August 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

setupcaptions
by Thomas A. Schmitz 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

There has been a discussion about this three months ago, but I can't figure it out: I have \setupcaptions[separator={:}] in my document and would expect something like "figure 1: a figure," but I don't get a colon, the same for stopper={:}. Isn't this supposed to work? Thomas

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Natural Tables with verbatim text
by Confused Scientist 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Hello Is it possible to use \type{} in a natural table cell? The example below seems to generate an error for me. Thanks! % example \starttext This is a quick \type{test_run} of the problem. \bTABLE \bTR \bTD first \eTD\bTD {\bf alpha} \eTD\bTD one \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD {\em second} \eTD\bTD beta \eTD\bTD two \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD third \eTD\bTD gamma \eTD\bTD \type{three_ex} \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stoptext

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setuppublicationlist
by Renaud AUBIN 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Hi all, How to control vertical spaces between references ? (\setuplist options ? I have tried some but nothing happened...) Renaud

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Newbie installation problems
by Vincent De Groote 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hello, I've just installed teTex and Context packages (no previous installations). When I run texexec on a sample file (\starttext \framed{Does it work?} \stoptext), texexec stops with the following lines: > bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded > kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-lmr12 > mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 > This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) > > kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-lmr12 > ! I can't find file `ec-lmr12'. > <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 > > Please type another input file name > ! Emergency stop. > <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 > > Transcript written on mfput.log. > grep: ec-lmr12.log: No such file or directory > mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12' failed to ma ke ec-lmr12.tfm. > kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. > ! Font \*12ptrmtfrm*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. > <to be read again> > \relax > \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier > \let \localrelativefontsiz... > > \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname > \tryingfontfalse \fi > <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize > \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... > > \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies > \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... > <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } > \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... > ... > l.1 > \starttext > ? I suppose it's a font problem, but where can I find these fonts, and how should I install them ? I also have a problem with "texexec --version" which reports: > 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 : unknown > context : ver: 2006.07.28 23:56 > cont-en : unknown > cont-cz : unknown > cont-de : unknown > cont-nl : unknown > cont-uk : unknown > > total run time : 1 seconds > > warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead Can anybody help me ? Thanks for your replies. Vincent De Groote

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Re: [NTG-context] cdwincontext
by wwl＠musensturm.de 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

> > Same batch file, so yes. > > > > It would be possible to convert the batch file into a perl or > ruby > > scripts plus a one-line batch that starts the interpreter + > script, Hmm, aren't you shutting with 'Kanonen auf Spatzen'? I have running the standalone-context here on WindowsME. I have modifyed the original batch-files a bit and I had to adapt some entrys in scite, where cmd.exe is called. (btw isn't it possible to call the command interpreter via COMMSPEC? So the whole thing is not depending on the command interpreter.) Wolfgang

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whitespace and paragraphs
by Hans van der Meer 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

This I don't get right about whitespace between paragraphs made with \defineparagraphs. \starttext \setupwhitespace[none] a\par b\par c\par % the above close spaced thus behaving as expected % these do not obey setupwhitespace[none]: \defineparagraphs[param][n=2,before={\setupwhitespace[none]}] \setupparagraphs[param][1][width=2cm] \startparam first \param {\sl contents} \stopparam \startparam second \param {\sl contents} \stopparam % I tried other things, remembering a recent question about a similar problem with framed texts. % Neither of the following made a difference: \defineparagraphs[param][n=2,before={\setupwhitespace[none]}] \setupparagraphs[param][1][width=2cm,before={\setupwhitespace[none]}] \setupparagraphs[param][2][before={\setupwhitespace[none]}] % height=... seems not to influence the distance between the paragraphs \stoptext How can one for these paragraphs the wanted distance apart? Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Figures disappear with subtextblocks
by David Arnold 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hans, What does generate formats under tools mean? I have to do something more than: texmfstart texexec --make all ? I'm afraid I don't know what "tools" are yet. On Aug 2, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > David Arnold wrote: >> Hans, Gerben, >> >> Thanks. >> >> However, this raises another issue. I've never rebuilt the formats >> in Gerben's distro of Context. I always just use his updater.� > generate formats under tools > > (first put the patched file in the right spot) > > 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] fullpage graphic
by wwl＠musensturm.de 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hallo! > > \setuppapersize[a4][a4] > > \setupfloat[figure][none,fit,here,always,top,bottom,force,page] > > \setupcaption[figure][number=no] > > \setuplayout[grid=yes]% Problem doesn't exist with grid=no > > \starttext > > \input tufte > > \placefigure{}{\framed[offset=none]{% > > > \externalfigure[float.png][width=\makeupwidth,height=\textheight]}} > > > > \dorecurse{10}{\par\input tufte} > > \stoptext > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe I am missing something here. But \placefigure[page].... seems > to work fine for me. Even larger dimensions do not seem to be a > problem. > > \input tufte > > \placefigure[page,none]{}{\blackrule[width=\textwidth,height=0.9\tex > theight,color=green]} > \input tufte > \placefigure[page,none]{}{\blackrule[width=\textwidth,height=1.0\tex > theight,color=green]} > \input tufte > \placefigure[page,none]{}{\blackrule[width=\textwidth,height=1.1\tex > theight,color=green]} > \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte} You are right! Your example works! The difference to the example that I have posted is, that you gave the options [page,none] explicitly with \placefigure and I have used \setupfloat[figure][page,none]. So, what is wrong with using \setupfloat? Please try my example exactly as given and you will see what I mean. Wolfgang

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A bug in character alignment?
by Nicolas Grilly 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hello, I use ConTeXt natural tables to produce reports, and I use character alignment to align numbers in these tables. For example: \setupTABLE[column][each][align={middle,lohi}, aligncharacter=yes, alignmentcharacter={.}] But I have a little issue with character alignment. I have several tables following each other. First and second tables are well aligned. But following tables have some columns mis-aligned. You can see the result in the attached file report_with_bug.pdf (look at column 4 of tables 3, 4, 5 and 6). If I comment table 2, then the problem disappears. You can see the result in the attached file report_without_bug.pdf. If I uncomment table 2, but move it to end of file, then the problem disappears too. It seems there is some side effect in code managing character alignment: perhaps a global variable is not reset each time a new table starts? The attached file character_alignment_bug.tex contains the code producing the first example, where the bug is visible. I looked through core-ntb.tex and supp-ali.tex but was unable to understand where is the problem. We have lot of tables like this in our production, and some are horribles because of this character alignment issue... Thanks for your help! Nicolas Grilly

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couple of metafun questions
by Thomas A. Schmitz 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Hi all, I'm experimenting with some metafun code and positional graphics to produce a nice illustration for an article. There's some basic questions I haven't been able to solve (and I remember that I couldn't solve them before but found workarounds, but this time it looks like I'm stuck): 1. Is it possible to have a MPpositiongraphics anchored to more than two positions? Like draw position1 -- position2 .. position3 ? 2. Related to 1.: Is it right that you can't anchor more than 1 MPpositiongraphic to one anchor? If I have: drawsomething position1 -- position2 I can't then say drawsomething position1 .. position3 but must work around by reversing drawsomething position3 .. position1 3. Is it possible to get a line/arrow dashed in two different colors, like red and blue? Sorry if these are silly questions, but I just dabble into metafun! Thanks, and best Thomas

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