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[texworks] ConTeXt version & calling convention
by Stefan Müller 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Hi list, there were some ConTeXt-related questions on the TeXworks mailing list. I tried to answer some of them but I'm pretty sure someone with more experience should take a look at this. The message from Stefan Löffler can be found here: http://tug.org/pipermail/texworks/2011q1/003878.html Best wishes, Stefan.

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special character in filename
by Reviczky, Adam 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Hi Context fails to run with an input (filename or directoryname) that includes special characters. example files: %%% reviczky@arlequin ~/minimal % la total 0 drwxrwxr-x 1 reviczky reviczky 60 2011-03-05 19:58 ./ drwxr-xr-x 1 reviczky reviczky 2148 2011-03-05 20:00 ../ drwxrwxr-x 1 reviczky reviczky 40 2011-03-05 19:59 dir~1/ drwxrwxr-x 1 reviczky reviczky 40 2011-03-05 19:59 dir+2/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 reviczky reviczky 34 2011-03-05 19:58 test~1.tex -rw-rw-r-- 1 reviczky reviczky 34 2011-03-05 19:58 test+2.tex %%% fails to run for "test~1.tex", output: %%% context test\~1.tex mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/reviczky/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/reviczky/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./test~1.tex" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.66.0-2011030112 (rev 4090) \write18 enabled. ! I can't find file `./test'. <to be read again> \penalty \CCC:9:126 ->\penalty \plustenthousand \normalspaceprimitive <*> ./test~ 1.tex Please type another input file name: %%% but giving the filename again it runs: %%% ... Please type another input file name: test~1.tex (test~1.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.02.25 22:03 MKIV fmt: 2011.3.1 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > test~1.top loaded (test~1.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv){/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded system > begin file test~1.tex at line 1 backend > xmp > using file '/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 system > end file test~1.tex at line 3 )</usr/share/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman12-regular.otf> mkiv lua stats > used config file - /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua mkiv lua stats > used cache path - /home/reviczky/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d mkiv lua stats > input load time - 0.130 seconds mkiv lua stats > stored bytecode data - 275 modules, 56 tables, 331 chunks mkiv lua stats > cleaned up reserved nodes - 33 nodes, 9 lists of 411 mkiv lua stats > node memory usage - 19 glue_spec mkiv lua stats > node list callback tasks - 6 unique task lists, 5 instances (re)created, 2304 calls mkiv lua stats > used backend - pdf (backend for directly generating pdf output) mkiv lua stats > loaded patterns - en::2 mkiv lua stats > language load time - 0.057 seconds , nofpatterns: 1 mkiv lua stats > callbacks - 2440 direct, 2929 indirect, 5369 total mkiv lua stats > lxml preparation time - 0.000 seconds, 0 nodes, 11 lpath calls, 0 cached calls mkiv lua stats > result saved in file - test~1.pdf mkiv lua stats > loaded fonts - 33 files: stmary10.afm eufb10.tfm eufb7.tfm eufm10.tfm eufm7.tfm msam10.tfm msam7.tfm msbm10.tfm msbm7.tfm lmmono12-regular.otf lmmono8-regular.otf lmmono9-regular.otf lmroman12-bold.otf lmroman12-regular.otf lmroman7-bold.otf lmroman7-regular.otf lmroman9-bold.otf lmroman9-regular.otf lmsans12-regular.otf lmsans8-regular.otf lmsans9-regular.otf lmex10.tfm lmmi12.tfm lmmi7.tfm lmmi9.tfm lmmib10.tfm lmmib7.tfm lmsy10.tfm lmsy7.tfm lmsy9.tfm rm-lmr12.tfm rm-lmr7.tfm rm-lmr9.tfm mkiv lua stats > fonts load time - 0.506 seconds mkiv lua stats > luatex banner - this is luatex, version beta-0.66.0-2011030112 (rev 4090) mkiv lua stats > control sequences - 29651 of 165536 mkiv lua stats > current memory usage - 32 MB (ctx: 33 MB) mkiv lua stats > runtime - 54.133 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 0.018 pages/second %%% It works with the "+" character though. The same problem goes for the directory names; directories with "~" in the name drops and error, even if the filename has no special characters in it. Can this be fixed? Adam

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Left and centered text on the same line
by C. 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Good evening, How can I place left aligned and centered text on one line? So that the centered text is in the same place as with \startaligned[middle] I experimented with the following code: \startalignment[middle] I'm centered % this serves as a reference, its right in the middle of the paper \stopalignment % now to the tricky part \starttabulate[|lw(\dimexpr 0.5\textwidth\relax)|c|] \NC I'm left \NC I'm centered \NC \NR \NC I'm also left \NC I'm also centered \NC \NR \stoptabulate I tried various versions with the dimensions, subtracting \leftmarginwidth and what not. to no avail. The tabulate solution is always a tad off. What am I missing here? -Christian

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xml - handling of figures
by R. Ermers, Midden Oosten Perspectief 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Dear all, I converted a latex file to xml docbook by means of pandoc. In intend to process the file with context. The first results are very promising. I have some questions on processing graphics. The source file looks like this: <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="plaatje1.jpg" scale="1.2"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="plaatje1.jpg" width="30mm" height="25mm"/> </imageobject> <caption><para>caption to this wonderful cow<para></caption> </inlinemediaobject> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="plaatje1.jpg" width="30mm" height="25mm"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> (see also http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/imageobject.html) I defined the setups as follows: \startxmlsetups xml:inlinemediaobject:imageobject:imagedata \placeedgefigure{}{\framed[frame=off]{\setlayer[graphics]{\externalfigure[\xmlatt{#1}{fileref}]}}} \stopxmlsetups Context places the figures nicely in the file. So far so good! Now I would like to use: 1. the scaling information in the scale attribute 2. in some instances the image is not scaled, but needs to be enlarged according to a fixed height and width. 3. I would like to print the caption. I looked into Hans' documents on xml, but the examples are different from those that I have. At least, I seem not to understand them. Does anyone have an advice?

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vertical alignment in simpleslides
by Curiouslearn 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Hi Today I started making lecture slides for one of my classes and decided to try out simpleslides. First of all, thanks to Thomas and Aditya for writing the module. I had a question regarding vertical alignment. Consider the following minimal example: \usemodule[simpleslides][style=Swoosh] \starttext \SlideTitle{Context can be used for \dots} \startitemize[n] \item Writing your articles \item Making slides for presentations \stopitemize \stoptext The two items appear at the top of the slide. Is there a command or a setting such that items will be aligned around the center of the screen? Thank you for your help. Bharat

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I think I found a bug in \at
by Cecil Westerhof 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

I have the folowing code: \setuplanguage[nl][ lefthyphenmin=5, righthyphenmin=4, ] \mainlanguage[nl] \language[nl] \enableregime[utf] \starttext Alleen een test om te laten zien dat de verwijzing naar \at{page}[test] niet goed gaat. \reference[test]{} \stoptext I would expect that \at{page}[test] gives: pagina 1 but it gives: page 1 Is it a bug, or am I doing something wrong? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Re: [NTG-context] special character in filename
by Reviczky, Adam 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

>> only Hans can decide if this can/should be changed I won't argue for any changes, just thought to ask about it. A simple "yes, can be done" or "no, its a really bad idea" is perfectly enough for me. I'll think about a workaround outside context. Cheers, Adam

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Re: [NTG-context] special character in filename
by Reviczky, Adam 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

>> Yeah, please fix this ASAP. I keep all my context files in >> a directory which I call /dev/null, and for some reason, >> this doesn't really work. But I am not going to change the >> name of my directory, no, you have to rewrite your >> software! >> >> Thomas Dear Thomas I understand, that it's not a good idea, and I've seen similar issues on the list (http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/052339.html) I ran into this by making a deb package of a software (that includes context files) with a version that have a "~" in it, and therefore it makes a folder name having this character and context fails. So i guess the answer is then, no. Adam

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Layers on simpleslides
by Vedran Miletić 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Hi, I'm trying to insert a simple logo on a simpleslides slide, but for some reason it doesn't appear: \usemodule[simpleslides] \definelayer[mybg] [x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \setlayer[mybg] [hoffset=1cm, voffset=1cm] {\framed[frame=on, width=3cm, height=2cm]{LAYER}} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mybg] \starttext \SlideTitle{Bla} Bla \stoptext Any ideas? Regards, Vedran Miletić

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Third field of useURL
by Cecil Westerhof 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

At http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/useURL there is a description of useURL. I am using it for HTTP and e-mail referencing. But I do not understand where the third parameter is used for, -- Cecil Westerhof

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