January 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Columns and components
by Jeff Smith 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hi! I'm toying with a complex document environment involving multiple components, both in order to learn in general and to accomplish particular objectives. So I want a 2-column layout for all the document, which is made up of a bunch of components appended one after the other in a continuous fashion. The way I thought to acheive that is, instinctively, to use \startcolumns in my product file, before declaring the various components. However, when I do this, the use of \stopcolumns at the end doesn't work. The document does compile (with columns) when I don't use the stop command, but when I do, there is an error: ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. \stopcolumns ...idecolumnsfalse \endgroup \egroup l.12 \stopcolumns What is the proper way of doing this? The thing is, I need to balance my columns, and balancing doesn't work with no \stopcolumns. Thanks! Jeff

2 1

Default preference for float location
by Robin Kirkham 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hi, I'd like to set up floats (figures, tables, etc) so they float to the bottom of the page, by default (as if you always wrote \placefigure [bottom][...]{}{}). There does not seem to be an option to \setupfloats[] that will do this, or have I missed something? Robin

2 1

Figures protruding into the margin in double-sided document [sovled]
by Tim Eyre ティム 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hello all, I found the solution to this in a 2006 thread entitled "layout question". What I needed was: \definefloat[textmarginfigure][textmarginfigures] \setupfloat[textmarginfigure][location=inner] \placetextmarginfigure{<figure>} Tim

1 0

Index formatting: column leaks over page margin
by cormullion＠mac.com 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

I have a tiny problem with the formatting of an index placed with \completeindex. When there are more than 14 or so page numbers for an entry and the entry is in the right hand column, the numbers leak over the page boundary. I haven't done any special formatting for these index pages - is there a command that says keep the columns for a \completeindex less than x cm wide or something?

2 5

Figures (images) at a special position
by Claudia Lanzl 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hello, I have a question on (absolute) positionning of figures/images. I try to position my images in that way shown in the layout in this attachment (hope I can post images this way?). I try to do it with the following lines: \useexternalfigure[pic01][pic01] \useexternalfigure[pic02][pic02] \useexternalfigure[pic03][pic03] \useexternalfigure[pic04][pic04] \useexternalfigure[pic05][pic05] \placefigure[left][]{none} { \startcombination[2*3] %\startcombination[2*2] %the following 3 lines don´t work! %probably I can not use \placeexternalfigure in the \startcombination !??? {\placeexternalfigure[left] {Caption} {\externalfigure[pic01.jpg]}} {\externalfigure[pic02.jpg]}{} {\externalfigure[pic03.jpg]}{Caption} {\externalfigure[pic04.jpg]}{} {\externalfigure[pic05.jpg]}{} \stopcombination } So if I position the images with {\externalfigure[pic0001.jpg]}{} and so on, I don´t get the layout I want to have. I found floating objects, can I use these to position the pictures in the way I want to? ANY COMMENT IS USEFUL! Thank you very much!

4 8

get XML data and put it in a table
by Claudia Lanzl 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hello again, yet another problem.... :( I have got the following table: \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\ss Name } \eTD \bTD FAMILY NAME \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD {\ss Role} \eTD \bTD ROLE \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD {\ss E-Mail} \eTD \bTD E-MAIL \eTD \eTR \eTABLE and want the first coloumn to be always the same. The 3 attributes of the second one (FAMILY NAME, ROLE, E-MAIL) should come from an XML-file. So how do I get the attributs out of the file to the special position in the table? I think this can not be difficult, but it didn´t want to work. Do I have to go step by step through my document, and ignore those tags I don´t want to get? I would like to say: \defineXMLenvironment[user] \defineXMLenvironment[name] \defineXMLignore[display] \defineXMLargument[family] and save this result in a variable. Hm, I simly don´t know... do I have to group it? The XML-file looks s.th. similar to that: <user status="published" type="author" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" <name> <display> Reiner Ittinger </display> <family> Ittinger </family> <given> Reiner </given> </name> <organisation> <role> Student </role> </organisation> <contact> <emails> <email> ittinger(a)fha.de </email> </emails> </contact> </user> Thank you for your help and comments, tired Claudia

1 0

pdfetex 1.40.1 + ghosscript problem?
by Michal Kvasnicka 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

Good evening. Excuse me this off-topic, I don't know where should I ask. I've installed pdfetex 1.40.1 to be able to use hz-algorithm with truetype fonts. Both my AdobeReader 7.x, and xpdf under SuSE Linux 10.1 view the output pdf file all right. But my gv viewer based on ghostscript (version 8.15 (2006-04-19)) dies if I try to view the output file with it. When I convert the pdf file to postscript using AdobeReader, it doesn't die but view the document incorrectly (strange letters appears where they are not supposed to be). Can anybody tell me what's wrong, and if there is a ghostscript version capable to view the output of pdftex 1.40.1? Without it it is useless for me. :-( Many thanks for your kind help. Michal Kvasnicka

5 6

Imposition struggles
by Willi Egger 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

Help! I need to get a book on paper... Using: ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.18 12:57 MKII fmt: 2007.1.19 int: english/english Problem: By means of veroffset and horoffset the arranged pages should be placed in the center of the sheet. However, depending on the number of pages, the last sheets get typeset wronlgy (shifted unexpectedly to the left). Please try the attached sample file. Willi % TEST imposition % Problems: % option "cutspace" in \setuplayout is not honored % option ver/horoffset do unexpected shifts of the pages on the sheet % % By means of ver/horoffset the pages should be put centered on the sheet, in order % to be able to fold and cut the sheets. % Context file % filename: imposition-test.tex % Willi Egger % 20-01-2007 \mainlanguage[nl] \usetypescript[palatino][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[palatino, rm, 11pt] % Data for the setup of the layout % Relation between height and width of the PAGE 3 : 2 % Kanon 12 % Paper height (A - D) 200 mm % Paper length (A - B) 267 mm % Inner margin 11 mm % Top margin 17 mm % Outer margin 22 mm % Lower margin 33 mm % Height typesetting area 150 mm % Width typesetting area 100 mm \definepapersize[Test][height=200mm, width=137.5mm] %incl. 4 mm bindingcorection \setuppapersize[Test][A4,landscape] \setuplayout [% % cutspace=5mm, veroffset=5mm, horoffset=-11mm, topspace=17mm, backspace=15mm, %incl. 4 mm bindingcorrection leftmargin=10mm, margindistance=1mm, width=100mm, header=0pt, headerdistance=0pt, footer=1.5\bodyfontsize, footerdistance= 3\bodyfontsize, height=167mm, marking=on] \setuppagenumbering[location={footer,right},alternative=doublesided] \setuparranging[2*2*4] \setupitemgroup[itemize] [1] [symbol=2, before={\blank[small]}, inbetween={\blank[small]}, after={\blank[small]}] \starttext % \dorecurse {30}{% This works as expected! \dorecurse {35}{% \subject{A text by Ward} \input ward \subject{A text by Louis Couperus} Overglanzende mooi was Emeralda, schitterend schoon als geen vrouw in het rijk, geen prinses in andere rijken. Zij was heel groot en vorstelijk van gestalte; zij liep heel recht en fier en trotsch; zij wàs heel trotsch, want na den dood van den koning zoû zij heerschen op den troon van het Rijk van het Verleden. IJverzuchtig op al de macht, die haar deel zoû zijn, wees zij af alle de prinsen, die dongen om hare hand. Zij sprak nooit anders dan om te bevelen, en alleen voor haar vader boog zij het hoofd. Zij droeg altijd zwaar brokaat, zilver- of goud-, en bezaaid met gesteente, en lange mantels van ruischend sindaal met breed hermelijn omzoomd; een diadeem van de eêlste juweelen flonkerde steeds in haar rossiggoud haar, en ook haar oogen waren juweel: twee prachtige groene smaragden, waarin een zwarte karbonkel was de pupil; en men fluisterde geheimzinnig, dat haar hart was geslepen uit én enkelen reuzerobijn \unknown \startitemize \item First item \item Second item \item Third item \stopitemize} \stoptext

3 5

cont-tmf.zip
by Willi Egger 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

Hi, Is there anybody who is willing to provide me with the last version of cont-tmf.zip of 2006? - Attach it please to an offline mail. Thanks! Willi

2 2

Are before=command parameters expanded?
by Mike Bird 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

I noticed some strange behavior which resulted from the fact that the before value is expanded in \setupfootnotes. For example, the following test case will break if \noexpand is removed: \setupfootnotes[before=\noexpand\undefined] \starttext \stoptext Is this the intended behavior or is this a bug? Thanks, --Mike Bird

2 1