March 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Positioning graphics at positions on a page
by David Arnold 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

Hi, Measuring from the top left hand corner of US letter paper, I'd like to position four identical metapost graphics, centered at (2in,2in), (6in,4in), (2in,6in) and (6in,8in). The first entry in each pair is the amount I'd like to move to the right from the top left corner of the page. The second entry is the amount I'd like to move down from the top left corner of the page. Any ideas?

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by Arkady Shraer 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

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Re: [NTG-context] Equivalent to \settowidth
by Robin Kirkham 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

> From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> > Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> 2007/3/14, Robin Kirkham <robin.kirkham(a)csiro.au>: >>> >>> Is there a ConTeXt equivalent to LaTeX \settowidth{}, or better >>> still >>> some macro I can do things like >>> >>> \setupsomething[ >>> ... >>> width={\widthof{\bf sometext\emspace}}, >>> ...] > \def\setwidthof#1\to#2% > {\bgroup > \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% > \expanded{\egroup\def\noexpand#2{\the\wd\scratchbox}}} Thanks Wolfgang, Chen and Hans for your responses. I used Hans' one ... it seems to work. I'm actually trying to indent tables of contents by level. I want each indent to match the start of the heading text of the previous level, i.e., 1 Chapter 1.1 Section 1.1.1 Subsection 1.1.2 Subsection ... Title in other words, the indent is not quite a fixed width per level. The following complete example sort of does what I want (using Hans' \setwidthof) but it will fail when the section numbers have more digits than I have allowed for. I have a feeling I should be using \setupcombinedlist[content] [distance=1em] or something, but that puts an em space in front of unnumbered chapters (titles) as well. What I have done seems very ugly, surely there is a "proper" way? Robin % widthof macro from Hans \def\setwidthof#1\to#2% {\bgroup \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% \expanded{\egroup\def\noexpand#2{\the\wd\scratchbox}}} \setupcombinedlist[content][ alternative=c, aligntitle=yes] \setuplist[chapter][ alternative=b, style=bold] % calculate widths of numbers \setwidthof{\bf 9\emspace}\to\WDA \setwidthof{9.9\emspace}\to\WDB \setwidthof{9.9.9\emspace}\to\WDC \setwidthof{9.9.9.9\emspace}\to\WDD % calculate margins \setwidthof{{\bf 9\emspace}}\to\MAB \setwidthof{{\bf 9\emspace}9.9\emspace}\to\MAC \setwidthof{{\bf 9\emspace}9.9\emspace 9.9.9\emspace}\to\MAD \setuplist[chapter] [margin=0em, width=\WDA] \setuplist[section] [margin=\MAB, width=\WDB] \setuplist[subsection] [margin=\MAC, width=\WDC] \setuplist[subsubsection] [margin=\MAD, width=\WDD] \starttext \completecontent[criterium=all] \page \startfrontmatter \chapter{Unnumbered Chapter} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section} \subsection{Subsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section} \subsection{Subsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \chapter{Chapter} \stopbodymatter \stoptext

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otf files
by luigi scarso 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

I have a large list of otf files that i need to use inside a "legacy" context system texexec --version TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.3.2 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.3.2 mes: dutch I argue (by reading their AdobeFnt07.lst fonts list) hat I need to convert them to type 1 fonts. Which tool is better under linux ? (actually I'm thinking to fontforge) Thanks in advance luigi

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\chemical{} + \title{}
by Tobias Burnus 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Hi, I'd like to typeset a chemical compound in a \chapter. However, when I try so, all elements are shown in italics. Example: ------------------- \usemodule[chemic] \title{Chemical \chemical{La_{1-x}Ca_xCoO_3}} Chemical \chemical{La_{1-x}Ca_xCoO_3} \end ------------------- Any ideas? (In principle, the "x" in the subscripts should be italic, but I can use \it for this; as long as titles and non-titles are treated alike, I'm happy.) Tobias

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broken: noligature AND hyphenation
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Hi, just by chance I experienced that there seems to be a problem with ligatures and hyphenation in ConTeXt. This is the example: \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \mainlanguage[de] \enableregime[mac] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \starttext Auflagen % the fl-ligature is wrong here Auf\-lagen % this is the right fl Auf\/lagen %this is the right fl 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auflagen % right hyphenation, but wrong ligature 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf\-lagen % but this kills the other hyphenation Aufla-gen 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf\/lagen % but this kills the other hyphenation Aufla-gen 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf"-lagen % this is used in (La)TeX, but doesn'T work in ConTeXt?! % the next wrong causes an error (but would be perfect: 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf"|lagen % this is used in (La)TeX, but doesn'T work in ConTeXt?! \stoptext What is needed is to ... 1) avoid the fl-ligature 2) preserve all the default hyphenation points In TeX (or only LaTeX?) Auf"-lagen or Auf"|lagen would do this. But what is the equivalent in ConTeXt? Steffen

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mplib
by Hans Hagen 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hoi, cstug 1000 euro, gust conversie van metatype1 naar mp++ dus nu nog 500 van tug lospeuteren Hans -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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XeConTeXt and Euler
by nicola 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hi, I'm pretty new to ConTeXt, so please bear with me if the following has already been asked (I have not found any answer in the archives, though). My goal is to use an arbitrary text font together with the Euler math font. I am able to use a few combinations in ConTeXt, e.g. Palatino with Euler, without problems. But when I switch to XeConTeXt (to use my system's fonts), some Euler's math accents do not show up properly (\hat) or not at all (\acute, \grave, \bar, \breve, \dot, \ddot, \tilde, \check). I guess the problem is the different encoding (and possibly the use of virtual fonts), but I know that Euler works in XeTeX: is it possible to make it work in XeConTeXt? Below you find my sample code. Nicola %!TEX TS-program = XeConTeXt %!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode \definetypeface[Charis][rm][Xserif][Charis SIL][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[Doulos][rm][Xserif][Doulos SIL][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[Gentium][rm][Xserif][Gentium][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[Charis][mm][math][euler][euler] % encoding??? \definetypeface[Doulos][mm][math][euler][euler] \definetypeface[Gentium][mm][math][euler][euler] \startbuffer Unicode text works fine here, but formulas do not: \startformula \breve x^n + \bar y^n = \hat z^n. \stopformula \stopbuffer \starttext \switchtobodyfont[Charis] \getbuffer \switchtobodyfont[Doulos] \getbuffer \switchtobodyfont[Gentium] \getbuffer \showmathcharacters \stoptext \end

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\indenting... what's wrong?
by Helin Gai 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hi all, I was testing a very simple file: \setupindenting[15pt,yes] \starttext \indenting[next] This is a test this is a test this is a test this is a test \startformula a+b \stopformula \stoptext As soon as I put in the \indenting[next] command, the space before \startformula is eliminated. [I know the \indenting[next] is not useful here...] What's going on here? Thanks! 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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textblocks in tables
by Bernhard Michael 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Hi list After writing some documents in LaTeX I discovered ConTeX. It's a great macro package for TeX. It gives me the flexibility I missed with LaTeX. However it isn't that easy to start with :-) Especially when some advanced functionality is needed... I write a document where I have to describe requirements. I want to give these requirements a running number over all chapters and I also need to prioritise them. My idea is to describe the requirements in several chapter. At the end I want to list all the requirements together with their priority. I tried the following code but unfortunately it didn't work: \defineenumeration[Requirement][location=left,text=Req,width=broad,after={\blank[small]}] \defineblock[Requirement,Priority] \setupblock[Requirement][after=] \hideblocks[Priority] \starttext \chapter{Description of requirements} \beginRequirement \Requirement A requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority A \endPriority Description of the requirement. \beginRequirement \Requirement An other requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority C \endPriority Description of the requirement. \chapter{Additional requirements} \beginRequirement \Requirement An additional requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority B \endPriority Description of the requirement. \beginRequirement \subRequirement A sub requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority C \endPriority Description of the requirement. \chapter{Summary of requirements} % Here I would like to list all requirements with their priorities in a table % I tried something like this but it didn't work \reset[Requirement] \setupblock[Requirement][before=\HL\VL,after=] \setupblock[Priority][before=\VL,after=\VL\MR \starttable[|l|c|] \useblocks[Requirement,Priority] \stoptable \stoptext Is it possible to use text blocks within tables or does an other way exists to do the same thing? It doesnt have to be a table necessarily. I need some sort of compact listing. Thanks in advance for your help! Michael

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