November 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] Guitar string symbol
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Thank you, Jaroslav, for WORKING solution. I added it to my "songbook" environment. And thanks to Hans -- yes, \wingding\fontchar{circle1} would be much simplier ) -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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microtype + \overstrike + libertine problem
by Marco Pessotto 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hello there. I'm experience the following problem: with microtypography \overstrike plays weird. See the following minimal. I can't reproduce it with the latin modern fonts, so maybe it's a font specific issue. I've found a workaround and documented it on the wiki (just in case) http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Overstriking %%% start minimal example, problems start a the 2nd recurse, p.2 %%% \definefontfeature[default][default] [protrusion=quality, expansion=quality, script=latn] \usetypescript[libertine] \setupbodyfont[10pt,libertine] \setupalign[hz,hanging] \setuppapersize[A6][A6] \starttext \dorecurse{20}{\input tufte \overstrike{test} \input tufte} \stoptext %%% stop minimal example%%% Best regards -- Marco

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Re: [NTG-context] Gnuplot module: Patching of Gnuplot binary still needed?
by Mojca Miklavec 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Peter, On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 21:31, Peter Hedwig wrote: > Dear all, > > I hope you don't mind that I reply to all but the ntg-context list (not > subscribed, but feel free to forward the mail). I included the list again, together with zipped attachments (te remain under the size limit). > Am Montag, 15. November 2010 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: > >> Apart from that ... I was working with Peter Hedwig on the ConTeXt >> part of his lua/TikZ terminal (that has already been included in >> gnuplot). We got it running, with some issues like general font >> loading scheme, but the work was never polished to the end (stalled at >> some point). We could revive that thread as well. > > I am sorry, that it stalled a bit, but I worked on it secretly ;) But now I > think it is time to release what is done so far to anyone who is willing to > test it. Attached is my most recent dev. version of lua.trm and the > gnuplot-tikz.lua script. Wow! What a nice surprize!!! > Here is a brief list of changes to the gnuplot CVS version: > > * support for ConTeXt and plain TeX Hurray! Thanks a lot. > * removed dependencies for LaTeX packages other than TikZ > * needs TikZ Version >= 2.0 > * better support for saving terminal options with gnuplot 'save' command > * fixed "overflow" on negative coordinates that are outside of the crop box > * merged all recent patched from murphy-md and Ethan > > Unfortunately it is the Context output that does not compile with the most > recent Context version I installed from TeXLive 2010 and the > http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/2010/ repository. But I remember it working > with an older version so I hope this can be fixed easily ... I'm almost sure that this has to do with the fact that TikZ is broken with respect to ConTeXt MKIV since 2009, but it has only been revealed publically since a recent update of TikZ (a month or two ago). In ConTeXt distribution we have frozen the updates of TikZ more than a year ago, waiting for the patch to be included upstream ... I have sent a working patch, but Till somehow left the project and I will try some luck again convincing the others to patch it. > To generate the style files and wrapper for the various TeX flavors just > type > > lua gnuplot-tikz.lua style > > on the command line. The files generated should be > > t-gnuplot-lua-tikz.tex (Context wrapper) > gnuplot-lua-tikz.tex (plain TeX wrapper) > gnuplot-lua-tikz.sty (LaTeX wrapper) > gnuplot-lua-tikz-common.tex (commmon definitions) > > and can be copied to the appropriate places. > > lua gnuplot-tikz.lua help > > prints the terminal help on stdout and > lua gnuplot-tikz.lua termhelp > gnuplot-tikz.help > generates the version to be included in gnuplot. > > Feedback and patches welcome! I will test and report back. Thanks again, Mojca

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special problem (mplib)
by Peter Rolf 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hi, I noticed some problems with the order of mplib output. Example is attached ("1 j" stands before special code). Peter MTXrun | current version: 2010.11.20 12:51 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.64.0-2010111322 (rev 3961)

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nested tabulate
by Herbert Voss 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

I get funny horizontal lines in this example \starttext \starttabulate[|p|p|] \HL \NC {\starttabulate[|c|c|] \HL \NC c\NC c\NC\NR \HL \NC c\NC c\NC\NR \stoptabulate} \NC Text \NC\NR\HL \NC C\NC C\NC\NR \HL \stoptabulate \stoptext minimal, mkii and mkiv Herbert

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Convert eps to pdf
by Alan BRASLAU 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

ConTeXt mkiv will take an encapsulated postscript (eps) file through \externalfigure [myfigure.eps] and creates a (compressed) pdf version as m_k_i_v_myfigure.pdf that conserves the vectorial components of the eps file. Other standard conversion tools, notably those based on ghostscript, generally create a bitmap image with pretty horrible results. The vectorial conversion must be fully trivial, but I am ignorant of the tools available for this manipulation (other than ConTeXt!), as well as the inverse (pdf->eps) conversion. Perhaps I am simply missing some simple (ghostscript, pstoedit, ...) option. I am posting this question to the ConTeXt mailing list as I am sure that someone can give a trivial answer, but also to indicate to those who may ignore this robust feature of ConTeXt. Also, \externalfigure is a very powerful macro that would justify more complete documentation in the revised reference manual. Alan

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Exist any table environment flag?
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hello ConTeXist, I want my macro to act differently inside \bTABLE ... \eTABLE environment and otherwise outside of that environment. Is there any sign (flag) which can determine whether my macro run inside or outside the \bTABLE .. \eTABLE environment? Or do I have two similar versions of my macros (one for the table environment and the other for normal environment) Explanation: To my macro work, I must have already expanded values inside table environment... Thanx Jaroslav Hajtmar

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tabulate and p(fixed)/p(fit)
by Herbert Voss 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

can some please explain the (for me) funny output of p(fit) and p(fixed)? Herbert, mkiv and ii \starttext %\showframe \showstruts \startbuffer \toplinebox{\framed[width=2cm,height=0.8cm]{i}} \stopbuffer \starttabulate[|p|p|] \NC \getbuffer \NC some more text \NC\NR \NC some text in this column \NC \NC\NR \stoptabulate \thinrule \starttabulate[|p(3cm)|p|] \NC \getbuffer \NC some more text \NC\NR \NC some text in this column \NC \NC\NR \stoptabulate \thinrule \starttabulate[|p(fit)|p|] \NC \getbuffer \NC some more text \NC\NR \NC some text in this column \NC \NC\NR \stoptabulate \thinrule \starttabulate[|p(fixed)|p|] \NC \getbuffer \NC some more text \NC\NR \NC some text in this column \NC \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stoptext

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How can I properly credit ConTeXt
by Marco Pessotto 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hello there. This was meant to be a mail to say thanks to the ConTeXt/LuaTeX teams for the wonderful work they did and are doing. I'm pretty new to ConTeXt but I'm really impressed. It happens that I'm typesetting a journal that will hit the printer soon. Now, the question sounds: how can I credit ConTeXt/LuaTeX properly? (no, it won't generate any profit so I can't really donate some bucks; as a matter of fact I'm volunteering this) I was thinking about something like: \vfill \startalignment[center] Typeset with \ConTeXt\ and \luaTeX\ \goto{\hyphenatedurl{http://wiki.contextgarden.net}} [url(http://wiki.contextgarden.net)] \blank[big] Fonts used: Linux Libertine \goto{\hyphenatedurl{http://www.linuxlibertine.org}} [url(http://www.linuxlibertine.org)] \stopalignment Is it OK? Best wishes -- Marco

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normal font incorrectly set to italic
by Philipp A. 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

hi, when i build my context mark iv font database via mtxrun --script font --reload, for some fonts i get italics when i want normal fonts, most notably with “cambria” and “envy code r”. with cambria, this is likely due to the fact that the regular and math variants are served within a .ttc file. \setmainfont[Cambria][regularfont=Cambria Math] does the trick (i use simplefonts), as well as some obscure chinese ttc2ttf program i found on the web. with envy code r, i have no idea. mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern="envy*" yields: envycoder envycoder /home/phil/.fonts/Envy Code R 7/Envy Code R.ttf envycoderbold envycoderbold /home/phil/.fonts/Envy Code R 7/Envy Code R Bold.ttf envycoderitalic envycoderitalic /home/phil/.fonts/Envy Code R 7/Envy Code R Italic.ttf envycodernormal envycoderitalic /home/phil/.fonts/Envy Code R 7/Envy Code R Italic.ttf you can see the problem. how can i circumvent it? thanks, phil

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