September 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

luatex for random numbers
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Hello friends, I have a small but urgent question. How to call luatex commands in the document? (I heard there were some recent changes.) More specifically, how to generate integer random numbers in given range? I'm preparing a quiz on numbering systems for my students on tomorrow, so your fast help would be greatly appreciated! :) Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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still have a problem in using luatools
by Dalyoung Jeong 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Hi, Again I'd like to ask you some help. Since I have no idea what is wrong in my TeX(gwTeX), I tried from the beginning. I removed installed gwTeX, and reinstalled MacTeX-2007 package. I checked the followings: $ kpsewhich texmf.cnf /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf $ kpsewhich --expand-var='$TEXMFCNF' {/usr/local/texlive/2007/bin/powerpc-darwin,/usr/local/texlive/2007/ bin,/usr/local/texlive/2007}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}:/. $ kpsewhich --expand-var='$TEXMF' {/Users/dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-config,/Users/ dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-var,/Users/dalyoung/Library/texmf,!!/usr/ local/texlive/2007/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf- var,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/../ texmf-local,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist} I also copied luatex and mtxrun in the folder /usr/texbin. texexec --make --all {--pdftex, --xetex} worked fine and make formats properly. After that I run "luatools --generate", then it is not working properly. The messages are $ luatools --generate LuaTools | skipping /usr/texbin/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | skipping /usr/texbin/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.03 seconds I don't know why it is looking for texmf.cnf under the binary folder(/ usr/texbin). Would you please tell me what is wrong in my installation? Thank you for your help. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] got win mimimals at last
by Hans Hagen 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > Hello Hans, > >> not by luatex, but by mkiv ... kpse is not used at all, some day mkiv >> will use its own configuration files, currently, if you change a cfn >> file (or add files ot the tree) you need to run luatools --generate > > But what for I could change a cnf file if it is ignored by mkiv? it's not ignored, if you do luatools --generate, it is read, converted into a lua table, adapted a bit, saved in the cache, and read each run > And what luatools --generate does? Does it perform a subset of texexec --make --luatex functions, or makes something slightly different? I always run the latter command to resolve any problem. :) it replaces kpsewhich + some more (you can run/generate formats, where it will take care of bootstrapping issues) what the --generate does ... well, it tells you ... creating file databases, preparing configurations, storing them for fast access, etc (the same code is used in mkiv, but there we also can access other resouces like zip files) LuaTools | loading c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mine/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | preparing configuration in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7cc bb5039.tma LuaTools | saving configuration in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5 039.tma LuaTools | compiling configuration to c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7cc bb5039.tmc LuaTools | locating list of c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-project LuaTools | locating list of c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-fonts LuaTools | locating list of c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-local LuaTools | locating list of c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-extra LuaTools | locating list of c:/data/develop/tex/texmf LuaTools | scanning path c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-fonts LuaTools | 4939 files found on 276 directories with 62 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-local LuaTools | 6349 files found on 355 directories with 3 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-extra LuaTools | 58 files found on 117 directories with 0 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path c:/data/develop/tex/texmf LuaTools | 59048 files found on 5112 directories with 2079 uppercase remappings LuaTools | preparing files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/9d7d4301715a734deee39f8c8235fb6e.t ma LuaTools | saving files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/9d7d4301715a734deee39f8c8235fb6e.tma LuaTools | compiling files to c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/9d7d4301715a734deee39f8c8235fb6e.t mc LuaTools | preparing files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/e2b439093637a43a1e06dad11b9acfd4.t ma LuaTools | saving files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/e2b439093637a43a1e06dad11b9acfd4.tma LuaTools | compiling files to c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/e2b439093637a43a1e06dad11b9acfd4.t mc LuaTools | preparing files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/04ba8d80d787b2df2d374aa2eb175600.t ma LuaTools | saving files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/04ba8d80d787b2df2d374aa2eb175600.tma LuaTools | compiling files to c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/04ba8d80d787b2df2d374aa2eb175600.t mc LuaTools | preparing files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/30c7af0b47d2e1295ccf508a92e2b307.t ma LuaTools | saving files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/30c7af0b47d2e1295ccf508a92e2b307.tma LuaTools | compiling files to c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/30c7af0b47d2e1295ccf508a92e2b307.t mc ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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got win mimimals at last
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Hello, Hurray!!! The recent Windows minimals work fine for me! Thank you, Mojca, for showing a hidden place in the garden! :) And my a kind of installer works too, how nice! :))) A few words about my 'installer' (maybe someone is interested). It does the same job as setuptex.bat, but sets variables globally by writing into registry instead of dos box. So I can call binaries from any application and it all works!. (Remark: merely setting the PATH variable is not enough, dozen other are needed. Vars were typically defined in texmf.cnf files, but I was surprised to find that those files are explicitly ignored by luatex. ) My next step is to create 'real' installer for Windows. I've discussed this idea several times here and feel that people need it (I do :) My vision of the installer is: install-and-forget on any Windows machine. Target audience: novices. It will include mimimal distribution (56Mb), install or require Ruby too (not included in minimals?). This installation will NOT be able to coexist with MikTeX or TeXLive, because settings will clash. That's all news and thank you all!! Best, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Unicode error in embedded metapost
by Maurício 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Hi, This small piece of code gives me a wrong result: \startuseMPgraphic{teste} z7 = (5cm,0); label.lrt("Pontão",z7); \stopuseMPgraphic I just have to change 'btex Pont\~ao etex' for 'Pontão' and everything goes fine. Best, Maurício

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starttabulate questions
by frantisek holop 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

good evening, all the examples in the manual use \NC before \NR is this a necessity? what is the logics behind this? is it more like an ending to the previous \NC ? \starttabulate[|l|l|l|] \NC A. \NC This Perfect Day \NC Ira Levin \NC \NR \NC B. \NC Opstaan op Zaterdag \NC Jan Gerhart Toonder \NC \NR \NC C. \NC Tot waar zal ik je brengen \NC Anton Koolhaas \NC \NR \NC D. \NC The City And The Stars \NC Arthur Clarke \NC \NR \stoptabulate please consider the following minimal example: \starttext \starttabulate \NC column 1 \NC \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \NC \NR \stoptabulate \starttabulate \NC column 1 \NC \input tufte \input tufte \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext if i don't put something between the two tabulates, they behave just like one, as if i didn't seperate them, they show up on the same page. am i missing something? -f -- illiterate? write for a free brochure!

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Publication layouts
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

Hello All, I am using the bib module to generate references. The manual tells me that the publication layouts are defined in the bibl-xxx files. I've got several of these (bibl-ams.tex, bibl-apa.tex, bibl-num.tex etc) so how do I tell which one is being used? (They all look the same to me!) My supplementary question is: why doesn't the layout for a "book" type print out the "edition" which I have defined in the publication definition? I really want to change the layout of the "book" type to include the edition immdiately after the title in the same font. Thanks, Richard Stephens

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presentation `s-pre-13' conflicts with `rsteps' module?
by Ruini Xue 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

hello, I am making a presentation with `s-pre-13', and it seems module `rsteps' conflicts with it. use the example in t-rsteps.tex, but replace `pre-original' with 's-pre-13'. % <<<<BEGIN mini example \usemodule [pre-writing] \usemodule [rsteps] % interaction menu example: % page number with alphabetic subpage number \startinteractionmenu[bottom] \placelist[chapter] [alternative=bottom,criterium=all,pagenumber=no] \\ \pagenumber{\characters\subpagenumber}/\lastpagenumber \stopinteractionmenu \setupcolors[state=start] \SetupSteps[defaultsection=Subject] \starttext \startstandardmakeup \bfc Raw Steps Module \blank[big] \tfb Usage Examples \stopstandardmakeup \StartSteps [Simple stepping (step \noexpand\CurrentStepNumber)] First step. \NextStep Second step. \NextStep Third step. \AllSteps All steps. \StopSteps \StartSteps[Fancy stepping (step \noexpand\CurrentStepNumber)] \startitemize \OnSteps[1-3,5]{\item Steps 1, 2, 3 and 5.} \OnSteps[2-...]{\item From step 2.} \OnSteps[3] {\item Step 3.} \OnSteps[...-4]{\item Up to step 4.} \stopitemize \StopSteps \StartSteps[Highlighting (step \noexpand\CurrentStepNumber)] \startitemize \item \HighlightSteps[1,4] {Step 1.} \item \HighlightSteps[2] {Step 2.} \item \HighlightSteps[3] {Step 3.} \item \HighlightSteps[4] {Start over from Step 1.} \stopitemize \StopSteps \StartSteps[Equations] \placeformula[eq:divu] \startformula \vec\nabla\cdot\vec u = 0 \stopformula \placeformula[eq:NS] \startformula \frac{D\vec u}{Dt} = \OnSteps[2-...][reserve]{-{\red \frac1\rho \vec\nabla p}} \OnSteps[3-...][reserve]{+\;{\green \vec g}} \OnSteps[4-...][reserve]{+\;{\blue \frac1\rho \vec\nabla\cdot S}} \stopformula Incompressibility (\in{eq.}[eq:divu]). Momentum transport (\in{eq.}[eq:NS]): \startitemize \OnSteps[2-...]{\item {\red Pressure gradient}} \OnSteps[3-...]{\item {\green Gravity}} \OnSteps[4-...]{\item {\blue Stress (viscous, turbulent, Maxwell)}} \stopitemize \StopSteps \stoptext %>>>>END mini example The error is: [1.1] ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \@@koSubjectsection \countervalue #1->\ifcsname #1 \endcsname \csname #1\endcsname \fi \determineheadnumber ...@sectionvalue {\@@sectie } }\egroup \doStartSteps ...eheadnumber [\steps@sectiontype ] \xdef \steps@sectionnumber... l.45 \StopSteps btw, please cc the replay to me, since I do not subscribe the list. Best Ruini

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colors in luatex
by Thomas A. Schmitz 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

Hi, this minimal example compiles fine in mkii: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \starttabulate \startcolor[red] \NC One \NC A \NC \NR \NC Two \NC B \NC \NR \stopcolor \NC Three \NC C \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext With mkiv, I get this error: ! Missing \endgroup inserted. <inserted text> \endgroup <to be read again> \endtemplate <template> \endtemplate \tabulatenormalcolumn #1->& \iftabulateequal \tabulateequalpos \else \tabulat... \tabulatecontent ->\par \startcolor [red] \NC One \NC A \NC \NR \NC Two \NC ... \fulltabulatecontent ...dcontent \tabulatecontent \tabulatetailcontent \remo... ... l.13 \stoptabulate Bug, or anything wrong with the code? Thomas

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externalfigure and uppercase extensions
by Santy, Michael 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hans, You asked me to remind you this week to look into problems externalfigures and filenames with uppercase extensions. Have you gotten a chance to look into the problem? Cheers, Mike

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