March 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

RE: [NTG-context] extra_mem_bot.context
by ishamid 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

>===== Original Message From "Adam Lindsay" <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> ===== >>This is a note for aleph users. In _both_ texmf.cnf files that come with the >>full ConTeXt distribution, you must comment the line >> >>%extra_mem_bot.context = 4000000 >>[\texmf\web2c, line 503] >> >>%extra_mem_bot.context = 2000000 >>[\texmf-local\web2c, line140] >> >>otherwise aleph will crash upon over/underfull >>boxes. >> >>This has actually been noted before; I don't know/remember if a solution was >>ever found. > >Now that's interesting. > >That same bug was plaguing XeTeX versions through 0.88. Jonathan Kew >tracked it down and quashed it. It's a little surprising that the same >thing appeared in e-Omega, as well. Perhaps Jonathan can help you track >it down. (And perhaps kill the bug at a common source?) This is wonderful news! Although, unless someone else can dive into the aleph code we will have to wait for Giuseppe to return from the purgatory of writing his doctoral dissertation (soon I hope->)... Any ideas for a workaround in the meantime? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] lmr (texnansi vs ec)
by ishamid 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

>===== Original Message From Vit Zyka <vit.zyka(a)seznam.cz> ===== >ishamid wrote: >> Dear gang, >> >> Why does lmr in ConTeXt use the ec instead of the texnansi encoding? I just >> noticed that all of my macros that use, e.g., >> >> \char'25 > >lmr is defined for both ec and texnansi encodings (and even for qx). But >ec is default. Use > \usetypescript[latin-modern][texnansi] > \setupbodyfont[latin-modern] Ok; it just seems strange that texnansi is not the default, since that's closer to Knuth's original. Maybe its because I (like Knuth) am in America where we don't have accents-) >Ishamid, \char is wrong approach since it is encoding-dependent >definition. Use glyph name instead, like \endash, \Aacute. Are those names defined in Plain TeX? But that's a good idea anyway; I'll just depend on the ConTeXt framework. >But ... your glyph number 25 is not defined in the texnansi. So what it is? TeXBook, page 427, character '025 (in ec, \char'10 or \textbreve) Best and Thnx! Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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meaning of HASH?
by ishamid 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

Dear crew, Sometimes a line like Opt=HASH(0x1c43ab4) executable : pdfetex is appended before a texexec job; what does this mean? Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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extra_mem_bot.context
by ishamid 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

Dear musketeers, This is a note for aleph users. In _both_ texmf.cnf files that come with the full ConTeXt distribution, you must comment the line %extra_mem_bot.context = 4000000 [\texmf\web2c, line 503] %extra_mem_bot.context = 2000000 [\texmf-local\web2c, line140] otherwise aleph will crash upon over/underfull boxes. This has actually been noted before; I don't know/remember if a solution was ever found. Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\= in tables
by ishamid 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

Dear cartel, \= does not work in tables (I think that the TABLE macros define \= differently; why on earth would someone do that?!?). Is there a workaround? Idris =========================== % output=pdf interface=en \starttext \setupinterlinespace \setupfloats[location=center] \placetable [here][tab:test]{Test.} \starttable{|c|c|} \HL \VL macron ({\=a}) \VL accents ({\=a}) \VL\FR \HL \VL do not ({\=a}) \VL work ({\=a})\VL\NR \HL \VL in ({\=a}) \VL tables ({\=a}) \VL\LR \HL \stoptable \stoptext =========================== log: =========================== systems : begin file test4 at line 3 ! Misplaced \omit. \!ttLongHrule ->\omit \span \omit \span \!ttShortHrule l.11 \VL macron ({\= a}) \VL accents ({\=i}) \VL\FR =========================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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hyper interactions
by ishamid 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

Dear syndicate, Are hyper interactions now restricted to pdfetex's pdf engine? Hyperlinks do not work in pdf produced by dvipdfmx, for either aleph of pdfetex dvi output. Idris =========================== % output=dvi interface=en \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start,color=darkgreen] \starttext \chapter[ch-test]{Test} \in[sc-test]\input tufte \page \section[sc-test]{Test} \in[ch-test]\input tufte \stoptext =========================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Columnsets problems
by Gilles Pérez-Lambert 25 Mar '05

25 Mar '05

Hello, Following Hans's presentation on ConTeXt in EuroTeX 2005, I started to use columnsets. I'm really really impressed. Columnsets are easy to set up and wonderfully powerful. Nevertheless, I have some problems with columnsets... On the page: http://typo.free.fr/context/ you'll find the source file (Bogues.tex) and the output (Bogues.pdf) or a zip file of them. Some info on my config: texexec : TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2005.03.16 cont-en : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.3.19 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.3.19 mes: dutch Pages on the Bogues.pdf Description ---------- -------------------------------- 1 When a title (here: \Article{Le titre}) is inside a columnsetspan, header=empty doesn't work. 6 The right column continues in the footer. 10 Same problem. 17 a line from the left column is reported on the right column even if there is room for it on the left column. By the way, always in a columnsets context, is there a way to completely forbid floats on certain pages? I didn't find a way to tell placefigure not to allow figures to be renumbered during the placement. In other words, is there a possibility the follow the order in which I declare the figure, even if a page is less optimal like this... Thanks for your time! Gilles.

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\normalsize
by Peter Münster 25 Mar '05

25 Mar '05

Hello, is there a command, that switches to the normal font size (body-font)? I tried \tf, but it affects only the shape, not the size. TIA for any hint, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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bib: potential range of bibliography styles?
by dw＠trichotomic.net 25 Mar '05

25 Mar '05

Greetings all, I'm leaning towards experimenting with the bib module to see if I can arrive at a usable "Semiotics Society of America" reference section, which is a historically layered style, along the lines of: --- PEIRCE, Charles S. 1859. "An Essay on the Limits of Religious Thought Written to Prove That We Can Reason Upon the Nature of God", MS 53, in W1:37-40 1982. Writings of Charles S. Peirce: a Chronological Edition, ed. Max Fisch, Peirce Edition Project. Five volumes. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982-98). TEILHARD de Chardin, Pr. P. 1961. (posthumously). Hymn of the Universe (New York: Harper & Row Torchbooks, English Edition, 1965). 1957. (posthumously). The Divine Milieu (New York: Harper & Row Colophon Books Edition, 1968). --- Aside from all the niggling details (which I'm sure could be worked out), is this kind of layout in general possible—all citations going by year underneath a single instance of the author? …or am I doomed to forever make these by hand? ;) Regards, David

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\showlayout curiosity.
by John R. Culleton 25 Mar '05

25 Mar '05

The following code should, by my calculations, generate two pages. However it generates five, one for \ShowLayout and four for \showlayout. Remove the t-layout module and the \ShowLayout statement and it still generates four. This is an inconvenience and not a deal breaker but I am curious about why the extra pages are created. ------------------------------------------- \setupoutput[pdftex] \definepapersize[bok][width=5.5in,height=8.5in] \setuppapersize[bok][letter] \setuplayout[width=middle,location=middle] \usemodule[t-layout] % \starttext \ShowLayout[units=in] \showlayout \stoptex ------------------------------------------ John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

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