October 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

setupformulas: make indentnext=auto the default?
by Sanjoy Mahajan 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

The default for setupformulas is indentnext=no, at least from a couple experiments and this line in core-mat.tex (in version 2006.08.08): \c!indentnext=\v!no, What's the view on changing it to indentnext=auto, which seems intuitive at least if one is used to TeX or LaTeX? From the archives, it seems like 'auto' was the default a few years ago, but maybe there was reason to change it to 'no'. -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.

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table: code doesn't work any more with recent beta
by Mojca Miklavec 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Hello Hans, The following code compiles fine with MikTeX (version 2006.08.22), but fails with a recent beta: \def\room#1{\starttable[ s0 |r|l|]#1\stoptable} \def\student#1#2{\NC#1\NC#2\NC\MR} \starttext \room{ \student{A}{B} \student{C}{D} } \stoptext I get the following error: ! Undefined control sequence. \dotextmodediscretionary ...up \let \nextnextnext \egroup \def \next ##1#1{\... <argument> s0 | r|l| \doifsomething #1->\edef \!!stringa {#1 }\ifx \!!stringa \empty \expandafter ... \thirdstagestartTABLE ...etall \doifsomething {#1} {\def \TABLEformat {#1}\g... \dorestartTABLE ...restartTABLE {#1}\restartTABLE \TABLEnoalign {\globalpush... \room #1->\starttable [ s0 |r|l|] #1\stoptable l.9 } ? ! Emergency stop. Mojca

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beta
by Hans Hagen 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Hi, I uploaded a beta release. If no further problems with the upgraded figure inclusion and adapted metapost conversion are reported, we will go current (otherwise a changelog will be impossible, even if most changes are not reportable anyway) 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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bug: MetaFun doesn't speak French
by Mojca Miklavec 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Hello Hans, here's a little MetaFun snippet which fails to work because of special treatment of French characters: \useencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] \startMPcode fill fullcircle scaled 5cm; \stopMPcode \stoptext >> (0,0,5cm.directdiscretionary,0,0,5cm.directdiscretionary) ! Transform components aren't all known. <to be read again> { l.148 ...llcircle scaled 5cm\directdiscretionary { ;} ? I assume that it worked OK some time ago (I was trying to compile a document from 2002). Mojca

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LilyPond module for LilyPond 2.9.x
by Henning Hraban Ramm 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Yeah, I finally got it working with recent versions of LilyPond! (The most important change was from "linewidth" to "line-width", and I overlooked that far too long...) The module still has lots of issues (e.g. paths for external command like lilypond are hardcoded), but it does what I want it to do. ;-) Could someone please exchange the module in the garden? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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framed-vtop
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Dear knights, How do I get \framed to behave like \vtop? For example \startext \framed{\framed[width=1in]{1992} \vtop{Instructor, Physics, Upward Bound Math/Science Regional Center \crlf University at Buffalo, State University of New York}} \framed{\framed[width=1in]{1992} \framed{Instructor, Physics, Upward Bound Math/Science Regional Center \crlf University at Buffalo, State University of New York}} \stoptext I can't seem to find the right options for \framed so that the year is flush with the top line of its argument. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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textbackground inside framed
by Peter Rolf 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hi, I need a textbackground inside a \framed macro, which uses it's own background (overlay). Sadly the textbackground appears behind the framed background and my attempts to change this order haven't succeeded. \setuptextbackground[foo] [level=+1] brings the textbackground to the top, but overwrites the text. Also I haven't found a way to change the background level for \framed (e.g. set it to -2), which would easily solve the problem. Is there a way to make it appear above the framed background, but still below the text? Greetings, Peter \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[foo] [backgroundcolor=lightgray, frame=off, level=-1, % -3,-2,-1,+1,+2 ] \startuniqueMPgraphic{bar} fill OverlayBox withcolor red ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[bar][\uniqueMPgraphic{bar}] \starttext An example of a \starttextbackground[foo]textbackground\stoptextbackground. \framed {An example of a \starttextbackground[foo]textbackground\stoptextbackground.} \framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow] % level=-2 {An example of a \starttextbackground[foo]textbackground\stoptextbackground.} \framed[background=bar] % level=-2 {An example of a \starttextbackground[foo]textbackground\stoptextbackground.} \stoptext

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How to set a picture as the background of sildes ?
by fdu.xiaojf＠gmail.com 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hi, I am going to write a slides with a picture as background. I have googled but got no hints. Can someone recommend how to achieve this? Thanks in advance! Best regards. xiaojf

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Register layout
by Duncan Hothersall 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Quick question - how do I alter the width of the hanging indent of a register entry which is too long to fit on one line? I want to differentiate sub-entries, which each have an indent of 1em more than the previous level, from the indentation of longer entries, which by default is also set to 1em. In other words, for two entries: "a short entry" "a sub-entry" "quite a long-winded single entry" I would like the layout (please view with fixed width font): a short entry a sub-entry quite a long-winded single entry I tried putting \hangafter=1\hangindent=3em into the deeptextcommand of \setupregister but no change. Are there any hooks for this sort of thing? Thanks, Duncan

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How to make copyable Chinese documents ?
by fdu.xiaojf＠gmail.com 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hi, My friends can use LaTeX+CJK or LaTeX+CCT to generate Chinese documents the Chinese characters in which can be selected and copied. The procedure is using LaTeX to convert .tex file to .dvi, then using gs to convert .dvi to .pdf. I can use ConTeXt to generate .pdf file directly from .tex. and the Chinese characters can be selected, but when I try to paste it to another text editor, it looks like this "üèÃËÂæúïÅ«§ÍÔ". I am using chinese module in ConTeXt version before 2005.12.19. Will the new version of ConTeXt fix this. Regards, Xiao Jianfeng //sorry for a second post, but my first post became a reply of another thread.

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