October 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Minimals and latest luatex on linux-64
by Aditya Mahajan 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Hi, The minimals still have LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.29.0-2008072108. With the latest minimals, I get the following error ! LuaTeX error ...tyam/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:684: attempt to call field 'definefont' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...tyam/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:684: in function 'command' which I think is due to the old version of luatex. Mojca, do you need someone to supply the latest 64bit linux binaries? Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] Indenting first line of paragraphs
by Robert Blackstone 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Thank you Wolfgang, "yes", I couldn't have thought of that. (And I hadn't yet seen the article.)Robert Blackstone

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Indenting first line of paragraphs
by Robert Blackstone 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Hi, I would like to have the first line of paragraphs indented but the command "\setupindenting[medium]" (or small or big ) does not produce anything, on none of my machines (all Macs), and neither with TL2007 nor TL2008. What can I do about it? Thanks in advance. Robert Blackstone

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Help! with itemize
by Marcin Borkowski 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Hi, why doesn't this work? \starttext Hello world! \startitemize[a,stopper=)] \item $x'=f(t,x)$ \item $u_x=2x-y$ \stopitemize \stoptext On both my system (up-to-date texlive2008) and ConTeXt online I get bullets. Without `stopper=)' thing it works. Any help? -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) People can be divided into two groups: those who believe that people can be divided into two groups and those who don't.

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Miktex 2.7 --- Remove quotes from "%*"
by dwarnold45＠suddenlink.net 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Mojca, OK. Removed quotes, so texmfstart.bat now reads: @echo off ruby "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\scripts\context\ruby\texmfstart.rb" %* This now works: $ C:\temp>texmfstart texexec --help TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | --check check versions TeXExec | --figures generate overview of figures TeXExec | --listing list of file content TeXExec | --make make formats TeXExec | --modules generate module documentation TeXExec | --mpgraphic process mp file to stand-alone graphics TeXExec | --mpstatic process mp/ctx file to stand-alone graphics TeXExec | --mptex process mp file TeXExec | --mpxtex process mpx file TeXExec | --pdfarrange impose pages (booklets) TeXExec | --pdfcombine combine multiple pages TeXExec | --pdfcopy copy pages from file(s) TeXExec | --pdfselect select pages from file(s) TeXExec | --pdfsplit split file in pages TeXExec | --pdftrim trim pages from file(s) TeXExec | --process process file TeXExec | TeXExec | --help --all shows all switches However, I cannot make the formats. Going to Miktex 2.7->Settings->Formats, attempting to build cont-en results in, even though I've copied cont-en.ini into the directory expected by Miktex 2.7. Creating the cont-en.pdftex format file... Running pdftex... This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.4 (MiKTeX 2.7) (INITEX) entering extended mode ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\config\cont-en.ini") ! Emergency stop. <*> cont-en.ini No pages of output. Transcript written on cont-en.log. makefmt: pdftex failed on cont-en.ini. initexmf.EXE: The operation failed for some reason. So, here is where I stand. D.

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Best approach for project with three-part headings and table of contents references?
by Adrian Drury 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

I am trying to figure out how best to use ConTeXt for a project. Essentially I want to format postings on a message board for printing in a book, and provide multiple "tables of contents" for the postings (more information further down, and questions at the bottom). I'm sure that everything I want to do can be done with ConTeXt, but I'm a ConTeXt beginner, and it looks as if there's a lot of complexity to do this. Each post has a title, an author, a date, and the text of the post. I'd like to arrange the information roughly like this: Title of the post Author author - Date date -------------------------------------- Text of the post... text text text text text text. Then I'd like to create a "table of contents" that lists posting titles by date, like this: January 1, 2008 Title title title ........................ 10 Another title .......................... 11 January 2, 2008 Yet another title ..................... 12 Putting the author in there also might be nice, like this: January 1, 2008 Title title title (John Doe).......... 10 Another title (Jane Doe)........... 11 January 2, 2008 Yet another title (John Doe)..... 12 I'd also like to have a "table of contents" that lists posting titles by author, like this Jane Doe A title ..................................... 14 Another title .............................45 John Doe Title title title ............................ 35 Another title .............................40 My questions: 1) How complex is this (for a beginner) to do in ConTeXt? I am very comfortable with Perl, so I thought I could write a Perl script to parse the posts and generate such tables of contents, with lots of \reference, \at, and \about commands. If this needs significant complexity to solve, I would prefer to handle the complexity with Perl, and keep the ConTeXt simple, so I can understand it. 2) Can I (ab)use the existing heading commands (\title, \subject, \setuphead, etc) to arrange and reference the title, author, and date? If so, can anyone provide a hint of how to do the headings and referencing? Will the existing heading commands let me reference the title, author, and date values for use in my "table of contents"? It looks as if I would have to create my own command that formatted the heading information how I wanted it, and set up the three references. I looked at "Alternative mechanisms" in the cont-eni.pdf, but that didn't seem to describe this type of flexibility. 3) If I can use the existing heading commands (question 2), can I also use the existing index and/or table of contents commands (\setuplist, \placecontent, etc)? And like question 2, can anyone provide a hint of how to do it? It looked to me as if a lot of custom ConTeXt code would be necessary, and that I would have to build my own table of contents entry by entry. Thank you very much, Adrian

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Miktex 2.7 Blues
by dwarnold45＠suddenlink.net 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Mojca, When I try to build cont-en, using the settings you proposed from Context Garden, I get: Creating the cont-en.pdftex format file... Running pdftex... This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.4 (MiKTeX 2.7) (INITEX) entering extended mode ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\config\cont-en.ini") ! Emergency stop. <*> cont-en.ini No pages of output. Transcript written on cont-en.log. makefmt: pdftex failed on cont-en.ini. initexmf.EXE: The operation failed for some reason. D.

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Miktex
by David Arnold 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Mojca, I saw your note on blog.miktex.org: If you still want to run ConTeXt on MikTeX while it has been removed, you may create a file texmfstart.bat in C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7 \miktex\bin with the content: @echo off ruby "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\scripts\context\ruby\texmfstart.rb" "%*" and extract www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip into C: \Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7. Then, update filename database and generate formats, and everything should work again. Mojca I followed this advice, installed texmfstart.bat, unzipped cont- tmf.zip properly, updated the filename database, then got stuck. At the dos prompt: $ texmfstart --help Worked just fine. However, $ texmfstart texexec --help Did not work. What am I missing? If I recall I'll need to do: $ texmfstart texexec --make --all Or some such thing. David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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smallcaps surprise with latest minimal
by Steffen Wolfrum 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Hi, I am not sure if this is also related to the latest beta problem? But, however, with the latest minimal ... This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.30.0-2008093012, build unknown MtxRun | current version: 2008.10.01 11:08 ... this test below gives smallcaps today!! Steffen \usetypescript[postscript] \definetypeface[postscript][rm][serif][times] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \starttext Test \stoptext

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\Asterisk
by Jesse Alama 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

I was working on a document in which I wanted use a symbol that, acording to the Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List, goes by the name of \Asterisk or \bigast (see p. 22). I saw, though, that this seems to be missing in ConTeXt. Might it be tucked away in some module, or is it just absent? If it's really not there, what would it take to add it? Thanks, Jesse PS Is there such a thing for ConTeXt as the Comprehensive Symbol List for LaTex? -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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