August 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

MkIV issue with normal italics text in math mode
by Brian R. Landy 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hi, I've run across what I believe to be a bug in MkIV -- I am unable to access non-math italics from within math mode. A simple example is -- \starttext \math{\text{\it Hello, World}} \stoptext This works in MkII. Or perhaps there some other way I'm supposed to code this? Thanks, Brian

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LuaTex choking on \definesynonyms?
by Roland 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hi all, LuaTex doesn't seem to like the \definesynonyms command. The following works fine in PDFtex: 1 \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull] 2 3 \starttext 4 \abbreviation{VVV}{Bureau of Tourist Information} 5 The Dutch \VVV\ (\infull{VVV}) can provide you with the tourist 6 information on Hasselt. 7 8 \stoptext ...but when compiling with Luatex, I get the errors as below. On Mac OS X with an updated ConTeXt/Luatex minimals installation. The abbreviations aren't essential in my current document but I guess somebody might want to look into this? Thanks Roland 1 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.42.0-2009071723 2 \write18 enabled. 3 (/Users/rs/Desktop/Dropbox/C/ConTeXt_sandbox/sandbox.tex 4 5 ConTeXt ver: 2009.07.23 20:11 MKIV fmt: 2009.8.2 int: english/english 6 7 system : cont-new loaded 8 (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex 9 systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex 10 (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv)) 11 system : cont-fil loaded 12 (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex 13 loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms 14 ) 15 system : cont-sys.rme loaded 16 (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.mkiv)) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv)) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv))) 17 system : sandbox.top loaded 18 (sandbox.top) 19 fonts : preloading latin modern fonts 20 bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded 21 language : language en is active 22 ! Use of \doassignsometextprefixnop doesn't match its definition. 23 \doassignsometextprefix ...sometextprefixyes \fi { 24 #1} 25 \dododosetupsometextprefix ...nsometextprefix {#1} 26 [#2,,] 27 \next1 #1,->\dodosetupsometextprefix {#1} 28 \doprocesscommaitem 29 \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, 30 ]\relax \global \advance \... 31 \dosetupsometextprefix ...dodosetupsometextprefix 32 \fi 33 <to be read again> 34 \setvalue 35 ... 36 l.2 37 38 39 ? ! Too many }'s. 40 \doassignsometextprefix ...etextprefixyes \fi {#1} 41 42 \dododosetupsometextprefix ...nsometextprefix {#1} 43 [#2,,] 44 \next1 #1,->\dodosetupsometextprefix {#1} 45 \doprocesscommaitem 46 \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, 47 ]\relax \global \advance \... 48 \dosetupsometextprefix ...dodosetupsometextprefix 49 \fi 50 <to be read again> 51 \setvalue 52 ... 53 l.2 54 55 56 ? systems : begin file sandbox at line 3 57 ! Missing } inserted. 58 <inserted text> 59 } 60 <to be read again> 61 \endgroup 62 l.5 The Dutch \VVV\ (\infull{VVV} 63 ) can provide you with the tourist 64 ? 65 ! Emergency stop. 66 <inserted text> 67 } 68 <to be read again> 69 \endgroup 70 l.5 The Dutch \VVV\ (\infull{VVV} 71 ) can provide you with the tourist 72 ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!MTXrun | run 1: luatex --fmt="/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3fc847143b06f084e10e73c8fbdf4ae2/formats/cont-en" --lua="/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3fc847143b06f084e10e73c8fbdf4ae2/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend=pdf "/Users/rs/Desktop/Dropbox/C/ConTeXt_sandbox/sandbox.tex" 73 MTXrun | fatal error, return code: 1

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Fwd: [XeTeX] List of free Unicode fonts
by Wolfgang Schuster 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

Hi all, something interesting from the XeTeX mailing list. > Dear all, > > I've noticed that there a lot of decent, free Unicode fonts available, > some of which have interesting OpenType features to play with with > XeTeX. I've put together the following PDF as a general guide and > would > like any suggestions or comments from the list. The PDF can be > downloaded from: > > http://www.garzo.co.uk/documents/freefonts.pdf > > Thanks, > > Gareth. > > - -- > Gareth Hughes > > Department of Eastern Christianity > Oriental Institute > Pusey Lane > Oxford > OX1 2LE

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Re: [NTG-context] MKIV and externaligure inside metafun
by Mojca Miklavec 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 16:22, Hans Hagen wrote: > > pdftex and luatex process your file ok OK, so it's again "my computer only" problem :) :) :) Well, never mind then. If it works for you then it probably works on at least a few more machines, or will start working with the next major release at least. Thanks a lot for looking into it. (I used the "thought-it-was-working" installation this time, not with the old and broken one.) > color viewing is somewhat different, maybe because of some resource > initialization I remember similar problem a while ago due to some transparency being used on the same page (but at that time you said it was a bug in adobe reader). Thank you, Mojca

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Using \startalign outside of math mode?
by Matthijs Kooijman 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hi, I'm using a custom pretty printer to apply some formatting to a buffer. However, I'm not using a monospaced font, but some sans serif font to display the result. In the original text, I have some lines that are nicely aligned using leading spaces. For example: foo = bar | baz Obviously, when using a non monospaced font for this, the alignment is lost. When in math mode, I can use \startalign to force alignment, like: \startalign foo \NC= bar \NC| baz \stopalgin However, I haven't manage to switch to math mode inside pretty printed text. Also, even if I would, I would get my text rendered in math mode, which probably won't work. So, I'm wondering if there is anything like \startalign to use outside of math mode? I've been looking at the implementation of \startalign, but couldn't find it... Some way to insert spacing until some fixed point (e.g. tab-stop like) would probably work, if I can define the tabstop on a case by case basis? Gr. Matthijs

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Document info an pdfboxes (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hi, currently the accuracy of the trimbox and cropbox breaks preflighting. While the mediabox is rounded to four numbers after the point, the other boxes have 11 numbers. Without the same rounding these boxes can be greater than the mediabox, which is not valid. /MediaBox [0 0 612.2835 858.8976] /TrimBox [ 0 0 612.28345061002 858.89763362975 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612.28345061002 858.89763362975 ] 858.8976 < 858.89763362975 There is also a small bug in the document info code. \def\synchronizebackendidentity {\ctxlua{backends.codeinjections.setupidentity{ title = \!!bs\@@iatitle\!!es, subtitle = \!!bs\@@iasubtitle\!!es, ^^^^ should be 'subject' here (or change it later in the lua part) author = \!!bs\@@iaauthor\!!es, creator = \!!bs ConTeXt - \contextversion\!!es, date = \!!bs\@@iadate\!!es, keywords = \!!bs\@@iakeyword\!!es, }}} Best wishes, Peter

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MKIV and externaligure inside metafun
by Mojca Miklavec 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hello Hans, nothing urgent (I'm still on MKII), but it seems that MKIV (maybe only on my machine?) has problems with externalfigure("filename.png") Mojca

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Command version of \em
by Matthijs Kooijman 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hi all, is there any "command version" of \em, like there is for \bold and friends? I can write either \bold{foo} of {\bold foo}, but only {\em foo} and not \em{foo}. Is there any way to do this already, or should I just define \emph myself or something like that? Gr. Matthijs

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Re: [NTG-context] texexec with 2 processors?
by Xan 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

En/na Mojca Miklavec ha escrit: > > > You cannot start processing page 500 before you know where page 499 > wil end. TeX is not really a kind of application where you would gain > a lot by parallelization. And honestly, I don't remember seing many > applications using both cores. (Plus: I'm happy if other applications > continue to run smoothly instead of being blocked by TeX using 95% of > both processors.) > I did not say to process page 500 before the page 499. I just say use all power of the multiple processors. > >> It could be useful for offering typesetting services. I'm thinking about >> having a computation service like alpha.wolfram but with ConTeXt. Like >> ConTeXt online but benefit from multiple processors.... >> > > If you would offer a service, you would get multiple requests at the > same time anyway, so there's no real need for that in this case > (you'll face many more serious problems when offering typesetting > service). > > You are right here. >> Joking, perhaps you could fix it in Mark VII ;-) >> > > You can try XeTeX if you want to put load on both processors. It does > offer a parallel process as far as I heard, Is it true? > but then you'll probably > want support for quad-core once you get a better computer :) > > Mojca > Xan.

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texexec with 2 processors?
by Xan 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hi, I have Intel Core Duo and when I run texexec the CPU resource in gnome is marked about 50%. Is it mean that texexec only use one processor? If it's, can you think to improve it for scalability? Just a curious question. Xan. PS: Please, CCme.

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