April 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

placetable style argument trouble.
by Johannes Graumann 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

Hello, Why is in \setupTABLE[frame=off,split=repeat,splitmethod=a,style={\switchtobodyfont[small]\setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex]}] the '\setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex]' not honored (at least not with respect to the switched bodyfont)? Thanks, Joh

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Problem with altest release and newcml
by Johannes Graumann 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Hello, Sorry for reposting this, but I thought a more descriptive subject and a minimal example would be beneficial. After the latest update, which includes the new 'newcml' module, 'texexec --version' reports: >TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 > tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.6-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) > context : ver: 2006.04.12 12:49 > cont-en : ver: 2006.04.12 12:49 fmt: 2006.4.12 mes: english When trying to texexec the following file: \usemodule[newcml] \starttext Hello \stoptext I hit the following error: system : module newcml loaded (/home/balin/texmf/tex/context/base/x-newcml.tex loading : Context XML Macros (chem ml) ! Too many }'s. l.327 \let\stopchemical {} Can't find anything in '/home/balin/texmf/tex/context/base/x-newcml.tex' that looks suspicious to my novice eyes ... Thanks for any input, Joh

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\setupframed[...][...=...]
by Vit Zyka 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Hi, I tied to extend \setupframed[...=...] to also \setupframed[...][...=...]: --------------------------------- \unprotect \def\setupframed{\dodoubleempty\dosetupframed} \def\dosetupframed{% \ifsecondargument \@EA\dodoublesetupframed \else \@EA\dosinglesetupframed \fi } \def\dosinglesetupframed[#1][#2]{\getparameters[\??oi][#1]} \def\dodoublesetupframed[#1][#2]{% \bgroup \def\dodoubleempty{}% \def\doframed[##1]{##1}% \xdef\tmp{\getvalue{#1}}% \egroup \@EA\setvalue\@EA{\@EA#1\@EA}\@EA{\@EA\dodoubleempty\@EA\doframed\@EA[\tmp,#2]}% } \protect \starttext \setupframed[framecolor=yellow] \framed{A} \defineframed[myframed][framecolor=blue] \myframed{B} \setupframe[myframe][framecolor=red] \myframed{C} \stoptext ------------------------------------- it works but with fully expansion of options. So it works a bit differently in a cases 1) \def\ONorOFF{off} \defineframed[myframed][frame=\ONorOFF] \def\ONorOFF{on}\myframed{A} 2) \def\ONorOFF{off} \defineframed[myframed][frame=\ONorOFF] \setupframed[myframe][framecolor=red] \def\ONorOFF{on}\myframed{A} Is there some simple solution? Or it has to be rewritten in a way like other \definesomething[...] (storing every parameter/definition-instance in a macro)? If sometimes this code would be reviewed I vote for doing \setupframed in this 'standard' ConTeXt way. Vit

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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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bug in wiki's urw garamond typescript?
by Karsten Heymann 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, after nearly a full day of debugging I found that the urw garamond (installed with the wiki instructions and the wiki typeface) pulls textlines out of grid if on a line with some depth (a `p' or `y` for example) follows a line with a capital german umlaut: \enableregime [il9] \usetypescriptfile [type-ugm] \setuppapersize [A5][A5] \definetypeface [ugaramond] [rm] [serif] [garamond] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \setupbodyfont [ugaramond,10pt] % \setupinterlinespace [line=2.9ex] \setuplayout [grid=yes] \showgrid \starttext \startcolumns Text with some depth: g()y Übel Text with some depth: g()y Übel \input knuth \stopcolumns \stoptext results in http://www.ecology.uni-kiel.de/~kheymann/files/testugm.pdf (logfile: http://www.ecology.uni-kiel.de/~kheymann/files/testugm.log, my texfont-generated urw garamond package can be found at http://www.ecology.uni-kiel.de/~kheymann/files/garamond.tar.gz) If I increase the interlinespace to 2.9ex the problem is fixed. Did I get that right (and should I correct that in the wiki?) Yours, Karsten - -- | ~ Karsten Heymann ~ | Christian-Albrecht-Universität zu Kiel | | Fon: +49 431 880-1186 | Netzwerkteam des Ökologiezentrum | | Fax: +49 431 880-4083 | http://www.ecology.uni-kiel.de | | ----- Selbständiger EDV-Dienstleister im Auftrag des ÖZK ----- | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEO7B1KLkXHxOeP2ERAtRdAKDbCns+gjvq1HdWXRfoOqroU6X4YQCgnGdK orJSTZmqvK9kh5F9pB0HW+I= =3eY5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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simplify \setuppapersize call
by Sanjoy Mahajan 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Should \setuppapersize automatically assume the same typesetting and printing papersizes, if no optional argument is given? Then you could do \setuppapersize[letter] instead of \setuppapersize[letter][letter] Right now \setuppapersize[letter] \starttext hello \stoptext produces a mixture of letter and A4 dimensions: $ texexec --pdf a > /dev/null && pdfinfo a.pdf | grep 'Page size' Page size: 612 x 841.89 pts Shouldn't it be either 612x792 (letter) or 595.276 x 841.89 pts (A4)? tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2006.03.25 13:21 cont-en : ver: 2006.03.25 13:21 fmt: 2006.4.11 mes: english It might be because I once ran 'texconfig' to set the default papersize to letter? -Sanjoy

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XML and 'Table of Contents'
by Johannes Graumann 11 Apr '06

11 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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Units and XML
by Johannes Graumann 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

Hello, Has anyone come up with a sense making way of coding units in XML and mapping them onto ConTeXt's 'units' module ... makes a knot in my brain ... Thnaks, Joh

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nice new feature
by Hans Hagen 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

Hi, Since i needed it right now in a project ... \starttext \input tufte \placefigure [left,none] {} {\startfloatcombination[2*2] \placefigure{alpha}{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=1cm]} \placefigure{beta} {\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=2cm]} \placefigure{gamma}{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=3cm]} \placefigure{delta}{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=4cm]} \stopfloatcombination} \input tufte \stoptext This 'combining of floats' feature will be in the next beta (and was actually rather trivial to implement). 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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