January 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

serial definition
by Henning Hraban Ramm 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hi ho! This is a part of Holger Schöner's letter style (see http:// wiki.contextgarden.net/Letter_style) \def\lettersenderkeyone{} \def\lettersendervalone{} \def\lettersenderkeytwo{} \def\lettersendervaltwo{} % etc. \def\lettersenderkeynine{} \def\lettersendervalnine{} \def\senderone#1#2{\def\lettersenderkeyone{#1}\def\lettersendervalone {#2}} \def\sendertwo#1#2{\def\lettersenderkeytwo{#1}\def\lettersendervaltwo {#2}} % etc. \def\sendernine#1#2{\def\lettersenderkeynine{#1}\def \lettersendervalnine{#2}} \startsetups sendertablesetup \bTABLE \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[x][1][width=\senderkeywidth, align=left, style= {\keystyle\strut}] \setupTABLE[x][2][width=\sendervalwidth, align=right, style= {\valstyle\strut}] \bTR\bTD\doiftextelse{\lettersenderkeyone} {\lettersenderkeyone:}{}\eTD\bTD\lettersendervalone\eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD\doiftextelse{\lettersenderkeytwo} {\lettersenderkeytwo:}{}\eTD\bTD\lettersendervaltwo\eTD\eTR % etc. \bTR\bTD\doiftextelse{\lettersenderkeynine} {\lettersenderkeynine:}{}\eTD\bTD\lettersendervalnine \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stopsetups Is there a more programmatical way for such? (Does TeX know something like arrays or dicts?) Sorry, I still can't program in TeX... Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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Bib Module: bibl-ssa
by David Wooten 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Greetings all, Taco, I've just run across a small bug in the bibl-ssa style for the bib- module. The (wonderful) mechanism for deleting subsequent identical names goes a little too far if the first item in the bibliography is an edited book---that is, editor(s) only, and no author(s). "A little too far" meaning the first item is printed without the editor's name. Current set-up: \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=ssa,refcommand=authoryears] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl,criterium=all] \setupbibtex[sort=author] \sortbycitefalse Kind regards, David Wooten

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nice examples
by Hans Hagen 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hi, I dunno how many of you know this, but the next site gives examples (in pdf) of column handling http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~naw/serie5/index.php Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] Questions about the rsteps module.
by Fabrice Larribe 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Peter Münster wrote: > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, Fabrice Larribe wrote: > > > 2) I wish to use the same text to print (wihout steps) and with slide > > (with steps). If I comment the "\usemodule [rsteps]", the instructions > > \StartSteps \NextStep.. are unknown of course, so how should I redefine > > them ? I guess I should provide new definitions only for screen mode ? > > Is there a simpler solution ? . > > \UseStepsfalse > Cheers, Peter > Thanks for the answer. Mojca Miklavec also mentionned this which I did not know. This resolves one of my problem. I'm still working on the others ! Fabrice L.

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Re: [NTG-context] Questions about the rsteps module.
by Fabrice Larribe 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Hi, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > I may be wrong, but I'm afraid that I have to disappoint you for > almost all the request that you mentioned unless someone implements > them in the near future (I guess that many people would need this > functionality anyway). t-rsteps is still experimental in a way. It > works, but not for very advanced usage. Hans wrote some modules to > provide similar functionality, but they all rely on JavaScript. > Thanks for your feed-back. I wish somebody will work on this or a similar macro one day, and we have in Context a way to deal with these simple animations, like what offers the beamer package in Latex. About the javascript macro wrote by Hans, it is a little risky, since when you made a presentation, you have nerver sure what computer and acrobat version you are going to present. > > 1) When I define a theorem in a slide with steps, my theorem 1 is > > theorem 2 at the second step. How to control this ? > > As far as I know, the code is implemented in such a way that it only > controls at which step to process the code. It means that if you write > a theorem once on the first slide and once on the second, it will be > processed twice and TeX will see it as a new theorem. > > Some code was written to hack treating the equation numbers and > chapter/section numbers. I don't know how you write and number > theorems, but you can manually reset the theorem number to one number > less the the current one and then increment it again at the end of > slide, although this is tedious. > > I don't know to which extent you can read the TeX source code (it's > much uglier than for any other usual programming language). It should > be possible to mimic the behaviour of resetting equation numbers, but > don't ask me how to do that. > > Yet another approach would be to save everything in a box and then > output only the box. I don't know how well this works (if it works at > all). > > \setbox2=\vbox{ here comes your theorem } > \FromStep[2]{\copy2} > > All the mentioned solutions are ugly. > I have tried your solutions based on putting the theorem in a vbox, but this does not work. Yes I have seen a discussion on this mailing list where the author of t-rsteps modify the macro to handle equations numbers. So this may be possible. I had a look on the macro, perhaps I will try to do something, but this is a huge work since I'm not so fluent in Tex macro... Perhaps ths simple solution is to number theorem manually, but this pose a problem, since I have others enumerations in the document (Definition, Exemples...). I can cheat and adjust counters at each step in screen mode, but I'm not sure how to do this: there is a command \setEnumeration{value} and \nextEnumeration, but no \previousEnumeration... > > 2) I wish to use the same text to print (wihout steps) and with slide > > (with steps). If I comment the "\usemodule [rsteps]", the instructions > > \StartSteps \NextStep.. are unknown of course, so how should I redefine > > them ? I guess I should provide new definitions only for screen mode ? > > Is there a simpler solution ? . > > There is a switch \UseStepsfalse. (I don't know if this satisfies your > needs - there are some differences, ie: there may be problems with > Table of Contents or similar.) > I did not know the \UseStepsfalse option. This seems to work nice. Thanks. > > 3) On each slide, the header contains the page number, which appears > > only at the last step of the slide.The same effect occurs with the > footline > > which appears only at last step of a slide. Is there a way to correct > > this ? ie I wish the header and footer do not change, so the steps are > > more transparent. > > No idea. > > Sorry for being of almost no help and for bringing bad news only, > Mojca > > > Thanks anyways for your answers, sometimes to know that something is impossible and likely difficult is valuable ! Fabrice L. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >

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Danielle Steel module (t-firstline)
by Taco Hoekwater 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Hi, Attached is a module that can (automatically) do special processing on just the first line of a paragraph. It is based on a question about Danielle Steel novels on c.t.t. by John Culleton. For John: I've renamed the macro to \Firstline Cheers and a happy newyear to all, Taco

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Mptopdf batch
by David Arnold 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

All, I am wondering why this only compiles one file. How can I compile section3figs-mpgraph.# of #=1-7 in one command? figures $ ls figlibSection1.xml section3figs-mpgraph.log figlibSection2.xml section3figs-mpgraph.mp figlibSection3.xml section3figs-mpgraph.mpo junk5.tex section3figs-mpgraph.mpt mpgraph.mp section3figs-mpgraph.mpx mptrace.tmp section3figs.log section1figs.tex section3figs.pdf section2figs.tex section3figs.tex section3figs-mpgraph-1.pdf section3figs.tmp section3figs-mpgraph.1 section3figs.tui section3figs-mpgraph.2 section3figs.tuo section3figs-mpgraph.3 tmpgraph-mpgraph.mp section3figs-mpgraph.4 tmpgraph.bck section3figs-mpgraph.5 tmpgraph.log section3figs-mpgraph.6 tmpgraph.tmp section3figs-mpgraph.7 tmpgraph.tui figures $ mptopdf section3figs-mpgraph.* This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) [MP to PDF] (./section3figs-mpgraph.1{/Users/darnold/Library/texmf/ fonts/map/pd ftex/updmap/pdftex.map}) [1]</usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/ type1/blu esky/cm/cmsy10.pfb></usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/ bluesky/cm/c mr12.pfb>{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm- ec.enc}</usr /local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb></usr/ local/teTe X/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi12.pfb> Output written on section3figs-mpgraph.pdf (1 page, 24994 bytes). Transcript written on section3figs-mpgraph.log. MPtoPDF 1.3 : section3figs-mpgraph.1 is converted to section3figs- mpgraph-1.pdf figures $ I also tried: figures $ mptopdf section3figs-mpgraph.[1-7]This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) [MP to PDF] (./section3figs-mpgraph.1{/Users/darnold/Library/texmf/ fonts/map/pd ftex/updmap/pdftex.map}) [1]</usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/ type1/blu esky/cm/cmsy10.pfb></usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/ bluesky/cm/c mr12.pfb>{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm- ec.enc}</usr /local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb></usr/ local/teTe X/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi12.pfb> Output written on section3figs-mpgraph.pdf (1 page, 24992 bytes). Transcript written on section3figs-mpgraph.log. MPtoPDF 1.3 : section3figs-mpgraph.1 is converted to section3figs- mpgraph-1.pdf figures $

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Aleph - description & more info
by Mojca Miklavec 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Dear ConTeXt-ers, I have Many people know something about Aleph, but I guess that not so many are using it. I've seen some

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Questions about the rsteps module.
by Fabrice Larribe 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

Hi, I'm presently trying to do slide, and I need to make things appear by steps. So, I've found the rsteps module, but I'm having some problems to use it. Here are my questions. I appreciate any hints or help. 1) When I define a theorem in a slide with steps, my theorem 1 is theorem 2 at the second step. How to control this ? 2) I wish to use the same text to print (wihout steps) and with slide (with steps). If I comment the "\usemodule [rsteps]", the instructions \StartSteps \NextStep.. are unknown of course, so how should I redefine them ? I guess I should provide new definitions only for screen mode ? Is there a simpler solution ? . 3) On each slide, the header contains the page number, which appears only at the last step of the slide.The same effect occurs with the footline which appears only at last step of a slide. Is there a way to correct this ? ie I wish the header and footer do not change, so the steps are more transparent. Thanks for help. Fabrice.

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