March 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

problems with uppercase Greek letters in math
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hello, The uppercase Greek letters in the following example don't work since the letters are taken from ec encoding, while the default TeX encoding is assumed in the definitions of Phi, Psi, ... ("mr", math roman font) Any suggestions how to fix this strange behaviour? Thanks a lot, Mojca \starttypescript [something] [ec,texnansi] \definetypeface [somename] [rm] [serif] [modern] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[something][ec] \setupbodyfont[somename,rm] \starttext $\Psi\Phi\Lambda$ \stoptext

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\setupfootnotes[split=?] query
by Alan Bowen 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Currently I have \setupfootnotes[split=verystrict] and I am still getting one footnote call that occurs on the last line of page n where the note itself appears on page n+1. Is there a way to prevent this by assigning split= a number? If so, what numerical value will work? Or is there another setting? Thanks for any help. Cheers, Alan

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enattab example
by Patrick Gundlach 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hello, I tried the first example from the natrural tables pdf (enattab.pdf), and my output looks very compressed. Same on live.contextgarden.net. Is this the way it should look like? In contrast to the output of the enattab.pdf file. \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD[nr=3] 1 \eTD \bTD[nc=2] 2/3 \eTD \bTD[nr=3] 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=3] 1/2/3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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typbuffer with commands
by Patrick Gundlach 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hello again, I know I can use \starttyping with commands by saying \setuptyping[option=commands] and then /BTEX \red{a red text}}/ETEX. Can I do the same for \typebuffer[mybuf]? So for example: \startbuffer[a] verbatim text /BTEX \red{a red text}}/ETEX verbatim text \stopbuffer \typebuffer[a][please_use_my_commands] ?? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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Unexpected behaviour of setuptyping
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Conisder \setupcolors[state=start] \setuptyping[option=anything] %Any value that is not a valid option % none, color, normal, commands, slanted \starttext \startbuffer $\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{2} n \cdot (n+1)$ \stopbuffer \typebuffer \stoptext The text is typed in color. I gave an invalid option and expected it to have no effect, but was pleasantly surprised that it gives color output. There is nothing in the definition of \setupcommonverbatim in core-ver.tex to suggest such a behaviour. Is this a bug or a feature? Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Natural tables, rulethickness
by Patrick Gundlach 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hello, I have a (natural) table and I'd like to have three rules in that table. The toprule and the bottomrule should be .08em thick, the midrule 0.05em. What would be a way to achieve that? The example is incorrect. \starttext \setupTABLE[r][each][frame=off] \setupTABLE[r][first][topframe=on,rulethickness=.08em] \setupTABLE[r][first][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=.05em] \setupTABLE[r][last][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=.08em] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Lorem \eTD \bTD ipsum \eTD \bTD dolor sit \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD amet \eTD \bTD[nc=2] consectetuer adipiscing elit \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD Donec hendrerit tempor tellus. Donec pretium posuere\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD tellus. Proin quam nisl, tincidunt et, mattis eget, convallis nec, \unknown \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD \eTD \bTD[nc=2] purus. Cum sociis \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 3 (natoque) \eTD \bTD penatibus \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 5 \eTD \bTD[nc=2] et magnis dis \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD parturient \eTD \bTD montes, nascetur ridiculus \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD \eTD \bTD mus \eTD \bTD Nulla posuere. Donec vitae dolor \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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French punctuation spacing not working anymore (2006.02.15)
by Gilles Pérez-Lambert 05 Mar '06

05 Mar '06

Hello, The following document: %%%%%%%%% \mainlanguage[fr] \useencoding[ffr] \starttext Essai: \c ca marche? Non; fini! \stoptext %%%%%%%%% doesn't work anymore. The punctuations are no more spaced correctly. $ texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2006.02.15 17:41 cont-en : ver: 2006.02.15 17:41 fmt: 2006.3.2 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2006.02.15 17:41 fmt: 2006.3.2 mes: dutch Thanks, Gilles. P.S.: for another question concerning glossaries on every page, I've written a small program in Tcl, used with \installprogram. If anyone is interested in it, I'll gladly give it. Can such a thing be added to the ConTeXt wiki?

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New bib beta (release candidate)
by Taco Hoekwater 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Hi all, I have finally uploaded a new beta for the bib module. I really hope this is the last one before a normal release in a week or two. http://tex.aanhet.net/bib/m-bib-beta-20060205.zip I do not intend to do any more work on the still open limitations/ wishlist at this time, because synchronisation with the standard context distibution is becoming an issue. Only the documentation still needs to be fixed, and of course any fatal bugs that may be in this beta. Compared to the november 23 beta, the following things have changed (many thanks to the people who pointed out bugs and submitted fixes): * Make right-aligned labels work even if autohang=no * Use 'et al.' instead of 'et.al.'. * Additional headtext for cz * Keep whitespace after \cite with single argument * Fix broken \cite-with-braced-argument * Fix \usepublications not finding it's files * Fix compressed version of authoryear style !!* Renamed the \url and \type to \biburl and \bibtype Most of those are only fixes and should not bother you, but watch out for that last one, it breaks compatibility. I really had to do this, because \url and \type clashed heavily with predefined context commands, but it invalidates some existent bbl files, sorry. Cheers, Taco

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use color in XeTeX+ConTeXt
by Dalyoung Jeong 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Dear all, In ConTeXt, the following example was shown in colors. \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext The use of color in \TeX is not {\red easy}. {\blue What color is it?} \stoptext but, the same text after defining new typescript and saved for XeTeX +ConTeXt, the colors were gone. It is possible to change color using following method: \special{color push} \special{color rgb 0.0 0.5 0.8} sample text \special{color pop} However, is there a simpler way to use color in XeTeX+ConTeXt as in ConTeXt? Thank you Dalyoung

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metafun "boxes"
by Renaud AUBIN 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Hi all, Yesterday, I have tried to put "\input boxes" within a MPgraphic. As a result, I obtain errors at compilation. After discussing this issue with Taco on #context, it appears that boxes.mp and metafun interaction is not safe at all. Ok, but since my needs remain the same, solutions are : 1. just do it, but manually (not smart at all) 2. use metapost then include the result in my document through ps or pdf files (this solution needs the user takes care of fonts + manually metaposting -> not "really" smart) 3. use charts (but depends on what you want achieve -> ok, but not for all purposes) 4. define some metafun macros (time consuming at the beginning but it's best to invest for the long term) X. others solutions I don't know yet... (feel free to add yours !) My thought is to finally obtain in metafun: 1. Nodes with text (multiline text!) and a collection of "simple" shapes to use like box, circle, box with rounded corner... 2. Nodes must be placed freely accroding to the metapost coordinate system 3. Connections between nodes (using boundaries of each nodes + possibility to give angles from...to for each connections) PSTricks can do that but it can be nice if metafun can provide this kind of features. See http://renolab.lrv.uvsq.fr/perso/ConTeXt/sample.png to have an idea (nodes are aligned in this figure but it is a particular case)... Maybe a solution exists, but since I don't know it, I send this post: 1. Are other people interested ? 2. What is the best solution to implement this feature in metafun ? My idea is to use \framed + shapes + path + ... Feel free to give your opinion/need/contribution/whateveryouwant.... ;-) Cheers, Renaud

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