April 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Column cell number in natural tables
by nico 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

Hello, Is it possible to explicitely set the column of the cell defined by a \bTD ... \eTD? I mean that, within a row, it is the number of previous defined cells that determine the current column cell position. What I would like is to be able to omit intermediate empty cells by explicitely setting the column of the defined cell. I thought that maybe the option "n" could do that, but it does not work as I expected. Here is an example of a table I'd like to be able to write (of course the "n" option can be replaced by anything else): \bTABLE \bTR\bTD[n=3] a3 \eTD\bTD[n=6] a6 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD b1 \eTD\bTD b2 \eTD\bTD b3 \eTD\bTD b4 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD c1 \eTD\bTD c2 \eTD\bTD c3 \eTD\bTD c4 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD d1 \eTD\bTD[n=5] d5 \eTD\bTD[n=7] d7 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD e1 \eTD\bTD[n=3] e3 \eTD\eTR \eTABLE On benefit of this feature is that it would make the CALS table model (http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/a502.htm) mapping to context quite easier, especially when the table contains row or column spanning. Regards, BG

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xml table reading problem
by Johannes Graumann 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

Hello, Derived from the 'figure' and 'table' examples in the XML example document, I came up with the following set of mapping rules for formating XML tables with ConTeXt. \defineXMLenvironment [table] { \bgroup \defineXMLpush[caption] \defineXMLpush[content] } { \placetable [\XMLpar{table}{location}{here}] [\XMLpar{table}{label}{unknown}] {\XMLpop{caption}} \ix \bTABLE \XMLpop{content} \eTABLE \x \egroup } \defineXMLnested [tr] \bTR \eTR \defineXMLnested [td] \bTD \eTD When compiling a file with this rule set, I get the following error: ! Missing { inserted. <to be read again> \edef \doifsomething #1->\edef \!!stringa {#1}\ifx \!!stringa \empty \expandafter ... \switchtobodyfont [#1]->\doifsomething {#1} {\doifdefinedelse {\??ft \normal... \XML:ele:/table ...nown}] {\XMLpop {caption}} \ix \bTABLE \XMLpop {content} ... l.437 </table> When switching to scroll mode, the tables come out ok, but I'm unable to use \defineXMLenvironmentsave [textref] [name=] {} {\in{\XMLflush{textref}}[\XMLop{name}]} to refer to them ... Any input would be highly appreciated. On a side note: how do I, in a document with general '\setupinterlinespace[line=2\bodyfontsize]' switch to 'small' interlinespace for floatcaptions (and footnotes)? Tried '\setupcaptions[style={small \setupinterlinespace[small]},width=\textwidth]', but that doesn't work ... Thanks, Joh

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Re: [NTG-context] metapost background
by Johan Sandblom 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

How does one use the old texexec in the standalone windows version? I tried with texmfstart texexec.pl and that looks like the old texexec output but the resulting pdf is equally defective. Regards, Johan 2006/4/9, Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com>: > Johan Sandblom wrote: > > Is there a workaround I can use? I need it for a presentation this > > week. I can't use live since I have my own fonts. > > Either start your document with \runMPgraphicsfalse, > or use old texexec. Both solutions work OK here. > > Taco > -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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Variable Caption Locations
by tbrowder 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

I need to have captions ABOVE tables but below all other float types. The default is below, and I know I can do something like { setupcaptions[location=top] \placetable... } for each table. But is there a more elegant way to do it globally? Could ConTeXt have a separate global setup for each type of float caption? Thanks. Tom Browder Niceville, Florida

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How to use Helvetica font only for the headings?
by R S Ananda Murthy 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Hello, I want to use sans serif font like Helvetica only for the headings like chapter title, section headings etc. I want the body text in Times Roman font. How to do this in ConTeXt? Thanks for your help, Anand

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\bTABLE[split=repeat] and doubling of horizontal lines
by Johan Sandblom 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

The snippet below makes a table with horizontal gaps between cells that shows up as doubling of lines (and gaps in the vertical lines). It only happens if fontsize is 6pt or less and split=repeat. I realize the bodyfontsize is rather small but I have a document where I want it. Antykwa Poltawskiego is remarkably readable even at that size. Regards, Johan \setuppapersize[A6][A6] \setupbodyfont[6pt] \starttext \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTR\bTD aa\eTD \bTD aa\eTD \bTD aa\eTD \bTD aa\eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa\eTD \bTD aa\eTD \bTD aa\eTD \bTD aa\eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stoptext -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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itemize
by Renaud AUBIN 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Hi all, Up to now, I used: \startnarrower[left] \startitemize[2,packed,joinedup] \item 4 liaisons pivot (1 degré de liberté en rotation) soit 4 couples cinématiques de classe V, \item 1 liaison pivot glissant (2 degrés de liberté dont 1 en rotation et 1 en translation) soit 1 couple cinématique de classe IV, \item 1 liaison encastrement (pas de degré de liberté). \stopitemize \stopnarrower to obtain: Un petit paragraphe juste pour faire une rapide démonstration de ce que je veux obtenir : - 4 liaisons pivot (1 degré de liberté en rotation) soit 4 couples cinématiques de classe V, - 1 liaison pivot glissant (2 degrés de liberté dont 1 en rotation et 1 en translation) soit 1 couple cinématique de classe IV, - 1 liaison encastrement (pas de degré de liberté). and I would obtain: Un petit paragraphe juste pour faire une rapide démonstration de ce que je veux obtenir : - 4 liaisons pivot (1 degré de liberté en rotation) soit 4 couples cinématiques de classe V, - 1 liaison pivot glissant (2 degrés de liberté dont 1 en rotation et 1 en translation) soit 1 couple cinématique de classe IV, - 1 liaison encastrement (pas de degré de liberté). How to do that

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about the default bullets of itemized lists
by Dalyoung Jeong 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Dear all, It is not a big problem, but I don't know why this curious thing happened. A few days ago, I updated ConTeXt and made a format file for XeConTeXt. I run a file which was compiled well before and got a strange results: at this time. all the bullets of the itemized lists are gone(no bullets). After I changed the first \startitemize to \startitemize[1] only, then all the itemized lists in the whole text had a bullet again. If I changed [1] to [2] and [3], it disappeared again(including bullets for \head). Is this normal? or are there something wrong in my setup or in my document? Thank you for reading. Dalyoung

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version dates confuse me after upgrade
by Sanjoy Mahajan 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

I just upgraded following the instructions on the wiki, and wanted to check that it went well and that the newer ones were being found -- always a nightmare subject in *TeX* with paths configurable by a combination of environment variables, config files, and config files chosen by other env variables. So: $ texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2006.03.25 13:21 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.3.28 mes: english Here is the version line in the output of 'texexec somerandomfile.tex': ConTeXt ver: 2006.03.25 13:21 fmt: 2006.4.6 int: english mes: english The context version date match what texexec --version produces (though texexec doesn't give the fmt date). But what does the early cont-en version date (2005.01.31) mean? -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' - Bertrand de Jouvenal

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Installation problem
by Pavel Stupin 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Dear ConTeXt developers and users, Please excuse me for bothering you with such a trivial question, but I still would really appreciate your help. I've downloaded the current ConTeXt version and generated the format files. Now, when I try to invoke texexec to process a test file ("\starttext Test \stoptext") the script complains the following way: *********************** This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10a-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.4) (format=cont-en 2006.4.8) 8 APR 2006 10:50 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) **&cont-en test.tex (./test.tex{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2006.03.25 13:21 fmt: 2006.4.8 int: english mes: english systems : pdfTeX version 110 -> please update systems : eTeX version 201 -> too old (bugs) language : language en is active ... bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> ... l.1 \starttext ? ! Font \*7ptrmtf*=ec-lmr7 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> ... ************************************ Could you please advise me what I'm supposed to do to have the metric files found and whether I must update my obsolete pdfTeX and eTeX to handle the problem. Also, I'm interested if Russian language is supported by ConTeXt "out of the box" or not. Thank you in advance! Kind regards, Pavel Stupin.

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