September 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

context on texlive
by zhaohs 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Dear everyone, My Operating System is Ubuntu 6.06,I now use the context combined with cjk 4.6.0 shipped with texlivetest2006-live-20060215.iso to support chinese charaters ,when I use the command: texexex --pdf my_file.tex,I can obtain the ultimate pdf files , but when I use the command: texexec --output=dvipdfm my_file.tex, though I can obtain the ultimate pdf file ,but when I hit the hyperlinks in the pdf files ,the error message happen as follows:"Unknown destination type 'View'".So the pdf file is bad for presentation,why dose this happen? Furthmore, When I use texexec --output=dvipdfmx my_file.tex,I can get the ultimate pdf files and it is good,but I also see the WARNINGs: ##################################### ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like a dvips format fotmap file. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: rsfs7 rsfs5 <rsfs7.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-base.map", line=3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like a dvips format fotmap file. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ec-lmb10 LMRoman10-Demi "enclmec ReEncodeFont" <lm-ec.enc <lmb10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="ec-public-lm.map", line=1. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like a dvips format fotmap file. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ucrb8t NimbusMonL-Bold <ec.enc <ucrb8a.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="ec-base.map", line=3. ** WARNING ** Couldn't open font map file "gbk.map". ** WARNING ** Interpreting special command mapfile (pdf:) failed. ** WARNING ** >> at page="1" position="(1.09453e-05, -1.09453e-05)" (in PDF) ** WARNING ** >> xxx "pdf:mapfile +gbk.map" ######################################### Why dose this happen? Best, Hongsheng. __________________________________________________ �Ͽ�ע��Ż��? http://cn.mail.yahoo.com

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"Update ConTeXt" + standalone distr (Windows)
by Mari Voipio 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

With my new work computer I finally gave up on my old but working ConTeXt in TeXLive2004 and upgraded for good to the standalone distribution, run on hard disk. One of the new things I found in the Tools menu was the 'Update ConTeXt' command, so today, when I'm *not* in the middle of a urgent project, I decided to try it out. Good news: for the first time in my ConTeXting career, I managed to update my system without reinstalling the whole thing. And the very new ConTeXt version (today's?!) compiles my ever-important manuals without complaints. Somewhat bad news: without fiddling, the updating gets stuck at unzipping after downloading, because 'unzip' is not in the path and that's it then. So it is not quite on 'Windows dummy' level yet, although real close. Note, though, that the standalone distribution I use is about four weeks old, I might be complaining about something that's already fixed! How I solved it: just today, I dug out an old tool and learned that it ain't gonna work without cygwin. Installed Cygwin, dumped the tool in the bin directory - and realized, that my cygwin/bin also contained a file called 'unzip.exe'. Putting it (cygwin/bin) into my Windows path didn't help (not a recommendable operation for standard users anyway), but then I realized that 'standalone' really is standalone and copied 'unzip.exe' to where my ctxtools.bat lives, i.e. \ConText\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin - and presto, the update went through. It seems to me that it even generates formats on the fly, so with one mouse-click I can get the most up-to-date ConTeXt. How I think this might be solved: In the texmf-mswin\bin directory, there is a 'gunzip.exe'. If I remember correctly, gunzip is fairly simple to use, so this might just mean a change somewhere in the stand-alone package so update would use gunzip to unpack the update files. Or, as it seems to me that different types of 'unzip.exe's are public domain stuff, just include that in the standalone distribution and everything works (no other changes were needed, just bringing 'unzip.exe' into the correct directory. I really like the standalone distribution. Of the many ConTeXt variations I've used until today's date, this year's standalone has been the most Windows-minded and most Windows-friendly in many ways. It works out-of-the-box (has less options to uncheck than Word), seems to live happily even under C:\Program Files and has a logic that I as a non-programming Windows power user find easy to follow. I no longer need to refer to the manual to get as far as to compile a test pdf with standard postscript fonts, now I can concentrate on the layout, not the innards of TeX. So, even though there are slight blemishes and wrinkles to be ironed out like this update thing, ConTeXt in Windows is definitely becoming a nice package for those of us who find that Word just doesn't do what we want. :-) Mari

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index formatting
by Thomas A. Schmitz 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Hi all, there is a problem with index formatting (I'm using the latest beta, but have no idea if this was always the case or has been introduced recently). My index is in two columns (the default, I believe). If an item has several references, the lines doesn't break, but continues into the margin or into column 2. Lines do break after the en-dash at index ranges, so it looks like the space after the comma is non- breakable. It's difficult to make a minimal example for that, but what I see is this: Virgil 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 instead of Virgil 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Best Thomas

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the closing bracket (structuring syntax)
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Hi, in XML and alike there is a concept of dedicated start/stop in formatting: <begin heading> ... <end heading > <begin footnote> ... <end footnote > <begin italic> ... <end italic> But in ConTeXt/TeX we have always the same closing syntax "}". That makes reading the code not easier. Is there a workaround to define the closing more precisely (like the examples above), so that finding a "}" in a ConTeXt source lets me distinguish what it's about? But in such a way that the file still can be processed as a regular ConTeXt file? Steffen

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String single quote in \tt
by Aditya Mahajan 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Hi, I just noticed that in the preprocessing manual, the single quotes are wrong. Look at the output of \starttext \starttyping let a = 'string' ; \stoptyping \mono{ let a = 'string' ;} {\tt let a = 'string' ;} \stoptext The singlequote character is converted into rightquote. This "feature" is also present in plain tex and Latex. rightquote string rightquote does not look good in program listings. Isn't there some way to turn off these intelligent quotes in \tt? Aditya

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Problem with Context ver: 2006.09.11 14:37 MK II fmt: 2006.9.12 int: english/english
by WN 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

When I compile my documents with the new version of Context (beta) I get the following error (see below) with some of my metapost code which uses \sometxt. Does anybody knows how to fix this ? Thanks Wim >texmfstart texexec --autopdf --pdf cart.tex TeXExec | processing document 'cart.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file cart.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1247 TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en TeXExec | progname: context This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.5) \write18 enabled. (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./cart.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.09.11 14:37 MK II fmt: 2006.9.12 int: english/english ... color : currentcolor (def) is not defined savetxt(1,64.06398pt,7.43599pt,0.15399pt) shifted (0,-0.15399pt); ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=10000]. \@xob@cart-mpgraph ->\@xob@cart-mpgraph ,1 \@xob@cart-mpgraph ->\@xob@cart-mpgraph ,1 \@xob@cart-mpgraph ->\@xob@cart-mpgraph ,1 \@xob@cart-mpgraph ->\@xob@cart-mpgraph ,1 \@xob@cart-mpgraph ->\@xob@cart-mpgraph ,1 \@xob@cart-mpgraph ->\@xob@cart-mpgraph ,1 ...

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Re: [NTG-context] no indent after figure
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

> Hi Wolfgang, > > use the following code because my old one worked only when > \setupfloats[indentnext=yes] was used. > > \unprotect > > \def\OTRONEdosomepagefloat#1[#2]% > {%\checkwaitingfloats{#1}% > \global\setbox#1\vbox > {\unvbox#1% > \vbox to \textheight > {\doifnotinset\v!high{#2}\vfill > \box\floatbox > \doifnotinset\v!low{#2}\vfill}% > \goodbreak}% > \doinsertfloatinfo > \nonoindentation} > > \protect Thank you! I'll try this. > Dont know I there are any sideeffects, you couls try to use the > code in yout file and response if you couls see any problems. > > Btw. are the ??xx (here ??bk) Variables document somewhere? > They are namespaces for the ConTeXt-Macros and ??bk stands for > "Blokken (floats)". Ahh! Dutch names. I searched for the real name of the figurenumber to solve an other problem I posted a few days ago. And so I was looking for the right präfix for float (figure) or caption (don't even know where that number lives). Grüße aus der Rhön Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] no indent after figure
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

> The following works on my machine > > \setupindenting[yes,medium] > \setupfloats[indentnext=yes] > > \starttext > > \input knuth \par > > \placefigure > {} > {\framed > [offset=none, > width=0.6\makeupwidth, > height=0.4\textheight] > {figure}} > > > \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang Hallo Wolfgang! Your example doesn't use \setupfloat[figure][default={page,high,none}] and I found, that the option 'page' in this statement toggles indenting of next paragraph! I don't understand this at all. Please, can someone explain the interrelation between these two things? And a second: It seems, that \setupfloats[indentnext=yes] has nothing to do with indenting of next paragraph. What is the real meaning of this option? Wolfgang

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Homogeneous captions for figures
by Renaud AUBIN 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hi all, I wanted to obtain to obtain an homogeneous formatting for my captions whenever I use \placefigure or \placefloatcaption within combination, so I've tried \setupcaption and \setupcaptions but \starttext \setupcaptions[align=left] % or \setupcaption[figure][align=left] \startuseMPgraphic{dummy} numeric u; u := 5cm; draw origin--(1u,1u); draw (0,1u)--(1u,0); \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[here]{A \dorecurse{20}{very\ } long caption}{\useMPgraphic{dummy}} \startbuffer \startcombination[1*2] {\useMPgraphic{dummy}}{\placefloatcaption[figure]{A \dorecurse{20}{very\ } long caption}} {\useMPgraphic{dummy}}{\placefloatcaption[figure]{A \dorecurse{20}{very\ } long caption}} \stopcombination \stopbuffer \placefigure[page]{none}{\getbuffer} \stoptext leads to 1 output file written: caption-mpgraph.1 Transcript written on caption-mpgraph.log. [MP to PDF] (./caption-mpgraph.1) (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) ! Argument of \floatcaptionparameter has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \p!doifinsetelse ...onefalse \edef \!!stringa {#3} \ifx \!!stringa \empty \el... <argument> ...le \floatcaptionparameter }\c!align {\let \captionovershoot \!... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 \dopreparestackcaptionaut ...shoot \!!zeropoint }} \edef \captionhsize {\the ... ... l.11 ...ery\ } long caption}{\useMPgraphic{dummy}} Bug ? BTW, I need a quick solution for my PhD dissertation... so any suggestions are welcome. I've also tried \setupcombinations with various align values but failed to find a good solution... I use ConTeXt ver: 2006.09.07 17:50 MK II fmt: 2006.9.9 Cheers, Renaud

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Re: [NTG-context] Intermediate files in subdirectory
by Fredrik Sjunnesson 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Thank you Mojca. The main reason for asking is that I intend to try to convince my employer to adopt ConTeXt as a tool for producing technical documents. In my view, ConTeXt is obviously far superior to MS Word, which we use today, for that purpose. Since ConTeXt represents a way of producing documents that is very different from what our managers are used to, it will, however, be important that ConTeXt doesn't appear more complex than it actually is. A way to hide the abundance of intermediate files from the user would clearly be helpful in that respect. I will give the tools you suggest a try, maybe they are good enough. Thanks, Fredrik On 9/8/06, Fredrik Sjunnesson wrote: > Hello, > > Is there any way to specify where the intermediate files and log files > generated by context end up? > > Ideally, I would like my working directory to contain tex and pdf files > only. All other files could be stored in a subdirectory. That way all > these extra files are kept out of sight but close at hand in case you > need them. I wish I was wrong, but as far as I know you can't do it (yet?), although there have been many requests for it. To remove unneeded files you can use ctxtools --purge [--all] (texutill --purge[all] if you don't have the ruby variant installed yet) although I know that that's not quite the same. (I know some people in LaTeX world who use make files to copy/remove files.) Mojca _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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