June 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] get rid of placefigure and startcombination captions
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello I used \placefigure just for centering the figure. And even if I put \startcombination directly, won't it reserve blank space for empty subcaptions? Actually, I found nice snipped that works like a charm for my needs: \hbox to \hsize{ \externalfigure[serg1][width=3.5cm] \hss\externalfigure[serg2][width=3.5cm] \hss\externalfigure[serg4][width=3.5cm] \hss\externalfigure[serg3][width=3.5cm]} ...and no combinations needed! )) Vyatcheslav > Hello, > > > > Another urgent problem: > > > > how to get rid of placefigure and startcombination captions > > altogether? > > > > When I use the following, I get too much wasted space after the > > illustration. > > > > \placefigure > > [fit] > > {none} > > {\startcombination[4*1] > > {\externalfigure[serg1][width=4cm]} {} > > {\externalfigure[serg2][width=4cm]} {} > > {\externalfigure[serg3][width=4cm]} {} > > {\externalfigure[serg4][width=4cm]} {} > > \stopcombination} > > > > Best, > > Vyatcheslav > > > I'm not sure I understand your problem. If you don't want a caption > and don't want the figure to float, why do you use \placefigure at > all? Just remove the wrapper and put \startcombination etc. directly > into your source file. > > Thomas >

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formula references missing
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello, References to formulas don't work in MKIV: \placeformula[bla] \startformula a+b \stopformula \in[bla] Mojca

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external figures directory hierarchy not working properly in MKIV
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello, I have been using the following concept in MKII that fails in MKIV: \setupexternalfigures[directory={img,../povray/img}] % OK % desired figure located in "img/fig1.png" \externalfigure[fig1][width=\textwidth] % fails % desired figure located in "../povray/img/x/fig2.png" \externalfigure[x/fig2][width=\textwidth] Mojca (PS: enough MKIV bughunting for today ... back to MKII for a while :)

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uppercase Greek in math: roman or italic?
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello, I'm probably among the guilty ones ... in MKII and in LaTeX all the lowercase greek letters come out in italic, but all uppercase letters come out in roman shape. In MKIV now they both come out in italic. This has probably been done almost on purpose (or better: I knew about it, but didn't dare to care enough), but it would be nice to solve the issue somehow. It might make sense to allow or enable uppercase italic Greek letters in special cases, but it would be nice to have compatible behaviour. TeX has been there for a while and it has always behaved in some specific way (roman uppercase Greek in this particular case). It's funny if ConTeXt MKIV chooses another way with no particular reason. This question is not related to implementation so much (changing the default behaviour is easy; only enabling both variants would require some more configuration ...), I would only like to hear opinions. Mojca

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problem with boldmath and MKIV
by Peter Münster 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello, The following test file doesn't give bold sections no more with latest beta: \definetypeface[boldmath][mm][boldmath][modern] \setuphead[section][style=\boldmath\rm\bfb] \starttext \section{bla $bla$} bla \stoptext Could you help please? Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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missing -- ligatures
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hello, In the following example the "--" ligature is missing in MKIV 2009.06.14 21:01 (in MKII it works OK after adding encoding): \starttypescript [iwonam] \definetypeface [iwonam] [ss] [sans] [iwona-medium] [default] \definetypeface [iwonam] [mm] [math] [iwona-medium] [modern] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[iwonam] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[iwonam,ss,30pt] bla -- bla \stoptext Mojca

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Command to perform after every page
by Gerben Wierda 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Is there a way I can run a command (in my case to recreate an overlay with slightly different content) at every page break? G

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Re: [NTG-context] RTF to ConTeXt
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hello Idris, Under Windows, try my TexPaste application http://ul.to/hmpy60 Looking for suggestions. Best, Vyatcheslav >> I have a RTF document I like to convert to a ConTeXt document. Are >> there tools for this? >> >> I would also like the other way around, but I understood that this is >> only possible through ConTeXt -> PDF -> RTF, or has the situation >> changed. >>

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On creating my own fonts
by Maurício 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

I've been doing some searching on how to create my own fonts. If possible, I would like to be able to write my own program to at least draw glyphs, even if I have to resort to other tools to describe hinting, kerning and ligatures. My current knowledge is this. I read that OpenType fonts are actually Type 1 fonts embedded in an archive. So I used this 't1disasm' tool I found after wikipedia article on postscript fonts and used it to decode one of ConTeXt minimal distribution font file into a nice to read text file that looks like the transcript below, and it seems to be something I could easily understand if I find a reference. I would like to ask you if I'm in the proper direction. There are some issues I can't understand, like how can I make OpenType fonts out of Type 1 fonts when the later are supposed to only contain 256 characters (aren't they?). Or how to understand this text file format so I can write my own glyphs. Do you think I'm in the right direction. Do you think there's an easier or better way if I want to create fonts without using existing graphical tools? Thanks, Maurício %%%% Converted file excerpt: (...) /char03 { -25 625 hsbw -64 21 hstem 564 -20 hstem 0 175 vstem 150 -64 rmoveto 14 11 12 13 hvcurveto 246 vlineto 462 -267 rlineto 4 -2 4 -2 5 0 rrcurveto 9 0 8 5 5 8 rrcurveto 2 3 1 5 0 4 rrcurveto 578 vlineto 0 4 -1 4 -2 4 rrcurveto -5 8 -8 5 -9 0 rrcurveto -5 0 -4 -2 -3 -2 rrcurveto -463 -267 rlineto 246 vlineto 13 -11 12 -14 vhcurveto -125 hlineto -14 -11 -12 -13 hvcurveto -578 vlineto -13 11 -12 14 vhcurveto closepath endchar } ND /char04 { (...)

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Delayed expansion of macro?
by Gerben Wierda 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

I need to use a macro like this: \def\typeSQLfile#1{% \startsetups header:margin \framed [frame=off, orientation=90, width=2\leftmarginwidth, height=\textheight, align={top,middle}] {#1\hfil\pagenumber\hfil\IfSQprojectname} \stopsetups \typefile[SQL]{#1}} In the following setting: \starttext \typeSQLfile{Library-procedures/details.pls} \typeSQLfile{Library-procedures/hlx$requery.pls} \stoptext This results in two problems; 1. The pagenumber is the same on each page for a file 2. The file name with the $ in it crashes the typefile argument (file not found), where \typefile itself handles the name OK. How do I solve these? In LaTeX I would probably use \protect on \pagenumber. G

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