August 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Latest beta doesn't load modules
by Thomas A. Schmitz 08 Aug '09

08 Aug '09

Hi Hans, the latest beta is unabel to load external modules. luatools knows where the module is: luatools t-simpleslides.tex /Users/tas/texmf/tex/context/third/simple-slides/t-simpleslides.tex And yet, it claims it's unable to find it (after saying it has loaded the module): system : module simpleslides.tex loaded ! I can't find file `t-simpleslides'. <to be read again> \relax \dodoreadfile ...ax \inputgivenfile \readfilename \relax \the \everyafterrea... \next ...)}\settrue \moduleisloaded } \donothing } \stopreadingfile <argument> ...es \f!thirdprefix {simpleslides.tex} \dododousemodules \empty {... \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \dodousemodules ...}}{\dododousemodules {#1-}{#2}} \ifconditional \moduleislo... ... l.6 Same file compiles fine with current stable. All best Thomas

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correction of the question about \useURL
by rene hassel 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Hello Members, I have a problem with the use of \useURL \useURL[pragma-document-url][http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm]<http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm%5D%5B%5D%5Bpragma-document> [][pragma-document] with \from[pragma-document-url] I get http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm in the text, but not pragma-document \useURL[geocities-url][http://www.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html]<http://www.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html%5D%5B%5D%5Bgeocities> [][geocities] works well with \from[geocities-url] (In the first question I wrote: \from[geocities]) I get a reference to geocities. May be is the problem the difference between the .htm and the .html file? Then is the question how to handle .htm files? best regards, Rene van Hassel

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fontfeatures
by Wolfgang Schuster 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Hi Hans, what happened with the option to set font features with more memorizable names you mentioned in http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2007/028330.html It would be nice to write \definefontfeature[mine][smallcaps=yes] instead of \definefontfeature[mine][smcp=yes] where you have to know the four letter code for the feature. Wolfgang

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texworks with context on linux
by Alex Lubberts 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Hi, Yesterday I wanted to try out texworks for editing and typesetting my context documents. I installed texworks from the ubuntu launchpad ppa since '--goodies=texworks' doesn't work on linux-64, yet. Then I ran into a few problems: * The script mtx-texworks.lua wasn't able to start texworks because "unable to locate texworks". In the loop that's searching all the binpaths I put in 'logs.simple("%s",p)' and found out that binpaths only consists of one element: the complete PATH variable. I guess it means that there's something wrong with the function file.split_path, but I don't understand what's happening there. When I replaced the loop with 'p="/usr/bin/texworks"' texworks started as expected. * However the typesetting engines were not correctly set up. Texworks (at least on linux) seems to be looking for a file TeXworks.ini. The one in the minimals distribution is called texworks.ini. Renaming this solved it... * ... almost. In the TeXworks.ini file I also had to replace all occurunces of 'mtxrun.cmd' (doesn't work on linux, is this correct for Windows?) with 'mtxrun'. I wish I could help solve these points, but since I'm not much of a programmer I cannot solve the first issue, and the other are just a matter of renaming/replacing?? Regards, Alex -- Alex Lubberts <alex(a)lubberts.org>

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useURL how to use?
by rene hassel 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Hello Members, I have a problem with the use of \useURL \useURL[pragma-document-url][ http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm][][pragma-document] with \from[pragma-document-url] I get http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm in the text, but not pragma-document \useURL[geocities-url][ http://www.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html][][geocities] works well with \from[geocities] may be is the problem the .htm and the .html file? Then is the question how to handle .htm files? best regards, Rene van Hassel

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Re: [NTG-context] metaobj and luatex 0.42.0
by Matthew Claus 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Thank you Taco and Hans for the very quick explanation. Regards, Matt

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Wrap an item in a frame?
by U Avalos 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Hi all is there a way to automatically wrap an \item in a frame or frametext box? This my be an obvious question but can't seem to figure it out... Tried this \setupitemize[1][ before=\startframedtext after=\stopframedtext ] But that didn't work.

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Layers don't repeat in Mk IV
by Derek CORDEIRO 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

I've been trying to use layers for a simple logo that repeats on all pages. Something along the lines of the code below: \definelayer[mybg][x=0mm, y=0mm,width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight,repeat=yes] \setlayer [mybg] [hoffset=1cm, voffset=1cm] {\framed[frame=on, width=3cm, height=2cm]{\externalfigure[cow][width=1cm] }} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mybg] \starttext \dorecurse{6}{\input tufte\par} \stoptext It works as expected using Mk II but does not work under Mk IV: The layer appears only on the first page. Please Help, Derek

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how to get minimals working?
by Hans van der Meer 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

I downloaded and installed the minimals. Running LuaTeX MKIV then hangs in TeXShop and must be aborted. Does someone knows what is amiss here? I use the following runscript in TeXShop: #!/bin/bash export MINIMAL="$HOME/TeX/context/beta" $MINIMAL/tex/setuptex export PATH=$MINIMAL/tex/texmf-osx-ppc/bin:$PATH export TEXMFCACHE="$MINIMAL/tex/texmf-cache" context "$1" Minimals: Setting "/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex" as TEXROOT. This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.42.0-2009071723 \write18 enabled. (reign.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.07.23 20:11 MKIV fmt: 2009.8.3 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont- new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont- new.mkiv)) system : cont-fil loaded (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont- fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont- sys.tex) system : reign.top loaded (reign.top) fonts : preloading latin modern fonts (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type- tmf.tex (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/ base/type-tmf.mkiv)) (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/ tex/context/base/type-siz.tex (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf- context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv)) (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/ tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex (/Users/hans/TeX/ context/beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv)) (/ Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/user/type- luc.tex) (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/ user/type-mti.tex) (/Users/hans/TeX/context/beta/tex/texmf-local/tex/ context/user/type-psc.tex Process aborted Old version that runs to completion (albeit refusing to resize externalfigures): (reign.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.10.31 13:58 MKIV fmt: 2008.12.17 int: english/ english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv) (/usr/ local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/Users/hans/Library/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded specials : pdftex loaded system : reign.top loaded (reign.top) (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- tmf.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- siz.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- otf.tex) (/Users/hans/Library/texmf/tex/context/user/type-luc.tex) bodyfont : style fx (fax) defined bodyfont : style ssit (sansitalic) defined bodyfont : style tts (monosans) defined (/Users/hans/Library/texmf/tex/context/user/type-mti.tex) (/Users/hans/ Library/texmf/tex/context/user/type-psc.tex) (/Users/hans/Library/ texmf/tex/context/user/math-luc.tex etcetera Hans van der Meer

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type problems
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Hallo, I have always problems with verbatim text. Sometimes I found a solution, sometimes a workaround. Are there solutions to - print text with a verbatim '%' sign - print text with a verbatim '{' why is in the following example '#' --> '##'? why is there a newline between 'bla' and 'blub'? \starttext %\type{%} %\type{{} \retype{#} \startlines \retype{bla}blub \stoplines \stoptext Thank you Wolfgang

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