March 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Overfull boxes using m-cweb
by Edwin Wisse 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Hello, I am running into overfull boxes when including a weaved cweb file into a context document. The original reference to the cwebmac.tex file (the plain TeX macro) is commented out and replaced by \usemodule[cweb]. The cweb macros appear to expand something into \*11ptmmmt* which seems to have something to do with it. Is there anyone here with experience and deep (Con)TeX(t) knowledge who understands what is happening? Regards, Edwin ----------------------------------part of my log file------------------------------------------------ Overfull \hbox (6.4885pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 3--13 \*11ptmmmr* for the ap-pli-ca-tion de-vel-op-ment mod-ule. This is a small ap-p li-ca-tion which loads file \hbox(7.63889+2.13889)x398.33858 .\*11ptmmmr* f .\*11ptmmmr* o .\*11ptmmmr* r .\glue(\spaceskip) 3.66628 .\*11ptmmmr* t .etc. Overfull \hbox (8.38132pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 3--13 \*11ptmmmr* with point and line da-ta and dis-plays it in a win-dow. It pro-vid es a us-er in-ter-face al- \hbox(7.63889+2.13889)x398.33858 .\*11ptmmmr* w .\*11ptmmmr* i .\*11ptmmmr* t .\*11ptmmmr* h .\glue(\spaceskip) 3.66628 .etc.

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compound titles, lists and headers
by Henning Hraban Ramm 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

Dear list, my publisher forces me to set different things as titles, in headers and table of contents. In some cases \nolist and \nomarking aren't enough. here are my actual definitions: ---- \def\Untertitel#1{\blank[3pt]{\ss\bf #1}\blank} % ok \def\Titel#1#2{{\nohyphens\chapter{#1}\Untertitel{#2}}} % ok \def\KomplexTitel#1#2#3{{\writetolist[chapter]{#3}\nohyphens\title{#1}\U ntertitel{#2}}} ---- with ---- \start \setupheadertexts[][manual entry][part][] % normally defined as [][chapter][part][] \KomplexTitel{Main chapter title}{chapter subtitle}{toc entry} Much text \stop % of other headertext ---- Real life example: \start \setupheadertexts [][Vorwort][][] \KomplexTitel{Die neutrale Schweiz und das globale Dorf}% {Vorwort von Prof.|~|Dr.|~|Heinrich Ott}% {Vorwort Prof.|~|Dr.|~|Heinrich Ott:\\Die neutrale Schweiz und das globale Dorf} ... Now there stay two issues: 1. I'd like to get a four-parameter command that can set the header text also. 2. I must get a line feed into the toc, but neither \\ nor \crlf works. Please help! Thanks. Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- www.fiee.net/texnique/ www.ramm.ch/context/

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listings.sty
by Peter Münster 12 Jul '08

12 Jul '08

Hello, I suggested to the author of the very feature rich LaTeX-Listings package, Carsten Heinz, to port this package to ConTeXt, and it seems, that he is interested. But before doing it, there are some questions: * What do Hans and other people thing about that? * listings.sty uses keyval.sty, how is the proper ConTeXt-way to do the same things as keyval, or should listings stay with keyval? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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U3D (embedded 3D objects)
by Matthias Weber 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hello, is there support for .u3d files in ConTeXt available or planned? This would take advantage of Acrobat 7 support for these 3D data files. There is a LaTeX package (http:// www.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/movie15/) that does that, and it even works on my Mac. Thanks, Matthias

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Fleurons
by Keith McKay 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Dear All I am in the process of learning the wonders of Context and enjoying the challenge. My Context is the stand alone version for Windows which I downloaded from the Pragma site. I'm getting used to using the Scite editor although it was a little difficult in the beginning. Just now I'm putting together some short stories and am having fun playing about with layout and using different kinds of fonts. Also I'm reading 'The Elements of Typographic Style' by Robert Bringhurst which is absolutely superb! I would never have thought that a book on typography would be so easy to read. In Bringhurst's book he mentions fleurons - "A horticultural dingbat" which I would like to access. I have looked through the Context manuals but with no success. Could someone give me some hints? Thanks Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 27/05/2005

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Using Ralph Smith's Formal Script font
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

How do I use Ralph Smith's formal script font [1] within context. I want to define a command like \mathrsfs{A} that will use A in this font. [1] http://www.ctan.org/info?id=rsfs Thanks Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Font size in FLOWchart module.
by John R. Culleton 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

I am using the flowchart module to create various goodies. What I don't know how to do is regulate the size of the font for the text that goes inside the little boxes. Any suggestions? - John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf

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Curious blank page
by David Arnold 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

All, Why is it that the rest of the page after Answers on page 4 of the compiled pdf is blank? %output=pdf \starttext \setupindenting[medium,yes] \setupwhitespace[medium] \chapter{First Chapter} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{First Section} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumns \section{Second Section} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \section{Third Section} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stoptext

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XML and 'Table of Contents'
by Johannes Graumann 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Hello, I'm writing a XML style sheet for ConTeXt, which contains the following definitions: \defineXMLargument [chapter] {\chapter{\XMLvar{chapter}{title}{}}} \defineXMLargument [tableofcontents] {\completecontent} When reading a file like <document> <frontmatter> <titlepage> ... </titlepage> <dedication> ... </dedication> <aknowledgements> ... </aknowledgements> <abstract> ... </abstract> <tableofcontents/> </frontmatter> <bodymatter> <chapter> <title> Title </title> <p>Text.</p> </chapter> </bodymatter> <appendices> ... </appendices> </document> I get the 'Contents' title of the table of contents, but the Chapter does not show up ... any hints? Thanks, Joh

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Rows and lines in tables
by Robert Engelhardt 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

Hello all, I'm a new ConTeXt user (started using it a few days ago) and I do have three problems now with tables which I could not solve reading the manual and the content of the ConTeXt wiki. I've created a minimal example (see below) illustrating my problems: 1. How can create lines with different widths using the "\DL" command as I do with "\HL[<factor>]" oder "\VL[<factor>]"? This would, in my example, allow to align the "dummy<x>" text in the first table with the numbers <x> in the second table. 2. How can I create a carriage return in the text of a table cell? Neither "\crlf" nor "\\" do work (tried it with the "AAA" and "BBB" text in the first table to get them into the same cell. 3. How can I synchronize the height of the first two lines of the first table with those of the second table, no matter if there's a line between the rows (as in the second table, a thin one as in my example or even a fat one) or not (like in the first table which visually has a "big cell")? Can I create an "invisible line"? How do I line up the "BBB" with the "YYY / ZZZ" line? Or, another possibility, how do I control the rows independently, having the "BBB" in the first table very close to the "AAA", perhaps even three lines of text there, and at the same time only two rows of text in the second table? What about having only one line of text in the first table, vertically centered to the corresponding two rows of the second table? === [example] === \starttext \define\bold{8} \startcombination[2*1] {\starttable[|c|] \HL[\bold] \VL[\bold] AAA \VL[\bold]\FR \VL BBB \VL\LR \HL[\bold] \VL dummy1 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy2 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy3 \VL\SR \HL[\bold] \VL dummy4 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy5 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy6 \VL\SR \HL[\bold] \VL dummy7 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy8 \VL\SR \HL \VL dummy9 \VL\SR \HL[\bold] \stoptable}{} {\starttable[|c|cw(3cm)|] \HL[\bold] \VL[\bold] \use{2} XXX \VL[\bold]\FR \HL \VL YYY \VL[1] ZZZ \VL\LR \HL[\bold] \VL 1 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 2 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 3 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 4 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 5 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 6 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 7 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 8 \VL \VL \SR \DL\VL\DR \VL 9 \VL \VL \SR \HL[\bold] \stoptable}{} \stopcombination \stoptext === [/example] === I know, a layout with all these horizontal lines and two tables sitting next to each other is not the best one, but I'm trying to reconstruct an existing document which is designed that way. Thanks for your help! Regards, Robert

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