May 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Helvetica - 50th Birthday
by Keith McKay 09 May '07

09 May '07

I saw this on the BBC News Website and thought it may be of interest http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6638423.stm Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland, UK. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/794 - Release Date: 08/05/2007 14:23

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short last line
by Steffen Wolfrum 09 May '07

09 May '07

Hi, looking for a solution to avoid short snippets in a paragraph's last line I found lefthyphenmin/righthyphenmin. But as this affects all hyphenations it is not useful. Is there also a command that only cares for the last line of a paragraph, controlling that this last line should consist of e.g. at least 5 characters (all in all, or at least righthyphenmin 4 characters)? Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] hotkey and strut again
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 09 May '07

09 May '07

Hello, I've found the following solution some time ago and I'm quietly satisfied with it: \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[corner=00, offset=0pt]{\ #1\ }} -- Best, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] [metapost] shading text
by Mojca Miklavec 08 May '07

08 May '07

The ConTeXt mailing list is probably more suitable for this discussion, so I'm redirecting your question there (if anyone responds to it). On 5/2/07, Stephan Hennig wrote: > Hi, > > my attempt to shade a piece of text with MetaFun fails (see below). Is > this a restriction of MetFun/MetaPost or of the PDF format? > > While there is an explicit example for transparent text in metafun-p.pdf > on p. 185 I didn't find one for shaded text. Is shading text possible? > > Best regards, > Stephan Hennig > > input metafun > beginfig(1); > sh_sqr := define_linear_shade(origin, (100bp,0), white, blue); > sh_txt := define_linear_shade(origin, (100bp,0), white, red); > fill unitsquare scaled 100bp withshade sh_sqr; > label("Not shaded!", (50,50)) withshade sh_txt; > endfig; > end > > Compile with > > mpost shad > mptopdf shad ---------- On 5/6/07, Stephan Hennig wrote: > Mojca Miklavec schrieb: > > It should be possible to do it inside PDF, but it's not implemented (yet?). > > Thanks. Would be a nice feature for, e.g., invitation cards. PDF uses 8 different kinds of text: filled, stroked (already implemented with \starteffect[outline]...\stopeffect), ... and some others. See Chapter 5.2 of PDF reference manual. You probably need Text rendering type 4. Extending support for it would be a nice excercise in metafun programming, but I'm too slow to figure it out in a reasonable time. I *really* need to finish extending smooth shading patterns to a more generic model, and I will keep your problem in mind in case it remains unsolved, but don't count on me if you need it now. There are some people on the ConTeXt mailing list (apart from Hans of course) who might be able to help. Mojca

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[texhax] Announcing CrossTeX a a powerful drop-in replacement for BibTeX. (fwd)
by Aditya Mahajan 08 May '07

08 May '07

Hi, I am forwarding the announcement from texhax list. The tool looks interesting, though I have not checked if it can be used easily with Taco's bib module or not. Aditya ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert Burgess <burgess(a)systems.cs.cornell.edu> To: texhax(a)tug.org Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 12:34:15 -0400 Subject: [texhax] Announcing CrossTeX, a powerful drop-in replacement for BibTeX. CrossTeX is a new bibliography management tool that aims to render bibliographies less error-prone, databases easier to maintain, and documents easier to cite. It is based on an object-oriented data model that minimizes redundant information in bibliographic databases. It enables works to be cited not only through syntactic object keys but through semantic information that uniquely identifies the work. It also supports customization and automation to a much greater extent in order to avoid errors, typos, and inconsistencies in bibliographies, while providing users with fine-grained control over the typesetting of references and citations. Other features include support for new object types, such as URLs and patents, that have become common in citations; direct generation of HTML documents; easy programmability using a well-known language; and extensive databases of published works. It is backwards-compatible with existing BibTeX databases, and, overall, builds on BibTeX's strengths while fundamentally fixing the problems that lead to errors in BibTeX-formatted documents. Downloads, a tutorial, and more extensive information are available at http://crosstex.sourceforge.net/. Robert Burgess Emin Gün Sirer _______________________________________________ TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq Mailing list archives: http://tug.org/pipermail/texhax/ More links: http://tug.org/begin.html Automated subscription management: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/texhax Human mailing list managers: postmaster(a)tug.org

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' doesn't make a prime in math mode
by Ricard Roca 07 May '07

07 May '07

Hi, In the lastest conTeXt, typing a ' in math mode typesets nothing and gives an error (undefined control sequence). You have to use ^\prime, instead. Thanks, Ricard Roca

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differences of perl/ruby texexec
by Henning Hraban Ramm 04 May '07

04 May '07

Ahoi! While processing my LilyPond/ConTeXt songbook, I experience still the same behaviour as in 2006-10: The checking, if a LilyPond buffer/temp file has changed, works only with the old Perl texexec, the recent Ruby version creates/processes the files only if they're missing completely and then still uncomplete: after 20-some songs, some buffers get dropped, so that LilyPond score and ConTeXt lyrics don't match. But I can't simply use the Perl texexec, because that doesn't create table of contents and references. Besides being much slower. Looks like the workaround of first Perl, then Ruby gives the expected result, but it's an annoyance. Maybe it's only a problem of the LilyPond module, but I guess the filechange check is somehow broken in the Ruby version. What details should I provide to track the problem down? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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MetaPost question
by Tobias Burnus 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hi, I want to define a macro in MetaPost which does: def myfunc (expr x,y)(text t) = draw thelabel.rt (btex You passed \quotation{t} etex, (x,y)); where t in btex ... text is replaced by the argument. How to do so? Tobias

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hotkey and strut again
by Peter Münster 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hello, I'm using the following command for typesetting "hotkeys": \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[background=screen,offset=overlay, height=\lineheight,corner=00]{~#1~}} Now I realize, that with an argument without depth (\hotkey{Alt} for example), the text is not aligned. Same result with strut=no,yes,global. With strut=local the text without depth is well aligned, but no more the text *with* depth ("Space" for example). Here my test-file: \setupcolors[state=start] \def\Test#1{ \def\hotkey##1{\inframed[background=screen,offset=overlay, height=\lineheight,corner=00,strut=#1]{~##1~}} strut=#1: bla \hotkey{Alt} bla \hotkey{Space} bla\blank} \starttext \Test{no} \Test{yes} \Test{global} \Test{local} \stoptext Any hint is appreciated! Cheers, Peter P.S.: My workaround: \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[background=screen,offset=overlay, height=\lineheight,corner=00]{~\vphantom{Sp}#1~}} -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Typesetting musical scores
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hello, Is there a way to typeset (simple) musical scores with ConTeXt/XeTeX? I found Lilypond, but whether it is supported now is obscure. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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