December 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

questions on ctxtools and line break.
by Dalyoung Jeong 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Dear all, Here are two questions. 1. about ctxtools Recently, I updated TeXLive 2008 using "tlmgr". After that I try to update ConTeXt using "ctxtools --update". It downloaded cont-tmp.zip and extracting it. After mktexlsr, there was the first error but it proceeded without stop. ..... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) LuaTools | to be replaced old script /usr/texbin/luatools LuaTools | unable to locate new script LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.003 seconds MtxRun | error unable to identify cnf file MtxRun | error unable to identify cnf file MtxRun | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) MtxRun | to be replaced old script /usr/texbin/mtxrun MtxRun | unable to locate new script LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.002 seconds TeXExec | using search method 'kpsewhich' TeXExec | using existing database TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /Users/dalyoung/Library/texmf/web2c/ pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) (INITEX) %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (/usr/local/texlive/2008/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex ..... I got a following error and I couldn't continue. ..... (/usr/local/texlive/2008/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/core-fil.tex loading : Context Core Macros / File Support ) (/usr/local/texlive/2008/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/core-con.tex loading : Context Core Macros / Conversion Macros ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \??cv :\c!n :\v!one \setvalue #1->\expandafter \def \csname #1 \endcsname l.618 \setvalue{\??cv:\c!n:\v!one } {1} ? Is it OK to use ctxtools for updating? What is the best way to update ConTeXt in TL2008? 2. about line break for sentences in Korean. When I compile Korean text using XeTeX + ConTeXt or LuaTeX, there are many overfull errors because of the linebreaking. But by adding the command "\XeTeXlinebreaklocale[ko]" the overfull errors were cleared in XeTeX+ ConTeXt. Is there a similar command in LuaTeX to handle the overfull errors? If not, is it possible to add such a command? Thank you for reading. best regards, Dalyoung

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Additional arrows in flow chart
by Berend de Boer 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Hi All, Is there a way to specify additional arrows in a flow chart? Some people prefer to see a starting arrow (an arrow at the beginning of the line) instead of only one at the end. -- Cheers, Berend de Boer

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Disabling automatic hyphenation
by Wolfgang Schuster 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Hi Hans, I wan't to disable in a document TeX's automatic hyphenation and allow only manuell brackpoints with \- or settings in \hyphenation. The only working solution I found was to define new language in the core and add a file with empty patterns to the core files, my setting for the language is \def\s!empty{empty} \installlanguage [\s!empty] [\c!default=\s!en, \s!patterns=\s!empty, \c!state=\v!stop] I use now the patterns of this language in my document and set now my own hyphen points with \hyphenation. Can you add this to your own files or do you have a better solution for my problem. Wolfgang

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current beta gives error with m-subsub
by Steffen Wolfrum 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Hi, since summer I didn't update context, today I did. Unfortunately this results in an error (when using module m-subsub): system : module m-subsub loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2008/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/m-subsub.tex system : mark subsubsubsubsubsection defined [subsubsubsubsubsection] system : mark subsubsubsubsubsectionnumber defined [subsubsubsubsubsec tionnumber] ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \v!subsubsubsubsubsubsection What's wrong? Steffen

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bug in minimals: dvipdfmx.dll not found
by Yue Wang 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Mojca: I think you forgot to put the windows version of dvipdfmx.dll in the minimals tree. also: mp help tools like mpto and dvitomp are not needed anymore. you can safely remove them. Yue Wang

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chapter-like headings with separate numbering
by Sanjoy Mahajan 06 Dec '08

06 Dec '08

I'm experimenting with making a heading that is like a chapter in format but has its own numbering (or lettering). The purpose to have an interlude, or extended example, every few chapters. The following almost-minimal example almost does so. However, the second interlude is numbered with 'A' instead of 'B'. Is there a missing key=value pair, or is the approach completely wrong? \definesection[nc] \setupsection[nc][conversion=Characters] \definehead[interlude][section=nc,default=chapter] \setuphead[interlude][incrementnumber=yes] \starttext \title{Contents} \placelist[chapter,interlude] \chapter{Chap 1} \interlude{Interlude 1} \chapter{Chap 2} \interlude{Interlude 2} \stoptext

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How to define such a function in lua? Sorry I don't have a name on it.
by Zhichu Chen 06 Dec '08

06 Dec '08

Hi, I'm learning to use luatex these days, one day actually. It's very interesting. Although reference manuals are available, I still don't know how to implement my designation. The thing is, I know there's a "self" variable for object-oriented programming, like ================================================================== \startluacode testdata = { a = 0, b = 0, c = 0, plus = function (self) self.c = self.a + self.b end } mytest = testdata mytest.a=10 mytest.b=100 mytest:plus() tex.print(mytest.c) \stopluacode ================================================================== OK, but what if I wanna do something more, like substract? I would like to use another object, like ================================================================== \startluacode testdata = { a = 0, b = 0, c = 0, calc = Calc } Calc = { plus = function (self) self.c = self.a + self.b end, substract = function (self) self.c = self.a - self.b end } mytest = testdata mytest.a=10 mytest.b=100 mytest.calc:plus() tex.print(mytest.c) \stopluacode ================================================================== Of course this won't work, for the "self" in Calc refers to mytest.calc rather than mytest. How to implement things like that? Thanks in advance. -- 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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\translateinput and discretionaries
by Wolfgang Schuster 06 Dec '08

06 Dec '08

Hi, the \translateinput command has a problem with discretionaries in the replacement text. In the following example \usemodule[translate] \translateinput[Auflage][Auf|*|lage] \starttext Auflage \enableinputtranslation Auflage \stoptext I get a error message. ! Undefined control sequence. l.11 Auf\CCC :4:124 *\CCC:4:124 lage I could prevent the message after I protected the | signs with \translateinput[Auflage][Auf\string|*\string|lage] but can't this be done in the \translateinput macro itself. Wolfgang

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hz option
by Yue Wang 06 Dec '08

06 Dec '08

Hi: I read the context manual --- typography (by Taco Hoekwater) and found that if I want to enable hz and margin kerning, I should add a line like: \setupalign[hanging] however, when I read the style.pdf document, it said something like this: \setupalign[hanging,hz] and compiling a document with or without hz option will result in different line breaks. So I think one of the manuals should be corrected? Yue Wang

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Movie control buttons?
by Matthias Weber 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

Dear all, has somebody created simple control buttons (play, pause, etc) for included movies (for instance using metapost) which I could borrow? Thanks, Matthias

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