October 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

sumatra pdf
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hallo, the main problem for me at the moment is the not working acrobat reader. What are the last changes to pdfdde.c or pdf.rb? Can I change to sumatra pdf reader somehow? Wolfgang

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Stack size
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hallo, next problem. I got ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [parameter stack size=10000]. I tried to increase this in texmf.cnf, but this is not recognized. I tried to do the same in the texmfcnf.lua with the same negative result. It is a try and error. How is the 'modern' way to do this? BTW, shouldn't be 10000 for the stack size enough? This file is a letter and compiled ok before my update today. Wolfgang

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bug in \setuparranging
by Yue Wang 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hi, Hans: There's a bug in \setuparranging. The following case is easy to be understood: - I try to typeset "zapf" into a A4 landscape paper - For the final output pdf, I want to rotate all the pages by 270 degrees. This sounds strange. But it is useful in vertical typesetting of CJK language. (for example, use xetex font definition's :vertical feature to rotate all the fonts used, typeset on normal paper, and rotate the page back. I certainly hope someday I can use MKIV's muti-dir omega features, but now it's broken so this is the best way I can find) The code is listed below: \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4] \setuppaper [nx=1,ny=1] \setuparranging [XY, rotated, 270] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupbackgrounds [page][page][background=screen] \setuppagenumbering [state=stop] \starttext \input zapf \stoptext The bug: - in MKIV, it output no pages at all - in MKII (both xetex and pdftex), the output page is not, however, A4. but rather a square page with width=height=A4 height. I hope this bug can be fixed soon. By the way, are there other ways to rotate pages other than setuparranging? From my daily use I found setup arranging is pretty buggy. sometimes it even affects the layout of the contents. So most time I have to compile a pdf, and than use setup arranging to rearrange the pdf again to make the contents safe. Yue Wang

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AcroRd32 Runtime Error
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hallo, I have updated my context after a very long time. The first test run does not work because an initally dde attempt to acroread. I got the following errormessage: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program: C:\Programme\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. I have Acrobat Reader Version 9.4.6. This is working ok with pdf files and this has worked ok with context prior to the update. What can I do to solve the problem? Wolfgang

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slides & proceedings from ConTeXt Meeting
by Mojca Miklavec 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hello everyone, in particular those who missed all the fun at the ConTeXt Meeting in Belgium. The slides from conference have been uploaded to the web page: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/programme.shtml and most of talks will also be available as articles in printed proceedings that will be sent to all new members of the ConTeXt Group (group.contextgarden.net) Mojca

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location of mtx-scripts
by Philipp Gesang 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hi Hans, I’d like to ask if there is any update on this: On 2011-09-04 22:31, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 4-9-2011 19:46, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >mtxrun would currently find it under scripts/context/lua/third/rst because of > > LUAINPUTS = ".;$TEXINPUTS;$TEXMF/scripts/context/lua//", > >but Hans probably didn't think of where third-party module authors > >shipping scripts, so there is no special place for them. <... /> > >I suggest to wait for an answer from Hans. > > scripts/context/lua/third Especially this matter: > Sounds ok to me but we might think of a way to avoid clashes with > names, like mtx-t-rst.lua and we can adapt the lookup to try to > resolve in such away that the t- is not too much in the way. This doesn’t work, yet (The “t-”-infix is not, as with \usemodule, truncated). As three of my modules come with an mtx-script I just wanted to know if this will be implemented and, if yes, when we can expect it. (For me, there is no hurry as I’m quite busy otherwise. But inclusion into TL is stalled because of this for the time being.) Thanks in advance Philipp > In order to use /context/lua/base I need to adapt some fallback > lookups so let's not do that now; next year we can consider. > > context/lua/mtxrun.lua > context/lua/base/mtx-context.lua > context/lua/third/.... > > The main reason for using the mtx- prefix is that I don't want to > end up in discussions concerning other scripts in tex live so > hopefully no one outside the context audience will ever use the mtx- > prefix. Also, some of the mtx-*.lua files are going to be loadable > modules. > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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metapost to pdf on the fly
by Meer, H. van der 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with: context figurefile running on input \input some-metapost-inclusions \starttext \startMPpage .. \stopMPpage \stoptext But the idea is to do it on the fly while typesetting a project (using mode=*first to prevent further iterations): .. \component figurefile .. And in the figurefile \startcomponent figurefile \environment some-metapost-inclusions \starttext .. BUT THEN WHAT? As such it is not sufficient for the goal proposed. Can this be done at all? Hans van der Meer

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start/stopitem and \sym
by Steffen Wolfrum 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hans, when we should use \startitem ... \stopitem now, shouldn't there be a \startsym ... \stopsym too? Steffen, who just had a mixed case: sym and item in one itemize ;o(

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Float placement problem
by Pontus Lurcock 02 Oct '11

02 Oct '11

Hello, I've recently updated my standalone (32-bit Linux) ConTeXT from 2011.02.25 to 2011.09.20, and I'm now having some trouble with float placement. I'm using MkIV. I'm trying to have figures protruding into the outer margins with a double-sided layout, as described here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Floating_Objects#Protruding_Floats_in_Double-… Here is my minimal example: \setuplayout[location=doublesided] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={margin,header}] \setupfloat[figure][location=inner] \showframe \starttext % An extra page. \page[yes] \dorecurse{4}{ \placefigure[]{caption}{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=17cm]}} \stoptext With version 2011.02.25 this produces the desired result; with 2011.09.20, the first figure is placed correctly, and all subsequent figures protrude in the same direction, whether they're on an even or odd page. So in the given example they all protrude to the right. If an extra page is inserted at the start so that the first figure is on an even page, they all protrude to the left. Does anyone have any ideas or insights? Thanks in advance, Pont

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disabling onum in url
by Pablo Rodríguez 02 Oct '11

02 Oct '11

Hi there, I'm a ConTeXt newbie that I have the following options and a command for URLs in the document preamble (what comes before \starttext [I don't know if it is named so in ConTeXt]): \definefontfeature[default][default][onum=yes] \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \setupinteraction[state=start,color=,style= em,contrastcolor=,focus=standard] \def\href#1{\goto{\hyphenatedurl{#1}}[url(#1)]} My question is: how can I disable old style numbers for the \href command? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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