January 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Header problem in project
by David Arnold 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Hans et all, We have a project call book.tex, a product in that called chapter1.tex, and a component in that called section1exercises.tex. We have blocks that we save and then place at the end of section1exercises.tex with a macro defined in our environment file: \def\placeanswers{% \bgroup \doifmodeelse{short} { \keepblocks[shortsubanswer,longsubanswer] \answers{Answers}\vskip 1em\startcolumnset[answers] \selectblocks[shortanswer][criterium=section] \stopcolumnset } { \def\headermarkleft{{\sc Chapter \headnumber[chapter]}} \def\headermarkright{{\sc{}Section \headnumber[section]}} \setupheadertexts[][\headermarkright][\headermarkleft][] \keepblocks[shortsubanswer,longsubanswer] \answers{Solutions}\vskip 1em \selectblocks[longanswer][criterium=section] } \egroup } The else part of the do above is an attempt to define a different header when we compile with --mode=long, but just for the pages on which we use \placeanswers. The other pages have a different header defined in the environment file. Those headers have page numbers as well with: \def\headermarkleft{\bold{\pagenumber}\headerskip{\sc\headerskip Chapter \headnumber[chapter]\headerskip\getmarking[chapter][current]}} \def\headermarkright{{\sc{}Section \headnumber[section]\headerskip \getmarking[section][current]}\headerskip\bold{\pagenumber}} The file section1exercises ends like this: %%% ENDTESTBANK %%%================================================ \stopquestions \placeanswers\kern0pt \stopcomponent When we compile section1exercises.tex with texmfstart texexec -- mode=long section1exercises, all is well until the last page, where the former header is used instead of the header defined in the \placeanswers macro. But we want to finish out the document from the point we put the \placeanswers with the second header. Any suggestions?

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bad page break
by David Arnold 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

All, We have a situation where we want to put in a page break to move some text at the bottom of the page to the next page. However, there is a float that hasn't been typeset yet, so the result of \page[yes] is to put the float at the top of a blank page, then page again to continue the running text. Anyway around this?

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Last page number
by David Arnold 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

All, How can I get the last page to have a page number in this example? \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupindenting[medium,yes] \definehead[answers][section] \setuphead[answers][page=right] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \chapter{Functions} \input knuth \section{Function Notation} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth par} \answers{Answers} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth par} \stoptext

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Strange ConTeXt - XeTeX problem
by Helin Gai 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Hi, I'm trying to learn about using XeTeX in ConTeXt. The problem is that when I compile a file using texexec --xtx filename.tex, I get the following error message *** fontmap psfonts.map not found; texmf.cnf may be broken *** font ec-lmtt10 not found in psfonts.map or host system; will substitute Helvetica glyphs But if I just use xdv2pdf filename.tex, everything turns out perfectly. I'm wondering what the problem could be. Thanks! Sincerely, Helin -- Helin (Colin) Gai Class of 2009, Duke University Box 96332 Durham, NC 27708 Phone: 919-943-6302 helin.gai at gmail.com hg9 at duke.edu

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Running Heads Question
by Helin Gai 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Hi all, I have some trouble setting up the layout in ConTeXt: 1. I'm trying to place the running head in the margin, 5 cm away from the top. My original idea is to use \setupheader[margin][...], but it turned out that this doesn't work at all - the header is not in the margin, and the setups in the second brackets are simply ignored. 2. I'm trying to use oldstyle for section numbers, so i specified numberstyle=\os, but the dot in the section number become a right-oriented triangle. 3. In LaTeX, I can use \thechapter to obtain the chapter number when defining something. So what's the equivalance in ConTeXt? Any input will be appreciated! Thanks!! Sincerely, Helin

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MPtoPDF Error ??
by Wim Neimeijer 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

I am getting the following error when recompiling my docs with the latest context. The docs run ok with the previous context version. Don't know what is wrong here, I hope someone has the answer. 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 477 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2c 7.5.5) \write18 enabled. (c:\CONTEXT\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./cart.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.04 17:37 MK II fmt: 2007.1.7 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded ... metafun 2007-1-7 2:22 ) 1 output file written: cart-mpgraph.1 Transcript written on cart-mpgraph.log. TeXExec | runtime: 0.734 [MP to PDF] (./cart-mpgraph.1 ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \@@MP42 \presetMPscale ...en 4 \zeropoint \dimen 6=\gMPs 2 \onepoint \dimen 8 \zeropo... \handleMPpathscale ->\presetMPscale \PDFcode {\gMPs 1 0 0 \gMPs 2 0 0 cm}\re... \dohandleMPpathB ...{\@@MP :P:\somestring }\relax \handleMPsequence l.31 B0.90909 1 s S Q ?

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ConTeXt 2007.01.02
by Taco Hoekwater 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

Hi all, Not even 40 hours into the new year, there is already a new ConTeXt release available for download from htp://www.pragma-ade.com . Bugfixes: * re-enable norwegian hyphenation patterns * footnote referencing fix * fix use of prime and underscore in math displays (that was already in 2006.12.27) New feature: * Use the low-level support for ToUnicode mapping in the (likewise brand new) pdftex 1.40, if possible. Wishing everybody all the best and lots of fun in 2007, Taco

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Image logo showing up with white background
by Fidel Viegas 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

Hello folks, I am using an image to embed the logo at the top of the document. The background of my document is gray, and when I render the document, the logo shows up with a white background, over the gray background. Something similar to the \frame command. My logo image was converted from PSD (Photoshop PSD) to PDF, and I have preserved the tranparent background so that I could layer it over a background and it picks the background color instead of the white background. How do I embed my image in the document so that the background stays the background color of the document? What am I doing wrong? \def\FuxionLogo% {\externalfigure[FT_LogoV2][height=1.5\headerheight]} \definelogo [fuxion logo] [top] [middle] [command=\FuxionLogo,state=start] \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setuppagenumbering [location={bottom,middle}] \setupcolors [state=start] \definehead[title][title] \setuphead [title] [textstyle=cap, before=\hairline, after=\hairline] \setupinterlinespace [big] \setuplayout [width=middle, height=middle] \starttext \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=color, backgroundcolor=gray] Another question I have is regarding the positioning of the logo. The logo is really close to the top. I want it to have a space at the top. How do I achieve this? Thanks in advance, Fidel.

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wiki: linux installation updates
by Sanjoy Mahajan 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

I updated the Linux installation pages on the wiki, mostly the Debian one, but also the tetex 3.0 page and I added a short entry for Ubuntu 6.10 (edgy). The Debian page now describes how to install using Norbert's context packages. It describes a system-wide install based on those and the texlive packages. Let me know if you find errors or problems (or just correct the errors on the page). Sorry about the nightmare per-user install instructions I put there before. -Sanjoy `A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to the last extremes of injustice and oppression.' (Gibbon)

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\externalcommand?
by cormullion＠mac.com 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

I think there's something in ConTeXt called \externalcommand. Can this be used to hand over a section of source text for processing by an external program during the ConTeXt-ing of a document? How does it work, exactly? thanks again for help...

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