January 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Easy insertion of Unicode symbols?
by cormullion＠mac.com 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

I need to insert a few Unicode symbols...(Just the symbols for the solar system planets)... Is this going to be easy - doable inside ConTeXt with a few preparatory mystic runes, or will it require running scripts, moving files around, etc...? The wiki suggests: Use \enableregime[utf] in order to be able to typeset in unicode under ConTeXt. But is it as simple as it looks?

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how to get hanging and hz?
by Peter Münster 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hello, once upon a time, I got hanging and hz with these commands: \starttext \input tufte \page \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono,mm][hanging][normal] \setupalign[hz,hanging] \definebodyfont[12pt][rm,ss,tt,mm][default] \setupbodyfont[12pt] \input tufte \stoptext But now, it does no more work. Is there a new way to achieve that? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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semi-smart quotes in verbatim text?
by cormullion＠mac.com 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

This is puzzling me. If i type this in a text editor: \starttext These are 'quotes'. \starttyping let a = 'quoted string' \stoptyping \stoptext I'm using dumb quotes (hex 27). ConText renders this as this: These are ’quotes’. let a = ’quoted string’ ie the quotes have been educated - although only half-educated, since the opening one should be an opening one, if you see what I mean. But I really don't want characters in the verbatim (typing) section to change...because when you copy them from the PDF into an editor, the code listings don't work! There must be some kind of switch somewhere that stops ConteXt changing them? thanks for any help

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\partial?
by Oliver Buerschaper 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hi all, how can I access the equivalent math symbol of LaTeX's \partial? Oliver

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Re: [NTG-context] Week number
by Taco Hoekwater 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hi all, I just posted this (the result of a rainy morning in Dordrecht, NL) to comp.text.tex. Someone here might be interested as well. Best, Taco ------------- Mads Munch Hansen wrote: > Hi all, and merry Christmas :) > > Is there a way to have LaTeX print the current week number, like the > \date command? I was feeling a bit bored today, so I came up with this. It is a plain e-TeX input file instead of a LaTeX package, but it should run without problems. Watch out: Dec 29 can be week 1 of the next year; and Jan 3 can be week 53 of the previous year. Best wishes, Taco %% calendarweek.tex %% 2006 (C) Taco Hoekwater, public domain %% %% Usage: %% \calendarweek{30}{12}{2006} %% \def\Expr#1{\the\numexpr #1\relax} \def\Modulonumber#1#2{\Expr{#2-((((#2+(#1/2))/#1)-1)*#1)}} \def\Divisionnumber#1#2{\Expr{(2*#2-#1)/(2*#1)}} \def\Mod#1#2{\Modulonumber{\Expr{#2}}{\Expr{#1}}} \def\Div#1#2{\Divisionnumber{\Expr{#2}}{\Expr{#1}}} \def\Jday#1#2#3% {\Expr{#1+\Div{((153*(\Expr{#2+(12*(\Div{14-#2}{12}))-3}))+2)} {5}+365*(\Expr{#3+4800-(\Div{14-#2}{12})})+ (\Div{\Expr{#3+4800-(\Div{14-#2}{12})}}{4})- (\Div{\Expr{#3+4800-(\Div{14-#2}{12})}}{100})+ (\Div{\Expr{#3+4800-(\Div{14-#2}{12})}}{400})-32045 }} \def\cwhlp#1#2#3% {\Expr{\Mod {\Mod {\Mod {\Expr {\Jday{#1}{#2}{#3}+31741-\Mod{\Jday{#1}{#2}{#3}}{7}}}% {146097}}{36524}}{1461}}} \def\calendarweek#1#2#3% {\Expr{\Expr{\Div{\Expr{\Mod{\cwhlp{#1}{#2}{#3}- \Expr{\Div{\cwhlp{#1}{#2}{#3}}{1460}}}{365}+ \Expr{\Div{\cwhlp{#1}{#2}{#3}}{1460}}}}{7} +1}}} \endinput

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Re: [NTG-context] definedescription and XML
by Johannes Graumann 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hans, Thanks so much for your help once again! Joh

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definedescription and XML
by Johannes Graumann 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hello all, After a good break I'm back at my XML obsession and am running into the following issue: my environment-file contains these definitions \defineXMLnested [reagentlist] [sample=] {\definedescription[definition][width=broad,distance=1em,sample={\XMLop{sample}}]} {} \defineXMLnested [reagent] [label=] {\startdefinition{\XMLop{label}}} {\stopdefinition} but in use, the definition-label-width is optimized for every single case, rather than for the 'sample', meaning I get One xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Twentyone xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx rather than One xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Twentyone xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Can anyone please enlighten me as to what I'm missing here? Thanks, Joh

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Problem using mptopdf with Metapost containing LaTeX
by Martin Buchmann 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hi, I am not really a ConTeXt user but use the mptopdf script to convert my mp drawings directly into pdf which was working great in the past. Yesterday and the day before i updated my TeX system using Gerben's i-Installer to the new gwTeX foundation and to the latest ConTeXt beta and since then I get an error if my Metapost file contains LaTeX control sequences: > MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : running 'texexec --mptex ' > TeXExec | processing graphic 'mp-minimal.mp' > TeXExec | using internal mptotex converter > TeXExec | processing document 'mp-minimal-temp.tex' > TeXExec | no ctx file found > TeXExec | tex processing method: context > TeXExec | writing option file mp-minimal-temp.top > TeXExec | using randomseed 1177 > TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex > TeXExec | tex format: cont-en > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-rc4 (Web2C 7.5.5) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) > entering extended mode > (./mp-minimal-temp.tex > > ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.02 13:44 MK II fmt: 2007.1.3 int: english/english > > language : language en is active > system : cont-new loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex > systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) > system : cont-old loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex > loading : Context Old Macros > ) > system : cont-fil loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex > loading : Context File Synonyms > ) > system : cont-sys.rme loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) > bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded > language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex > nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 > es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi > :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- >>13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec > ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded > specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded > system : mp-minimal-temp.top loaded > (./mp-minimal-temp.top > specials : loading definition file dvi > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-dvi.tex) > specials : tex loaded > specials : loading definition file ps > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-ps.tex) > specials : tex,postscript loaded > specials : loading definition file tr > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-tr.tex) > specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded > ) > systems : system commands are disabled > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) > systems : begin file mp-minimal-temp at line 42 > ! Undefined control sequence. > l.44 \documentclass > [12pt,a4paper]{article} > ? > ! Emergency stop. > l.44 \documentclass > [12pt,a4paper]{article} > No pages of output. > Transcript written on mp-minimal-temp.log. > TeXExec | runtime: 0.529086 > This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.5) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) > (mp-minimal.mp >>> mp-minimal.mp >>> mp-minimal.mpx > ! Unable to make mpx file. > l.9 label(btex > Test etex, (1,1) ); > Transcript written on mp-minimal.log. > TeXExec | runtime: 0.865779 > > MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : no filename matches mp-minimal Here is my minimal example: prologues:=2; verbatimtex \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \begin{document} etex beginfig(1); label(btex Test etex, (1,1) ); endfig; end I tried to understand which script is actual called when i call mptopdf but got kind of lost in the sequence of shell script calling ruby scripts calling perl scripts, etc. So, I wasn't able to find out the right command line options, etc. for making mpost aware of calling latex instead of tex. Can someone help me out here? Best regards Martin -- If you didn't get caught, did you really do it?

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Hello, on html and LaTeX
by mario 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

hello, my first post. I am looking for tools to convert Html to LaTeX. It has been suggestd to me that ConTeXt could be used to do so. Is it the case? If yes, how? Thanks Regards mario ps pls. cc to my personal address below too. -- mario <chiari.hm(a)flashnet.it>

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Re: [NTG-context] Help --- Arithmetic Overflow: Weird error
by David Arnold 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Mojca, Attached. Meanwhile, I guess I should try to update my Context and see if that makes a difference. I found that I needed to update my installer and now I am realizing that I am a bit behind the times. In trying Context Updater in the update i-installer, I get this message: "You are now installing in the location for de deprecated gwTeX 2003-2005 i-Package in part based on teTeX. This is probably not what you want. I suggest you make sure you have the gwTeX i-Package based on TeX Live installed. Then the best thing is to reset this i-Package to its default package properties. It will then pick up the new default location. Looks like it wants me to install the latest tex. Any advice? On Jan 3, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 1/4/07, David Arnold <dwarnold45(a)cox.net> wrote: >> Mojca, >> >> Mac OS X 10.4.8. >> >> Gerben's GWTeX. >> >> LinearFunctions $ texmfstart texexec --version >> TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD > > (I also use gwTeX here.) > > Can you send me complete file+logs? > > Mojca

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