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utf-based lang-* files?
by Christopher Creutzig 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Salvete, while I am aware that my Japanese is ages away from creating anything releasable, I thought about creating a lang-jap.tex file for my personal use (and maybe for having it corrected by someone actually speaking the language). Now, checking lang-chi.tex, I find it is encoded in a way I don't really want to copy. I'd much rather write the whole file in “proper” utf-8. Is it possible to simply enclose the file in a \startregime[utf]...\stopregime pair or do I risk havoc by doing this? (Should I start with this project, I'll have more questions, such as: How do I make a unicode character such as 。active, for good line breaks?) Christopher

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Block of text with natrual width but right-aligned
by Giuseppe Bilotta 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

I have a few lines that I need to push towards the right maring. The lines should all have their natural width, and be all left-aligned to the left of the block, but the block itself should be right aligned. Like the following First line of text | Second line of text | One more line of text| How do I achieve this? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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ConTeXt to RTF Conversion
by Louis F.Springer 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

What are the options for conversion from ConTeXt to other formats, if any? I'm particularly interested in rtf and/or html. Lou

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XML
by Jessica Holle 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hi, I've a question. Is it possible to fill a table or a document in ConTeXt with content from a XML file? Where do I find documentation about this? I didn't find something in the PDF's Thx Jessica

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Number of rows in tables
by Otared Kavian 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi everyone, In the process of learning the table mechanism I followed the discussions on the list, but could not figure out whether it is possible to create a table with a given number of rows. For instance, is it possible to add something to Mojca's solution for cells with backgrounds (see below) to have a table with (for example) 15 rows? Something like \setupTable[number_of_rows=15,number_of_columns=4] Thanks for your insight: OK %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Mojca's solution \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext % row 1 \setupTABLE[r][1] [style=bold,background=color,backgroundcolor=green,align=middle] \setupTABLE[c][1][width=3cm] % column 1 \setupTABLE[c][3][width=2.75cm] % column 3 \setupTABLE[c][4][width=7cm] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Name \eTD \bTD Location \eTD \bTD Date \eTD \bTD Signature \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD\strut \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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RE: [NTG-context] ConTeXt to RTF Conversion
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi, >===== Original Message From "Pr. Erich Fickel" <efickel(a)iglide.net> ===== >andrea valle wrote: >> I've asked too, but it seems that that there are none to rtf. >> This lack of conversion is a problem for me. > >Would it be possible for you to use any of the software that converts >PDF to RTF? Write in Context. When you need RTF you convert the PDF to >RTF instead of the TEX. Only works for the most trivial of documents, and if you have lots of accents and diacritics u r up the creek-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: Disappearing characters
by Duncan Hothersall 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

I said: > \starttypescript [TESTfonts] > \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] > [encoding=texnansi] > \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] > [encoding=texnansi] > \stoptypescript I realise that by adding ---- \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [tt] [mono] [modern] [computer-modern] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [mm] [math] [modern] [computer-modern] [encoding=\typescripttwo] ---- to that typescript, I can stop the Deltas disappearing; however, it would be really helpful if someone can tell me why I only need to do that for font sizes below 12pt?! Thanks, Duncan

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Number of rows in tables
by Otared KAVIAN 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi everyone, In the process of learning the table mechanism I followed the discussions on the list, but could not figure out whether it is possible to create a table with a given number of rows. For instance, is it possible to add something to Mojca's solution for cells with backgrounds (see below) to have a table with (for example) 15 rows? Something like \setupTable[number_of_rows=15,number_of_columns=4] Thanks for your insight: OK %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Mojca's solution \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext % row 1 \setupTABLE[r][1][style=bold,background=color,backgroundcolor=green,align=middle] \setupTABLE[c][1][width=3cm] % column 1 \setupTABLE[c][3][width=2.75cm] % column 3 \setupTABLE[c][4][width=7cm] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Name \eTD \bTD Location \eTD \bTD Date \eTD \bTD Signature \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD\strut \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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Disappearing characters
by Duncan Hothersall 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hello all. I have a file test-fonts.tex which just combines Palatino and Helvetica into one typescript: ---- \loadmapfile[context-base] \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \starttypescript [TESTfonts] \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript ---- And I have a simple test file which tries that typescript out: ---- \usetypescriptfile[test-fonts.tex] \usetypescript[TESTfonts][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[TESTCombo,14pt] \starttext Palatino? Normal \Delta, Maths \mathematics\Delta, Greek \greekDelta\par Palatino? Normal \delta, Maths \mathematics\delta, Greek \greekdelta\par {\ss Helvetica? Normal \Delta, Maths \mathematics\Delta, Greek \greekDelta\par Helvetica? Normal \delta, Maths \mathematics\delta, Greek \greekdelta\par} \stoptext ---- With the line '\setupbodyfont[TESTCombo,14pt]' everything works well, but when I change it to '\setupbodyfont[TESTCombo,10pt]' the Delta signs disappear! (The lowercase deltas remain - weird?) I am really confused (and it took ages to understand what was happening, since the disappearing Greek originally occurred in a 700 page book...). When comparing the log files for each version, the broken one (10pt) has the line: ---- Warning: pdfetex.exe (file c:\tex\texmf/fonts/type1/urw/palatino/uplr8a.pfb): glyph `uni20AC' undefined ---- whereas the working one (14pt) doesn't, and instead has: ---- {c:\tex\texmf-local/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/cmrm.enc}<c:\tex\texmf/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr10.pfb> ---- So, it seems to be something to do with a missing switch to the font which contains the \Delta character, but why should it only happen at smaller font sizes? Experimentation suggests that 12pt and below has this problem, and over 12pt the problem disappears. Thanks to anyone who can explain and help me to fix it. Duncan

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Newbie question: background color in single table row
by The Wizard 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

All - I have a simple table which looks like this: \placetable[here]{none} \starttable[|c w(3.0cm)|c|c w(2.75cm)|c w(7.0cm)|] \HL \VL \bf Name \VL \bf Location \VL \bf Date \VL \bf Signature \VL \AR \HL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \AR \HL \stoptable I would like to add a background color to the first row only. I tried \CL[colorname], \BR[colorname] and neither gets quite what I want. Is there a simple way to set the background color for only the first row? I have only just started using ConTeXT, never used TeX or LaTeX before, so I'm still trying to understand everything I read in the manuals, and searching the list archive. I can not seem to make the more HTML-ish tables work the way I want (e.g, \bTABLE...\eTABLE) so I'd like to be able to get where I want to go using the table I have. -- Mark Almeida mark.almeida(a)sun.com Solutions Architect (707)398-9524/x81132 Sun Client Solutions (707)429-0341 Home Office (707)480-5038 Cell Powered by Solaris 10_x86/Evolution 1.4.6

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