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Re: Disappearing characters
by Duncan Hothersall 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

I said: > \starttypescript [TESTfonts] > \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] > [encoding=texnansi] > \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] > [encoding=texnansi] > \stoptypescript I realise that by adding ---- \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [tt] [mono] [modern] [computer-modern] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [mm] [math] [modern] [computer-modern] [encoding=\typescripttwo] ---- to that typescript, I can stop the Deltas disappearing; however, it would be really helpful if someone can tell me why I only need to do that for font sizes below 12pt?! Thanks, Duncan

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Number of rows in tables
by Otared KAVIAN 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi everyone, In the process of learning the table mechanism I followed the discussions on the list, but could not figure out whether it is possible to create a table with a given number of rows. For instance, is it possible to add something to Mojca's solution for cells with backgrounds (see below) to have a table with (for example) 15 rows? Something like \setupTable[number_of_rows=15,number_of_columns=4] Thanks for your insight: OK %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Mojca's solution \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext % row 1 \setupTABLE[r][1][style=bold,background=color,backgroundcolor=green,align=middle] \setupTABLE[c][1][width=3cm] % column 1 \setupTABLE[c][3][width=2.75cm] % column 3 \setupTABLE[c][4][width=7cm] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Name \eTD \bTD Location \eTD \bTD Date \eTD \bTD Signature \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD\strut \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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Disappearing characters
by Duncan Hothersall 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hello all. I have a file test-fonts.tex which just combines Palatino and Helvetica into one typescript: ---- \loadmapfile[context-base] \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \starttypescript [TESTfonts] \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript ---- And I have a simple test file which tries that typescript out: ---- \usetypescriptfile[test-fonts.tex] \usetypescript[TESTfonts][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[TESTCombo,14pt] \starttext Palatino? Normal \Delta, Maths \mathematics\Delta, Greek \greekDelta\par Palatino? Normal \delta, Maths \mathematics\delta, Greek \greekdelta\par {\ss Helvetica? Normal \Delta, Maths \mathematics\Delta, Greek \greekDelta\par Helvetica? Normal \delta, Maths \mathematics\delta, Greek \greekdelta\par} \stoptext ---- With the line '\setupbodyfont[TESTCombo,14pt]' everything works well, but when I change it to '\setupbodyfont[TESTCombo,10pt]' the Delta signs disappear! (The lowercase deltas remain - weird?) I am really confused (and it took ages to understand what was happening, since the disappearing Greek originally occurred in a 700 page book...). When comparing the log files for each version, the broken one (10pt) has the line: ---- Warning: pdfetex.exe (file c:\tex\texmf/fonts/type1/urw/palatino/uplr8a.pfb): glyph `uni20AC' undefined ---- whereas the working one (14pt) doesn't, and instead has: ---- {c:\tex\texmf-local/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/cmrm.enc}<c:\tex\texmf/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr10.pfb> ---- So, it seems to be something to do with a missing switch to the font which contains the \Delta character, but why should it only happen at smaller font sizes? Experimentation suggests that 12pt and below has this problem, and over 12pt the problem disappears. Thanks to anyone who can explain and help me to fix it. Duncan

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Newbie question: background color in single table row
by The Wizard 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

All - I have a simple table which looks like this: \placetable[here]{none} \starttable[|c w(3.0cm)|c|c w(2.75cm)|c w(7.0cm)|] \HL \VL \bf Name \VL \bf Location \VL \bf Date \VL \bf Signature \VL \AR \HL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \AR \HL \stoptable I would like to add a background color to the first row only. I tried \CL[colorname], \BR[colorname] and neither gets quite what I want. Is there a simple way to set the background color for only the first row? I have only just started using ConTeXT, never used TeX or LaTeX before, so I'm still trying to understand everything I read in the manuals, and searching the list archive. I can not seem to make the more HTML-ish tables work the way I want (e.g, \bTABLE...\eTABLE) so I'd like to be able to get where I want to go using the table I have. -- Mark Almeida mark.almeida(a)sun.com Solutions Architect (707)398-9524/x81132 Sun Client Solutions (707)429-0341 Home Office (707)480-5038 Cell Powered by Solaris 10_x86/Evolution 1.4.6

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Bold next table row?
by Giuseppe Bilotta 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Is there a way to enforce the next table row (in \starttable...\stoptable) to be in bold? I know I can change the color with \\CL[color] ... -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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pdfetex warnings and lmr
by Otared KAVIAN 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Hi all, I just upgraded to the latest ConTeXT (ConTeXt ver: 2005.09.14 fmt: 2005.9.19 int: english mes: english) and now I cannot typeset anything... For instance the following minimal example results in an empty PDF: \starttext This is a test. \stoptext The log file says among other things: Warning: pdfetex (file lm-ec.enc): cannot open encoding file for reading </usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/public/lm /lmr12.pfb): character 46 is mapped to .notdef and a few other warnings about characters 49 and so on. Since I have been away from the follow up of the changes occured for a while, can anyone give a clue? Thanks in advance: OK

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Need more documentation on tables
by Giuseppe Bilotta 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Ok, even with the wiki and all the manuals around (which are getting obsolete, too) there is definitely too little documentation on the various tabulation formats. The biggest problem is that each table type has its ability, but there is nothing that can do everything. Simplest example, I'm currently having a problem using a start/stoptabulate (which I need because \RC & friends don't work in start/stoptable) but I don't know how to span multiple columns (which can be done in start/stoptable with \use, which doesn't work in start/stoptabulate) What am I supposed to do? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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lilypond inclusion
by Christopher Creutzig 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Dear list, especially Hraban, who had asked for sth like this, I had tried sending this yesterday, but with the pdf output included, it was too big for the list. In any case, please find enclosed a tentative lilypond inclusion file and a sample file. The whole thing basically works (though support for non-pdf versions is currently absent, but should be relatively easy to implement), but I'm sure I've taken a non-ConTeXt-way at more than one place and I have a few problems, most of them lilypond-related. The first three are strictly ConTeXt-related, though: - I can't include blank lines in \startlilypond...\stoplilypond, because in the buffer I will get a \par for that. There is probably some easy way around this, but I haven't found the idiom yet. - Currently, the whole generation only works with shell_escape=t. Is there a way to use the automp mechanism for other external programs, such as lilypond, as well? It would also save quite some time to only typeset each piece of music only once. - How can I detect whether a pdf file contains multiple pages? - I have only tested the system on my Tiger installation. I'd like to know if it works for others, too. - When typesetting a longer block, I'd like to tell lilypond how much space there is left on the first page, to have music break across pages smoothly with the text. - When typesetting a fragment, I'd like to somehow get a proper baseline from lilypond. I have neither found out how to ask if there is more than one line typeset, nor for the baseline (let's say the bottom line of the staff), which obviously depends on the music actually set. The sample file uses an explicit \lower command with a trial-&-error value. I assume that the lilypond TeX backend gives me something that could be useful here, but I haven't analyzed it in detail. regards, Christopher

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ruby
by Hans Hagen 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Hi, when pondering about some ruby to bin for unix and googling a bit, i ran into: http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/ruby.html amazing stuff, not only rubyscript2exe (cross platform)! Hans (ps. until now i used exerb for making a texmfstart bin) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Top-aligned startcombination?
by Giuseppe Bilotta 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

I have \start/\stopcombinations where the elements in a row have different heights, and the combinations bottom-align them. Is there a way to top-align them? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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