May 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

06 May '06

Hello, Is there a way to nest some descriptions, where the nested descriptions respect the enclosing indentation? Funnily the wiki speaks about the subject (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Description) but doesn't give any solution (btw, the given solution to have several paragraphs in a description looks obsolete since \start \stop works pretty well). Here is an example that I would like to see working: \definedescription[descr][ headstyle=bold,style=normal,align=left,location=hanging, width=broad,margin=1cm] \setupwhitespace[medium] \starttext \startdescr{Para} This is a shorter item label, and some text that talks about it. The text is wrapped into a paragraph, with successive lines indented. This is another paragraph under the "Para" item. \startdescr{SubPara1} This is a shorter item label, and some text that talks about it. The text is wrapped into a paragraph, with successive lines indented. \stopdescr \startdescr{SubPara2} This is a shorter item label, and some text that talks about it. The text is wrapped into a paragraph, with successive lines indented. \stopdescr \stopdescr \stoptext

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ConTeXt + MetaUML
by Renaud AUBIN 06 May '06

06 May '06

Hi all, Some times ago, I have discovered MetaUML via the MetaPost ML. As a consequence, I have tried to use it with ConTeXt... Here is the result: Considering a VERY simple example: \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{xx} input metauml; Class.A("A")()(); drawObject(A); \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[here][fig:xx]{xx}{\useMPgraphic{xx}} \stoptext The compilation failed with: >> clearboxes ! Isolated expression. <to be read again> ; <scantokens> ...nsidefigure := false ; clearboxes; <to be read again> ; endfig->scantokens.extra_endfig; shipit;endgroup l.125 endfig ; Apparently, MetaUML is based on boxes.mp (temp-mpgraph.mp (/usr/share/texmf-tetex/metapost/metauml/metauml.mp HERE ====> (/usr/share/texmf-tetex/metapost/base/boxes.mp) (/usr/share/texmf-tetex/metapost/metauml/util_infrastructure.mp (/usr/share/texmf-tetex/metapost/metauml/util_log.mp)) .... .... It have already tried to use boxes.mp in ConTeXt in the past, but switched for metaobj because: 1. metaobj is more suitable to my needs 2. boxes.mp causes troubles when used with ConTeXT I'll keep searching a solution but if one of yours has already dealt with this kind of problems and succeeded in using boxes or, best, MetaUML... (I have to precise that I don't want to include a ps or pdf file generated by metapost only. I would embed the code in my document) Cheers, Renaud

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More on split TABLES: Numbering Scheme and other things
by Johannes Graumann 06 May '06

06 May '06

Hello, I'm using the split-TABLE patch below (send - how can it be different - by Hans) along with the also appended table definition (to read out XML code). I have two problems here: 1) as posted earlier, the page just before a split TABLE overflows on the bottom (see http://www.idyll.org:8081/JohSite/context/page-overflow-preceeding-a-split-…) 2) I also wonder whether the table numbering scheme this is producing may be changeable: instead of '1.1a', '1.2b' (currently for two parts of a split TABLE) the more intuitive '1.1a', '1.1b' Can anybody give me a helping hand for fixing this? Thanks, Joh Table definition: \defineXMLnested [table] { \defineXMLsave[floattitle] \defineXMLsave[caption] \defineXMLsave[header] \defineXMLsave[body] \defineXMLsave[footer] } { \splitfloat { \expanded{% \placetable [\XMLpar{table}{location}{here}] [\XMLpar{table}{label}{unknown}] {\select{figurecaption}{\XMLflush{floattitle} {{\bf\XMLflush{floattitle}} \XMLflush{caption}}} %{\XMLflush{caption}} } } { \setupTABLE[row][1][topframe=on] \setupTABLE[row][last][bottomframe=on] \bTABLE[frame=off,split=repeat,splitmethod=b,style={\switchtobodyfont[small]\setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex]}] \bTABLEhead\XMLflush{header}\eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody\XMLflush{body}\eTABLEbody \bTABLEfoot\XMLflush{footer}\eTABLEfoot \eTABLE } } Split TABLE patch: % Fixing multipage table according to Hans Hagen: \unprotect % in core-ntb : we check the flag \def\splittblbox#1% {\ifinsidesplitfloat \donetrue \else\ifinsidefloat \donefalse \else \donetrue \fi\fi \ifdone \executeifdefined{splittblbox\tbltblsplitmethod}\splittblboxa{#1}% \else \notsplittblbox{#1}% \fi} % in page-flt : we add a flag \newif\ifinsidesplitfloat % will become chardef \def\dosplitfloat[#1]#2% nog dubbele refs {\ifinsidecolumns % tzt ook nog figuren splitten % not yet supported \else \bgroup \insidefloattrue \insidesplitfloattrue \getparameters[\??si][#1]% \resetnumber[\??si]% \def\floatcaptionsuffix{\convertednumber[\??si]}% \TABLEcaptionheight\@@silines\lineheight % brrr \simplifypagebreak % \page becomes \goodbreak \dowithnextbox {\forgetall \dontcomplain \doloop {\setbox2\vsplit\nextbox to \lineheight \setbox2\vbox{\unvbox2} \ifdim\ht2>\lineheight \incrementnumber[\??si]% \ifcase\rawnumber[\??si]\or \ifdim\nextboxht=\zeropoint \let\floatcaptionsuffix\empty \fi \fi \bgroup #2{\unvbox2} \egroup \ifdim\nextboxht>\zeropoint \page \decrementnumber[\floatcaptionnumber]% \fi \fi \ifdim\nextboxht>\zeropoint\else \expandafter\exitloop \fi}% \egroup} \vbox \fi} \protect % beware: you need to set the splitmethod to b (boxed split)

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Error message in texexec --make --all
by Stefan Lagotzki 06 May '06

06 May '06

Hi, I'd like to use the stand-alone-version of ConTeXt with Win2k, but it doesn't work: F:\isoimage\usr\local\context\demo>texexec --make --all f:/isoimage/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby/newtexexec.rb:8:in `require': No such file to load -- base/switch (LoadError) from f:/isoimage/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby/newtexexec.rb:8 but f:/isoimage/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby/base/switch exists and contains the required file(s). What's wrong with my installation or batch-file? TIA, Stefan .

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MyWay doesn't agree
by David Arnold 05 May '06

05 May '06

Aditya, This code: \starttext \startformula \startalign[m=2,distance=5em] \NC a_1 x + b_1 y \NC = c_1 \NC d_1 u + e_1 v \NC = f_1 \NR \NC a_2 x + b_2 y \NC = c_2 \NC d_2 u + e_2 v \NC = f_2 \NR \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext Doesn't produce the result advertised in your MyWay. David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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Advance in columnsets/columns?
by Michal Kvasnicka 05 May '06

05 May '06

Good evening. I've been very busy in the last year or so, so I haven't been able to follow up change in the ConTeXt. So I dare to ask: Was there some advance in columnsets and columns in the last year? (I haven't found any mail in the mail archive on this topic.) I typeset our church bulletin in the column layout, so I am especially interested in these matters: 1) If there is some automatic balancing of columnsets, that would allow me to stop the columnset at the middle of the page, balance it automatically (not manually, I know to do it manually, but it's bothering), and start a new columnset on the same page. (I know it's on the edge of TeX possibilities, or beyond perhaps. But Mr. Hagen is a real Wizard---he has already implemented many things that I thought are not possible in the TeX.) 2) Or, what would be satisfactory, if the float-placement mechanism of ordinary columns was improved, so that I would be able to put a float not only "here", or on the "top", but also in the "bottom" in the two columns layout. Many thanks for your kind answer. Your sincerely M.K.

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installation problem
by Karsten Heymann 05 May '06

05 May '06

Hello, my customer has tried to install the current context minimal installation (following my instructions :-/) and is running into the following problem (I currently don't have more information but can ask for): when running texexec --make --alone he gets: ----SNIP---- unable to locate base/kpseremote on library paths: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/i686-linux /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby /usr/lib/ruby/1.6 /usr/lib/ruby/1.6/i686-linux . /home/archiv/tex/texmf-linux/bin /home/archiv/tex/texmf-linux/bin/texmfstart-lib /home/archiv/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby /home/archiv/tex/texmf/scripts/context/ruby an option is to copy <texmf-local or texmf>/scripts/context/ruby/base to e.g. <path of texmfstart script>/texmfstart-lib/base /home/archiv/tex/texmf-linux/bin/texmfstart:167:in `check_kpse': uninitialized constant KpseRemote (NameError) from /home/archiv/tex/texmf-linux/bin/texmfstart:552:in `find' from /home/archiv/tex/texmf-linux/bin/texmfstart:1027:in `execute' from /home/archiv/tex/texmf-linux/bin/texmfstart:1022:in `process' from /home/archiv/tex/texmf-linux/bin/texmfstart:1022:in `execute' from /home/archiv/tex/texmf-linux/bin/texmfstart:1044 ----SNAP--- :~> set | grep tex OLDPWD=/home/archiv/tex PATH=/home/archiv/tex/texmf-linux/bin:/home/archiv/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/b in:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome2/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/b in:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:. SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:emacs:hashall:histexpand:history:interactive-comments: monitor TEXMFCNF='$TEXROOT/texmf{-local,}/web2c' TEXMFEXTRA=/home/archiv/tex/texmf-extra TEXMFFONTS=/home/archiv/tex/texmf-fonts TEXMFLOCAL=/home/archiv/tex/texmf-local TEXMFMAIN=/home/archiv/tex/texmf TEXMFOS=/home/archiv/tex/texmf-linux TEXMFPROJECT=/home/archiv/tex/texmf-project TEXROOT=/home/archiv/tex VARTEXMF=/texmf-var tex | latex) e='!*.+(tex|TEX|texi|latex)' :~> Does someone have an idea what causes the problem? -- | ~ 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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Itemize head symbol
by nico 05 May '06

05 May '06

Hello, Is it possible to change the symbol of \head in an itemize list, like \sym does for \item? Regards, BG

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mp file not compiling
by Aditya Mahajan 05 May '06

05 May '06

Hi, Is the mp support for btex...etex broken in the latest context (ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.27 15:59) The following does not compile, \starttext \startMPpage label(btex This is a test etex, origin) ; \stopMPpage \stoptext I get an error ! Unable to make mpx file. l.123 label(btex This is a test etex Even an mp file beginfig(1) label(btex hello world etex, origin) ; endfig end; with texexec --mptex gives the same error message. Can somebody confirm this? Or is something broken at my end? Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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defineenumeration and setupenumeration
by WN 05 May '06

05 May '06

Hi, I have a question (probably a dumb question) relating to some of the define/setup commands. One in particular, but it may relate to the other define/setup commands as well. Looking at the defineenumeration and setupenumerations command in the Context manual page 223 and page 224 an example is given how to use these commands. I am a bit confused, the example setups the enumaration *remark* and specifies the location=top \defineenumeration [remark] *[location=top,* text=Remark, between=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank] But on page 224 the command \setupenumerations is shown where one can also specify the location among others. What is the difference, reason or usage for doing this ? What is the proper Context way, should I define the location with \defineenumeration or with \setupenumerations ? Kind regards Wim

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