August 2008 - ntg-context

bug with numeral conversion function
by Khaled Hosny 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

It seems that there is a bug in converters.alphabetic function, converters.alphabetic(0,"arabic") returns the western 0 (no matter what is the selected language) while converters.alphabetic(1,"arabic") gives the Arabic 0 not 1 and so one i.e. it looks like as if it starts counting from zero. This has been reported few weeks ago, but I think it got missed. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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MK IV and Texexec Error Compiling under Windows
by Martin Scholz 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Hi @ all, I've just installed TeXlive 2k8 on a Vista-Machine. I've updated the MK II to MK IV and tried to set a script with chemie-module. and the mainlanguage in german. The file has the following input: \hauptsprache [de] \verwendemodul [pictex, chemie] \starttext \subjekt{Chemie-test} \stellechemieein[breite=passend,oben=1500,unten=3500] \startchemie \chemie[ONE,Z0,DB1,SB3,SB7,Z7,MOV1,Z0,SB3,SB7,Z3,Z7,MOV0,SUB2,SIX,B,R6,C][C,H,C,H,H] \textunter{Styreen} \stopchemie \quad\quad\quad \startchemie \chemie[ONE,Z0,DB1,SB3,SB7,Z3,Z7,MOV1,Z0,SB1,SB3,Z3,MOV1,Z0,DB1,SB3,Z3,MOV1,Z0,SB3,SB3,SB7,Z3,Z7][C,H,H,C,H,C,H,C,H,H] \textunter{1,3-Butadieen} \stopchemie \stoptext then compiling it with texexec file.tex gives the following result: TeXExec | processing document 'file.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file file.top TeXExec | using randomseed 377 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-de This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) %&-line parsing enabled. (c:/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) TeXExec | runtime: 1.055 when I try to compile this file with context it runs a holy time and then gives me the following result: language : language en is active report >> utilityfile: not present system : cont-new loaded (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv lua : used config path - C:/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf lua : used cache path - C:/Users/cyberplaque/.texlive2008/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/3236d28ff38909cc68507fe0979fbbf0 ) (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-old loaded (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded specials : tex loaded system : chemie-test.top loaded (./chemie-test.top specials : loading definition file tpd (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (C:/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkiv)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf loaded ) ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \hauptsprache [de] ? ! Emergency stop. l.1 \hauptsprache [de] ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! MtxRun | loading configuration for C:/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c from C:/Users/cyberplaque/.texlive2008/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/3236d28ff38909cc68507fe0979fbbf0/trees/a9242cc4ac8b58f8a1b613c7103ba2f1 MtxRun | run 1: luatex --fmt="C:/Users/cyberplaque/.texlive2008/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/3236d28ff38909cc68507fe0979fbbf0/formats/cont-en" --lua="C:/Users/cyberplaque/.texlive2008/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/3236d28ff38909cc68507fe0979fbbf0/formats/cont-en.lua" "./file.tex" for any kind of help I would be thankful Greetings Martin

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When I don't want quotes
by Maurício 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Hi, I need to write ''''' in a text. However, since it's a special tag in wiki language, I really need it to be 5 times U0027, not ””’ (U201C and U2018). How can I do that? Thanks, Maurício

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headers and footers
by Alan Stone 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Hi, Main manual pg 78, § 4.17: \setup*texts *[.1.]* [.2.] [.3.] commands "When the first argument is left out it is taken for granted that the footer and header should be place under or over the pagebody (text)." What does this mean ? Thanks, Alan

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Feature request: \newitemize or something like this
by Marcin Borkowski 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Hi there! I have a feature request (or a question "how to do it";)) concerning itemizations. Currently, they are much like LaTeX (say, with the enumitem package). I think this is not the best idea. I can hardly imagine using more than two levels of itemize in my documents; on the other hand, I like to introduce different "kinds" of itemize on the _first_ level. Imagine I'm typesetting a paper on mathematics (which I'm doing all the time;)). I want another kind of itemize for lists of: * equivalent conditions (as in: "the following are equivalent: ..."); * statements connected by an "or" clause (as in: "at least one of these holds: ..."; * statements connected by an "and" clause (as in: "assume that these conditions are satisfied: ..."). What I usually do (in LaTeX) is to define a few environments, like "equivenumerate", "orenumerate", "andenumerate" etc., and make them use (a), (b), ..., (i), (ii), ..., or (1), (2), ... respectively. This way I have a clear visual clue in my papers on what's going where, and on the other hand, I separate content and presentation. Would it be possible in ConTeXt? If yes, how to do this? Maybe it's worth mentioning in the new manual? (As usual, I'll try to post the answer on the wiki when I have some spare time!) -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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Happy ConTeXt Community Day :)
by Mojca Miklavec 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Hello, I would like to express my best wishes to the two very special people who did most for the ConTeXt community - who are voluntary, with all their enthusiasm, helping others and developing whatever users around the World desire. I wish them both to be able to do their dream job (as well as to spend enough time away from computer for other hobbies :), and would like to thank them both for the marvellous work they are doing. Today could be declared the "ConTeXt Community Day" :) Patrick, alles gutes zum Geburtstag! Taco, van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag! M.

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Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac
by Michael Green 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

On Aug 30, 2008, Alan Bowen wrote: > What follows are some queries that I will be happy to write up for the > wiki. The aim (hope?) is to develop a set of instructions for > installing the minimals on a Mac that a Mac user without any real > knowledge of unix (such as myself) can follow easily. (There are a > number of people scattered around the world who help me in producing > various publications; and since they too are not unix savvy, I need > such instructions if we are to keep our installations functioning and > up to date.) > > Once the ConTeXt minimals are installed in the Applications folder and > the user can run > \starttext > Hello world! > \stoptext > which is where the wiki (Installation>section 1.2) currently leaves > off, there still remain a few tasks. > > Specifically, > > (a) getting this ConTeXt installation to recognize a personal texmf > directory > > (b) running the various binaries (e.g., texmfstart, ctxtools) in / > Applications/ConTeXtMinimals from Terminal > > (c) establishing synchronization between PDF output and its ConTeXt > source. Currently, it does not seem to work (with TeXShop at least) > Note, in the latest TeXShop there is > Added support for SyncTeX. SyncTeX is new synchronization technology > by Jerome Laurens which is included in TeX Live 2008 (but not earlier > TeX distributions). The technology is built directly into pdfTeX and > XeTeX. In modern TeX distributions, most typesetting actually calls > pdfetex (even if using latex to output a dvi file), and thus the > technology is available for such typesetting. To use the technology, > add the flag --synctex=1 > > Any advice on how to do (a), (b), and (c) will be much appreciated. > > Alan > > I installed ConTeXt Minimals in my home directory's Applications folder (not the applications folder for the system as a whole). I'm reluctant to write in because my understanding of what I'm doing is shallow and I haven't used my solution beyond a few simple tests. With that said, adding the following three lines to .bash_profile seems to work for me. source ~/Applications/context/tex/setuptex ~/Applications/context/tex TEXMFHOME=$HOME/Library/texmf TEXMF={$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFPROJECT,!!$TEXMFFONTS,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!! $TEXMFCONTEXT,!!$TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN} Here is how I understand what I did. (A) I think that the second and third lines (TEXMFHOME ... and TEXMF ...) handle issue (a). I copied them from a message I read on the developer list. http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/ 20080607.102038.6212fc3c.en.html I should add that the author, Oliver Buerschaper wrote to complain that additions to the personal texmf tree were not automatically recognized. He had to run luatools --generate again after changing something. I have no idea if this has been fixed since June, when he wrote his message. I assume it has, but haven't tested it. (B) I think that the first line (source ...) handles issue (b). It tells the shell to look for TeX binaries in ~/Applications/context/tex. This is the second instruction from the Linux/Mac/BSD section of the wiki's installation page, modified for my particular case. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals#Linux.2FMac.2FFreeBSD Michael

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Background color of sometxt ignored
by Aditya Mahajan 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

Hi, In 2008.08.18 14:00 MKIV the background color of sometxt is ignored. I used to use this trick to unfill the background while drawing a label, but it no longer works (It used to work a month ago). Bug or feature? \unprotected\definetextext[parbox] {\framed [ frame=off, width=2cm, height=.85cm, autowidth=no, align={middle,middle}, background=color, backgroundcolor=white]} \starttext \startMPcode draw (0,0) -- (3cm,3cm) ; label(\sometxt[parbox]{ABC}, (1.5cm,1.5cm)) ; \stopMPcode \stoptext Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] Help with ConTeXt Minimals and ppchtex
by Philipp Moritz 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Ah, thank you. I hope it will be fixed soon.

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Re: [NTG-context] Help with ConTeXt Minimals and ppchtex
by Philipp Moritz 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Hello, > I can confirm that this file fails with MKIV, but works fine with MKII. It > seems that supp-mps is not loaded under MKIV. does there exist a workaround for mkiv? I tried \usemodule[chemic] \input supp-mps \starttext \startchemical \chemical[SIX,B1..6,R1..6,RZ1..3][CH_3,CH_3,OH] \stopchemical \stoptext but then I get ! Undefined control sequence. \writecheckedMPgraphic #1->\ifgrTEXgraphic \global \MPTEXgraphictrue \else \... \startMPgraphic ...hic \writecheckedMPgraphic {#1} \stopwritingMPgraphic \getMPdrawing ...ic \MPdrawingdata \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic {}\d... \@@endchemicalpicture ...raphictrue \getMPdrawing }\wd 2=\!!zeropoint \ht 2=... \stopchemical ...calpicture \@@endchemicalpicture \egroup \ifnum \chemicaldr... l.8 \stopchemical ? thank you for you answer, Philipp.

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