May 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: try compiling Tex showcase source : program_sample.tex
by olivier Turlier 17 Jul '05

17 Jul '05

Christopher Creutzig wrote: >> olivier Turlier wrote: >> > >>>> I've tryed to compile whithout success. > >> >> >> The files are deliberately incomplete. ...generate the output, is more than a simple texexec. :-) >> >> >> Regards, >> Christopher Hi Christopher, I was trying to compile Program-sample.tex because I find the transparent white frame over the grey background very nice to see for a pure electronic pdf. In the same range, the vit Zyka font demo catalog (http://typokvitek.com/stormcontext/) push hard the limit of those transparent overlays that I'm still in quest to reproduce. Salutations -- Olivier TURLIER

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fleurons - reprise
by Keith McKay 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Thanks to Hans and Adam for the helpful advice. The code from Adam looked a bit daunting to me as a learner at first but when I changed [pzdr] to [uzdr] it worked fine. I attach the output from Adam's code which also includes his query about symb-run in a previous message. Hope this is of use. From the further discussion between them I hope I didn't open a can of worms. One last question. I did a search on the web for fleuron fonts and came up with a few interesting hits. To use these in Context is it a case of following the 'Texfont explained' and 'Fonts in Context' manuals? I think I have seen some 'My Way' (or is it 'This way'... well, 'Whatever way' ;>) ) on the Wiki about this as well. I realize this is not a trivial pursuit for a beginner but I would like to give it a try. Are there any pitfalls to look out for or should I just dive in? Thanks Keith Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.0 - Release Date: 30/05/2005

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enco-ffr again
by Peter Münster 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

I've just discovered, that the problem is only with : and ; but not with ? and ! Here my example files: file env.tex: \startenvironment env \useencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] \stopenvironment file test.tex: \environment env \starttext No space before : nor ; bla: bla; bla? bla! \stoptext Could someone help? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Re: Animations in ConTeXt
by Richard Hirsch 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Richard Rascher-Friesenhausen asked > So again. Is it possible to write something like the above animation packages > in ConTeXt (as a module)? If Acrobat can display them, ConTeXt can generate them. Here is a simple example. \setupoutput [pdf] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupinteraction [state=start] \setuppapersize [S6][S6] %% this is just code to get something to animate \startMPinclusions picture thearrow, thestar; drawarrow (origin--up) scaled 10mm withpen pencircle scaled 3pt withcolor .9 red; setbounds currentpicture to (fullcircle scaled 22mm); thearrow:= currentpicture scaled 5; currentpicture:= nullpicture; for angle=0 step 72 until 359: draw thearrow rotated angle; endfor thestar:= currentpicture; currentpicture:= nullpicture \stopMPinclusions \setupMPvariables [drawstar] [rotation=0] \startuniqueMPgraphic{drawstar}{rotation} draw thestar rotated \MPvar{rotation}; \stopuniqueMPgraphic %% now we define some symbols (the frames of the animated sequence) \def\definestarsymbol#1{% \definesymbol [star #1] [\uniqueMPgraphic{drawstar}{rotation=#1}]} \definestarsymbol{0} \definestarsymbol{6} \definestarsymbol{12} \definestarsymbol{18} \definestarsymbol{24} \definestarsymbol{30} \definestarsymbol{36} \definestarsymbol{42} \definestarsymbol{48} \definestarsymbol{54} \definestarsymbol{60} \definestarsymbol{66} %% the frames are put into a fieldstack \definefieldstack [vortex] [star 0, star 6, star 12, star 18, star 24, star 30, star 36, star 42, star 48, star 54, star 60, star 66] %% and this is the JavaScrip code that displays the frames one by one \startJSpreamble MyField used later var current = 1; var delay = 200; % 200 milliseconds var timer; var running = false; % animation currently not running function Advance_Angle ( ) { this.getField("vortex:"+current).value = "Off"; if (++current > 12) % number of frames { current = 1; } % loop through frames this.getField("vortex:"+current).value = "On"; } \stopJSpreamble %% we want to control the starting and stopping of the animation \startJScode Rotate_Star uses MyField if (running) { try { app.clearInterval(timer); } catch(except) {}; running = false; } else { timer = app.setInterval("Advance_Angle()",delay); running = true; } \stopJScode \starttext \placefigure [here] [fig:animation] {A simple \MetaFun\ animation, click \goto {here} [JS(Rotate_Star)] to start (or stop)} {\fieldstack [vortex]} \stoptext Of course you would want to put the symbol definitions and the definition of the fieldstack into a loop. I tried %% \newcount\angle %% \angle=0%\zerocount %% \dorecurse{12} {% %% \number\angle:\qquad %% \definestarsymbol{\the\angle} %% \symbol[star \number\angle]\par %% \advance\angle by 6} and did get the single symbols. I wasn't successful however in putting the symbol list of the fieldstack definition into a loop. Perhaps the ConTeXt gurus can help. Best regards, Richard

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Presentation Styles
by M.guravage 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Hello, I recently prepared a presentation using pre-05. The Topics, represented as buttons in a column on the left, are now each preceeded by a number. This was not the case when I last used the style back in January. Interestingly, s-pre-05.tex has not changed since then. This behavior is the same on both the latest ConTeXt alpha and beta releases. I'd appreciate it very much if anyone could shed some light on why these numbers are appearing. Thanks in advance, Michael Guravage

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\stopbuffer in macro
by Peter Münster 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Hello, how could I build some macros, that make usage of \startbuffer and \stopbuffer? Example: \def\startXXX[#1]{\doSomeMagicSetups{#1}% \startbuffer[...]} \def\stopXXX{\stopbuffer \doSomeSpecialWorkHere} And then: \startXXX[some options] some text \stopXXX TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter --------------------------------------------------- For those, who are interested, here in detail what I'm trying to do: I still like the LaTeX listings.sty package very much, but porting it to ConTeXt would be too much work for me. So why not using a wrapper? Somewhere in the PATH I put the file createListing.sh: #!/bin/bash echo '\documentclass{article}\usepackage{listings} \lstset{language=C++,tabsize=4}\pagestyle{empty} \begin{document}\begin{lstlisting}{}' >$1-lst-ltx.tex cat $1-lst.tmp >>$1-lst-ltx.tex echo '\end{lstlisting}\end{document}' >>$1-lst-ltx.tex latex $1-lst-ltx dvips -E -o $1-lst-ltx.eps $1-lst-ltx Then the ConTeXt-file: \starttext Here is a listing: \startbuffer[lst] #include <stdiostream.h> int main(){ return 0; } \stopbuffer \immediate\write18{./createListing.sh \jobname}% \externalfigure[\jobname-lst-ltx][] And here we go on... \stoptext But this would be much better: \def\startLST[#1]{\dosomesetups{#1}\startbuffer[...]} \def\stopLST{\stopbuffer\immediate\write18{./createListing ...}% \externalfigure[...][...]} And then: \startLST[some options for \lstset{}] some code \stopLST -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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spurious text produced by TABLE
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Dear posse, TABLE produces a spurious dot in the following (look closely at the center of the big box on the right). How can I get rid of this? If this is a bug, Is there a workaround? Best Idris ============================= % output=pdf interface=en \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \starttext \setupfloats[location=middle] \placetable [here][tab:sciences]{There is a spurious dot in the big box.} \starttable{|c|c|c|} \HL \VL {test} \VL \TWO{} \VL\FR \DL[1] \VL \VL\DR \VL {test} \VL \TWO{} \VL\FR \HL \stoptable \stoptext ============================= ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\definetyping[C][option=commands] and the tabulator
by Peter Münster 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Hello, here is a typing-problem: \definetyping[C][option=commands] \starttext With option=commands the tabulator is reduced to one space: \startC #include <stdiostream.h> int main(){ return 0; /BTEX{\em unreachedCode;}/ETEX } \stopC \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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new texexec
by Hans Hagen 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hi, After some patching and testing (thanks adam and others) i uploaded a new texexec; let's hope that this one works beter; 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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printing an envelope.
by John R. Culleton 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Using my my Ricoh AP2600 printer I want to feed envelopes with the narrow side first, which means the the print image must be rotated 90 degrees. It is not clear how this can be done in Context. Here is an example file: -------------------------------------- \setupoutput[pdftex] \definepapersize[env][width=9.5in,height=4.25in] \setuppapersize[env,rotated 90][env] \setuparranging[rotated] \starttext \startstandardmakeup John Culleton\crlf 2401 Haight Avenue\crlf Eldersburg, MD 21784 \blank \hskip 3in \vbox{ Independent Contract Services\crlf Landmark Community Newspapers\crlf Carroll County Times\crlf P.O. Box 346\crlf Westminster MD 21158 } \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext ------------------------------------------ It seems no matter what I do (and perhaps I am doing too much) I cannot create a pdf file that is rotated properly for this particular printer. It stubbornly insists in printing across instead of down. Any suggestions? -- John Culleton

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