February 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Math formula numbering by section in MK-IV
by gummybears 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

In MK-II I use \setupnumbering[way=section] to number math formulae by section. What is the equivalent for MK-IV ?

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Lua fonttester error
by Lutz Haseloff 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Hi Hans Hi all, since yesterday evening (Context 2010.02.25 19:46 MKIV) the Lua fonttester doesn't work anymore. After starting it with mtxrun --script server --auto (MAPS 39, page E75 :-) I can see the Startpage in my Browser. After clicking fonttest the script breaks with following errormessage: MTXrun | requested action: mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua MTXrun | performing action: mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua MTXrun | locating script: C:/contextminimal/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua MTXrun | loading script: C:/contextminimal/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtx-server-ctx-fonttest.lua MTXrun | return type: function ...textminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-aux.lua:212: attempt to index field 'patterns' (a nil value) C:\contextminimal> Greetings Lutz

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table alignment
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Hallo, I asked this question some times before but I can't remember if I got some answers. Sorry! I want some space on the left of \start\stoptables. What I get is SOME space, but not that what I wanted! --------------------------- \starttext vorher \setupnarrower[left=3cm] \startnarrower[left] \starttables[|l|] \NC hmm \NC\MR \stoptables \stopnarrower nachher \stoptext --------------------------- Where is that little space from? How can I get a left space of, say 3cm? Wolfgang

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TeX syntax -- a guide?
by James Fisher 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Hi, After a few days working in "do what the tutorials say" mode, I now want to understand TeX from a programmer's mindset. I have not been able just by practise to work out what the syntactic rules of TeX are, and I am hoping that there is a sensible guide to this somewhere. However, searches for things like "tex syntax" draw a blank. Some of the things I want to understand, for example, are: (1) what is the distinction between square brackets and curly brackets after a command? (2) Why are there sometimes lists of square-bracketed lists after a command, each with lists of seeming arguments inside them? (2) What exactly are the "variables" in a TeX file? (I've seen variable-like things sometimes referred to just plainly, sometimes with preceding backslashes as if they were commands/macros). (4) Why can't I end a square-bracketed section with a final square-bracket on a line of its own, as I may do in other programming languages? (5) How are things like \subsection, \subsubsection, \subsubsubsection, ... implemented? I am used to languages in which there is only a finite set of commands; why is the logic here not more like \section[level=1], \section[level=2], ... ? (6) Perhaps I'm misunderstanding things and all this isn't actually the fundamental syntax of TeX but just adhoc syntax defined by various macros doing different things -- is this the case; to what degree can macros define syntax? Obviously I don't expect answers to all these here, but can someone point me to somewhere on the 'net that could answer them? The only other possibilities I can see are buying an expensive copy of the TeXbook, etc. Thanks all, James Fisher

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Re: [NTG-context] Math in MKIV - HOWTO
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi Mojca, After trying step 1 (vusialize the font) with Times math, I have the following error: systems : begin file math.tex at line 2 (c:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-run.mkii) color : system all is global activated ! Undefined control sequence. \doshowfont ...f \setstrut \dummy \localcolortrue \offinterlineskip \dostepw... <to be read again> \stoptext l.4 \stoptext The strange thing here is .mkii extension, while I definitely use mkiv. My script is \loadmapfile[original-youngryu-tx.map] \starttext \showfont[rtxptmr] \stoptext B.R., Vyatcheslav

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context, jobnam
by R. Bastian 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hello, is there a way to get the option '--jobname= ' as in tex ? -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org

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\definetypeface broken?
by Yanrui Li 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi, I found '\definetypeface' can not work with beta 2010.02.24. This is a minimal example: \starttypescript[serif][test] \definefontsynonym[Serif][name:texgyrepagella] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[myfonts][rm][serif][test][default] \setupbodyfont[myfonts] \starttext Hello world! \stoptext -- Best regards, Li Yanrui

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Changing "chapter"-line layout
by Daniel Stender 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi guys, simple question: how can the layout of the "chapter" line be modified? (changing the fontsize to what's \tfb). Thanks in advance & greetings, DS

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MkII to MkIV
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi, typesetting an old MkII written project with MkIV today gives more then 2000 "unable to resolve" warnings, like these ... !pages : flushing realpage 12, userpage 16 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 67 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 69 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 70 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 71 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 72 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 74 !pages : flushing realpage 13, userpage 17 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 75 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 76 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 83 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 80 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 81 !pages : flushing realpage 14, userpage 18 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 82 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 85 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 86 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 91 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 89 !backends : unable to resolve destination attribute 90 ... what does this mean? As that project did not even have 2000 \footnotes or \index or reference marks, what is meant? Paragraphs??? Steffen

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[OT] TEX line breaking algorithm in JavaScript
by Mojca Miklavec 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

http://www.bramstein.com/projects/typeset/ PS: the author comes from the second nicest country in the world :)

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