May 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Table nesting
by nico 15 May '06

15 May '06

Hello, I try to nest some tables, but the following case crashes, telling about some tex capacity exceeded. But i don't really believe in some capacity problem since it works fine when removing the enclosing of \bTABLEbody \eTABLEbody. BTW, is there some method/option to change the space size between the cell rules and the cell content? Regards, BG \starttext \startbuffer[2] \bTABLE[align=lohi,width=.5\hsize] \bTR\bTD c \eTD\bTD d\eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD c \eTD\bTD d\eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stopbuffer \startbuffer \bTABLE[align=lohi,width=.5\hsize] \bTR\bTD \getbuffer[2] \eTD\bTD d\eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stopbuffer \bTABLE[frame=on,split=repeat,width=.3\textwidth] \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD a foo \eTD \bTD a bar \eTD \bTD a baz \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD b foo \eTD \bTD \getbuffer \eTD \bTD b baz \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD c foo \eTD \bTD c bar \eTD \bTD c baz \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Bib-module: crossreferences
by Sanjoy Mahajan 15 May '06

15 May '06

>From Taco (Fri Oct 7 16:18:28 CEST 2005): >> Are crossreferences supposed to work in the new bib module? According to the > No, this doesn't work, but I believe there is a workaround by putting > \setbox\scratchbox={\hbox{\placepublications}} > just before the normal \placepublications or \completepublications. I had to do use a \vbox to get it to compile. With \hbox I get: ! A <box> was supposed to be here. <to be read again> { l.9 \setbox\scratchbox={ \hbox{\placepublications}} ? (./bibdemo.tuo ! You can't use `\prevdepth' in restricted horizontal mode. \nointerlineskip ->\prevdepth -\thousandpoint \dosomelistelement ...}}\endgraf \nointerlineskip \endgraf \allowbreak \list... \dodolistelement ...ement {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue l.15 ...om-note-crossref}}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0::1}{1} ? So I ended up with the code below. Although it compiles, no bibliography is produced (there's only a page 1 which has the text). What silliness did I do?! \usemodule[bib] \usemodule[bibltx] \setupbibtex[database=xampl] \starttext Tricky: \cite[random-note-crossref] \newbox\scratchbox \setbox\scratchbox=\vbox{\placepublications} \completepublications \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] some patches
by Dalyoung 15 May '06

15 May '06

Dear Hans, Thank you for your work to make everything works fine, and I am sorry to ask you so many things. I made texmfstart working and created the format files using the commands texmfstart texexec --make en texmfstart texexec --make --xetex en It runs OK. I tested some files using "texmfstart texexec --pdf(or --xetex) "file.tex" and following results. 1. It runs OK for standard text using ConTeXt. 2. There are some warnings and errors for xetex files using XeConTeXt and there is no pdf output. (/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. < ) ) WARNING: Type1 font data returned by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in the correct format required by the Adobe Type 1 Font Format specification. WARNING: Type1 font data returned by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in the correct format required by the Adobe Type 1 Font Format specification. Output written on test.pdf (1 page). Transcript written on test.log. TeXUtil | parsing file test.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 0 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 1 TeXUtil | commands: 23 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved test.dvi -> test.pdf ** ERROR ** Could not open specified DVI file: test.dvi Output file removed. TeXExec | runtime: 12.030969 The only thing I did to make texmfstart working is to enable the line containg "../texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby" in texmfstart.rb. since I installed teTeX via i-installer. Is there anything that I should do? Is the latest version cure for this problem too? Thank you again. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Repeating tabulate head/tail on every page
by Tobias Burnus 15 May '06

15 May '06

Hello, I have a long tabulate which spans several pages. I use: \starttabulatehead \HL \NC Energy \NC Temp. \NC Magn. \NC Wavenumb. \NC Wavelength \NC Freq. \NC Energy \NC Energy \NC\NR \HL \stoptabulatehead \starttabulatetail \HL \stoptabulatetail but this only shows the head/tail of the table at the very beginning and very end of the table. (Every row spans only a single line.) Tobias

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How to preserve a TeX token list across passes (the ConTeXt way)?
by Jyrki Ruuskanen 15 May '06

15 May '06

Ok, the module is read in cont-sys.rme with \usemodule[jtex]. It initializes the lists inside protect / unprotect pair with \newtoks \usedAbbreviations and \newtoks\usedReferences along with macro definitions. Abbreviations are introduced with \setAbbreviation[<key>]{<abbr>} {<meaning>}{<description>} which defines macros \<key> \<key>@meaning and \<key>@description. Each call to \<key> calls \writeutilitycommand {\addToList[\string\usedAbbreviations]{<key>}, so after the first run the .tui file has a number of "c \addToList[\usedAbbreviations] {something}" lines in it. Functionality is similar for the bibliography. The \cite command writes \addToList[\usedReferences]{<cite>} into .tui. So, the .tuo file should populate used* lists and I could typeset the list of used abbreviations in initialization order with \executeListIntersection[\abbreviations][\usedAbbreviations] {\printAbbreviation}. Same for used bib references. But well, lists remain empty. I'll attach the module and the .tui file. And excuse me, I have never ever used a mailing list. How am I supposed to answer to a certain message in the chain? Thanks guys. Jyrki

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Problems with ConTeXt version 2006.05.11
by Otared KAVIAN 15 May '06

15 May '06

Dear all, I installed the latest version of ConTeXt (that is version 2006.05.11) and although some problems have disappeared, some other are still there. Indeed I thank Hans H. and all the wizards working with him for having fixed some of the issues reported previously. For your information, I am using Gerben Wierda's ConTeXt updater, and running MacOS X 10.4.6. I list below three problems I can observe with some of my test files: 1) PostScript fonts declarations are not anymore working. For instance this \starttext \usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[palatino,12pt] Here we are using the font \fontname\font. \blank \input knuth.tex \stoptext is typeset with lmr. The same is true with times. 2) Generating a format with XeTeX, that is creating XeConTeXt, is now possible but still MetaPost code is ignored in the resulting PDF file. For instance this \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startMPcode fill fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor red; fill fullcircle scaled 3cm shifted (2cm,1cm) withcolor transparent(1,0.5,green); \stopMPcode \stoptext works fine in ConTeXt, but gives nothing with XeConTeXt. 3) Even though typesetting a file with ConTeXt from within TeXShop works fine, still there is the warning warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead which means that some day those (like me...) who have not well understood how to switch to texmfstart (and in particular how to make it work...) are going to have big problems with the next releases of ConTeXt... Best regards: OK

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mailing lists
by Hans Hagen 14 May '06

14 May '06

Hoi, We hebben het er niet meer over gehad .. de mailinglijst - afscherming (is nu ok denk ik) - archief (is er wel maar misschien niet wat we willen) - leden van de bestuurslijst Wat betreft het laatste, ik heb er geen bezwaar tegen als er op de bestuurslijst ook mensen staan waarvan we als bestuur vinden dat ze kunnen/mogen meedenken. (bv frans) 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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New release and XeTeX - XeConTeXt
by Otared KAVIAN 14 May '06

14 May '06

Dear all, After upgrading to the latest release (that is TeXExec 5.4.3, and ConTeXt ver: 2006.05.08 12:59 fmt: 2006.5.9 int: english mes: english), when I tried to generate the format with XeTeX (that is to generate XeConTeXt), with the command sudo texexec --make --xtx en I get the folllowing error message: language : patterns de for de loaded (n=3,e=texnansi,m=texnansi) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/lang-de.pat ! Bad \patterns. \unknownchar ->{ \hbox {\vrule \!!width .5em\!!height 1ex\!!depth \zeropoint }} l.114 .ge s6 ? Has anyone encountered this error? Is there a solution? Many thanks for your help: Otared K.

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\startbackmatter requires \chapter to get bibliography?
by Sanjoy Mahajan 14 May '06

14 May '06

I just noticed the following behavior of \startbackmatter: A \placepublications needs a \chapter{...} before it, otherwise no bibliography is generated (i.e. p.2 is empty). Consistent with that behavior, \completepublications works fine without needing a \chapter beforehand. Here's the minimal file: \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=book] \starttext See \cite[van-Dyke:82] \startbackmatter %\chapter{References} \placepublications \stopbackmatter \stoptext With this .bbl file: \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={vD82},totalnumber=1] \startpublication[k=van-Dyke:82,t=book, a={{van Dyke}},y=1982, n=1,s=vD82] \author[]{Milton}[M.]{van}{Dyke} \pubyear{1982} \title{An Album of Fluid Motion} \city{Stanford, Calif.} \pubname{Parabolic Press} \stoppublication

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bibdemo.tex example needs a few defs
by Sanjoy Mahajan 14 May '06

14 May '06

The bibdemo.tex example on the Wiki <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography> fails with complaints about \newcommand being undefined. The problem is that xampl.bib (which here is /usr/share/texmf-tetex/bibtex/bib/base/xampl.bib on this teTeX 3.0 distribution) has this: @preamble{ "\newcommand{\noopsort}[1]{} " # "\newcommand{\printfirst}[2]{#1} " # "\newcommand{\singleletter}[1]{#1} " # "\newcommand{\switchargs}[2]{#2#1} " } So bibtex puts those LaTeX commands at the top of the .bbl file, and ConTeXt doesn't know about \newcommand. A temporary workaround is to define those commands by hand (see below). A better workaround is to define \newcommand. latex.ltx has a long and involved one, but maybe there's a nicer ConTeXt way? Meanwhile, the following example works (context version 2006.04.17 23:14): \usemodule[bib] \def\newcommand#1[#2]#3{} \newcommand{\noopsort}[1]{} \def\noopsort#1{} \def\printfirst#1#2{#1} \def\singleletter#1{#1} \def\switchargs#1#2{#2#1} \setupbibtex[database=xampl] \starttext As \cite[article-full] already indicated, bibtex is a \LaTeX-centric program. \completepublications \stoptext I'll put this version on the wiki, if there's no clean solution (unless I've missed an easy fix to the \newcommand problem). -Sanjoy

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