June 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

\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/

3 6

changing natural table frame width
by Stuart Jansen 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

I'm trying to figure out how to increase the increase the size of the horizontal line after a row using natural tables. Is there any way to do the equivalent of: \HL % Table header \VL Column A \VL Column B\VL\SR \HL[4] -- Stuart Jansen <sjansen(a)gurulabs.com> Guru Labs, L.C.

2 2

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

5 8

Re: [NTG-context] Chinese in ConTeXt
by 常大鹏 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Xiao Jianfeng,您好！你可以看看这个帖子。　　http://www.ctex.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=23547 另外，安装字体的工具可以用xGBKFonts，它可以为你安装字体并处理LaTeX，ConTeXt的配置文件你可以看看它的作者李树钧的主页。http://www.hooklee.com/tex.html ======= 2005-05-29 16:49:52 您在来信中写道：======= >I started to use ConTeXt several weeks ago, and I like it very much :-) > >I met some problems when I tried to use Chinese in ConTeXt. I have tried >to setup Chinese fonts according to the manual "Chinese in ConTeXt" >(mchinese.pdf) which seems a little out-of-date. In the manual, programs > gbpfb/chpfb, and gbenc are used to perpare the Chinese fonts. But, I >chpfb is not shipped with trubolinux anymore . I have googled and >couldn't find these programs on the internet. > >Do someone have some experience of how to setup Chinese in ConTeXt? > >Thanks in advance! > >Best wishes. > >Xiaojf >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 致礼！常大鹏 changroc(a)163.com 2005-06-03

1 0

update
by Hans Hagen 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Hi, Well, after some bad hacking Adam, Patrick and me think that we got engine support working on all platforms. Interesting is that the problems for platforms -tetex and gwtex- were in different parts of the code, so there must be subtle differences in path settings (different kpse branches in texexec). The solutions had to do with chomping on the one hand and complex paths on th eother hand. Patrick, I hope that i didn't mess up the garden server in the process -) Uploaded. 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------

3 3

I think there is a little mistake in "ConTeXt an excursion"
by Xiao Jianfeng 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

On page 22 of my "ConTeXt an excursion" (version May 27, 1999), it says: %-------------------------------------------------- \placefigure [here,force] [fig:canal] {The Hasselt Canals.} \startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[Photo]} {a bitmap picture} {\externalfigure[Graphic]} {a vector graphic} \stopcombinatie %-------------------------------------------------- but this can not be complied -_- after a few tries, I think it shoud be like this: %-------------------------------------------------- \placefigure [here,force] [fig:canal] {The Hasselt Canals.} { \startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[Photo]} {a bitmap picture} {\externalfigure[Graphic]} {a vector graphic} \stopcombination } %-------------------------------------------------- Note that there are { and } missing and a spell mistake. I do not intend to blame the author at all, and in fact, ConTeXt is really a good work! I just hope this can be of some help to some newbies like me, since i spent two hours to find out the soultion to combine two figures -_- xiaojf

1 0

\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/

2 3

multi-paged table with "continued"
by Paul Tremblay 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

I need to create a multipage table that has the head on the top of each page. For the first page, the head should read "Table Appendix B.1: Stores in Country". For subsequent pages, I need to add the word continued: "Table Appendix B.1 (continued): Stores in Country" I notice that when I create tables with the standard Table module, it makes captions such as table1a title table1b title Instead of 1a and 1b, I need the word "continued." Is there a way to do this with Table, or should I use TABLE and try to set up something with \bTABLEnext? Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

1 0

buffers and mathml
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Hi all, I hope not to be posing a silly question. I am trying something like: usemodule[mathml] \starttext \def\open {<} \def\close {>} \startbuffer \open math display="block"\close \open apply\close \open sin/\close \open apply\close \open plus/\close \open cn\close 2 \open /cn\close \open ci\close a \open /ci\close \open /apply\close \open /apply\close \open /math\close \stopbuffer \processXMLbuffer \stoptext But this does not pass to \processXMLbuffer the result of substituting commands \open and \close... how could this be achieved...? I know that I could have used myself the < and >'s instead of the ugly open and close but that is not my requirement. I tried defining a command \def\Wea { \open math display="block"\close \open apply\close \open sin/\close \open apply\close \open plus/\close \open cn\close 2 \open /cn\close \open ci\close a \open /ci\close \open /apply\close \open /apply\close \open /math\close } and then... \startbuffer \Wea \stopbuffer but that is plain wrong... thanks jima --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 2004/11/01

2 1

long module-filenames
by Peter Münster 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Hello, I would like to use module names with more than 8 characters. Is this possible, and if yes how? (Perhaps just redifining \dododousemodules?) Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

2 2