August 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

bug in beta?
by Christopher Creutzig 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Salvete, I haven't found the time to follow the list lately, so my apologies if this has been mentioned before. (I did try looking in the archives.) Using ConTeXt ver: 2005.06.08 fmt: 2005.6.17 int: english mes: english I can't compile \starttext \startitemize[columns] \item a \item a \item a \item a \stopitemize \stoptext any longer: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \@col@-2-t \splitlastcolumn ...global \setbox \lastcolumnbox \vbox {\unvcopy \lasttopco... Christopher

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extra pages after backmatter
by Ciro Soto 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hello, I am getting 2 extra pages after the backmatter. Is there any way delete them? thank you Ciro ============ \starttex \starfrontmatter \input frontmatter.tex \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \input a_file.tex \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \input backmatter.tex \stopbackmatter \stoptext -- ======================================= "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution." from: "The Guitar Maker: An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. Pub. Date: October 2005.

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Re: blocks in itemize
by r.ermers＠hccnet.nl 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hi Olivier, Thanks for your reaction. My original proposal was: \startitemize \beginblockA \item Apple \endblockA \beginblockB \item Pomme \endBlockB \beginblockA \item Pear \endblockA \beginblockB \item Poire \endBlockB \stopitemize This does not work. The advantage of this setup is that in a bilingual document, printed separatedly, I have both languages underneath and thus more control than when I use separate itemize environments, such as proposed by Taco, and what I had thought of earlier: \beginblockA \startitemize .... \stopitemize \endblockA \beginblockB \startitemize .... \stopitemize \endblockB Nevertheless, if my proposal does not work, I guess I'll have to try it this way. Kind regards, Rob > Hi, > > > I might be wrong, but I think blocks are intended as buffered text. > This way it is not good to use > \item {block A}{bloc B} > and it is not good as well to use {\item block A} > {\item block B} > > > I think the only good way to use block is > {\startitemize > \item block A > \stoptitemize} > {\startitemize > \item block B > \stoptitemize} > were good means a natural utilisation of blocks. > > However, I certainly understand that the third solution is not practical > for your intended usage. > > Maybe a newif is more appropriate to your situation: > \newif\ifenlang and \ifenlang \else \fi switches, > or maybe even cases if you have more than one language. > > Just some thought hoping it helps, > Olivier > > >

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What's the easiest way to create numbered captions?
by Eugene Toporov 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Hello! I've faced a problem briefly discussed before... when the table (natural table) placed using sample below is not split to pages: \placetable[here][mytable1]{Table Caption}{ \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTR \bTH Header\eTH \eTR \dorecurse{150}{ \bTR \bTD row text \eTD \eTR} \eTABLE } Everything works fine if I do not use \placetable. But I do not have the numbered caption in this case and cannot reference this table in a link. Is there any other simple way to give tables (even not only tables) a caption with number? I almost made it using the numbered labels the like below: \definelabel[tableLable][text=Table,headstyle=boldslanted] \tableLable \em{ Table Caption} \reference[mytable1]{Table Caption} \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTR \bTH Header\eTH \eTR \dorecurse{150}{ \bTR \bTD row text \eTD \eTR} \eTABLE This way I can have numbered caption where I need, which is almost cool. But the problem is that I cannot create table link with text "Table N.NTable_Caption" \in{Table}[mytable1] gives the link like "Table Table_Caption" and I cannot add number there :( I hope I miss something really obvious, Thanks everyone in advance! -- Regards. Eugene Toporov

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Chinese in ConTeXt
by Xiao Jianfeng 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

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

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footnotes with one *
by Ciro Soto 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

I looked at two context manuals and can't find the setting to get footnotes with * instead of a letter or a number. I need 4 footnotes in 4 different pages, and I would like them all of them with one sigle * thank you Ciro ------------- * like this -- ======================================= "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution." from: "The Guitar Maker: An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. Pub. Date: October 2005.

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pdflatex and mpost -tex=latex
by David Arnold 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

All, Does anyone know if pdflatex -shell-escape filename automatically forces metapost to run with -tex=latex?

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Antwort: Re: [NTG-context] Image Database
by Jessica Holle 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

Hi, thanks for the script :-) it works fine. But I've two questions. First: Must I compile the XML file to the PDF? Because wenn I've only the XML file my output when I use the database looks so: (././Figure-lib.xml) figures : figure Figure-lib can not be found And after I compiled a PDF like: texexec --pdf --use=fig-make Figure-lib.xml it look like: (././Figure-lib.xml) figures : figureobject Figure-lib.pdf is reused Second: When I compile this PDF I've a font problem... systems : begin file Figure-lib at line 333 (./Figure-lib.xml) (./Figure-lib.xml figures : figure inet can not be found (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) fonts : resetting map file list fonts : using map file: original-base fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm fonts : using map file: ec-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-public-lm fonts : using map file: ec-urw-times fonts : using map file: original-youngryu-tx fonts : using map file: ec-urw-helvetica fonts : using map file: ec-urw-courier references : unknown reference [][Description] interaction : aspect ratio 120.95996 x 90.71997 (b x h) interaction : pdftex code inserted references : unknown reference [][begin] [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty .map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base .map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-public-lm. map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base.map}{/ usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.ma p}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public- lm.map} Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-times.map): cannot open font map file {/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-youngryu- tx.map} Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-helvetica.map): cannot open font map file Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-courier.map): cannot open font map file ] figures : figure karte can not be found references : unknown reference [][Description] [2.1] <./back.jpg> figures : dimensions of ./back.jpg loaded from figurefile itself references : unknown reference [][Description] interaction : aspect ratio 355.5684 x 135.8676 (b x h) [3.1] <./rzv.jpg> figures : dimensions of ./rzv.jpg loaded from figurefile itself references : unknown reference [][Description] interaction : aspect ratio 118.94438 x 37.64063 (b x h) [4.1]) (./Figure-lib.xml subject : - Figure collection references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figure inet can not be found figures : figure inet can not be found references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figure karte can not be found figures : figure karte can not be found references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figureobject back.jpg is reused figures : figureobject back.jpg is reused references : unknown reference [][index] references : unknown reference [][list] interaction : aspect ratio 600.0 x 450.0 (b x h) [5.1] references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figureobject rzv.jpg is reused figures : figureobject rzv.jpg is reused ) [6.2] subject : - List of figures system : figurelist not found/processed [7.3] subject : - Index of figures system : figureindex not found/processed [8.4] systems : end file Figure-lib at line 381 ) )</usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/txfonts/txsy.pfb>kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+14/72 --dpi 86 ptmr8r mktexpk: No such file or directory kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. Warning: pdfetex (file ptmr8r): Font ptmr8r at 86 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+52/72 --dpi 124 ptmb8r mktexpk: No such file or directory Warning: pdfetex (file ptmb8r): Font ptmb8r at 124 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+14/72 --dpi 86 ptmb8r mktexpk: No such file or directory Warning: pdfetex (file ptmb8r): Font ptmb8r at 86 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 0+63/72 --dpi 63 pcrr8r mktexpk: No such file or directory Warning: pdfetex (file pcrr8r): Font pcrr8r at 63 not found Output written on Figure-lib.pdf (8 pages, 20409 bytes). Transcript written on Figure-lib.log. I got an output but there are only points instead of the right font... What does help? Regards Jessica

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Re: [NTG-context] rotated accented character
by Hans Hagen 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

Mojca Miklavec wrote: >So now that I have the properly rotated letter, is it possible to do >the following: > >% U0259 LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA >\definecharacter schwa {\rotate[rotation=180,location=high]{\hbox{e}}} >\definecharacter schwagrave {\buildtextaccent\textgrave{\schwa}} >\schwagrave > > Hm, probably needed for old-slovenian or so: \starttext \unexpanded\def\topaccent#1#2#3#4#5% down right slantcorrection accent char {\dontleavehmode \bgroup \setbox0\hbox{#4}% \setbox2\hbox{#5}% \hbox to \wd2 \bgroup \hss\copy2\hss \hskip-\wd2 \hss\hskip#2\wd0\hskip-#3\fontdimen1\font\raise#1\hbox{#4}\hss \egroup \egroup} \def\buildtextgrave{\topaccent{0pt}{0}{15}{\textgrave}} \startencoding[default] \definecharacter schwa {\hbox{\rotate[rotation=180,location=high]{\hbox{e}}}} \definecharacter schwagrave {\buildtextgrave\schwa} \stopencoding test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave \sl test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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new for french users
by Hans Hagen 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

Hi, There are a couple of new features in the next version of pdftex. One of them is the ability to automatically add a kern before punctuation, which is important for french. So ... we can get rid of active : ; ! and ? characters which is a good thing. I'll upload a version that supports this. The handling is called prespacing and the values are experimental. A test could look like: \definefontsynonym[myfont][Serif][handling=prespacing] \definefont[whatever][myfont sa 1] \setupalign[spacing] % nospacing \whatever look at this: we now have a proper spacing feature and, hurray, get rid of active punctuation! but for document wide behaviour one should apply handling at the typeface level. You can turn it on/off with the setupalign command (or the align=... k/v in other commands) A windows test binary can be found at: http://pdftex.sarovar.org/djgpp/ just move the exe and pool file to the right place and make a format. 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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