June 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Installed ConTeXt minimal... what's next ?
by Alain PIERRE 07 Jun '08

07 Jun '08

Hi, I installed - ConTeXt minimal http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip ( I first tried ContextMinimalInstall.exe but it hanged: texlua.exe application error ) After searching through wiki's, pdf's, (xetex and context) list archives, etc... I still have no clue whatsoever on - how to start *using* ConTeXt, ConTexT with XeTeX, and - with SciTE editor ( the "SciTE in ConTeXt" mscite-p.pdf manual seems a bit outdated: it mentions a SciTEUser.properties file which is nowhere to find ) Some advice on where to look and/or how to proceed would be utmost welcome. I'm missing some pieces of the puzzle. :O) Many thanks, Alan

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modules maps fails
by Diego Depaoli 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi all, trying build the example at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modules/Maps I get the following cryptic error (/home/diego/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/home/diego/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-one.tex) (/home/diego/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/home/diego/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-gyr.tex) ! Font \*map7ptmmmrss*:=zeurm10 at 7.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \dodosetmathfamilyB ...amily \fontsize \endcsname \else \ifcsname \fontclass... \dosetmathfamily ...athfamily \scriptscriptfont #1 \let \fontbody #3\dodosetm... <inserted text> ...ptscriptface \c!mr \mrfallback \dosetmathfamily \mifam \t... \synchronizemath ...athfonts \the \mathstrategies \fi ... l.118 \setupbodyfont [map,10pt] ? ! Emergency stop. Something similar happens in live too. What I'm wrong? Regards -- Diego Depaoli

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Schedule in Bohinj
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Gour wrote: >>>>>> "Mojca" == Mojca Miklavec writes: > > Mojca> But you can always consult about details in Bohinj :) > > Hey, what is this: > > Sunday (24.08.) Hard work all day (& night) long > > Not even a free Sunday? > > That's heretic ;) Sorry, I fogot to mention on the webpage that we start with a holly mess at 7am on Sunday. Participation obligatory. http://tinyurl.com/5qpf6n (I wanted to organise the even in a monastery at first, but the location was not so attractive.) Protestants will have a chance to celebrate 500 years from birth of the first Slovenian book writer Primoz Trubar (born on 9th June 1508, yesterday was a big celebration in Tübingen, Germany), but sorry - the rest of the world can only enjoy a "free saturday". Mojca

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ConTeXt ultraminimals (was re: Perl/Ruby dependency)
by Joel C. Salomon 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > luatex + context mkiv is indeed independent [of Ruby] > > - index sorting takes place in mkiv > - job control is done with mtxrun/mtx-context Now that I've been told the idea is at least possible, I've been thinking about how to generate a micro-minimal mkiv distribution: no fonts except the LM set, no engines except luaTeX, no kpathsea, & preferably no external dependencies (perl, ruby, &c.). So how to best go about this? I'm downloading the current minimals (or should I use the .zips at <http://www.pragma-ade.nl/download-1.htm>?); what can I cut out? --Joel

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mac install & page layout & numbered margin notes
by Joachim Kreimer-de Fries 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hello context-helpers for newbie: in the documents planned (in and over the Westphalian language) I wish to use many margin notes (word translations, exlanations etc.). The margin notes should be numbered with reference number (or other indication) in the text body. And I should be able to input utf-8 (because of umlaute and phonetical notations, IPA etc.). Therefore I installed some week ago => MacTeX on my MacBook Pro with OSX 10.4 (Tiger) and would like to use => ConTeXt, possibly within => TexShop (or elsewise, if better). But I need a lot of start-up help. Therefore I put the main questions of the moment here hoping, that some take pity with me and answer the one or the other of the following questions: 1. Installation of ConTeXt complete and actual? Has MacTeX braught me with it the main components of the ConTeXt system or should I update/complete it and how? texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD 2. How to switch to the German commands in ConTeXt? (Perheps that might help me a little to learn and remember commands. Therefore I want to switch if possible now at the beginning.) 3. How to setup page/layout dimensions? Because of the work with margin notes as a form of ever present accompanying, helping side text for the reader and learner, I need say ==> the third width of the right page for the margin notes. I read the applying chapters and passages in Hans Hagen's "ConTEXt the manual" (November 12, 2001) several times, but I couldn't get it yet. 4. How to set up => numbered margin notes and, thereover, => prevent, that they are printed one over the other, when there is not enough space between the referenced words/phrases in the text body? 5. How to find and learn the possible options to the commands? The few commands and options I found yet were token from the manuals, but this was rather trial and error. I attach the (abbreviated) Example of my first Text with ConTeXt, so that you can better see, what my most needed help could be (fo to come to an output with bride (right) margin and automatically numbered margin notes). The attached TeX file gave the pdf output, but nevertheless texexec (or what ever) gives me a FAILED message in the TexShop Console: ### /usr/texbin/dvips -R -Poutline -o /tmp/altpdflatex. 1646-1211465898/LyraV-TShop-source-u.ps LyraV-TShop-source-u.dvi This is dvips(k) 5.96 Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) /usr/texbin/dvips: ! DVI file can't be opened. ### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.1646-1211465898/LyraV-TShop- source-u.ps () Any help suggestions also for that? Thank you for reading my cry fore help, best wishes, "Met echt-westfälsken Gröiten" joachim -- Kreimer-de Fries, Berlin

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xml question
by Wolfgang Schuster 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi, I played with a little bit with the docbook syntax and came to a problem with headers. The text for chapter headers is written between the title elements, to get the text I use the \xmlfirst command but this did not prevent the text in the element to appear again in the normal document text. As a workaround I introduced the \ifheading to flush the content only in chapter headers, is there a better way to do this? It is also possible to place the title elements outside of the chapter group where it is used as a header by itself, I did this now by another test \ifchapter where I test if it called within a chapter or not but a better solution is welcome. My last question is what I the preferef method to define entities in MkIV, \defineXMLentity is a MkII command and did not fit in the MkIV xmlsetup commands. \startbuffer[test] <?xml version='1.0'?> <book> <title>Document with &ConTeXt;</title> <chapter id="first"><title>The first Chapter</title> <para>Normal Text.</para> <para>Normal Text.</para> </chapter> <chapter id="second"><title>Another Chapter</title> <para>Normal Text.</para> <para>Normal Text.</para> </chapter> </book> \stopbuffer \unprotect \startxmlsetups setup \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{title}{*} \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{chapter}{*} \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{para}{*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{setup} \newif\ifheading \newif\ifchapter \startxmlsetups title \ifchapter \ifheading\xmlflush{#1}\fi \else \title{\xmlflush{#1}} \fi \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups chapter \headingtrue \chaptertrue \chapter[\xmlatt{#1}{id}]{\xmlfirst{#1}{title}} \headingfalse \xmlflush{#1} \chapterfalse \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups para \xmlflush{#1}\par \stopxmlsetups \defineXMLentity [ConTeXt] \ConTeXt \protect \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{test}{} \stoptext Wolfgang

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markup format ---> ConTeXt
by Gour 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi! At the moment I use Emacs Muse for writing my study notes which I then have to submit as *.doc file (muse --> html -> OO --> doc). I like it 'cause it enables me to combine all the notes and convert into ConTeXt later. However, the only disadvantage of it is that Muse markup is tied to Emacs editor and not so popular for those using other editors. Therefore I am considering some other 'easy' markup with the ConTeXt back-end. Some of the more popular markup-formats are AsciiDoc (http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/index.html) and reStructuredText (http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html) but according to what I see both are missing ConTeXt back-end (latex only) :-( Any suggestion for 'popular' markup with ConTexT back-end? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour | Zagreb, Croatia | GPG key: C6E7162D ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Footer issue
by Diego Depaoli 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi all, why \setupheader[text][after=\thinrule] and \setupfooter[text][before=\textrule] both work, but \setupfooter[text][before=\thinrule] doesn't work? Cheers -- Diego Depaoli

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Re: [NTG-context] several warnings after updating ConTeXt and LM fonts
by Dalyoung Jeong 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Dear Mojca, Thank you for your instruction. After updating XeTeX binaries, warnings are disappeared but a new one. ** WARNING ** Could not open config file "dvipdfmx.cfg". I added the line "TEXFONTSMAPS.dvipdfmx = .;$TEXMF........" in texmf.cnf below the line TEXFONTSMAPS = .;$TEXMF/Font/,ap/..." However, the same warning message still remains. I checked the lm-math.map and lm-rm.map in the folder ../dvipdfm/ context/ as Wolfgang suggested. They are there. How to remove this new warning message? Thank you again. Best regards, Dalyoung

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xml in mkiv
by Hans Hagen 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Hi, [if you never use xml or don't use mkiv, you can skip this message] Currently in mkiv, the mkii method of xml is active at the same time; however, this is not always what you want and eventually i suppose that mkiv xml usage will replace mkii usage (i'm thinking of at some point making the old stream based xml method a module for mkiv) anyhow, one of aspects we need to deal with is mixed usage of documents, more about that later the latest beta has a \setupxml command with the following options (there are a few more): \setupxml[\c!method=mkii] % mixed mkiv and mkii \setupxml[\c!method=mkiv,\c!default=] % mkiv only \setupxml[\c!method=mkiv,\c!default=\v!none] % mkiv only, undefined -> hidden \setupxml[\c!method=mkiv,\c!default=\v!text] % mkiv only, undefined -> text the tricky part is in dealing with entities. By default entities are resolved to utd code, which means that <, > and & are part if the normal text stream. This is tricky because in mkii a dangling < or & gives an error. However, in mkii mode (i.e. mixed mode), these three characters are remapped to some place safe (the location in the unicode table will change once we have active chars in the private planes). i used this test: % \defineXMLenvironment[y]{(}{)} % % \startxmlsetups x % /\xmlflush{#1}/ % \stopxmlsetups % % \startxmlsetups xx % \xmlsetsetup{main}{x}{*} % \stopxmlsetups % % \xmlregistersetup{xx} % % \startbuffer % <x>a <&><y>{b}</y> c</x> % \stopbuffer Another change is that 'context --env=bla whatever.xml' will use mkiv xml mode unless the --mkii flag is passed. The alternative is rather ugly and tricky overloading of the traditional XML macros, an option that i rejected. An example that demonstrates mkiv usage is: context --ctx=x-ldx l-dimen.lua this will produce the documentation of l-dimen.lua and does a transformation as defined in the ctx file. Eventually all those texexec goodies (--pdfwhatever) will become such scripts combined with styles. Much is experimental and I will add more control over specific documents. Take for instance (from x-ldx.tex): \usemodule[mathml] \xmlregisterdocumentsetup{ldx}{xml:mml:define} \xmlregisterdocumentsetup{ldx}{xml:ldx:define} \xmlregisterns{ldx}{ldx} \startxmlsetups xml:ldx:define \xmlgrab {\xmldocument} {ldx:*} {*} \stopxmlsetups This associates the ldx definitions to the document but also mathml. I'm converting all traditional xml handling used in the core into mkiv handling (e.g. clt handling is already converted; clt deals with remapping filesnames into the ones that come out of preprocessing, as for instance in the ldx module). 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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