October 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

New build problems
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

Hello New context build is not friendly at all: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc00000022)" windows fatal error is displayed twice. Here is the log: G:\rsync\win\texmf-win>texexec --make --luatex TeXExec | using search method 'kpsewhich' TeXExec | updating file database TeXExec | using tex engine luatex TeXExec | using tex format path ./luatex TeXExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions TeXExec | using mp engine mpost TeXExec | using mps format path . TeXExec | generating mps format metafun TeXExec | TeXExec | mps engine path: . TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | runtime: 70.969 Sure, I still have to play with env variables (nearly all of them require updating when migrating to new build). Where the LUAINPUT var should point to? And why it is not found in setuptex.bat? Is it needed at all? Best, Vaytcheslav

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Which ConTeXt editor do you use?
by Matija Šuklje 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hullo, I've just learnt enough LaTeX to start writing when Mojca convinced me to try out ConTeXt. So far, I think I like it, but have a few beginner's problems with it. The first one being, which editor to use? So far I've been using Kile for LaTeX and KBib for BibTeX, but Kile doesn't support (yet) ConTeXt syntax, which is a bit different from the LaTeX one. Could anyone suggest a good ConTeXt-aware editor for Linux? Ideally, I would like to see Kile (and Kate) support ConTeXt, but untill I manage to bug their devs into it, I would still need an editor. regards, Matija Šuklje p.s. this is my first post here, I hope I'm not going against any localy established netiquette p.p.s. Mojca bugged me to join it ;) -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje

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Kate ConTeXt highlighting
by Matija Šuklje 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Sweet, I didn't exactly find a full editor with an environment, but at least a syntax highliting in Kate (a nice advanced text editor for KDE (so far still Linux-only)). Also a Kate dev (he also pointed me to the file) asked if someone could test this syntax highliting and send a short evaluation to kwrite-devel(a)kde.org for the devs to decide if it sounds good enough to be included in the Kate package itself to be available to all without searching the net. I would/will do it myself, but I'm affraid it will take me too much time to even learn enough ConTeXt to evaluate it properly and will thus miss the next release. If anyone happens to use Kate or KDE it would be great if (s)he could review this. links: http://kde-files.org/content/show.php/ConTeXt+-+Syntax+Highlighting?content… http://www.mvkrauss.de/tex.html cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje

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upright sans math
by Henning Hraban Ramm 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Ahoi! I need to typeset some formulae in upright Helvetica (TeX Gyre Heros, URW Nimbus or similar). Is this already pre-made in the ConTeXt distribution? I couldn't find it. Greetlings, Hraban

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Success Story - II
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hello Happy to report that Luatex made my life easier once again. :) I've made another test papers for my students, with varying problems, and it was possible only due to Lua emedded code. Examples: Perform logical AND, OR and XOR under the following pair of hexadecimal numbers: \startluacode n = math.random(10,255) m = math.random(10,255) tex.print(string.format("%X, %X", n, m)) \stopluacode Encode your Name and Surname as a \startluacode a = {'null-terminated', 'dollar-terminated', 'Pascal'} tex.print( string.format('%s string.', a[math.random(1,3)]) ); \stopluacode Lucky, the discussion about Lua reference started in the list today, because I need more knowledge of Lua to make even more flexible assignments. Best regards, Vyatcheslav

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JUstificarion of \inleft
by John Culleton 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

The Context command \inleft is almost comparable to a similar facility in Framemaker with this exception: Framemaker left justifies multiple lines in this situation (called a sidehead) whereas \inleft right justifies them. I know I can force indiviual lines into place by enclosing them in \leftline or whatever but I am hoping there is a more general solution. -- John Culleton Want to know what I really think? http://apps.wexfordpress.net/blog/ And my must-read (free) short list: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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Happy prime.next.square :)
by Mojca Miklavec 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

Mojca PS: explanation comes with a delay :)

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rsync problems
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

Hello, I use rsync -rvzctl rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/minimals/windows tex but get the error message. Previously, the same command worked successfully for me. Is something broken on the server? G:\rsync>rsync -rvzctl rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/minimals/windows tex receiving file list ... rsync: link_stat "/minimals/windows" (in minimals) faile d: No such file or directory (2) done sent 4 bytes received 9 bytes 8.67 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1385) [rece iver=2.6.9] Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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natural table splitting problems
by Santy, Michael 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

> The same as in my first reply. Look at the first page with the text > only. There isn't a space behind the sentence(s) and TeX can't break the > paragraph (text expands it's lower border). This also breaks the > splitting of the table, as it is (partly) on the same page. Peter, all of the information that you've sent me has been very educational, but I think you may be focusing too much on the approach that I've used to illustrate the errant table splitting behavior. The example below also illustrates this behavior and does not extend the text below its lower border as did the previous example. This is of course a contrived example -- I unfortunately cannot post a real example. You can slightly change the layout and the problem will going away (for this particular document). The problem is that my ConTeXt rendering layer has to process arbitrary XML input and this very same behavior pops up in documents regardless of the layout. Making adjustments to the layout, font size, etc will just change where the problem manifests itself. It is still possible that I'm doing something wrong, but my gut tells me that it is a bug in the context natural table splitting code. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setuplayout[textwidth=6.5in, width=middle, height=middle, footer=3\bodyfontsize, footerdistance=\bodyfontsize, header=0pt, headerdistance=0pt, top=\bodyfontsize, topdistance=\bodyfontsize, topspace=0.8in, bottom=\bodyfontsize, bottomdistance=0.5\bodyfontsize, bottomspace=0.8in, location=middle] \showframe \usetypescript[times][ec] \setupbodyfont[times,13pt] \setupwhitespace[big] \starttext Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. \placetable[split]{Broken Split Table}{% \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTH Header A \eTH \bTH Header B \eTH \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \bTR \bTC A \eTC \bTC B \eTC \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE } \stoptext

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linebreak NOT in section title BUT in content
by Steffen Wolfrum 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

Hi, \chapter{First line\\second line} gives a linebreak in the chapter's title but not in the corresponding toc entry. I need it the other way round: a line break at a specific point of the toc entry *and not* in the chapters title. Is this possible? Steffen

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