December 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

pstopdf setting lower-case?
by Pau 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

Hello, why is the ruby script pstopdf renaming files to lower-case? See the examples deukalion(pts/15)| ps2ps 1.ps U.ps deukalion(pts/15)| file U.ps U.ps: PostScript document text conforming DSC level 3.0, Level 2 deukalion(pts/15)| pstopdf U.ps PsToPdf | file U.ps does not exist deukalion(pts/15)| file U.ps U.ps: cannot open `U.ps' (No such file or directory) deukalion(pts/15)| cp 1.ps TEST.ps deukalion(pts/15)| file TEST.ps TEST.ps: PostScript document text conforming DSC level 3.0, type EPS, Level 1 deukalion(pts/15)| ls -lartsh TEST.ps 12K -rw-------. 1 pau pau 11K Nov 5 19:03 TEST.ps deukalion(pts/15)| pstopdf TEST.ps PsToPdf | file TEST.ps does not exist Thanks, Pau

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export and pagebreak
by Achim Jander 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hi all, first I wish a very happy new year to everybody! I think, this will be my last post for this year, but as i have tasted blood, the next year I will post a lot of further questions I think :-) Now I have Christmas holidays and can play the whole day with ConTeXt. I tested a little the export function. There is one thing I have on my wishlist: is it possible to get a <pagebreak/> into the exported XML? The background is that I have often the requirement to include pagebreak-info in online-productions (for citation reasons) and that could be a very good starting point. In fact, in the moment at the position where a pagebreak occurs, the space (if it occurs at a space) is eaten up. Minimal example: \setupbackend [export=yes] \starttext \startchapter [title=Tufte Example] \startparagraph \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte} \stopparagraph \stopchapter \stoptext At the break of pg 2 to pg 3 you will find lump,skip (without the space) in the exported file. Having the pagebreaks would be a great thing for me. Greetings Achim

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How to get graph module (metapost) to work with ConTeXt minimals?
by Verhaag, G.C.H.M. 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hi, This might not be the right place to ask this question, but want to give it a try anyway! I've installed the ConTeXt minimals (Mark IV!) recently, and running the command: context --version yields the following output: ... MTXrun | current version: 2010.07.30 11:35 Now I want to generate a few plots using the graph-module (by John D. Hobby) of MetaPost, which I used in the past to make high-quality plots. But when I add the following statement: input graph ; to the preamble of my MetaPost file and run the command: mpost plot.mp The run aborts with the following messages: >> texnum.mp >> texnum.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.17 init_numbers(btex $-$etex, btex$1$etex, btex${\times}10$etex, Transcript written on texnum.log. TeXExec | processing graphic 'texnum.mpx' TeXExec | runtime: 1.547143 >> texnum.mp >> texnum.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.17 init_numbers(btex $-$etex, btex$1$etex, btex${\times}10$etex, Transcript written on plot.log. So where to go from here? Do I need to install additional TeX related stuff to get it working? Anybody any suggestions, please? Thanks in advance! Regards, Gerard Verhaag P.S. By the way, if I use MetaPost within ConTeXt using: \loadmarkfile{m-graph} \starttext \startMPcode . /[MetaPost code] . / \stopMPcode \stoptext than everything works just fine!

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Fwd: setuptex.csh usage
by Patrick Gundlach 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Hi Jon, you should post your question to the mailing list. Patrick > Von: Jon Crump <jjcrump(a)uw.edu> > Datum: 30. Dezember 2010 19:40:58 MEZ > An: gardeners(a)contextgarden.net > Betreff: setuptex.csh usage > > Hans, et alia, > > [MacOSX, 10.5.8, intel Core 2 Duo, ConTeXt ver: 2010.12.22 20:18 MKIV > fmt: 2010.12.23 int: english/english] > > I just spent a pointless half hour wondering why my tex files failed > in context when they worked just a few days ago, until I noticed that > context was calling the old texlive installation. I forgot that I had > used setuptex.csh to establish env vars for the running terminal > session and then later terminated it. I intend for the foreseeable > future to continue to use this convenience; I thank you for providing > it, and hope you do not discontinue it. > > I want to continue to use texlive both at the command line and with > some gui front-ends, and want to be able to keep the context minimals > separate. In my inexperience I perhaps am not seeing a more effective > way to do this, but your shell script works, and I hesitate to mess > about with what works. > > Many thanks for all your prodigious and impressive work, > > Jon

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multipage tables - vertical space
by Peter Van Kranenburg 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Hello all, What's wrong with this multipage table? \starttext \setuptables[split=repeat] \placetable[split,here][tab:example]{Long Table Example}{\start \starttablehead \HL \VL \bf A \VL \bf B \VL\MR \HL \stoptablehead \starttabletail \HL \stoptabletail \starttables[|l|l|] \dorecurse{100}{\VL first \VL second \VL\MR} \stoptables \stop} \stoptext On each page, I get a vertical space above the footer. see: http://syrinx.knorrie.org/~pvk/tableproblem/tableproblem.pdf Using TeX Live 2009 for Mac OS X: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./tableproblem.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.08.19 17:10 MKII fmt: 2010.6.15 int: english/english Thanks in advance! Best, Peter van Kranenburg

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Metric (TFM) file not found.
by Sam Qasbah 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Hello. I downloaded showfont.pdf and I tried the first example: \starttext \definetypeface [zapf] [cg] [calligraphy] [chancery] \switchtotypeface [zapf] [12pt,cg] \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte} \stoptext but I received the error message "metric file not found". This is the log file: ========================================== This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010) (format=cont-en 2010.12.28) 31 DEC 2010 18:37 entering extended mode restricted \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) **04-fonts.tex \emergencyend (./04-fonts.tex ConTeXt ver: 2010.07.30 11:35 MKII fmt: 2010.12.28 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-def.mkii) (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkii) (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-one.mkii)) system : 04-fonts.top loaded (./04-fonts.top) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:2 nl->ec:ec->2->2:2 us-> ec:ec->3->2:3 de->texnansi:texnansi->4->3:3 de->ec:ec->5->3:3 da->ec:ec->6->2:2 sv->ec:ec->7->2:2 gb->ec:ec->8->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->9->2:2 fr->ec:ec->1 0->2:2 es->ec:ec->11->2:2 ca->ec:ec->12->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->13->2:2 it- >ec:ec->14->2:2 la->ec:ec->15->2:2 pt->texnansi:texnansi->16->2:2 pt->ec:ec->17 ->2:2 ro->ec:ec->18->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->19->2:2 pl->ec:ec->20->2:2 pl->qx:qx->21- >2:2 cs->il2:il2->22->2:2 cs->ec:ec->23->2:2 sk->il2:il2->24->2:2 sk->ec:ec->25 ->2:2 hr->ec:ec->26->2:2 sl->ec:ec->27->2:2 tr->ec:ec->28->2:2 tk->ec:ec->29->1 :2 lt->l7x:l7x->30->2:2 agr->agr:agr->32->2:2 fi->ec:ec->33->2:2 hu->ec:ec->34- >2:2 ru->t2a:t2a->36->2:2 uk->t2a:t2a->37->3:3 loaded specials : dvips loaded \openout3 = `04-fonts.tui'. \openout0 = `04-fonts-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. systems : system commands are enabled language : language en is active specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.mkii specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) publications : file 04-fonts.bbl not found, waiting for bibtex systems : begin file 04-fonts at line 1 ! Font \*zapf12ptcgtfcg*:=TeXGyreChorus-MediumItalic at 12.0pt not loadable: Me tric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \definefontglobal ...dcsname \lastfontname \relax \expandafter \let \expanda... \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... ... l.3 \switchtotypeface [zapf] [12pt,cg] ? X Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 982 strings out of 456094 15626 string characters out of 2517944 4851573 words of memory out of 7259343 41916 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+200000 82418 words of font info for 37 fonts, out of 3000000 for 9000 396 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 38i,1n,61p,227b,542s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,50000s No pages of output. PDF statistics: 0 PDF objects out of 1000 (max. 8388607) 0 named destinations out of 1000 (max. 500000) 1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000) ========================================== Is there anyone who can help me? Many thanks. Sam Qasbah

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mkii bug in lucida, again.
by Yue Wang 31 Dec '10

31 Dec '10

This bug only exist in mkii. it appeared some time ago, but was fixed later, and reappeared again sometime later this year. Hans, I will zip my lucida font and send to you in a private mail. Yue Wang

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2011
by Hans Hagen 31 Dec '10

31 Dec '10

Hi, I uploaded the last beta for 2010 (only two small fixes). Furthermore: http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-gra.pdf#page=31 Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Layout for the first page
by Sam Qasbah 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

> > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 01:32, Sam Qasbah <samqasbah at gmail.com <http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context>> wrote: > >* I'm working on a document that must have a layout for the first page and a *> >* different layout for all the other pages. *> > This works for me: > > \setuplayout[...=...] % global layout > \definelayout[first][...=...] % layout for the first page > \definelayout[2][reset] > \setuplayout[first] > Sorry Vianney, I don't understand how it works your code. Please can you type some lines more? Something with % % here goes Vianney's code % \starttext \showframe \dorecurse{40}{\input knuth \par} \stoptext Many thanks. Sam Qasbah

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Identifying fonts on my system
by Tom 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

My first step in trying to understand fonts is to determine exactly which fonts are loaded onto my system. Is there a command that will list all the fonts currently resident on my TexLive 2008 MKII installatation? Mfonts.pdf mentions that Adobe's 15 standard fonts are also available. How do I determine what they are and how to identify them in commands? Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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