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simplecolumns
by Hans van der Meer 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

\simplecolumns have served me well. However, it seems a bit shy to respond to \setupcolumns (although in file page-mul.tex the definition of \setupcolumns preceeds that of \startsimplecolumns). For example, the following typesets 2 columns instead of 4; to set 4 columns \startsimplecolumns[4] is required. \starttext \setupcolumns[n=4] \startsimplecolumns \input tufte \stopsimplecolumns \stoptext Can someone tell me if \setupcolumns has any effect on the typesetting of simplecolumns? Which parameters of those on \setupcolumns are effective in simplecolumns? Not all do, as for example rule=on seems to have no effect. Hans van der Meer

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No TOC and other lists with \setuparranging
by Piotr Kopszak 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Hello list, The following gives me TOC and list of defined heads called przepis at the end of the file: \definehead[przepis][section] \setuphead [chapter] [number=no] \setuphead [section] [number=no] \definepapersize[mysize][width=10cm,height=19cm] \setuppapersize[mysize][mysize] \setuplayout[backspace=17mm,location=middle,marking=on,] \starttext \startbodymatter \chapter{to start!} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos czosnkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos pieczarkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos jogurtowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{dajemy dalej!} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos warzywny} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos jagodowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{Trzeci!} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos czosnkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos pieczarkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos jogurtowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{To czwarty!} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos niewarzywny} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos niejagodowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \stopbodymatter \title{Spis tre\'sci} \placecontent \title{Spis przepisow} \placelist[przepis] \stoptext Whereas the following does not: \definehead[przepis][section] \setuphead [chapter] [number=no] \setuphead [section] [number=no] \definepapersize[mysize][width=10cm,height=19cm] \setuppapersize[mysize][A2] \setuparranging[2*8,rotated,doublesided] \setuplayout[backspace=17mm,location=middle,marking=on,] \starttext \startbodymatter \chapter{to start!} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos czosnkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos pieczarkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos jogurtowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{dajemy dalej!} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos warzywny} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos jagodowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{Trzeci!} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos czosnkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos pieczarkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos jogurtowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{To czwarty!} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos niewarzywny} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos niejagodowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \stopbodymatter \title{Spis tre\'sci} \placecontent \title{Spis przepisow} \placelist[przepis] \stoptext I am using the latest Context (ConTeXt ver: 2007.02.21 11:55 MKII fmt: 2007.2.24 int: english/english). I would be very grateful for advice Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/ http://www.magnatune.com/artists/altri_stromenti

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FYI
by Idris Samawi Hamid 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Info for the gang: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=223940&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=t… (last paragraph) This does not affect me or many of us but it's good to know the vibes out there. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Limitation on natural tables.
by John R. Culleton 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

The fancy tricks one can to with Natural Tables seem to work within the body of the table where I don't need them but fail in the header area where I do need them. This example, takein from the wiki, works (of course.) \setupTABLE[row][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=red, width=.2\textwidth] \bTABLE[split=yes] \bTR \bTD[nr=3] 1 \eTD \bTD[nc=2] 2/3 \eTD \bTD[nr=3] 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=3] 1/2/3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE But if I convert the above data items to header items the run fails. Specifically the following fails: \setupTABLE[row][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=red, width=.2\textwidth] \bTABLE[split=yes] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTH[nr=3] 1 \eTH \bTH[nc=2] 2/3 \eTH \bTH[nr=3] 4 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH[nc=3] 1/2/3 \eTH \bTH 4 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 1 \eTH \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \bTH 4 \eTH \eTR \eTABlehead \eTABLE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What did I miss? Here is the error message: bTR \bTH [nr=3] 1 \eTH \bTH [nc=2] 2/3 \eTH \bTH [nr=3] 4 \eTH \eTR \ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \doTABLEhead. <inserted text> \par <*> tabletest.tex emergencyend ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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How to put float caption header in margin?
by Robin Kirkham 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Hi all, How can I put the header part only of a float caption (i.e., the "Figure 6" bit) in the left margin (so as to match \setupheads [alternative=inmargin]), but leaving the caption text part in the normal place? Robin

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Natural table header limitation.
by JOHN CULLETON 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

The fancy tricks one can to with Natural Tables seem to work within the body of the table where I don't need them but fail in the header area where I do need them. This example, takein from the wiki, works (of course.) \setupTABLE[row][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=red, width=.2\textwidth] \bTABLE[split=yes] \bTR \bTD[nr=3] 1 \eTD \bTD[nc=2] 2/3 \eTD \bTD[nr=3] 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=3] 1/2/3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE But if I convert the above data items to header items the run fails. Specifically the following fails: \setupTABLE[row][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=red, width=.2\textwidth] \bTABLE[split=yes] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTH[nr=3] 1 \eTH \bTH[nc=2] 2/3 \eTH \bTH[nr=3] 4 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH[nc=3] 1/2/3 \eTH \bTH 4 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 1 \eTH \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \bTH 4 \eTH \eTR \eTABlehead \eTABLE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What did I miss? Here is the error message: bTR \bTH [nr=3] 1 \eTH \bTH [nc=2] 2/3 \eTH \bTH [nr=3] 4 \eTH \eTR \ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \doTABLEhead. <inserted text> \par <*> tabletest.tex emergencyend ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- John Culleton _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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Question about defining a math macro
by Aditya Mahajan 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Hi, Can I define a math macro, say \EXP that does the following: 1) \EXP{something} gives me, say E(something) 2) \EXP_a^b{something} gives my E_a^b(something) That is, I want to write a macro that will only be used in the math mode, that does something with its argument. But, I also want it to handle _ and ^ if they are present. The only method that I can think of is to check _ or ^ with \ifnextcharacter and go through all 5 cases (nothing, only _, only ^, _ followed by ^, ^ followed by _) but this seems very inefficient. Is there a better way? Aditya

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breaking framed text across pages
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Hi, I'm struggling against framed text and is beaten again. If the text below doesn't fit the page, it goes below footer and stops pdf file without explanations. After many experiments I should note that frame text is not user-tolerant construction at all, unlike the whole Context is. :( \defineframedtext[assignment][rulethickness=0.7pt, corner=round, bodyfont=11pt, width=\textwidth] \startassignment Write an M-file which inputs matrixes $A$, $B$, initial $N$ and number of iterations, and which plots 3D bars. \startcolumns[n=3] \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \stopcolumns Find relative distribution (in percents) of population within age classes and store the result into new matrix $P$. Plot it too. \startcolumns[n=3] \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \stopcolumns \stopassignment Best, Vyatcheslav

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ConTeXt release 2007.02.20
by geoff.moyle＠gmail.com 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Gday I am having a problem on mswincontext since this the update 2007.02.20. Even "hello world" will not compile. I am assuming the problem is the 7pt font. What do I need to do to correct the problem? Thanks texmfstart texexec --autopdf --pdf test.tex TeXExec | processing document 'test.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file test.top TeXExec | using randomseed 840 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.1 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.02.20 12:00 MKII fmt: 2007.2.24 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont- new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded ! Font \*7ptmmmrrm*=rm-lmr7 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \dodosetmathfamilyA ...amily \fontsize \endcsname \else \ifcsname \fontbody ... \dosetmathfamily ...athfamily \scriptscriptfont #1 \let \fontbody #3\dodosetm... <inserted text> ...ptscriptface \c!mr \mrfallback \dosetmathfamily \mifam \t... \synchronizemath ...athfonts \the \mathstrategies \fi ... l.1 \starttext ? regards Geoff

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Math Sets (ConTeXt port of braket.sty)
by Aditya Mahajan 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Hi, I find myself writing a lot of probability expressions where I want the delimiters to scale automatically, and | (conditional sign) to scale automatically, and the spacing around | to be correct. In LaTeX, I used to use braket package to do this. Since moving to ConTeXt, I was doing this by hand, but wring a lot of \EXP\left\{ ... \,\middle\, ...\right\} and \Pr( ... \mid ...) soon became a pain to read and write. So (thanks to Taco's first hand knowledge of why TeX is Turing complete), I have written the following macros: \unprotect \definesystemvariable {ms} % Math Set \def\mathsetmiddle{\,\middle\mathsetparameter\c!middle\,} \let\currentmathset\empty \def\mathsetparameter#1% {\executeifdefined{\??ms\currentmathset#1}{\executeifdefined{\??ms#1}\empty}} \def\definemathset {\dodoubleargument\dodefinemathset} \def\dodefinemathset[#1][#2]% {\getparameters[\??ms#1] [\c!text=,\c!left={\{},\c!right={\}},\c!middle=\vert,#2] \setvalue{#1}{\dododefinemathset[#1]}} \def\dododefinemathset[#1]#2#% {\begingroup \def\currentmathset{#1} \mathcode`\|32768 \let|\mathsetmiddle \def\mathsetarguments{#2} \dodododefinemathset} \def\dodododefinemathset#1% {\doifsomething{\mathsetparameter\c!text} {\mathop{\mathsetparameter\c!text\mathsetarguments}} \left\mathsetparameter\c!left#1\right\mathsetparameter\c!right \endgroup} \protect which allows me to do \definemathset[EXP][text={\mfunction{E}}] \definemathset[PR][text={\mfunction{Pr}},left=(,right=)] \starttext Correct spacing around the vertical bar. \startformula \EXP{f(X) | Y} = \sum_{x} f(x) \PR{x|Y} \stopformula Correct scaling of delimiters (as correct as left and right give you) \startformula \EXP{\sum_z f(X,z) | Y} = \sum_{x,z} f(x,z) \PR{x,z|Y} \stopformula Correct handling of sub|/|super scripts \startformula \EXP_X{f(X) | Y} = \sum_{x} f(x) \PR{x|Y} \stopformula Is there anyone else interested in this kind of stuff? I have not ported all the features of braket.sty, but only those that I needed. Other should not be too difficult to port. Hans and Taco: Does it make sense to add these to the core? If so, I can polish the macros a bit (add a \setupmathsets command). Aditya

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