March 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

texshow out of sync?
by Peter Münster 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hello, What about merging the 2 texshow databases (web and perl), and then maintaining only one unique database? I've just seen, that for example the command "\setupdescriptions" has more options in the perl-database and more descriptions in the web-database... Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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why minimals fail on windows
by Mojca Miklavec 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello, I think that I have found the culprit why the installer for minimals fails on windows. If one tries to install minimals to some location with uppercase letters in folder names, rsync fails to create new folders at that location. So if Hans installs them to top folder, it works fine for him, but when I have tested them in "Temp" or "Documents and Settings, it faild". I will try to "CD" to the desired location and then use relative paths instead of absolute ones. rsync on windows is a complete mess ... Mojca

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unable to make format after upgrade
by zs 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hi all, I tried to update my installation using svn version of luatex and context from: http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/beta/cont-tmf.zip Running "texexec --make --all --luatex" gives me this error message: LuaTools | running command: luatex --ini --lua="cont-en.luc" "/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex" \\dump (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/context.tex (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/syst-prm.tex) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/luat-env.tex ! LuaTeX error [string "luas[0]"]:1: attempt to call field 'luafilechunk' (a nil value). \ctxluabyteload ...nvironment.luafilechunk("#1") } \ ...fproductionrun \else \ctxluabyteload {#1}{#2} \fi \global \everyloadluac... l.167 \registerctxluafile{luat-env}{1.001} Pdftex and xetex formats are generated without any trouble. Could you give me a hint? Thanks ZS

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XeTeX: faked bold & slanted + request for ppc users
by Mojca Miklavec 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello, I just wanted to let you know that XeTeX now supports both faking bold and slanted (and the binaries on the garden minimals have that feature already). It's generally a bad idea to use it, but in case that you need it only for small portions of text (if you really have no other way out), it could be handy. (Slanted is less evil to use than "bold".) The plain syntax is: \font\a="Gentium" \font\b="Gentium:slant=0.2" % better: \font\b="Gentium/I" \font\c="Gentium:embolden=2" \font\d="Gentium:embolden=2;slant=0.2" Some time ago I have posted an example of the (current?) ConTeXt way to use it: \definefontfeature [slantedandextended] % cloned from the rest of XeTeX, not really needed [method=node,script=latn,language=dflt,liga=yes,onum=yes,kern=yes, slant=0.25,extend=1.5] \definefontsynonym [myfont] [file:texgyrepagella-regular][features=slantedandextended] \starttext \definedfont[myfont] This is slanted and extended \stoptext Also, I would be greatful if any mac ppc user could provide feedback whether the cross-compiled xetex binaries on http://minimals.contextgarden.net/current/bin/xetex/osx-ppc/bin/ work ok. Thanks, Mojca

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bibl-apa bug?
by Randall Skelton 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hi Taco, I just noticed that my reference list has a quirk with the inproceedings entries reading: Author, A and Author, B. (2000). Article title. In Editor, A., Editor, B. and Editor, C., editors, Title of book, pages 1-10. Publisher. Note that it should read "... In Title of book, editors Editor, A., Editor, B. and Editor, C, ..." My bib entry reads: @inproceedings{Test:2000, Author = {Author, A. and Author, B. and Author, C}, Booktitle = {Title of book}, Pages = {1-10}, Title = {Article Title}, Publisher = {Publisher}, Editor = {Editor, A. and Editor, B. and Editor, C.}, Year = 2000} I believe the bug is in bibl-apa.tex \setuppublicationlayout[inproceedings]{% \insertauthors{}{ }{}% \insertpubyear{(}{). }{}% \insertarttitle{\bgroup }{\egroup. }{}%% \inserttitle {In \inserteditors{}% {, editor\ifnum\getvalue{editor@num}> 1 s\fi, }% {}% \bgroup\it}% {\egroup \insertseries {\insertvolume{, number }{~in }{ }}% {}% {}% \insertchap{\unskip, }{ }{ }% \insertpages {\unskip, pages~} {\insertcity{, }{. }{. }} {\unskip. }% \insertorganization {}% {\insertpubname{, }{. }{. }}% {\insertpubname{}{. }{}}% was {, }{. }{} }% {In \insertcrossref{}{}{}% \insertchap{\unskip, }{ }{ }% \insertpages{\unskip, pages~}{. }{\unskip. }% }% \insertnote{ }{.}{}% }

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MKIV format generation with context-beta: context.tex not found
by Peter Münster 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello, I've just tried the beta version too, and I get another error (very early): \input context.tex : cannot find input file context.tex My command: texexec --make --all --luatex What could be the reason for this problem? Details: * no such problem with context-current * no such problem with MKII * luatex version: This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.23.0-2008031013 * environment: - TEXMF={/home/peter/.texlive2008/texmf-config,/home/peter/.texlive2008/ texmf-var,/home/peter/texmf,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-config,!!/opt/TeX- live/texmf-var,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-local, !!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-context,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-dist} - TEXMFCACHE=/opt/TeX-live/texmf-var - TEXMFCNF=/opt/TeX-live/texmf/web2c * regeneration of luatex-cache does not help (luatools --generate) * "luatools --find-file context.tex" finds the right file: /opt/TeX-live/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex TIA for any hints! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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URL wrapping
by Adam Duck 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello list, I'm writing my diploma thesis and have gotten into a problem with URLs in my references. As you can see in my example, \useURL and \biburl don't wrap... also, using \hyphenatedurl doesn't help much. I've read through the archives, but all postings there don't help. Alan Bowen has/had the same problem described in http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070125.173931.a70b45d3.en.html The problem is getting worse by the fact that I'm using BibTeX to produce the references. So, I don't have that many tweaking possibilities. Help... cu, Adam.

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Landscape typesetting on portrait page
by John Devereux 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

Hi, I have a document containing a wide table. I would like to have the table rotated 90 degrees, along with the text on that page (which would be in three columns above the table). So I would have (view in fixed pitch) -------------------- page header -------------------- | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx <--- all this is sideways! | || xxxxxx | || | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx -------------------- page footer -------------------- Is there a way to do this? Thanks, -- John Devereux

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Spacing on TOC using alternative a
by John Culleton 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

The example on page 15 of the manual shows the title and the page number spaced enough to avoid confusion. When I use similar code the page number is jammed up next to the title. I have tried the text parameter but it has no effect. Here is my code: \setuphead[chapter][head=nomarking,number=no] \setuphead[section][number=no,textcommand=\bf] \setuphead[subsection][number=no] \setuphead[subsubsection][number=no] \setupinteraction[state=start,color=blue] \setuplist[section][alternative=f,style=bold,interaction=sectionnumber] \setuplist[subsection][alternative=f,interaction=no] \setuplist[subsubsection][alternative=a,interaction=all] -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm

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How do legends work ?
by Flavien Lambert 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

Dear all, I am a new user of ConTeXt. Despite the manuals and the wiki, I am unable to use correctly legends. I tried to modify the legend typography through the \setuplegend command but it does not seem to work. Here is an example I used in Live ConTeXt on the wiki : \setuplegend[bodyfont=small] % or big, 20pt, whatever... \starttext Hello world! \startlegend \leg test \\ test \\ test \\ \stoplegend \stoptext The PDF file produced has no change of font size. Surely I did not understand how legends work. Let me say that my first attempt was to get rid of the "=" sign in the legend. Thanks in advance for your help and sorry if the question is a bit dummy !

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