June 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

t-bib-2006.06.23 problem
by Johannes Graumann 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

Hello, The current t-bib beta (t-bib-2006.06.23) available at http://dl.contextgarden.net/modules/t-bib-2006.06.23.zip has a problem: % Use Taco's bib module for the citations \usemodule[t-bib] % Cite the bibliography lists according to the entry order in the *.bib file \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] % Bibliography information is here: \setupbibtex[database={../Bibliography/bibliography.bib}] Results in bibliography lists where the entries are (uncalled-for) numbered and the numbers collide with the author names (see http://shortlink.co.uk/9n6) Joh

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Greek hyphenation patterns
by Peter Heslin 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

A few weeks ago, I looked at Context, because I wanted utf-8 hyphenation patterns for ancient Greek, but then I saw that the patterns shipped with Context have serious bugs. I had hoped to patch ctxtools, but the required changes went beyond my knowledge of Ruby. I recently posted a Perl script to the xetex mailing list that should perform the conversion to utf-8 correctly. I would be happy to modify the script to make the output more useful to Context users, but I don't use Context myself. Feedback is welcome. The essential problem with the patterns shipped with Context is that it is the result of a simple conversion, but the hyphenation rules in Greek are based on the definition of vowels and consonants, which changes in utf-8. The original 8-bit patterns of Dimitrios Filippou depend on the fact that in the Babel encoding accents come before the vowel (except for iota subscript), whereas in Unicode they are either combined with the vowel or come after it, depending on whether you use precomposed characters or not. -- Peter Heslin (http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin)

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m-database and UTF
by Mojca Miklavec 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

Hello Hans & Taco, Some problems appeared (that weren't present in the first version) with UTF character handling in the database module. cp1250 works OK. See the attached file. Mojca

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synonyms in combination with table(s)
by Bernd Militzer 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

Hi all, using synonyms in combination with table(s) I get an error: systems : begin file FehlerTableSynonyms at line 40 ! Misplaced \omit. \!ttLongHrule ->\omit \span \omit \span \!ttShortHrule <argument> Rudolph, Joha\= {n}e Christiane Friedericke \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \processsynonym ...nonymstyle \c!synonymcolor {#3} \else \explicithmode \doat... \getsynonymmeaning ...meaningtrue \getvalue {#2#3} \egroup l.56 \NC 67\NC \doGetPID{67} \NC Geburt: \getGEB{67}\NC\AR ? ^D ! Emergency stop. \!ttLongHrule ->\omit \span \omit \span \!ttShortHrule <argument> Rudolph, Joha\= {n}e Christiane Friedericke \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \processsynonym ...nonymstyle \c!synonymcolor {#3} \else \explicithmode \doat... \getsynonymmeaning ...meaningtrue \getvalue {#2#3} \egroup l.56 \NC 67\NC \doGetPID{67} \NC Geburt: \getGEB{67}\NC\AR % testfile: % \enableregime[windows] \mainlanguage[de] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \setuppapersize[a4][a4] % % \definesynonyms[PID][PIDs][\doGetPID] % \def\getPID#1{\doGetPID{#1}~(#1)} \def\getPIDGeb#1{\doGetPID{#1}~(#1) -- Geburt} \def\getPIDHei#1{\doGetPID{#1}~(#1) -- Heirat} \def\getPIDTod#1{\doGetPID{#1}~(#1) -- Tod} % \def\getGEB#1{\doGetPID{Geb#1}} \def\getTAU#1{\doGetPID{Tau#1}} \def\getHEI#1{\doGetPID{Hei#1}} \def\getTOD#1{\doGetPID{Tod#1}} \def\getALT#1{\doGetPID{Alt#1}} % \PID{8}{Militzer, Hermann Paul} \PID{Geb8}{14. Juni 1884} \PID{Tau8}{17. Juni 1884} \PID{Hei8}{16. August 1910} \PID{Tod8}{5. Oktober 1962} \PID{Alt8}{78 Jahre, 3 Monate, 21 Tage} % \PID{67}{Rudolph, Joha\={n}e Christiane Friedericke} \PID{Geb67}{21. Juli 1804} \PID{Tau67}{22. Juli 1804} \PID{Hei67}{} \PID{Tod67}{1. Februar 1880} \PID{Alt67}{75 Jahre, 6 Monate, 20 Tage} % % % \starttext % Die \getPID{67} ist am \getGEB{67} geboren und am \getTOD{67} gestorben; sie wurde \getALT{67} alt. \blank[big] \doGetPID{8} heiratete am \getHEI{8} in Gera.\crlf \getPID{8} starb im Alter von \getALT{8} am \getTOD{8} um 23.20\,Uhr in M¸nchenbernsdorf. % \blank[2*big] % \starttable[|r|lp(0.4\textwidth)|lp(0.4\textwidth)|] \NC PID \NC Person\NC Bemerkung\NC\AR \HL \NC 8\NC \doGetPID{8} \NC Geburt: \getGEB{8}\NC\AR \HL \NC\use{3}{~}\NC\AR % Leerzeile \NC 67\NC \doGetPID{67} \NC Geburt: \getGEB{67}\NC\AR \HL \stoptable % \stoptext % Thanks for help Bernd

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ConTeXt + asymptote
by John Bowman 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

In regard to adding support for ConTeXt or plain TeX to Asymptote, it should be no problem to do this, but perhaps someone on this list can help provide some preliminary information, particularly regarding item 1 below on how best to rotate text at an arbitrary angle. Also, since I am not sure what the precise planned use of a plain tex/ConTeXt engine here is, it isn't clear to me whether the miniltx solution below would be an acceptable solution. Perhaps someone can also explain why so many context users are interested in this feature? Why exactly can't they let Asymptote do its typesetting with latex behind the scenes and then import the resulting ps or pdf files in context? Is the issue just that latex might not be installed? If so, the miniltx style file (which appears to be part of plain tex) seems like a viable and simple solution. In regard to the remark I saw posted about "monster eps" files, use the -aZ option and you will see that Asymptote output files are as compact as those of MetaPost. If you want tex labels, you have to process MetaPost output through dvips, etc. Asymptote simply does this automatically, perhaps giving some users the illusion that Asymptote files are bigger. In other words, you should compare the final postscript files that MetaPost produces, not the intermediate ones (I recall that there is a MetaPost command for running MetaPost output through dvips too). Another issue I would be happy to discuss sometime is the need for implicit equation solving. We could add it, given an appropriate syntax, but the majority of uses I have seen for it are covered by the extension function in math.asy. I find the latter more explicit and less confusing to new users. But we could be persuaded to add something similar if someone can justify the need. Asymptote already includes an explicit linear solver that uses LU decomposition. Anyway here are the two features we would need from a plain tex/ConTeXt engine: 1. We will need to replace pstricks (which is used only for rotating text) with PostScript or PDF \special commands. There is a rotate.tex package in dvips but it would have to be modified to typeset at arbitrary angles... 2. We could use epsf to include PostScript figures or else the miniltx package. I see from some posts that some ConTeXt users are thinking of using \epsfbox instead of \includegraphics. Any preferences here? Alternatively, here is the miniltx solution, which would be trivial to provide support for in an upcoming release of Asymptote: Here's an example: asy -k venn Edit venn_.tex to look like this (then tex+dvips): \input miniltx \input graphicx \input pstricks \newbox\ASYbox \newdimen\ASYdimen \def\ASYbase#1#2{\setbox\ASYbox=\hbox{#1}\ASYdimen=\ht\ASYbox% \setbox\ASYbox=\hbox{#2}\lower\ASYdimen\box\ASYbox} \def\ASYalign(#1,#2)(#3,#4)#5#6{% \setbox\ASYbox=\hbox{#6}% \rput[lB]{#5}(#1,#2){\ASYdimen=\ht\ASYbox% \advance\ASYdimen by\dp\ASYbox\kern#3\wd\ASYbox\raise#4\ASYdimen\box\ASYbox}} \def\ASYscale(#1,#2)(#3,#4)(#5,#6)#7#8{% \ASYalign(#1,#2)(#3,#4){#7}{\scalebox{#5}[#6]{#8}}}% \psset{unit=1pt} \includegraphics[bb=228.608356 320.125000 382.391644 470.875000]{venn_0.eps}% \ASYalign(-104.955775,75.657656)(-0.500000,-0.500000){0.000000}{$A$} \ASYalign(-49.404200,75.657656)(-0.500000,-0.500000){0.000000}{$B$} \ASYalign(-77.179988,134.822731)(-0.500000,0.000000){0.000000}{$A\cap B$} \ASYalign(-77.179988,16.492581)(-0.500000,-1.000000){0.000000}{$A\cup B$} \bye -- John Bowman Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences University of Alberta

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unequal framed's
by Hans van der Meer 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

This is a problem I am anxious to solve. Run this program: \starttext \newbox\testbox \hbox{% % centered \setbox\testbox=\vbox{\vskip5mm\framed [frame=on,align=disable,width=1cm,height=2cm,offset=0pt,location=depth,t op=\vss,bottom=\vss]{lp}\vskip5mm} \the\ht\testbox \box\testbox % bottom \setbox\testbox=\vbox{\vskip5mm\framed [frame=on,align=disable,width=1cm,height=2cm,offset=0pt,location=depth,t op=\vss,bottom=\empty]{lp}\vskip5mm} % note leaveout bottom=, not good \the\ht\testbox \box\testbox % top \setbox\testbox=\vbox{\vskip5mm\framed [frame=on,align=disable,width=1cm,height=2cm,offset=0pt,location=depth,t op=\empty,bottom=\vss]{lp}\vskip5mm} % note leaveout top=, not good \the\ht\testbox \box\testbox } \stoptext Now the middle box comes out higher than the other two, like this: ------------ ------------ | | ------------ | | | | |lp | | | | | | | | | | | | | |lp | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |lp | | | ------------ ------------ ------------ The \ht's will tell the difference, the \dp's are 0 here. Using \vtop gives analogous results, then the depth of middle box is greater. Probing with [depth=0pt] makes no difference. Setting [strut=yes/no] makes some difference but is not the cause of the difference. Setting [align=no/line] makes no difference. Omitting [align=..] or using [align=normal] makes all boxes the same height but puts every contents in the middle, which is not what I want: one at the top, one in the middle and one at the bottom. How can I get the required result with all three the same height? Hans van der Meer

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\bTABLE[distance=...]
by Peter Münster 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hello, when using \bTABLE[distance=...], the table gets wider than the textwidth. Example: \starttext \input tufte \bTABLE \bTR\bTD bla bla bla bla\eTD\bTD \input tufte \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \bTABLE[distance=3em] \bTR\bTD bla bla bla bla\eTD\bTD \input tufte \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \input tufte \stoptext A workaround seems to be textwidth=\dimexpr\textwidth-3em\relax Could this be done automatically? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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iwona cum suis
by Hans Hagen 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hi, this is how i update such fonts: - mkdir new - fetch iwona.zip. antt.zip kurier.zip - unzip them in new then run: textools --update new e:\tex\texmf and see what gets reported; if you feel comfortable, run textools --update new e:\tex\texmf --merge --force --delete and then mktexlsr 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: CTAN update: antt, iwona, kurier fonts]
by Taco Hoekwater 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CTAN update: antt, iwona, kurier fonts Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:10:49 +0200 (CEST) From: CTAN Announcements <ctan-ann(a)dante.de> Organization: University of Hamburg -- Germany To: ctan-ann(a)dante.de Newsgroups: comp.text.tex References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0606290429280.24321-100000(a)fam82.internetdsl.tpnet.pl> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted updates for the font packages antt (v2.06) iwona (v0.97) kurier (v0.97) All are located in CTAN'S fonts directory tree. See below for more information. Thanks for the upload. ------ Package: antt Version: 2.06 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/antt/ In the current version (2.06) some new glyphs were added: Breveinverted, Hbar.small, Ubreveinvertedlow, Ubreveinvertedlow.small, breveinverted, breveinvertedlow, dotlessi.small, dotlessj.small, ubreveinvertedlow. Also encoding files were corrected. ------ Package: iwona Version: 0.97 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/iwona/ Iwona is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was created as an alternative version of the Kurier typeface, which was designed in 1975 for a diploma in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Roman Tomaszewski. Kurier was designed for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar periodicals. The Iwona fonts are an alternative version of the Kurier fonts. The difference lies in the absence of ink traps which typify the Kurier font. This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/iwona folder contains examples for plain TeX as well as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. In the current version (0.97) some new glyphs were added: Breveinverted, Hbar.small, Ubreveinvertedlow, Ubreveinvertedlow.small, breveinverted, breveinvertedlow, dotlessi.small, dotlessj.small, ubreveinvertedlow. Also encoding files were corrected. ------ Package: kurier Version: 0.97 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/kurier/ Kurier is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was designed for a diploma in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Roman Tomaszewski. The result was presented with other Polish typefaces at the ATypI conference in Warsaw in 1975. Kurier was intended for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar periodicals. The design goals included resistance to technological processes destructive to the letter shapes. As a result, amongst others, the typeface distinguishes itself through intra- and extra-letter white spaces as well as ink traps at cross-sections of some elements constituting the characters. This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/kurier folder contains examples for plain TeX as well as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. In the current version (0.97) some new glyphs were added: Breveinverted, Hbar.small, Ubreveinvertedlow, Ubreveinvertedlow.small, breveinverted, breveinvertedlow, dotlessi.small, dotlessj.small, ubreveinvertedlow. Also encoding files were corrected. ---------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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texmfstart with figure library
by David Arnold 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

All, I have a file figlibSection3.xml which starts like this: <?xml version='1.0'?> <?context-directive job module fig-make ?> <?context-directive job mode letter ?> <figurelibrary language="en"> <description> <organization>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</ organization> <project>Intermediate Algebra Text</project> <product>Chapter 1</product> <comment>Figures for Section 3</comment> </description> <figure> <file>section3figs-mpgraph.1</file> <label>xeqy2a</label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> ... When I used to run texexec figlibSection3.xml, I would get my figures, then the gui screens with figure embedded. Now, with texmfstart texexec figlibSection3.xml, I get my figures, the gui screens, then duplicates of all the figures after that. Thus, two copies of every figure is embedded in the figure library. Is this new behavior correct?

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