October 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

"Inline" enumerations
by Marcin Borkowski 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

Hi, is there an easy way to adapt ConTeXt's enumerations not to start another paragraph? Something like (a) this (b) is (c) a short enumeration. In fact, I'd like to be able to something even more tricky: I would like to be able to prepare a "teacher's version" and a "student's version" of a problem set. Something like this: Teacher's version: 1. <Problem>. Hint: <hint - if present>. Solution: <solution - if present>. Answer: <answer - if present>. 2. <Another problem>. Hint: <hint - if present>. Solution: <solution - if present>. Answer: <answer - if present>. ... Student's version: 1. Problem. (Hint: <hint - if present>) 2. Problem. ... Asnwers ======= 1. Answer. 2. Answer. ... Can blocks and enumerations do this? Regards -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl)

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Question for wiki authors
by Taco Hoekwater 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

Hi, As you may know, Patrick and I are constantly reviewing the edits on the wiki to filter out bad people(tm). In doing so, it is not always immediately obvious who is doing what because the 'recent changes' list quite often does not contain a useful summary message. This is understandable, but it would really help if everybody would at least put something in the Summary field. On a related note: I think it would be nice if the people that use a wildly different ID on the wiki from their emails on the list could create a short wiki page under their user name so that we can easily make the connection to a 'known person'. This is not a requirement at all, but it would be really handy during administration, so if you do not mind putting such a page up, please do. Thanks, Taco

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Announcing TLContrib
by Taco Hoekwater 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

Hello everybody, Please allow me to introduce a new project: TLContrib. TLContrib is a website + repository that hosts contributed packages for TeX Live 2010. The packages on TLContrib are packages that are not distributed inside TeX Live proper for one or another of following reasons: * because it is not free software according to the Debian guidelines; * because it is a binary update; * because it is not available on CTAN; * because it is an intermediate release for testing. In short, anything TeX-related that can not be on TeX Live but can still legally be distributed over the Internet can have its place on TLContrib. The ultimate goal is to provide a companion to the core TeX Live tlnet distribution in much the same way as Debian's non-free tree is a companion to their normal, 100% free software distribution. The goal is not to replace TeX Live: package and updates that can be part of TeX Live itself should stay (or be added) there. TLContrib is simply trying to fill in a gap in the current distribution system. Quick start: to use TLContrib as a TeX Live repository, point the TeX Live package manager to http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/2010/ For more detailed information, visit the website: http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/ The current version of the website is preliminary, and much can still be improved. Even so, both the website and the repository are fully functional and can be used for both the publication of packages and as a repository source for the TeX Live package manager. Currently included in the repository are: * context 2010.07.30 * the context cow fonts * luatex 0.63.0 (but not yet for all architectures) * metapost 1.502 (also not for all architectures) Currently, there are binary updates for i386-linux, universal-darwin win32, x86_64-darwin, and x86_64-linux. Mojca Miklavec and myself are working hard on providing the missing architectures soon. This announcement is also a call for more contributors: if you are the maintainer of a package that you would like to see distributed but that for one reason or another can not or should not be in the core TeX Live distribution, please consider adding it to TLContrib. The website explains the process, and it is of course possible to ask questions on the mailing list: tlcontrib(a)ntg.nl Incidentally, the mailing list's web page is: http://www.ntg.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tlcontrib I hope you will like this new addition to the TeX community, and I also want to take the opportunity to thank the TeX Live and ConTeXt minimals teams for their encouragement and ongoing help in bringing this project to life. Best wishes, Taco

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change register entry separator
by Jano Kula 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi, any way to change register entry and subentry separator from "+" to something else? Preferably to kanji character, so I'm sure it will not appear in the text. Entries and subentries are autoflushed, so it can be really anything. Other way around: I substitute "+" with " PLUS " in index terms before writing into the index, but which command is reading the sorted index entries to change it back to "+" when typesetting the sorted index on pages? Thanks, Jano

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typesetting xml targets
by Thomas A. Schmitz 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi all, I'm currently experimenting with the TEI schema for critical editions. There's one thing that goes beyond my minimal understanding: for internal references, the guidelines strongly suggest defining them with the xml:id attribute. Let's take the example of a textual witness, which could be defined as <witness xml:id="A">manuscript A</witness> Whenever this witness is referenced, it will be done with a target: <rdg wit="#A">Hello</rdg> How can I catch such targets in my ConTeXt setup? Would it be possible to have the #A translated into a macro \WIT:A or something like that? Would it be possible to have ConTeXt read in the value of the <witness> tag to which the taget refers and typset that? There must be something easier than a huge set of nested \doifelse calls, but I can't quite find what would be the best way. I hope this question isn't too confusing... Thanks, and best Thomas

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Feedback on draft manual
by R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

How does one provide feedback on the current draft manual at: http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf Thanks. Chandra

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Broken ConTeXt
by Tom Maynard 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

While I'm pretty sure I didn't do anything wrong, and I'm absolutely certain that it worked perfectly yesterday, ConTeXt is broken: C:\ConTeXt>path PATH=C:\ConTeXt\tex\texmf-mswin\bin;C:\Ruby187\bin;c:\bin;c:\tsepro;c:\program iles\vim\vim72;c:\cygwin\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_18\bin;C:\WINDOWS\ sstem32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ooRexx;c:\program files\MikTex 2.8\mktex\bin;c:\program files\MikTex 2.8\miktex\bin\miktex\bin\ C:\ConTeXt>context --version MTXrun | forcing cache reload MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of 'c:/ConTeXt/texmf' (runtime) MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of 'c:/ConTeXt/texmf-local' (runtime) MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of 'c:/ConTeXt/texmf-context' (runtime) MTXrun | resolvers: skipping list of 'c:/ConTeXt/texmf-mswin' (runtime) MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: remembering file 'mtx-context.lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' C:\ConTeXt> And then I deleted it all, reinstalled Minimals, and get exactly the same result. Is my luck really this bad? What to do? Tom.

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calling ConTeXt as a background process
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hi together! I'm trying since about a week to get ConTeXt running as a background process of a web application. It's always hanging, and I get no log. "ps axef" shows the call stack: \_ /var/www/xxx/bin/python /var/www/xxx/releases/current/cerebrale/ manage.py runfcgi method=threaded ... \_ /bin/sh -c cd /var/www/xxx/_textemp && /var/opt/context/tex/ texmf-linux-64/bin/context ... \_ /bin/sh /var/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/context -- purgeall --batchmode --result=/var/www/xxx/_textemp/xxx.pdf \_ texlua /var/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun --script context --purgeall --batchmode --result=/ ... \_ [uname] <defunct> I.e. it looks like texlua calls uname in a way that lets the process hang forever. If I call the same from an active shell everything runs fine. Also uname alone works in the shell command. Any ideas what I could/should check? I don't think it could be the PATH, since ConTeXt's bin as well as all the system tools are in: PATH=/var/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin:/var/www/cerebrale/bin:/ command:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/ usr/X11R6/bin TEXMFOS=/var/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux-64 TEXROOT=/var/opt/context/tex The user that runs the server process (incl. sub-shell and ConTeXt) owns all the TeX files and the directory. Maybe it's a Python problem, here's my call: subprocess.Popen(cmd.encode('utf-8'), shell=True, stderr=logfile, stdout=logfile) But I can call several other commands in this way without problems. The whole thing (incl. ConTeXt) works on my Mac (OSX 10.5.8) at home. Everything I call before ConTeXt shows up in the logfile. Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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wrong itemize indenting
by Andreas Harder 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hi all, I mentioned it already but so far I couldn't find a solution. Here is an example of my problem: \starttext \showframe \overfullrule=4pt \startbuffer \startitemize[n,fit][left={Abb. },distance=.5em] \item \dorecurse{20}{eins } \item \dorecurse{20}{zwei } \item \dorecurse{20}{drei } \stopitemize \stopbuffer \getbuffer % -> correct indenting \bTABLE \bTR\bTD \getbuffer \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \getbuffer % -> wrong indenting \stoptext If one uses an itemize environment with the "fit"-option in a TABLE the further itemize environments getting disturbed. Is this a bug or is there a workaround? I appreciate your help. Andreas

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Verbatim typing with numbers inside float
by Stefan Müller 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hi list, I defined a float for typesetting algorithms, so I can reference them at other places in the document. \definefloat[algorithm][algorithms] When I now place such a figure with \placealgorithm[here][alg:myalgorithm]{Very neat algorithm.}{ \starttyping some source code \stoptyping } then the numbering I set up with \setuptyping[numbering=line] \setuplinenumbering[location=text] is gone. Is there a way to get around this? I try to not use itemize for this (although it seems to work with itemize), because I'd rather use the more semantically correct approach. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance, Stefan.

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