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metafun: problems, problems & problems again
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hello, This metafun will soon drive me crazy. 1. I can't make textext work Once upon a time I only had problems in MikTeX, now standone is causing me problems as well. I have: - write18 / -shell-escape enabled - \runMPgraphicstrue \runMPTEXgraphicstrue \useMETAFUNformattrue \protectbufferstrue enabled (I don't know where to look further). But I still get no figures at all under MikTeX and "undefined" labels with the standalone. 2. mptopdf doesn't work under MikTeX (as already mentioned), but that's not so critical since I can still use texmfstart or write my own .bat file to run it 3. metafun reformats the whole metapost source (including that in verbatin) and so you can never predict what will come out; often the TeX commands fail to work and while it's possible to easily debug plain metapost sources, metafun swallows most of the error warnings somehow, so you don't get any output, but no error reports either. 4. I have problems with \loadfontfilesoncetrue. I searched through mailing list archives and found out that that problems was already present in 2002 and that someone solved it by deleting all ConTeXt files from MikTeX. I don't understand why since I have fresh MikTeX distribution on the computer, but I'll try that. 5. I hoped to be able to use gnuplot with context terminal, but the file I produced crashes pdfetex 1.30.3--2.2 (in stand-alone distro). 1.21a under MikTeX doesn't crash, but since there is no output it might be that the older version never gets to the point where it would crash. A very rare event. The files that make the pdftex crash are located here: http://pub.mojca.org/gnuplot/pdftex-crash/ Thanks a lot for any help & suggestions, Mojca

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links down
by andrea valle 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hi to all, I'm having many of these while searching for sample in contextgarden: request http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mag-0001.pdf cannot be honored Best -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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Re: [NTG-context] Context Bibtex Bug?!?
by Hans Hagen 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Taco Hoekwater wrote: ... forwarded mail ... >> to ntg-context, since my subscribe request didn't get accepted by a >> moderator until now (sent one week ago). > > Hans, can you check please? weird, there were some 10 subscriptions and lots of pending mails and i didn't get a message from mailman (maybe for a week) but did get them fro other lists; maybe some spam filtering? if someone smells problems ... let me know Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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bib module bug?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Dear Taco and the rest of the gang, There seems to be a problem with the \cite when encountering \penalty1000: ConTeXt ver: 2006.01.28 10:09 fmt: 2006.1.29 In the following example if you uncomment %\def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{\cite[alternative=authoryears,left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}][#1]} Then you will get the error: ========================================= ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \penalty \nonbreakablespace ->\penalty \!!tenthousand \ <argument> ...=authoryears,left={}, right={, vol.~ 2, p.~605--6)},inbetween={... \expanded ...\long \xdef \@@expanded {\noexpand #1 }\@@expanded \docite ...on [\csname @@pv#2compress\endcsname ]} [ \v!yes =>\bibcitecompre... l.52 ...eauthoroutpage[jamil04][vol.~2, p.~605--6] . I ? ======================================== This used to compile just fine. I am now in the terrible position of having to make last-minute editorial changes to a manuscript I sent to the publishers months ago, and at the same time be on the guard for new ConTeXt errors! :-(( I switched all my bib macros (like \citeauthoroutpage) to the \cite style of the above definition, and I really don't want to change back to the \setupcite style and have to debug this all over again... Thank you in advance for your help!! Best Idris ============================================ % output=pdf interface=en \usemodule[bib] % #1 = firstname, #2 = von, #3 = surname, #4 = inits, #5 = junior \def\invertedshortauthor#1#2#3#4#5% {\bibdoif{#2}{#2 }% #3% \bibdoif{#5}{ #5}% \bibdoif{#4}{, #4\unskip}}% \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber={},samplesize=,author={\invertedauthor}] \setupcite[authoryears][inbetween={ }] \setupcite[year][inbetween={ }] \def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{\cite[alternative=authoryears,left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}][#1]} \startpublication[k=jamil04, t=phdthesis, a=Al-Jamil, y=2004, s=] \author[]{Tariq}[]{}{Al-Jamil} \title{Cooperation and Contestation in Medieval Baghdad (656/1258--786/1384): Relationships Between Shii and Sunni Scholars in the Mad\=ina\~tu \~a\~l-Sal\=am} \pubname{Princeton University (PhD. Dissertation)} \pubyear{2004} \stoppublication \starttext An entry recorded in the work of the eighth century Sunni{} biographer and chronicler, Ab\=u~Bakr ibn A\.hmad ibn Qad\=i \v Suhba\~h, demonstrates the ambiguous nature of religious identity and affiliation as it was constructed in contemporary sources from the period. Ibn~Qad\=i \v Suhba\~h's narrative proceeds as follows: \footnote{\citeauthoroutpage[jamil04][vol.~2, p.~605--6]. I have been unable to confirm this entry in the two Sunni{} biographies mentioned in the text, Ibn~Rajab and Ibnu~\~al-Fuwat\~i. It is also worth noting that Ibn~Q\=ad\=i \v Suhba\~h was writing about events taking place in Baghdad from Damascus. Perhaps, the geographical distance from of the author from the events and sites being described is worthy of consideration. } \stoptext ============================================

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Heading next to figure
by Volker Mische 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hi! I hope this message won't be double posted, as I tried to send it already when i wasn't a member of this list. I have a floating figure (\placefigure) on the right side of the page. Now I'd like to have some text with headings (\subject in my case) next to it. The problem is, that the headings start below the figure, and not next to it. Is there a way to avoid that spacing and have the headings next to the figure? -Volker.

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Use of | doesn't match its definition.
by Peter Münster 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hello, the following test-file produces the error "Use of | doesn't match its definition." \setupoutput[pdf] \setupinteraction[state=start] \placebookmarks[section] \starttext \section{bla|-|bla} \stoptext My workaround: \setupoutput[pdf] \setupinteraction[state=start] \def\myHyphen{|-|} \appendtoks \def\myHyphen{-} \to \simplifiedcommands \placebookmarks[section] \starttext \section{bla\myHyphen bla} \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Gnuplot - suggestions wanted
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

I've put some preliminary version of "context terminal" for gnuplot on http://pub.mojca.org/gnuplot/. Since the conversation about possible improvements of the terminal would be a bit too much off-topic for this mailing list, you can join the brainstorming area on http://groups.google.com/group/gnuplot-context. If any gnuplot user is interested in the way that ConTeXt could communicate with gnuplot, feel free to write suggestions on that list or to me personally. There's still much to be done, most notably handling text, 3D plotting, color palettes as well as the ConTeXt-side of support (direct inclusion of those graphics into documents & some \setupGNUPLOT[... = ...]), but for 2D plots it's already useful. If you want to try it, you can get source from https://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=2055, add context.trm (you get it on the link posted above) into term/ folder, add #include "context.trm" to src/term.h and try to compile from within src folder. I've also uploaded a windows binary, but I don't give any warranty for it (I'll upload a slightly fixed version soon). Mojca

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interaction and hyphenation
by Peter Münster 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Hello, how could I get hyphenated interaction texts? Example with overfull \hbox: \setupinteraction[state=start] \definereferenceformat[inFig][text=Abbildung] \starttext \placefigure[][fig1]{bla}{bla} \dorecurse{58}x, siehe \inFig[fig1]. \stoptext Thanks in advance for any help! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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for peter
by Hans Hagen 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Hi, please mention your email address when submitting a bug in the collector % to be added to cont-new.tex \def\dealwithmathtextencoding {\expanded{\everyhbox{\the\everyhbox\noexpand\fastenableencoding{\currentencoding}}}% \def\dealwithmathtextencoding{\let\characterencoding\nocharacterencoding}% \dealwithmathtextencoding} % to be replaced in cont-new \appendtoks \dealwithmathtextencoding \to \everymathematics % and to be tested Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Force an indent
by David Arnold 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

All, How can I force an indent on my last paragraph? My attempt below does not work. I don't really want to redefine any setups, I just want an indent this one time. %output=pdf \starttext Again, we choose to multiply the fours, then the result by the square root of three. That is, \placeformula[-] \startformula 4(4\sqrt3) =16\sqrt3. \stopformula \indent By induction, we can argue that that the associative and commutative properties will allows us to group and arrange the product of more than three numbers in any order that we please. \stoptext

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