August 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

font catalogue (re)
by R. Bastian 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hello, it is not a list of available fonts i need, but a catalogue where one can see the typefaces. In the Minimal directory there are 91 tfm files, 309 pfb files and 2043 thm files. Chap 31 'Fonts and font switches' of ".. an excursion" or Sect 5.1.1 in '...the 'Manual' gives no example hwo to go from a tfm fil (say "tcxr.tfm") to a usable font. A possible test file of typefaces could be (for my use "specimen.tex"): """ azertyu ... AZERTY ... äëÿuüïö ... âêûîô ... ÂÊÛÎÔ ... ÄËŸÜ ... &"'(-è_çà) """ and the font file for making a PDF: %%%%% how to go from TFM to 'normal' %%%%% \starttext \input specimen \stoptext I hope this can help beginners. -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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comments, font catalogue
by R. Bastian 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hello, 1. is there the same in Context than the Latexian \begin{comment} ... \end{comment} --------------------------- 2. In the Minimal tree there are many .afm, .tfm and other font files. Is there a sort of font catalogue (visualization of the fonts) ? The source of such a catalogue would be a good example for beginners - like me. -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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vbox construct breaking MKII
by Willi Egger 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, Any variation of the following construct breaks in MKII as long as there is no new line after the closing } of the vbox. MKIV does not have this problem. \startbuffer[bf4] \vbox{ test }\stopbuffer Please refer to the testfile Kind regards Willi

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Verbatim line numbering: location intext/text, empty lines, wrapped lines
by Stefan Müller 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi, I found some issues with verbatim line numbering in MkIV. The appended examples is basically taken from the wiki. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text#Line_numbering (The wiki uses MkII?) When I want the line numbers to be displayed "intext", I have to use \setuplinenumbering[location=text], although http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text#Line_numbering and http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/setuplinenumbering tell me to use "location=intext". Should this be changed in the wiki? In case of "location=text" the lines are typeset over the right margin of the box. I think this is because the space used by the numbers is not subtracted from the available space considered by the word-wrapping algorithm. In the example, line 2 is wrapped over three lines and gets 3 line numbers, while IMHO it only should get one (the wiki says the same). Line 4 gets a number, which is what I would expect, but it is a different behavior as in the wiki (there, the empty line in the example gets no number). Is there an option to choose whether a blank line should be (a) numbered, (b) skipped or (c) get no number but the internal counter is still increased? Example: \starttext \defineframedtext[framedcode][strut=yes, offset=2mm, width=7cm, align=right] \definetyping[code][numbering=line, before={\startframedcode}, after={\stopframedcode}] \setuplinenumbering[location=text] \startcode This is the first line % line 1 This is a rather long line that is wrapped, so look how the line numbering is done % line 2 Another line % line 3 % line 4 Last line after an empty line % line 5 \stopcode \stoptext Thank you in advance for any hints, Stefan.

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module for articles for the Context meeting ?
by luigi scarso 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Is there a module to use for the articles for context meeting ? -- luigi

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Texlive 2009 and stable context
by eythanweg＠gmail.com 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi, Sometimes in June I was no longer able to compile context beta, running into a problem that persists with the new stable (7-30-2010). Hans suggested in response to a similar problem by someone else, to install minimals. But this seems to me wasteful because I use parts of latex. Running (with luatex version beta-0.62.0-2010080309 (rev 3794)) mtxrun --generate gives this: MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to '/usr/bin' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTODIR' set to '/usr' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOPARENT' set to '.' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMFCNF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXOS' set to '/usr' MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers Should I be able to compile the current context under texlive 2009? If so, how? If not, would it compile with the current version texlive 2010? Many thanks, Eythan

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Pagebreak without background
by Julian Becker 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

I'm working on a document with page backgrounds. I got them working now, using ... ... \defineoverlay[left page] [\useMPgraphic{left page}] \defineoverlay[right page][\useMPgraphic{right page}] \setupbackgrounds[leftpage] [background=left page] \setupbackgrounds[rightpage][background=right page] But now I have them on every page. I don't want those to appear on certain pages. E.g. I want to start chapters on the right page and want the left page to be completely empty. For my chapters I currently have \definepagebreak[chapterpagebreak][yes,header,right] \setuphead[chapter][page=chapterpagebreak] Which still gives me the background on the blank left page before each new chapter. So I tried blank in definepagebreak, but it doesn't seem to give me the desired result, since it only removes the background on the page to follow (that is the right page on which my chapter starts). Anybody know how to do this? regards, Julian -- Julian Becker Institut für Angewandte Physik, R.123 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Corrensstr. 2/4 48149 Münster / Westfalen Tel. 0251 83-3 61 53 Mob. 0151 599 848 29 e-mail: j_beck16(a)uni-muenster.de "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for it is the wellspring of life."

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footnotes again
by Thomas Schmitz 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, I'm sorry I have to ask again about footnotes setup. I misunderstood the style that our publisher wants. Maybe it's easiest when I do a bit of ASCII art (will only work with a fixed-width font): | texttexttexttexttex | | textexttexttexttext | | | | 9 footnote 9, more | | than one line. | | 10 footnote 10. | So: the footnote numbers in the footnotes are typeset in a box. This box is just big enough to hold a three-digit footnote number. Its left edge is flush with the text area. Within this box, the note number is aligned flushright. The footnote text itself is one block; this block is indented a fixed amount: the publisher wants all indentations (normal paragraphs, blockquotes, footnotes) to be identical; let's say 16pt. I played with the parameters of \setupnotedefinition and \setupfootnotes that Wolfgang taught me yesterday, but I just can't find the right combination. Will wikify! All best Thomas

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Troubles with backgrounds in bTABLE
by Willi Egger 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, I need to use the background mechanism to draw a thicker line in a bTABLE...eTABLE setup together with MKII. It looks like that there is a bug somewhere in this. I am unable to draw the line at the top of the cell. However it is possible to draw a diagonal through the cel. I think that the problem is related to the background mechanism in general, because the problem is also present when using the background mechanism in framed. The behavior is identical in MKII en MKIV. I updated this morning to the latest version of Context, the bug is there as it was in a version ca 1 month old. Please refer to the attached test file. Using: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010) ConTeXt ver: 2010.08.04 00:37 MKII fmt: 2010.8.4 int: english/english Kind regards Willi

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4th ConTeXt Meeting, update
by Jano Kula 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hello to everybody! There are few weeks left till the 4th ConTeXt Meeting on September 13-18, 2010 in Brejlov, Czech Republic. We have collected interesting talks and tutorials (25+) on ConTeXt, LuaTeX, Lua, fonts, OpenType math, Metapost and more: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/abstracts.shtml We are working on the preliminary programme and other things to make the meeting unforgettable. The highlights of the accompanying programme are delicious cuisine, excellent beer and lovely countryside. Many friends from the ConTeXt list are coming, so we are going to have wonderful time with many interesting talks -- formal and informal: great source of encouragement and inspiration. After the deadline, the registration for the meeting is still open until we reach the available capacity. We hope you are having a good time and we are looking forward to meeting you in Brejlov. Best regards, Jano Kula on behalf of the organizing committee http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/

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