April 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

page on context and XML has moved
by Paul Tremblay 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

I had originally put up a web article on page layout, ConTeXt, and XML. As I said in my original email, the location of that webpage was only temporary. The new address of the webpage is: http://getfo.sourceforge.net/context_xml/index.html The webpage is far from finished. I plan to add many more sections and edit some of the existing ones. Just glancing over the pages, I see many typos. In a similar matter, I had originally started this documentation on the wikki. Can I now remove those pages? (I realize I probably don't need permisssion, but I don't want to remove a page and then have the wikki administrator put it back up.) The page on the wikki is out of date and incorrect in many instances. Also, someone on this email list was nice enough to include a link to the yahoo page. Could that person update the link, when he gets a chance? Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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Suppress routine messages.
by John R. Culleton 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

When I run texexec against a file with lots (101) chapters plus sections the messages to the console documenting each such subdivision seem to be slowing down the compilation. Is there a switch to suppress all the printout? run -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

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Split table across pages.
by John R. Culleton 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

-- If one has a long table that splits across several pages, and the first line of the table is really the headers for the columns, is there a convenient way to have the headers automatically inserted on each successive page that contains part of the table? I can do it manually of course. But I was looking for a more magic way. John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

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batch getafm conversion
by Idris Samawi Hamid 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Dear gang, I found a TeXLive utility, getafm, that generates an afm file from a pfb file. I need to generate a large number of afms, but I'm having difficulty getting this utility to work: getafm <myfont.pfb> > <myfont>.afm works fine, but getafm *.pfb > *.afm does not. There does not appear to be any help info for getafm either; getafm -h[--help] actually generates an on-screen afm listing(?) Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can do this? Thnx in advance Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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new command question
by Idris Samawi Hamid 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Dear musketeers, Instead of, say, \usetypescriptfile[type-ugm] \usetypescript[URWGaramond] \setupbodyfont[urwgaramond,10pt] I would like to define a single command as follows, using the ConTeXt option method instead of \def{}{}{}: \globalbodyfont[type-ugm][URWGaramond][urwgaramond,10pt] I would like to learn how to do this. Thnx in advance for your help. [Does ConTeXt already have a one line global command for this? or is there a better way?] Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] How to cook Garamond
by Idris Samawi Hamid 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Hi Peter, >===== Original Message From Peter Münster <pmlists(a)free.fr> ===== >> accented chars also? you dropped the (re)encoding ... > >No, you're right, only ASCII works... > >Here another try, that seems to work even with accented chars (but I do *not* >understand, what I do... ;) : >texnansi-raw-ugmm8a GaramondNo8-Med "TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" <texnansi.enc <ugmm8a.pfb I'm curious: how did you figure this out? Where does the "TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" syntax come from? (Just trying to learn...) I'm happy it's working for you now:-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Fixme replacement
by Robert Ullrey 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Hello, I am wondering if anyone knows of a similar macro in CoNTeXt to the LaTeX \Fixme package <http://www.tug.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fixme.html>. What fixme allowed me to do that I have yet to figure out in context is make inline notes "\fxnote" or marks "\fxwarning" "\fxerror" that would then in draft mode print either margin or footnotes where the change was needed. It was very handy when, as an editor, wanting to make quick comments in proofing. Fixme also prints an index of all the fixmes. Any ideas? Thanks Robert Robert Ullrey Office of the President, Sacramento City College Academic Senate, Suite RN236 3835 Freeport Boulevard Sacramento, California 95822 (916) 558-2150 _____________________________________ http://web.scc.losrios.edu/asenate/ Senate email: sccacad(a)scc.losrios.edu Personal email: UllreyR(a)scc.losrios.edu

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defective change of page
by Vittorio Dema 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

I forgot to mention the context in which it happened: Win XP, Miktex 2.4.1704, texexec version 5.2.4 Ciao Vittorio --------------------------------- Nuovo Yahoo! Messenger E' molto più divertente: Audibles, Avatar, Webcam, Giochi, Rubrica Scaricalo ora!

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How to install latest version ConTeXt on a Slackware 10.1 system?
by R S Ananda Murthy 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Hello, I have Slackware 10.1 system with full tetex installation. How to install the latest version of ConTeXt on this system? Where can I find installation instructions? Thanks for your help, Anand

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btex-etex
by Jiri Polcar 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Hallo, my ConTeXt ignore btex-etex command. It works as the btex-etex command is empty. No text on output. Simple example: \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{test} picture p; p := btex TEST etex scaled 5cm; draw p; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{test} \stoptext On output is only page number. In the 'mpgraph.mp' is (if a skip some definitions): ResetTextAreas ; SaveTextAreas ; ResetTextAreas ; if unknown context_core : input mp-core.mp ; fi ; local_multi_par_area:=false; ;; verbatimtex \global \loadfontfileoncetrue etex; let mprunend = end ; beginfig(1); picture p; p := btex TEST etex scaled 5cm; draw p; endfig; let end = mprunend ; end. If a extract a part with beginfig(1); picture p; p := btex TEST etex; draw p; endfig; end. and proccess it with mpost it works good. My ConTeXt comes from Fedora Core 3 distribution. Any suggestion how to solve it? -- JP

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