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Simple Newbie Question.
by Stirling Westrup 25 Oct '09

25 Oct '09

I'm hoping the answer to this question should be obvious, but I'm having no luck with it. I'm trying to do a layout for a 1-page datasheet. At the very bottom of the page, in some tiny font, I need to put a copyright notice and datasheet ID number. Ideally I'd like to define some fixed text block containing the text (as its exact size and font have not yet been finalized), and then somehow define the height of the footer to be exactly equal to the height of the text block. Once I've done that, I need to place the text in the footer. I've been going back and forth through the scattered bits of ConTeXt manual and the wiki, but I'm having no luck in figuring out how one might do this. -- Stirling Westrup Programmer, Entrepreneur. https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/77228 http://www.linkedin.com/in/swestrup http://technaut.livejournal.com

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metaobj and luatex 0.42.0
by Matthew Claus 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Hello everyone, First, thanks for making this list such a great resource. I've installed a fresh minimals on windows using first-setup.bat. This seems to have installed luatex 0.40.6 which led to errors making the formats (message indicated at least 0.42 was needed). I think the presence of the older luatex version for windows was recently noted on another thread. So, I installed 0.42.0 and remade the formats. This minimal example works with "texexec example.tex" but fails with "context example.tex". \startMPinclusions input metaobj; \stopMPinclusions \starttext \startMPpage newBox.a(\sometxt{hello world}); a.c = origin; drawObj(a); \stopMPpage \stoptext Is this expected to work (I realize the 0.42.0 is very new) Am I doing something wrong? Thanks very much for any assistance, Matt C:\wk\tex>context example.tex MTXrun | run 1: luatex --fmt="C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/cont ext/e8705fc03b81c76af2e2d42634ded96b/formats/cont-en" --lua="C:/wk/cm/context/te x/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/e8705fc03b81c76af2e2d42634ded96b/formats/cont -en.lui" --backend=pdf "./example.tex" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.42.0-2009071712 \write18 enabled. (example.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.07.23 20:11 MKIV fmt: 2009.8.6 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv)) system : cont-fil loaded (C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (C:/wk/cm/cont ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex (C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf- context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.mkiv)) (C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf-context/tex /context/base/type-siz.tex (C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ type-siz.mkiv)) (C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.te x (C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv))) system : example.top loaded (example.top) fonts : preloading latin modern fonts bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active systems : begin file example at line 5 mplib : initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' mplib : loading 'metafun.mp' from 'C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf-cache/lu atex-cache/context/e8705fc03b81c76af2e2d42634ded96b/formats/cont-en-metafun.mem' mplib | mp terminal: (C:/wk/cm/context/tex/texmf/metapost/metaobj/metaobj.mp) ! Inconsistent equation (off by 1). <to be read again> ; assignObj->(SUFFIX0)=incr(nObj_); iname_[(SUFFIX0)]=str(SUFFIX0);addclass_((S... newBox->...2))((TEXT4));assignObj((SUFFIX2),"Box") ;StandardInterface;Standar... <to be read again> ; <*> ...j.mp; newBox.a(textext.drt("hello world")); a.c = origin; drawObj(a); ; ! Redundant equation. <to be read again> ; assignObj->...bj_);iname_[(SUFFIX0)]=str(SUFFIX0); addclass_((SUFFIX0),(EXPR1... ...

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mkIV framedcontent not working
by Thomas Floeren 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

Hi, \stopframedcontent gives an undefined control sequence in mkIV. mkII is ok. Any ideas? Thomas LuaTeX, Version beta-0.43.0-2009082718 ConTeXt ver: 2009.08.30 12:25 MKIV fmt: 2009.8.31

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Errors on making lua documentation
by luigi scarso 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

$> context --ctx=x-ldx x-ldx.lua fails in minimals/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua Maybe an error on mtxrun, for which I have made a temp. patch : $> diff mtxrun.orig mtxrun 123c123 < return not find(find,"%S") --- > return not find(self,"%S") Even so, there are some errors like Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \def \dosetvalue #1#2->\@EA \def \csname #1 #2\endcsname \dogetparameters ...lse \let \setsomevalue #1\def \p!dogetparameter {\p!doas... \@@expanded ->\getparameters [@@im1][a lign={inner,left}] \expanded #1->\long \xdef \@@expanded {\noexpand #1}\@@expanded l.1 \xmlsetup{51}{ldx:variable} -- luigi

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metapost-pdf problem
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Hi all, I have had trouble with metapost lately; mptopdf seems broken. Here are two small test files: rent.mp: ........................ input metafun; numeric u; u=15mm; beginfig(1); drawarrow (0,0)..(8u,0); draw (3u,-.2u)..(3u,.5u); label.bot(btex 0 etex, (3.2u,0)); endfig; end ....................... rent.tex: ....................... \starttext \externalfigure[/home/jean/graph/rent.1] \stoptext ....................... I run metapost on the first file and (nearly) everything seems all right; rent.1 is created and I can visualize it. ThenI run in order mkiv, mkii, texexec --dvi, and mptopdf: ** mkiv output: ERROR: Leaders not followed by proper glue. --- TeX said --- <to be read again> \normalhskip \forcecolorhack ->\leaders \hrule \normalhskip \zeropoint \dohandleobject ...hss }\fi \fi }}\forcecolorhack \box \scratchbox \endgroup l.3 ...ox{\getobject{FIG}{/home/jean/graph/rent.1} } --- HELP --- No help available ** mkii output: name: dummy file: rent state: unknown ** texexec --dvi output: OK ** 07:23 jean@boldair /home/jean/graph % mptopdf rent MPtoPDF 1.3.3 : no filename matches rent My context system from minimals is updated from tomorrow night (mptopdf was slightly different but failed anyway before thet update) Sorry if the question was already discussed here! -- jean -- Jean

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Problem with \digits
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

Hello, I am using mkiv beta (14-Jun-09) and the \digits command does not like the decimal point. Any suggestions? Test code and log file follow: Richard ====Test code==== \starttext \digits{1.6} \stoptext ====Log file==== This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.5-2009061023 (Web2C 2009) \write18 enabled. (testdigits.tex color : system all is global activated color : system gray is global activated color : mpcmyk color space is supported color : mpspot color space is supported color : system rgb is global activated color : system all is global activated ConTeXt ver: 2009.06.14 21:01 MKIV fmt: 2009.6.16 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (C:/Tools/context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (C:/Tools/context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv) (C:/Tools/context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-fil loaded (C:/Tools/context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (C:/Tools/context/texmf-context/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (C:/Tools/context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (C:/Tools/context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex (C:/Tools/context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv)) (C:/Tools/context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex (C:/Tools/context/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv))) system : testdigits.top loaded (testdigits.top) fonts : preloading latin modern fonts bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active systems : begin file testdigits at line 1 ! \textfont1 is undefined (character 58). \mathematics #1->\relax \ifmmode #1\else $#1$ \fi \doscandigit ...\digitoutputmode ,\else .\fi \fi } \egroup \digitsep ...x \digitsepbox \hbox {\doscandigit #1 }\fi \chardef \skipdigit 0... \scandigits #1->\if #1.\digitsep 1 \else \if #1,\digitsep 2\else \if #1@\digi... \dodohandletokenstwo *#1->\dododohandletokens {#1} \dohandletokens <argument> 1. 6 ... l.2 \digits{1.6} ? Converteam UK Ltd. Registration Number: 5571739 and Converteam Ltd. Registration Number: 2416188 Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: Boughton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1BU. CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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Upcoming EuroTeX 2009
by Willi Egger 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Dear TeX user, The upcoming EuroTeX 2009 takes place from August 31 till September 4 in Den Haag in The Netherlands. In parallel we will run the third ConTeXt conference. We already have some 25 talks and tutorials submitted but we need a few more as we run a parallel program. If you are willing to present a paper or tutorial, please let us know. The theme of the conference is "Educational Uses of TeX" but of course other TeX and MetaPost related topics will be covered as well. Depending on the amount of contributions we will program them in blocks that cover general topics but we will also cluster talks and turorials specific to macro packages in an additional program. You can send your proposal(s) to eurotex(a)ntg.nl. Registration for the conference closes at July 1, 2009. On behalf of the organization, Taco Hoekwater & Hans Hagen

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Helvetica Neue and Snow Leopard
by Brian R. Landy 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Hi, I've run into a problem using Helvetica Neue on a Mac under Snow Leopard. The font is provided by Apple and was a dfont package on 10.5, now it is a ttc. I am getting garbled and funny text using it. An example is -- \usetypescriptfile[type-mac] \usetypescript[helvetica-neue] \setupbodyfont[helvetica-neue,sans,10pt] \starttext {\bf Hello World, 1234567890\par} {Hello World, 1234567890\par} \stoptext I am attaching pdfs that show the correct (from Leopard) and incorrect output. Both systems are running ConTeXt 2009.08.19 (actually I just updated to 2009.08.30 with no help, this is using minimals) and LuaTeX beta-0.43.0-2009081811. The bold font gets the letters correct but it looks terrible; normal sans text is completely garbled. I have reloaded my font database but it didn't help. Thanks, Brian

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Intro to Luatex
by John Culleton 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Luatex has a lot of features that Context doesn't. Where is the best place to start learning about it? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters

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publications and custom author separator
by Črt Gorup 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hi I am trying to replace ('in' instead of 'and') a separator between the last two authors for every article, but I am facing a semi success. My approach was to set the variable finalnamesep in \setuppublicationlist. At the moment it is working only when there are three or more authors per entry. This example with 5 authors is ok, there is 'in' between last two authors. Rong-En Fan, Kai-Wei Chang, Cho-Jui Hsieh, Xiang-Rui Wang in Chih-Jen Lin, LIBLINEAR: A library for large linear classiﬁcation v Journal of Machine Learning Research, 2008. This example has only 2 authors, there should be 'in' instead of 'and'. T. M. J. Fruchterman and E. M. Reingold, Graph drawing by force-directed placement v Software: Practice and Experience, št. 11, zv. 21, str. 1129-1164, 1991. Does anybody have any idea? Thanks, Crt

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