April 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Installing a non-standard encoding vector
by Idris Samawi Hamid 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

Dear gang, I'm trying to install an expert font a with a non-standard encoding vector; can't use texnansi, ec, etc.. I tried the following: 1. I created an encoding file for my font (minion-o.enc), following the syntax /encminiono[ /ornament1 : /ornament23 /space ] def 2. I placed the encoding file in /texmf-fonts/fonts/enc/dvips/minion-o; 3. I ran TeXFont: ====================================================== encoding vector : minion-o vendor name : adobe source path : . font collection : minion-o texmf font root : c:\context\tex\texmf-fonts pdftex map file : minion-o-adobe-minion-o.map source path : . processing files : all on afm path locating afm files : using pattern * copying files : afm copying : pmnrp8a.afm copying files : pfb copying : pmnrp8a.pfb no map file at : c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-fonts/fonts/map/pdftex/context/min ion-o-adobe-minion-o.map font identifier : Minion-Ornaments -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : minion-o-raw-pmnrp8a (from pmnrp8a) ! tokens 3 to 257 in encoding must be literal names ] def ^ generating new vf : minion-o-pmnrp8a (from minion-o-raw-pmnrp8a) updating map file : minion-o-adobe-minion-o.map ====================================================== but \showfont does not show any of my characters. There appears to be one error: ====================================================== ! tokens 3 to 257 in encoding must be literal names ====================================================== The label says: ====================================================== name: minion-o-pmnrp8a encoding: minion-o mapping: minion-o handling: default ====================================================== What am I missing here? How can I can install this font with my own encoding so that \showfont will display it? I enclose the complete encoding vector. Best and Thnx Idris ====================================================== /encminiono[ /ornament1 /ornament2 /ornament3 /ornament4 /ornament5 /ornament6 /ornament7 /ornament8 /ornament9 /ornament10 /ornament11 /ornament12 /ornament13 /ornament14 /ornament15 /ornament16 /ornament17 /ornament18 /ornament19 /ornament20 /ornament21 /ornament22 /ornament23 /space ] def ====================================================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Textfont in math-formulas?
by Kai Straube 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

Hi There, I have a little problem with fonts in my document. I use the cm sans serif font in my text and want to have this in the tex-formulas to, but it worked not for me. Simple example: \enableregime[utf] \setupoutput[pdf] \mainlanguage[de] \language[de] \setuppapersize[A4] \setupbodyfont[ss] \starttext Some text, we can read it without serifs. But the formula: $ \frac{1}{x-2} $ is not in the same font. \stoptext BTW is there another way to have units like g/(cm^3) as to set them as tex-formula. I dont no if the module units do such things. Thanks, Kai

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customizing footnote numbers
by Paul Tremblay 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Is there a way to manually set the number of a footnote rather than letting ConTeXt determining it? Something that works in the same way as \page[25]? For example, I might want to start footnote numbering at 1 at each chapter, *but I won't be using traditional ConTeXt divisions.* I've been searching the web and it seems that LaTeX has a way to reset counters, but I can't get this to work in ConTeXt. Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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off topic: acrobat and dde
by Severin Obertuefer 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

hi sorry for the off topic question, but perhaps there is someone here who can help me. i need a html page to bee converted into pdf and then to bee printed out (on a windows machine) without even open the acrobat reader (in the foreground). I think with dde this should be possible (right?). i searched some acrobat dde specifications on the net, but I didn't found anything useful, so is there a location to download them? if possible i plan to implement oll that stuff with python ... thanks for help severin

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Charts
by David Waller 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Hello, I am using the charts module as part of context to produce flowcharts and I am having problems when the flowchart goes above a page in that I can't get the system to automatically split the chart. I have the following setup commands in my context file \usemodule[chart] \setupFLOWcharts[maxwidth=\textwidth, nx=4] \setupFLOWsplit[ny=9, before=, after=\page] based upon the manual. I then use the command \FLOWcharts [bigchart] later in the document and the flowchart does not split, instead it runs off the bottom of the page. I have also tried using \splitfloat with no success either. I am running TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 Kpathsea released! texexec : TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) context : ver: 2005.03.16 cont-en : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.3.20 mes: english cont-cz : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.3.20 mes: english cont-de : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.3.20 mes: english cont-it : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.3.20 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.3.20 mes: dutch cont-ro : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.3.20 mes: dutch cont-uk : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.3.20 mes: dutch Any help please Thanks Dave Waller

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spacing of values and units & ^{-2}
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Hi, concerning m-units, it would be nice to configure whether to use a full space or a thinspace between a number and its unit. Furthermore, some space is needed between adjectant units like in 1\Meter\Inverse\Second. I know there are some old threads concerning this topic, initiated by me. But have there been any recent changes to the module, or are such changes planned? Btw: How to get a power to the minus 2? Neither 1\Meter\Square\Inverse\Second nor 1\Meter\Inverse\Square\Second work. Greetings, -- Eckhart

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run external programs from tex
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Hi, I wonder what would be the best way to use programs inline like it is possible for metapost. Are there already macros to set this up easily? I would like to use gnuplot, so something like [start|stop]GNUPLOTgraphic would be fine. Has anybody tried this or something similar? -- Eckhart

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Is startcombination ... stopcombination broken?
by Thomas A.Schmitz 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

I'm trying to bring two pictures next to each other by using \startcombination, but I always get this error (on my box + on contextgarden): ! Missing { inserted. <to be read again> \egroup l.5 \stopcombination ? ! Emergency stop. <to be read again> \egroup l.5 \stopcombination Minimal example: \starttext \startcombination[2] \framed{here} \framed{there} \stopcombination \stoptext I have tried with all kinds of braces in all possible places, to no avail. Or am I missing anything terribly obvious? Best Thomas

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Line numbering and drop caps
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de Sousa 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

It seems that the two don't go well together. If I use: %************************************ % interface=en tex=pdfetex output=pdf language=pt \enableregime [win] \def\MyDroppedCaps% {\DroppedCaps{}{Serif}{2\baselineskip}{0pt}{1\baselineskip}{2}} \setuplinenumbering[start=1,step=5] \starttext \startlinenumbering \MyDroppedCaps Text test prestou�se �s expans�es do parasita. L�via contemplava o noivo com adora��o. Para ambos eles o mundo inteiro havia desaparecido. Inteiro n�o; Viana fez casualmente alus�o a Raquel, e essa intempestiva recorda��o entristeceu a mo�a. Ela via que a sua felicidade era causa da desventura da amiga, e agora que a tinha quase realizado, sentia morder�lhe um piedoso remorso. \stoplinenumbering \stoptext then the dropped cap doesn't stay where it should. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Marcus Vinicius __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest

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hyphenation within columnsets with background
by GEERT＠telefonica.net 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Hi, I am preparing a rather large text, completely set in 3 columns, which has lots of text with grey backgrounds. During the preparation of this text, some questions came up : 1 - At first I put a grey background to my texts defining the following macros (they are used within columnsets): ===================================================================== %start setting the text with a light grey background \def\startlightgreybox{\setupframedtexts[frame=off, background=color, backgroundcolor=lightgrey, width=broad] \startframedtext {\bf Some frame title}} %stop setting the text with a light grey background \def\stoplightgreybox{\stopframedtext} ===================================================================== After a while, and to see what difference there was between both, I redefined both macros as : ======================================================================= = %start setting the text with a light grey background \def\startlightgreybox{\setupbackground[background=color, backgroundcolor=lightgrey] \startbackground {\bf Some frame title}} %stop setting the text with a light grey background \def\stoplightgreybox{\stopbackground} ======================================================================= == And to my surprise, I saw, that hyphenation works clearly better when my backgrounds are defined with the second set of macros, which is of course good news, especially when using 3 columns, but : is there an explanation for this behaviour ? 2 - Another problem I have with those backgrounds is the following : they seem to work well when the text spreads over several columns/pages, as long as I don't force a 'next column' in the text. The following piece of context causes a 'TeX capacity exceeded' error: \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolumnset[driekol][n=3] \setupbackground[background=color, backgroundcolor=gray] \starttext \startcolumnset[driekol] \startbackground this is the text I would like to have with a grey background \column and with a possibility to split columns ``manually'' when necessary \stopbackground \stopcolumnset \stoptext In the rare cases where I want to force a jump to the next column, I replace the \column command with: \stopbackground \column \startbackground Is this the only way to force column jumps when using backgrounds ? Thanks, Geert

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