March 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] Renaming spot colours
by Duncan Hothersall 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hans wrote: > The problem is in the space in the name; since this name is used all over the > place, an internal cleanup will not help, so this is why we have (yes, > undocumented, so ... add to the wiki) > > \setupcolors[rgb=no,cmyk=no,spot=yes,state=start] > > \definecolor[IFSbluebase] [c=1,m=.56,y=0,k=.18] > > \doregisterspotcolorname{IFSbluebase}{PANTONE 294CV} ... Thank you Hans! Works beautifully. I have added a section about spot colours, including this info about mapping them, to the wiki. I hope no-one objects to the British spelling in that section :-) Duncan

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Why I needed \parbox and why does \framed not work here?
by Gerben Wierda 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

I am trying to convert to ConTeXt and I have a text with a lot of truth tables using a \ttable and \xttable command I defined. I ported these to ConTeXt but I can't get the \parbox -> \framed to work. % Example document with truth tables starts here \usemodule[bib] % defines \newcommand \newcommand{\operand}[1]{{\sc #1}} \newcommand{\ttvalue}[1]{{\sc #1}} \newcommand{\xttable}[7]{\starttable[|c|c|c|]\HL % #1 \NC #2 \NC #1 \operand{#3} #2 \SR\HL \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{#4} \FR % \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{#5} \MR % \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{#6} \MR % \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{#7} \LR\HL % \stoptable} \newcommand{\ttable}[5]{\xttable{a}{b}{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}} \starttext Looks fine:\blank \midaligned{% \xttable{Statement X}{Statement Y}{$\Rightarrow$}% {unknown}{unknown}{invalid (false)}{valid (true)} } This doesn't work:\blank \midaligned{% \xttable{Some sort of longer statement}{Another sort of longer statement}% {$\Rightarrow$}% {unknown}{unknown}{invalid (false)}{valid (true)} } This doesn't work either:\blank \midaligned{% \xttable{\framed[width=2cm,frame=off]{Some sort of longer statement\par}}{\framed[width=2cm,frame=off]{Another sort of longer statement\par}}{$\Rightarrow$}% {unknown}{unknown}{invalid (false)}{valid (true)} } \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Helvetica ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hi Patrick, I was using the code that you have posted \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] \starttext foo \stoptext But it doesn't work on live.contextgarden.net ?! Steffen Patrick Gundlach <patrick(a)gundla.ch> wrote: > Hi, > > [...] > > > $ grep phvr8r `kpsewhich pdftex.map` > > phvr8r NimbusSanL-Regu "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <uhvr8a.pfb > > phvr8rn NimbusSanL-ReguCond "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc > > <uhvr8ac.pfb > > OK, that looks fine. Please post your logfile and make sure it runs ok > on live.contextgarden.net > > Patrick

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Helvetica ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hi, Patrick Gundlach <patrick(a)gundla.ch> wrote: > Hello, > > >> do you have psfnss (LaTeX) installed? > > > Yes, sure. As part of Gerbens "2004 stable". > > But this doesn't seem to be enough. > > OK, it looks as if you have problems with mapfiles: > > > Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-times.map): cannot open font map file > > >{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-youngryu- > > tx.map} > > Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-helvetica.map): cannot open font map file > > > > Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-courier.map): cannot open font map file > > ] > > systems : end file helve at line 25 > > ) > > Warning: pdfetex (file phvr8r): Font phvr8r at 86 not found > > > Perhaps Gerben knows what is going on here. What is the output of the > shell command: > > grep phvr8r `kpsewhich pdftex.map` > > Patrick $ grep phvr8r `kpsewhich pdftex.map` phvr8r NimbusSanL-Regu "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <uhvr8a.pfb phvr8rn NimbusSanL-ReguCond "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <uhvr8ac.pfb Steffen

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Layout questions
by Marcin Borkowski 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hello! OK, thank you for your answers to my questions. Now another bunch, this time I started reading the section on layout in the manual. When using \setuppapersize with one argument, does it imply that the default value of the second parameter is equal to the first one? If I use both, does it imply that the "smaller" page (determined by the second argument) is centered on the real paper (with size defined by the first arg)? What do the options "offset" and "scale" for \definepapersize mean? Are there any other options other than these two and "height" and "width"? Thanks in advance and greetings -- Marcin Borkowski

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Learning ConTeXt, typical hurdle
by Gerben Wierda 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Maybe I should start a blog somewhere... Anyway, I have started my "conversion to ConTeXT" project. So, I used the fiee perl script to set up my project. Then I started to fill things in. Everything is still in one directory (I do not understand directory searching in ConTeXt yet and I haven't seen a example for a book project). So, I have a project file: =============================== % output=pdf interface=en \usemodule[bib] \startproject project_teoada \environment env_teoada % \showlayout % \showgrid % \showbodyfontenvironment \product prd_book \stopproject =============================== A product file: =============================== \startproduct prd_book \project project_teoada \startfrontmatter \component c_introduction \stopfrontmatter \component c_chapter1 \component c_chapter2 \component c_chapter3 \component c_chapter4 \component c_chapter5 \component c_chapter6 \component c_chapter7 \startbackmatter \component c_appendixa \component c_appendixb \stopbackmatter \stopproduct =============================== I defined a description environment to replace LaTeX's description. In the environment file: =============================== \startenvironment env_teoada \project project_teoada \definedescription [description] [location=hanging, margin=standard, headstyle=bold] \definestartstop [descriptions] [before=\blank\startpacked, after=\stoppacked\blank] \stopenvironment =============================== And I put some info in c_introduction.tex. There I used the description thingy: =============================== \startcomponent c_introduction \product prd_book \project project_teoada \starttext \chapter[h:guide]{Guide} \startdescriptions \description{Chapter \in[h:ch1]} Bla bla \description{Chapter \in[h:ch2]} Bla bla \stopdescriptions \stoptext \stopcomponent =============================== Now, this fails. Why? I was completely stumped. I get an error message I do not understand: references : unknown reference [][h:ch2] ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. \stopdescriptions ->\dostopattributes \egroup \getvalue {\??be descriptions\... <argument> Bla bla \stopdescriptions \@@stopdescription {description}\stoptext \dodowithpar ...cription}[]{Chapter \in [h:ch2]}#1 \@@stopdescription {descri... l.14 ? x Now what turns out to solve this? Empty lines before \description and \stopdescriptions Though I like ConTeXt if I look at certain design aspects, behaviour that depends on whitespace before a command frightens me. G

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alignment questions
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hello *, inspired by Gerben's question, I did some experimenting with \framed. I'd like to get A[text]B, where text is some long thing in a framed box like \framed[width=5cm] {\input tufte \par}. There are three different ways of aligning the three objects: (A and B on the same baseline as the first row) A We thrive in information- B ------------------------------- thick worlds because of our marvelous and everyday ca- (A and B in the middle of the box, not necessarily on the same baseline as a line in the box) criminate, distinguish, screen, A pigeonhole, pick over, sort, B integrate, blend, inspect, (A and B on the same baseline as the last row) from the chaff and seperate A the sheeps from the goats. B -------------------------------- I was unable to get any of these alignments. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: newbie question about fonts
by Ciro A. Soto 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Thank you Patrick. I'm still looking for --- Patrick Gundlach <patrick(a)gundla.ch> wrote: > Hello Ciro, > > > I am my distributor maintainer. > > But you got your distribution from some source? I downloaded the CD iso image from a website and installed Fedora Core 3. > > > what is the "local guide" you refer to? > > This should come with your TeX system (Linux system, > downloaded TeX > system, whatever) that tells you about things that > you need to know > about your TeX system. Including the available > fonts. Since I don't > know what your TeX system is, I can't tell you if > you have such a > local guide. If it is not on your system, you should > complain to the > person that gave you the TeX. Similarly, I downloaded texlive2004 CD from the tug.org, and installed it according to the instructions in the CD. What is the name of the 'local guide' file?

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Helvetica ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hi Patrick, Patrick Gundlach <patrick(a)gundla.ch> wrote: > Hello Steffen, > > do you have psfnss (LaTeX) installed? > > Patrick Yes, sure. As part of Gerbens "2004 stable". But this doesn't seem to be enough. Steffen

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Helvetica ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hi, I used to install the fonts that I need for contexing. But for the current project only Helvetica is needed, and so I remembered Patrick saying: > using Helvetica works for me: > -------------------------------------------------- > \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] > \usetypescript [postscript][\defaultencoding] > \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] > > \starttext > foo > \stoptext But not for me. The same file as above results in: > Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-times.map): cannot open font map file > >{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-youngryu- > tx.map} > Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-helvetica.map): cannot open font map file > > Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-courier.map): cannot open font map file > ] > systems : end file helve at line 25 > ) > Warning: pdfetex (file phvr8r): Font phvr8r at 86 not found What is missing? I am working (under OSX) with Hans' recent Beta, with Gerbens latest tex i-package, and I also saw various helvetica pfb files being installed with Gerbens distro. So, shouldn't contexing with Helvetica work just out-of-the-box, as Patrick said? Steffen

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