December 2012 - ntg-context

MetaPost instance mechanism broken
by Marco Patzer 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

Hi, in one of the last few betas the MetaPost instance mechanism broke. \defineMPinstance [myinstance] [metafun] \startuseMPgraphic{mympgraphic} fill fullsquare scaled 1cm withcolor blue; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext\null \useMPgraphic{myinstance::mympgraphic} \stoptext Marco

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Math not loaded?
by Rogers, Michael K 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

The following gives the error with the latest beta: ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. with or without setting the font. Is there a quick fix? %\usetypescript[pagella] %\setupbodyfont[pagella,12pt] \starttext $f$ \stoptext Thanks, Michael ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).

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Q about hangaround commands
by Vladimir Lomov 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

Hi. I'm trying to figure out the limitation of \start/stophangaround commands. 1. Is it correct that currently the figure could be placed only on left? If so is it easy to extend the command to allow placing figure at right side? 2. Is there way to increase/decrease the space between the text and image? 3. Is it correct that hangaround command is tricky hack that change normal flow? I prepare simple example (it is attached). 1) is obvious from the example (default behavior I assume). 3): I got the '2.' not on left side as 1) and 3) but on left side of text block right after image. Another example if 3): if I put empty line between \starthangaround and \input (see the file) then there would be mess. P.S. I tried the example with MkIV only. --- WBR, Vladimir Lomov

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new
by Hans Hagen 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

\startsetups math:morespacing \ordordspacing\textstyle 1mu plus .5mu minus .25mu\relax \stopsetups \setupmathematics [setups=math:morespacing] $y=m x+c$ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [NTG-context] (XeTeX) trouble debugging a "Missing number" error
by Lars Huttar 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

/Hans Hagen wrote (///Wed Dec 5 14:10:12 CET 2012/):/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > On 12/5/2012 11:19 AM, Lars Huttar wrote: > >/ Hi all, > /> /... / > / > />/ > />/ % Abbreviations > />/ \definestartstop > />/ [abblist] > />/ [before={\setupbackgrounds[text][background=verticalline] > />/ \starttextbackground[text] > />/ \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[SansB,\SansBsize]},width=20mm,location=left] > />/ \startcolumnset[abbcolumn] \startalignment[flushleft,nothyphenated]}, > />/ after={\stopalignment \stopcolumnset \stoptextbackground > />/ \setupbackgrounds[text][background=off]}] > / > you can try > > \unexpanded\def\StartAbbList > {\setupbackgrounds[text][background=verticalline] > \starttextbackground[text] > > \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[SansB,\SansBsize]},width=20mm,location=left] > \startcolumnset[abbcolumn] > \startalignment[flushleft,nothyphenated]} > > \unexpanded\def\StopAbbList > {\stopalignment > \stopcolumnset > \stoptextbackground > \setupbackgrounds[text][background=off]} > > \definestartstop > [abblist] > [before=\StartAbbList, > after=\StopAbbList] Thanks, I will try this. Is the goal of this change to fix the error? To help diagnose it? I don't really understand the use of \unexpanded. After making this change, the behavior is unaffected... I still get the "Missing number" error, etc. > > in such case best make a small example, for instance how is abblist used? \startabblist{ \tab{\ITC{alt.}}\AE{alternate name for}\par ... \tab{USDS}\AE{US Department of State}\par }\stopabblist where \AE is defined as: \def\AE#1{\hskip -3mm \SerifL{#1} \vskip 1mm} > >/ > />/ E16settings.tex: I added these definitions: > />/ \define\XLfontsize{14pt} > />/ \define\XXLfontsize{16pt} > />/ > />/ There are modes involved, so things are a bit more complicated, but I > />/ believe that is the only effective difference. > / > and how about: > > \def\XLfontsize{14pt} > \def\XXLfontsize{16pt} I will try that, but all our font size definitions have always used \define, and it used to work fine without errors. On http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/define it says that \define is like the TeX primitive \def, but "will print an error to the log file if the new definition overwrites an existing command". I checked the log file, and there is no error mentioning XLfontsize. So the purpose of your suggestion is to remove the possibility of reporting a duplicate definition? (There's probably more to it than that - I'm just trying to understand.) I tried changing \define to \def as you suggested. The result was unchanged - same error. Regards, Lars

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Re: [NTG-context] \not\in doesn't work properly
by Jeong Dal 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Dear Otared, I tested your sample and it works well. \notin also works with \enablemode[lmmath] too. I also agree with your comment on the size of the integrals. Best regards, Dalyoung

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(XeTeX) trouble debugging a "Missing number" error
by Lars Huttar 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Hi all, I'm working with some code that was developed by someone else. The document I'm typesetting is now giving the following error: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \otr:1:27 \OTRSETdoifcellelse ...er #1:\number #2\endcsname \@EA \secondoftwoarguments... \@@ar@@1 ...ellelse {\mofcolumns }\columnlastcell {\global \advance \columnl... \redoloop ->\expandrecursecontent \endofloop <to be read again> { <inserted text> 28 ... l.12 \startabblist { ? I haven't been able to figure out what's wrong or how to fix it. I had just made changes to refactor the definitions of fonts. (I confirmed that these changes really are a necessary cause of the error: when I back out just these changes, the error goes away.) >From the above error message I understand the error was detected during the expansion of \startabblist. Here's the definition of abblist: % Abbreviations \definestartstop [abblist] [before={\setupbackgrounds[text][background=verticalline] \starttextbackground[text] \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[SansB,\SansBsize]},width=20mm,location=left] \startcolumnset[abbcolumn] \startalignment[flushleft,nothyphenated]}, after={\stopalignment \stopcolumnset \stoptextbackground \setupbackgrounds[text][background=off]}] >From that, one might guess that the font SansB or the font dimension \SansBsize were the problem. But those definitions haven't changed (though I would like to confirm that empirically with a run-time trace message). Here are the font settings changes that did occur: E16fonts.tex: changed this block: \definefont[SerifXLI][name:GentiumBookBasic-Italic at 10pt] \definefont[SerifXXL][name:GentiumBookBasic at 12pt] \definefont[SerifXXLB][name:GentiumBookBasic-Bold at 12pt] to use size dimensions defined elsewhere: \definefont[SerifXLI][name:GentiumBookBasic-Italic at \XLfontsize] \definefont[SerifXXL][name:GentiumBookBasic at \XXLfontsize] \definefont[SerifXXLB][name:GentiumBookBasic-Bold at \XXLfontsize] E16settings.tex: I added these definitions: \define\XLfontsize{14pt} \define\XXLfontsize{16pt} There are modes involved, so things are a bit more complicated, but I believe that is the only effective difference. I also created a log file, which I'll attach. There is also a version with \tracingmacros=1, but it's 600K, so I'll put it at http://www.huttar.net/tmp/country-report-country_id-15-tracing.log Thanks for taking a look. Please let me know what further information I need to provide. I can provide the .tex files themselves upon request. I would especially like to know better techniques for debugging -- how I can induce TeX/ConTeXt to tell me more about what's going on. I realize that as a macro language, this is inherently difficult with TeX. We are heavily invested in XeTeX, so switching to LuaTeX in the near term is not an option. ConTeXt version: ConTeXt ver: 2012.05.30 11:26 MKII fmt: 2012.11.14 int: english/english (From TeX Live 2012) XeTeX version: 3.1415926-2.4-0.9998 (TeX Live 2012) (format=cont-en 2012.11.14) Lars

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\not\in doesn't work properly
by Jeong Dal 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Hi, After updating ConTeXt, math command '\not\in' is not shown properly. For example, $a \not\eq b$ is good. but $a \not\in A$ shows two symbols separately. I am using Mac OS X 10.8 and the versions of LuaTex and ConTeXt are This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.2-2012052309 (TeX Live 2012) ConTeXt ver: 2012.11.23 17:35 MKIV fmt: 2012.11.26 int: english/english Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] Place figure here; jumping over sections
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Hi Wolfgang, > \startplacefigure[location=force] > … > \stopplacefigure Marvelous! How to set this globally? \setupplacefigure[location=force] is unrecognized. -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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pagecolormodel
by Peter Rolf 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Hi, using '\setupcolor[pagecolormodel=auto]' (or any other setting) gives [..] colors > defining > unknown: library 'pagecolormodel=auto' {R:/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > typescripts > unknown: library 'loc' {R:/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{R:/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded [..] Mh, strange. Using the latest beta and binaries. Peter

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