August 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Subsection header last item on a page
by David Arnold 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

All, A subsection head should not be the last item to appear on a page. What setting should prevent this?

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core-buf from Hans
by David Arnold 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hans, Taco, et al, This is a FYI. After updating my Context through Gerben's site: chapter2 $ 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, 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2006.07.22 18:35 cont-en : ver: 2006.07.22 18:35 fmt: 2006.8.9 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2006.07.22 18:35 fmt: 2006.8.9 mes: dutch total run time : 2 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead I still had to replace core-buf with the one Hans sent me in order to get our figures to show up in our second chapter.

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m-bib module
by simon.laplace＠garrulus.com 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hi there, I have just installed the latest version of m-bib. Where I had before a citation "alpher and bethe" with \cite[author] for a bib-item with two authors I get only the first now. What has to be changed in order to get two authors in the text while for more than two there will be "alpher et al."? Thanks for a reply Simon

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How to align graphics at text edge?
by The Wizard 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

All - Thanks to some help from Hans, I have a very clean setup which creates a "standard" cover for my project documents. It has a long colored swirl the length of the page, two logos (mine and the customers') and a title. The code looks like this \startsetups[titlepage] \setuplayout[page] \startstandardmakeup \setlayer[page] [preset=lefttop] {\externalfigure[wp_cover_art_blue.pdf][height=\paperheight]} \setlayer[page] [preset=righttop,y=.01\paperheight,x=.01\paperwidth] {\externalfigure[customer-logo.pdf][height=.1\paperheight]} \setlayer[page] [preset=righttop,y=.08\paperheight,x=.01\paperwidth] {\externalfigure[my_logo_blk.pdf][height=.1\paperheight]} \setlayer[page][preset=middle] {\definedfont[SansBold at 22pt]\color[sunblue]\setupinterlinespace \framed[align=flushleft,frame=off]{\getvariable{document}{title}}} \tightlayer[page] \stopstandardmakeup \setuplayout \setuppagenumber[number=2] \doifmodeelse{twosided} { \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,alternative=doublesided, location=,state=start] } { \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,alternative=singlesided, location=,state=start] } \doifmode{twosided} {\page[yes,right]} \stopsetups and is invoked in the document as \setups[titlepage] Now, I am trying to figure out how to get the two logo graphics to align to the right edge of the printable page, but I can't seem to find the right "key" to the \externalfigure call. I have looked at the wiki, and through the manuals, but I don't seem to be able to find what I want. Any ideas? -- Mark Almeida mark.almeida(a)sun.com Solutions Architect (707)398-9524/x81132 Sun Client Solutions (707)429-0341 Home Office (707)480-5038 Cell

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t-lilypond: no longer needs eps step?
by David Wooten 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Greetings, I've just noticed that in the development branch change log [1] of LilyPond (2.9) the following notice has been posted about the LaTeX module lilypond-book: "lilypond-book now includes support for PDFTeX." I'm curious as to whether that means "Generating a pdf directly always creates a whole page, so we generate eps first." might no longer be necessary? [1] http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html

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updating ConTeXt with ctxtools
by Alan Bowen 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Gerben’s iInstaller does not seem to be picking up new versions any more, so I tried texmfstart ctxtools --update What I got in response was kpsewhich: option `--expand-var' requires an argument CtxTools | updating CtxTools | unable to change to and a return to the prompt. I checked the man page for ctxtools, but the --updatecontext option does not seem to include any further options. So what am I missing? I am running CtxTools | version 1.3.3 - 2004/2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD context version: 2006.07.22 18:35 Best, Alan

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column sets and column breaks
by David Arnold 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

All, What's the best way to do a column break with column sets? I am just using \column. Is that OK?

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columns -> columnsets introduces problems
by David Arnold 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hans et al, When we discovered that \column doesn't work reliably with \startcolumns[n=2] ... \stopcolumns, we made some changes to our style files: %\setupcolumns % [tolerance=stretch, % balance=yes, % blank=flexible, % rule=off, % distance=2.5em] \definecolumnset[exercises][n=2] \setupcolumnset [exercises] [distance=2.5em, balance=yes] \definecolumnset[answers][n=2] \setupcolumnset [answers] [distance=2.5em, balance=yes] %\def\startquestions{\exercises{Exercises}\startcolumns[n=2]} %\def\stopquestions{\stopcolumns} \def\startquestions{\exercises{Exercises}\startcolumnset[exercises]} \def\stopquestions{\stopcolumnset} %\def\placeanswers{% % \bgroup % \doifmodeelse{short} % { % \keepblocks[shortsubanswer,longsubanswer] % \answers{Answers}\vskip 1em\startcolumns[n=2] % \selectblocks[shortanswer][criterium=section] % \stopcolumns % } % { % \keepblocks[shortsubanswer,longsubanswer] % \answers{Solutions}\vskip 1em % \selectblocks[longanswer][criterium=section] % } % \egroup %} \def\placeanswers{% \bgroup \doifmodeelse{short} { \keepblocks[shortsubanswer,longsubanswer] \answers{Answers}\vskip 1em\startcolumnset[answers] \selectblocks[shortanswer][criterium=section] \stopcolumnset } { \keepblocks[shortsubanswer,longsubanswer] \answers{Solutions}\vskip 1em \selectblocks[longanswer][criterium=section] } \egroup } We can now no longer compile what we could formerly compile: systems : end file chapter0/equations at line 77 systems : begin file chapter0/equationsexercises at line 79 (../chapter0/equationsexercises.tex system : module newmat (line 31) already loaded system : module math=ext (line 32) already loaded system : module fig-base (line 33) already loaded [24.24] exercises : - Exercises ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> y \v!yes ->y es \doindecrement ...ned \else \ifx #2\relax \else #2 \fi \fi +#1\relax } \doifelse ... \!!stringa {#1}\edef \!!stringb {#2} \ifx \!!stringa \!! stringb... \doregister ...sterparameter \c!ownnumber }\v!yes {\dosingleempty \dodoregis... \Tindex #1->\index {#1}#1 ... l.104 \setnumber [page]{\pagenumberExercisesOneTwo} If I go into the offending file and comment out the line: \startquestions %\setnumber[page]{\pagenumberExercisesOneTwo} Compiling again: systems : end file chapter0/equations at line 77 systems : begin file chapter0/equationsexercises at line 79 (../chapter0/equationsexercises.tex system : module newmat (line 31) already loaded system : module math=ext (line 32) already loaded system : module fig-base (line 33) already loaded [24.24] exercises : - Exercises ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> y \v!yes ->y es \doindecrement ...ned \else \ifx #2\relax \else #2 \fi \fi +#1\relax } \doifelse ... \!!stringa {#1}\edef \!!stringb {#2} \ifx \!!stringa \!! stringb... \doregister ...sterparameter \c!ownnumber }\v!yes {\dosingleempty \dodoregis... \Tindex #1->\index {#1}#1 ... l.105 ? We are at a complete loss of what to do.

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lucida bold and startalign
by Renaud AUBIN 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hi all, Considering the following example, there is a problem with \bfm \omega in the align environment... I observed the same problem with the matrix environment... Any idea how to solve the problem ? \starttext \usetypescript[lucida] [texnansi] \usetypescript[lucidabfm] [texnansi] \usetypescript[lucidaboldmath][texnansi] \setupformulas[method=bold] \startformula[lucida] \tilde{\bfm \omega} \stopformula \startformula[lucida] \startalign[n=2, align={right,left}] \NC \tilde{\bfm \omega} \NC = a \NR \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext Renaud

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Column problem
by David Arnold 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hans et al, In making the final pass at our book, I have a problem with the \column command. In trying to start a new column to avoid a widow, I put a \column command at the end of the first of two columns on a page. The result is I get a start of a new column, but it is on a new page. Thus, page 1 has 1 column, the second column is blank, and the rest continues on page 2 in two column format! Help!

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