November 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Drawing interpolation curve in MP
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Hello, I have a crazy idea: can I draw 2nd order curve in metapost, provided that I know coordinates of 3 points: begin, center, end? And place markers onto those points. Regards, Vyatcheslav

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\placefigure setups
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Hello, Sorry for another newbie question, but how can I setup \placefigure so that its caption appeared as "Рис. 1.1"? That is, with "Рис." prefix and numbered by subsection? Best regards, Vyatcheslav

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Why formulas have space before but don't have space after
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Hello everyone again, There is a problem I encounter every time I use math and which drives me mad. Why formulas have space before but don't have space after? What is the most elegant way to dial with it? In the following example, the expression is glued to the text that follows (which is certanly unwanted): Допустимо нам поставлена задача з'єднати три точки на площині, що не лежать на одній прямій. Найпростішим рішенням такої задачі буде з'єднати послідовно дані точки відрізками прямих ліній, причому крива, при такому рішенні, буде апроксимуватися ламаною лінією. Рівняння прямих, що приходять через дві задані точки, як відомо, мають вигляд: $$(х−х_1)/(х_2−х_1)=(у−у1)/у2−у1),$$ де (х1, у1), (х2, у2) -- декартові координати першої і другої точок, відповідно. Best regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] How to make an accent
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

On 01.11.2009 13:00, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > If there is no suitable letter in Unicode you may: > - try to use Unicode accent combining characters and complain if it doesn't work > - this used to work not so long ago (well, during BachoTeX Hans has > fixed it), but the second example behaves weird again: > \buildtextaccent\textcircumflex{y} > \buildtextaccent\textcircumflex{\schwa} > so try with your letters and report if you stumble into problems problems. > Thanks. But before i try something weird, i want to explain. I need an accent to indicate where pronunciation stress is. Is happens on Cyrillic "а" letter: Апроксимація (approximation) So my goal is not to form a special letter, but to show a linguistic feature of the word. Maybe we have better way to do this? Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Setup math for times typescript
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

On 01.11.2009 9:39, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > It should have been like in TeX Gyre (type-tmf.tex): > > \starttypescript [myfont] > \definetypeface [\typescriptone] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] > \definetypeface [\typescriptone] [mm] [math] [times] [default] > \stoptypescript > > \usetypescript[myfont] > \setupbodyfont[myfont,20pt] > > unless something is interfering ... (I didn't try type-win.) > OK, after playing with it, I get the the math (at least greek and latin letters). But why are they not slanted? Please see the attachment. Source for the formula is $$(х−х_1)/(х_2−х_1)=(у−у1)/у2−у1),$$ Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Suppress section numbering for first section
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Thank you Aditya, this works. And I had this solution in mind too, just was not sure that is is good to mess subjects with sections ) >> How to suppress numbering solely for Introduction section? Strange, but my >> > elegant solution does not work: >> > >> > \section[number=no]{INTRO} >> > \subject{Intro} ?? > > Best wishes, Vyatcheslav

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No file 'mpx314.aux'
by Joel Black 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

I have written a Venn diagram metapost file, which I successfully ran on Troy Henderson's metapost previewer while at work. prologues:=3; verbatimtex %&latex \documentclass{minimal} \begin{document} etex beginfig(1); draw (0,0)--(200,0)--(200,160)--(0,160)--(0,0); draw fullcircle scaled 80 shifted (80,80); draw fullcircle scaled 80 shifted (120,80); label.lrt (btex $\xi$ etex,(0,160)); label.lrt (btex $A$ etex, (40, 120)); label.llft (btex $B$ etex,(160,120)); endfig; end; However, now that I am working on it at home, the error message "no file 'mpx314.aux'" appears when I try to compile it. I have tried it on my older system (Miktex 2.6 running on Vista) and on my laptop (Miktex 2.8 running on Vista Home Premium). Actually, on the laptop I also get a popup telling me that "dvitomp.exe has stopped working" and directing me to the Windows update page. Am I doing something silly, or is this a bug, or what? Thanks kindly. Joel.

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How to make an accent
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Hello, How to make an accent over a letter in a word? I use Times New Roman and Cyrillic letters. Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Setup math for times typescript
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Hello, Hm.. Looks like a have a serious problem. How to setup math for times typescript (Times New Roman) from type-win? Whenever I try to specify typescript for a math font, I get the fatal error: math virtual | the mapping is incomplete for 'txmath' at 393216 Actually, I even don't know how to setup [mm] properly. Please, help me with this. Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Suppress section numbering for first section
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Hi again, Sorry for flooding the list, but I started a big project and have tons of questions ) How to suppress numbering solely for Introduction section? Strange, but my elegant solution does not work: \section[number=no]{INTRO} Regards, Vyatcheslav

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