June 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

error: Attempt to node.insert_before() a non-existing node
by Khaled Hosny 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

I get this error when I attempt to generate this file with \setcharactermirroring[1], and text directionality gets broken. -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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lang-ara.tex (beta)
by Peter Rolf 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

hi, just tested the latest beta. [..] ) (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lang-ura.tex loading : Uralic Languages ) (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lang-vn.tex loading : Vietnamese Language ) ! I can't find file `lang-ara.tex'. <to be read again> \relax l.330 \loadcorefile{lang-ara.tex} (Press Enter to retry, or Control-Z to exit) Please type another input file name: best wishes, peter

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pdfobj runtime question
by Peter Rolf 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

hi, i'm currently struggling with some basic runtime problems in luatex. are there any rules for directly writing a pdf object? in context this is only done in the tex part. especially what pitfalls are there, if you do it in the lua part of the code ( tex.sprint(tex.ctxcatcodes,"\\immediate\\pdfobj{}")) ) and use "\the\pdflastobj" (tex or lua) to reference that object? and what must be done to make sure that things are done immediatly (in lua), so that one ore more switches between lua<-->tex always uses the right obj number? i already noticed that you have to use separated lua code for 'creation' and 'reference' (different chunks). any help welcome. regards, peter

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placing image on layer is sketchy
by Uwe Koloska 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Hello, still working on the CD booklet ;-) While trying to include the pictures I have some problems with placing a picture onto a layer: The following code should place the picture into the lower right corner of the upper part and then goes to the left. The part that goes over the page border is for the bleeding. But the result (as seen in the attached pdf) is a sketchy position of the right, bottom corner it looks like the same offset in x and -y direction. Two more observations: - with the "offset=-1mm" in the layerframe configuration there is only an offset in -y direction left (offset=0mm is not enough) - without the frame it works as expected (and so my problem is solved) \setuppapersize[CD][CD,oversized] \setuppagenumbering[location=,state=stop] \setuplayout [location=middle] \showframe[edge] \useexternalfigure[page12][dummy] \definelayer [p12] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \setlayerframed [p12] [x=\paperwidth,y=74mm, location={left,top}] [width=124mm,height=77mm, %offset=-1mm, frame=on] {\externalfigure[page12][width=126mm,height=77mm]} %\setlayer [p12] % [x=\paperwidth,y=74mm, % location={left,top}] % {\externalfigure[page12][width=124mm,height=77mm]} \starttext \setupbackgrounds[page][background=p12] \startstandardmakeup \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext

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Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic
by Khaled Hosny 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

How do I translate things like "Contents, Index, List of tables, etc.." to Arabic. If this is documented somewhere, please tell me since I failed to find such documentation. Regards, -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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Unicode PDF bookmarks and headers
by Khaled Hosny 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

I can't get Unicode (Arabic) PDF bookmarks or headers (see the attached file), even after including "\input spec-tst" after the wiki page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDF_Bookmarks_and_Headers But I get miss-encoded text instead, am I missing some thing? Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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protruding with luatex mkiv?
by Uwe Koloska 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Hello, how can I use protruding with mkiv and luatex? I tried different examples from the different manuals and the garden and found the following piece that works OK with pdftex and mkiv (?): ---------------------------------------------------------- \setupcolors[state=start] \setupfontsynonym [Serif] [handling=normal] \definetypeface[palatino][rm][serif][palatino][default] \setupbodyfont[palatino] \starttext \startframedtext[width=.5\textwidth,background=screen, offset=none,frame=off,align=hanging] \input tufte \stopframedtext \stoptext ---------------------------------------------------------- Is this the right way to use protruding with mkiv and luatex? And if it works, how do I use it with the otf version of delicious which typescript was presented some days ago on this list? And how can I use hz? (if I understand it right, hz makes some distances between characters mor beautifully) Thank you Uwe

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Bigger interline space and grid
by Aditya Mahajan 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Hi, I cannot figure out how to increase the interline space with grid snapping. The following does not work \setuplayout[grid=yes] \setupinterlinespace[auto,big] \setupwhitespace [medium] \setupindenting [medium,yes] \showgrid \starttext \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth \endgraf} \stoptext What am I missing? Aditya

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bug in context/luatex
by Yue Wang 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Hi, Hans: pdftex and LuaTeX produce different results with the following source file. Please check. I dont know whether it is a bug in ConTeXt or LuaTeX. \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \usetypescript[lucida][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[lucida,12pt] \starttext `hello' \stoptext I use the tfms/map zip you attached in the mailing list together with the font bought from TUG. If there is something wrong with my installtion, let me know. Yue Wang

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garden's vs. pragma's minimals
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Alan Stone wrote: > Thanks for your extensive comments Aditya. It's (finally) *much* clearer > now. > >> Now you have two options: Either isolate minimal context from the one >> provided by the distribution, or make them co-exist. Isolating them is >> easy, the minimals even come with a script "setuptex" which does that. So, >> you just source setuptex before running context. If you want minimals and >> distribution tex to coexits, things are a bit tricky. You need to >> understand how the tex distribution works, which is an intangled (for the >> want of a better word) mess. > > I'll take the isolation option then. > > A question about the minimals... > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals mentions "The Minimals are an > attempt to provide the same functionality as the current Pragma's minimal > ConTeXt distributions in the zip files." > > What's the difference (in provided functionalities) between the > contextgarden minimals and the pragma ones ? The binaries at PRAGMA haven't been updated since August, and you can only update ConTeXt using "download, unzip" approach, which makes you download the whole zip (independent of how much has changed), and doesn't update binaries. With minimals on the garden, only a single file will be updated in case that a single file has changed (rsync rules!!!). Minimals might have some files (fonts, binaries) missing (but feel free to request them) + standalone environment missing as well. Mojca

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