December 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

itemize and \its
by Herbert Voss 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

this one also worked some weeks ago: \mainlanguage[de] \starttext \startitemize[8,packed] [width=8em,distance=2em,items=5] \ran {no\hss yes} \its I can not do it without \TeX. \mar{+} I use \TeX\ with other packages. \its I hardly use \TeX. \ran{\hss The future\hss} \its I will use \TeX\ forever. \its I expect no alternative to \TeX\ in the next few years. \its I am looking for another system. \stopitemize + Only {\it no} possible. \stoptext Herbert ! Use of \its doesn't match its definition. system > tex > error on line 6 in file 05-01-7.ctxcrop: Use of ... 1 \mainlanguage[de] 2 \starttext 3 \startitemize[8,packed] 4 [width=8em,distance=2em,items=5] 5 \ran {no\hss yes} 6 >> \its I can not do it without \TeX. 7 \mar{+} I use \TeX\ with other packages. 8 \its I hardly use \TeX. 9 \ran{\hss The future\hss} 10 \its I will use \TeX\ forever. 11 \its I expect no alternative to \TeX\ 12 in the next few years. 13 \its I am looking for another system. 14 \stopitemize 15 + Only {\it no} possible. 16 \stoptext l.6 \its I can not do it without \TeX.

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xmlbeforedocumentsetup?
by Hans van der Meer 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

I would like to execute an xmlsetup each time before the start of the (root) node <problem>. Following --I think-- the code from the xml document: \startxmlsetups xml:xam:initial Starting the problem.\crlf \stopxmlsetups \xmlbeforedocumentsetup{\xmldocument}{xml:xam:initial}{xml:xam:problem} xml:xam:problem is the xmlsetup registered for the root <problem> node. Why do I get the next error? ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: unexpected symbol near ')'. system > tex > error on line 290 in file xam-test.tex: LuaTeX error … \ctxlxml #1->\directlua \zerocount {lxml.#1} l.290 ...cument}{xml:xam:initial}{xml:xam:problem} Hans van der Meer

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Huge PDFs
by Jan Heinen 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

Hello, lots of my images are huge 200x250mm. I reduce their size with: \externalfigure[cow][width=20mm, heigth=25mm] After generating the PDF, the pdf is very huge. 1. Can't Context put the reduced image into the PDF? 2. How can I generate one PDF version for printing (300dpi) and one for the screen (72dpi)? I am using Context mk-IV. Regards Jannis

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spaceskip in \framed bug
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

Dear gang, The following used to work in mkiv, but no longer (works in mkii): =============== % stretchline.tex \startsetups stretchline \spaceskip=0pt plus 2 fill \relax \stopsetups \setupframed[frame=on,width=\textwidth,setups=stretchline, offset=none,location=depth,align=l2r] \showframe \starttext \framed{This is a test.} \stoptext =============== This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.71.0-2011071409 (rev 4332) \write18 enabled. (stretchline.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.25 21:29 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.25 =============== Is it a bug? Any workarounds? Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shīʿī Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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itemize with conversion
by Herbert Voss 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

This worked some weeks ago: \defineconversion[ordinal][\enordinaldaynumber] \starttext \startitemize[ordinal] \item Test \item Test \item Test \item Test \item Test \stopitemize \stoptext current beta from today Herbert ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on line 7 in file 05-02-4.ctxcrop: Undefined control sequence ... 1 \defineconversion[ordinal][\enordinaldaynumber] 2 \starttext 3 \startitemize[ordinal] 4 \item Test 5 \item Test 6 \item Test 7 >> \item Test 8 \item Test 9 \stopitemize 10 \stoptext 11 \@@cvordinal ->\enordinaldaynumber \convertnumber ... 2\else 3\fi \fi \endcsname {#1} {\number #2} l.7 } \doconvertedstructurecounter ...!criterium ", } )} \endgroup <to be read again> \fi \doactualitemnumber ...rrentitemgroupcounter ]\fi \dohandleitemreference \en... ... l.4 \item T est ?

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Huge PDFs
by Jan Heinen 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

> pdf -> pdftops ->ps ->ghostscript ->pdf > seems to be more robust and gives better results > -- > luigi I will give it a try: Can you tell me the commands with all the parameters I need ? Regards Jannis

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problems with t-letter - reference line
by Thomas Engel 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

Hello, I have updated my context system (recent beta) and get some problems with the t-letter module. (also updated) I'm not able to get a reference line. See attached example. Are there some changes in the interface? The date is in English, but I have switched the mainlanguage to German. Thanks! Thomas

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Newest ConTeXt in Windows7: kpathsea60.dll is missing ?
by Mari Voipio 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

So, I went and updated my ConTeXt today as I've got nothing really critical going on. I'm running ConTeXt on Windows 7 (64-bit) and I used firstsetup.bat --modules=all to update it. Everything works fine otherwise, but during the installation process both mpost.exe and pdftex.exe complain that "The program can't start because kpathsea60.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." I've never seen that complaint before, but now I get it consistently, also after rebooting and updating directly after restart. Both eventually stop complaining after I'd clicked on OK multiple times ("yes,yes, just go on, will ya"). It doesn't seem critical (I don't use MetaPost and I run MKIV anyway) - or at least the first test file compiled without complaints, but now I'm wondering whether my Windows has a problem (MS update related, maybe?) or whether the Suite has a problem in Windows. And my ConTeXt is the newest available, because I'm now running version ConTeXt ver: 2011.12.23 09:52 MKIV and that's more recent than my most recent working day before this. :-) Thanks, Mari

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streams not working?
by Pablo Rodríguez 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

Hi there, I'm trying to get some poems in a bilingual document using streams. According to the wiki (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Columns#Streams) this example should work: \usemodule[streams] \def\StartCouple{\page\SwitchToNormal} \def\StopCouple{\SwitchToNormal\SynchronizeLeftAndRight\FlushLeftAndRight} \def\Original{\SwitchToNormal\SynchronizeLeftAndRight\SwitchToLeft} \def\Translation{\SwitchToRight} \starttext \StartCouple \Original\en Are you sleeping, brother John? \Translation\de Bruder Jakob, schläfst du noch? \StopCouple \stottext But I get this error: l.19 \defineoutputstream [\v!left] ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 Compilation failed. The example at http://source.contextgarden.net/m-streams.tex (referenced by the wiki page) doesn't work for me either. This is all Greek to me. What am I missing here? Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Hyphenation in Natural Table
by Vladimir Lomov 29 Dec '11

29 Dec '11

Hello, I want to clarify the topic: is it possible to enable hyphenation in Natural Table? Most of full-text examples in enattab.pdf are not hyphenated as in my (not minimal) example. <example file="table-hyphenation-test.tex"> \starttext \input tufte \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Topic\eTD \bTD Text\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Foo\crlf Bar\eTD \bTD \input tufte \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD BAR \crlf FOO\eTD \bTD \startitemize \item \input tufte \item \input tufte \stopitemize \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext </example> P.S. In my real document I use Russian (\mainlanguage[ru]) and enumeration in table, with hyphenated text document would look more fancy. --- WBR, Vladimir Lomov -- Your files are now being encrypted and thrown into the bit bucket. EOF

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