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beta
by Hans Hagen 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Hi, In the process of extending math export I decided to finish and integrate an old experiment with units. Details can change as can configuration. \usemodule[dimensions] \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \startlines $10\su{km/h}$ $\su{10 km/h}$ \su{10 km/h} 10\su{km/h} 10 \su{km/h} $10 \su{km/h}$ 10 \su{KiloMeter/Hour} 10 \su{kilometer/hour} 10 \su{km/h} 10 \su{kilometer per hour} 10 \su{km / h} 10 \su{ km / h } 10 \su{km/ms2} 10 \su{meter per second} 10 \su{cubic meter} 10 \su{cubic meter per second} 10 \su{cubic meter / second} $10 \su{cubic meter / second}$ 30 \su{kilo pascal } 30 \su{kilo pascal square meter / second} 30 \su{kilo pascal square meter / kelvin second} \su{30 kilo pascal square meter / kelvin second} $30 \su{kilo pascal square meter / kelvin second }$ 30 \su{crap} 30 \su{AC} $ \frac{10 \su{m/s}}{20 \su{m/s}} $ {\ss 30 \su{kilo pascal square meter / second kelvin}} \stoplines \stoptext I might decide to push it in the core. The su is an abbreviation for scientific unit as we already have \unit (which I like more) and \dim is also taken. Of course \u would be even nicer but that's a accent placement (ok, we could drop all those as we have utf). Using two character names is not handy as they look like language switches. 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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modules in minimals (important)
by Mojca Miklavec 07 Jul '11

07 Jul '11

Hello, Hans has changed the command line parameter for modules (--modules=vim should work now). The problem is that he now stores the chosen modules to a variable "modules" as opposed to "extras". So if you want to keep your modules, please edit status-of-update.lua and replace ["extras"] with ["modules"]. Or simply install the modules again. There is also a switch --fonts= which installs some additional fonts from http://minimals.contextgarden.net/current/fonts/extra/ Mojca

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export: graphic within table (error)
by Reviczky, Adam 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hans, I'm getting this error if I put an image within a table using the export backend: ! LuaTeX error /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/back-exp.lua:297: bad argument #3 to 'format' (string expected, got boolean). Minimal example: --- \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext % \externalfigure[mill] % -- fine \bTABLE % \bTR \bTD test \eTD \eTR % -- fine \bTR \bTD \externalfigure[mill] \eTD \eTR % -- error \eTABLE \stoptext --- Log attached. Adam

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Fifth ConTeXt meeting, September 2011, France
by Arthur Reutenauer 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hello everyone, This must be the second thread I initiate this year on the list, but unlike my previous post (http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/048296.html) this is actually serious. I hereby announce the next ConTeXt meeting, that will take place on the island of Porquerolles off the coast of the French Riviera, from Monday, September 19th, 2011, to Saturday, September 24th. The conference venue has been pre-booked for these dates, so this is firm. Of course, there is yet nothing like a set program at this moment, so we're expecting your proposals (there will be a formal call for papers later). Watch this page: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/ Registration is not yet open, but will be in a few weeks. The fee is notably higher than it was for the previous ConTeXt meetings (see http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/fee.shtml) I'm sorry about that, but that is the best I can do in this place, short of feeding on black roots and camping in the woods or on the beach (which is forbidden anyway on the island, it's a protected area apart for the village). But food will instead be excellent, obviously, and wine is included in the price of the meals (that was actually one of the first things I was told by the people at the conference venue). See you in Porquerolles! Arthur

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Missing space between digit and unit with the new unit-command
by yoraxe 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Hey, I was happy to have a new (and easier) unit-command, but now I miss the space that was between the digits and the unit in the unit-module. I attach the old (unit1) and new variant (unit2) with tex- and pdf-files. Do I type it in a wrong way or is it possible to fix this? Thanks, Yoraxe

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Columns and figures in MKIV
by Jason Earl 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

I am trying to upgrade an existing document from using texexec and pdftex to context and luatex. Unfortunately, the document relies pretty heavily on columns (using \startcolumns[n=2,tolerant=verytolerant]) and the idea that figures that are too wide to place in a column float to the top of the next page. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case with the current minimals. The following example works fine for texexec (even if I comment out the \startpostponing \stoppostponing code). The figure is placed (centered) at the top of page 2. With MKIV, however, the figure stays in the first column and bleeds over into the second column (the postponing code does change it to the next page, but it doesn't force it out of the column). --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \enableregime[utf-8] \starttext \startcolumns \chapter[chap:testing]{Testing} \startcolumns[n=2, tolerant=verytolerant] \input knuth %\startpostponing \placefigure [center][fig:foo] {none} {\externalfigure[foo][] [width=1.5\textwidth]} %\stoppostponing \input tufte \input knuth \input tufte \input knuth \input tufte \stopcolumns \stoptext--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I am using the Context minimal distribution (on Linux) and context reports that the current version as: current version: 2011.06.29 09:57 It is quite likely that I am simply doing this wrong, but I have read: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Columns and it appears to support what I am trying to do. I have experimented a bit with columnsets, but they appear to be overkill for my use. Then again, I am probably doing it wrong. Any advice would be appreciated. Jason Earl

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Using Luatex.
by John Culleton 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Been away for a while. Currently using luatex for lightly formatted documents. But I want to use Context for my next job (lots of formatting). How do I incorporate luatex and the fonts found by luatex in my Context file? And should I use MKII or MKIV? My luatex books are basically pdftex files with a few statements to get at fonts not included with TeX, e.g., \input luaotfload.sty \font\lll={CHOPS___.TTF} at 48bp \font\lk={CHOPS___.TTF} at 36bp \font\hl={CHOPS___.TTF} at 16bp \font\head={CHOPS___.TTF} at 26bp \font\lr pplr7t at 12bp \font\llr pplr7t at 14bp \font\rm pplr7t at 10bp \font\it pplri7t at 10bp \font\bf pplb7t at 10bp -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Cover design, Indexing, Interior Layout

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MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found
by Stappers 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Hello, While following http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Debian_installation for installing context_2010.07.30-1_all.deb did bring the step mtxrun --generate me this output: 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 Executing context --help gives me MTXrun | forcing cache reload MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | resolvers: remembering file 'mtx-context.lua' MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' What should I do to get the lua configuration files? Groeten Stappers -- > And is there a policy on top-posting vs. bottom-posting? Yes.

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ConTeXt Command Differences between Tex Live and Minimals
by Raymond LeClair 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

In general, where do I look to resolve differences between ConTeXt commands which work using the Tex Live distribution, but which do not work using the Minimals distribution. I am thinking of switching to the Minimals distribution since I can keep it more current, and it appears to resolve a problem hyphenating URLs which contain multiple, adjacent hyphens. Specifically, the command "\inothermargin" is not recognized when using the Minimals distribution. While I would appreciate a solution to this issue, I would very much appreciate knowing where to look to resolve the issue myself. I have consulted the most recent documentation, and searched the ConTeXt wiki. Tex Live Distribution reports: MTXrun | current version: 2010.05.24 13:05 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.60.2-2010071217 (TeX Live 2010) (rev 3736) Minimals Distribution reports: mtx-context | current version: 2011.05.18 18:04 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277)

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[OT] PDF/A-2 formalized ?
by luigi scarso 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

It seems so: http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnu… -- luigi

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