April 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

update
by Hans Hagen 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hi, i'll upload a version that - supports some more TABLE width situations (earlier patch) - fixes the background problem (please test) - hopefully fixes the n=0 footnote problems - fixes a seldom occuring secction head problem (years old) for practical purposes this is a current and not a beta (i need to generate minimals for a project tomorrow) 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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textbackground exceeds its scope
by Aditya Mahajan 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hi, I have encountered a really strange bug in textbackground. Occasionally, textbackground colors the whole page instead of just the text between \starttextbackground and \stoptextbackground. This happens only when I am using module mag-01 and have \setuptyping[style=\ttx\setupinterlinespace] set. Attached is the minimal example that I could make. Tested with beta ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.18 22:36 fmt: 2006.4.23 int: english mes: english For this test, ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.10 20:04 fmt: 2006.4.23 does not give any problem, but similar problem occurs at some other place. If it is important, I can try to make a minimal file to reproduce the problem with latest stable release. Thanks, Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Latest build of Context and the Polish-fonts
by Willi Egger 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Hi, tonight I installed the todays built of Context in a minimal tree. - No problem so far! Bases on the recent discussions concerning a glyph I fetched the latest font-zips from the polish site. After installing everything it appeared, that a wrong set of mapfiles for iwona is loaded. I found that the correct version of the typescript is in the type-map.tex already. So what needs to be done is to switch from the set map-files like "iwona-rm.map" to "rm-iwona.map". Further I believe that there might still be a bug in the encoding (?) for the heavy variants: If I compile the attached file, I find that "sin^2" is regular instead of heavy. - (Heavy for the text is not setup, so it comes out as roman-regular fall back i.e. latin-modern.) Thanks Taco for this test utility! Willi % Test file for Iwona Math by Taco Hoekwater \setupoutput[pdftex] \loadmapfile[iwona-texnansi.map] \loadmapfile[sy-iwona.map] \loadmapfile[rm-iwona.map] \loadmapfile[mi-iwona.map] \loadmapfile[ex-iwona.map] \starttypescript [math] [iwona-light] [default] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-Light] [rm-iwonal] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-LightItalic] [mi-iwonali] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Symbols-Light] [sy-iwonali] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Extension-Light] [ex-iwonal] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [math] [iwona] [default] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular] [rm-iwonar] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-RegularItalic] [mi-iwonari] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Symbols-Regular] [sy-iwonari] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Extension-Regular] [ex-iwonar] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [math] [iwona-medium] [default] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-Medium] [rm-iwonam] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-MediumItalic] [mi-iwonami] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Symbols-Medium] [sy-iwonami] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Extension-Medium] [ex-iwonam] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [math] [iwona-heavy] [default] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-Heavy] [rm-iwonah] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-HeavyItalic] [mi-iwonahi] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Symbols-Heavy] [sy-iwonahi] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Extension-Heavy] [ex-iwonah] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [math] [iwona-heavy] [name] \definefontsynonym [MathRoman] [Iwona-Math-Letters-Heavy] \definefontsynonym [MathItalic] [Iwona-Math-Letters-HeavyItalic] \definefontsynonym [MathSymbol] [Iwona-Math-Symbols-Heavy] \definefontsynonym [MathExtension] [Iwona-Math-Extension-Heavy] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [iwona,iwona-light,iwona-heavy,iwona-medium] [texnansi,ec,8r,uc] \definetypeface[\typescriptone][rm][serif][modern] [default][encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface[\typescriptone][ss][sans] [\typescriptone] [default][encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface[\typescriptone][tt][mono] [modern] [default][encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface[\typescriptone][mm][math] [\typescriptone] [default][encoding=\typescripttwo] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[iwona][texnansi] \usetypescript[iwona-light][texnansi] \usetypescript[iwona-medium][texnansi] \usetypescript[iwona-heavy][texnansi] \def\test#1% {\switchtobodyfont[#1,ss]\noindent \ss #1 $$\int_{0}^{\infty} \sin^2 x {\rm d}x = \sqrt{1/\alpha \cup\beta}$$\blank\input ward} \setupbodyfont[iwona,ss,12pt] \starttext This is iwona, \fontname\font \blank \test{iwona-light} \blank \test{iwona} \blank \test{iwona-medium} \blank \test{iwona-heavy} \stoptext

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Bijeenkomst 12/13 mei a.s: presentatie Mojca Miklavec
by Willi Egger 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

We hebben Mojca Miklavec bereid gevonden, mee te doen aan ons bijeenkomst in Den Helder / TeXel. Zij zal daar een presentatie geven over GNU-plot en de integratie hiervan met TeX. Dit is een project, dat door haar getrokken wordt. Ik heb haar gevraagd, wat de reiskosten zijn. Het vliegticket hiernaartoe en de terugreis met de trein naar Ljubliana is 100 + 80 Euro. Ik stel voor, dat we haar die kosten vergoeden. Willi

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eurotex
by Hans Hagen 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Hi, For those who consider going to eurotex (hungary) ... early bird registration (cheaper) is possible till the end of this month 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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Re: [NTG-context] linenotes/footnotes
by Thomas A. Schmitz 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Hans Hagen wrote: > it actually is (and has been present for a while) > > n=0 should do that but a few days ago i found out that it got > broken when i implemented multiple notes, i'll send you the latest > core-not file > > Hans > How could I ever doubt it? :-) But the patch isn't quite working, now notes are typeset on top of each other. Thanks Thomas

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paragraphs indented from line 2 on
by Karsten Heymann 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Hello, what's the context'ish way of creating a start-stop environment in which each paragraph is indented from the 2nd line on? As in % \startIndented As with all computer languages, ConTeXt is much easier to use when one has good documentation. The official ConTeXt manual is a good place to start; this section provides a complement to it, with alternate explanations and examples for a number of key subjects, updates describing more recent additions to ConTeXt, and detailed solutions to some tricky problems. \stopIndented % becomes % As with all computer languages, ConTeXt is much easier to use when one has good documentation. The official ConTeXt manual is a good place to start; this section provides a complement to it, with alternate explanations and examples for a number of key subjects, updates describing more recent additions to ConTeXt, and detailed solutions to some tricky problems. % 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 ----- |

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TABLE: 'distance' override?
by Johannes Graumann 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

Hello, In my quest for tables similar to what the 'booktabs' package in LaTeX produces, I have run into a problem: something like '\bTABLE[distance=7.5pt]' will give me the sought for gaps in horizontal lines, but I have trouble implementing an uninterrupted topframe for the first and bottomframe for the last row. Is there any way of overriding the 'distance' parameter locally, so that for example the topframe of the first (header) row is uninterrupted, while the bottomframe comes with the 'distance' dictated gaps? For clarification see the attached file. While the gaps are desired for 'bottomframe' of the header row(s), the 'topframe' should be continuous. It would be even more marvelous if I could modify bottomframe- and topframe-rule thickness independently ... A recent proposal on this list to achieve the desired effect involved putting the whole table into a frame and displaying it's top- and bottomframe. However, that doesn't work for tables to be split over multiple pages and I'm hunting for the most generic of all mechanisms ... Thanks for any thoughts on this, Joh

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Putting things over a figure
by nico 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

Hello, I need a mechanism with which I can put several things (text, image) at a precise position over a figure. The position is expressed in percentage (x,y) of the figure dimensions. The lower-left corner is (0,0). I did the following that works for my own needs, but maybe a higher level interface (layer?) could do the same. Any comment or improvement is welcome. \newdimen\overfigwd \newdimen\overfight % Put the figure and define the x/y percentage factor for the calspairs. \def\startoverfig {\dodoubleempty\dostartoverfig} \def\dostartoverfig[#1][#2]% {\bgroup \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{\externalfigure[#1][#2]}% \overfigwd=\wd\scratchbox \overfight=\ht\scratchbox \setuppositioning[unit=pt, xfactor=\withoutpt\the\dimexpr(\overfigwd/100), yfactor=\withoutpt\the\dimexpr(\overfight/100)]% \startpositioning \position(0,0){\box\scratchbox}} \def\stopoverfig {\stoppositioning\egroup} % Put (centered) at the position (x%,y%) on the figure. % The lower-left corner is (0,0) \def\calspair(#1,#2)#3% {\setbox0\hbox{#3}% \position[xoffset=\dimexpr(-\wd0/2), yoffset=\dimexpr(-\ht0/2)](#1,{\numexpr(100-#2)}){#3}} %% \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startoverfig[duck-small] \calspair(0,0){A} \calspair(100,100){B} \stopoverfig \startoverfig[duck-small][width=4cm,frame=on] \calspair(0,0){A} \calspair(100,100){B} \calspair(50,50){\framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=green]{Hello}} \stopoverfig \startoverfig[unknown] \calspair(30,0){A} \calspair(100,100){B} \stopoverfig \stoptext Regards, BG

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2c considerations about win installer
by andrea valle 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

Dear all, I'm using conTeXt to create automatic documentation about sound classification. The idea is that starting from an html file collecting infos about sounds my program can generate some schematic images using R and POV-Ray and to create a conTeXt file including both images and textual information. Now, I'd like to share this work with my students. I'm on macosx, they're typically on win. My program is in python so it's cross-platform, so no problem. Obviously they can annotate sounds, generate images and include them manually in a MS word file. But I'd prefer that they compile the conTeXt file. On two win machines I tried to install conTeXt using the complete package (shipped with Scite: nice). I had always (different) troubles (on each machine) with environment variable (e.g. for Perl): actually I'm not able to run conTeXt. Hacking a bit, eventually asking the list, I think I will solve the problem. But I don't think that my students can do, as I suspect that they probably not even know what is PATH. And I cannot help them on each installation. So, more generally, I was asking myself if it would not be possible (and better) to have an .exe installer as usual happens in win, including Perl, maybe Ruby (+ or- 20 Mb doesn't change too much). Double click, and it set ups all the installation parameters. A completely autonomous installer would allow many people to try, use and get fond conTeXt (and maybe to leave Word) without having to struggle with problems which typically lead people to leave out. It seems to me that a similar installer would be a refinement in the spirit of the actual mswincontext distro. At the end, it's not that far form Gerben's distro on macosx. It does everything for me... Or maybe am I missing something? Just my 2 c Best -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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