May 2006 - ntg-context - Mailing Lists

mac troubles
by Hans Hagen 11 May '06

11 May '06

Hi, I uploaded a slightly patched distribution: = only fast kpse in minimals, unless forced = . path fallback for strange fmt paths 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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[Fwd: [dev-context] [Fwd: Supelec-Foundry Project Approved]]
by Hans Hagen 11 May '06

11 May '06

Hi Manual Translators, There is now a new project at Fabrice's server, see attachment. Those involved in (possible) transations can register. We need to cook up some rules for structuring the related svn repository. 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] \setuppapersize and \startMPpage
by Johan Sandblom 11 May '06

11 May '06

2006/5/11, Aditya Mahajan <adityam(a)umich.edu>: > On Wed, 10 May 2006, Johan Sandblom wrote: > > > Thank you, this almost works, but the title graphic (of thesis size) > > is not centered on the A4 paper, but in the lower right corner. How > > can I make it go to the right place? > > > > \definepapersize[thesis][width=169mm, height=239mm] > > \setuppapersize[thesis][A4] > > \starttext > > \startMPgraphic > > % Some metafun > > \stopMPgraphic > > \loadcurrentMPgraphic{possibly something should go here?} > > \placeMPgraphic > > % Some text > > \stoptext > > > Untested, but how about > > \loadcurrentMPgraphic %{width=\textwidth} > %Try with and without textwidth > \placefigure > [here] > {none} > {\placeMPgraphic} > Yes, I tried that; with no arguments to \loadcurrentMPgraphic the thesis page is placed on the bottom of the A4 and not quite in the middle (?). with width=\textwidth or \makeupwidth the result is the same. > > Aditya > > PS: In future, also copy to the list, others may have better idea on > how to do this. > Yes, I had intended to, and thought I did, but apparently I am more trigger happy than I allow for ... Thank you for your help, Johan > > > > > > > > > Regards, Johan > > > > 2006/5/9, Aditya Mahajan <adityam(a)umich.edu>: > >> On Tue, 9 May 2006, Johan Sandblom wrote: > >> > >> > Dear expertise, > >> > > >> > I have the following: > >> > > >> > \definepapersize[thesis][width=169mm, height=239mm] > >> > \setuppapersize[thesis][A4] > >> > \setuplayout > >> > [location=middle, marking=on] > >> > \setuppagenumbering > >> > [alternative=doublesided, location=marginedge, state=stop] > >> > > >> > \starttext > >> > > >> > % Title page > >> > \startMPpage > >> > % Some metafun > >> > \stopMPpage > >> > > >> > % Some text > >> > \stoptext > >> > > >> > The resulting pdf has a smaller first page (thesis size) while the > >> > rest are A4 with the thesis pages place centrally. I would like to see > >> > the title page placed on an A4 sheet as well. What am I doing wrong? > >> > >> MPpage creates a page with dimensions equal to the bounding box of the > >> graphic. If you want to center a MP figure on your title page, use > >> \startMPgraphic > >> > >> Aditya > >> > >> -- > >> Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan > >> http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008 > >> > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan > http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008 > -- 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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How to preserve a TeX token list across passes (the ConTeXt way)?
by Jyrki Ruuskanen 11 May '06

11 May '06

I made a plain TeX module for simple abbreviation and bibliography handling. The problem is it currently uses a temporary file to keep track of used bibs / abbreviations. Essentially it writes \addToList [\usedAbbreviations]{<abbr>} and \addToList[\usedReferences]{<cite>} commands to it, and this file is input on the second pass. After finding out that ConTeXt *really is* well thought of and robust I changed the functionality to use TeXutil with \writeutilitycommand. Everything seems to work, the commands appear in .tui/.tuo files and are executed, but the token lists are empty when execution reaches the document. I couldn't figure out how to fix it as I don't yet know enough about the anatomy of a ConTeXt run and the system. Jyrki Ruuskanen

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components and figure search paths
by Sanjoy Mahajan 10 May '06

10 May '06

Using components (e.g. book chapters), with each component in its own directory, say I have \startproduct onebook \project manybooks \component 1/chap \component 2/chap \stopproduct with this 1/chap.tex: \startcomponent 1/chap \product onebook \project manybooks \title{One} An essential chapter. \useexternalfigure[ff][abc.1] \placefigure[here][ff]{Some caption}{\externalfigure[ff]} \stopcomponent I'd like to keep the figures and source for a chapter together, e.g. abc.mp and abc.1 in 1/chap/ since each chapter has many figures, and I edit and test one chapter at a time. That arrangement works fine if I build the component: cd 1 && texexec chap.tex but not if I build the product: texexec book.tex (it doesn't find abc.1 since it's not in the same dir as book.tex) The details.pdf manual says that figures are searched for in the local path (current directory) and the global one, with the global one set by the directory keyword: \setupexternalfigures[directory={c:/fig/eps,c:/fig/pdf}] Is there a way to specify "current directory relative to this component", or a way to add that setting to the default 'local' path (even before '.')? I could add it manually in the preamble of the 1/chap.tex but it would mean hardwiring the pathname into it, which seems hacky. E.g. it fails if I export the whole source tree to /tmp/tmp.2773ab/ to test rebuilding all the pdf's from scratch. -Sanjoy

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Bib bug in using months
by Aditya Mahajan 10 May '06

10 May '06

Hi Taco, In my bib file, I have month enteries like month=jan, month=feb, and so on. While I was learning latex, I read somewhere that this is better than writing explicit names for the month as the bst file can then choose whether to use long names or short names. It is also possible to choose the month names according to the language of the main document. I followed that advice and now I have HUGE bib file with such enteries. However, the bib module does not support this naming scheme. I get \month{1} \month{2} etc in my bbl file. Can this be corrected? This is not urgent at all, as I can correct everything in my editor, changing \month{1} to \month{Jan.} or \month{January} depending on what citation style I want. It will be nice if the context bst style did this by default. Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Wiki verbatim updated
by nico 10 May '06

10 May '06

Hello, I should have written this a long time ago when Hans improved drastically this feature. For those who may be interested in: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text#Line_numbering Regards, BG

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treat framed and externalfigure as characters
by Peter Münster 10 May '06

10 May '06

Hello Taco and Hans, in http://context.literatesolutions.com/collector/89 you write "Both Hans and me have documents that depend on \framed staying in vertical mode." Could you give me an example please? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Problem with a french document
by Renaud AUBIN 10 May '06

10 May '06

Hi all, I use a "complex" structure for my document (project, product, environment and components). The project is allmost empty except for the environment and the product declarations. The environment contains all my \usemodule, \setupstuff and fonts settings (I use texnansi because I can't have correct horizontal spaces in MetaUML with the EC encoding... and don't want bitmap fonts :) ). The product obviously contains the project declaration, the \start-\stoptext and my components. My question is: What's the best place to put french settings ? For the moment, I have: \useregime[il9] \enableencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] in my product but I have some VERY STRANGE problems with accentuated characters (I have tried before and after \startproduct...): 1.I have a custom title page defined in a t-title.tex module -> a ô results in 'ô while è and é are right (maybe a problem with texnansi but I don't think so) 2. \setupheadertexts[][{\sl \getmarking[chapter]}] \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals] \setuppagenumber[number=1] \chapter{Table des matières} \placecontent[alternative=c,criterium=all,interaction=all,partnumber=no] \stopfrontmatter results in: Tables des Mati'ères in the header, the toc element and the chapter title... while other toc elements is ok (with accentuated characters) 3. same problems with \chapter within backmatter start/stop pair... I must precise that I have the following error: TeXUtil | fatal error in plugin processor MySynonyms (wrong argument type nil (expected Regexp)) I'm going nuts... :-! Cheers, Renaud

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List of Formulas
by nico 10 May '06

10 May '06

Hello, Is it possible to display a list of the numbered formulas (done with \placeformula)? I tried \placelist[formula] without success. Regards, BG

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