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unic-037
by luigi scarso 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

I'm working on unicode vector 37 (I'm using http://bibliofile.duhs.duke.edu/gww/fonts/Unicode.html ) Since I'm a novice in this area, any suggestion is welcome. Thanks in advance luigi

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pdfstartview
by Peter Münster 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Hello Taco, in the collector item 80, I was perhaps not clear enough. In fact, I'm just looking for the ConTeXt-way to do the same as the following in LaTeX: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[pdfstartview=FitBH,pdfpagemode=FullScreen]{hyperref} \begin{document} \tableofcontents \newpage \section{bla} \end{document} That is: - when starting acroread, the view is "minwidth" - and the mode is "FullScreen" - and when clicking on a reference, the zoom-level does *not* change Since this is possible with LaTeX, I believe that it should be also possible with ConTeXt, for example like this: \setupoutput[pdf] \setupinteraction[state=start,startfocus=minwidth] \setupinteractionscreen[option=max] \starttext \completecontent \page \section{bla} \stoptext Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Fonts problems
by Michal Kvasnička 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Good afternoon. I apologize that I bother you once more, but I'm getting desperate. :-( I have still problem with fonts in ConTeXt---perhaps I'm not able to install it well. I use ConTeXt ver: 2006.02.03 21:00, pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4), tetex-3.0-13 under SuSE Linux 9.2 (the tetex is grabbed from Suse 9.3). I tried to copy all files where I thought they should have been, texhashed, and build formats. Now, some things work, but not all of them, and not in an expected way. Problem 1: I expect that a following file should typeset "tufte" in Latin Modern font. \setupoutput[pdf] \starttext \input tufte \stoptext ConTeXt loads some map files (/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map /dvips/context/original-empty.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/ori ginal-base.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-public-lm.map}{/usr /share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-base.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dv ips/context/8r-base.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/t5-base.map}{ /usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map}{/usr/share/tex mf/fonts/map/dvips/context/original-ams-euler.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/d vips/context/original-public-lm.map}), but it clearly isn't able to find the right one, since it writes this error message: kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+0/72 --dpi 72 ec-lmr12 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr12. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ) Warning: pdfetex (file ec-lmr12): Font ec-lmr12 at 72 not found I can correct it when I add one more file: \loadmapfile[psclean.map] But I was told that I should omit this line. What's the problem? How can I correct it? Problem 2: Let's suppose I add into the previous file this B\"oh-Bawerk then the letter \"o is missing (a white space is on its place). Isn't there a bug in the Latin modern fonts/virtual fonts/metrics, or whatever? Moreover, gv views the hyphen over the "h" and "B" letters. (Acrobat Reader 7 view it all right.) How is that possible. Problem 3: Some fonts are not used properly. The following file \setupoutput[pdf] \loadmapfile[psclean.map] \usetypescript[ppl] % working pos \switchtobodyfont[ppl,10pt] \starttext \input tufte\par \stoptext works well. It works even if I change "pos" to "ppl", "ptm", "phv", or "tim". It works even when changed to "pcr", but the text is ragged. When changed to "con", "bookman", or "iwona", it does nothing---the text is typeset in Latin Modern. When changed to "ant", I get this error message: kpathsea: Running mktextfm sy-anttrz /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map typeface abbreviation y- for sy-anttrz. /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input sy-anttrz This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) kpathsea: Running mktexmf sy-anttrz ! I can't find file `sy-anttrz'. I think I have installed all these fonts (instead of Adobe fonts I have URW ones). What's wrong. Problem 4: From what afm files were the tfm metrics for Times, Helvetica, and Palatino generated? Accents are positioned in a strange way and after a tquoteright is a strange hole (bad kerning). A long time ago I've generated myself tfm metrics from afm files of URW fonts, and they look much better. Were these afm files used, or were used some afm metrics of fonts that do not include accented letter, i.e. are those letters just TeX-based composites? Problem 5: How can I switch back to CS fonts? (Well, I know I bother you all, but I still do not like Latin Modern fonts.) :-( I thought that something like this could work, but it doesn't: \setupoutput[pdf] \loadmapfile[psclean.map] \loadmapfile[/usr/share/texmf/dvips/context/original-public-csr.map] \starttypescript [serif] [computer-modern] [il2] \definefontsynonym [cmb10] [csb10] [encoding=il2] \definefontsynonym [cmbsy10] [csbsy10] [encoding=il2] ... \stoptypescript \usetypescript[computer-modern][il2] \switchtobodyfont[computer-modern,10pt] \starttext \input tufte \stoptext How can I do it? I apologize for so many questions. Many thanks for your help. Your thankful Michal Kvasnicka

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using symbols in MetaFun
by Mojca Miklavec 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Hello, I have a "conversion" defined in the following way: \usesymbols[jmn] \defineconversion [gnuplot] [$\bullet$, $\circ$, $\star$, x, {\symbol[navigation 1][NextJump]}] I would like to use these symbols in a macro draw_symbol(x,y,number) so that draw_symbol(0,0,3) would draw a star in the origin. The problem is that I don't know: - how to use symbol sets inside MetaFun (verbatimtex \usesymbols[jmn] etex doesn't work here) - how to enable label(btex \convertnumber{gnuplot}{5} etex, (x,y)) to work properly in metafun (no luck with verbatimtex ... etex again) Any hints would be appreciated. Thanks, Mojca

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OpenType and XeConTeXt
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Hi, using ConTeXt with XeTeX seems to be an nice option for us MacOSX users. But I get always confused with the names for these rich features like Style Option, Ligatures, Variants. I mean: how do I know how many variants and style options a font has and how they and their ligatures etc. want to be called? In plain ConTeXt (for the 255 characters) we can use \showfont[...] and \showcharacters in order to know how to call the specific characters/glyphs. But what about OpenType? Peeking at the LaTeX side of XeTeX, I saw that they have created a packages called fontspec which seems to give better access to all (?) if these options. What about us? Is there help also for XeConTeXt? Thank you, Steffen

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combinations and captions
by Hans van der Meer 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

The setup of captions (\setupcaptions) seems to be independent of the captions in the members placed within \startcombination ... \stopcombination. I have a feeling that these captions also can be generally setup, but I cannot find the corresponding macros. Someone who can point me to these? yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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Including bitmapped fonts
by Michal Kvasnička 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Good evening. I typeset one of my documents in Computer Modern Concrete. I use text ghyphs from CM-Super family, but there are no mathematical fonts there, so I have to use old Metafont version of Concrete Math.Now, if I include it in plain TeX, pdfetex bitmaps it with the resolution 600 dpi. When I try the same from the ConTeXt, I get this error message: Warning: pdfetex (file xccmi10): Font xccmi10 at 50 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+0/72 --dpi 72 ccr10 mktexpk: Mismatched mode ljfour and resolution 72; ignoring mode. mktexpk: Can't guess mode for 72 dpi devices. mktexpk: Use a config file, or update me. I tried to find in what configuration file it is mismatched, but I completely failed. I even don't know if it's ConTeXt problem, or a problem of my distribution. Now, I use the last ConTeXt (downloaded and installed today) :-) and teTeX tetex-3.0-13 from SuSE Linux 9.3 under SuSE 9.2. Many thanks for any hint. Yours Michal Kvasnicka P.S. If anybody knows where can I get math fonts for Concrete, please tell me.

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audio files in pdf
by andrea valle 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Dear all, In the next weeks I will make some presentations in which I will use audio examples. More my course on audio will start soon. Obviously, I want to use context. How can I link to audio files? I tried once but wasn't able to get any result. Could anyone post a little code snippet to exemplify? (Or maybe send me a link to existing resources) Thanks a lot as usual 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] [OS X TeX] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Am 12.02.2006 um 18:54 schrieb Jonathan Kew: > On 12 Feb 2006, at 5:33 pm, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> again, after an i-installer update, my ConTeXt-XeTeX typesetting >> failed. Probably I'd never understood how to make the required >> formats (what command, what order) properly... >> > > Did you reinstall XeTeX after updating the TeX package? I assume > so, just checking.... Yes, this was the order: .FreeType 2 .libwmf .Ghostscript 8 .ImageMagick .FontForge .TeX .ConTeXt-Updater .XeTeX > >> Can someone please tell me what's the right way >> for using ConTeXt-XeTeX and ConTeXt-pdfeTeX? > > ....and if it looks simple and robust and I can understand it, I > guess I could try adding this to the XeTeX installation scripts. > I've never had the time to really look into ConTeXt, but it'd be > nice if it could "just work" for people. After an i-installation running ConTeXt (by pdfeTeX) works right out of the box (without any commandline action), same for plain XeTeX (plainTeX by XeTeX?). But running a ConTeXt document by XeTeX fails: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : xetex format : cont-en inputfile : text output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3) (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) ---! /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt was written by pdfetex (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) return code : 256 run time : 1 seconds total run time : 1 seconds Someone knows what to do? Steffen

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FatalError: Your format does not match the base files!
by andrea valle 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Thanks hans and Luigi for the hints on audiofiles. Sorry for late reply but I was out of home. In any case, I wasn't able to test because running context (as usual, from inside texshop) I obtain always this: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.10.27 fmt: 2005.11.9 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex FatalError : Your format does not match the base files! FormatVersion : 2005.10.27 FilesVersion : 2006.01.28 10:09 return code : 0 run time : 1 seconds sorting and checking : running texutil TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 action : processing commands, lists and registers option : sorting IJ under Y option : converting high ASCII values error : empty input file test total run time : 2 seconds I create this minimal file, and that's the same. Macosx 10.3.9 here, I also update via Gerben's distro, but that's the same. It seems that it depends on format discrepancies. Uh? Thanks a lot -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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