February 2024 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

MetaPost lines in tables?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 22 Feb '24

22 Feb '24

I guess I asked this a while ago, but I can’t find an answer: Is it possible to replace the lines of a TABLE with my own MetaPost graphics? ATM I’m trying to place my MP lines behind a frame-less TABLE; it will probably work, but it’s a crutch… Hraban

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 22 Feb '24

22 Feb '24

receiving incremental file list ./ ctan.lsr document-2.htm download-1.htm download-2.htm logo-ade.png logo-cts.png logo-pod.png rss.xml show-fil.pdf context/latest/ context/latest/cont-lmt.zip context/latest/cont-mpd.zip context/latest/cont-ppc.zip context/latest/cont-sci.zip context/latest/cont-tmf.zip context/latest/cont-tst.7z context/latest/cont-tst.tar.xz context/latest/cont-tst.zip sent 179,796 bytes received 39,651,111 bytes 3,463,557.13 bytes/sec total size is 578,774,674 speedup is 14.53 Running archiver: New dir: /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.19 245862781 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.19/latest 126745317 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.19/current 372612194 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.19 372612194 total

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using an end of line as parameter
by Miguel Diaz 22 Feb '24

22 Feb '24

Dear list, I want to format some language tests that different people are preparing. Each one uses different software and there are always problems in format that i want to solve. for a a/b/c questions I receive text that I will format to a list (comments are mine) In den Büchereien gibt es auch … %the question … Kuchen. %option a … Theater. %option b … Workshops. %option c I need to detect \par or whatever sign marks the newline character as an argument delimiter so that I dont have to paste hundreds of times braces for each argument. For the example, I use this macro definition (which does no work!) \long\def\prueba #1\par#2\par#3\par#4ñ{\framed[frame=off,width=0.8\textwidth,corner=round,offset=1em,align=flushleft]% {{\bf Beispiel}: #1\\ \qquad a) #2\\ \qquad b) {\bf #3}\\ \qquad c) #4 } I get: tex error on line 493 in file ./prueba.tex: The file ended when scanning an argument. the macro seems to read to the end of file not detecting \par; I know its the \par that causes the problem; I used ^^M also which I read is a sinonym for return but it also does not work. Help would be appreciated (my computer keyboard would appreciate it too...)

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 21 Feb '24

21 Feb '24

receiving incremental file list ./ ctan.lsr document-2.htm download-1.htm download-2.htm logo-ade.png logo-cts.png logo-pod.png rss.xml show-fil.pdf context/latest/ context/latest/cont-lmt.zip context/latest/cont-mpd.zip context/latest/cont-ppc.zip context/latest/cont-sci.zip context/latest/cont-tmf.zip context/latest/cont-tst.7z context/latest/cont-tst.tar.xz context/latest/cont-tst.zip sent 179,766 bytes received 38,584,550 bytes 3,691,839.62 bytes/sec total size is 579,367,319 speedup is 14.95 Running archiver: New dir: /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.04 246450093 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.04/latest 126745317 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.04/current 373199506 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.04 373199506 total

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 21 Feb '24

21 Feb '24

receiving incremental file list ./ ctan.lsr document-2.htm download-1.htm download-2.htm logo-ade.png logo-cts.png logo-pod.png rss.xml show-fil.pdf context/latest/ context/latest/cont-lmt.zip context/latest/cont-mpd.zip context/latest/cont-ppc.zip context/latest/cont-sci.zip context/latest/cont-tmf.zip context/latest/cont-tst.7z context/latest/cont-tst.tar.xz context/latest/cont-tst.zip general/manuals/ general/manuals/lowlevel-macros.pdf general/manuals/luametatex.pdf general/manuals/primitives.pdf sent 192,916 bytes received 47,717,819 bytes 3,548,943.33 bytes/sec total size is 579,364,093 speedup is 12.09 Running archiver: New dir: /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.03 246449860 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.03/latest 126745317 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.03/current 373199273 /var/www/aanhet.net/context//htdocs/archives/context-2024-02-22.03 373199273 total

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LuaTeX 1.18.0
by luigi scarso 21 Feb '24

21 Feb '24

The upcoming version 1.18.0 has some changes that are not compatible with previous versions but should only apply in kpse mode: 1) the debug library is disabled; can be enabled with --luadebug 2) os.rename os.remove and lfs library functions are checked from kpse to see if the path is legal I'm sure some packages that use debug won't work without --luadebug at least. LuaLaTeX should be ok, and also ConTeXt mkiv should be ok. -- luigi

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Re: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work
by Ursula Hermann 21 Feb '24

21 Feb '24

Dear List, I have done the new download at Work. After compiling is always the same: Command Line: context.exe --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex" Startup Folder: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-mswin\tex\texmf-context\tex\context\test\mkiv startup error : no format file given, quitting I wrote on Wednesday last week. I also did an download of cont- lmt and cont- tmf. Don't know if there is a mistake which is my fault? I don't know, maybe important: The log file says: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2023) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2024.2.6) 19 FEB 2024 12:41 entering extended mode restricted \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. **context-test.tex (./context-test.tex LaTeX2e <2023-11-01> patch level 1 L3 programming layer <2024-01-22> ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \starttext ? ! Emergency stop. l.1 End of file on the terminal! Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 16 strings out of 474221 403 string characters out of 5750189 1922978 words of memory out of 5000000 22371 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+600000 558069 words of font info for 36 fonts, out of 8000000 for 9000 1141 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 12i,0n,13p,58b,8s stack positions out of 10000i,1000n,20000p,200000b,200000s ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Uschi Von: Ursula Hermann Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Februar 2024 14:16 An: 'mailing list for ConTeXt users' <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Betreff: AW: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work Dear Hans, This was before you wrote, that you did an new upload, but i saw it in the installation. Because there were more files. Uschi Von: Ursula Hermann Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Februar 2024 13:42 An: 'mailing list for ConTeXt users' <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl<mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl>> Betreff: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work So after a new update on my Computer at Work, I did once more download the installation. After compiling with context-mswin I got this file Command Line: context.exe --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex" Startup Folder: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-mswin\tex\texmf-context\tex\context\test\mkiv startup error : no format file given, quitting ____________________________________________________________________ ConTeXt Compilation Report (Pages: 0) Errors: 0 Warnings: 0 Bad Boxes: 0 Did I something wrong? Uschi

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Cron <context@cgl> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror
by root＠ntg.nl 20 Feb '24

20 Feb '24

rsync: [Receiver] failed to connect to rsync.pragma-ade.nl (213.125.29.165): Connection timed out (110) rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(139) [Receiver=3.2.7]

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lmt_shade fails
by Keith McKay 20 Feb '24

20 Feb '24

Hi all I went to use the lmt_shade function and it fails with two error messages. the first one is: /metafun > log > error: Not a cycle/ followed by lots of trace messages, then: /metafun > log > That contour should have ended with '.. cycle' or '& cycle'. So I'll not change/ /anything just now./ // The MWE I used is as follows: \starttext \startMPpage definecolor [ name = "MyColor3", r = uniformdeviate(1), g = uniformdeviate(1), b = uniformdeviate(1) ] ; definecolor [ name = "MyColor4", r = uniformdeviate(1), g = uniformdeviate(1), b = uniformdeviate(1) ] ; draw lmt_shade [ path = fullsquare scaled 5cm, direction = "up", alternative = "linear", colors = { "red", "green" }, ]; \stopMPpage \stoptext I'm using: /system > ConTeXt ver: 2024.02.14 13:38 LMTX fmt: 2024.2.15 int: english/english/ on a mac mini M1. Any thougths? Best wishes Keith McKay

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Text in Margin
by Jeroen 20 Feb '24

20 Feb '24

In a textbook I am looking to place a large left margin at every page of each chapter. At left printed pages a left margin and at right printed pages a right margin, so like a double sided construction. In this margin I would like to place: 1. Keywords and small descriptions to emphasize some text from the textflow 2. Figures 3. An expansion of a table that is placed in the main textflow but that needs to cover a wider range then the text area so it expands into the margin What is the the easiest way to achieve this? Jeroen

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