November 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

backgrounds: help needed
by Peter Münster 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hello, I need some text with background, that can break across lines. But the background must not touch the background of the next line! \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext inframed does not allow linebreaks: \def\Bla{\inframed[background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=overlay, backgroundoffset=2pt, location=keep]{% FF FF XX XX XX XX XX XX SS CS CS}} \dorecurse{20}{bla \Bla\ bla} And textbackground does not allow to seperate the backgrounds of 2 lines: \definetextbackground[TG][backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=overlay, backgroundoffset=2pt] \def\Bla{\starttextbackground[TG]FF FF XX XX XX XX XX XX SS CS CS% \stoptextbackground} \dorecurse{20}{bla \Bla\ bla} \stoptext Could anybody help please? TIA for any hints! Cheer, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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[Fwd: PV126: typographic programming course info (fwd)]
by Hans Hagen 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hi, in two weeks i'll be in brno to give a course; attached is some info; anyone is welcome to attend Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [NTG-context] Adobe ArnoPro in mkiv
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Thomas A. Schmitz <thomas.schmitz <at> uni-bonn.de> writes: > > Hi all, > > I'm trying to use the Adobe ArnoPro font (just testing if it will work > with > ConTeXt). The font does work with ConTeXt/XeTeX, but not in mkiv. When I > try to compile my test file with mkiv, I get this error message (which > isn't very helpful to me): > > (/home/tas/texmf/tex/context/type-arnopro.tex (/home/tas/texmf/tex/ > context/type-arnopro.mkiv)))) > MtxRun | return code: ? > ...live/texmf-local/scripts/context/lua/mtx-context.lua:572: attempt > to compare number with nil > > I'm using the latest beta and luatex 0.28.0 > > Can anybody explain what's going wrong here? > > Thanks > > Thomas > Hi, Did you manage to fix it? LuaTeX goes into (what I think is) an endless cycle --- I haven't allowed it to terminate naturaly, as it takes far too long even on a quad core. load otf | warning: Bad pair position: glyphs 0 & 3148 should have been < 2846 load otf | warning: Bad pair position: glyphs 0 & 3250 should have been < 2846 load otf | warning: Bad pair position: glyphs 0 & 3784 should have been < 2846 ... I should point out that on my Vista box LuaTeX crashes when I attempt to access the font information. mtxrun --script fonts --list "arnoproregular" --info % crashes %%% file %%% \starttypescript [serif] [arnopro] \definefontsynonym [ArnoPro-Regular] [name:ArnoPro-Regular] \definefontsynonym [ArnoPro-Bold] [name:ArnoPro-Bold] \definefontsynonym [ArnoPro-Italic] [name:ArnoPro-Italic] \definefontsynonym [ArnoPro-BoldItalic] [name:ArnoPro-BoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [arnopro] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [ArnoPro-Regular] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [ArnoPro-Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [ArnoPro-Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [ArnoPro-BoldItalic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [Serif] [features=latin-smallcaps] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[adobe][rm][serif][arnopro][default] \setupbodyfont[adobe,11pt]

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A few questions about aligned maths
by Morgan Brassel 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi everyone, I read carefully the two 'My Way' from Aditya regarding math alignment (thank you for those, they were extremely useful to me, and should maybe get even more visibility on the wiki), and I have some questions about it: 1) Is there a way to modify interline spacing in 'cases' environment? I find it a bit short when using the displaystyle option. 2) I noticed that the interline spacing is not the same in the 'align' and 'aligned' environment (it's larger in 'align'). Is there a way to make 'aligned' use the spacing of align? It looks better with displaystyle maths. 3) Aditya, I saw your remark in your 'My Way' concerning the 'multline' environment. I must admit I would really be glad to see it appear in ConTeXt! I'm afraid I'm not able to implement it myself... I use it a lot with amsmath: when a formula is just too long for one line, I put it on two with multline. The first part of the formula is left aligned on the first line, and the second part is right aligned on the second line. It seems impossible to get the same result with only 'align'. Would it be difficult to make it available in ConTeXt? Best regards, Morgan

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ctx files
by Alan STONE 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

Hi, How do you call ctx files from within a main ctx file ? Thanks, Alan -- * texexec --lua foo * ConTeXt minimals ver: 2008.10.08 23:34 MKIV fmt: 2008.10.13 int: english/english * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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embedding 3d pdf
by Michail Vidiassov 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Dear All, since ConTeXt lacks support for embedding 3D models (U3D or PRC) into PDF (btw, is pdf annotations support in context/luatex combination fit for end-user or is "in transition"?) I have tried to embed some 3D PDFs from http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/gallery/3D%20graphs/ and http://www.iaas.msu.ru/tmp/u3d/pdf/ using \externalfigure[3dpf.pdf] \startpagefigure[3dpdf.pdf]\stoppagefigure \copypages[3dpdf.pdf][n=1] but only the preview (flat) images show up, not the 3D model, that must appear after clicking on it in Adobe Reader. File size shows that the 3D annotation data was not taken from the 3D PDF file into ConTeXt output. Any advice on possible workarounds? Any hope for ConTeXt fixes? Or making a link to an external PDF file is the only option for now? Sincerely, Michail PS. I have seen the code from Renaud AUBIN in the "U3D (embedded 3D objects)" thread, http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2006/020220.html but it is too ugly and old a hack to start any work from.

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Bib module and prefix=+
by Robin Kirkham 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

Hi, How can the bib module and \setuphead[chapter][prefix=+] be made to coexist? The following example works, but if you uncomment the \setuphead, the citations are broken and the reference list vanishes: \setupoutput[pdftex] % uncomment this line and it breaks %\setuphead[chapter][prefix=+] \usemodule[bib] \usemodule[bibltx] \setupbibtex[database={xampl.bib}] \setuppublications[refcommand=num] % makes no real difference %\setuppublicationlist[title=\chapter] \version[temporary] \starttext \chapter[chapt]{A Chapter} Some citations: \cite[article-full] \cite[inbook-full] \cite[manual- full]. This is chapter~\in[chapt]. \completepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext Any help much appreciated! PS: The following old mailing list article appears to describe the same problem, but the symptoms are different (citations disappear, but reference list does not) http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/ 20010516.173217.113e3787.en.html Robin

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Re: [NTG-context] on imposition and local or external files
by Pablo Rodríguez 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Thanks, Taco, Luigi, Hans and Mojca. Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> Is there any way to load a local file (or even an URL) with ConTeXt? How >> should I rewrite the following command to load a local file or an URL in >> ConteXt live? > > Live doesn't allow you to load local files. People could upload all > kinds of junk. Actually I wanted to get proper imposition for “The Future of The Internet — And How to Stop It” on a computer that doesn't have ConTeXt installed and on which I couldn't install ConTeXt even if I had administrator rights. Sorry, but I don't understand the problem here. If people upload all kinds of junk, why is this an issue? Or does ConteXt live show or store data for other users than the uploader? I thought that it was not a hosting or publishing service. Thanks for your help, Pablo

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looking for equivalence to LaTeX algorithm package
by Zhaopeng Xing 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Hi, Does anyone know how to describe algorithm procedures in similar way as LaTeX algorithmic and algorithm packages? I tried to search it on wiki but found nothing. Thanks. -- Zhaopeng XING Tinbergen Institute

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Experience on writing a thesis with MKIV
by Aditya Mahajan 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Hi everyone, I finished my thesis, writing both my thesis and my presentation using ConTeXt. Thesis: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam/publications/thesis/thesis.pdf Source: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam/publications/thesis/thesis.tar.gz Presentation: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam/publications/thesis/thesis-presentation.… Overall it was a pleasant experience, but there were some difficulties. I am summarizing my experience here. Hopefully, others will find it useful. * Layout and Formatting: It was extremely simple to set up the layout and formatting according to the thesis specifications. Due to the ease of changing formatting, I experimented quite a bit with the formatting before settling down to what is in the thesis (The school wanted "nothing fancy"). * Organizing large projects: The product-component structure made it easy to work on single chapters. However, I could not get correct numbering for the components (If I compiled chapter-02, it got numbered 1). In the end, I was just compiling the whole thesis at the time, since it was pretty fast (~10 sec). * Fonts: Using different fonts with MKIV was really easy. For the presentation, I did have some trouble in getting Euler to work with the minimals. Hopefully, this will be corrected soon. * Math: The math alignments worked very nicely, but I had to do a lot of manual tweaking at a lot of places. Also, equations seem to like to have a tendency of starting on a new page. I tried changing penalties for predisplay and postdisplay (which are set to zero), but it invariably led to bad page breaks at other places. At some places, the equation overlapped with the previous material. I am not sure what was causing this (medium interline spacing, wrong calculation of the width of the previous line, or something else). In the end, I simply put a few manual \break[small] here and there. Being able to write unicode math made simplified reading math markup. * Metapost: TeX-MP interaction is fast and easy. However, debugging metapost errors is difficult because context does not stop compiling on encountering a metapost error. * Bibliography. For a large part, the bib module was very easy. In the end, there were a few glitches with the formatting of the bibliography (too title space between entries) which I had to manually correct. (Look for \help inside the bbl file). The bbl file sorted authors with multiple entries incorrectly. If I had authors with four publications in a year, say 2000, the came out as 2000d, 2000c, 2000b, 2000a. I wanted 2000a, 2000b, 2000c, and 2000d, so in the end I just edited the bbl file by hand. There was also problem with maybe year. If I had 2000a and 2000b in the bib file, but only referred to 2000b in the thesis, the year came out as 2000b rather than 2000. For this also, I edited the bbl file by hand. Overall, ConTeXt made writing the thesis fairly easy. I mean the typesetting part of it. For those who are wondering, ConTeXt does not help with the content of the thesis :-) I would like to thank Hans and Taco for providing ConTeXt and everyone on the mailing list for answering my various questions. Aditya

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