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List of builtin TeX commands
by Nikolai Weibull 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Hi! Is there a list of builtin TeX commands anywhere on the net? I need it for a syntax definition of the plain TeX format. With builtin TeX commands I mean stuff like \def, \global, and such. A list of commands defined in plain.tex would be great as well, but at least that's easier to compile by myself, as I can just look in the actual file. The tex source is a bit harder to overview... Thanks! nikolai

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Rows or columns on top in TABLE
by Johan Sandblom 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Hello, the following creates a table with the even rows gray, but the lines between columns is only visible on the rows with no background. Is there a way to influence whether the row or column layouts are on top? Regards, Johan \bTABLE \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[c][1,2][rightframe=on] \setupTABLE[row][even][background=color, backgroundcolor=gray] \bTR\bTD test\eTD\bTD test\eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD test\eTD\bTD test\eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD test\eTD\bTD test\eTD\eTR \eTABLE -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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core-bar in latest ConTeXt?
by Gerben Wierda 26 Mar '06

26 Mar '06

The automatic updated ConTeXt updater i-Package installs the new ConTeXt on Mac OS X but while rebuilding the formats, complains: ! I can't find file `core-bar.tex'. l.299 \input core-bar.tex Please type another input file name: ! Emergency stop. l.299 \input core-bar.tex G

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\typefile problem
by Tobias Burnus 25 Mar '06

25 Mar '06

Hello, I have: ConTeXt ver: 2006.03.23 09:57 fmt: 2006.3.23 int: english mes: english and get this cryptic error message. I'm positiv that it used to work with an older version. Any ideas? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (./texexec.tuo) (/system/home/tob/texmf/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> f \currenttyping ->f ile \checkverbatimfileline ...enumber <\currenttyping \c!start \else \ifnum \ver... \presetnormalverbatimline ...\doflushverbatimline \global \chardef \verbatim... \readline ...line \else \presetnormalverbatimline \fi \fi \fi \fi \handlever... \processfileverbatim ...expandafter \readline \fi \closein \verbatiminput \e... ... l.39 \typefile{/dev/shm/tmp_0.9.xtls} ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tobias

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What is the third parameter in \useURL for?
by John R. Culleton 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

For \useURL the first parameter identifies the statement, the second defines the url, the third is usually blank and the fourth gives the text to appear in the clickable area. What is that third parameter for? -- John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf

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More on margin figs
by David Arnold 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

Hans et al, Maybe I am missing the point, but this example has output that is unexpected. There's a huge block of whitespace, that coincidentally continues to the bottom of the caption on the margin fig. Is this correct behavior? I thought if I put a margin fig out there, then the text should flow uninterrupted. %output=pdf \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupindenting[medium,yes] \definereferenceformat[infigure][text=Figure] \defineenumeration[definition] \useMPlibrary[dum] \starttext Readers will note that each object in the domain is paired with one and only one object in the range, as seen in the mapping diagram of \infigure[fig:graphmap]. \placefigure [inright][fig:graphmap] {A mapping diagram for $f$.} {\externalfigure[graph1][width=\marginwidth]} Thus, we have two representations of the function $f$, the collection of ordered pairs \in[collection], and the mapping diagram of in \infigure[fig:graphmap]. A third representation of the function $f$ is the graph of the ordered pairs of the function, shown in the Cartesian plane in \infigure[fig:graphmap2]. \placefigure [][fig:graphmap2] {A graph of the function $f$.}{\externalfigure[graph2]} When the function is represented by an equation or formula, then we adjust our definition somewhat. \startdefinition[def:graf] The graph of $f$ is the set of all ordered pairs $(x,f(x))$ so that $x$ is in the domain of $f$. In symbols, \startformula \hbox{Graph of $f$}=\big\{(x,f(x)):\,\hbox{$x$ is in the domain of $f $.}\big\}. \stopformula \stopdefinition This last definition is most easily explained by example. So, let's define a function $f$ that maps any real number $x$ to the real number $x^2$; that is, let $f(x)=x^2$. Now, according to \in{Definition}[def:graf], the graph of $f$ is the set of all points $(x,f(x))$, such that $x$ is in the domain of $f$. \stoptext

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New tree in minimal context
by Mikael Persson 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

Hello all, I am trying the minimal ConTeXt distribution. Ok, so I downloaded justtex.zip and linuztex.zip to /tex... and followed the instructions and all worked out well. However, I have another tree I want to use aswell, say /usr/local/texmf-wolfram. However, when I add entries in one of the following: /tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf /tex/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf /tex/texmf-local/web2c/context.cnf like: TEXMFWOLFRAM = /usr/local/texmf-wolfram and then add to TEXMF the TEXMFWOLFRAM TEXMF = {!!$TEXMFCONFIG,!!$TEXMFVAR,$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFMAIN,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFDIST,$TEXMFWOLFRAM} the new tree is still not found when doing a mktexlsr. It just shows: mktexlsr: Updating /tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /tex/texmf-extra/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /tex/texmf-linux/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /tex/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. So, where should I add a new tree? (is it possible in the minimal version?) The procedure I did above worked well for TeXLive 2004. Best regards, Mikael Persson

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crossref in bibtex
by Ulf Martin 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

Dear ConText Users Being an age-old LaTeX user I thought I should give ConText a try. But then I stumbled over the first problem when trying to use BibTeX: Crossrefs don't seem to work properly. - the work that uses a crossref is listed incompletely in the publication list - the crossref'd work itself isn't included at all. I haven't found a solution on the web. * * * Details. I have a source file (cut for the relevant parts): -- start of content.tex -- \environment mainsetup \version[concept] \starttext Es wird eine \quotation{Übersichtliche Darstellung} angestrebt (vgl. \cite[wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen]\ §~132, S.~304f.). \completepublications \stoptext -- end of content.tex -- The setup file is in the directory above (for use in multiple docs, as suggested in the ConText documentation): -- start of mainsetup.tex -- \enableregime[utf] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=aps] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \setupbibtex [database={~/Textsammlung/Central}, sort=author] \setupheadtext[de][pubs=Literatur] \startenvironment mainsetup \setupbodyfont[11pt] \mainlanguage[de] \stopenvironment -- end of mainsetup.tex -- The relevant part of the Central.bib is this (in this order, BibTeX expexts uses of crossrefs to appear before the resp. crossref'd entry): -- start of Central.bib -- @STRING{cy-fm = "Frankfurt (Main)"} @STRING{pb-skp = "Suhrkamp"} @STRING{wittgenstein = "Wittgenstein, Ludwig"} @incollection{wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen, Crossref = {wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe}, Edition = 11, Note = {Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte}, Pages = {225-580}, Title = {Philosophische Untersuchungen}, Volume = 1, Year = 1997 } @book{wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe, Address = cy-fm, Author = wittgenstein, Booktitle = {Werkausgabe}, Isbn = 3518099884, Publisher = pb-skp, Title = {Werkausgabe}, Year = 1984 } -- end of Central.bib -- The PDF output file after % texexec --pdf content % bibtext content % texexec --pdf content yields something like (characters may be distrupted due to conversion from UTF-8): -- start of content.pdf rendered as plain text -- Es wird eine "Übersichtliche Darstellung" der relevanten Begriffe angestrebt (vgl. [1] § 132, S. 304f.). Literatur 1 L. WittgensteinIn [??], p. 225-580. Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte. -- end of context.pdf -- A hint to the solution for an expert could be the bbl file. Note that the order of the entries is turned around: -- start of content.bbl -- \startpublication[k=wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe,t=book, a={Wittgenstein},y=1984, n=141,s=Wit84] \author[]{Ludwig}[L.]{}{Wittgenstein} \pubyear{1984} \title{Werkausgabe} \isbn{3518099884} \city{Frankfurt (Main)} \pubname{Suhrkamp} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen,t=incollec% tion, a={Wittgenstein},y=1997, n=140,s=Wit97] \artauthor[]{Ludwig}[L.]{}{Wittgenstein} \pubyear{1997} \arttitle{Philosophische untersuchungen} \crossref{wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe} \pages{225-580} \pages{225-580} \pubname{Suhrkamp} \note{Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte} \stoppublication -- end of content.bbl -- So: - The reference as such is found correctly. - The entry in the References has <note> and <pages> but not <title>, <edition> and <volume>, and <year>. - The crossreference is not properly processed. (and, actually, multiple pages should produce "pp." not "p.") It should be something like 1 L. Wittgenstein (1984) Werkausgabe. Frankfurt (Main): Suhrkamp. 2 L. Wittgenstein (1997) Philosophische Untersuchungen. In [1], Bd. 1, S. 225-580. Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte. (If ordered by author first, then year. Note also that in \language[de] "vol." should be "Bd." and "p." be "S.".) Coding for all files is UTF-8, things works as it they should in LaTeX. Any ideas of what to do or hints where to find more info? * * * Additional question: what is the best way to generate the bbl file in the project directory? (I use "Central.bib" for all my documents). Using % texexec mainsetup in the projects directory produces many unnecessary files (e.g. a dvi file) as it is only meant as a setup file. * * * I general, I like ConText. Strangely, it plays well with my mindset, as does the whole layout orientation with my taste. However, proper bibliography processing is a "killer feature" for me -- I have virtually no document whithout references. (I wonder, what the direction of the ConText development here is; arguably, odd old BibTeX has reached an end of its history and support for more modern and complete, e.g. XML-based formats would be preferable (say, MODS) -- considering the seeminly nice XML support that is already there.) Cheers & Thanks in advance! Ulf Martin

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Unwanted indenting on first line of bibtex entries
by Mikael Persson 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

Hello, I get a small indentation for the entries in the bibliography, but only on the first line! I am right now running the minimal ConTeXt distr, but it was the same with newest ConTeXt on a TeXLive 2004... Example: \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[ alternative=num, refcommand=num, numbering=yes, ] \setupbibtex[ database=fejk, ] \starttext Bla bla \cite[ab,akgl,kato]. \placepublications[criterium=artikel] \stoptext The files are available at http://www.math.chalmers.se/~mickep/bibproblem/ Especially the resulting pdf is at http://www.math.chalmers.se/~mickep/bibproblem/bibprob.pdf My guess is that there is a \setupbib... something to get the entries without the indentation on the first line. Best regards, Micke P

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Dirty trick
by Antoine Junod 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

Hello list, I've got a piece of code that is absolutely aful. Unfortunately (sic) it makes what I want. \defineparagraphs[p][n=2,before={},after={}] \setupparagraphs[p][1][width=.2\textwidth,style=bold] \definetyping [code] \setuptyping [code] [margin=.23\textwidth,before={},after={\vskip-10pt}] \startp Operation: \p AuctionClient::providePersData($p$: Person)\stopp \startp Description: \p Fournit les données personnelles nécessaires à la création d'un compte, encapsulées dans un objet $p$.\stopp \startp Messages: \p{\tt auctionServer\^{}createAccount(p: Person);}\stopp\startcode sender^message(msg: String); sender^requestPersData() \stopcode \startp Pre: \p {\tt true}\stopp \startp Post: \p{\tt if (self.checkPersData(p))}\stopp\startcode then self.auctionServer.createAccount(p) and not(sender.message('Malformed personal data')) and not(sender.requestPersData()) else not(auctionServer^createAccount(p)) and sender^message('Malformed personal data') and sender^requestPersData() endif \stopcode \blank How could I improve that? I've tried a lot of different things but the main problem is that i can't type in verbatim mode because i'm in reduced horizontal mode. Thanks a lot for you help -AJ p.s.: the whole tests documents are there: http://www.tots-ns.net/tests/conception/test.tex http://www.tots-ns.net/tests/conception/test.pdf

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