July 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

smultron editor with ConTeXt also usable with MacTeX-TL?
by Joachim Kreimer-de Fries 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Dag ok, ConTeXt-garden suggests to use Smultron editor with Minimal-ConTeXt installation - http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ ConTeXt_Minimals#Smultron_installation_and_configuration and gives some information about how to configure Smultron to work as an editor for ConTeXt. Question: Might it be worthwile to use Smultron (instead of TeXShop) as editor also with the Mac-TeX-TL installation which I have? Then, how to adjust the configuration of Smultron in that case, _instead_ of the following for Minimal-ConTeXt (quoted from that instruction): ---------------------------------------- 4. Create a new command by pressing the "New Command" button and type a name (e.g. "minimalsTexexec"). Then, write in the text field at the bottom: #!/bin/sh cd /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/ . /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/ ConTeXtMinimals/tex cd %%d texexec %%p ---------------------------------------- As far as I'm able to look after it, my TeXLife installation is located in: /usr/local/texlive/2007 with ConTeXt scripts in: /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context But I don't dare to adapt the Smultron configuration above without confirmation or alternative instruction ... Or have I to decide wether to continue to use ConTeXt in MacTeX- TeXLife with TeXShop _OR_ to install Minimal-ConTeXt and use it with Smultron? Goutgaun! joachim -- Kreimer-de Fries

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Bug in \underbar ?
by luigi scarso 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Sorry for this innacurate email, but I'm seeing something strange with \underbar. I'm using columnset with 2 columns, and \underbar appear in a \section head customization. luatex --vers This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.29.0-2008072308 ConTeXt ver: 2008.05.21 15:21 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.23 int: english/english ASAP I will made an example. -- luigi

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\index versus makeindex.
by John Culleton 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Usually I use makeindex for indexing but for my current job I thought the Context \index command would be convenient. However I discovered that the \index command does not provide for page ranges. If I index the same item on pages 46, 47, 48, and 49 makeindex will collapse this into a range of 46-49. Context won't. I looked at the book.tuo file but it does not look like something I can hand-modify. Is there a work-around I have missed or must I revert to makeindex to get a proper index? I am ccing Hans because my posts don't seem to make their way to the list for some reason. Perhaps Comcast has torpedoed me once again. -- 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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all about \about
by John Culleton 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

The \about cross reference command woks ok if I use \about[aa] It delivers the title (or part of it in this case) of the section marked aa. but when I try to give it some text it blows up on the text, e.g., \about{foo}[aa] So what if anything goes between the { and the }? What purpose do they serve? -- 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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Footnotes
by Ulrich Dirr 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Hi, I'm recently testing mkiv/luatex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.18 18:38 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.19 installed; compiling with 'context file') for a new project. I don't know if my questions depend on mkii or mkiv specifics. I have some problems figuring out what kind of parameters I can use to setup footnotes in a multicolumn layout (is it better to use column sets and define areas?). When I'm using location=lastcolumn then footnotes get placed in the last column *inside* the text column while when using firstcolumn as an option they will be placed below the first column but outside the text column at the end of the page. And both columns don't get balanced. How can I get two text columns balanced and footnotes place on the last column at the end of the page? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To illustrate what I want (x=text, m=footnote text): A) If the page is 'full' xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1. nnnnnnnnnnn xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2. nnnnnnnnnnn xxxxxxxxxxxxxx nnnnnnnnnnnnnn B) If the page is only partially filled: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1. nnnnnnnnnnn 2. nnnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - How can I get footnote numbers aligned with the left margin of the text/column block (margindistance=0em doesn't help)? Footnotes should run as a 'normal' paragraph (no hanging). I'm also quiet lost what options I can set with \setupfootnotes, because they are not explained in the manual (ma-cb-en-print.pdf, p. 46; cont-eni.pdf, p. 101) ... My test file looks like this: \setuplayout[grid=yes] \setupbodyfont [9pt] \setupfootnotes[location=lastcolumn,rule=off,numbercommand=\myfootnotenumber ] \def\myfootnotenumber#1{#1. } \starttext \startcolumns[n=2,tolerance=verytolerant] Hasselt is an old Hanseatic City, situated 12~km north of Zwolle at the river Zwartewater. The city has a long history since obtaining the city charter around 1252. Part and parcel of this history can be traced back to a large number of monuments to be admired in the city center.\footnote{Erste Fußnote!} There you will find the St. Stephanus church, a late gothic church dating back to 1479 with a magnificent organ. The former Municipal Building is situated on The Market Place. Constituted between 1500\footnote{Zweite Fußnote! Die kommt immer nach der ersten Fußnote und ist manchmal viel zu lang.} Hello World! \stopcolumns \stoptext Best regards, Ulrich P.S. the notepad++/context support seems broken with notepad++ v.5.00. I got TeX as a language but no menu entries for compiling ...

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Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]
by Alan Stone 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

> \starttypescript[myFonts] > \definetypeface [mySerifFont] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] > \definetypeface [mySansFont] [ss] [sans] [mySansFont] [default] > \stoptypescript \starttypescript[myFonts] \definetypeface [myFonts] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] \definetypeface [myFonts] [ss] [sans] [mySansFont] [default] \stoptypescript You need the same name for both typefaces. Are you sure ? This works though... \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \starttypescript [serif] [mySerifFont] \definefontsynonym [mySerifFontRegular] [name:Times New Roman] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySerifFontItalic] [name:Times New Roman Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySerifFontBold] [name:Times New Roman Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySerifFontBoldItalic] [name:Times New Roman Bold Italic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [mySerifFont] \setups[font:fallback:serif] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [mySerifFontRegular] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [mySerifFontItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [mySerifFontBold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [mySerifFontBoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [mySansFont] \definefontsynonym [mySansFontRegular] [name:Arial] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySansFontItalic] [name:Arial Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySansFontBold] [name:Arial Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySansFontBoldItalic] [name:Arial Bold Italic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [mySansFont] \setups[font:fallback:sans] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [mySansFontRegular] \definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [mySansFontItalic] \definefontsynonym [SansBold] [mySansFontBold] \definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [mySansFontBoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[myFonts] \definetypeface [mySerifFont] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] \definetypeface [mySansFont] [ss] [sans] [mySansFont] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myFonts] \setupbodyfont[mySerifFont,12pt] \definefont[myChapterFont][mySansFontRegular sa 1.728] \setuphead[chapter][style=\mySansFont\myChapterFont] \starttext \chapter{chapter test} \section{section test} text test \stoptext Alan

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Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]
by Alan Stone 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

> (1) \definefont[myChapterFont][myHeadingsFont sa 1.728] >You could either use a real font name like 'Arial' or a symbolic name >defined with \definefontsynonym like 'Serif', 'SerifBold', 'Sans', >'Dummy-Regular' etc. in the second argument of \definefont but not >the name for a font collection defined with \definetype, in your case >\definefont[myChapterFont][Sans sa 1.728] >or >\definefont[myChapterFont][DummyRegular sa 1.728] So ( and considering the example at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Chapters_headers ) I tried... \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \starttypescript [serif] [myBodyFont] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontRegular] [name:Times New Roman] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontItalic] [name:Times New Roman Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontBold] [name:Times New Roman Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontBoldItalic] [name:Times New Roman Bold Italic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [myBodyFont] \setups[font:fallback:serif] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [myBodyFontRegular] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [myBodyFontItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [myBodyFontBold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [myBodyFontBoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [myBodyFont] \definetypeface [myBodyFont] [rm] [serif] [myBodyFont] [default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [myHeadingsFont] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontRegular] [name:Arial] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontItalic] [name:Arial Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontBold] [name:Arial Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontBoldItalic] [name:Arial Bold Italic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [myHeadingsFont] \setups[font:fallback:sans] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [myHeadingsFontRegular] \definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [myHeadingsFontItalic] \definefontsynonym [SansBold] [myHeadingsFontBold] \definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [myHeadingsFontBoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [myHeadingsFont] \definetypeface [myHeadingsFont] [ss] [sans] [myHeadingsFont] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myBodyFont] \usetypescript[myHeadingsFont] \setupbodyfont[myBodyFont,12pt] % this works: body font displays in the correct font %\definefont[myChapterFont][myHeadingsFontRegular sa 1.728] % compile error at line 51: WHY ? \definefont[myChapterFont][Arial sa 1.728] % only this works: WHY ? %\definefont[myChapterFont][Sans sa 1.728] % defaults to default LM font for line 51: WHY ? %\setuphead[chapter][style=myChapterFont] \setuphead[chapter][style=\myChapterFont] \starttext \chapter{chapter test} % line 51 \section{section test} text test \stoptext Many thanks in advance for your enlightening help. Alan

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\startfrontmatter & Co.
by Alan Stone 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

On page 17, the ConTeXt manual mentions the commands \startfrontmatter - \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter - \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter - \stopbackmatter What's the precise use and benefit of these commands, other a cleaner project structure ? Alan

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greek again
by cidadaum＠sapo.pt 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

I am trying to use the greek module. It is installed but all I can get is greek without diacritics. Here is the log file: adsm@adsm:~> more greek_exp.log This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont-en 2008.7.20 ) 21 JUL 2008 00:04 entering extended mode %&-line parsing enabled. (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) **greek_exp.tex emergencyend (./greek_exp.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2008.7.20 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex \boislevel=\count210 (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- > 13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 > sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded \openout3 = `greek_exp.tui'. system : greek_exp.top loaded (./greek_exp.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex \everygoto=\toks326 \PDFsymbolbox=\box157 \everyPDFxform=\toks327 (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded \everyPDFximage=\toks328 \PDFcurrenttransparency=\count211 ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) \openout0 = `greek_exp-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. systems : system commands are disabled (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) system : module ancientgreek not found (./greek_exp.tuo systems : possible problem with 8 bit output ) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/pdfr-def.tex) systems : begin file greek_exp at line 5 ! Undefined control sequence. l.7 \localgreek {?????????? ???? ??? ??? ?????... ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.11 \startgreek ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.18 ...??? ??? ?? ????.\stopgreek (I, 1, 16) ? fonts : resetting map file list {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map} fonts : using map file: texnansi-public-lm {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map} fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: ec-base {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base.map} fonts : using map file: lm-ec {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-ec.map} fonts : using map file: 8r-base {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/8r-base.map} fonts : using map file: t5-base {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/t5-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map} [1.1] systems : end file greek_exp at line 20 system : cont-err loaded (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-err.tex systems : no file 'cont-sys.tex', using 'cont-sys.rme' instead ) ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 1480 strings out of 57406 26919 string characters out of 539334 4598521 words of memory out of 5526669 41204 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000 74872 words of font info for 37 fonts, out of 1200000 for 2000 192 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 47i,18n,60p,264b,471s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p,200000b,5000s {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-rep-cmrm.enc}{/media/Te XLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc}</media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dis t/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi12.pfb></media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/ public/lm/lmr12.pfb> Output written on greek_exp.pdf (1 page, 35542 bytes). PDF statistics: 23 PDF objects out of 1000 (max. 8388607) 15 compressed objects within 1 object stream 0 named destinations out of 1000 (max. 131072) 1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000) Thanks for your help Armando

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Problem in arabic script
by Mehdi Omidali 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

I use context+luatex to write farsi texts. A problem that I have been faced is that some characters (those that are in farsi and not in arabic like "Gaf", "Kaf", "Ya" and "Che") are shown only in isolated form. How can I solve this problem. I use ubuntu and latest context and luatex. Thanks

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