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Re: Footnotes in margin? (HELP!)
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Hans, I don't know what crazy stuff Idris is using this footnotes for, but for my case it went absolutely horrible: Almost every page gets half empty!! It looks like the footnotes are just moved to the margin - leaving empty space, without the body text comes flush bottom again. I'm sure my publisher won't be amused about all this empty paper... It tried to send a minimal example and changed just the text between \starttext and \stoptext. Maybe there is something that could be changed in order to get the main text in flush bottom shape again AND keep the corresponding footnotes in the margin? Steffen (Sorry Hans, but I tried for three hours now to understand and change the source without any chance...) \showframe \definenote[mynote][way=bypage,location=text,width=\marginwidth,rule=,before=] \setuplayout[backspace=5cm,margin=3cm,margindistance=.5cm,width=middle] \setuptexttexts [margin] [\vbox to \textheight{\placenotes[mynote]\vfill}] [] \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth \par \input tufte \mynote{\input knuth \par}\par} \stoptext Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > >does ConTeXt provide a way to place footnote (not margin notes!) per page - but not below the body text? > >A suitable place could be the margin. But there is no "\setupfootnotes[location=inmargin]" > >and somthing like "\inmargin{\footnote{}The footnote's text.}" doesn't flow. > > > >Does anybody know a working solution? > > > > > Idris should know since i made him definable footnotes -) > > \showframe > > \definenote[mynote][way=bypage,location=text,width=\marginwidth,rule=,before=] > > \setuplayout[backspace=5cm,margin=3cm,margindistance=.5cm,width=middle] > > \setuptexttexts > [margin] > [\vbox to \textheight{\placenotes[mynote]\vfill}] > [] > > \starttext > > test \mynote{one} test \mynote{two} \page > test \mynote{one} test \mynote{two} \page > test \mynote{one} test \mynote{two} \page > test \mynote{one} test \mynote{two} \page > > \stoptext > > or a bit more modern (structured, readable, replacable): > > \setuptexttexts > [margin] > [\setups{flushmynotes}] > [] > > \startsetups flushmynotes > > \vbox to \textheight{\placenotes[mynote]\vfill} > > \stopsetups > > So, it's up to you to feed this in the wiki -) > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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nath catcode issues
by Nikolai Weibull 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

It seems that the code to enable catcode handling in nath math mode isn't working. Currently, nath uses \appendtoks % \livechars@ \def({\delim@l 1\ch@lparenthesis} \def){\delim@r 1\ch@rparenthesis} \def[{\delim@l 1\o@lbrack} \def]{\delim@r 1\o@rbrack} \def>{\gt} \def<{\lt} \def!{\factorial} \def,{\@comma} \def;{\@semicolon} \def`{\abbreviation} % \killchars@ \to\everymath to set it up, but as far as I can see this doesn't actually do anything as \@comma doesn't get invoked for commas and \dots always renders like \cdots. Am I missing something perhaps? Furthermore, \def\over{\n@err{Disabled command \string\over } {No more a valid command. Replace {A \over B} with \frac A B.}} \def\atop{\n@err{Disabled command \string\atop } {No more a valid command. Use array instead.}} \def\choose{\n@err{Disabled command \string\choose } {No more a valid command. Replace {A \choose B} with \binom A B.}} also messes up stuff in core-ref.tex for example: ! Disabled command \over. \n@err ...rrhelp \expandafter {#2}\errmessage {#1} \natherrormark l.46 \indent\inchapter[definitions], \about [definitions], covers the definit... ? Which I don't quite understand, but core-ref.tex has the line \definecommand over {\dospecialover} which I suppose could be troublesome. nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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[Fwd: how to typeset Russian font in ConTeXt]
by Hans Hagen 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

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Announcing a new script: TeXVersion
by Taco Hoekwater 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Hi, Sometimes I find it quite hard to discover what version of TeX + ConTeXt I am actually running. As an aid in debugging problems, I have created a Perl script that attempts to collect all relevant version information and prints it to the screen in an organized manner. Running it will generate output like this: TeXVersion 0.1 / Taco Hoekwater 2004 texexec : TeXExec 4.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 texutil : TeXUtil 7.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2002 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) context : ver: 2004.8.15 cont-en : ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2004.6.19 mes: english If you are interested, you can download the script from http://tex.aanhet.net/context/scripts/ This functionality will eventually become part of texexec. -- groeten, Taco

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Footnotes in margin (again)
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Hi, as the dust has settled over the ancient greeks I would like to re-ask a posting that is about another quite crucial question: How to place footnotes in the margin? Every time I turn on \showframe I think that the margin is such a beautiful place for placing footnotes (per page, flushbottom). There must be a way! Isn't there a way, Hans? Steffen >Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:22:07 +0200 >To: ConTeXt >From: Steffen Wolfrum <context(a)st.estfiles.de> >Subject: Footnotes in margin? >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >Hi, > >does ConTeXt provide a way to place footnote (not margin notes!) per page - but not below the body text? >A suitable place could be the margin. But there is no "\setupfootnotes[location=inmargin]" >and somthing like "\inmargin{\footnote{}The footnote's text.}" doesn't flow. > >Does anybody know a working solution? > >Thank you, > >Steffen Wolfrum

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ConTeXt and slides
by Thomas A.Schmitz 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

Hi gang, I'm trying to figure out whether it's whorthwhile to write slides for my presentations in ConTeXt instead of using Powerpoint or Keynote (I'm not an engineer or a scientist, so maths doesn't matter). I have cooked up a nice-looking template without too many frills that kind of copies what I used to do in Keynote (shaded background, footers etc.). There's one important thing I can't get to work: is it possible to have a picture and a text next to it with the text being centered horizontally and vertically like so? picturepicturepicture picturepicturepicture picturepicturepicture Here picturepicturepicture goes all the picturepicturepicture text picturepicturepicture picturepicturepicture What I tried is this: \startfiguretext[left]{none}{\externalfigure[picture]} \vfill \midaligned{Here} \midaligned{goes all the} \midaligned{text} \vfill \stopfiguretext but that doesn't work. I also tried things like \framed and \startcombinations (calling the text from a buffer), but all in vain. There doesn't seem to be an easy mechanism for centering stuff vertically in ConTeXt? Any help would be appreciated! Best Thomas

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Re: [NTG-context] How to use PostScript font
by skhilji＠tampabay.rr.com 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

----- Original Message ----- From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 11:02 am Subject: Re: [NTG-context] How to use PostScript font > > > > > [ppl,12pt] > > may work, but nowadays we say: > > \usentypescript[palatino][\defaultencoding] > \setupbodyfont[palatino,12pt] With this: \setupbodyfont[ppl,12pt] \starttext The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. \stoptext I get errors. I am using Fedora Core 2 with teTex 2.02. The error messages follow this message. I also tried: \usetypescript[palatino][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[palatino,12pt] without any luck. Someone suggsted that I use the actual font names. So I tried: \setupbodyfont[uplr8a,12pt] and it generated an error message something like: "bodyfont : unknown variant uplr8a" Here are the error messages using [ppl,12pt]: kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-uplr8a ! I can't find file `ec-uplr8a'. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a Transcript written on mfput.log. mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a' failed. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-uplr8a at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun d. ... ... ... l.2 [ppl,12pt] ?

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Referencing eqalignno-formulas, and some more
by Eeri Kask 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

Hello, I started using context recently and have encountered some difficulties where I need some help to get over. (1) References in math formulas: \placeformula [Ref] \startformula \eqalignno { ... } \stopformula It seems that referencing to '\eqalignno'-formulas needs some tricks. Is there any (non-)documented way to attach a reference to a line inside '\eqalignno' multiline formula? E.g. a mechanism like \xxx[Ref] \eqalignno { ... f(x) &= x^n - 1 & \xxx[Ref] \cr ... } so one can point to \in{formula}[Ref] and get the correct reference number subsituted? (2) Left/right margins of different width in doublesided layout: I invented my favorite layout as in \setuplayout [location={doublesided,duplex}, marking=off, top=6mm, topdistance=6mm, bottom=6mm, bottomdistance=18mm, topspace=18mm, height=243mm, header=6mm, headerdistance=6mm, footer=6mm, footerdistance=18mm, backspace=46mm, width=124mm, leftmargin=12mm, leftmargindistance=4mm, leftedge=2mm, leftedgedistance=2mm, rightmargin=28mm, rightmargindistance=4mm, rightedge=6mm, rightedgedistance=2mm ] \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \setuppagenumbering [style=normal, alternative=doublesided, location={footer,middle}] \showframe and if '\showframe' is active I can verify by ruler that all distances and measures etc. are drawn correctly according to both sides of the printed sheet. (Though it remains to be investigated why only 'backspace=46mm' gives 26mm whitespace at the left paper edge, i.e. the distance from the left paper edge to the left edge of the 'leftedge'.) :-) Putting \inmargin{Some text} on evennumbered pages (in a doublesided setup) shows margin area width as in 'leftmargin' in '\setuplayout'; shouldn't it adapt itself according to doublesided layout as the margin frame does in '\showframe'? (3) Math formulas in footnotes result in "Math formula deleted: Insufficient symbol fonts." I have the same style for margins and footnotes (I hope the following setup does this as was my intention), \setupfootnotes [style=\tfx\setupinterlinespace] \setupinmargin [style=\tfx\setupinterlinespace, align=right] and in typesetting formulas in margins this error doesn't occur, i.e. there are sufficient symbol fonts available (whatever it means) :-) I am using Adobe Utopia text with Palatino math fonts. (4) HZ-algorithm. This, as well as metafun positional graphics and metapost color transparency, was the reason I started trying out context. My understanding is, HZ gets activated not with \font\tenrm=cmr10 at 10pt stretch 30 shrink 20 step 10 as documented in 'pre-hz.pdf' at PRAGMA-ADE but using \pdffontexpand\tenrm 30 20 10 1000 as I noticed somewhere. The question is, are *.tfm files like cmr10-20.tfm cmr10-10.tfm cmr10+10.tfm cmr10+20.tfm cmr10+30.tfm enough to get it going, and can be generated manually from *.afm files using 'afm2tfm'? Though, '\pdffontexpand\tenrm 30 20 10 1000' results in "Missing font identifier." in context... :-) I am using Context 2003.1.31 with pdfetex 1.10a-2.1 as in tetex 2.0.1 distributed in SuSE Linux 8.2. Thanks in advance for any help, item (1) is most critical, though. Eeri Kask

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Metapost and TeX [OT]
by skhilji＠tampabay.rr.com 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

I don't have any experience in metapost. I would appreciate if someone would please answer this question without me having to do thru tutorials and metapost source code. I was wondering how does metapost talk to TeX? Quicky glancing through the metafun book, I found out that you can super-impose text typeset by TeX on top of a diagram. I imagine you could do the same with mathematical equations too. So how does metapost interact with TeX? Let me guess: 1) Metapost could first write down to a file the text that it wan't TeX to typeset. It could then run TeX on the file. TeX produces a DVI file and metapost reads it back. It can then superimpose it on top of a picture. 2) Metapost could also be including within itself a simplified version of TeX. But that would be reinventing the wheel. So how does it happen in reality? The reason that I am asking is that I am interested in producing some diagrams using the libHARU PDF library (a C++ library to produce PDF files). Beautiful Text support, however, is missing from the library. I was wondering if I could hack it up so that I could somehow use TeX for the text part and C++ calls for the graphics part.

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Re: [NTG-context] Ancient Greek / a few modules for SW with thanks to GB
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > >Hans, thank you. > > > >But do you also have a solution for writing ancient Greek directly in Unicode UTF-8? > > > > > for that we need a greek vector and named glyphs, like in the unic-*.tex files or like chinese; do you have a list of character names and numbers? > > But, does utf8 deal with accents? > > Hans Sorry, I don't have such list. But maybe Thomas could write one? (I don't know how much work this is...) Steffen

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