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Re: [NTG-context] Issues: framedtext and tables inside itemized list
by Eugene Toporov 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Hi! On 8/24/05, Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Eugene Toporov wrote: > > I have some issues with different things but both inside itemized lists: > > > > 1. Framed text width is calculated not as I expect. The sample below > makes > > framedtext box appear partially on right margin > > \textwidth is a constant that doesn't change when you enter a smaller box. > Do you want to get rid of the space left of the box or do you want to > have a frame, narrower than textwidth? I want the narrower frame with the right edge always at the same place. a) > \startitemize[n,packed] > \item A normal item paragraph, which normaly gets wrapped ok. > \stopitemize > \startframedtext[background=screen,frame=off,width=\textwidth] > Some listing as framedtext whose width seems calculated incorrectly. > \stopframedtext > \startitemize[n,packed,continue] > \item something else > \stopitemize I did not know about the startitemize's continue option. May be useful someday. So, thanks! b) You can access \leftskip to get idea how much space is left on the > left side, there is also a \hsize, but there must be some better solution. Will try playing with this if no other solutions. Thanks for your suggestions. Eugene

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latin modern / czech polish vietnamese
by Hans Hagen 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hi, Currently plr and csr metrics are still used, but an alternative is to make those encodings regimes and use qx font encoding instead; that way we can drop quite some metric files. As far as i know il2 and pl0 are only used for computer modern. Concerning vietnamese ... may we assume that latin modern is used there (i.e. drop vnr)? 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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Local footnotes: note in caption, text below table
by Tobias Burnus 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hello, I'd like to have: TABLE 1.1: Some caption¹ -------------------------- table -------------------------- ¹ footnote text I tried \startlocalfootnotes[conversion=character,textstyle=\it] \placetable[][realSH]{Real... \footnote{Taken from...}} {\starttable[|c|c|c|c|] %.... \stoptable \placefootnotes} \stoplocalfootnotes But this fails. While I have a vague idea why it fails, I don't know the proper solution. Tobias

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bug in beta?
by Christopher Creutzig 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Salvete, I haven't found the time to follow the list lately, so my apologies if this has been mentioned before. (I did try looking in the archives.) Using ConTeXt ver: 2005.06.08 fmt: 2005.6.17 int: english mes: english I can't compile \starttext \startitemize[columns] \item a \item a \item a \item a \stopitemize \stoptext any longer: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \@col@-2-t \splitlastcolumn ...global \setbox \lastcolumnbox \vbox {\unvcopy \lasttopco... Christopher

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extra pages after backmatter
by Ciro Soto 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hello, I am getting 2 extra pages after the backmatter. Is there any way delete them? thank you Ciro ============ \starttex \starfrontmatter \input frontmatter.tex \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \input a_file.tex \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \input backmatter.tex \stopbackmatter \stoptext -- ======================================= "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution." from: "The Guitar Maker: An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. Pub. Date: October 2005.

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Re: blocks in itemize
by r.ermers＠hccnet.nl 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hi Olivier, Thanks for your reaction. My original proposal was: \startitemize \beginblockA \item Apple \endblockA \beginblockB \item Pomme \endBlockB \beginblockA \item Pear \endblockA \beginblockB \item Poire \endBlockB \stopitemize This does not work. The advantage of this setup is that in a bilingual document, printed separatedly, I have both languages underneath and thus more control than when I use separate itemize environments, such as proposed by Taco, and what I had thought of earlier: \beginblockA \startitemize .... \stopitemize \endblockA \beginblockB \startitemize .... \stopitemize \endblockB Nevertheless, if my proposal does not work, I guess I'll have to try it this way. Kind regards, Rob > Hi, > > > I might be wrong, but I think blocks are intended as buffered text. > This way it is not good to use > \item {block A}{bloc B} > and it is not good as well to use {\item block A} > {\item block B} > > > I think the only good way to use block is > {\startitemize > \item block A > \stoptitemize} > {\startitemize > \item block B > \stoptitemize} > were good means a natural utilisation of blocks. > > However, I certainly understand that the third solution is not practical > for your intended usage. > > Maybe a newif is more appropriate to your situation: > \newif\ifenlang and \ifenlang \else \fi switches, > or maybe even cases if you have more than one language. > > Just some thought hoping it helps, > Olivier > > >

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What's the easiest way to create numbered captions?
by Eugene Toporov 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hello! I've faced a problem briefly discussed before... when the table (natural table) placed using sample below is not split to pages: \placetable[here][mytable1]{Table Caption}{ \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTR \bTH Header\eTH \eTR \dorecurse{150}{ \bTR \bTD row text \eTD \eTR} \eTABLE } Everything works fine if I do not use \placetable. But I do not have the numbered caption in this case and cannot reference this table in a link. Is there any other simple way to give tables (even not only tables) a caption with number? I almost made it using the numbered labels the like below: \definelabel[tableLable][text=Table,headstyle=boldslanted] \tableLable \em{ Table Caption} \reference[mytable1]{Table Caption} \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTR \bTH Header\eTH \eTR \dorecurse{150}{ \bTR \bTD row text \eTD \eTR} \eTABLE This way I can have numbered caption where I need, which is almost cool. But the problem is that I cannot create table link with text "Table N.NTable_Caption" \in{Table}[mytable1] gives the link like "Table Table_Caption" and I cannot add number there :( I hope I miss something really obvious, Thanks everyone in advance! -- Regards. Eugene Toporov

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Chinese in ConTeXt
by Xiao Jianfeng 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

I started to use ConTeXt several weeks ago, and I like it very much :-) I met some problems when I tried to use Chinese in ConTeXt. I have tried to setup Chinese fonts according to the manual "Chinese in ConTeXt" (mchinese.pdf) which seems a little out-of-date. In the manual, programs gbpfb/chpfb, and gbenc are used to perpare the Chinese fonts. But, I chpfb is not shipped with trubolinux anymore . I have googled and couldn't find these programs on the internet. Do someone have some experience of how to setup Chinese in ConTeXt? Thanks in advance! Best wishes. Xiaojf

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footnotes with one *
by Ciro Soto 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

I looked at two context manuals and can't find the setting to get footnotes with * instead of a letter or a number. I need 4 footnotes in 4 different pages, and I would like them all of them with one sigle * thank you Ciro ------------- * like this -- ======================================= "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution." from: "The Guitar Maker: An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. Pub. Date: October 2005.

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pdflatex and mpost -tex=latex
by David Arnold 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

All, Does anyone know if pdflatex -shell-escape filename automatically forces metapost to run with -tex=latex?

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