October 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Bibtex and "et al"
by Pepe Barbe 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Hi, I am using the bib module using the AMS format. I've noticed that all the publications that get appended "et al" to the authors, do not include any space between the authors name and "et al". Example: John Doeetal, Publication Title Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks, Pepe

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beta (processaction & "|")
by Peter Rolf 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi, the vertical line symbol "|" (pipe) breaks \processaction (no problem with the latest stable version). The minimal example at the end of this message results in: [..] systems : begin file processaction at line 3 ! Undefined control sequence. \dotextmodediscretionary ...up \let \nextnextnext \egroup \def \next ##1#1{\... \p!compareprocessaction ...]->\edef \!!stringb {#1 }\ifx \!!stringb \s!defaul... \next1 #1,->\p!doprocessaction {#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> =>, unknown=> \processnextcommalist ...dodoprocesscommaitem #4#5 ,]\relax \global \advance ... l.9 unknown=>] ? Greetings, Peter ----- \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \def\FOO{} \processaction[\FOO][ |=>, unknown=>] \stoptext

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U3D support in progress
by Renaud AUBIN 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi all, The 3dartwork module can be found here: http://www.nibua-r.org/ConTeXt/devel/3dartwork.tgz Someone could maybe process test-3dartwork on a windows machine and report if there is trouble... Warning: The use of the "piping" syntax is only possible with the last pdfTeX (thanks to Taco). I use pdfTeX 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060928-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) to process test-3dartwork. What I need now is: 1. How to call \input "| ls" (for example) from t-3dartwork instead of test-3dartwork ? 2. To ConTeXt gurus: Could you check if my use of ConTeXt is "clean"... (I will rewrite my rough view.rb... ;) ) 3. To ConTeXt's community: feature requests ? I've seen that octaga has released a x3d plugin for acrobat (included with the last octaga player for windows). I'll work on it as soon as the linux version will be released ! ;) Cheers, Renaud

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Natural table + interlinespacing
by Mari Voipio 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

I'd love natural tables except for one aspect that drives me crazy: How do I diminish the interlinespacing in my table? That is, I want the lines in the multiline cells to be closer together. The overall interlinespacing is default, i.e. I haven't used \setupinterlinespace in the setup of my document. Mari (with a "#¤#"¤ table that doesn't want to fit on its page)

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context rendering disabled on contextgarden
by Patrick Gundlach 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi there, just to prevent confusion: the context rendering (live.contextgarden.net, examples in the wiki) are currently broken. The sysops are working to get it working again. I'll report back if things are working correctly. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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Can ConTeXt make dynamic barcoded forms?
by Zhichu Chen 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi everyone, I've seen some marvelous samples on Adobe' official site about dynamic barcoded forms using XML: http://www.adobe.com/products/server/barcodedpaperforms/pdfs/sample_barcode… can someone tell me that is it possible to build such pdfs using ConTeXt? Yours, Chen

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Float references in a register
by Duncan Hothersall 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Is it possible to have float references (i.e. Table 1.1) alongside page numbers in a register? I've never come across it before, but I've just been asked to produce an index which has entries like: coverage measurement tools 176-177, Table 6.5 I have looked through core-reg without much illumination. I wonder if I can use \writetoregister but experiments thus far haven't been successful. Is this sort of thing supported/supportable? Thanks, Duncan

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\combinepages[]: Change order
by Tobias Burnus 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hello, Using \combinepages[some-pdf][nx=3,ny=5], I get: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 However, I'd like to get: 1 5 9 2 6 10 3 7 11 4 8 12 How can one achieve this? (I want to create again a poster out of talk.pdf.) Tobias

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Problems mapping Xml into ConTeXt
by Michael Wigston 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi everyone, I am attempting to map some XML into ConTeXt as described in the manual "XML in ConTeXt". Essentially we have a bunch of tagged text (the XML "loosely" based on some of the XHTML tags) from which we want to produce PDF letters for dispatch (via email, post etc). I am having particular problems implementing the following commands: - \underbar, \underbars, \overstrike, \overstrikes, \low, \high and \lohi I was expecting that they would all easily be defined using the \defineXMLgrouped [name] {command} element mapping. There is probably something very simple that I have not setup correctly since I am sure that this has been attempted before and would appreciate pointers as to where I am going wrong. The following attempts at mapping element to \underbar illustrates my problem which also seems largely applicable to the <strike>, and mapping: - 1. This def of does nothing ... \defineXMLgrouped [u] \underbar 2. This def of also does nothing ... \defineXMLgrouped [u] {\groupedcommand{\underbar}{}} 3. This def of underlines the 1st character only ... \defineXMLenvironment [u] {\bgroup\underbar} {\egroup} 4. In the mailing list, there is a suggestion that \underbar does not allow line-breaking, so I also tried the following. This def of "works" partially, in that it does underline, however it causes havoc with alignment - everything seems to shift over to the right about 4cm ... \defineXMLenvironment [u] \startul \stopul \definetextbackground[ul] [location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] \definestartstop[ul] [before={\starttextbackground[ul] }, after={\stoptextbackground\ }] Below is a sample .tex file that I have been playing with: - \usemodule [contml] \autoXMLnamespace [context] % Attempts at defining a mapping for : - % This def of does nothing ... %\defineXMLgrouped [u] \underbar % This def of does nothing ... %\defineXMLgrouped [u] {\groupedcommand{\underbar}{}} % This def of underlines the 1st character only ... %\defineXMLenvironment [u] {\bgroup\underbar} {\egroup} % % This def of "works" partially, in that it does underline, however it % causes havoc with alignment - everything seems to shift over to the right % about 4cm ... \defineXMLenvironment [u] \startul \stopul \definetextbackground[ul] [location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] \definestartstop[ul] [before={\starttextbackground[ul] }, % after={\stoptextbackground\fixedspaces}] after={\stoptextbackground\ }] % Other mappings \defineXMLgrouped [right] \rightaligned \defineXMLgrouped [centre] \midaligned \defineXMLgrouped [em] \em \defineXMLsingular [br] [nr=1] {\blank[\XMLop{nr}*medium]} \showstruts \showframe \starttext start of 'normal' \CONTEXT\ text \underbar{This} is {\em left} aligned \blank[medium] \rightaligned{\underbar{This} is {\em right} aligned} \blank[medium] \midaligned{\underbar{This} is {\em centre} aligned} end of 'normal' \CONTEXT\ text - starting xml ... \startXMLdata This is left aligned <centre>This is centre aligned</centre> <centre>This is centre aligned</centre> <right>This is right aligned</right> \stopXMLdata \blank[medium] finished xml - back in 'normal' \CONTEXT\ text \stoptext NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both messages. This notice should not be removed.

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Re: [NTG-context] figurenumbering
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Hallo! With ConTeXt ver. 2006.09.26, figure numbering is working as expected. > > >> You need the option > > >> \setupfloats[numbering=nocheck] is not longer needed, but > you can see a bad sideeffects by figurenumber=nocheck in my > example this sideeffect is visible both, with nocheck and without this option (numbering=yes resp.). > <example> > \setupfloats[numbering=nocheck] > \starttext > \placefigure{}{\framed{Blub}} > \placefigure[page][]{}{\framed{Bautz}} > \placefigure{}{\framed{Bla}} > This were \rawnumber[figure] figures by now! > \setnumber[figure]{8} > We want to count on with \rawnumber[figure]. > \placefigure{}{\framed{Plong}} > figurenumber is incremented to \rawnumber[figure]. > \stoptext > </example> > > The number of the figures are set as they appear in the text and > this did not work well when one figure is set later as another one > typed later in your code. Wolfgang

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