May 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

eqno not in math
by Hans van der Meer 29 May '06

29 May '06

Something strange occurs in math, doing: \placeformula\startformula H(K|M,C) = H(K|C) - H(M|C)\eqno{\hbox{(\in{}[eq:keyapp])}} \stopformula produces the following error: ------------------------------------ ! You can't use `\eqno' in math mode. <argument> \normalreqno {\doformulanumber [][][]{}} \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dostopformula ->\doplaceformulanumber \getvalue {\e!stop \formulaparameter ... l.20 \stopformula ------------------------------------ Why cannot \eqno be used in math mode? It is its raison d'etre! Plain TeX typesets the following input without problems: $$ a = b + c\eqno{(12)} $$ \end Strange enough the following does work as expected: \placeformula\startformula \eqalignno{ H(K|M,C) &= H(K|C) - H(M|C)&\eqno{\hbox{(\in{}[eq:keyapp])}}\cr } \stopformula Is this a little bug perhaps? Hans van der Meer

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Another texmfstart question
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi all, I just made on my linux-gentoo box a fresh install using (exactly) this howto: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation But using "texmfstart texexec toto" gives "texmfstart not found"; I tried with the full path of texmfstart.rb and get "permission denied"; so I go into the directory /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby and see that many scripts are not executable for others (regular users); so I say "chmod +x *" in that directory and then "texmfstart texexec toto" still doesn't work but it actually works with the full path; however my path is correctly set for context afaik. I tried to set $RUBYLIB to this directory but it doesn't change anything. TIA for any advice -- Jean

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Re: [NTG-context] Space between footnote number and text
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 29 May '06

29 May '06

Thank you for the response! Here is what I found. The code you suggested... \def\specialcommand#1{\high{#1}~~~} \setupfootnotes[n=0,numbercommand=\specialcommand] \setupfootnotedefinition[distance=0pt] ...actually produced *more* space between the footnote number and the text of the footnote. However, I removed the three tilde (~~~) characters and I got *no* space between the footnote number and text, which is what I wanted to achieve. A couple of other questions though: 1) My footnotes sometimes still "break" in that the footnote number will be at the end of a line and the footnote text at the beginning of the next line. I tried putting one of the non-breaking space (~) tilde characters back in, just to see if that would prevent the break. However, it *does not* prevent the break...the footnote number and text are still separated. Is there any way to force footnote numbers to be on the same line as the first word of the footnote? 2) Sometimes the last few footnote numbers in the body of my main text appear with a small arrow next to them. These footnotes end up on the next page of text rather than on the page where they are referenced. What is the best solution to this type of thing? 3) Is there a way to turn off hyphenation in the main body of my text, such as with "\nohyphens", but turn *on* hyphenation in the text of the footnotes. My main text is ancient Greek, while my footnotes are mostly English. The Greek is hard to read if it is hyphenated, but I get much better formatting in the footnotes if hyphenation is turned on. Thanks for the help. I am much closer to what I want now. Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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font oddities on mac with i-installer
by Ulf Martin 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi all! After having fallen back to LaTeX some time ago I thought I should give ConTeXt another try again. But... I just today updated my *entire* TeX installation (teTeX, ConTeXt, LaTeX, etc.) on a Mac OS X 10.3.9 using i-installer. So, I should have a state of the art installation. Now I have problems with the default fonts. That is, when trying to use good old Computer Modern fonts (which are the default but called "Latin Modern", or?) then umlauts, bold face etc. don't work. Also, when MetaFont renders math symbols they become pixelized and don't scale. Probably this is not surprising, since I get a lot of lines like this (the full texexec output is at the end of this mail): Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/ dvipdfm/context/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmex8': font file missing Additionally, there is a mysterious line in the end: warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead Now, when I do UMac:~/Projekte/ConTeXt/uma$ texmfstart texexec --pdf main I get a -bash: texmfstart: command not found Any ideas? I saw in the list that this kind of error seems to occur time after time with installations on various systems. I tired some if the proposed solutions but none of them seem to work (I might have overlooked others, though). My understanding is that it has something to do with the LM fonts but I don't understand that -- I never needed to dig into TeX font handling that deep... (LaTeX seems to run as smoothly as ever after the update). Thanks and Cheers! Ulf Martin. Source code (main.tex): ----------------------- \enableregime[utf] \mainlanguage[en] % I played around with these ones -- no difference: % This is from contextgarden % qv. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Encodings_and_Regimes#Typesetting_in_UTF-8 %\usetypescript[modern][ec] %\setupbodyfont[10pt,rm] % This is from a posting of Taco % qv. http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2006/015889.html %\usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] %\setupbodyfont[postscript,12pt] % Iterestingly, % Caris SIL *does* work % (and looks very nice, except for the math stuff!) % qv. http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2006/017095.html % (But for math stuff I prefer CM) %\usetypescriptfile[type-silcharis] %\usetypescript[SilCharis][ec] %\setupbodyfont[SilCharis,12pt] \starttext \title{The Main Title} Bla, {\bf bla}, blah!\footnote[fn01]{\language[de] Beispielfußnote} And some formula: $$ \int^\infty_0 e^{-x^2} dx.$$ \stoptext Command and output: ------------------- UMac:~/Projekte/ConTeXt/uma$ texexec --pdf main TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : main 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 (./main.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.05.23 16:32 fmt: 2006.5.28 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 : main.top loaded (./main.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 (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/sort-new.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) systems : begin file main at line 19 (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) title : - The Main Title 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 [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-empt y.map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-ba se.map Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `fmvr8x': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xycmat11': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xycmbt11': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xyeuat11': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xyeubt11': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xycmat12': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xycmbt12': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xyeuat12': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xyeubt12': font file missing }{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/ec-public-lm.map }{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/ec-base.map}{/us r/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/8r-base.map}{/usr/loc al/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/t5-base.map}{/usr/local/te TeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-ams-base.map Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-ams-base.map): invalid entry for `lcircle10': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-ams-base.map): invalid entry for `lcirclew10': font file missing }{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-ams-eul er.map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-p ublic-lm.map Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmbsy6': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmbsy8': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmbsy9': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmex7': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmex8': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmex9': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmmib6': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmmib8': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmmib9': font file missing }] systems : end file main at line 25 ) </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/cmmi9.600pk> </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/lj four/public/cm/cmmi12.600pk> </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/cmsy9.600pk > </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/cmex10.720pk> Output written on main.pdf (1 page, 10457 bytes). Transcript written on main.log. return code : 0 run time : 1 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 : main.tui output file : main.tuo passed commands : 21 remapped keys : 0 register entries : 0 -> 0 entries 0 references synonym entries : 0 -> 0 entries embedded files : 1 remark : 'texutil' is now part of 'texexec' warning : use 'texmfstart texutil' instead total run time : 3 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead

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texmfstart with i-installed tetex
by Ulf Martin 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi I am putting this under a new subject to distangle presumably distinct issues. Hans van der Meer schrieb: >> >> Additionally, there is a mysterious line in the end: >> >> warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead >> >> Now, when I do >> >> UMac:~/Projekte/ConTeXt/uma$ texmfstart texexec --pdf main >> >> I get a >> >> -bash: texmfstart: command not found >> >> Any ideas? >> > > What I did was: > > 1. adding some aliases to the file .bashrc: > alias texmfstart=texmfstart.rb > alias texversion='texmfstart texexec --version' > etc., the first one being the important one. > 2. ensuring that the scripts are executable with: > cd .../texmf-local-..../context/ruby > (sudo) chmod -R a+x *.rb > execute this in terminal as a user with administrator priveliges. > > Hope this will help you on the way. Well sort of. I tried your way and got texmfstart.rb not found So it doen't seem to be on the path. Now if I call the ruby script directly, it bails out somewhere in the middle: UMac:~/Projekte/ConTeXt/ uma$ /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb texexec --pdf main /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb:977: nested method definition def the_same(filter,filename) ^ /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb:981: nested method definition def the_same(filter,filename) ^ (N.B. I have a yesterday i-installed full teTeX + ConTeXt + LaTeX + ... on a Mac OS X 10.3.9.) Bye & Thanks you for the help! -- Ulf Martin

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Making exams in Context
by Jorge Manuel de Almeida Magalhães 28 May '06

28 May '06

I need to prepare an exam. My choice is obviously ContexT, but I have some difficulty in generating multiple choice questions in random order. Each student will have one different exam. In Latex I use MUCH (http://fourier.math.uoc.gr/~mk/much/) Did you can tell me if it has a similar solution in ConTexT? Thanks Jorge

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/author parameters in Bib module
by "Guðmundur J. Kristjánsson" 28 May '06

28 May '06

Hi all. I´m a relative newbie in ConTEXt but have used LaTEX for a couple of years. I recently decided to write me master's thesis in ConTEXt and so far it has been sweet... I was looking into the Bib module and there is only one thing that I can't find in the documentation. What are parameters in the \author field? This is what I found in the documentation: \author[#1]{#2}[#3]{#4}{#5} AUTHOR The author of a standalone publication, like a monograph. What do #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5 stand for? If we look at the doc we get: \author[]{Taco}[T.]{}{Hoekwater} So we get: #2 = First name. #3 = Initial of first name? Middle name? #5 = Last name I have no idea what to do with #1 and #4. Thanks in advance... Best regards/Kær kveðja, Guðmundur J. Kristjánsson gjk(a)vitum.net | gjk(a)hi.is | Tel. +354-893-4444.

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Paragraph line breaking
by nico 28 May '06

28 May '06

Hello, I'm trying to tweak some parameters to avoid lines going into the margin when it contains long words. Using \setuptolerance[tolerant (or verytolerant)] helps much but sometimes it isn't enough. My questions are: - Using \filename doesn't hyphenate on backslash characters (which is interesting for Windows paths). Is is intended? - Is there a macro or something like this that I could put before the maybe too long word so that it breaks the line if the word doesn't fit in the line? - Is there a mechanism to define an arbitrary hyphenation pattern? - What are the other parameters I could try to avoid an overlong line? Looking at the style.pdf file, i don't realy know what is pertinent for my purpose. Thanks for any hint. Regards, BG

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Space between footnote number and text
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 28 May '06

28 May '06

Does anyone know of a way to get rid of the space between a footnote number and the footnote text? I am formatting my footnotes in paragraph form (n=0) and sometimes the footnote numbers actually appear at the end of a line with the text wrapped around to the beginning of the next line (which doesn't look very attractive). I would prefer there to be no space at all between the footnote number and the text, but if there has to be one, it seems like it should be a non-breaking space. Is there a way to "fix" this? Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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A question for you
by Idris Samawi Hamid 28 May '06

28 May '06

Dear fellow gangsters, I have a question for you all, recalling an exchange with John Culleton last fall: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2005/013498.html In your views, what are the strengths and weaknesses of ConTeXt? For example, under what circumstances do you prefer to use a word processor (Word/OOo), a layout processor (InDesign), or just Plain(e)TeX over ConTeXt? (Actually the link above deals with Plain TeX but just in case you have anything to add). In Maps 33-2005 Taco did an article based on our answers to the question, "What do you do with ConTeXt"? I would like to see the answers to the _opposite_ question: Which typesetting tasks do you NOT do in ConTeXt, and what do you prefer to use for those tasks? A corallary question: What typesetting tasks do you find difficult-to-onerous in ConTeXt (even in nothing else is available)? Your insights will be very much appreciated. I for one look forward to the day ConTeXt takes over the world! Take care and all the Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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