August 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

mswincontext.zip
by dwarnold45＠suddenlink.net 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

All, A bit frustrated as I cannot seem to get a mswincontext scite combination going. I gave up on: http://pragma-ade.com/context/install/mswintex.zip. I got absolutely nowhere with the installation and trying to connect scite. So, I just downloaded: http://pragma-ade.com/context/install/mswincontext.zip After extracting to c:\context, I ran the file first-setup.bat, which proceeded to install a lot of files. Was this a correct thing to do? Strange, as the distribution size was already huge. It would really help to have a readme.txt in this distribution with installation directions. After first-setup was complete, I ran cscite.bat. Scite opened. Good! I entered the usual test file: \starttext Hello, World! \stoptext And saved as test.tex. Then I tried Tools->Compile, which resulted in this error mesage: texmfstart concheck test.tex ruby: no such file to load--ubygems (LoadError) Any suggestions? D.

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Problems with itemization, continued
by Marcin Borkowski 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi, it's me again... I managed to finish my first "serious" ConTeXt project (in fact, it was a two-page math test for my wife, who teaches maths;)). But I encountered quite a few problems with itemizations. To sum it up, I've prepared a minimal sample file illustrating them. Here it is: ========= cut here ========= \def\testitemize#1#2#3{{\bf #1}\par \startitemize #2 \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \startitemize #3 \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \stopitemize \item plplplpl \stopitemize {\bf Blah, blah.} \page} \starttext \testitemize{Default values. Works fine.} {}{} \testitemize{Different numbering. Results in overfull hboxes---???} {}{[a][left=(,right=),stopper=]} \testitemize{Outer one packed. Inner one gets also packed---is this ok???} {[packed]}{} \testitemize{Inner one packed. Works fine.} {}{[packed]} \testitemize{Both packed. Works fine.} {[packed]}{[packed]} \testitemize{Inner one joinedup. Works as packed---???} {}{[joinedup]} \testitemize{Inner one packed and joinedup. Works as packed---???} {}{[packed,joinedup]} \testitemize{Outer one joinedup. Does this imply packed?} {[joinedup]}{} \testitemize{Inner one twocolumn. Why is this packed, too?} {}{[columns]} \testitemize{Inner one 2-col and joinedup. What about the space {\em after} the inner one?} {}{[joinedup,columns]} \testitemize{Outer one twocolumn. packed implied???} {[columns]}{} \testitemize{Outer one 2-col. and joinedup. packed implied (?), apart from that fine.} {[joinedup,columns]}{} \stoptext ========= cut here ========= Most cases are wrong (or at least strange)---each page with at least one question mark is something I can't understand. Which ones are bugs and which ones are features? What to do to overcome these problems? Also, I've noticed that the [intro] option does not _prohibit_ page break---is that ok? The manual (or wiki, I can't remember) says it _discourages_ it---but shouldn't it prohibit it completely? And one more: what is the difference between \page[yes] and \page[makeup]? I didn't notice any. Hope you don't get fed up with me, folks... I promise to put some answers on the wiki soon (during the next few days). Maybe I'll even post a complete working file as a sample... I hope that all my questions (and your answers;)) will lead to a better typesetting tool... Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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setting mode in ctx-file
by Peter Münster 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hello, How can I set a mode in a ctx-file? I would like to pass such a file to "context --ctx=file ..." If further modes are passed with --mode=..., these modes should not replace the mode in the ctx-file, but should be added. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Problem with MkIV and tikz
by Marcin Borkowski 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi, I've got yet another problem with ConTeXt... I was using MkII and \usemodule[tikz]. Everything went smoothly until I tried MkIV; it can't find the tikz module. What I did was: 1. I installed the ConTeXt minimals. 2. I downloaded pgf from sourceforge and unpacked it somewhere in the context tree. 3. I ran texhash so that the file database got rebuilt. 4. For MkII, this was enough. 5. But then, I wanted to use an earlier advice on fonts in MkIV and switched to platino (=pagella). 6. Although pagella works fine, ConTeXt no longer finds the tikz module. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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Bug in \startitemize?
by Marcin Borkowski 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hi! And again, I have a problem with itemizations. This won't work: \startitemize \item aaa \item bbb \startitemize[packed,joinedup] \item xxx \item yyy \item zzz \stopitemize \item ccc \stopitemize More precisely, the "joinedup" option does not work in the inner itemization. Replacing [packed,joinedup] with [packed,joinedup,columns,two] helps - but I don't want two columns... And another problem, connected with this one: is there a "joineddown" option, symmetrical to "joinedup"? Thanks in advance -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl) Well, I admit that I quite like the Emacs operating system. The only problem with it is that it lacks a good ASCII editor.

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Numbered bookmarks in PDF
by B. Tommy Jensen 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

I am struggling a bit with numbered bookmarks in PDF files. In LaTex, the HyperRef package supports the option "bookmarksnumbered = true" which adds the chapter numbers to the bookmark list. Does anybody know of a similar option in ConText? I have searched the \setupinteraction documentation, but haven't been able to locate anything useful. All hints are welcome! Best regards, Tommy Jensen

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Fwd: disturbing the hyphenation mechanism
by Wolfgang Schuster 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [NTG-context] disturbing the hyphenation mechanism To: Steffen Wolfrum <context(a)st.estfiles.de> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Steffen Wolfrum <context(a)st.estfiles.de> wrote: > Just .. in case of bad luck you'll get this: > > > \starttext > \showframe > > \enableregime[utf] > > blablabla blablablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blabla > blablabla \penalty-500„\hskip-0.025em wondering > > \stoptext > > > ... the line breaks after the quote mark ;o( > > No way to avoid this and yet keep the hyphenation? \starttext \showframe \enableregime[utf] blablabla blablablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blabla blablabla „\penalty\plustenthousand\hskip-0.025em wondering blablabla l blablablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blabla blablabla „\penalty\plustenthousand\hskip-0.025em wondering \stoptext Wolfgang

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A small bug in context/tex/setuptex
by Vasile Gaburici 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

OWNPATH does not work properly because $0 does not do what you think when a file is sourced. See: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/1999-02/msg00687.html

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ConTeXt an excursion — now in the CTK library
by Matija Šuklje 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hullo, I'm happy to announce that I took a printed copy of "ConTeXt an excursion" to the CTK [Central Technical Library] library in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The librarian was at first shocked that someone donated a book to them, but then handled the case pretty well. It turned out she was quite familiar with LaTeX already and all its faults, so she found interest in reading the given book right after she processes it and adds it to the shelf. I hope the book catches on in the library and ConTeXt gains a bit of recognition that way as well... Cheers, Matija Šuklje -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje GPG/PGP fingerprint: FB64 FFAF B8DA 5AB5 B18A 98B8 2B68 0B51 0549 D278

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mswintex.zip versus mswincontext.zip
by David Arnold 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hans et al, For our students, I need to have Miktex and at least one of these distributions (mswintex.zip or mswincontext.zip) coexisting side by side. I've got Miktex installed and working with the Texniccener IDE for student use. Now, I need to get context and metapost working properly (no longer any mptopdf in the Miktex distro). Students don't deal well with DOS boxes and terminals at first (they can grow into them), so what I need is a scite icon on the desktop, that when clicked, will open and work (for context and metapost). I had already loaded mswintex.zip on each machine in our lab, run first-setup.bat. I also installed Scite by downloading from the scintilla site. I finally figured out that you need to import context in the Globals, though (the http://pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ mscite-p.pdf said it should work in user as well, which I could not get to work. So, as I understand it now, the difference is the mswincontext.zip comes with perl and ruby, but we already have perl and ruby installed. If I get rid of the gems (how?) then I should be able to make progress? What I need is students to have both scite and texniccenter running at the same time. What are my best options? Thanks. D.

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