] > > \starttext > > \dorecurse{660}% > > {\startTEXpage[width=3cm,height=2cm] > > \vbox to \vsize{\vss > > \hbox to > > > \hsize{\hss\framed[width=2cm,align={middle,lohi},background=color,backgroundcolor=green]{p.\tfd\recurselevel}\hss} > > > \vss} > > \stopTEXpage} > > \stoptext > > > > %% > > %% save as my-imp.tex > > %% > > %% \setuplayout here > > \starttext > > \centerline{% > > \externalfigure[test][page=1] > > \externalfigure[test][page=3] > > \externalfigure[test][page=5] > > \externalfigure[test][page=7] > > \externalfigure[test][page=9] > > \externalfigure[test][page=11] > > } > > \blank[1cm] > > \centerline{% > > \externalfigure[test][page=2] > > \externalfigure[test][page=4] > > \externalfigure[test][page=6] > > \externalfigure[test][page=8] > > \externalfigure[test][page=10] > > \externalfigure[test][page=12] > > } > > \stoptext > > > > (you can create my-imp.tex by a script and > choosing the appropriate number > > for page=...., also use \setuplayout etc..) > > > > Also look for \setuparranging. > > > > luigi > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ntg-context mailing list > > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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What's (in) a module?
by Thomas A.Schmitz 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

Two maybe related questions: 1. What constitutes a module? I wrote a couple of definitions and put them in a file t-foo.tex. When I write "\input t-foo" in the preamble of my document, everything works fine (so the file is found by TeX). When I say \usemodule[t-foo] or \usemodule[foo], I get "system : no macros found in module foo" and, obviously, "undefined control sequence." So: is there any special form for a module? I'm very curious because I defined a set of similar macros in another module, and everything works fine. 2. Is it possible to use a certain encoding file, enco-bar.tex, for parts of a file only? Could one define a macro (in a module???) that would do something like \switchtoencoding[bar] and switch back to the file's default encoding afterwards? Thanks to all, best Thomas

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