May 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

XeTeX/linux and mpgraphics
by Taco Hoekwater 16 May '06

16 May '06

Hi, With the latest ConTeXt (05.14) and XeTeX (0.992), I can successfully run this file (xetexmp.tex): \setupcolors[state=start] \runMPgraphicstrue \starttext \startMPcode for i = 1 upto 100: j := 200-(2*i); fill fullcircle scaled (j*pt) withcolor (0.5+i/200)*green; endfor \stopMPcode \stoptext using this command: texexec --xtx --nobackend xetexmp Greetings, Taco

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narrower
by frantisek holop 16 May '06

16 May '06

hi there, i am trying to make a document in the form of a movie script ACTOR hi there ACTRESS and hi over there i thought this would work nicely: \startnarrower \midaligned{\sc actor} hi there \stopnarrower but the default narrowness is not good for me. but setupnarrower doesn't seem to work for me. here's a minimal example: \setupnarrower [left=3cm, right=3cm] \starttext not narrower \startnarrower this is narrower \stopnarrower \stoptext also, i put the actor line inside the narrower to get rid of the whitespace between \midaligned and \startnarrower, is there a better way? -f -- today is a fine day for firm decisions. or is it?

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Re: [NTG-context] No header line on chapter page + potential columnset problem?
by Ehrt, Michael 16 May '06

16 May '06

> Ehrt, Michael wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I'm having problems with removing the header background > > from a chapter start page. > > > you should do it without using backgrounds, like this: > > \setupheader[text][after=\hrule] > > Now > > \setupheader[state=empty] > > will make the line disappear, without shifting everything. > > Cheers, Taco Great, thanks. Works like magic, with a little adapting even for footers ;-) Do you know if the column text overrunning the footer when using state=high is a general problem or "just me"? If it's just me I'll probably try installing a plain context distribution without miktex on a separate machine... Cheers Michael

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No header line on chapter page + potential columnset problem?
by Ehrt, Michael 16 May '06

16 May '06

Hi there, I'm having problems with removing the header background from a chapter start page. I'm using \setupbackgrounds[header][text][bottomframe=on] \setupheadertexts[part][chapter] for a header line and part/chapter texts, and \setupheader[state=empty] to remove the header texts on the first chapter page. But this doesn't remove the header line. And if I'm using \setupheader[state=high] the line goes away, but A) the position of the chapter title moves which I don't like and B) the columnset I'm using runs into the footer on all subsequent pages that do have the header. It seems as if the columnset uses the increased textheight from the first page on all subsequent pages. This is also the case if I use \startcolumns \stopcolumns. Without columns the text doesn't run into the footer. If anyone is interested to look into this, I've got a 25 line minimal example. I'm using Miktex 2.4.1461 on Windows XP SP2 and have updated the context package this morning to ver: 2006.04.24 23:37 fmt: 2006.5.16, but since I'm not a wizard in diagnostics it may still be a problem with my installation. But I would really prefer to be able to remove the header background on the first chapter page anyhow. I don't like to use the state=high option because I'd like the chapter title to stay where it is... Cheers Michael

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Bibliography and whitespace
by nico 16 May '06

16 May '06

Hello, When I use \placebublications the white space I've set is no more taken into account. Besides, in the example below the space between the heading (Biblio) and the publication is also too small. Regards, BG \usemodule[bib] \setupwhitespace[big] \setuppublications[criterium=all] \startpublication[k=TDG,t=book] \title{The Definitive Guide} \author[]{Norman}[]{Norman}{Walsh} \author[]{Leonard}[]{Leonard}{Muellner} \isbn{156592-{}580-{}7} \pubname{O'Reilly} \stoppublication \starttext \section{Biblio} \placepublications \section{Para} this is a paragraph. this is a paragraph. this is a paragraph. this is a paragraph. this is a paragraph. \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] some patches
by Dalyoung Jeong 16 May '06

16 May '06

Dear Hans, Thank you for your answer. Since it worked perfectly before, I created XeTeX-ConTeXt format using texexec --make --xtx en for a test and run "texexec --xtx file.tex". It run OK and I got a pdf output. I think that it is not only the font problem unless texmfstart uses fonts differently. So my wonder is what cause the difference between texmfstart texexec --xetex file.tex and texexec --xtx file.tex.(no output with errors and good output). I am sorry to list this which is the problem for me only. Since my TeX-knowledge is very short, I couldn't do anyting but testing. I'll upgrade to the latest version soon and see how it runs, although I am afraid of upgrading the current ConTeXt(05-11) to the latest one. Thank you again. Best regards, Dalyoung

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some patches
by Hans Hagen 16 May '06

16 May '06

Hi, I played a bit with texmfstart on the (so so slooooow Q3) mac and i think that i managed to get texmfstart working with less problems. I now also ship a texmfstart with all the used (context/ruby/base) libraries merged in (new undocumented feature) so that there is no longer a need to set the ruby lib path and/or move base files. The new version is uploaded. A next step is to get the stubs done in the right way (just texmfstart scriptname args) (btw, is there a clever way to avoid this sudo stuff and become real root?) 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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how to create texmfstart.exe?
by Christian Schenk 16 May '06

16 May '06

I would like to include texmfstart.exe in the MiKTeX distribution, but I don't know how to build texmfstart.exe. Is there a simple recipe (Makefile) I can start with?

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ConTeXt utf support on apple mac
by Alex Mikhalev 16 May '06

16 May '06

Hello all, I am struggling to get a utf support for Context on mac working with cyrrilic (Russian). I am using this example: \enableregime[utf] \useencoding[cyr] \definetypeface [russian] [rm] [serif] [computer-modern] [default] [encoding=t2a] \setupbodyfont[russian] \starttext Мама и Папа % Some Russian characters \stoptext taken from http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Russian And it produces pdf with words: 1 Mama i Papa I was following hints from wiki above - aft2tfm conversion for cm-super but with no luck. I understand there is an option to encode into 8bit format somewhere, but I wasn't able to find it. I am using tetex & contex installation from http://ii2.sourceforge.net/tex-index.html. context output: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : 2 output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./2.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.27 15:59 fmt: 2006.5.8 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- >13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : 2.top loaded (./2.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) systems : system commands are disabled (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) (./2.tuo) systems : begin file 2 at line 8 fonts : resetting map file list fonts : using map file: original-base fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm fonts : using map file: ec-base fonts : using map file: 8r-base fonts : using map file: t5-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler fonts : using map file: original-public-lm fonts : using map file: subset-cmsuper-t2a fonts : using map file: cm-super-t2a [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-e mpty .map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original- base .map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-public -lm. map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base.ma p}{/ usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/8r-base.map}{/us r/lo cal/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/t5-base.map}{/usr/loca l/te TeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map}{/usr/ loca l/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map}{ /usr /local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm. map} Warning: pdfetex (file subset-cmsuper-t2a.map): cannot open font map file {/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvips/cm-super/cm-super-t2a.m ap}] systems : end file 2 at line 10 system : cont-err loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-err.tex > User file 'cont-sys.tex' not found, 'cont-sys.rme' has been used instead. < ) ){/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc}</usr/loc al /teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr10.pfb> Output written on 2.pdf (1 page, 24123 bytes). Transcript written on 2.log. return code : 0 run time : 2 seconds sorting and checking : running texutil TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 action : processing commands, lists and registers option : sorting IJ under Y option : converting high ASCII values input file : 2.tui output file : 2.tuo passed commands : 20 remapped keys : 0 register entries : 0 -> 0 entries 0 references synonym entries : 0 -> 0 entries embedded files : 1 total run time : 3 seconds File /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvips/cm-super/cm-super-t2a.ma p exists and can be open and processed. latex example: \documentclass[12pt,oneside]{book} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T2A]{fontenc} \usepackage[unicode]{hyperref} \usepackage{makeidx} \usepackage{xspace} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{verbatim} \usepackage[UKenglish]{babel} \usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \parskip0.5\baselineskip \begin{document} тестируем юникод \end{document} produce expected results, so I do not think that cm-super fonts installed incorrectly. I reinstalled cm-super package from ctan by hands but it didn't change anything. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Alex

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Ruby and Context
by John R. Culleton 15 May '06

15 May '06

Until a few minutes ago my Linux Slackware system dd not have a Ruby interpreter. Yet Context runs fine. I seem to remember something about some components of Context existing as Ruby scripts. Am I dreaming or are there such beasties? -- 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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