May 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Any PPCHTeX users out there?
by Rodolfo Medina 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi. Since the PPCHTeX mailing list (ntg-ppchtex(a)ntg.nl) seems to be inactive, I'm posting to the present list my PPCHTeX question. Suppose I have the following PPCHTeX code: \startchemical \chemical[SIX,ROT2,B,R36,RZ6][CH_3] \chemical[PB:RZ3,ONE,Z05,SB5,EP37,PE][O,H] \stopchemical . Now, if I want `size' to be `big' but `scale' to be `small', I just type: \startchemical[size=big,scale=small] et cetera, but then I have a problem: the two couples of electrons that are above and under the oxygen atom come much too close the oxygen atom, they come onto it. Is there any PPCHTeX user that knows if it's possible to avoid that, and how? Thanks indeed, Rodolfo

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[Q] Combining
by olibou＠free.fr 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hello, I initially was looking for having several multilign text box in a metapost. But I do not know how to it. I finally take the technic of "register" as explain in the "complex text in graphic" paragraph of the metafun manual. But then, I was to animate it in a presentation. I learn to animate with the "growing graphic" chapter. But I do not know how to combine register and animate. Does somebody has an example of doing so ... I will try to reverse engineer his source ;-) so he or she will not lose his time with me ? In case you like to reverse my source, I give it as a small example. In this example, I wish I could exchange "Bonjour" for a better and more complex text ;-) -- Oli

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Re: [NTG-context] Any PPCHTeX users out there? [solved]
by Rodolfo Medina 27 May '05

27 May '05

Rodolfo wrote: > Since the PPCHTeX mailing list (ntg-ppchtex(a)ntg.nl) > seems to be inactive, I'm posting to the > present list my PPCHTeX question. > > Suppose I have the following PPCHTeX code: > > \startchemical > \chemical[SIX,ROT2,B,R36,RZ6][CH_3] > \chemical[PB:RZ3,ONE,Z05,SB5,EP37,PE][O,H] > \stopchemical > > . Now, if I want `size' to be `big' but `scale' to be `small', >I just type: > \startchemical[size=big,scale=small] > > et cetera, but then I have a problem: the two couples of electrons that are > above and under the oxygen atom come much too close the oxygen atom, > they come onto it. Is there any PPCHTeX user that knows if it's > possible to avoid that, and how? The solution came from Hans Hagen, the author of PPCHTeX, who kindly provided himself some additional code. So, if anybody has the same problem, just write to me (or to Hans Hagen) and I will sent it to him/her. Thanks, Rodolfo

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finding cont-en.fmt
by Alan Bowen 27 May '05

27 May '05

I just updated to the latest versions of teTeX and ConTeXt via Gerben’s i-installer and now, when I run a file through ConTeXt, I get the following report: ________________________________ TeXExec 5.3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing texformat path : .:{/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local,!! /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/ texmf.tetex,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf}/web2c/{$ENGINE,}/{,}// 0 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : grktest output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c' is not writable. Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-en.fmt'; will try `context.fmt'. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c' is not writable. I can't find the format file `context.fmt'! return code : 256 run time : 3 seconds total run time : 4 seconds ___________________________________ According to the installer log, both cont-en.fmt and context.fmt were installed. I checked the list archive and see that two others had this problem about a month ago, but could not find any subsequent solutions. So, I would be most grateful for any pointers now. Cheers, Alan

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Re: [NTG-context] Supress chapter number in sections
by Duncan Hothersall 27 May '05

27 May '05

Randall wrote: > I'm bumping my last question here... As Duncan suggested, > > \setupsection[section-3][previousnumber=no] > > supresses the chapter section numbers in my section headings. Is > there an easy way to do likewise for the figure and equation numbers > such that the numbering does not include the chapter number? (Stirred into action by a namecheck :-)) This will change all numbering to just be sequential throughout a text, rather than run by chapter: \setupnumbering[way=bytext] Duncan

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PDF properties
by Mathias Bartsch 27 May '05

27 May '05

Hello to all of you! It would be nice to tune some properties of the generated PDF file, eg. the initial zoom factor, page view, ... Are there macros to get that done? Thanks in advance, best wishes Mathias Bartsch -- Universität Duisburg-Essen (Campus Duisburg) | Tel: 0203-379-3476 FB Physik - Laboratorium. f. Festkörperphysik | Fax: 0203-379-2709 Lotharstr. 1, 47048 Duisburg

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arrows and other symbols
by Jörg Hagmann 27 May '05

27 May '05

Dear list members, When I needed arrows (e.g. for pyruvate ----> lactate or pyruvate <----> lactate I first tried on my own (\arrow, $\arrow$ $\ar$ etc.) without success. I then found "The comprehensive Latex Symbol List" by Scott Parkin and tried various combinations of \usemodule[modulename] and the commands listed, with our without $$. Some worked, some didn't. I do have what I need at the moment, but would like to know: 1. Is this the way to do it in Context? 2. Is there a recommended or particularly comprehensive module that covers a maximum number of symbols (I successfully tried "ams" and "wasysym" so far? 3. How do I find out what modules are available on my system? Thank you, Jörg PD Dr.med. Jörg Hagmann-Zanolari Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics DKBW, University of Basel Mattenstrasse 28 CH-4058 Basel Switzerland Phone +41 (0)61 6953049

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Re: [NTG-context] Supress chapter number in sections
by Duncan Hothersall 27 May '05

27 May '05

Randall Skelton wrote: > I've fiddled with almost every parameter in sethead but cannot seem to > find the correct one. I'd like to suppress the chapter numbers in a > relatively large document such that numbering of sections, tables, > figures and equations begins at 1 instead of 1.1. Is there a simple > way to do this? Hi Randall. It's a slightly confusing one - this behaviour is actually controlled via the \setupsection command, which deals with the high-level behaviour of sectioning commands like \chapter and (confusingly!) \section. The setup you want is \setupsection[section-3][previousnumber=no] The rationale is that \part is section-1, \chapter is section-2 and \section is section-3. See the manual entry for \setupsection for more info. Duncan

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Differnce between context and latex math
by Aditya Mahajan 26 May '05

26 May '05

Hi, I am trying to move from latex to context, but it seems that the defaults of both differ. Consider the following \defineenumeration [theorem] [ headstyle=bold, style=italic, location=hanging, text=Theorem, between=\blank ] \starttext \starttheorem This is a test \placeformula \startformula a = b \stopformula And the test continues. Notice that the equation number is in \type{\it} and not in \type{\upshape}. \stoptheorem \stoptext Notice that the equation number is italic. Compare this with something similar in latex \documentclass{article} \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem} \begin{document} \begin{theorem} This is a test \begin{equation} a = b \end{equation} And the test continues. Notice that the equation number is in \verb|\upshape| and not in \verb|\it|. \end{theorem} \end{document} Here the equation number is in upshape. In latex equation numbers are always in upshape irrespective of the font type of the surrounding text. How can I get the same with context. Thanks -- Aditya Mahajan

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Re: Accents in MathML
by Duncan Hothersall 26 May '05

26 May '05

>>I'm processing some Spanish from Unicode and some of it is in MathML, >>for which I use ConTeXt's native processing. There seems to be a problem >>with accents. When I run this on Live: >> >>-- >>\mainlanguage[es]\enableregime[utf]\useencoding[uc] >>\useXMLfilter[utf]\usemodule[mathml] >>\starttext >>Maths with accents: >>\startXMLdata >><formula><math><mtext>interés</mtext></math></formula>\stopXMLdata >>\stoptext > > > are you sure that your e with accent is codes in utf? > > Hans Further testing locally (rather than via Live) produces different problems, so maybe the unicode is perverted by submitting the data via http to the Live server? In any event, testing only locally I can now produce the following results: As long as I have either '\enableregime[utf]' or '\useXMLfilter[utf]' then the é produces an e with a guillemot superimposed on top (this is wrong - I wanted an e with an acute accent). If I don't have either of those commands in the preamble, then I get Ãl, which looks like the literal unicode as two ASCII chars. Interestingly, if I forget about unicode and use é instead of é, then no matter what I put in the preamble I get the e with a guillemot superimposed. So whatever is mapping é incorrectly seems also to be mapping é incorrectly. Unfortunately none of this is the behaviour I originally experienced in my large project file, which was stalling the process with the following error: ! Please use \mathaccent for accents in math mode. <argument> \char 19 \dobuildtextaccent ...{\let \char \normalaccent #1 \let \char \normalchar #2} <argument> Inter\dobuildtextaccent {\char 19 }{e} s \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \MMLpmath ...tyle}{#1}\setMMLpmathstyle {mstyle}#2 \endgroup l.1 ...{}{Inter\dobuildtextaccent {\char 19 }{e}s} \xmlr {mi}{X}{}{cargo}\emp... ... l.15628 ...cargo</mi></math></formula>\stopXMLdata So I think I have two quite different errors, but it would be really good to know what can make é come out right in the minimal file, while I try to construct another minimal file which will give me the actual error above! Many thanks. Duncan

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