September 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

making formats troubled
by Hans van der Meer 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

In This Way #12 of august 2007 I read on page 1: Since you update, make sure to remake the pdfTeX and XeTeX formats: texexec --make --all --pdftex I updated to 2007-09-10 and then an error with message: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.5 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX) \write18 enabled. (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode ! I can't write on file `cont-en.log'. (Enter the null string to re-try, or <eof> to exit Default file extension is `.log') Where is it that the file cont-en.log will be written? And how can I change this location systematically (or can it be changed) to a place under my home directory? Maybe the problem is that I install my formats locally under a user name not being super user or system administrator (just a simple security precaution). Is the texexec script assuming here write rights need not in generally be granted to the script executing user? If so, can the script be adapted. By the way, cont-tfm.zip comes with script files not having a+x executing rights. It is a bit of nuisance to change these everytime an update comes along -- quite frequently thus. Is it possible to change this? Hans van der Meer

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split table widows/orphans and splitting threshold
by Santy, Michael 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hello, I'm using ConTeXt as part of a XML -> PDF workflow for technical documentation. These documents often have large tables, so I am using "placetable[split]" for table placement. While placetable[split] works as advertised, the output quality often suffers. One of the issues that I've found is that you'll often see a table with one row on a separate page from the rest of the table. Is there any way to control table orphans and widows such that there will never be just one (or some arbitrary number) rows of a table split across a page. Another feature that I think would be useful is the ability to set a split threshold for a table. In my use, tables that are less than 1/3 to 1/2 page should probably be included as a float (i.e., not split), whereas tables larger than this would benefit from being split. Is it possible to add a new placement option for tables that includes a splitting threshold? I would add this as part of my XML->TeX transform, but I don't think the rendering path has enough information to know how large table rows will be when rendered. Any thoughts? Cheers, Mike

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rsteps module conflicts with s-pre-13?
by Ruini Xue 24 Sep '07

24 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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waiting for mswincontext
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 23 Sep '07

23 Sep '07

Hello, Waiting impatiently for updated mswincontext. Would it be available from Pragma tomorrow or when? Best, Vaytcheslav

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style= in \placeindex
by Jörg Hagmann 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Hi, How can I get capital AND colored character headings in the index (style=...)? I can get either one with style={\WORD} and style={\color[red]} in \placeindex (or \setupregister), but all my attempts at combining them (using different ways of grouping) failed. Thanks, Jörg

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Logos in context / Miscellaneous questions
by Edd Barrett 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hi there, I am new here, so greetings. My name is Edd and I am experimenting with context as a replacement for pdflatex when I do my dissertation next year. I am using texlive 2007 on OpenBSD which includes context. I am probably now going to ask some really dumb questions.. Here goes. --- A) I am trying to get a logo to appear in the top left of every page. I have already discovered that I can include a graphic like so: \externalfigure[shift] This works just fine However if I try to define a logo like so: \definelogo[logo][top][left] [command={\externalfigure[shift]}, state=start] I am presented with this error: layout : calculating logospace <./shift.png> figures : dimensions of shift are determined externally (./template.tuo ! Undefined control sequence. l.11 \t hisissectionseparator{-} Specifying a height and width does not help either. --- B) Is there an equivilent to the RCS package for latex. Basically it parses version control tags from CVS/RCS. --- C) Is there a book on context (apart from the PDF on the main website). What other documentation exists. I have already found contextgarden and that has proven very useful. Thanks -- Best Regards Edd --------------------------------------------------- http://students.dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/ebarrett

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Spacing between formula and texts
by Zhichu Chen 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hi, I happened to review the output of my article and found one thing which is not perfect for me. The spacing between a formula and its upper texts is not treated well when I tuned with some indent things. Here is my test file ======================================== \usemodule[units] \setupindenting[big] \indenting[always,next] % no, not, yes, always, never, first, next % \setupformulas[spacebefore=5em] \starttext Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, I love the following formula: \placeformula[-] \startformula 6.670 \times 10^{-11} \Newton \Times \Square \Meter \Per \Square \Kilo \Gram \stopformula which is very cool. which is very cool. which is very cool. which is very cool. which is very cool. % \showmathcharacters \stoptext ======================================== I'm really uncomfortable with that, and I want to solve it by myself. When I looked up the indent macros in core-spa.tex, how complex is that. So I just hope you guys could help me. -- Best Regards Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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+ as plain vanilla math character
by Oliver Buerschaper 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Dear all, I'm wondering how to typeset a sequence of pluses such that each plus is placed with "normal" math character spacing around it ... In this snippet I guess a plus (or at least the majority of pluses) is simply treated as a binary operator with appropriate spacing: --- \def\ket#1{\lvert#1\rangle} \starttext Note the spacing in \startformula \startmathalignment \NC\ket{+}\NR \NC\ket{++}\NR \NC\ket{+++}\NR \NC\ket{++++}\NR \NC\ket{000}\NR \stopmathalignment \stopformula \stoptext --- Cheerio, Oliver

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merging data from four files in one document
by Jelle Huisman 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hi all, I try to merge data from four files in one document. The source files are simple text files, each with 420 numbered lines of text. I have created a simple natural table with cells for the different pieces of data. I would like to make one document with 420 tables, each with the right data from the four source files (so Table 1 with data from line 1 from file One and line 1 from file Two and line 1 from file Three and line 1 from file Four, and next Table 2 with data from line 2 from file One and line 2 from file Two et cetera...) What is the best way to automate this process? Thanks, Jelle

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2UP arranging spoils the table of contents and index
by Liesbeth van der Plas 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Dear context group members, The 2UP arranging spoils the table of contents and the index. Deleting the second rule gives a content and index, including the second rule gives only the titels 'content' and 'index'. \setuppapersize[A5][A4] \setuparranging[2UP,rotated,doublesided] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{hfdst 1}Dit is een verhaaltje.\index{verhaaltje} \chapter{hfdst 2} \chapter{hfdst 3} \chapter{hfdst 4} \completeregister[index] \stoptext -- liesbethvanderplas(a)gmail.com www.wiskunde-interactief.nl

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