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Re: [NTG-context] mptopdf in minimals
by John Kitzmiller 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:51 PM, John Kitzmiller wrote: > > Is there something extra needed to use mptopdf with only context minimal? Does it help if you run the following command first? texexec --make mptopdf (it should or at least used to be used in past) Mojca ------ Thank you Mojca, Your idea did help for minimal examples. I get conflicts with more elaborate files (even the dreaded 'cannot make .mpx file') sometimes using either suggestions so... retraining my fingers to put MP code in \startMPpage is the direction I will take because it gives the best looking forward result for me. John

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Two Bibliography questions
by john Culleton 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

For my bibliography I want to use the harvard style and the author-date form of the \cite command. I am using the sample.bib file for testing. I have progressed to the point where the bibiography shows the contents of sample.bib properly formatted. But I still have a problem with the printing of the actual citation. My \cite command looks like: \cite{Eijkhout1991} but all that prints out is: [1] Ideally I would see: (Eijkhout, 1991) What other adjustments do I need to make to correct this printout of the citation in the text? I already have the following in my preamble: \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database={sample},sort=author] \setuppublications[alternative=harvard] \setupcite [authoryear] [pubsep={, }, lastpubsep={ and }, compress=yes, inbetween={ }, left={(}, right={)}] Second question: If I wish to restrict the printed bibilography to only those publications actually cited in the text with the \cite command or the \nocite command what do I need to change? -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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[***SPAM***] Underlay a text with color
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

> Marco Thanks Marco, but I was not precise enough: I want this underlied gray in the header for the chapter-marking. The direct attempt below fails: \definetextbackground [marker] [background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off] \setupheadertexts[][ {\marker{\getmarking[section]}}][][] \starttext \section{Blub} \stoptext Huseyin

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ConTeXt mkiv with SciTE on MacOSX
by Pierre Bovet 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi all, I recently purchased Scite-Mac OSX to use with ConTeXt, but I don't find an issue for the integration of the *.properties and lexers files which are located in the ConTeXt minimal distribution. Did anyone encounter the same problem and who could help me? Thank you for your kind attention! Pierre Bovet Switzerland

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mptopdf in minimals
by John Kitzmiller 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Is there something extra needed to use mptopdf with only context minimal? Experimenting with having just context standalone on mac osx: Compiling with just mpost or using a context \startMPcode wrapper works, e.g.: beginfig(1); draw origin--(100,100); endfig; end works with command line mpost % This is MetaPost, version 1.801 (kpathsea version 6.1.1dev) (mpost.mp (/users/johnkitzmiller/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/plain.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.004) ) (./mwe.mp [1] ) 1 output file written: mwe.1 Transcript written on mwe.log. and... \starttext \startMPcode draw origin--(100,100); \stopMPcode \stoptext works with command context % But using mptopdf on the first snippet complains: MPtoPDF 1.4.1 : running 'mpost --mem=mpost mwe.mp' This is MetaPost, version 1.801 (kpathsea version 6.1.1dev) (mpost.mp (/users/johnkitzmiller/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/plain.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.004) ) (./mwe.mp [1] ) 1 output file written: mwe.1 Transcript written on mwe.log. This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013) \write18 enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mptopdf.fmt /usr/texbin/mktexfmt: line 395: /users/johnkitzmiller/context/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: is a directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `mptopdf.fmt'! MPtoPDF 1.4.1 : error while processing tex file (Note: I do not have TeX Live 2013 installed. The message from line 7 gave me some hints and I created the directory and put mptopdf.fmt from a pdftex --ini mptopdf command … no luck) Turning $PATH off from ~/context/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin mptopdf % gives: MPtoPDF 1.4.1 : running 'mpost --mem=mpost mwe.mp' This is MetaPost, version 1.504 (kpathsea version 6.1.0) (mpost.mp (/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/metapost/base/plain.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.004)) (./mwe.mp [1] ) 1 output file written: mwe.1 Transcript written on mwe.log. This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012) restricted \write18 enabled. [MP to PDF] (./mwe.1) [1] Output written on mwe.pdf (1 page, 1305 bytes). Transcript written on mwe.log. MPtoPDF 1.4.1 : mwe is converted to mwe-1.pdf as I have been using. How to get mptopdf working from command line with just minimals?

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Decomposing the glyphs of a font
by Tim Li 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi, Can I decompose the glyphs of an OpenType font? In other words, I hope to draw the outline of a font and its bounding box.What way has ConTeXt provided? Best regards,Tim

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Non-breaking spaces
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

> \nobreakspace > \ideographicspace > \ideographichalffillspace > \twoperemspace > \threeperemspace > \fourperemspace > \sixperemspace > \figurespace > \punctuationspace > \breakablethinspace > \hairspace > \zerowidthspace > \zwnj > \zwj > \narrownobreakspace > > or just their utf representation Which of them is like \hairspace, but not breakable? Or where can I read all the properties of this commands? Huseyin

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endnotemarkers
by Meer, H. van der 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

With the following setup my endnotes show up in the list with [number], as I would like to have it. But in the text they do not appear as [number] but just as plain numbers. Why does textcommand has not this effect, whereas numbercommand does? The manual strongly suggest this to me. \def\fnmarker#1{[#1]} \setupnotation[endnote][numbercommand=\fnmarker,textcommand=\fnmarker] Hans van der Meer

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Vanishing chapter title from Contents
by Tim Li 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi, maybe, codes is our language :-) % define a new head\definehead[backmatterchapter][chapter] \starttext \startfrontmatter \title{Preface} \completecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{First Chapter} \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \backmatterchapter{Backmatter} \stopbackmatter \stoptext The chapter title "Backmatter" in the backmatter won't appear in the Contents. Why? How can I make it appear in the Contents? Best regards,Tim

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Non-breaking spaces
by "H. Özoguz" 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

For typographical fine-tuning one needs often non-breaking spaces. But not only full spaces, but half spaces, or even less. I have this example: and\hskip1pt/or But \hskip1pt is not non-breaking, like "\," (half space) is. How to make it non-breaking? Or are there predfined ones, analog to \, ? Huseyin

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