July 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Links
by Cecil Westerhof 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

De links naar de PDF bestanden op http://www.ntg.nl/maps/42/index.html werken niet. -- Cecil Westerhof

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First baby steps with MKIV
by John Culleton 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Followed this wiki, http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals installed in my personal directory. Now for the most elementary quetsion: Given the file foo.tex how do I actually run mkiv context on it? I tried mtxrun template.tex and I get the error: ./template.tex:1: unexpected symbol near '\' template.tex is an outline of a Context file: --------------------------- -- John Culleton "Death Wore Black" Police procedural: http://www.deathworeblack.com/ "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Interesing error message in MKIV:
by John Culleton 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Are the subdivisions \startfrontmatter etc. now obsolete? --------------------------------------------------- system > tex > error on line 13 in file book.tex: Undefined control sequence ... 3 \switchtotypeface [helvetica] [12pt,ss] 4 \starttext 5 \startfrontmatter 6 \startstandardmakeup 7 \midaligned{How to make a document.} 8 \midaligned{by} 9 \midaligned{The Author} 10 \stopstandardmakeup 11 \switchtotypeface [palatino] [12pt,rm] 12 \completecontent 13 >> \stopfrontmatter 14 \startbodymatter 15 \input body.tex 16 \stopbodymatter 17 \startbackmatter 18 \completeindex 19 \stopbackmatter 20 \stoptext --------------------------------------- -- John Culleton "Death Wore Black" Police procedural: http://www.deathworeblack.com/ "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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fullstructureheadnumber does not work
by Peter Schorsch 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi, did something happend to the \fullstructureheadnumber in the last six months? I still can find it in the source (strc-sec.mkiv) but is always halts with "Undefined control sequence". Is there a new command for this? Thanks P.

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Editable PDF-document
by Cecil Westerhof 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

I am creating a PDF document with ConTeXt. This document should also be editable by the client itself. Two persons in the company I am working for tried to add annotations for me. One was using Infix. When trying to edit the document, he auto magically was transferred to a place in the document 30 or 40 pages further. Someone else worked with NitroPDF. He managed (as far as I know without problems) to give 38 annotations, but the size of the document increased from 5.4 MB to 102 MB. This looks not workable. Is there a way I can change the generated PDF so that the client will be able to edit the PDF when he gets it, or could I better generate HTML? -- Cecil Westerhof

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'Rainbow' header/footer
by Cecil Westerhof 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

I am using ConTeXt to make documentation for a webbased application. (100+ document) Last week they showed me another document with used a kind of rainbow (but completely filled at the upper part) for the page header and a 180 degrees rotated one with different colors for the page footer. Now they want me to do the same. What is the best way to do this? -- Cecil Westerhof

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math: `\ref` does not work for referencing formulae (ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.19)
by Paul Menzel 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.19 14:17 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.21 int: english/english the following minimal example taken from the Wiki page [1] does not work as expected. --- 8< --- minimal example --- >8 --- \starttext The famous result (and again) is given by \placeformula[formulalabel] \startformula c^2 = a^2 + b^2. \stopformula And now we can refer to formula \ref[formulalabel] (ref). And now we can refer to formula \in[formulalabel] (in). \stoptext --- 8< --- minimal example --- >8 --- `\ref` does not seem to find the label for the equation. `\in` does work. Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math/Display#Referencing_formulae

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ConTeXt minimals, TL Contrib & Mac support (ppc, <=10.5)
by Mojca Miklavec 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

Dear Mac lovers, After yesterday's system failure on my computer I installed the new OS which means that I'm no longer able to compile binaries for Leopard and PPC. (My computer failure wasn't planned, but it has been known for a long time that we will have problems supporting those OS-es and architectures.) For some time Richard Koch will try to take over the compilation, but the future of support for PPC and/or Tiger & Leopard users cannot be taken for granted. At the moment ConTeXt minimals still support Tiger. TeX Live only supports Leopard. This is just a preliminary note. We don't plan to switch off the support tomorrow, but if there will still be users wanting to use older operating systems when Dick upgrades all of his machines, we will have to find other people willing to help with regular compilations or we will simply cease to support those OS-es and processors. Mojca

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Cambria: integral sign has wrong size
by Julian Becker 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

Hello everybody! I tried doing some math typesetting with Cambria, but somehow the integral sign comes out somewhat smaller than it should be. Running the following in the latest beta produces the attached pdf. Does anybody have an idea about what's going wrong here, or how to fix it? Julian ---- \usetypescript[cambria] \setupbodyfont[cambria,10pt] \startTEXpage \startformula \prod_a^b \sum_{n=0}^\infty \int_0^\infty e^{-{\bi\beta}^2}\, {\rm d}^3{\bi \beta} \stopformula \stopTEXpage ----

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Important 5th ConTeXt meeting news
by Taco Hoekwater 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Hi all, == Location change == Let's do the most important news first: The 5th ConTeXt meeting has been relocated to Belgium (due to other obligations by Arthur, southern France turned out to be near impossible to get organised). The new location is Charneux, Belgium, geographically in the middle of the triangle created by Maastricht (NL), Aachen (DE), and Liège (BE). We will (as always) pick up people from various important public transport spots during the Monday afternoon & evening, and try our best to do timely drop-offs on Saturday as well. == Registration / Bursaries == Perhaps it is the fine weather that makes people hold off, perhaps it is because of Southern France sounding more attractive and the end of summer, or maybe we simply have not sent enough reminder emails to the list yet, but it is noticeable that the number of registrations is a little less than usual around this time in the process. If you are planning to attend, please register soon. Around August 20, the caterer has to be informed on the number of people that need food, so if you register any later than that you may run the risk of having to eat scraps ;) Joking aside, it goes without saying that we look forward to seeing as many ConTeXt users as possible! On a related note: we have received limited but firm commitments for bursary funds from various LUGs, so even if you cannot afford the new (reduced) fees, it may still be possible for you to attend. Just drop us a message explaining how much funding you would need to be able to attend and why we should give it to you, and we will see what can is possible. == Fee changes == With the location, also the fees have changed. What used to be the 'early bird' rate is now the 'normal' rate. Consequently, the normal rate is now a lot lower than it initially was: down to 370 EUR. Early bird registrations are now closed, but a discount of 100 EUR will be retroactively applied for people that have already registered until now. There is now a fixed fee for accompanying persons of 300 EUR (includes lodging and all meals, but no conference materials). It is also possible to extend your stay until Monday morning 26/9, for an extra fee of 30 EUR per day (but you will have to scavenge your own food). Finally, and perhaps most surprisingly, it is now actually possible to pay! Details are on the http://meeting.contextgarden.net/ website, on the 'fee' page. As your new main organiser and recipient of these funds, Taco urges you to pay up sooner rather than later. If you cannot find out how much you are due, just send a message asking for clarification. == Registration changes == Besides a few changes resulting from the change in venue and consequently the fees, there is also a new field for Passport/ID Number (which is required for some tax thing). If you have already registered, can you please either fill in the form again, or send the required number by e-mail to Taco? == Programme == As we have booked the venue for the whole week from 19/9 to 26/9, we have a few extra days that will be spent by Hans, Taco and any other interested people for developer/development meetings, More on that later. There are already some talks and abstracts online, but no official programme yet, more on that later as well. Hope to see you in Charneux! Taco Hoekwater, also speaking for: Willi Egger Hans Hagen Mojca Miklavec Arthur Reutenauer

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