June 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] context manuals sources
by Alan Stone 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Hi, re: http://context.aanhet.net/svn/manuals/context/ I've downloaded all files from the above directory to a separate folder on my PC and am trying to compile the screen version of the english context manual with texmfstart texexec --pdf --mode=screen cont-en.tex Is that the correct command ? I'm receiving compile errors (log file in attachement). Best, Alan - XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.1 (Web2C 7.5.6) - ConTeXt ver: 2008.06.22 17:38 MKII fmt: 2008.6.23 ( ctx minimal) - Ubuntu 8.04

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AUCTeX and ConTeXt
by Charles P. Schaum 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

I really like the support that AUCTeX gives for ConTeXt. Actually, in general it does well with any flavor. I'll have to RTFM to see what I can do to start a new file specifically in ConTeXt, plain, or whatever, not just LaTeX. The weird thing is that it reports unspecified "problems" at the end of running context but no such problems really exist. The trivial snippet: \starttext Hello, world! \stoptext yields the message buffer: Updating define menu... Updating setup menu... Updating other macro's menu... Updating project structure menu... Updating section block menu... Updating section menu... Updating...done Type `C-c C-l' to display results of compilation. ConTeXt: problems after {1} page. The pdf generated is, however, entirely satisfactory, as are all texted documents. My strategy is to ignore it. This appears specific to AUCTeX, in this case running on GTK Emacs 22 / Ubuntu 8.04. By contrast, I have minimal to no problems on my OS X installation. Charles

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dot/graphviz and Tex/friends
by Charles P. Schaum 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Question: Has anyone ever thought of integrating something dot-like into ConTeXt or LaTeX? One thing that I have done is avail myself of the constrained graphs for doing anything like timelines. It would be fantastic to get that in TeX and friends. Or would that fall under dot -> MetaPost? Charles

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Luatex arranging
by Diego Depaoli 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Wolfgang and Hans have just solved a problem and I'm here again to ask for help. Is arranging already supported in Luatex? If I call context --arrange (undocumented) with the following simple code I get the toc, but the text is only on the left side of the paper. \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \setuplist[section][alternative=c] \starttext \placelist[section] \section{One} \dorecurse{15}{\input ward} \section{Two} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth} \section{Last} \dorecurse{20}{\input tufte} \stoptext Thanks in advance -- Diego Depaoli

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distro info
by Andrea Valle 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hi to all, I've briefly presented ConTeXt to the students of my course in Visual Identities. They were all enthusiastic. So they asked me if I can give an introductory but "real" seminar. At my lab the students are all on macosx 10.4/5. Now the probem: All my students comes from humanities, no computer science background at all. I cannot ask them to be aware of low level installation aspects. My ideal would be something like the standard ConTeXt I was working with an year ago. One installs MacTeX and can start working. Now, we need easy font switching. I'm actually using XeTeX. But it has been complicated to set it up. I don't think I can have my students dig into installations ("patch this" etc). Is there any chance to have luatex into the next MacTeX distro? Any ideas? Many thanks Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- " Think of it as seasoning . noise [salt] is boring . F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring . F(noise, blah) can be really tasty " (Ken Perlin on noise)

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texfont fails for font Cataneo BoldSwash
by Andreas Schneider 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hello, when I install the font Cataneo (from a Corel CD) with texfont, 4 of the 5 font files (Light, Regular, RegularSwash, Bold) proceed correctly, but on the 4th (BoldSwash) texfont produces an error message an creates empty files. I'm using texlive 2007 from the Debian Lenny GNU/Linux distribution. texmfstart texfont --fontroot=debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf --vendor=bitstrea --collection=cataneo --encoding=texnansi --makepath --install TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 encoding vector : texnansi vendor name : bitstrea source path : . font collection : cataneo texmf font root : debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf map file name : texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map source path : . processing files : all on afm path locating afm files : using pattern ./*.afm locating afm files : using pattern * copying files : afm copying : CataneoBT-Bold.afm copying : CataneoBT-BoldSwash.afm copying : CataneoBT-Light.afm copying : CataneoBT-Regular.afm copying : CataneoBT-RegularSwash.afm copying files : pfb copying : CataneoBT-Bold.pfb copying : CataneoBT-BoldSwash.pfb copying : CataneoBT-Light.pfb copying : CataneoBT-Regular.pfb copying : CataneoBT-RegularSwash.pfb no map file at : debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map no map file at : debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map no map file at : debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map font identifier : CataneoBT-Bold -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-CataneoBT-Bold (from CataneoBT-Bold) generating new vf : texnansi-CataneoBT-Bold (from texnansi-CataneoBT-Bold) B expected: ! syntax error C 83 ; WX 495 ; N S ; B-78 -137 458 637 ; ^ font identifier : -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-CataneoBT-BoldSwash (from CataneoBT-BoldSwash) B expected: ! syntax error C 83 ; WX 495 ; N S ; B-78 -137 458 637 ; ^ generating new vf : texnansi-CataneoBT-BoldSwash (from texnansi-CataneoBT-BoldSwash) font identifier : CataneoBT-Light -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-CataneoBT-Light (from CataneoBT-Light) generating new vf : texnansi-CataneoBT-Light (from texnansi-CataneoBT-Light) font identifier : CataneoBT-Regular -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-CataneoBT-Regular (from CataneoBT-Regular) generating new vf : texnansi-CataneoBT-Regular (from texnansi-CataneoBT-Regular) font identifier : CataneoBT-RegularSwash -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-CataneoBT-RegularSwash (from CataneoBT-RegularSwash) generating new vf : texnansi-CataneoBT-RegularSwash (from texnansi-CataneoBT-RegularSwash) updating map file : texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map (for pdftex) updating map file : texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map (for dvipdfm) updating map file : texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map (for dvips) generating : ls-r databases mktexlsr: Updating /home/andreas/LaTeX/cataneo/debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. What causes the error? How can I correct it? Thanks for your help Andreas

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problem with ligatures in MKIV
by Peter Münster 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hello, There are no ligatures in the frame in the header: % engine=luatex \setupheadertexts[X --- fl -- X\startframedtext X --- fl -- X \stopframedtext] \starttext X --- fl -- X\startframedtext X --- fl -- X \stopframedtext \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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ConTeXt meeting - *Important*
by Mojca Miklavec 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hello, the long awaited mail ... here are the fees for ConTeXt meeting (for those who pay until 15th July): - fee for non-members: => 210 EUR - base fee for members of one of TeX user groups - or those who become members for the first time => 180 EUR - if you are already a member of some user group and become a new member of yet another one (NTG/TUG/DANTE/GUST/CSTUG) - if you are a member of three of them already - if you are not a member yet, but become a member of two new ones - if you are accompanying person: => 170 EUR Discount for students: => minus 20 EUR (same categories apply as above) Additinal fee for decisions & payments after 16th July => plus 20 EUR (if there is still free place in hostel) Should you consider the fee too low (or to difficult to calculate), feel free to sponsor the event :) :) :) We accept any amout up to 250 EUR :) :) :) And I try to keep up with my emails if you need some answer. =============================================== The fee covers: - lodging & full board, starting with dinner on Wednesday and ending with breakfast on Monday - trasportation, all entrance fees and lunch on whole-day excursion to The Skocjan Caves (bring something warm to wear; it's about 8 degrees inside if I recall correctly) Anyone that wants to join for one day only: - (required) become a member of some user group of your choice (let me know in advance to get you the welcome packages) - (optional) 10 EUR for lunch & T-shirt But you also need to register in advance to get the T-shirt and to spare a chair for you. Additional optional costs might include: - optional activities - depending on schedule & interests (anyone feels like going rafting?) - drinks - you might want to visit some interesting places *after* the conference: http://www.genspot.com/video-66733/prvi-na-svetu-luping-tobogan-v-moravskih… =============================================== Joining TeX user groups. User groups support development of TeX (funding development of LuaTeX, fonts, ... etc.). By being a member you support the development as well. Your fee for the conference will lower if you already are or will become a new member now. How to become a new member now and get the discount? - choose your favorite TeX user group (TUG, DANTE, NTG, GUST) - pay the discounted price - let me know your decision by email - you will pay the membership fee & get a welcome package at the conference =============================================== To come or not to come? I would be grateful to know your final decision until 15th July and have the money on account until then. If you intend to come, but cannot pay until 15th of July for some reason, let me know. I will cancel the reservation of empty beds on that day. If you pay and change your mind later, I will return you part of the fee after the conference (depends how much hostel will charge us). If you don't pay and change your mind later, it's 20 EUR more, but please ask first if there are still free places available. In case there will be no places left, you can always go to the hostel 200m away from ours, so that's not a problem, but it'll be less convenient and more expensive for you. =============================================== If you need a receipt in advance, let me know, I will send it to you, others will get it at the conference. You should either bring money personally :) or transfer it to the account mentioned below. Once you do so, please drop me a mail with: - your name - the sum you transferred - TeX user group(s) that you want to join (you'll fill in the form & pay for them at the conference) Account info for bank transfers: Recipient: ========= IBAN: SI 56 3400 0100 2957 666 Studentsko drustvo MASS Vega klub Jadranska 19 SI - 1000 Ljubljana Bank: ==== BIC: KSP KSI 22 XXX Banka Sparkasse d.d. Cesta v Kleče 15 SI - 1000 Ljubljana ---- Hope to see you soon, Mojca

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Total number of figures/tables, etc.
by Oleg Kolosov 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hi! Is there are an easy way to get total number of pages/tables/figures etc.? \getnumber[table] of \getnumber[figure] returns 0, \getnumber[page] gives some irrelevant number. I've found command \totalnumberofpages, is there are something similar for others? It would be great to also automatically change the following word as in: 1 figure, but 2 figures Is there support for that in ConTeXt? -- Best Regards, Oleg Kolosov

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Re: [NTG-context] pdf bizareness...
by Alan Stone 29 Jun '08

29 Jun '08

Jonathan Kew's response... --- You can't use \pdfminorversion in XeTeX, that's a pdfTeX-specific command. I think you need to pass the -V command-line option to xdvipdfmx (I expect this can be done somewhere in the ConTeXt scripts, but don't know any details), or else set it in the dvipdfmx.cfg configuration file. AFAIK, the usual default is 4, but you can set it higher if you need to embed other PDFs that use a higher version. JK --- >you need to pass the -V command-line option to >xdvipdfmx (I expect this can be done somewhere in the ConTeXt >scripts, but don't know any details), Somebody knows the details ? Alan At Saturday 28/06/2008 13:45, you wrote: >On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Alan Stone ><software.list.1es9s(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Yep Hans, that one. Ok I won't bother about it any longer. > > > > Any clues regarding the other issues, i.e. > > > > (1) the scrambled PDF headers ? > > > > (2) the inability to lower the \pdfminorversion setting ? > >For XeTeX it's set in tex.rb: > @@runoptions['xetex'] = ['--8bit','-output-driver="xdvipdfmx >-E -d 4 -V 5"'] >you can modify that one, but it will be replaced next time when you >update ConTeXt. > >Can you please ask on the XeTeX mailing list if there is some command >to specify PDF version with a command? Then, "-V 5" could go out of >tex.rb into the format. But I'm not sure if that functionality has >already been implemented (though it should probably be trivial to do). > >Mojca

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