May 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

brace error after a \placefigure
by Sanjoy Mahajan 14 May '06

14 May '06

I can't figure out what causes the brace error with this test.tex example file: \starttext \placefigure[margin]{A caption}{\externalfigure[]} {test}. \stoptext $ texexec test [...] ! Too many }'s. l.4 {test} . ? H You've closed more groups than you opened. Such booboos are generally harmless, so keep going. If I change {test}. to The {test}. then it compiles fine. $ 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: 2006.04.17 23:14 cont-en : ver: 2006.04.17 23:14 fmt: 2006.5.10 mes: english -Sanjoy

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Custom \unknownreference and \dummyreference; plus custom unknownreference in m-bib
by Tobias Burnus 14 May '06

14 May '06

Hi hans, hi Taco, hello all, I used the following in my thesis (2 years ago) to make sure I won't miss a unresolved reference: --------------------------------------------------- \def\unknownreference{~~~~~\clap{\blackrule[width=1.5ex,height=1.5ex,depth=0.3ex]% \kern-0.3ex$\blacktriangleright$~~~~}% \normalunknownreference} \def\dummyreference{$\blacksquare$} --------------------------------------------------- which produced for unresolvable references: "#>myRef#" or "#>#". This does not work anymore. I only get "#myRef". How should one do it nowadays? * * * In m-bib, actually not \unknownreference (or \dummyreference) but a simple '??' is used (not even bold. It would be great if this could be changed. (search for "{??}" and ' ??\else'.) Tobias

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Re: [NTG-context] about texmfstart
by Dalyoung 14 May '06

14 May '06

Dear Aditya, I did what you told me, set RUBYLIB=..../texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby export $RUBYLIB But there is no change in the output of "texmfstart --verbose texexec". I copied texexec.rb in the home directory, then I got ~ mac$ texmfstart --verbose texexec texmfstart version 1.8.6 expanding 'texexec' to 'texexec.rb' locating 'texexec.rb' in current path '.' registering 'texexec' as '/Users/mac/texexec.rb' 'texexec.rb' located in current path registering 'THREAD' as '/Users/mac' starting texexec using 'system' call: ruby /Users/mac/texexec.rb /Users/mac/texexec.rb:10:in `require': No such file to load -- base/ switch (LoadError) from /Users/mac/texexec.rb:10 According to this message, it locate texexec.rb. However, the commnad texmfstart texexec --make en did nothing but only a message like this. /Users/mac/texexec.rb:10:in `require': No such file to load -- base/ switch (LoadError) from /Users/mac/texexec.rb:10 Would you please tell me what I have to do more? Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Linux: ConTeXt in local texmf-tree and Ruby scripts - HOWTO?
by Johannes Graumann 14 May '06

14 May '06

Hello, I'm on Debian unstable and have the latest context sitting in my home directory's 'texmf'. The new ruby scripts confuse me to no end - I just don't understand how to make it works. Here is what works and what doesn't: 1) 'ruby ~/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb document.tex' works. 2) Made ~/texmf/scripts executable (recursively). 3) I have linked '~/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb' to '~/bin/texmfstart' (~/bin being in my path) and now calling 'texmfstart' gives me this: version : 1.8.6 - 2003/2006 - www.pragma-ade.com usage : texmfstart [switches] filename [optional arguments] switches : --verbose --report --browser --direct --execute --locate --iftouched --program --file --page --arguments --batch --edit --report --clear --make --lmake --wmake --path --stubpath --indirect --before --after --tree --autotree --environment --showenv example : texmfstart pstopdf.rb cow.eps texmfstart --locate examplex.rb texmfstart --execute examplex.rb texmfstart --browser examplap.pdf texmfstart showcase.pdf texmfstart --page=2 --file=showcase.pdf texmfstart --program=yourtex yourscript.rb arg-1 arg-2 texmfstart --direct xsltproc kpse:somefile.xsl somefile.xml texmfstart bin:xsltproc env:somepreset path:somefile.xsl somefile.xml texmfstart --iftouched=normal,lowres downsample.rb normal lowres texmfstart texmfstart bin:scite kpse:texmf.cnf texmfstart --exec bin:scite *.tex texmfstart --edit texmf.cnf texmfstart --serve texmfstart --stubpath=/usr/local/bin [--make --remove] --verbose all texmfstart --stubpath=auto [--make --remove] all Seems to work to a first approximation. 4) I have also added '~/texmf/scripts/context/stubs/unix' to my path to make the stubs residing therein accessible on the command line. 'which texexec' now returns ~/texmf/scripts/context/stubs/unix/texexec Which seems right. Also added to the path '~/texmf/scripts/context/ruby'. 'which texexec.rb' now returns ~/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb However, just calling 'texexec document.tex' does not work - NOTHING happens, new prompt, no errors. Same thing with 'texmfstart texexec.rb document.tex' - which is the command the 'texexec'-stub actually calls. I'm at the end of my knowledge and intuition. Can anybody help circumventing the need for the monster 'ruby ~/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb document.tex'? Thanks, Joh

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about texmfstart
by Dalyoung 12 May '06

12 May '06

Dear listers, Forgive me for my beginner's question again. As in the list(ntg-context Digest, Vol 23, Issue 28), I did the following: cp /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ texmfstart.rb /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ texmfstart chmod 755 /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texmfstart After this, I issued texmfstart texexec --make --xetex en or texmfstart texexec file.tex, but there is no action at all. I also issued the following command and got the output like this. ************************************** input: texmfstart --verbose texexec output: texmfstart version 1.8.6 expanding 'texexec' to 'texexec.rb' locating 'texexec.rb' in current path '.' locating 'texexec.rb' in caller path '/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc- apple-darwin-current' using kpse binary unable to locate base/kpseremote|base/kpsedirect|base/kpsefast on library paths: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.0 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby /usr/lib/ruby/1.8 /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.0 . /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current /usr/local/teTeX/bin/lib /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texmfstart-lib /usr/local/teTeX/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby /usr/local/teTeX/texmf/scripts/context/ruby an option is to point the RUBYLIB variable to <texmf-local or texmf>/scripts/context/ruby or to copy <texmf-local or texmf>/scripts/context/ruby/base/kpse* (including the kpse subpath) to e.g. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/../lib/texmfstart/ or to use a stub instead fatal error unable to locate program *************************** Would you please tell me how to make texstart working? Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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texmfstart
by Hans Hagen 11 May '06

11 May '06

Hi, I added a feature to texmfstart to make itself independent of libraries, which means, no dependency on 'base', so who had problems with that ... i need a volunteer 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] new release (Modified by Gerben Wierda)
by Gerben Wierda 11 May '06

11 May '06

On May 10, 2006, at 19:13, Hans Hagen wrote: > Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: >> Hans, >> >> do I need to re-report that format generation with texmfstart >> newtexexec --make is still broken on OS X (I'll check on my linux box >> later)? I still get these monstrous paths like >> >> TeXExec | tex engine path: .:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/ >> teTeX/share//share/texmf-local/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share// >> share/texmf/web2c//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share//share/texmf-dist/web2c// >> pdfetex >> >> > btw, i cannot test the mac here since the machine is broken (does not > start up and i already wasted half a day on it) It seems like not the real paths are taken but only the main path and texmf-local, texmf-dist and such are hard coded subdirectories. This is one reason why I do not use the standard directories (like texmf-local and texmf-dist, but texmf.local, texmf.gwtex, texmf.tetex), to catch path `hard coding' errors as soon as possible. Another possibility (also a type of hard coding error) is parsing the wrong texmf.cnf file yourself instead of asking for the right paths by using kpsewhich. G

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How to preserve a TeX token list across passes (the ConTeXt way)?
by Jyrki Ruuskanen 11 May '06

11 May '06

Thanks for the cont-sys tip, good to know. Yes, I have used \definesynonyms, but I need abbreviations to have three levels: the abbreviation itself, the meaning of abbreviation and the description of the abbreviation (for example, "WWW" is short for "World Wide Web" and is described as a "Worldwide interconnected mess of multimedia, which took off in early 90's."). ConTeXt synonyms seem to have two. I'm sure there are a million ways of doing this. I decided to implement it from the ground up to learn some plain TeX. But now I need to integrate my macros with ConTeXt to make passing the lists graceful without extra auxiliary files and forced double runs. And as for the reply button, I guess I have to subscribe to get the mails in my mailbox. I'll do that now ;) Jyrki

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texexec --check
by Peter Münster 11 May '06

11 May '06

Hello, "texexec --check" takes about 2 minutes on my system and there are a lot of warnings like: /opt/teTeX/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/kpserunner.rb:68: warning: string pattern instead of regexp; metacharacters no longer effective /opt/teTeX/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/kpsefast.rb:322: warning: string pattern instead of regexp; metacharacters no longer effective /opt/teTeX/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/base/kpsefast.rb:457: warning: string pattern instead of regexp; metacharacters no longer effective and so on. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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[Ann-context] ConTeXt 2006.05.11 released
by Taco Hoekwater 11 May '06

11 May '06

Hello all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip The current release has version 2006.05.11 A very short list of changes is given below. As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Most important new features (since April 24): * Integrated support for XeTeX on Linux * The Ruby scripts are now preferred over the perl ones * The included pattern files now use UTF-8 encoding * Automatic handling of UTF-8 Byte Order Marks Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater _______________________________________________ Ann-context mailing list Ann-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ann-context

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