January 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

installing expert font, pb with texfont
by Yvon Henel 04 Jan '08

04 Jan '08

hello all I try to follow "My Way" of April 2005 "Installing Expert Fonts" by Idris Samawi Hamid, which is really clear, to install my own version of utopia-expert. I am now at the TeXfont stage and I've got two strange errors 1/ TeXfont complain about a missing texteuro 2/ hungarumlaut is in fact a right curly brace "}" which would give curious results in hungarian :) I've followed the guide step by step and the only difference I can spot is that the author refers to a "texnansi-lm.enc" which does not exist in my TeXlive 2007 and that I have used a "lm-texnansi.enc" as base file. Any hint would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks to all -- Yvon Henel

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cheatsheet for metafun?
by Maurício 04 Jan '08

04 Jan '08

Hi, Does anyone know of a nice 1 or 2 page cheatsheet for metafun or metapost? I've just started learning it and something like that would be usefull. Thanks, Maurício

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nested tables?
by Yvon Henel 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Hello again, I would like to nest a table inside a table, something like this: \starttable[|c|c|] \NC {\bf ATout Choeur} \NC {\starttable[|c|] \NC Number 2008--1\FR \NC january 2008\LR \stoptable}\MR \NC {\tfa Something} \NC \LR \stoptable but 1/ I would like the top of the first cell of the first row to be aligned with the top of the second one (which contains the nested table); 2/ it seems that it does not work when the layout is set up with "grid=yes" If the answer to the second question is "Effectively, it can't work in such a layout", what could be a way of obtaining what I want? As always, any hint would be greatly appreciated Many thanks to all -- Yvon Henel

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escaping filenames with externalfigure
by Santy, Michael 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Is there a way to escape special characters in filenames passed to externalfigure. I'm encountering the situation where users are choosing images that may contain brackets or curly braces (e.g., flower[1].jpg or flower{1}.jpg). If I pass filename containing these characters directly to externalfigure, the closing bracket is mistaken for the end of the filename. \externalfigure[flower{1}.jpg] % works \externalfigure[flower[1].jpg] % doesn't work I then tried to define a variable that holds the filename and pass that variable to externalfigure, but it ran into problems with curly braces. \def\myimagefilename{flower[1].jpg} \externalfigure[\myimagefilename] % works \def\myimagefilename{flower{1}.jpg} \externalfigure[\myimagefilename] % doesn't work Does anyone have any idea how I could handle arbitrary filename inputs that contain brackets and curly braces? Cheers, Mike

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ConTeXt-ifying Kile
by Matija Šuklje 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Hullo, I've already mentioned that Kate/Kwrite and with that also Kile have a working ConTeXt syntax highlighting file available on kde-files.org What I'm trying to do now is including ConTeXt commands autocompletion in Kile. What I would need for that is a list of the commands (see attachment for more info). I seem to recall someone mentioned a texexec command to list all of these. This would be of great help to me and all the (future) Kile users. I can then edit the .cwl file myself and bug the Kile devs to include it — all I need is (how to get) the list of the ConTeXt commands. Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje

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bug in \setfontfeature
by Idris Samawi Hamid 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

Dear consortium, check this out: ============================================== % engine=luatex \definefontfeature [oldstyle] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=latn,onum=yes,tnum=yes] \setfontfeature{oldstyle} \starttext 1234567890 \startitemize \item test \stopitemize \stoptext ============================================== log: ============ error: ...onTeXt/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:1890: attempt to index local 'shared' (a nil value) . \dolistitem ...tyle \c!color {\listitem }\fi \fi } \ifconditional \fittinglis... \complexdoitemgroupitem ...obreak \fi \dolistitem \relax \ifconditional \pac... <to be read again> t l.13 \item t est ============ Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies 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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old style nums
by Idris Samawi Hamid 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

Dear gang, What is the official way to get old style numerals in 11pt in mkiv? I'm just using lm. Thnx in advance! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies 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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How to use utopia font?
by Yvon Henel 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

hello all, I'm new with ConTeXt even if I know some TeX and LaTeX already. Here is my question: I would like to use utopia (with expert fonts) as my default rm. I've got all the files required for a LaTeX usage (with fourier.sty) and it works ok. I have found some fourier.map and fourier-utopia-expert.map in my TeXlive under /texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context and /texmf-dist/fonts/map/fourier/. I've tried what I've understood of the manuals but I can't figure out how to call correctly the font. Any hint will be appreciated. Thanks to all -- Yvon Henel

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ppchtex german language compiling problems
by Martin Scholz 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

Hi there, I'm new to ConTeXt and found out how nice it is to construct coverpages. So it would be nice to have an opportunity to include the whole procedure into an LaTeXe environment. As far as I already read up to now there is now possibility. But today I think I found a bug in the german version of ppchtex. I used the following little script to set an example formula. The used code is the following: \verwendemodule[pictex,chemie] \starttext \stellechemieein[breite=passend,oben=1500,unten=3500] \startchemie \chemie[ONE,Z0,DB1,SB3,SB7,Z3,Z7,MOV1,Z0,SB1,SB3,Z3,MOV1,Z0,DB1,SB3,Z3,MO V1,Z0,SB3,SB7,Z3,Z7][C,H,H,C,H,C,H,C,H,H] \textunter{1,3-Butadieen} \stopchemie \stoptext with the following commands I got the same errormessages. texexec --dvi --mainlanguage=de chemie.tex texexec --ps --mainlanguage=de chemie.tex texexec --pdf --mainlanguage=de chemie.tex texexec --mainlanguage=de chemie.tex The resulting errormessage is the following: TeXExec | processing document 'chemie.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file chemie.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1016 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-de This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./chemie.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2007.12.29 int: german/german Sprache : Sprache de ist aktiv system : cont-new geladen (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old geladen (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil geladen (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme geladen (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) Fliesstext : 12pt rm ist geladen Sprache : Trennmuster en->ec:ec->1->2:2 uk->ec:ec->2->2:2 de->texnansi: texnansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:2 fr->ec:ec->6-> 2:2 es->ec:ec->7->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 nl->ec:ec->9->2:2 it->texna nsi:texnansi->10->2:2 it->ec:ec->11->2:2 deo->ec:ec->12->2:2 geladen spezielles : tex,postscript,rokicki geladen system : chemie.top geladen (./chemie.top check : Fehlendes '=' nach 'de' in Zeile 8 (@@lade) spezielles : lade Definitionsdatei dvi (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-dvi.tex) spezielles : tex geladen spezielles : lade Definitionsdatei ps (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-ps.tex) spezielles : tex,postscript geladen spezielles : lade Definitionsdatei tr (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-tr.tex) spezielles : tex,postscript,rokicki geladen ) systems : system commands are disabled system : Modul pictex geladen (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/m-pictex.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/thrd-pic.tex)) system : Modul chemic geladen (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/m-chemic.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/ppchtex.tex ppchtex : using PiCTeX and MetaPost )) (./chemie.tuo) (./chemie.tuo) (./chemie.tuo) (./chemie.tuo) (./chemie.tuo) (./chemie.tuo) (./chemie.tuo) (./chemie.tuo) (./chemie.tuo) (./chemie.tuo) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./chemie.tuo) (./chemie.tuo) systems : begin file chemie at line 4 [MP as EPS ./chemie-mpgraph.4000] [MP color conversion ./chemie-mpgraph.4000 ! Argument of \dodohandleMPcolor has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \includeMPasEPS ...\the \!!heightb }\doinsertfile }\wd \scratchbox \!!widthb... \loadMPgraphic ...Pgraphics \insertMPfile {#1}{#2} \fi } \doloadcurrentMPgraphic ...\currentMPgraphic }{#1} \deallocateMPslot \current... \getMPdrawing ...Pgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic {} \deallocateMPslot \current... ... l.10 \stopchemie Would be nice if somebody has an idea how to solve the problem or where something went wrong in the code. Another question is how I could get ppchtex to work in a LaTeXe-environment. Would be nice if there also would be the possibility to load the german version. Thanks to all for there help and have a happy new year everybody. Martin

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Is contextgarden.net down?
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

Hello, Is contextgarden.net down? I cannot access it. Vyatcheslav

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