ntg-context May 2005

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Re: FW: [NTG-context] install help
by Skip Collins 02 May '05

02 May '05

> if you download the latest alpha release, the engine subpath stuff > should work; if not, run: Please pardon my tedious questions. I have tried doing what you suggest, but I must be doing something wrong. I downloaded the alpha cont-tmf.zip. Then I unzipped it into an empty ~/texmf. Then I ran texhash and saw that it updated ~/texmf/ls-R. > ctxtools --make --all (ruby script) To invoke ctxtools, I ran ruby ~/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb --make --all Nothing happened except the following output: CtxTools | version 1.2.2 - 2004/2005 - PRAGMA ADE/POD CtxTools | --bbeditinterface generate bbedit syntax files [--pipe] CtxTools | --contextversion report context version CtxTools | --documentation generate documentation file [--type=] [filename]CtxTools | --jeditinterface generate jedit syntax files [--pipe] CtxTools | --patternfiles generate pattern files [languagecode|all] CtxTools | --purgefiles remove temporary files [--all] [basename] CtxTools | --rawinterface generate raw syntax files [--pipe] CtxTools | --sciteinterface generate scite syntax files [--pipe] CtxTools | --touchcontextfile update context version CtxTools | --translateinterface generate interface files (xml) [nl de ..] Inovking texexec on my tex file in either of the following incantations results in an error: perl ~/texmf/scripts/context/perl/texexec.pl --pdf myfile.tex /usr/TeX/bin/i386-linux/texexec --pdf myfile.tex This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-en -progname=context -8bit *cont-en.ini' failed warning: kpathsea: mktexpk output `! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path?' instead of a filename. Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-en.fmt'; will try `context.fmt'. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `context'. I can't find the format file `context.fmt'! So perhaps there are some other steps I am missing? Do I need to move updated scripts into /usr/TeX/bin/i386-linux ? Skip

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TEXMFMAIN problem in gwTeX (font installation)
by Ville Voipio 02 May '05

02 May '05

I have spent some very interesting time trying to install the TeXlive fonts by using texfont type-tmf.dat. What happened was that a lot of complaints about "unknown subpath ../afm/public/urw" were given even though the path should have been there. This is a known problem, has been on several mailing lists, as well. After a lot of thinking it became clear that texfont was really unable to find any font files. By browsing through the texfont.pl, the reason became evident: In gwTeX the root variables are: TEXMFMAIN = /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf TEXMFTE = /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex The problem here is that all the TeXlive fonts (and almost everthing else) is really in the TEXMFTE tree. My quick'n'dirty was to make new file type-tmf-gwtex.dat by replacing all occurrences of TEXMFMAIN by TEXMFTE. Running that one in batch mode works fine. Problem solved -- this time. But the solution is not a beautiful one. Could someone suggest something cleaner? Or has this been solved already (I tried googling after the answer without success)? - Ville

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volunteers wanted
by h h extern 02 May '05

02 May '05

Hi, The polish font gurus did it again: two more complete digitized fonts (latin, vietnamese, greek, cyrillic and math are covered); so ... the question is "who is prepared to look into the encoding part of greek and cyrillic" or more precise: with what encoding tfms should the font be shipped (the context friendly <encoding>-name scheme is used) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------

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ConTeXt oddities
by Frank Grieshaber 01 May '05

01 May '05

Dear fellow-ConTeXters, working with Context I noticed some small, strange behaviours: 1. I arranged pages in the following way: \definepapersize[myCustomLayout][width=12cm, height=19cm] \setuppapersize[myCustomLayout][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2SIDE] now, when I use \showsetups I get the following values: paperhight: 18.9973cm paperwidth: 11.99829cm (happens with the rest of layout-definitions as well) well, sure enough nobody will see the difference in print... but nevertheless a bit annoying if you wanted to show the result of \showsetups to your clients (maybe the values are converted from cm to pt and back again?) 2. for control of orphans and widows I use the following: \clubpenalty=8000 \widowpenalty=8000 it seems, this has to be inserted after \starttext, which is - I think - not a too good place for such a global definition, shouldn't it be in the setup area before \starttext? but there I cant't get it working. Or am I doing something wrong with the commands? 3. if a command has lots of options it's better to sort of "pretty-print" those like the following: \setuplayout[ backspace=15mm, cutspace=10mm, ... grid=yes, marking=on, ] After some time (lots of time..) I figured out that the last "," is a must, without it, the last option is ignored - why is that? 4. I am well aware this has been asked before on this list, but no good solution came up: I need the footnote ref number to be beneath the main text, not in the small blank space between the text and the margin column. I managed to get it working with the hack by Paul Tremblay posted on this list some time ago and defined my own \myFootnote-command for it, but that is a "quick and dirty" solution, there has to be a better way, so I'd like to raise the question once again: How can this be done? Is it that difficult to change this kind of strange setting of footnotes? Many thanks for your answers, Frank

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Table in columns or framed columns
by Guillaume Chazarain 01 May '05

01 May '05

Hi, I cannot manage to let a long table span multiple columns, and I also can't find a way to put a frame around a multicolumns piece of text. I am using tetex-3.0 on Linux: texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - 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: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.4.30 mes: english Here is a sample: \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \starttable[|l|l|] \HL \NC \bf a \NC \bf b \NC\SR \HL \NC a \NC b \NC\FR \dorecurse{100}{\NC \recurselevel \NC b \NC\MR} \NC a \NC b \NC\LR \HL \stoptable \stopcolumns \startframedtext \startcolumns[n=2] \dorecurse{100}{\recurselevel } \stopcolumns \stopframedtext \stoptext Subsidiary question: if \dorecurse is used to make a loop, and \recurselevel to get the current iteration, then why does it work in the framed text, but not in the table? Thanks in advance for any help. -- Guillaume

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